HEAR WATCH DuBRIDGE SOCCER FRIDAY CAlllfJRNIA TECH SATURDAY C(llif()rni(l Institllte ()f Tecl/n()l()gy Volume LI .. ______Thursday, October 13, 1949______No.2 Second Alumni SENIORS All Senior c..'lndldates should Dr. DuBridge To Address Talk Tuesday come to the Registrar's office, to sign theil' The discussion series directed~· ------ Bachelor"s cand idacy blanks, by Drs. C.lark and Sharp in con- St d t Sh ASCIT Onllnstitute Adivities junction with the Alumni associ- U en op atian, began conspicuously this President Opens Series Of Fall year. with the discussion, "Job To Reorga nize BEAUTY CONTEST WINNER Seekmg and Methods of Secur Assemblies With Student Report ing Information," last Tuesday The student shop was closed in Dabney House. This year the this summer by order of the An address by Dr. Lee A. DuBridge, president of the Insti se ries is scheduled so it will aid Faculty Committee in charge of tute, will b e the main feature of this term's first assembly, on not only seniors in seeking the shop. It was more than Friday at 11:00 a .m. in Culbertson Hall. Dr. DuBridge's talk is placement but also freshmen in closed; it was nailed shut until expected to take the form of a report to the students on various their choice of option. such time that the Committee phases of the Institute, its administration and its problems. Each discussion will begin feels the students have a w ork 1> Cal tech's president will discuss with a 20-minute talk. The rna· able plan for administering the a variety of subjects of great in terest to the student body, jar pa rt, l:1owever, will be par shop's affairs. Y Sponsors ticipation by the students, to among them the educational Misused philosophy of the Institute, help them better understand Since the shop opened two which is basically the following: what is expected of them upon years ago, many tools -have been Navy Films Of . graduation. "borrowed," the flo or has seldom 1 ) A Itmited enrollment of se lected students; Well Qualified been swept, a nd many strange 2) A restricted number of Drs. Clark and Sharp have ar and 'unauthorized objects s uch Bikini Blasts fields of instruction; ranged for a well-qualified s peak as car engines have been left to clutter the place for months. A This coming Monday evening, 3) An emphasis on fundamen er to continue the series. Mr. the s pectacular Navy film, "Op Charles B. Thornton, vice-presi few staunch souls who honestly I tals and creative work; eration Cross roads," will be pre· dent of the Hughes Aircraft used and appreciated the shop 4) A broad education. sell ted by the Caltech Y at 7:30 Company, will dscuss "The kept it going and c1eaned H up when the fioor got too thick, but p.m. in Culbertson Hall. Sch ool Finances Place of Engineers and Scien Also planned for discussion is tists in Industry," on Tuesday, they were no match for the . "Operation CJ'ossroads" is the forces of disorder and indiffer· offi cial Navy documentary film the matter of the finances of the October 18, at 7:15 in Blacker school. This question is, of House. Mr. Thornton has a va· ence. describing the Bikini atom bomb course, at present of special in~ ried background which enables l\l eeting Set tests. I t presents the complete sto ry of the operations, including terest to the students. In recent him to give a well-rounded pic A meeting has been called for talks, Dr. DuBridge has praised ture. Friday, Oct. 14, -at 11:00 a.m. in the exhaus ti ve preparations for the tes ts and the resultant obser the idea of Federal scholarships 206 Dabney. This meeting will FOI'd Dil-ector va tions and studies. for the removal of economic bar He has an excellent service be fo[, all present members of rier in the way of qualified stu the student s hop who have paid All s tudents, faculty, and record. At one time he was the friends of the Institute are in dents, nevertheless pointing out youngest Colonel, and -at the their dues and no one else. Peo that Federal aid to universities ple desiring members hip in the' vited to attend the free showing cessation of hostilities he was in of this technicolor sound movie. would not help private institu line for promotion to Brigadier s hop will have to wait till a later tHons, since their freedom is too GeneraL He wns formerly Di meeting. The Caltech Y feels that recent precious to be sold for financial rector of Planning at the Ford .ttl this meeting the Executive I CJJJTen J. eye))t~ naVe been aCC-Dm aid. Committee will suggest several panied by a renewed interest in Motor Co mpa ny, at Dearborn, Norm a l Year Michigan, and in 1946 and 104i plans for a complete reorganiza atomic energy and its control, tion of the shop rules. A shop and is presen ling this movie as This year has been termed the he acted as consultant to the first "normal" year since before Secretary of the Air and the Un member who does not come to an extens ion of its Forum pro 1 gram. the war from the standpoint of dersecretary of State. this meeting 0 1' send a note will Judged most beau tiful gil-I In a beauty contes t at the FI'osh 1. ca J ohn Boppart, '52, Forums CaJtech's enrollment. Therefore Mr. Thornton's address will in henceforth hold his peace con- Dancc, Jounnc Petel'SoIl, fourth £a'om left, is being han ded fiI'st cerning any action taken by the · I Cha irman, is in charge of ar the President's views on the clude such topics as: where sci l)l'tze, a stu. red "Caltcch" dachshu lU.J. by }-' l'auk Llldn'ig, M. C. members. This is t il e time to at t.hc dance. rangemen ts. The movie is being character of the studen t body entists a nd engineers fi t into air your views on the future ad- ______secured through the office of a re of special interest, management and industry, what ministration of the shop. George Hall, Director of Public A glimpse into the fu ture of part they play there, and the op Relations. Tech will probably be afforded portunities they will have. Tau Bates Make Plans To when Dr. DuB ridge takes up the Dabney Men Enjoy JOIN THE INSTITUTERS s ubject of the past, present, and Hel'c's your chance to gct future of the campus laborato Dance, Beach Frolic Improve Study Help Service ' 011 the baH when the IosUtu t ries. Contest For CI'S sturt it l'oling on theh' Everyone is urged to be pres Date life in the Southwest got Plans for assistance to F rosh Study P lans membel'ship drive tonight. a shot in the arm last Friday ent at this exceptional assembly. Scholarships and others who may be having In addition it is planned to I Yow' 'scl'vice o l 'g~Ulization will with a triple exchange with' Orr, troubles with their studies, and set up some sort of similar pro be looking fol' new m embers Erdman and Haines Halls of Oc for a survey of Los Angeles In gram in each of the Houses, suit to C.-U' I'Y on its activities this Announced cidental. Although the walis dustry were discussed at the or ably modified 10 fit each House. year. Caltech engineers attention: were sorely tested, the capacity ganizational meeting of the Cal Blacker wil l continue its stuely l\1embel'shil) in this tl'adi Radio Forum a contest for awards ranging crowd wen t through the formali tech chapter of Tau Beta Pi, last table, while the Tau Bates in tional sea'vice organization is from $1000 to $25 will be given ties of dancing. October 5. the other Houses are working on pUl'c ly \'olunuu'y. Yo u will be Goes On KXLA for the best papers, written Novel Entertainmen t plans best suited to the indi helpiug yourself while- aiding These two activities will con Last year's Caltech Y Radio by engineering undergraduates For en tertainment the wan· vidual probl-ems. The object is the student body by contl'ib s titute the main work of Tau Roundtable has been revived and from all over the country, on dering bard, Brundin, backed up to make assistance more imme nting to the s uccess of the Beta Pi for the coming year, ac the first program broadcast last arc welding problems. by McQuiston, rendered a few diately available than is possible \'urious functions on campus. cording to Carl Fox, Tau Beta night over KXLA. This is the The awards are given by the plaintive melodies. McCaldin through the Tutoring Service. R e m cmbe.' to sign u p with Pi press agent. first of a new series of fifteen James F. Lincoln Arc Welding furnis hed the piano prelude to Industry yOut' House Cha h'nulD w hen H elp! minute programs at 8:15 Wednes Tilu Bate Pi's main project, be con t:-tcts you. l Vatch for Foundation of Cleveland, Ohio, a lecture on volca noes by Pro day nights. The subject present The assistance program for which will take the place of the Dick Knipc in Ricketts, Joe in the third annual competition fessor Kurlaff. Kurland and ed was "Should the U. S. Adopt of its Engineering Undergradu- Laff apparently have become the those who are falling by the way Ins tructor Rating Poll this year, Cain in Dabney, l'ete How en... a Ma rshall Plan for the Orient?" ate and Scholarship Program. successors of the Markoff-Otte- side in studies works as follows: is a survey of industry in the in BJackea', or Joh n MOI'rison It was presented by Ralph Stone, In the 'V' office in Dabney Los Angeles area. From lhis in Fleming. The program offers annually stad midget combo. Urlich Merten, and Oliy Gardner. $6750 in awards and scholarship Saturday night there was an there is a fi le of cards giving the survey, it is I:roped, will come an· Let's g et t hings done! Join funds to engineering undergrad- open -house record dance with names, addresses, and options of 3wers to many of the ques tions the I n s tituters! The Radio Roundtable is strict uate students and to schools for Whittier underg rads attending men available to tutor all who which torment students. ly a student endeavor with the technical assistance of Prof. the best papers prepared by un- in numbers. need it. Some of the main points to be derg raduates on arc welded de- The weather conveniently be The hours available and the covered are: What does industry Blackerites Trek H enry McCreery. Topics include sign, research, fabrication or came warm on Sunday, thereby s ubjects in which these men are expect from the gradua te engi Current events in world affairs maintenance. giving a good excUSe for the proficient are li st-eel. It is hoped neer'? What is the engineer ex To Mountain Camp and science. It provides the stu Dabneyites to migrate to Emer pected to know? How much Two feature socia l functions, dent w ith an opportunity to air All Compete that a ll who feel even a li ttle ald Bay for their first beach need will avail themsel ves of value is placed On summer ex- an Exchange Dance and a Moun his personal views on these sub Regard less of previous knowl party of the year. this service. (Continued on Page 4) tain Party, will make this a jects to a radio audience. edge of arc welding, all resident memorable weekend for the Anyone interested in partici engineering undergraduate stu Blackerites. pating in this series should con dents, including agricultural and Rowdies Schedule Y Luncheon McKee Address Oxy girls will be guests this tact John Lewis or J ohn Bjerk architectural, registered in a Friday night at Blacker's first lie, both of Fleming, or Prof. Mc school or college in the United Dinner Exchange fall term exchange. This dance Creery, whose office is located in States are able to compete in the The Ricketts social program Club Opens ASCE Feature p romises to be another of the Dabney Hall. writing of papers for awards. traditionally successful Oxy gets well under way this week The Y Uppel'class Luncheon Dr. Jack E. McKee of the CIT A copy of the Rules and Con Blacker exchanges_ end with dances sch,eduled for Club initiates its fall program at Civil E ngineering Department ditions may be obtained by writ Friday and Saturday nights. noon today and will have for its spoke to the second ASCE meet .[\.(ountain Pm'!y ing The James F. Lincoln Arc ASCIT -Scripps Friday the Rowdies tra vel to opening speaker Cal tech's new ing of the year Monday on "The Saturday, in response to popu Welding Foundation, Cleveland Browning Hall at Scripps' for a track and football coach, Bert Consulting Engineer." lar demand, Blacker will hold its Exchange Friday I, Ohio. dinner exchange, with half of L aBrucherie. A newcomer to the Cal tech second annual Mounta in Party. This affair will again ta ke place N ext week all Caltech under the girls coming in to dinner at Speakel's fac~lty, Dr. McKee has spent a Ricketts. DanCing and refresh number of years as a consult at Camp Ivy. grads will have the opportunity C(lmplls C,lent/(lf ments will follow at Browning. Chairman Dick Libbey, '51, ing engineer in private business. During the afternoon, as last to invade Scripps. The CIT THU RS DAY, OCTOBER 13 This exchange offers the Fresh and his committee have secured His talk pOinted out the advan year, t here will be such spor ts Scripps exchange w ill be held 12:00 Throop Club Meeting an impressive list of Institute Friday, October 21,. and promises 7:30 ASCIT Board of Directors Meeting men a particularly good oppor tages as weil as the disadvan as volleyball, horse shoes, and in lower Fleming tunity to meet new girls and personnel as speakers, including tages of being a consulting engi ping-pong for those who survive to be one of the ou tstanding 7 :45 Dancing Class in Cu lbertson President Lee DuBridge, As the two~mile hike to the site of AS CIT social functions this fRIDAY, OCTOBER 14 widen their circle of friends. neer. He a lso added the quali 11:00 DuBridge Welcome Address in To fill ou t the weekend the sistant Professor of Economics fications necessary to become a the party. term. Culbertson social committee has p1 anned a Melvin Brockie, and the new consulting engineer, emphasiz Moonligh t Hike Dancing will begin at 8:30 and 8 :3 0 Blacker House-Oxy Exchange Physics Department head, Pro SATU RDAY, OCTOB ER 15 dance with local girls for Sat ing honesty and integrity as per An added attraction not avail· end at 12:00. Complete details 12:00 Soccer at Tournament Park, Cal- urday night. A careful selection fessol' Robert Bacher. sonal traits. able last year will be the swim of this affair will be published In tech vs. UCLA Blacker House Mountain Party of beauteous girls around Pasa See Libbey The student chapter elected to ming pool. Activities after din next week's Cal ifol'nia Tech and SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16 dena promises an evening of fine All upperclassmen who would hold a theatre party later in the ner will highlight dancing in the will be given t o the social chair Film Classics in Culbertson entertainment. All men without like to attend these Thursday term, and a field trip to the Los camp lodge and singing around men in the four Houses and TUEf~~ YBa~~ T~:~:a r !:1 in Culbertson cars and members of the Wash noon luncheons at the training Angeles County Tunnel project. the camp fire. The moonlight Throop Club. 7 : 15 Alumni Placement lect ure In Blacker House ington Monumen t Club should table should get in touch with The office of r ecording-secretary hike back down the mountain Be sure to keep next Friday WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19 not fail to take advantage of this Dick Libbey or Wes H ershey in will be filled at the next regular will give the finishing touch to open so that you w on't miss the 7 :30 Orchestra Renearsal in Culbertson 9:00 Glee Club in Cu lbertson great opportunity! the Y office. ly scheduled meeting. a perfect evening. fun. Page 2 ______T HE CALIFORNIA T E C H ______Thursday, October 13, 1949 Secretary's Report .The Co/ifDrnitl Teell Potpourri • Published every Thursday during the col· H.('aching (HI" our ever-present magazine subscription list. A lege yea r except during examinations and By Hob Cl'ichtOJi holiday periods. INTERCOLLEGIATE COU NSEL MEETING carborundum stone, we will few reactionary "New Yorker" California Institute of Tec.hnology sharpen up t h e (;I'cat Ueal.. a nd readers formed a bloc and the 1201 East Californ ia Streef.J Pasadena, Cal. Subscription ra tes: $1 .:71 0 per year. Although for th c l)ast few years meetings made up of the Pres Pl'ofessor Michael, of the C.B. prod into the little corners to measure failed to pass. It is dis Entered as second-c lass ma tter Nov. 22, idents, Vice-preside n ts, Athle tic Managers , and Social Chair.men of cOUl"aging 1947, at the Post Office in Pasadena Cali Department, has been i n the see what's been happening jn to note the passing fornia, under the Act of March 3, 1879, the conference schools) Whittier, Pomona, Redlands, OCCi dental, ne ws quite a bit lately. He gave your life. In response to our re- populadLy of this higher type of Offlces: Lower Fleming Telephone· SYcamore 6 -7121 Ext. lBO and Caltech, have been held at r egular int.erv a ls throughout the a talk on scienLific trout fishing quest last. wee,k, we received 781 reading. Earl Hefner, Editor school years r elatively few here at Caltech have realized it, or known at a sludent assembly last April angry leLters demanding th at we Carel Otie, Blacker boss, went EDITORIAL STAFF Manag i n~ Editor.. _ . _...... _.... Bob Kurland just what transpired. Actually, these meetings have been very 22nd. A reporter from t.he L_A. discontinue our present policy of out on a date last Monday night. News Edltor ...... _... _...... _... Bruce Stowe beneficial to all schools in administering much of the conference Sports Editor...... _._ ... Leon Michaelson Times was in the a udience and l hands ofT regarding that un- Word of this got around, and Feature Editor ...... _...... __ ... Bil l Wri gh t business and establishing a far better r e lationship and co-operative on Sunday, May 1st, almost a nameable country club to t h e even before Cruel Alley could News Staft ...... Tom Benson, Fred Drury, Bob DeGrasse, Tom Gunn, Alan Haber, spirit among the member colleges . Many problems have been set full page of the L.A. Times was East, two empty beer cans, and draw its stirrup pumps, Blacker Dan LeMay, Tony Malonoski. Duane Mar tled at such meetings which few people realize came from such shall, Ed Matzner, Ulri ch Merten, Bil l elevoted to Professor Michael one discussion of the state of court was knee deep in water, Samson, Bob Smith, Law ren·ce Sta rr, Budd an organization. and his scientific methods of the Union. \Ve would be de- a nd frosh of all de nominations. LeTourneau Robin Will iamson. Specia l Writers ...... _...... Dave Banks, Last Thursday night Caltech played the host La the member t.rout fishing. lighted to bow to public opinion, T he Great ]leak got his feathers Bob Crichton, Carl Fox. OUy Gardner, Jon Goerke, Lawrence Starr, BI ll. Whitney . schools with Ralph L ovbel'g presiding over t.he firsL s Llch meeting Band " Tagon but QUI' back is stitf from lying wet while hurrying through a Sports Staff .... Woody Bratnober, Bob DaVIS, It wasn't long before the New flat on H, and Wh,lt'S more, the s imilar joust during t.he n oon John Elliott, Eric Johansson, Pete Ma~on, of the school year. Phil Orvlile, "Don Tautz, Perry Vartanian, York Times got hold of the story, editOi' ;jays NO. \Ve will can- hour, and is now m alevole ntly Jesse Wei! A good part of the meeting was taken up in renewing acquaint Copy Staff ...... Charlie Steese. Chief; ances but along with it some business was taken up which should and, after thcy print.ed it, the tinuc our p ol! in hopes that waiting for Vhe Los Angeles Charlcs Benjamin, Sigmund Chamer, Fred Metropolitan Group, an easter n ,. someone will suggest a way water commissioner to step in Drury. Barney Engholm, Dave Mac Don· be related here. aid, Bob Munro syndicate ou tfit, sent a photorr- out. Please accompany all en- and penalize both s ides, or all Photographers ...... Bob Parnes, Chief Caltech announced its policy of holding open house after each r~phel' and a writer out to sper0 tries with a FULL can of beer. four, as th e case m ay be. George Stranahan BUSINESS STAFF h ome game, an idea which seemed to be· taken up by each school. a whole day fishing with Pl'ofes- O" C)- I;'lcmillg way the Big Red Fl'om t h e iooh:s of things in Manager...... Bill Bradley We hope t hat we are starling a precedent. Circulation Manager ...... Win Sou le SOl' Michae1 in San Gabriel Can· all-frosh exchange differentiated the Southwest cornel' Friday Business Staff...... Chartie Steese \ Vhittier b l'ou g h t up the idea of each losing school donating a yon. Again the Prof. appeared the men from the others, Bob night, the majority of the popu pennant to its victor at all football gamse, th e object being to estab· in print in the Sunday magazine Lynam a nd Al H aire wcre seen lntion of the undergraduate tea lish a large collection of such to be flaunted about at football games. section of 13 of the eastern news- in those litLIe corners we were I pot participated in the Darb's The FrDbt Burner Needless to say Cal tech found the idea rather d ull considering the papers. T hen American Maga- talking abouL earlier. \\le said Oxy Exchange ..S~anding ou t like L ______expense that such a program would incur on us. zine sent a photographer out to "all-frosh" hut HLilLle Egypt" a maltreated cliglt were several Two very fine screen produc do an a rticle on our great fisher- Matzncr, who arranged th e af- Blacker frosh, rellgiously wear- But talk of spoils did bring up the point that a trophy s hould t ions of Shakespeare are current- man. He appeared in the "In- fair , w as also t h ere, busily en- ing their bright red n ecl~p i eces. 'H be established for the conference winne r in football. It would go ly being shown nearby. ' enry terestin !! P eOI)le" section of the o'''Clzecl in giving the less able a The R.A..'s were all there, and each year to the victor whose name would be thereon inscribed. ~ I ~ V" is at the Arlington Art Thea- September issue of that maga- lesson in vertical n ecking. Can't doing quite well as they happily To finance s u c h a trophy it was decided that the L. A. Times should tre, and "Ham Jet" is featured zine. ncorr lect their education, ell, Ed'? circulated among the availables . be approached and if that faileLl, the local merchants should be at the 4 Star Theatre. Laurence solicited. A committee was c hosen to meet next week after various Then, you guessed it) Life sent Early Saturday morning t his COl'bato, t he boy who knows Olivier takes the lead in both, contacts could be made a n d further action could be expedited. a photographer and a writer. I same Matzncr horrowed a book three ways to mix a Manhattan, and turns out a performance so After that meeting will be more definite information about the Th e~ caught Prof. Michael just from Bruce Stowe on the ap- seven w ays La mix a Collins, 11 noteworlhy, t hat anything s aid whole situation. about to depart for .lc1aho and plied practical facts of life, and ways to mix a hoiler-maker, but about it here would be a poor re made him unpack all his duffel didn't show agnin until late Sun- only ONE way to mix Martinis, flection of a great wor k. that a va-riety show should take Al so it was bl'iefl y men t ioned so th at they could s pread it out day night. Another story came tried his experienced hand at Screcning Difficult place at the conference dance (held at Santa Anita last year) . But a nd ta i{e pictures. to light aftcr the \Vhittier game. mixing the couples, and left Shakespeare's plays were writ. this was shelved for furthe r discussion at the meeting next month. Fish Viewpoill t 1 K eswick and \ ,Vallecd, doubling, those without sliderule minds ten, of course, for a different me- I n the future, further business of interest conducted at these They ·followed him up to Ida- were -on the w ay back from the s ta ring numbly at the numbers diull1 of present a tion, and there meetings will be printed in t his column. 110 a nd t.ook pictures of him for fracas. \Vaheecl, in the back on their nametgas. Bob Laff's are certain limitation s imposed three days while he fi s hed. The seat, was doing what one does I vocal dysentery was finally put on the screen. Certain liberties MONDAY, 11 :00 MEETINGS one thing they wanted most was in the back seat. H a nk's date Lo use, and he gave a monologue are taken in the staging which to get a picture of Prof. Michael turned around, wide·eyed, and on volcanoes, while Kurland, are essential to movie technique. At the student-faculty relations meeting on Monday the follow as he looked to a fi sh. They got sajd (qu ote ,) "' ''J don't believe in who was standing behind him They are very effective, but pre ing motion was made and passed which concer ns all wis hing to one, and it is an amazing pic- such thin gs ANY MORE." Could and posing as his arms, ineptly sent a different picture than the schedule meetings at this time! lure. There is a fifty-fifty this be t1)e modern trend? T h e Ifed him oranges, bananas, etc.,. s tage product.ion. UAn students al'e l'C(lu.il'cd to register their meeting and to chance th at Life may u se the Beak, a hvays guarding agai n ~t and generally tried to inhibit the H a mlct che<:k with the D ean's secretary concerning meetings to be held story come next trout season, so th e advent of the purely PlatoJ1lc torrent of words. .It looked sort In Hamlet, for instance, there at 11 :00 on Mondays. This must be done before a room permit will I won't desc ribe it h ere. friendship, b ids you beware! . of childis h to us, but then we're are very elaborate stage settings be g iven. No veto on a meeting will m ade, but the organization Last winter, Professor Michael Ste.\'e Pal'd(~e dropped Betty so sophisticated. The Oxy gals depicting Elsinore as accurately schedu ling su ch a meeting should be aware of possible conflicts." got t h e idea for a bool< on trout L ou this summer and h as taken ate it up. as facts permit. Since the E liza fishing, and it is now in the final up with a Schlitz magnate By n egotiatin g a deal with the bethan stage lacked the facilities Oily G .. wdllCl' stages. If all goes well, it is ex- named Ma ry Jo.-Hel' father dis- D evil for t.he only souls left in for this, t h e actors' lines had to pected t hat the book may come tributes the s tuff. The young Dabney-namely, those of the add much description, which be- out next spring. lady i::; fanatically interested in frosh-the Darb's beach party came unnecessary for the movie. The Evening Concert Musical Masterpieces Scienlit"ic Fish i n g D,u·ber Shop quartet music, so was b lessed with all sorts of fine The photogr aphy, which was P rofessor M lchael has been a Pardee h ns been doing som e re- \veather. The t.roops ably (ex- black and white to achieve an KFAC 8- 10 p.m. KFAC 4- 5 p.m. dai ly dry fly fisherman fol' forty-five seJrch on the subject, even cept, perhaps, for Deverill ) pol- effect of drabness and coldness, Presented by the Southern California 2-5 p.m. Sunday years, and he feels that to be a learned a fe\v himself, to the is h ed oIT a keg in the opening played up emotions and more and Southe rn Counties Gas Companies Presented by the Slavi ck I good fisherman, one s hould have great de lighL of h is house b)'oth- minutes of play. Though the s ubtle actions in a way to make THURSDA Y, OCTOBER 13 Jewelry Company The Gypsy Baron---Overture, by Johann a knowledge of Chemistry, be- ers, who h a ve enjoyed his beau- water w as somewh at BTU·defi- more of the lines less effective, Strauss. Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13 cause t r ouL like water that has tiful vocal charJ.clerislics for the cient, people went swimming The net result, however, 1)1'0- conducted by Herbert von Karaja n (S) . Overture on Greek Thcmes- GJazounoy. Symphony No, 33 in B Flat Major (K. Dimitri Mitropou los and MinneapoliS a high oxygen con tent; lVfechan- last. Iwo years. again and again. B ob Burrell v ided feeling and impact which 319), by Mozart. Vienna Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra . ' I . t· . . 1 d t d 1 f a age Orchestra conducted by Herbert von *Concerto in A Minor- Dvorak . Yehudi lCS, )eCaUSe 111 cas mg, It lS nec- l\""('WS fl·Olll Rlack('I' centered S1owe · a grea ea 0 c Ul' made not only Hamlet, but the Karajan (20). Menuh in, viol inist. Georges Enesco and essary to hook t rout., n ot trees; around thc election of a new for a freshman on the eve of ini- whole sLOry of H amle t a reality A German Requiem, by Brahms. EtizaQcth Pari s Conservatory Orchestra Schwartzkopf, Soprano. Hans Hotter, Danses ViltageoisE:s--Gretry . F. Ruhlmann I.:rydraulics, because trout ignore p op e. Jim Hendrickson fell into t iation week, and stood up Dab- to th e moviegoer. Olivier's in- Baritone. The Vienna Friends of Mus!c and Symphony Orchestra fl" ' 1 tIP R ' . r He'll I Chora l Society and Vienna Philharmonic FRID AY, OCTOB ER 14 les WIt 1 a c r oss c urren (rag; the Il1Uch -COveleu office a n d his ney I'exy oyce S SIS er. terpl'etation of Hamlet was, at Orchestra conducted by Herbert von ';Rossiniana 'Su ite"- Rossini-Respichi. Sir Optics, s ince it is important that firs t papal act was to excommu- possibly leal'n. Corbato was least momentarily, brought to Karajan (BO) . Thomas Beecham and London Philhar- t he fish see tile fly and not the nicate the entire house as t h ey found equal to the crisis, and the audience by s hee r impact. FRIDAY, OCTO BER 14 monic Orchestra Weekly Feature Concert-A Night at ::< Mother Goose Suite- Ravel. Scrge Kous- fisherman; Entomology, because were disrobing him, preparatory cleverly contrived to get himself Essential parts of the play were the Ballet Les Patineu rs (The Skaters). by Mcyer Th~es~~fl t;t~il~MCs6:ta~d.n~U~~~~e~~~ flies imitate insect life; Meteor- to the customary dip in the s t.ood up also, and so took over forceful, and couldn't be missed. beer. Sadler's Wells Orchestra conducted mandy and The Philadelphia Orchestra ology, because if the water lem- Phy s ics pond. At t.he sam e house I the disappointeel m aid. Seems Those who have read 01' seen by Constant Lambert IS). Coppe lia", by Delibes. Royal Opera House SAMorningTURDAY, Noon OC andTOB NightER 1 5in Vienna "Over- perature is ove!" 70, or if the meetin!!.... which gave Jim his , t. h at Corby's date went down to the stage "Hamlet" and " Henry Orchestra of Covent Garden conducted ture"..:.....Suppe. Victor Olof and National baromet.er is falling rapidly, it is sceptl'e, t.here was tremendous San Diego fol' t h e POl~ona game, V" will find these productions by Constant Lambert (34 ). I Les Sy lph ides, by Chopin--White and Mur ';'H~Yu~f~s~~y ,~chs~s~~a Cycle"-Grieg. Kir- not even worthwhile to go out- acritation for the ad d ition of '-As- a nd dl'opped out of Sight there, very well done, and interesting ray. London Philharmonic Orchestra con ducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent (25). Petitesten SuiteFlagstad,- Roussel. Soprano Charles Munch and (Continued on P age 6) 1 t;ul1Cling Fiction" to the Blacker (Continued on l,aoO"e G) and entert.aining as movies. Fantastic Toyshop. by Rossini -Rcspighi. Paris Conserva tory Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra conduct SUND AY, OCTOBER 16 ed by Eugene Goossens (25). nv, ...... vv...... ,...... Ballet. Egyptian, by Luigini. B.B.C. Thea La Scala di Seta "Overture"- Rosini. Ar- 1 r············~ ~m"m"...... "" " "" .... " ...... tre Orchestra conducted by St Thursday, October 13, 1949 ______T HE CAL IF 0 R N I ATE C H ______Page 3 the best procedure, from the standpoint of economy, is to pur LaBrucherie Gives chase a season ticket to some re Who Dealt liable series and attend faith· Views on Tech " " , By Bill \ Vh tt.ney fully as many of the concerts as This Mess , Athletic Hopes -, , - concert series scheduled for the possible. The saving in cost is BY CARL FOX in most cases quite considerable I'------' Bert La Brucherie, Coach of ~ .. The variety and number of the \ Pasadena - Los Angeles ar e a and generally a series is planned A problem which frequently the Year of 1946, is at Caltech ~ throughout the year indicate to provide programs that are confronts the bridge player is, coping with the problem of get· ~ varied. Admittedly, one can of· does his ·hand warrant an open· ting a winning football team out ~ 0 Lhat, as usual, there will be more than enough opportunities for ten obtain more quality in his ing bid? The requirements for of a school that presents so many \ i' ~ .., ~ listening during the year by hil an opening bid of one in a sui t inherent difficulties in the forma ~ concert-gael's to heal' nearly any thing in the way of serious mu· ting the high spots of several have been established by the ex tion of good athletic teams. sic, performed by artists ranging series, but the cost of this soon perts after much study and rep C.oach La Brucherie's hopes in a bility from capable to out· mounts up. resent the minimum which is for future teams lie in the fresh· -r0,'1, ,I standing, and in programs repre Of most immediate interest in normally sa fe. men classes. " If we can get the senting a ll periods, from pre the fall music calendar is the San To open one in a suit requires fl'osh out we carl.. get a good 1;1! ~) Bach to immediate contemporary. Francisco Opera Company sea· 21h honor count if the suit is team," says La Brucherie, adding The problem for most of us is son at the Shrine Auditorium five cards in length, 3 honor that Fazio looks like a real ball . J )~ that of selecting from these con from October 25th to November co unt for a four card suit. The player. The frosh will have a certs a reasonable number which 6th. length value of the five card suit chance to show La Brucherie - will satisfy our personal tastes The repertoire consists of the makes up for the deficiency of what they have during spring )1 -> 0 and at the same lime not be too familiar standbys, sung this year honors. practice. dema nd ing on either our time or by a particularly notable cast Honol' Count T 0 .. Not to T? ' . 0 ...... Our expense accounts. Concerts which includes for example, Kir The table of honor count Whether La Brucherie will ,- ':7 are generally not restricted to sten Flagstad, qnexcelled Wag· which is printed here is not switch to a T formation or not week-ends, but may occur ran- \nerian soprano; Pia Tassinari, complete, but other, more nebu· depends to a great extent on the domly during the week. Then Lily Pons, Jussi Bjoerling, Jan lous, values require expert valu material he gets during spring ~ our class schedules probably de- Peerce, Set Svanholm, Ferruccio ation. In every case, if the suit practice. The coach is of the termine what concerts we can Tagliavini and Halo Tajo. Prices in the hand contains more cards opi nion that the single wing is and cannot attend. per opera range from $1.50 to than shown here with the hon coming back into its own. Transportation is usually a $6.00 a seat. ors, the value is the same. But Either the single wing or the problem. Unless a concert is P.E.- On the 27th of October, an· if it contains fewer than shown T will be used in the future de able or bussable (ai' unless a other important event occurs here, the value decreases. For pending on the type of football friend has a car), it is usually with the opening of the 1949- instance, a Kx is listed as '12 but ma terial at hand. Tn any event out of our reach. For this rea- 1950 season of the Los Angeles a singleton K is NOT worth '12' the two formations will not be ?I son, concert schedules which Philharmonic under Alfred Wal S uit Value S uit Valuc mixed by means of a shift. wi ll appeal' periodically in sub- lenstein. If one has the time to AK 2 KJ10 1 La Bl'ucherie believes that a J)NB sequent issues of the Tech will attend 18 Thursday evening con AQ 1~ Kx ~ "Now l'cmcmbcl'-t he hidden l.m lJ play," game can be played well by us· list only those events which are certs during the year, it would KQ 1 QJx ~ ing either one of these two for· I'easonably accessible to the av- be worthwhile to subscribe to AJlO 1~ KQJ 1 + malions, but that there is no ad God ! God! el'age Tech student unless some· the entire series. Guest artists A 1 xOI'void + vantage in combining the two. Myrtle: Every time { get down thing of outstanding merit oc- include Britten, Ferkusny, Rubin. \Vhcrc x I'CIH'CSe n t..s any card There was once an Indian in the dumps I buy a new hat. If the team gets enough depth he curs which deserves mention. stein, Heifetz, Serkin, and Simon bclow a JO. will install a two platoon system. Maid- but it took a buck to do Gertie: I was wondering where If one is sufficiently interested Goldberg. Of particular interest On the basis of the above S.C.I .C. UFl nc" it! you got them. in hearing live music, probably will be the concert featuring An table, these hands represent La Brucherie thinks that the ------~------dres Sergovia, outstanding guitar· minimum holdings for an open S.C. I.e. is one of the finest can· ist, who will be soloist in the Cas· ing bid of One Heart. ferences in the country. The telnuovo-Tedesco Concerto for S xxx S QJx coach's reason for stating this Guitar. Season tickets may be H AQxxx H KQxx lies in the fact that such colleges purchased for as little as $9.00. Dxx DAx as Pomona attract good football For those who haven't the C KQxx C Kxxx material by virtue of the fact time, or who don't want quite so that a boy that would sit on the many concerts, s ix of the L.A. S xx S QJx bench at a state university plays concerts will be given in Pasa- H QJxxx H KJ10xx a lot of bail at a school ilke Po· dena during the year on a spe- D KQx D KJ10xx mona. Therefore these good cia! series. Prices on a season C Axx C x players are attracted to the ticket are $6.00 and up. P I'cp3l'cdness schools in this league. "Schools The EJlmer Wilson Concert In opening the bidding with'I in the S.C.I.C. do not overempha· Course at the Pasadena Civic the last of the hands above the size athletics," says La Bru· Auditorium would be a parlicu- Heart bid is to be preferred over cherie, and adding that, "the lady good investment for Tech the Diamond bid because of the philosophy here is against ath students. On October 21, Halo ! principle of preparedness. letic scholarships." It was his Tajo wil1 be presented, followed Preparedness merely means opinion that we should stay in by Yehudi Menuhin, Byron J an- that, before you bid, you figure the league since the Beavers is, ,the De Paur Infantry Chorus, out what you are going to do if would probably be playing the Jussi Bjoerling, Claudio Arrau, partner makes t'he most embar same schools as before ·if we be Leonard Warren, Carol Brice, rassing reply possible. In this came an independent team. and Kirsten Flagstad. Season case, assume that you bid One The Caltech football players' prices start at $7.88. Diamond and he replies with poise seemed to impress La Bru For chamber music enthusi· Two Clubs. If you now bid the cherie, who has worked with asts, the Coleman Chamber Se- Hearts partner is forced to the some of the finest ball players in ries at the Pasadena Playhouse three level to merely PREFER the country. This poise is rep is excellent. The concerts are the Diamonds. But if the bid· resented by the boys' behavior all conveniently arranged to take ding had gone, One Heart, Two on the gridiron. The Beavers do place on Sundays and the gen- Clubs, Two Diamonds, he could not lose their heads when con· eral quality of the performing then prefer the Diamonds and fronted with a losing score, but groups is far above average. The still show a weak hand by just play consistent ball, and do not Coleman season begins this year passing. go to pieces. The coach says with Lotte Lehman, October 16, Always try to leave your side that the Caltech player likes the (Continued on Page 6) an out before opening your game, hut does not, as a rule mouth and starting it all. have an athletic background. To Suits this end he is trying to get as It may be said that many more many frosh as possible out for suits are biddable than is com· fo otball. man Iy believed. The following is a partial li st of biddable suits. La Brucherie came here be Regular biddable suits are any caUSe he has always liked to four or five card suit equal to or coach football and it is as inter· stronger t·han QJxx, KJxx, AJxx, esting to coach here as any· JlOxxx, Kxxxx, Qxxxx, Axxxx, where. Caltech also chall enges etc. Thus- the abilities of a coach more than AKxx KJ10x QJxxx other schools. Said the coach, KQJx AJIOx KQxxx "['ve always regarded Caitech as AKQJ AQxx AQJxx one of the finest institutions in the country." God ! Guest (to host in new home): \Veli, old boy, how do you find it here? Host: Walk right upstairs, and it's two doors to the left. On Laundry Day WITH IMOKIRI WHO KNOW ••• IT'I Clothes LOOK FOR ONE OF THESE MEN Ricketts-John Moss • Dabney-Ed Worre ll Need Fle ming-Ken Hammond . Blocker-Pete Howe ll Cleaning? He Is Our Representative in Your House Speed~ay Laundry Have Your Clothes Ready . 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PR. 79037 primitive curiosity to one of the Tech's Placement Service? And, la r demand for your leisure Delta Delta Delta ...... pR. 79415 most intricate of studies. what emphasis do Personnel time. We hope you will find it Delta Gamma ...... PR. 79898 At Palomar Observatory It was not until the invention Managers place on extra cur· convenient, . useful, and com PR. 79925 ricula activities? Something new, not under the a land survey of the rich Nile of telescopes, however, that as plete. Delta Zeta ...... pR. 79376 tronomers could really begin to Sampling The part of the campus which sun, but r eaching far beyond it, Valley was made for taxation In addition, a number of less Gamma P hi Beta ...... pR. 79842 see their way about the universe. is rarely treated in this paper goes on. purposes as far back as the 13th important pOints, peculiar to the Kappa Alpha Theta ..... PR. 79389 century before Christ. A pioneer in the making and use concerns tl1e "Caltech girls." In the vast. areas of outer of this instrument, Galileo, in particular fie ld of the firm, will Kappa Delta ...... pR. 79981 space, stars completely invisible The Chinese, Persians, Greeks be covered.' It is planned to con HUNTINGTON MEMORIAL the early 1600's, discovered thou· Kappa Kappa Gamma .. PR. 79382 to the naked eye of mere mor and Romans were all active in duct a representative sampling HOSPITAL l?ands of new stars, noted Jupi Phi Mu ...... PR. 69764 tals are having their pictures map making - especially the of industries in the various fields, Nurses' residence ...... SY. 22111 ter's moons, the rings of Saturn, Phi Sigma Sigma ...... PR. 79609 taken fo r w hat will be the most Greeks, who la id the foundation the craters of the moon, and classify the results, and make L. A. COUNTY HOSPITAL Pi Beta Phi ...... PR. 69501 far-reaching sky atlas in the his for the modern science. The first spots on the sun. them available to all students. Nurses' and student PR. 79257 tory of man,L CURTIS A. WALKER, veteran independent ware houseman of Wendell, N. C., says: "Season after seaSOIl, I've seen the makers of Luckies buy fine KNOLL tobacco . . , tobacco that makes a mild smoke. I've smoked Luckies myself for 20 years. " Here'. Cleaners more evidellce that Luckies are a fi ner cigarette. and Laundl'Y LET A VET SERVE YOU ' THREE DAY Cleaning Service FOUR-DAY LAUNDRY 902 East California Street (4 Doors East of Lake) SY . 3-6704 ~.S/MF.r. -J,MMy Next Door to Caltech Barber Shop So round, 50 firm, 50 fully packed - 50 free and easy on the draw Thursday, October 13, 1949______T H E CAL IF 0 R N I ATE C H______Page 5 Soccer Team SPEAKIN' SPORTS Poets Overpower Blanlcs UCLA with Mike 8eflver A wet field and uncleated Did you know that Caltech is Tech Eleven, 55 to 7 shoes were largely to blame for the last stronghold of athletic a good many of Cal tech's soccer purity'? An outstanding L. A. Local Offense Looking Up- sports writer recently uttered team sprawled on their faces last this gem of wisdom in excusing Passing Greatly Improved Saturday) but a ll in the line 'of Cal tech's teams from winning Sports Being outclassed was the only excuse that could be given for duty. They fought their way to athletic contests. Yes, it's true last week's loss to Whittier. That is if you consider an exCuse a 2'() win over the UCLA eleven that we don't lower ourselves to L ______I necessary; for the Beavers were fighting their hardest right up to however. buying players, t,Qel'eby forcing the final second of play. the exceedingly difficult job of Offense Sharp New .Paces molding players upon coaching POET LINE HOLDS Both Tech tallies are accredit· staffs and students themselves. Both learns were strong offensively, but weak on defense. The ed to new talent. Swaroop Ban- "\rVe can all be proud of the way ,~======~ ON THE RECORD (Continued from Page 3) in a program featul'll1g Di e 'ViII tCl'roisc. Subsequent concer ts in cl ude the Pascal, London, and Fine Arts Quar tets, the Albenel'i Trio, and Ailce Ehlers, H al'psi chordist. The Wilshire Ebell Monday Evenings on the Hoof afford a unique opportunity to keep abreast of modern developments in music, as weI as hear very fine perfor mances of the old mas ters. Two of the concerts in the series have already been given, but fourteen still remain. The next IS on Monday, October 17, when the program, 111 honor of the 75th birthday of Charles Ives, will consist entirely of WOl·ks by this composer. Of s pecial note is a Bach pro gram to be given sometime dur ing the year, in which J oseph Szigettl will be featured in the "Fugue" Sonatas ror unaccompa nied violin, followed by choral selectIOns. Other concerts wlil present new compositions by composers in the Los Angeles area, performed by groups of Southern Califorllla art i s t s. Prices for the series are very rea sonable. 0llc.·a SChC(lulC Manon Lescallt Tues Evening, Oct. 25, 8 00 Rigoletto Wed Evening, October 26, 8 00 Tristan Und Isolde Fr i. Evening, Oct. 28, 7.45 Tosca Sat. Evening, Oct. 29, 8'00 Samson et Dalila Sun Matinee, Oct . 30, 200 Don Giovanni Man. Evening, Oct. 31, 8 00 La Boheme Tues Evening, Nov 1, 8 00 Die Walkllre Wed Evening, Nov 2, 7 45 L",cla Di Lammermoor Thur. Evening, Nov. 3, 8.00 Carmen Fn Evening, Nov. 4, 8 00 Aida Sat. Evening, Nov. 5,8.00 Tales of Hoffmann Sun. Matinee, Nov. 6, 2:00