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ASCIT FORMAL SATURDAY tIlL/fORN/1I TECH DRAMA TONIGHT AND TOMORROW Calif()rnia Institute ()f Techn()l()gy Volume L. _________ Thursday, March 3, 1949 - - - -- - - ____ No.19 Ralph Lovherq To Head AS CIT, Mackenzie, Gardner Elected Aftel' a fast and furiou s four da,ys of campaigning the new ASCI'!' officers we re duly elected last Thursday. The top office was won by Ralph Lovberg, new ASCIT Prexy. Out of about 720 undergrads, 581 votes were ca st which is slight- ly under last year's tally. Run·offs were necess ary for Athletic Manager-Noel Reed and Sellen,. and 2nd Rep.-Stan Groner f'ES Meet Told and DI.ck Jones. L Oath o[ Office •• Las t night the new officers took Of RegIstration Act their oa th of ofHce from retiring Secretary Stan Boicoul't. The new Boa rd of Directors consists of ASC IT Pre s. Ralph Lovberg, Vice-Pres. Dave MacKenzie, Sec- retary Ollie Gardener, Treasurer John Fee, Ath letic Manager Noel Reed, Publicity Manager Jim Hendrickson, Rally Commission- er Bert Snider , First Rep. Bill Freed , and Second Rep. Stan Groner. These gentlemen will now sit on the Board of Direc- tors unVI third term next fall. Ulr ich Merton wa s elected Head Yell Leader, and Ear l Hef· ner Editor of the Califo rnia Tech. Wilson Bradley is Busi- nes s Manager of the Tech a nd Jim Blum Business Manager of the Big T. As yet there is no Ed itor of the Big T. As it stands there will be a special election for this post along with class election s next term . Cnm lmigns The campaign s for this elec- tion were mostly very good, 1 t was a lot of fun and experience for everyone concerned. The s trength shifted from Fleming to Blac ker with Blacker claim- ing fiv e members on the Board a nd Editor of the Tech . In many cases th e off-campus vote decid- ed things and there was a defin- ite wooing of th e off-campus vote by all the candidates . Soon the new officers will ass ume their posts and ASCIT will start on a new s et of activities. Caltech - ASCE To Choose Speaker For Annual Meet The Cal tech S tudent Chapter of the ASCE will hold its last formal meeting of the second tel'm next Monday. in 208 Throop, at 11 a.m., when Dave Baron and John Heath will pre- sent ten-minute papers in com- petition for the honor of repre- s enting the Cailech Chapter at the San Diego Conference of California Sections of the ASCE, to be held on March 25-26. Featured s peaker at Monday 's ASCE-s ponsored meeting of th e Combined Engineering Societies was John K. Minasian, consulting Civil and Structural Engineer , who gave an interes ting and highly informalive ta lk on th e Registration Act for Civil and Structural Engineers in Califor- nia. The degre e of interest in this s ubject was shown by a large representation of all the engine e ring group s on the cam- pus. After giving a brief descrip- tion of the his tory of registr a- tion in California, Mr. Minasi an discussed the requirements and nature of the examinations which are now being required for " Engineer-in-training" and "Profes sional Engineer" stand· ing. He supplimented the discu s- sion with mimeographed mat e- rial covering the main portions of the Registration Act. Mr. Mina s ian' s discusison discussion helped to answer the questions of many students who will soon be completing the i l' training in Caltech and will be required to take the se examina - tions as they go into the field. SENIORS: Next Wedne s day, March 9, will be the final day for order- ing g r a d u a t ion announce - ment a nd invit ations. Orders may be placed with Dave Baron, Blacker 55. Blackerites Claim Social Successes Blacker's social life this pas t term has been highlighted by two outstanding event s; two events unique in s etting and in entertainment. The House moved to Lake AI'- rowh ead the week after mid- terms fot' a Snow Pa.rty replete with the Chalet atmo s phere of the Berner Oberland, Over twen- ty-five coup les enjoyed the facili- ties of a s uper- ski hut for three days and two nights-toboggan- ing, sledding, und skiing during the day and danCing and si ngin g in the ev e ning. The weekend was._so successful it took twenty- five people more than a week to recover ! Both Baron and Heath have spent considerable time and trouble in preparing these pa- pers, a nd the conlest sho uld be a.n interesting climax to the term' s activ ities. Cal tech has cer- tain laurel s to defend, since the Chapter st udent speaker 1 a s t year, Chuck Forester, took first honors in competition against five representati ves of the other major engineering schools of the California and Nevada areas. Final plans for the safari of th e Chapter to this San Diega me eting will also be discu s sed at this meeting. aatlnlPolI The Taubate Instructor Rat- ing Poll wiII be taken next week in all clas ses. The meth- od used will be the same as last year. The instructors have been asked to give the last half hour of one class period for thi s purpose, La st weekend was the occa· s ian fo r another ju s tly famou s Blacker Party Dance. The social committee and the members of Blacker House are to be con- gratulated on ve ry cleverly tak· ing the scene of the party back to the "Days of '49." Until 11:00 PM the " Blacker Saloon" cou ld have been mis taken for " The Golden Nugget" with no exag- geration. Money flowed like , water at the various nefarious The Poll is being repeated thi s year in order to form an idea of whether or not last year' s poll produced any im- proveme nt in the instruction, Campus Calent/ar THURSDAY, MARCH )- 12.00 Y Upperclass Luncheon, 12: 15 Throop Club Meeting. 7 :30 A.S.C.I.T. Play, Culbertson. FRIDAY, MARCH 4-- 7 :30 A.S.C.LT. Play, Culbertson. SATURDAY, MARCH S- 9:00 " President 's Ball ," L.A . Break- fast Club. lUNDAY, MARCH 6- 7 ;30 Cal tech Musicale, Dabney Hall L ounge. TUESDAY MARCH 8- 12 :00 Lunc heon . 7 :30 Band, Culbertson. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9- 7 :30 Fencing, Dabney Dining Hall. 7 :30 Orchestra, Culbertson. 9:00 Glee Club, Culbertson. gambling devi ces -a full s ize crap s tab le, blackjack, rou lette , ch u ck-a-luck and so forth. It is to be hop ed th at the Hou se is now in the "b lac.k " after a mo st s uccessful "take." Entert a inment and the following Hou se "tour" was the dividing line between the sa loon and more r es pectable dancing 'till 1:00 AM. A third no less succe ss ful af- fair wa s the annual Blacker- Fleming Barn Dance at Moun - tain Oaks. Thir s ty couples milled about until time for the Crew Race and the Flamer contest s, about which no more need be s aid . At 12:00 PM the manage- ment protested and at 12:01 AM not a soul was to be seen! On odd week e nds Blacker has ma.intained its full social sched- ude with record dan ces, a the · ater party, and an exchange dance of r ecord proportions with "women abo ut campu s," s Ball AS CIT Thespians To Emote· To Be GIven By , Performances T oniqht, held thi s Salul'da y- eve ning at ® Head Of Greenwich Local Pulchritude To Fascinate son, it will honor Dr. DuBriclge and pl'omises to be a very fi ne affa ir . Hal Lomen's iJa nd will be At Techmen At Modern Melodrama on hand with some very mell ow and danceahle mus ic all eve nin g. The dress is semi-formal whi ch means formals for th e g ir ls . 1"0 1' t he fellows, Carl Pri ce, ASC IT 1st Re p. , says, "T he imp ortant thing at Tech dan ces is that peo ple co me to the m. It und o ub tedly looks nicest w il en is more 0 1" less uniform , but since only a fraction of the men can a ff o rd tu x, it wou ld ha rdly be ri g ht to limit an other· wi se fo rmal AS CIT dance. Th e L.A. Breakfa st Club is 1 0· cat ed on Los Feliz nea r Riv er- side Drive. You can get ther e by goin g oUl Co lo rado to Glendale Blvd. Turn left on Glendale Blvd. and go s outh to Los Feliz. Turn right a nd trav el west a bou t 114 miles, and y ou ' ll see it on l he north side of th e s tr e et . You can also go out the Arroy o Seco Spe edwa y to Riverside Dr., no rth on Riverside Dr . to Los Feliz. Turn rig ht and go e ast a little way, and there it is. ME Adds "Hot Rod", "Motor" Profe ss or Pe ter Kyropoul os has a nn oun ced t ha t two maga- zines of in tere st to man y s tu- dent s have bl:! en add ed to th ose J ir eady s ubscribed to by th e M.K Lib rary. They are the local publi cat io n HI-l ot Rod" a nd th e British magazin e "Motor". Pro· fe sso r Ky ropoulos .. a dd ed that any s tud e nt in te rest ed in any par tic ular automoti ve topics is welco me to br owse t hr ough the fil e of SAE puiJlicati ons. Th is l"ri da y's a sse m bly w ill fe nturc Si r Harold Spen cer Jones, Ast rono mer Hoya l of Britain, speaki ng on the subj E:ct, "Th e Ea l' th as a Clock." J)il'cctol' Sil' Harold is especia ll y we ll qu a lifi ed to speak on this s ub · ject, since he is t he Di rector of t h c Grcenwich Obse rv ato ry . in ad <.l ition to holding t his posi- tion, he is also the imm edi ate pa !:i t president of the Int e rn a· tional Astronomical Union, a nd a past president of the Roya l As tronomical SOci ety. In 1943 he wa s knight ed, a nd was awa rd ed .t he Gold Medal of th e Royal As- tronomical SOci ety the sa me yea r. Co nt.l·ibution s Sir Harold's contributi ons in the fi eld of as trono my are num- e rOLI S. He is pr obably bes t kn own for his important wo rk in dete rminin g the mea n di s· tan ce bet we en ear th and the s un, the reby establis hing a va l- ue fOl' t he As tr onomical Unit. He h as also do ne a g l'eat dea l of re sea rch on s ta r motions, ste ll ar mag nilude s, radial veloc itie s, or- bits of double stars a nd spe ct ro- scopic b inari es, and a d et ailed st ud y of novae . At present S ir Harold is on a lect ure tO U I', add ress ing various co ll eges a nd ot her organ iz ations throug hout Southern California. He will spea k at Ca l te ch on s ev · eral ot her occasions, however, this will be his only appearan ce before the und ergraduate body as a whole. Th e lah' 1)1 '. Husscli \V . ("ol 'te l', not ed astronomer and design er , s hown u1. hi s dt 'sk wOI ' ldng 011 (lI'awing fot' the SIHlctog"a llh to be used at l\lt. r'alomal'. Dr. Russell W. Porter Succumbs Dr. Ru ss ell W. Porter, noted ast ron omer a nd Arctic e xpl o rer, died al midni g ht Tu esday, Feb. 22 , of a heart attack at h is hom e in Pa sadena. He wa s 77 year s old. Dr. Po rter play ed a key role in the cons tru ction of t he 200 in ch te lescope at Mt. Pal om a r. Hi s geniu s at visualiz ing complicat- ed mec han isms an d ma king lu- cid dra wings of them were of inestimable value in the success- ful rea li zati on of th e pr oject. Some week s before his death Dr. Po rt er expr es se d sa ti sfaction th at he had Ji ved to see the first obs er vations at Palomar. " I' ve seen enou gh ," he said, "lo kn ow that it' s even bette r than we had thought." accompanied Admir al Pe ary to th e AlleLic on s ever a1 exp edi- tions. Durin g one of the se, he wa s heading so uth fo J' help aft· er the s hip had been c ru s hed by ice. Th e party was l os t, until two years later, when a sea rc hin g pa rt y fo und Porter on Franz Jo- s ef La nd wh ere he had been ma- rooned . Dr. Porter wa s bo rn in S prin g. field , Ve rm ont, and st udied ar c h- itec tu re at MIT. He ca me to Ca,l te ch in 1928 w hen the tel e- s cope project was a nn oun ced, at the requ est of lh e late Dr. George Ell ery Hale. He se rved as re- search ass ocia te at th e Ins titute since t hat time, working on th e t. el escope, ex cept for the war pe· ri od when he did secret optic al By CHAR SMALLER Music Lectures Set For Next Term A s er ies of Illusic a ppreciation lc ctures sponso red by the Hu- man ities Dep art ment will be g iv - c n a l Cal tech during th e t h i r d te rm . The lec turer will be "Vii· bur Cheno wit h, fo rm e rly of Oc· t: iden La l Coll ege and now a pri- vate lec tur er a nd teac her of mu- sical history and a ppreciation, directo r of mu s ic at the P as a- d ena Ne ighb o rh ood Chur Ch, a.nd active in r adio and television. Th e ftrst two of the s erie s of s ix lect ure s will deal with the history and theory of mu sical form. The re ma ind er will apply that m at eri al to vari ous musi cal wo rk s. Symph onies, conc e rto s, an d ot her works will be analyz ed wi th i it ust rations at the piano ana poss ibly on records. Th e lect ures will begin on Mon day, April 4 a nd will be on consecuti ve Mo nday s thereaf te r. Th ey will be held in Dabney Lo un ge at 4:15 P.M. Second Ricketts Apache Dance Held Th e Hic ket t' s Apac he danc e was a tl'emendous success wit h thrill s and ex citeme nt provided all eve ni ng . The danc e, set in a Pari s ian cabaret, was e nt ered lhr ough th e st ea m tunnels lead- in g Lo the hou se ba se me nt. Candlelight pro vided the illu· mination in the tunnels and fem in ine s hr ieks ech oed as faith- ful Bill, th e prop rietor, was fou nd lying face downward with a knife in his uac k. Asce nding a l wen ty foot ladder built into the la un dr y t: hu te the co uples cr e pt int o another tunnel t hrough the din ing hall to the ca baret. A I' o man tic sett ing fo r the e ve- ning was provided by s mall lJ 0 0 t h s co mplete wi th re d ch ecked t ab lecloths and candles set in ta ll ow cov e re d bot tles. The gr e ate st en tertainment fe at ure of th e year comes off to- nigh t and tomorrow night in Cul- bel'ts on Hall. It's hilarious, it 's controversia l, it's lurid! Yo u've never s een bolder sc e nes of pas- sion, violance and illicit love. See s tirring situations as a gen- eral g Oi ng to work, true love dis- placin g con cupi escence, the pri- vate revelations about the lives of so me of o ur finest minds. Assault Punctua ted by the mesh of bra ss c orset s, the play swings from the sanguinity of a Sorbian revolu tion, through the placidity of In s titute life, to as s ault in the icep lant. Tryst What devious, dark doings tran s pired when the billionaire and t he la dy physici st trysted in that lu sh San Gabri el hunting lodge? How can this affaire de s ac come to affect the well being, yes e ven the lives of many powe rfu l per s ons at the Insti- tute? Gland. What s trange power causes the beauteous Annelida to cast hers elf bef o re the s corn of the mou ldy and heartless Ernst. Wh at s tran g er power ca,uses him to r esis t the se C.ornucopian over- ture s? Gre ater love? Scruples'! Glands ? What savage mind conce ived a plan that rent a family, quick froze their affections for 17 yea.rs? Vengeance Wha t drives the General to for s ake all, his home, his posi- tion a nd se ek relentlessly, for one man' ! \Vill his vengeance cau se him thu s to roam, . . for- ever '! Brea thles s already? See aU these kn otty problems scramb l ed fur the r. Pulling, tw itching, swea ting ( but al l with the s pian perfec tion) th e a uthor and the pla ye rs s olve a ll with one glori- ous swe ep of a meat·ax. You will be as tounded, s tunned, suspi- cious. Cast Th e cast alone is e nough to Hal Neely's informal music lur e the ma.n who a pprec iates grea tly co ntribu ted to the ga iety good wo rk ; it includ es such aU of the ev ening a nd once a g a i n time g reat s as Ge orge Abell, Jim Ha.l. his Hendl'ici(sen, Carl Fl ax, Jesse abIli ty to conUnu e playll1g In , Weil, Carl Price, Ch as . Sha ll er , pe rfe ct darkn es s. Jim LaFl eur, Pe te Pauling, Stu Refre s hed by an unu s ual Goldman , Dave Oakley, Brad grape pun ch, se rv ed from old Hou se r ... And in the other cor- wine bot tles, the s pirited Rick- nel' Gl o ria Murph y, Et Pa.rker, ett s men an d th eir da tes da nced and Sis St ab ler as va rious str a ta · ('r om ni ne til one o·clock. of love interes t. Color Television Set For AlEE Meet Pt'ice Our play "Maid in the Ice- pla nt " begin s at 8:15 both Thurs. day a nd Friday. But on Thurs- day nig ht on e may see it for a m el'e 40 ce nts, wh e rea s Friday it ' ll cost ya fo ur bits. Th e Cal tech AlEE Branch will Uri> ha ve a mee tin g this Monday, Ru sh madly out now and buy March 7, at 11 A.M. in 155 Arms. YOUI' ticket s from Bill Karsa s in In a ddi ti on to t he a nnual AlEE Bl ac ker, Dan Markoff in Dabney, election that will be helel at t his ' Bill Woods in Fl eming, Carl Fox time, Dr. Paul Reed, h ea d of th e in Ric kett s, or Ralph Ericson in r esea t' ch department of t he Co- Th roop Club. lumb ia Broad cas ting Sys tem in -- - -- - --------- New Yo rk , wi ll pre se nt a talk on "Color Tele vision." Eve ryone is invi ted to attend, including non - members of th e AlEE . Wi th re spe ct to th e annual election to be held at t his meet· ing, if y ou hav e any nomina- tions to make turn th e name s in to Clem Sava nt, George Berg- st rom, Fr ed Sc hn e id e r, or Ed - ward Levo nia n. Th e offi ce of cha irm an calTies with it a pa id t rip to the AlEE convention to be held thi s s umm er at San Fran cisco. Interview Schet/ull March 7 " 8- BOEING AIRPLANE COM'. PANY, Seattle Washingt on. Mr. John C. Sa nders, Staff Engineer- Personnel , In- terviewer. Seniors and graduates In Aero- naut ical, Mechanical, E lectrical and Civ- il Eng i neering . DeSign, research and de- velopment. March 8 " 9-AIR MATERIEL COMMAND, WRIGHT-PATTERSOHAIR fORCE BASE, Davton, Ohio. Cand ida t es for BS degree in Ae ronaut ical, Mechan ical, and El ec- tr ic al Eng ineering fields for work on research and development prog ram at Wrig ht Field . Will also interv iew Engi- neering and Sci en ce students , MS (P-2 rat ing ) and PhD (P -3 rat ing'. GROUP DI SCUSSION, March 8. 4: )0 P.M" 206 Dab ney Hall. All who a,. int e rested are Invited to atte nd. A le ss er kn o wn ph ase of Dr . work for t he Navy . All me mbers of the AlEE March 9--GENERAL MOTORS CORP., De- tr oit, Mi chigan . GENERAL DISCUSSION at 4:30 P.M. in 206 Dabney Hall. Sen- iors in Mechanical, Ele c tr ic al , and Chem- ical Engi nee ring invited to attend, and all men who expect to be Interviewod must atte nd this discussion. life was his CD l' eer as an ar tist-met eorologist when he Dr. Porter is s urviv ed by his Branch axe urged to a ttend thi s widow a nd dau ght er . meetin g.
Transcript of tIlL/fORN/1I TECH · 2012. 12. 25. · craps table, blackjack, roulette, chuck-a-luck and so forth....
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SATURDAY tIlL/fORN/1I TECH DRAMA
TONIGHT AND TOMORROW
Calif()rnia Institute ()f Techn()l()gy Volume L. _________ Thursday, March 3, 1949 - - - --- - ____ No.19
Ralph Lovherq To Head AS CIT, Mackenzie, Gardner Elected Aftel' a fast and furious four da,ys of campaigning the new ASCI'!' officers were duly elected last Thursday. The top office was won by Ralph Lovberg, new ASCIT Prexy.
Out of about 720 undergrads, 581 votes were cast which is slightly under last year's tally. Run·offs were necessary for Athletic Manager-Noel Reed and Mike~--------------
Sellen,. and 2nd Rep.-Stan Groner f'ES Meet Told and DI.ck Jones. L
Oath o[ Office ••
Last night the new officers took Of RegIstration Act their oa th of ofHce from retiring Secretary Stan Boicoul't. The new Boa rd of Directors consists of ASCIT Pres. Ralph Lovberg, Vice-Pres. Dave MacKenzie, Secretary Ollie Gardener, Treasurer John Fee, Athletic Manager Noel Reed, Publicity Manager Jim Hendrickson, Rally Commissioner Bert Snider, First Rep. Bill Freed, and Second Rep. Stan Groner. These gentlemen will now s it on the Board of Directors unVI third term next fall.
Ulr ich Merton was elected Head Yell Leader, and Earl Hef· ner Editor of the California Tech. Wilson Bradley is Business Manager of the Tech and Jim Blum Business Manager of the Big T. As yet there is no Editor of the Big T. As it stands there will be a special election for this post along with class elections next term.
Cnm lmigns The campaigns for this elec
tion were mostly very good, 1 t was a lot of fun and experience for everyone concerned. The s trength shifted from Fleming to Blacker with Blacker claiming fiv e members on the Board a nd Editor of the Tech. In many cases the off-campus vote decided things and there was a definite wooing of the off-campus vote by a ll the candidates. Soon the new officers will assume their posts and ASCIT will start on a new set of activities .
Caltech -ASCE To Choose Speaker For Annual Meet
The Cal tech Student Chapter of the ASCE will hold its last formal meeting of the second tel'm next Monday. in 208 Throop, at 11 a.m., when Dave Baron and John Heath will present ten-minute papers in competition for the honor of representing the Cailech Chapter at the San Diego Conference of ~he California Sections of the ASCE, to be held on March 25-26.
Featured speaker at Monday's ASCE-sponsored meeting of the Combined Engineering Societies was John K. Minasian, consulting Civil and Structural Engineer, who ga ve an interes ting and highly informalive ta lk on the Registration Act for Civil and Structural Engineers in California. The degree of interest in this subject was shown by a large representation of all the engineering groups on the campus.
After giving a brief description of the history of registration in California, Mr. Minasian discussed the requirements and nature of the examinations which are now being required for "Engineer-in-training" and "Professional Engineer" stand· ing. He supplimented the discussion with mimeographed material covering the main portions of the Registration Act.
Mr. Minasian's discusison discuss ion helped to answer the questions of many students who will soon be completing the i l' training in Caltech and will be required to take these examinations as they go into the field.
SENIORS: Next Wednesday, March 9,
will be the final day for order-ing g r a d u a t ion announce-ment a nd invita tions. Orders may be placed with Dave Baron, Blacker 55.
Blackerites Claim Social Successes
Blacker's social life this pas t term has been highlighted by two outstanding events; two events unique in setting and in entertainment.
The House moved to Lake AI'rowhead the week after midterms fot' a Snow Pa.rty replete with the Chalet atmosphere of the Berner Oberland, Over twenty-five couples enjoyed the facilities of a super-ski hut for three days and two nights-tobogganing, sledding, und skiing during the day and danCing and singing in the evening. The weekend was._so s uccessful it took twentyfive people more than a week to recover!
Both Baron and Heath have spent considerable time and trouble in preparing these papers, and the conlest should be a.n interesting climax to the term's activ ities. Cal tech has certain laurels to defend, since the Chapter student speaker 1 a s t year , Chuck Forester, took first honors in competition against five representatives of the other major engineering schools of the California and Nevada areas.
Final plans for the safari of the Chapter to this San Diega meeting will also be discussed at this meeting.
aatlnlPolI The Taubate Instructor Rat
ing Poll wiII be taken next week in all classes. The method used will be the same as last year. The instructors have been asked to give the las t half hour of one class period for this purpose,
Last weekend was the occa· s ian for another justly famou s Blacker Party Dance. The socia l committee and the members of Blacker House are to be congratulated on very cleverly tak· ing the scene of the party back to the "Days of '49." Until 11:00 PM the " Blacker Saloon" could have been mistaken for "The Golden Nugget" with no exaggeration. Money flowed like
, water at the various nefarious
The Poll is being repeated this year in order to form an idea of whether or not last year's poll produced any improvement in the instruction,
Campus Calent/ar THURSDAY, MARCH )-
12.00 Y Upperclass Luncheon , 12: 15 Throop Club Meeting. 7 :30 A.S.C.I.T. Play, Culbertson.
FRIDAY, MARCH 4--7 :30 A.S.C.LT. Play, Culbertson.
SATURDAY, MARCH S-9 :00 " President's Ball," L.A . Break
fast Club. lUNDAY, MARCH 6-
7 ;30 Cal tech Musicale, Dabney Hall Lounge.
TUESDAY MARCH 8-12 :00 ~rosh Luncheon.
7 :30 Band, Culbertson. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9-
7 :30 Fencing, Dabney Dining Hall. 7 :30 Orchestra, Culbertson. 9 :00 Glee Club, Culbertson.
gambling devices-a full s ize craps table, blackjack, roulette, chuck-a-luck and so forth. It is to be hoped that the House is now in the "blac.k" afte r a most successful "take." Enterta inment and the following House "tour" was the dividing line between the saloon and more respectable dancing 'till 1:00 AM.
A third no less successful affair was the annual BlackerFleming Barn Dance at Mountain Oaks. Thirsty couples milled about until time for the Crew Race and the Flamer con tests, about which no more need be said. At 12:00 PM the management protested and at 12:01 AM not a soul was to be seen!
On odd weekends Blacker has ma.intained its full social schedude with record dances, a the· ater party, and an exchange dance of record proportions with "women about campus,"
Presiden~' s Ball AS CIT Thespians To Emote· To Be GIven By , T~~~~!~"~;~~,b,~,?2 Performances T oniqht, Frida~ held this Salul'day- evening a t ®
:~~on~ ~sgi;~a~!~~~ ;iul~e ~~:~ Head Of Greenwich Local Pulchritude To Fascinate son, it will ho nor Dr. DuBriclge and pl'omises to be a ve ry fi ne affa ir. Ha l Lomen 's iJa nd will be Observator~ At Techmen At Modern Melodrama on ha nd wi th some very mellow and da nceahle mus ic all evening.
The d ress is semi-form al which means forma ls for the g ir ls. 1"0 1' the fellows, Carl Price, ASCIT 1st Rep. , says, "T he impor ta n t thing at Tech dances is tha t people come to them. It undoubted ly loo ks n icest wilen d l'es~ is more 0 1" less uniform, but si nce only a fraction of the men ca n afford tux, it wou ld hardly be right to lim it an other· wise formal ASCIT dance.
The L.A. Brea kfast Club is 10· cated on Los Feliz near Rivers ide Drive. You ca n get there by going oUl Colorado to Glendale Blvd. Turn left on Glenda le Blvd. and go south to Los Feliz. Turn right and travel west about 114 miles, and you' ll see it on lhe north s ide of the s treet. You ca n also go out the Arroyo Seco Speedway to Rivers ide Dr. , north on R ivers ide Dr. to Los Feliz. Turn right and go east a little way, and there it is.
ME Librar~ Adds "Hot Rod", "Motor"
Professor Peter Kyropoulos has announced tha t two magazines of in terest to many s tudents have bl:!en added to those J iready subscribed to by the M.K Libra ry. T hey are the loca l publication HI-lot Rod" a nd the British magazine "Motor". Pro· fessor Kyropoulos .. added that any student in te rested in any par ticular automotive topics is welcome to browse through the fil e of SAE puiJlications.
Frida~ Assembl~ Th is l"r iday's assem bly w ill
fenturc Si r Harold Spencer J ones, Ast ronomer Hoya l of Gre~ll Bri tai n, s peak ing on the s u bjE:ct, "The Eal'th as a Clock."
J)il'cctol'
Sil' Harold is es pec ia lly well qualified to s peak on th is sub· j ect, s ince he is the Di recto r of t h c Grce nw ich Observa tory. in ad<.l ition to holding this posit ion, he is also the immediate pa!:i t presiden t of the Interna· tiona l Ast ronom ical Union, and a past presiden t of the Royal Astronomical SOciety . In 1943 he was knighted , and was awa rded .the Gold Meda l of the Royal Ast ronomical SOciety the same year.
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Sir Harold's con t ri butions in the fi e ld of as tronomy are nume rOLIS. He is probably best known for his important work in de termining the mea n dis· tance between th~ earth and the sun, the reby establishing a va lue fOl' the Astronomical Unit. He has also done a g l'eat dea l of resea rch on sta r motions, ste lla r magniludes, radia l ve locities , orbits of double s ta rs and s pectroscopic binaries , a nd a deta iled study of novae.
At presen t Sir Harold is on a lecture tO UI', add ressing va rious coll eges and othe r orga n iza tions throug hout So uther n California. He will speak at Ca l tech on sev· eral ot her occasions, howeve r, this will be h is only appearance before the undergrad ua te body as a whole.
Th e lah' 1)1 '. Husscli \V. ("ol'te l', noted astronomer and designer, s hown u1. his dt' s k wOI'ldng 011 (lI'awing fot' the SIHlctog"a llh to be used at l\lt. r'alomal'.
Dr. Russell W. Porter Succumbs Dr. Russell W. Por ter, no ted
astron omer and Arctic explorer, died al midnig ht Tuesday, F eb. 22, of a hea rt attack at h is home in Pasadena. He was 77 years old.
Dr. Porte r played a key role in the construction of the 200 inch te lescope a t Mt. Palomar. His genius at vis ualiz ing complicated mechan isms and making lucid drawings of them were of ines timable value in the successful rea lization of the project.
Some weeks before his death Dr. Porte r expressed sati sfaction that he had Ji ved to see the first observa tions a t Pa lomar . " I've seen enough," he said, " lo know tha t it's even better th an we had thought."
accom pa nied Admiral Peary to the AlleLic on severa1 exped itions. During one of these, he was head ing south foJ' help aft· er the ship had been crushed by ice. The par ty was los t, until tw o years late r, when a searching pa rty found P or te r on Franz Josef Land where he had been marooned.
Dr. Porter was born in Spring. field , Vermon t , a nd stud ied architectu re at MIT. H e came to Ca,ltech in 1928 when the telescope project was announced, at the request of lhe late Dr. George Ellery Ha le. He served as resea rch associa te at the Institute s ince that time, working on the t.elescope, except for the war pe· riod when he did secre t optica l
--------------------~ By CHAR SMALLER
Music Lectures Set For Next Term
A series of Illus ic appreciation lcc tu res s ponsored by the Humanities Depar tment will be givcn a l Cal tech during the t h i r d te rm. The lecturer will be "Vii· bu r Chenowith, formerly of Oc· t: iden La l College and now a private lecturer a nd teacher of musica l h is tory and appreciation, director of mus ic a t the Pasadena Neighborhood ChurCh, a.nd ac ti ve in radio a nd te levision.
The ftrs t two of the series of six lectures will deal with the history and theory of mus ical form. The remainder will apply that material to various musical works. Symphonies, concertos , and other wor ks will be analyzed wi th iitustra tions at the piano ana possibly on records.
Th e lec tures will begin on Monday , April 4 a nd will be on consecu ti ve Mondays thereafte r. They will be held in Dabney Lounge at 4:15 P.M.
Second Ricketts Apache Dance Held
The Hicket t's Apache dance was a tl'emendous s uccess wit h thrills and exci tement provided all evening. The dance, set in a Parisian cabaret, was entered lhrough the steam tunnels leading Lo the house basement.
Ca ndle lig h t provided the illu· mina tion in the tunnels and fem in ine shr ieks echoed as faithful Bil l, the proprietor, was fou nd lying face downward with a k n ife in his uack. Ascending a l wen ty foot ladder bu il t into the laundry t:hute the couples crept into another tunnel through the din ing hall to the caba ret.
A I'omantic setting fo r the evening was provided by small lJ 0 0 t h s complete wi th re d checked tablecloths and candles set in ta llow covered bottles.
The greatest entertainment feature of the year comes off tonigh t and tomorrow night in Culbel'tson Hall. It's hilarious, it's controversial, it's lurid! You 've never seen bolder scenes of passion, violance and illicit love. See s tirring situations as a general gOing to work, true love displacing concupiescence, the private revelations about the lives of some of our finest minds.
Assault Punctuated by the mesh of
brass corsets, the play swings from the sanguinity of a Sorbian revolu tion, through the placidity of Ins titute life, to assault in the icep lant.
Tryst What devious, dark doings
transpired when the billionaire and the lady physicis t trysted in tha t lus h Sa n Gabriel hunting lodge? How can this affaire de sac come to affect the well being, yes even the lives of many powerful persons at the Institute?
Gland. What strange power causes
the beauteous Annelida to cast herself before the scorn of the mouldy and heartless Ernst. What s tranger power ca,uses him to resis t these C.ornucopian overtures? Greater love? Scruples'! Glands?
What savage mind conceived a plan that rent a family, quick froze their affections for 17 yea.rs?
Vengeance
What drives the General to forsake all, his home, his position a nd seek relentlessly, for one man'! \Vill his vengeance cause him thus to roam, . . forever '!
Brea thless already? See aU these knot ty problems scrambled fur the r. Pulling, tw itching, s weating (but al l with thespian perfection) the author and the players solve a ll with one glorious s weep of a meat·ax. You will be as tounded, s tunned, suspi-cious.
Cast The cast alone is enough to
Ha l Neely 's informal music lure the ma.n who a ppreciates grea tly contributed to the ga iety good work; it includes such aU of the evening and once a g a i n time g reats as George Abell, Jim Ha.l. demons tra~ed his ~.lIliq~le He ndl'ici(sen, Carl Flax, Jesse a bIli ty to conUnue p layll1g In , Weil, Carl Price, Chas. Shaller, perfect darkness. Jim LaFleur, P ete Pauling, Stu
Refreshed by an unus ual Goldman , Dave Oakley, Brad gra pe punch, served from old House r ... And in the other corwine bot tles , the spirited Rick- nel' Gloria Murphy, Et Pa.rker, etts men and their da tes danced and Sis Stabler as va rious stra ta · ('rom n ine til one o·clock. of love interes t.
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Our play "Maid in the Icepla nt" begins at 8:15 both Thurs. day a nd Friday. But on Thursd ay night one may see it for a mel'e 40 cents , whereas Friday it' ll cost ya four bits.
The Cal tech AlEE Branch will Uri> have a meeting this Monday, Rush madly out now and buy Ma rch 7, a t 11 A.M. in 155 Arms. YOUI' tickets from Bill Karsas in In addi tion to the annual AlEE Blacker, Dan Markoff in Dabney, e lectio n tha t will be helel at this ' Bill Woods in F leming, Carl Fox time, Dr. Paul Reed, head of the in Ricketts, or Ralph Ericson in resea t'ch department of the Co- Throop Club. lumbia Broadcasting Sys tem in --- --- --------New York, wi ll present a talk on "Color Television." Eve ryone is invi ted to attend, including nonmembers of the AlEE.
With respect to the annual election to be held a t this meet· ing, if you have any nominations to ma ke turn the names in to Clem Sava nt, George Bergstrom, Fred Schneider, or Edward Levonian. Th e office of chairman calTies w ith it a pa id t rip to the AlEE convention to be held this summer at San Francisco.
Interview Schet/ull March 7 " 8-BOEING AIRPLANE COM'.
PANY, Seattle Washington. Mr. John C. Sanders, Staff Engineer- Personnel, Interviewer. Seniors and graduates In Aeronaut ical , Mechanical, Electrical and Civil Eng ineering. DeSign, research and development.
March 8 " 9-AIR MATERIEL COMMAND, WRIGHT-PATTERSOHAIR fORCE BASE, Davton, Oh io. Candida tes for BS degree in Ae ronautical, Mechanical, and Electr ical Eng ineering fields for work on research and development program at Wright Field . Will also interv iew Engineering and Science students, MS (P-2 rating ) and PhD (P-3 rating'. GROUP DI SCUSSION, March 8. 4 :)0 P.M" 206 Dabney Hall. All who a,. interested a re Invited t o attend.
A lesse r known phase of Dr. work for the Navy. All members of the AlEE
March 9--GENERAL MOTORS CORP., Detroit , Michigan. GENERAL DISCUSSION a t 4 :30 P.M. in 206 Dabney Ha ll. Seniors in Mechanical, Elec tr ical , and Chemical Engineering invited to attend, and all men who expect to be Interviewod must attend this discussion.
Porter'~ life was his CD l'eer as an art ist-meteorologis t when he
Dr. Porter is s urvived by his Bra nch axe urged to a ttend this widow and daugh ter. meeting.
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1.'h e Hl lOg Oil icc" method of the soJu LJon of problems, as opposed to the "wandering ant" method, was investigated by the men of both Dabney and Fleming at a s kating party held over at the "Vinter Garden last Friday. Voted the-man-it's·w ises tto-stay·away-from for the eve· lUng was Royce who, ll1 the words of Saroyan , was "occupying his space like an officer." H e can be seen hobbling about the campus and muttering, "Never again ." vValqu ist was wearing new Lev ls~Judging from the long, blue streaks observed on the Ice. Happily , t he sturdy Wh1 ter Garden ice was equal to this stram.
Alai Hickey, who came along .:IS a s kating inst ructor for the rest of the Darbs' dates, man· nged a rather in ter es ting maneu-
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TH URSDA Y, MARC H 3, 1949 COCKA IGNE OVERTURE, by Elgar B B C
Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Edward Elgar ( 13).
SYMPHON Y N O 9, by Shostakovlch. Phil · harmon ic· Symphony Orchestra of Ncw York conducted by Efrem Kurtz (28).
SONG OF THE EARTH, by Mahler. Kerstm Thorborg, Contralto Charles Kul lman, Tenor. Vlcnna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Bruno Walter (57)
THE FOUNTAINS OF ROME, by RespighL Symphony Orchest ra of The Augusteo, Rome, conducted by Victo r de Sabata (}4)
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New Record ings OTELLO--OVERTURE, by Dvorak. Czech
Phil harmOniC Orchestra conducled by Rafael Kubellk (9 ) .
SYMPHONY NO 88 IN G M AJOR, by Hay· dn Philade lphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy (24).
ORAZIO FRUGO!\lI. PIAN ISA. CONCERTO IN E FLAT MAJOR FOR PI· ANa AND ORCHESTRA (1784), by Beethoven. Pro Muslca Orchest ra conducted by Paul Paray (24) .
SCHEHERAZADE- SYMPHONIC SUITE, by Rlmsky-Korsakov Phi ladelphia Orchestla conducted by Eugene Ormandy 140J.
NURSERY SU ITE, by SI( Edgard Elgar. London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Elgar (16).
SAT URDAY, MARCH 5, 1949 THE M AGIC FLUTE, by Mozar t Berlm
St at e Opera SOlOists, Chorus and Or· chestra conducted by Si r Thomas Beecham.
MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1949 OBERON-OVERTURE, by Webe r. Boston
" Pops" Orchest ra conducted by A rthu r Fied ler (8).
SYM PHONY ·1'10. 1 IN E MINOR, by Slbe· hus Ph iladelphi a Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy (36).
CYRI L SM ITH, PIAN IST. CONCERTO NO 2 IN C MINOR FOR PI· ANO AND ORCHESTRA, by Rachman· mov. Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent (351.
V ARt AT IONS AND FUGUE ON A MOZART THEM E, by Reger. Saxonian State Or· chestra conducted by Dr. Kar l Bohm (30).
TWO AQUARELLES, by Dellus. Boyd Neel Stnng Orchestra conduct ed by Boyd Neel (4).
TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1949 ROMA N CARNI VAL-OVERTURE, by Ber·
I loz. The Phil harmonia Orchestra conduct ed by Issai Dobrowen (9).
SYMPHONY N O. 3 IN F MAJOR, by Brah ms Bos ton Symphony Orch.estra con· ducted by Serge Koussevltzky (36).
ALFREDO CAMPOU, VIO L INIST (20) SONATA IN G MI NOR, by Hartln l. INTRODUCTION AND RONDO CAPRICCIOSO, by Samt·Saens Symphony Or· chestra conducted by Walter Goehr.
TR ISTA N AND ISOLDE - SYMPHONIC SYNTH ESES, by Wagner-Stokowsk l. Philadelphia Orchest ra conducted by Leo· pold Stokowsk l (34).
M ATI N EES M USICALES, by Bri tt en Bos· ton " Pops" Orchestra conducted by A r thur Fiedler ( 13).
~ WED N ESDAY MAR CH 9, 19 49 L'AM OUR MEDECIN--QVERTURE, by Lui ·
Iy. Pn s Conservatory Orchestra condLlCt .. ed by Edvard Fend ler (4).
SYMPHONY NO.5 IN C SHARP MINOR, by Mahler Phdharmonlc· Symphony Or. chestra of New York conduc ted by Bru · no W alter (64).
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THUR SDAY, MARCH 3 ·Rulns of Athens Overtu re-Bee thoven
Leopold Stokowskl and A li -American Or· chestra
· Concerto In 0 Major- Brahms Jascha Helfetz t vlOllnlS, Serge Koussevltzky and Bost on Sym· phony Orchestra
Ballet Egyptlen-LUlglnl. Pierre Ch agnon and Symphony Orchestra o f Pans
FRIDAY, MA RC H 4 : Divertissement - I be rt Arthu r Fied ler
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Sir Thomas Beech.Jm and London Phil · hilrmonlC
The Fife Bi rd SUi te-S t ravinsk y Ernest Ansermet and London Phl lhar· monic Orchestra
SATURDAY, MARCH 5 Otelio, Abridged-Verdi Otello---Glovann l Martine l li, tenor Desdemona- Helen Jepson , soprano lago--Lawrence T ibbett, bantone Wilfred Pelletier and M etropol itan Opera Chorus and Orchest ra
SU NDAY, MAR CH 6 Norma Overture-Bel lml
Anatole Fistou tan and N ational Sym· -phony Orchestra
· Smfonla Concertante In E Fla t MajorMozart. Leopold Stok owskl and The Philadelph ia Orchestra
:·Vafla tlons on a Theme by Tchaikovsky-Arensk y Dr Frank Black and N BC String Symphony Orchestra
MONDAY, MA RCH 7 Egmont Ove rture- Beethoven
AJceo Galilera and The Phl lharmonia Orchestra
' Concerto In 0 Minor-Bach Manuel Complnsky , Violinist Gordon Schoenberg, oboe Wdlem Van Den Burg and PacifiC Symphonetta
Divertimento No. 17 In D Ma Jor- M oza rt Sir Hamilton Harty and London Ph ilhar· monic Orchestra
Nocturne No 5 from "Shy lock"-Faure Philippe Gaubert and Paris Conservatory Orcehst ra
TUESDAY, MA RCH 8 Sicilian Vespers Overtu re-Verdi
Carlo Saba lno and La Scala Orchestra, M ilan
Symphony No 2 In B Mlnor- Borod m Albert Coates and London Symphony Orchest ra
'-The Lament for Beowul f- Hanson Howard Hanson and Eastman- Rochester Symphony Orchestra and Eastman Schoo l ChOir
WEDNESDA Y, MARCH 9 Benvenuto Cel lini Overt ure- Berl iOZ
Pierre Monteux and Symphony Orchest ra of ·Pans
'CapriCCIO Briliant-Mende issohn Joanna Graudan, pianist Dimitri M l t ropou los and Robm Hood Dell Orchestra of Philadelph ia
Ro~a mLJnde-!nCldental Music-Schubert Sir Hamilton Harty and Halle Orchestra
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vel'. While p roceeding along at 88 ft. sec. he bent 'way over to S\V lsh between Marks and his date, who wer e, as ever, fondly holdIl1g hands. This was indeed a brilli antly conceIved operation , bu t HIckey ben t a lI ttle too fa r, and sudd enly appeared in fron t of the amazed couple on a trlpod suspenslOn~two skates and h is nose. T hIS stance soon degene· rated lIlLO a cold bath , bu t Mal, fortunately enough, had worn hlS \Vale I' wings, and was soon re.-.l:ued and pulled lo s hor e.
Boh 'Vater's gave the iUnsian of being a super b skater as he and h is date (you remember Peggy) gild gracefully a round the rink . Wltl10ut such delightfully "vlsable mea ns of suppor l" he was found to be as confirmed a \vobblcr and arm waver as the rest of us. Blom's date risked becomlng a socia l leper 'mongst he r classmates (Sch mipps, of course) by wearIng a knee·length skllt and exposing a lovely pair of gams. We can remember when .. oh, welL Py le is to be complImented on that which he procu red at th is same g ir l pool~a very tastefully constructed young lady. cards, etc.
A pOl' lIl f l'om the Schmipt ul'e is here repri nted not for Its ly ric excellence, but rather for the gratify ing shot 111 t he a rm it gives us males:
EARLY SPRING . . . Ah, it may be r eassuring For a gal who, not a lluring, Unwed year s has been endur-
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If she knows her fairer sisters, Lings, mus ica l backgrou nd, and Keeping house for handsome The Fr()nt Burner content of the play itself more
mister s, than compensate. From their scrubbing a ll have Legcnd
blisters. A witch·boy f r o m the mouutain T he legend itself is very s im. But Idoubt it." came pIe. A wIlch-boy faJIs in love w ith
This reminds us, somehow, A pillju' to be h uman, Barbara Allen. H e makes a bar. about the paper that turned up FOI' h e h a'd SCt' lI t he fa il·cst g al, ga m with the local "conju r" m front of a g rammar school 1.'he uluc·t~ y ed B'll'bara A Bc II. woman that he can remam h uteacher In answer to an assign· ... fl'om ... .rlle Legend of Barbara man If Barba ra Allen will remain ment to write a s tory about the Allen" fait hful to h im for one year. poor. One young realis t had From an old Smoky Mounta ins Yet the whole atmosphere of wr itten , " It was a terribly poor I ballad s ung by genera tions of the play is na tu ra l, ; the super· family . The mother and fath er Amel"ie;an mounlall1eers comes stit ion, cJ'ude humor, and hillw ere poor. The children were the lJOlgnant legend of Bar bara billy dIa lect IS not forced, except poor. The cook was poor. The Allen and he r wi lch·boy lover, I in a very few cases. And given a butler was poor. The upsta irs on w hich "Dark of the Moon ," mor e adequate cast, even these maid was poor ... . " Sort of now p laying at the Pasadena few ple(;eS of over or forced act· wistful , in a "way. Playhouse, is based. I ing would not have occussed.
BI·uce Hcch'iek seems to have Drawing on thiS ba llad and T he simple but effecLlve stage fo rsaken the pi lgrimages to the other mou n ta ll1 folklore, t he two sett ll1gs suggest the wild and great white w all to t he east, and playwrigh ts, Bel'ney and Hen. crude environment of the Smoky has been pa tronizing loca l indus· del'son have synthesized ta ngy ,Mou ntains lull ·bllly to form a try . The Samaritan Institute folk songs, ea r th y humor, amI perfect backgrou nd . will send you, in a plain en- poetic drama to y ield one of the Folk Songs velope. . . fin es t evenings of theater enter· Two u nusua l and entertaining
Bcfol'e w e get oursch es sunk ta inment we've yet enjoyed. featu res otIered w ere the mou n· mto this schtuph too far, it Real ]{een tain folk songs given by memo would be wise to note the latest Since thc "Burner" is m tcnd- bel'S of the cas t during between · actIvity of Daniel Warner King. cd mainly to inform Tech read. scene pauses, and dancing se· The operator buzzed him back ers abou t those plays well wor th quenccs dne by the witch.boy Monday n ight to tell him that seeing, as well as lo warn them and the li the but well filled-autshe conside rs il u ngen tlemanly abou t the occasional "sti nkeroos" in.tigh ts witches. to phone Schmipps so m any that crop u p, we'd li ke to pass times-so many different exten · a long the word about "Dark of sions-so many different gir ls. the Moon": don 't m iss it. In the coul'se of the evening, he ta lk ed 7 plus 9 plus 10 minu tes to the White Wall . . . and well
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T elkin' It Over \ Vith The Goon
Hung it up for the last time Friday night. Also said so long to one of the finest men that I have had the pleasure of meeting and working with. There- is no one criteria for what makes a good coach; to the contrary the factors which add up to a top tlight mentor are so numerous that fifty columns would not be enough to cover the topic. I'd like to give you men a thumbnail sketch of a man who, to me, represents the acme (not liquid) of coaching and let you draw your own conclusions.
P layel' Carl Shy is one of a great
number of top basketball players that picked up his first love of the game at the Hollywood Y. The normal chain of events followed- AIl·City guard from Hal· Iywood Hi, four years at UCLA, AIl·PCC 1933, member of AAU championship five for two years, U.S. OlympIC Team, 1936. The guy was born and bred a bas· ketba ll player and has lived and loved the sport ever since. Vet'y few coaches have the actual experience and know·how that Mr. Shy has at his command.
When you first meet him you are impressed by his quiet, friendly manner. This is indicative of the way he is at a ll times. I don't think I can eve r remember Mr. Shy raising his voice at any time either at practice or in a game-not even at some of the
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Beavers End Cage Season
After last weekend the cagel's ha.ve turned in their s ui ts afte r a nother dismal season. A record of 3 wins and 12 losses is not too impressive. One of the major reasons for the large number of losses was the Bea vel'S' tendency to crack under the stra in of a close game. Far too many games were lost by two 01' three points after leading the whole way until the fin al gun.
1?I'ce rl'hrows
One of the major hindrances for the Beavers was their p 0 0 l' show ing on the free throw line. The Shy-men had 304 attempts, making on Iy 141 good for a percenlake of 0.464. As an indication of this low percenta.ge, t he highest individual percentage honors was taken by Tho rne Butler with a 0.567, followed by Bill Cox with a 0.565.
When considering over-all team scoring the D e a v e r s dropped in 641 paints for the season against 797 fat' their opponents in fifteen games; the reason for a poor record is self evident. In indiv idual scoring Paul Saltman took high honors with a total of 186 markers fat' an aver· age ef 12.4. In conference play The Goon had a better average of 15.8. Ted Bowen followed with 118 for an average of 8A. Bill Cox had a 5.5, Butler 4.9, Montgomery 3.6, a.nd Al Sereno 2.6 filled out the club's highest .scoring averages.
Sports Reds Favored In Interhouse Water Meet Tuesday
This afternoon at 4:15 qualifying trials in lnterhouse swimming will be held at PCC pool. The finals (if you'll pa rdon the expression ) will be run off next Tuesday at 4:15, same place.
j."' lemiug 1<'a\'ol'cd Fleming is look ing powerful
as usual, with high hopes for fresh Yeazell and Cagle. It is claimed that Pete Yeazell is a
Goldsworthy Cup Goes To Rowdies; Throop Runner-up
The Inter house II owl i n g League finished out its season last Monday at the Pasadena Bowling Courts with Blacker making a valiant, though unsuccessful bid to overtake Throop for second place. First place Ricketts, after clinching the Gold.sworthy Trophy fat' league supremacy two weeks ago, eased up this week and on ly won two
'49 model of last year's Die k games. Libbey. Chuck Norman is giv- Thl'oop B.u ll llcr·up ing even money that the Red I Throop Club pintopplers garwill take more points than all nered second place by winning the other houses together. He four games, while Blacker's sevbases th is bet on Yeazell in the en wins p laced them in third free sty le, Cagle and Schuster in spot. By virtue of a fOU1'-four the breast st roke, Fairall and split, Dabney ended the season \Valquist in the backstroke, and in fou1't h place. Flemi ng won Hammond in diving. three games, but s ti ll ended up
R icketts Hopeful in the cellar spot. l <' ina l Bowl Standings
House Won Lost Ricketts .... ...... ..... ..... .. 80 48 Throop .... _ 65 63 Blacker ... ... ............ ... .. 64 64 Dabney .... ..... ........ .... ... 62 66 Fleming . .. _ . .... . ..... 49 79
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Beavers Choke Pomona Runs Wild In final Minutes With 6l-47; Put Tech Last
Las t Friday evening on the Sagehen c~lInpus Pistol Pete Welch and Locke Bowing-out Olson sparked the Pomona varsity to a 61 to 47 rout of the Beaver varsity. This loss in the final conference game off the season dropped the Orange and White into a fourth place tie with Oxy. · ;c=============;i> The game was the cleanest of
Frosh Sports Roundup By Leon Michaelsen
OUI" congratulations go out to the fightin' Frosh five in their t ie for second place in basketball league play. Bowing out \vith a 44-to-41 victory over Pomona last Friday night, the Little Bea vers copped second roost beside the die-hard Oxy Frosh, both teams looking back at four wins ag<.~in st four defeats. Frightened only by the 38--38 score with minutes to play in the Pomona game, the locals had little trouble in bringing the Sagechicks to their second defeat.
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the season, or maybe the refing was the best so far. Also, it was a strange scoring game, with the lead changing hands several times. Tech ran up a six point margin at the half, and the Sagehens came righ t back to go four ahead. T ech again went into the lead, this time by four pa ints, and then the lead was again s imilarly reversed. Tech then evened the coun t at 44 all. and then the rout took place, our casaba men tossing in only 3 points to Pomona's 17.
The Tech squad began ve l' Y s lowly but soon picked up s team to go ahead. Trailing 18 to 13 in the first half, they picked up 12 stra ight paints to lead 27 to 21 at ha lftime. This splurge was featured by good control of the backboard and a strange coldness in Locke Olson, Pomona's great center.
However, as the second half began, we were g ripped by the same cold, and the Poets pushed through 10 straight pOints. Then there was the seesaw battle that lasted until 7 minutes remained. Then, our team seemingly fell apa.r t, and the Blue and White went wild for 17 digits in 7 minu tes.
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Ricketts is very hopeful, but is dealing with unknowns. This team bears watching as it may show some surprises. The roster includes Chu, Clark, C.ohen, Enslow, Rodriguez and Moss in free style, Greene and Newman in the backstroke, and Asquith in the bl'east stroke.
Dabney will try to make Tuesday count in its attem pt to close the fifteen·point Fleming·Dab·
ney gap in tile trophy race. Pitled against tile Red will be free stylers \Vcste rve lt, IVlacKenz ie, Wei! and Lalf. Hohinson is the man to wa.tch in the backstroke.
Last Monday night the scrc cage mentors had trouble agreeing on who's All-what in the Conference. To sa ve any bitter feelings, tile cO(1l:l1es choose a ten men All-Conference squad. T he Beavers high scoring center Paul Sa ltman was one of the six unanimolls choices. T he Poets from \Vhittier took th ree position s; a good rec"\Son fo r their capture of th e title for the third s traight year.
Locke picked up in the second ha lf to end with 20 points, but it was little Pete Welch who de· serves the ma in credit. As usual he was deadly with his short shots from the side of the bucket. Pete scored 24 paints to 01· son's 20.
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Ted Bowen and Paul Saltman took most of Tech's scoring with 14 and 13 pOints to their credit. Pau I played a fine first half but got tied up after that. It was his last conference game, and he should receive a lot of congratulations for the fine ball he has played the past foUl' years. It was a lso the last one for Bass, Bruington, and Vreeland. We can start looking ahead to next season. Most of our Varsity regulars, plus some fine men from the Frosh squad, will be back.
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TALKIN' IT OVER CAMPUS BREWINS that they doubted if she would F. S. R. A heal'ty handshake is due (Conlinued from Page 3) (Con tinued from Page 2)
Bow e n C:lIne 1.0 t h e d a n ce after that unfortunate casaba fa rce, a nd was bOOrishly cut in on by Willis, who seemed to want his da te back, Il1 view of the fact that Ted seemed to be geLti ng ideas and plans that d id n't include Wilhe, the generous, bu t foolis h sou l.
get anoLher chance at Houser, in I (Conti nued from Page 3) I from you to Messrs. Patapoff view of the fact t hat they too Leo have given us the tabulat- and Grey all the ir recent e leck now a good thing when they ed report on IIldi v ldua i scoring lion as co-captains of the Frosh stupes that have refled hIS over 20 minutes to t he lady-of-
the·1Jlack·box (P.S. H e cla.ims teams. If a player makes a mis-take, he waits un til the iniUal choke period has worn off anti then tells the guy how to do it next lime.
There IS someth ll1g in hIS calmness that makes you feel as if m aybe he shou lLl. be k Icking you in the teeth instead of patting you on the back. But instead of feeling that you can get away w ith the same s loppy trick again, you try twice as hard to improve. 1t is t his ve ry traiL of guiding rather than beatIllg tha t makes Carl Shy the great coach that he is. Many have been th e complain ts from his players that he doesn't lay down strict t ra ining rules, or that he doesn' t drive them hard enough. They all overlook one important pOllltif a guy wan ts to play ball, a n d really play ball, he will be lllS
own trainer and his own driver. Up until the time that Mr. Shy
arrived at Tech , I thin l( that the Orange and White only came out on top in one or two conference games in their whole h istory. In the past eight years Coach Shy has won two Championships and fin ished in the bottom twice. HIS
teams have always won at least two conference games per year.
Any othe r coach of equal ability would have long ago turned in his whistle. The problems facing a basketball men Lo r are so gross and obvious that they bear no repeating. But h is reason for staYll1g is the key to his characte r. He said, HI li1{e iL h ere because the boys are playing for the enjoymen t of the game, not for the glory or the scholarships. As long as there a re five men who want to play, l'lJ be out there."
It has been a t rue pleasure to play for such a great Coach .
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V. P.-to-bc Da vc l\I acJiclIzie and J im Blom were invited to the Apache Dance. Sichel and a few other leeches s hoved their big fat selves in too- in spite of whlCh a truly fin e, but overcrowded affair w as noted. The Rowdies went to a lot of work Lo put the dance over, and it really paid off.
An in teresting note was made to the effect that the dominating damsels way out there in the sticks refused to give their blessing to exposure of a few k neecaps. The Schmipps-eUes rebelled commendably . a ltho' we observed a few ideal arguments fo r the new look. Not wi thout an a i r of wonder and amazement, we add another check 10 tile so-very-few present ill our little Pl'o-Scripps ledger.
rl'h e g il 'ls t his yea l' were really good sports about the required 15.24 em. above the knee dress length , which added greatly to the atmosphere. Blind dates were procured (a n indeed appropriate te rm) by the . regiment. The blind dale mach Jl)e worked so well that a few of the Redmen had to be pulled from the Keg, p<.linted French, and sent on the long ~vay to Clarcmon t, 01' a number of other holes. Colonel G. was there for a while , approved , left for an inspection (yeah , I know what kind, too) of the Blacker troops.
Rogel' Baier's gal put more vitamlll E into the couple of songs that she sang than w e'v e ever seen in one package, unless perhaps that package was one containing the da te that Al Cohen bra ugh t to the shindig.
Norm Fink ws d Oing well w ith Jmx J enkins, the hI' chick that checks a t the P.C.C. book· store, un til she got a pain a nd went home. After Norm returned, he soon felt no pain.
F .-ida'y nig h t R ick e tts in vad ed Dabney's own substation , Brownm g. Among the leftovers f rom some prev ious affair, Pardee, Peck, and die Mueh l were graciously to lerated until Bill s tal'Led Paul J oneses every time things seemed to be gomg well. Car l Hirsch, the lucky guy to take cute litt le Marilyn Bluerock to the game, showed a can · siderable measure of grey matleI' when he ducked oul of the path of the thundering herd. She was well trampeled bywell , a lmost everyone. The suo preme deal of the evening came when Sch roeder and Rodl'eguez a lmost talked her in to breaking a da te for the next nig ht in orde r to come to the Apache Dance with Brad H ouser. W ell, it a lmost worked. She said that s he'd be glad to help In the fu· ture, but Rod and Norm said
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saw it. in league competition. The baske tba ll squad. Congrats, men. F leming's R.A., C. S. Bulman, leaders a re: Mrs. Nature seems to be in-
who has shown a healthy male ~~af~~Off ... pl~nJs AV'rrl il me tent on see ing that the inter-inte rest in one Betty-same one MI chaelsen 62 7.8 class track meet doesn't come Ja~' Linderman has been dating I g:~~go r .. :::::: .-.- ... .- ... - ~~ §:~ nfr. \Ve have some pretty reli-- IS looklllg arou nd for regula- SnIder ......... _.. . . 30 38 able dope that the Seniors de-tions~ necessa ry and. sUff.icien t to I F'a ire ll- ;; rumored to have a ve loped a ra in mach ine and ~'estr l ~t ,(,lea~e us, ,~n elite fas l?- sLock of Jiffy-dogs sufficie nt to cl'ankcc[ oul LI.t muddy track , conlon, say encampus ) J. L. to 111s last un til .. . we won't say until tempJHtmg - and rightly, tooquartet's next weekend. H ell freezes ovcr! Barry reports spirited competition from the
ll iackt'" h ad a nig h t of sin- that a little Throop Club punch Fros h ClI1dCfln en. Afte r postand admitted it. Lovberg cele- s prayed ovel' a pile of hambul'- POIlJllg the meet f rom Saturday bl'ated by ca rous ing In brew ... gel' discourages bugs like the ull LJI T uesday, it was again first lime Slllce New Year's. The deVIl. postponed indefi n itely due to Blacker sage says, a nd we quote, The F leming capitalism has dampish conditions. " IT \VEAKENS THE MORAL a lso cropped u p in t he great With the thunder of churning F I BER." used ca r mar ket of Arnold anu s pikes the Fresh baseball team
Bouquets to Blacker's socia l Haines, who for $45 outlay a re i s geu Ing ol'ga n i~ecl. Bu t, men, commi ttee for lettll1g down the now prOVided w ith a notorious rea lly , seven players a re not b a l' s 011 gambling Saturday '27 Nash and a '32 Chevy. The enough for a team! New ru les night. At the Party-dance, ev- beak is tha t the Nash hasn ' t run have it that lhere should be eryone had a " peachy" tlme 111 a s ince Trum an 's election, but th e arounu nIne, any way . We realize big comm uni ty sing after des- A. H . team is undaunted. They that with No rm Grey on the peradoes li fted their ill -gotten a re calling on one Dr. N.A.M. moun d there's no need for fieldgains from the gambling tabl es. UnteJ'c iner for adv ice of the sort ers, 1)Ul thc re is a clire need for Beauty-King Chuz Howard boasts which has made the worthy some men lo 0 11 up the su its that he broke the bank at r aul- economi st famou s. Ih <1 t <1I'e Jyin' a round. See you eUe-an old hand from the Riv- 'I' I M E~ straggles on! out! iera , or does he use the C.tT.-Uni v. of Chi cago system?
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