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TheCaliforniaTech Volume LVII Pasadena, California, Thursday, May 3, 1956 Number 26 BOD settles Forum fate; --Blast!--- Lost Weekend Class slates revealed; appoints student committee Last Monday night the ASCIT Board of Directors settled the festivities near 50 candidates hopeFul fate of the unrecognized Open Forum by unanimously adopting Lost Weekend is almost here! Elections of next year's class officers will be held today be a "compromise" resolution. tween 10:30 and 4 :00 in front of Dabney Hall and from 12:30 The resolution established a seven-man committee to im Final plans for the fourth an to 4 :00 in front of Dabney Hall and from 12:30 to 1 :00 in plement the purpose of the Forum as stated in the proposed nual Lost Weekend, blast par ex the student houses. constitution. The committee shall have the power to bring cellence, have been announced Nominations were held last week, having closed on Thursday, speakers to the campus, but such speakers must have the by Dave Leeson, ASCIT First April 26, except for unopposed offices, and the following slates approval of the BOD. The com Representative. The event, set will be voted upon: mittee as appointed by the board for May 18-20, is designed to For senior offices: president, is composed of Gene Barston, Announcements .• give all Techmen a chance to Jon Harford, Dick Hundley, Bob Fritz Benning, Tom Bergeman, ASCE Chapter Meeting bring dates from home for a Gelber; vice - president, Bill Mike Bleicher, John Lango, Don ASCE Chapter will meet Tech social function. Ricketts still Hecht. Tom Dodge, Mike Duke; Pinkerton, and Vince Taylor. Monday, May 7, at 11:00 in The girls. imported from ev secretary, Jim "Velsh, Marty Dave Gilson, member of the un 010 Engineering. The program ery corner of the country. will Tangora; treasurer, Dick Smi official Open Forum, declined to will be two representatives of sek, Ike Haissman; BOC, Howard serve. the Bechtel Corporation to arrive Friday. They will stay holds Lincoln in the student houses. and they Bloomberg, Don Meyer, Bill tell about the company. Debating the question, "Re The resolution. as pased by and their escorts will begin the Dietrich, Howard Rumsey, Chuck J.1ost Weekend solved that Caltech shall not par the board, effectively postpones festIvities with a welcoming din "Malone, Frank Kofsky. The rooms to be vacated ticipate in football on an inter the visit of Mrs. Healy, chair ner here. The evening will con This year's sophomores nomi for Lost Weekend are 47-62 colegiate level," the Ricketts man of the Communist Party of tinue with a glee club concert, nated for junior president Dick Blacker, 38-53 Dabney, and House debate team, as the nega Los Angeles, whose visit was followed by a dance to the music Baron. Clark Rees; vice-presi 13-25 Fleming. Rooms 1-6 tive, scored a win over the team scheduled for May 10, and Ger of Bob Haymond and his band. dent, Phil Reynolds, Reed Saun Ricketts will be used in the of Blacker House, thus retain ald L. K. Smith, head of the Saturday, after breakfast in ders, Kay Sugahara; secretary, event of an overflow. All ing the Lincoln debate trophy. Christian Nationalist Crusade, Ricketts, the couples will head "Vayne Nelson; treasurer, Stu those involved please contact Goff; soc i a 1 chairman, Bob who was scheduled to visit last for Laguna Beach. Dinner will The victorious team was com Dave Leeson, ASCIT First Walsh; athletic manager, Ed Thursday. The major objection he served in Heisler Park over· prised of Bob Gelber and Frank of the board to the Forum were Representative, in room 34 KrehbieL Bill Gray; BOC, Gene Ricketts. looking the beach. Techmen Kofsky; the losing team of Mike the visits of Mrs. Healy and Cordes, Keith Martin, Zack Mar Ten cars are needed to pro and their dates will feast on Talcott and Jim Lovelady. None Smith. "Recognition of the Open tin, Sonny Nelson, Andy Perga. vide transportation for the fresh pineapple, ham, potato sal· of the four contestants, by stipu Forum immediately would be The sophomores: president, dinner goodies for Lest Week ad. and ice cream. lation of the rules of the debate, risking too much to gain too lit Frank Childs, John Conover; ena to Laguna. Please con had had previous collegiate ex· tle," said Craig Elliot. "Adverse The weekend's climax will be vice-president, Gus Akselrod, tact an ASCIT Board mem- perience in debate. reaction, both from the public a dance at the Elks' Lodge, La Frank Cormia; secretary, Dave and from the faculty and Board ber. guna. The informally-clad cou The Ricketts team brought Allen, Mike Milder; treasurer, of Trustees, would result if the ASME Dinner ples will dance to the music of forth the following points: Jerry Arenson, Ken Dinwiddie, Forum were recognized tonight. Those interested in attend Keith Williams and his band. Roughly one-eighth of the stu Dick Mac Anally; athletic man The forum can prove itself ing the opening dinner of the Sunday morning a farewell dent body, 71 men, goes out for ager, Bob Ingram, John Kelley, through this committee by of ASME conference contact breakfast at Rand's Roundup, football, frosh or varsity; that 71 John Price; BOC, Jim Cribbs, fering a program of three or four Jerry Crocker. Glendale, will round out the men who played interhouse foot Mike Godfrey, George Loge not-so-controversial speakers. weekend. ball would be displaced by the mann, Bill McClure, Rus:,; Pit At their meeting on April 23 men who would ordinarily play zer. Mike Talcott. the board directed the Open varsity or frosh intercollegiate Run-off elections are tentative Forum to bring comments from Tech hosts student ME groups f 0 0 t b a II were discontinued; ly schecluJed for next Monday. administration and faculty memo that so doing ,vould be very de The A SCTT election commit bel'S concerning effects of pub for three-day regional meeting moralizing to school spirit. The tee under the chairmanship of licity of their projected program; losing team attemptea to justify Bill Hecht will supervise the (Continued on page 6) Today marks the begining of the three-day Region VII Pa their side on financial grounds. polls. cific Southwest Student Conference of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, hosted this year by Caltech in the course Sailing, sailing. • • of a nine-year rotation among the colleges of the region. Two charming sisters Nanc~ JOt by Jim Weaver Mechanical Engineering students from the universities of Last weekend three skippers, four southwestern states, including Caltech, will gather for pla~ Tom Sorenson, Gordon Fuler welcoming dinner in the Athenaeum tonight. After dinner the Sarah to perform in coming ton, and myself, and two group will adjourn to the Alum· by Mike Talcott crew members, Dave Ackley and ni swimming pool for an infor This article, third in a series Dave Gardner, ventured up to mal get-together. about the ASCIT play, The Phil Berkeley for a regatta with Cal, Session I of the student tech adelphia Story, will try to intro Claremont, and Stanford. nical·paper competition will run duce the Tech theater-goers to The weather was fine, the sea from 9 a.m. until noon on Fri the leading' lady, Tracy Lord, was rather rough, and the 'four day in 155 Arms. About half of and her sister Dinah Lord. The teens" were a tricky, new boat the visiting students will then writer hopes that after present for us; so we returned wetter eat lunch in the student houses, ing these two lovely actresses to and wiser after a very enjoy· rejoining the remainder of the the public, everyone will rush able "vacation". Although we group for tours of the campus out and buy tickets to the play. did not return with a high score, throughout the afternoon. Nancy .10 Sweeny at least we did not capsize like The paper competition will be The part of Tracy is played Stanford. Cal outdid everyone resolved following Saturday by Nancy J 0 Sweeny, a tall, by catching a 10" fish with some morning Session II, held from beautiful miss who actually has of the water that was continual 9:00 a.m. until noon in 155 Arms. a backlog of acting experience ly splashing over the bow into ReSUlts will be announced and behind her. Nancy is a senior the boat. prizes awarded at the 12:30 p.m. from Mayfield, and a very spe The sailing club met April 20 award banquet in the Athena cial senior at that: she is presi and elected new officers. Gordon eum. dent of Mayfield's distingUished Fullerton was elected Commo conference include the Univer . Larry Whitlow and Mary .10 Sweeney enact a "fI'ielndlly" graduating class. dore; Gordon Barienbrock, Vice Eleven papers are to be pre from the "Philadelphia Story" with Herby Rauch and Nancy is doing what every ac Commodore; Jim Weaver, Sec.· sented by participating students. botter. tress aspires to do, she is simply Treas.; Dave Gardner, Race rehearsing for two performanc Commodore; and Dave Ackley, es simUltaneously. Besides tak Port Captain. Frustrations relieved, fine time had by all ing the lead in The Philadelphia Story, Nan is performing in her . , school's version of Victor Her Conger orations bert's operetta, Sweethearts. as seniors rooms and property ravaged Jnliet to Qneen Liz coming May 24 After weeks of suspense, the havoc with the seniors' posses~ activity progressed throughout As said before, Miss Sweeny Caltech orators will ·discuss long anticipated senior ditch day sions and rooms. the morning and afternoon un has had quite a bit of theatrical "Industrial or International finally arrived last Monday; the The freshmen, totally unaccus- til the destruction finally was experience.