CaliforniaTech Associated Students of the California Institute of Technology Volume LXIII. Pasadena, California, Thursday, April 26, 1962 Number 25 ------Fealures Play I Con(erl Glee Concert -~~----- Talco" To Direct Play BY BRUCE ABELL laws strictly enforced on cam­ Theme Set With the ASCIT Play (sub­ pus, but I've never seen any­ titled, "The Time of Your Life," thing in the rules which would Tickets are now on sale for by William Saroyan) only a few prohibit this." The audience is the annual spring Glee Club short weeks away (May 9 to 12, hereby warned to take care in Concerts. This year's show, en­ boys and girls, so get your tuxes the distinguishing between good titled "Moods in Music," will be and order your flowers now), amateur (actresses) and bad pro­ presented Friday and Saturday the Drama Club propaganda de­ fessionals. evenings, May 4 and 5, at 8:15 partment, in appreciation of his When told that he would be in Culbertson Hall. Tickets at fine performance at a recent par­ featured in the Tech, modest one dollar each may be obtained ty, spotlights Director Mike Tal­ Mike whimpered: "Gee, the from members of the Glee Club, cott this week. Tech! I'm just thrilled to death, from the Bookstore, and from and I really don't deserve it." the Caltech News Bureau in the An on again-off again Tech u.n­ basement of Throop Hall. dergrad since 1946 (Mike's a bi­ Oh yes. Tickets will be on ologist), his looks belie his age sale in the book store starting One of the featured numbers (Mike's actually a World War II next week. Buy them. of the program will be a newly­ vet. He was a counter-spy in released arrangement of Psalm Italy, a job for which he seemed 89 with music by Anton Bruck­ particularly well-suited). Torn ner. For this impressiVe selec­ between his love for science and Van Hoelc tion, the Glee Club is accompa­ the theatre, swarthy Mike has nied by a trombone quartet. divided his interests, character­ In Lecture Bruckner, primarily an instru­ istically studying chemistry for mental composer, here makes a year, and then naughtily run­ BY JAY LIPPMAN excellent use of a very interest­ ning off to direct plays with the In last Tuesday's Carnegie lec­ ing blend of sound - male cho­ Old Vic for a couple of seasons. ture Mr. Frank van Hoek ex­ rus and trombones. Also fea­ Weekends in Wasco plained the operation of the tured on the program will be a Chosen as spring play director technical assistance program of s e r i e s of five Liebeslieder for the fourth consecutive sea­ the Organization for Economic Waltzes by Johannes Brahms. son, Tal cot t, understandably Co-operation and Development, These waltzes show the light, busy with his commuting to the OECD, and presented its humorous facet of Brahms' writ-I Wasco, California, where his general philosophy. Mr. van ing, rather than the heavier, smash hit, "Othello," is on tour, Hoek is the director of this more traditional works with Diana Lee, vivacious vocalist, will add sparkle to the Jr.-Sr. Prom of May 12. manages to attend many of the twenty member organization which he is usually associated. rehearsals for the Cal tech play_ which includes the United Although understandably disap­ States, C.anada, and 18 European Last Saturday, the Glee Club countries_ recorded many of its best selec­ Singer Livens Prom pointed at the Drama Club's re­ fusal to sponsor a revival of The OECD conducts a unique tions. They will be available on attend the Prom. The Junior-Senior Prom, sec­ "The Merry Widow," he is never­ type of assistance program which a single LP record later this The Huntington-Sheraton Ho­ ond only to InterHouse as the theless pleased with the Saroyan uses trial and demonstration term. biggest dance of the year, will tel is located on South Oak Pulitzer Prize winner. Said areas. The emphasis is on hu­ Knoll about one mile from cam­ be held on Saturday, May 12, in stagenius Talcott: "While 'The man capital and there has really pus. In addition to the elegant the ballroom of the Huntington­ Time of Your Life' is generally been no direct financial assis­ ballroom and three cocktail Sheraton Hotel. There are only known to be a 'beat' play, I see tance among the member coun­ lounges, the hotel has a beauti­ two weeks to go, so get your it as an opportunity to portray tries. They send technicians to Scurves Win ful outside garden. dates now. certain forces, pitted against areas to help people to increase The ten-piece orchestra of Car­ The dress for the Prom will each other. The play, violently their productivity and to edu­ IH Trophy roll Wax, together with lovely be dark suits or dinner jackets anti·communist and pro-Zen, is cate them to modern methods. singer Diana Lee, will provide for men and cocktail dresses for a subtle affirmation of the au­ But they have learned that as­ With a fourth place finish in the music.. Miss Lee has been ladies. Refreshments will be thor's faith in God, country, sistance cannot work without basketball, Ricketts has cinched singing professionally since the served. Rides will be arranged motherhood and the time-hon­ the full cooperation of the popu­ the InterHouse Trophy. The age of nine, and has recorded for anyone having transporta­ ored tradition of there 'being one lation which must request aid, Scurves have already racked 102 with such stars as Frank Si­ tion problems. For more infor­ born every minute.' Saroyan has and that developmental efforts trophy points and have a 21 natra, Peggy Lee, Nelson Riddle, mation, see either Frank Ridol­ taken up where Shakespeare left must be made in all areas of the point lead over second place and Les Baxter; she will certain­ phi in Dabney or Ray Plaut in off in 'Timon of Athen,' and economy simultaneously. Ruddock with only one sport to ly be an extra inducement to Ruddock. 'Time' offers a gratifying solu­ He had some warnings to of­ go. If Ricketts even fields a tion to the problem posed there­ fer from his experience in the team in volleyball, the last In­ in." OECD. terHouse sport, it will receive 3 trophy points and even a first Folk Festival To Be Held No Violation of Rules He emphasized mainly that place finish by Ruddock in vol­ The YMCAcScripps Folk Festi­ the cars to the festival will Talcott is perhaps best known the ultimate aim of assistance is leyball will leave them shy of val will be held this Sunday, leave at 2 p.m; The festival is for his manner of presenting to become idle as soon as pos­ the Ricketts total. So far this both afternoon and evening, at the second one held; the last side attractions to the audience. sible and that we must establish year, the Scurves have taken a Pomona's Greek Theater. The one was held two years ago in He has hinted that since the trade relations with underdevel­ tie for first place in softball, sec­ program for this year's festival Culbertson Hall. play calls for several prostitutes, oped countries. It may be easier ond in swimming, fourth in ten­ is both long and varied. At 3 he may add a bit of realism to for a parliament to vote direct nis, first in football and first in p.m., activities will start with a Counselors the production by importation aid rather than lower trade bar­ track. folk dance exhibition. Next, the of a few real working ladies to riers, but trade relations are dancers will teach folk dances to solicit the audience. Said he: necessary to create solidarity, a Ruddock has taken over sec­ everyone. There will be no lack Finally Chosen "I know that there are liquor climate of confidence, and the ond place from Lloyd by picking of partners, since over 30 Scripp­ Camp counselors for the 1962 spirit of cooperation among the up 18 points in basketball while underdeveloped countries and sies will atend. At four, the New Student Camp were an­ the Lloydmen were finishing a Teitelman and the western world. singers will perform as the stu­ nounced Tuesday. They are Hen­ dead last. Ruddock has 81 tro­ dents recuperate. After this, phy points while Lloyd has 78. ry Abarbanel, Don Blankenship, dancing will resume and con­ Tom Bopp, George C.ady, Bruce Gross Top Chess Math Club Meets The current InterHouse stand­ tinue until 6 p.m. ings are: Carter, Bruce Chesebro, Spicer After three rounds of play, The Caltech Math Club pre­ At 6 p.m., an open·air barbe­ Conant, Dick D'Ari, Steve Gar­ Fletcher Gross and Warren sents a guest lecture by Solo­ House Trophy Points cue dinner' will be held, for rison, Larry Gershwin, Gerry Teitelman are tied for first with mon W_ Golomb, Commullica­ which the cost will be $.50_ A-fter Gowen, Steve Hall, Marty Hoff­ three points each, followed by tions Re:search, J_ P. L., on Poly­ Ricketts ...... 102 dinner, more folksingers will man, Guy Jackson, Art Johnson, Tom Sawyer with 2% points. ominoes. The meeting will be perform, finally leading all into Ruddock ...... _...... 81 Tom Krueger, Roger Leezer, The crucial (but not deciSive) tonight at 7:30 in 151 Sloan. Re­ the "Grand amalgamated YMCA­ Bob Liebermann, Bob McEliece, game between Gross and Teitel­ freshments will be served after Lloyd ...... 78 Scripps Folk Festival hootenan­ Wendell Mendell, Chuck Mini­ man will take place 7:30 next the meeting in the Math Lounge. ny," which will last as long as chiello, Don O'Hara, Larry Ra­ Tuesday, May 1, in the lounge Page ...... _...... 72 The study of polyominoes, the singers do. binowitz, Frank Rhame, Dick on the third floor of Sloan. Spec­ originated by Mr. Golomb, is a Dabney ...... 69 All Techmen are invited. Driv­ Robertson, Art Robinson, Jay tators who can refrain from giv­ fascinating subject in combina­ ers, and those desiring rides, Russo, Jim Sagawa, Bob Schmu­ ing advice to the players will torial ahaiysis, and has been dis­ Fleming ...... 51 should meet in the Athenaeum lian, Dave Seib, Ivar Tombach, be welcome. Two rounds re­ cussed as a mathematical recre­ Blacker ...... _. ______51 parking lot after Sunday lunch; and Volker Vogt. main in the tournament. ation in Scientific American. '8ge Two CALI FOR N I AT! C H Thursday, April 26, 1962 ------Editorial EDITORIAL Sex In Our Monastic Culture Yes On Rotation I POLICY For the information of its Discussed In Y Diner's Club With rotation time here again/ the Tech would like to take readers, the Tech presents the Sex or Midterms is perhaps hardship, then he will be acting a definite stand on this issue. The California Tech believes following summary of its edi­ an oversimplification of the in a reasonable healthy manner. thoughts of those who attended that some sort of rotation would definitely be beneficial to the torial policy: Both psychologists commented The first signature follow­ the Y Diners' Club this past on the attitudes and forces prev­ well-being of both the incoming freshmen and the campus in ing an editorial indicates the Monday night. The topiC was alent here at Tech. When a general/ and following are the reasons that this will be so. author of that editorial. The "Sex and Emotional Health." frosh first arrives at Tech he following signatures, if any, The question of sex and love is exposed to a permissive en­ One of the greatest factors in favor of having a rotation indicate approval by one or in our SOCiety was one main vironment with attitudes that system is the decrease in participation in extra-curricular ac­ more of the other editors. If area of discussion. Dr. Siegel, may conflict with his own con­ tivities that has taken place in the last two years and will prob­ all three editors sign the edi­ psychiatrist at the health cen­ cepts of right and wrong. Dr. Siegel said that although the ably continue if rotation is not initiated again. The connection torial, that editorial then rep­ ter, said that the sex act is part of a larger pattern of rela­ sex drive is not necessarily between no rotation and a decrease in activities is, and has resents the opinion of the California Tech. tionships between two people stronger here than elsewhere been/ clearly establ ished. Under rotation/ the Houses en­ In general, column writers that begins with the infant's there is perhaps more anXiety courage participation by the freshmen in activities, as well as have complete freedom as to need to be held and to suck here. The almost monastic cul­ by the upperclassmen. The Houses encourage these extra­ the content of their columns. and continues throughout life in ture destroys many of the ways curricular activities because they want to present to the frosh No column will be elim­ the many aspects of personal re­ one can eliminate these tensions, a picture of a House that is interested in these activties as inated trom any issue of the lationships. Bill Hogan brought such as holding hands with a girl or just talking to one. well as in studying. paper solely because of the up the fact that our society acts opinions represented in that as censors and that the values But let's face it, said Dr. Weir imposed by society often lead to It is also clear that the individual has a great deal to column. Unless explicitly stat­ in essence, we have chosen to ed otherwise, however, col­ guilt feelings. sublimate our sex desires while gain from participating in extra-curricular activities. The phil­ we are going to school. There ll umn writers represent their Dr. Weir came the closest of osophy of developing the "whole man at Cal tech has been own opinions only and not all to actually talking about is no dilemma; it's just a fact presented more than adequately in the past. The problem at the opinions of the California the subject. His thesis was that of life that we have chosen one present is how to develop these qualities that benefit both the Tech. the kind of behavior that is way of living at present. individual and the student body as a whole in a spirit of mutual The California Tech wel­ healthy depends on the indi­ Next week's Diners' Club development, cooperation, and interest. Under the present no comes all letters, whether or vidual, but that in general if one promises to be very entertain­ does not do things that cause rotation system there is only one way: through a few individuals not they agree with editorial ing. Several Scripps coeds and opmlOn. Letters are edited feelings of guilt or anxiety or a Caltech student's wife (who who are responsible for the success or failure of a great many (or left out) solely on the that violate the autonomy of is a registered nurse) will dis­ activities. bases of space, decency, and another person or cause him cuss "Sex and Women." the desire to present letter A few individuals can generate enthusiasm for a certain opinions in proportion to the • • activity within a small enough group. However this does not amount of mail received. As really solve the problem: first, these few individuals cannot with columns, unless explicit­ generate this enthusiasm throughout the entire campus; and ly stated otherwise, the opin­ second, when these individuals leave or cease to encourage such ions stated in letters are not those of the California Tech. enthusiasm, there is Iikely to be a· drastic drop in activity in this particular field until some other individuals come along, perhaps a year or two later, who are interested in that activity. The point to be made here is that under a system of no rotation, Letters there is no motivation for participation in the important campus Editors: and House activities; and these are reliant solely upon the After exchanging drops of likes and dislikes of small groups of individuals. blood to commit themselves to an unconditional policy of fear­ Under a system of rotation, however, the force of the lessness, the illustrious IHC Houses is used to provide impetus for participation. Not only challenges the relatively back­ ward BOD to another in a tra­ is this more effective, but everyone is now interested in seeing dition-encrusted series of raging people participate in various activities-a far more healthy conflicts on the field of honor. attitude for the campus in general, the Houses specifically/ If the BOD accepts our chal­ and the individual in particular. lenge, the annual IHC-BOD spring waterfight will be held Another importqnt reason for rotation is a more obvious according to selected established one: People should have some choice of where they will live rules" Although the BOD has and with whom they will live very possibly for four years of never Won this contest, includ­ their Iives. Despite some disadvantages that are spouted by ing last year when they forfeit­ ed, it is to be hoped they will various anti-rotation Techmen, the advantage of being able to not lose heart. Will they please live with people with similar opinions or feelings is a very big choose the date-some Sunday Time argument in favor of rotation. afternoon in the near future. With love, for These are some of the reasons for which the Tech supports InterHouse Committee rotation. It is hoped that rotation will be reinstated as soon Sn~ck, ? as possible. BOD' Appoints Larry Gershwin Ri!=hard Karp New Ex-Comm J. C. Simpson The principal business at the ASCIT board meeting Monday night was the appointment of the ExComm. The appointees to the committee were Henry Rotation Cut By Faculty For '62 Abarbanel, Spicer Conant, Bob The Faculty Student Rela­ be no rotation next year and the McEliece, Art Robinson, Joe t ion s Committee announced discussion of rotation would be Russo, and Art Turner. Larry Tuesday that there will be no dropped. Although the new IHC Rabinowitz, ASCIT president, rotation next year. In making has an ex officio seat on the com­ ... this the deCision, however, the Com- decided to pursue' the subject, mittee. mittee agreed to consider the the Committee felt that it was Nominations were opened for matter again next year, after too late in the year to do any­ class elections, and will remain calls fop having seen the effects of three thing about rotation and did not open until Monday. years without rotation. want to reopen a discussion of The problem of the possible One of the reasons for the de­ rotation at this point. Another encroachment of the curriculum cision was that when the C.om­ factor in the Committee's de­ into the free hour at 11 a.m. mittee met with the IHC last cision was the fact that Dr. Rob­ Thursdays was discussed, espe­ Budweiser. term, a tacit understanding had er Huttenback will not be Mas­ cially in the light of the activity been reached that there would ter of Student Houses next year. whiCh has resulted in the Josh ,,,,., ... --- -...-., ...... ,~;,-~ White, Jr., concert, and the per­ ,/ formance today of the New Lost ,/ FRENCH SPANISH , Enjoy where GERMAN City Ramblers in Dab n e y ., Lounge at that hour. The BOD I the King there's life ••• RUSSIAN ITALIAN JAPANESE I. , decided to maintain its policy , of Beers! there's Bude THE BERLITZ SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES that the 11 a.m. hour on Thurs­ ,, . PASADENA/ 170 SOUTH LAKE AVE., SYcamore 5-5888 days should be left free from ' .. PRIVATE INSTRUCTION scheduled classes and lectures, ...... --- .. --~ SMALL CLASSES STARTING NOW and open for activities such as Native Teachers Day or Evening Free Trial Lesson guest lectures; glee club, con­ certs, etc. • ANHEUSER-BUSCH. HtC•• ST. LOUIS. NEWARK • LOS ANGELES. TAMP.A • Thursday, April 26, 1962 Page Thr.. ----- CALIFORNIA TECH Caltech Swimmers Pomona, HM UC Riverside Edges Tech Trim Riverside Beat Varsity Trackmen In Triangular Meet BY DAVE OLLIS relay (1:04.0) and the 200 but­ 8aseballers Last Saturday in a triangular 1000 students) and newness (five In the season's closest meet, terfly. Bruce Chesebro won the The varsity baseballers lost track meet at Tournament Park years old)-the Riverside team Cal tech's varsity swimmers de­ 100 freestyle in 52.2 and edged two games last week, Wednes­ UC Riverside edged the Caltech was allowed to USe freshmen in feated UC Riverside 51-43 last UCR's Possom with a 23.5 50 day an 11-4 loss to Pomona, and varsity by only 1 % points in a addition to the upper three Friday. freestyle. Gary Mitchell swam a Saturday a 24-3 drubbing by tight duel that was finally decid­ classes. If Caltech had done The Beavers led by one point, 57.0 century free, and then pulled non-conference La Verne. ed by the mile relay. The Cal­ this, it would have been an easy out a 54.4 for his part of the tech freshmen also competed victory for the Techmen. 44-43, before the last event was Wednesday's game at Pomona, wrapped up by the Cal tech free­ final freestyle relay. and finished third with 23 % as the first time out against the 1 Varsity Scorers style relay team of George Mc­ Steady Dave Seib won both opposed to 68 for UCR and 66 12 his races, the 220 and 440 free­ Sagehens this year, was the for the T~ch varsity. The varsity was led by weight­ Bean, Gary Mitchell, Dave Seib, scene of one of Bill Ricks' most man George Radke, who won and Bruce Chesebro. style in 2:21.3 and 5:25.0, and contributed a good effort to the steady performances. He went It should be remarked that be­ both the shot put and discus Once again the team showed final relay. Gary Turner brought the entire route, giving four cause of their smallness (about (Continued on page 4) improved times. Duygu Demir­ home a pair with a 2:24.9 200 walks while striking out five. lioglu had his best efforts for yard individual medley and The Beavers tied the score at the butterfly leg of the medley 2:27.0 200 backstroke. Jim Shaw one all in the second on Dick picked up a second in the 220 Stanton's hit, a walk, and an freestyle in 2:22.1 and a third in RBI single by Tom MaCDowell. On ea.npug Mat'1- Tech Golfers Two walks set up the second run backstroke with 2:33.0. (Author of "I Was a Teen-age Dwarf","The Many The 200 butterfly was won by as Ricks scored while Bob Gil­ Loves of Dobie Gillis", etc.) Tie Unbeaten UCR's Stokely in the very good man was grounding out. Bill time of 2:21.9. Weber drove in the third run and scored the fourth, batted in Claremont University of Arizona by clean-up hitter Dave Hewitt. CRAM COURSE NO.4: BATHYMETRY The golf team pulled off one A powerful University of Ari­ LaVerne of the biggest surprises in re­ zona downed the varsity mer­ Continuing our series of pre-final exam cram courses, today we cent sports history at Caltech by men Monday, 66-27. The talent­ Saturday LaVerne scored in take up bathymetry-the study of ocean depths. tying Claremont 27-27 Friday at ed visitors reaped nine of eleven every frame, jumping on starter Admittedly, this is not a terribly popular course on most Brookside. Claremont, undefeat­ firsts as they won the medley Weber for nineteen runs in the campuses. And small wonder. In the whole world there is only ed this year, had trimmed the relay, then took first and second first five innings. He got no one bathyscape, and only two people can get into it. Beavers 51-3 in an earlier con­ in the 220, 50, and 100 freestyle support in the field as the Beav­ Nevertheless, the study of ocean depths is of great impor­ test. The complete reversal was and the 200 backstroke, and then ers made nine errors and the tance. Why, do you realize that the ocean is by far the world's largest biological environment? The ocean has more than three due to some fine golf by the captured the 200 breaststroke outfielders COUldn't seem to find hundred times as much living room as all the continents and Beavers and overconfidence on the ball. Looking sloppy at the and the 440 freestyle and the islands combined! Unfortunately, only fishes live in it. the part of the Stags, who left final free relay. plate as well, Tech scored only in the first and last innings. And small wonder. Who'd want to live some place where he one of their better golfers at Gary Turner stole the indi­ couldn't smoke? Surely not I! I wouldn't give up my good home. vidual medley for Caltech, and They drew first blood on a dou­ ble by Weber and a single by Marlboro Cigarettes for the Atlantic and the Pacific put to­ Ken Larson, although he shot the butterfly was won by Duygu Hewitt. In the ninth, singles gether. Nothing could induce me to forego Marlboro's fine Demirlioglu when Arizona's en­ mellow flavor, Marlboro's clean white filter, Marlboro's flip-top the same score as his opponent, by Hoffman, Weber, and Ricks try was disqualified. box that really flips, Marlboro's soft pack that's really soft. 85, managed to win all his accounted for two more. points. Larson had four birdies Tomorrow at 4:15, Caltech's Let others repair to the spacious deeps. Me, I will stick with for the day. Chuck House, as varsity and frosh meet the Oxy Yesterday, in a home game, my Marlboros and the tiny garret I share with a tympanist. second man, although outscored Tigers at Occidental. the varsity played C-HM. This But I digress. Back to the oceans. The largest, as we know, 93-90, played fine match golf Saturday Tech hosts Biola in a is the Pacific, which was discovered by Balboa, a Spaniard of and split his points. double-header, into which the great vision. To give you an idea of Balboa's vision, he first Tech Places High Beavers go with high hopes. The saw the Pacific while standing on a peak in Darien, which is Frank Schultz broke out of a first game begins at 1:00 p.m. in Connecticut. recent slump with an 87 and lost In Putnam Test J<'rosh Even more astounding, when Balboa reached San Francisco, only one up. He hit a 100-yd. CaUech's team placed third, The freshman baseball team he clearly saw the Hawaiian Islands! Being, as we know, a wedge shot two inches from the behind Michigan State Univer­ friendly cuss, Balboa waved merrily to the Hawaiians and dropped two this past week, los­ first cup and dropped a 60-ft. sity and the Massachusetts In­ shouted, "Great little ocean you got here, kids!" The Hawaiians, putt on the twelfth, but he even­ stitute of Technology, in the 1961 ing to Pomona 19-4 and to Rio also, as we know, friendly cusses, waved back, declared a half tually lost his match as scores William Lowell Putnam Mathe­ Hondo 14-1. holiday, organized a luau, built a cheery fire over which they zoomed up in the advancing matical Competition, which was Losing pitcher in the Pomona prepared several gallons of poi, a suckling pig, and Captain darkness. Playing even farther held last December 2. The mem­ game was John Diebel, who Cook. This, of course, was the origin of Cooking. back, Dave Hyde and Fred Dorr bers of C.altech's team were Bill fanned six. Murray Sherman won enough best ball points Emerson, Roger Hill, and John went all the way against Rio from the lone Claremont man to Lindsey; Lindsey and Ed Bend­ Hondo to strike out ten, most tie the match. er were among the top five in­ of the victims yielding to a As soon as the result became dividuals in the contest, and wicked curve. obvious, Claremont panicked Emerson was among the next Diebel hit a single and a dou­ and protested a misunderstand­ five highest contestants out of ble off Pomona, and John Hsu ing about the starting time. If some 1400 who participated. For picked up a single. At Rio Hon­ the protest is allowed, only those this showing each team member do Guy Jackson got a double, holes that were played in the will receive $30; Caltech itself while John Radin hit a pair of dark will be replayed. Since will receive $300 which will be singles and John Beamer tagged Caltech lost most of these dis­ given to the Math Club to bring another. Errors haVe dropped puted holes, the worst the team guest speakers to the club meet­ from an average of nine per could do in a replay is tie. ings. game for the first four games to six per game for the last two. frails But I digress. The Pacific, I say, is the largest ocean and also frets and Frosh Racketeers the deepest. The Mindanao Trench, off the Philippines, measures BY LEE MOLHO more than 5,000 fathoms in depth. (It should be pointed out The New Lost City Ramblers are back at the Ash Grove again, Eye Championship here that ocean depths are measured in fathoms-lengths of six feet-after Sir Walter Fathom, a noted British sea measurer complete with all 20 or 25 instruments and Tom Paley to tune them. The Caltech varsity tennis of the seventeenth century who, upon his twenty-first birthday, Mike Seeger ("I'm the poor man's Seeger") and John Cohen form team was knocked out of second the rest of the group. Their music ranges from banjo-fiddle duets was given a string six feet long with which he used to go place in league standings last scampering all over England measuring sea water until he was to Carter Family songs to Western-tradition ballads. Each of the Saturday by Claremont-Harvey Ramblers plays skillfully several different instruments, and, singly arrested for loitering. A passion for measuring seems to have Mudd with a match score of 6-3. or together, they put on a grand show. run in the family; Fathom's cousin, Sir Sol Furlong, spent all The two teams will tangle once his waking hours measuring race tracks until Charles II had Along with the Ramblers are the Country Boys, a "Bluegrass" more in two weeks to determine him beheaded in honor of the opening of the London School of Southern-mountain string" band with banjO, guitar, mandolin, bass, the final standings. The only Economics. ) and dobro. (The dobro, which looks like a guitar with a steel plate Beaver winners were Ted Gibbs But I digress. Let us, as the poet Masefield said, go down to over its center, has a "twangy" sound quite unlike a, guitar.) 6:2, 6-3, playing third singles; the seas again. (The seas, incidentally, have ever been a favorite I'll be a heretic and say I enjoyed this group more than Earl Bob Ruddick at sixth singles, subject for poets and composers.) Who does not remember Scruggs' Foggy Mountain Boys, for all their reputation. The 6-2, 6-1; and the third doubles Tennyson's "Break, break, break"? Or Byron's "Roll on, thou Country Boys emphasize the group-instrumental aspect of their team of Gibbs and Bob Hearn, dark and deep blue ocean, roll"? Or the many hearty sea chanties music, and do it well. (You will appreciate this emphasis if, as I, 6-2, 6-1. The netters have this that have enriched our folk music-songs like "Sailing Through you have sat through the seemingly-endless droning of Lester week off due to the Ojai tennis Kansas" and "I'll Swab Your Deck If You'll Swab Mine" and Flatt's city-slicker vocals waiting for Earl Scruggs to play.) Billy tournament, where Cal tech will "The Artificial Respiration Polka." My own favorite sea chanty Ray picks some excellent banjo in Scruggs-style, but undeniably be represented by Dave Owen goes like this: the most exciting instrumentalist with the Country Boys is their and Frank Curtis. A girl loved a sailor and he did jiU herr mandolinist. And she did weep and roar-hd Rosalie Sorrels sounds a bit like Peggy Seeger as she sings the The frosh squad edged C-HM Until she found a perfect jilter, songs of her home country of the Rocky Mountains and Utah. She last week, 5-4, and strengthened And a perfect smoke-Marlboro! sits casually on stage, singing quietly to her audience much as she their hold on first place. They Sing hey, sing ho, sing ring-a-ding-ding, would to her children. You will find her ballads and lullabies in­ now boast a 6-1 league record Sing tars and spars and patches, teresting and probably new to you. with three matches left on the Sing pack and box and lots to like, The Ramblers, Rosalie, and the Country Boys will be at the Ash schedule., Winn~rs Saturday And don't forget the matches! 0 1962 Mas Shulman Grove through this Sunday. Starting next week there are Bonnie were Butch Niell, Don Green, * * * Dobson, Dennis O'Connor, and the "Catch Club". Bonnie is a sheer­ and Ed Kuplis in singles and the The landlocked makers of Marlboro wish you smooth sail­ ly delightful little thing with a repertoire that's better than and a teams of Niell-Dave Lischinsky ing through your final exams and smooth smoking-with voice equal to that of Joan Baez. I'll review the show for you in and Green-Freeman Rose in dou­ Marlboro, of course. Have YOU settled back with a Marlboro two weeks. bles. latellJ? Page Four CALIFORNIA TECH Thursday, April 26, 1962 Romm Comments Blacker Takes By Steve Schwarz Basketball in ¥ QUDlbNCb 'Invincible' Celtics SAINT JOAN wrong or that a dog is a fish; and still more awed by his cour­ 162 Interhouse the Old Vic production age, which dared to confound po· Prove Unimpressive BY PETER FORD Sadly enough, it is almost im· lite society, expose the female possible to see a great perform­ BY DANNY ROMM The Interhouse basketball sea­ race, and even fight a duel with ance of a great play. True, such Shakespear. His trumphs were "If the Chicago Packers had Cousy they'd be World Champs!" son came to a close last Thurs­ plays are often revived-but us· "Baylor? Who's he?" day as Blacker defeated Page great. He reduced society to abo ually by hopeful beginners who surdity, and showed up woman "The Lakers? Send them back ,to St. Paul where they came 40-36 in an exciting and hard­ can only suggest the power that from." fought game. The win gave the for what she were. But alas! is in them. Our great theaters, in his duel with Shakespear he These and other equally profound remarks could be heard fol· Blacker team a six game sweep on the other hand, are possessed lowing the Laker·Celtic wrapup in which the Celtics won their had an unfair advantage in that of IH basketball this year and of a most pernicious devotion to fourth straight championship. he was alive. Now that things their first championship in an novelty, so that a typical Broad­ On behalf of those few of us who are unimpressed by the "in· Interhouse sport in several are more equal it is only too vincible" Celtics, and at the risk of becoming more unpopular way season will offer numerous clear that the last laugh belongs years. Ruddock, with a 5·1 rec­ fine productions of utter trash. than the New York Yankees, I feel obligated to clean up a few mis· ord, took second place. to Shakespear. conceptions. The Old Vic, then, is a rare op· A strong characteristic of this The most obvious thing wrong Let me begin by admitting that Bob Cousy is undoubtedly the portunity; for in their top-draw­ greatest 5' 10" player in the history of professional basketball­ year's season was the depend­ er presentations of Shaw and with Saint Joan is that it is too which is equivalent to being the fastest three·legged horse at ence of most of the teams on a Shakespeare, one might hope to long. It might not matter, if the Hollywood ·Park. Cousy himself admits that he played the best single big scorer. It was not at find the very best that theater play were filled with action, but basketball of his life in the Laker series, yet he threw seven passes all unusual to see a game in has to offer. that was not Shaw's way. His into the stands, lost the ball to Frank Selvy and Jerry West ten which one man on each side quarrel with Shakespear was times (once in the last three seconds to lose the game) and missed scored nearly twenty points As it turned out, the Old Vic just that: that his rival was too seven shots in a row. When confronted with these facts the astute while the total score on each did not quite reach those astro­ interested in simply entertain· Celtic fan counters by observing that Cousy grabbed the ninth reo side was barely twice that. But nomic heights last week; but I ing, while he felt it more impor· bound in his illustrious career in the fourth game of the series-· the high scorers often cancelled can't help feeling that it was tant to instruct. And so this a truly remarkable achievement. each other out; the victories only their choice of the play play, which might have been a You may talk about the fine efforts of Cousy, Russell ,and Jones, were really team efforts. The Saint Joan which prevented deeply moving tragedy, is filled but it was Frank Ramsey who made the outstanding play of the top six scorers in IH basketball them from doing so. It gives to the very gunnels with talky series in the final game: while Rudy LaRusso was standing nonchal· were: me great pain to say such a instruction; and so it turns into antly at midcourt, Frank alertly ran into him, fell down, and began Player Point Total thing; it amounts to blasphemy, a sort of palatable lecture. I am writhing as if he had just been elbowed in the ribs by Frank Los· Les Tomley (Ri) ... _.. _...... 98 for Bernard Shaw is one of my convinced that my loquacious cutoff, the Celtic hatchet man. The strategy worked and Ramsey Chuck Viusonhaler (Ru) 98 personal gods. I am overawed god knew how to write a moving was awarded two free throws and an Oscar for best supporting Harry Simpson (F) ...... _.... 92 at his wit, which could instan· scene, but he simply would not; actor. This proved to be the winning margin. Guthrie Miller (B) ...... 89 taneously prove that right is Rather close for a team of Supermen, eh? rather he would give just enough Volker Vogt (L) ...... 81 drama to keep the audience in Pat Dunne (B) ...... 13 their seats, and then let fly a ti­ The final standings in IH bas- rade on nationalism. But what ketball were: Track does it matter if one's plays are graduate House Record (Continued from page 3) full of cleverness and wisdom, BiI:acker ...... -... _...... 6-0 with top performances of 45' 9%" if they do not succeed as plays? Ruddock ...... 5.1 and 144' 5" respectively. Closely Poor Bernard Shaw won every rattle Page ... ~.- ...... 4-2 following Radke was George battle and lost the war. Ricketts ...... 3-3 Soule who took second in both Which is only to say, that if Dabney ...... __ .24 the shot put and discus. The BY FLETCH MURPHY his Law of the Conservation of Saint Joan did not scale the Fleming ...... _..... _...... 1-5 440 proved to be the strongest highest heights, it was not the Domination by Scripps helped Making Out. It seems that the Lloyd ...... 0-6 event of the day for Caltech as fault of the Old Vic. Barbara to make last Saturday's INA sum total of making out at one Charley Ryavec won it in :52.4 Jefford seemed a bit ill·at-ease as Party just a little better than the time is constant, so that when· while Will Saam was a clOSe sec­ the Joan Bucolic of the first root mean square, but it did suf­ ever one guy loses out, someone ond. Later in the mile relay scene, but gained in stature fer a little from the absence of else is going wild. This was Lloyd House Takes Ryavec contributed a very fast strongly as Joan Militant and certain people. The trusting very reassuring. Actually, this Discobolus Trophy :50.1 lap and Saam anchored with Joan Triumphant and was as a hostess, Mrs. Brown, fled the Law may be used to justify over­ a swift :50.9. Senior Bill Has· whole completely convinCing. scene quite early in the evening doing it a little the next time Lloyd House captured Discobo­ senzahl looked good as he won She has such gorgeous speech and didn't get back in time to in unselfish consideration of the Ius from Page in a 14-7 football the 880 in 2:03.0. The pole vault (as do the entire company, for prevent her 'gift for use of the poor "other guy." Just to be on game last Friday afternoon. was Won by Steve Gorman at that matter) that every word house from being drun.k. Be· the safe side, however, I don't The Lloyd team, led by Al 12' 0" with Ed Cline in a tie for containing "R" is a thing of sides this, for some reason, the think I'll try to use this excuse Gillespie, made two touchdowns second; Gorman also picked up beauty. William Sylvester, as party was boycotted by under· if there's anybody else around. early in the game on passes to a third in the high .jump. Other Dunois, seemed espeCially at graduates, which, I'll humbly ad­ Especially if he's alone, and Bob Howenstine and Jim Crab· second places were picked up by home in his implausible soldier's mit, deadened it a little. To rich or good-looking. tree. Both extra points were Thor Hanson in the two mile, part, and brought it to life reo make things even worse, the missed. Page came back to score Also conspicuous by his abo Jim Klett in the 100, Dennis markably, as much as it could graduates who were there be­ with a long pass by Mike Perl· senCe was Lt. Newton, who, I Holt in the 120 high hurdles, be brought. The rest of the haved themselves. man to Jerry Clough, who made Hal Petrie in the javelin, Geary hear, was just recently present· a fine catch going into the end players cannot be faulted, and All this boring lack of scandal· ed a wrist watch by the Board Younce in the broad jump and zone. Lloyd's last two points I think that must go for di­ ous conduct set the stage for of Trustees for performing his John Curtis in the 220 low hur­ came when Howenstin'e raced rector Douglas Seale as. well, Tim "Apollo" Folios to entice dles. duties so conscientiously, par­ through to catch Perlman be· since I never noti.ced him. Real· six girls to leave early. He ticularly in regard to a warding hind the goal line. High scorer and only first ly, this is theater in the grand somehow piled them all in his parking "citations." Sure glad plaCe winner for the frosh was manner. I would buy a ticket car and headed for the forest. to see that the Board took prop· middle distance man N e a I to hear these people count from He returned several hours later, er notice of the protest rally. Wright. Wright won the mile one to ten. fresh as a morning glory and There's going to be another ALVIN!S in 4:48.1 and came back later to There is cause for excitement, looking for more, to a house party in three weeks, and many take second in the 880. Louis then, in the thought that next picked clean of girls and filled more people, including hostesses, Photo Corl was much improved in the week these same people will do with fellows sitting and shaking undergraduates, and policemen mile as he finished a few yards l\Iacbeth. If only that play re­ their heads wondering how all will' be either invited or insult­ behind Wright for second. Steve ceives the treatment lavished on of the sharp girls had vanished ed, whichever is deemed more Supplies Garrison tied for second in the Saint Joan, it will be an evening so suddenly and simultaneously. psychologically probable of en­ Finest Camera Store pole vault at 11' 6". to remember. It was then that Tim expounded couraging their attendance. 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