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BULLETIN OF THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ANNUAL CATALOGUE PASADENA, CALIFORNIA DECEMBER, 1923 C!lnuttutu PACE 5 OFFICERS: The Board of Trustees ........................................................ 6 Officers of the Board of Trustees ...................................... 7 Administrative Officers of the Institute ........................... 7 Advisory CounciL ................................................................... 8 Researcb Associates ............................................................... 8 STAFF OF INSTRUCTION AND RESE.\RCH ......................................... 9 HISTORICAL SKETCH ....................................................................... 21 EDUCA'l'IONAL POLICIES.......................... .. 31 REQUIRElHEN'TS FOR ADlHISSION .................................................... 34 BUILDINGS AND EDUCATION.\L FACILITIES.................................... 38 EXPENSES...... _ .................................................................................... .. 45 REGISTRATION AND GENERAL REGUL,\TIONS ............................... .. 4.8 GENERAL INFOR~L\TION .......................... 54 SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES................ .. 58 GRADU"\TE STUDY AND RESEc\RCII: RequireIllents for the Degree of Master of Science...... 63 RequireIllents for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy 64 Assistantships and Fellowships...... .................................. 65 Advanced and Graduate Courses....... ................................ 67 U NDERGRADUATE COURSES: General Plan of Instruction....... ................................ 75 Electrical, Mechanical, and Civil Engineering.................. 78 Engineering and Economics ................................................. 79 Physics and Engineering................. ...................................... 80 Physics.......................................................................................... 81 Chemical Engineering........ ..................................................... 82 Chemistry ..................................................................................... 82 General Courses........................................................................ 83 Requirements for Graduation......... ..................... 84 Schedules of Undergraduate Courses........ ................... 85 ANNOUNCEM.ENT OF NEW UNDERGR.\DU.\TE AND FIFTH YR\R COURSES .. ____ ......... .................. .. ..................... 101 DESCRIPTION OF SUBJECTS ........... 104 DEGREES AND HONORS, 1933.... __ 151 ROSTER OF STUDENTS ...................................................................... 153 INDEX......................................................................................... __ .... __ .. 173 HT24 1925 - ..~-~. -,-------------.,,-----~ JANUARY I JULY JANUARY JULY .S 111~i~I!~I'~~I~ ~11~1:~I~i~l~ ~ ~1~11~11~11~I~i; ~I~ ~II~I~I~I~ 6 71 8, 910111112 6 7 8 911011112 4\5, 6 7 81 9'110 51 6 7 81 9110111 1311411511617118\19 1314115116\17118191112\1311411516,17 121131415 1611711E 2012122 123124125,26, 2021122123241252618192012122123124 Hl!20 21 22!2312412[ 27\28\2913°11311: :1:: 27\28129130131:: :: 25126IZ7\28\29130\~1 2612712812913°131/:: FEBRUARY AUGUST FEBRUARY' AUGUST S 1~\2i~121~1~ ~1~1..:r:1~1..:r:1~1~ ~1~1..:r:1~ ..:r:1~1~ ~1~121~121~1~ · '\" .' .. \ .. \1 2 .. 1........ 1 1 2 11 2\ 3\ 4 5 \ 6 7 , ..... 1.. .. .. 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 31 4 5, 6 7! 8 9 81910 111211314 2 3, 41 51 6 7 E 1011111211311411516 10 11112113114115116 1516117118 1912°1'21 91101111'121131,141'15 171819202122123 171118119120121221232223241252612728 16,1718192°12122 241252627128129 ., 242512612728129130 .. \ .. \. 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J_\NUARY 14 ____ _ ___ Latest Date for Announcing Candidacy for Bachelor's Degre~ JANUARY 19___ ___ Examinations for Removal of Conditions FEBRUARY 5)§!-- ___________________________ Washington's Birthday MARCH 5)5) ________________________________________________________ End of Second Term MARCH 5)3-30__ _ _______________________ Recess MARCH 5)9 ____________________________ Mcctings of Registration Committees MARCH 3L______ ___________________ .Registration (9 A. M. to 3 P. M.) APRIL 19 _____________________ Examinations for Removal of Conditions MAY 15)____ ___ Latest Date for Removing Senior Deficiencies MAY 30____________ _____________________________________________________ Memorial Day JUNE 7______________ ____ End of Senior Examinations JUNE 10____ ____ Departmental Meetings (9 A. M.) JUNE 10__ _______ Faculty Meeting (10: 30 A. M.) JUNE 15)___ _____________________________ Class Day JUNE 13__ _ _____ Commencement JUNE 13____ ___ Annual Meeting of Alumni Association JUNE 14__ ___________ EIld of College Year JUNE 93___ ______ ;VJeetings of Hegistration Committees JULY 1, g______________ ______________ Entrance Examinations SEPTEMBER :i?4, 5)5 __________________________________________ Entrance Examinations SEJ'TE1UBER B4, ________________ Examinations for Removnl of Conditions SEPTEMUER B6,5)L______ _____ Registration (9 A. M. to' 3 P. M.) SEPTEMBER B9___ __________ Beginning of Instruction NOVEMBER 5)7-30____ _________ .'l'hanksgiving Recess DrwmnuER 5)0____ _____________________ End of First Term (15) M.) DECEMBER 5)9_____ ___ ~vIeetings of Hegistration Committees 195)5 JANUARY 5_________ ________ Hegistration (9 A. M. to 3 P. M.) JANUARY 15) ___________________ Latest Date for Announcing Candidacy for Bachelor's Degree JANUARY 24,______ _ ___ Examinations for Removal of Conditions ~~~~~~~lt~~~~B3_____ _-.-::_-_--:-_-.--.--•• -••• --•• __ •••• ---.~;i~~~n~io~:co~~r~}!a%. JVIAUCH 5);2-29____ _ _________________ Recess MARCH :28______ ___ Meetings of ltegistration Committees MAllCH 30__________ __ ___________ Registration 9 A. M. to 3 P. M . •JUNE 13_____________ _ __ _______ End of College Year w4r iottrb of wruatrra (Arranged in the order of seniority of service.) Term Expires HIRAM W. WADSWORTH-................................... .............. 1921 716 South EI Molino Avenue. ARTHUR H. FLEMING.... _............. __ ................ _. .............1925 1003 South Orange Grove Avenue. GEORGE E. HALE_ ........... __ .................. _.... _.. _............... _ .. -.-................ 1921 South Pasadena. CHARI.ES 'V. GATES .................. _.. ................................ 1928 Fordyce, Arkansas. HENRY M. ROllINSON._. __ .......... ... _.......... -............... 1926 195 South Grand Avenue. JOI'IN WADSWORTH...... _.......... __ ... _ .... 1924 90 South Grand A venue. TOD FORD .................... .._1926 251 South Grand Avenue. R. C. GILLIS................... _........... .... _... _.......... _1921 Los Angeles. JOHN D. SPRECKELS .... " ... _........... ___ ....... _.......... __ .......... -..... _...... _.. _1926 San Diego. J. H. HENRy.......... .......... _...... _1923 1199 Oak Knoll Avenue. R. R. BLACKER ...... _...... _..... .......... _.... 1924 1177 Hillcrest A venue. HARRY CHANDLER.... _............... _.. _..... __ ............ _........ " .......... _.......... 1924 Los Angeles. HENRY W. O'MELVENY._ ... ............ _.1_925 Los Angeles. GEORGE S. P ATTO"_ ....... ·_ ........ _.... .1928 San Marino. OOtIittrs of t~t 1Bourb of wrusttts ARTHUR H. FLElIUNG ..........................................................
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    NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES S A M U E L C O L V I L L E L IND 1879—1965 A Biographical Memoir by KEIT H J . L AIDLER Any opinions expressed in this memoir are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Academy of Sciences. Biographical Memoir COPYRIGHT 1998 NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS WASHINGTON D.C. Courtesy of the University of Minnesota Laboratory SAMUEL COLVILLE LIND June 15, 1879–February 12, 1965 BY KEITH J. LAIDLER AMUEL COLVILLE LIND was distinguished for his work on Sthe kinetics of chemical reactions of various kinds, es- pecially reactions induced by ionizing radiation. He is still particularly remembered for his early pioneering study, with Max Bodenstein in Leipzig, of the reaction between hydro- gen and bromine. His later research and his books were significant in placing on a firm basis the effects of radiation on the rates of reactions. He had wide experience in gov- ernment laboratories and universities, and through his en- gaging personality exerted a strong influence on others. His interests ranged far outside science, and his memoirs, published posthumously in 1972, shed an interesting his- torical light on the various institutions and people con- nected to him. Lind was held in high regard as a scientist, teacher, and administrator. The esteem and affection of his friends and colleagues are evidence of his generosity and helpfulness. He had a lively sense of humor, and enjoyed jokes on him- self. His friends ran the gamut from backwoods country- men he met on his many fishing trips to Nobel laureates.
  • Obituaries Prepared by the Historical Astronomy Division

    Obituaries Prepared by the Historical Astronomy Division

    1 Obituaries Prepared by the Historical Astronomy Division ARTHUR EDWIN COVINGTON, 1913–2001 Arthur Edwin Covington, Canada’s first radio astronomer and founder of the daily 10.7-cm solar flux patrol, died peacefully in his home in Kingston, Ontario after a lengthy illness on 17 March 2001. He was eighty-eight years old. His wife Charlotte and their four children, Nancy, Eric, Alan, and Janet survive him. Covington was born in Regina and edu- cated in Vancouver. Deeply absorbed with radio science and astronomy from his youth, Covington graduated in math- ematics and physics from the University of British Columbia ͑UBC͒ in 1938. He stayed at UBC to complete a Master’s thesis on lens design for electron microscopes. But in 1940 he moved to the University of California, Berkeley, to begin graduate studies in nuclear physics. He met and married fel- low physics student Charlotte Anne Riche in Berkeley. In 1942, the Covingtons moved to Ottawa to join Canada’s war- time research effort in radar at the Radio Branch of the Na- tional Research Council’s Laboratories ͑NRCL͒. Well aware of Jansky’s and Reber’s discoveries of ‘‘cos- mic radio noise’’ at metric wavelengths, at the end of the war Covington proposed to use converted radar equipment oper- ating at a wavelength of 10.7 cm to probe the galactic center using the Sun’s decimetric emission as a calibrator for deriv- ing the cosmic-noise spectrum. His first attempts to measure the integrated flux over the solar disk in July 1946 did not produce consistent flux levels from day to day.