HEAR WATCH DuBRIDGE SOCCER FRIDAY CAlllfJRNIA TECH SATURDAY C(llif()rni(l Institllte ()f Tecl/n()l()gy Volume LI .. _____________________ Thursday, October 13, 1949_____________________ _ No.2 Second Alumni SENIORS All Senior c..'lndldates should Dr. DuBridge To Address Talk Tuesday come to the Registrar's office, to sign theil' The discussion series directed~· -------------­ Bachelor"s cand idacy blanks, by Drs. C.lark and Sharp in con- St d t Sh ASCIT Onllnstitute Adivities junction with the Alumni associ- U en op atian, began conspicuously this President Opens Series Of Fall year. with the discussion, "Job To Reorga nize BEAUTY CONTEST WINNER Seekmg and Methods of Secur­ Assemblies With Student Report ing Information," last Tuesday The student shop was closed in Dabney House. This year the this summer by order of the An address by Dr. Lee A. DuBridge, president of the Insti­ se ries is scheduled so it will aid Faculty Committee in charge of tute, will b e the main feature of this term's first assembly, on not only seniors in seeking the shop. It was more than Friday at 11:00 a .m. in Culbertson Hall. Dr. DuBridge's talk is placement but also freshmen in closed; it was nailed shut until expected to take the form of a report to the students on various their choice of option. such time that the Committee phases of the Institute, its administration and its problems. Each discussion will begin feels the students have a w ork­ 1> Cal tech's president will discuss with a 20-minute talk. The rna· able plan for administering the a variety of subjects of great in­ terest to the student body, jar pa rt, l:1owever, will be par­ shop's affairs. Y Sponsors ticipation by the students, to among them the educational Misused philosophy of the Institute, help them better understand Since the shop opened two which is basically the following: what is expected of them upon years ago, many tools -have been Navy Films Of . graduation. "borrowed," the flo or has seldom 1 ) A Itmited enrollment of se­ lected students; Well Qualified been swept, a nd many strange 2) A restricted number of Drs. Clark and Sharp have ar­ and 'unauthorized objects s uch Bikini Blasts fields of instruction; ranged for a well-qualified s peak­ as car engines have been left to clutter the place for months. A This coming Monday evening, 3) An emphasis on fundamen­ er to continue the series. Mr. the s pectacular Navy film, "Op­ Charles B. Thornton, vice-presi­ few staunch souls who honestly I tals and creative work; eration Cross roads," will be pre· dent of the Hughes Aircraft used and appreciated the shop 4) A broad education. sell ted by the Caltech Y at 7:30 Company, will dscuss "The kept it going and c1eaned H up when the fioor got too thick, but p.m. in Culbertson Hall. Sch ool Finances Place of Engineers and Scien­ Also planned for discussion is tists in Industry," on Tuesday, they were no match for the . "Operation CJ'ossroads" is the forces of disorder and indiffer· offi cial Navy documentary film the matter of the finances of the October 18, at 7:15 in Blacker school. This question is, of House. Mr. Thornton has a va· ence. describing the Bikini atom bomb course, at present of special in~ ried background which enables l\l eeting Set tests. I t presents the complete sto ry of the operations, including terest to the students. In recent him to give a well-rounded pic­ A meeting has been called for talks, Dr. DuBridge has praised ture. Friday, Oct. 14, -at 11:00 a.m. in the exhaus ti ve preparations for the tes ts and the resultant obser­ the idea of Federal scholarships 206 Dabney. This meeting will FOI'd Dil-ector va tions and studies. for the removal of economic bar­ He has an excellent service be fo[, all present members of rier in the way of qualified stu­ the student s hop who have paid All s tudents, faculty, and record. At one time he was the friends of the Institute are in­ dents, nevertheless pointing out youngest Colonel, and -at the their dues and no one else. Peo­ that Federal aid to universities ple desiring members hip in the' vited to attend the free showing cessation of hostilities he was in of this technicolor sound movie. would not help private institu­ line for promotion to Brigadier s hop will have to wait till a later tHons, since their freedom is too GeneraL He wns formerly Di­ meeting. The Caltech Y feels that recent precious to be sold for financial rector of Planning at the Ford .ttl this meeting the Executive I CJJJTen J. eye))t~ naVe been aCC-Dm ­ aid. Committee will suggest several panied by a renewed interest in Motor Co mpa ny, at Dearborn, Norm a l Year Michigan, and in 1946 and 104i plans for a complete reorganiza­ atomic energy and its control, tion of the shop rules. A shop and is presen ling this movie as This year has been termed the he acted as consultant to the first "normal" year since before Secretary of the Air and the Un­ member who does not come to an extens ion of its Forum pro­ 1 gram. the war from the standpoint of dersecretary of State. this meeting 0 1' send a note will Judged most beau tiful gil-I In a beauty contes t at the FI'osh 1. ca J ohn Boppart, '52, Forums CaJtech's enrollment. Therefore Mr. Thornton's address will in­ henceforth hold his peace con- Dancc, Jounnc Petel'SoIl, fourth £a'om left, is being han ded fiI'st cerning any action taken by the · I Cha irman, is in charge of ar­ the President's views on the clude such topics as: where sci­ l)l'tze, a stu. red "Caltcch" dachshu lU.J. by }-' l'auk Llldn'ig, M. C. members. This is t il e time to at t.hc dance. rangemen ts. The movie is being character of the studen t body entists a nd engineers fi t into air your views on the future ad- _ ____ _ _ _ _ _ ______ _____________ secured through the office of a re of special interest, management and industry, what ministration of the shop. George Hall, Director of Public A glimpse into the fu ture of part they play there, and the op­ Relations. Tech will probably be afforded portunities they will have. Tau Bates Make Plans To when Dr. DuB ridge takes up the Dabney Men Enjoy JOIN THE INSTITUTERS s ubject of the past, present, and Hel'c's your chance to gct future of the campus laborato­ Dance, Beach Frolic Improve Study Help Service ' 011 the baH when the IosUtu t­ ries. Contest For CI'S sturt it l'oling on theh' Everyone is urged to be pres­ Date life in the Southwest got Plans for assistance to F rosh Study P lans membel'ship drive tonight. a shot in the arm last Friday ent at this exceptional assembly. Scholarships and others who may be having In addition it is planned to I Yow' 'scl'vice o l 'g~Ulization will with a triple exchange with' Orr, troubles with their studies, and set up some sort of similar pro­ be looking fol' new m embers Erdman and Haines Halls of Oc­ for a survey of Los Angeles In­ gram in each of the Houses, suit­ to C.-U' I'Y on its activities this Announced cidental. Although the walis dustry were discussed at the or­ ably modified 10 fit each House. year. Caltech engineers attention: were sorely tested, the capacity ganizational meeting of the Cal­ Blacker wil l continue its stuely l\1embel'shil) in this tl'adi­ Radio Forum a contest for awards ranging crowd wen t through the formali­ tech chapter of Tau Beta Pi, last table, while the Tau Bates in tional sea'vice organization is from $1000 to $25 will be given ties of dancing. October 5. the other Houses are working on pUl'c ly \'olunuu'y. Yo u will be Goes On KXLA for the best papers, written Novel Entertainmen t plans best suited to the indi­ helpiug yourself while- aiding These two activities will con­ Last year's Caltech Y Radio by engineering undergraduates For en tertainment the wan· vidual probl-ems. The object is the student body by contl'ib­ s titute the main work of Tau Roundtable has been revived and from all over the country, on dering bard, Brundin, backed up to make assistance more imme­ nting to the s uccess of the Beta Pi for the coming year, ac­ the first program broadcast last arc welding problems. by McQuiston, rendered a few diately available than is possible \'urious functions on campus. cording to Carl Fox, Tau Beta night over KXLA. This is the The awards are given by the plaintive melodies. McCaldin through the Tutoring Service. R e m cmbe.' to sign u p with Pi press agent. first of a new series of fifteen­ James F. Lincoln Arc Welding furnis hed the piano prelude to Industry yOut' House Cha h'nulD w hen H elp! minute programs at 8:15 Wednes­ Tilu Bate Pi's main project, be con t:-tcts you. l Vatch for Foundation of Cleveland, Ohio, a lecture on volca noes by Pro­ day nights. The subject present­ The assistance program for which will take the place of the Dick Knipc in Ricketts, Joe in the third annual competition fessor Kurlaff.