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Volume LVIII Pasadena, California, Thursday, November 3, 1966 Number 7 Lord Rosholme Frosh, Sophs To Urges Changes Wallow in Mud In Education The days have passed since necessities for this muck-rack­ November last, and the time is by Jeff Heeht near for the Mudeo Smear. To ing, bog-biting race. At the closing session of' the be exact, the traditional rivalry The last event is the most 75th anniversary Conference, between Frosh and Sophs will controversial. It's a no-holds­ Lord James of Rusholme, vice­ be renewed after midterms. As barred row to see which class chancellor of the University of always, the class with the big­ can take possession of the most York, England, laid down his gest collective billfold, and most auto tires. The tires are placed blueprint for the future of edu­ generous hearts will be the win­ in the center of the swamp at cation. In his introduction Presi­ ners of the messy debacle. the start, and both teams pile dent DuBridge thanked all those The real winners, of course, will in to drag them to their hoard­ who made the Anniversary be the Junior class, whiCh will ing zones. celebration possible. be the recipient of much booty. Beware underclassmen the Lord James spoke of the neces­ day of the mud approaches, and sity of synthesis in order to Herculaneum replagued your good name depends on make the bulk of knowledge Ever since the gods convened your kind generosity with that manageable. Society must de­ ENRAGED GEOLOGISTS put up bitter resistance to advancing Turner Co. mer­ on Mt. Olympus and possibly filthy green stuff. If any under­ velop a system for recognizing cenaries whose armored bulldozers advance on scenic poplar gfOVE!. even time immemorial, the classmen think this is just an individuals whose minds are judge for the event has been idle threat, keep it in mind that capable of' generalization, and a the Junior Class President. As both the editors of this paper system for developing institu­ always, he will be torn apart are juniors . . . tions capable of educating them. after the fun by the rival classes, Sensuality Planned for the winners trying to save his This must be done before so­ ciety gets itself trapped in the bod, the losers trying to vent "essential paradox of general their anger and filth upon him. Humanities Win education," in which the grov.nth Thanksgiving Weekend The Mudeo itself consists of five of knowledge in each field de­ filthy frolics, the most noted of mands that students be taught by Hunk The sign-up is open to Caltech which is the tug-of-war. This Spot in the Sun con t est of brute, collective fewer subjects while they really Unknown to the greater part undergraduates, graduates, fac­ by Benson ulty, and staff, and women from strength will find the losers in­ ought to be taught more. of the Cal tech community, the Having spent large sums of neighboring colleges and com­ trenched in mud and humili­ Social mission YMCA has conducted a series of money and many man-hours of munities. Paticipation will be ation. 'l'he next event is the sack Education must prepare av­ sensitivity conferences over the effort in bringing the finest in limited to the first 30 men and race. This requires a taste for erage students to live in and past year. These have involved cultural oratory to the campus, 30 women to sign up at the slime, and a never-say-die at­ understand a science-dominated a select few of the students, the administration unfortunately YMCA office. Although the ac­ titude, since all invariably eat world. Alteration in the educa­ but now there is an opportunity erred in neglecting to allow un­ tual cost of room, board, and the muck at least once. tion of scientist is needed in for more to participate in this dergraduates the opportunity to professional leadership is $35 order to produce more alertness great experience. There will be \Vallow on, filthy underlings attend the colloquia and speeches per person, it will only cost each to social, political, and moral a cooed conference during the The mudeo, after which the by dismiSSing classes for the participant $20, with the Y pro­ pro b 1 ems. With the great Thanksgiving weekend. whole contest is named, is a week. However, the Tech for­ viding the difference and a changes constantly occuring in Take a trip very dirty form of piggy-back tunately had a large and com­ limited amount of further schol­ our world, adult education, both The idea behind these confer­ wrestling, at least for the losers. prehensive staff (two sleepy arship aid for those who could professional and non-profession. ences is to further interpersonal The winner of the event is the frosh and Meo) on hand Thurs­ not otherwise attend. Register aI, must improve. relations. As an abstraction, this last team to hit the mire. day morning for the three in­ at the Y office in Winnett Cen­ These necessities will force sounds very cold, but in ac­ teresting speeches delivered be­ ter or by mail, enclosing the By far the greatest point of educators to face some truths tuality the people who attend fore lunch, and the even more $10 deposit, to the Caltech the afternoon is the wheelbar­ they have long sought to evade. usually return with profound involved discussions· after lunch. YMCA, 1201 East California row race. This is enormously Most students will have to learn insights into themselves and Blvd., Pasadena. The balance of filling for the wheelbarrows, as Thursday morning's program superficially in man y fields into other people. These people, $10 is to be paid by November they usually eat upwards of a concentrated upon the topic of other than their speciality, many for the first time, really 16, the deadline for registration. pound of ooze. Strong arms and "Science and Society," the In­ simply because there is not communicate with each other, It is well worth the $20 to go. a stronger stomach are absolute stitute's concession to the Hu­ enough time to teach every­ instead of playing silly social manities Department. The fact thing thoroughly. Yet scientists games or trying to hurt each that none of the Cal tech faculty must learn the value of art, other. For most participants in participated in the program tes­ literature, and the humanities, past conferences, it was one of Brave HelM World Is tifies to the school's interna­ while non-scientists must learn the most meaningful experiences tional reputation in the liberal the place of science, all through in their lives. arts, but the three speakers contact between pupil and teach­ The conference will start at were excellent. er. 7:30 p.m. Thanksgiving Day and foresee" S y Biologists The BEF invasion The time has come, also, for will end with lunch on Sunday, by Doberne functions to normal. N ow in­ a re-evaluation of the role of re­ November 27. The location will Following a brief introduction "We in science are growing vestigators are beginning to search. Too much energy is be in the mountains of the San by Dr. Hallett Smith, Chairman up now, our little toys are be­ think that this may not be an wasted on the pursuit of worth- Bernardino National Forest on of the Division of Humanities, coming more potent and we absolute limitation-that it may (('ontinm'd on pa!!'f' a) the edge of Big Bear Lake. be possible to improve certain Professor Asa Briggs, Dean of must accept the consequences of the School of Social Studies at their use," summed Dr. Robert functions above their normal efficiency." the University of Sussex, Sus­ Sinsheimer, professor of bio-' sex, England, emerged from the Grades Statistics Favor physics here at Caltech. Sin­ Speaking on conservation, Mil­ sidelines for the opening ad­ sheimer was the first speaker at ler warned, "If our civilization dresses. Discussing the difficul- Wednesday's Convocation con­ (Conti111J('() on pagl' R) (Continul'd on pag!' :n ference on "Where is Biology Humanities Over Sciences Taking Us?" Also participating Should Caltech become a uni­ give a more general idea of how in the discussion were Drs. versity? How important are the grades in different subjects James Bonner, Neal Miller, and Governmental Agencies Needed humanities? How do humanities ranged, some subjects were Hobert Morison. fit in with science? These and omitted from the study. Since Sinsheimer foresees the use of other questions are prevalent to­ not enough people took it upon our ever-increasing knowledge To ·Control Budding Technology day. One aspect of the human­ themselves to tak~ Aerospace of genetics in all phases of ities at Caltech is how well Studies (Air Force R.O.T.C), human life. "We will be able The Thursday afternoon ses-' ing part of government; and T e c k e r s do in humanities Civil Engineering, Government, to control allergy, arthritis, even sion of the grand Convocation conversely, how has science courses as opposed to those in Hydraulics, Jet Propulsion, Ma­ the length of life," he stated. featured what chairman Don affected government? sciences and engineering. After terials Science, Music and Graph­ "\Ve will come to the time when Price called the minor prophets, Ramo pursued the argument a long study, the secret is now ics (remember, freshmen, your man will alter, specifically and inferior to the major prophets, that because science and tech­ out; so-called one-track, narrow­ P's and F's don't count), their consciously, his own genes. Per­ who had proceeded them on the nology is the most powerful minded Teckers actually are efforts have gone to waste as haps we would like to alter the stage, only in length of pub­ force changing society, the gov­ performing better in hUmanities far as we are concerned. uneasy balance of our emotions. lished works. Considering "What ernment will eventually control classes. For the remaining courses we Maybe we would like to be less are the Urgent Problems?" were it. This control may be the end The source of information followed a simple but tedious warlike, more intelligent, more Drs. James Bonner, Murray Gell­ of personal creativity, replacing from which this conclusion was method. The sheets give the secure, or more serene." Mann, Simon Ramo, and Karl it with group-planned assign­ made is a collection of sheets total number of units for a sub­ Miller, professor of' behavioral Kayson. ments. showing the "'Percentage Dis­ of units of A, B, C, D, and E-F. sciences at Rockefeller Univer­ Price, the narrator for Gell-Mann considered the fact tribution of Grades" for the first It was necessary to find just the sity, spoke about the influences the panel discussion, that we have come to a new term in each of the following number of units of each grade. of biochemistry on human social asked, "What basic questions stage in contrOlling nature. No academic years: 1961-1962, 1962- For example, 88 sophomores behavior. "In the past it was underlie these problems?" He longer are changes mere per­ 1963, 1964-1965, and 1965-1H66 took 792 units of geology dur- considered that the best a· drug arrived at two queries: How has turbations of nature. Secondly, (1963-1964 was not available). To (Continued on page 2) could do would be to restore science been affected by be com- «'ol1tillll",J on Jla~1' R) Page Two CALIFORNIA TECH Thursday, November 3, 1966

Editorial Letter Let us take a closed look at less for a record. the Monday Convocation. Mr. On the other hand, the com­ Editors: Olaf Frodsham, director of the pany could have made a "fully The celebration of Caltech's Glee Club, received a letter this professional recording in stereo Some Words of Praise 75th Anniversary is now past, week concerning the sound sys­ of' the entire Convocation?" for but memories of it linger on. tem at the Convocation. The let­ $50 including the cost of the Behind every major event occurring on this campus invari­ lt is a shame that one of the ter was from the president of tape. If the Beckman staff ably stands a thin red line of dedicated souls who have devoted dominant me m 0 r i e s in the Custom Fidelity Records which lacked the proper microphones, minds of many is the poor qual­ made last year's excellent Glee their time and physical and mental efforts to ensure the fruition these could have been rented ity of the audo systems used Club recording. The Glee Club from Audio Engineering Asso­ of that event. The success of ASCIT's Twilight Buffet was cer­ at the event. The Caltech Glee had hoped to record its perfor­ ciates for $15 including boom tainly no accident. Club, which last year went on mance at the Convocation and stands, and would have been For example, the Buffet was first conceived in the fertile a singing tour of New York, had asked Custom Fidelity to willing to drive the speaker sys­ mind of Dr. David C. Elliot, who, along with his 75th Anniver­ was accompanied by a sixteen­ do this. tem with its own equipment, piece brass choir at the Convo­ say working staff, was also responsible for the Institute's sup­ The man in charge of the free of charge. cation, but was forced to sing Beckman sound crew refused to port for the event. He did an excellent job in spite of the fact The Institute paid the Glee to only one microphone placed let the professional recording Club $500 for its performance; that he was saddled with the onus of the chairmanship of the in an inferior position for sound be made on the pretext that it paid the brass choir $300; it Faculty Committee on the 75th Anniversary. pick-up and connected to an am­ trucks would be needed to ac­ paid $300 for the commissioning Once the plan was approved the Buffet needed a pl'ethora plifier which produced a sound complish the feat. "Our firm of a piece which had to be termed "garbage" by many mem­ of publicity and coordination even to sell the tickets. Tim Hen­ would have easily been able to abandoned because of the lack bers of the audience. Chad and have hidden all microphones and drickson (chairman of the ASCIT Excomm, Tech editor of yester­ of proper audio equipment. Yet Jeremy were forced to take their recording equipment at almost it could not afford to rent or year, and one accustomed to serve above and beyond the call af intermission early so that Jer­ any place in or outside of the purchase the necessary micro­ duty) , in collaboration with Jerry Will is and the Beckman Ticket emy's voice mike could be put aUditorium," states the president phones, amplifiers and recorders Office staff, pushed the sales into a near sellout of 800 diners. in working order. of the recording company. to insure the success of the pro­ But tickets are only a small part of the work which had to Little Progress The Beckman crew offered to gram. be done, the bulk of miscellania was yet to come. For example, Maybe at this pinnacle of sic­ make its tapes of the event Perhaps the Beckman Audi­ ence and engineering there are available to use for this year's torium staff is not competent Eric Young (IHC potentate) spent a few dark nights groping too many stray experimental Glee Club record. The tapes now, enough to realize that something around trying to set up the lighting arangements; Jerry Will is fields and too many loose sub­ due to the trouble in the sys­ is wrong. (Chad and Jeremy no­ and his staff hooked Tommy Holden's Strolling Strings for the atomic particles to allow good tem, are totally useless. In fact, ticed the lack of vocal amplifi­ evening's entertainment, while Dave Elliot's staf( Miss Betty sound reproduction. After all, no tape of the main speaker, cation before the technicians Elliot and Miss Virginia Kotkin, made sure of many other details the first event in Beckman Audi­ Secretary Gardner, exists. Even did.) Perhaps they are too stub­ torium, the Bud and Travis con­ if there had been no mishap, born to admit that they lack end particularly the importation of the floral decorations from cert, was also characterized by the Beckman tape, recorded in the equipment or the know-how the Huntington-Sheraton. lack of volume on the audio monaural at 3.75 feet per sec­ to do a proper job of audio en­ The dining cuisine was superb due to the diligence and good mikes. ond, would have been worth- gineering. Perhaps they do not tastes of Mr. Dennis Kay of the Food Service and Mr. R. W. Gang have the funds the need to do of Residence and Dining Halls. Mssrs. Ralph Randal and Kermit the job correctly. Whatever the cause, some­ Jacobsen of the Procurement Office made the acquisitions so Science Is Tougher, Fans thing should be done soon to necessary to refined gourmet dining, such as tables, tablecloths, correct the problem before other silverware, and other items. important events are hesmudged By now, it should be abundantly clear why the Buffet was by similar displays of unprofes­ a stupendous success. Comments on the excellent cuisine, or­ sionalism. Sc.ierlCe Dall JI'riCkSOIl, President ganization, entertainment, and atmosphere of the affair keep 40 ____ HqltlQllities if' Caltech Glee Club pouring in from all sources. The really outstanding aspect of the Buffet was the large Faculty turnout. Such social intercourse a ~ 1/ Assfault Jingle should be more common on this campus. Q 30 To conclude our comments on the Buffet, we think that it ""h "There Once Was An Admin­ istration" is a nice thing to have more often, possibly after graduation and u / other major events. ;1 Q.- There once was an Adminis­ -John Middleditch tration Mike Meo C. 2.0 Which parking, not coffee, did "'l ration. 4D 'They said, "Let's not quarrel; ~ Why, coffee's immoral- .... When drunk it assists lucubra­ A New Twist It-" iO fi;j.- tion." At the Coffeehouse Commit­ dents of Caltech passed the fol­ tee meeting Monday, a mob of lowing resolution unanimously: Submitted by The Apocalypse faculty members attended to "In view of great student (Rooms 3 and 4), Blacker House. help set the crusading but way­ interest the ASCI'T Board ward students straight. As~i"t8nt feels that action should be A. B PAT'S LIQUORS Dean of Graduate Studies Lurie, taken immediately to initiate AND DELICATESSEN Stu den t Houses Committee a coffeehouse. 'To this end the 1072 E. Colorado SY 6-6761 Chairman Humphrev. aY'd Ma~­ Board directs the President to (CQRt1Il ••4 from pac. l) manities, or are the humanities Open to midnight daily, ter of Student Houses Hutten­ set up an organization to de­ an easier mark for the grade 1 a.m. Fri. & Sat. back were but a few of the ing first term 1965-1966. This velop, physically organize, and breaks down to 189 units of A, chasers? Our graph does not tell. Keg Beer Party Supplies magnates present to as~i"t the if possible, operate such a 252 of B, 324 of C, 27 of D, and ------~.~-~-~ somewhat idealistic undergrad­ Coffeehouse." \ f1n uates in reaching a decision. zero units of E-F. The units President DuB ridge is the only of each grade for all subjects GALA HOLLYWOOD PREMIERE NOVEMBER 9 at 8:00 P.M. SPONSORED BY THE THALIANS Kermit Jacobson, Director of person who can definitely okay was totaled separately for sci­ Procurement. envisioned the OPENS NOV. 10· WARNER HOLLYWOOD THEATRE the use of a house north of ence and humanities. These 6433 Hollywood Blvd.Hollywood,Calif. _·5211 problem of the Coffeehouse in San Pasqua1 as a provisional totals were divided by the total PARAMOUNT PICTURES the lack of adequate and con-' SEVEN ARTS fRAY STARK coffeehouse, but he's sick right number of units in either field pr,'s,' vincing planning for the sub­ now. The immediate prospects, to give a percentage breakdown. st8nti

Our biggest need is still for people who are able to think for 1066 Invasion "1066 and All That," an un­ themselves and who want to get ahead. usual ASeIT Assembly com­ memorating the 900th anniver­ TRW sary of the Norman Conquest of England and the fifth of the ser­ ies of ASCIT Assemblies will < enrage Caltech's pro-Celtic fac­ ?± 22.l}> tions with its wit and humor, «\\ ~ •. ~ is'''''': on Wednesday, November 16. Dr. John Benton, Associate pro­ fessor of history, will present an interesting and informative talk on the Conquest itself, and then delve into some of the sidelights of the period and their effect on the people of today. There will also he a display on the Norman Conquest in Dabney Lounge throughout November. Yak .Junglebunnies Following the Thanksgiving hreak, two additional Assemblies are planned. The first of these, On November 30, will be the ex­ perimental film "Dementia," des­ cribed by Downbeat Magazine as the "first foreign film made in Hollywood." On December 7, at 8 p.m., John M. Goddard's film "Andes to Amazon" will be shown in Beckman Auditorium. Goddard, selected by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce as one of C a I i for n i a's five outstanding young men, will narrate his ad­ venture film of his travels through Venezuala, Surinam, TRW Systems is an operating group of TRW Inc., a diversified manufacturer of aerospace, automotive, and electronics systems and components. TRW is an equal opportunity employer. Brazil, and Peru. Page Four CALIFORNIA TECH Thursday, November 3, 1966 .. k.. /) ~(. by Les Fishbone ¥QUDlbNCC Maureen O'Sullivan and Ches­ point that the army would not let him volunteer years before; ter Morris headed the bill, but by L. F. Beak for the Holiday. Bold they pro­ lash revolution persued in last John Karlen stole the show at Timmy answers uninterestingly What is the world coming to ceeded proceeded in truly im­ week's red crusade. the opening night performance with stories about his bravery­ pressive manner, wearing neck­ of "The Subject Was Roses," he slept with his boots off. when lowly, innocent, froshlings Lewd loners desert their books and go run­ laces made from parts of the the current production at the Roses have tho~ns Lewdhouse sought to slave ning off after women? Block­ containers bearing the elixer of' labor for the great Project forth­ Carousel Theatre. This award­ Father and son go to see the life. winning drama is hardly the Giants play and the latter house frosh Darnab settled down coming. They tried to trap the spectacular type, yet the char­ thinks of buying roses for Mom; to his snaking, as all frosh truly In the land of vitamin de­ trolls of Frockpru into doing all acters portrayed by author he does, but lets his father take should. But, also, alack, and woe, ficiency it was found that one the filthy, obsecen things, like Frank Gilroy would do credit the credit for the gift. Every­ for no sooner had he sat down named Rinkendorf of the red building; so that the Lewdies than he felt the urge come upon to an Albee. thing seems fine until, after a flag was making withdrawals might sneak off into their rooms night on the town, Mrs: Cleary him and was off! He must mend without due authorization. Sub­ unobserved and lucribate. But Bronx'? no thonx frantically fights the sexual ad­ his ways, or his future shall be sequently a referee was sum­ the Frocks, fearing loss of their The action occurs entirely in vances of her husband and spent amidst green and rice pad­ moned and von Rinkendorf was purity of essence, were not to the Bronx flat of the Clearys, blurts out accusations of his dies. penalized and ejected from the be lured in by the mercenary John and Nettie, whose son Tim­ fidelity; but he struck the pain­ It is said by wise men and game. It is rumored that this offers of Lewdhouse. Now all my has just arrived home from ful blow when he disclaimed the crackpots that given world is the same von Rinkendorf must lay down their pencils and two years overseas during World roses. The next day Timmy enough and time dreams will whom, the members of' the Gou- work problems in their heads. War II. A dull atmosphere pre­ argues with his mother and come true. Could this be what , sents itself; it blends in well father; when she decamps for happened to the Lone Ranger? JEANNE MOREAU with the colorless nature of the an entire day, the story of how All of Blockhouse knew what he in characters as types, but hardly true love was never mutual never had a car, he had 137 as individuals. Meanwhile, the comes out. Finally, Timmy the problems and 69 breakdowns, MADEMOISELLE theatre in the round enables the man leaves the house. Was it but no car to have the prob­ plus audience to view the principals ever a home for him"? Does res­ lems and breakdowns. What JEAN-PAUL BELMONDO and URSULA ANDRESS from all angles (sic). pect for either parent exist? else could one suppose but the Timmy awakens on Saturday Gilroy strikes poignantly in an­ fulfilment of dreams when the UP TO HIS EARS morning after a drunken revel swering these questions. Lone Ranger is seen driving with his father to find that the The mood throughout the play around? STUDENT ESQUIRE THEATER domestic affairs of the house­ is tense though comic lines 1

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By Mammy At the downtown bullring, In a maroon "suit of lights" great crowds of people push to and complete with Beatle hair­ one side and the other, with ugly Americans painfully evi­ cut, "El Cordobes" took on two Coming: November 16, 1966 dent in their cheap tourist bulls in Tijuana Sunday and won sombreros and quiet Mexicans both ears from one of them. all in their Sunday best. Last­ HUGHES RESEARCH LABORATORIES Appearing with the most pop­ minute ticket hawkers are much ular bullfighter in the world less in evidence than at com­ announce campus interviews for Electronics Engineers were two other matadors, one and Physicists receiving Ph.D. degn}s parable events in the U.S., prob­ a boyish novillero and other a ably because El Cordobes is so polished master. Current programs include: famous. Tijuana itself is always an to be continned next week. Ion Physics Research experience, not always pleasant. Plasma and Gas Discharge Research The American customs author­ Millimeter Wave Generation and Amplification Technology ities at the border never fail to Notices Coherent Optical Detection and Lasers forget any vestiges of considera­ tion or politeness they may have CAL TECH SKI CLUB Quantum Electronics and Solid State Studies had when assigned to TJ, and The Cal tech Ski Club will hold Electron/ Ion Beams - Surface Interaction exemplify the tyrannical civil its second meeting on Tuesday, servants that Gogol and Chekov November 8, at 7 :30 p.m. in 168 Contact your Placement Office to arrange pictured in their stories of im­ Church. The Sport Chalet will a campus interview. Or write perial Russia. Their procedure is present a demonstration of ski Mr. W. K. Walker to grab selected suspicious char­ equipment. All Caltech personnel Hughes Research Laboratories acters as they pass the border, are invited. and somehow this reporter has FOLKDANCING WITH LESSONS Malibu, California 90265 always qualified as a suspicious Caltech students are invited to Creating a new world with electronics character fit for harasSiffient. learn and do the latest Greek, Is­ r------, Beware the TJ taxis raeli, etc. traditional folkdances, I I Once across the phYSical bor­ this Saturday at the Pasadena Jew­ I der, it takes a few minutes for ish Center, 8 p.m. See Dan Nem­ :I HUGHES I L ______J the traveler to cross the psy­ zer (30 Blacked for details. SENIOR PICTURES HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY chological border between Mex­ were taken this week. If you ico and the United States. If he takes a taxi into the center haven't had a sitting and are a of town, the crossing of the senior, get over to the Big T office between 7 and 9 tonight or con­ frontier will probably occur as 12 his taxi driver swoops through tact Geo. Sharman, Fleming, Quick! a stop sign and weaves a wob­ HELP DEFEAT REAGAN bly path in the traffic of motor­ Would you be willing to spend cars and oxcarts. Five people three or four hours Tuesday after­ are squeezed into each taxi, at noon, November 8, in getting out 50 cents a head, at least ten the vote for Governor Brown? per cent of which must go Some critical precincts rleed you! towards the repair of the taxi Contact Jim Fishbein, Dabney after the hard driving of a few House. • weekends. This is Russ Kennedy of Balboa Island, California, on an in-port field tnp as a student aboar,! Chapman College's floating campus. Lord James Delivers Coup de Grace The note he paused to make as fellow students went ahead to inspect Hatshepsut's Tomb in the (Continned from page 1) can combat propaganda and in- Valley of the Kings near Luxor, he used to complete an assignment for his Comparative Worlu less truths buried deep in the tolerance. Education can try to Cultures professor. . mountain of a specialty. Sci en- make men a little more rational Russ transferred the 12 units earned during the study-travel semester at sea to hIS record at tists must establish criteria of and humane. the University of California at Irvine where he continues studies toward a teaching career in life importance because there are Unlimited research in educa· sciences. As you read this, 450 other students have begun the fall semester voyage of discovery with simply not enough people avail- tion will not provide a series of Chapman aboard the s.s. R YNDAM, for which Holland-Amerioo Line acts as General Passenger able to delve into even a fraction Simple answers for the prob­ Agents. of the worthwhile options open lems of education in the future. In February still another 450 will embark from Los Angeles for the spnng 1967 semester, to us. Further, not all minds The real need is more and better this time bound for the Panama Canal, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Nigeria, Senegal, Morocco, should do research; some would teachers who are willing to con­ Spain, Portugal, The Netherlands, Denmark, Great Britain and New York. be better used in reflection or tinue the i r own educations For a catalog describing how you can include a semester at sea in your educational plans, fill teaching. throughout their careers. in the information below and mail. Humane values In evaluating Caltech, Lord Science and education together James sees it as an institution help protect against the destruc- devoted to producing men who tion of human values. Science, are scientists of "a critical and devoted to truth and rationality, responsible humanity." • ..

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KING OF BEERS. ANHEUSER· BUSCH, INC. ST. lOUIS. NEWARK. lOS ANGELES. TAMPA. HOUSTON Page Six CALIFORNIA TECH Thursday, November 3, 1966 Whittier Too Fast For CIT Legmeni Mason/ Cross Come In Second/ Third Led by rooting Lou Jones, the and "Whit" presumably). After slower than his previous time, Whittier cross-country tea m the first lap (at about two and but at least beat Cross and now orlJ nipped the Teckers, 26-29, last a half miles) Mason moved up boasts of having worked out for Friday afternoon in Griffith to Cross and Jones, and Sucks­ eleven days in a row. Cross, on Park. Two laps around an un­ dorf dropped back. With half a the other hand, did 26 miles on marked, mostly grass figure mile to go, Mason passed Cross, Saturday alone. eight constituted the four-mile but Jones won the race in 21:57. Next week the Smogeaters course. Mason was second and Cross meet Pomona, led by tall, friend­ At variance with his usual third; Meo was sixth and Stoeck­ ly, undefeated Steve Roulac. The custom, Pete Gross of Caltech er eighth. meet will take place on the jumped into the lead right Cross, who has been running Mount Sac course, which is at the start, contesting the first an incredible number of miles always a pleasure to run. The positiol1 with Lou Jones and Bill per week, improved his time dirt trail, which winds up and Sucksdorf of Whittier. Jones, for over the not-very-stimulating around a saddle-shaped hill, this the first mile or so, kept shout­ Griffith Park Course from the year includes another hill with ing, "Go Doug" and "Go Whit," last time he ran there against some wild hairpin turns on the and Mason of Caltech put in a Oxy. Mason ran the course way down. few "Go Doug" 's himself. Mason also contrary to his usual cus­ tom of fighting for the lead, hung well back in the pack for more than half the race. Now Appearing For the first mile and a half Cross, Jones, and S u c k s d 0 r f clumped together about fifty JOH'N yards ahead of' Mason, who ran with two Whittier men ("Doug" Jazz Nightly. Dinner from 8:30 HENDRICKS $399.50 Jet to Paris : 308 N. CAHUENGA BLVD.- HO(!.YWOOl) ... Plus Weekends June l8/Sept. 8 incl. 4-week HO 4-9674 or 464-6900 Study Course at ALLIANCE FRANCAISE Opening Tuesday QUARTERBACK TOM BURTON gets off a pass to end Lonnie Martin. Pass Dr. French, 9875 Santa Monica 81. HUGH MASEKElA Shelly Manne's Men was complete for short yardage; the Caltech side of the score was even shorter. Beverly Hills, (213) 272-8081 _-_-_-~_-_- __-_-_- __--_--_-_- __- __- __ -__---.J'_~'4~·11±1IIIIII1IIIII~1II_1IIIIII.!'_III_IIIIII_III ____I111_.!'~ __I!~I! ___ ~~IIIIII_~~~_II __iII __ I!~II ___II __ 1I111l11_1IIIII_..II~~_III__I111 __ ~~~_II_II_III __III_-.II~ Tech Stopped By La Verne The football team lost a split decision last week to La Verne. La .. Verne scored 34 points in the first half and Caltech scored 8 in the second half. It wasn't enough:. The game started off poorly for the visitors when La Verne ran back the opening kick-off for 70 yards to put them on the twenty. They scored shortly thereafter~ Then. things were Even When She Answers, He Still Gets the Busy Signal. quiet until the second quarter. DEAR REB: La Verne picked up four more Lately, every time I call my girl, she's either "not in" or "not inter­ touchdowns in the second quar­ ested." Last week I called her 23 times and couldn't even make a ter. Most of their drives came on long runs. There was one coffee date. The trouble started when she started dating a guy 50 yard run that brought them who owns a Dodge Coronet. Now she goes to parties with him, up to the twenty and ended in dances, football games, etc. Do you think I should call her again, a TD. La Verne passed very little. or should I forget her and break her heart? BAD CONNECTIONS Caught with lwnts dowll. The first touchdown was clear­ DEAR BAD CONNECTIONS: ly an embarrassment for Cal­ I think your next call should be to your Dodge Dealer. Then make tech. The cuaching staff had warned the team to watch for a date to see the '67 Coronet, the car that's breaking hearts all the pick on the kickoff. True over America. You'll find that its good looks are pretty hard to to form, the receiver took the resist. Now, before you break your girl's heart, give her another ball and broke to his right. The rest of the La Verne squad break. Ask her to go for a ride in your new Coronet. I think she'll moved to the left. The visitors get the signal. fell for it and went after the receiver who thereupon pulled a reverse and went for the sev­ enty-yard run. The only Tech touchdown came very late in the game and it was a quarterback sneak by Tom Burton. This was the first touchdown this year that hadn't been scored by Martin. How­ ever, Lonnie caught the pass for the two-point conversion. Special delivery Fumbles hurt the squad from Pasadena. Charles Greasy, this year's candidate for super-frosh, fumbled on a kick-off return and the La Verne tackle grabbed the ball and went for a touchdown. Here's the heartbreaker ... '67 Dodge Coronet 500. A campus favorite with its great new looks, ride, The team of Martin and Bur­ and list of extras that are standard. like bucket seats with either a companion seat in the middle or a ton was also held quiet. Martin center console_ Plush carpeting. Padded instrument panel. Padded sun visors. Seat belts, front and again was double and triple­ teamed, but by now he expects rear. A choice of Six or V8 models. And lots more. So get with '67 Dodge Coronet and get busy. it. DODGE DIVISION ~~ CHRYSLER This week finds the squad ~ MOTORS CORPORATION traveling to Riverside for a Fri­ day night game. In other action in the league over the week­ end, Occidental beat Cal Luth­ eran 16-0. Thursday, November 3, 1966 CALIFORNIA TECH Poge Seven ------Martin May e est En In L ue "Martin is one of the hest in 1000. He is first in the league As it happens what he says Two left feet league. I think he'll be one of right now, just ahead of Dundez is true. Lonnie is fortunate to The only thing Martin lacks the ends on the all-league team." of Redlands. have Burton throwing to him as is speed, in fact, the coaches Like in the old days, Caltech Martin lettered three times in Coach Gutman agrees. This may think he may be the slowest has a football star, maybe two, high school but never in foot­ become evident this weekend end in the league. Earlier it was three or even four of them; how­ ball (he didn't even play). He against Riverside if Burton's reported in the Tech that Mar­ ever the one that Coach Tom was a two-year letterman in mysteriously s w 0 11 e n thigh tin had outran two defenders Gutman was talking about is baseball and one-year in soccer. keeps him out of action. How­ for a touchdown. This turned Lonnie (Linus) Martin who was What does he contribute his ever, Burton is not the whole out to be untrue. A couple of recently chosen SCIAC player-of­ success at football to? answer. Linus's teammates reported that the-week. "Burton is probably the best the defenders had tripped each Kiloyardage quarterback in the league. Ob­ other. Right now Lonnie has assim­ viously, he's the best passer ... Until last weekend, Martin ilated over 760 yards-gained pas­ Coaching has put a lot of in­ had scored every touchdown this sing this year and with three spiration into the team this year. year. However, a g a ins t La games left has a good shot for It's really been something." Verne Burton went over on a Poge Uses New quarterback sneak and then threw to Martin for two more Secret WeO,/)on A&H D.SCOUNT RECORDS points. SPECIAL SCHOOL DISCOUNTS With two more years to go Page House may have started ;\{artin stands a good chance to a new tradition in Discobolous ALL ALBUMS ARE SEALED AND GUARANTEED AGAINST DEFECTS become one of the best ends challenges Saturday, that of A&H DISCOUNT RECORDS the league has seen. He has a sportsmanship. Ruddock got its 1766 E. Colorado Blvd. - Pasadena good quarterback and he has a eligibility list in late for the SHOP DAILY 10-6 MON. & FRI. EVENINGS TO 9 SY 6-7436 team that is starting to get some scheduled soccer game, a cir­ Accordillg to Gutman, Lonnie real athletie spirit. Said Gutman, cumstance that normally would '50cT------~·i50~-! "doesn't hear footsteps." Where "The team will improve and amount to a forfeit. Not only This coupon entitles bearer to an addi­ Martin will improve with them." did Page vote to play the game, tional 50 cent discount off our already some ends worry more about discounted prices on all long-playing getting tackled after the catch, In addition to football, Mar­ they played it for the full points. albums priced at $2.00 or more. (Ex­ Icludes special sale items.) Lonnie just jumps. In addition, tin plays both basketball and For once the good guys fin­ (Expi res November 17.l Martin probably has the best baseball. Last year, as a fresh­ inished first (ed note: Bob Fire­ 50ci 150c moves in the league. When Red­ man, he was awarded the stone wrote this article). Page ~------~---~---, lands double and triple teamed Alumni Trophy for his outstand­ won the game Sunday afternoon him it barely had an affect. ing playas shortstop. 1-0. The only goal came on a kick by frosh Steve Patt. Simon Levinson was the Page goalie that kept the Ruddock squad from booting the game.

I t was reported erroneously in the Tech last week that Dabney had challenged Lloyd too late and forfeited at the beginning of the year. Actually Dabney had been attempting to capo' italize on early-in-the-year con­ fusion and was challenging out of turn. Their turn has now come and they have challenged Page in swimming, water polo, ar,d billiards.

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l ! Page Eight CALIFORNIA TECH Thursday, November 3, 1966 Brave New World After these opening remarks, fleissnerfung a discussion followed. The basic (ConHllued from page 1) issue was who will make the should continue its reckless in­ (Continued from page 1) decisions. Ram 0 commented crease in population, exhausting the United States may soon free that he didn't want to turn the the easily accessible sources of its entire population from man­ problem over to anyone he minerals and fuels, and then col­ ual drudgery. We could then in­ knew. After suggesting that we lapse, it might be vastly harder, crease foreign aid, commence solve the population problem by or even impossible for future projects to control nature, aban­ shrinking people, he stated that generations to recover from don the policy of using practical many problems, for example Halley's Comet their 'dark ages'." merits and consider aesthetic urban transportation in L.A., values, and pursue satisfying but were not technical or economic, will be dropping He continued, "The human useless projects, such as astron­ but social. mind has a natural tendency to omy, the space program, and avoid unpleasant thoughts such After Gell-Mann pointed out around again.* high energy physics. that aesthetic qualities were as these. Thus, the population Bonner expressed the need to explosion and the H-bomb do hard to quantify, Kason sug­ create agencies in society to con­ gested that society transfer the not receive a fraction of the sider matters of concern and attention that they deserve . . . burden of proof from the con­ Let's plan a recommend action in more pres­ servatives to the radicals. The next 25 years, from today sing problem areas. He classified to this Institute's lOOth anniver­ Price concluded that govern­ big ~eloolDe. molecular biology and planned ment by university may de­ sary, may be the most crucial birth in the former category and ones in the history of man." velop at the federal govern­ the populatiOn problem in the ment's request just as Par­ End of the family latter. liament at the King's request. Kayson felt that the institu­ Dr. Robert Morison, director ~_ •••••• _____~.~_~_.c __ ~_ tions of society were not equal of Cornell University's Division I j of Biological Sciences, concluded to the progress made by science, ! l the session by discussing some a relationship most evident in DELIMEAT of the dilemmas produced by military industries.. Some one KOSHER STYLE iI our rapid advance in biology and must decide which of the many I sociology. He first asserted that things we have the ability to Delicatessen I the family will decline because develope should be developed. II 6' Restaurant I "1.) The family is relatively poor LUNCHES DINNERS Need Driver . . . I at assimilating and transmitting *Watch this paper for . . . from Beverly Blvd. - La Brea CATERING I new knowledge essential to sur­ area to Pasadena at 9 a.m., return FOR ALL OCCASIONS time and place. vival in a rapidly moving world. I at 3 p.m. or one way. Call to dis- 1770 E. COLORADO BLVD. 2.) Growing awareness of' the cuss rates. SY 6-4373 Parking in fear population problem, and of hu­ ANHEUSER-BUSCH, INC .• ST. LOUIS. NEWARK. LOS ANGELES. TAMPA. HOUSTON 938-0280 or 938-7351 man genetics weakens the pres­ Nat Zatkin tige of the family as the basic =====-:-:---=:--::-:---::::-:-'~- -==-" "- -:..::---. -". --".. --:::-"------unit of human reproduction. 3.) Increasing knowledge of the plasticity of the human nervous system in early life will en-' courage further invasion of the ~~Some people think computing is home in the name of ensuring equality of opportunity." an extracurricular activity. "It is idle to talk of a society of equal opportunity as long as the society abandons its new­ comers solely to their families That's nonsense. for their most impressionable years." He was quick to add that "I am not advocating that AtTRW, computing is a career." the fa;mily be abolished," but Eldred Nelson, Technical Director, Computation and Data Reduction Center, TRW Systems merely pointing out the trends. Stary.eyed idealist Due to these dramatic changes Make computing science your career at TRW, where we deal in the logic of obtaining in store for us, men will be numerical solutions to diverse technical problems: trajectories for space missions and forced to find new reasons for living. Without family ties, actual space flights, post-flight analysis, spacecraft checkout and orbit monitoring, "Somehow people must be made to expand their sense of loyalty thermodynamics of spacecraft heating, aerodynamics of re-entry, ~tructures of space­ and responsibility to include a larger share of the human race." craft and missiles, automated design of electronic circuits and mechanical systems, And finally, Morison deplored information retrieval, analysis of antisubmarine warfa're systems, development of civil ap­ the artistic and literary com­ munity's motions to "stand plications of information systems, and new computer software systems for time-sharing. aside like a Greek chorus chant­ ing over and over again, 'see the unhappy man who can do We need people who can solve problems, who are nothing other than endure the existential suffering forced on innovators. This is how TRW looks at computing. him by a hostile and malformed society.' " The session ended with a TRW short question and answer pe­ riod that covered topics from spontaneous generation to child raising. The discussion was well attended and well received. STUDENTS, if you need HELP in fulfilling your language requirement­ inquire about tutoring services at BERLITZ, THE LANGUAGE CENTER 170 South Lake Ave. Pasadena SY 5-5888 TI~W Systems is an operating group of TRW Inc., a diversified manufacturer of aerospace, automotive, and electronics systems and components. TRW is an equal op(Jortunity employer.