The CaliforniaTechVolume LVII Pasadena, California, Thursday, May 3, 1956 Number 26

Frustrations relieved, fine time had by all

For senior offices: president,Jon Harford, Dick Hundley, BobGelber; vice - president, BillHecht. Tom Dodge, Mike Duke;secretary, Jim "Velsh, MartyTangora; treasurer, Dick Smi­sek, Ike Haissman; BOC, HowardBloomberg, Don Meyer, BillDietrich, Howard Rumsey, Chuck"Malone, Frank Kofsky.

This year's sophomores nomi­nated for junior president DickBaron. Clark Rees; vice-presi­dent, Phil Reynolds, Reed Saun­ders, Kay Sugahara; secretary,"Vayne Nelson; treasurer, StuGoff; soc i a 1 chairman, BobWalsh; athletic manager, EdKrehbieL Bill Gray; BOC, GeneCordes, Keith Martin, Zack Mar­tin, Sonny Nelson, Andy Perga.

The sophomores: president,Frank Childs, John Conover;vice-president, Gus Akselrod,Frank Cormia; secretary, DaveAllen, Mike Milder; treasurer,Jerry Arenson, Ken Dinwiddie,Dick Mac Anally; athletic man­ager, Bob Ingram, John Kelley,John Price; BOC, Jim Cribbs,Mike Godfrey, George Loge­mann, Bill McClure, Rus:,; Pit­zer. Mike Talcott.

Run-off elections are tentative­ly schecluJed for next Monday.

The A SCTT election commit­tee under the chairmanship ofBill Hecht will supervise thepolls.

The victorious team was com­prised of Bob Gelber and FrankKofsky; the losing team of MikeTalcott and Jim Lovelady. Noneof the four contestants, by stipu­lation of the rules of the debate,had had previous collegiate ex·perience in debate.

The Ricketts team broughtforth the following points:Roughly one-eighth of the stu­dent body, 71 men, goes out forfootball, frosh or varsity; that 71men who played interhouse foot­ball would be displaced by themen who would ordinarily playvarsity or frosh intercollegiatef 0 0 t b a II were discontinued;that so doing ,vould be very de­moralizing to school spirit. Thelosing team attemptea to justifytheir side on financial grounds.

Debating the question, "Re­solved that Caltech shall not par­ticipate in football on an inter­colegiate level," the RickettsHouse debate team, as the nega­tive, scored a win over the teamof Blacker House, thus retain­ing the Lincoln debate trophy.

Two charming sisters Nanc~ JOtSarah to perform in coming pla~

by Mike TalcottThis article, third in a series

about the ASCIT play, The Phil­adelphia Story, will try to intro­duce the Tech theater-goers tothe leading' lady, Tracy Lord,and her sister Dinah Lord. Thewriter hopes that after present­ing these two lovely actresses tothe public, everyone will rushout and buy tickets to the play.

Nancy .10 SweenyThe part of Tracy is played

by Nancy J 0 Sweeny, a tall,beautiful miss who actually hasa backlog of acting experiencebehind her. Nancy is a seniorfrom Mayfield, and a very spe­cial senior at that: she is presi­dent of Mayfield's distingUishedgraduating class.

Nancy is doing what every ac­tress aspires to do, she is simplyrehearsing for two performanc­es simUltaneously. Besides tak­ing the lead in The PhiladelphiaStory, Nan is performing in herschool's version of Victor Her­bert's operetta, Sweethearts.

Jnliet to Qneen LizAs said before, Miss Sweeny

has had quite a bit of theatricalexperience. She has appeared inmany ~chool and outside playswith different parts rangingfrom Juliet, to Queen Elizabeth,to the riotous Miss Tracy Lord.Nancy Jo's main interests lie inthe fields of dramatics, males,and music. (sounds like a fe­male counterpart to wine, wom­an, and song). She's in the gleeclub, the drama club, and ispresident of the Pasadena Con-

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Ricketts stillholds Lincoln

Class slates revealed;50 candidates hopeFul

Elections of next year's class officers will be held today be­tween 10:30 and 4 :00 in front of Dabney Hall and from 12 :30to 4 :00 in front of Dabney Hall and from 12 :30 to 1 :00 inthe student houses.

Nominations were held last week, having closed on Thursday,April 26, except for unopposed offices, and the following slateswill be voted upon:

Lost Weekend is almost here!

The weekend's climax will bea dance at the Elks' Lodge, La­guna. The informally-clad cou­ples will dance to the music ofKeith Williams and his band.Sunday morning a farewellbreakfast at Rand's Roundup,Glendale, will round out theweekend.

The girls. imported from ev­ery corner of the country. willarrive Friday. They will stayin the student houses. and theyand their escorts will begin thefestIvities with a welcoming din­ner here. The evening will con­tinue with a glee club concert,followed by a dance to the musicof Bob Haymond and his band.

Saturday, after breakfast inRicketts, the couples will headfor Laguna Beach. Dinner willhe served in Heisler Park over·looking the beach. Techmenand their dates will feast onfresh pineapple, ham, potato sal·ad. and ice cream.

Final plans for the fourth an­nual Lost Weekend, blast par ex­cellence, have been announcedby Dave Leeson, ASCIT FirstRepresentative. The event, setfor May 18-20, is designed togive all Techmen a chance tobring dates from home for aTech social function.

. Larry Whitlow and Mary .10 Sweeney enact a "fI'ielndlly"from the "Philadelphia Story" with Herby Rauch andbotter.

--Blast!---­

Lost Weekendfestivities near

rooms and property ravagedhavoc with the seniors' posses~ activity progressed throughoutsions and rooms. the morning and afternoon un­

The freshmen, totally unaccus- til the destruction finally wastomed to the luxury of such free complete, and elated workerslicense with others' property, .. s~t back to enj~y the sati~fyix:gwent wild with enthusiasm over SIght of the semors engagmg mtheir exciting and stimulating th:ir hopeless task of re~ssem­work. TJ;1e experienced sopho- bh~g the s~attered remams ofmores and juniors, however, theIr belongmgs.were much more successful in All will agree that the activi­foiling the attempts of the sen- ties of ditch day were very stim­iors to save their possessions ulating and enjoyable, but prob·from the rampaging hoards with ably few Tech students realizevarious intricate devices (few of the great good fortune we enjoywhich succeeded). The beehive (Continned on page 8)

ASCE Chapter MeetingASCE Chapter will meet

Monday, May 7, at 11:00 in010 Engineering. The programwill be two representatives ofthe Bechtel Corporation totell about the company.

J.1ost WeekendThe rooms to be vacated

for Lost Weekend are 47-62Blacker, 38-53 Dabney, and13-25 Fleming. Rooms 1-6Ricketts will be used in theevent of an overflow. Allthose involved please contactDave Leeson, ASCIT FirstRepresentative, in room 34Ricketts.

Ten cars are needed to pro­vide transportation for thedinner goodies for Lest Week­ena to Laguna. Please con­tact an ASCIT Board mem-ber.

ASME DinnerThose interested in attend­

ing the opening dinner of theA S M E conference contactJerry Crocker.

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At last, after months, or evenyears, of impatient waiting thechance had come to give theevil and despised seniors theirjust dessert. No holds werebarred in the relentless crusadeas the devoted Techmen wrought

. ,as seniors

After weeks of suspense, thelong anticipated senior ditch dayfinally arrived last Monday; theseniors evacuated for a carefreeday of fun and frolic, and every­one else enjoyed a field day ofwanton destruction.

Tech hosts student ME groupsfor three-day regional meeting

Today marks the begining of the three-day Region VII Pa­cific Southwest Student Conference of the American Society ofMechanical Engineers, hosted this year by Caltech in the courseof a nine-year rotation among the colleges of the region.

Mechanical Engineering students from the universities offour southwestern states, including Caltech, will gather forwelcoming dinner in the Athenaeum tonight. After dinner thegroup will adjourn to the Alum·ni swimming pool for an infor­mal get-together.

Session I of the student tech­nical·paper competition will runfrom 9 a.m. until noon on Fri­day in 155 Arms. About half ofthe visiting students will theneat lunch in the student houses,rejoining the remainder of thegroup for tours of the campusthroughout the afternoon.

The paper competition will beresolved following Saturdaymorning Session II, held from9:00 a.m. until noon in 155 Arms.ReSUlts will be announced andprizes awarded at the 12:30 p.m.award banquet in the Athena­eum.conference include the Univer­

Eleven papers are to be pre­sented by participating students.

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Conger orationscoming May 24

Caltech orators will ·discuss"Industrial or InternationalPeace" in competition for the$50 Conger Peace Prize May 24.

Basis of judging will be con­tent, organization, communica­tion, and vocal and bodily ex­pression.

The entrants, who must beundergraduate students at Cal­tech, should submit a seven-min­ute speech in writing to Mr.Dwight Thomas in 309 Dabneyby May 17.

BOD settles Forum fate;appoints student committee

Last Monday night the ASCIT Board of Directors settled thefate of the unrecognized Open Forum by unanimously adoptinga "compromise" resolution.

The resolution established a seven-man committee to im­plement the purpose of the Forum as stated in the proposedconstitution. The committee shall have the power to bringspeakers to the campus, but such speakers must have theapproval of the BOD. The com­mittee as appointed by the boardis composed of Gene Barston,Fritz Benning, Tom Bergeman,Mike Bleicher, John Lango, DonPinkerton, and Vince Taylor.Dave Gilson, member of the un­official Open Forum, declined toserve.

by Jim WeaverLast weekend three skippers,

Tom Sorenson, Gordon Fuler­ton, and myself, and twocrew members, Dave Ackley andDave Gardner, ventured up toBerkeley for a regatta with Cal,Claremont, and Stanford. .

The weather was fine, the seawas rather rough, and the 'four­teens" were a tricky, new boatfor us; so we returned wetterand wiser after a very enjoy·able "vacation". Although wedid not return with a high score,at least we did not capsize likeStanford. Cal outdid everyoneby catching a 10" fish with someof the water that was continual­ly splashing over the bow intothe boat.

The sailing club met April 20and elected new officers. GordonFullerton was elected Commo­dore; Gordon Barienbrock, Vice­Commodore; Jim Weaver, Sec.·Treas.; Dave Gardner, RaceCommodore; and Dave Ackley,Port Captain.

Sailing, sailing.

The resolution. as pased bythe board, effectively postponesthe visit of Mrs. Healy, chair­man of the Communist Party ofLos Angeles, whose visit wasscheduled for May 10, and Ger­ald L. K. Smith, head of theChristian Nationalist Crusade,who was scheduled to visit lastThursday. The major objectionof the board to the Forum werethe visits of Mrs. Healy andSmith. "Recognition of the OpenForum immediately would berisking too much to gain too lit­tle," said Craig Elliot. "Adversereaction, both from the publicand from the faculty and Boardof Trustees, would result if theForum were recognized tonight.The forum can prove itselfthrough this committee by of­fering a program of three or fournot-so-controversial speakers.

At their meeting on April 23the board directed the OpenForum to bring comments fromadministration and faculty memobel'S concerning effects of pub­licity of their projected program;

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would even consider causing an­noyance to such a splendid fel­low. Phil was wrong even afterall the headlines.

Mager and his sowOthers, like "P. E." Mager,

more realistic and cynical thanConley, made impermeable theirhumble cells. However in thewrath of the underclassman allwas for naught. On arrivinghome "Pig Eyes" for some rea­son expected to find a sow eyedpig in his room. He opened hisdoor and wham-it will sufficeto say that his room was wellstacked.

Dr. Wayland, lookGood old Joe Lingerfelt cer­

tainly is a fast and smooth op­erator. After only knOWing agirl for five minutes he was dis­cussing AM 15 ardently withthis babe. She was last seen inTech's library gathering all AM15 books in order that she mightburn them.

Mighty l\fouse goes flyingMighty Mouse Jerry Smith

slept in slightly different con­ditions than he is accustomed tolast Friday night. After a rous­ing water and shaVing creamfight, our hero felt he wouldrather lock himself in his room

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Ditch day has passed and theseniors are digging out of theruins. Of course there are somepleasant surprises; for example,

'a room turned into a barn wasone of the bigger ones. John'''Permanent Secretary of theSenior Class" Carney returnedto his room to find everything,including the kitchen sink gone.The Time magazine articles arebeing made more true; MyronElech actually did find a floorcovered, entirely covered with awater balloon.

Conley receives shaftOver in Fleming to brighten

the postmidterm doldrums, theday finally arrived. Fraught withill-concealed conspiracies and fu­tile precautions, the seniorssnuck off to sunburn beneaththe haze. Some took elaborateprecautions but Phil Conley,with characteristic modesty, lefthis latch open, knowing no one

EditorCalifornia Tech,

The past two weeks have seentwo decisions reached in theUnited States affecting academicfreedom and freedom of person­al inquiry. The first of these wasthe decision of Princeton Univer­sity, against considerable alum­ni pressure, to allow Alger Hissto speak before the PrincetonDebating Society. The secondwas the objection by the Caltechadministration to a proposal tohave a Communist address theOpen Forum.

It is perhaps significant thatit should be a technical scboolwhich was unable to allow ex­pression to a minority group, forthe pressure toward conformitybrought to bear upon scientistsfar exceeds that upon any othersingle group. It is felt that sincenational security seems to de­pend so strongly upon technol­ogy, that our future scientistsshould be shielded as much aspossible from personal contactwith individuals whose ideas dif­fer appreciably from the statusquo.

However, the gagging of theOpen Forum is far more thansimply a question of conserva­tism-it is an active blow againstthe spirit of free inquiry and in­tellectual exploration, Caltechis looked up to throughout thenation as one of the leaders inscientific fields. The fact thatCaltech is reluctant to allow theOpen Forum will undoubtedlyhave a strong influence uponother institutions and groupswhich are less able to defendthemselves from public criticismon the basis of past and presentaccomplishments. If an institu­tion with the strength of Caltechis unable to support freedom of

evaluate courses and faculty ad­ministration here in relation toother campuses. Concerning therecent Open Forum question,Gene explained that in someother schools the NSA sponsorsan Academic Freedom Weekduring which controversial fig­ures are invited to speak. Theyhave many canned publicity reoleases and general informationwhich could be valuable insmoothing rough spots.

At the recent NSA conventionof California colleges our dele·gation discussed with suchschools as UCLA, USC, Stanfordthe problems of student govern­ment and academic freedom. BobDeffeyes was elected regionalrepresentative. Here, in addi­tion to the favorable impressionwe sbould make in our contactwith these schools, our smallerschool with a student body un­encumbered by faculty interfer­ence may gain from learningabout the situations at otherschools, To better evaluate theworkings of NSAs, three boardmembers, Glenn Converse, DaveLeeson, and Chuck Bonwell at­tended a regional meeting lastTuesday, The board is givingNSA the chance to prove itself.

I would like to quote from aletter which exemplifies the con­cern which the facLllty shows forstudent unrest. It is from Dr.Lauritsen to Craig Elliot.

"Tbe question of student mem­bership has been informally dis­cussed by the Educational Poli­cies Committee. It is their sug­gestion that we try, for a yearor so, a panel of students, notfull members, but to act asguests or consultants. The panelwould be chosen by the studentbody officers, as you have pro­posed, ..."

lJntil you realize that the ma­jority of members on the Com­mitee feel that student membersrepresem an invasion of privacy;md will not add materially tothe committee, this does notseem like a very great conces­sion, To satisfy the vociferouscomplaints of a few students,the faculty members of the EPChave g 0 n e to considerablelengths.

The many benefits v[hich thestudent viewpoint can bring tothe EPC forces me to the con­clusion that student delegatesare desirable. Yet, the thought­less inaction of the students inthis matter of fundamental im­portance makes me hesitate tosay that they deserve this rep­resentation. It is to be hopedthat the actions of students inthe future will justify the confi­dence placed in them by thefaculty.

....Ted Bat"" Ken Dinwiddie,John Lango, Eldrid'ge Moores, John Price

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.......AI Farley, Bob Gelber, John Lansing, Mike Talcott, Bill Hecht

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....Tony Leonard, Kay Sugahara, Brent Banta

...Dave Groce

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We are trying out the NationalStudent's Association to thetune of $43 this year. The NSAis an organization which repre­sents student opinion to the fed­eral government and lobbies (inthe better sense of the word)for our interests. It's more ideal­istic purpose includes "maintain­ing academic freedom and stim­ulating and improving demo­cratic student government." Lastyear when congress was consid­ering cutting FUlbright Scholar­ships, the NSA used the influ­ence of its six hundred thou­sand student members to keepopen this phase of internationalcommunication.

Among the other advantageswhich NSA offers to Techmen isthe famous "hobo tour" of Eu­rope during the summer whichcosts approximately $650.

ASCIT is paying $43 this yearto become a member; what spe­cific benefits are we deriving?Gene Cordes, as our most enthu­siastic delegate to NSA, believescontact with this national or­ganization can materially bene­fit our campus. At present heis making a survey using ques­tionnaires (supplied by NSA) to

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NSA benefits to be judgedby Tech students next year

I am firmly convinced thatthere are many students whoactively desire changes in theInstitute's policy on education.If we did not gain representa­,tion, these students would beheard to complain about facul­ty's lack of understanding ofthe student's desires. The habitwhich the student body has ofcomplaining without makingconcrete proposals for improve­ment fills me with disdain. It isa good thing for the welfare ofthe student body that the facul­ty does not treat the student'sgripes as casually as do the stu­dents themselves.

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EPC suggests student panelattend meetings as guests

Several weeks ago I presentedan article concerned with thepossibility of gaining studentrepresentation on the facultycommittee on educational poli­cies. I would like to repeat asmall section of it: "How thequestion of representation is de­cided may depend a lot on howmuch the students say, whatthey say, and how they say it."The sub-committee appointed hythe Student-Faculty RelationsCommittee to handle this matterasked students for suggestions.This was done with the hopethat the more varied viewpointobtained would lead to a clearer.more intelligent presentation ofthe student's case. As far as Ikonw, not onc studcnt has ap­proached a member of the sub­committee with any suggestions.

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ing . . . because most of thegreat piano literature is roman­tic."

r wonder whether it is roman­tic ideals which have becomebankrupt, or the manner inwhich the nineteenth centuryfalsified life to suit them. Mr.Chasins mentions Bach's "Chro­matic Fantasy" at the head ofthe romantic works. And yetwe know that until 1914 Bachreceived little more than lipservice, or, what is no better,bombastic, "brilliant" renditionsat the hands of "virtuosi". It isour age which has brought backthe harpsichord and the Bachorchestra, giving us a vision ofBach's genius which, if not per­fect, is infinitely closer to thetruth. The revival of the harp­sichord incidentally renewed ourappreciation of Couperin, Scar­latti and Frescobaldi, who wereonce thought of as the authorsof amusing trifles suitable forencores (to be played at doublethe proper speed).

Mr. Chasins' revered teacherand idol, the great Josef Hof­mann, concentrated on Liszt andChopin, and ended with the sen­timental platitudes of his "lateRomantic" contemporaries. Hof­mann largely ignored Bach, Mo­zart, and even SchUbert, whosurely is more genuinely roman­tic than Grieg, Moskowski, andRachmaninoff put together.

The anoyance is doubled whenthe maker of the generalizationconcocts a rationale to supportit. And that is exactly whatMr. Chasins proceeds to do.

His thesis is that today's art­ist in general, and concert pian­ist in particular, is too preoccu­lYied with the materialistic busi­ness of living ("keeping afloatin our economy") to be able todevote himself to "the highestartistic standards." He admitsthat "there is no decline in ther:uantity of talent. Technicallyour best young artists are su­perhly equipped. . . What theylack is the enviTonment that en·riches the spirit, that nourishesgreatness of heart."

by Jacob Ijubliner

In the April 28, 1956, SaturdayR.eview there appears an articleby Mr. Abram Chasins, a formerconcert pianist and a regUlarcontributor on matters pianisticto that magazine's fine Record­ilngs section. The article istitled "Survival of the Slickest""nd hegins, "Few generalizationsare more annoying than sweep­ing glorification of the past, asthough all excellence and truthhad vanished from the earth."

Mr. Chasins' analysis of thislack proceeds on three planes.First, there is the aesthetic­philosophical: "From 1914 on thetwentieth century has been apretty hectic place . . . an awfullot of things get thrown out..."and "The bankruptcy of roman­tic ideals was crucially damag-

artists are on view in the ex­hibit, which continues throughSunday, May 6. Gallery hoursare from 2 to 9 p.m. Tuesdaysthrough Fridays and 2 ta 5 p.m.Saturdays and >Sundays. The gal­lery is closed on Mondays. Ad­mission is 50 cents far adults and25 cents for students.

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American traditions and scenes,interpreted by the imaginativeartistry of America's e,'Teatestpainters of the past 200 years,are providing fascinating high­lights in "The American Scene"exhibit on displc;,Y at the Munici­pal Art Gallery in BarnsdallP,>rk, Los Angeles.

Primitive portraits of the ear­ly 1 Rth century, stiffly-posed butcolorful paintings of buffalohunts on the western prairiesin gold-rush days, and powerfuland moving depk-tions of Mis­souri valley flood refugees dur­ing the depression days of the1930s vie for in terest in this pan·orama of American painting.

More than 100 works by ArneI"ica's greatest artists have beenassembled by the Municipal ArtsDepartment from public andprivate collections throughoutthe United States for this in­augural showing in a continuingseries of year-around exhibits.

Works by Stuart. ·Whistler.Sargent, Hopper, Bellows, Grant\'1ood and scores of other inter­nationally-recognized American

"US scene" atLA art Gallery

"What do you do when you'renot working Olr walking?" Iasked.

"Well, right now I'm learningto play the pipe organ. I likemusic of all kinds very much,especially classical. I also pullweeds from the front yard, andsocialize occasionally too."

Joy has done a lot of travel­ing in her 24 years. Her travelshave taken her from border toborder, both north and south.She now lives in Arcadia, andlocomotes via a 1951 Plymouth.

About this time I took a realclose look at her to ascertainthe color of her eyes. Afterchanging my mind about 17times, I decided they were grey­ish-green. Brown-haired bangstop off her 5' 2%" frame, whichis packed with nervous energy.Joy is always doing something,always moving around.

"Have you got any ambitionsfor the future??" we asl{ed.

"I've considered being an air­line stewardess, but I think I'drather learn to fly a plane. Iwant to go to Switzerland some­day and see the Alps."

I then took Joy back to heroffice and called in Dave Groceto take her picture. (By theway, I'd like to put in a wordof thanks to Dave for doing sucha great .job on the photographseach week).

When we were through, Daveand I both agreed that we hadn'tfelt as cheerful in weeks. Justa few minutes with Joy (who iscertainly well named) is all ittakes to pick up some of thenatural and refreshing enthu­siasm she radiates.

So if you're feeling down inthe dumps, drop into the place­ment office. You'll come outfeeling like a million dollars.

by TreborIf you want to get a summer

job, you'd better hustle over tothe placement office.

If you don't want a summerjom, it's still worth your whileto go over there.

Why? Because then you'll getto meet a captivating Miss whois the personification of charmand intelligence. Her name isJoy Hansen, and it'll be a longtime before you meet anotherlike her.

A product of San Francisco,Joy moved to Illinois and ob­tained her schooling there. Shestudied English lit at PrincipiaCollege near St. Louis.

After working in a Chicagojunior college for a while, shemoved back to California lastJune with her family, this timeto Pasadena. After a stint withan interior decorating firm, shecame to Caltech in February,where she has been happily em­ployed since.

I took Joy to the Greasy tointerview her. We sat down ata nice empty table in a desert­ed corner. Vvithin two minutesthe table was filled by gapinggrad stUdents.

"'I'his'U never do," I said, andwe moved to another more re­mote spot. Joy was just tellingme how she loved to go forwalks when we were joined byanother group of hungry lookinglads.

"Let's go for a walk aroundthe campus," I suggested. "May­be that way we can keep youraudience down to six."

"Great," she said, and out wewent.

"Where do you like to takeyour little walks?" I inquired.

"On weekends I like to godown to the ocean and walkalong the shore by myself," shereplied. "I love the ocean."

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than help his enemies clean upthe lather. Immediate actionwas taken to induce his exit, butnone were successful. Whenthis gentle reasoning failed to

work, it was remembered howclose and accessible the littlecherub's bed was. These nastyboys removed the bed from itsusual place on the sleepingporch, and placed it gingerly inthe patio. Luckily for Jerry,

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it was a rather warm night.Berg makes noisy entl'anceFor the second time this year

Howard Berg, acknowledged asone of the best second-story menand lock-pickers in the country,has been forced into the humil-

iating position of being unableto enter his room. His first fee­ble attempts at entry triggereda four-foot klaxon horn. Thewhole of Dabney House rangwith its lilting strains as ourflush-faced (undoubtedly sun-

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burn) hero and friend Barbaraall but bludgeoned their way in.Who knows, Howard, perhapsthis incident will live foreverin the annals of the SaturdayEvening Post.

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In 1955 our customers paid us the recordamount of $368,760,900.

$59,286,200 of this amount, or 16.1%,was paid our 8,839 employees as wagesand for benefits to protect them and theirfamilies.

Taxes took 3.6%. This does not includethe $65,875,000 we also collected from cus­tomers as fuel taxes for governmentalagencies.

We spent 72% with more than fifteenthousand other companies and individualswith whom we do business.

This left 8.3% of the $368,760,900 as netprofit. Slightly more than half of these earn­ings were paid in cash dividends to AllanGreen and our other 46,174 share owners,who also received one additional share ofstock for each ten held.

The balance of net earnings, equal to3.9% of the customers' dollars, we reinvestedin the business for necessary expansion and

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most exciting of the year. The Poets have one of the strongestsr]uarls in the history of the school, as does Caltech, and the winnerof the meet gets the league title.

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Speaking of crucial contests, Ed Preisler takes his varsity base­baIlers to Pomona-Claremont Saturday in an attempt to avenge theBeavers' only league defeat. Curiously enough, the defending titl­ists from Claremont have won only one conference game this sea­son, that being the Caltech encounter.

by Dick Van Kirk

Thin~,.; are really looking rosy for Caltech athletes this term.Both tIle swimming team and baseball squad are leading the league,and are good bets to finish the season on top of the sec. Phil Con­ley. of cour"e, came through with another sterling performancelast weekend, capturing the Drake Relays javelin crown with a tos~

of 207' in all kinds of slush and mud (it says here). But my votefor the athlete who did the most for Caltech last week goes to StanHuhert, Whittier College shortstop. In the seventh inning of lastweek's Caltech-Whittier haseball game, Ray \Veymann was perchedon second base. Hubert came over to fake a pickoff play in orderto pull \Veymann back to the hag. Neil Herman picked that timeto hit a grounder right through the spot where Hubert would havenormally been. \Veymann came in with the run that meant thegame and possihle the conference championship.

Another big event tomorrO\v is the all-conference track meetat Oxy. The Tigers figure to win, of course, but Pomona-Claremontwill be m,lking its strongest bid in years. Three events, the javelin,high jump, and hroad jump. could see winners from schools otherthan Occidental, but in the other twelve it will take ultra-peak per­formances to dislodge the Bengals. Also tomorrow afternoon isthe frosh conference track meet at Whittier.

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Coach Webb Emery's ace.-;wimmers take on the WhittierCollege Poets tomorrow in theHeaver tank in their last con­ference dual meet. This is themost crucial contest of the sea­,.;on for both squads since the\-ictor wil Iemerge as the confer­ence titleholder.

The Beavers are led by theirstar sophomore, Clarke Rees.,'"110 holds five school records;the 100. 220 and 440 yard freestyle. 200 yard back,.;troke andthe individual medley. He isfnvoretl to win the backstrokednd the longer free style racesif he enters them but may runinto trouble in the 100 freewhere he meets Dick Ellis whoha,.; bettered Clarke's best timeby a full second.

Rees will also be pressed if heenters the individual medleywhich finds the Whittier cap­tain, Jerry LaBonte, a threat.

Friday the tankers sank Red­lands 51-33. The Beavers tookevery event except the 400 yardrelay and the diving.

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by Brent BantaBy a very lopsided 57-21 score,

the Junior Tankmen easilydowned the visiting men fromRedlands in a dual meet lastThursday. Few outstandingtimes were posted, as the Beav­ers took firsts in every eventbut the 400 yard freestyle relay.It's good to see some new facesbreaking into the scoring col­umn; Ken Dinwiddie placedthird in the 50 yard freestyle,Bob Maltz and his brother, Carl,took thirds in the 100 yard free­style and the 200 yard back­stroke, respectively. Sec andplace in the 200 yard breastrokewent to Gerhard Klose.

Frosh horsehiders were blank­ed 7-0, in a tight game againstRedlands, last Saturday. TheRedlands pitcher notched 18strikeouts, and allowed only 2hits in the entire game. FredNewman's triple over the leftfielder's head in the sixth, andJohn Evrett's single to centerin the seventh were the onlyTech blasts.

Photo by Dave G,o<e

Ray Weymann, center, pauses in his pre-game warmup to posewith Chuck Norman and Ed Nelson, Caltech batting leaders.

Horsehiders edge Poets 1-0;Capture first in conference

Ray Weymann pitched and batted Ca/tech's varsity baseballteam into the conference lead Saturday, as the Beavers droppedWhittier, 1-0, at Tournament Park. Not only did Yveymannlimit the Poets to five hits whilestriking out eleven, but hescored the only run of the gamein the seventh for Caltech.

Duane Cole, 'Whittier's acehurler, went down to his sec­ond defeat of the season at thehands of the Beavers despite afour hit hurling performance.

The win gave Caltech a 4-1record in conference play, and a15-7 record on all games playedthis season. \Veymann broughthis win-loss total to 6-4.

Saturday's game saw a score­less battle for the first 6% in­nings, until Weymann openedfor Tech in the seventh with abunt single, followed by HalMorris' smash over second basewhich put Weym;mn in scoringposition on second. Neil Her­man hit a ground ball to theshortstop position, but Stan Hu­bert, Poet shortfielder, was outof position. and the ball wentthrough for a run-producing sin­gle.

In the ninth inning, Hubertattempted to redeem himselfwith a two-out single. BruceCaldwell followed with a ringingdouble down the third-base line.Things were getting tense forthe Beavers, but Weymann putthe game in the bag by whiffingTom Lambert.

Thursday, May 3, 1956

'age Six CALIFORNIA TEeM Thursday, May 3, 1956

··PHILADELPHIA STORY"(Continued from page 1)

cert Goers. Nancy wants to goto Stanford and loves to playtennis.

The part of Dinah Lord, Tra­cy's 15-year-old sister, is aptlyfilled by Sarah Sweezy. Dinahis really unpredictable; one min­ute she's throwing insulting re­marks at her older sister, thenext she's a bit of a coquette infront of her uncle Willie. She'sthe one who witnesses the scenethat almost rips Tracy's mar­riage.

Sarah fits and plays the partperfectly. She is a very cutebrunette who is the daughter ofDr. Allen Sweezy, a man quitewell known around the Caltechcampus. I was quite interestedto find out that Sarah has liter­ary interests and talent; she iseditor of her school literary mag­azine.

Sarah is aNew Englander andwants to return there to go tocollege. Much to my pleasureher eyes' lit up when we dis­cussed the East. She goes toWestridge and has been in afew school plays.

Although Sweeny and Sweezysound very much alike, in reallife they are not sisters. Theyattend rival schools, but at the'time of printing they were stillthe best of friends.

ASCE meeting to

be at Tech May 9Wednesday afternoon, May 9,

the Los Angeles section of theASCE will meet at Caltech. Cal­tech students are hosts for theconference which will consist ofan open house of the civil en­gineering department from 5:00to 6:30 p.m. followed by a din­ner meeting in the Athenaeum.

The open house will include atour of the sanitary lab, thesedimentation lab, the soils test­ing lab, the materials testing lab,and the earthquake lab. Techjuniors in the civil engineeringoption will be in charge of hav­ing the exhibist ready for thevisiting CEs.

The principal speaker ofthe evening will be Dr. HarrisonBrown speaking of "World En­ergy Resources." Also ArneKalm will speak on "The Needfor an Increased Federal High­way Program," and Dick John­son will talk on "GeotechnicalConsiderations of Earthquakes."Both are seniors in civil engi­neering. To top off the evening,the Caltech Glee Club will en·tertain with three numbers.

OPEN FORUM(Continued from page 1)

to secure information concern­ing security clearance, a consti­tution and statement of purpose,and faculty sponsors.

Seek administration viewsThe comments of Ed Hutch­

ings, Charles Newton, and JimMiller were in general concordconcerning the effect of pub·licity. They said that it cannotbe controlled and that a pro­gram such as that of the OpenForum would result in adversepublicity.

The Open Forum was unableto contact Attorney General Her­bert Brownell although severalattempts were made.

Present constitutionA constitution was presented

with a statement of purpose em­bodied in the preamble. ArticleII summarizes the purpose asfollows: "The Open Forum shallbring to the Caltech studentbody speakers representing mi­nority groups or dissident opin­ions who have something ofvalue and concern to contrib­ute."

Heinz Ellersieck, Peter Fay,and Dan Piper were submittedas faculty sponsors.Trustees give BOD free handLast Friday, the executive

committee of the Board of Trus-

tees met and decided that theywould allow the ASCIT govern­ment to make decisions concern­ing itself without their inter­ference, even though they maynot approve. This deciSion aroseover the question of the OpenForum. This effectively empow­ered the Board of Directors tomake whatever decision theywished concerning the Forum,as the Student-Faculty RelationsCommittee has in general con­curred with their decisioBs.

Dr. George Beadle, at themeeting of the executive com­mittee of the Board of Trustees,commented that he felt that itwould be bad to drop the OpenForum completely, just as itwould be bad to recognize it atthe present time without qual4fications, in light of public re­action to it. The best policywould be to allow a lapse of timein which adverse public senti­ment could retard somewhat.

Elliot explains committee

Elliot commented further onthe reasons why the BOD ap­pointed a committee of sevenrather than the alternate pro­posal: recognition of the OpenForum with the "gentlemen'sagreement" that they would notpresent Smith or the Commu­nists without BOD approval.

If recognized, the only legal con­trol that the Board could exer·cise over the Open Forum wouldbe to withdraw its constitutionand recognition.

The rc€solution which estab­lished the committee reads asfollows:

Whereas: A proposed constitu­tion for the Open Forum hasbeen presented to ASCIT forcOI).sideration; and

Whereas: ASCIT agrees withand endorses the ideals andpurposes of the proposed or­ganization as expressed in thepreamble and in the purposeof the proposed Constitution;and

Whereas: There is considerablecontroversy over the ramifica­tions and possible consequen­ces of recognition of such anorganization at the presenttime;

Now therefore, be it resolved:that the ASCIT Board shallappoint a seven man commit·tee to investigate and explorethe best methods of implement­ing the purposes and ideals asstated above.The preamble and purpose of

the Open Forum as stated in itsproposed constitution were at­tached.

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here in being able to observethis lovable tradition. In nearlyall colleges throughout the land,student housing is one of twotypes: rigidly supervised dorms,or fraternity houses. The stu­dents in the dorms of coursecould not hold a ditch day be­cause the supervision wouldn'tpermit it, and the frats, sincethey own their own houses, areresponsible for their upkeep, andcan not afford such an affair.

Thus we have the great goodfortune of being able to engageeach year in a day of destruc­tion. From the delightful rip­ping of doorframes to the glee­ful emptying of drawers, theday is one long period of sheerpleasure. Probably the greatestfeeling of satisfaction comesfrom the knowledge of the greatdiscomfort, inconvenience, andproperty loss we ,are causing toour fellow house members; thisis the real advantage of ditchday.

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The California Tech was noti­fied by the American CollegiatePress this week that it had reoceived a First-Class rating forthe autumn term. "Audience""Cool Corner," and editoriaiswere singled out for special men­tion.