CALIFORNIA Volume LXXIV Pasadena, California, Thursday, January 18, 1973 Number 14 ASCIT Meeting
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That's Him On The, Left The Return of the Moon-Darb by Jim Ogg and a geo-survey map as a astronauts concentrated on ob Dr. Harrison (Jack) Schmitt, replacement. ("Try to do that serving and verbalizing rather one of the Apollo 17 astronauts, with a land rover.") Mounting than on remembering. They spoke informally to Caltech the rover was a process of devoted their mental energy to geologists last Saturday night at a "leaping backward, hoping to recording via photographs, sam discussion held at the Athenaeum come down on the right part of ples, and vocal communications bar. The session mixed slides, the vehicle." The lunar dust - something unique in geology. science, and beer for an intri created, according to Schmitt, Even the events surrounding the guing two hours. The main topics "the most abrasive environment discovery of the orange soil were discussed were the various EVA I've seen next to Tech." The vague to Schmitt later. stations and their geological dust had the penetrability of "Everything I say is prefaced features. graphite, but exactly the oppo by 'we still don't understand it'," "The mission was something site effects. "By the time we said Schmitt as he reviewed some like an ordinary geology field were ready to leave the moon of the more unusual features trip, with the main difference in most of the external moving including the apparent strati the methods used to reach the parts on our suits had just about graphy of the lunar hills, dike field area," Schmitt remarked. quit mOVing." like material found in one When the lunar rover lost a Words, Words, Words boulder, the track made by a fender early on one of the Schmitt explained that while boulder that rolled obliquely excursions, Schmitt used a clamp on the lunar traverses the -Continued on Page Two The CALIFORNIA Volume LXXIV Pasadena, California, Thursday, January 18, 1973 Number 14 ASCIT Meeting 'FIRST OF All, f want to thank Dabney House for sending these brownies ... Bears Resemblance Oliver Announces Photo by Ray Feeney To TheW eather Coming;. by Peter Beckman His .Candidacy Braving the disgustingly bad weather, the ASCIT Board of Dr. Robert W. Oliver, aSSOCI Africa in the summer of 1962 as A Winter's Totem Directors met Tuesday afternoon ate professor of economics at the a co-chairman of a Caltech in Winnett Lounge to conduct California Institute of Technol Research Team. Caltech's literary-art magazine, nature, done by anyone at all what little business is left in ogy, has announced his candi During 1964 he was chairman Totem, is busy wallowing its way vaguely connected with the Insti these closing days of their dacy for the Pasadena Board of of a Pasadena Citizen's Bond towards an early eventual com tute. administration. City Directors, an elective office. Committee. In 1965 he was pletion date. "Er, yes, with any Sign~up sheets have appeared Dave Peisner opened the meet Dr. Oliver was born in Los elected to a four-year term on luck at all we should be really in whatever houses did not have ing by reporting on ASCIT Angeles, California, where he the Pasadena Board of City with it, as they say, by run-offs," them, and there is one in Louise finances. The organization cur received his early education. In Directors (the Pasadena City an editor replied to careful Hood's office in Winnett. Totems rently has about $2000 in cash 1943 he graduated, magna cum Council) from which office he questioning. "We're hoping to are given free to ASCIT members and all outstanding bills have laude, in International Relations retired in 1969 without seeking make this a really ... issue," he (and a few other people), but been paid. Beyond this there is and Economics from the Univer reelection. In 1970-71, on leave added, "but we can't do it anyone who wants one ought to no reserve fund, and last year's sity of Southern California. from Caltech, he was employed without." sign up on one of the sheets so yearbook money has been used Since becoming a member of in the Economics of Urbaniza Rumor does have it, however there will be enough to go to pay current bills. A dues the Caltech faculty in September tion Division of the World Bank (see the last forty-seven news around. "We'd like people to, er, check for around $7000 will be 1959, he has conducted courses in Washington, D.C. He partici briefs), that A Winter's Totem sign them," the editor continued. coming soon, but this money will in elementary economics, urban pated in Bank Missions to will contain short stories, prose, "That way, you see, there'll ... be needed to take care of problems, international econom Indonesia and Taiwan. poetry, photographs, art work, well, we only have a couple of ASCIT's liabilities. After Dave ics and economic development. He is a member of the and other things that appear in Va/erans lying around. If you see ended his report he was officially During the years 1961-63 he Pasadena Planning Commission the office during paste-up week. what I mean." commended by the BOD for the administered a special faculty and president of the Pasadena Contributions Acceptable Contributions ("don't forget excellent job he has done with graduate student seminar on the Beautiful Foundation. He is a It also seems likely that it's the cash") should be directed at the ASCIT books. problems of technical assistance in past president of the Michillinda not too late to contribute. "We'd Phil Massey (Ruddock), Gesine Pay and Promises underdeveloped countries. He was Park Association. He has been a prefer cash, of course, but we'll Lohr (Dabney), Gavin Claypool Due to the Country Joe employed by the International member of the World Trade take anything." Anything (Ricketts), or Bob Coleman fiasco, the BOD decided to Bank for Reconstruction and Committee of the Los Angeles· would include the above items (Ruddock), or brought by Win cancel the February concert by Development as a research histor Chamber of Commerce, the and things of a graphic creative nett and left with the Tech. Continued on Page Three ian in the summer of 1961. He Board of Directors of the East traveled in East and Southern Continued on Page Five News BrieA Northrup Represents U.F.O.'s Orange War/Soil Theory John Northrup, co-founder study-Steve Gluckstern; Sergeant of Dr. J. B. Oke, 1855 San Pas and ex-president of Northrup of Police-Bill Derrick, Under qual Street. Students are asked Aircraft, Inc., will be speaking on study-John Teich; Mabel-Wendy to bring their preliminary outlines the subject: "U.F.O.'s-Yes or Wright-Dirkson, Understudy for their paper on the nutritional No?" at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Judith McClellen; Ruth-Lorraine values of various commodities. January 23 in 153 Noyes. Broderick, Understudy-Kristie Harmon; Edith-Judith McClel Fibonacci Club Pirates ofPenzance len, Understudy-Kathleen Pot Meeting Saturday Cast Announced ter; Kate--Kristie Harmon, Un The H analysis group of the After listening to some twelve derstudy~Marie Beall:. Isabel- Fibonacci Club will hold a hours of auditions, the producers Marie Beall, Understudy-Andrea seminar in Clubroom I on and directors of the Caltech Harth; General Stanley's Wards Saturday, January 20. Prelimi production of Gilbert and Sulli Pauline Ho, Ann Clemmens, Anne nary subgroup reports will be van's Pirates of Penzal1ce have Huntley, Brenda Grant, Francis discussed. Attendance will be tentatively decided on the fol Janssen, Andrea Harth. restricted to members. Time: big lowing cast: hand on twelve, little hand on Major-General Stanley-Bruce Ay 30 Class eleven. Mc Laughlin, Understudy-Tim Meets Tonight Erickson; The Pirate King~Jim The creme de la creme of the Slide Rules Hugg, Understudy-Jack Bacon; astronomy option, Ay 30, will vs. HP-35 SECOND OF ALL,I want to ask you, Gene Shoemaker, why you flicked in a won Samuel-Steve Aley, Under- meet tonight at 7:30 in the home Tomorrow is Add Day. drous Geology field trip just to see me? Photo by Ray Feeney Page Two THE CALIFORNIA TECH Thursday, January 18, 1973 Editorial Give Enormously THE CALTECH FORUM Master Key Student Locksmith Author Upset Next week the Caltech Y will hold its annual fund drive. Students will be given cards with which they may pledge Policy Rapped Opposes Restrictions About Article amounts to be placed on their next term bills or which The master key policy of this A lot 01 political hogwaSh has I find in questionable taste they may return with cash donations. campus is very bad. The fault lies traveled around the California your printing of an article I partly with the Board of Control Tech concerning master keys. I, Students generally contribute between $3000 and $3500 wrote over a year and a half ago and partly with the Administra as a member of the organization to this annual fund drive. This represents only a small for Engineering & Science maga tion. I will first deal with the of campus locksmiths, have an zine about the scaling of Caltech fraction of the Y's operating budget, most of which comes Administration policy and then other opinion to throw into the Peak. At the time that I wrote it from outside donations, but the student contributions are with the Board policy. arena. I was not in full possession of very important since a generous fund drive response Because of the key policy of First of all, as has been noted my faculties.