Page Four THE ROCKETEER Friday, November 24, 19611 ' 'United TEMI'EMTUIE$ Max. MIn. Know Your College Faculty Dr. 8ujes to Attend fund Max. Min. Drive Lags Nov. 17_ 57 36 A series of background sketches on the four full-time Natl ARS Confab Nov. 18._ 55 27 instructors at Bakersfield College, China Lake, are sched­ ROCKETEER Nov. 19._ 57 25 Dr. Bujes, Radiological Consult~ let's Get Nov. 20__ 52 .048 uled for publication during the coming weeks. ant for the Propulsion Develop­ Nov. 21_ 58 .042- First in the series is Jacques P. Thiroux, English in­ ment Department, will attend the With It! . ...;;;.:.. .. •To: . Nov. 22- 60 30 Rocket Solid Propellant Conference structor, a-native Californian originally from Santa Mon­ to be held in Waco, Texas, cal'1y ica. next year. The American Rocket lIudd Go", EdItor OHice, Houllng Bldg., Top Deck Phon •• 7.1354, 7-2082, 7·1655 He attended University Hi g h their three boys, Mark, 7, Stephen, Society, sponsors of this annual School in West Los Angeles and 15, and Paul, 2 and one-half, al­ conference, have asked Dr. Bujes Vol. XVII, No. 46 U. S. Naval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake, California friday, November 24, 1961 later Pomona College in Clare­ though new to desert living, seem to preside as chairman for the se::!­ mont where he received his bach­ to be adjusting very nicely. sian relating to nondestructive elor of arts degree in English in testing. June, 1949. While at Pomona, he His research in the radiological NOTS Skytop Dedi~ation Marks also minored in drama, romance field have produced significant ad­ languages and music. H e wrote the vances in the art which earned music and lyriCS for a three-act him the Navy Honorary Award. Navy's Prime Polaris Test Stand musical entitled "Young Man with During his visit to NOTS last year, Possibilities" which was staged by 11'<.J\Clm.. E. A. Buckner made the Formal dedication of Skytop, the Station's static test the Pomona College Drama Depart­ presentation on behalf of the Bur­ facility for the Polaris missile, was held at 3 p.m. Thursday, ment as a regular season offering, eau of Naval Weapons. November 16, at the control room of the Skytop test com­ and also restaged in 1959 by the Drama Department at Yale Un i­ plex located near the Camel T Range, eight miles east of , ·ersity. the China Lake Pilot Plant. The historic event was viewed After graduation, he worked for Meetings ••• by Advisory Board members, who were present for their a year as an apprentice publicist AAU\V Int'l. Relations study group annual conference, military liaison personnel, and inter­ with MGM Studios, Culver City, will meet Dec. 7, 8 p.m. at 210 Se­ before going into the U. S. Air gundo. The study of Russia will ested employees. Force in August, 1950. be concluded with emphasis on So­ The first vertical firing at Sky­ in-house capability of evaluating During his eleven years with the viet foreign policy in the past four top II took place on the eve of the performance of both rocket motors 'Air Force, he spent what he calls decades. Jo Anne Milburn, Pat dedication. This test was conducted and thrust-vectoring systems of the "three magnificent years in Eu­ Gallup, and Evie Ashburn will r e­ in the nozzle-down position at a Polaris weapons system. It was l'ope" while stationed in Germany port on the various eras of the simulated high altitude. P erform­ in increments. The first, con· with tours of France, Belgium and Revolution, \V 0 rId W ar II, and ance of the water-jacketed, second­ sisting of the control room, Bay 1, Spain. bring the st.udy up to the present throat diffuser used for altitude and the prep building was started in On returning to the U. S. in 195'3. time. All interested women are in­ simulation exceeded expectations. April, 1959, and check-out firings he volunteered for Air Force ROTC vited. This test signifies the readiness of were initiated in November of the duty and received an assignment the Station to perform these critical same year. to San Francisco State College. His tests of Polaris motors. It became operational in Febru­ Air Force specialty of personnel­ ..... 1 t • CO Officiates ary, 1960, with the firing of a Po­ ~areer guidance-testing and train­ i Officiating at the ceremony were 0 Ing qualified him for the job and laris first-stage mot r 1PAF 58. he soon began to work toward his Captain Charles Btenman, Jr., Sta­ Since that date, there have been master's degree and a junior col­ tion Commander, and Captain M. 20 firings of full-scale Polaris lege credential. BJC Bulletin Goes C. Osborn, Special Projects Officer motors, both first and second-stage. "I had been away from school at Lockheed, prime contractor for Research and development work eight years at the time and, because the Polaris program. has been done on thrust-vectoring of this and the fact that I was On Sale This Week Capt. Blenman's dedication ad­ systems in addition to performance working full time for the Air Force, BJe China Lake Dean, Omar H. dress stated in part: "The Skytop evaluation of production items. A I can sympathize with the students Scheidt, announced that the cur­ facility provides the Station not significant firing on SepJ:ember 29 : here at China Lake who are in a rent bulletin for 1961-1963 is now only with an excellent ballistic per­ of this yea r successfully demon­ similar situation," said Thiroux. on sale at the college office lo­ formance evaluation capability, but strated a fluid-injection thrust-vec­ After the first semester, he de­ cated on the Burroughs High also with the capability for testing toring system developed at NOTS. ~tded he wanted to teach at the School campus. the performance of thrust-vectoring Skytop n college level. H e taught at Cily The bulletin lists, for both the systems of the Polaris weapon. In order to increase the opera­ Co 11 e g e of San Francisco, San Bakersfield and China Lake cam- "The facility was constructed at tional capabilities of the Skytop fa­ Francisco State College, and last puses, all the courses which may a total cost of about $2,000,000 and cility, construction was initiated oa GOING ( IP - The steady, promising rise in the giant thermometer O'D SKYTOP II - The second-stage Polaris motor is shown during final preparations ~ugust joined the China Lake Bak­ be offered, possible courses of through its development tbe Station Burroughs High School campus indicates the current- fund-raising' re­ a second tiring bay, caHed Skytop ,rsfield College. study, transfer programs( for var­ preceding the first firing at Skytop II on Wednesday evening, Nov. 15. This is has regained leadership in applying II, in June, 1960. Both have a sults of 52,600 from efforts of students and contributions from individ .. Thiroux's concept of teaching ious State colleges and universi­ the Navy's only vertical nonie-down facility in the nation. - anrl advancing the state-of-the-art steady state thruse rating of 1,000.- r eaches beyond correct grammar, ties), faculty, administration and IDS BOOl{ TO BE REISSUED - uals nnd organizations towards the SG,OOO goal needed by next fall N in testing and evaluation and data 000 pounds. the college philosophy. mechanics, and usage - he sup­ Research Department's Dr. Donald buy new band uniforms. Shown with the thermometer (l~r) are: Neat assessment instrumentation for this Provision was incorporated for ports controversy and c r i tic a I It is emphasized that the bul­ S. ,"iUars' book "Statistical Design Olsen, BUS music diredor; Patty " ore, fund drh'e treasurer; and Kea... type work." capability of firing in a vertical, thinking in the classroom, and in­ letin's main purpose is to aid stu­ first Report Shows UF 'Campaign Lagging N?TS-Ridgecrest He concluded by commending the and AnalYSis of Experiments for neth \'·estcott. school principal. nozzle-down attitude as well as hor­ sists that the students put some dents in long range program plan­ Collection figures were not available in the first report of tbe 1962 VISit Planned For groups in the Propulsion Develop­ izontally. Before the bay De\-elopment R esearch" will be re· became real tho ugh t into his papers in ning and Is not the spring semester Indian Wells Valley United Fund Campaign given this week by Cap- ment Department, which has the operational for horizontal firings, time schedule of course offerings at issued by Ullh-erstiy l\licrofilms, KC d f d .rder to get passing grades. Hagen Announces Minerals Office tain R. W. Calland, China Lake chairman, but his statement indicated a Boa roT ra e prime responsibility of the Skytop the need arose for testing in the China Lake. This free schedule will Inc., of Ann Arbor, 1\{ichigan. First Congressman Harlan Hagen this H e and his wife, Angelita, and land and mineral applications as sluggish start as the annual fund drive neared its halfway mark. Directors of the Kern County complex, and other groups in Test, vertical, nozzle-down attitude under be printed in December. published by \\lilliam C. Brown of week announced the Bureau of well as grazing. Board of Trade at Bakersfield, and Engineering, Supply, and Pub 1 i c simulated altitude conditions. This Dean Scheidt is available to coun­ Land Management is establishing It was with mixed feelings that the China Lake chairman tried to Dubque, Iowa, in 1951, the bool, The Bakersfield office will serve other civic leaders from Wasco, Te­ Works departments through whose added capability was provided and sel students, by appointments, on analyze the reason for the community's complacency in supporting the has been out of print for the last a dis t ric t office in Bakersfield Kern, Los Angeles.