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Volume LXV. Pasadena, California, Thursday, April 23, 1964 No. 25
ROTC Purges Its Ranks
-photo by Fabian Bachrach
Roy Wilkins, executive secretary of the NAACP, speaks today and tomorrow as the YMCA's twenty-first Leader of America.
Wilkins Disc ssesCivil Rights ill
BY J. K. EVANSTonight at 7:30 in Blacker
Courtyard, Lucky Pierre willagain burst upon the unsuspect·ing Caltech scene. In the personsof seven freshmen, he will display his agility, capacity, andvirility in contests of strength,skill, and hair. After overcoming the tremendous odds, theman who triumphs will be namedLucky Pierre and will be accorded the unsurpassable honorof bringing to life on the stageof Culbertson an honest-to-goodness character. That is to say,by his courage and perseverance,he will win a part in this year'sASCIT Play.
Although beset by seeminglyinsurmountable difficulties (notenough girls tried out to fill thecast), the Drama Club bumblesonward in its determination topresent Luigi Pirandello's "SixCharacters In Search of anAuthor." Despite the short rehearsal time (the play goes onMay 6-9, at 8:30 p.m. in Culbertson), club president and directorKen E,vans is optimistic: "Withactors like these, any directorwould shoot himself." Club advisor Dr. Ricardo Gomez is moreconservative: "I like thees play."Steve Morse, cast in the leadingrole, says simply, "I don't haveenough time to do this part, butI will CREATE the time." Goodluck, Steve; we're rooting foryou.
The Lucky Pierre contest willbe judged by the ladies of theplay, Jan Kistler of Westridge,Tina Carter of PCC, secretaryBarbie Browder, and StephanieDigby of England. They willrender a fair, impartial decision,based on the performances ofthe candidates and on which oneis the cutest.
garding opposition to Title Two,he said, "there is no such thingas a private business" and wenton to explain that if a businessdeals with customers, it is pUblic. Since the government hassome control over business already, arguments against publicaccommodations control are notvalid. "The federal governmentalways moves in to protect property, but not human rights."
The fair employment practicessection of the bill was describedas "weak" by the Negro leader.Although sympathetic to theposition of the white employer,he stated that federal action wasnecessary. The Negroes havebeen waiting 300 years for voluntary compliance," he said.Stall·in
When asked about the proposed New York "stall-in," hesaid that "irresponsible and misguided" demonstrations do nothelp the fight for the civil rightsbill, but added that today's Negrois tired of discrimination., "Heisn't going to stand it muchlonger. He may lose, but hewon't bow; he won't bend."
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ASCIT Play ToFeature TrialsOf Lucky Pierre
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BY BOB BERRYRoy Wilkins, executive secre
tary of the NAACP and the Y'slast Leader of America for theyear, spoke on "Inside the PowerStruggle over the Civil RightsBill" yesterday .at 11:00 in Winnett Center.Civil Rights Bill
Wilkins began his talk by describing the provisions of theHouse-passed civil rights billand by discussing its chance forSenate passage. He commentedthat the Senate had spent nearly a month just debating onwhether they would take up thebill. "If it could get to a vote,it would be passed. The questionis - in what shape?" he said,speaking on the need for anearly vote before the bill iswatered down.
According to Wilkins, the"Title TWO," or public accommodation section, is the "emotional heart" of the bill, but thefair employment section is perhaps the most important. Re-
The morning began at 6:20when the cadets assembled atbuilding T-1 and boarded the carsthat vvere to take them to theexercise area. Upon arrival, abreakfast of lukewarm baconand eggs was served, and finally,at 10, the exercise started, anhour late. Gerhard Parker's AFlight became the "blue" army,while Grant Blackinton's BFlight was the "red" group.
The first exercise was a compass course to locate the headquarters of the respective armies. However, rather than trustunreliable compass readings,most of the searching was doneby following footprints left bythe party that set up the exercise. Headquarters were locatedrapidly, and work was started toestablish the outposts, when tothe dismay of the flight com-
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Dr. Naomi Shohno, professorof physics at Hiroshima Women's College, Hiroshima University, will talk informally on"Physical Effects of the Bomb"next Monday, April 27, at 3 p.m.in Winnett Lounge, under thesponsorship of the C a I t e c hYMCA.
Dr. Shohno will be travelingin this country with a group of"hibakusha," or survivors of thebomb, to present the findings ofthe professional members oftheir group - scientists, medicalexperts and educators - on theeffects of the bomb.
He has been since its foundinga'" member of the HiroshimaAtomic Bomb Casualty ResearchGroup, an association of expertswhich has issued several technical reports on the effects ofradiation damage. Dr. Shohnowill bring with him variousslides, photographs and chartsreflecting research done in Hiroshima. His own research hasbeen in theoretical and nuclearphysics.
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The park he feels should belocated on the rectangle bordered by Colorado Boulevard onthe south, Walnut on the north,and Marengo and Fairfield avenues.
Oliver Heads BondsThe improvement bond com
mittee which Oliver heads iscompleting a program that willbe submitted to the Board ofCity Directors. The committeehas been considering a $2,270,000bond issue to pay for these improvements. This money wouldbe used for both planning andstarting some scheme for refurbishing the downtown area.
Oliver To TalkOn Pasadena
BY HANK SUZUKAWA
Armed with only their courageand stamina, the men of Caltech's AFROTC Detachment 65braved cold weather, rugged terrain, and blinding fog to carryout their annual field exerciseSaturday. Termed as "counterinsurgency training" by BarryPeterson, the corps commander,the exercise involved both attacks and defensive action fromeach group, especially aroundthe phone lines and the ammunition dumps which were locatedon random hills near the HorseFlats campground.
Dr. Robert Oliver will describea plan for a downtown park forPasadena similar to Los Angeles's Pershing Square and SanFrancisco's Union Square at7:30 Friday in Beckman. His talk,"The Alternate Futures of Pasadena," which is the first demonstration lecture to be heldin Beckman, will deal with thepark and other improvementsperhaps an outdoor stage, a convention hotel, and shopping andeating facilities - to help revitalize downtown Pasadena.
BY TIM HENDRICKSONDr. Raghavan Iyer, distin
guished statesman and an Oxford graduate with first classhonors in philosophy and politics, spoke April 15 in the Athenaeum on "An Indian looks atIndia's Future.."
An excellent orator, Iyer began by characterizing India as"the Greece of Asia." India, likeGreece, has commanded a "complete world vista"; Indian society, like that of Greece, wasoriginally based upon the citystate. But unlike the Hellenicstate, India has had a "livingcontinUity," and to the presentday the Indian masses live "ina world of epic heroes."M:odern India
The India of today, "the mostpopulous political democracy inthe world," is faced "with thefact of its betrayal of Ghandi."This betrayal came as the Indians were about to realize theirindependence; after their "unitarian accptance of a man withimpeccable integrity," they abandoned his mild policies in favorof immediate action and immediate partition. After independence, their motto became "modernization at any price."
"My country," stated Iyer,"went further to belittle itsfounding fathers than any otherin the world." "I would blamethis," he continued, "on the paranoia of British rule"; the framers of the Indian constitution"had little knowledge of the contemporary realities of Westernpolitics."Neutral India
Turning towards the currentpolitical aspects of Indian ColdWar neutrality, Iyer assertedthat "India, like Egypt, is notCommunist ... We are socialistsin our own way, but we will notaccept the right of one countryto dictate world socialism." Likewise, Iyer pointed out that inIndia's association with the
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Iyer SpeaksAbout India'sFuture Plans
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONSGet those budget requests in to
Fred Brunswig, ASCIT Treasurer, inRuddock.
DRAMA CLUB NEEDS YOU!The Caltech Drama Club needs
a business manager (ticket salesman), a prop manager, a costumemanager, and a publicity agent.No pay but you get to go to theCAST PARTYl See J. K. Evans,Ricketts, SY 6-4806.
SOCCER AWARDSwill be presented to the members
of the Tech team at the SpringSports Banquet, according to Herbert Heben, co-captain.
FLASH!Radio Club meeting-Thursday,
April 23, 7 :30, Club Room 2(elections) .
"For Chrissake, I ain't leaving!" is Dr. R. P. Feynman's reaction to the recurring rumorsthat he is planning to depart.He stated! unequivocally thatthese rumors are completelyunfounded, that he has nevercontemplated leaving, and thathe intends to stay here forever.(Satisfied?) Feynman expressedthe hope that this announcement would finally kill the rumors.
When asked about his currentwork, he explained that he isnot doing anything big now, butis working on several smallproblems. One of these is theinterpretation of the red shiftof very distant nebulae.
Feynman said that he is getting a great deal out of teachinga Physics 2c section. He decidedto do this in order to get "feedback" from the students aboutthe course. So far, the feedbackhas been very encouraging, butit is too early to come to anyconclusions. In the meantime,he is "getting a kick out of it."
(Historical note: The rumor inall likelihood got started lastterm when the Tech pUblishedits New Year's editorial, andmentioned RPF departing to LaJolla. The reason for this linewas that "La Jolla" was the onlything the editor could think ofthat rhymed with "paranoia".(From little acorns mighty oaksdo grow.)
·Notices
BY JIM AUSTIN
FeynmanTo Stay
Dr. Bruce H. Sage, professorof chemical engineering at Caltech, received the AmericanChemical Society Award in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry April 6.
The $1,000 award, sponsoredby the Esso Research and Engineering Company of Linden,New Jersey, was presented toSage at the 147th national meeting of the American ChemicalSociety for "distinguished service to his country in the designand development of solid-propellant rockets." The Society administers a total of twenty-sixawards recognizing outstandingachievements in various fieldsof chemistry and technology.
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Opinions"Wherever a newspaper ex
presses its opinions strongly,that journal is labeled 'biased';if, however, that organ shouldfail to state those views whichits editorial conscience feelsmust be said~ then that newspaper is rightly called a worthless 'fact sheet.'
"It is unfortunate that thosewho are attempting to limit theeditorial freedom of the Rensselaer Polytechnic are unawareof the ethical rules under whichthe newspaper ... operates ...(from the CANONS OF JOURNALISM) ... a student newspaper is 'Stoutly independent;unaware by pride of opinion orgreed of power; constructive,tolerant, but never careless; selfcontrolled; patient; always respectful of its readers, but always unafraid.
'It will remain indignant atinjustice and remain unswayedby the appeal of the privilegedor the clamor of the mob.'''
Next week, I promise, backto the funnies.
being of the Whittier studentbody."
This is what Don Green andI tried to achieve and I sincerely hope that the present editors and their successors willendeavor to maintain similaraims for the California Tech.
In the same area, but on adifferent tact, are some documents on the desire of the student council to censure theRensselaer Polytechnic for endorsing candidates in the lastelection. The following is froma letter to the editor of the Poly.
"A college newspaper's firstduty is to inform its readerscorrectly; its second and moreimportant responsibility is tolead student opinion. Leadersand members of the StudentCouncil should indeed searchtheir consciences to distingUishbetween the meaning of "to lead"and "to follow." If they haddone so . . . they would haverealized the error of their resolution.
CaliforniaTechPublished weekly during the school year by the Associated Students
of the California Institute of Technology, Incorporated.
Editors-in-ChiefWally Oliver, Stuart Galley
Managing EditorNorton Greenfeld
News StoffJim Austin, Bob Berry, Andy Beveridge, Bob Gillon, Tim Hendrickson
Photographers: Phil Laipis, Kent McCaulley, John Williams
Feature StaffRodger Whitlock, EditorSteve Schwarz, Theatre
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Circulation: Stewart DaveyCalifornia Tech, 1101 East California Blvd., Pasadena California.Member of The Associated Collegiate Press 'Second Class postage paid at Pasadena, CaliforniaPrinted by Bickley Printing Co.Represented nation.ally by National Advertising Service. Inc.Subscriptions: $' .50 per term, $4.00 per year. Write: Circulation Manager.
Reappearing by popular demand (my own) after a longabsence to recuperate from editorial jaundice I decided to startthis column off on a serious notejust to show all those who saidit couldn't be done. Of course,following my still latent editorialhabits, this implies highly editorial material and, naturally,self-justification.
One interesting point is thediscovery of the Blue C.ircleHonor Society at Notre Dame.They are an organization roughly comparable to the Beavers(if that's imaginable), and unfortunately a little too comparable. They even have nice blazers with blue circle emblemssort of like the old Beaversweaters (lost in an old Big T).
Amazing DescriptionBack to the point, they wrote
an article describing their organization and its activities forthe Notre Dame Scholastic, andwhen it appeared the editorsfelt obliged to insert the following note of explanation.
"This article has been writtenby the members of the BlueCircle and is included in thisissue as a public service of theScholastic. This is not a satire."I wonder if the Beavers mightrun into a similar problem here.
Quakers QuoteFor the self-emulation section,
I would like to quote a portionof an article from the WhittierCollege Quaker Campus. The purpose, believe it or not, is notentirely self-justification, butalso my feeling that it's an extremely important and validpoint. The following quote isfrom a column and deals witha retiring editor of the Campus.
"Perhaps the key to the valueof a college newspaper is itseditorial policy. If an editor isreluctant to tread on toes heessentially must stand still orelse step into areas insignificantenough to be uninhabited . . .(the former editor) ... steppedinto every area of campus life.He has angered faculty members and fellow students, but tomy knowledge he has neveravoided an issue. The students,therefore, have been aroused andinformed concerning questionswhich more conservative individuals might have overlooked.
"The secret of a successfulnewspaper is stimulation of interest, but the key to a vitalnewspaper is stimulation ofthought. This year the QuakerCampus has accomplished both;and, in doing so, has made themost substantial contribution ofthe year to the growth and well-
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West, the West must not forgetthat "the Hindu has the rightto do as he chooses."
In reference to the Sino-Sovietsplit, "which Nehru, the last andgreatest of the Englishmen whoruled India, foresaw in 1949,"Iyer declared that "India hasmore in common with Russia."
BY BOB BERRY"Shakespeare: Not of an Age,
but for All Time" was the titleof Dr. Hallett Smith's lecturefor Athenaeum members lastThursday evening. Smith, Chairman of the Division of the Humanities and student of -Renaissance 1 i t era t u r e, spoke onShakespeare's relation to his audience and age.
Shakespeare was living in anage of romantic wonder and curiosity when "a newly discoveredworld stimulated and validatedthe imagination," Smith stated.He then commented that Shakespeare was probably a poet beforehe became a playwright. Thepoem "Venus and Adonis" wasperhaps his first work and according to Smith was the mostfamous of the bard's works during his lifetime-it went throughmore editions than any of hisplays.
Smith went on to say that theplays are generally divided intothree categories: histories, comedies, and tragedies. However, hewould include another classification - the romance. These plays,such as Pericles, were writtenrather late in his career and donot place as much emphasis onthe problems of the individualas his earlier works did. Smithmade the point that Shakespearewas different from some "modern authors who seek to offendthe audience, and do so." Hewrote primarily for his audience.His change to the romances inthe latter part of his career indicated a change in his audiencefrom the commoners to the aristocracy.
The other model equates India with "the unchanging East."In refutation of this picture,Iyer stated that "a new universal culture is emerging in Indiatoday," highlighted by the increasing prominence of Indianwomen in government circles.
Smith Tells FrDIn Otner C(/lnpusesOf Bard's By JaceRomance
Vise of ModelsModern India, Iyer empha
sized, is torn by "a sense of lossof direction." She is caught inthe vise of two inadequate models: modernism and the unchanging East.
Some, with "a paranoic desireto make the whole world gothrough the ruthlessness of modern laissez faire," would have"modernization at any price."But the error made by these, asIyer explains, is that "democracydoes not go hand-in-hand withmodernism " . . Social changewill only occur through theabolition of peasant backwardness." If the question is "nationalstatistics or national advancement, why not the most ruthlessand vicious way of modernization - Communism?"
Topic OfLecture
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ence was introduced this week,with the aid of the Caltech Christian Science Organization.
Mr. Wallace Moit, an alumnusof Tech who studied under Millikan, answered questions following a color film which explained Christian Science. Taking their inspiration and information from both the Bible andScience and Health by MaryBaker Eddy, Christian Scientists,more poetically called "Studentsof Christian Science," seek togain a "spiritual understandingof God, the Divine Mind."
With this understanding comespower. "The same transcendentpower the Master demonstratedis here today." Inasmuch as weunderstand and apply the Lawsof God, we are freed from sickness and sin. Jesus showed usthe way and said, "He that believeth on me shall do the worksthat I do," and indeed many ofthem do!
Y To PresentStudent Art
BY ED ROBERTSONMuch is said today in the cen
ters of liberal education aboutthe narrowness of scientists. Inseveral ways, such as the Y'sservice project and our excellentGlee Club, the men of the Institute have shown this to be definitely not true. One field of artistic endeavor, however, whichhas previously been confined tothe homes and rooms of individuals is that of the graphicarts. Not only is the world interested in what Techmen cando in the arts, but the studentbody is enthused and prOUd ofthe abilities of its members.
In order to show the rangeand depth of these abilities theCaltech YMCA is sponsoring astudent art display. This exhibitwill be held in Winnett StudentCenter during the week of May4th - 10th; and all those whopaint, sculpt, take photographs,or do anything else conceivablyrelated to the graphic arts areurged to contribute. Graduatestudents and faculty are alsoinvited to participate. Those interested may contact the Y officeor Et1. Robertson, 35 Blacker.
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Christian ScienceY American Religions
BY· VALl YERRBOFSKEThe Y's Varieties of Religion
in America Series continued ingood style Tuesday night inWinnett Lounge. Christian Sci-
Editors:We should like to take this
opportunity to commend youboth on your very fine editorialwhich appeared in the California Tech Thursday last. Yourpenetrating analysis of the ThirdTerm-Senior-Problem is of a sterling caliber seldom seen on thiscampus. One only wishes thatthis insight were brought tobear with even greater frequencyand force in your editorial pages.
We also view with dismay thealarming degeneracy among ourclassmates, the Seniors of '64.Those individuals, far too manyin number, who spend their freehours in dissipation are a discredit to the country, the city,the Institute, and especially tothose of us who hold ourselvesabove such licentiousness"
As we embark on the greatpathway of Life, we will bestronger in heart for havingheard what you have modestlytossed off as "sermonizing." Ifthis be sermonizing, then ourworld is indeed in trouble. Thisis common sense, mature judgment, sound advice, not "sermonizing," and there is a crying needfor more of it.
God be with you,Leon ThomsenJerry ThomasArt JohnsonBob LiebermannRichard McGeheeRoger W. Leezer
Last week Saga had a poll taken to determine how manypeople could eat lunch at 11 a.m. or 1 p.m. The avowed motive of this move is to serve double-shift lunches starting JuneI, when the renovation of the old kitchens begins. The Techis glad to see the old kitchens get the remodeling they havelong needed, but the idea of destroying the lunch schedule,especially during finals, is disgusting.
We urge the Saga Food "Service" to reconsider this action.Certainly construction could be delayed two weeks to allow theever-suffering Techman to take his finals without the harassment of a rearranged lunch schedule. What could be so refreshing as to come back from a physics final and sit down immediately to a quiet Saga meal? Surely this rare pleasure canbe sacrificed.
Saga has demonstrated many times that service to thestudent means eat the food that is served and like it. Withamazing regularity dishes which are known by Saga to be disliked are served time after time. We feel that this attitude ofserving food that is disl iked in order to hold down consumption,thus cutting costs, is not consistent with the price paid forthe service.
If the food service cannot plan a menu which is acceptable, the food committee or some other body should be giventhe authority to select a list of reasonable items rfom which adaily menu could be derived.
Editors' Note: We wish to commend the seniors who sent usthe above letter for their rareperception of the problem createdby a few members of their class.We know that these fine examples of leaders, with temperance,restraint, and thoughtfulness,will shepherd their errant classmates to the path of righteousness. We salute them.
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It took a lot of hard work and many people with creativity, imagination and drive to get the"grrrr"to town. All kinds of skills were involved: styling, research, manufacturing, marketing, productplanning and many others were needed and will be needed in the future. For the Mustang is merelythe latest expression of Ford Motor Company's ability to anticipate modern tastes in driving.
In Ford Motor Company's search to find better ways to do the unexpected, there is the constantneed to enlist people with a flair for the future. This year, approximately 1,000 college graduates inall areas of study and with all kinds of majors can enjoy the challenge of creating new automotivemarketing and manufacturing concepts. If you're interested in joining a leader in a growing industry, check with your Placement Office or write us. Maybe you can help "tame" the next Mustang.
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They cut the line to red's outpost 2, then promptly got loston their way back to their lines.
Reds BombAt 3:30 the red bombing team
located the blue ammo dump,planted their genuine acid-activated-noise·bomb, cut the phonelines to blue outpost 1, and ranfor the tall timbers. But Deichelmann, from blue, found thebomb and threw it down themountainside before it went off.The red wire-cutters reachedtheir headquarters just in timeto be wiped out by George Rapasy from blue's bombing group.Unfortunately, the rest of theblue bombers didn't choose toplant their bomb, and red
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quitting. Parker's group hadmore luck and got wire to bothoutposts, but partisan raidershad taken the telephone fromblue outpost 2 just before thewire was completed.
Meanwhile, the attack groups,after being dumped in enemyterritory, located their tools andtheir lunches (with the exception of Mr. Sherlock's group,who couldn't find the lunches)and began the attack. The redwire-cutting team swept throughthe blue lines on schedule andas a result missed the wires,which blue didn't finish layinguntil 15 minutes later. Disgusted,the red team went back to theirown headquarters., The bluewire-cutters had better luck.
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manders, five of each of theirmen were spirited off by the"special" staff. These men became the attack groups and weresent behind enemy lines to cutphone wires and bomb the enemy ammunition dump.
Parker BitesThe flight commanders, hav
ing no idea what had happenedto their respective five men, began stringing the phone linesbetween the outposts and headquarters with those men theyhad left. Blackinton's groupmanaged to complete a line tored outpost 2 and came within1000 yards of outpost 1 before
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Opportunities in geology areexcellent today. Ten or twentyyears ago geologists were mostly interested in description, butadvanced research is now possible in fields such as geophysics,geochemistry, and geobiology.The frontiers of nuclear physicsare crowded, but "in geologythere are equally interestingfrontiers that are thinly populated." A good geologist has nodiffiCUlty in obtaining an interesting position.
BY JIM AUSTINDr. R. P. Sharp, C.hairman of
the Division of Geological Sciences, is an active and wellknown man on campus. He alsospent his undergraduate dayshere at Tech. In a way thiswas an accident: he was wonover by the enthusiasm of ahigh school friend. In those days(1930) entrance exams weregiven on campus.
He and his friend took theexams and were accepted, andthey persuaded another schoolmate to apply. He too was accepted. Of the three, only Sharplasted through the sophomoreyear.
At first he was interested inengineering, and then chemistry.He took a geology course anddecided that was for him, adecision he has never regretted."Do the thing you like to do"is his advice.
Off·Campus PadThe old fraternities had just
been banned, and the StudentHouses were not yet built. SoSharp lived off campus, first atthe YMCA, later at a boardinghouse at Steuben St. Next doorto the boarding house lived fiveor six upperclassmen, who explained to him the secret mysteries of C.altech. There werecompulsory assemblies eachweek for the same purpose. Today the frosh receive this servicefree in the Houses.
The next year the originalStudent Houses were opened,and Sharp moved into Dabney."If the fellows think Caltech isa social and cultural desert now,they should have seen it then."However, the Houses haveproved to be a tremendous assetto the students. Some of theirtraditions, such as Interhousesports, were started right away.
Tech lias ChangedLooking back, Sharp noted a
change in Caltech's outlook. Thestudents were not as good in1930 as they are now, but theyworked just as hard. Tech nowtakes only the "cream of thecrop," and gets more studentsfrom out-of-state. The studentsdid not have the general disillusionment with science that iscommon now.
He spent a year here as agrad student (1935), "which wasa mistake and I don't mind ifyou publish it." He earned hisPhD from Harvard in 1938. Histhesis concerned the structureand morphology of the RubyEast Humbolt Range in NE Nevada. In 1937 he was part of anexpedition that took a two-monthboat trip through the GrandCanyon to study the bottomrocks. He considered this hismost interesting experience.
Sharp was on the Universityof Illinois geology staff from1938 to 1943. In the Air Forcefrom then until 1946, he wasattached to an intelligence outfit that studied terrain in Canada and Alaska. He was with theUniversity of Minnesota for ashort time, and returned to Caltech in 1947. He became Division Chairman in 1952.
Present InterestsHe is interested in today's
geology: glaciers, wind, volcanoes, shoreline processes, water,weathering, etc. In line with thishis department is presently studying Blue Glacier on Mt. Olympus in Washington, processes indesert, and glacial deposits onthe east slope of the Sierra Nevadas.
Sharp has been on many committees here, and although heis still active on some, his mainjob now is administering hisdepartment.
Sharp ReminiscesAbout Old Tech Days
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whom he's playing against. Fora big man, he has an amazingtouch. In addition to this, hemoves well. One can't help wondering why a player of thiscaliber isn't playing varsity ball.Nady is a lot better than hewas last year.
Playing second fiddle to Fleming was Blacker House. It toohad a lineup of stars. Blacker,however, lacked the consistencyof Fleming. Aschbacher at guardhas a fine shot. Guthrie Millercan always be counted upon fora good game. Doug Josephsonwas a fine shot and carried theBlacker attack at times.
Ruddock ThirdRuddock had neither the pow
er nor the consistency of eitherof the other two Houses. Ruddockrelied on teamwork. With noobvious standout individuals,Ruddock played a deliberategame and came out on topagainst the rest of the league.However, against the big two,Ruddock was out of its class.
In final games for both teams,Blacker overpowered Ricketts,45-34. The game was nip andtuck the entire way., Rickettsled at the end of the third quarter, when Blacker applied thefull court press.
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Dick Shlegeris watches as teammate Bruce Beeghly tosses one in for Ruddock in an Interhouse basketball game against Fleming. Fleming won the gameand became the Interhouse basketball champion.
Interhouse basketball seasoncame to an end this week asFleming House powered its wayto its second consecutive victoryin this sport. Blacker finishedsecond, losing only to Fleming.In third place but completelyoutclassed by the other two wasRuddock.
The story of this season wasconsistency and power. Flemingshowed all-around balance witha good five-man starting team.Holford made a fine guard. Hewas dependable. He brought theball into the offensive courtsmoothly and quickly. Most important of all, though, he wasthe team leader. He directed theattack. In this position, he wasinvaluable. His partner at guardwas Jim Simpson. Simpson wasMr. Dependable. He had the hothand when it was needed. Inaddition to this, he was tremendous under the boards. A gooddeal of the Fleming attack depended on this rebounding.Big John
The obvious candidate for Mr.Important is John Nady. Youcan't neglect a man who scores38 points in one game, no matter
center. A walk drawn by catcherJennings, a single by McQuillan,another walk to second basemanLittle, a single by Foster, twomore walks, and a bases loadedsingle by Dennis White tied thegame at g-g.
In the top of the tenth McQuillan retired the first twohitters to face him. Then speedster Cox of CHM drove a longliner to deep left-center; an excellent series of relays by Thaler,Landy, and McQuillan, and agreat roadblock effort by catcherJennings, cut down the runneras he tried to stretch his hit toa four-bagger.CIT Pulls Through
In the bottom of the tenth asingle by Jennings, an infielderror, and a walk to Gary Littleloaded the bases. A walk to Painethen gave Tech its hardfoughtvictory. Coach Jensen is certainly to be congratulated, as he hasbrought the team a long waythis year and has done a greatjob! The team plans on makingthis victory just one of more tocome this season.
Rally,Win In
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Caltech SmashesRicks Hurls 1-0
FroshFirst
The Tech three weeks ago published a picture of the Upland baseball team wateringdown the Tech baseball diamondto avoid facing Tech's baseballmight. The game was rescheduled for last Tuesday, and sureenough last Monday a waterpipe under left field broke. Thisturned: much of the field into aquagmire immediately christened Lake Liebermann. The fieldresembled the barranca on theRedlands golf course.
When the game was finallyplayed on Tuesday, it becameobvious why Upland should goto such pains. It has probablybeen years since a Tech baseballteam, or football team, or trackteam for that matter, has scoredas freely as Tech did Tuesday.The game was a 31-11 romp asTech triumphed. Thirty-one runsspeaks for itself.
Welcome SightThe entire Tech team didn't
score 31 runs last year. CoachPreisler couldn't believe hiseyes. Third: base was like 201Bridge at a Feynman lecture.This was nothing compared tothe business around home plate.The official scorer used fourpages in describing the game.Never has such a collection ofhits, errors, and runs graced aBeaver scorebook before: at leastnot on the Caltech side.
ConservatismIn a game a little more on the
conservative side, Tech playedPomona last Wednesday week,eking out a much more satisfying 1 - 0 vic tor y. Tech hadmany chances to score, but,rather than make the pitcheroverconfident, it was satisfiedwith one. That run came in thesixth inning on a walk to Resney, a stolen base, and a singleby long ball hitter Gary Dahlman.Ricks Great
By far the best part of thegame was the pitching of BillRicks. Bill was superb. Pomonaneither scored nor came veryclose to it, and this weekendPomona clobbered Whittier'smighty Jones for six runs intwo-thirds of an inning. Pitchinglike that can bring home thevictory against any team in theleague for Tech.
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On Saturday, April 18, CoachJensen's crew brought Caltechits first frosh baseball victory inthe last three years. Behind theten-inning pitching performanceof Chuck McQuillan, the froshput on a brilliant come-frombehind effort and chopped downCHM by a 10·9 score,
In the first five innings CHMjumped on McQuillan for sixruns on seven hits. In the bottom of the seventh Caltech began to get its bats warm: rightfielder John Foster led off theinning for the Beavers with asingle, and advanced to secondon a wild pitch. Phil Painedoubled Foster home, advancedto third on a fielder's choice, andscored on a double steal following a walk.CHM Seems to Sew
CoHM scored three more in thetop of the ninth and seemed tohave the game sewed up with agC2 margin. In its desperationinning Caltech loaded the baseson walks, and Steve Swansonproceeded to clear them againwith a booming triple to right
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Weis, TuckerRuddock
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BY JOE WEISRuddock defeated Blacker, 54
40, in a Discobolus basketballgame last Sunday. Ruddockbanged in four quick baskets tolead 8-0 and held a five to tenpoint advantage throughout thefirst three quarters. In the finalperiod Ruddock pulled away andhad a commanding 15 point leadwith five minutes left.
Ruddock's Interhouse team beefed up with the addition ofvarsity players Tucker and Weis- found many holes in Blacker's full court press which thelatter has used very effectivelyin Interhouse competition. It wasduring the periods when Blackerpressed that Ruddock surgedahead.
Doug Josephson tallied exactly half of Blacker's points as helead the Blacker team on numerous fast breaks in the secondhalf. Ruddock's scoring was moreevenly divided: Weis 17, Sherman 16, Tucker 10.
Fleming still leads Discoboluscompetition with 29 points;Blacker has 12 and Ruddock 9.
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mont-Harvey Mudd left on theschedule, this virtually insuresa second place finish behind Oxyin conference competition, whichis being decided on a dual meetbasis this year.
The medley relay was wonby a superior Redlands teamin 4:06.2. This gave Redlandsa lead which they maintaineduntil the final relay. Scott fromRedlands came from behind inthe last 50 yards to beat LarryAnderson in the 200 yd. freestyle. McBean proceeded to capture the 50 yd. freestyle in 24.1,but Redlands came back tosweep the 200 yd. individualmedley to maintain command ofthe meet. Smythe and Lau sweptthe diving for Caltech as Redlands failed to enter anyone.Butterfly Swept
Redlands apparently swept the200 yd. butterfly, but their second man, Tom Jenkins, was disqualified for an illegal kick,giving D. D. and Nielson secondand third for Caltech. Caltechswept the 100 yd. freestyle withMcBean winning in 52.5 and Anderson taking second. Parkerwon the 200 yd. backstroke overan out-of-condition Bill Owenswith McCammon third.
The 500 yd. freestyle markedthe turning point in the meet asTed Jenkins improved his previous best by eight seconds totake second place in the event.After trailing Scott for most ofthe race, Jenkins pulled past himwith 150 yards to go and pulleda-WaY to ilnish in 5:53.9. This leftRedlands with only one breaststroker and no freestyle relayteam, so the rest of the meet waslargely an anticlimax. Pat Millerand Jerry Nelson finished secondand third for Caltech in the 200breast and the Caltech freestylerelay team of Nielson, Deichelmann, Anderson, and McBeanprovided the final seven pointsneeded for victory.Frosh
The Caltech frosh have shownat times some excellent swimming and have, in John Friedman, probably the outstandingdiver in the conference. Theyare troubled, as usual, by a lackof depth. After beating a twoman Whittier frosh team 54-8,the Frosh found Redlands to betoo much for them. Despite winning performances by Jim Sohain the 200 yd. breaststroke andby Friedman in the diving, Redlands won by a score of 63-25.
This Friday both the varsityand frosh teams meet CHM inthe Alumni Pool at 4:00.
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Flailing down the fairways inuntypical fashion, the Tech golfers eked out 11 points againstWhittier in a home match onMonday. Holding the advantageof playing on their own homecourse at Brookside, the Pasadena pushovers lost to Whittierby a score of 43-11.
This was the same school thatTech defeated for its lone victory last year. This year it wasa different story. Whittier hasdeveloped a powerful lineup andsucceeded in skunking Tech asbadly as any of the other teamsin the league. Medalist for Techwas John Vitz with a 75. Despitethis he could only manage topull in two points. High pointman for Tech was Yance Hirschiwho gathered in six big ones.Together with his partner, Charlie Vinsonhaler, he gathered inthree more in the best ball score.
DuffersHirshi
BY TED JENKINSand MIKE McCAMMON
During the last three weeksthe Caltech swimming team hashad three meets. Three weeksago Tech split a double-dualnon-conference meet with CalPoly of Pomona and San Fernando Valley State College, beating Cal Poly 75 - 19 but losingto San Fernando 62-33.
The following week Caltechresumed conference competitionand downed an undermannedWhittier squad 72 to 19. Whittierscored 10 of these points by winning the 200 yd. breaststrokeand the diving with good performances. Even though performances by the Caltech swimmers were not outstanding inmany cases, points were takeneasily in most events to producethe win.
The high point of the meetoccurred when Larry Anderson set a new school r e cor din the 200 yd. individual medleywith a time of 2:20.8, betteringthe old mark of 2:22.4 set by Gary Tibbetts in 1961. George McBean came through with hisusual wins in the 50 and 100 yd.freestyle events while Pete Ryanwon the 500 yd. freestyle fromteammate Larry Anderson, whowas somewhat tired from hisearlier swim.Redlands Meet
Last Friday the Beavers stolea close one from the Universityof Redlands by a score of 48-46.With only Pomona and Clare-
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Sandwiched between these twovictories was a double defeat atthe hands of Claremont on Saturday. Tech played ball just wellenough to frighten Claremontand just poorly enough not towin anything. Tech lost thegames by scores of 4-1 and 9-7.Enough things went wrong inthe second game to make theTech horsehiders mad enoughto make lots of noise the nexttime they meet Claremont. Lookfor a real good game this Wednesday when the two teams meetnext.
More Purge(Continued from page 3)
launched a counterattack thatstopped blue dead.
This was the last action of theexercise. The next two hourswere spent trying to find a wayoff the fog-covered mountains.While there was no announcedwinner, both groups feel certainthat they lost something. Thegeneral attitude of most of thecadets was expressed by onetired cadet as he ate his steakdinner: "ROTC bites."
Debt Existed50 Years Ago
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BY RODGER WHITLOCKASCIT's financial problems
certainly aren't anything new.Fifty years ago, the AssociatedStudent Body of the Throop College of Technology (ASBTCT)found itself $69.80 in the hole,although they were at the timeowed $135 in dues from peoplewho had not yet paid.
The solution first proposedwas to post the names of thosewho hadn't paid, in order toshame them into coughing upthe requisite amount. An amendment to the motion which carried allowed the debtors topay in notes, payable before June1, 1914.
Moreover, a member of theExecutive Committee (forerunner of the illustrious BOD) wasappointed to talk to the facultyabout compulsory collection ofdues.
And that, children, is howASCIT dues crept into the Institute billing system.
The actual outcome of the situation was a loan from the Trustees which was presumably paidoff, since ASCIT's credit is always good ..•
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The CS Student believes thatonly everlasting things, Love,Goodness, Truth, the Spirit, arereal. "Man is not material, butis in the image and likeness ofGod." As we realize this, ourreal spiritual self comes to life,and "we overcome evil, just asJesus did when he healed thesick."
(Continued from page 1).-campus with an address on "ThePlace of the White College Student in the Civil Rights Movement" at 4:00 this afternoon inWinnett and dinner at 6:30 withthe Friends of the Cal t e c hYMCA, where his topic will be"The Next Years in the CivilRights Struggle."
Wilkins' major address, as wellas his only speech open to thepUblic, was given last night inBeckman Auditorium, when hespoke on "The Drive to the CivilRights Explosion of the Sixties."Wednesday afternoon Wilkinsalso spoke on "The Spectrum ofCivil Rights Protest Methods"in Winnett.
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"Chapman Makes Usual Stench"-The Hot RivetJanuary 14, 1925
Scene of last Furdsday bitchinparty in Buttock House. Numerous voluminous quantities ofjoyjuice and firewater slitheringdown the proverbial hatches.Arise from the muck some furdtastic four; former teked Krap,incumbent teked Walliver, moleturned-turtle U. Nohu, father-tobe Jno. Poyt (see below). Noteunusual inebriated state of Krap,usual inebriated states of others.Proceed directly to GO, wherefor to drink it more. Proprietorsof pub, naturally desiring toavoid Jno. Law, request identifurdcation of Turtmole, who,having just gained majority, isoverjoyed to proclaim such fact,after only yesterday havingbirthday and not asked for id.To the amazement of all, Walliver by a sly idrf buys the vilestuff for the first time. Krap,feeling his unaccustomed oats,arises periodically to spew Gettysfurd Address, declare Independence, etc. °the r s driftthrough third Nirvana happily.
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nether personage in form of onenamed Gold Gin. Said form luredsophs Woolly and Madam (no relation to overseer) off ivory towers for fun-loving thirst-quenching with gin of gold and silverand all colors and etc. Madamplowed his way into neighboringRest Home, while Woolly waslongly among the missing.
Junior Tureschmuck receivedcongratulations from f r i end"Grog" for wedding anniversary?Beak is disconsolate for lack ofinvitation to ceremony, whensoever it was. But surely Beak'srequest to have offspring namedfor him will take precedenceover Grog's.
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Students Vie InConger Contest
The 53rd Annual Conger PeacePrize Oration Contest will beheld: in Winnett Lounge at 11a.m., Wednesday, May 20. Anaward of $50 will be given thefirst place winner for the bestoration on the topic of worldpeace or industrial peace. Secondprize is $25.
The Conger Peace Prize wasestablished through the generosity of the Reverend Everett L.Conger for the promotion of interest in world and industrialpeace, and for the promotion ofexcellence in public speaking. Ithas been an annual event at Caltech since 1912.Riules for Contest
Any regularly enrolled undergraduate student who is not aprevious Conger Prize winneris eligible to compete. To register for the contest, manuscriptsmust be in the hands of HerbBooth, director of forensics, in306 Dabney, not later than Wednesday, May 13.
General rules are; (1) the oration must be the original workof the contestant, (2) the orationmust be read from manuscriptand must require no more thanseven minutes for delivery, (3)each contestant may have a maximum of one hour's assistanceand advice from a faculty member, and (4) the oration shouldanalyze some phase of the problem of world or industrial peace,and should offer a proposed solution.
Last year's winner was SteveMorse, with Roger Davisson taking the second place award.