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'INIA TEe The California Tech Associated Students of the California Institute of Techno1ogy Volume LXI Pasadena, California, Thursday, October 8, 1959 Number 3 New Houses Creale Problems Come Scream Tonightl Population, Rotation Proposals 'Tonight at 8:00 a parade will Face Committee, Students By Cleve Moler Whether they'll all go into one wind through the Student House, or be distributed among Houses and across California St. Plans for populating the three all s'even Houses, is one of the to the baseball diamond, where new Student Houses and revis­ deci.sions to be made. AS\:ithings ing rotation procedure will be look now, each House will be a pep rally will beheld to edu­ the subject of much student cate the freshmen and backward asked to make room for six or body discussion and many com­ seven grad students. upperclassmen in the school mittee, House .and general meet­ yells and songs for the Red­ ings . during the next two The present Student Houses lands game this Saturday night. months .. are overcrowded. Their designed / capacity is 304 men; at present The parade will start in Blacker All three of the new Houses there are about 375 resident and proceed through Rickets, are scheduled for occupancy next September. The Committee on members. In addition, there are Fleming and Dabney. When the New Student Houses, a com­ 70 or 80 non-resident and social the troops arrive at the diamond, mittee under the IHC,. has pri­ members, a huge bonfire will be lit to mary responsibility for develop­ The committee's temporary kick off the rally. ing a workable plan. They have population plans suggest asking set the end of first term as the for volunteers from the frosh, There will be a full comple­ target date or submission of soph and junior classes in each ment of yell leader;s and girl their proposals to the faculty of the present Houses to move song leadl;!rs, plus a band to back committee on Student Houses, into the new Houses next fall. up' the songs. Carl Rovainen, which will make the final deci­ There will, of course, also be sions. head ch~erleader, says that this is to be a "yell it out of your Two Problems Bus. Mgr. Post Open system" rally, and that although The committee will be consid­ Any student who wishes to the dress will be informal, pa­ ering two basic problems - pop­ apply for the vacant position jamas are not in order. ulation and rotation., They do of ASCIT Business Manager not forsee the population prob­ lem as offering any particular is urged to do so by contact­ 'ogistJoinsHea'th Staff; difficulties, according to Lee ing any member of the Board. .Hood, the group's chairman. of Directors and stating his "Rotation proposals are a differ­ intention. A speNal election Personal Counseling Expanded ent story, however," Hood said. will be held next Thursday, The new psychologist de­ "The committee is having diffi­ October 15, among the appli­ BY TOMT'lSCH individual, for i:!xample, "you culty reaching any sort of agree­ just lost your girl." scribes himself as wanting to cants. Dr. William Kirtner joined th£e help someone else do exactly ment." Caltech Health Center as a full.­ Prior to his arrival here, Kirt­ ner was a clinical psychologist what he wants to do. Does this Colonization time clinical psychologist on Oc­ lead to anarchy if everyone is All 145 of the rooms in thE! room for any non-resident mem­ tober 1. We are fortunate tc) at the University of Chicago. bers and off-campus . men who There he deaelt both with stu­ guided in this direction? Kitt­ new Houses are designed to; bE~ have such a personable man with doubles. However, present con­ want to move on campus. dents and residents of the com- ner thinks not, for social forces such a wealth of experience in struction plans call for the put" munity. will tend to restrain the indi­ Rotation Difficulties student counseling and guidanc!:! vidual to good taste,. fitting of about 37 of these ai for this position. . There bas been no direct re­ A wide variety of suggestions 'lationshsip established between single, thus making room for cI about rotation are aLso being How will he know if his work total of about 255 men. If one: Kirtner will aid Dr. Daniell the level of. intelligence of a per­ is a "success"? Kirtner describes considered by the committee. Siegel in making available to.' son and the number of psycho­ qUarter of these are frosh, thi~ The committE]e plans to study it this way: "If everyone of the leaves about 190 upperclassmen. the student body a more exten-. logical problems he may have, 35 per cent of the student body . the-Be ideas for two or three sive personal' counseling and p~y-. Kirtner 'Baid. who leaves school talks with me Until the new graduate houses week,:;, then submit several sug­ chotherapeutic service than has High on Kirtner's list of peo­ and then leave" school absolute­ are completed, a few dozen grad gestions to a series of general been previously provided. Siegel ple that almost always fail to ly sure of what he wants to do students may live in the Student student body meetings. Hood conquer their own problems and and is emotionally able to do it, . Houses on a temporary basis. outlined several of the proposals often fail to respond to therapy then my work is a success." for the CalifornIa· Tech: is the person who tries to rigor, 1) Retention of basically the ously define his problem by for­ "Likewise, if I can influence BOD Names Officers present rotation plan, with pos­ mulae. Second among those who him to stay - and again it is First term Freshman Class Of­ .,ibility of shortening the time do not respond too well to coun­ exactly what he wants to do - ficers will be appointed by the in each House from two days to seling help is the person who then again my work is a suc­ cess." Board of Directors at a meeting one. expects the counselor to com- tonight. , I pletely chCj.I;lge him. ' 2) Establishment of a "rush" Most successful in overcom­ week - a week of orientation ing disturbances is the person '. GfJmez·lmpofts Comedy and fraternity-type rush before who "focuses internally, and classes begin. Student camp wants to discover what in situa­ might be elIminated under this tions bothers him, and why." Shaw's 'Candida' Scheduled plan. The "" week in first It is also very important to term could be/u3ed for this rush solve the basic problem which week. . . may be bothering someone-not ~or Presentation At Tech to deal merely with a specifiC .3) Random assignment of the By Joel Yellin the "liveliest and the best," and frosh to the Houses, with the Dr. William Kirtner issue which may be only a mani­ "Candida," . George Bernard said "had the man come t6 me option of changing Houses after festation of this problem, empha­ with his problem I would have will continue his work in the Shaw's witty masterpiece, will a term or a year. 'This is a sized Kirtner. given him a free ticket." center and will act as consulting be presented Monday night, Oc­ sort of "long rotation." tober 19,' by an experienced cast psychiatrist. Both doctors have The play was well accepted 4) . Arbitrary assignment· of Public EPC Meetin9_ from radio, television and .the offices at the health center. by both critics and public and frosh. legitimate stage. The perform­ has remained one of the most Students who definitely .wish Scheduled Tonight ance will be in Culbertson Hall, 5) Permanent assignment by popular works of the man ac­ to make Use of the service should The Educational Policies Com­ and is being brought to campm a committee of seni9rs" from claimed by many as' second only call Ext. 561 to arrange an ap­ mittee will hold an open 'meet­ by Ricardo Gomez, Caltech's only each House. to Shakespeare in his command pointment, Students who feel ing tonight in the .AJSCIT board Columbian.. room. Purpose of the meeting of English language and thought. The IHC committee on new counseling might be of help to "Candida" has always proved is to give students a chance to Student Houses was established " them are also invited to call an entertaining play. Its open­ The performance here will be­ give EPC their ideas on clas~­ about a year ago. The present for an appointment to discuss ing performance in London was room policies of the Institute. '. . gin at 8 p.m. Undergraduate,;; members, who took office last their needs. interrupted by a squad of police­ Among items slated for discus­ and their dates will be charged men searching for the Shearing term, are Hood, Carl Hamilton, Dr: Kirtner plans to reserve sion by EPC this year are prob­ 90 cents a seat for admission. House murderer, Jack the Ripper, Les Hirst, Bill Howard, Dave one afternoon a week for "gen­ lems arising from frosh physics Others will pay $1.50. After the On realizing just what the com­ Pritchard, Stan Sajdera, John eral counseling and guidance." lab, pass-ot-fail reading c01,lrses, play festivities will take place motion was about, Shaw is sup­ He will' be happy to deal with and Institute practles on grant­ in Ricl)etts 61, all playgoers be­ Soule, John Stromberg and two posed to have remarked that any issues of concern to any ing leaves of absence. ing invited to come and meet the men from Throop Club. the play wa's written only for cast. Page Two .• FORNIA TECH Thursday, Octobl")r 8, .i959 Editorial Secretllry'sRep()rt Four Plus Three Little T ed of possessing ulterior motives" Which asked that steps be taken Whatever else may be said of when, by coincidence, the Little, to remedy thisl in the future. Some good, sound thinking and decision-making is going to T's were distributed by the edi· rotation, one aspect of it is all So ... the still unsettled affair have to be done in the next several weeks as plans for the IIcol_ tors from one of the rooms of too clear: many people take it was there to greet the BOD at this House, to which they both onization," as Dr. Huttenbach calls it, of the new Student far too seriously. The extent Its fir,st meeting of the year. happened to belong, Houses are formulated. (see story, page one.) of this over-done interest was After much discussion, centering If the three new Houses are to start out next year on a par well illustrated by a recent mi­ Quick to rise to battle at. this . around the content as. well as nor crisis in the lives of all apparent challenge to imparti­ the distribution of the Little T, with the other four, and there is no reason why they shouldn't, chauvanistically minded citizens ,/ their upperclass meTbership should be determined in time to ality, the officers of .the other the following suggestions were of our community: the Little T made and, it appears, will be elect officers during House elections af the end of second term. Houses indignantly took the mat­ episode. ter to the IRC, where it was followed: 1) that,. in the futUre, This means that the student body's proposals must be com­ As almost everyone is by now quietly aired, polite accusations the editors should be appointed pleted by the end of .the term. That isn't much time. aware, this began over what were exchanged, and a resolu­ earlier, perhaps near the middle If we, through the IHC committee on new Student Houses, some considered to be unfair tion was adopted which implied of the second term; and 2) that come up with reasonable suggestions, we can be reasonably sure distribution of the handbooks. that the books were not distrib­ the BOD Publications Commit· One of the Houses was suspect· uted in a proper manner, and tee. (Bauer, Morris and the new that they will be'accepted by the faculty committee on Student Business Manager) meet. with Houses. both the old and the new edi· Population of the new Houses doesn't appear to be too much tors for policy discussions. of a~roblem. The best idea as The Tech, and almost every­ The present editors were com· body:lse, sees it, is to ask for volunteers from the present resi- mended for having done a gener­ dent members of the Houses-about eight men per class per ally good job on the book. House. This would give us 72 men and cut the Houses down It is the hope of these sug­ to designed capacity. Add to this about 60 non-resident House gestions that, given more time, members and 70 or so off-campus men who want to move on, future editors will be better able to put out a better Little T and ,we come out with the 200 upperclassmen to need for the since, according to the present ( new Houses. editors, the office is now too The big thing we want to avoid is getting only men who are short. Also,let's hope. that dissatisfied with their present House. Starting a new House House politics will ,stay out of will be a challenging experience-something that some of the the question in the future, on both sides. present House "leaders" ought to try. The selection of the 24 volunteers probably ought to be left up to each House. l\'Ieetings in Houses Another situation to avoid is the establishment of a "Rick­ Beginning with next week's etts-prime" or a "Dabney-sub-one" House, but at the same meeting, the BOD will try a new policy, suggested by J ovin. This time, some freedom of choice should be given the volunteers. will consist of holding meetings What to do with rotation, or its successor, isn't as clear cut. in the varioUSI House lounge8, As of now, The Tech is plugging for what is modestly called in a sort of miniature rotation. liThe Huttenbach-Moler Plan." It is simply retention of the Starting at Ricketts on October present rotation idea, but with two modifications. First, the 12, the B'oard will hold its meet­ ings in each of the Houses in time per House would be cut to one day. Second, freshman turn., All meetings guaranteed and upperclassmen. would be encouraged to ,come back early (with luck and a minimum of . for pre-camp rotation or voluntary rush or whatever-you-want­ "But I thought YOU pushed the button!" (Continued on page' 6) to-call-it. (We've heard more than one frosh ask why some­ body didn't ..tell him things were going on here before registra- • • tion.) , The plan's promoters point out it would allow adequate: frosh-House contact, without too much pressure on either QUEEN. First chance group., The weekend could be set aSide. for additional visits to I Houses the frosh were particularly interested in. Nobody denies; you get, really treat the fac.t that a good amount of rotation goes on before registra- tion and we might as well take advantage of that fact. . her royally. Celebrate, The rush week idea places too much emphasis on the Houses' as fraternity-like establishments. It would also be a hell of a lot of work for. everybody concerned. your date with Budweisen Several other questions will also have to be answered in the next two months. ·the King of,Beers! There is no particular reason for eliminating Throop club as some people have suggested. There'll always be off-campus men and there'll probably be an extra room in the new Student Center. The Interhouse Committee will develop a new significance when it represents most of the student body. ) t could easily take over what is left of the ASCIT social program and might even think of some other useful activities. Real ization of the Houses' capacities as intellectual centers is something else to think about.') Dr. Huttenbach is already planning to set aside one of the rooms for use by student groups, humanities classes, and seminars. interesting working them out. As the principal instrument of communication between students and other students, the Cali­ foria Tech is planning to give play-by-play account of the com­ mittee work, discussions ahd complaints'. As usual, we'll wel­ come letters. And the committee members are exceptionally approachable people. See you in Lloyd House. -cm In short, we face SOme interesting problems and) it will be The Co/iffJrnia Teen Published weekly during the school year by the Associated Stude!nts of the California Institute of Technology, Incorporated. Editorial Board Cleve Moler, Editor John Todoroff, News Editor Lance Taylor, Assistant News Editor Roger Noll, Sports Editor Martin Carnoy, Feature Editor Tom Tisch, Special Feature Editor Editorial Staff Ken Larsen, Kerry Donovan, Charles McBurney Bob Koh, Pete Metcalf, Matt Couch, John G. Price Photos: ASC IT Photo Business Staff .. .Neil Sheeley, Bill Mock, Managers Stan Klein. Maury Genud, Circulation Second Class postaae paid at Pasadena, California Printed by Bickley Printing Co. Represented nationally by National Advertising Service, Inc. Subscriptions: $1.00 per term, $2.50 per year. Write: Circulation Manage'r The California Tech, 1201 East California Blvd., Pasadena, California. ' Where there's Life ... there's Bud® ANHEUSER-BUSCH, INC.· ST. LOUIS· .NEWARK • LOS ANGELES .~ MIAMI. T~MP'" Thursday, October 8, 1959 T NEe A L I FOR N I A. TEe H Page Three- Houses Miss Top·Frosh IImlin And Tile Arts , The California Tech, demon­ By Joel Yellin strating a degree of journalistic talent rarely revealed, has dis­ covered two freshmen that the By Joel Amiin And here, hark to the sound Houses- have completely ignored My little experiment of last of the oft-repeated: during rotation. In order to week is still far from complete. u ••• 'My mouth has tasted give all the houses equal oppor­ The faculty members and the the valleys, the sunbeams, the tunity to work on these 'finds, students who promised a few women: is prosy. The idea of we have stolen looks at their lines of comment upon the poem ta~ting women is lively and activity sheets and are publish­ have not, with one exception, fresh but spoiled by the incon­ ing the significant facts: responded. However, I hope to gruous - or at least vague and Kathie Browne: , have a representative s'ample by imprecise idea ,of tasting so very Calif.; shy, quiet type; good room­ next week. different qualitatively - things mate; experience in the theat.er The one reply I got is inter­ such as valleys (huge and vague) ~~ ("Cat On a Hot Tin Roof," Cal­ esting as a beautiful example a)1d sunbeams (small, precisely tech, April, 1969). of the personal element spoil­ named and rather coy - "you Albert G. "Fig" Newton: some ing the critical eye. I think the are my sunbeam," etc., etc. place in New York; also shy and English 100 students will agree God!). Fig Newton quiet, writes beat nursery that none of the examples in rhymes, but otherwise inexpe­ "My heart beats fast" - what (Hutte¥bach number: 9.9) "Practical Criticism" show the a line of poetry! "Heed"-'-why rienced in almost everything. Kathie Browne emotional influence as well as this unexpected archaism in a do this': fairly' informal 20th century "That poem impresses me as statement? It is an unneces­ being pretty crummy for the sary distraction" Sounds too same reason so much other mod­ "poetic" in the bad sense. ern verse bores me." "Since I am irritated at this Sir isaac Newton is" struck Preconceptions take over im­ point, the rest, while obscure, mediately. doesn't seem worth a more care­ lacks music - and by (,not her great idea! "... n ful scrutiny - so the effort has poetry traditionally is written to failed. Nor does the rest of the be read aloud . " . A~ I read poem stand Qut as eslpecially this aloud I am reminded of too good just average. Except for many awkward, ugly, or absurd ~ the last four lines. They could connotations. For e x amp I e, stand alone and are interesting "great gaps" reminds me of and musical in their own right. great yaps - crying great yaps Tell the poet to junk all that -God! "People becoming fe­ goes before . . ." cund" is a dull and poorly made image. A poet would find a JVJ;ore about the poem next fresher and more directly tran­ week. For reference to the' above sitive verb to do his business." here it is in its entirety: I have seen the mountains crying great gaps of golden-white, And the people becoming fecund with their hopes, their Christs. . . My mouth has tasted the valleys, the sunbeams, the women: My heart beats fast and I heed the river. Every small reward of faithfulness: the wondering eyes; , Every roughness, sudden still capitulation is forever mine. , All my winters and my long summers I spent at the sea In the shelter of roiled green-white water. Now I am free.

¥QUDICNCC BY DOUG CARMICHAEL the details of the main events, A broadcasting phenomena,' following which there is a com­ KPF'K, e sister to KPF A in mentary on the news which Berkeley, a no commercial read­ which ranges in view from the er subscription station, started American right to the far left. broadcasting in Los Angeles dur­ The station has nine such com­ ing the summer and will con­ mentators, each evening being tinue daily 12 noon to 12 mid­ devoted to one of them. night with 75,000 watts from Some of the more interesting Mount Wilson on an -FM fre­ programs coming up are: Thursday - 12:55-1:55 - Cal­ quency of 90.,7 Megacycles. ~ tech's Jim Davies, "The Abuse Th~ station',s thes~s is that en-" /of Psychoanalysis in Politics'''; ~erta~nment and tOPICS of absorb- 7:15-8:3fl _ Alexander Karensky, • mg mterest need .not exclude Russian prime minister, during each other. A reVlew of some the revolution in 1917 "The of the programs from the first Place of War in Co~munist six weeks of broadcasting should World Strategy"; 10:30-11:00 _ As sure as little apples, Newton knew that what goes.up must come down. prove the point. In lecture se- Bertrand Russell Talks .. ries: six le:tures recor.ded ~t Friday """"7' Unfortunately be­ But when it comes down to a cially processes them for filter the U. of ChIcago by DaVId ReIs- O'inning at 6:30 program number man "Th e A mencan . Ftu ure, ,,'" two on "The History, of Music." really ple,asurable filter ciga­ smoking. The result: Filter­ nine lectures by Aldous Huxley Sunday _ 2:35-3:20 _ Paul rette, it's what goes up-in front Blend up front of a modern fil­ "The Human Situation," record- Hoffman on "Economic Develop­ of the filter, that is-that makes ter. That's what makes Winston ed at 'Santa Barbara, and seven ment of the Under-Developed lectures from Harvard by Paul Nations"; 5:05-6:30 _ ''The His­ the difference! a complete filter cigarette. Tillich. There have also been tory of English Drama" _ most­ And there's where Winston Filter-Blend also makes individual addresses of some ly dramatic excerpts from old had an inspired idea - Filter­ Winston America's best-selling, note; Oppenheimer, James Zel- plays (BBC), lerbach, Frank Loyd Wright, Monday _ 7:30 _ ABBe doc­ Blend! Winston specially selects best-tasting filter cigarette. Take Neils Bohr, Bertrand Russell, umentary on the life of T. E. choice, mild tobaccos, then spe- it from Sir Isaac: Peter Ustiov. Lawrence. The news is presented five Wednesday - 7:00-7:30-"The "You don't have to be hit on the head to know that days a week from 5:45 to 6:30, Creative Mind" - one of a se­ I starting off with a 15-minute reo ries of interviews; 8:30-9:30 - view of editorial opinion in the a lecture on the philosopher Winston tastes good like a cigarette should!" foreign press, a different coun· "Heger." try every night. Then comes Friday - 8:00-9:00 - the last 15 minutes of ,straight news reo of a series of lectures by Aldus R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO .. WINSTON·SALEM. N. C. porting, which concentrates on Huxley. Page Two THE CA LIFO R N I ATE C H Thursday, October 8, 1959 Editc--'------. Positive 8;as -,l21t3IlT LIt3IlT~ ,- • • C()r=.=~~ •• Discs: .. from Sublime To Asphalt Quality of plastic and absence ~~() BY PIERRESUNDBORG Angel ... of noise is just one side of the Angel, too, is one of the best. As promised last week, we by griffen now begin in earnest by consid­ coin. The other, of course, is Its recording techniques' are ering the quality of the major fidelity. Suffioe it to say that flawless, and the sound conies It is hard to believe some of brief case handcUffed to his out big and juicy, especially in American record brands. I cov­ Westminsters are good. Bass the accomplishments of our fel­ wrist,and pushing past his ered the small outfits last year, the mid-highs_ One of thenic­ low students while still in their family' at the airport, reported and concluded by saying that drums come out better .~han on est things about the Angel discs undergraduate years. Undoubt­ directly to Central Intelligence. the worst of these is easily as any other large label. Highs are is the beautiful and sensible edly, the most illustrious of He WR" ushered into the plush good as the best of the mass there, too, and beautifully clean. packaging. That plastic-lined these at the present is former office of the Chief. production labels. The small boys For a sample of good sound, pocket is about the sweetest I<'.B.I. agent Arthur M. Rubin., "Good to see you, Rubin, how discussed, for your refreshment, thing to hit a record since the Rubin seemingly appeared did it go?" were Audiophile, Audio Fidelity, advent of less-than-l-ounce track­ from nowhere to play one of the "Good to see you, too, Chief, San Francisco, and Hi-Fi Rec­ ing force cartridg,es., biggest parts in cracking the how are the kids?" ord. now-infamous "Festival Ring",­ One danger should be pointed "Fine, fine. Well, why don't that group of American Commu­ WestmiDster out, though. A lot of people you just ramble for a while, around here have been getting nists who went to the Vienna Let's start with the best, and I'll pick out what's import­ occasional Angel's which have Youth Festival and tried to way­ which, in my opinion, is West­ ant. Did you get any names?" abnormally high surface noise, lay im10cent tourists into the minster. This outfit is one of and ,even stylus-wrecking pits. fold of Communism. It is doub­ "Well, uh, let me start at the the smallest of the big compa­ Before buying an Angel, try to ly surprising that through all beginning . . .," nies, and maybe that explains try either of these two: "Lab look at the record surface and the investigations and later fan­ "Excuse me, Rubin, just keep the quality of its product_ West­ Sampler," W-Lab S-l, which make sure that it doesn't have fare Art (as he is affectionately talking into the recorder there; minster uses exceptionally good comes complete with the offi­ any bubbles or pits. If is looks called by his ) has re­ I'll be right back." plastic on all its discs., A West­ cial version of the "Ride of the O.K., it'll probably play that way. mained his own modest and The Chief returned a few min­ minster, when played carefully Valkyries" as used so effectively unassuming self. utes later with a thick file with on good eqUipment, will not de­ by the awesome Blacker sYistem London In Spring of 1959, Rubin Rubin's name on it and a note velop surface noise and distor­ (Frosh, be sure to listen at 7:00 London Records belongs with made his first contact with the pad and made occasional memos tion for a good long while. I a.m., December 14), For people the quality-first group. What G-men by calling the Chicago While information poured out of have a couple of Westminster's who hate classical niusic, West­ I've said about Westminster section of the F.B.I. and asking Rubin's infallible memory. One which I've been Jjllay,ing fdr minster "Pop Sampler," WP S·1. pretty well applies to London. whether going to the Youth Fes­ hour later, the Chief spoke: two years, and neither has any They cost $2.98 and $1.98, re­ My one doubt about London disturbing noise. spectively. tival would affect his security "Now you say that a girl con- (Continued on page 6) clearance. "I would like to be . tacted you in the passport office able to find a job when I come in L.A. What was her name? back," Rubin said. What were your close friends' "Well, we're not a policy-mak­ names at the Festival?" ing organization and I can't tell "J' got these seven names, but you anything to guarantee you I don't know the girl's name." clearance, but I'll put down "Well, Rubin, I guess that'll be that you called before you went, all, the Chief '"aid, adding some and that might help in the in­ small notes to Rubin's ever­ vestigation proceedings., By the growing file_ way, we would appreciate any information that you could bring "Chief?" back from the Festival - just "Yes, Rubin, what is it?" make a note of anything suspi­ "What about my ,security cious." clearance?" "Yes, sir," Rubin answered. "I told you, boy, we just get He had found his niche. After the information - the Army is all these years 0 being rejected the policy maker." He added by every service organization in something else to the file. the U.S., he could serve his coun­ try. Drugs Sundries Cosmetic:s Tobacc:os Rubin tried to appear as in­ CALtFORNIA REXALL conspicuous as possible in Vien­ PHARMACY na. His technique of approach­ 555 S. Lake SY 2-3156 ing people was as suave as those who know him would expect it Breakfast Lunc:h Dinner to . be. Cage official softly, "I can't make ~ut this of Ame'rican racialism and al­ extolling the virtues of propa­ text!" The audience, despite in discussing "the disposition of catalog of events on' display in leged that even the little prog­ ganda, they were content to use their obvio1.1S partisanship, roar­ guns'; on a particular border. the PubJic Affairs Room. ress they were making was due the Americans as their tool in ed with laughter at this. His Furthermore, he claimed the to pressure felt from the Soviet courting the Africans and Asi­ The 'days' activities were most­ rebuttal was. that Hungary was point had been well made to ly diffe'rent discussion groups his satisfaction (by.the Hungar­ Union. He said among cheers, ans. When the U.S. !State De­ not an underdeveloped country "When' I stepped on Soviet soil, partment warned Americans and lectures. Smnple topics of and pointed to their "flurish­ iansi) ,that Hungary was not an the daily seminar groups were: underdeveloped country a, n d for the first time in my· life I that they would be used as prop­ ing economy under Soviet con­ felt a really free, whole human aganda tools they Nniversally "'The Role of Students and Their trol," where machinery produc­ therefore. not within the scope Organizations in Society," "Na­ being." He went on to explain did not believe it. "They eouldn't tion had "dramatically climbed of the seminar. The primarily ture of Man in the Light of. how a dictatorship was tem­ use me, I'm too smart," each 23 per cent" in three years. African audience then cheered Achievements of Contemporary their chairman's clever maneu­ porarily neeessary in the Com­ said.. But all admitted the game Science Technology and Philoso­ - Then a Britti,sh fellow ra't!'1:ed a vering of this close call. munist countries to prevent slid­ is hopeless whe~ you play on phy," "The Young Film Artist . "point of information," his only ing back to the old way, a mis~ their terms. Paul Robeson Cheered (cameraman) and the World To­ . means of access to the floor. day," "Problems of Democrati­ The audience mistook him for an A few more speeches and then UNITARIAN PUBLIC FORUM zation and Reform of Higher American and practically every­ Paul Robeson came in and broke -Z936 We·st Eighth Street, Los. Angeles Education," and a real lulu, "IDeo­ one took off his earphones and up. the meeting with cheers. He Isidore Ziferstein, M.J;>. speaks Friday, O'ctobe'r 9, at 8 p.m. , nomic, Political and Cultural chimed in with everything nasty went immediately to the ros­ "A LOOK AT SOVIET pSYCHIATRY-How Soviet Man Looks to. an Problems of Colonial and Under­ they could think of about Amer­ trum and gave his pitch. First American Psychiatrist" developed Countries and the icans. "What about lynching \n he made a play for the African Admission: $1.00 Question Period Role of Students in Their Solu- the South," "Why didn't you feeling of National and eultural tion." give Paul Robeson his passport," As usual the American dele­ "What abo u t Guatemala," r------~----~------j gation had great difficulty" get­ "Standard Oil," "Dupont," "the I I rubber companies," and the old I I ting tickets to attend these semi­ I A Campus-to-Career Case History : nars; only a few tickets, if any, faithful, "Yankee Go Home!" I amid a background of boos and I were made available to approxi­ ...... •~ mately 400 American partici­ . hisses. Nevertheless he climbed pants. What generally hap­ to the rostrum and the chair re­ pened at these meetings' would luctantly gave him two minutes be trite talk for several days to state his point of information. until things started warming ur Truth Squelched and the "rockets. s howe C He eloquently made his point through," i.e., the superficial po' (almost a direct quote). "I'm liteness would wear thin anc British .... and I sincerely sym­ stubborn bitterness let loose. pathize with you Colonial vic­ tims of unenlighted British rule. Americans Not Admitted I will do all I can to correct This last seminar mentioned the mistakes (then a reminder above (the "real lulu") could from the chair to state his p.i.) more accurately have been titled, ... But I'm a 'youth who values "Victims of U.,s. ,and U.K. 1m· the truth. as I hope you all do. perialism and Ruthless Capital· Because I seek the truth I went ism." It was held in a fair· on a bus tour sponsored by the sized auditorium in the Vienna Independent Vienna Youth tc Embassy district complete with ,see the Hungarian border. The personal earphones and choice miles of this barbed wire and of several translations. 'Tickets for, this were very scarce and many Americans were trying, Y To Hold Retreat; unsuccessfully, to talk or push Plan Year's Events their way in past' the Czech A YMCA Program Retreat will private police force hired "to be held this week end, Friday keep order." As usual I sneaked evening through ,Sunday morn­ in through some emergency ing, to decide the YMCA pro­ Engineering of microwave relay and carrier systems keeps Bryan Clinton's job interesting and challenging. exit, surpris'ed to find lots of gram for next year. Anyone empty seats, suggesting ,some interested in more informati,on other motive for ticket scarcity. or in attending is encouraged 'UiS. and U.K. people were de­ to go to the Y office .by thLs "I got the engineering career I wanted nied the right to give their sides afternoon. The YMCA will pay to the questions because '~they one-half the expenses for each ...... and right in my own home state" were not representatives of stu­ individual, including three out dent groups but rather individu­ of the six meals. I In 1955, William Bryan Clinton, Jr., got After 15 months of on-the-job training alparticipants. ".only scheduled L * * * I his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at in various phases of company operations, talks were given, and the Afri­ Wes Hershey, executive secre- I Clemson .College. Now Bryan's with Bryan was assigned to the Engineering can chairmanship ruled with an tary of Caltech YMCA, has been I I Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Department at Columbia, S. C. His work iron hand. Prepared speeches elected national president of the I i Company at Columbia, South Carolina. with carrier systems and microwave were given one after tlte other Student YMCA Secretaries' As­ I I He's doing specific planning of long dis­ radio projects has involved him directly by representatives of the "vic­ sociation. He will serve for three I tance communications projects involv­ in the growth of the company. And he's tims," telling of their "ruthless years. I I broadened his experience through devel­ exploitation." One mentioned Hershey has been at Cal tech I ing cable carrier facilities and microwave I radio relay systems. opment courses in management,general the ruthless stripping away of since 1946. Before that time I I engineering, engineering economy, and minerals from the land and ship­ he had worked with the campus I Bryan chose a career with Southern ping them off elsewhere to be 1 microwave relay systems. Y's at Cornell University and I Bell over several other offers. "There smelted and used.. Another Afri­ I were three things that were most impor­ "I know I'm with a fast-growing coIh­ the University of California. I can described the confusion and I tant to me," he says., "First, I wanted to pany and I feel I'm really participating I frustration of his people when t go with an established, growing company in its growth," Bryan says. "What's more, they are denied the pride of Freshmen Pies I I where I could grow, too. Second, I wanted I'm getting the training I need to keep their own heritage and taught I thorough basic training to get started off me abreast of new communications de­ Bein~ Distributed 1 in schools that their ancestors A booklet containing individ­ j right, plus participation in ¢[evelopment velopments and take better advantage of I are blond and blue-eyed, ual snapshots of each member I programs to keep me moving ahead. And, advancement opportunities when they A Canadian was: allowed to I of the frosh dass and lisJing 1 third, I wanted to stay in the South." come along_" give his speech because he rep­ I' his name and home town is be­ I resented some student organiza­ ing dLstributed tQis week to all I tion. His theme was sincere I Bryan Clinton eal'lled a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engi­ freshmen through their physics I neering. He's one of many young college men pursuing sympathy and understanding of I classes. The photography was I rewarding careers with the Bell Telephone Companies. , the plight of the colonies but I done by Graphic Arts. , Find out about opportunities for you. Talk with the Bell BELL answered to the particularly Dean Strong hopes the pic­ I interviewer when he visits your campus-and read the TELEPHONe: simple-minded cry of exploita­ I tures will be an aid to frosh in. ,I Bell Telephone booklet on file in your Placement Office. COMPANIES tion: "But you s:ee W.e could getting acquainted with their IL ______~ ___ -----______~ ______~ not smelt the bauxite on your classmates. island because there is no hydro- Page Six THE CAL I FOR N I A T EC H Thursday, October 8, 1959 Looking frantically about the Tech office last Monday night for Positive 8ias A'\H~ something to fill this hole, we cam'e across this little gem from the (Continued from page 4) My favarite record among the March 7, 1940 issue of "The Beau Bungle"-an issue of The Tech 300 lining my .shelves is "The printed on pink paper: discs is that they seem to' de­ Orchestra," SAL-8385,featuring ~~8ARFLy velop distortion with fewer play­ ~ Stakawski and "His .orchestra," ings than either Westmins;ter or BY JOHN BERRY whatever that may be. 'This is Angel. Perhaps the plastic isn't For about sIx months after Ohituartj Of A Dirty Snake a beautiful praduction, complete my liberatian from baurban and quite so good, or maybe they're with 24-page booklet teliing what just recorded at a higher level, . baurban - base drinks (which Once upon a midnight dreary the music IS about and what to' While I pondered, pale and bleary which gives the poor little sty­ liberation involved the cansump­ listen far. If I could listen to Squaring, pi, and intergrating lag of p fram ane to faur. lus a harder job. At any rate, tion af an astranomical amount anly one record for the rest of Always, every answer missing, London discs are certainly su­ af whiskey and the anly hang­ my life, it wauld be this one, Suddenly I heard a hissing perior to most of the American over I ever had which started .partly because af the music, and at 2 /p.m. the "morning after"), As of samething faintly swishing thraugh rubbish an the flaar brands, and deserve a place in ThrDugh th epiles af sacks and papers that abscured my chamber partly because the fact that it's ~ was' almost exclusively a gin any man's collectiDn" May I floor Capital means it would last man. Then I discovered brandy suggest LondDn :AS-100, "A Jour­ abaut that long_ Fram my vision evermare. ney into Stereo Sound," to any­ and cognac, and gin took a defi­ nitely second place in my af­ one who is looking for the ulti­ Decca Oh, distinctly I remember fections. For an example Df mate in records with which to 'Twas the' middle of December Decca is a different matter. what caused me to change my demonstrate the new stereo sys­ Decca has some. good artists We had had our final bender and aur grades were naw at stake; allegiance, campare the flavar tem. It contains trains, racing under cantract, which, from my As I turned a handbaok aver of the fallowing two drinks: cars, Mantovani, and the Lon­ paint of view, is unfortunate. And the spider raced far caver don Symphany. Tap notch. THE GIN STINGER Fram beneath a faur leaf clover slid inta my view a snake. An old adage in the hi-fi busi­ 2 pints Dry Gin ness gaes "TO' J?rDduce a quality Murmuring "Ta Hell With Oxy" Capitol 1 pint Creme de Menthe On his belly came a snake. praduct begin with quality com­ (white) Of the "big three'" af the panents ..." Decca begins its Surely this was same mistake! Shake well with ice and strain American recard industry, Capi­ pressing aperatiDn with really (Sa is this whole damn pDem!) inter glass. tal is definitely el numero uno. pathettc plastic, and the lfinished Of caur.:;e, it is well known I have never had a bad Capital praduct is a bad disc. There "St)1Clent," cried he, "Cutthroat evil, that the only difference, between recDrd, and I have a stack Df is no excuse far such bad plats.­ Fearing neither man nDr devil, white and green Creme de them six inches thick. Capital tic. It leads anly ta initially Lang ago, I was as thau art, now shalt thau be like as 1. Menthe is the calor. Sa if the puts aut consistently gaad sound, high naise, and eventually to' a On thy belly thau shalt travel, green is what YDU have on hand, prabably as a result af the ex­ mass af sheer distortion. I'm nat Crawl the way through grit and gravel, that need nat prevent you fram cellent facilities of the new Capi­ going ta buy any Deccas until Slide alang thraugh dust and ravel, sampling these drinks.. But the tol Tawer .in Hollywood. Capi, some improvements are made, Never shalt thou see the skies. first-noticed difference between tal's vinyl plastic is gaod, and as I trust they will be. The Thou shalt leave thy night .shirt empty the twa drinks is the difference Never shalt thau close thy eyes." unlike what appears ta be the Decca peaple might as well real­ (when white is used) in the case with other American rec­ ize right now that the people ards, it is nat well-laced with cal 0'1', which is lost in the green wha buy hi-fi records are fair­ caaperatian. Let's hope that sawdust. Capital discs are built Creme' de Menthe. Secretory's /(epfJrt ly intelligent, and can tell the these indicatians cantinue to ma­ ta take a lot af wear befDre giv­ THE R.RANDY STINGER (Continued from page 2) difference between reclaimed as­ ing up ghost. The newer re­ 1 part Cognac Brandy terialize, and that such things leases, especially on the "Capital phalt and goad vinyl. 1 part Creme de Menthe cantraversy) to' be aver within as persanal conflicts, petty poli­ an hour. of the Warld" series, are just as With that out of my system, I (white) tics and hause aggrandizement good as any af the cDmpetitors quit fDr now. Next week let's Shake well with ice and strain will stay aut af the picture. in the small-production field have' into glass. The general tDne af ASeIT talk about ROA, CDlumbia, Mer­ this year, a.s evidenced so far, put out. I recommend Kloke's Cognac BILL BAVER cury, and the little ones. Until Brandy far this drink. AlthDugh is a vast improvement Dver ~SCIT Secretary If yau have a record callec­ then, give a listen to "Worth it may be argued whether 0'1' nat years past. . It is simply this: tion, it must include something Listening To," Dn ~RHM, 94.7 the difference between Kloke's ta get things dane, but in an at­ * * * by Capital, and you prDbably on your FIM dial. Good study and a (say) $12-a-fifth brandy masphere af infarmality and (~MENI-Ed.) already agree with me about music from 9 to 10 week-day is warth the expense - if you quality. If yau don't agr,ee, 0'1' intend to drink fram an inhaler nights. warse yet, dan't have any Capi­ --it is inarguable that you can­ tals, try one ar mare af these: nat find a \1etter brandy far "Full Dimensional Saund fram the price, nDr a better brandy the Capital Tower," W-901, a for mixing at any price. The real demanstratian of what clean CFSAFST Sets delicate nuances af flavar which in research and saund means.. For the sterea may (0'1' may not, depending an OFFERS CAREER fans I recommend any record First Game hDW much yaur tangue is edu­ development of from the new series titled . The Caltech' Faculty, Staff, cated) make a $12 battle af o p PORT U NIT I ES "What's New an Capital Stereo." brandy worth while are cpm­ space vehicles Alumni and Friends SDccer These are being released at the pletely last in the mixing af Active participation in Space Research and Technology, Space rate of ane a manth, and really teap! have scheduled a game any brandy-base drink. The re­ Vehicle design and development • Opportunity to expand your run the gamut af stereo saund, with the Beaver JV for Satur­ sult af years af experience can knowledge • Individual responsibility • Full utilization of your being excerpts frDm the new day morning at 10, it was an­ be completely abliterated in five capabilities and association with top-ranking scientists in your field releases. Cast, $1.98. nounced yesterday by prDmo­ secands with just a bDttle of ter Bab Huttenbach soda. Annouhcements "We'll be gui4ed by our old Pete Lippman philasaphy: No Practice Makes SECTION LE~DERS Campus Representative for Perfect," team caach Bob Hut­ Dean IStrang asks that each tenbach revealed., GOLDEN WEST frash sectio):1 elect a sectian lead­ Stainless steel waterless cookware er by the end af next week. "Bath teams will be playing Cadillac of the Industry Sectian leaders act as represen~ on their hame field (T'P)," league tatives ta the frash class affi­ SPECIAL CONSIDERATION TO pre.sitlent BDb Huttenbach point­ INSTITUTE PERSONNEL cers and ta the Dean's Dffice. ed out. "L" Box, Ricketts • SY 2-0849

INSTITUTES Dan Fahnline, president af the A Instituters, is loaking far men FIRST FR EE ••• FOR interested in jaining the graup. minor mending! COLDS Representatives of Jhe team that. put America's first The Instituters are a service 0'1'­ GRIPPE buttons repaired! ganizatian. , FLU repairs needed! Space Probe beyond the Moon will be here for interviews HAY FEVER for CALTECH patrons HEAD­ Monday, October 19 ACHE ONf GLEE CLUB of Pasadena's famed PhD Candidates The Glee Club is still halding Thou­ tryauts fDr a limited number af sands SUDS-KISSED Have interested in talking with . .. place.:; left in their organizatian. Taken Caloids LAUNDROMAT They meet an Thursdays fram With PHYSICISTS • CHEMISTS • MATHEMATICIANS • ELECTRONIC, 11 ta 12 and ~ to' 4 and Tuesday ElOcelient SY 2-2300 Results AERONAUTICAL, MECHANICAL AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS even.ings at 7:15. JOB OPENINGS NOW IN THESE FIELDS Bachelor Bundles Guaran­ OPTICS' INFRA-RED TECHNIQUES' SOLID STATE AND NUCLEAR teed a Specialty . PHYSICS • PHYSICAL AND ORGANIC CHEMISTRY • SPACE VEHICLE CORRECT'ION Satis­ factory FINE DRY CLEANING GUI,DANCE • SPACE COMMUNICATIONS • INSTRUMENTATION' Last week's paper stated that or your SENSIBLE PRICES COMPUTERS 'TELEMETERING • MICROWAVE TECHNOLOGY the new PE pragram allowed money ENGINEERING MECHANICS • AERODYNAMICS AND STRUCTURES anly three days af credit per back Open 7:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. week.. This statement is (thank­ fully) false. The PE department New Improved - Trial Size 98c 922 E. California St. recommends a maximum af Reg. Si:r;e $1.49 Family Pkg. $3.49 Nearest to CAL TECH Professional Size $6.25 three days a week, but doe's not Different and Effective - Ask for CALOIOS Green Stamps require it. 555 South Lake 88'2 E. California Blvd. Thursday, October 8, 1959 T H/E CAL I FOR N IA TEe H Page Sevitn Basketball' Pr~ctice' The California Tech Gets Early Starf Beaver Chips Koh H. Z. Musselman, Galtech" ath­ By Noll and letic director, announted this week that' varsity basketbalr practice will begin next. Thurs­ day, October 15. Coach Rock A New, Look At· Sports will begin the workouts at 4:15. Frosh basketba!J will not get Lq,st year we rari' an editorial arguing that the Sailing Team should under way u~til the end of foot­ be givm some kind of official recognition by A SClT and ·the athletic ball season, Monday, Novem- department. Last week the BOD made such a recommendation. ber 17_ ' , The final push to get Sailing recognized IS about to be made. We believe that .the chan,ces for this recognition are much greater if (a) The rather early start of prac­ the students are informed as to the problem involved, and (b) some tice, as soon as NCAA regula­ sort of student enthusia.sril is displayed. tions permit, is due primarily to Considering this,- we have asked Tom Bowman, Commodor 0/ the fact that this year's basket­ the Saili'ng Club, to write the/ollowing editorial. ball team iilexpected to be * * * . stronger 'than usual. Onty two For several years it has been apparent that something should lettermen graduated from last be done about the Galtech sailing team. With several thousand dol­ year's sqpad: center Bill Mc­ lars worth of facilities at its disposal, a fleet of six large, well-main; Clure and kfl.;Conference for­ tained racing dinghies (the only good college fleet this side of Berke­ ward :r ohn Stene':' Returning ley), and a larger racing sloop, Caltech has never fielded a winning stars include forwarda Mel' Hol­ sailing team.. The team might be fairly successful one weekend, land, Dave Blakemore and Bill markedly poor the next, and not even show up the next. While Ripuka; and Jorwards Len Ma­ other schools would use the same five or six' sailors every week .ley and Larry Brown.' Several throughout the season, Cal tech would have to spread the duties sophomores should add material­ around among some twenty or more men. In a season that spans ly to this year's squaq, including the school year from OctolJer through May, top CIT skippers might last season's frosh captain Dean be seen once ro twice. Others might show up once a month if not Caltech's fleet· halfback, Vince Hascall, finds temporary day· Gerber and frosh high-point man, too busy. Practice has always been nonexistent. light in a short burst through the center of the line. Blockers are Gerry Clough. The .reason for all this lies"in the fact that the CIT sailOl;,shvae Larry Long (75), Herm,. Har:tung (85) and John Dcnyes (78). neve"r been given any recognition, incentive, or even any basis for organization. The sailing team is the one athletic team in the school that is not included in the athletic p~ogram and receives no school uBeavel SPfJlfS letters or awards. In a sport that ch¢ws up time by the days rather CaltechF uml>lesAwav Saturday, October; 10: than hours, it is hard for most Techmen to sacrifice their grades for nothing more than the thrill of losing races. In the past the 10:30 a.m.--:Soccer' vs. veL,A athletic department has always thrown in one hour of PE credit 10:30 a.m.-Soccer vs. River­ for a day's sailing to help the sailor rationalize his decision; this . year as a reward for the sailing'team's surprisingly good standing Chance For Grid Wi~ side at Riverside, at the end of last season's Southern Series (third best in Southern . The Caltech defense, or rather Carl Gottschall blocked a River­ 4:15 p.m.-Water PolO' vs. California behind Oxy and UC'Santa Barbara), the atheletic depa~t­ a glaring absence of it, allowed side punt on the Riverside 26 Alumni at Caltech. ment has curtailed all PE credit for sailing. UC at Riverside to blast out a and Hood drove for a first down surprising 19-0 victory ISaturday until Kettelo grabbed an errant 8:00 p.m.-Football vs. Red­ BOD Takes Action , afternoon to ruin the Beaver Holland pass on the Riverside lands at Redlands. The first significant action to be taken in the sailing team's home grid opener. six. behalf occurred at, Monday night's BOD meeting when the Board Tuesday, October 13: unanimously recommended that a new category of sports be set The Beavers' offense, which 4:15 p.m.-Water Polo VB. Mt, up in the Caltech athletic program to include sports such as sailing penetrated three times within San Antonio at Caltech. (Continued on page 8) the Riverside 15-yard line, Water Poloers showed flashes of eompetence, but a leaky pass defense proved Get Fi rst Test fatal. The only long Beaver mar,ch Saturday of the day was after the first Riverside touchdown when the The varsity water polo team losers marched 60 yards' for five takes its first official splash into first downs but fumbled on the the alumni pool Saturday as Riverside eight-yard stripe. they engage the Caltech alums. · · · tlw right move The game is scheduled to start Siegal Shines at 3 p.m. Jerry Siegal, displaying some The results of this game hard running, blasted for two In the winning fashion of Arrow knit shirts-you first downs through the m,iddle should serve to be a good indi­ sport championship style. The flattering collar while Mel H;olland passed to cation of the strength of this. Herm Hartung twice for first year's team, which is expected features the buttondown in front and center back. downs. to be one of the best in the area. Built-in comfort, enduring fit in 100% cotton knit. Holland, flinging out of the If the inexperienced new goalies' Interesting patterns in long or short sleeves. winged-T,' receivers shaken can come through with good per­ $5.00 up. . , loose time and again, but found formances, .the Beavers should a lack of able pass-catchers after give the alums a rough time. Hartung was dismissed from ,the The first intercollegiate game first half by the referees. of the season will pit the Beav­ A sophomore-dotted lineup ers agaim;t Mt. San Antonio Col­ gives hopes of better things to lege next 'Tuesday at 4:15. The come. Frank Marshall, soph Beavers are strong favorite, in .quarterback, came into the game this one, and should provide Cal­ in the fourth quarter and com­ tech with its .first intercollegiate Each Saturday see the NCAA foot­ pleted four of five passes besides athletic victory of the fall sehed­ ball "Game of the Week"-NBC TV faking effectively. ule" _p~nsored by ARROW. In the line, John Arndt and John Denyes lead a pack of sophomore hopefuls. Riverside scored first when a OAK KNOll 45-yard sprint placed them on the nine-yard line with a first CLEANERS down. Woertink s'wept left end to score standing but the kick • was low.. ONE DAY CLEANING Caltech came back strong but the costly fumble stopped their • COLLEGE MEN: march. and Riverside took over. LAUNDRY Two passes from Kettelo to See our new Arrow Knits- Blakely, plus some end sweeps • by Woertink and the other half­ University Styled backs, gave Riverside a first FREE, down on the four, where a With Each 75c Order plunge netted a score. The kick A well-liked shirt for casual occasions is this was good. S,PORT COATS PRESSED University Fashion knit pull.over by Arrow. Note the The final touchdown came on FREE buttondown collar, the neat pattern. Drop by while a 74-yard run through right we still have a wide selection of patterns and tackle by Woertink midway solid colors. $5.00 u.p. through the final period. 902 East California.' Blvd. Fumbles Again (4 Doors East of Lake) 141 East Colorado Caltech mustered two more YOUR NEAREST CLEANER Pasadena threats which were stopped on a fumble and an intercepted p~ss,' Page Eight THE CALIFORNIA TECH Thursday, October 8, 1959

The Place to Go Jazz Concert NATIONAL THEATERS Caltech Cubbies Dig Books Brubeck, ACADEMY Swingin' Message PFevin, Manne 1003" E. Colorado, Pasadena (Like a phoenix, John Soule's Jazz personalitie'3 programmed SY 6-3191 ASCIT Dance Class rises from so far for tbie Second Annual its third term ashes each year. ASC[T Jazz Concert include Dave Robert Mitchum In honor of its first meeting Brubeck, Andre Previn and Shel­ Julie London Wednesday of week after next, ly Manne and Red Mitchell and "THE WONDERFUL we present a first-hand descrip­ Arthur Lyman. Planned for 'Sat­ . COUNTRY" tion we ran last Year.-Ed.) urday, October 31, the concert John Agar, Jean Byron , will be held again this' year at By Griffin the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, "INIVISIBLE INVADERS" Well, man, I wandered by this with curtain time scheduled for Culbertson Hall, and I heard 8 P.m. this mambo music. It drove me in, man; I had to see! I had to Tickets ,to the concert are know why that sound existed. I priced at $1.7'5, $2.75 and $3.75, 770 E.Colorado, Pasadena swung into that big room, and with a 50-cent discount on the SY 2-7139 in the center is, thi'3 guy going two higher-priced admissions Rock Hudson, Jean Simmons for Tech students, 'I1he tickets one-two hold; one-two hold;' one­ "THIS EARTH IS MINE" two hold . . . but, man, mine will be sold by student repre­ eyes did not linger long . . . sentatives in each House, the Frank Sina:tra about five feet away from this News Bureau, and the J,PL Wel­ Eleanor Porker cat going one-two hold was the fare and Recreation Section, or "HOLE IN THE HEAD" endess, m:m, doing the same step they can be purchased by writ­ and all, but the message was ASCIT Dance Class practices cha-cha at one of last terni's sessions. ing "Jazz Concert, care Caltech." different. Man, like truth equals teachers. The ones you see Hugh Kieffer,' i\iSCTT' Activi-' beauty, and it was all true; it, th~re in the center are from the ties Chairman and" the man' in Recommended by swung; no more . . .'music and Mary Boyd Studio, you see, and charge of this year's event, states The California Tech mambo and one-two hold and they are showing those chaps Sailing Team that his publicity and sales force primitive movements and truth from Caltech and those "young is greatly undermanned. Men and truth and truth. Burdsall Automotive Service I ladies from the nearby commu­ are needed to handle the pub­ LUBRICATION But I didn't dig the scene, man. nities how to be proficient in the Starts Season licity and sales' in Pasadena and BRAKES RELI NED These cats and kittens all stand­ mambo, which" by the way, is the surrounding area, Kieffer TUNE·UP ing around and watching this only one of a number of dances also stated that he would appre­ TIRE,S ALLEN & COLORADO display and their feet kind of which will be taught in the next ciate interested persons contact­ SY 2-9161 shuffling in the same way. I 10 weeks." At Newport ing him at 21 Blacker as soon didn't catch and I had to know. I looked at this cat. He was The Caltech sailing team as possible. It was more than the music now; medium height and wore horn­ opens this Sunday with a regatta The Jazz Concert is the pri­ it"was the '3huffling feet and the rimmed glas',:;es and crew-cut mary student body fund-raising ...... --NEW-- __ wide stares and the whole com­ at Newport Harbor Yacht Club. and, man, he looked like the event of first term, and profits plete scene that had to be mine Lowell Clark and 'Tom Bowman Continental Stylinq squarest square the cub scouts will be applied to the ASCIT by the Style Leader -to see and understand. So I ever laid their hands on, But are scheduled to skipper against general budget. Last year's approached this: guy and I said he swung, man. All those cats teama from UCLA, USC, Occi­ concert, which drew over 2,200 real confidential like: "What's tried to swing; they tried to dental, Santa Barbara, Cal Poly, fans and netted about $500, fea­ the story behind this scene, know. He knew, man, But r Orange Coast and Pomona-Clare­ tured Louis Armstrong and the man? Like I wanna know," still didn't reach his tempo. mont. Firehouse Five Plus Two, and "Well, it seem'3 that you have "Like, cub scout, why the every effort is being made to stumbled upon, quite .by chance, dearth of cats at this sce.ne, The sailing team should be equal, or, if possible, to surpass of course, the weekly meeting ,Don't they swing around here? better than last, with last year's the successful First Annual Jazz Don't they dig the current trends of the Caltech Dancing Society, entire squad back- experienced Concert. Though October 31 is which is attended by anyone who , it is expected 'that -like maybe that rare kitten is and battle worn. wants to learn to dance under too much for their beady' eyes?" the eelebration of this holiday the instruction, of professional will offer no serious competition / "I fully agree with you. It Although this will be Caltech's to the Jazz Concert. seems that social dancing playa best year in a long time, tough Tech To Produce a minor part here at "the Insti­ tute. We reapy don't have time competition is expected from de­ New TV Series to learn' to socialize a great deal fending champion Oxy, who lost Cross Country Caltech will produce a series of due to our intense studies. That only. one skipper by gradUation, national network television pro­ comes later on, when we get Also UCLA, retUrning to com­ Meets Slated grams starting in January. Ap­ married and have children. Then petition after two years'ab­ The Caltech cross country ,sea­ We can learn to dance and mix son springs to life next week prOXimately 20 shows will be sence, should float a good solid and all those rather unintellec­ with the first of three Inter­ put on the 156-station NBC crew. Orange Coast and Cal network featuring science as tual and ungratifying thinga." 'house meet~ to be, held Friday, Poly also figure to' improve with practiced here., "But, man, what about you October 20, at 2:15, a one and a and all those cats out there. half mile race. After the Inter­ The serie'3 will be similar to the addition of several new play­ This '"cene was something else. the "Next Hundred Years" pro­ ers. Cal Poly has . one of the house meets begin a series of It was losing me." grams Caltech put on locally best skippers in the nation, but intercollegiate races, culminat­ "Oh, well, you might say, r ed by the SCl'AC All Conference last year. Cost of the series will no one to back. him up, while be approximately $1,000,000. kind of stumbled into it, mean: meet on December S. inglessly. Then, r just kept Orange Coast has several fre'ah­ This year's varsity team, led coming, and when this new in­ men from Newport High School by sophs Dick Tuft and .Bob NewmanClub structor began teaching, r be­ where sailing is 'a major sport. Juola, should do very well. came . fasCinated and actually learned to dance and conduct Be(fver ·Cliqii--- Plans Talks my,:;elf rather well. All quite The Caltech Newman Club is silly, really." (Continued from page 7) instituting two programs de­ The mambo kept going, and where participation is necessarily away from schoal and coaching signed to meet the philosophical I wanted to go with it, I left aid is usually unavailable. Although sailing is the immediate sport and theological need;:; of the Cal­ the· bespectacled one counting in question, and would be the reason for adopting the category, the tech student., sheckles and went over to the results of such a program, if adopted, might be quite widespread. A series of lecture" by out­ endless motion in the center. In the future it might embody a wide variety of sports impossible standing scientists in Southern Oh, crazy, this group, Man, it under the present athletic structure-sports that are enjoyable and in which, because of their restricted nature, a small school such California .will be given on the was worth coming just to dance as Caltech would have a good chance for success. One sport that first Friday evening of each and live and get out of the drag immediately comes to mind is crew, which is engaged in by several of eternal non-conformitory. month. Among the questions sc4001s up and down the Pacific Coast and many more in the East. discus"ed will be: "The Syn­ Another such sport is skiing. (For more 'such sports, look at any thesis of Life" and "The Origin Soccer Squad MIT catalogue,) of the Universe." Organized intercollegiate\ competition could be set up in these The second program will bea sports some time in the future, possibly under Caltech's leadership, seminar on Monday evening and Ties Santa Ana if our athletic program were modified as suggested. will be a critical analysis of Cal tech's varsity soccer team * * * theological doctrine. traveled to Santa Ana for the What Do Yau Think? An outline of the club's ac­ seasoil's opener Saturday, where As far as we can see, there is no apparent reason to not recog­ tivities will be preaented at the they had to settle for a 2-2 tie, nize these somewhat less imnortant sports. The Caltech sailing first seminar, Monday, October . Grad student Jeorge Behr­ team has a much better chance for a winning record this year than oFast takinq~~o?.e!:!!~ their place. alonqside 12, :at 7:30 p.m., 208 Dabney. mann and Gary Osterberg, an our football, basketball, baseball or track teams. With a little help the campus favorite-A-} Tapers outstanding frosh prospect, from the student body, we can probably get this new program in­ . slacks., Sllrnlined ieqs, extension AMAZE youii' friends scored early in the game, put­ stalled and open an entire new avenue in Caltech sports-one which waistband with adjustable side Drive a '47 Ca'd Hearse ting the Beaver's ahead, 2-1, at would almost certainly be more successful on a won-lost basis than tabs, and smart cross-top pockets. the half. However, they were our present "major" sports. With this in mind, we strongly urge Only A-l Lecontes qive you the Call SY 5-9626 even,i.ngs unable to withstand a Santa .that anyone in favor of such a program at least make their beliefs true new Continental look. San­ Donald M. Malone Anna counterattack, and the known to Tom Bowman, the athletic department, or the California forized. lonq-wearinq collon In Grad. 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