The CaliforniaTechCalifornia Institute of Technology

Volume LX. Pasadena, California, Thursday, April 9, 1959 Number 23

tCat' Comes To Culbertson'

Prom Fetes Buddy DeFraneoAtAnnandale Country Club

geson and James Stephens willhead the cast. Alex Nicol isthe director. The members or'the cast all have numerous local,Broadway and televisison ap­pearances to their credit.

Play NearsFinal Casting

With final castings to be madesoon, rehearsals of the CaltechDrama Club's production of JohnPatrick's The Hasty Heart willbegin shortly.

Directed by George Stevensand Mike Talcott, the produc­tion is scheduled for Friday, Sat­urday and Sunday evenings,May 22, 23 and 24.

Culbertson will again be thesite of the annual play, whichwill be in "theatre-in-the-round"style for the second consecutiveyear.

The Hasty Heart is a humor­ous comedy which takes placein the convalescent ward of aBritish hospital, located some­where in the South Pacific dur­ing World War II.

In the ward are six patients-with a nurse. The patients in­clude one American, a New Zea­lander, an Australian, an Afri­can, a Scotchman and a Cockney.

The central character in theplay is the Scotchman. He hasbeen sent to the ward so that hemight have some companionshipduring the few day he has leftto live.

The other convalescing pa­tients are out-going types andtry to be friendly to the Scotch­man, but, he is unfriendly andrejects the offers of friendship.

The nurse, of course, falls inlove with featured patient, anda love story is woven into theplay.

Ultimately, the Scotchmanrealizes he has had the wrongattitude and the conflict is rec­

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The production will be in theround and will begin at 8:30 p.m.

Tickets, which will go on saletomorrow, will be available fromIngrid Gumpel in the News Bu­reau, Esther Gilbert in 201 Engi­neering, and the Resident Asso­

ciates in the houses. The priceis $1.50.

A theater-in-the-round produc­tion in Culbertson leaves roomfor about 250 seats.

by committees composed of BODmembers and present office hold­ers. The BOD will appoint thenew officers upon the commit­tees' recommendation.

The Board of Control will alsoaccept applications within thenext few days to fill the vacancycreated by the loss of one ofthe junior representatives.

Kathie Browne as Maggie

"Time and Space," the latestJPL film, will be shown today at11:30 and 1:00 and tomorrow at10 and 1 in 155 Arms. Themovies about the recent PioneerIV rocket shot past the moon.

JPL Film Slated

Huttenback describes the jobof Resident Associate as "goodand chalenging."

"In the past it has been re­garded as a privilege to hold theposition of Resident Associate,"he said.

For his yearly efforts, the RAsget a suite of rooms and boardfree and $200 per year.

Interested graduate studentsand faculty members rankinglower than assistant professorshould apply to Huttenback inBlacker House basement.

Three VacanciesOpen For RA's

Only one application has beenreceived so far for vacant Resi­dent Associate positions inBlacker, Fleming and ThroopClubs, according to Mr. RobertHuttenhack, Master of StudentHouses.

Six Techmen have filed ap­plications for ExComm to headthe list of students vying forASCIT appointive offices. BillBauer, Jim Geddis, Ed Gehle,Bob Koh, Art Rubin and TomTisch had herded in ExComm ap­pications by last Monday night.

Monday, April 13, is the dead­line for applications for Ex­Comm, Little t editor(s), headof ASCIT Photo, chairman ofthe election committee and NewStudent Camp counselors. April20 is the deeadline for the Edu­cational Policies Com mit teemembers and editor and busi­ness manager of the Big T.

Anyone interested in ASCIToffices should place letters ofapplication in the H box inBlacker as soon as possible. Theapplications need only be a state­ment of interest in the position.

Applicants will be interviewed

Techmen Vie ForASCIT Offices

INA SponsorsWilliams' Play

An outstanding HollYwood pro­duction of Tennessee Williams'"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" will bellresesnted Sunday night, April19, in CUlbertson.

The presentation is sponsoredhy the Inter-Nations Association-a group of graduate and for­eign students on campus.

The same cast will appear inCulbertson that is presently ap­pearing at theCirc1e Theater.They will complete their Holly­wood run on April 18th.

Kathie Browne, Bill Mims, ArtAlisi, Dawna Shove, Sonia Tor-

of the west end of the bridge

and the preparation for the fell­

ing of the east abutment was

abruptly stopped by the Assist­

ant City Manager of Pasadena,

who appeared in the middle of

the bridge just before the set­

ting off of the biggest charge

of the morning. It seemed that

Pasadena was having too many

broken windows as a result of

military demolition. It was here

that Tracy Artherton shouted

himself into the Hall of Fame

by yelling, "Hey, captain, some

big bozo here says we can't blowthe bridge."

The difficultie~ have since beenadjusted and the job has heencompleted.

The responsibility for' the task

has rested with the Military

Department of the Institute and

the schedule for third term has

been so arranged that the stu­

dents have had ample time toapply themselves to this specialproject. Cadet Lieutenant R. S.Thomas, in charge of the proj­ect, has chosen the demolitionas the subject of his thesis.

Thomas and his six-squad En­gineer Platoon used 500 caps and3800 pounds of TNT on the proj­ect.

(Reprinted from May 14 andMay 29, 1924, issue of the Cali­fornia Tech.)AnnfJuncemenfs

PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION OF MILITARY SCIENCE

Two weeks ago, the cutting

:\IONEY :\VU\:ERSThe California Tech will pay

25 cents apiece for the first sixcopies of the November 13 and24 issues turned into EditorCleve Moler, Ricketts.

CI,UB BUDGETSClubs ;-md organizations re­

ceiving money from ASCITshould put their budgets in theM box in Ricketts by 6 p.m.Monday, April 13.

FUTURE I~OVERS

The Forestry Department isplanting trees on the West andNorth forks of the San GabrielRiver and has asked for helpfrom the student body. Thisproject will run until May 3l.All interested people should getregistration forms from HughKieffer. Blacker.

"The Annandale Country Clubwas obtained through muchwork. and is without doubt oneof the most beautiful places fora dance in the Los Angeles area,"said Keith Brown, senior classvice-president. "The dancing areais divided by plants and stonepillars, surrounded by smalltables, and adjoined by a luxuri­ous lounge. We are indebtedto Mr. W. H. Burgess of Pasa­dena for sponsoring this danceat the club."

The Frosh-Soph Dance will beheld between Ricketts and Flem­ing. Since no Mudeo was heldlast fall to determine the classfooting the bill, costs will bessplit. Freshmen will payfor refreshments and do mostof the decorating. Cost of theorchestra will be split betweenthe two classes, and sophomoreswill make up the balance.

The Linda Vista Bridge, as a

result of char,ges at the central

piers, is now a cracked and

twisted bunch of concrete and

steel at the bottom of the Ar­

royo.

CITY BRIDGE DESTROYED BY MILITARY;R. S. THOMAS RESPONSIBLE FOR SUCCESS

The Buddy DeFranco Quintetand the Arcadia Blue Notes willfurnish the music for the Junior­Senior Prom and the Frosh­Soph Dance, set for Saturday,April 18.

The Prom will be held at theAnnandale Golf Club in Pasadenaand will be semi-formal. KeithBrown, Neil Sheeley, Lou Tothand John Walsh have free bidsand discounts on flowers areavailable at Ralph's FlowerMart. Refreshments will beserved.

Alumni PlanCampus Meet

Over 700 Caltech Alumni, theirwives and guests will gather onthe Caltech campus for the 22ndCaltech Alumni Day, Saturday,April 11.

The visitors will be treated toa variety of programs, rangingfrom a guided tour of JPL toan evening keynote address byMaj. Gen. John B. Medaris onthe "Exploration of Space."

The morning portion of theprogram will feature some 13hour-long lectures by distin­guished Caltech faculty mem­bers. Among the speakers willbe Dr. Linus Pauling, discussingthe effects of Nuclear fall-out.

Other featured lecturers in­clude Dr.' Harrison Brown andDr. Allen Sweezy. Brown willdiscuss the possibility of an ex­planation to the solor systemderived from spaceflight andSweezy will talk on the economicconsiderations involved in worldleadership.

The day will be topped off bydinner at the Pasadena Elk'sCub and Gen. Medaris' keynoteaddress.

Members of the C.altech com­munity will again participate inthe Annual Spring Red CrossBlood Drive to be held Wednes­day, April 22, from 1:00 to 5:30p.m. in Dabney Lounge, accord­ing to Chairman Bob Koh.

The blood collected will go tocredit the Caltech Group Accountwith the Red Cross. A fewpints will be collected for usein Kerchoff biology labs.

Under the Red Cross groupaccount plan, the entire bloodsupply can be put at the disposalof one member donor, or hisimmediate family. There is nocharge for the blood, only forhospital services rendered.

Anyone meeting the few phy­sical requirements is eligible todonate - faculty, undergradu­ates, grad students and all Cal­tech personnel. Last year 115pints were collected. Koh hopesthat more will be donated thisyear.

Faculty, grad students, andemployees may make appoint­

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Editorial

The C(JliforniQ Tech

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DevelepmentDrive To OpenIn Pasadena

Coupling its bid for funds witha local public relations program,the Caltech Development Pro­gram opened its Pasadena Areacampaign last week.

In co-operation with Caltech,the Pasadena Board of Directorspro c I aim e d April "CaltechMonth" in Pasasdena and theChamber of Commerce spon­sored a Chuck Wagon Breakfast.

No financial goal has been setfor the campaign, although asmall group of Pasadena busi­nessmen has been named to can­vass local businesses for contri­butions.

The committee was organizedthree weeks ago, and is headedby Wiliam Wilson, Jr., and J.Stanley Johnson.

In keeping with the publicrelations aspects of the cam·paign, local newspapers will pub­lish weekly stories about Cal­tech and the research going onhere, and a letter from PresidentL. A. DuBridge outlining Cal­tech's relation to Pasadena willbe circulated.

An exhibition of photographstaken at Mt. Palomar will beshown in late April in the Pasa­dena Art Museum. Caltechstudents may present some fa­cets of campus life in early May.

Wax To H'eadTotem Staff

Bob Wax was named editorof Totem for 1959-60 last weekin a vote of staff members. Hesucceeds the team of Tom Mor­ton, Ken Scholz and Gene Rob­kin in the post.

The next edition of Totem isslated for distribution during fi­nals week. Deadline for sub­mission of material is May 1.

course, just to relax and havea good time.

Last year a total of 50 studentsapplied as counselors; since mem­bers of the BOD and house presi­dents went automatically, therewere only about 15 positions tobe filled . This year no one isgiven preference ,so there areabout 30 places to be filled bystudents at large. By Mondaynight, one week before the finalapplication date, only 15 appli­cations had been submitted..

Everyone who applies will beinterviewed by a committee ofsenior counselors from last year'scamp. It's a simple matter toapply - just scratch your name,where you can be located for aninterview, and the office on ascrap of paper and drop it offat Bill Hilchey's box in Blacker.No formal letter of applicationnecessary.

Much time and effort has beenexpended to make this a highlysuccessful camp for all con­cerned. I hope that more stu­dents will take advantage of thisopportunity and apply beforeMonday evening.

William R. Baver

This Sundw, April 12, at 7'30p.m.. in CUlbertson, the YMCAwill present the French comedy,"A Nous, La Liberte." The filmis the first offering in the Y'sthird term film series. Admis­sion will be 50 cents.

Directed by Rene Clair, "ANous" is a satire on the effectsof mechanization of industry onsociety and is the direct sourceof many of the funniest se­quences in Charlie Chaplin's"Modern Times."

The remainder of the seriesconsists of the Marx Brothers'"A Night at the Opera," on May3; the French version of "Crimeand Punishment,' May 17, andan evening of experimental anddocumentary films on May 24.

Y Series OffersFrench S(Jtire

Seefe/flfY's /(epfJff

Exhibit BrightensHumanities Lounge

"One Man's Fancy," an ex­hibit of mobiles, stabiles andpaintings by William Brace, willbe on exhibition in DabneyLounge until this Saturday.

Brace is on the staff of thePasadena Art Museum as a con­sultant, and has taught freehand drawing at the Universityof Southern California. He hasexhibited widely on the PacificCoast and has done work inthe television industry.

Have a real cigarette­have a CAMEL

Tomist BooksGiven To Tech

Leave fads and fancy stuff to beginners •••

Last week the California Techcarried a summary of a reportby a committee of students andfaculty members, containing sug­gestions for the operation of aNew Student Camp. This reportwas accepted enthusiastically bythe Board of Directors, the Deanof Freshmen, and nearly every­one else concerned.

The next New Student Camp,outlined in the report, is onewhich stresses joint planning bystudent and faculty members,joint acceptance of responsibili­ty, and the necessity of respon­sible leadership on the part ofeach counselor.

As planned, the camp is per­haps a more valuable experiencefor the upper classman than thefrosh: it offers a unique oppor­tunity to express leadersehip,develop new friendships, and, of

The Caltech Newman Clubpresented Tech with the SummaTheologia at a ceremony Tuesdayin President L. A.. DuBridge'soffice. The set of volumes costthe club approximately $50.

The Summa Theologia, by St.Thomas Aquinas, was one of thefirst attempts to put religion onphilosophical basis. It was writ­ten as an intellectual proof ofthe doctrines of the CatholicChurch.

More red-blooded skiers chase after Camelsthan any other cigarette today. The Camelblend of costly tobaccos has never beenequalled for rich flavor and easygoing mild­ness. The best tobacco makes the best smoke.

by Dick BiblerLITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS

Published weekly during the school year by the Associated Studentsof the California Institute of Technology, Incorporated.

Editorial BoardCleve Moler, Editor

John Todoroff, News EditorLance Taylor, Assistant News Editor

Martin Carnoy, Feature EditorRoger Noll, Sports Editor

Editorial StaffTom Tisch, Tom Slobko, John WeaverDave Nissen, Bob Koh, Doug Shakel

Business StaffHoward 'Weisberg, Manager

Sian Klein. Maury Genud, Circulation "-Entered as second-class matter November 22, 1947 at the Post Office in

Pasadena, California, under the act of March 3, 1879. .Printed by Bickley Printing Co.Represented nationally by National Advertising Service, Inc.Sub~c(lptlons: $1.00 per term, .$2.50 per year. Write: Circulation Manager,

The California Tech, 1301 East California Blvd., Pasadena, California.

The first words of the catalog are:

/lThe primary purpose of the undergraduate school ... is toprovide a collegiate education which will best train the creativetype of scientist or engineer so urgently needed .. ./1

The possibility that the Institute is not doing all that iswithin its power toward meeting this objective has been broughtto our attention.

The undergraduate student body at Caltech possesses asgreat a capacity for scientific achievement and creativity asany other group of its kind. But the students are NOT takingfull advantage of their capabilities.

Every night in the student houses one can easily find meninvolved in serious discussion, both with themselves and withothers, of their attitudes, motivations and goals. Even moreeasily, one can find men who are avoiding this introspection,who are avoiding their problems.

This is, of course, a common and normal situation. The dif­ficulty, however, is tf-:is: few, if any, of these men are capableof adequately dealing with these problems themselves, withoutsome sort of counsel ing.

Dr. Abraham Maslow, during his visit last term, said thatless than five per cent of the nation's population can be con­sidered completely mentally healthly. The creative scientistor engineer is in this five per cent. .

The value of modern psychiatry has been well established.The only question that remains is to decide exactly how muchthe Institute should do toward offering this kind of service tothe student body. What are other schools doing? Is it success­ful? Should Caltech go even further?

With the interest on an endowment of, say, a million dollarsthe Institute could provide three full-time psychiatrists. Themoney would be well spent. Students who, with trained, pro­fessional help, could eliminate some of their conscious and sub­conscious problems woukl begin to contribute more fully towardtheir careers at Cal tech and the fulfillment of their capabilities.

The Faculty Educational Policies Committee will discuss thisproblem at their next meeting. We hope the investigation willnot end there.

Something To Think About

Dale Evans

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By AccidentDid you ever get embarrassed

at a party-type function whereeverybody was having a won­derful time drowning their trou­bles in alcohol, just because youdidn't drink?

Did you ever choke on yourwords when forced to order ata function with your blue-nosesdparents?

It's a horrible problem to befaced with, any time, and toprepare for the situation, wesuggest memorizing several han­dy formulas and names of harm­less sounding, yet highly sugges­tive beverages which will notfail to impress both date andparent alike. Try these for astart:

py to come upon more than ahandful of compositins whichtrUly show the earmarks of emo~

tional inspiration, even thoughit is emotion limited in scope.

It" appears somewhat futile tojudge the artistic merit of anentire musical medium and thegeneralistic derived from suchjudgments certainly have ques­tionable appication in the con­sideration of individual works,which is really the only validapplication. Jazz should be tak­en for what it is and what itoffers - no more, and there needbe no more. To many jazz lov­ers the mere juxtaposition of thenotes in a jazz format is enoughto justify deep appreciation. Un­fortunatey this leads into a dis­cussion of the necessity of emo­tional content at all in an artform. But that can wait a while.

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By William Frank Benisek

Along with the recent influxof modern jazz into more univer­sal entertainment media such astelivision with its ill-fated Timexjazz extravaganzas and the moresuccessful Peter Gun n spothave come a number of "agoniz­ing reappraisals" of the artisticmerits of modern jazz and ofthe group of jazz aficionados,known to many as hipsters. Inparticular my eye was caughtby an intriguing opinion in theApril 1 issue of the Village Voiceby a Mr, John Hastings, con­cerning the aforementionedpoints of debate.

In his article Mr. Hastingsobserves with a certain degreeof credulity that first, the artis­tic universality of modern jazzand second, the pseudo-religiousapproach the addicts of the soundtake to jazz.

Concerning his first point Mr.Hastings states, "The most glar­ing anemia of the jazz idiom. isits impatience even to suggestthat ideational-emotional ele­ment that is perhaps the leastdispensable glory of classicalmusic: the quality of spiritualexaltation. The very incapacityof jazz to encompass any spirit­ual attitude whatsoever may in­deed be its real appeal to a gen­eration that, at most, deniesthe existence of spiritual reali­ties and, at best, regards themas the substanceless playthingsof Squareville. Closely relatedto this is the total absence ofthe heroic - and with this philo­sophic vitamin deficiency goesas an integral part, a total dis­belief in human stature."

In bringing this out, Mr. Hast­ings has glanced upon a gripewhich this writer has nurturedfor a considerable length of timedealing with the ability of jazzto convey to the attentive list­ener the huge plethora of hu­man emotions and idealisticstates of mind.

Axiomatie Rmotions

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Caltech Authority Drags TheoriesOf "Village Voice" Jazz Critic

the many which permeate jazztoday.

But with respect to Mr. Hast­ing's doubt of the content ofart in jazz, this writer begs todiffer. One cannot take the. wholefield of jazz or any other of the"artistic" endeavors as a collec­tion and ask, "Is this art?" In­stead, it is necessary to consid­er the individual composition,painting, sculpture, poem, orwhat have you, and examine italone, isolated from the rest andput to it that question. Usingthis as a starting point it is notat all necessary to demand thatthe entire specture of humanemotions be experienced in onework. There are multitudes ofjazz compositions and arrange­ments which have no artisticvalue whatsoever, but' inter­spersed among these, one is hap-

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Hated by All

Phlegm K. Taylor was strol­ling along a random street notso long ago, when a little oldlady, going the other way, sud.denly stopped, looked at him,and said, "'You'd just betterwatch your step, young man!"Taylor, looking and feeling quiteinnocent, stopped and stared ather. "Er, what was that, ma'am?""Oh . . . never mind!" shecroaked, giving him an angryglance and waddling away, leav­ing K. wondering what new in­nocent debauchery he had com­mitted now.

dent), Beak followed. Once inthe cell, however, the Darbs haddoubts. Obscene comments fil­tered through; and a thick brownmist settled over the scene in­stead of the expected aqueoust y peas Drubnoid traditionreigned and dryness was saved.Beak wandered slowly away,thinking yellow thoughts.

English:. COED,. BULL.!ie:~SIC?t:"..

HOW TOMAKE $25

Take a word-institution, for example.With it, you can make an aquarium({institution), a bowling alley (pinstitu­tion), a fireworks factory (dinstitution)or a saloon (ginstitution). That's Think­!ish-and it's that easy! We're paying$25 for the Thinklish words judged best-your check's itching to go! Send yourwords to Lucky Strike, Box 67A, Mt.Vernon, N.Y. Enclose your name, ad­dress, university and class.

"Watch the birdie ... Oops!"(crash, sproing, etc.). Ruefullysur-:eying the wreckage andmuttering a few chivalrousphrases, the while knight mount­ed his trusty steed, in earch ofwindfalls, or something.

Fiassco

Beak was lounging in the sunduring vacation, when his earsrose to the sound of maiden­ly distress emanating fromDarbsville. Quickly wending hisway through the tunnel, hechanced upon D, Coolie, J. Sea­gull, and a small hard core ofothers attempting to disable twofeminine friends of Seagull'swith two miles of kite string.Coolie's Boy Scout ability beingnil, the females were carriedoff toward a nearby showerroom. Eagerly awaiting the re­sults of wet water meeting drytennis costume (you may recallthe plea of the girl in thewhite blouse in the recent hy­drodynamics conference inci-

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English: SLOW-WITTED BASEBALL PLAYER

/I Thin/dish translation: The guys who patrol the fences on this man's,fJ team include a slugger (cloutfielder), a braggart (shoutfield[!r) and a,~ sorehead (poutfielder)- reading from left field to right. The clod in

question-a loutfielder-rarely breaks into the line-up. He thinksRBI is the second line of an eye chart. But he's no doubtfielder whenit comes to smoking. He goes all out for the honest taste of finetobacco ... the unforgettable taste of a Lucky Strike!

Ohmygosh

Aaaaagh! Yourhard\vorking-beak has returned once again tothe thralls of iceplant, only tofind the whole world utterly de­void of dirt to dig. However,by dint of great snooping andprying, Beak has come up witha bitter-sweet tale of fair maid­ens, chivalry, and like that, towit:

While vacationing in sunnyMexico, Bigart Rube, the whiteknight of Fleming House,chanced upon a gaggle of youngdamsels snapping pictures of thescenery.

"Prithee, maids," quoth ourhero, "might you not give thecamera unto me, that I couldn'tpreserve thy beauty forever up­on an image of precipitated sil­ver?" The blushing beautiescomplied, and arranged them­selves artistically whilst thenoble Rube was psyching outthe mechanical intricacies of themagic box. At last, all was inreadiness.

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;-c\~~~::Q.ltute. We realy don't have timeto learn to socialize a great dealdue to our intense studies. Thatcomes later on, when we getmarried and have children. Thenwe can learn to dance and mixand all those rather unintellec­tual and ungratifying things.'

"But, man, what about youand all those cats out there.This scene was something else.I t was losing me. ,1

"Oh, well, you might say, Ikind of stumbled into it, mean­inglessly. Then, I just keptcoming, and when this new in­structor began teaching, I be­came fascinated and actuallylearned to dance and conductmyself rather well. All quitesilly, really."

The mambo kept going, andI wanted to go with it. I leftthe bespectacled one countingsheckles and went over to theendless motion in the center.Oh, crazy, this group. Man, itwas worth coming just to danceand live and get out of the dragof eternal non-conformity.

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Dance Closs' The EndBy Griffin

Well, man, I wandered by thisCulbertson Hall, and I heardthis mambo music., It drove mein, man; I had to see; I had toknow why that sound existed. Iswung into that big room, andin the center is this guy goingone-two hold; one-two hold; one­two hold . . . but, man, mineeyes did not linger long . . .about five feet away from thiscat going one-two hold was theendess, man, doing the same stepand all, but the message wasdifIerent. Man, like truth equalsbeauty, and it was all true; itswung; no more . '.. music andmambo and one:two hold andprimitive movements and truthand truth and truth.

But I didn't dig the scene, man.These cats and kittens all stand­ing around and watching thisdisplay and their feet kind ofshuffling in the same way. Ididn't catch arid I had to know.It was more than the music now;it was the shuffling feet and thewide stares and the whole com­plete scene that had to be mine-to see and understand. So Iapproached this guy and I sai?real confidential like: "\'1hat'sthe story behind this scene,man'? Like I wanna know."

I looked at this cat. He wasmedium height and wore horn­rimmed glasses and crew·cutand, man, he looked like thesquarest square the cub scoutsever laid their hands on. Buthe swung, man. All those catstried to swing; they tried toknow. He knew, Iuan. ,But Istill didn't reach his tempo."Like, cub scout, why thedearth of cats at this scene.Don't they swing around here?Don't they dig the current trends-like maybe that rare kitten istoo much for their beady eyes'?"

"I fully agree with you. Itseems that social dancing playsa minor part here at the 1nsti-

"Well, it seems that you havestumbled upon, quite by chance,of course, the weekly meetingof the Caltech Dancing Society,which is attended by anyone whowants to learn to dance underthe instruction of professionalteachers. The ones you seethere in the center are from theMark Boyd Studio, you see, andthey are showing those chapsfrom Caltech and those youngladies from the nearby commu­nities how to be proficient in themambo, which, by the way, isonly one of a number of d8nceswhich will be taught in the next10 weeks."

Beavers At Home

BASEBALL STRETCHThe baseball team is now

playing its most important stringof games for the season - fourstraight wit h league - leadingWhittier. Beginning with yes­terday's game, the baseballerswill follow with a double-headerat Whittier Saturday, and thena single game here next Tues­d8Y. Ace pitcher John Price willprobably pitch three games, andthey should turn out to be fineduels with the excellent Poethurling staff, especially if previ­ously injured John Walsh is ableto play, giving the Beavers anedge in the hitting department.

on the records he holds.All the teams in the league

this year have shown aboutequal strength, and the confer­ence meets, which begin soon,will give a good indication ofwho is the team to beat. Thetoughest team the Beavers willface is probably Whittier, Cal­tech's adversary this Friday. Itought to be a great meet.

Friday, April 10-4:15. Swimming (val'. and

frosh) VB. Whittier.S8turday, April 11-

1:30. Tennis (frosh) vs. Oxy.2:00. Baseball (frosh) vs. Whit­

tier.Monday, April 13-

3:15. Tennis (frosh) VB" Pasa­dena College.

Tuesday, April 14-3:00. Baseball (var.) vs. Whit­

tier.Wednesday, April 15-

3:30. Baseshall (frosh) VB.

Pasadena College .

As I See It

Tomorrow, the Emerymen willtake on Whittier College atAlumni Pool and not at Whittier,as originally scheduled.

by Russ Pitzer 1

Keith Brown also gave a goodperformance, taking second inthe 50 yd. free and second in the200 yd. backstroke.

PE PLAUDITSThe Physical Education De­

partment deserves a lot of creditfor experimenting with the PEcurriculum. Although the for­mal reports on suggestions madeby the faculty and students weredrawn up only last term, thedepartment has already acted onthem by setting up organizedclasses in various sports, If thenew system works out, there isa chance of obtaining equipmentfor other activities, such asweight lifting. Granted the pro­gram still has difficulties inschedules and flexibility, it is adistinct improvement. Incident­ly, the new tennis instructor,Dick Doss, used to play on theUCLA varsity, and now has na­tional ranking.

SWIM SCENEThe swimming team presents

the only bright spot in a not-tao­rosy spring sport picture thisterm. Free style Gary Tibbettsalready has set one school rec­ord and is flirting with others.~on Owings stands to improve

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In two matches played so farthis term, the Caltech tennisteam has failed to win. LastThursday, a tough Arizona Uni­versity net team swamped' theTechmen, sweeping all singlesand doubles matches to win, 9-0.Last Saturday, the Be'avers trav­eled to Redlands, where they'were again shut out.

Playing their first match thisterm, the frosh also lost to Red­lands by the same score as thevarsity.

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Tibbetts showed continuedpromise of things to come ingarnering first in the 220 and440 yard freestyle events. His220 time of 2:19J. was a personalbest; his 440 yd. time of 5:04.0

Tennis TeamSuffers Loss

This was the first outing forthe Webmen since return fromspring vacation.

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Highlighting the day's per­formances were Don Owings andGary Tibbetts. Owings took firstin the 20$-yard butterfly andalso took first in the 2oo-yardbreast stroke.

SwimmersDropMeet/Owings/ Tibbetts Star

Friday, April 4, saw the Uni- was just a shade off his previousversity of Arizona swimming best of 5:02.

team defeat Caltech, 52-23, in adual swimming meet.

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Price sparkled in the pitchingdepartment, picking up his fifthwin of the season. He alsosparked the Beaver batters byhitting a solid three-for-three.Blakemore also contributed heav­ily, getting two for four.

In a game played last Monday,the Frosh baseballers bowed toLA Pacific University by a

The Techmen rallied in thebottom of the last inning to winthe second game by a narrowone-run margin. With the score

Pitcher Buzz Merrill and firstbaseman Skip Stenbit led theTech batters, belting three andtwo hits, respectively.

Olympic prospect Gary Tibbetts paddles way to another swim­ming victory in meet with Arizona held Friday.

The Caltech nine split theirdouble-header with the Univer­sity of San Diego last Saturday.losing the first, 11-7, and win­ning the second, 8-7., In the firstgame the Techmen went into an,early two-run lead only to seeit disappear as San Diego blast­ed in two runs in both the thirdand fifth innings.

Baseball Team Splits PairjFrosh Drop Initial Game

tied, 7-7, pitcher John Price sin­gled and then went to secondwhen the San Diego pitcher hithim 'while attempting a pick-off.A single to left field by DaveTeal drove Price in and wonthe game for the Beavers.

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The mobile blood unit canhandle about 30 people every 20minutes.

Blood Drive(Continued from page 1)

ments for donations with thePersonnel Office in Throop Hall.

,soliciting of undergraduateswill take place through the Stu­dent House. House chairmenhave been appointed and areClyde Zaidins, Blacker; PedroBolsaitiss, Dabney; Bob Wax,Fleming, and Les Hirst inRicketts.

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onciled as he befriends theothers.

Readings for the play havebeen going on since before theend of second term. Many peo­ple have tried out for the parts.The directors expect an excellentcast.

The next Discobolus match, tobe played this week end, willpit Blacker against Throop Clubin football. Throop challengedin football, basketball and bowl­ing.

Present trophy standings:Fleming ._. __ .. _._. __ . 18Dabney __ .. 17Blacker . 5Ricketts __ _.._ _......... 5Throop __ .._ __.. __ ....... 1

softball game. Blacker combineda solid ten-hit attack with sevenFleming errors to nab the win..

Pitcher Charles Shelke wascredited with the win. Thirdbaseman Tom J ovin prOVidedthe most exciting play of thegame when, in the final inningwith two men out and Kloke­men on second and third, hemade a spectacular diving catchof a line drive off the bat ofBob Gershman to end the gameand rob the Fleming secondbaseman of a sure hit.

Golf Team DropsFirst League Test

Jerry Siegel.shot a medal score79, but to no avail as the Cal·tech golf team lost its seasonopener to Pomona, -18·6. Siegelpicked up all the Caltech pointsby defeating his man on boththe front and back nines. Thematch was played at Las Se­ranos.

The golf team hostss Oxy atBrookside Golf Course next Fri­day. Possisble participants forCaltech are John Bard, GaryIhler, Al Fomita, Mike Levine,Wes Shanks, Jim Sorenson andSiege. The Tigers are reportedto have a strong team this year,their number one player havingbeaten USC's first man twiceso far this year.

Surprisingly strong BlackerHouse scored its first Discobolusvictory of the year last weekby whipping Fleming, 9·7, in a

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winning handily. The Beaversswept this division with froshEd Cline and varsity man AlLaderman tying for second, andfrosh Pete Rux tying with aCMC vaulter for fourth.

The varsity thinclads finishedup the meet by capturing themile relay in 3:27.3.

John \Veavel'. sophomore pole vaulting ace. clears crossbar tonab first place in Saturday's meet.

if not actual, victory over Clare­mont-Harvey Mudd last Satur­day as the combined CMC froshand varsity scored 751f2, Cal­tech varsity 62% and the Cal­tech frosh 24 in a weird triplemeet. Had Caltech combinedtheir frosh and varsity teams,the Beavers would have won,116'12 to 75 112.

Trackmen Test (M(;Klett, Newman S,hine

Caltech trackmen won a moral, John \Veaver wasn t pressed m

High point of the meet forthe Techmen was a sparklinglO-£1at . 100·yard dash turned inby frosh Jim Klett. Klett alsonabbed a second in the 220, beingbarely nosed out by Muegen­burg of CMC in the time of 22.5.

Versatile John Price also pro­duced a first and second for theBeavers, grabbing top spot inthe 120-yard high hurdles in 16.2,and then capturing runner-up po'sition in the 220·yd low hurdles.

Top point producer for Caltechwas P'red Newman, who tookfirst place in the broad jump\vith a leap of 19 feet 7%; inches,and tied for first in the highjump at 5 feet 8 inches.

In the pole vault, Caltech ace

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score of 7-0. The Beaverbabescould manage but two hits offthe visitor's pitching, althoughtheir defenses was very good.Steve Heineman was the losingpitcher for Caltech. He was re­lieved by John Arndt in the,;ixth.

The freshmen baseball teamdropped their first league con­

test of the season last Wednes­day to Pomona at the winner'sdiamond by a score of 11-4. Theloss was the second of the cam­paign for the frosh, who droppedan earlier 4-2 practice game toMuir High School.,

Pitcher Steve Heineman wasthe victim of 11 hits, coupledwith six errors, as he absorbedthe defeat. The hosts scoredin every inning but the second.

The Beaverbabes also pickedup 11 hits, but could only driveacross four runs. Right fielderBob Williams led the hitting at­tack with a single and ..a. doublein three trips to the platE'. Heine­man picked up the frosh's onlyother extra base blows, a double.

The big inning for the fresh­men was the fifth, when Heine·mans double, a walk to \¥illiams •and singles by Rick Weingartenand Don Nisewanger producedtwo counters.

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