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Frosh fight sophs TuesdPasadena, California, Thursday, October 14, 1954
A TECHNumber 3
Professor Earnest C. Watson,Dean of the Faculty at Caltech,was married to Miss Elsa JaneWerner of New York City onWednesday, OctOber 6. The ceremony took place at the parishchurch of Tarbert, Argyll, Scotland.
Dean an.d Mrs. Watson plan tot 0 u r through England andWales. They will sail October30 for this country and make aleisurely trip to the coast, arriving in Pasadena around the endof November.
Dean Watson, who has beentraveling abroad on a leave ofabsence since last spring, is wellknown to all of the Caltech faculty and student body. HaVingcome to Calteeh 35 years ago, hebecame professor of physics in1930 and dean of the faculty in1045. He served as cllairman ofthe physics, mathematics, andastronomy division from 1946 un·til 1949, He is also well knownfor his extensive collection ofbooks and art dealing with thehistory of science. Mrs. Wat·son, originally from Fondulac,Wisconsin, is a writer and editorof children's books.
Dean Watsonta kes bride inScotch parish
Both Bob Gelber, fophomorepresident, and Dick Kirk, freshmen prexy, predict victory, thelatter a bit hesitantly however,as the sophomores have wonthe vast majority of past mudeos.
Junior president Dick John·son, sophomore athletic man·agel' Ron Doctor, and frosh athletic manager Clark Reese arearranging the event, completewith the messiest field yet tobe enjoyed by Techmen. Theevents are: the tug of war, withtwenty men on a team, the sackrace, the wheelbarrow race, thehorse and rider battle, and thetire spree, which has no limit ofcontestants.
No afternoon classes will beheld Tuesday in order that thewallowing may begin at 2:30 inTournament Park. The juniorswill act as judges to keep theconfusion 9rderly during thecontests, after which they willconduct an observation of theplaying field.
X0 intercollegiate athletes canenter the contest, and everyoneelse is limited to three eventsand the tug of war, and mustwear shoes. Entrants must signup with their section leaders bythis afternoon.
Profs to talkDiscussiop and demonstration
groups will meet during thehour from 10:45 a.m. to 11:45a.m. These groups will includethe following topics;
"The Size of the Universe," byDr. Allen H. Sandage, who willdiscuss the astronomical dis·tance scale; "Fundamental Particles," by Prof. Eugene \V.Cowan, physics; "Recent Advances in Inorganic Chemistry,"by Dr. Norma,n DaVidson, whohas been named m.edalist of theCalifornia section, AmericanChemical Society; "X-Ray Diffraction and the Structure ofMatter," by Prof. Gennar Bergman; a discussion of some of theaspects of the cancer problem byDr. Renata Dulbecco, biology;"Controlling P I ant Development," by Dr. Frits 'Vent, bioI·ogy; and "Research on InternalCombustion Engines," by Prof.Peter Kyropolous of engineering.
Over 200 science teachers fromSouthland high schools will at·tend the fall meeting of the California Science Teachers Associa·tion, southern section, at Caltecht11is Saturday, October 16.
Begins at 9:30Opening the seminar will be
a lecture by Dr. Arie J. HaagenSmit, bio·organic chemist, on"The Chemistry of Los AngelesSmog." His lecture, set for Culbertson Hall at 9:30 a.m., willshow that the oil industry is onthe right track on its presentprogram of ~ontrolling hydro·carbon emissions.
Instructorscome to Tech
Freshmen and sophomores will drop their studies, books,and dignity to romp in the mud next Tuesday, October 19, whenthey cross in the annual Cal tech dirt classic, the Mudeo. Afteran afternoon of sport in the mud pit, the losing class will notonly be smeared with mud and humiliation, but will also haveto bear the expense of the Frosh-Soph Dance, which will be heldlater in the year.
oyJuniors will iudge activities;losers pay for class dance
vogue. Reticent upperclassmenstepped cautiously on the slickwet bricks of the courtyards andalleys.
At the same time objects began to mysteriously disappearfrom the various houses. Onehouse missed the pictures in itslounge, another missed the bellused at dinner. Students foundit difficult to take voluntaryshowers: there were no showerheads. \Vorst of all, Techmenwere handicapped by the lack ofanother necessity, toilet seats.
Somehow an this l)usiness offiremen's hats, bow ties. raweggs, and wet bluejeans was towf,ld the houses into closerunits. deE' per brotherhood.Strange incl('ed are the ways ofyoung engineers ,mel scientists.
Perh<1ps by the end of initiation the frosh will have a truepicture of life at Caltech.
We doubt it.
This week ancl next the Big"T" will be taking pictures ofall Tech undergraduates for thebigger and better 1855 edition.The place is lower Fleming. Thecost is 81.150.
Schedules for each house \villbe posted in that hou.~e's lounge,and notices will be scnt t.o offcampus men for the time oftheir apeparance~
Everyone is requested to watchfor these schedules and noticesand to be on time. All pictureswill be taken during assemblyperiods, noon hours, and eve·nings until 10:30 p.m.
Big T picturesnow being taken
tender napes of the unsuspect·ing youths and shown them an·other group of Facts About Cal·tech.
Last Friday was relativelyquiet (relative to the followingdays, not the preceding) becausethe full-scale induction in mosthouses was schedUled to beginMonday.
But Monday, while Chicagowas having its heaviest rain in69 years (according to the L.A.Times), the Student Houseswere subjected to scatteredshowers from 6:30 in the morn·ing until late at night. And morewas coming.
Great gangs of frosh from onehouse invaded the peacefulcourtyards of another. Bothmerged to wipe out a thirdStrange rubber missiles whichburst in great explosions ofwater went flying through theair. Cold showers enjoyed a new
The Churc:h laboratories willbe approximately the same sizeas the Kerckhoff building, atpresent the largest on campus.One section will be devotedlargely to chemical research, andanother to the study of virusesand virus diseases. Accordingto Dr. Beadle, the new buildingwill be a godsend to those research workers who until nowhave had to work in small, stuffy, poorly·equipped rooms. Research will no longer be ham·pered by bad working concHtions, but will forge ahead tonew discoveries in biology andchemistry.
Norman Church was a very in·fluential resident of Los Angeles.He originally became interestedin the Institute many years agothrough his acquaintance withthe late Dr. Robert A. Millikan.Mr. Church became one of theearly members of the InstituteAssociates, a group of publicspirited citizens organized topromote the interests of Tech.
Several years ago his enthusiasm was aroused by a newspaper article describing the research carried on by the biologyand chemistry departments. Mr.Church was detElrmined to puthis money to good use by help·ing the Institute in the field ofchemical biology. After talkingwith Dr. Millikan and Dr. DuBridge about his plans. he arranged to provide the funds fora new building.
CALIFO
Frosh views of Tech shatteredas initiations prevail in Houses
Volume LVI
Applications forStudent Shop due
Those interested in joining theCaltech Student Shop must getapplications from either JohnCarney, Blacker, or Hugh Leney,Dabney, and return it filled outto Carney before Oct. 20, 8:00p.m.
Old members not bringing onedollar and their old key to Carney by Oct, 28 will lose theirmembership.
Along about the middle of nextweek, when you're snowed under and suddenly find thatyou're three weeks behind in allof your courses, take time outfrom the grind to have a ball.The seniors and sophomores ofMudd and Blaisdell Halls of Pomona College have invited alleager Techmen to an exchangein their recreation hall nextWednesday, October 20th.
Dancing and entertainmentwill get under way at 7:30 p.m.and last until about 10:00 p.m.,so all hyper-snakes will stillhave three or four hours left inwhich to snake.
This event will give the froshtheir first opportunity to visitthe Pomona damsels on theirown territory and a furtherchance to get those blacl<:: booksfilled up or grab a date for theInterhouse, which is only threeweeks off.
First rep Bob Kausen has personally given the gals the officialonce-over, and assures us thatthey're all real queens. So, cornenext \Vednesday, let's see everygood Techman drop whateverhe's doing and go go GO 'to Pomona!
Pomona holds Donor of new laboratoryexchange next long interested in CaltechW d d
By Jerry Friede nes ay Most of us are aware of the fact that the new buildingunder construction in the northwest corner of the campus goesunder the name of the Norman W. Church Laboratory forChemical Biology, but how many know the interesting storybehind the building?
By Andrew JacksonSome of the new frosh thought
they knew Caltech as it reallywas when they returned fromcamp. Others thought they hadthe place psyched out by the lastday of rotation. The first grouppictured a small but mighty institution of higher learning,where eager students gathereddaily in small informal groupsabout the great scientists andengineers of the age to pursueknowledge. The second grouppieturecl a cozy and super·friendIv sinall college where everyb()clY \vas you~ buddy and life
. was a continuous party.
Something in each of thesepictures is ,~ little distorted fromthe real picture.
l'~ven the frosh know this now,for initiation, like a great savageorang-outong crawling out fromunder the feather bed of i'otation, has sunk its teeth into the
Poge Two CAL I FOR N I ATE C H Thunday, October 14, 1954
IT'S A 2 TO 1 BET that 2 out of 3 upperclassmenwill recommend
CAMPUS
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by Dick Bibler
He: "Sir, may I have yourdaughter for my wife?"
Father: "Bring your wifearound and I'll see."
Tech pingpongtourney soon50 men enter
Prof.: "If, in going down thisincline, I gain four feet per second, what will be the conditionafter 25 seconds?"
Soph. C.E.: "You'll be a centipede."
He: "I must apologize for mydancing, I'm a little stiff from tobogganing."
She: "My dear boy, I don't carewhere you came from."
First Englishman: "I wasfrightfully sorry to hear thatyou had buried your wife."
Second Englishman: "Had to.Dead, you know."
More than 50 players have entered the first Caltech ping-pongtourna.ment, to begin next Monday in the new student housegame room. Directors of theevent are Prof. Henry Aroesteand Al Barrios.
Players will compete in twodivisions; one for graduates andfaculty, and one for undergrads.At the end of the term the topranked men in each division wlllplay for the championship. Thewinner and the other finalistwill receive prizes.
Grad-faculty matches will beplayed in the Athenaeum gameroom. Undergraduates will playin the student house game room.Because work on the studenthouse game room is not quitefinished, first undergrad matchesare to be played just outside,near the Board of Directors'room in lower Fleming.
The tourney will be played ona ladder system. Before playstarts, players will be rankedin alphabetical order accordingto last name. A player may challenge any player ranked abovehim to a match of three games.A successful challenger takes hisopponent's place in therankings,while losing challengers keepkeep their former position.
Sign-up lists for entering thetourney are posted in ThroopClub, in the student houses, andon the Throop Hall bulletinboard.
Strayed or StfJlen
SY. 3-7554
LlnLE MAN ON CAMPUS
LostThe weekly T S card goes to
Ricketts' own Frank Schroeterfor his immDrtal Saturday nightexchange performance. Told toproceed to four South Pasadenaaddresses to pick up women hefound them to be: 1) a library,2) a playground, 3) a rest home
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ters to take home. Fast Ronwas a bit faster in his progressthan poor Tom, and as Doctorand his date were enjoying thatlast moment of mutual mouthing there came a weak femalevoice from the bac~ seat, "No,Tom, not on the first date!!" AsDoctor and his date both startedlaughing, the red glow fromTrilling was observable in athree mile area. K Well, Tom, trythe second date.
Off the BeamAir Cadet George Yankura, on
his first flight to Scripps, overran the great white wall by tenmiles, ending up in Cucamonga.We would understand this except that there were three worn·en in the car with him. Theywere wondering what wouldhappen if they had to stay outall night. So were we???
Over done??Generously donating his en
tire evening to an innocentyoung damsel from South Pas,modest and retiring Frank Kofsky could not bring himself todeprive the bedazzled lass of hiscompany until two-thirty. Thegirl's parents, however, reactedadversely and have "campused"their daughter indefinitely. TSFrank.
BREW\NS
906 East California (Near Lake Ave.)
Big market forcreativeness
By Chuck Bodeen"The primary purpose of the
undergraduate school _ . _ is toprovide a collegiate educationwhich will best train the CREA·TIVE type of scientist and engineer. _ ." (Quotation, CIT cata·log).
The Interhouse Dance offerscreative opportunities of a phy·sical nature. Pendulum givesyou a chance to be creative intellectually. Put your thoughtsin the form of art, poetry, fiction,satire, or articles for the Autumn 1954 edition of Pendulum.The deadline will be in the earlypart of November.
The editOrs will be aroundsoon to glean from you yourpregnant ideas_ If you can't wait,see Boughton in Fleming, Hunter in Ricketts, or Bodeen andShort in Blacker.
Graduates who are willing topermit their .noble efforts to appear with those of lesser magniture and import may talk thingsover with Jim Short in Blackerif he doesn't get to you first.
CARL'S
Caltech Barbers"Why Not Ask 'em, Frosh?"
6 Chairs-"Personalised Service"-AppointmentsIf Desired
Schmippsie: Will you marryme?
Techman: No, but 111 alwaysadmire your taste.
MelTy 'JuanaFrosh Hilton and Howell wad
ed their way through and pushedaside B-girls and solicitors inTijuana, as with determined single-mindedness and extreme naievity they headed toward thejai-alai games; as far as thesetwo innocents were concerned,the sensual pleasures of the Can·tents-of-the-Bottle were the onlyons they found south of the bor·del'. Open thy eyes, frosh!
In business again, Paalman is"fixing up" seven (7) Darbs withI.H. love·(we hope)·lies. If hedoesn't "fix" !hem. they willhave a chance to "fix" themselves at Before-the-Ball functions with tails '0 cock. Hie!
HitchedHowell I (not to be confused
with Bowel II) is reported tohave hitch-hiked (Fact) to TheGreat White Wall and into thearms (Fancy) of a Real Neat( ? ? ?) Schmippsie. Question:Why the ???-?
TechniqueThe Beak noticed. in his trav
els the other day, that RowdieTrilling was seeking instructionfrom his professional friends inthe fine art of love-making. Andafter being told what happenedafter the exchange Saturdaynight, the Beak will agree thatsuch instruction is definitelyneeded. The team of Doctor andTrilling were successful in thefirst part of their quest for females-they picked up two sis-
Early discontentFor some, the disappointment was immediate. ROTC did'
not seem to fit ir;to a college curriculum. Geography, modelairplane building, the weekly drill, Air Force movies-all thatwent to make up a military science course, were at times interesting, but not well adapted to Tech and often remindful ofCub Scout days. Many dropped out, and the smaller enrollmentthe next year revealed ROTC's reception.
A muddy road aheadFor those who endured, the future was no brighter. The
advanced course in the junior and senior years purged twice asmuch time, and required a four-week summer camp-not aftergraduation, but before the senior year, making it more difficultto get summer jobs in the shorter vacation remaining.
More difficulties are encountered here at Tch; ROTC classesmust be scheduled at odd hours, interfering with sports, conflicting with other courses, or taking up an evening. ROTCjeopardizes many a schedule.
It is perhaps a bit presumptuous of a small college newspaper to dispute or even question a segment of our country'sarmed forces, However, to the California Tech, it appears thatmany stUdents, including some serving in the Caltech ROTCitself, and especially those who have left the unit, are a bitquerulous and doubtful, if not les$ passively inclined towardthe local militia,
If the ROTC is to maintain any confidence of the students,and if, for its own good, it is to recruit able men, and combatthe recent drop-off of enrollments, it seems that some explanation, some improvement in public relations, or some change inprogram is desired.
The challengeBut if, in anticipation of a day of greater emergency, the
local unit is to remain, it indeed has a public relations problem. To avoid the increasing drop·out rate, course level mustbe raised to regain class interest. Perhaps more qualified humanities professors can take part, as is done to a small scale inthe senior year. The study of the Air Force as a career mustbe stepped up, made more meaningful, more directly relatedto the Tech student. More definite word on advanced ROTC.enrollment and subsequent commissions would surely be desired.
Tech should be proud to have an AFROTC unit. An important thing like this certainly warrants an earnest attemptto convert prevalent antipathy into pride.
CfllilfJrnifl Tech
The Air Force at Tech
Why?Actually, now that the Air Force needs so few Tech grads
in non-flying positions, there seems to be no purpose for ROTCat Tech, for our few fliers certainly can be much better andmore cheaply trained in active service.
The end-a pot of fool's goldBut still, these tribulations are endurable for the achieve
ment of a reward-a commission. But this is where the AirForce has alienated many and lost the faith of all. Contraryto original plans, our local ROTC has not been able to puttechnical men in suitable positions; the Air Force wanted onlyten men from the class of '56 to serve as non-flying personnel.
Just as eyebrow-raising is the dismissal of some of theselect of the select-the advanced corps cadets. The Air Forcedecreed that things like childhood sniffles, less than perfect.eyesight, and fallen arches made a man unfit, for military engineering, college diploma or not.
But perhaps these dismissees are the lucky ones. Thisyear, the men willing to sign up for two years of active dutywere stunned find 12 more months added.
Editors-in-Chief-Tom Bergeman and Lyman Fretwell
EDITORIAL STAFFReporters at Large-Gordon Reiter, Marty Tangora
News Editor-Dick Hundley
News Staff , Frank Albini, DaveCantor, Jerry Crocker, AI Farley, Bill Hecht, Dick Kirk, Jim Mebust
Feature Editor-John HowellFeature Staff Jerry Fried, Jay Glasel, Howard
Hilton, John Price, Bill Purves, Herb Rauch, Stu Richert, John South, John YOlJng
Sports Editor-Arne KalmSports staff AI Helgesson, Don Lewis, Bob Walsh
Photographic Staff Stuart Bowen,· KimCranney, Joe Lingerfelt, Tom Taussig
Copy Staff _ : Bob ~Iber, Doug Ritchie, Howard Rumsey
BUSINESS STAFFBusiness Manager-Jim Lewis
Circulation Manager-Sam Phillips
Entered as second-class matter Nov. 22, 1947, at the Post Office in Pasadena, California,under the Act of March 3,1879.
A good beginningAt its inception four years ago, the Caltech ROTC unit
had a lot to offer. Then it seemed like the Air Force had afuture for capable scientists and engineers. A four year coursein air science and tactics was to insure a commission for theTech grad, able to contribute his newly acquired technicalknowledge to the Air Force. 158 freshmen joined this sterling
• little unit.
Thursday, October 14, 1954 CALIFORNIA TECH Page Three
Thay! lithen!Sweet William (known in far
removed parts as Mary) Chap·pIe spent two days transportinga fare damsel from Montana viato heck and gone to Stanfordwith ne·ery a tepid thought inhith head.
Bodeen and Lang were lockedin the latter's room for upwardsof five hours la'lt Sunday, protected by a Do Not Disturb sign.Thnaking Boyth?
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morning featured a talk by Hallock Hoffman, Y board memberand local officer of the AmericanFriends Service Committee. Democracy and a citizen's responsibilities were defined and discussed, and the role of the Y inbringing these vital notionsdown to the student's" interestlevel was knocked around.
Other sessions concerned theorganization of the coming fi·nance drive, mar e effectivemeans of publicity, and themeaning of "membership" in theCaltech Y.
CAMPUS JREWINS(Continued from Page 2)
for the mentally ill, and 4) amanufacturing plant. Returningto Ricketts, he learned the firstaddres was incorrect and rushedback just in time to see Griffmake off with the booty. Thecrushing blow: The lost lassproved to be Schroeter's at-Iastfound love, only to be spiritedoff by Kehle.
C~l'Dey CataclysmOf all people, John Carney will
have a wench from Mills flyingdown from Oakland for the In·terhouse. Is this the one thatmade a special trip from Portland to Seattle to see you whenyour correspondence dropped below par?
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ACT II(Four minutes later. A down
town'subway express)DILLON: Hello there, Thomp
son... Ain't you been on a va·cation?
THOMPSON: Yeah.DILLON: What kind of a time
did you have?THOMPSON: Rotten.DILLON: Where was you?THOMPSON: Nowhere.Now I ask you does this sound
familiar? The play normallycovers 3 pages and is called"Thompson's Vacation."
Atlantic City to get real beer.That's the Wonderland ... Didyou meet any dames?
THOMPSON: Only a couple ofthem. But they was pips!
HAINES: Pips! You don't seeno real pips down there in Au,gust. The time to catch the pipsdown there is-well, June, July,September, Mayor any time inthe fall or winter or spring ...I think you're a sucker to pickout August for a vacation. Mayor June or September, that's thetime for a vacation.
THOMPSON: Well, see youagain.
C.E.: "Why didn't I make'100% on my test?"
Soc. Prof.: "You remember thequestion, 'Why did the pioneersgo into the wilderness?' Well,while your answer was very in·teresting, it was incorrect"
Japa....e student: money-maklfttl to fit
your study schedule. Sell SCENE Mag".sine on telephone "t your own hours.
Generous commission. Brll.dshll" 2.2305
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Once Over- LightlyBy Jay Glasel
Tired of everyday existence?Of the humdrum world that surrounds us? Do you seek, (dareI say it) . . . escape'? I hope infuture weeks to present some·what of an anthrology of eventsin the so-called "cultural" worldto readers who are interested insuch an escape (or enlighten·ment as some may call it). Inparticular I will concentrate onhappenings centered in our ownmisty village.
While vacation is still promi·nent in most everyone's mind, Ican't help reprinting here asummary of a Ring Lardner playthat appeared a few weeks agoin the "Saturday Review." Itspeaks for itself.
ACT I(August 28. The smoking car
of a city-bound suburban train.)HAINES: Hello there, Thomp·
son... What's the good word?THOMPSON: Well-I don't
know. I've been on a vacationfor two weeks.
HAINES: Where was you?THOMPSON: Atlantic City.HAINES: Where did you stop?THOMPSON: At the Edgar.HAINES: The Edgar! Who
steered you to that joint? . , Whydidn't you go to the Wallace?Same prices and everything upto date. How did you happen topick out a dirty old joint like theEdgar? ... Did you go in any ofthem cabarets?
THOMPSON Yes, I was in theMecca and the Garden. . . I hadsome real beer in the Mecca.
HAINES: say, that stuff theygive you in the Mecca is dish·water. They's only one place in
The Caltech Glee Club has se·lected forty·seven members forthis term. Selection was on thebasis of quality and ability toread music. Olaf Frodsham, di·rector of the Club, predicts thatthe coming season will be themost successful in the Club'shistory.
The Glee Club met for the firstfull rehearsal of the year Tues·day evening, Oct. 12. After themeeting the group adjourned forrefreshments followed by thetraditional singing of the AlmaMater on the "quad."
Club membersMen accepted for the Glee Club
are Bill Dietrich, Joe Lingerfelt,Dave Lange, Art Kamii, PhilThacher, Tony Howell, CharlesAnderson, Rube Moulton andJerry Royce, first tenors.
Second tenors accepted areHenry (Pete) Stair, RobertMoore, Howard Berg (presi·dent), Joe Fineman, Phil Wade,Walt Peterson, Bernie Lopez,John Thomas, Bob Schenter,Larry Whitlow, Barry Feinbergand Richard Smisek. Baritonesare Walt Whirry, Roy Stake,Baird Brandow, Don Nierlich,Lyman Fretwell, Ted Matthes,Ron Cochran (manager), DaveHallman, Harry Griffith, AlWhitsett, Ted Oakberg, Kay Sugahara, Dan Wulff, Ed Berry,Bob Chambers,Ralph Kehle andBob Kausen. Basses are DanMack, Ted Johnson, Luis Soux,Peter Moretti, Dick Pratt (secretary), Roy Whiteker, Louis Kil·chenman, Dick Ashby and JimMebust. Anyone who has nOf,tried out for the Club is welcome to do so at any time asthere will be openings appearingthroughout the season.
Membershipannounced forTech glee club
Y planners have pleasant,fruitFul seacoast sojourn
A pleasant escape from thestifling air of Pasadena, the end·less hours of studying at Tech,and the grasping handS of women, was effected last weekend bya group of officers and friends ofthe Caltech Y. The event wasthe annual Y Planning Confer·ence.
This conference should not beconfused with Seeley or Asilomar conferences at which Y ac·tives from many schools meetto kick around ideas. The Planning Conference is strictly with·in the Caltech group and its pur.pose, aside from having goodclean fun, is to outline the directives for the Caltech Y in thecoming year.
The troops left Caltech on Saturday morning. Their destination, Emerald Bay, was a prettylittle bay on the coast just northof Laguna Beach, where StanJohnson, Tech grad and memberof the Y board, has a sumptuoushome which he has made avail·able for the conference severaltimes.
In this exotic setting, atop acliff overlooking a private beach,the program of the Caltech Y for1954-55 was outlined. While dis·cussions centered upon specificfacets of the program itself, theconference naturally followedthe welcome tendency to go offunexpectedly on irrelevant tangents. In English, that last sentence says that we shot the bull.
Saturday afternoon featured athree-hour recreation session onthe beach, with football, volley·ball, surfing, sunning, and miscellaneous forms of entertain·ment, wholesome and proper.While it would be unfair to saythat this was the high point ofthe conference, actually it was.
KIck-off discussion Saturday
AND HOW IT STARTED•••ADMIRAL BROCKMAN says: "I prepped
at Baltimore Polytech, fOWld I likedmath and electrical engineering
required SUbjects for a Navy career.But it was getting licked in lacrosse
by the Navy plebes tha.t got meinterested in Annapolis. My br98k on
an appointment came when twoahead of me failed
on exams. I workedhard to gradua.te.
got into sub class,did some teaching.
eventually earned m.,own sub command."
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CAMPUS BREWINS(Continued from Page 3)
The line breaksThe Beak, from his comfort
able pedestal, looked down onthe sordid activities of his Blacker friends and overheard whatappeared to him to be the week'ssad tale, deluxe, and number 1.Frosh Blackie, who was running
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a good race for the title of"Smoothest Frosh and FastestMan With Slick Line for Females" received a set-back in hiscavalier career, which we hopewill not put him too far behind.After the "so sorry" reply forSaturday's date he was all linedup for Sunday when he was told"my grandmother (or was it
CALIFORNIA TECH
great-grandmother?) broke herlittle finger" and I just can'tpossibly go out tonight. It makesa good story anyway.
The Beak is thinking seriously of starting a fund to buy apair of stilts for Blackie's part·ner in crime, Netboy. The legendis that said Netboy 'is sUfferingfrom an inferiority complex aft-
er finding an IHe creature whowas interested, but no more thanten inches til1ler than "LittleDave."
'Ole Western Lovin'That old cad, Father Ruck
mick, must have been brushingup recently on the story of thePied Piper. The story reallyisn't too similar since the Piper
Thursday, October 14, 1954
was leading children, but Johnand Trapnell tuned up {heir guitars last Saturday to entertainand amuse their girl companionsfor the evening. Tell us boys,how do they go for that BurlIves stuff??
The Beak's "Faithful Old Dog"award goes this week to Al Nich·
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.How is an oil well like a COW?
Your comments tJre invited. Write: The President, U1/.ion Oil Company, Union Oil Building, La.. Angeles 17. California
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Union Oil Company e
In many ways the similarity between an oil welland a cow has a great deal to do with the futuresecurity of your children.
Both well and cow give us vital productsp~troleum and milk. But unless we withdrawthose products at an efficient rate we can ruinour source of supply.
For it's as economically unsound to take ayear's supply of oil from a well in a month, asit would be to try to obtain a year's productionof milk from a cow in a day!
It's equally bad economically to underproducea well or a cow. Yet, today, the American petroleum industry is underproducing-to accommodate the oil coming into this country fromfar-off places.
Obviously, if our own industry is to maintainits capacity to produce it has to be able to sell
its products. Whatever interferes with thisjeopardizes its ability to continue to satisfyAmerica's need for oil.
Nor does it have the financial resources todrill wells and then shut them in until needed.You have to do business to stay in business_
What's worse, oil from distant shores creates adangerous dependency. In a national emergencyit could disappear overnight. And we can't slow
our production down too much and expect it tobe adequate when we want it.
In our opinion, there is only one safe way tokeep this nation's rate of petroleum productionup to any challenge it may have to meet. That'sto encourage our domestic oil industry to constantly find and develop new fields in theWestern hemisphere, where we can get at them ifwe need them.
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RICH SARDINE WITHPRIVATE CAN
"WHAT'S THIS?"asks ROGER PRICE*
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By Arne KalmL.A. State 20, Caltech 12. That
is what you saw if you glancedat the football scores in yourSunday morning newspaper. Ifyou were at the game in personon Saturday night you knowthat the score does not tell thestory of what happened. If youwere there you saw a fighting,spirited bunch of men go outand completely outplay a favoredL.A. State team in the first half.They outplayed a team whichwas favored to beat them byfrom, twelve to forty pDints. Forfifty minutes they held the leadover the touted home team andit wasn't until the waning minutes that L.A. State pulled thegame out.
Saturday night this same teamwill meet Redlands in the RoseBowl. It is the last home gamefor the Beavers. Redlands lostto Pomona last week by 21points, Tech lost to the Hens by19. Redlands also lost both ofits other games. In fact it hasonly scored one touchdown inthree contests.
It will be a good ball game. IfTech plays like they playedagainst State in the first haH
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The interhouse race startedlast Wednesday with the firstsoftball game and after threegames Blacker and Ricketts leadthe pack with one victory apiece.
Ricketts rompsRicketts defeated Dabney in
the opening game last Wednesday by the score of 17-9. WaltHaenggi pitched for Ricketts andgave up seven runs in the firstinning, but his mates camethrough in the later innings towin the game for him. Jim Lewishit a homer for the Rowdies.
Blacker winsSam Sims pitched Blacker's
softbaIlers to a 4-2 victory overFleming last Thursday, in theseason opener for both teams.Weak Fleming pitching andSims' 7-strikeout performancecontributed to the victory. AlBarrios led Blacker at bat witha bases-empty homer, and SteveMager got two hits for the losers.Jim Tyler starred for Fleming inthe field with his circus catch ofLaws' long fly.
In the third game on MondayDabney defeated Throop, 11-1,behind the steady pitching ofFred Martin. Jay Glasel tripledfor the winners.
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The varsity team continued topractice this week in prepara·tion for its first game of theseason against Pomona this Sat·urday.
Jayvee booterslose opener
The Caltech jayvee SOccerteam traveled to Ojai last Saturday and suffered a 4-0 defeatat the hands of the Thacher booters. The little Beavers, spearheaded by Rudy Jensen's finework in the goal, held the prepschool boys scoreless in the firsthalf, but in the second half thesuperior offense and teamworkof the home team won through.
U.C.L.A. nextJoe Swindt and Bruce Blackie
played well at the fullback positions, but the forwards wereunable to threaten the Thachergoal. The game, however, wasgood experience and the teamshould look much better againstthe D.C.L.A. jayvees on October23.
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Footballers look good,drop close one to StateMenetrey, Conley score for Tech;Diablos win in final quarter
In one of the most thrilling games played by a Tech team inmany a season, the 1954 Beaver varsity lost a close, hard-fought20-12 contest to the L.A. State College Diablos last Friday nightat the winner's field. For the first thirty minutes the Tech firststring played great football, penetrating the State line almost atwill while restricting the Diablo offense to but eighteen plays fromscrimmage and containing them almost entirely within their ownterritory. In the second half, however, the superior bench strengthof the opponents won through as their fleet backs ran through thetiring Tech line for three touchdowns.
The Beavers had the fans on their feet early as Phil Conleyreturned the opening kickoff to the 27 yard line and then directedthe team to the L.A. ten yard line before an untimely fumble wasrecovered by State. After three plays netted the Diablos minuseight yards they punted out to their own forty. Eight plays laterthe Beavers had their first touchdown with fullback Walt Menetreygoing the final two yards.
On the first play after the kickoff Tech guard Kyle Bayespounced on a State fumble on the L.A. 23 yard line and it looked likeTech was in business again. But it was not so, for it was theBeavers' turn to fumble and L.A. recovered on the 20.
The Diablos could advance the hall no further than to theirown 45 before booting into the end zone. Then, in the longest sustained drive of the evening, the Beavers went 80 yards in nineteenplays to make the score 12-0. Conley quarterback sneaked the lastthree yards to paydirt. Two minutes later the half ended and Techwent off the field holding a twelve point margin.
Soon after the third period ----------------------------------------------..,---------started L.A. was knocking at thedoor, but Tech halfback BobChristian intercepted a pass andreturned it to the State 48. Afteran exchange of fumbles foundthe Beavers deep in their ownterritory, Conley got off a shortpunt to his own 46 and sevenplays later the Diablos finallygot on the scoreboard.
Later in the third period Caltech again pushed down intoDiablo territory, but Conley'spass was intercepted on the L.A.30. The Staters then pushed totheir second TD of the eveningand, with less than ten minutesremaining to play, it was a newball game.
Soon thereafter Tech quarterback Jim Okada fumbled nearthe midfield stripe and the DiabIos recovered. Three playslrrter L.A. went into the lead tostay. They missed the conversion for the third straight timeand the score was 18·12,
The Staters scored their finaltwo points immediately afterwards when Okada fumbled thekickoff on the flve and the ball.rolled into the end zone. Jimmyslipped trying to run it out andit was a safety.
All in all there were thirteenfumbles during the course of thegame. Tech fumbled nine timesand lost the ball four times. L.A.State bobbled four times andlost the ball thrice. In the endit was the longer bench of theStaters that wore down the Techteam and grasped the victory inthe waning minutes of the ballgame.
Phil Conley played a fine gameat the quarterback post beforebeing injured in the fourth quarter and fullback ·Walt l\lenetreywas again the big ball carrier ashe gained 62 yards in fourteentI'ies.
Statistics:Rushing TeB YG YL NETMenetrey 14 62 0 62Christian _ 9 37 0 37Conley 14 44 12 32MacDonald _11 32 0 32Lukesh ._ _ 3 18 0 18Tangora _...... 1 0 0 0Okada _ _.. 6 5 12-7Passing ATT Comp Int YGConley """'___ 7 3 1 31Receiying No. Yds.MacDonald 1 14Grieser _.................. 1 13Tangora _.................... 1 4:
Final score:CALTECH " '_" 6 6 0 0-12L.A. State . 0 0 6 14.----20
Thursday, Octob~r 14, 1954
Page Six CA L I FOR N I ATE C H Thursday, October 14, 1954
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they will win.. There is no reason why Tech can't win. It hasa backfield whose men have garnered seven varsity lettersamong them. In the first twogames of the season these fourmen have accounted for 324yards gained.
Bert LaBrucherie has neverwon a game in the Rose Bowlbefore. His team is determinedto change that. His team canbeat Redlands. His team WILLbeat Redlands.
If you don't believe it comeout and see the game. The brandof football Caltech plays has justas many thrills as big-time fpot;ball. For you, the student, ithas more because your friendsare out there playing-fightingfor your school.
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trump back to the closed hand,dumped the three of hearts onhis good spade, and then led thefive of hearts from his hand.
Tom Trilling, West, was embarrassed to win the trick withthe six and led back the eight,wondering if what worked oncein hearts would work again.Hunt saw a way to lose anotherheart (sorry, Hunt, 'but if I saidniGethings about you nobodywould read the column), and letthe ace win, dropping a diamond.He then threw in the hand, conceding the ace of diamonds.
Hunt could have made sixclubs, of course, but since thebid was only three (as was proper), he certainly found a goodway to save face.
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ly in favor of a State Fair Employment Practices Commissionto combat racial and religiousdiscrimination in employment.He is opposed to state controlof the presently government-runCentral Valley water project,feeling that this would place ittoo much under the control ofprivate power interests.
Referring to the new nationalincome tax bill passed by thelast congress, Richards statedthat it was not based on a valideconomic approach. He said thatthe bill benefits only the smartminority of Americans who ownlarge amounts- of stock, and doesnot ease the tax burden for themajority of Americans.
Mrs. Younger willappear here next
Mrs. Mildred Younger, opponent of Mr. Richards, will address next week's Y luncheonforum.
The lunch begins at 12:00. Undergraduates who dine in thehouses are welcome iit 12:30 (incoats and ties).
Richard Richards, Democratica.ndidate for state senator, in as~ch Monday before the Caltech Y Luncheon Forum, statedthat the loyalty oath for teach~rs is not the answer to communist infiltration in our schools.
The after-lunch speech was entitled, "The Political Issues of1954-the Democratic Point ofView." More than 100 personserowded the Athenaeum diningroom for the kickoff of the 1954.lectioncampaign on Cll.ltech'seampus.
Elaborating of the loyalty oathquestion, Richards said that theeurrent Dilworth Act, requiringl&yalty oaths from teachers inthe California public schools,Goes no more to insure, againstsubversive teaching than doesthe Teacher Temure Law, whichwas already on the books when'he Dilworth Act was passed.
According to Richards, manyof the lawmakers who voted forthe Dilworth bill did not do sobecause the bill was an effectiveanti-communist measure, but beeause they might have been cjenounced as un-American for notdoing so.
Richards also came out strong-
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Sorenson receiveshonorary award
Dr. Royal \V. Sorenson, professor of electrical engineeringemeritus, was elected during thesummer to honorary membership in the American Instituteof Electrical Engineers.
Professor Sorenson is the sec{md Caltech staff member to receive the honor. First was thelate Robert A. Millikan.
Dr. Sorenson came to Tech in1910 to organize the electrical~ngineering department. After-one year as associate professorhe was promoted to full professor and served in this capacityuntil he was appointed professoremeritus in 1950, and retired inJune 1952.
His retirement after 42 yearsat Tech, during most of whichtime he had charge of the physical education program as well,has not stopped his technicalactivity. Currently he is directing a program of high currentresearch and development, usinga mobile test station he designed.He is continuing the consultingpractice which he started in 1913.
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'Ols, lover first class. Good oldAl has stuck with his fair lassfor as long as anyone can remember, through good times andbad. And so as a reward, fatehas decreed that Nick shouldhave as a reward the use of these - y Plymouth convertiblewhich belongs to his friend. Andsaid Nick in an exclusive inter·view, "If I am anything, I am
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