Students Petition Ike for Satellite Passenger Duty

Two Leverett House roommates have volunteered their services to President Eisenhower as the first human earth satellite passengers. Athanasios Boulukos '59 and John Tangeman '59 wired the President of their availability yesterday.

The two expressed determination to go through with the plan. "We request that you give serious consideration to our genuine desires," they urged the President.

Boulukos insisted that their scheme was not dreamed up on the spur of the moment. "We've been thinking about it ever since the first Sputnik was launched, and Armistice Day seemed like a logical time to send the wire," he said.

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No reply has been received from the White House as yet, but the two expect some sort of answer shortly. They seemed rather unconcerned about the possibilities of their not coming back. "As an immigrant," said Boulukos, "I feel this would be but a small token to repay America for the great opportunity of being one of its citizens."

Neither Tangeman nor Boulukos is majoring in science, but both were certain that they could record and send valuable scientific data earthward. Tangeman pointed out that a human being could certainly be of more help than a dog. "I demand man in place of animal," he said in the telegram.