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Volume LI. ____________________ Thursday, January 19, 1950 ____ "_. _________________ No. 13

Assembly Stars ~::i: ~:~d:y DuBridge Cites Dangers To N,·chols' Combo How do you know you're in ·s • I A I

love? What pan does sex play clence n R rt . A real treat is in s tor e for jazz fa ns tomorrow morning, when before and after marriage? How n n uo epo

I< Red" Nichols and his F'ive Pennies wil l present an hOlll' concert can we improve our pros pects a t 11 :00 in Culbertson Hall. for a happy marriage" Mr. Roy

Red and his boys were wi ldly acclaimed a fter their performance Fairchild, the most popu la r sem· ~ ~ inal' leadel' at ASilomar , will Tech OpereHa Progress In Research Programs,

Finances, Student Life Also Evaluated here last year, and everyone isw come to Tech nex t Monday. J an· looking forward to another finOe

f Sen·lors Select uary 23rd, to speak on this in-

concert for the " low-brows" P . S teres ting and importan t subjec t. rem"ere et Caltech mus ical circles. I

Class Gift Autho.-tty Red's father, a professor of music, taught him to play trum­pet when ,he was three years old, and he gave his first public per­formance at the tender age of five, with the play ing of "Amer­ica." From then on he was in constant demand [01' vaudeville acts around his home town of Ogden, Utah.

lHlUta.'y Ca .'cc.' However, Heel's father did not

want him to become a profes­s ional musicia n, and he went to Culver Military Institute in In-

RED NICHOLS

diana on a scholarshi p to pursue a military ca reer. But he soon found that the life of a soldier did not appea l to him, and he left schoo l at 16 to fo rm a small da nce band known as ",he "Syn­copating Five."

This combo finally landed in New York City, and there he or· ganized a band with Jimmy 001'­

sey. Soon a fte r the " «'ive Pen­nies" burs t upon the jazz scene, and the s hi fting personnel in­cluded such well-known band­leaders as Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw, Gene Krupa, and the la te Glenn Miller.

In 1941, right after Pearl Har­bor. Red and the Five PenQies disbanded, and their Do\v-famous leader worked in defense indus­tries for three years. After the war he started ou t again playing lead trumpet in studio orches­tras, and he f1l1ally reorga nized the Five Pennies, who have made successful tours and been starred at top night clubs.

This jazz concert should ·be a fine show for all popu lar mus ic lovers, and no one.- s hould miss this chance to heal' one of the old masters.

Senior Pres ident Stan Boi­cou r t c limbed into hi s cab last Friday at ] 1:00, pulled the th rot­tle, and the senior class meeting wa.s unde r way, a midst billows of s moke and flurri es of snow.

8eniol' Gift

[-Iclppily married, a nd posses­s ing one and seventeen-eight­eenths ch ildren, Mr. Fairchild is a n unques tioned auth ority on his subject. He is a formcr staff member of the Counseling Cen­ter at the University of Chicago and is now Presbyterian Univer­sity pastor at U.S.C,

The senior class is proud to announce that it will leave th e Remembel'ed 'P"om .. bilom:II' sum of $500 doLlars to the alum- However, thirty Techmen who ni fund w hich is to be used to- spent the ir Chris tmas vacations ward the construction of the at As ilomar h<lve better reasons new gymnasium. The seniors ' to welcome h im, for they well re­did no t s tipula te just which part member his interesting a ncl dif­of t he gym they would donate. feren t tech nique. He approaches

The graduation a nnounce- the s ubject frankly and in the men i..S were voted upon. Jim students' viewpoint, and pos­Wilcox will take order s for the sesses a wonderful se nse of hu­announcements and c a II i n g mol'. The demand was so great cards on the Oli ve 'Walk all t his that -he gave thl'ee extra talks at week. Tomorrow, Friday, is the las t day that Seniors may order their announcements, so if you sen iors haven't yet o rde red, now is the time to do il.

Class Hings

Because of con flicting com­mencemellL time...: with Scripps , t he commencement will be held at 4:30 in the afternoon on Fri­

l day June 9 I Bill H aetl'iger ann 0 u n c e d that he is selling t he senior class rings this year. Those seniors who wish to have the fabulous marginal utility of a senior ring see Bill in Room 65, Ricket ts.

Asilomar . G(~t th e \V o .'tl

T he Caltecil Y is ve J'y lu cky to secure Mr. ,Fairchild's serv­ices, and if the demand is grea t, may sponsor a second talk of the same kind in its series of Mon­day night forums. So remember the true word will be libel'ally dis pensed on next Monday nigh t at 7:30 in 201 Bridge.

Air Force Film To Be Shown

A world premiere of a comic opera, a sat ire of the phys ics division, will be presented on Feb. 10 at 8:00 p.m. in Culbert­son Hall. "Spooks in the Base­ment" is the title of the forth­com ing production.

The libretto and music were both written by John Scott Campbell, who is an electrical engineering and an engineering d rafting ins tructor at the Insti­tute.

Spooks The plot of the musical cen­

leI'S around t he love life of a ja n itor in the Physics Labora­tory and a fem a le calculus pro­fessor. The action takes place inside the Physics Laboratory, said lab having spooks in its basement.

A chorus of scientists , which apparently acts like the chorus of priests in Aida except in mocking the Physics Depart­ment, is a lso featured.

An all-s ta r cast consisting of t he Ca ltech Glee Club, solo ists from the Pasadena Civic Chorus and the Ca l tech Orchestra will g i ve the opera. The stage direc­tor is Mr. Linna rd of the Pasa­dena Playhouse. Lauris Jones, director of the Caltech Orches­tra and the Caltech Glee Club, wi ll be the musical director of the opera.

Interviews will be given on B· I b Darbs Curdle the campus today to young men 10 C u Views

interested in i.l career as an of-

And Cuddle ti ce ,. in the Uni ted Sta tes Ai,. · 'Phage Work Las t Friday ~aw a ll Da bney I<~o l'ce. A film is to be presented

hands at t ile Thi n l Ann ual a t 4:30 p.m. in 155 Arms. Bacte riophage will be the sub­Milk Drinking Contes t, which An Ail' Force office r team, j ec t under disclission this Fri­was a lso the dccasion for an ex- composed of Ca pt. William A. day at 11:00 as members of the change dance with Browning Ham a nd. L t. Victor K . Shero Biology club a nd others inter­Hall at Scripps. The halls were during the next t wo days, wi ll ested meet in the lab of Dr. Ren­decora ted in the s pirit of the explain career opportunities, as- ato Oulbecco, room 112, Kerck­date, Friday the thirteenth, but sist those interes ted in filling out hoff. th is did oot dismay the Dabney application forms, and give qual- Here they will discuss with Crew team ;:IS they sa llied forth ifying examinations ' to those Dr. Dulbecco the s ignifica nce of for the contest. seeking Aviation Cadet Pilot or work in this field and view the

At the s ight of th e milk" a Navigator Training, material he has gathered in his vis ible shudder ra n through the QuaHftoo'r investigations of the photo-activ-men. I t is a sight which has Stude nts who meet the qua Ii- atiop of inactive bacteriophage. st ruck panic inlo the hearts of fications , it was explained, will This work has opened new weaker individua ls . But , a las, have opportunities to begin the ~venues of inquiry and is gener­not so t he buxom Browning pl'ocessing procedure so they ally conside red to be of consider­team! who we l'e gay ly tittering wi l1 be ready to ~tart t ra ining I able s ignificance in Ule solution in ligh t anticipation of the as soon as they fims h college. of several biophysica l problems. comi ng contest. Qualified young men have op- A s usua l, the discussion will be

, l.'\\,O to One portun ity to train as pilots, as completely informal and will But the men had yet more to navigators, or [0 l' nonftying follow the interests of t hose

fear, s ince due to the archaic duties. present. rules of this ancient contes t t hey 1------ ------ ---:..:..----- ---------

(Continued on Page 4) ME-CE Occupants-T 0-8e Caltech Fellowship Blacker Parties Eagerly Eye Future Home To Discuss Bible's At Roller Rink "Scientific Method"

The Cal tech Christ ian Fellow­ship will discuss John, Chapter 7, next Tuesday a nd Thursday at 12:30 in 251 Bridge. This will be especially interesting to Tech students, since in this sect ion of the Bible Ch ris t seems to have a d v a cat e d the e xperime n ta l method.

Cflmpus CfJlendflf THURSDA'f, JANUARY 19

12:00 Throop Club Meeting 12:00 Y Upper Clan Lunch Club

7; 15 ASC IT Board of Directors Meeting in Lower Fleming

7 :45 Dancing Class in Culbertson

fRIDAY. JANUARY 20 11 :00 Assembly-Red Nichols a nd His

Five Pennies in Culbertson 6:45 Frosh Basketball vs. Pomona at

Pomona 8: 15 Varsity Basketball vs. Pomona at

Po",ona SATURDAY, JANUARY 2 1

2 :30 Frosh Basketball vs. Cal Poly (5, 0 .) at Covina High

7 :30 Varsity Baske tball vs. Cal Poly IS.D.1 at P.C.CO

SUNDAY. JANUARY 22 7 :30 Film Clasic Series in Culbertson

MONDAY, JANUARY 23 5 :30 California Tech Staff First Annual

Clambake 7 :30 Y Forum, 201 Bridge

TUESDAY, JANUARY 24 12:00 Y Frosh Lunch Club 7: 15 Alumni Placement Lecture Series

in Ricketts

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25 7 :30 Orchestra Rehearsal in Culbertson 8 :45 Glee Club in Culbertson

Those Blacker men whose "Room for research and ad-sense of equil ibrium had not ministrative facilities in tbe been disrupted by the holiday Civil a nd Mechanical Engineer­festivities took thei r dates to the ing divisions will be provided by Moonligh t Rollerway last Friday the new engineering building," for a night of fun on wheels. stated Mr. Hertenste in in un in­

Te nded by Dale Krause, the te rview with a 'l'ech reporter last daring couples made t heir shim- Monday. me ring ways round and round All of the Civil Engineering the wooden oval. Several stags professors, with the exception of cam e a long to join the fun , oc- Dean Thomas and Professor Var­casionaUy cutting -i n and leaving ney, will move in to the new edi­the hapless escort no support to fice. Represen tin g the M. E.'s clutch for stabili ty during his el'- in the new sec tion will be Drs. rat ic course. Cla rk and Hudson. Although

H omecoming Dr. Clark will kee p his oft1ce in ,"Vhen the rink closed at 11 the Throop Ha ll , his metallurgy re­

troops retired to Blacker lou nge search will be conducted in t he for refreshments and dancing, new offices. Dr. Hudson is set­apparently none the worse for ting up a laboratory in which to weal', a lthough with due regard study vibrations and their effects for truth it must be admitted on structu res. t.hat there was a line leading to New, F eatures each of the cOllches a nd to the Some of the impor tan t depart-easy chail's . ments of th e Cjvil Engineering

Baril Danel) division will in clud e so il mech -On the 27th 'Blacker a nd Rick- anics, the materials lab, the arl­

ells join forces for a soi"l'ee ministrative offices, u nci class­known as the "term's barn rooms. Large concrete walls, dance." The locat ion of the pale made expressly for s tructura l amber oas is has not as yet been analysis , can be accomoclated in chosen, bu t the t ime-honored en- the s pecia lly pr;epared lab. Other lertainment is being d ilige ntly parts of the 35000 square feet prepa red for, with all members ,' of available spac~ will be utilized of the cas t vy ing to achieve per- by the soil mechanics and fect ion in their roles. I s trength of materia ls lab, which

are being moved from T·l and Lower Throop respectively_

FOI' the first time Dr. Clark will be able to concentrate the m etallurgical research in one building. Th is research is now scattered a ll over the campus in such places as the Aeronautics lab basement. A vacuum labor­atory for the formation of al­loys without the presence of air; u s pectrograph and accompany­ing equipment; a nd a lab for the u se of radioactive tracers in dif­fu s ion study , a re three more in­teresting features to be included in the new structure.

Lower T hl'OOP Some of the departments which

may occupy the vacated sec­ond floor of Throop are the preSident's offices, the E.E. di­vision, a nd the accounting de­partment. The basement of Gugge nhe im will be taken over by the ae rona u tics division.

If all goes according to sched­Ll le , t he building will be in full opel'aLion by next falL The net resu lt of the additional space with wh ich to relieve the cra mped condit ions in t he engi­n eering options is expected to be of great a id in st rengthening t hese departments at the Ins ti­tute.

Basic .scientific research is being threalened by the govern­ment I70hCY of concentrating its support on military science, accordmg 10 Callech Presidenl Lee A. DuBridge, In the annual report issued last Sunday.

"A full y ear of normal, steady progress" in Caltech's ex­tensive research program, student affairs, and other Institute

Nominations Assembly Set

The officia l nomi nation assem­bly for next year's ASC1T offices will take place on Friday, F eb­ruary 10, a nd choices may be made fOt, a period of exactly one week thereafte r.

The traditionally tumultuous campa ign season w ill commence at ]2:01 a.m. on February 20, and draw to a c lose a s elections take place four days later .

The offi ces open for e lection a re: president, vice - pres ident, secreta ry , treasurer, first and sec­ond represen tatives , ath letic and publicity ma nagers, rally com­miss ionel', head c heer leader, and editors a nd business managers of the Callfol'nill Tech and the Big T.

Nominations ln writing, s igned by t he person nomina ting, s hould be turned in to a board membe r 01' to Mike Sellen, E lect ions Com­mittee Chai rma n , before the nomination assembly.

Dramatists The f).'ama Club will meet

at 7:30 ",m" Monday nigh t, ,Jalllw,'y 2!1, hi 102 lJabll cy,

Tech Rep Edged In C.E. Contest

Representlng Caltech in t he Annual Student Paper contest of the A_ S. C. E., held on January 11 at Southern Cal, 'Jack Otte­stad, who presented a d iscuss ion on pontoon bridges, narrowly missed a winning vo te.

With a plurality of only 90 to 87, C, E. \Vhi te, t he contestant from S. C" gained the privilege of repr esen ting the section at the A. S. C. E.'s Western Confer­ence in April. The difficulties involved in t he const ruction and maintenance of the Alcan High­way was the topic of the win­ning talk.

Chaptc., ~leettng By cha llengi ng the Geology Di­

vis ion to another softball game, the Ca ltech chapter of the A_ S. C. E. decided in a meeting last Monday evening to renew its t raditiona l riva lry with this cock­sure department.

Max Kreston, president of t he group, led the passage of two other motions: the organization of two field t rips, one probably including Lockheed Air Termi­na l; and the scheduling of a thea­te r par ty nea l' t.he end of th is term.

Postponed for a later date was the movie on the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge, origi­na lly planned for this assembly.

Jilted Throopers ' Resort to Bowling

Finding that only one girl had s igned up for last Friday's Ex­change, and feeling that an Ex­change with only one girl would present problems U) , Throop was forced to make another of its last minute cancellations. However this Saturday at 7:00 there will be bowling at the Pasa_ dena Bowling Courts . The upper alleys have been reserved for the cxclusl\'~ use of Throop Club. Members a nd their guests may bowl f91' two .hours for only twe nty-five cents each. There's no better deal in town. It's Stag or Drag! with dancing and refreshments in the lounge afterwards. See you th ere.

$activities, was also detailed by President DuBridge, department cha irmen, a nd other officials in the major portion of the I'ep'ort,

Dr. DuBl'idge stated that "In­sofar as the federal government is concerned ... support of sci­ence has bee n largely left to agencies whose primary func­tions a re milita ry. namely the National Military Establishment and the Atomic Energy C.ommis- · sian." This, he sa id, gives rise to two \Iangers:

Dangers 1. "When basic sclence com­

petes fo r funds with weapon de­velopment projects, .. science is cel'ta in to lose out as budget re, strict ions become necessary;

2. "The re is increasing pres­Sure to extend to basic science the secrecy restrictions which necessarily per v a d e military weapon development programs."

1l1dc l)CJulent ~"Inanctng The two aforementioned dan­

gers to basic science arising from government inte t'es t in science as a wea pon-developer may be mel "only as la rger sources of private support for scientific re­search becomes available" ac­cording to 01'. DuBI'idge. '

Cont.-o ls Not lVantt"d

However, Dr. DuBridge made the poin t that Caltech and simi­la .. institutions do not want gov­e rnment subsid ies "with the ac­compa nying burea ucratic con­tro ls."

Even though many research enterprises at Caltech are belng sponsored by the government, HIt ,is a tragic mis understanding to assume that the educational and research activities of the In­s ti tute are being, 01' a re about to be financed largely by the Fed­eral government," he .warned. "Ca l tech undertakes only such government enterprises as are a proper part of its own program." [n fact, he stated that HIt would be ddngerous in any case to have too large a segme nt of th e Insti­t ute's resea rch program depen-

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AlEE To Visit Telephone Co.

The AlEE has planned a Field Trip to the Telephone Company in Downto\\tn Los Angeles, Fri­day January 20, 1950. Meet in Tournament Park parking lot at 1:00 p.m .

The trip includes a two hour inspect ion of facilities and a half hour movie, "Speeding Speech."

Membe rs a nd welcome. Sign lower Th !'Oop.

non-members up on Ji§:t in

Interview Schedule JAN . 18, 19 c; 20--THE u_ S. AIR fORCI

int~rv,ew team will be on campus. 8ul­letlns are posted on various buUetin boards if you desire fUrther informatIon. Movie to be shown on the 19th In 155 Arms at 4 :30 p.m.

JAN . 2.4, 25 & 26--DOUGLAS AIRCRAfT COMPANY, Santa Monica, California . Mr. C. C. La Vene, Engineering Division Employment Manager, Interviewer. MS degree men and up in Electrical Aero­nautical , Civi l Engrneering and PhysIcs. BS degree and up In MechanIcal and Chemical Engineering.

fEB. 15 & 16-5YLVANIA ELECTRIC PRODUCTS INC" New York, New York. Mr. H. L. Richardson. Director of Indus­trial RelatIons will Int erview 8S and MS degree men in Electrical ICommun.l, Mechanical , Chemical Engineering and Physi cs and Chemist~ . Two or three ~I~!'d. degree men in hemistry also de-

APRIL 24, 25 & 26-GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Detroit, Michigan, Mr. Kenneth A. Moade, Interviewer. Details later. All in terviews take ptace in the place­

ment office unless othe rwise designated in announcemen t. Contact the placement sec­retary as soon as possible for defini te ap­pointment and application blank.s.--120

Throop Hall. All a pplication forms filled out for In­

te rview appoin tments should be completed and in the hands of the placement secre­tary two days before the date of each part icular interview .

Page 2 __________________ T HE CALIFORNIA T E C H ____________ Thursday, January 19, 1950

T~ SijUARES' CI RCtE Ed. Note:

This is a l'al'C occasion when someon e 0 11 1 sidc of 'I'ceh tukes an intel'est in OUI' atrah's . 'I'h e point made is uudoubtedly a.,p li­cable to lUOst of u s.

Deal' n. K.:

Who Dealt This Mess

Potpourri By Bob C"lcbtou

Mr. and Mrs . Neville S. Long became parents of a baby boy, Donald Stewart, in Walla Walla, \Vashington. Neville was an R. A. of Fleming, several years ago.

• • •

It is well known by most bridge players that there are 13 cards in each suit and in each original hand. But this knowl­edge is seldom put to use. Take

In answer to your editorial, a quick glance at the hand be- The annual report of the Insti-"Beak, Beak, Beak ... " under a low. At the contract of Four lute has been published, and the P.S. Anybody kn ow of a good Spades by South it appears that following is quoted from Dean beak for an editorial next week?" the Diamond suit is crucial. A Eaton's Report. I submit the following: finesse is required, with the odds "A considerable concern was

Parents' sport is beaking, too!! 50.50 on whether or not you pick expressed in this body (the Stu­Mostly, about Caltech men's ina- ti,e right direct,·on. But a good b 'l' d' t 't I tt dent Faculty Relations Commit-

1 tty or estre 0 wrt e e ers Declarer will find the one cast. home_ . tee) over the disparity between iron way of making sure of the the listed course load in certain

It is recognized that students contract. are glad to be away from a domi- S Q932 courses and the greater number neering home influence. W e ad- H 10 76 of hours actually required to mit we are glad to see boys be- D A 10 5 complete the assignments. In-

(h th vestigations into this disparity come men owever- ey can C A6:1 not say, "today, I am a man" un- S 10 854 N S _ are in progress, with the hope til the legal age of twenty-one). H AKQ93 H 82 tha t recommendations for reduc-

P t f I t lion, particularly in the matter

al'ents are gl'a e u 0 save D 9 WED Q87432 pennies and dollars so our sons C Q85 S C J 10942 of repetitive and duplicative can go to college-yes to the problem assignments, can be ONLY COLLEGE, Caltech. The ~ ~~J76 made." sum, compared to the national D KJ6 .. .. .. debt, is sma ll: but in our budg· C K7 The day after the fire de· ets, it is as bi llions. Are Caltech stroyed the electrical mainte-men grateful for this? South dea ler, North-South vul. nance supply building, early

We rejoice that there are many The bidding went- this term, several papers printed extra-curricular activities made S \ " N E stories to the effect that the fire

. available to make college inter- 18 2H 3S P had threatened the library, esting and fun. 48 P P P which conta ined hundreds of

Snaking? A good portion of West opened the King, Queen, priceless documents. I t was de-ane's time devoted to this pleas- and Ace of Hearts in that order, scribed as one of the oldest ant pastime seems to be neces- East discarding the deuce of structUl'es on the Cal tech cam­sary if one is to get the most out I Cluus. \Vest then shifted to a pus. of the Caltech education. Club, the King winner. Declarer, This was slightly confusing

For a well rounded education, with the opponents holding until I saw a sign on the old we believe Caltech men must en- book, must win the remaining dorm that read, "OLD LIBRA­gage in extra-curricular activi- tricks. RY- 1890, A Monument to Early ties, athletics, snaking and writ- Four rounds of Spades pulls Culture Dear to the Memory of ing that letter home each week. the outstanding trumps and Many. Diamond Jubilee Celebra-

How about it? gives Declare]' a fair count on tion of Pasadena's Founding A Mother (Continued on Page 4) 1874 and California's c.entennial

________ _ __ 1849."

The Evening Concert Musical Masterpieces KFAC 8-10 p.m.

Prelented by the Southern California .nd Southern Counties G.s Comp.ni ••

THURSDAY, JANUARY 19 Col,n BreuQnon---Overture, by KabalevskY·

NBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Arturo Toscanmi (51.

Symphony No.5, by Shostakovich. The Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Ar tur Rodz inski (39J.

Gyorgy Sandor, Pianist . Sonata in B Minor, by lint (24).

Variations and Fugue on a Mozart Theme, by Reger. Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam conducted by Edouard van Beinum (32).

English Folk Songs-Suite, by Vaughan Williams. Columbia Broadcasting Sym­phony conducted by Howard Barlow (121.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 20 Weekly Feature Concert-A Program of

liturgical Music S ... TURDAY, JANUARY 2 1

Die Gotterdammerung (The Dusk o f the Gods ! by Wagner. Famous Soloists, Lon­don Symphony Orchestra conducted by Albert Coates. Berlin State Opera Or­chestra conducted by leo Blech .

MONDAY ANUARY 23 Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun. by

Debussy . Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Serge Koussevltzky I I 01.

Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, by Rach­maninov. The Ph iladelphia Orchestra conducted by Sergei Rachmaninov (38).

Wilhelm Bachaus Pianist. Fantasia in C Major, by Schumann (281. Italian Concerto in F Major, by Bach (121.

Der Rosenkavalier - Suite by Richard Strauss. Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eugene Goossens (24).

TUESDAY, JANUARY 24 Die Meistersinger--Overture, by Wagner.

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by leopold Stokowski (91.

Symphony No. 103 in E Flat Major (Drum­roll ), by Haydn. The Halle Orchest ra conducted by Leslie Heward 1251 .

Nathan Milstein, Violinist. Sonata No.8 in G Mal'or for Violin and P iano, by Beethoven ( 6/. Sonata No. 24 in C Major for Violin and Piano (K. 2961. by Mozart !I41.

The Great Elopement, by Handel- Beecham. l ondon Philharmonic Orchestra conduct­ed by Sir Thomas Beecham (24).

Eni!hma V~riations ,by Elgar. B.B.C . Sym­GO~lt ,Cfstestra conducted by Sir Adrian

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2S Don Giovanni- Overture, by Mozart. lon­

don Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham 161.

Symphony No.6 in B Minor IPathetlque), by Tschaikovsky. Berlin Philharmonic Or­chestra conducted by Wilhelm Furt­wangler 141 1.

Alexander Kipnis, Basso. Selections from Boris Godounov, by Mous$Orgsky. Chorus and Orchestra con­ducted by Nicola i Berezowsky (42).

Les Deux PIgeons-Ballet Suite, by Messa· ~er . Ro~al Opera House Orchestra of ngiden! 17 rden conducted by Hugo Rig-

Intermezzo-Entr'acte, by Richard Strauss. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham (6).

CAMPUS BARBER SHOP

in Coffee Shop Building

ALSO AGENT FOR

LAUNDRY Picked up Monday,

Delivered Friday

and CLEANING

KFAC 4-5 p.m. dany 2-5 p.m. Sunday

Pr.sented by the Slaivick Jewelry Company

THURSDAY, JA .... U ... RY 19 " Elvcrhoj" Dverture--Kahlau. Johan Hye­

Knudsen and Royal Chapel Orchestra Concerto for Piano and Orchestra-Villa ­

lobos. Eileen Bailon, Pianist. Ernest An­sermet and Orchestra de la Suisse Ro­mande

*Merry Mount Suite-Hanson. Howard Hanson and Eastman-Rochester Sym­phony Orchestra

FRID ... Y, J",NUARY 20 ':'''The Firebird" Suite-Stravinsky. Ernest

Ansermet and London Philharmonic Or­chestra

o!< The Pines of Romc-RespiQhi. Eugene Or. mandy and The Philadelphia Orchestra

(: la Favorit" " Abridged"-Donizetli . leo· nora---Giuseppina Zinetti. Fernando­Cristy Solari. Alfredo XI--Carmelo Mau­geri. Baldassare--Corrado Zambelli. Ines -Ida Mannnarini. Don Gasparo--Giu­seppe Nessi. l orenzo Molajoli and Cho­rus and Orchestra of La Scala

Will iam Telt " Passo a sei"-Rossini. Ar ­turo Toscanini and N.B.C. Symphony Or­chestra

SUND"'Y, JANUARY 22 " Idomeneo" Overture-Mozart. Boyd Neel

and National Symphony Orchestra Concerto fo r Oboe and StrinQs-Rlchard

Strauss. leon Goossens, Oboist . Akeo Garliera and The Phil harmonia Orchestra

The Faithful Shepherd Suite-Handel- Bee­cham. Sir Thomas Beecham and london Phi lharmonic Orchestra

MONDAY, ANU",RY 23 "Ruler of The Spirits" Overture-Weber

Walter Susskind and the Phi lharmonia Orchestra

*Symphony No. i in A Major-Beethoven . Anlltole Fistoulari and National Sym­phony Orchestra

Novelletta- Martusci . Willy Ferraro and Symphony Orchestra of Turin

Feuersno tT'!t~~: Y Sc!~~~~~h!~d Strauss Sir Thomas Beecham and Royal Philhar ­monic Orchestr~

::: Symphony No. 41 in C Major "Jupiter"­Mozart . Arturo Toscanini and N.B.C. Symphony Orchestra

Sonata No. 2 fo r Clarinet and Piano-­Brahms. Benny Goodman, Clarinetist. Nadia Reisenberg, Pianist

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Picking up our square crystal ball, we gaze therein to see who has been striving for nefarious recognition this week, and eval­uating a ll circumstances, sort out those to whom we can award the same. Everybody's calling Thorne Butler a hero these days, but we, the little voice in the great babble, don't see why he has such a good eye on the bas­ketball floor when he can 't avoid hi tti ng parked cars on a four­Jane street: witness the little game of crinkle-fender he played last week. Speaking of cars, Brad Houser got his head swelled recently, when, driving his hood less, paintless, beat up old Packard, in downtown Pasa­hogan; some people from Ohio pulled a longside at a stoplight, and leaned out of the windows goggle-eyed, w ith exclamations such as "Gee, look at the REAL hot rod," "J 'll bet it's really fast." (Eel. Note: Brad claims to have hit 27 in overdrive high.)

Last wecktHuJ was t.he on e for exchanges, both girls' and dirty looks. Ricketts flung one Friday night with Oxy's Haines Hall. Archie "J . S." McEwing sta rted the evening right by heading for

the hills when he discovered that his ex-gir l friend from last year was attending. Expecting a mediocre turnout, the Rowdies were su rprised when half of the Occidenta l fema le student body s howed. An eme rgency drafting committee was formed and re­cruits assembled from many an obscure snake pit about the cam­pus. To act as catalyst to the mix, the nametag gag was em­ployed, us ing old proverbs split in half. Nobody had much trou­ble except the guy whose tag read "I'll be damned if-." The other half of the tag, which read appropriately, "-I can find my partner," had taken off early with someone else.

-\Vhieh brings liS to Flem­ing's Friday F iasco. Perpetrated by post cards, the dance was deluged with dubious damsels (this could get out of hand). Hartung's NeapOlitan ex-girl· friend favored the troops with an appearance, and was entl'i­angled by Dallas Peck, Matzner, and a post-doctoral student named Michaelson, who had somehow wandered in on his way to Kerchoff. The latter was heard urging the lass to retrea t

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SPEAKIN' SPORTS with Mike

Next to T horne Bu t ler 's bri!­lia lH dis play of basketba ll play­ing, it seems that one of the most importa nt fac tors of Sat­urday njght's game occurred after it was over. I am su re tha t I was not the only one who noticed Whitt ier's failure to give a ye ll [or the team that ou t­played. them On the fl oor, Who knows, maybe the Poet cagel's were too busy th ink ing up ex­cuses for this, their fou rth de­feat at the hands of Tech.

Their main excuses may take the form of T hor ne Butler , who hooked h is way to a 24-point h ig h scorer [01' th e evening and to a g reatly im proved rebound aptness displayed by t he e n t ire Beaver squad. The pred icted "back in shape" period after the holidays seems to have been an important factor in firi ng Coach Shy's troops to victory Saturday nigh t.

Sidelin e

Now ip the capacity of coach­ing Ca ltech 's track team, Be rt LaBrucherie apparently is hav· ing trouble keeping his eye off of a 1950 g rid squad. I could ha ve sworn that I saw men suit· ed fOt' t rack tOSSing a round that elongated s phel'e and generally dOing a li tt le serious ba ll ha n· dling.

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On the oval, Tech trackmen are at last beginning to over· come the early season st iff·

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8e(/ver Sports

Tech's Skiers Overrun Muir

Racing season fat' Cal tech's ski team began last Sunday when our s ledders met a team from Muir College at Mt. \Vater ­man. Tech sk iers took the firs t four places in the two-run s la· lorn.

Out' team , chosen fro m a host of prom ising s kiel's, 1 00 ked steady but a little ragged. With hard work we can expect the Cal tech Sk i Team to oifer real competition fat' the other teams in the F'ar ,"Vest Intercollegia te Sk i Associat ion ancI notably to the USC and UCLA teams.

How 'l'hcy Ra n Results of Sunday's race:

(Combined times of two runs ) 1s t, Stanaway (Tech ), 47.9; 2nd, Stt'anahan (Tech) , 50.5; 3rd, Blom (Tech ), 54.2; 4th, Jones (Tech l , 56.4; 5th, Go n za l es (Muit·). 59.7; 6th, Warick (Mui r), r,O,2; 7th. Grey (Muir), 87.6; 8th , Mason (Tech ). 88.4.

Team scores: (1st three men ) Caltech, 143.0 seconds; Mu il', 207.5 seconds.

The first general meeting of the Cal\ech Ski Club was held Tuesday with about 35 members and friends in attendance.

W31'1'en Sch li ngel' reported on the hut and gave a hint of what has all'e3dy been done and dis­cussed plans for the fu ture. The idea of emblems anci shoulder patches for the club was dis­cussed and severa l ten tative de· signs are expected to be re­turned fro m the man ufacturers soon_

Hut l1'ces

A committee has been de le­gatecJ to in vestigate the possible raise in the hut fees as a method for ra ising the money the club needs.

Dick J ones expressed the ap­preciation of the club for the wonderful furniture donated for the hut by the Caltech Woman's League.

Don'l fOl'get to check wi th the bullelin board in lower Throop fo r deta ils of the Club's new ski school being run by Oily Gard­ner and Pete Price. An an­nouncement will be made o n the bu lletin board every T hursday giving the exact day, time, and meeting place of the school.

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Engineers Blast Poets, 49-35; Butler Stars With 24 Points Tech d "'Capacity Crowd Watches Tech Top

Favore Whittier for First Time Since 1946 Over Pomona T he Engineers showed Whittie r 's former conference champs

how the game of basketball s houlcl be played last Satu rday, at the Wi lh their first league victory same time taking them to the cleaners, 49-35. Caltech took an early

sa fe ly salted away) Caltech's un· 2 point lead and never lost it. p l'edicta ble va rs ity qu in te t wi ll T horne Butler w as the big gu n for the Beavers as he scored ta ke the floor Friday n ight 48.979% of the Ca ltech points. He had hi s hook shot calibrated to <lgainst lhe Pomona Sagehens. -=== ========= =.<llthe nearest inch ti ll it seem ed Last week's convincing win by 1- I impossible .. that he could m l.ss. the Beavers over Whi ttier indio Frosh Sports Roundup Our abIli ty to make pomts cutes tha t the Hens will be given was n 't the whole s tOI'Y, however. a !'lin for thei r money. by Ptu 'ry V~ll'taniaD It was Cox and Montgomery at

POlll ona Strong As promised pel' last week I th: guard pos itions who figu r· Wh ile Pomona's perenn ial een· here's some poop on the Ft'osl~ atlve ly sat on the Poets and r~­

tel' Locke Olsen has fina lly grad- track squad. To begin w ith , fused to ~ et them shoot. TheIl" ua ted, the Sagehens have an Coach LaBrucherie is experi. ball-ha.wkl llg .bl~oke uP. a lot of able replacement in the B·(oot 5- meting wit h the "man vs. even t" potel:~ l a l W hIttleI'. scorm~. The inch person of Carl W ittenberg problem. A s yet he has no pole Monk s solo da~h In to g lab the Other s ta rte rs for Pomona will vau lt , h igh jump or broad jump ball an.d .score J ~hst at th~ poets

t probably be ESSig and Cooper a t men. The running events, how. th rew It 111 was t e game s mas t he guard pOS it ions, and Welsh eve r, seem to be pret ty well s pectacular pia?" I t was by far a nd Hamma n at forwa rds. f II d and if th s cce of the the best ciefenslve of the season.

1' h f . I t' I e,. e u ss . Ba ll H a ndlin us a I', 111 eague compe I· F rosh 111 cross country thiS year I g . t ion, Pomona has lost to Red· . . I" I . The Beaver team displayed

IS any inC Icat lOn of w 1at OU I II b II h d l' d lands but has taken games from trackmen can do, we ought to exce ent a - a~ .lng .an re· Occiden ta l and Whi ttier . b' ht t' the can. bound wor k. Whlttle r tIme and

N eed \Vill ~ e rig up on op 111 again tried to intercept the ball F'l'iday '<;! 5!ame is importan t to e rence. " a la Montgomery", but were

... ..... Man \ 'S . E , 'c llt the Beavers, as it wil l be an in· Following is a Ji st of men out never a ble to get thei r hands on dica tion of ho..;v strong Tech is for F rosh track anel their op. it. At the free throw line too, compared to Oxy. A decisive lions. Sprinters: Pat Fazio, J im the Engineers proved superior, w in over the Saghens would LaTourrette, Jack Wa lker, qua l" making 11 out of 15, while the make Caltech a major contencier tel' m ile: Tom S tockebl'and, Tel" Poets ma naged bu t 9 of their 16 t·o tl SC[C I,asketba ll cro,"n tries. vVhittie r 's defense wasn't

[' 1e ~ ,y ry T homas; hurdles: J im Klie- effedtive s ince Beaver Lhlc UI) gel, Clair Veazey; half mile: Ed very

T he IJl'obable starting li ne-up casa ba men had li ttle tr ouble Stofel, Al Johnson; one and two fo r the Reavel's will include m ile: Dewey Marsha ll , Don Ro. working the ba ll into position for T horne Bu tler a t cen te r, who, in· mine, Francis Scoll, Ha nk Pol- a good shot. ciden tally, will really have h is I m p l"Ovcd Devos

let, George Moore; fi e ld even ts T o those who saw the Red-work cu t out. against the 6-foot (weights): Bob Kubick, Gene 5-inch Wittenberg; Patapof'f and Muehlbel'ge l', Wal t Pilant, Leon lands game, t he improvement Libhey in the forward s lots; the E ng ineers s howed in a ll de-Vickma n. MOtltgOtllCt·y a ll(1 Cox ' t the IJa l'tments, ba ll -handling. re-... For the most part, meets wilt g uard positi ons. be in conjunction with those of ,-------------,

Game t ime is 8:15 with the the Varsity. SCIC BASKETBALL F t'Osh pt'e liminary at 6:45. Both BaSk etba ll STANDINGS games will be played on the Po- Saturday, while the Varsily Hcd lands .. ...... 3 0 1.000 mona hardwood. Pomona . 2 1 667

[ I t . t . t . was smearing the Wh itt ier Val'- . n a as ''J1)lI1 U e. 111 erVlew Calt.cch 1 1 .500 . I d J MOlltgO net·y he s ity, seven miles away a Frosh WI t 1 guar . ay I , \ "hittic i' 0 2 000

d . " If team from this same \Vhi ttie l' . was quote as say ll1g, F h Oxy 0 2 .000 e nough Tech ,'ooters show up, I was doing likew ise to our ros L ___________ ----I m ay break down and take a shot casabamen. Anyway, the sco re 01' two at the bucket." was 29·52.

This in itself is worth the High fo1' Caltech was Stevens jau nl to Pomon ~l.

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Bowlers Run Wild In Scoring Monday

Hig hest scores of this year's Intel'house Bowling League were ro lled th is Monday by Woody BratI10ber of Throop as he set a new mark with a big 236 gam e, then added scores of 181 and 202 fol' a record 619 series. This is to pped only by Ray Heggland's 624 mark, set in March , 1948. Other big scores this week were ro lled by Carl Fox (R), 179·502; J er ry Matthews (T), 188494; Wi n Soule (Rl. 178-490; and Duane Nevel'man (1'),184.455.

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Tech 's s pecial match with ,"Voo'dbury College was post· paned one week un t il this com· ing Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Pasa­dena Courts.

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bounding, bringing the ball down the floor, shooting, was phenome· na l. Since con t rol of the ball is essen tia l to a winning game, it is good to see a change for the bettet'o An orcll id to Coach Shy fo r bringing the team a long so well.

Another promis ing sight was the depth we d is played against Whi ttier. The Poets seemed over·confident in s howing their reser ve power , when they start­ed their second st ring. It took them a few minuteR to get used to the idea that they were losing and then send their first string in. By then we had a 7 point lead, which was la ter increased with little d ifficulty .

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Half- time score : Cal tech 21. Wh itt ier, 13 . Scor ing subs-Caltech : Patllpoff 5, Gray 2, Sereno 2. Whitt ie r : Reed 2 Cra ­ven 5. Ribb 2, Mason 2, Snyder 9, Peder­son 8.

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dent upon uncertain short term government contracts."

"The California Institute is de­termined to insure its indepen· dence through the building up of adequate resources of its own."

In line with this independent line of financing, and rely ing upon the support of citizens of the community, during the year the Institute's assets increased by $1,372,374, mostly from gifts. Tota l asse ts a re now $43,738,517, according to the report. Total expendi tures for the year were $7,800,708.

Vetcl'ans DrOI) Turning to student life, the

1949·50 enrollment has dropped to 1141 (graduate and undergrad· uate), which the annual report states, is close to the stable level at which the Institute has been aIming. A smaller proportion of the undergraduates are veterans, 39 per cent in 1949-50 as com­pared with 78 per cent in the pre­ceding year.

This lower number of veterans (with consequent decreases in veteran's scholars hip aid from the government) has raised the scholarship demand consider­ably. Many promising hi g h school graduates, the report stat· ed, were unable to attend Cal· tech because of financial difficul­ties. Dr. DuBridge emphasized the need for more freshman scholarships.

FUll Here Too The recent survey comparing

participation in extra-curricular activities at Callech and at a large western state unversity was also cited by the president in his report. The survey (re­printed in last year's California Tech, and Engineering and Sci. ence) showed that a large pro· portion of Caltech men engaged in some form of extra-curricular activity, and that more social a f­fairs were held at Cal tech.

The report a lso stated that over 56% of the undergraduates engaged in intra-mural and in­tercollegiate sports during the 1949·50 year. This was 11 % more than in the preceding year but s till not up to the prewar level.

In commenting upon the stu­dent life, Dr. DuBridge said, liThe Institute has always had the pol· icy of providing opportunities for a well-rounded college life for all its students. Very rew people realize, however, to what an un­u'sual degree this goal has been achieved. Caltech students work hard- yes, but they have fun too."

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were to drink two bottles of milk for each the girls drank. The evil of this black day fell on Dabney: they lost! Amidst sobbing and violent gestures of despair, the crowd then turned to the half-time activities, and hea rd once again renditions of Dorothy Shay·ish tales of young maidens gone astray.

Emotional !"eak The emotion reached a pea k

as Dabney's own a lumnus, Dirty John Whittlesey, who is leaving to teach at the University of Nevada, was presented a touch­ing "bon voyage!"· gift by some of his arden t Browning admir-ers.

There w as, however, a lso a less serious side to the evening; exchanging with Browning. This

WHO DEALT THIS MESS was no mean task, thanks to (Continued from Page 2) Corbato's usual confusing mix-

ers_ But in s pite of it, at the the hand. He can count that end of the evening, the Dabney West originally held five Hearts men contented ly left the Haven and four Spades. Of the remain· of the White W alls, ready for ing four cards, one is known to another week at their books. have been a Club. A lead to the *-J. Alla n Beek, Jr. Club Ace and the ruff, with the ________ ~ ___ _ last trump, of a Club return served no purpose but to com­plete the count on West's hand. It is now complete-three Clubs and only one Diamond. Now a Diamond lead to the Diamond Ace on the board is perfectly safe. If West's sIngleton DIa­mond is the Queen, it will drop. ]f 'not, the Queen is in East's hand and will be finessed, in per­fect safety, with the return lead -making four Spades. What a partner he is!

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could only be philosophic. Katz picked up some femmes

in South Pas, sorted out one only two years under thirty, at· tached himsel[ to her at the dance and proceeded to give dir­ty looks to those who tried to cut in. I n thus exercising his eyeballs he noticed that there was much other talent present; he hastily dumped Grandma on frosh La rry Sta rl' (aged 17), and these two hit it off so well that they spent the rest of the eve­ning together. She must have made quite an impression on him.

' Vhile t he others \,'ere content to check the local gals, the Dab· ney "more gaSOline than brains" Darbs felt the wanderlust, and wound up in the lltUe white· walled whistle stop, circa 40 kil­ometers away in the direction of the rising sun. TS put the eve-­ning to good use by testing the pillows on the date roO m couches at full length. He was awakened on at leas t two sepa­rate occasions. Prominent local Scrippsophile, Pete Knoepfler, was the source of certain anxi­ety in one of the younger in­mates. She confided to her part­ner, in s hocked tones, 1/1 saw Peter Knoeppfier dancing cheek to cheek with a Scripps girl!" It is a ll very well for Peter to ad­mire the girls in that region in

Those who know him well will be pleased to note that Rex Ragon spent his efforts on the wallflowers. T hIs is indeed a changing world.

a platoniC, intellectual manner, T he DUl·bs report a new atroc­but when he seeks to implement ily by the neighboring Red his lust with the ac tivities out- Waiter's Union. Las t Saturday lined above, we feel even this the overflow was in Dabney, and ladylike censure to be too mild. the Fleming headwaiter went

r.I.'h e Ullnouncement wus m ade over to officiate. One of the 'Dah­at dinner Monday night that ney citizens tried to move a Royce's overcoat had been found chair withou t asking this high - in one of the rooms at Scripps. I official's permiss ion and was His many (2) friends ra llied loy· promptly apprehended and told ally about him, and assured him to replace said chair. In the en­that although it looked as suing a ltercation, the chair was t hough he was hopelessly com· highly stressed in tension, and promised they would stick by the visiting dictator was heard him. Anyone knowing a GOOD to assert, "Lis ten! I'm HEAD­lawyer- WAITER here, and you have to

Saturday night saw the bas­ketball game wind up in most satisfactory fashion, except that Goerke's date was a li ttle con· fu sed a nd kept cheering indis­criminately, no matter which team scored. A few kind, un­derstanding words from J on suf­ficed to close her up like a clam for the remainder of the eve-ning.

Scorning the game, Ollie Gard­ner, "Fat" Fred Baily and "Thin" Carl Larson crashed the Altadena Country Club's Winter Dance. A pointer for those who wish to try this: leave your coats in the car.

Haber and Ludwig are eating free this weekend. Seems they made a' bet wi th two Oxy gals that Caltech wouldn't lose to Oxy last weekend, and, sure enough, since there was no such game scheduled, Caltech didn't lose. The cads are collecting a couple of steak dinners.

Adv. - Will the person who gave me what I've got please take it back again now. I'm tired of it. S. Pardee.

do as I say. You want me to call the manager? " The EM proved to be slightly less bull·headed tha n the officer, and the chair was returned to its God-given position_

Monday night, when Pete Howell had ca lled for the laun­dry, Dick McKinnon was clean­ing out the pockets of his shirt, prior to dispatching it to be blanched, when he discovered one of Maxine's buttons in the front pocket. He lit up like a Christmas tr ee (sorry we're so late wi th that expression) and said, "BOY! That's smooching­I 'm engaged. "

All hands a re still wondering if Ralph Stone is marooned in Canada with or \vithou t his girl. Only time and clement weather will bring the a nswer to this one.

F'lash! Ralps Stone has re­turned, we are informea, as the Tech is going to press. F'or addi­tional deta ils, see Stone.

Adv. - For info rmation con­cerning certain Asiatic diseases, see S. Pardee.

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