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DEBATERS BASKETBALL PLACE IN SEASON TOURNEY CIILlfORNl1I TECH OPENS Colif~rnio I nstilute () f Techn()l()gy Volume XLIX Thursday, January 8, 1948- --.---- ______No. 11 Caltech Basketballers to Meet Illegal Parking Tech Debaters Place In Nationals Dxy Five in Friday Tilt B1~!~~~ic !!~~i~2rt. Strong Victory, Two Close Defeats mellt of the Institute has recent· Ambitious Thespians ~ Sulmeyer Annexes Third in Oratory Iy made the following announce­ Behind Tech at First Conference Game ment to those persons on cam· Friday night Coach Carl Shy home floor scientists. 01'. Pauling was ap- walkll1g a httle farther, perhaps, A' d' I'h I' I I ' I Not only did C.altech Biologis ts Tech Second in Debating ,,' F . I . ht' dd' f I ' I t b t 't I ' a $2 1a lca s OW- ( 0 11 t et t 1 1S Tying with five schools , includ­ (Wvantage i rI( ay ll'lg In a 1- pointed this pm essors IIp as U.1 a ~o saves paYll1g , get to Senator Thomas-is plan- J a mes Bonner and Reed Gray tion to this must be rated the s ummer. parkmg fme" dete"m,'jle what the la of the ing U,S.C. and U.C. L.A., the Cal· favorite~ over the Tech hoop- --.::~~~~~-,~~~~~~~~~~__=~~~. ~~~~~~~~ ned fol' early in the Spring,E I ltd. thves. h . b tech debaters, Smith and Sui· Term, to be composed of not one, . i nce Ia p an carne. at 111 1 - meyer, won ·second place in a sters. But don't sell your team RIP 1" .S '1 not two, but three one-act plays. Hed growth arouI}d It, but they field of 500 entrants. First place short. C.oach Shy might very e l'gl'on, 0 ltlr'S, Or'lO ogy Even the' most obscure "type" also have been able to repro- was won by Willamette U. and eas ily put a team on the floor "'" "'" will find a nest from which to duce t he plant mhlbltor synthetl- the U. of Uta.h. which averages G·feet 4-inches, steal scenes in one of these epi- cally. It is 3-Acetyl-6·Methoxy- S uhueyel' Only CaUfol'llian ' andbecome on s Oxy'an imps tinyortant, court factor. height lll'SCUsse'd at "Y" Conference sodes. compound.bezaldehyde, They a callne\v it AMBchemica.l for In oratory, Irving Sulmeyer, Undcl'dog? Girls! Girls! Girlsl shol't. the only Californian in the finals, Actually, it is unfair to place The Drama Club is reverting took third place with h is ora­ the Vars ity in the role of the un- From all reports this year's Asilomar, as the year before, to the delightful pre-war tradi- Dr. Bonner's observations of tion, "The Golden Thread." His Ence lia fa l'inosa plants growing derdog because of their two was another fin e conference. Over 400 delegates from the tion of encouraging girls froin oration, based on Wendell Wil­ in their natural habitat on Cali­ early-season losses. They entered YMCA's, YWCA's, and SCA's of the universities and junior col- the Plavrhouse and P.C.C. to take kie's "One World," trac~d the fornia and Arizona desert lands the tournament at Redlands leges of Califol'nia, Neva da, and Hawaii met foJ' the s ix day af- pa r t in Tech productions. This contributions of this man to con­ with insufficient preparation due fail'. An even dozen . were there from Caltech col lecting data and is calculated to a dd a certain led him into the investigation. structive thinking on war 1 d to the early date of the tourney infol'lnalion which should helpo$'_~~~~~~~~~~~~_ He noted that while many des­ ze~t to rehearsals. peace, and also LO the difficulties in to m a k e the "Y" increasingly e rt plants apparently attract and favol' growth of plants around Many Invitations Extended obtaining a gym in \~hich to popular 11 ere on our campus. Men Wantt ~ t1. E t t F th them, EnceJia farinosa had lit­ For their excelle nt s howing in practice. Then the team's lead- The theme of the conference was xpec an . a ers Specifically, the ol'ganization debate and oratory, and for the ing point maker, Paul Saltman, "Community" and considerable will need a General M ~ nager, tle, if a ny, s uch plant life about it. It was his curiosity about leading part they took in the was excused fro m the fracas thought was given to both the a Head Property Manager and G' Word of Hope why this occurred that led to mock U;N. session, Smith and after 13 minutes of t he fit'st half means by which a genuine com- IVen three chiefs, 'three directors, and Sulmeyer were awarded certifi­ (Continued on Page 3) munity may be realized in the simply scads of actors. Rumor t he development of the new plant inhibitor. cates of merit. Many invitations world and to the problems which Are you an expectant father? has it that even Harvey Wright were extended to Tech to debate He was not, however, the first threaten the accomplishment of Are you a l ready a father and is going to try out-if this snake as a result of the fine work of to turn the plant to human use, this goal. Buell Ga ll agher, from find th.lt you have to watch Jun will lend his talents to the.Great­ these two men. Since Tech was First CES _Assembly Indians chewed its res in and the Pacific SchOOl of Religion, ior constantly because you have est Tech Production of the Year, able to send only two men, the also smeared it warm on their gave a series of addresses relat­ no playpen'! Are you supposed then we can'L lose! lack of representation in the To Have Patent Talk ing to an understanding of the to weigh the fu ture President body to relieve pain. Early lower division prevented Tech Padres burned the crystals of The AlEE a nd the IRE will Christian Faith. Martin Hall, but can't because you have [,1.0 from trying for the sweepstakes resin which exude from the jointly sponsor this term's first bo r11 in Ger many and with the baby scales? a ward. meeting of the Consolidated En­ u nderground during the last somewhat woody stem as in­ Invitational Meet in February gineering Society next Monp.ay war, created quite a sensation If a ll t hese things are keep Local Chess Club cense. When melted it was used Tech will he hosts to the West wit h hi s talks on the Russo­ ing you from making straight as a var nis h. But it was in the at the regular assembly time. Coast schools in a tourney on Ameriean problem. Harry King­ A's, we suggest you take a.dvan leaves, not the s tem Or roots, The s peaker will be Prof. Mac­ Challenges Techmen February 6 and 7, tenta tively to keown of the Electrical Engi· man/ from Stiles Hall at U.C., tage of the ealtech Service that the Caltech scie ntists found The Pasadena Chess Club has be h eld in Dabney Hall. neering Department. led several discussions on civil League's balJy equipment lend­ t he plant growth inhibitor, iso­ again challenged Caltech to a Dr. Mackeown will draw upon liberties, and attention was giv­ ing library, of which Mrs. A. H lated it, and then produced it Anyone interested in debating match, to be played this Friday his wide experience in the pat­ en here to the recent develop· Sturtevant, 1233 Arden Road, synthetically. It js a compound \~ urged to see Dr. John at 8 p.m. in the quarters of the ent field to give a talk which will ments in the Hollywood investi­ phone SYcamore 2-2514, is head that has ne ver before been re­ Schutz, whose office is in Dab­ Pasadena Chess Club, Central be of interest to students of a ll gation and other similar actions librarian. This equipment has ported and was previously un­ ney Hall. Particularly freshmen Park, on De l Mal', between Fair options and of value to t hose which are going on throughout been obtained by Mrs. Stul'te known to chemists. a re needed to develop them­ Oaks and Raymond (take Allen who may some day 'have occa­ the country. The Marshall vant and other League membei's Research on AMB as a spray se lves to the point whe re t hey Avenue bus). All Ca.ltech chess s ion to protect an original idea. Plan, U.M.T., and the Third to be loaned to student families, to kill remains to be done and can take over the reins of the players, undergrad, grad, 01' fac­ Party also came in If 01· their both graduate and undergradu a ll information to date has been upperclassmen. SA E ...... Plans Trips ate, and it's available for. the pity are urged to come out and The SAE is planning several share of discussion. obtained through introducing asking. The only stl'ihgs are that avenge the defeat s uffered by Social E \rCllts Enjoyed the inhibitor through the root field lrips during the coming it be returned to the lending Tech in the last m atch. There term, including visits to the All was not work and thought, sys tem. I t was found that if a pool when you are through may be a s hortage of Cal tech Northrup plant in Hawthorne, however. The social side of the plant took up as little as one with it. players and anyone who comes milligram of AMB growth was DuPont To Offer and the General Motors assem­ "Y" was not overlooked and a is assured of a game. bly plant in Van Nuys. Non­ fin e progmm of recreation was Of equal importance to cam markedly inhibited. If it took members will be invited when provided. Caltech avenged an pus is the Well Baby Conference, up a...;; muc h as two milligrams the type of trip permits more earlier defeat by trouncing Oxy which is conducted by Dr. Belle , it died. Post -Doctor~te, than the number of members at­ in a six-man football game. The Dale Poole, pediatrician, every What are th e practical appli­ tending. Due to some doubt as score was 1-0. Oxy did not field Monday at 4:30 p.m. in the new Glee Club Meeting cation .s of the new chemical com­ to whether all the SAE enrolled a team. John Lewis showed Health Service Building (the pound'? The Caltech scientists Graduate Awards smallest of the four new tem students qre li sted with t he of­ whal Caltech men are made of Starts Term's Work feel that work h as not pro­ The Du Pont Company has ficers of the branch, Joe Wechs­ by going swimming in the ocean porary buildings just west of the gressed fa l' enough to justify Athenaeum, north side of cam The C.altech Glee Club meets announced that it is awarding ler as ks that any student mem­ on New Year's Day. making predictions but do point 81 post-graduate -and post-dOC­ pus). Children of graduate, un again tonight for its first prac­ ber of this society who did not Twelve Attend F rom Tcch out that compounds like AMB, toral fellowships to 47 universi­ del'graduate students and re tice of the pl'esen t term. The receive a ci rcular letter this Those attending from Cal tech which have selective killing ac­ ties throughout the country for search fellows; up to two years cl ub is starting off fresh this week get in touch with him in \V e re Dick Alexander, Bob tion, hold considerable promise term, having finished off I a s t the 1948-49 academic year. Room 19, Ricketts. Crichton, G ear g e Davenport, of age are examined free of as weed killers. term with an assembly. Many Caltech is included among the Vel'n Edwards, Oily Gardner, charge. Mothers, or fathers, They a re more interested in will remembe r the fine war k group of universities receiving Jim and Bertha Harder, We s should cali Miss McMichael in th e fact that their experiments done by this group on t he Fri­ a post-graduate fellows hip in the Campus Calendor Hers hey, Kon Hock Kha w, Pete Dr. Kremer's office fol' appoint tell t hem something of the so­ day before finals of last term. field of c hemistry. THURSDAY, JANUARY 8- . Knoepfler, J ohn Lewis and Ed ments. ciology of plants in their native Upper Class Luncheon Club at the Train­ Each post-graduate fellowship ing Table, \ 2 :00. Loomis. Babies that a re ill or have President GeOl.:ge Drapes states habitat, pointing out that En­ Throop Club Meeting, 12 :20. colds should not be taken to t his that. any new members will be celia, by its toxic action, helps provides $1200 for a single per­ Glee Club Rehearsal in Throop Club. welcome. At the present time son or $1800 for a married per­ FRIDAY, JANUARY 9- conference. In such instances?S determine what plants grow in Basketball game. Caltcch vs. Oxy, there . these, call Miss McMichael who the bass section is little weak, association with it. uThis prop­ son, together with an a ward of SATURDAY, JANUARY 10- Field Trip Enjoyed by will arrange for a visiting nurse much to the surprise of a ll, since erty of Encelia. is a chemical $1000 to the university' Each Basketball game. Cal tech vs. Pepper­ post-doctoral fellowship provides dine, there. to come to your home if you there usually is a surplus of low (Continued on Page 4) SUNDAY, JANUARY 11- $3000 for the recipient, with a Blacker. Men and Dates wish. basses. Musicale in Dabney Lounge , g rant of $1500 to the university. TUESDAY, JANUARY 13- The Acme Brewing Company If you enjoy singing and would Newman Club in Dabney, 4:15 p.m. All The .grants to the univerSity are Catholic students invited. entertained a large group of like to spend a couple of hours Band Rehearsal In Culbertson Hall, 7 :30 a week doing it, come around. mtended to finance tuition and p.m, B'lacker men and their dates last FOR FREE" fees, and whatever funds remain The Glee Club meets at 8:30 The Public Relations Office WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14- night at the Acme Sequoia are to be used by the adminis­ Frosh Lu ncheon Club at the Training Interview Schedule every Thursda.y night in Throop informs us t hat a representa­ Table, 12 :00. Lodge. tering department as it -sees fit. Orchestra Practice In Culbertson Hall, Club lounge. tive of a major cigarette com­ 1:30 p.m. Dinner was served al seven, January 26- The selection of candidates for THURSDAY, JANUARY 15- . a nd this was followed by a mov­ Minnesota Minin9 and Manufacturing pa ny will be on campus Mon­ Upper Class Luncheon Club at the Train­ Co., St. Paul, Minn. Open Interview day. ALII before ass em bly he the fellowship awards and the ing table, 12 :00. ing picture about the manufac­ Both Senior and Graduate Students in choice of problems on which Throop Club Meeting, 12 :20. ture of beer. During this time, Chemistry, Chemica l Engineering, and A.TTENTION will be near Culbertson and Glee Club Rehearsal in Throop Club, PhysiCS. at noon along the walk east they are to work are, as in the 8 :30 p.m. Acme was offering a liberal sam­ TECHMEN! past, left to the universities. The FRIDAY, JANUARY 16- ple of their fine product. February 10- of Throop a nd distribute CIT· Student Assembly, II a.m. 6 Ethyl Corp. Research Laboratories, De ­ 'I'll I'll in youI' BIG 'r (1'I'oofs monogrammed plastic ciga­ individual is under no obligation Ba sketball game. Cal tech vs. Redland s, The evening's proceedings troit, Michigan. Senior St!Jden~s In here, Chemical and Mechanical Engineering in to (...lloyd's Studios rette cases ... so keep your with respect to employment af­ SATURDAY JANUARY 11- were very enjoyable and a fine upper 20 per cent of class scho lastically lMMEDIATELYl ter her completes his work un­ Basketball game. Caltech vs. Chapman, and who are interested in internal com­ eyes open! here. time was had by a ll. bustion engines and fuels. der the fellowship. Page 2 ______T HE CAL IF 0 R N I ATE C H Thursday, January 8, 1948

scheduled to comm ence Bob was • down to his shirt sleeves and The C(J/iffJrni(J Tech One of the better field trips a lly wild New Yea r's Eve party, L on g View swearing horribly over the diffi· of the year was held by the Geol. I t was so good tha t after the The Longs threw a li ttle New cullies e ncountered in trying to Publisheu every Thursday during the college year except dur4 ogists who put the old term to ea rly part of the evening all they Year's affair at their casa out fit twO male plugs together us· ing examinations and holiday periods. bed with a brawl at Mountain can remember is the sound of towards Pacific Palisades. Only ing a screw driver as a soldering CA LII'ORNJ A I NS'1'1'l'UTE OJ' '1'ECHNOLOGY Oaks on the 20th. popping corks and the sensation about half the expected multi· iron. Bill Smyth, Dabney faith· 1201 E ast California Street, Pasadena, Cal. Features of the evening were of warm breath. _ tude s howed up, mos t of them ful, when informed of th e situa· Subscription rates: $1.50 per year tion, volunteered his iron an d that smooth USGS punch and f) otngs in DcnvCl' because of Virus X,' but Carl the con t;:rc t was finally consum· EntereLi as second·class mutter Nov. 22, 1947, at the Post Office the large numbers of non-rock­ In Denver were Hugh Cartel', Price, who is on su ch intimate mated. in Pasadena, California, under the Act of March 3, 1879. hounds who showed up; l hey H oward C.ohan, Pa ul Fullerton terms with Vector that he writes The reupon the music began to Offices: Lower Fleming outn umbered the geologists. and John Pee. There was some a column which we won't men· piIlY , t he dancers began to dance, Telephone: SYcamore 6·7121 Ext. 180 The unde rg racl geologists came talk of an orgy there, but. with tion about how t o get dates, and the lovers began LOa. The Dis tributol' of Collegiute Diges t up with a slnaLh crew race team s ly grins lillle information was d idn't come because he couldn't pan'y officially s tarted only a of Herzog, Muehlberger, Glover g i ven. Suffice to say, that in­ get a date. Grea t! L cn H CI"L;Og, Editor half·holll' late. The word "offi· and Kachaclool'ian, which de­ s tead of bringing Carter back, Among those present w e l' e ED1'1'ORIAL S'1'AI'I' d ally" is u sed advisedly, s ince feated a grad-prof team handily they had a n Arizona co·ed in Dennis, Neville, a nd their s is­ Managing Editor . .. __ .. ____ ...... ____ ...... Dick King at least one couple was dancing and th en s nowed unde r a chal­ the car. ter, and some Fleming elite s uch Sports Editor ..... __ ... ______...... __ ...... ______...... J ack Scantlin lenging nOll-grad, non-geologist as Schuste r, \Vooc1s and E schne r. at leas t twen ty minutes before Feature Editor ...... __ ...... Mitch Cotton Al so in the ;'Mil e High City" 1I1e mu~ic began. Reference is crew led by Forrester. Glover was Bob Smoot, who took this Lone Tech was DaiJneyite H er· News Editor.. ..__ ...... __ ...... Jim Hummel fou led up, however, and the zag who came bearing g ifts and made to Dick Miles and Kitty News Sta ff ...... __ ...... ______.Bruce Robinson, John LewiS, column's old friend, Peg g y Dowe, Oxy guest. P lamel' wen t to the Grads, but B l'i ggs, on to \Vashnigton. Once was let in for fear he'd ta ke William Wright, Bob Crichton, Bob Kurland, Bob Heppe, Pat outgulped Muehlberger in them el sewhere. R emark of the evening came Tons Mulanoski, Bill Boutelle there Bob went to bed awfully from Old Man Benton. When an English Pint cha llenge, early at night only to get up Some incl~ ::i triou.s persons were Rewri te Stnff ...... __ ..... __ ...... 13ob Haufe, chief asked if the best th ing his wife Some of th e troops turned up eal'lier in the morning. heard p! aY ll1g plllg·Pctl~ g at 3 Di CK Marsh , Lee Ross, E ric J ohannson in Dabney afterwards w here a.m ... . but the n F lem lllg m en did was talk, he shot back with Special Write rs .... Mi lCh Cotton, J. C. Bear, Walt Davison some played bridge, After the B S~U~h of the BOI'(ICl' I.. . at a n obscu re pl'e·dawn hour a " Hell , no!!" Il nd declined to Carl Price, Bud Mittenthal, John Whittlesey, Tom Stix aUair, many people were consid· ob oll1dexter, W arren (the I some of the guests ventured out elucidate. Sports StafL...... Earl Hefner, Neal Pings, Paul Saltman, ering changing options,. but by l~ u~'e) Mar~ ha ll, Abnel'. Kaplan, of the downstairs darkness a nd Engine ~ 1 1 l 'ouble Thorne Butle!", Bill Gothard morning few remembered, Any­ 1 hJl Lamson, Bud Mlttenthal discovel'ed that all the hosts had Chan and Louise conducted Photographers ...... Harold Baugh, Ralph Lovberg, Tom Tracy thing! a nd Doug ~ac:Le.a n motored ret ircd. This su b Ie hint bl'ought themselves in a i'evoltingly or· B USI NJ<:SS STA~' ~' Speaking of the barn dance, down to MeXICO C I ~~ and Aca· abou t the clos ing of festivities . del'ly m a nner. CJlan's m otor was Manager .. __ .... ______.. ... Bill Bradley pulco. Vast quantIties of Ba· racing, however, a nd unable to Circulation Managa J' someone might. ask Herzog why 1'111'001) Cook s ...... Abnel' Kaplan cardi were consumed in an ef· restrain his "id" any longer, he Business Staff...... __ ...... Charlie Steese his mom gave him a new and T hroop's New Year's Eve largel' pa.ir of Levis for Christ· fort to cement international reo convinced hel' to accompany him lations. Tf you're curious as to party got under wayo in spite of mas. 1t is a long way back to having lheir amplifier a nd rec· Lo otllel' parts. why, as k "vanen what h e EJ)HBM:BRAB Sherman Oaks, especially by ord player s wiped. , It seemed (Continueci on Page 4) way of Dapney, where Bobbie washed his mouth out with cog· nac for on New Year's Eve, or like a heckov3 . way to finish off Old Et~lOi n Shl'dlu, who some· slyly removed a certain picture the old year, but Dabney came from the coll ection in 36, But fol' that maLLe I' why all of them CAMPUS BARBER SHOP ·times contributes to the Tech, like th is da nC ing ba refoot. And thr u with the loan of the ir equip. s he promised a belter one, has already comme n ted upon the - ______-1 ment, which in conjunction with In CoHee Shop Bulldinq While all the subject of Ye there was the Cathedra.l and the sad breakdown of many of the museum and also the girl who a n adapter rounded up by Prexy I Ed, little EJ'na came up from (OLD DORM) . old Tech traditions. We must Athletics kept chasing Kaplan a round jab· Benton elsewhere sel'ved mag· hesitantly report that one of the San Diego to be with her steady nificently. \Vhen tile party w as . T he main item that cam e up over the holidays but it was old bering stra nge things in Spanish most sacred of these has jus t w h i I e she ran her fingers been smashed completely. at the last Board m eeting before Le n who saw her to the train the advent of the Terror called on the way back, after a week through h is hail'. The prize It hus beel~ ritual for some spectacle of all waR MacLean in time for the ASC.lT preSident, "FrNA LS," was concerned with of steady operating. Das Muehl is mad beca use he wasn't called Acapulco dancing barefooted HOUSE JACKETS upon congl'atulating the new edi· the a pproval of athletic awards in to help on the case afret' the with some we nch in a 4c·a-dance tal' of the Tech each yea.r, to ob· for the Fall season. A tota.! of joint. Corduroy and Gabardine serve that he does not expect letter he helped compose I a s L (i8 letters were a warded which to sec same around too much sumrnel' (there was never any }\I)plicd Science Men's Distinctive Fashions longeI', 01' to put it more bluntly, were distributed in the following answer), Those two sterling students, tha t it is tradition for the edi­ manner: Football, Frosh 22, Val'· Hal)I)Y New Year! Ed Revay a nd Dick Bennett, tal' to flunk out and most of Christmas vacation sawall went to Las Vegas to tryout Open Fri. & s ity 20; \Vater Polo, Varsity 11, 881 E. the department editors to be Frosh 5; Cross·countI'Y, Varsity sort s of people doing all sorts s ome new high·powel'ed system Sat. Niles hanging on the ropes by term G, Frosh 5. of things, but most of them will on the wheel. They didn't make Colorado end. not admit it. \Ve have already ou t as well as some other Tech· Sfill H cl'c Uom'(l o r Conll'ol promised numerouS people not men, at least not gambling. As you co n see from the m ast­ The on ly othel' pOin t of inter' to tell. Of course, there were sQl,11e head above, we're ~ Il still h e re es t which has come up in th e re· . . thi s term- but-and at least in cent past was a case of ch eating money·grabbing wretches like the yeal's I've been helping wi th tr ied by the Board of ControL Roger Chambers who spen t the this s heet it has never happened The man was warned in class by two weeks working I i k e mad before- believe it OJ' not, the edi· his. classmates because of his gathering up money and spend· (~au s~ for AmericariJ}ride . : .. torial boa rei of tlle Tech has fairly obvious copying from his ing the evening counting up his come LIP with a coll ective GPA neighbors during a test. This pile. of better than 3.2 ... a nd even ser ved as a firs t war ning and Mitch CaLLan a nd J. C. Bear a couple of ex·editors , Bob H eppe when it seemed that he was bring ba~k re ports of an unusu· a nd Bill Karzas, us you may cheating in a subs(' quent test, the THE have noted , LUl'l1ed up on Tau Board of Control was notified. GE1TYSBURG ADDRE•• Bate. And their excuse for leav· Since absolute proof could not be ing was '·grades." Come back, * Just ten stirring determined on this last instance Caltech sentences in alL But fellows, y ou can do it here too! of cheatin g, his penalty was that they are an immortal Seriously, though, I'd like to of being placed on probation for expression of democracy Pharmacy and freedom. Shown get over the point to those of the remainder of his underg l'ad· . here, in Abraham Lincoln'. you who would Iil.;:e to worl<. on u te days at th e I ns titute. This COURTESY •• SERVICE own handwriting, is part the Tec h a nd a re s till wave ring decis ion was a pproved by the SA nSF ACTION of the manuscript from. Dependable Reqistered Pharmacists which he spoke on the On the brink, t.hat pe rhaps hav· F aculty (whiCh, incidentally has afternoon of Nov. 19. ing the additional load that we approved all penalties evel' set Prompt Free Motor Delivery 1863. The original, WODl wi ll p romise you if you join us J'y the Board of Control) a nd 882 East CalUornia Street with more than a SYcamore 2-2101 hundred documents will prove a help rather tha n a this will be placed upon his famous in American Pasadena, California (Continued on Page 4) scholasti c recoJ'd s history, is on exhibit aboard the "Freedom Train". This train is now on a nationwide tour. WaLch for ita arrival Associated Oil Sta. in your areal Lake 6. San Pasqual Not a classy lay au!, but Best Producls 6. Service

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Ta/kin I /t Over Frosh Sport I(()undup Frosh Casahamen IBOWEN AIMS FOR BASKET I with 'l'he Goon -By E.wl Hefucl'

Happy New Yea r, men! H ope backfield boys handle the ball. Some higher power than your Set For Meets with that most of you have recovered i 'l'hh'd Degree co lumnist has decreed that there from those wild two weeks of Digging a round the casaba s ha ll be a paper this week, a.nd Oxy, Pepperdl'ne broke n training. Doc l-Ianes is patch this vacati on were mos t so, despite the lac k of activity in The Southern Cali[ornia F'l'esh­ cUlTently doling Ollt sufphul' and I of the Varsity. The bucketeers F' l'Os h sports, we will a ttempt a man Conference will open to­ molasses, for the boys a re n't s pent a fe w quiet evenings get­ column. quite back in co ndition, so in ling the third degree from the mor row night w hen the Beaver The F'ros h hasketba ll team Frosh meet the Oc.;ci de ntal C.u bs case you still have those 3.2 L. A. Poli ce P'orce squad. T don't plays the i I' first conference at the Oxy gym. T he Tigers are Blues, ell'OP over to the fi eld want to say that the cops were g"l1ne of the seaSO n tomorrow considered oll e of the bes t team s house, very hig 0 1' very good, but they night al Oxy. Via t he g rapevine, in the league, hut the untes ted Saw my first fo otball game on had a team on the fl oor that it is I'umored that the Tigers F'rosh m ay provide their hos ts tele vision New Yea r 's Da y. Tele- must have averaged 210 pou nds ha ve a rather nice FJ'osh team with a baltie if their first string vis ion is here to stay, but I 'm and s tood G·feet 2· inc hes tall. and that our boys are in for a can h it the bas ket. not sure about the Trojans. ~ve n :"J"ot only that, but they had one tough battle. Afte r a two week Afler a two wee k Chris tmas the Mic higa n band outplayed the All ·A me l'i can, two m en who layoff, the Fros h a re in need of recess the F'ros h have resumed lads in the Red and Gold- glee were all the 20th Cen tury·Fox cons iderable practice as was practice for the tough 12 game club a nd a lL Andy was think- team that co ns istently won the shown in a scrimmage against schedule that lies a head. F'ollow­ ing of going T next yea r with AAU title, plus a fe w o~h e l' s who the P resbyterian Church five, ing th.e Oxy game, the young "Peny" Gothard in the quarter, lettered [or the TrOjans a ncI last Monday night. Although ~he Bea vers play hosts to the rugged bUl afte r th e Wa iver- othel' s mall schools in the ·vi· \~a tchin g Beavel'babes won rather eaSily, Pepperdine crew at lhe AI mary ines pulverize Troy , "]!'I'itz" An- cinity. they were rather s loppy 111 their Saturday I11gh t. Probable sta )'t~ derson made this statem ent: Montgome ry gOL the roughest I "That s ingle wing looks pretty going over; the cops m ust have play. II1g IlI1 e up for the Fros h IS Al good to me." Looks like the thouglll he I'Ohbed a bank. They Andy Shines Sereno a nd Bud Freise at fol'- ~ n a mU SlI1g s ld e h g h ~ of the wards, Thorne Butle r, center, line is going to be working ha rd sent h im to the receiving hos­ sCl'Il11mage was the firs t and a nd Dick Brewer and Ray Gre ut, next season holding out the op- pi tal to get s titched up a bit o,nly appearal~ ~e o~ ~he ,sea:son of ert a t g UaI'cl s. position whUe all fou !' of the (Continued on Page 4) •. CoaC ~l Andy thel es l 0 1ll man, In their on ly game of the sea. Reed' Anderson, wh~ subbed fol' SOn thus far, the Freshman PASADENA BOWLING CALIFORNIA I"l'osh Coach E d Preis ler. A.ndy licked the Cha pman Co ll ege COURTS proved to be not only a n efficle~t Fros h, 40.30, Dec. 12. Dick I3rcw­ 9 70 East Colotado PHARMACY basketball me n tor, but due to .hlS er s talTcd 1'01' the Tec h fii ve, get. Rendezvous of Caltl:ch Bowlers PRESCRIPTIONS PHARMACISTS Open II am. to 1 a.m. SY . 3-1341 ma ny . years of footba ll coachll1g ting 1] points while fo rwa rd AI Spedal Student Rate before 6 P.M • 575 S, Lake Street Pasadena, Cal. •• upt Saturday, Sunday, and Holidays expe n e nce he was able to use Sereno h it for to counters. After ZOe Per line SY camore 2-6222 h is v~ca l . chords . to great advan· the open ing minutes of the con­ tage til lnstruc tmg the players test the Beavers took the lead from the bench. and controlled the remainder of As a contras l to this scrim- {he gam e, as Coach Preisler made 'l'eel Bo\\'en, ' l' (~(! h forwal'd , Is s hown h e r e, centor, in an excit­ mage, the Fl'osh looked pretty frequ ent use of the entire squad, ing Illomc nt ill last ;l' CaI"S m cet, with Occiden tal Coll ege, h c ld thea'e, s ha rp in their first real game of _~ ______-:- ___-,- Bowell is IU'cp:II'ing 10 s hoot while Ollposlng playca's look ,Oil In dis­ may, and Ox), s l)('('tal.or's (baclq{I'ollllll) gaSI) in h OI'I'ol'. Bowen is the season, against Chapm a n C.ol. went on to win, 4G·30. again 011 fhe ' C.1 Jt ech Icam which will m eet. Ocddt'uurl on t h eir lege. The yearlings built up a The team now cons is ts of 20 horne COIII'I. IOIUOITUW nig ht , in an altolll l,t t.o Iwing tht', haug hty SKIS 14 poi n t lead a t halftime and (Conti nued on Page Four) Tigt'l' team to its knees. CALTECH BASKETBALLERS job of rebounding and defensive RENTALS ' REPAIRS - TOGS CARL'S CALTECH BARBERS (Continued from Page 1) play in this game. because he had used up his five In the one·sided victory over HOLIDAY HOUSE 5 GOOD BARBERS-APPOINTMENTS IF DESIRED a ll otted bl ows at this early stage. the Pasade na " Y," T ed Bowen Lake' and Colorado ~Ycamore 6-7806 The Chapman tussle was a nip· was deadly on tip-i ns a nd racked Open Friday Evenings Till 9 P.M. ON CALIFORNIA NEAR LAKE a nd-luck afra il' from the opening LIP 22 points while Saltman con­ whis tle. T he Beavers g rabbed a tri buted 18. 2· point edge midway in the sec­ Following the league opener ond half, bu t. Cha pma.n's s uperi· with OCCid ental, the Beavers will ority at the free-throw line travel to Pe ppel'd ine Saturday earned them a 3·point ma rg in. nigh t fol' their fourth game of Guard Bill Cox turned in a fine the season , a non-league tilt. Ice Skating Daily 2:30 to 5. 7:30 to 10:30 JOHN'S Sa.t. & S UIl . Morn. 10 to 12:30 BICYCLE SHOP Skates rot' Rent SINCE 1909 Instl'uctions • BICYCLES Rubber accelerators lead the way Pasadena Winter • TENNIS Gardens A • BADMINTON to new agricultural fungicides 42 North Fair Oaks Ave, B. L. Richard., Jr. Ph.D" Carnell '44, and A. H, 171 ~. At'I'o),o P ~lI'k\Val' Pasadena

Gaddin. M.S., University of Wn' Virginia '32, Telephone SYcamore 2-4767 I Vulcanization accelerators for rubber m ade from ethy le nedia mine and mor­ fe.' .Hid.ncy of "Panal." fungldd. in control _••••• -- ___ ~_ _• _ ::.!::: ~:~.=.::.=..::.=. .:. ••• •••• _••• ,1 and agricultural fungicides would seem pholine. In this phase of the work, o r­ of lomala 101. blight and bean rust, Eqvlpm.nl to have little in common. B ut the wide ganic c hemists played an important. "specially designed laboratory spray chamber. variety of interests of men in the Du role by suggesting various derivatives YOUR COLLEGE Pont organization som etimes result in a nd preparing them for tests. Later, in blight on potatoes and tomatoes. Tetra­ outstanding d evelopments from -suc h cases where propor dispersion and ad­ methylthiuram disulfide, (CH3)2NC SPORTS SHOP apparently unrelated products. herence of the compounds to plants were (S)-S-S-C (S ) N (CH,),. is used in two A rubber chemist suggested to a plant important, the skill of physical chemists compositions, as "Arasan" disinfectant Headquarters for Tennis pathologist that d erivatives of dithio­ was called upon. for seeds a nd "Tersan" fungicide for Sportswear carbamic acid, NI-Ir C (S )SH, pare nt In general. the compounds of greater turf d iseases. substance of a well-known group of rub­ chemical stability were found to be less Overall, the derivatives of these WYNN MACE beraccelerators, be tested as insecticides. effective. Fungicidal efliciency dimin­ groups of compounds proved to be out­ Tennis Shop His suggestion was based on the possi­ is hed with increase in size of alkyl radi­ standing as fungicides, rathe r than as bility that sulfur combined in this focm cal, and asary l radicals were substituted insecticides. Although a marked degree Phone SYcamore 6·5804 m ight be more effective than frce sulfur, for alkyl. Thus t he unusual situation of specificity for different pests was 904 EAST CALIFORNIA ST. a recognized insecticide. c haracteristic of the members of this developed that with the exception of Pasadena, Calif. Entomologists a nd plant pathologis ts the bisethy lene (dithiocarbamates), the series, it is interesting to note that all investigated the fungicidal as well as first and simplest products tested. the three were highly effective. This work the insecticida l prope r t ies o f this me thyl derivatives, proved to be tbe offers still a nother example of how the group. One of the first compounds test­ best fungicides. breadth of interest in a company li ke Du Pont can lead to worthwhile de- ed, sodium dimethyldithiocarbamnte, Iron and zinc d im e thyldithiocarbam­ (CH3) 2N-C (S )SNa, even in dilutions a tes . (C H ,),NC (S ) -S-M-S- (S ) CN velopments. ... of 1:30,000, was found to be a powerful (CH 1h, arc now sold lUI "Fermate" fun­ fungicide, but somewhat injurious to gicide and "Zerlate" fungicide respec­ plant life. tively, for conirol of fungous diseases of This led to a systematic program of m a ny fruit and vegetable crops, to­ Questions College Men ask research including other metallic salts, bacco, flowers and other ornamentals. about working with Du Pont the ethyl, propy l, butyl, phenyl, and Zinc cthylenebis (di thiocarbamate). other a ry l d erivatives of the dithiocar­ Zn (-SC (S ) N HCH, CH, NH (S ) CS-) , bamates and thiuram mono- and di­ marketed as "Parzate" fungicide, has sulfides, and the related compounds specific action in the control of late What are the opportunities for research men? Field I ••tlng of promising fungicides,lndudlng "Panale" formulations. for control of lomato late bllgh'. Men Qualified for fund;)mentut or applied re­ search nr e offered ulllH;ual o pportunities in facilities and funds. Investigations in the fields of organic, inorganic a nd physical chemistry, biotogy. parasitology, plant path­ ology and engineering suggmJt the wide range of activities. Write for booklet, "The Du Pont Company and the College Graduate," 2521-A Nemours Building, Wilmington 98, Delaware.

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CAMPUS BREWINS only that much more frustrated. EPHEMERAE TALKIN' IT OVER TECH BIO LABS (Contin ued from Page 2) vVhil e on Scripps, I have just (Contll1ued from Page 2) (Cuntinued from Page 3) (C011linued from Page 1) Opportunities Open fl11 ished r eading Mi sses Mewhir- hindrance. As heavy as t he work warfare agent wihch wages war Unhappiest m a n of the eve­ . ,·'11 (\ \"eavel·'s gUSl1 column ,·n " I . a round the eye. T his last scare tel .\ IS leJ'e In comparison to other on other pl a n ts tl'Yll1g to en­ nillg was J ack Flynn who, in a ·".h (11 ey IJa t cacI1 SC'."' IJPS puts J ay ahead of DenniS Long IVI1l L. On Staff of "Tech" burst of holiday s pirit, flung a schools, It isn 't n ear the hreak- croach its domain. It a lso shows maId on the back at least once ing paint. in the rl.l ce to see who gels cut that while the sociology of ani­ There are several openings on chunk of serpen tine Il1to the " yeal. (twice If they Ca11]. 'fhen up the most. Next time Monty '-' Sometimes an additional s pur mals I.::> psychologica l, t hat of c],owd and accidentally his watch the). C01111Jlain that I do l10t si!!n . . . gets scratched he's going to have the s taff of the "California '-' IS Ju:;;t til e rIght thing to encou l'- plants is chemica l," Bonner said. Tec h" [oJ' anyone, yes anyone, a long with it. H is n ext move was (11)' name to the Brewm 's. which the doc cross-stitch "Home S\veet to make a boor out of himself age th at latent efflclency II ' w ho can Wl'lte, lype, gather pl'ldes Itself on never having Bes ides, if we get enough men - ome' across his forehead. Cox the f1 00 1' . w h ile smiling'"so sweet­ by turl1lng on the lights, clImb­ news or IS not violently opposed scud anything nice abou t any- down here, til e load becomes had some bore come up a nd stick ly L~t the ref. Even with the to iea l'l1l11g some of these pre­ in g on the thing we ar e not a l­ dy. I ' olveyer. to pl·ove to tl1e I a fin ger m hiS eye too, but Bill bo :"l ight fol' everybody. That's what los.'; of their sta l' forward, the lowed to men lion 111 this col umn ClOUS skills reserved to members r ( l ou l) t l· '1~ [em ,c,le tl1at I "n' got away with a few cold com- Bengel five IS stili one of the in connection WIth our fall' cam­ eve '-' ..... we're SU'J Vlllg for. It's never of t he F ourth E state. a "ncl I,,·a\'e. thi.'· copy IV1· \\ be \ . presses. The last game we had stJ'Onges\ In the league, while pu:;; (there is one at t he Sk ip IJlo '" '" uppened at Tech , but It could. All persons interested in serv­ s igned. With t hem, R ed took a long a pa il' the illy-white Cl mnteU1's out P ep­ In n, however) a.nd asking the Illg themse l yes and t he ir school I am nevel' going to complain ing year and more in terest ing of brass knucJ

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