The CaliforniaTechCalifornia Institute of Technology

Volume LX. Pasadena, California, Thursday, April 23, 1959 Number 25

The Age-Old Battle

Suntanned Seniors Reassemble Rooms

WILL HERBERG, visiting theologian, delivers opening addressin Dabney Lounge.

discovered the trapof water. Bless hispoured it down the

';'Former Tech editor, Mike Milder

Applications for Big T editor,Students' Day Chairman andhead yell leader will remainopen until April 27, accordingto Bill Hilchey, ASCIT BusinessManager.

To date, no applications havebeen received for the office ofBig T editor.

Only one application has beenreceived for head yell leader.

Interest and desire are thenecessary qualities, not experi·ence emphasized Hilchey. Allthat is necessary for an appli­cation is a note indicating inter­est put in the H box in Blacker.

Final appointments for allASCIT offices will be made bythe BOD in the next two weeks.

;\Ian's I3asie Idea:,;Man is faced with doubt in the

historical view because he is afinite creature and realizes it.This "amphibiousness" leads towhat Herberg calls "basic an­xiety."

Basic anxiety also stems fromman's realization that he mustalways make decisions on incom­plete grounds and from his find­ing himself alone in an alienuniverse.

Thus man stands always on abrink and has basic fears of fall­ing. If he falls he ceases to ex­

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pipes, hewas fullheart, hesink.

BEACH BALL AND FRIEND*

King of them all is the sen·ior who found a hodgepodge ofplumb~ng underneath his sink.About to replace sink "u" tubeafter chipping away all the

Herberg ·OutlinesModern TheologyExistenialist Justifies FaithOn YMCA-Sponsored Visit

By Lance Taylor there is something undefined"Life under conditions of exis- which faces him beyond nature.

tence is radically anxious and Existentialism enters here, forinsecure." man must choose one of > these

Taking this approach to life as three views as his ultimate ap­his basic premise, theologian proach to life, or else he existsWill Herberg explained his ap- only in a sense that he standsproach to the problem of the ex- forever at the crossroads.istence of God in a YMCA-spon-. . ..sored campus visit this week.. If,he choose~"hIst~cIsm, as H.~r-

Speaking to large crowds m berg does, he b.agam faced wI~h

Dabney Lounge and in private doubt and anxIe.ty ,,, fo: he st~lldiscussions with stUdents, Her- has not chosen hIS ultlmate hIS­berg gave an "existential anal- tory."ysis" of man's position in hisown terms of anxiety, faith andthe courage to be.

Three Paths OpenAccording to Herberg, man

can take either a naturalistic, aneternalistic, or a historistic ap­proach to the world around him,but he cannot consistently takemore than one.

Naturalism is a belief in thedivineness of nature. A natural­ist seeks only to lose himself inthe ebb and flow of nature. Do­ing this, he loses both self andidentity. He calls an approachto reality which sees man asonly a biological entity reactingautomatically to external stimuli ----------..-..-..--------

an example of this. ASCIT SeeksTypes of Reality

Herberg's second world view T A ,.-eternalism-involves a separa- PP leanttion of reality into appearance,which is transitory and chang­ing, and Ultimate reality, whichis timeless and immutable. Heretoo, man loses self, for althoughhe has a transitory existence inappearance, his ultimate exist·ance lies in something both im­mutable and beyond understand­ing. Naturalists lose self andhistory because there is no ra­tional history in the cycles ofnature, and eternalists lose thembecause nature, the only placewhere self and history exist,isn't real to the.

Obviously holding the thirdview, Herberg takes nature asreal but not ultimate. Historic­ism implies that man has a limit­ed existence in nature, but that

LeaVing loving friends behind,Tech seniors left early Mondayfor the beach and Ditch Day.Sunburned and sur I y, theylimped back around 6 p.m. andimmedia.tely started g I' i pin gabout the unoriginal tricksplayed on them.

Samples 'of same included:Walt Johnson, after fixing room'with serye-mechanisms to keepit closed while he was away,returned to find two small wireshe planned to cross to open doorhad multiplied to 76.

Dick Montgomery found hisfurniture at the bottom of a pitin Robinson.

Mike :Wilder found his buriedunder an eight-foot beach ball.Showing a creative spirit, he im­mediately gave a guitar concertas he sat on slowly shrinkingsphere.

space on the political and secur·ity committee.

Tom Morton will work on tech­nical assistance and the develop­ment of underdeveloped areason the economic and financialcommittee.

Human rights and the care ofrefugees will be handled by BillBauer in the social and culturalcommittee.

Ken Didwiddie will representthe Japanese stand on the prob­lems of non·selfgoverning terri­tories in the trusteeship commit·tee.

Special problems of UN or­ganization and jurisdiction willconcern Doug Carmichael andthe special political committee.

Dave Nissen and Cleve Molerare representing Japan on theSecurity Council. Their agendaincludes the Berlin, Iraqi andHaitian questions and a possibleemergency session on Tibet.

Ken Scholtz and Roger Nollwill take the floor in the ICJeither today or tomorrow toargue their nuclear bomb-testingsuit against the US and USSR.

Thompson To FillEmpty BOC Post

The Board of Control an­nounced the appointment of BobThompson to the BOC. He willfill the vacancy left by KentFrewing. Thompson's term onthe BOC will last until the endof the year, when the newlyelected officers take over.

Four days of internationally­flavored intellectual and socialactivity began yesterday for the11 Techmen whQ are attendingModel United Nations.

Over 1000 students from col­leges in eight western states areattending the conference, whichis being held at USC. Eachschool represents one of the 83UN member-nations. Caltech issupplying the Japanese delega­tion.

Scheduled activities for todayand tomorrow include meetingsof the five General Assemblycommittees, the 11-nation Secur­ity Council and the InternationalCourt of JUstice.

Mike Milder and Pedro Bolsai­tis will discuss nuclear disarma­ment, Algeria and use of outer

I JapaneselDelegatesActive At Model UN

Gell-Mann GetsTop Physics Prize

Dr. Murray Gell-Mann, profes­sor of theoretical physics, hasbeen named the winner of the1959 Dannie Heineman Prize forMathematical Physics last week.Gell-Mann will receive theaward May 1 in Washington,D.C., at the spring meeting ofthe American Physical Society.

Gell-Mann was cited "for hiscontribution to field theory andto the theory of elementary par­ticles."

The Heineman Prize was es­tablished several years ago, butthis is the first year it hasbeen awarded in the field ofmathematical physics. The sti­pend of the award is $2,500.

Gell-Mann is best known oncampus for his work with Dr.Richard Feynman in the fieldof weak particle interactions.

With only a small percentageof the undergraduate body vot­ing, the By-Law Amendment Iwas approved Tuesday, whileAmendment II was defeated bya narrow margin.

Amendment I grants to theBOD the power to conduct theASCIT elections in accordancewith the newly approved By­Law Resolution detailing runoffprocedures for class elections.The rules now provide for a run­off between the highest two can­didates in a field of five or amongthe highest three in a field of sixor larger. Second runoffs, shouldthey become necessary, are wonby the candidate having thegreater number of votes.

The old By-Law wording pro­vided only for a runoff electionin case no candidate received amajority on the first ballot withno further details outlined.

Defeating Amendment II re­tains the stipulation prohibitinga student from serving on theBOC for two consecutive terms.

The class election procedureoutlines a BOC runoff exactlythe same as for offices to whichone person is elected. A candi­date is elected as soon as he re­seives a majority of the votescast in one election. The run­off candidates are determinedwith the elected person removedfrom the field.

BOD GrantedOne RevisionIn Small Vote

RA ApplicantsDine In Houses

Classes NominateOfficers Tuesday

Special nomination meetingsfor next year's class officers willbe held next Tuesday duringlunch in the student houses.

The same procedure used lastyear will be followed. All fresh­men will eat lunch in FlemingHouse, sophomores in Ricketts,juniors in Blacker and the sen­iors in Dabney.

The nominations will begin at12:25 and will remain open un­til Monday, May 4. The electionswill be held on Tuesday, May 5.

Frosh, sophs and juniors willall be choosing presidents, vice­presidents, secretaries, treasur­ers, athletic managers and Boardof Control representatives.

Four applicants for the ensu­ing Resident Associate vacanciesin Blacker and Fleming have

, been eating dinner in the Housesthis week. Applications will re­main open until May 1.

The list includes Roy Green­field, geology grad student fromNew York City; Robert Carter,chemistry teaching assistantfrom Jamaica, New York; Rich­ard Stanford, Ph.D. in chemis­try, from Dallas, Texas, and Nel­son Lieberman, geology grad stu­dent, also from New York.

Michael Duke has applied forthe position of Throop RA. Heis a Caltech graduate and for­mer social chairman and presi­dent of Throop Club., A geologist,he studied at Penn State, follow­ing his graduation and has re­turnned to Tech for a Ph. D.

Thursday, April 23, 1959

Editor, The California Tech:

Prospective contributors to theCaltech Development Fund arenever introduced to undergrad·uates. Women around the areareceive a bad first impression ofTech men. People across thecountry who know nothing elseabout Caltech think that the un·del'grads here are odd. Why?Perhaps this question can be inpart answered by some observa·tions we made of our fellow stu·dents while we were on tourwith the Glee Club.

At Clovis Union High Schoolthe discipline of the club com­pletely deteriorated under theinfluence of a class of femalepiano students. Most of theclub's members were seen fawn·ing over these girls in the fewminutes of free time before theconcert. While the pre-concertrehearsal was being conducted,any small joke became hilariousin order to impress the watchinggirls with our joviality.

At Hanford some memberswere talking to a high schoolgirl and asked whether theywould be able to use the schoolswimming pool. The answer be­ing no, they asked whether "it"would be open that night. Whenthe girl again said no, one per­son made the obviously colle·giate remark: 'Not you, the pool."

In San Carlos, an observerpassing in front of the TrinityPresbyterian Church about fivein the evening would have seenseveral Caltech "men" playing

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If the California Tech must bean apostle of reform to theschool, let it start with eitherthe Admissions Committee ors 0 m e psychiatric counselingprogram. The cure lies in theprevention.

What is really interesting isthe necessary distinction thatmust be made between thestunts that hurt no one and theattitudes that show a complete

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Letters To The Editor

Last Week's Editorial Brings CommentEditor, California Tech: lack of consideration toward

In regard to your editorial of drivers all;d waitresses - pe~pleApril 16, several points need ele- who are m no way responsIblevating. The letter quoted in for the little privations suf·part seems to illustrate some of fered by the Caltech observers..

the very attitudes that you Consideration of other people'swished to enunciate - attitudes feelings (not to mention theirthat were not given propeer, con· opinions) is the real social aware·scious treatment in your own ness that you, in your editorial,condemnation. did not define. Horseply around

the Student Houses, and else·Where, is generally indulged infor some rather sound reasons.Only superficially does it appearinconsiderate; e.g" frosh initia­tion serves some very usefulpurposes. Some stunts how-lessforesight, but it is difficult to seehow improving guest programsor even table manners will re­form this.

It would seem to me that. theproblem is the inability of Techpeople to simpathie with oth·ers in their life-situations. It issimply that Techmen do not carea whit about other people asthe equal people they are; we areperhaps too occupied with ourown problems to even considerothers. These would seem to bethe same problems that led theTechmen here in the first place.

In the first place, no leversor controls in the cockpit of theplane were touched. That the"anonymous"'letter-writer shouldjump to this conclusion, that heshould concern himself withwhat one person shouted througha closed window of a bus atUSAC officials who obviouslycould not hear the supposed in­sult, seems to characterize himas an individual far more con·cerned with his owin self-morti­fication than with any reforma­tion project of the CaliforniaTech. The impression of thiswriter is that our quoted friendwas painfully shriveling in hisbus seat lest a USAC officialstomp aboard the bus and accushim of the misdemeanor. Ap­parently, this rather basic fearquite transcended his ability tosize up the situation in all itsimportant details.

His other complaint shouldhave been the meat of his trea­tise on Caltech. The sendingback of half-eaten steaks and theconstant, finicky complaints ofpeople who live in the StudentHouses and pay $3.25 a day fortiny, miniscue rooms, accom·panied by meals that could onlytie the worst of Cedar City, 3eemludicrous indeed. The complaintswere certainly justified, but onlyif nine months of school livingreceive a similar attack. In anycase, the accommodations andfood after the first day, with theexception of a three·hour waitfor rooms in Denver, were de·serving of no such criticism.

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Techmen returning from the l\'Iobilgas Economy Run on a char­tered airline flight join the rest of the nation's collegians who fre·qnent sman places. Fifteen observers crowded themselves into aroom ordinarly used by only one person at a time.

Sour Grapes

Editorial

Today's letters to the editor are a good indication of thestudent body's interest in the problem-Techmen's lack ofsocial awareness-we discussed in last week's editorial. Mr.'Somberg's letter, however, seems to have missed the point ofour comments.

We are not condemning good-clean-col lege-fun. The Cali­fornia Tech policy makers might be considered advocates ofscrewing around.

The difficulty arises when we try to define the line betweenhaving fun and being obnoxious. The best solution is to createa mature atmosphere for social development. This will eventu­ally provide us not only with the abi! ity to differentiate betweenthe two, but also with enough interest in our social stature sothat we stop and THINK before we start playing hopscotch infront of the church.

More On Joining Crowds

Tuesday we witnessed a minor, though significant, example

of an ineffective student body government and a disinterestedstudent body. The voting on the by-law amendments was a

force.

The Board of Directors, involved in the appointment of EPCmembers and the analysis of office expenses, ignored theamendment procedures outlined in the Corporation by-lows.The proposals were NOT publicized for a week. Bill Bauer, whousually provides us with eloquent comment()ry on all the issuesbefore the Board, was never heard from. Last week's CaliforniaTech was ready for the presses before we discovered what wasbeing proposed.

As a result, the amendment allowing Board of Control mem­bers the opportunity to succeed themselves was defeated. Thisproposal could have provided the BOC with the continuity andexperience it sorely needs, but very few people realized this.

Adopted on the same ballot were over 1000 words of elec­tion procedure that we venture nobody but Jovin, Bauer, theCalifornia Tech proofreaders and anybody a week ahead in hisstudies had read. It turns out that it is a fairly reasonable pro­cedure, but very few people knew this either.

Let's do it right next time.

Thursday, April 23, 1959 THE CALIFORNIA TECH Page Three

I t is possible to keep the 60-cyclehum to a reasonable level bycarefully twisting filament leadsand dressing them next to thechassis. Careful adjustment ofthe hum balance control canyield. gratifying results, too..

The 120-cycle power supplyripple, however, is a differentmatter. The power supply filetering is entirely inadequateand should be increased. Thereis plenty of room on the chas­sis in which to mount anotherelectrolytic condenser and a fil­ter choke. Several persons haveincorporated these componentsinto the kit during construc­tion, and have reported good re­sults.

The second major problemwith this kit is that the trans­formers and output tubes run ex­cessively hot. The output tubes,EL84s, are capable of puttingout at least 12 watts of audiowhen properly employed. Heath­kit is not using them well,though, and they literally runred hot.

I saw one amplifier in which(Continued on page 4)

HOW TOMAKE $25

Take a word-celebration, for example.With it, you can have a football rally(yellebration), a gossipy bridge party (telle­bration) , or a clambake (shellebration).That's Thinklish-and it's that easy!We're paying $25 for the Thinklish wordsjudged best-your check is itching to go!Send your words to Lucky Strike, Box67A, Mt. Vernon, N. Y. Enclose yourname, address, university and class.

one compensation curve avail­able, I point out that the "saltand pepper" controls, bass andtreble, are always there. Thesecond input is for a tuner..Thethird is designed for a high·levelcartridge, and provides properRIAA loading for all recent ce­ramics •It will also accommo­date any other high level source,such as a tape recorder.

Construction is a: cinch. Eventhe beginner will have no trou­ble with this kit if he is care­ful. One good idea is to keepall leads near the chassis inorder to reduce hum coupling.

My tests indicate that Heath­kit's specification on this ampli­fier are fairly accurate. Fre­quency response at 12 watts isflat within 2 db from 20 to20,000 cps. Intermodulation dis­tortion is around 2 per cent at12 watts. Maximum power avail­able is around 15 watts.

Circuit GoodThe circuit is basically a good

one. However, its employmentin this instance leaves a lot tobe desired. This amplifier hashum, a lot more than it should.

CIGARETTES

Thinklish translation: This character belongs to the beat generation,as any black-and-blu.e freshman can testify. When he cracks a book,it ends up in two pieces. His favorite subject: fistory. Favorite sport:throwing his weight around. Favorite cigarette? Luckies, what else?Puffing on the honest taste of fine tobacco, he's pleased as Punch. Ifyou call this muscle bounder a schooligan, bully for you!

English: CAMPUS TOUGH GUY

During the last year I've beenasked more questions about onepiece of hi-fi gear than aboutall others combined. Obviouslythis unit is of interest to manyof us, so I'll limit this week'scolumn to a technical report onti alone. The item, of course,is the Heathkit 12-watt Book­shelf Amplifier.

Heathkit designed this ampli­fier with simplicity, both in con­struction and in performance,foremost in mind. There areonly four knobs on the frontpanel. Two of these are theBass and Treble controls. Thevolume control is just that, withno loudness compensation. Thereis lots of room behind the panelfor anyone who wants a loudnesscontrol instead.

The selector switch is the ulti­mate in simplicity. It has oneposition for each of the three­inputs. The first of these is fora magnetic phono cartridge.This input is equalized for theRlAA recording curve, whichcovers all records released with­in the last three years. To any·one worried about having only

The Tarnished Ear

Heathlcit f8oolcshelf' Examined

. Get the genuine article

Get the honest tasteof a LUCKY STRIKE

In the following four days Isuggest the following: "HenryV" at the Cinema (Western andSanta Monica), "He Who MustDie" at the Sunset (Sunset andWestern), and "No Time for Ser­geants" at the Pasadena Play­house.

3·1144. Prices range from oneto two dollars.

At the Felix Landau Gallery,702 N. La Cienega, there is cur­rently an exhibition of paintingsby Rufino Tamayo, Mexico'smost famous painter. The Phil­harmonic AUditorium, for sixweeks only, is presenting themusical, "The Bells Are Ring­ing," with Judy Holliday, aspart of the summer-long CivicLight Opera season. Other mu­sicals this summer: "West SideStory," "My Fair Lady," and"Oklahoma." Buy a seasonticket and really be "in."

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Finally, after countless yearsof searching, the cause of all thetroubles of the student has beenfound!! With this new discovery,your personality can change in amatter of hours-from the lethar­gic, s t a y-in·the-room-and-study,to the horny, aggressive sex­maniac; from the frustrated at­tacker to the romantic, depressedpoet; from the romantic to theabsolute snake, cramming forexams three weeks ahead oftime.

Hah, you say, it can't be done"Did you ever think what youwere eating? Could you neverunderstand why you clawed thewalls after a steak dinner? Doyou eat nothing except potatoesand gravy and white bread, andget 4.1s?

According to a new sect oncampus, there is a direct correla­tion between the kinds of foodyou eat and your mood. Pro­tein and other acidic type nu­trients tend to make you aggres­sive and horny (oysters are ex­cellent, as well as other seafood),while fats and starches driveyou toward intellectualism andmathematics. Too much of eitherkind of food, of course, is en·tirely destructive to all tenden­cies and makes you sick. Alka­lines let you sleep less also, andat a certain acidity of yourblood (which is very hard toattain), the poetic in you ap­pears, and everything is a sym­phony.

In the search for discovery,as always, there have been mar­tyrs. One Caltech student (3.2GPA), searching for the truth,experimented with a heavy pro­tein diet. For two months, heate one-quarter pound of liverfor breeakfast every morning.He describes the effects as fol­lows:

"For the first few days I feltwonderful. I wrote poems, Ilistened to good music, and Iwent to the top of my karateclass. Then I began to get in­creasingly horny until I couldnot think of anything except onesecretary in Spalding who haunt­ed me. I could not sleep orstudy., My eyes and jowls puffedout. After two weeks, I foundthat my aggressiveness had dis­appeared, and in its place I be­came very depressed and nihilis­tic. I soon began to sleep morethan 12 hours a day. Classes andstudies did not exist; there weretimes when I could not imaginemyself ever having sat in a lec­ture. (I skipped two finals justbecause I felt like sleeping thatmorning. I suffered the fulleffects of liver."

The hero flunked out with a0.2.

Here's YOUR ChanceIf, however, live is not your

meat, and you feel that flunk·ing out is the only thing thathas any meaning in your life, trythis for a mid-terms' week sched­ule: Tonight, Thursday, April23, swing over to the Palladiumfor Count Basie and the big band.Cost: $1.50 per person. Friday.April 24, the Kingston Trio, atthe Pasadena Civic Auditorium(correction from last week). Sat­urday night. the PromenadeConcert at the Shrine Auditori­um, presented by the Los An­geles Philharmonic, directed byJohnny Green and featuring An­dre Previn as piano soloist. Forinformation and tickets, call MA

THE CALIFORNIA TECH Thursday, April 23, 1959

Announcements

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interest in meeting more of thefaculty, and this program willallow them to do so.

Blacker's Non-Resident Asso­ciate is Dr. George W. Beadle,Chairman of the Division of Biol­ogy and Noble Prize winner.Dabney's is Dr. Frederick C.Lindvall, Chairman of the Divi­sion of Civil, Electrical, and Me­chanical Engineering. Flemingis honored with Dr. H. F. Boh­nenblust, Division of Mathemat­ics and Dean of Graduate Stu­dents. Dr. Alan R. Sweezy, Pro­fessor of Economics, is the Non­Resident Associate of Rickets.

More information can be ob­tained by 1) talking to the Mas­ter of Student Houses, 2) talkingto your NRA, or 3) talking toyour house president. No infor­mation can be obtained by talk­ing to me.

CHAMBER MUSICThe Los Angeles Baroque

Players will present a ChamberMusic concert Sunday, April 26,at 8:15 p.rn. in Dabney HallLounge. Principle works to beperformed are by J. S. Bach.

SYNCHROTRON TOURDr. H. Langmuir in Spalding

has a standing offer to takegroup,s of students of not lessthan four nor more than 10 mem­bers on a guided tour of theSynchroton. Students must or­ganize themselves.

was out of town, and one wasnot only out of town, but out ofthe country, and one had a fullschedule until my deadline. Thisleft but one NRA available forcomment, and I immediately con­tacted him.

He told me that he thoughtthe idea of having a facultymember associated with each ofthe houses was a good one. Hesaid that meeting with the un­dergrads was a relaxing experi­eice and gave them valuable in­sight into undergraduate think­ing and way of life. Non-ResidentAssociates, he thought, couldbetter communicate the studentview to the rest of the faculty.Then Ricketts House presidentBrad Efron spoke up and saidhe thought a NRA would lendcontinuity to the house by beingable to give an accurate pictureof what the house was like someyears from now when new peo­ple and new RAs will be here.

The Non-Resident Associatesare to be an intellectual andcultural guide for the houses.They will bring speakers of in­terest with whom they are ac­quainted, but it will be up toeach Associate to make up hisown program. The reason for theNRAs is that students and fac­ulty alike have been concernedabout the "lack of communica­tion" between the students andthe faculty. It is felt that thisprogram will help make up this"lack of communication.'" Also,the students have expressed an

Non-Resident Associates To BeIntellectual And Cultural Guides

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A few weeks ago, somebodyannounced at lunch that ourhouse now had a "Non·ResidentAssociate." Being naturally in·quisitive, we decided to find outwhat it was all about. The fir"tTech·staffer we ran into out inthe lounge was onr ace cub re·porter, Geary Younce ...

BY GEARY YOUNCE

"What about the Non-ResidentAssociates'?" Moler asked. "Whatabout them'?" I retorted, whichwas a mistake. "Find out aboutabout them and write an articleby next Monday," he said, point­ing to me. "Me'?" I asked, point­ing to me, "You," he said, point­ing to me. What could I do'?

I set out diligently in searchof information. Inquiring down­stairs at the office of the Masterof Student Houses, I found himgone. I queried Mrs. Hale, whoconfessed she knew little ornothing about the matter. Search­ing through papers and letterson her desk, however, she cameacross a fevv matters of interestwhich she disclosed to me. Whilegiving me this information, shenoticed me furiously writing,scribbling, and doodling on mypaper, and expressed an anxioushope that I was not putting downher side remaks as quotes, whichI assured her I was not.

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The next day I tried to getin touch with the NRA's (not tobe confused with National RifleAssn, or National Recovery Act).I discovered, however, that one

tween the extremes and knowsexactly hgw to duplicate thesemore subtle effects in the or­chestra. This leads to a toneand color, which is never dull ormonotonous, simply because itis always changing. It is exact­ly this attention to details, with­out ever disregarding the totalsymphonic structure which is be­ing built, that makes for a greatinterpretation of music.

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LETTERS(Continued from page 2)

hopscotch on the terrace outsidethe building. Had the observerwatched the proceedings for anylength of time he would havewitnessed one of the playersnearly fall through one of thechurch's plate glass windows inhis zealous pursuit of the game.

It would seem that on its re­cent tour, the glee club noblyupheld one of the Caltech under­graduate traditions-immaturity.However, the glee club's actionsonly reflect the behavior of theundergraduate in public and oncampus. The conclusion must bethat there exists among the stu­dents here an unawareness ofand a disregard for their appear­ance and conduct. Why lookwell-groomed and act matureonly for a interview'?

Since most students will beconsidered as adults and will berequired to assume adult re­sponsibilities when they leavecollege, they must grow con­siderably during their collegeyears; they must make the trans­formation from high school boysto refined men. The impressiongiven by the Caltech studentbody is that four years is notenough time for them to mature.

DICIi l\IacAN"NALYKEN CASEYDICK JONES

By David Schuster

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The previous article in thisseries described the personneland the physical arrangementsinvolved in the recent series ofrecording sessions in stereo runby Columbia Records and fea­turing Bruno Walter conduct­ing the Columbia SymphonyOrchestra. This article will dealwith the interpretation of themusic by Dr. Walter and hismusicians,

The selections recorded included some Mozart symphonies, con­certos, and operatic arias, thenine symphonies of Beethoven,the "Great" C Major Symphonyof Schubert, the Fourth Sym­phony of Brahms, Dvorak's"New World" Symphony, and aWagner program, including theOverture to "The Flying Dutch­man," "A Siegfried Idyll" andthe PrelUde and Good FridaySpell from 'IParsifal" sympho­nies are now available in recordstereo.

Thorough RehearsalAll works were rehearsed thor­

oughly until Dr. Walter felt theywere ready to be recorded. Inthe case of the symphonies, thiswas done one movement at atime, and often the longer move­ments were further subdivided.It normally took three hours torehearse and record one move­ment of a symphony (includingre-takes). During the rehearsals,Dr. Walter would frequently stopand explain some point or goover some phrase until it sound­ed exactly as he wanted it tosound, and only then would heproceed. This gave one the op­portunity to get an insight intothe details of the interpretationof great music by a great con­ductor, and to learn just whyit is that a Walter perform­ance is usually more communi­cative, more moving, and moreabsorbing than that of a lesserconductor.

The main point is that Dr.Walter attempts to recreate themusic score in the performancein all its details. All the nu­ances of shading and of coloringthat he sees in the composer'sdirections, he reproduces in theorchestra. The difference is thatthe ordinary conductor sees onlythe more superficial aspects ofthe music, and sees only theextremes of loud and soft; fastand slow; melody and accompani­ment.,

Dr. Walter, on the other hand,sees all the intermediate levelsand all the mixed shades be-

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excessive heat had cracked theglass envelope of one EL84. Inanother the output tubes had"gone flat" after three months,with the result that the ampli­fier was capable of putting outonly 2 watts with low distor­tion. The latter complaint iscommon to this kit. The average"life of the output tubes is onlya few months.

The trouble is caused by theoverly high ambient DC currentdrawn by the output tubes. Theproblem is easily remedied asfollows, Replace the 110 ohmcathode resistor wtih a 170 ohm,5-watt, wirewound resistor. By­pass it with a 100 mfd, 25-volt,electrolytic capaci:tor. If pot)­sible, put a filter choke in thepower supply, as recommendedabove. The result will be coolrunning tubes and transform­ers, which should last for years.Hum and distortion will de­crease, too.

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thentic" movie on Beatniks, es­tablishinga new community atVenice, Calif., and organizing acommunal farm to be called"Eden." DeLattre said that hethought Nord was a fake.

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has only about 300 "solid-coreBeatniks."

Eric Nord, heavy-set, 6 ft. 6 in.,and bearded, talked to studentsThursday night. He is currentlyoccupied in producing an "au-

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Techmen Hear BeatniksThe Beatnik movement was

represented at Cal tee h lastThursday and Friday throughthe visits of Rev. Pierre De­Lattre and Etic Nord, membersof the San Francisco NorthBeach community.

DeLattre, proprietor of theBread and Wine Mission, saidthat the name Beatnik is a mis­nomer. "Actually," he said, "theyfeel that the world is what isreally beat, and they are justgetting away from it." Heclaimed that the world was arat-race of gadgets and hypoc­risy.

"People at North Beach onlyhave to work one or two days aweek and can spend the restof their time reading, creating,and living," he said.,' "We are acommunity of individuals. Thereis no group that fits the popu­lar stereotype."

North Beach, one of severalsuch areas in the United States,

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Caltech KeglersTo Face USC

Caltech will meet the Uni­versity of Southern Califor­nia in athletic competitionsoon when a group of high­average Tech bowlers accepta challenge from the Trojans.

Five Tech keglers will meetUSC on an indefinite date inthe near future with eachteam member paying for hisown lines. Dennis Sustare,Blacker, who accepted thechallenge for Tech, is unof­ficial team coach. He reportsenough applicants to make ateam, but more are welcome.

Dr. James Bonner EarnsNational Ski Merit Star

Dr. 'James Bonner,' actinghead of the biology division,earned a merit star from the Na­tional Ski Association last month.He was cited for directing therescue of an injured girl, whosetoboggan had slipped into a deepcanyon on Mt. Waterman.

What then is the answer tothis problem of existential doubt?Herberg proposes God. He jumpsfrom ordinary existential philos­ophy when he says there is aGod beyond nature which sup­ports the courage to be but thatone can only realize His ex·istence in an act of faith.

Herberg's rationale for beliefin God is only a rationale in thesense that it poses the problem.Man can affirm his self-existenceby choosing an approach to lifethat requires an ultimate his­tory-a defining element beyondnature. Making this affirmation-by faith-he is then faced withchoosing his ultimate history interms of the existential doubtthat continually assails him. Ina "leap of faith" he sees thatGod is the only source of a"courage to be" with which toface reality.

Herberg approaches the worldexistentially, butaIl.swers hisdoubts with Biblical faith.

Thursday, April 23, 1959

Other hospitalized members ofthe British Army, all with ap­propriate accents, will be BobPoe as Tommy, a cockney of thepurest ancestry; Larry Elmoreas Kiwi, a New Zealander; BillHilchey as Yank, a typical Amer­ican soldier, and Chris Larsen asDigger, an Englishman. Stu Goffis ,expected to star as a bed­ridden warrior from an obscureAfrican tribe, whose commandof the vernacular leaves some­thing to be desired.,

The cast will be filled out byJim Uleman, who wlil play acolonel, and Andy Kukla, a hos­pital orderly.

Tickets will be made availablein about a week. Those whowould like to work either on thestage crew or the pUblicity com­mittee for the play are encour·aged to contact either KeithBrown or Mike Talcott.

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ist in a human sene and if hedoesn't fall, he is aiways bother·ed by an ultimate anxiety con­cerning his own existence besidethe abyss.

To this point, Herberg paral·leIs ordinary existential philo­sophy. He goes still further inproposing "autonomy and heter­onomy" as soultions man has"sought to his doubt.

Autonomy is a person's beliefin his full self-sufficiency and itfails because no one can be sureof his own existence. Heteron­omy is an attempt to lose one­self in a crowd, but this, in ef·fect, denies self. Herberg de­scribes modern history in termsof European man's flight fromthe heteronomy of the middleages into autonomy and his reotreat back into the protectingarms of Communism and Naz­ism.

Karen BeachLone FemaleIn Play Cast

The casting for this year'sASCIT play, John Patrick's"The Hasty Heart," has beencompleted, director George Ste­phens announced last week.

The lone female in the play,Margaret (a nurse in a BritishArmy Field Hospital), will beplayed by Karen Beach. Oppo­site her, as the central male fig­ure, will be Ken Dinwiddie asLachie, a taciturn Scot, who hasbeen given only a limitedamount of time to live.

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BowlingThroop Club has challenged

Dabney for the Interhouse Bowl­ing Trophy. Dabney has heldthe trophy since second term,after they defeated Throop in achallenge match, Exact detailsof the match have not yet beendecided, but it will probably beplayed in the near future.

challenged htem in water polo,SWimming and softball, and thatthe Darbs have accepted in soft­ball. The match will be playedthis week end.

DiscobolusDabney House forged into the

lead in the Discobolus Trophydash last week by defeatingThroop Club in volleyball, 15-10and 153. The victory left theDarbs two points in front ofsecond-place Fleming.

Dabney athletic manager LarryBrown reports that Fleming has

Dabney House virtually cinch­ed first place in Interhousefootball this past week by win­ning two games. After handilydefeating Ricketts last Thurs­day, the Darbs came back totr:ounce Blacker Tuesday, leav­ing them with a sparkling 3-0record.

Throop Club looked like agood bet for second spot afterthey soundly thumped RickettsMonday. The Throopmen pres­ently sport a 2-1 record.

Next sport on the Interehousescene will be baskettlall. De­fending champions Throop Clubare expected to field a strongsquad, as is Dabney House.

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Darbs Near VictoryIn House Football

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Dabney footballer Lou Linson snags pass to help Darbs to foot·ball victory.

Recently there has been an upsurge of interest in badmintonhere at Caltech. With the advent of scheduled P. E. classes bad­minton is now taught at both 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. .

This upswing in interest in the sport is largely due to the effortsof Al Hales, a junior living in Blacker House. He is very interestedand enthusiastic about introdUcing badminton at Caltech and indeveloping players who are interested in tournaments.

Al himself first became interested in badminton about fouryears ago through the interest of a girl friend in the sport. Hesoon became a member of the Pasadena Badminton Club and hasplayed there ever since. Many of the best players in the countryare from Pasadena; in fact five out of the six players selected forthe last United States Thomas Cup team were from Pasadena. TheThomas Cup is an international trophy for badminton similar to theDavis Cup, except that competition is every three years.

Al has;' an impressive record in tournament competition. Inthe National Tournament in Detroit, after winning several rounds,he was finally beaten by the fourth seeded player. As a result ofthis performance he will probably receive national ranking at theend of the season. Recently he evoked considerable interest by up­setting a highly ranked player at the Cal State Tournament inBurbank. He was defeated on the next round by the sixth seededplayer. In the future Al is looking forward to playing in theSouthern California Championships this May in Long Beach andeventually hopes to play on the next Thomas Cup team two yearsfrom now.

, by Russ Piber -1

Hales and Badminton

Redlands ThumpsCaltech Thinclads

The University of Redlandstrackmen weI' e inconsideratehosts last Saturday as theycrushed the Caltech thinclads,113-17. Redlands won first placein all but one event, and sec­ond in all but two.

The only bright spot of theday for the hapless Beavers wasin the javelin, where L'cmnyLew y nand Lannes Purnellplaced one-two, Lewyn winningwith a heave of 177 feet 6 inches.

The Caltech freshmen werealso defeated handily by the Bull­pups, losing 981/3 to 31 2/3. Thelone little Beaver first place wasgrabbed by Dave Grimes in theJavelin.

="Jext track meet for the Bea­vers will be against Pomonatomorrow. The hosting Beaversshould come away with manymore points than they did lastweek.

Tennis Men DropMatch To Oxy

Only a doubles victory byJ?ave Butterfield and Dave Zim­merman kept the Caltech tennisteam from being blanked by Po­mona Saturday as the Beavernetters dropped a 8-1 verdictto continue winless in confer­ence action.

Butterfield and Zimmerman,playing second doubles, rackedHaskell and Wallenstein, 3-6, 6-2,6-2, to salvage Caltech's onlypoint.

The frosh netters displayedstrength in singles to grab ahard-won 5-4 decision over thePomona first-year men on thevisitors' grounds Saturday.

Dick Hess, Ray Barglow, DaveSellin and Bob Hearn all wontheir singles matches withHearn having the easiest timeat 6-0, 6-3.

Wilson and Hess, and Hearnand Cedron Jones lost three-setdoubles matches as Pomonastormed back to deadlock thecompetition at 4-4.

Sellin and Barglow clinchedthe competition for the littleBeavers with an easy 6-4, 6-1triumph in the last match ofthe day.

Conference-wise, the frashrecord now stands at 3-2, a hope­ful sign for next year.

Claremont-Harvey Mudd hoststhe Caltech swim team this Fri­day in what should be the Cal­tech's closest dual meet. TheCMC swimmers have posted im­pressive. times in previous meets-better in some cases thanthose of Tech's best swimmers.

Last Thursday the Beaversdrowned the Redlands Bulldogsin their own pool by a significant60-26 count. Keith Brown andGary Tibbets were big scorersfor Tech in their easy win of ameet marked by absence of anyexciting or close races.

The Caltech frosh, on the oth­er hand, had a rough go of itin turning back the Redlandsfrosh. Marshall Buck showedhis butterfly and breast strokemastery with two first places,and participated on the winningmedley relay team. Gary Turnerdominated the back stroke sceneand was also a member of themedley team.

Hogan, Mitchell, Howard, Sal­lee and Weihofen added placeand show points in sufficientquantity to give Tech the vic­tory.

Swimmers WinEasy VictoryAt Redlands

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second game of a double-headeron the Sagehen diamond Satur­day.

Price yielded an unearned runin the first inning on a hit bats­man. an error and a sacrifice,but quickly settled down toblank the Pomona batters forthe final six frames ..

Walsh, junior outfielder-pitch­er and defending loop battingchamp, displayed power-plus incracking a pair of round-trippersand a double in four trips, goodfor three RBIs. His league bat­ting average is now .593.

Buzz Merrill, currently battingat a .442 clip, Dave Blakemoreand Herm Hartung paced thebalanced Beaver attack withtwo hits apiece.

In· the opener of the twinbill. Pomona annexed a narrow5-4 win with an eighth-inningscore proving to be the differ­ence. Marty Kaplan, now 0-3 inloop play, went the distance inSUffering the close loss.

Both Blakemore and Walshrapped a single and double infive trips to top the seven-hitCaltech offense.

Caltech held a 3-2 lead goinginto the sixth inning by virtueof a quick pair of runs scoredin the first inning on singlesby Walsh and Hartung. How­ever, Pomona tallied a singlerun in the .sixth and seventh,and tacked on the winning runin the eighth to cop the con­test. Blakemore's center-fielddouble to score Parkhurst in thetop of the ninth only narrowedthe score to 5-4.

Whittier swept the fourthfourth game of their series withthe Beavers, 11-2. on Wednesday,April 15. Pitchers Price andWalsh bore the brunt of' a over­whelming 13-hit Whittier offensewith Price absorbing the defeat.

Seemingly bound for theSCIAC baseball pennant, Whit­tier once again coasted. to victorybehind the powerful pitchingarm of Klepfer, who fanned 12Beavers in six-inning stint.Klepfer, who has now struckout :n Beaver batters in 21 in­nings. took over relief duties inthe fourth and silenced thethreatening Beaver bats for theremainder of the game.

Walsh and Merrill topped thehitting column with two hits"piece.

Caltech centerfielder John Walsh, who slammed, two homersin recent Pomona game, shows power-hitting form as he plasterspitcher's offering. I

GoI' Team EdgesClaremont Crew

The Caltech golf team pickedup its second victory of the sea­son by defeating Claremont­MUdd, 28-26, at the Los Serranosgolf course. Jerry Siegle led theTechmen to victory, picking upa 73 to walk away with top hon­ors at the meet. This bringsthe Beavers' season average toa respectable 2-2.

Also playing for the Beaverswere John Bard, Wes Shanks,Al Funada, Gary lhler and MikeLevine.

The team next faces Cal-Poly,whom they defeated earlier inthe season. Because of this theBeavers look like a good choicein Saturday's match.

Little BeaversLose AnotherHardball Test

Beavers Split With PomonaBehind Walsh/s Two Blows

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A masterful five-hit perform­ance by standout hurler JohnPrice plus a lusty hitting exhi­bition by league-leading belterJohn ''lalsh. featured a 5-1 Cal­tech victory over Pomona in the

The frosh hoI's e hid e I' sstretched their losing streak tosix and are still looking for theirfirst win after dropping twomore games last week.

Last Thursday Pasadena Col­lege beat the little Beavers bya score of 6-1 in a practice tilt.Although both Don Niswanderand Steve HE~'Lneman showedencouraging improvement in thepitching department. Key er­rors and a lack of punch at theplate gave the winners the mar­gin. Bolstering a \veal{ out­field, newcomer Frank Ridolphiwhacked two hits and turnedin fine defensive work in bothgames.

In a league game Saturday,.still plagued by spotty defensiveplay and a weak offense, thefrosh lost to Pomona, 16-2. Theteam was unable to get throughan inning without getting intotrouble, the victors collectinghits at will and scoring in allbut two frames. The losers weresaved from a shutout in the lastinning when the Pomona hurlerissued walks twice with thebases loaded.

Undaunted, the youngsters metPasadena again yesterday andare grimly looking toward theirSaturday afternoon meeting withtough Redlands.