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e CaliforniaTech Volume LVII Pasadena, California, Thursday, April 19, 1956 Number 24 Y members from 8 colleges BOD names w. Briggs, Socialist leader, to meet for talks, recreation editors for to speak in Blacker tonight Dr. David Elliot of the Caltech history department will be the William Briggs, chairman of the Socialist Party of California, keynote speaker at the spring YWCA-YWCA conference this ij Farrago/ 'T' will speak in Blacker House today at 7 :30 p.m. on "What Does Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Camp Seeley in the San Ber by Herb Rauch Socialism Offer America?" nardino Mountains. Monday night the ASCIT Briggs' talk is sponsored by the Open Forum and will include The Seeley Conference is open to all Caltech Y members. Board appointed men to put out an evaluation of American political and economic institutions, Over 100 students from YMCA's and YWCA's of UCLA, USC, Farrago this term, to edit the as well as the platform of the 'Socialist Party. Eason Monroe, Oxy, Pomona, Whittier, Chapman and San Diego State will Little T, and to insure that our executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, will attend. rallies and assemblies shall be introduce him. The program will include appropriate. The aims of the Social ist Party, according to Mr. Briggs, are talks, discussion groups, and rec Tau Beta Pi Marty Tangora will be editor to "effect through elections a cooperative, democratic society, reation. Besides Dr. Elliot, who of Farrago this spring term. hased on the gradual nationali will speak on some facet of the Karl Knapp and Kirk Polsen zation of the basic industries of international situation, talks will initiation held were approved as business man Ann()uncemenfs ... the country: transportation, be presented by Milnor Alexan agers of Farrago. Fiuian's Rainbow steel, automobile. We oppose der, a member of the staff of The Caltech chapter of Tau Immaculate Heart College revolution and the general strike Beta Pi, national engineering Mike Godfrey will take charge the American Friends Service of the Little T this summer. will present Fiuian's Rain as means of attaining it." Committee, and Winnifred Wy honorary society, initiated ten bow April 21-25 with an 8:30 U.S. underfed, underclothed new members in a ceremony last The Rally Commission, head gal, formerly with the National ed by Chuck Bonwell, includes p.m. curtain. Sets, costumes, "According to Department of Saturday, April 14. Labor statistics, one-third of the Staff of the YWCA, who has had Bill McClure, Mike Talcott, Jim and publicity are being han The initiation, which took people of the nation are under extensive experience in the fields Weaver. Alan Forsythe, and dled by the College Art De of worship and human relations. place at the Rodger Young Audi partment, and music will be fed and underclothed," contino torium in Los Angeles, was held Dick V:m Kirk. The Japanese film "Children of The turnout for Farrago Mon provided by a thirty-piece stu ued Briggs. "Our American econ the A-Bomb" will be shown. in conjunction with the Tau dent orchestra. omy, which is geared to war Beta Pi chapters of USC and day night was very encouraging, Discussion groups will consid considering the complete absence Kefauver at Occideutal production. is responsible. We UCLA. propose a change in foreign pol er numerous topics, some being of candidates last week. Four The Political Science Forum Following the ceremony was icy, in which positive moves for led by students from other coun candidates applied for editor. of Occidental College has in a banquet for the members of disarmament will be featured. tries who will consider the Last term Farrago staff start vited all who are interested the three chapters and for Tau Present resolutions for disarma crises now being faced in the ed in high speed the first week to hear an address by Senator major countries of the world. Beta Pi alumni living in the Los ment before the UN General As Angeles area. The featured and just finished in time for Estes Kefauver on Friday, Recreation will include square final". So this term will be a April 20, at 3:50 p.m., in l'emhly and Security Council are dancing, films, records, sports, speakers were H. W. King and inadeuuate in that both power Robert Nagle, the national presi race to see if we get Farrago be Thorne Hall. games, and group singing. An fore the seniors get diplomas. hlocs wait for the other to move. "International Festival" will dent and secretary-treasurer of Physics Club We propose that the United highlight the recreation program Tau Beta Pi, respectively. Dr. Milton Plesset will dis StQtes immediately bike positive on Saturday night. The Caltech students initiated Class nominations cuss "Atomic Reactors" with steps toward disarmament hy a The cost for room. meals and into the society were Baird the benefit of slides and a 10 to 20 per cent reduction in registration is $7.50. Those in Brandpw, Al Di Loreto, Richard moved to April 26 movie at a physics club meet war spending. terested in attending may obtain Hundley, Bill McDonald, Bob The ASCIT Board Monday re ing Wednesday, April 25, at Oppose Russia more information at the Y of Moore, Ed Nelson, Rex 'Peters, scheduled class nominations and 7:30 p.m. "The Socialist Party is op fice or from George Oetzel in Walt Peterson, Walt-Specht, and elections for one week later. posed to the existing govern __________Fleming. ,......._______John Thomas._L-_ The classes will hold nominat ment of the Soviet Russia be ing functions Thursday, April Swedlowts paper cause it is undemocratic. sup 2~ Bob Ingram, freshman class pressing trade unkms and free Class dances set April 28 president, plans to receive nomi takes contest prize spceph. Her economy is con Senior affair, while Hal Loman's nations by envelope. Howard torlled by a bureaucracy which Saturday, A,i>ril 28, the com A summer job earned Jerry bined junior and senior classes orchestra, a familiar one at Cal Bloomberg and Dave Leeson, reaps the profits of the system. Swedlow a $25 Series E bond will hold their annual Prom in tech functions, will appear- at junior and sE'lphomore class pres An American sochlist govern and a free first year's Associate the ballroom of the Huntington the Frosh-Soph Dance. idents, indicated that their class ment would allow thf' people Membership as he described the Sheraton Hotel in PasadeJ;la, Both affairs will start at 9 es would hold nominating as maximum freedom, not by estab operation of a mechanical grade .while lower classmen will be at p.m., but the Prom will last un semblies on the designated date. lishing a 'dictatorship of the indicator for contour plOWing to the Frosh-Soph Dance in Dab til 1 a.m., the Frosh-Soph Dance The locations will be announced proletariat' but by allowing ev win a student paper contest ney Lounge. ending at 12:30. Dress for' the by the class officers. ery person equal freedom of op sponsored by the Southern Cali The band of Dave Pell, the former is formal, for the latter, The . elections will be held portunitv and the right to have group which played at the ASCIT semi-formal, Le., suits for the Thursday, May 3, under the su fornia Section, ASME. The a voice in the handling of the Christmas Dance last year, will boys and party dresses for their pervision of the ASCIT election second prize winner surveyed economy. provide music for the Junior- dates. committee. fuel injection in automobiles. Fight legislation Next stop for Swedlow and for "The Socialist Party does not Jan Arps,_ who finished second have the electoral strength at in the preceding contest held by the present time to effect a so Proiect XP-75 gives senior ME's chaRce to the Caltech Student Chapter, cialist governinent. We are at will be the 1956 ASME Pacific present fighting restrictive legis Southwest Regional Student Con lc1tion which suppresses the right exercise creativity designing car of 1975 ference. Here they will com of minority parties to be repre by Mike l\lilder pete for prizes with students sented on the ballot. California For the past term and a half, from eight other engineering col i;:; the worst offender. followed the Mechanical ERgineering De leges. (Continued on page 6) partment has been carrying on something in the way of an ex periment in progressive educa 'Philadelphia Story' will be tion. The experiment has been designated Project XP-75. Established "to develop the produced on May 11 and 12 specifications for a passenger car by Mike Talcott and Huebotter. But enough said, for use on the super highways The annual production of the your guess is as good as mine as of 1975," the project is intended ASCIT play will be held on May to which one wins the girl. 11 and 12. The Tech players to provide an outlet for the The cast includes four of the creativity of a group of seniors will produce The Philadelphia Story, a comedy which won the most talented and charming ac in Mechanical IDngineering. tresses ever seen in a Tech per About twenty students· have academy award as a movie. This hilarious play is about a formance. Nancy Jo Sweeney been participating in the prQject, takes the Imrt of Tracy Lord, each spending an average Qf ten very upper class family in Phila· delphia and the trials and tribu the prospective bride. Diana to twelve hours a' week. The Beveridge, a sec at Tech, and group is being supervised by lations of their poor daughter who is about to enter her second Sarah Sweezy, daughter of Dr.