Spedal Van Gogh Memorial Issue ali ornia1t ch This Week. Associated Students of the California Institute of Technology Volume LVIII Pasadena, California, Thursday, November 3, 1966 Number 7 Lord Rosholme Frosh, Sophs To Urges Changes Wallow in Mud In Education The days have passed since necessities for this muck-rack­ November last, and the time is by Jeff Heeht near for the Mudeo Smear. To ing, bog-biting race. At the closing session of' the be exact, the traditional rivalry The last event is the most 75th anniversary Conference, between Frosh and Sophs will controversial. It's a no-holds­ Lord James of Rusholme, vice­ be renewed after midterms. As barred row to see which class chancellor of the University of always, the class with the big­ can take possession of the most York, England, laid down his gest collective billfold, and most auto tires. The tires are placed blueprint for the future of edu­ generous hearts will be the win­ in the center of the swamp at cation. In his introduction Presi­ ners of the messy debacle. the start, and both teams pile dent DuBridge thanked all those The real winners, of course, will in to drag them to their hoard­ who made the Anniversary be the Junior class, whiCh will ing zones. celebration possible. be the recipient of much booty. Beware underclassmen the Lord James spoke of the neces­ day of the mud approaches, and sity of synthesis in order to Herculaneum replagued your good name depends on make the bulk of knowledge Ever since the gods convened your kind generosity with that manageable. Society must de­ ENRAGED GEOLOGISTS put up bitter resistance to advancing Turner Co. mer­ on Mt. Olympus and possibly filthy green stuff. If any under­ velop a system for recognizing cenaries whose armored bulldozers advance on scenic poplar gfOVE!. even time immemorial, the classmen think this is just an individuals whose minds are judge for the event has been idle threat, keep it in mind that capable of' generalization, and a the Junior Class President. As both the editors of this paper system for developing institu­ always, he will be torn apart are juniors . tions capable of educating them. after the fun by the rival classes, Sensuality Planned for the winners trying to save his This must be done before so­ ciety gets itself trapped in the bod, the losers trying to vent "essential paradox of general their anger and filth upon him. Humanities Win education," in which the grov.nth Thanksgiving Weekend The Mudeo itself consists of five of knowledge in each field de­ filthy frolics, the most noted of mands that students be taught by Hunk The sign-up is open to Caltech which is the tug-of-war. This Spot in the Sun con t est of brute, collective fewer subjects while they really Unknown to the greater part undergraduates, graduates, fac­ by Benson ulty, and staff, and women from strength will find the losers in­ ought to be taught more. of the Cal tech community, the Having spent large sums of neighboring colleges and com­ trenched in mud and humili­ Social mission YMCA has conducted a series of money and many man-hours of munities. Paticipation will be ation. 'l'he next event is the sack Education must prepare av­ sensitivity conferences over the effort in bringing the finest in limited to the first 30 men and race. This requires a taste for erage students to live in and past year. These have involved cultural oratory to the campus, 30 women to sign up at the slime, and a never-say-die at­ understand a science-dominated a select few of the students, the administration unfortunately YMCA office. Although the ac­ titude, since all invariably eat world. Alteration in the educa­ but now there is an opportunity erred in neglecting to allow un­ tual cost of room, board, and the muck at least once. tion of scientist is needed in for more to participate in this dergraduates the opportunity to professional leadership is $35 order to produce more alertness great experience. There will be \Vallow on, filthy underlings attend the colloquia and speeches per person, it will only cost each to social, political, and moral a cooed conference during the The mudeo, after which the by dismiSSing classes for the participant $20, with the Y pro­ pro b 1 ems. With the great Thanksgiving weekend. whole contest is named, is a week. However, the Tech for­ viding the difference and a changes constantly occuring in Take a trip very dirty form of piggy-back tunately had a large and com­ limited amount of further schol­ our world, adult education, both The idea behind these confer­ wrestling, at least for the losers. prehensive staff (two sleepy arship aid for those who could professional and non-profession. ences is to further interpersonal The winner of the event is the frosh and Meo) on hand Thurs­ not otherwise attend. Register aI, must improve. relations. As an abstraction, this last team to hit the mire. day morning for the three in­ at the Y office in Winnett Cen­ These necessities will force sounds very cold, but in ac­ teresting speeches delivered be­ ter or by mail, enclosing the By far the greatest point of educators to face some truths tuality the people who attend fore lunch, and the even more $10 deposit, to the Caltech the afternoon is the wheelbar­ they have long sought to evade. usually return with profound involved discussions· after lunch. YMCA, 1201 East California row race. This is enormously Most students will have to learn insights into themselves and Blvd., Pasadena. The balance of filling for the wheelbarrows, as Thursday morning's program superficially in man y fields into other people. These people, $10 is to be paid by November they usually eat upwards of a concentrated upon the topic of other than their speciality, many for the first time, really 16, the deadline for registration. pound of ooze. Strong arms and "Science and Society," the In­ simply because there is not communicate with each other, It is well worth the $20 to go. a stronger stomach are absolute stitute's concession to the Hu­ enough time to teach every­ instead of playing silly social manities Department. The fact thing thoroughly. Yet scientists games or trying to hurt each that none of the Cal tech faculty must learn the value of art, other. For most participants in participated in the program tes­ literature, and the humanities, past conferences, it was one of Brave HelM World Is tifies to the school's interna­ while non-scientists must learn the most meaningful experiences tional reputation in the liberal the place of science, all through in their lives. arts, but the three speakers contact between pupil and teach­ The conference will start at were excellent. er. 7:30 p.m. Thanksgiving Day and foresee" S y Biologists The BEF invasion The time has come, also, for will end with lunch on Sunday, by Doberne functions to normal. N ow in­ a re-evaluation of the role of re­ November 27. The location will Following a brief introduction "We in science are growing vestigators are beginning to search. Too much energy is be in the mountains of the San by Dr. Hallett Smith, Chairman up now, our little toys are be­ think that this may not be an wasted on the pursuit of worth- Bernardino National Forest on of the Division of Humanities, coming more potent and we absolute limitation-that it may (('ontinm'd on pa!!'f' a) the edge of Big Bear Lake. be possible to improve certain Professor Asa Briggs, Dean of must accept the consequences of the School of Social Studies at their use," summed Dr. Robert functions above their normal efficiency." the University of Sussex, Sus­ Sinsheimer, professor of bio-' sex, England, emerged from the Grades Statistics Favor physics here at Caltech. Sin­ Speaking on conservation, Mil­ sidelines for the opening ad­ sheimer was the first speaker at ler warned, "If our civilization dresses. Discussing the difficul- Wednesday's Convocation con­ (Conti111J('() on pagl' R) (Continul'd on pag!' :n ference on "Where is Biology Humanities Over Sciences Taking Us?" Also participating Should Caltech become a uni­ give a more general idea of how in the discussion were Drs. versity? How important are the grades in different subjects James Bonner, Neal Miller, and Governmental Agencies Needed humanities? How do humanities ranged, some subjects were Hobert Morison. fit in with science? These and omitted from the study. Since Sinsheimer foresees the use of other questions are prevalent to­ not enough people took it upon our ever-increasing knowledge To ·Control Budding Technology day. One aspect of the human­ themselves to tak~ Aerospace of genetics in all phases of ities at Caltech is how well Studies (Air Force R.O.T.C), human life. "We will be able The Thursday afternoon ses-' ing part of government; and T e c k e r s do in humanities Civil Engineering, Government, to control allergy, arthritis, even sion of the grand Convocation conversely, how has science courses as opposed to those in Hydraulics, Jet Propulsion, Ma­ the length of life," he stated. featured what chairman Don affected government? sciences and engineering. After terials Science, Music and Graph­ "\Ve will come to the time when Price called the minor prophets, Ramo pursued the argument a long study, the secret is now ics (remember, freshmen, your man will alter, specifically and inferior to the major prophets, that because science and tech­ out; so-called one-track, narrow­ P's and F's don't count), their consciously, his own genes.