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Volume LXVII. Pasadena, (California, Thursday, May 26, 1966 Number 30 Snake, VR, and TBP Frosh Awards Given at Assembly by Fishbone for his tremendous performances phy for his spirit, teamwork, im­ Campus personalities present­ in cross country and track. Fol­ provement, and attitude. Coach ed honors and awards to House lowing this, Emery presented Mehringer completed the winter and individuals at last Thursday last year's soccer coach Lee An­ honors with his presentation of evening's Spring Awards Assem­ drews with a five-stripe sweater the wrestling letter winners. bly at Tournament Park_ for his years of successful serv­ Lonnie Martin, an outstanding Lloyd led the Houses in hon­ ice to the soccer team. Finally, all-around frosh athlete, received ors on being presented with the the stUdent body honored Mr. the Alumni Baseball Trophy Goldsworthy Interhouse "Snake" Musselman when Athletic Man­ from Coach Preisler for his by Dr_ Huttenback and with the ager Craig McAllister presented sportsmanship, moral influence, Discobolus Trophy by IHC Chair­ him wHh an ASCIT honor key. playing ability, and individual man Eric Young. Coach Nerrie Laureled jocks improvement. Preisler and Coach then presented Page with the Coach Preisler spoke about the Bond also praised the remainder Roving TECH photographer caught these two B&G men slaving away at coveted Interhouse Sports Tro· basketball team, and then hon­ of the baseball team. their jobs one day last week. phy, while Dabney received the ored Terry Bruns with the Ves­ Coach Emery awarded the Varsity Rating Trophy from Mr. per Basketball Trophy, an award Campbell Swimming Trophy to Musselman. Caltech's own Dr. based equally upon sportsman­ Henry Dewitt. Members of the Langmuir chaired the festivities. ship, improvement, moral influ­ teams selected him for this honor New Campus Buildings Bob Tarjan received the first ence, and scholarship. Mr. Yan­ because of his sportsmanship, individual award when he was del then gave George Fox the ability, and improvement. named Tau Beta Pi Frosh of the Carl Shy Frosh Basketball Tro- Coaches LaBrucherie and Bar­ Year by the organization's presi­ thel eulogized the track team's Considered For Future dent, John Tucker. Following exploits of the year and then this, the varsity and frosh coach­ honored Pete Cr'oss with the by Firestone es proceeded to honor the win­ Goldsworthy Track Trophy. His The only acknowledged spot on campus where nude girls can ter and spring athletes. fellow letter winners selected be found at least once a year will soon be tumbling to the ground, Five·stripe general Cross because of his sportsman­ to be replaced by an infinitely more valuable structure dedicated As the evening drew to a close, ship, team spirit and proficiency. to the geophysical sciences. Yes, Culbertson Hall, scene of many Coach Lamb announced the three truly noteworthy awards . ~ a hot election contest, is to be torn down. were presented. Coach Emery VIctory of Tom Buckholtz in the Culbertson will not be the only --b-l---T-h----e IDces 10 Scott Tennis Tournament, and pro ems. ere ar 0 . - presented the Caltech Outstand­ building to leave us, though. The cated there now and before Cul­ ing Athlete award to Pete Cross Coach Cassriel gave a capsule machine shop behind Guggen- berston can be torn down a new history of the golf team's season. heim and the receiving dock be- 'site must be found for them. It I hind Kellogg will also fall. How- is almost certain that the new The absent-minded scien. ever, most of the equipment has building will be located on the tists who missed registering already been moved to the new- south side of California, and one Election for the draft test still have a est structure on campus, the of the suggested spots is present- chance to make up their blun. builling of the Central Engineer- ly occupied by two tennis courts. der. The fourth and final Se. ing Services located on Holliston, Some students have already ob­ lective Service Qualification north of San Pasqual. jected to losing the two courts I Results exam will be held this June Central Engineering Services but it is not certain this will be 24, and the deadline for appli. The Board of Control elections this year is scheduled to open next Wed- the exact spot. Possibly two cation is June 1. Forms await witnessed a rash of runoffs, as did the Pete Cross, Athlete of the Year, It you in the Registrar's Office. nesday, June 1. is designed more courts would be added to Frosh Class Officers Election. The even­ looks up at his girlfriend and grins. to be the new machine shop and the south if two of the present tual winners were: I a central warehouse for large ones were lost. BOARD OF CONTROL pieces of equipment. There will Blacker Jim McCulloch Pasadena is tipsy Dabney Stacy Langton be work done here for the syn­ When the new geophysical Fleming Rich Saulney chotron and a new telecope, the building s completed it will con­ Lloyd Bob Piccioni Page Dave Goodmanson Plans for HThe Strip ", money having been donated by centrate on seismological work. Os.car Meyer of hot dog fame. Ricketts Larry Dillehay This is partly due to the great Ruddock Rob Dickenson In place of the old buildings emphasis noW being placed on FRESHMAN CLASS OFFICERS on California a new hall of ap­ the structure of the lunar surface. President Lonnie Martin Talent Show, Released plied mathematics and a new One of the present labs now in Vice-President Gregg Wright Secretary Steve Harper by Jeff Hecht physics building are planned. the main seismological center Treasurer Larry Shirley The destruction of Culbertson will be moved down here. There Athletic Manager Greg Evans Richard Feynman playing bongo drums, Marshall Schor's .hi-fi has already brought out some (Continued on page 4) SOPHOMORE CLASS OFFICERS harpsichord, and Steve Clam age pLaying Ben Dembart's electric President Len Erickson 2 x 4 will be among the highlights of "The Strip," or "1 Didn't Vice-President Craig McAllister Know Caltech Had Any . . . " the first annual ASCIT talent show, Secretary Dave Shirley Treasurer Greg Brewer to be presented tomorrow night at 8:30 in Beckman. Henry Dewitt Feynman, Ricardo Gomez, Sue Trophy Goes to Lloyd Athletic Manager ally as "steve 'n' eric," will sing JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS Werner, and Paul Richards will the type of folk ballads that has Lloyd House scored a comeback hands were played and Ricketts President George Sharman be among the faculty and grad Vice-President John O'Pray earned them note. Rege Cordic, victory in the Interhouse Bridge took the lead with 38 IMP's. student representatives in the Secretary Luther Perry KNX radio personality,will be Tournament in Winnett Lounge The Scurves had beaten every cast. Steve Clamage and Eric Treasurer Bob Miller master of ceremonies. He helped last week. Each Student House House except Lloyd, which was Athletic Manager Don Blair Jones, seniors known profession- entered a team of four into com­ in second place with 26 IMP's. publicize the talent show by hav­ ing Clamage appear on his show petition. Most of the pack was centered at zero, Page slightly in the lead, at 7:30 Tuesday morning. Every team consisted of a while Dabney was at minus 70 The production, directed by North-South pair and an East­ or so. Opinions on Coffeehouse freshman Dan Nemzer, is de­ West pair, and each team played Second round different signed to show a poor lost frosh's ten hands against every other The second evening saw some reaction to life at Caltech. Jun­ team. The first time the hand large swings, with Ricketts ior Dan Erickson, who wrote the was played, one House was knocked out of the lead by Rud­ Expose Students' Discord script, is playing the role of the North-South, the other was East­ dock and Dabney, who never lost frosh. He is the beneficiary West. Later the hand was re­ were in contention. The Lloyd by McCord of some very untypical experi­ played with opposite Houses sit­ team, consisting of Cary Eklof, Student opmIOn strongly in favor of a Coffeehouse but also ences-like a blind date with ting North-South and East-West. Jesse Grodnik, Arunas Barkus, much disappointment among the students with the current situa­ blond Helen Peters, of ASCIT and Bob Wilson, clobbered Dab­ tion at Roma's, was the mood of Cal tech students determined by an play fame. Cordic will make Points for consistency informal California Tech opinion poll. The scoring was a modified ney, Blacker, and Ruddock. It some observations on Dan's prog­ There is almost unanimous ------ress and on Caltech life as it is 1. M. P. standard that assigned tied Page and was negative ag­ Coffeehouse, because of the de­ agreement that the service is portrayed. points by the difference in the ainst Ricketts and Fleming, but lay in service, he did not get her scores the two times that a hand managed to win with 299 victory lousy. Adjectives such as atro­ home in time; "seems like the Cast of characters waS played between any two giv­ points. Ricketts could only mus­ cious, pitiful, ridiculous, and place is run by B&G." Fred Lamb, ASCIT president, en Houses. The 1.M.P.'s were ter 276 victory points, although abominable are frequently llsed Not only is the service appar­ will introduce the show. Per­ modified slightly to victory . they were positive against every ently slow, but some Teekers formers include John Bennett, other House. Page was third with to describe the agonizingly slow playing his own compositions on points, which were to place an service. The general consensus take offense at the attitude of the emphasis on consistent play and 269 followed by Fleming, Black­ waiters. For example, Doug Gage the piano; the Eevil Cousins Jug er, Ruddock, and Dabney, in that is that it requires from 30 to' 50 Band, led by Mike MacLeod; a were the final basis to determine minutes for a Tecker to get any feels the "attitude of the people the winner. order. Lloyd took the trophy who run the place is utterly dis- Dixieland band headed by Walt from Fleming, last year's victor. food. Alan Harris complains (Continued on page 3) The first evening half of the that upon taking a date to the (Continued on page 5) Page Two CAL I FOR N I ATE C H Thursday, May 26, 196~ --- ,.------"----_.....:.._----- Editorial Continued Controversy Over C"ltech· Coaching Ma n Editors: It is time we got rid of the * * * R.W. Gang Is a Fine " Because I have many personal present basketball "coach" and In my last editorial "Barefaced And Greedy", which ap­ ties with the athletic department, get "a basketball coach. I prefer to remain anonymous; Anonymous peared in the previous issue of the California Tech, three general and in doing so, probably forfeit complaints were enumerated: first, late (or none at all) warn­ any chance of having this letter We heartily recommend you Berman Slashes published. But after reading this read the following letter, Mr. An­ ings on repairs; second, that preventing unnecessary repairs was onymous, and go see Prof. Lang­ mainly impossible; and third, that some repairs billed to the week's editorial, I cannot remain unheard·from. muir. If you have no workable Houses , which should have been absorbed by the room and board, solution to the situation, don't Tech Journalism The editors express the opin­ were not. complain. And sign your name ion that Caltech students are bio­ the next time. Editors: Unfortunately, to many· individuals, it seemed as though logically inferior athletes and M&M Your last article on the new these charges were leveled at Mr. R. W. Gang, the Manager of that the students here should ac­ Coffeehouse had to be an all­ Residences and Dining Halls, and against the Housing ·Office in cept this fact of nature that God Editors: time low in journalistic endea­ The undersigned, being one of general. THIS IS NOT TRUE! Ever since Gang has taken over has somehow revealed to these vor. In essence it was an editor­ two persons. NONSENSE! One the "powers' that be" in athletics ial, poorly disguised as an article E. E. Taylor's job, he has done a fine job of treating the Houses example suffices: at Caltech, is available for dis­ by an obviously misguided re­ fairly and accurately while checking the excesses spawned by A friend of mine, who played cussion of any subject in con­ porter. nection with the athletic pro­ 8&G. The complaints were based entirely on 8&G's mistakes varsity for a high school team To place the blame for the abor­ gram with any student at any and old bills which are left over from E. E. Taylor's administra­ which lost to Jefferson in the tive" situation there-absurdly semi-final round of the city time. My office is Room 115, tion and are not in any way related to Gang's present good work Steele Laboratory. My preferred slow service, impolite, even rude championship, came to see one of waiters-primarily on the cus­ in the Housing Office. method of communication is or­ our games. He was appalled! He tomer is inaccurate as well as in­ In the first place, the notices of repairs on the Houses have ally, face to face, rather than by told me after. the game that man excusably biased writing. If your no longer been neglected; notices of all repairs are sent to the for man we had as much talent letters to be published in the California Tech. reporter couldn't quite master treasurer, president, and Resident Associate of the Houses one as the other team but that he the objectivity required of all Although there seems to be had never seen such a shabby newspapers, the least he could week in advance of the actual repairs. The Houses have the en­ some unrest among the troops, tire week to consider the repairs and talk to Gcing about them, display of basketball. He was have done was to offer reason­ amazed at the lack of discipline only one student, an editor of this and he has been more than willing to listen and noted for his fair­ paper, has seen fit to call on able and constructive solutions and coaching. We showed so to the problem. ness when dealing with these complaints. He is, perhaps, the little teamwork, so little spirit, me. I believe that the methods first head of the Housing Office willing to do this. that he could not imagine want­ of Saul Alinsky should be used Instead of suggesting that the ing to play for such a "team." after normal methods of com­ Teckers refrain from amusing Due to Gang's diligence and concern for the Houses, all munication have failed. themselves by balancing the salt­ 8&G bills concerning the Houses must now go through the Hous­ And it is no secret, especially among the players, that this sit­ Robert·V. Langmuir shakers, on edge (a diversion prob­ ing Office. In this manner, the randomness and mystery in the uation is almost entirely the fault Chairman, Faculty ably resulting from the boredom repairs billings have been completely eliminated. of the coach. The players know Committee of an hour's waiting) he should Over the past years, the students have been assessed for in advance that they have three On Physical Education have advocated an increase in and Athletics the waiting staff, a mOZle civil room damages sometime after the end of third term. The first strikes (or five fouls, if you will) against them to begin with. As manner from both Teckers and time they saw the bill was at the beginning of first term the next The California Tech welcomes Roma Gardens' personnel, or pos­ a result, some fine players don't any letters on subjects of stu­ academic year, after all chance to check these charges had long even bother to go out for the sibly a complete change of the dent interest. We reserve the Coffeehouse location. passed. team. Others that do go out right to make grammatical Now, however, due to Gang's new policies, the assessments quickly lose their interest and de­ changes and to withhold un­ I am confident that your fu­ will now come before the end of this term, so that the students sire. A good coach could have signed letters from publication. ture articles involving subjects have ample time to check the room charges. Furthermore, the had a good season this year. If The deadline for Thursday's pa­ of student interest will be bet­ the players are willing to put in ter-they couldn't possibly be Housing Office has been more than reasonable with such charges. per is Monday night; deadplace, the time, they should. be given a the Tech office in Winnett Stu­ worse. To summarize, the students are no longer being billed for chance to win. dent Center. Gary S. Berman repairs they haven't heard about; they are no longer beinn shafted by fait accompli room changes; and no longer can 8&1 S· I indiscriminately bill the Student Houses and get away with j. .ege Gang deserves all the credit for these changes, and praise for h Warns of LSD Dangers success at the near-impossible task of curtailing B&G bureaucrac1 Editors: . Let me remind you that it was -John Middleditch The recent ~article (May 12, 1966) reporting Dr. Nicholas Ber­ not too long ago that Cocaine cel's talk concerning hallucinogens in general. and LSD in particular was widely advocated and used describes the "acid world" as a Nirvana and suggests that anyone as a safe topical anesthetic. Be­ 'who wants to "come alive" should "join the Peyote (LSD) genera­ cause of associated effects noted Caution on tion:' The article also quotes Dr. Bercel as saying that he would it was then widely prescribed as CofFeehouse "hate to see people going to jail for trying LSD-once," and implies a perfectly safe analgesic and The experimentdat Roma Gardens has revealed that there is that there is no harm in anyone and everyone trying this drug at tranquilizer (euphoriagenic) and a broad base of support for the establishment of an all-night re­ least once. was widely heralded as a much This is far from the truth aud sought for panacea, free from treat for Teckers weary of poring over symbol-ridden pages. An I am quite certain that Dr. Bercel Some may have delayed and re­ any harm, for many conditions. added feature of the Roma Gardens prototype, however, is a would agree for he 1Q10ws better current psychotic episodes of va­ The rest is history. number of mistakes which we hope will not be repeated in the -or at least should know better. rying duration. future. Every ,responsible investigator Unfortunately, the individual of LSD, and there are many, I know of one individual who Because Cal tech students are accustomed to getting all they was still experiencing recurrent who wishes to try LSD is the agrees that LSD is not an innocu­ least qualified to judge whether can eat for $1.35 for dinner or $.95 for lunch, the prices will ous drug and that it needs fur­ episodes of intense hallucinations have to be extremely economical. Not only will students com­ five years after a single dose of or not he would be a suitable and ther careful and thorough in­ safe subject for an excursion into plain that they are not getting their money's worth, but they'll vestigation. At present our LSD and in whom these episodes were unquestionably precipitated "transcendence." I seriously toke their business elsewhere, to more expensive places unless the knowledge of LSD is very sparse doubt that the person who has and there is much to be learned. or triggered off by the LSD. ex­ Coffeehouse discount is a significant one. perience. Still others may re­ taken LSD is qualified to attest They also agree and have em­ to the har:mlessness of LSD on Science students are also not particularly famed for having phatically stated that LSD should cover from the immediate hallu­ an excess of spare time on their hands, especially Cal tech stu­ be administered only to ca.refully cinatory or LSD "ecstasy" to (Continued on page 3) dents. When a Tecker goes out to eat, he cannot tolerate wait­ selected subjects and only under find that they are left with an­ xiety, depression and/or other ing almost an hour to be served. His time is much too valuable, carefully controlled and struc­ I mental and emotional symptoms and would be better invested if he had studied during that time. tured conditions. One of the peculiarities of LSD of such a degree and intensity More space will also be required for next year's Coffeehouse California Tech that has been noted is that the that it interferes with their life Published weekly during the school to attain success. Thirty or forty male college students crowded "bask personality" of the indi­ and may be incapacitating. year except during holidays and exams into one room are bound to create a somewhat unpleasant atmos­ vidual and the specific environ­ by the Associated Students of the Some individuals may have a California Institute of Technology. ment and conditions under which phere to eat in, and one which female college students in partic­ transient excursion into LSD Editors: john Middleditch and Mike ular would !Jot appreciate. Bigger tables, two or three rooms, the drug is taken determines the "ecstasy" and returned to their Meo, Editors-in-chief; Bob effect the drug will have. Psy­ and bigger chairs will be prerequisites to any serious attempt to premedicated state of psycho­ Firestone, Features; "Crash" chiatric hospitals throughout the logical stability after their first McCord, Managing; joe jef­ institute a viable Col tech Coffeehouse next year. frey, Copy; Peter Balint, country, and especially those as­ dose of LSD, but after the sec­ sociated with college and uni­ Sports. -Meo ond, third, fourth or etc. inges­ Staff: Steve Boone, Alan Dittrich, Middleditch " versities, have been reporting a tion may have a serious unde­ Les Fettig, Les Fishbone, Kim progressively increasing admis­ sirable reaction that may also be Gleason, Tim Hendrickson, Jeff Hecht, Lynn Melton, Dan sion rate of individuals suffering prolonged. Lots of unknowns, from serious mental and emo­ Villani, Jim Woodhead, Rich­ DuttenbaekDeads For London don't you agree? ard Flammang, Bill Ring, Eric tional derangements due to. LSD Young. With Summer Researeh Grant ingestion. This increasing inci­ This is an extremely potent Business: Bob Berry, ,Manager; Bob dence is cause of much concern. drug, as the article correctly Parker, Circulation Manager. Dr. Robert A. Huttenback, the ican Council of Learned Societies It is true that most so-called points out. It has its effects, pre­ Ed Kelm, Mike Pollock, G. genial abbot of the Student Hous· and the Social Science Research "normal" individuals who take sumably, on. the central nervous Christoph es, has been awarded"a grant for California Tech, Publication Offices: Council, was also awarded to 22 LSD have a transient psychotic system. To advocate or even 1201 E. California Blvd., Pasadena advanced research which will en­ other scholars this year. Hut­ (hallucinative) experience of permit indiscriminate .use of California, 91109. Second-class post­ able him to study for three sum­ tenback's study will put an em­ only several hours duration. LSD at this stage of very incom­ age paid at Pasadena, California. Rep­ mer months in London at Cam­ phasis on the development of (And don't be misled. It is a plete understanding and knowl­ resented nationally by National Adver­ bridge University on the study of tiSing Service, Inc. Subscriptions: $1.50 British policy toward that re­ psychotic experience in the tru­ edge of the effects of this drug per term, $4.00 per year. Life sub­ the history of India's northern gion. (Huttenback is already est sense). Others may have a on the brain with its related or­ scription: $100.00. Printed by Bickley frontier between the years of considered as the cpt's pajamas psychotic episode lasting from gans and the total personality is Printing Co., 25 South Fair Oaks Ave., 1846 and 1901. in the realm of history of the several more hours to days, not only foolhardy but irrepon­ Pasadena, Calif. Volume LVII, Num­ ber 30, Thursday, May 26, 1966 The Grant, given by the Amer- (Continned on page 3) weeks, months or even years. sible. ------______-J, Thursday, May 26, 1966 CAL I FOR N I ATE C H Page Three ----~~~~~------LSD Experiences Unreal (Editor's note: ':Che following open letter was received by your New Totem Even Better intrepid editors a couple of weeks ago, and is presented for your enjoyment at this most propitious moment. The authors have all by Stonum ing ideas. attained their degrees at Harvard University in the last two years, This year's second issue of the Totem will soon be in your Stonum's essay is inferior in in specialties closely related to hallucinatory drugs.) hands. This issue is larger than the first, and, on the whole, quite organization and clarity, but con­ a bit better in quality. It is certainly much more diverse, both in tains some intriguing original Editors: content and authorship. ideas about scientific education. The use of drugs-from marijuana and amphetamines to LSD, The featured piece in the issue His basic thesis is th

endure, and smart enough to understand." < "The squeamish can't take the squalor and the heart- and the knowledge to make excellent Volunteers. If they In describing the organization he heads, Ferguson break and the theoreticians find their pet theories shot have the necessary emotional and mental stamina, they said: "VISTA doesn't offer its Volunteers much money. down five minutes after they confront a 17-year old move high up on our list of prospects. It doesn't offer the glamor of foreign travel. I believe it's dropout who thinks that a 47-cent bottle of wine and a "So far, college campuses have proved to be a most probably the most spartan and most dedicated arm of 50-cent reefer are the only way to start the day." productive source of good Volunteers," he said.

the A publication of Volunteers In Service To America VISTA s College-Troinetl

Atteptonte Rote Hits 75 1% Seventy-five percent of all col­ son, director of VISTA, has an­ son to the "initiative, commit­ lege trained persons who apply to nounced. ment, and adaptability of college spend a year of their lives in serv­ The high rate of acceptance of students." These characteristics, ice to America as VISTA Volun­ college students and graduates by considered highly important for teers are accepted, Glenn Fergu- VISTA is attributed by Fergu- the Volunteers, are "continually demonstrated by young college volunteers during training," he VISTA Tops Peace Corps said. "In fact," Ferguson said, "more than three-fourths of all Growth, Shriver States VISTA Volunteers now serving After 11 months of operation, grown up in poverty," he said, in the nation's poverty areas are VISTA has done "better than the "have a special understanding to between 20 and 24. Of these, ap­ proximately half have completed Peace Corps at a comparable contribute." stage of development," Sargent from one to three years of col­ Shriver said, "The War on Shriver, the man who until re­ lege and another 16 percent are ce'ntly ran the Peace Corps, told Poverty takes money. But money recent graduates." a Washington press conference. alone cannot win the war. Dedi­ Sargent Shriver, the War on cated, skilled people are needed At the II-month mark, VISTA Poverty director, said recently had 1,477 Volunteers in the field to bridge the gulf between the that the college trained "are or in training in 39 states and poor and the rest of America bringing their gifts of education and encouragement to the tene­ WILEASE FIELDS, 22, was so well received by the Pima-Maricopa Washington, D.C. That figure has and to start the process of re­ ment alleys and back country Indians whom she trained among that the Tribal Council asked now increased to more than generation in America." roads. They have received one of her to stay with them for the rest of her year of service. She is 2,000 Volunteers. Shriver also pointed out that the truly great benefits of our so­ a graduate of Maryland State College. During a comparable period, the demand for VISTA Volun­ ciety-an excellent education. In Shriver said, the Peace Corps had teers is outstripping the supply. VISTA they will be able to share 820 Volunteers, either on over­ He said that a total of 7,831 this benefit with others and con­ seas assignment or in training. Volunteers have been requested firm the humane values which VISTA Aids Indions According to Shriver, VISTA to serve in 577 projects in the our colleges and universities rep­ plans to have 3,500 Volunteers in District of Columbia and every resent." the field by June of this year. state but Hawaii and Iowa. (Continued on Page 3) In Wor Agoinst Wont "The Volunteers are the heart of the war on poverty," he said. The 1960's could have gone a life expectancy of 42 years. "In community after community down as the decade in which the The average Indian per family they have shown that deprived American Indian fought his last income is $1,500 a year-less and isolated people are willing battle against his oldest foe­ than a quarter of the national av­ and able to make a new, con­ poverty-and won. erage. Unemployment is around structive effort with encourage­ But the odds still weigh too 40 percent-eight times the na­ ment and skilled assistance." heavily against the reservation­ tional average. He pointed out that VISTA is bound Indian. He suffers from Nine out of 10 of the nation's seeking Volunteers from the ranks disease, malnutrition, polluted 385,000 reservation Indians live of the poor as well as from col­ water, high infant mortality, and (Continued on Page 3) lege campuses. "People who have

261 Assignetl to the Hollows Poverty-Stricken Appalachia Provides Daily Challenge to VISTA Volunteers Although Congress has ear­ lina are some of the first results played out, the young people marked more than a billion dol­ of the massive attack on poverty have left, and tomorrow offers lars to help cure the economic ills in the Appalachian region that less hope than yesterday. of Appalachia, the first tangible stretches from New York to In Davidson, home of the 250- sign of the new prosperity seen Alabama. book library, five VISTA Volun­ by the citizens of Davidson, Ten­ These programs are the work teers attack poverty in this region nessee, is a 250-book library built of more than 261 VISTA Vol­ where two surveys have esti­ and maintained by VISTA Vol­ unteers who have been assigned mated the per capita income to EXPLAINING MEDICARE to older residents of rural Knox county, unteers. the task of breaking < through the be approximately $200 a year: The library in Davidson, a new apathy, hopelessness and resigna­ The Volunteers work for the Kentucky, has become one of Volunteer Marilyn Berman's varied day school in Kentucky, and a tion that grip the Appalachian LBJ and C Development Corpo­ tasks. The 21-year-old graduate of Cornell University is working tutoring program in North Caro- communities where the coal has (Continued on Page 3) on community development in the Appalachian heartland. ••

DENNIS SCHMITT examines a piece of coal brought down to Anaktuvik Pass, Alaska, by a tractor which he helped the village to obtain. Previously, the coal was packed in by dog sled. Before joining VISTA, Schmitt attended the University of California at Berkeley where he majored in philosophy.

than articulate the special, press­ While doing all this the Volun­ ing needs of these villages, you teers must spend a certain amount would be performing a great of time fishing and hunting so service. they can eat. Although certain "In no other situation would staples are provided, the principal BETSY REEVE, a Volunteer at Hooper's Bay, Alaska, talks with some of her well-bundled pupils you have such an opportunity to items of their diet will be the outside her home. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Miss Reeve chose to work in Alaska use your own judgment and im­ same as their Alaskan neighbor­ and is serving with more than 50 other Volunteers in the state's isolated villages. plement ideas." seal, fish, reindeer, caribou and The Volunteers can be found game birds. performing a variety of wide­ The Volunteers have learned ranging jobs. They have built to pack ice for water, to ride a sawmills and taught music to dog sled, and to memorize the Eskimo children. At Bethel, a recipes for reindeer stew and bear VIST A Volunteers Volunteer helped to construct a steak. breakwater to prevent flooding of In many villages, the outstand­ the village during spring thaws. ing form of recreation is to greet • At nearby Hooper's Bay one the arrival of the mail plane. To of the Volunteers' main concerns help fill this gap the Volunteers Go North of Nome is to explore the possibility of are developing recreation pro­ building a small "flash" freezing grams for cJ1i1dren, youth and plant to help exploit the abundant adults. They also encourage com­ Fifty VISTA Volunteers have trammg included special instruc­ of interior Alaska residents fish resources in the area. The munity efforts to provide facili­ fanned out of Anchorage by bush tion in how to prepare fbr long through a letter written to a fish cannot be marketed now be­ ties for meetings, libraries, health plane and boat to man their war periods of awesome weather and major newspaper by a Volunteer cause there are no facilities to services, and social activities. on poverty outposts among for days without sun. living there." preserve them. • In addition they are con­ Alaskas isolated Eskimo villages. Requests for Volunteers poured • Pointing out that most of the Further to the north, at Anak­ ducting pre-school classes, tutor­ One of the Eskimo requests is into VISTA's Washington head­ Volunteers would be assigned to tuvik Pass, a Volunteer has man­ ing students, and carrying on an for Volunteers who know some­ quarters from more than half of the western and northwestern aged to get a tractor for the vil­ adult education program. Other thing abouc improving the breed the state's towns and villages fol­ areas of Alaska, Governor Egan lage to assist in hauling coal projects include health, education of Alaskan reindeer. If they can lowing a letter from Senator E. L. said: "Here you will face a great down from the mountains for and community sanitation pro- furnish some tips on preserving Bartlett explaining that the Vol­ challenge, perhaps the greatest of winter fuel. (Continued on Page 4) this season's catch of walrus unteers could help make the set­ your life ... if you did no more meat, so much the better.. tlements "better places to live." The 50 Volunteers are the first The letter was sent to all village of 200 who are needed to help the headmen. state's indigenous population of Eskimos are a tough people approximately 60,000 Eskimos, who excel at "living close to na­ Indians and Aleuts who rank as ture. The Volunteers will assist the poorest economic group in them to participate in many of the nation. Many of these families the state-wide service programs live on less than $1,000 a year. that operate under the direction Half of the adults have had less of the Alaska Department of than five years of school and nine Economic Development and out of every ten families live in Planning. substandard conditions. Speaking to the second con­ The Alaska Volunteers took tingent of VISTA Volunteers to their training at the University of be sent to his state, Alaska Gov­ Alaska at Fairbanks, where they ernor William A. Egan told them were introduced to village life that "the VISTA Volunteers who and the customs of the people have preceded you into rural who are not only the poorest Alaska are already playing a sig­ Americans, but also the most iso­ nificant role in the effort to up­ lated. grade village life. • The majority of the Volun­ "Some villages never heard teers now work among the Eski­ from are now part of the Alaskan mos in western Alaska and north community of the whole because of the Arctic circle, but they are of the efforts of VISTA Volun­ also -found among the Indian teers. For example. results of a communities and in urban centers recent election in one such vil­ VISTA Volunteer John Shively, University of North Carolina graduate, and Gay White, who such as Anchorage. Part of their lage were brought to the attention attended the University of Colorado, stroll beside a frozen river at Bethel, Alaska. Shively helped to build the pilings at right which will prevent flooding and erosion during spring thaws. Miss White teaches school. VISTA Aids Indians In Wllr Agllinst Wllnt

(Continued from Page 1) coholic Indians, helping them to in housing without running water, get sober, stay sober, and assume sanitary facilities, safe heating, or a productive role in society. electricity. The infant mortality Elsewhere in the state, a six­ rate is 70 percent higher than sided, dome-roofed hogan is for the rest of the nation. home for Karen Murkett, Nor­ The outcome of the Indians' wich, Conn., who is spending a war against want depends in large year of her life among the Nava­ measure upon how much help jos on their reservation near and encouragement they receive. Lukachukai, Arizona. A graduate Many of the Indians are under­ of Wheelock College with a de­ educated, underskilled, and for gree in pre-school education, Miss the most part, underfed. Help to Murkett drives a school bus some relieve these conditions is needed 30 miles a day to pick up her 15 desperately. four-year-old Indian students. • More than 200 Volunteers • Krijaz and Miss Mllrkett are from VISTA are now working on typical of the first contingent of half of the Indian reservations in 218 VISTA Volunteers who have the nation because they feel that agreed to spend a minimum of a the Oglala Sioux and the Mille year on reservations throughout Lac Chippewas need help now, the country in an attempt to help not next year. the Indian achieve a measure of One of those who is helping is parity in American society. Patrick Krijaz, a recent graduate The Volunteers now serve 49 of the University of Minnesota, tribes, which represent 50 per­ who is now known around Gal­ cent of the total Indian popula­ lup, N. M., as the "alcoholic tion in 16 states. They work with VISTA Volunteer." Krijaz got the Seminole, the Crow, the PATRICK KRIJAZ, University of Minnesota graduate, talks with the family of an alcoholic Navajo his title from the Aact that he Navajo, the Sioux, the Chippewa, at their home near Gallup, N.M. Assisting the Navajo Tribal Council to fight the problem drinking concentrates on working with al- and the Apache. among Indians, Krijaz helps patients treated for alcoholism to readjust to community life. 750/0 of VISTA Applicants With College Skills Win Acceptance (Continued from Page I) students of today in VISTA." He fellow man under conditions In selecting Volunteers, VISTA called college training the key to which will give full scope to your places emphasis on the quality of service. abilities and imagination." the individual rather than on "Help clean up own own back­ A year in VISTA 'offers unique specific skills. "We have projects yard," he urged. "We all owe practical experience to the stu­ for almost all skills," Ferguson something, everyone of us who dents who plan to return to col­ said, "but the most crucial skill is privileged to have an educa­ lege, continue on to graduate of all is the ability to listen, under­ tion. We owe something to the school, or pursue their careers. stand, and communicate with society that made it possible for Through work in widely varying people. This holds true whether us to have this education. fields, Volunteers often discover the volunteer is a liberal arts "The easiest thing for this rich interest in careers which lead to major or an engineer." country is to dole out cash," he the further study of medicine, Liberal arts students who have continued. "What is more diffi­ education, social work, public become VISTA Volunteers set up cult is to be able to extend the welfare, law and public adminis­ libraries where none existed be­ hand of fellowship, the hand of tration. fore, renovate rural schools, teach assistance, the hand of education, Living and working among the adult literacy, tutor dropouts, sur­ the hand of training, to help peo­ poor in such places as Eskimo vey health needs, organize com­ ple slowly but surely lift them­ villages, Appalachian hollows, munity meetings, lead pre-school selves." Indian reservations, and city slums classes, help mothers in day-care The Vice-President said he be­ proves to be a powerful exper­ centers, direct recreation pro­ lieved that by spending a year in ience in learning and understand­ grams, con d u c t neighborhood service to America, VISTA Vol­ ing for most Volunteers. AS AN EXAMPLE to the rest of the neighborhood, VISTA Volun­ clean-up campaigns, work with unteers will dramatically affect Although their primary task is teers in west side Philadelphia cleaned up, repaired, and nearly youth gangs and delinquents. their own lives as well as the lives to add a new dimension to the rebuilt a dilapidated row house which will serve the girl volun­ Vice-President Humphrey, of the poor. lives of the poor, most find that teers as living quarters. Clearing debris are Mary Sullivan, Uni. speaking to students at the Uni­ "You have the opportunity," after their year is up, they have versity of Massachusetts graduate; Marean Brown, who attended versity of Minnesota, described he said, "to test your skills and added a new dimension to their San Jose State College, and Frank Rubright of Alma College. the "special role for the college principles in the service of your own. Appalachia (Continued from Page 1) between Nashville and Knoxville, munity." Now Middlefork is left with 300 ing with younger people. She de­ ration, a private, non-profit or­ deep in the mountains, it once The main obstacle to their ef­ or so residents who support them­ cided that her skills and tempera­ ganization formed to administer was a flourishing mining town forts is indifference. Miss Eng­ selves by subsistence farming and ment would best be suited in the area's Community Action that boasted a movie theater, a lish has observed: "They've lost by selling cucumbers at 11 cents helping to break the vicious cycle Program. LBJ and C stands for telephone office, and a depot so much. You insulate yourself per hundred pounds. of Appalachian poverty at the Livingston, Byrdstown, J ames­ where the trains stopped twice a against caring when caring doesn't Middlefork might have con­ children's level. town, and Cookeville, the county day to load coal. count. That's what's happened tinued indefinitely in this same She concentrated on Middle­ seats of the .. four counties in­ • But the mines gave out more here since the mines dried out." fashion if it weren't for Jean fork's children and not only cluded in the original organiza­ than ten years ago and most of • The 261 VISTA Volunteers Honrath, a young, energetic helped to establish its first Boy tion. the people have moved away. The are working in 34 projects in VISTA Volunteer assigned to that Scout troop, but also ran a highly • The five Volunteers will live railroad tracks are overgrown eight states of Appalachia: Ala­ community by her VISTA project successful summer school pro­ in Davidson for a year, concen­ with weeds and the theater and bama, Kentucky, Maryland, sponsor, the Council of Southern gram for more than two dozen trating on juvenile delinquents telephone office have been razed. North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Mountains. local children aged 8 to 16. and drop-outs. They will guide A schoolhouse still stands but it Tennessee, Virginia, and West community development pro­ was abandoned two years ago Virginia. In something more than nine Middlefork adults have re­ grams, conduct recreation, edu­ when the supply of pupils dried Ninety VISTA Volunteers are months in Middlefork, Miss Hon­ ceived their share of help as well. cation, and health services. up. Those children who remain living and working in rural Ken­ rath has made only a start toward Miss Honrath has organized a The task is far from easy. rise before dawn to catch a bus tucky. They serve in 13 of the alleviating the material side of program so that unemployed Glenn Ferguson, Director of to the school in Clark Range, 18 poorest counties of the state, the community's plight. But in a fathers from the community can VISTA, said: "We tell our miles away. Few from Davidson which are among the 300 most less tangible sense she has made spend several days a week work­ trainees it may take several finish high school. impoverished counties in Amer­ large-scale progress in reaffirming ing to improve the Middlefork months before they're accepted as This lack of purpose is one of ica. the self-respect of the community school. part of the community." A major the major problems facing the Middlefork, Kentucky, is an­ in its own eyes and in motivating • She is self-effacing when she goal is to get local citizens to ex­ five VISTA Volunteers who have other Appalachian community. them toward changing the con­ speaks of her success in Middle­ press their needs and then help been assigned to the community. Once fairly prosperous, its major ditions. fork. "I've only done what the evolve a program that will meet Gerry English, from Santa Rosa, economic staples were coal and • A former student at Contra community wants," she claims. them. California, and Barbara McCol­ tobacco. But the coal ran out, Costa Junior College in the San "I'm far from overconfident, yet A depressed rural area such laum, of Tucumcari, N. M., have and the big tobacco producers Francisco suburb of El Cerrito, I'm optimistic at the same time. as Davidson (popUlation 119), been working for nine months to found better quality crops and California, Miss Honrath de­ My guess is that what we've done has problems. Located halfway give Davidson a "sense of com- cheaper transportation elsewhere. veloped an early interest in work- will last and grow." Rigorous Training Gives Volunteers Skills to Fight Poverty's Seamy Side VISTA's training program gives terests of each Volunteer with re­ people with family planning its volunteers a long, realistic quests and descriptions of assign­ clinics, helping to organize tenant look at the seamiest side of pov­ ments that are received from councils, working with street erty while equipping them with agencies and organizations spon­ gangs or finding jobs for youths the skills and techniques needed soring VISTA projects. whose teenage criminal records to combat it. One of the primary objectives have blocked them from employ­ The tough, rigorous training of VISTA training is to allow a ment. schedule, lasting for several weeks Volunteer to relate his previous Two Volunteers assigned to -ten hours a day-is not counted background and existing skills to serve with migrant workers in as part of the Volunteer's year of the aims and requirements of the California were sent to Belgrade, service. projects in which he will work. Florida, to live for a week with Training is conducted by non­ The majority of the training pro­ migrant workers. Their experi­ profit organizations-universities, grams takes place right in the ence included working in the let­ colleges, or social action agencies slums, migrant camps, Appala­ tuce fields as well as assisting in -which have the experience and chian hollows and Indian reserva­ the operation of a pre-school pro­ facilities necessary to train adults tions. It is as direct and prac­ gram for children. with a variety of educational tical as possible. Some of the institutions which backgrounds. The field experience may take have participated in VISTA train­ • Some of the training insti­ the form of working in com­ ing include the University of tutions concentrate on the prob­ munity projects on the Maricopa Utah, National Federation of Set­ lems of the mentally retarded. and Gila River Indian reserva­ tlements in Chicago, University Others deal with the plight of In­ tions south· of Phoenix, Arizona. of Alaska, Tuskegee Institute in dian families and migrant labor­ There 26 VISTA Volunteers in­ Alabama, Community Services ers. But each training cycle stalled a new roof on the com­ Foundation in St. Petersburg, makes sure that the volunteers munity center, helped clean yards, Florida; the North Carolina fully understand VISTA's pur­ houses, and established two Fund, Arizona State University, pose-and the roles that trainees nursery schools - all III four and the Columbia University are expected to play after gradua­ weeks. Graduate School of Social Work. tion. • In an industrialized, urban • In addition to these institu­ The Volunteers go directly area such as New York, the field tions which direct the training from training to assignments in placement activity may be com­ program, more than 100 public slums, migrant worker camps, In­ posed of helping retarded persons and private agencies engaged in dian reservations, and Job Corps between 17 and 35 to learn the work among the poor are coop­ centers throughout the country. New York City transportation erating with VISTA by providing • Every effort is made to system and how to use a cafe­ practical field experience during match the skills, abilities and in- teria. Or it may be acquainting training. VOLUNTEER KENNETH VAN COMPTON, 19, talks with a man whose apartment has been hit by fire. Van Compton provides information and help for the man and his family to find a new place to live on the Lower East Side of New York where the VISTA: Questions and Answers former Tulsa University student is concentrating his efforts.

Q. What is VISTA? Q. How does VISTA service affect draft A. VISTA (Volunteers In Service To America) is status? one of the major anti-poverty programs established A. VISTA Volunteers are not exempt from the by the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. It offers draft. However, VISTA Volunteers are usually VISTA Volunteers an opportunity for men and women from all eco­ deferred. (1) The trainee sends a request to his nomic, geographic, social and age groups to join local draft board for deferment for the period of the nation's War On Poverty. his VISTA service with a copy to VISTA; (2) Go North of Nome VISTA Volunteers work directly with those who VISTA writes his draft board certifying that he are not sharing in this nation's promise. They offer is a VISTA trainee and keeps the draft board (Continued from Page 2) building, homemaking, and social their services and skills wherever poverty exists: notified. While this almost always gets a deferment, grams under the general direction services. Needed, too, are persons in cities, small towns and rural areas, in tenements the decision concerning draft status is entirely up of visiting doctors and public with farm experience, cooperative and shacks, on Indian reservations or in migrant to the local draft board. health nurses. backgrounds, range managers, worker camps, among the sick and disabled, the Another project which will weather observers, teachers at all Q. How do I join VISTA? young and the,wld. give a boost to the lagging levels and of all subjects, recrea­ They serve for a year where they are requested A. Anyone who wishes to become a VISTA Volun­ Eskimo economy is a plan where­ tional experts, lawyers, linguists, and needed-in the 50 States, the District of teer must complete a preliminary application form. by Volunteers will help the Alas­ economists, and planners. Columbia, Puerto ~ico, the Virgin Islands, and the Immediately after VISTA receives the preliminary kans to establish businesses to There's a great deal of talk Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Living and application, the individual is sent a detailed ques­ encourage the preservation of about the challenges that the War working with the people they help, VISTA Volun­ tionnaire which asks for background information ancient arts and crafts. on Poverty presents. teers are there, prepared at all times to assist, and the names and addresses of at least five • All skills are needed in Perhaps one of the greatest advise, befriend. VISTA Volunteers serve for a references. Alaska. VISTA Volunteer challenges of all lies north of minimum of a year, plus their training period. There are no personal interviews and no tests couples are sought who know Nome. or examinations. Q. What do VISTA Volunteers do? Q. If I submit an application to VISTA, A. In a wide variety of ways, Volunteers work to am I obligated to join? ,.------provide new hope, dignity and skills that can help lift people out of poverty. The specific fields in A. No, you are not obligated-but your applica­ which they work include: education, health, voca­ tion should be submitted with the understanding lional counseling, recreation, agriculture, conserva­ that you are sincerely interested in joining VISTA. I'm interested in VISTA. Please send me a preliminary appli- tion, sanitation, construction,. community services Q. Do V olunteers have a choice about the -the list, like the problems that poverty itself location and type of work they do? cation and more information. creates, is practically inexhaustible. A. Yes. The VISTA questionnaire provides ample Q. Are VISTA Volunteers paid? opportunity for listing your geographical and work assignment preferences. VISTA attempts to honor Name ...... A. Volunteers receive a monthly living allowance these preferences as far as it is practicable, but that is enough to get by on in the areas to which VISTA's concern also is to match a Volunteer's they are assigned. The allowance covers housing, experience and abilities, demonstrated and de­ Address ------. -.- ---~ ---- -. ------.-- --. ------. -.- --. -- -. -- -. ---- -. --- --. ------food, clothing, and transportation. In addition" veloped during training, to a specific need in a they receive approximately $75 a month for such specific project. personal incidentals as laundry, haircuts, and rec­ reation. Medical and dental care are also provided. Q. How quickly does VISTA respond to an For every month of service, $50 is set aside for application? each Volunteer. The entire amount is paid to A. After you send in your detailed questionnaire Volunteers upon completion of service. and if your references respond immediately, you City ...... should have a response from VISTA within 30 Q. What are the hours of work? days. A. VISTA Volunteers have a full-time commit­ State ...... Zip Code ...... ment to the people they serve. It is no 9-to-5 job. Q. Are trainees paid? The Volunteer stands ready to offer assistance A. Yes. Living, travel and medical expenses are whenever he is needed. paid. In addition, the $50 a month stipend begins Mail to: with the start of a Volunteer's training. Q. What are the basic requirements for joining VlSTA? Q. Are Volunteers assigned singly or in a VISTA A. You must be at least 18 years old. team? You must be a United States citizen or a perma­ A. Very few Volunteers are assigned singly. VISTA Washington, D. C. 20506 nent resident of this country or one of its territories. prefers to assign Volunteers in teams. Where teams You must have no dependents under 18 years are not needed, at least two Volunteers are as­ of age. signed to a given community or area.

U. S, GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE; 1966 0 - 215-966 Page Five Thursday,------".------May 26, 1966 CALIFORNIA TECH Arrivaderci Romas (Continued from page l) gusting." Others were nat So' I" kind in their remarks; hawever, UKing of Kings and a Big Success this feeling is far fram i.llliver­ response to anather query, she Mary is the Girl I Love." In sal. Just as many feel the wait­ capped the scene by describing the trial scene, Galley, Bruns, ers are "neat" althaugh they herself as a "revised standard Alfin and Henerey team up to' aren't as vehement abaut it. virgin." sing a clever version of "Gee, Other than the service, the Good Christ Officer Krupke" - "Gee, Pantius mast camplaints are abaut the Pilate." faad. Although same feel the Galley made an intriguing faad is gO' ad and cheaply priced, Christ. Playing the role straight, Good job Jae Jeffrey exemplifies the ma­ he got not only his humaraus The Ruddack men did a fine jarity opinian, saying, "The anly lines, but when he quoted fram job in staging the show. They thing warth the price is the the Bible, he gave the familiar laaked like they were having fun, pizza," and "$.55 shauld incluue lines a human reading. Galley's and the audience quickly gat intO' the aptians." If yau buy more Christ ranged sensitively fram a the swing af things. Behind it than ane majar item the prices Jewish san to a simple man to' a all, the stary of the Crucifixian are nO' langer cheap; instead they palitical leader. Galley's can­ came thraugh in a warm and de­ are camparable to' Bab's and frantatian of Mary Magdalene, mythalogized form. Following ather lacal prices. the harlat, much like a frash the shaw, ane member af the The size and quality of the meeting his first girl at an ex­ audience was heard to' camment, food has been diminishing since change, was humarous and yet "Why dan't they stage it in the first day. 'They fill up the warm. churches ,lin Pasadena?" Con­ glass with ice and spray it with The sangs in the presentation gratulatians to the boys in blue their Coke atomizer," says Steve were largely parodies af papular all the way raund. Boone. "The size of the pizzas tunes. The play apened to a has been diminishing exponen· Stu Galley, playing Jesus Christ, transubstantiates his body and blood renditian of the Hallelujah Cha­ tially" in the opinion of Jim despite annoying interruptions. rus with a swing beat. Mary I Leininger. Almost no one has camplained to the crowd that EVER CONSIDER TEACHING in a The men af Ruddack scared a hit Friday night with their predominantly Negro college in the failed to notice the apparent "I'm a typically Jewish Mother South? The need for advanced gradu­ praductian of "The King of Kings and I, or My Son, the Messiah." ate students (pref. with MA's and shrinkage of the food. af a typically Jewish san." PhD's) is great, in all disciplines. Led by Stu Galley as Jesus and Christ returns to' his mather's RST places teachers at nearly 100 Less numeraus, but nat less what a Jew shauld be like. Hen­ schools. Write Recruitment of South­ Diana McIntosh as Mary, the arms in the secand act with a ern Teachers, P.O. Box 1161, Tuscal­ vehement, have been camplaints erey, Bruns, and Braste clearly oosa, Alabama 35-402. men in blue delighted the capaci­ parady on Sauth Pactfic, "Virgin that the Caffeehause has clased enjoyed their spaof af the three ty audience in Dabney Launge. early. Reportedly Rama Gardens Kings, and their zest and har­ The writer, directar, and gen­ have clased as early as 1:20, in­ many delighted the audience. stead af the advertised 2:00. eral all-araund-guiding-influence, The stary began with Walter There is one "big camplaint Bill Orr, shawed fine skill in Krankike, played by Gary Sta­ A&H DISCOUNT RECORDS that is nat a result af Rama Gar­ pacing his musical camedy with num, and the live televisian cav­ SPECIAL SCHOOL DISCOUNTS dens and that is the disgust with fresh humar, and at the same erage an Gaod Friday, 33 A.D., i" --...... - .. ------...... ---; the Teckers themselves. Mike time letting the human drama fsocT------"j'sOc: , , af the Crucifixian. Enter Diana , , Henerey is not alane in his feel­ emerge an its awn. ,--- --, : This coupon enables bearer to : McIntash as Mary, who explains :This coupon entitles bearer to an: : purchase any 45 rpm record: ings that "Teckers, such as they :additional 50 cent discount off our: Good support in the pained manner af a typi­ 'already discounted prices on all: : either in our stock or( on special : are, just aren't warth seeking aut Especially gaad were the sup· cally Jewish mather that her san : long-playing albums priced at $2.00: : order at : sacially." This is a camplaint ,or more. I , ' parting perfarmances by Steve has just been running with the : 59 cents each : the Caffeehouse will have to face Alfin and Terry· Bruns (as the wrong crawd. 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449-1181 799-9482 ,. ANHEUSER·BUSCH. INC .• ST. LOUIS. NEWARK. LOS ANGELES. TAMPA. HOUSTON / CALIFORNIA TECH Thursday, May 26, 1966 Page Six ------Cricket T£ Caltech Annihilates UC L A The Caltech Cricket Team When UCLA went out for only fly). Dodds also scored at will; orlj showed off its muscle last Sun­ 76 runs, things looked good for his last, game-clinching shot be­ day by tromping UCLA 81-76. the home team. And the way ing a "six". He finished with 36 The game was not as close as the the batting started, Caltech was runs and not out, while O'Sulli­ score might indicate, because assured of the victory. Mike van had 28 and also not out. Caltech surpassed the point total O'Sullivan and Bob Pidgeon op­ Pidgeon got 14 runs before his amassed by the Bruins with eight ened and soon got into the unfortunate slice, and nobody wickets yet to fall (eight outs groove. It seemed as if they else had to bat because of the Football Team Pract,ices, left). could go on scoring runs indefi­ slaughter. nitely, but Pidgeon chipped one Everyone showed up For an encore .•• off the side of his bat and it was There will be no game this Has Hopes For Next Year Caltech managed to field its caught. John Davies came in, week, the team needing a rest to A handful of brave and dedi­ some games next season. The strongest team all year, as all the but was also unfortunate enough recuperate from this supreme ef­ cated athletes are keeping Cal­ first game will be on Saturday, players showed up for this im­ to have one of his balls caught. fort to' emerge victorious over its tech's football hopes alive by October 1 at the Rose Bowl portant game. There was an abun­ He scored no runs, so at that collegiate rival, but the schedule working hard at spring practice. against Azusa-Pacific, one of the dance of bowlers, quite in con­ point Tech was 18 runs for two will resume on the' following A daily turnout of about 15 play­ weaker teams Caltech plays. Al­ trast to previous games where wickets. Sunday with a game against the ers is not enough for scrimmag­ so, for the first time since 1960 even Dr. Huttenback had to lob FJven better batting Corinthians Cricket Club. es, but plenty of exercises are the Beavers will have a game the ball. Tony Collings turned in the most impressive perform­ Then up came Peter Dodds, getting the players into shape. against Redlands. and together with O'Sullivan ea­ There is some contact, as plays ance by getting four wickets for only seven runs. He finished up sily scored enough points for the are run with only the right side Anyone gung-ho for football win. O'Sullivan constantly frus­ SUMMER of the line plus the defense. but not too athletic is urged to the first half of the innings by getting all his wickets in only trated the opposition by just pro­ CAMPUS The new coach, Tom Gutman, go out for manager ,next year, tecting the wicket and not try­ is an excellent one, and he has two overs (which is a total of REPRESENTATIVES as several are needed. 16 bowls). ing to swing hard at the ball. been working the lineman under This continued until the bowlers his charge extra hard. Those If you are an outgoing got fancy in their desperation person with broad campus that have gone to practice regu­ and tried to lob the ball; then he larly are in superb shape. Con­ contacts, you may be eligible really unloaded to score several to earn several hundred dol­ trary to what some, people have Dabney Wins ! H Tennis "fours" (balls hit out of bounds thought, the hard work has not lars during your free hours on the ground) and a "six" ( a this summer as a college rep discouraged people; rather it has Interhouse Ten n i s finished in the first singles, while John ball hit out of bounds on the made them that much more in­ with about the/ " results that Eyler and Reagan Moore placed for a unique computer-dat­ terested in the sport. If the team everyone expected. There were second in the se:cond and the ing service. Write full par­ continues to work as hard next no real upsets, and the general third singles respectively. The PAT'S LIQUORS ticulars, including your sum­ fall, they'll be in the best shape interest among the students was doubles team of Wayne Lobb and AND DELICATESSEN mer address, to: College iJ;l years. rather low. It is hard to muster Pete Cross finished fourth. 1072 E. Colorado SY 6-6761 Manager, Rm. 1112, 381 enthusiasm for any sport at this Open to midnight daily, Park Avenue South, N.Y.C., Page placed second on the 10010. Win for good old time of year, especially an indi­ strength of first in the second 1 a.m. Fri. & Sat. As of now there is a shortage vidual sport. singles by Ed Hsi and in the dou­ Keg Beer Party Supplies of lineman and also a lack 6f Dabney placed first, as adver­ bles by Dave Van Essen and Jim size. Coach Gutman is trying to tised, with a very balanced team. Aries. They were dragged down, alleviate this problem by making Mark Satterthwaite was on top (Continued on page 7) his players tougher and teaching THINKING OF \,1 BUYING them many techniques of block­ r V SELLING Two Locations ing and tackling. Everyone at the ICE HOUSE (5) ? V RENTING hopes that the return of several • V INCOME GLENDALE PASADENA V ACREAGE* of last year's players plus a few 234 S. Brand 24 N. 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Those that have come out for practice are very high-spirited; perhaps this spirit will spread to those that have elected to snake instead of playas they should. With some additional turnout and the continuation of this esprit de corps the team can win

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FARAH MANUFACTURING CO., INC. • EL PASO, TEXAS with FaraPress® NEVER NEED IRONING Thursday, May 26, 1966 CALIFORNIA TECH Page Seven Page Sets Record Book Store Now Selling Best Sellers Passing everything? Caught ing the weeks of April 24 and If these boks sell, the Book­ In Interhouse Points up in your homework? Aced the May 1, and the number of weeks store will continue stocking last five tests in Randombarf it has been on the list. them; if not, they won't be able With the Interhouse sport sea­ and the games between the two 69? Don't despair! In a last­ son just over, Page House Houses were both extremely ex­ ditch effort to secure for more Included in the fiction section to afford them. has begun to celebrate its im­ citing. In volleyball, Page had Teckers the honor and privilege fo the list are The Source, by the best spiking team, while pressive victory. Out of a total of serving our country's armed James A. Michener (1,1,50); Val­ f. of 147 points possible, Page Lloyd had an outstanding de· FOR SALE - Beautiful 3-bedroom forces, the CaItech Bookstore has ley of the Dolls, by Susann (2,2, house in La Canada hills near JPL. scored 135 by winning three fense. The match had to go 9); and The Double Image, by Newly decorated. luxury drapes, car­ a supply of books from the best­ pets. Bookshelves & storage space sports outright, tying for first in three sets, but the spikers finally seller list of the N ew York MacInnes (3,3,15). abound! Large living room leads two others, and also collecting triumphed. In basketball Page's through sliding glass door to huge Times, to make punting even covered patio. Picture windows over­ a second and a third. The most extra-careful offense took a large The General list includes In look foothills, above smog. Lovely pleasanter and easier. landscaping Near schools and LC impressive performances were lead early in the game, but after Cold Blood, by Truman Capote Country ClUb. $34,500. three straight wins turned in Maxwell and Jubin both fouled The analysis of the books is (1,1,6); The Last Battle, by Cor­ TREND REALTY during second term in football, out in the fourth quarter, Lloyd's based on reports from more than nelius Ryan (2,2,7); and A Thou­ track, and volleyball. rebounding made its comeback. 125 bookstores in 64 U.S. com­ 26 N. Lake, Pasadena sand Days, by Arthur Schlesing­ The year started on the right They couldn't quite make it, munities. The present figures 449-8892 684-2151 foot, as Page tied for first with however, as Page won 30-25. give the status of the book dur- er, Jr. (6,7,23). Ricketts in softball. They ori­ ginally had a 4-2 record, but an ineligible man played by Blacker negated the loss and made the tie possible. The team was pow­ ered by the fine pitching of Gary Schnuelle, fine fielding, and oc­ casional spurts of excellent hit­ ting. In swimming, an outstanding This is performance by: freshman John Healy in the breaststroke and the medley allowed Page to slip by Dabney for third place by a mere half-point. Football was the most one­ the only line sided of all the sports; Page ran away from everyone of its op­ ponents. The quarterbacking of Larry Brown and the receiving of Tom Resney, Dave Goodman­ son, and Dan Hammons resulted we'll ever in 33 touchdowns for 208 points, 70 points more than any other team. The defense allowed the lowest percentage of pass com­ pletions among all the Houses. The Page House track team hand you: took five firsts, including two by Dennis Schneringer, to win the Interhouse meet. Ruddock gave stiff competition, but in the end Page depth, with two men en­ Your name: tered in nearly every event, won the day. ------The combination of Herb Ju­ bin and Craig Maxwell led to vic­ tories in volleyball and basket­ ball. In both sports, the tough-, est opposition came from Lloyd, More Darb Netting (Continned from page 6) however, by poor finishes in first and third singles, so they only managed to nose out Lloyd by a point. Lloyd finished a strong third with a ·first in the third singles by Steve Landy, seconds by Ralph Gajewski and the team of Ernie Ma and Norm Whiteley. Lloyd could have taken third in Interhouse overall, had they nosed out Page for second place. Each year about this time a young man's fancy turns to all kinds of things young men's fancies shouldn't turn to. One of the things some young men's fancies should turn to is spring water polo Majors in Math, Science, We'll make sure you know about practice. 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More' Totem Lyrics • (Continued from page 3) Teekers Build Wizard points but each lacking in the children's story, opens on July final analysis. Edward Kort's The scientific wizards of Cal­ 7 as one ofa series of summer­ "The City Is ..." is an interest­ tech have been invited to build ing portrait of the city at night, a "Wizard" machine for the Pas­ time shows. adena Playhouse production of and how lonely and out of place The Wizard of Oz. A specially Students expecting to stay at man is amidst the buildings, the constructed machine with com­ Caltech during the summer will lights, and the streets. Gail Mir­ have the best opportunity to puter-like qualities, an ability to Merritt Willey man's twO' poems contain some work on the "Wizard" machine. v,ery amusing images and some speak, and fanciful appearance is sought by PLayhouse staff Anyone interested should call very clever typographLcal ar­ Mr. Abbott at 793-8171. loves good rangement, but say very little. member Leslie Abbott. Philosophy phails Hoping to achieve a marriage conversation. The untitled poem by W. Don­ of science an!i the arts, the Pas­ f ald Dresser pursues some in­ adena Playhouse expects this Native French Teacher triguing philosophical questions, project to win press and maga­ Expert in French conversation, but lacks intensity and convic­ grammar, pronunciation, and tech­ zine coverage for the Calteeh nical French. Excellent university tion. Chris Dede's poem seems students who construct the references. For begi nners and ad­ All he needs constricted and hampered by its "Wizard" machine. vanced. • form, and it is also somewhat HO 9-3438 IS an opener. trite in its theme, more of a po­ The Wizard of Oz, a celebrated I etic exercise than a poem. Gary Stonum's "Darling" tells June 7-19 ______... of a movie audience at intermis­ sion, who, unknowingly, are act­ FIRST TIME IN L.A..! ing the same roles as those in the movie they have just seen. II Sandra Winicur writes a very liTHE COMMITTEE interesting introduction to her poems telling of the need for a At ••• Doug Weston'. poet of science, a bard of the test tube. However, despite some amusing lines, the author ~roubabour of "A Biominstrel, I" falls short 9083 Santa Monica Blvd. at Doheny, L.A. of the excellent mark she has set for herself. KING OF BEERS. ANHEUSER-BUSCH, INC. CLOSES SUNDAy-JOSH WHITE ST. LOUIS. NEWARK. LOS ANGELES. TAMPA. HOUSTON Phlying Phalanx There are several pieces of visual art in addition to the lit­ erary material. Besides the afor,ementioned illustration by Alfin of Heinrich's poems, there is a 'Cartoon by John "Crash" Mc­ Cord. Obviously an imitation of S:aul Steinberg, it is neverthe­ less quite good. There is a very e race to t e excellent photograph by Frank Ettin of a bird flying, which gives a senSe of motion and rushing to the wings of the bird. The cover photograph is by Mike Dole. 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