by Dennis Mallonee

Students eat it...

Number 29

an even dozen. Chem. E. roped 9frosh and Geology was picked by7.

Four people chose AppliedMath, two decided to becomefamous Tech English majors(double last year's number), andEconomics, History, and Geo­physics settled for a frosh apiece.Except for Math, the orderof option popularity has stayedvirtually constant from last year.

Six frosh have decided todouble-major so far, with Ayleading in second majors with two.Second majors are also in Bio,

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of the ASCIT Excom, presenteda novel proposal to involvestudents in campus security. Heproposed that the Institute hirestudents, to be provided withwalkie-talkies and the like, toperform such chores as turningon lights and locking buildings.Drake said that these duties takeup about 60% of the time ofcampus security officers, andthat his proposal would freethem for more iniportan t du ties.Drake indicated that his idea hada chance of being adopted by theInstitute.

Bryan Jack, ASCII Vice Presi­dent, presented the next issue,the optimum size of the fresh­man class. In recent years, thesize of entering classes hasincreased from about 200 tobetween 220 and 230. Jackdetailed two major disadvantagesof increasing the freshman class:one, that the Institute alreadycannot provide enough on­campus housing for incomingfreshmen, and two, that with

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some plan calling for cafeteria­style meals in the North com­plex, with possibly one waitedmeal per week, will be adopted.The Food Committee will meetthis week to study various bidsand select a contractor.

Johnson then introduced BobColeman, ASCIT Director ofAcademic Affairs, who spoke onproposed academic reforms.While many far-reaching reformswould be desirable, he indicated,the resolution presented askedfor only a modest, but possible,change in existing policy. Resolu­tion I called for permittingstudents to take Institute require­ments pass/fail. Currently, thesereqUirements must be taken forletter grades. Coleman indicatedthat options could still makeInstitute requirements optionrequirements, and designated thatthey must be taken for grades.For example, the Physics optioncould require its majors to takePh 2 for grades. The resolutioncarried by a vote of 148 to 28.

Next, Dave Drake, chairman

by Steve SweeneyMath has apparently taken

over as the most popular optionamong frosh this year for thefirst time in Caltech's history.Out of 202 returns (as ofMonday), 18% (37) had chosenMath, surpassing both the Physicsand Engineering options by 5(both had 16%). Physics had notbeen displaced from first by anyoption for many years.

Biology edged out Chemistryfor fourth place, with 13%versus 12%. Astronomy got 13majors, up 1 from last year,while Applied Physics managed

Senior Ditch Day

Math Is Gro(l1!J!

Freshmen: Choose Your Option

Pasadena, California, Thursday, May 17, 1973

Election Procedure

The following electionsprocedures will be strictlyadhered to in tomorrow'selection:

A correctly cast ballot shallbe one of the follOWing three:(i) a vote for one of thenominated parties; (ii) writing"no,"; (iii) writing in a legallyqualified party.

Each voter must sign theofficial register, in the pres­ence of a member of theElection Committee, at theplace of voting, before receiv­ing a ballot.

Failure to abide by theserules will result in the inval­idation of your ballot.

-Gavin ClaypoolElection Chairman

Volume LXXIV

TheCALIFORNIA

by Phil NechesSpurred on by offers of free

beer and pretzels, and startledout of traditional apathy by athree-pounder report from theFleming House cannon, about180 ASCII members turned outfor a corporation meeting heldlast Thursday on Winnett Plaza.Members voted on five resolu­tions, expressing views on topicsranging from solicitation ofparents by the Institute toproposals for student involve­ment in campus safety andsecurity.

After explaining the purposeof the meeting, ASCII presidentMark Johnson turned the micro­phone over to Jim Battey,president of Fleming House, whoreported on the state of boardcontract plans for next year.Battey explained the alternativesoffered by a poll conducted bythe Master's office.

Eats It FasterSince the corporation meeting,

the Tech has learned that as aresult of the poll, it appears that

Corpora,tion Meeting Held to Plan;Topics Discussed Prove Productive

Management Personnel(The school is small, and per­sonnel not directly tied to theInstitute tend to migrate tobetter positions elsewhere.)In early 1971 the Institute

apparently gave up. The kitchenportals were thrown open forbids, and Canteen food servicewas adopted.

The contract with Canteenexpires with this year.

You Can't Be SeriousThe Institute offered eight

different companies (includingCanteen) a chance to bid fortheir wondrous contract over thenext year or so. It recievedexactly four acceptable bids.Three of the companies submit­ted nothing at all (it appears thatChandler Dining Hall is not wellliked off campus either).

Anyone for Petrillo's?

DIRECTOR OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS for ASCIT, Bob Coleman, talks to stu­dents about grading policies at last week's corporation meeting. Photo by Grun,er.

Goodbye, Food Service, Justwhat the final result of all thiswill be is yet undetermined. Allmeals are to be served in Chandler.Meal tickets will be given out.H is not yet clear whether thekitchens will be available forstudent use.

BackgroundDuring the five-year period

after the Saga contract expired(eat noodles, Darbs), food servicewas run by the Institute itself.Many things were discoveredbetween August '66 and '71.Among them:1) The Caltech system is laid out

badly (Example: UCLA canhandle 836 students with aslarge a staff as it takes Techto handle 450).

2) Waited meals cost a lot ofmoney.

3) It is difficult to retain good

Board Contract Abolished

News BriRb

Glee Club Holds Tryouts WednesdayTryouts for the 1973-74

Caltech Glee Club will be heldnext Wednesday, May 23, from4:00 until 5:30 in the afternoon.Anyone interested in seeing theworld (or a s111all part of it),exercising their vocal cords, orjust finding out what the GleeClub is about is welcome.

The tryouts wiIi be held inthe Music Offices underneathFleming, and are open to allmembers of the Caltech COlll­

munity.

Radio Club to HoldYear's Last Meeting

The Caltech Amateur RadioClub will hold its last meeting ofthe schOol year Wednesday even-

ing, May 23, at 7:30 p.m. inWinnett Student Center Club­room 1. Matters on the agendainclude election of officers forthe coming year, and discussionof the current fund-raising drive.

Chamber OrchestraConcert in Dabney

The Cal tech Chamber Orches­tra will present a concert onWednesday, May 23, in Dabneylounge at X: 00 p.m. conductedby Tony Templet on. The Orches.tra wI!l play an oboe concert 0 byHandel and the 5th BrandenburgConcerto by Bach. Also featuredwill be a wlJodwind Quintet witha work by Hindemith. Admission. ..IS ~ree.

Visiting Sociologist toSpeak on Family Planning

Dr. Laila Shukry EI-Hamamsy,Director of the Social ResearchCenter at the American Uni­versity in Cairo, Egypt, will givea talk today (Thursday) at 4:00p.m. in 127 Baxter, on "FamilyPlanning in Egypt--Successes andFailures." Dr. EI-Hamamsy iscurren tly at Caltech as a VisitingResearch Associate in Sociologywith the Caltech PopulationProgram, and spoke to a packedhouse last week on attitudesTOward fertility in rural Egyptiancommunities. Her seminar todayis a joint Population Program­EQL production. A LARGE-SCALE MODEL of the ammonia molecule, NH 3• was found Friday

in one senior's room. Efforts to locate the owner proved fruitless until evening.

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The opinions expressed in allarticles are those of the author,and do not necessarily reflectthose of the editors, the news­paper staff, or the corporation.

As you may know, thealumni association is sending outquestionnaires to alumni. Ireceived one and dutifully filledit out. But when I fmished thecomments section I realized, forreasons which will be obvious,that I would be making amistake if I returned it to them,Instead I am sending it to you inthe hope that it will be ofinterest,

-Robert Neveln '67[Mr, Neveln's comments follow]

I think the function of theundergraduate school at Caltechis to turn aspiring scientists intowilling engineers. That this iswhat Caltech actually does isquite obvious if you think ofFrosh Camp and then check thealumni directory. The reason isalso obvious, namely that theindustries which support Caltechneed good engineers.

And if your purpose in thisquestionnaire is to keep thisgristmill running smoothly, thenyou ought to think what the hellit is you're doing.

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some reference to the Bureau ofLand Management's Desert StudyPlan, and to legislation pendingin Congress aimed at protectingthe Mojave and Colorado deserts.

A major purpose of thesymposium is to introduce to thepublic the natural beauty andother vital assets of this vastregion and to show how much ofit is being harmed by indiscrimi­nate use. Some 60 areas betweenDeath Valley and the Mexicanborder and from the AntelopeValley east to Nevada will beexamined in a series of slideshows.

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I sent this letter to the editorof our local newspaper. Thoughtyou might be interested,

-Jean Haimson• 85 Michaels Way

Atherton, CA

I have been fascinated by thereporting of the millionaire whocancelled his gift to' Caltechbecause of an impeach Nixonbanner. Why do the paperschoose such titles as "StudentsMake $1 Million Mistake?" Itwas the students' mistake only ifthey value the million dollarsmore than their free speech andtheir right to express theirpersonal opinion, This is like aparent cutting off allowancewhen a child has displeased him,even though the purpose ofallowance is to teach the childhow to handle money.

Reporters, more than mostpeople, should realize that ourcountry works because of per­sonal freedom. Why not reportthat the real mistake is for theman to feel that he must give hismoney to an institution thatcontrols students to the point ofdenying rights granted to us inour Constitution.

Freedom of Speechys. Million Dollars

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The Southern California des·ert, its resources and problems,will be the subject of a sym·posium presented by the SierraClub at the Riverside Campus ofthe University of CaliforniaSaturday, June 9. The all·dayevent starts at 9 a.m. and is opento the public without charge.

Featured will be lectures, slideshows, displays and a full-lengthmovie with live narration-alldevoted to the Southern Cali·fornia desert. A box lunch maybe purchased at noon time for anominal charge.

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Alum AppreciatesTech Journalism

Your editorial on the Water·gate affair under "From theCerebrum" in The CaliforniaTech dated May 3, 1973, impels astatement of personal opinionfrom an alumnus and his wifewho fully agrees.

Apart from all the countless"revealing" journalistic efforts onWatergate with which we havebeen bombarded from all direc­tions, your article stands as analmost unique example of objec·tive analysis and constructivecomment. It deserves to become

.a piece of required reading forboth aspiring journalists andpoliticians as well as for manywho have supposedly arrived.

The country would benefit ifsuch journalism were to receive abroader circulation in the majornews media. We hope that youwill continue to apply yourwriting talents to the areas ofpolitics and government. Regard­less of what your politicalaffiliations may be, your type ofstatesmanlike thought is ulti·mately going to benefit all sideswho are primarily concernedwith the welfare of the UnitedStates and its people.

-Fred A, Wheeler '29

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PCC Jazz Band inOlive Walk Concert

The pce Studio Jazz Bandwill be appearing in an OliveWalk Concert today at noon.

will be smoothed out over thesummer.

Freshmen signing up for Ma 2and Ph 2, Track A may havenoticed a slight conflict betweenlectures. How the powers·that·bemissed such an obvious clash reomains terribly obscure. Dr. Luxem·burg, one of Ma 2's lecturers, wasvery surprised when he learnedof the problem. Rest assured,frosh-things will work out formaximum entropy.

Beckman InternSophomore John Land has

been selected as the recipient ofthis year's Arnold O. BeckmanInternship for summer work witha federal or state legislator. Landplans to enter law school aftergraduating from Tech and isconsidering working in politics.Although final arrangements havenot been made, he is hoping towork with Senator John Tunneyof California, or with a statelegislator from his home town ofSan Diego.

Last week, both sides ofCalifornia Boulevard between Hilland Wilson became 24-hour"no'parking" zones, instead ofonly during the rush hour.Added to the loss of parkingalong San Pasqual when it closes,the perennial parking problemshould be in evidence next fall.

Johnson Indicted?Rumors of the week: Various

members of the infamous "Blat·tidae Family" have been seencohabiting the North Kitchen ...

Candidates who seem easy win·ners in tomorrow's class electionsmay find competition stiffer thanmeets the eye .... Tomorrow isDrop Day.

Caltech Y Sells RandomLost and Found Articles

Everything that remains in theCaltech Y Lost and Found willbe sold to the highest bidder.Many random articles will beavailable, from glasses to sliderules. The auction will take placeon Tuesday, May 22 at 12: 15p.m. on the Olive Walk in frontof Winnett Center.

by george harfThe perversities inflicted on

humanity by our own calendarare well known. This time, wealmost had a real winner: secondterm registration on Wednesday,January 2, 1974.

Instead, Techers who go homefor the holidays will receive abonus-three weeks' official vaca·tion instead of two. Registrationwill be held on the Mondayfollowing New Year's, January 7.The rest of second and thirdterms will cycle back a week,relative to this year.

First term remains the same-ashift back would have put gradereports due December 24, anInstitute floater holiday. As itstands, the class of 1974 may bethe only losers: commencementis now scheduled a week later.

Fishwrap on FridayAfter 26 years of publishing

on Thursday, the editors of thisweekly fishwrap have decided tochange to Friday. The mainmotive behind the change is toefectively add another day forpreparing each week's edition,since work seldom begins on anissue before Monday anyway.The first issue to be affected willbe the September 28 edition,with the annual Frosh Campedition appearing Thursday asusual.

Depreciation of the Class of1975 has reached 25%, with only164 of the original 218 remain·ing. Seven of the 54 missing havereturned for a second go-aroundas freshmen. Fifteen Techershave added to the depleted ranksof the sophomores-seven trans­fers, and four each from theclasses of '73 and '74. Sadly,eight of the initial 29 girls are nolonger with the class.

Pre·Reg HasslesThe cards may be different,

but the game's the same: try tofigure out next term's schedule.The tremendous reorganizationthat the Humanities and SocialScience Division has gone throughmak0 things a bit more tricky,particularly with the InstituteHSS requirement still hanging inthe fire. Most-but not all-of therenumbered courses made thecourse schedule, so be alert.When in doubt, sign up underthe listed number; maybe things

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no doubt of increasing senilityon the part of the writer.Anyway, the events chosen asless unimportant as others, andthe opinions expressed herein,are not meant to reflect those ofany persons, with the occasionalexception of myself

Last Monday the BOD refusedto endorse a proposal by D.Driscoll and P. Enright to hold arock band dance this weekend.

Thursday, May 17, 1973

Thrills Coming?by Philip Massey

Although no one has appar­ently noticed it about thesearticles (possibly because no onereads them), they have becomemore summaries of the importantdoings of ASC/T (at least the lessunimportant doings), and not somuch reports of the last BODmeeting, events which are by nomeans synonymous. They havealso become opinionated, a result

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They plan to use! the gym,posting security guards to keepout all the non-Techers wishingto crash a hot Caltech socialevent, and promised to have "atleast 200 girls there." The Board'sdecision (2-3-0, Jack and Manisin favor, Coleman, Massey, andPeisner opposing) came after alengthy discussion as to the lackof desirability of the gym(ASCIT would be responsible fordamages, it is way too large,etc.), and the lack of desirabilityof such events as a "socialprogram" The motion for en­dorsement was contingent upontheir changing the locale to

Dabney Gardens; therefore, itwas not the location that causedthe Board's decision. Thereensued the following dialogue:Beckman: Mr. Enright, do yourealize why there has never beena successful dance here?Driscoll (choosing to be thestraightman): No, why?Beckman: Because Techers donot dance!

PerspectiveThe BOD's decision Monday

might be viewed as unimportantin itself as indicative of a generalpolicy, in that some argumentsran that it was too close to theend of the term for the event,

Page Threeetc. Nevertheless, it came in thewake of a tWice defeated by-lawsamendment, defeated because, inthe opinions of some, Techers donot want a social program (or atleast not of the kind offered inthe past few years), preferring,perhaps, that the money bedistributed to the houses fortheir social events. At least itmay be an indication thatTechers are tired of havingmoney thrown away on dancesthat no one shows up at, dancesmore remindful of high schoolsocial events that are bad memo­ries for most Techers. The

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Malmorg for Social Chairman

Food Riot Etiquetteby Malmorg N. Plano

The problems faced by thenew ASCII officers are huge.How can they save the Big T?How can they find new ways toreform the academic life atCaltech? How can they bring usjoy through a bountiful socialprogram? Most importantly, howcan they act to stop therelentless encroachment of FoodService?

There have always been troub­les with food service. Usually,however, these had to do withthe quality of the stuff theystuffed down the throats ofTechers. Recently, though, Tech­ers have found more relaxedways of doing things; no morewaited lunches, more informalwaited dinners, and, unfortu­nately, a decline in self-enforce­ment of the Honor System as itapplies to food service. All ofthis has resulted in the Canteenthinking that not only are thestuden ts disorganized and cantherefore be taken advantage of(witness the quietly suggestedscheme to make all dinnerscafeteria style in the NorthComplex and close the South

Kitchen), but alSQ that they aredishonest and must therefore bechased and spied on all the time.

In the past, various housestried different solutions when thefood got real bad. President LeeDuBridge was invited over forlunch when they were servinghamhocks. When all a waitercould pull out of the brown swillwas one bright glistening boneeven Dr. DuBridge had to agreethat enough was enough.

The most effective method,and that resorted to mostfrequently when reason failed,was the food riot. After all,what's to lose when you'reslowly starving to death andgetting heavy metal poisoning atthe same time. I believe thegoing rate for a food riot is$300, and even this paltry sum isnot always collected.

Food Riots Can Be FunA food riot can be planned as

a social even t. Two or morehouses can participate! You caneven invite some girls over!(Scrippsies get excited by theslop that's thrown around-LACounty General girls get veryaffectionate at the mere sight of

all those knives.) Those housesnot directly involved can buyshares in the riot for their ownmembers so that they can comeon over and join the fun.

Naturally a food riot will be alittle hard to start. For onething, there are only a few guysstill around who were ever luckyenough to be in one. Secondly,the current crop of frosh andsophomores seems to be muchtoo inhibited to drink enough tocompensate. Still, if necessary,enough "outside agitators" canbe brought in from off-campusto really get things going. Justinvite a bunch of impoverishedbut cullinarilly naive off-campuspeople to dinner one nigh twith the promise of a "freemeal."· Watch them get sick andthen tell them that in theirstupor they just signed a mealcard.

Then watch the fun.Actually most food riots

just start spontaneously. During apariticularly bad meal somebodysuddenly decides he can't takeany more of Tech ... not justfood service, that's just the laststraw ... and then he runsamok. Like a super saturatedsolution it spreads until for ashort blissful cathartic periodCHAOS REIGNS!!

Of course it gets kind of

monotonous having to put FoodService back in its place everyother year. If you want a majoroverhaul here's an idea: stopcontracting Food Service out tooutsiders. Caltech people shouldrun the whole show. Thisincludes Chandler Dining Halland since Chandler is the onlyrestaurant within walking dis­tance the matter obviously doesnot concern the students alone. Ithink that a non-profit consor­tium of students and personnel,which hired and fired its ownmanagers and staff, could do afar better job at only slightlyhigher cost. In fact with only avery little Techish imagination,the cost of serving meals atCaltech should actually go down.

I have never seen one of theFood Service managerial staff eatFood Service food.

Rotation All YearAnother possibility is to ask

two houses, one in the northcomplex and one in the south, tocan tract to take care of mealsfor a net profit. If this weredone on a rotating basis with afaculty-student committee and apermanen t clean-up staff tosupervise there would be theadded factor of competitionbetween the houses to put outthe best meals possible for thecost. There are many potentially

great cooks in the houses. Thisplan would have the addedadvantage of directing most ofthe labor costs into payingstudents or houses who couldreally use the money.

In fact, why not contracteverything? Hire Page House, ona profit-necessary basis, to putout the Big T! Take bids fromRuddock and Fleming to put outa successful social event! In fact,why not save the honor systemand have the BOC, take outcontracts on Honor System viola­tors. Think of it, locksmiths!

Enough socialism! Ayn Randhas spoken! Let free enterprisereign. Riot now ... you havenothing to lose but your heart­burn!

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next year," Jack said in defenseof the 1974 target date. Theresolution passed by a vote of135 to 33.

Funny MoneyBob Fisher presented the issue

of solicitation of parents by theInstitute. For the past threeyears, a group encouraged by theDevelopment office called theParents' Fund has been solicitingcontributions from Techers'parents for various projects. Thisyear, the solicitation has osten­sibly been to raise $20,000 toprovide an extra hour of PDP-l 0time to undergrads, with anyfunds raised to be matched bythe Institute.

Fisher pointed out that atcomputing center rates ($8.50per hour average), an extra hourper student would cost $6,800not $20,000. It has been learnedthat the money collected (about$7000 so far) goes into theGeneral Fund, and that only$2000 has been earmarked forcomputer time.

To Solicit or NotFisher stated that many stu­

dents were annoyed that theInstitute was soliciting theirparents, many of whom footenormous tuition bills already, atall. Others expressed a desire that

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Schmitt was selected as ascientist-astronaut by NASA in1965. Not only was he the firstscientist on the moon, flyingthere on the Apollo 17 mission,he also was backup lunar modulepilot for Apollo 15. As anastronaut he also helped trainApollo flight crews in lunargeology and navigation and wasinvolved in integrating scientificactivities into the lunar missionand in analyzing lunar samples.

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if parents were to be solicited,that the students should at leasthave a hand in what they wereasked for. Fisher reported thatnegotiations with the Institute toobtain at least student represen­tation in, if not student controlof, solicitations of parents.

Fisher introduced a resolutionopposing solicitation of parentsfor more money for computertime. The resolution carried 155to 21.

Funnier MoneyMark Johnson then introduced

proposals to get ASCIT intomoney-making ventures to sup­plement the $22/year dues. Hementioned such enterprizes asrunning vending machines oncampus and renting out theASCIT bus. A resolution advocat­ing Johnson's ideas passed 155to 15.

The final presentation of theafternoon called for abolition ofthe grade of F. John Landpresented the idea, along withseveral other proposals includingabolition of all letter grades, andthe "Stanford Plan'" (A;-- B-C­No Credit). He said that abolish­ing the F would tend to raiseacademic standards, since thetemptation of professors to "give,him a 0 and let him pass" wouldbe gone. Hence, instead ofdespoiling a student's GPA andtranscript with an F, a professorcould just withhold credit until astudent actually did the workneeded to pass legitimately. Theresolution carried 155-20.

This Meeting IsMark Johnson adjourned the

meeting somewhat after 5. Themeeting marked only the secondgeneral corporation meeting inrecen t years. Joe Rhodes, then asophomore and newly elected asASCIT president, called the othercorporate meeting in April 1967.

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The Alumni Award, consistingof a silver medallion and certifi­cate, is made to graduates of theInstitute for outstanding accom­plishment in their field and formaking a significant achievemen t

not ordinarily attained by a

Continued from Page Onemany freshmen living off cam­pus, the task of encouraging andenforcing the Honor System willbecome virtually undoable.

Liberty, Equality, ...In the ensuing discussion, it

was pointed out that the increasein the freshman class size hasaccompanied the admission ofwomen. It appears that thenumber of men admitted hasremained fairly close to constant.Several women undergraduatesexpressed concern that this mightbe the result of a faculty attitudewhich goes something like,"don't take a place in thefreshman class away from a manto admit a woman." In anyevent, cutting the size of thefreshman class back to 200would mean a decrease in thenumber of men admitted, unlessthe Institute wished to return tothe dark ages, the questionersindicated.

Jack then introduced a resolu­tion calling for rolling backincreases in size of the freshmanclass to about 200 by 1978. "Wedon't want a frosh class of 150

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Baxter Lecture Hall, 8:00 p.m.Next Tuesday, May 22, you

are in for a treat. VladimirAshkenazy, one of the mostrenowned of pianists, will delivera recital in Beckman Auditorium.The program will include theSonata in A major, K.331 byWolfgang Mozart; the SonatasNo.3 (F sharp minor) and No.5by Alexander Scriabin and aperformance of the brilliant"Pictures at an Exhibition" byMoussorgsky. I'd be surprised ifthe performance isn't sold out,but give it a try anyway.

Allen on piano, and GeoffEdwards and George McKelveyrounding out the group at someof the shows. This is a multi­talented group, with a comedywriter, an actress, and a mimeamong its members, but veryhard to describe. How do youdescribe an act that changesevery show? They provide aformat for the improvisations,but the improvisations are totallythat. There's only one word todescribe the act. Good.

Chuck Mitchell is the featuredact. Perhaps the word actor isn'tthe best word to describe him.Balladeer, as he is billed, isprobably more correct. But theterm actor isn't all wrong,because Chuck Mitchell com­municates with you, playingwell-known songs like "City ofNew Orleans" and "Mr. Bo­jangles" and some less well­known ones, such as "OneMorning In May."

The show at the Ice Housethis week is the best I've seenthis term. It runs until thetwentieth.

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Many of you remember MajorHochstetter from "Hogan'sHeroes." What you may notrealize is that Howard Caine haswon many championships on thebanjo. Songs such as "NancyWhiskey" and "Arkansas Trav­eler" flow as he plays with astyle from Appalachia called"frailing," which predates blue­grass by a century. His talentdoesn't stop here, however, as herelates in the show how he hasto tune 23 strings for aperformance, as he plays both sixand twelve string guitar. Thisfigure doesn't include the otherfive strings on the fretless guitarhe played the second show. Hedoes justice to a lot of songs thatwere old when the originalrecordings were made on 78's,and plays several of Ledbelly'sblues pieces.

This week at the Ice House isactor's week, and this leaves mein sort of a quandry as to howto describe L.A. Caberet. Rich­mond Shepard, Nola Roeper, andLynn Roth are the center of animprovisational comedy groupwith music provided by Latif

by Marc DonnerGood news for all you

long-suffering readers. This is thelast Beckman/Ramo article. Theyear is almost over and only twoevents are scheduled. The Troilusand Criseyde stage reading bySpectrum productions will haveits first performance tonight. Thenext will be Saturday, May 19,Thursday,May 24, and Saturday,May 26. The reading will alsofeature fifteenth-century songs(about a century younger thanChaucer's work). Tickets may bepurchased at the door only.

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events like this are a rarity forone thing; they're a rarity in thatthey are well attended. Yet thebest the new candidates forsocial chairmen can come upwith is another dance, refusing tobelieve that there are any othersocial events that can exist, thatthere are perhaps better ways ofpromoting social life than bring­ing girls to campus for Techersto meet at dances. House eventssuch as Scrippses live-ins, trips toDisneyland (with dates found forpeople, rides provided, and tic­kets subsidized), have all beensuccessful. Asked if they couldthink of any alternatives todances, the candidates for socialchairmen replied that what Tech­ers wanted was to meet girls atdances, and aside form onesuggestion that was probablymeant in jest, could not come upwith any other way of spending$400 on an even 1.

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Imagination, ProbablyFurthermore, the unwilling­

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However, he adds that theseobjects are among the mostelusive in the solar system andthat the new one will be difficultto find on two subsequentrevolu tions.

Hide and SeekKowal explained that both

comets and Apollo-type asteroidsfrequently become lost to man'sobservation. In the past, the oddsagainst finding them were over·whelming. But modern techno­logy and greater understanding ofthe forces that affect their orbitsare helping scientists to redis­cover some that have beenmissing for a long time.

"In order to understand howthese objects come into beingand what kind of life historythey have, we need to followthem over a period of time,"Kowal said. "As we learn moreabout their origin, their evolu­tion, and their structure welearn more about the histor~ andevolution of the solar systemitself."

The Paradise SyndromeAnother reason why the

search is important is becauseestimates indicate that "everyfew million years one of theApollo asteroids collides with theearth," Kowal said: "There are~vidences of craters in Africathat may have resulted from sucha collision.

"Even though the chances ofsuch impact are slight, it wouldbe worthwhile to know howmany Apollo-type asteroids thereare and to keep watch on themto learn how often such col­lisions might be expected. Thiswould be of particular interest togeologists in correlating the fre­quency of impacts with thenumber of large craterlike areasalready on the earth."

nen ts.The members of the team

have been participating in theScott Tennis Tournament sincethe season ended two weeks ago.In the. finals, held Tuesday,NakatsUl defeated Eisenhart6-2, 6-1, to win the Scot~Trophy.

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Look: A Flying Mountain!A flying mountain of rock

about two miles wide, believedto be the skeletal remains of acomet, has been discovered whirl­ing past the earth some 25million miles out in. space.

The find was made by scien­tists from the Hale Observatoriesand the California Institute ofTechnology with the 48-inchSchmidt telescope at PalomarObservatory. The massive chunkof stone is the 14th such object,called Apollo-type asteroids orApollo group objects, to befound in the solar system.

The newest one was discov­ered by Charles Kowal, researchassistant in astrophysics at theHale Observatories. Kowal detect­ed it as a streak of light on aphotographic plate he madewhile searching for supernovae.

An initial follow-up sighting,necessary to establish its orbitwas made by Eleanor K. Helin:associate scientist at Caltech.Mrs. Helin is a co-investigatorwith Dr. Eugene Shoemakerprofessor of geology, in a searchprogram for new Apollo aster­oids. A third sighting was madeby Paul Wild in Berne, Switzer­land.

Comet DebrisBoth Shoemaker and Kowal

believe the Apollo-type asteroidsprobably are the remnants ofcomets that have burned theirgases and are left with only anucleus of stone. Thier orbits areunlike those of the typicalasteroids that the Apollo-typeasteroids resemble in appearance.Ordinary asteroids also are largerocks, but most of them orbitthe sun in a well-defined areabetween the planets Mars andJupiter. The Apollo-type aster­oids sweep near the sun and thenwhip far out in elliptical orbitsbeyond Mars, returning period­ically.

Preliminary calculations of itsorbit, computed by Brian Mars­den, of the Smithsonian Astro­physical Observatory, indicatethat the new Apollo-type aster­oid can be expected tb pass theearth every two years. If it canbe found on two subsequentrevolutions, Kowal will have theprivilege of naming it.

His present choice is"Loretta," after his daughter.

In action earlier in the seasonthe netmen dropped a 6-2match to Whittier and lost 7-2to La Verne. Eisenhart and AlanShusterman won matches againstWhittier and teams of Dummittand Eisenhart (first doubles) andMcCrea and Nakatsui (seconddoubles) defeated La Verne oppo-

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oy Bob Kieckhefercaltech's tennis team finished

the 1973 season with a 7-2victory over Pasasena Nazarethin one of the few bright point~of the season. The team's onlyother victory was against North­rup Institute in the first matchof the year.

Tech won four of six singlesrnatches against Pasadena. DaveDummit took second singles,Bruce Eisenhart won third sing­les, Ram Rao took fifth singles,and Greg Zima won sixth singles.

Doubles SweepThe Techers needed only one

victory in doubles to win thematch, but the scent of victoryled them to a sweep. Dummitand Eisenhart won first doublesMo Nakatsui and Pat McCre~took second doubles, and RamRao and Cliff Leong won thirddoubles to give Tech the 7-2victory.

Tennis Team Takes Two

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by J. Random BaseballerCaltech lost the last two

games of its baseball season in arespectable fashion Saturday. Wewere playing Claremont-HarveyMudd. In the first game RichMitchell's pitching started off alittle weak, as C-HM scored on asingle, two wild pitches and astolen base. We tied the scorethat inning when Bob Plevawalked, John Dilles singled agrounder down the thirdbaseline, and Jerry Feely hit Plevahome with a single that actuallywent right to their short-stop,who seemed a bit confused. In thethird inning they scored two, butwe tied it up again in the fifth.Rich Short got on base on a hitto right field, Tom Howell hit atriple to deep center, and Dilleshit Howell in. They got fourmore runs in the sixth andseventh which we couldn'tmatch.

The second game was some­what less satisfactory. TomHowell scored the only run inthe first. Tech closes its seasonhaving won 5 games and lost 20.We won three conference gamesthis year, two against Pomonaand one against Oxy.

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by Engineer BillTech's trackmen took a

. breather from post-season cham­pionship competition by runningin the seventh annual RiversideInvitational. This 57-event meetwhich lasted over five hours wa~,non-scoring.

Haywood Robinson, the bestsprinter in Caltech history,turned in times of 10.1 and 22.4in the hundred and 220 dashes.His efforts gave his third andsecond, respectively, in the top­seeded heats of those two events.

A 9:30.3 two mile effort gaveGreg Griffin fourth place in histop-ranked heat. Griffin's recentconcentration on road work mayaccount for this relatively slowtime, as opposed to his 9: 19record pace.

Al Kleinsasser, with a changeof pace from his usual middledistances, ran a personal best 440time of 49.4, giving him animpressive first place in thesecond-ranked quarter-mile.

District ChampionshipsTomorrow and Saturday the

Beavers will be at Redlandscompeting in the NAIA DistrictIII Championships. Kleinsasser,with the best time in the districtthis season (l: 52.2) should winthe half-mile. Robinson sharesthe top district mark, 9.7 in thehundred. Haywood will also bein the 220, an event where he isvery highly ranked in the Dis­trict.

Greg Griffin may double inthe three and six mile runs.However, he will most likelyswitch to the 26-mile marathonat next week's NAIA Nationals.Greg Hoit will be in the districtintermediate hurdles, while ver­satile freshman Brent Sweitzerwill compete in the ten-eventtwo-day decathalon at Redlands:Re tiring head coach BurtLaBrucherie, recovering from re­cen t surgery, will try his darndestto be at Redlands to watch hismen compete.

Following the district meet isthe NAIA Nationals, at Arkadel­phia, Arkansas. The three-daymeet will start on Wednesday,May 23, and finish on May 25.Kleinsasser, Robinson, and Grif­fen will probably make thejourney.