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
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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
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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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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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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.
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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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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!
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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
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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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As in the past, minor releaseforms will be necessary for donors under the age of 21. Thisyear, no witnesss' signature willbe needed on the green releaseform.
The mobile blood unit canhandle about 30 people every 20minutes.
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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.
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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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