Volume 539, Mo. 13 ELECTION PROCEDURES are reviewed by election commission chairman Don Lynch (seated) as, left to right, Jim Gaffney, ITSA presi- dent, and commissioners Joe Bass and Bert Col-1n listen. The Campus Players announced that a student director is to be chosen for a one—act play to be given during the second week in May. A student shall be selected bv a panel of three judges, ex- perienced in the theater, to direct the play. Applicants will go befme the judges on Saturday, Januaiy 14 and will explain the play they wish to direct and the manner in which they intend to do it. Applicants may use sketches, recitations, live models, girls or anything else to “sell" the judges. There is only one restriction on the ""’choice=of splay; it mustbe one act. , f‘An undergraduate"isw‘not- often ~ given an opportunity of this sort,” Mr. Henry Knepler, advisor for Campus Players, said, “but I know that there are many people with the talent and imagination on campus. This is an excellent oppor— tunity for a student to show what original work he can do.” The director may choose his own cast. He (or she) will get unending cooperation from the stage crews and members of Campus Players. The director will be given every assistance he wishes on technical matters. Here are the important points to remember: (1) applicants will be judged Saturday, January 14 in the NU auditorium, (2) the apo‘ plicant may use any method to sell his play to the judges, (3) the chosen student director will have independence and full cooperation in piesentlng his play, and (4) the play will be presented the second week of March in the NU audi— torium and may be given else- where. dearest” snide goes as success lay (”contend The second annual Career Con— ference, held at IIT during the Christmas holiday, was a huge suc- cess, according to Robert Cunning- ham, admissions counselor. Over 400 noted speakers told well over 3,500 high school students the ex» pectations of the students’ selected careers. Mr. Cunningham stated that 63% of the attending students were boys and over 30% were girls. Speaking on over 70 subjects in 200 sessions were, among others. actor Thomas Mitchell, Alderman Robert Merriam, Keith Andes of “Kiss Me Kate," radio announcer Bob Elson, columnist Irving Pflaum, baseball—famed Rogers “Rajah" Hornsby, and Senator Scott Lucas. PRlMPlNG tor the French Frolic are, left to right, Irene Lift and “Peg" Watson. onset of final exams. The White Collar Girls’ dance winds up season before u 3 8-10 p.m.) in 13111110. On Wednesday and Thursday voters will flow through the East dining room in the NU building, between 8:30 a. m. and 4:30 p. in. each day, to name their choices for the offices. The method of preferential vot- ing employed in the past will also be continued. Under this system the voter marks opposite the can- 'didate of a given office numbers indicating his first, second, etc., choice. As the final tabulation is made, ballots marked for the lowest ranking candidate are distributed among those marked as second choice and so on. The results of the election will be compiled immediately“ following the closing of the polls Thursday; however, the oflicial results will not be dis» dd presents a o o paras deldllddlfi o H o .9 sins downy in “Spring” 21 young man’s fancy turns to ballet dancers, lady scien— tists, and life’s lesser complications. So goes the plot in this week’s SAM film feature, to be seen Wednesday (24, 4-6 p.1n.) and Thursday (6—8, Title of the 105-minute comedy is “Spring"; the 9 young man is Nicolai Cherkassoi’, who plays the part of a motion pic~ turc director. Source of the ballet. dancers is the Corps dc Ballet of Bolshoy Thev ater; the’lody scientist is one whose biography the director must film. Troubles begin when the director mistakes the scientist, who hates . the cinema, for the actress assigned lo the leading role. "This film replaces the Chek- hov Festival originally sched- uled for January 11—12,” Wally Conniil, chairman. explained. “We regret the necessity for this substitution, but we are certain that ’l‘cchawks will like ‘Spring.’ " Winner of first prize for original story line in the 1947 Venice inter— national film festival, “Spring” is the last in this semester’s series of feature presentations, offered joint- ly by Society for Advancement of Management, the Director of Vis- ual Education, and Language and Literature department. The week of January 18-19 will see the Met— allurgy auditorium given over to a variety program of selected to “escape" crammers. short films, provide temporary for last—minute exam- All white collar girls have under— lined next Friday in their 1950 social calendars in anticipation of the “French Frolic Cabaret Dance" to be held on that evening): at 8:30 p.m. The NU auditorium will be magi- cally transformed into a typical Parisian cabaret, with a continental atmosphere prevailing throughout the evening. Suave Al Ford and his cosmopolitan orchestra will be fea~ tured for dancing enjoyment, with several other artists well-known throughout musical and television circles on hand to provide enter- tainment. The social committee has put forth every effort to make this one of the outstanding parties of the year. Tickets at 85 cents each, are available from all White Collar Girls. A bientdt, mes comic! closed until Friday’s Tech- nology News is distributed. Don Lynch, election commis— sioner, commented today that, due to the situation now existing and the steady flow of new petitions, there will be no uncontested of“ fices. The special publicity committee of ITSA announced that poster and handbill restrictions will be relaxed during the election. Can- didates will he allowed to use easels for campaign displays. Posters must still be checked by the Dean of Students‘ office. Handbills may be used with the one restriction that they are not to be attached to painted walls. Use of banner signs between buildings and other outside campaign publicity was also okayed by the committee. ln ton Rand’s “Vericon” Engineers is sponsoring the event. A local campus scene will be “picked up” by a television came1a and “piped” to a viewing screen in the auditoiium. The demon- stration will be conducted by A. C. Morse, local sales supervisor of Remington Randi “Vericon” recently was used in the remote televising of a surgical operation for the American Med- ical Association’s convention in Chicago. The instrument is used for group study in schools, observ- ing dangerous chemical reactions and nuclear fission in atom smash— ers. Its applications extend to witnessing many phenomena which would be dangerous to human ob- servers. All electrical impulses from the camera. tube are amplified and car— ried by wire; no federal license for aerial transmission is necessary. Frank Roubik, AIEE chairman, calls the program “an unusual op— portunity for students to see this “On the spot” television comes television Illinois Tech students at 1 p.m. in 131 MC. Tech’s student chapter of the American Institute of Electrical January o, 1950 notes wort elections the interests of safety, the committee has ruled any such devices must he put up under the supervision of Walter Par- duhn, superintendent of build- ings and grounds. Unauthor- ized signs will be removed. To date some 33 petitions have been filed with the dean of stu- dents for class offices. Scoreboards listing all eligible candidates are in both student unions. Monday, a special edition of Technology News will be publisher] containing pictures of the contenders for class oilices, plans for their first term in ofliCe and a message on the elec- tion by dean of students C. E. Deakins on the importance of stu- dent elections. The special edition will also con- tain a sample ballot and voting instructions. I TELEVISED OPERATlON—Camera in bell-shaped dome’ scans surgi- cal operation seen by control man on remote monitor (inset). to HT Thursday when Reming- system is demonstrated before versatile television device at work; the accompanying talk will be gen- eral in nature," he continued, “and cokes will be the only drinks served." Chairman Roubik also announced that this will be the last meeting of the semester at which AIEE will present guest speakers or demon» strations. .ch . [and discreet? “the schedule or? tinsel examinations 15 complete on page 5. Complete instrusm tinns sire inclusion? on conflict settle“ insists.