Tenley Albright '57 will exhibit her championship figure skating technique at a $100-a-plate Olympics dinner Oct. 26 at New York's Hotel Waldorf-Astoria, despite a promise to the Harvard Medical School that she would Concentrate on Chem 20 this fall and accept no out-of-town engagements until after Thanksgiving.

Tenley, a Soc Rel major and pre-med student, said that the Medical School admissions department understood her obligation to accept the Olympics invitation. Next week's dinner, a benefit for the Olympic Fund, will be a send-off to U.S. competitors in the November field event Olympics in Australia.

In New York, Tenley will skate on a specially-installed 20 by 20 foot indoor rink. "I skated on a similar tank last December at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts," Tenley said. "Small tanks are fun, but it's hard to get much glide," she remarked.

Tenley's only major local appearance this month will be at the Boston Skating Club this Sunday before a national meeting of the Chamber of Commerce.

Her daily practice sessions at the Boston Skating Club and the Boston Arena are now primarily in preparation for the World Championship competition next Feb. 26 to March 2. In mile-high altitudes at Colorado springs, Colo., Tenley will attempt to capture the women's world figure skating crown from Carol Heiss of New York.

"My practice schedule varies from day to day because of Chem 20 labs," she admitted. She said that she usually skates before school in the morning, after her morning classes, and in the late afternoon.

In addition to chemistry, Tenley, who commutes to classes from her Newton Center home, is taking English P, Soc Rel 185 and Soc Sci 4. Although officially a member of the Radcliffe Class of '57, Tenley plans to graduate in June 1958, since she took a leave of absence.