CHARITIES BOWL GAME DRIVE ENDS PICTURES TOMORROW C'lllfJItNI' TECH TOMORROW Ctllil"'1i6 IIIStltllti (J! I Tecl/llfJlfJgy Volume LI. _____________________Thursday, November 10, 1949________________________ No.6 Sophs .Sack Unique Themes Slithy Frosh Mark IH Dance The sophs again succeeded in Threading their way through proving that history repeats it­ Egyptian mummies, bales of self, by giving the frash a sound hay, and Freudian cartoons, over beating of 5 to 2 at the mudeo 200 Tech couples were regaled held Tuesday at Tournament last Saturday night at the an­ Park. T he novice frosh couldn't n ual Interhouse dance held at get out e nough men to beat the the fo ur student hOll ses a nd well organized class of '52. Throop Club. Spectators Muddy Five dance bands, five themes, A number of people turned out and five lounges for refres h­ to get mud on their shoes and ments and "sitting this one out," clot hes. The Pasadena Star­ offered opportunity for satisfy­ News'sent out a reporter to cov­ ing a ny wanderlust. er th e event which was wit­ V.wicty nessed by the students as well Although not s purred on by a as some deans, members of the possible spread in. Life maga· faculty, and well dressed out­ zine, as happened last year, the siders. Many of the spectators social committees in each of the got their share of mud, but foul' houses and Throop C.lub of­ others such as Dr. Clark man­ fered a wide variety of themes, aged to stay in good shape. refreshments, and quantity ' of Junior Judges dark corners per dancing couple. Dallas Peck and Ray Greutert, B lacker's spectacular decOI'a­ tion, Ear ly California, was re­ Sopbs-Frosb plete with burro, hay, wagon The Sop h-l~' ro s h dance has wheels, and a real gold s luice, bcun s<'1 1 c dult ~ d for Saturday (no gold , however), in the e ve nillg, Novcmb(w 19, and Blacker Courtyard. Supplying will be h e ld in Dabney music for the .:19'ers was Stan­ IOllnge and gUI'dcns . • ley Carle's orchestra. preside n L and vice-president of Fl'lmd, et aJ the j unior cJass, handled the ar­ Wandering from B t a c k e r rangements fo r the mess. The thl"Ough "Christmas T,'ee Lan e" judges were \Malt Pfeiffer, Jim ; (Blacker's varicolored illumined Ibers, Dean Blanchard, J ohn Fee, ! Tunnel) into the Dabney scene, an LI Uick Brewer, with Ray the touring dancers met with Greu Lert, and Hiroshi Kamei I SUl'I'ealism, Steig, and the sub· acting as h ead judiciaries. conscious. This year's mudeo was a one· Cartoons, Freudian symbol­ sided affair with the sophs de· Decoration sce'nes, before and dw"ing last Saturday's Interhouse Dance; ul)per left, Jenny the Mule and admirers in Blacker ism, and mystifying gadgets cisively winning each event. Court; UI)per right, Rickettsj Lower left, Flemingj Center, Throop Club lmnch Inu'; Lower light. Surrealistic Dabney. kept th e brightly illum inated Many people feel that the vic'­ Dabney walls lined with some· tory was clue to the experience times perplexed d ate sand of th e sophomores, while others Devaluation Problems Told Beavers To In datees. For those able to tear believe that if more frosh had Place~ent themselves away Jim Phillips gone ou.t the results would have and his band provided smooth been closer. Tom Janssens, By Tech Foreign Student Sponsor Talks Industry Talk dance music. (Continued on Page 6) Students from Sterling Bloc The third Bea vel" meetin g of The Alumni Placement Lec­ ·'Little Egypt" Face One-Third Cut in Funds the fall term was held Monday ture for Tuesday, November 15, Rocky J ordan never had it as Health Fund noon at the training table. will be given by MI". T. W. J ohn­ good as those thronging F lem­ By Robin \Villlamson the a ppropriate establishments Dr. Rodman Paul was elected son in Blacker House at 7:15 ing's "Little Egypt," purported Because of the great in­ The effect of devaluations in their own mOI1etary block. to the Executive Council as fac­ p.m. The subject u nder d iscus· to be modeled after a famous crease in the cost of hospitaU­ upon Britain and the sterling Dollar Permits Cut ulty representative. Most d is­ s ion will be the Opportunities in den of iniqUity in Cairo. zaUon. the St.udent Health block has been discussed on all It is posscible that foreign cussion centered on the Beaver­ Large and Small I ndustries foJ' The Fleming dance floor and Committee has f01l11(1 it neces­ planes an d at great length. but g rants may be raised to equal s ponsored program of talks to Scientists and Engineers. lounge featu red mysterious wall sary to contine itself in au­ very littl~ has been said about their dollar value before the cut local high schools by qualified \Vide Background hieroglyphics, a live mummy, its effect upon the struggling thol'izing payments from the and also that schools in this Tech m en. The high school pro­ M r. Johnson is Vice-President dubious looking fezed punch and Ellie rge It c y Hospitalization emigrant students of these coun­ country m ay increase the num­ date servers and a pinball ish gram was quite successful l a~ t of the Security First National Fund strictly to the terms of tries, who will one day be re­ kissmeter. Vern Rowe wiggled ber of scholarships available to year and the Beavers a ntiCipate Bank of Los Angeles-in cha rge it."J stated policy. Therefore, quired to play leading roles in the stick for the orchestra. foreign ,students, but such legis­ an extended program of such of industrial loans in the South­ the r ecovery plan of which de ~ for the lH'eS(!Ilt, payment from lation takes time. viSits this year. ern California area. He is a lso Darkness Falls t h e fund wiU be 'authorized valuation is but a small part. In addition, the number and It was decided that henceforth a member of th e Research Com· The horsey set over in Rick· only in those cases of Ulness Fortunately only a few will amounts of permits issued for a Beaver member who failed to mittee of the L. A. Chamber of ets managed to admire the Santa and accident which oceUI' dur­ find that this change has made tM purchase of dollars by pri­ attend three m eetings in succes­ Commerce and (luring the war Anita theme decOl:ations while ing tCl"ln time. In othel' words. continued study in the U.S. ac­ vate foreign students, with or sion without good reason would he was in charge of War Pro· touring the paddock in the mid­ no payments will be author­ tually imposs ible, while Ameri­ without grants, is expected to be have his m embership in the duction loans. dle of the dance fl oor;- that is, ized for' the 1)J'csent in cases can students abroad will certain­ drastically reduced, although in Beavers brought up before the Relative l\Icrit-s until a n ahnost total blackness of illness 01' accident which ly welcome the higher standard long range economic policies group for revie w. descended later i n the evening. OCClil' tIUI·jng nny vacation pe­ of living afforded by the more aimed primarily at competitive Drawing from this allied back· A motion to elect new mem­ Hal Neeley's orchestra was the riod. favorable exchange rates. export, it may be found more im­ ground, Mr. Johnson will dis­ bers to the Beavers during ttie cuss the r~lative merits of large dance band. Added Drain portan t to invest in scientists year, s hould the membership and small companies and the ad· Climbing through the rear end In the majority of cases the and men with technical know­ drop below a minimum of 5, was vantages and disadvantages of of a rocket into other roomsl additional drain will be from per­ how rather than to invest in con­ Instituters Aid I made and carried. each type. other worlds, Tech dates were sonal or family sources, since sumer goods. The discussion will then con· met wit h almost interstellar the g rants and scholarships One-baH to One-tenth Cut In Tech 'Sports tin ue with the things a prospec­ blackness. "Out of This World" which aid the students from In general, as matters sta~d tive employe should look for in was the theme. Within a shell Last week saw the C.LT. In­ abroad are, almost without ex­ at present, all students from Rowdies Pound each and where he w ill find the modeled after old Terra, Max stituters busy mainly in the line ception, made in terms of the Great Britain, Scandinavia, the necessai:y information. Bisley's dance band provided the of Tech Athletics. Blacker In­ curre ncy of the country of their Low Countries, and the Middle Brake Drum music_ stituters Butler, Smith, Schultz, origin. and Far East, who do not have Mitchell, Mishaan, a nd Gehrels Therefore it seems likely that dollar originated scholarships The B rake Drum is on 'the served as spotters in the cross­ loose again! Last Monday night Off Campus in the future ' prospective stu­ (Continued on Page 6) Cha rity Drive country meet last Saturday, dents from the countries with the Ricketts Juniors, defending Men Attention while Dabney men Alllson and champs of the traditional F rosh­ devalued currencies will find rt' h e on ly way ' to get your Stocke brand donated their serv­ Soph battle piece, lowered the study at American institutions ASSEMBLY Ends Tomorrow pOl'h'ait in the 1H50 Big T is ices at the Frosh football game greased orange and white drum less practicable a nd will tend, Tomorrow at 11 o'clock, Sil­ Tomorrow's the last day to by secu ring an appointment by h andling the ch ain.