lRlIFORNIA Copyright 1970 _by the Associated Students of the CaliforniaTechInstitute of Technology. Incorporated. Volume LXXI Pasadena, California, Thursday, June 4, 1970 Number 31 That W as The Year That W as Or Was It? PROLOGUE Glendale, to the shop of News-Type Inaugural Paint-ln." Nobody bothered In the beginning (third term last Service, which faithfully printed it. to inform the Darbs of the change, so year), all was darkness and the curse of Meanwhile, Ed Schroeder, the erstwhile "Flush often - Pasadena needs water" Bickley's hot type was upon the land. Business Manager managed to raise greeted luminaries at Brown's inaugur­ And the Moskatel said, "Let there be himself from the floor, on which he ation the next week. photo offset. And let there be IBM was sleeping, to take an ad order. Brown's inauguration went without MT/SC's, that there may be copy Little did any of the 212 freshmen a hitch, with the possible exception of played out. And Let there be and transferees know what went into the intervention of the Caroline Varityper, that headlines may be that fateful first issue, which they Institute (again?), which picked that disgorged. And let there be paste-up received after somehow quantum jum­ very day to announce (again at an sheets. All this I do that the Tech may ping from Pasadena to Camp Radford. absurdly early hour) that Murray issue forth and multiply exceedingly For that matter, little did the 212 Gell-Mann had won the Nobel Prize in throughout the Institute." And the know what the year had in store for physics. The Tech did its homework morning and evening of Third Term. them. Camp Radford seemed a pleas­ this time, and was ready with And behold, there was brought ant succession of mountain golf with researched articles on quarks, the forth a glorious machine, named IBM Kip Thorne and some bawdy's talant eight-fold way, and such. MT/SC (or Hal), from the factories of show. Very Bizarre J. Thomas Watson, and mightily did So around and around the freshmen Following the ceremonies, a dinner the sales rep. sing its praises. And there go, in which house they land, who can and concert by Harper's Bizarre was brought forth in Winnett a know? ensued. The group ended their per­ Varityper, named Dial-a-Prayer, which Milestones Around Our Necks formance with Peter, Paul and Mary's did copiously fester headlines and "A very important milestone" came "Leaving on a Jet Plane," which the wreak 18 to 48 point words upon the three weeks into the term as the Bizarre did, and were promptly floor. And there were acquired from Board of Trustees approved going hijacked. Rapid Blueprint a score of years' cooed. Little did they imagine what Seven weeks into the term, the supply of paste-up sheets, that the will schemes for doing just that on a 1969 Big T came out, which, of the Moskatel might be done. And grander scale would be dumped on considering the shaft that publication the morning and evening of the them later. got last year, is amazing just in itself. summer. Someone should tell the Caroline Two weeks later, the official And the Moskatel said, "Let all Institute about such mundane matters campus crime wave struck. An armed these goodies, which I have obtained, as time zones. Max Delbruck did not robbery in one of the grad houses and be assembled in an office in Winnett, relish being awakened at five in the three other thefts occurred in one and let them be used in order that an morning, even though it was to tell night. Later in the week, someone obscure paper might issue forth and him that he won the Nobel Prize. made off with the large color television spread confusion over the land. And Caught completely off guard, the in Winnett Lounge. Perhaps someone let there be ads (not that NEAS on Tech still managed to have an extra wanted to see all of those Mission: high helped matters), and staff, and ready by the end of that busy day. Impossible episodes filmed in Millikan. photographers, that all this be done." Ole' Paint-In No Rainy Season And the morning and the evening of Harold Brown made the mistake of Interhouse Dance was dry, in the first issue. lamenting the lack of decoration on defiance of long-standing tradition. But the fence around Baxter. Dave Smith that hardly displaced crime as the FIRST TERM took it as a personal challenge, and headline story: Immaculate Heart Somehow, 48 hours after it started, organized what at first was going to be College and Caltech started nego­ the first issue ended. Or, rather, "Dirty Dave's Grafitti Contest," but tiations about having IHC move to somehow it quantum jumped to eventually became the "Harold Brown Pasadena instead of Claremont. And EXTREMELY LARGE STOCK • Evenings 'til 10 THE CALI FORNI.A TECH - Thursday, June 4,1970- Page Two PICKWICK BOOKSHOPS 6743 Hollywood BI., Hollywood another armed robbery occurred. Olive Walk. Neither action improved (213) HO 9·8191 • CR 5·8191 Magically, an l8-foot sequoia, ap­ relations between Page and the rest of Topanga Plaza, Canoga Park propriately decorated, appeared atop humanity, which is about all that (213) 883·8191 Throop for the Christmas season. Or should have ever been said. rather, a group of people decided to Haute Culture PAT'S LIQUORS do it right this time. First, they raised ASCIT Nominations coincided with AND DELICATESSEN $140 from various sources to finance an equally cultural event: the first and 1072 E. Colorado. SY 6-6761 Open to midnight daily. the project. A tree was moved from only Caltech pizza-eating contest. In 1 a.m. Fri. 6' Sat. Arcadia to the old steam plant, where the election, the Tech took its usual Keg Beer Party Supplies it was dressed in lights and tinsel, then strong stand by endorsing both candi­ moved one Sunday morning to its final dates in separate editorials (oh well). wekome to the position of glory. Fears that Dr. The year-long agitation of the Campus Bacher would be electrocuted in the Permanent Committee to Abolish the Barber Shop course of the lighting ceremony proved .P.E. Requirement (PCAPER) started to in Winnett Center Two Barbers to Serve You unfounded. bring results late second term as the 745 to 5:15 Monday - Friday So first term ended in a blaze of faculty Academic Policies Committee Paul A. Harmon glory, but with IHC still hanging at least discussed the matter. between Claremont and Caltech. Finally, second term closed with THE CALIFORNIA TECH SECOND TERM new officers for ASCIT, and new ID Second term opened with a full­ Thursday, June 4. 1970 cards for the members. Volume LXXI Number 31 dress, slam-bang faculty meeting on the IHC question. The rest is history: after THIRD TERM Published weekly except during examina· a few weeks, IRC announced that they As second term seemed mostly a tions and vacations by the Associated could not wait any longer and decided mistake, third term seemed like it Students of the California Institute of Technology. Incorporated. The opinions to go ahead with their move to never happened. expressed in all articles herein are strictly Claremont. We shafted them by our ..a':I~~~~~~.~ those of the author and do not necessarily indecision: they had to delay their ~ THE MUSEUM S represent those of either the editors or the. move slightly, and eventually called it ~ 103 SO. FAIR OAKS ~ newspaper staff. off when their fund-raising program ~ Copyright 1970 by the Associated Stu· PASADENA e dents of the California Institute of Tech­ ran into problems. nology. Inc. All rights reserved. To make up for it, Page spent the ~ ~ week doing two noteworthy things: Editors·in-Chief Paul A. Levin picking the rainiest day of the year to § ~ Ira D. Moskatel attempt to shower a Tech editor, and Philip M. Neches ~ § Entertainment Editor David Dobrin building a ramp from Greasy St. to the Features Editor Nick Smith Photography Editor John Fisher ~ ~ Sports Editor Richard Short When in the course of in­ ~ § Staff Bob Allen, Bruce human events it becomes Britton, Patricia Clabaugh. Dave Dixon, necessary that finals be ~ ~ Emden Gansner, Bob Geller. James upon you, unwind at ... Henry. Ursula Hyman. Jon Jacky. Alan ~ THE MUSEUM i. an inlerna- ~ Lederman. Bob Logan. Sharon Mason. lional folk dance cafe in ~ Tom Matoi. David Miller. Ed Schroeder. ~ Pa.adena doal encourage. Ihe ~ Martin Smith, Mike Stefanko. Richard 8 plea.ure. 0/ elhnic dance and \) Strelitz. Elloit Tarabour. Dick Wright. 1 mu.ic. The mo.' e.oleric re- ~ ~ que.'. can be filled, ..,hile the :Y Photographers ........ 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Beginners ClOss - fridays Subscriptions $1.50 per term $4.00 per year Life subscription $100.00 THE CALIFORNIA TECH - Thursday, June 4,1970 - Page Three the first week, Hertz announced beautiful: one ecologist was heard to civilized manner at Caltech.