‘ Wt AVlNG no class the next ' hour. Techie wandered over to one of the other tables to join some of his new Etound friends. “ljli Boys," said Techie, pullm ing up a chair. “Hello,” mumbled Johnnie 3Leavearly, his newly assigned partner in Chem lab, “What are you so happy about?" i ”l was sorry I couldn’t get into Mil, but not now. T his school is ‘lT’ with double ‘l.’ Look ‘ t all the activities we’ve got here.” ‘ “Don’t tell me you fell for that stuff. it’s all a lot of hunk as lat ., s l’m concerned. They’ll never get you anyplace." “But you said y’ you wanted to get y-into some honor~ ties. What about . at,H said Techie "With a look of ;.triumph in his eye. ’ “Honoraries are ditlerent," said . Johnnie, “you get keys for them. My brother told me all about it." , “How do you get into them, then, if you’re so smart?” asked ‘_ Techie. , “Well, first you have to have a high grade point average and a lot of friends. it you have a 1 language difficulty or you’re a co~op it helps a lot." “i don’t believe that,” said Techie, “I think all it takes is a lot of activities.” “(3.0 ahead then. Join your ac— tivities. You'll learn." And that’s exactly what Techie did. , He joined the Calculus club and waited tor terrific events, but noth» ['ing happened. True, they did have Differentiation parties in the spring and Integration parties in the tall, but no one even went to them. Techie was confused. .Next he tried the Nuclear club and the same situation existed ”there. in fact it Was even worse. They did n't , even have par— ties. All they .. did was sit around and in— ‘ vestigate each other°s l T e c h i e couldn’t understand. How could all these organizations do n o t h i n g so well? Techie looked over the social events that , came up since he started school; 1 the hasketloall game with no spec— " tators, the dance that lost fill £90.,— dllO, the assembly with no audi- Last week, you remember, Techie Hawks, went to the village school determined to be active. In the cafeteria, his senior adviser warned him. that: he might: be forced to wear a prisoner’s key chain by the mysterious “Dragon of Apathya." ence. How could so many things tail? it was as it some unseen force was keeping things from he- ing a success. These weren’t ac~ tivities. These were passivities, Eighty—seven passiviiies. How could this situation he so had? How could all this indiffer» ence exist, all this apathy? do athymthe “Dragon of Apathya,” was it real? lmpossihlel Yet, look at the lacts. ‘ Hearing a clanking sound Techie turned to see his “Campus Leader” advisor coming along dragging his key chain behind him. He’d get to the bottom of this yet. ‘~ “l hate to bother you again, ‘Campus Leader,” sir, hut were you kidding me about that Dragon of Apathya?" said Techie. “I wouldn’t josh about a thing like that," replied “Campus Leader," shaking with fear and causing his keys to rattle vigor~ ously. “Why do you bring it u again?” * “When you told me there were no active organiza~ lions, l didn’t be lieve you. Now i know you w e r e right. I’ve tried some of them and don’t see how they can he any more inactive. Btill, l don't be- lieve in the ‘Dragon,’ hut yet, something, some force, is causing all this inactivity. l must know the truth.” "Well, ill tell you, Techie. As fantastic as is may seem, there is a ’Dragon ol Apathyal’ ll: all came about this way. Years ago, when activities were flourishing on the campus, we were ruled by a group of White Barons. These were the good Barons. Dances were successes with big name hands. There was standing room only for events in the auditorium. “Then the dark day came. We were invaded hy a group of Black Barons. They were bad barons. For days and days, weeks and weeks, months and months, the battle raged. The White Barons were winning, tor Right was on their side. Fl” he Black Barons were almost heaten, and then, it happened. Que ol them had a clever idea. “He looked in his Technetle. There it was on the inside cover, “We carry a wide variety of met» . ,, . . . chandtse. This was his solution. What was the Block Baron going to do? How could the Boat Biz/mus and the Dragon be defeated? Rewd next week’s concluding installment. filly {53% assessors GRADE SYSTEM CHANGES at. Tech have not been smooth, as the recent probation notices reveal. Adoption of the new four~point system ‘ was planned at least a. year ago to be put into effect this semester. At the same time, however, probation policies were being modified. Now, the two issues meet in an unfortunate combination. We recall that the threopolnt sys~ tern once defined probation level as be» low 1.0 (”C”) in any semester. Stu- dents with a rough schedule were in anxiety for 18 weeks, dreading the possible “probation” stamp on their grade reports. Policy was next eased to re— “ ' define probation as below 1.0 overall av» erage, a boon to stu- dents employed part time or having heavy responsibility in stu— dent groups.‘ At the close of last semester, the regis~ trar’s new IBM tabulator was geared for recording grades on the four~polnt plan. {In a move to save work pro- bationstamps were omitted from the grade reports handed out; at the start of registration. After all, it was thought, couldn’t any student easily divide his point total by credit; hours earned to see if he was in good academic standing? Easily, that is, if he realized that the new requirements were in effect, and that reference to 2.0 as a minimum would resolve any doubts. Some of the 500 probationers did this, and others, we are sure, felt se- cure thinking that they were unaffected if their former average was 1.0 or bet— ter. But, in the process of change, a 1.0 was not always a 2.0. A few E’s made the difference, for the separation of D and E is more clearly marked—«— und feltmuncler the new system. The. startling discovery that a 1.0 be- fore does not always equal a 2.0 now has made some students ask, “Why has the probation level been raised ?" tt® pdtd m.» Last Week a letter appeared in Tech- nology News encouraging a parade for Junior Week. Evidently, the author hasn’t stopped to think of the situation that; faces Illinois Tech. I agree that the idea is “terrific” and other colleges have “rootin’—tootln”’ parades, but those same colleges also advocate school spirit and other thoughts be- sides books and slide rules. At Illinois Tech the parade idea tacos many insurmountable obsta— cles. Probably» the largest obstacle would he the financial one. 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The tighter the clothes the more she is in circulation.” / a «is is An old Scotch bachelor received a request from an organization in Lon- don to take care .of a dozen evacuated children during the blitz. The Scotch- man refused on the basis that he hated kids. He was then asked to "house six expectant mothers instead. “All right,” the Scot replied, “but; the gals musn’t expect too much. I am past 70 years.” arts-x- Little Johnny: “Mother, what’s a honeymoon?” Mother: ‘Tliat’s where your father and I went. after we were married.” Little Johnny: too?” Mother; “Yes, dear, you came home with me.” “Was I. there “Hey, listen you,” shouted the irate father threatening, “I’ll teach you to make love to my daughter.” “I wish you would,” replied Bob, “I’m not making much headway.” What women’s clothing leaves to the men’s imagination is what. makes it so expensive. ‘x. .x. .X. Brakes should get tight when the driver does. -X' is as- A kitten is larger than a. out because it takes. two cats to make a kitten. Personnel manager (to anplr‘o cant)’: “What’s your name?” Applicant: “l’lm Gladys Zell.” Manager: “I’m very happy my self, but what is your name?” Phi Sig I: “This town is dull. Can you suggest something in the way of a good time?” Phi Sig It (disconsolal;ely) : Dean.” “The One can get dltsgusted with these people, or learn a lot from them. With ludifierence one can ignore them; with gentle tact, one can answer them briefly and smiltngly; with nerve, one can reply to them in words at least two syllatiles longer than the ones they use.