Wave Of Madness Strikes Tech Campus A wave of undergraduate mad­ Item: A group of 150 citizens '. grave were vigorously denied by forced to doubt their claim that tiating for the return of the ness hit the Caltech campus last was panicked at a Pershing Dabney House officers. Members "two frenzied sophomores" lift­ statue. weekend as reports of incidents Square speech by "scientists of Dabney admitted taking the ed the stone, which weighs 500 reached the California Tech fast­ from the Solar Hesearch Insti­ cornerstone during a foray to re­ F = Ina pounds, into the getaway car )JY er than they could be handled. tute of Toronto," who were later cover a Tech Athletic Field sign Participant,.: in the "Pershing identified as undergrads from themselves. SCluare Pubch" pre-empted are­ Item: Occidental's plaster tiger Ricketts. disappeared from a "virtually Oh Boy, Big Boys ligiou,.: revivalbt from his crowd breakproof" room Sunday morn­ Members of Blacker House dis­ Fleming House members, who and began forecasting the end of ing, showing up later the same played the plaster tiger, along wished to remain anonymous, the world by December·J. "Dr. day in Blacker House. with "Bengalina," (a costume claimed that several of their Baugh" and his research assis­ tiger-head) and a large banner Item: A fresh grave appeared number ran amok in the general tant "i'llI'. Crissman" gravely re­ reading "OccidentaL" The booty in the sod beside the Olive Walk, hysteria after supper on Sunday. lated how im'estigations at the was spirited from the storeroom bearing a headstone with the The men speeded the $600 "Big "Solar Research Institute" indi­ through a trapdoor at 3 a.m., ac­ inscription, "Occidental College, Roy" statue from its Arcadia lo­ cated that "friction from accum­ cording to a Blacker spokesman. Founded 1887." cation in a truck, and left a ran­ ulated space warp effects will He said the loot would be kept som note demanding 20,000 Big slow the earth's rotation 30% by Item: "Bob's" drive-in of Ar­ in )1iding :,It least until middle Boy hamburgers in separate DccemberJ, and the resulting cadia reported the loss of a larg­ November. bags. heat will destroy all life." Help­ er-than-life-size statue of the ful onlookers who began circu­ "Big Boy" on Sunday. A larger­ Swan SOliI' According to one source, lating petitions and soliciting than-life-size statue of the "Big Rumors that John Paden, from the front of Swan Hall. "Bob's" officials have been noti­ contributions were discouraged Boy" was seen standing in Flem­ Oxy's student body president, The California Tech reporter fied and are nervously going by the hoaxters, the California ing courtyard soon after. was buril"d in the Olive 'Walk who interviewed the raiders was along with the gag while nego- Tech learned. TheCaliforniaTech California Institute of Technology

Volume LX. Pasadena, California, Thursday, October 9, 1958 Number 3 An~~;~~:~;7:::':go! Satchmo To Play At ASCIT Concert th: Edu:ational Policies Com- Firehouse Five Plus Two, Jackie and Roy mlUee WIll be held next vVednes- •• day, Cktober 15, at 7:30 p.rn. in To Appear At Pasadena CIVIC Oct. 18 the Board room. Loufs Armstrong, fresh from a long date at the Crescendao in STUDEXT SHOP Hollywood, will headline a jazz show presented by ASCIT October Applications for membership 18 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. Along with Louis will be the Firehouse Five Plus Two and a ncw modern vocal group, Jackie in the Student Shop are now being accepted. Blanks can be and Roy. obtained from Bob Pailthorp and AXlTIstrong recently completed ------.,---.-- Bruce Allesina in Fleming or a two year tour of the world nyn Leaders from members of the shop com- during which he played in Hono- mittee. They should be returned lulu, Tokyo, Europe and Africa. Sarei es Starts by Wednesday, October 15. His trip was highlighted by a --' ii--S~--e-~r-I-·e--s-- ~~:~:re s)~~~' fail~il;,h;rig~~~~ly ~~:~l~ With Maslow ".. their home. KRC Dr. A. H. Maslow and Dr. "0 Show "ech Louis got his start by playing .Ja 'nes Conant are the first sched- •I • I trumpet in funeral processions uled visitOl"S to the Caltech in New Orleans. his home town. campus in the YMCA-sponsored • He gradually climbed the ladder Leadcrs of America program, ac- "Ambassador" Satehmo Arlllstl'Olll! will he f('atUl'ed alon?; with of success to hecome one of the In Acllon <> cording to Bob Blandford, Y ZZ A series of television programs t.he -"'ir('house Pive Plus Two and .'a('kie and Ror at the ASCIT 11110slt promInent fjah a:1d dixHie- president. :!.1.aslow will be on 0 t iitaed "The Next Hun d l' e d .Jazz Coneer't Oetober 18. anc mUSICIans IS Ime. e campus December 3-5 and Con- is credited to be the originator of Years" will be presented by Cal­ the traditional dixieland as we ant will follow January 12-15. tech and station KRCA, Los An­ know it today. Maslow is Professor of Psy- geles, Channel 4, beginning N 0­ Pep Rally Scheduled Tonight chology at Brandeis University vember 1. The programs will Disney's .Jazzmen and a well known lecturer on present a comprehensive story Also on the program will be the suhject.He is the author of of the research work now in To Start League Grid Season The Firehouse Five Plus Two, progress at Caltech_ Caltech head cheerleader :YIarty \'\.olff has scheduled a pep rally considered an outstanding Dixie­ The series will run not only in to he held on"the baseball field tonight at 8 p.m. The rally officially land group. The members of the the Southern California area initiates the Conference football schdule which commences Saturday group, professional cartoonists but will also be shown in New with the Redlands game. at the Walt Disney StUdios, ap­ York City and possibly in other Present at the pep rally will pear in public on very rare oc­ major cities. ])(' the fo()tball team and the girl casions, and then only on pro­ Tech Teams chec·rleaders. along with Marty grams easily accessible from Subjects to be covered include Wolff and Joel Yellin. official their Pasadena homes. geochemistry, immunology and Start Debate hoarse-throats. The group was organized in allergies, astrophysics, aeronau­ 1946 by Ward Kimball, the pres­ tics and theoretical physics. The Twenty Caltech men, mostly Freshmen arc reminded that freshmen, attended a demonstra­ the listings of house member­ ent leader, and made limited first program will feature Dr. weekend appearances at the San­ tion clinic in forensic activities ships, the CUlmination of rota­ Harrison S. Brown, the co-author ta Monica ballroom until they last Saturday ;1t Occidental Col­ tion, will not be announced until of the book from which the pro­ were offered a recording con­ gram gets its name. lege. long after the pep rally is over, thus giving them plenty of time tract. Since then they have had The program will be conduct­ The purpose of the clinic, to attend. The whole student notable success nationally. ed whenever possible on an in­ sponsored by the Southern Cal­ body j,; urged hy vVolff to come ThiJ'd in Poll formal basis accompanied by il­ ifornia College Forensic: Asso­ "prepared to yell your heads off." lustrative demonstrations. Many ciation, was to acquaint member Jackie Cain and Roy Kral also Dr. A. H. :\Iaslow programs will originate from the students with the nature of met in 1946 when both were ap­ pearing with the Charlie Ven­ several books, including "Moti­ research labs at Caltech itself. .speech activities in the area. Df/neinl, FfJfJd vation and Personality," and ------tura band. After the band hroke especially this ye;lr's c1ehatc and "Principles of Ahnormal Psy­ discus.sion topics. up in 1947, Jackie and Roy mar­ Young Democrats Await !?fJfJfers ried and formed their own vocal chology." This year's debate question Tech football rooters and their and instrumental quartet. They Conant is retired president of To Meet Tonight will be, "Resolved: That the fur­ soon cut a recording which sold Harvard University, and a for­ ther development of nuclear female friends will find soul­ A group of politically minded well, and since then their popu­ mer U.S. High Commissioner in weapons should he prohibited soothing music and esophagus­ students have organized to form larity has been climbing steadily, West Germany. He is now en­ by international agreement." a Caltech branch of the Califor­ soothing refreshments waiting as is evidenced by their placing gaged in a study on methods The discussion topic will deal nia Democratic Party. for them in the Hic:ketts Lounge third behind the Four Freshmen to improve American hi g h with American relations with and the Hi Lo's in the Down schools, about which he wrote Anyone interested in such an after Friday night's game with Latin America. Beat vocal group popularity poll. a recent article in Life Maga­ organization is urged to attend Redl;mds. Tickets to the concert. which zine. the first meeting at 8 p.m. in Next on the Caltech Forensics can be purchased from repre­ The leaders program has as Dabney Hall tonight, by char­ calendar is an individual events 1'11(' dance. sponsored this sentatives in all the student its objectives: bringing men of ter members Eli Chernow, Steve tournament at Santa Barbara on week hy the sophomore class, is houses and from the news bu­ international repute to the Cal­ Luner and Pete Bickel. Member­ October 16, which will include the first of several such post­ reau, sell for $1.50, $2.00 and tech campus and allowing stu­ ship is unlimited, undergradu­ contests in discussion, impromp­ game activities planned by $2.75, with student discount, and dents direct informal contact ates, graduates, faculty and staff tu, extempore and interpreta­ ASCIT and the classes. (Continned on page 4) with them. all being welcomed_ tion. Page Two THE CALIFORNIA TECH Thursday, October 9, 1958

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GOOD l.IKE A CIGARETTE SHOULD I • Thursday, October 9, 1958 THE CALIFORNIA TECH Page Five Heard From The Wings nVisit To ASmall Planet" Opens At Playhouse Jazz. Seat by Joel Yellin expressively in the correct a long reach and a genuinely Currently on stal5.e at th: places. dramatic imagination ... he pos· Pa~aden~ .Playhouse IS Gore VI- If you want a really enjoyable sesses the restless inconsolabil­ dal s . "VISIt ~o a Small Planet", evening and feel like laughing ities with his solutions which is by Lloyd Kamins starrm.g Regmald Gardiner and your head off, see "Visit to a inevitable in a genuine writer." also dIrected by him. Small Planet." Basie in London great Basie band. This one comes "CAT" CONTROVERSIAL closer than most. The pattern of the production * ** "Cat" has been crticized of Verve l\lG V·8199 Featuring: closely follows the usual Play- As a rule, movie adaptations homo~sex­ ReunaId Jones, Thad Jones, I was fortunate enough to course, for its use of catch Basie in person this sum­ house technique. It is vety sim- of Broadway plays, especially uality and its frank language. .Joe Newman and Wendell Cul· ilar to last spring's promotion controversial ones, are never ley, trumpets; Benny Powell, mer. The band played in a very (A feeling preserved for the small club in Milwaukee which of "Inherit the Wind", which worth the price of admission. movie also, amazingly enough.) Henry Coker and Mathew Gee, featured a magnificent actor in Book adaptations are similar; trombones; Marshall Royal, Bill was completely packed with 500 In essence Miller says that the perspiring fans. I stood for two Sidney Blackmer. Until Mr. witness the current perversion hero, is seeming to feel a homo­ Graham, alto; Frank Foster Gardiner takes the stage the of Norman Mailer's "The ?\aked and Frank \Vess, tenor; Char· hours, a feat I would ordinarily sexual relationship with his never consider attempting, and action is atrociously poor. Just and the Dead." At last, however, dead friend, actually tenders his lie Fowlkes, baritone; Eddie as in "Inherit the Wind" the there is a current screenplay .Jones, bass; Sonny Payne, being entirely consumed by the resignation of status in a civili­ moving sounds, never noticed play moves from Gardiner to which seems to faithfully repro­ zation which has proved itself drums; Freddy Greene, guitar; Gardiner, rather than from duce the author's dramatic in­ Count Basie, Iliano; Joe \ViII· the discomfort. (to him and also to the play­ event to event. Cur i 0 u sly tentions. iams, vocals. Solid Soloists goer and to Williams) unworthy enough, this summer's Play· "Cat On a Hot Tin Roof" is to of regeneration. No recording can capture the Basie's is a blues orientated house production of "Bus Stop" me an enigmatic play. It received fervor and excitement of the band. The harmoniesa and sub­ was notable for a very well- the Pulitzer and New York The screenplay preserves this stitutions are simple and basic, rounded cast, in contrast to the Drama Critics' Circle awards. theme, using a not awkward di­ the only complex chords serv­ other shows mentioned. Many people said that it was alogue which slightly modifies ing as terminal punctuation. The GOOD SCRIPT pure slop, that it said the same arrangements are simple little the original and a well-tailored riffs which serve as frameworks The script itself seems to have old thing the same old way. cast containing Burl Ives, the for the soloists. Oh, the soloists! no fundamental flaws. The first The moral pressures against dra­ act is a little weak, but the ac- matic work of the Williams spe­ original Broadway "Big Dad· hy Henry and McClure Frank Wess, on tenor, would dy", an amazing Liz Taylor, and make any bank, and when he tion soon picks up. Although the cie is tremendous. For an ob­ Having recently become en­ has a solid Basie base on which author seems at times to ap- jective viewpoint one must go a stereotyped but excellent Paul amoured with the beauty of a to blow, he just drives. But why proach farcical extremes, his to a dramatist who thoroughly Newman. See it at the Beverly lissome Tahitian woman (pho­ waste space with euphemisms, anti-war views are simply and understands the problems of the Fox. tograph of), we set out to learn all the soloists are great. directly represented. modern author. more of the South Seas and Writes Arthur N1iller in tbe The most outstanding feature Mr. Gardiner himself is not August Harper's: "Williams has products thereof. The Trader's, of the exciting Basie crew has a fine place to go at any time, far short of perfect. Hal Thomp­ STAT E not been mentioned. Joe Will­ son as the General is t.errible A Fox West Coast Theatre seemed doubly attractive as we iams, the old blues shouter, is an hied ourselves through its pan­ in the first act but becomes ade­ Welcome to 770 E. Colorado SY 2-7139 absolute gas! Williams is the quate in his drunk scene with eled portals. ideal to strive for, as far as blues Open 6 :30 - Show 7 :00 P.M. Two hours later women had Gardiner. Gerald Blathner is singers go. He phrases as a horn slightly less than adequate as THE CAMPUS • 2 GREAT HITS • been replaced by the drinks for does. and with his big gutty Roger Spelding, the T.V. news which the establishment is just­ BARBER SHOP voice, he sounds as if he's blow­ commentator. Parker Steele as WILLIAM HOLDEN ly fames. Among them were ing tenor. (In the Old Dorm) SOPHIA LOREN these more or less gentle drinks: the lover is not. This person This is a driving band. It may possibly be the worst actor "THE KEY" Babalu, TuTu Rum Punch, and ALL HAIRCUTS swings harder than any big band -I use the term very loosely­ the Samoan Fog Cutter. Fine for 2nd Smash Hit of the last few decades, and has women, and grand on dates. One ever to tread the main stage at $1.50 been doing so for about that Alan Ladd - Olivia De Havilland notch higher we found a Tiki the Playhouse. The finest sup­ long. Two Barbers to Serve You "PROUD REBEL" Bowl, the notorious Zombie, Ta· porting effort was that of Syl­ hitian Rum Punch, and the (Continued Oil page 8) via Chang III, a cat who moves Scorpion. At the upper end of • the alcoholic spectrum, to be handled with care, were the Suf­ fering Bastard, Shark's Tooth, Navy Grog, and the Queen's Park Swizzle. All these are based on rum, with increases in the amount of dark rum and Demara giving Best Climate for GroYlth? increased potency and fuller west Indies flavor to the latter few beverages. Each retails at $1.50, but the value received is General Telephone Territory more than adequate. The Tiki Bowl is served crowned with a gardenia, as is the Scorpion (when ordered for a group of four or more imbibants). Excellent appetizers, a meal in themselves, are available for reasonable prices. Recommended The Great Migration is under way-out of crowded -crab Rangoon. The price for metropolitan centers, into the areas General Telephone one of the most exotic dates you will ever have-$7.50 up. In­ serves. cludes two drinks each plus ap­ In suburban and rural America, populations are swell­ petizers. ing at five times the big city rate. Industry is expanding * * * at three times the national rate. A quickie for those post-rota­ tion parties: And that's where Gen Tel is installing new phones at Admiral Russell's Punch the rate of over 15,000 each month. Four hogsheads of brandy; 250 That's where we're meeting the future with invest­ gallons of Malaga wine; 20 gal­ ments which-in new construction alone-will run $190 lons of lime juice; 2500 lemons; 1300 pounds of sugar; 5 pounds million in 1958. of grated nutmeg and 8 hogs­ Result: we are the nation's second largest telephone heads of water. system. . Cut down to reasonable pro­ portions and-honest-you can America is on the move. And Gen Tel is moving with it drink a bit of history at the -moving up! same time you taste one of the best punches ever mixed. "He was hanged that left his drink behind him." GENERAL TELEPHONE America's Second Largest Telephone System CROWN 129 N. Raymond SY 6-3131 Danny Kaye "Me 6' The Colonel" and "Life Begins at 17" Page Six THE CALIFORNIA TECH Thursday, October 9, 1958 Singing Grandpa Enters Tech C(Jmpus 8rewins Common complaint at the Frosh Tea Dance was, "What is After 20 Years As Mailman that upperclassman doing here, I'm supposed to be meeting h~' :Hat·tin C<1l'no~' He sings. He has heen singing as long as he can rem'C'mher--first, these girls." Then there was The New Student Camp wl­ the girl who, when asked what ent show was a trernendo1Js suc­ as a young entertainer in bars singing popular songs and ac­ her major was, replied, "Crim­ cess. One of the main reasuns inology." The next question, \\-as an impre'"sive tenor voice companying himself on the gui­ tar. and later just for himself. being "Why?", brought forth that caused G:ee Club members' the original answer, ':Oh, my eye" to shine with a new light. And now comes the reward of it all-he's the starring attrac­ little brother is a juvenile de­ The \·oice. Frank 'Weber a linquent.'· Well anyway, there transfer junior from p.e.e., has tion on the stage of the New Student Camp. He specializes in \\'(:re all kinds there. Some peo­ alre2dy been made 'J. grandfather ple must have done well. One t\vice by the oldest uf his five Italian and Hawaiian songs and V. Hastroll came back, sighed, children. plays both the Spanish and Ha­ waiian guitar. and fell asleep redoing the dance Weber went to Pa"ad<'llu High in his dreams. in his youngei' days and then It is hard to form any opin­ worked in a grocery store for ions about a place after only a Ah, yes and this week here at "many many years." Before week, but Caltech has already Caltwich we have a wave of v\Torld \Vm- II. he 'worked 1m­ made impressions on \Veher. He those clever deeds of daring. Lockheed Aircraft on the P-38 likes the informal attitude of the Those naughty Darbs sneaked ((''That's whe'n we made the'11 school and especially the feeling over to Oxy and stole their cor­ one at a time"), hut the ·C.S. that "everyone wants to learn". nerstone whiTe at the same time Army gave him a new job for • This is in contrast with pec those bad boys from Blacker the war years..\fter p'?ClCe wa'; where, vVeber says, "It seems took the kitty. The Flems made declared, jolJS 'II (,re hard to find. that most of the male students off with the Bob's Big Boy leav­ so \Neber first entered a BaptLt are just trying to use up their ing a ransom note saying, "We seminary for two year~ and then GI bilL" He also feels that the have your son and if you want became a jack-of-all-trades. work is a Tittle harder here. him back bring 20,000 Big Boys in small packages to ... " Things lookI'd h!e11k, but he With two fruitful years at got work with the Post, Office Caltech in front of him, there i" Then there was the famed Department as a mailman and a good chance that hi" fellow Bogot, who spent three days in was on that job \\·hen. t\\ 0 students will hear a lot more ASCIT Photos the B'field jail for doing 100 in years ago. he and hi'i wife de­ from the singing postman, Frank Frank \Veber his girl's Caddy. Oh, I'll bet her cided that he should return to \Veber. parents were impressed. schooL \Vhy does a l\l;ln like' Frank ENGLISH: writing 'Weber decide after s() great a ENGll~H: length of time tl1at he wdnts instrument for plaglarlst$ fa/kin ENGLISH: hIghway for m . -I ...... '.'.'...... ~ dog to further /lis education'? "1t .. ..,.,.,...... U/es was just that an/I)ody could do the work I was doin~~: in fact. the less brains you hi1d, some­ times. the better." So vVeber went to p.e.e. for tw'J year's and this year he CClme to Ca]t,?ch as an EI~ major in order to do thing.s thClt not "just ilnybody could do". Flut Frank \\Teber can alrecld~' do spmething special very well. PIT AND PADDOCK by Bob Norton This week news arrived that Stirling Mo"s would not be able Lucky Strike presents to race at the United States Auto Club sponsored race at Riverside on October 12. The date for the ;\'Ioroccan Grand Prix was moved ~ ~ from October 2G to October 19 re­ cently and both the organizers of the :\Ioroccan race and the VanwalJ race team wont Moss in Morocco so that he can prac­ tic!' fOl' 1he race. SIwl'hy Swi.telH'S Cm's However, the race should still he quite interesting. Car­ rol Shelby is not going to drive the 'f:;) lVIaserati. ,1S reported -the funniest, easiest way yet to make money! last week. but has switched to a Lister with a lVIaserati engine which has beeen hored to 5.8 liters ane! reputedly produces .J~C: hrake horsepower. \Vith the PUT IN A GOOD WORD AND AKES highest horsepower and prohab­ I~' M the lowest frontal area of all 25! the large e!i"placement cars rc1cin.g. Shelby "hould easily Speak English all your life and what does new Thinklish words judged best- and 1:Jreak the current top speed it get you? Nothing! But start speaking we'll feature many of them in our college mark on the one mile straight Thinklish and you may make $25! Just ads. Send your Thinklish words (with of Hi9 mph, and in fact has a ,,'ood chance of winning the race. put two words together to form a new (and English translations) to Lucky Strike, l<~Il1'nJlPan Ran;." much funnier) one. Example: precision Box 67A, Mt. Vernon, N. Y. Enclose The 1'nitee! States has been flight of bumblebees: Swarmation. (Note: name, address, college or university, and v('r:' \I'ell representee! in Euro­ class. And while you're at it, light up a pe;lIl r08d racing this season by the two original words form the new Phil Hill. In sports car". Hill one: swarm+formation.) We'll pay $25 Lucky. Get the full, rich taste of fine to­ won Le]\[nns hy his brilliant each for the hundreds and hundreds of bacco-thehonest taste ofa LuckyStrike. rain driving. hut his first real (irive in a }<'c,rmula I Grand Prix Ferrari at the Grand Prix of [tnl~' at Mom:a wa,.: also quite Get the genuine article spectacular: Hiss was first off the mark and lee! for the first se\'en laps until a tread came Get the honest taste off hi,.: tire. forcing him to make .:.; ;1 pit stop. Hill reentered the 1 CIGARETTES r;1ce. made fastest lap time of of a LUCKY STRIKE the day and eventually finished third. Tony Brooks finished first in a Vanwall with Mike Ha\vthorne second in a Ferrari. Thursday, October------==-----9, 1958 THE CALIFORNIA TECH Page Seven Beavers To Face Redlands In Rough Test Friday Night Have Potential IWater Polo, Soccer!earns Open S~asonI ~~~~~:~alce To Pull Upset grid~ron Tucker, Brown M, 4!-;>;* ' Caltech',; forces march against powerful Red· Return To Pace Looses 39-'8 lands Friday night in the Rose LaVerne's Leopards topped Bowl to open their three-game Emery's Men the Reaver,; in their sea,;on grid· home schedule. The Beavers, Dave Tucker and Keith Brown iron opener by a 3~)-18 count Sat· who dropped their opener :)0-18 from last year's starting seY(~n urday, capitalizing on a slow to La Verne Lt,;t \\·eek. go into will lead Caltech's water polo and inexperienced Tech pas,; de· tomorrow's tilt as decided un· team, opening its season at San­ fense and a handful of CIT of· derdogs. Kickoff tinl(' will he ,~ p.m. ta Barbara tomorrow aften100n. fensh'e errors.. However. Tech The seasonal outlook is (juite made a far stronger appearance The Redlands eleven has com· uncertain because five starters that the score indicates. piled a 2-1 record ~with victories from last year mu,;t be replaced. Tht'f~e pass interceptions, a at the expense of Cal ~Western \'ying for the job" will be letter· fumhIe, and a blocked kick set and LaVerne. The only blot on men Bob PailthrorjJ, Pete Rony, up five of the six LaVerne the visitors' slate is a 28-14 drub­ and Don Voct. Hack from the touchdowns with two other fum­ bing adminbtered by Arizona year before are DOll ~Wiherg. ex­ hie,; stalling key Beaver drives. State at Flagstaff la,;t week. pected to ,;tart as goalie. and The Tech ,;ingle wing attack, 8pOl·t Past Backfipld Don Owing,;. directed the majority of the time Hedland,.;· offensive assets in­ L'p from la,;t .vear·,; freshman by :\lel Holland at tailback, clude a set of ,;peedy hacks ca- team are tell pro,;pecb Tom proved able to move the ball con· Ti.~ch, Bob Ruby. Roger Bland. ,;istently, rolling up 12 first John Er,;kine. and lvIilton Lind· downs to 8 for LaVerne and tal· AS IT nero lying twice as much yardage SEE Saturday at :2 p.m.. the tcam over the ground as the Leopards. All·conference guard R us s will play the traditional Caltcch Ll'd b.v Colhel·t Pitzer will resume thi" popular alumni game in the CaJtech pO(ll But LaVerne, sparked by the column full of facts and person· and next Tuesda~' Tech ho,;t,; left·handed passing of quarter­ al commentaries on the broad L.A. State at I:];) p.m. in wh,it back Ken Colbert. had the big subject of ,;ports next week. promises to be a clo,;e and ex­ long play when needed, striking citing match. for :285 aerial yards, 88 on one pable of circling end at any Practicing for the alumni hy Robl'l·t :\loutgol\ll'ry hope" that some of this talent play. and making it lo")k easy time. The visitors line up in a group this week have been for· will perchance read, somewhere by repeatedly filling the CIT straight T formation with a full· .\ team not normally ginm mer CIT stars Bob Merrick, amongst the piles of papers on backfield with wide·open receiv- back flanker for passing plays. Clarke Rees, Brad Houser. Bill much publicity hut deserving of their d(>,;k,;. of the team's need er". ffi The Beavers have been work­ Barmore, Robert Wallquist, and more i,; the ,;occer "(juad. Since The game opened as the Leo­ for them and come out of re­ ing to remedy the porous pass Alan Haire. la,;t w('ek, nwmher,; of the Cal­ pards kicked to Tech. and after c!u:'c to help the team. defense against short passes Looking ahead. the varsity tech team have !,een out faith· a nine-yard run by Holland set which hurt in the LaVerne faces a home-and·home schedule fully practicing 'neath the ice­ Prl'shmeJt Show Promise (Continued on page 8) game. Leopard quarterhack Ken with conference opponents Whit­ plant and the smog. in !lopes of The Junior Varsity is still Colbert exploited this weakness tier, Pomona, and Occidental and again winning the Southern Cal­ without a coach, but with the to the tune of 1+ completions in also with L.A. State and Clare­ ifornia Soccer Champion,;hip for Regatta Schedule talent in the freshman class, it 22 attempts. good for 2rll yards mont-Harvey Mudd. Pomona nohle CIT. looks as if they may be one of and four touchdowns. and Oxy are rated the toughest the league's strongest teams. 8eg;nsAtNewport SOllie Stat·s I{etul'lling Linemen Tough competition. Many of the freshmen have Caltech's Sailors open their This year's team looks strong. The frosh team opens compe­ already had valuable experience, regatta schedule Sunday at the On the other hand the sturdy with many of last year's players tition on Oct. 24 against Pomo­ hut everyone who comes out is Newport Harbor Yacht Club, forward wall of the Beavers led returning to add their experi­ na. hopes being high because of guaranteed to have a chance to competing in the Claremont Fall by Russ Pitzer held rock·firm ence to the fresh material. Last a large turnout of boys. play. Naturally anyone who is Jnvitational. in yielding only 40 yards rush­ year's all conference men, Larry interested in learning to play Prospects are for great im­ ing. Other bright spots included Tenn and Luis Baez-Duarte, soccer is always welcome also. provement over last year's weak the sterling performance of tail­ Iinterh()use Schedule I along with grads Bob Norton, season. Top man on the basis of back Mel Holland. Playing for Jim Weaver, and Glenn Con· Opener {'omt's Saturda;v SOFTBALL intra-team competition I a s t the first time at the new posi­ verse, will furnisl1 the team',; Oct. 13 Dabney vs. Rickett,; There are several new teams week-end should be Doug Stew­ tion, the former T formation solid foundation. while such ex­ 14 Blacker vs. Fleming in the league this year. and it art, who won four out of five quarterback flipped 11 comple· perienced players as Dick Dietz. 15 Throop vs. Dabney looks as if the competition will races. Tom Bowman is rated tions in 18 tries good for 121 16 Ricketts vs. BlaCker Lewis Linson, and Brant Banta be tough, but all the players second. Nelson Byrne third, and yards and also led the Tech will be trying to make their de­ 17 Fleming vs. Throop have spirit and are anxious for Doug McLane fourth out of the l' u s h i n g attack. Dependable hut as stars. 20 Dabney vs. Blacker the start of the first game. eight-man field. Fred Newman, stellar end toted for possible all-conference, snag­ 21 Ricketts vs. l'~leming The people who make the dif­ The Sailing club will offer be­ This first contest will be at ged seven throws and played a 22 Blacker vs. Throop ference between a good team Santa Ana Junior College at ginning lessons starting this 2:3 Fleming vS. Dabney good defensive game. and an outstanding one are the 7:JO p.m. this Saturday, October Saturday and plans to organize 24 Throop vs. Ricketts graduate students and faculty With first game jitters behind 11. The team will need your sup­ classes later in the fall. All CROSS COUNTRY who have had previous experi· Techmen, both the experienced them, the Beavers of Coach port if it is going to remain the Oct. 17 1 V2 mile distance ence. There don't seem to he and those interested in learning, Bert La Bucherie stand a fair 21 2 mile distance many of these men out yet, but winningest team at Caltech, so are invited to talk with any of chanee of emerging victorious 24 2% mile distance Coach Lee Andrews has high attendance is encouraged. the team members. tomorrow.

L}~I<'T: Lpp Hood speeds around end with Segal, ABOVE: :\Iel Holland, Tech tailback (extreme 34, and Conover, 51, preparing to lead the block· right), hurls pass to end Herm Hartung early ing. I<'umbles and pass interceptions led to the Beavprs' downfall, 39·18, although basically the in the LaVerne game as Beaver attack continues teams appeared even. to roll. Page: Eight THE CALIFORNIA TECH Thursday, October 9, 1958 Beavers Bow DOUBLED AND REDOUBLED Jazz Beat (Continued from Page 7) by Dave 8ingemaster The bidding on this hand was a shut·out bid, he jumped to five (Continued from page 3) up a first down on the 35, a fum­ Because of lack of time at rather odd, to say the least. clubs-a real sacrifice bid, he Best of Basie ble and an incomplete pass the start of classes, I have only North East South "Vest thought, figuring to go down stalled the move. A very bad one ,.;hort but odd hand to de· 1 S pass pass 2 H several. East passed-faster. I The album in question features center pass left Newman unable scribe this \veek. [) C pass G C immediately bid six, thinking Basie's best tunes, with three to get off the fourth·down punt. 8 AK109(;.);~ John had a real rock of some tracks of .J oe Williams and many Three plays later, a Colbert to H4 East could have bid first sort and if he could bid five nice things by Wess, Nothing, Lou Hoyos pass netted 2(, yards without the Ace of trump, I C QJ987 round but muffed by saying one however, can replace hearing for the opening score. The kick D- heart and then passing when he could bid six and almost seven. It Basie in person. It is the only \\'a.s wide. ~orth (Price) found out .John Price had bid. I didn't, luckily. was rather amazing that it was passed way for you to feel the rhythm 'I'UI'II .Fumble Into Score SQ South had one of the rockiest around undoubled. grasp your innards, and to be­ Hood made a nice kick·off reo H QJ1072 passes ever seen and \\'est bid turn to the CIT 3:3, and New· come enveloped by the rolling C 102 two hearts on the strength of As 1 put down my hand, John man caught his first of seven D AKQ7H East's half bid. At this point and I quickly counted and swell of sound. If such is im­ passes, good for a first on the .John figured that East-West had found we had 14 high card possible, then I suggest this rec­ Beaver 18. The ensuing series 8 J42 H AK9(j game and probably sl:.tm be· points between us. After a fast ord as the best canned presenta­ failed to gain, and the punt was tween them since he held 10 C I{;~ look at East's hand, John laid returned fifteen yards to the high card points and I had less tion of Basie's work. It seems D .110;32 down the hand for making six. LaVerne 25. On the first play, than six. to me, though, that a recent South (Myself) The trump finesse won and Kd Gehle recovered a fumble on article of Downbeat said that S 87 Bids High Spades came home after trump· the 20 and the Beavers marched H 85:l But since he wanted to play ing out the third round on the Basil' was moving West again, to the tie in five plays, Holland C A6i>4 the hand and although he later board. We lost only the Ace of and would be here sometime turning right end from the sev­ D 9854 maintained that it was simply hearts. en. Holland was stopped short this month. I won't miss him. of the goal trying for two points. =" ewman lost ten ards on an • exchange of punts opening the second quarter, followed by the first LaVerne pass interception on tlle CIT 28. The Leopards regained the lead seven plays later. Doug Teter cracking in from the one. Teter made the kick for fane more. A Quick 8eol'p ROBERT H. SWISHER, B.S.E.E., GROVE CITY COLLEGE, '54, SAYS: Tech took the kick·off and marched from the 27 to the La· \-erne ,,)0 and Newman's kick l'ol1ed dead on tIle 10. Two un· "1 like my job. Here's why." ,;uccessful ground plays later, Colbert flipped to Leroy Bru· haker \\'ho galloped all the way "I'm a radio transmission engineer for Bell Telephone for the ,;core, outrunning the Hean'r secondary. The conver· Company of Pennsylvania. My work is interesting and ,sion was good, the score stand­ full of variety, and I get all the responsibility I can ing LaVerne 20, Caltech G at handle. Have a look at today's assignment, for example the half. -and see for yourself." The Leopards opened the sec· ond half with a fifty·yard drive to the Tech 15, spear-headed by two 15·yard Colbert passes. Then Newman threw Colbert for a 12-yarcJ los,.; and Pitzer chased a fumhle clear back to the Bea\'ertN. Two play,.; gan' a fir,;t do\':n on tIle :3(;, whereupon Hol­ Lmc1 threw to Hood for the touchdown. Holland's pass at­ tempt for two points was incom· plete. ,\ 110tlWI' Fumblp HuJ'ts LaVerne moved fifteen yards after taking the kick·off, hut then Holland grabbed a pass on "10:45 a.m. Before any modifications can be made, it's impor­ his 10 and returned to the La­ tant that I check apparatus and wiring options. That's what Verne 8. Here. needing eight I'm doing here at the Remote Control Terminal equipment." points to tie, the tide turned as the ne~lvers first took too much time then fumbled the ball away. The rugged defensive line held. however. and the kick C,lme out to the W. Holland hit II ood and the Beavers were hack to the 20. Then the tide washed all the way. as the next pcbS was grabbed by Leopard back Tom Branchetti. who sped en yards for a score. Teter's at· tempted kick was wide. n:p;\, Interception .\nother interception broke a "1 :30 p.m. After lunch, I take a company car out to the "3:15 p.m. I review my proposed modifications of auxiliary transmitter tower site. Here I check wiring and explain our I.l·yard drive that opened the control circuits with Supervisor Sid Graul. Now I'll prepare plan to one of our mobile radio maintenance men." work orders, and next week we'll make operational tests." fourth quarter. and fQur passes later Colbert had moved his team 55-yards to raise their to­ till to :32 points. A pass inter· "See what I mean? I really get to 'carry the ball.' ference call on the CIT 13 was Soon I'll be taking a special course in advanced elec­ t1lC big key. Brooks kicked the tronics at Bell Labs-a great opportunity. As I said point. -I like my job." .\gain the Beavers began a dri \-~. this time getting 40 yard,.; Like Bob Swisher, you may find a bright engi­ to the LaVerne 35, but again neering future with the Bell Telephone Companies. one lli,S' play hurt, as Holland Talk with the Bell interviewer when he visits your \\-~l.S thrown for a lO-yard loss at­ tempting to pass, and then a campus. And read the Bell Telephone booklet on 1l1ocked punt gave the Leopards file in your Placement Office. possession on the Tech 45. In three aerial plays, Colbert found "Final phase. The operational test is made from an actual mobile radio unit. I'll make test calls and monitor the chan­ BELL TELEPHONE COMPANIES H ()y(),; in the end zone to com­ plete the LaVerne scoring. nels from various points within the Pittsburgh area." l..:nable to move after the kick­ off. .John V,'alsh, now in at tail· back. quick·kicked to the La­ Verne to. Gustafson intercepted