Oct. 1st 1982 See You There, ".•••• GROVER Volume LXXXII Pasadena, California, Friday, October 10, 1980 Number 3 Tech Observes UN Day A week from tomorrow, After finishing his studies after which Marge Wyatt, the Saturday the 18th, is United at Cambridge, the future Lord President of the Pasadena Nations Day. The Caltech Y, Caradon entered the Colonial School Board, and Ray as campus host, and the Service and was posted in Corti nes, S u peri n tenden t, Pasadena branch of the United Palestine as an Administrative Pasadena Schools, will speak Nations Association, are pro­ Officer. He served in some of on "Value of Students Learn­ viding a lively program to the toughest areas in Palestine ing About the United celebrate the U.N.'s 35th birth­ during the troubled nineteen­ Nations." day. Of most interest to thirties, in the Colonial Office For those interested in students will be a presentation in 1938, and went on to Trans­ more information, the Y Of­ by Lord Caradon at 10 am in Jordan for three years as. fice in Winnett has a pamphlet Winnett Lounge. He will speak Assistant British Resident, describing the full program. on "My Understanding of the later being seconded to the U.N. and the Problems Facing British Military Administration It. " in North Africa. In 1943 he . went on to Cyprus as Colonial Secretary; he acted as Gover­ nor in 1944. There followed Parsons Come one, come all to two years as Colonial Secretary in Jamaica and then four as the highly acclaimed Chief Secretary in Nigeria; in Seven-House Party. both countries he several times Project Thrills and chills await acted as Governor, and in 1951 you on the Olive Walk( he returned he returned tp or maybe the Quad; we Jamaica as Captain-General and Governor in Chief, a post Opens don't know - its late and he held from 1951 until 1957. our deadline's coming and In Nigeria he played a major we need the space). part in the preparation of the first federal constitution (in­ Gates troduced in June, 1951) and in Jamaica he guided the con­ stitutional developments From the leading up to internal self­ Caltech News Bureau government. He later became The ornate Gates Ethnic Scholar Desired Governor of Cyprus in the Laboratory here at Cal tech , disorders of the late fifties and which has stood empty since it [The following press release recipients will be selected from fields (engineering sciences, helped to achieve a settlement was damaged in the 1971 San was received here at The among scientists, engineers, mat hem a tic s, ph y sic a I leading to the independence of Fernando earthquake [that's California Tech, and normally and scholars in the humanities sciences), life sciences, and for Cyprus in 1960. funny, we've been taking we would print it without com- who show greatest promise of interdisciplinary prograsms of Lord Caradon was Minister classes in Gates. -eds.j, will ment. However, we noted that, future achievement in study. Awards will not be of State for Foreign and Com­ begin renovation to become Caltech's required affirmative academic research and scholar- made in professions such as monwealth Affairs and United Caltech's main administration action policies not withstand- ship in higher education. medicine, law, or social work, Kingdom Representative at the building. The project is being ing, there seem to be few, if In this national competition or in such areas as educational United Nations from 1964 to initiated as a result of a grant any, faculty members here who sponsored by the Ford Foun- administration, curriculum 1970. Since then he has per­ of $1,000,000 from the Ralph qualify for these postdoctoral dation, with additional support supervision, or personnel and formed assignments for the M. Parsons Foundation of Los fellowships. -eds.] from the National Endowment guidance. Tenure of fellowship United Nations in Africa and Angeles. The renovated The National Research for the Humanities, citizens of provides postdoctoral research elsewhere and has traveled building will bear the name of Council plans to award ap- the United States who are experience at an appropriate widely including visits to the Ralph M. Parsons. • proximately 35-40 Postdoctoral members of one of the nonprofit institution of the Middle East. The historic laboratory, 'Fellowships for Minorities in a designated minority groups, Fellow's choice, such as a Of his work as a British ad­ built in 1917, was the second 'program designed to provide who are engaged in college or research university, govern­ ministrator fn Palestine, building constructed on the opportunities for continued university teaching, and who ment laboratory, national Jamaica, Nigeria and Cyprus Caltech campus. Although .education and experience in hold doctoral degrees may ap- laboratory, privately-sponsored and later as an Ambassador Caltech's main administration research to American Indians ply for a fellowship award of nonprofit institute, or a center and a Minister at the United building, Throop Hall, had to and Alaskan Natives (Eskimo one year's duration. for advanced study. Nations, Lord Caradon be demolished because of or Aleut), Black Americans, Awards will be made in the The deadline date for the described himself as "an expert severe damage by the 1971 Mexican Americans/Chicanos, areas of behavioral and social submission of applications is in international frustration" earthquake, it was decided to and Puerto Ricans. Fellowship sciences, humanities, EMP February 2, 1981. Further in­ and went on to say, "I have no strengthen and maintain the ,..-------------------------.. formation and application illusions, but I am not disillu­ outer shell of Gates in hopes materials may be obtained sioned. I believe in the obliga­ of renovating it. from the Fellowship Office, tion of optimism." "Weare deeply grateful to National Research Council, Following Lord Caradon's the Parsons Foundation for 2101 Constitution Avenue, talk will be a lunch in the helping us to realize OUf fond lin lItmnriam Washington, D.C. 20418. Athenaeum ($7, students $3), hope of preserving this venerable building," said Caltech President Marvin L. Goldberger. "Not only will the David J. Bagnall PRof. DON ANdERSON Parsons grant enable us to begin to rejuvenate a building On Sunday, October 5th, at stated that his condition was that has housed many genera­ approximately 9 pm, David J. such that little could have been PROPOSES NEW EARTh tions of outstanding scientists, Bagnall, a Caltech freshman, done to save him. Paramedics but it will relieve a pressing suffered a blood clot in the soon arrived and continued space problem on campus." lungs and died shortly treatment but David died FORMATioN ThEORY The renovated building will afterwords at Huntington shortly after being taken to the house - the offices of the Memorial Hospital. David, hospital. David's family has a While there was concern (materials). The conventional Caltech president, the provost, who had just turned 18, was history of a blood condition about the volcanic eruptions of theory states that the earth's and vice presidents and other the son of Mr. and Mrs. Larry conducive to excessive clotting. Mt. St. Helens, Prof. Don gravity attracted other objects administrative and support Bagnall of Gainesville, Florida. Institute officials have been Anderson was analyzing the orbiting about the sun, and personnel, who now reside in Sunday night, after in contact with David's parents consequences of an ocean of caused them to fall to the the Millikan Library and other learning he had been picked as and have sent cards of magma covering the earth. earth. This process is known as buildings on campus. Addi­ an off-campus member of condolence and flowers to his Fear not however, for he was accretion. If the meteorites tional private gifts are being Ricketts House, David was family, David's funeral will be researching the early formation which collided with the earth sought to complete renovation running down the Olive Walk held this morning at 10:30 in of the earth 4.5 to 3.8 billion did not melt, as this theory of the entire building as ad­ when he stopped, complained Gainesville, Florida. David was years ago. assumes, the relative distribu­ ministrative office space. of chest pains, and then fell planning to study engineering The basic difference bet­ tion of minerals would be The Parsons Foundation, into a seizure. Two students at Caltech, and his presence ween Anderson's theory and uniform throughout the earth. which makes this grant and trained in emergency life­ will be missed throughout the the conventional theory of Because of new experimental which functions as an entirely saving techniques administered campus. mantle formation of the an­ continued separate entity, was established CPR. Medical authorities later cient earth is the differentia- by Mr. Ralph M. Parsons in on p~age 4 _-------------------------.. tion of the added substances 1961. Page Two THE CALIFORNIA TECH Friday, October 10, 198, •.. ~~~~~~~~~~~.~~~~ ....• flip «J,WLM.. tftte CWeQQ! .~ .. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. .. I would like to ramble to­ in general IS emotionally day about Caltech life in mangling and mangled, or general. I had occasion to live Tech is turning us into gullible, in one of the student houses easily-hurt people. (If the lat­ over the summer and observe ter, don't tell me, 'cause I how things function in the don't wanna know.) I suggest Caltech absence of the majority of the that either the great minds here students. First, I've got to say at Tech work on altering the that I won't do it again if at all 'real' world to a Tech-like possible. (The following structure, or else that a course remarks are not intended to be offered (Psy Oabc?) in slight any of the other summer teaching those of us who are residents.) about to leave this place how I happen to enjoy being at to cope in what I think is a far Coffee House Tech.