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Number 22

Thur., April 10 - Tennis, U. ofArizona at Tech, 3 p.m.

Fri., April 11 - Baseball, CalWestern at Tech, 4:15 p.m.

Swimming, U. of Arizona atTech., 4 p.m.

Golf, Whittier at Brookside,1:30 p.m.

Ricketts, Fleming exchangesDabney, exchange at LagunaBlacker, Alley Golf

Sat., April 12 - Baseball, Whit­tier at Tech and Frosh atWhittier, 2:15 p.m.

Track, Redlands here, 1:30 p.m.Tennis, Oxy here and Frosh

at Oxy, 1:30 p.m.Swimming, Tech at Santa Bar-

bara, 2 p.m.Dabney-Fleming street partyRicketts, theater partyBlacker, exchange

Mon., April 14 - BOD meeting

Tues., April 15 - Tennis, Pasa­dena College at Tech, 3 p.m.

Frosh Baseball, L. A. Pac. ColI.here, 4:15 p.m.

Frosh Lunch Club, Dr. EIliot

Wed., April 16 - Baseball, Red­lands at Tech, 3 p.m.

Thurs., April 17 - Swimming,T.fch at Pomona, 3:30 p.m.

Fri·Sat., April 18-19 - YMCASeeley Conference.

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s p 0 n SOl' e d by the PacificSouthwest Regional Student YM­CA-YWCA, the conference willfeature speakers and discussionleaders, from U.S.C., U.C.L.A.,and ,san Diego State on the prob­lem "345,445 College Diplomas­For What?" The conclave will bemodeled somewhat after Asilo­mar, with stUdent-led roundtables, platform talks, seminar'S,and ample recreation. Activitieswill include square dancing,sports, hiking, singing, oceanand pool swimming.

Bob Blandford, YMCA presi­dent, pointed out that the springSeeley conferences have been ex­tremely successful in the pastand that the innovations of anew Isite and the re-shaping ofthe program to incorporate manyof Asilomar's best features at amuch smaller cost should makethe experience well worthwhile.He expressed hope that Caltechwill send a strong delegation thisyear.

The cost of the weekend will(Continued on page 6)

NFS FellowshipsAwarded Seniors

Students from all over thePacific Southwest will descendon Camp Wakonda in the moun­tains near Malibu April 18-20, fora weekend of cooed fellowshipand an evaluation of the prob­lems of higher education.

Purpose Of Education TopicAt V'S Seeley Conference

David Chang, Joseph Fineman,William Klement, David Leeson,Charles Stone, Martial Thiebaux,and William Wagner have beenawarded predoctoral fellowshipsby the National Science Founda­tion.

l:<--ive of these awardees aremajoring in physics, Stone willenter mathematics, and Leeson isin EE.

Thirty-threestudents alsoships.

The forty Caltech winners areamong 841 winners selected from3804 applicants from all partsof the continental United States,Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico.

Seven Apply For ExComm;Other ASCII Posts OpenPublication Posts ApplicationsAlso Sought Due Monday

Charles Antoniak, Wally Baer,Bob Lange, Don OWings, Russ Applications for Little T edi-Pitzer, Dave Singmaster, and tor, ASCIT Photo Division chair-Gary Zimmerman submitted ap- man, Election Committee chair-plications for appointment to the man, Instituters president, andExComm Monday night. New Student Camp counselors,

The Executive Committee was are due April 14.created last term "to recognize, Little T editor, Photo Divisioninvestigate and discuss the long chairman, and Election Commit-range and immediate problems tee chairman applications go toof the Corporation," make rec- Dave Spencer, S box, Fleming.ommendations to the Board of Appointments will be consideredDirectors, and interpret the By- on the bas~s of written applica-Laws. It consists of t1).e ASCIT tions and interviews by Spencerpresident, vice-president, secre- and the present office holder,tary, treasurer, and the two and Will be made, with BODmembers to be appointed from Engineering and Science approval, April 21.the above applicants, April 14. H. Rowan Gaither will highlight

Rill Benisek and Marty Kap- Saturday's Alumni Day. Little T, Photo ChiefsIan submitted a joint application The Little T editor publishesfor Big T business managers. Alumn,· Day the Little T and receives the firstHoward Weisberg applied for $400.00 profit from its publica-business manager of the Cali- tion. The Photo Division chair-fornia Tech. Keith Brown, Jerry Set Saturday man must coordinate the PhotoHansen, and the team of Dick Division's efforts to give photo-Jones and Stan Sajdera applied Over 1000 Caltech alumni from graphic coverage to student ac-for Big T editor. Those appoint- all over the state will descend tivitie!s and supply ASCIT pub­ments will also be made April on the Institute t?is Saturday, lications with photos. The chair-14. for the 23rd annual Alumni Day, man of the EJection Committee,

predicts Dr. Donald S. Clark. with the three other committee·The highlight of the day will men he appoints, manages AS­

be the evening talk by Mr. H. CIT elections, records, votes, andRowan Gaither on ",Sclence and posts results.the National Welfare." Gaither Instituters president applica­~s Chairman of the Board for the tions shoultl be submitted to BobFord Foundation, Chairman of Thompson, T box, Blacker. Ap­the Board of the Rand Corpora· pointment will be based on thetion, and Chairman of the Se- written applications and an in­curity Resources Committee of terview by Thompson and BillEisenhower's Science Advisory Kern, present Instituters presi­Committee. dent, and will be made with

During the morning, talks will BOD approval, April 21. Thebe given by Dr. William H. Pick- president's job is, according toering, Mr. Mathew Meselson, Dr. Kern, "one of those necessary

Caltech graduate Hunter Mead, Dr. Richard P. jobs, essentially that of coordi­received fellow- Feynman, Dr. Hardy Martel, Dr. nating a labor pool."

Leon T. Silver, Dr. Lester Field, New Student Camp counselors'Dr. Frederick C. Lindvall, and applications should be given toDr. J. Kent Clark. Tours of the Mike Godfrey, G box, Ricketts.various labs around school willbe conducted during the' after­noon.

Pasadena, California, Thursday, April 10, 1958

Y AhhfJUhCeS Film Series(Continued on page 5)

"The Devil and Daniel Webster" and" When a Man's aPrince" will inaugurate the YMCA film series for the springterm this Sunday, April 13. They will be followed by "DirtyHands" and "Coat from Heaven" on May 4, "Anthony Adverse"and "Home Movies" on May 18 and, rounding off the series offour programs, "Mr. 880" and "The Adventures of *" on May25.

"The Devil and Daniel Webster" is Stephen Vincent Ben­et's humorous story about the New England farmer who sellshis soul to the devil. "Dirty Hands" is a French-made filmversion of the play by the leader of the existentialist school ofphilisophy, Jean-Paul 8artre.

"Anthony Adverse," written by Hervey Allen, is one ofthe greatest of the modern classic novels. It deals with thelife of a man and his adjustment to the society in which helives. The film stars Frederick March and Olivia de Havilland."Mr. 880" is a light and delightful comedy dealing with theconsternation caused the U. S. Treasury Department by thehilarious idiosyncrasy of a little old man, played by EdmundGwenn.

Staff Will Organize

The' upperclass staff will han­dle the major portion of thecamp planning and organization,including recommendation of thefaculty members who should at­tend. Applications for this year's24-man staff are due next Mon­day.

Planned, informal discussionwould· replace the speeches un­der the plan. Ten to fifteen fresh­men and transfer students, to­gether with an upperclassmanand a faculty member, wouldform a discussion group. Thesediscussions would be introducedby a short talk on a fairly broadsubject.

Upperclassmen who will at­tend the camp will be chosen bythe Board of Directors. "Wewant to make it an honor to goto camp, instead of a duty," onecommitteeman said. "We feelthat the New Camp will give usthis chance."

Tech OfficiatesEconomy Run

Sixty Techmen will be OfficialObservers on this year's Mobil­gas Economy Run, which leavesSaturday for Galveston, Texas.

High interest in the job wasevidenced by the large numberwho applied and took part inthe break-in runs, according toJim Workman, graduate ME stu­dent and Chief Observer.

During spring vacation someof the Tech Istudents were em­ployed driving cars and actingas extras for crews making pub­licity films. They will appear inTV films of General Petroleumand of the makers of the win­ning cars.

The two Observelis riding ineach car will keep the U.S. AutoClub records of the trip. Theyare responsible for seeing thatthe cars remain stock through­out the run. All important partsof the cars are sealed, and onlyan observer or USAC official maybreak the seals.

THE TECH GLEE CI...UB'S CONCERT at the College of MedicalEvangelists in Los Angeles last Saturday drew an audience of 200for a performance of religious, folk, and popular numbers.

Tom Morton, Andy Perga andTom Gunckel garnered forensiclaurels for Tech at the bi-annualPi Kappa Delta speech tourna­ment in Tempe, Arizona, lastweek.

Morton WCliS one of four par­ticipants in the meet to receivea Superior rating in discussionand was awarded his second PiKap gold key for his achieve­ment. The topic was improve­ment of education.

Perga and Gunckel came with­in one win of receiving a Su­perior as a debate team. TheirExcellent rating placed themsixth among the 26 teams from14 western schools. They debatedright-to-work laws.

Pi Kappa Delta is a nationalhonorary forensics fraternity.

Morton, PergaGunckel Score-

Basic Revisions ProposedBy Frosh Camp Committee

A basic reVISIOn of the philosophy and organization of NewStudent Camp was proposed in a report submitted to the admin­istration and the BOD last week by the Camp Committee.

The committee's report, prepared after two and a half monthsstudy, was basically approved by both Dean Foster Strong andthe BOD.

Eliminate SpeechesElimination of long, unnecessary speeches is the committee's

primary recommendation. Thisincluded talks by both facultymembers and students. Dr. Du­Bridge's keynote and the honorsystem discussion are the twotalks that the committee woulddefinitely retain.

Volume LlX

THE CALIFORNIA TECH

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR'

"I guess this takes care of that hole on page six."

EDITOR: Mike MilderEDITORIAL BOARD: Bill Bauer, Cleve Moler, John Todoroff

STAFFBruce Allesina, Ted Bate. Carl Gottschall. Gerhard Klose. Sid Leibovich, Bob Norton,

Stan Sajdera, Harry Spertus, Jim Uleman.BUSINESS MANAGER: Dave Leeson

Circulation: Urban KernEntered as second"c1ass matter November 22, 1947, at the Post Office in Pasadena,

California, under the act of March 3, 1879.

Thursday, April 10, 1958

that "Our student governmentmust be alive to opportunities.."is also noteworthy. I am surethat there have been severalBoards in the past which havebeen more or less alive, and yethave found precious few oppor­tunities which presented them­selves at 7:30 p.m. on Mondayevening in lower Fleming. Atthe risk of being trite, oppor­tunities are made by a consciouseffort, not a passive awareness.

The editorial states that theadministration will call upon theExComm for advice in planningthe new seven House system:The IHC, being the only studentorganization directly concernedwith the operation of the Stu­dent Houses, would be the logi­cal organization to render adviceto the administration on thistopic. The ExComm should of­fer a large amount of time andeffort to assisting the IHC incollecting and analyzing the in­formation necessary to the mak­ing of policies which will affectthe entire student body.

If any student government of­ficer did not want to exert him­self unduly, or did not want toarouse student interests, heshOUld represent himself as (Iquote from the editol'ial) "readyto represent enlightened studentopinion." In case someone doesdemonstrate the leadership toform and organize student opin­ion on some topic the ever-readystudent may easily jump on thebandwagon at the last minute.Otherwise at the end of a year inoffice he can sigh and say "I wasready."

The last two paragraphs arewithout doubt to a considerableextent true, and similar to thefirst one. One gets the feelingthat the easy way out is to benegative.

A year from this date the Ex­Comm and Board of Directorsshould be willing to stand andbe judged either constructicelyor nonconstructively. They canthen be judged on the facts oftheir actions. Until that time Ibelieve that any organizationsincerely interested in better stu­dent government shoUld be will­ing to lend, at least, constructivecriticism to the ASCIT, mildlychanged in structure but, I hope,basically changed in outlook.

Michael Godfrey

President'sColumn

This week I shall reply to theeditorial in last week's Califor­nia Tech headlined "ASCIT'sBig Year." The disadvantage ofthis topic iIs immediately obvi­ous. I am writing for the smallfraction of readers who throughuncommon memory or more un­common interest in student gov­ernment can remember some­thing of that editorial. Of coursethere may be those who can re­fer to their handy CaliforniaTech file....

The statement tha~ the pro­posals for amendments to theASCIT by-laws did not runagainst strong conservative op­position could not be fartherfrom the truth. After the pro­posals were introduced everymove made by the Board of Di­rectors bore the stamp of con­servatism. It was conservativeinfluence, whether good or bad,which excluded the possibilityof serious discussion of suchmatters as possible methods ofachieving fair representation ofthe four (soon to be seven) Stu­dent Houses on the BOD, changeof the numerical membership ofthe BOD to produce more effec­tive organization, provision forclearly defined means by whichlarger numbers of students couldbecome interested and active instudent government activities, orclear working arrangements be­tween ASCIT and the YMCA orthe IHC.

The prologue to the text ofthe final amendment as pUb­lished in the California Techstated that the amendment wasbut a minor conservative steptoward better student govern­ment. Easily more than half ofthe discussion time spent by theBOD on this topic centeredaround whether it would be wiseto make any real change at all.

Then came the statement, "ForTech's student government mustbegin to worry about public re­lations. . . The student govern­ment began to worry about pub­lic relations some time ago. Itwas the result of several years'worry by a good number ofBoard members that broughtabout the end, for several years,of the Pajamarino. I should saythat less worry and more imagi­native activity in this area mightbe to our benefit. The statement

cle, routine announcements, seri­ous talk (leading up to discus­sion); discussion No. 1 - 20groups of 10 each, volleyballtournament.

Friday afternoon: Campfirecircle; discussion No.2 ("HonorSpirit" might be the topic); ath­letics; talent practice.

Friday evening: General as­sembly, talent show, "Rotation"talk (maybe), faculty skit; camp­fire and songs.

Saturday morning: DiscussionNo.3; finish volleyball tourna­ment; student All-Stars vs Facul­ty and Upperclassmen in all ath­letic skills.

5. The details of Camp shouldbe settled by the appointed staff.

To aid them in their work, thecommittee makes the followingrecommendations: (a) Real prep­aration is necessary to make an"enthusiastic" camp. (b) Well­chosen upperclassmen shouldhave definite bus assignments,with specific points to put acrosson the trip. (c) Run down cocki­ness right at first. (d) Discussionquestions should be well chosen.(e) Bridge games and chessboards should be confiscated. (f)The faculty are human. (g) Chal­lenges and songs are a powerful

Houses should each spend, amaximuum of, say, $150 to hirea reasonably good band andserve refreshments that are atlealst as good as those now beingserved. But that's all.

To answer the two major ar­guments for the present Inter­house Dance system, namely:that it shows the people of Pas­adena, etc., how clever the littleTechmen are, and that it unitesthe new frosh class with therest of the house, let me :saythat, first, among a group ofabout 25 local Pasadenans towhom I have talked, all saidthat they had heard of the Cal­tech Interhouse Dance, but nonesaid that he thought it addedany prestige to the school as awhole. As far as local girls tryingto swing invitations, it seems to

(Continued on page 5)

Text: New Student Camp Proposalbuilding block in forming espritde corps. (h) Upperclassmen arethere for the benefit of new stu­dents.

6. A pamphlet s h 0 u I d bemailed to each new student dur­ing the summer. Facts and de­tails eliminated from the numer­ous speeches of past years shouldh~rewith be presented in a con­cise fashion. The Health Centertalk should also be included inthis mailing, for the benefit ofthe parents.

7. An on-campus tour shouldbe held Thursday morning. Thisenables newcomers to find outthe plant set-up at the time theyare most in need of such infor­mation, rather than a week later.Such items of freshman registra­tion as photos and safety glassesshould be postponed until Mon­day to give time for these tours.

The remaining details andminor suggestions discussed bythe committee are on file andwill be presented to the newCamp Staff upon the latter's ap­pointment. This report was sub­mitted to the ASCIT Board onApril 14, 1958.

Respectfully yours,Gary A. Zimmerman

The ASCIT Board of Directors,on January 20 of this year, ap­pointed a special committee (un­der the chairmanship of MichaelGodfrey) to investigate the NewStudent Camp and charged thisgroup to bring back definite rec­ommendations abo u t futurecamps. This procedure followedfrom the new position ASCIThas been granted in the selectionof next year's Student Campstaff. To date the committeemembers have met seven times,interviewed many faculty· mem­bers, and discussed the Campwith a good percentage of theundergraduate student bod y.Their conclusions and recom­mendations are summarized inthe following report. (See story,page 1.)

1. The New Student Campshould be continued. The Campserves a very useful purpose inthe orientation of newcomers tothe campus, by helping them toknow each other and to knowthe Institute. The foundationsof teacher-student relationshipsare laid at Camp; if we desirethe close informality that weclaim to have on campus, it mustbegin here. To this end, the com­mittee feels that the Camp canbe made more effective than inthe past.

2. The programming of theCamp should be changed. Long,poorly prepared talks have beenweak media for attaining the de­sired goals of the Camp. Withthe exception of Dr. DuBridge'saddress and the Honor Systemtalk, the barrage of "upper-classand faculty lectures" should beeliminated. These items shouldbe replaced with three planned,informal sessions, where groupsof 10-15 new students take partin a well-prepared discussionperiod under the guidance of anupperclassman and a facultymember.

3. More spirit should be putinto the camp life. From themoment the students board thebusses they should begin tocatch the spirit of enthusiasmand informality of the upperclassleaders. Inter-group competi­tion, with bus loads of cabinsas units, should be encouraged.The dining hall should not beneglected as an area for instill­ing enthusiasm in the partici­pants. The committee recom­mends more singing at Camp.

4. The following program isrecommended.

Thursday morning: Registra­tion; on-campus tour;

Thursday afternoon: Bus trip;settle in cabins; dinner, cheersand songs, action.

Thursday evening: General as­sembly, introductions and wel­come, skit, DuBridge's talk;campfire, ping pong, talent prac­tice.

Friday morning: Campfire cir-

ident houses and the non-resi­dent house) to have at least onejoint dance or ether social func­tions on their own. But the ex­travagance shown in the oneInterhouse Dance which I haveseen (I uunderntand that thisyear's dance was a typical dance)is unwarranted.

For the sake of round numberslet me say that each housespends about $500 cash on theproject. In addition, each houseputs in at least 1000 man-hoursof labor during first term mid­terms. Thils means that for onefour-hour period (the decorationsare generally finished after 6:00Saturday night and are largelytorn down the next day) morethan $2500 and 5000 man-hoursare expended. I think this isridiculous.

It is my opinion that the

Tile (flliffJfnifJ Tech

To the Editor:Once upon a time, the various

student houses decided to havea joint social event to be runby each house individually asopposed to being run by somecentral agency (i.e. the ASCITBoard). And this became knownas the Interhouse Dance.

In the beginning, each houseplayed records and served re­freshments. That's all. In time,the houses began to decorateslightly. And then began therace-until now each house triesdesperately to out-decorate, out­big-name-band, and out-spendeach of the others.

I think enough is too much.The Associated Students put onseveral all-school activities (theFormals, etc.) and I think it isa subdimeidea for the Houses(by Houses I mean the four res-

Ample Precedent For AlternativeAmple precedent existed for a vote unfavorable to Ricketts;

the (HC is marked by a long history of devotion to self-interestas a guide to procedure. Just last week, Ricketts voted, openlyin its own self-interest, against a clearly justified interpretationof the rule invoked in the present case. Ricketts did not in­crease its chances for mercy by this action.

On the other hand, all evidence of intention on the part ofRicketts House, and the mitigating circumstances surroundingthe infraction, made it clear that fair play would be served onlyby the ruling that was ultimately made; fair play and tradi­tional self-interest had seldom been more plainly separated.

Unique OpportunityThe above situation opened up a unique opportunity in yes­

terday's IHC meeting. The three Houses that stood to gain bya rul ing adverse to Ricketts had the opportunity also to takesignificant moral initiative by supporting Ricketts at the ex­pense of their own self-interest. Fleming House alone showedthe astuteness to recognize the opportunity.

By this move, Fleming's representatives in the IHC mayhave gained for their House a measure of respect and good willamong the Houses that outweighs the temporary advantagethey lost in the Interhouse Trophy race.

More important, they are responsible for the precedent thatcould crumble the tradition of selfish maneuvering that hasmarred IHC meetings for so long. We can even hope thatyesterday's ruling will be the one that sets the IHC on the roadto becoming the organization it was intended to be: the guard­ian of the spirit of cooperation and friendly rivalry among theHouses.

Pase Two

Editorial

An Important DecisionThe Interhouse Committee ruled yesterday that Ricketts

House retain the points it earned as co-winner, with Blacker,of the interhouse volleyball competition. This decision cameas a surprise to many observers. It may prove to be the mostimportant decision the IHC has made in a number of years.

The ruling hinged on a technicality-interpretation of eligi­bility-and a decision ether way could have been legally sup- .ported. (See story, page 5.) An alternative vote would havematerially improved the standing of Blacker, Dabney, andFleming in the Interhouse Trophy competition, at the expenseof Ricketts.

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Thursday, April 10, 1958 THE CALIFORNIA TECH Page Three

Secretary'sReport

ASCIT APPOINTMENTSThe following presented them­

selves as candidates for ASCITappointive offices; Russ pitzer,Wally Baer, Don Owings, DaveSingmaster, Gary Zimmerman,Charles Antoniak, and BobLange, for Executive Committee;Bill Benisek and Marty Kaplanfor BIG T BusineSIS Manager;Keith Brown, Dick Jones andStan Sajdera, Jerry Hansen, forBIG T Editor; Howard Weisbergfor Business Manager of Cali­fornia Tech. Final selections willbe announced at the BOD meet·ing next week, April 14. The ap­plication deadline for Editor ofthe Little T, head of the ASCITPhoto Division, Chairman of theASCIT Election Committee, Pres­ident of the Instituters, andFrosh Camp Counselors, will bethe Isame day. Selections forthese offices will be announcedon April 2l.BUDGET PROPOSALS

Discussion on the matter ofthe ASCIT 1958-1959 budget willtake place at the BOD meetingon April 14. It is expected thaton this date a proposal for a par­tial ASCIT subsidy of the Inter­house Dance will also be pre­sented.ATHLETIC MANAGERS

Gary Zimmerman and RonaldLawler were appointed AssistantManagers of Varlsity Swimming.De Witt Landis, Jr., will fill thesame position in Varsity Base­ball and Dave Eberhart willmanage the Frosh Baseball team.

Tom JovinASCIT Secretary

Things got off with a prettybig roar consisting Df equal partsof semi-infinite amounts of wo­men, soda It0P and stringed in­struments. Said Kosherman,"that girl was really ugly at thestart but as the ev~ning went onshe got better and better." Afterthe Beak asked the usual qu~s­

tion h~ replied: "By that timeI'd had too much to even dance."Cooed Hops, "How old are you?""16" seth she. "Good bye" cooedHops. "No, never again," quoththe sweet demure young missas she withdrew from the D.T.'s.The Velintoid managed to showup about three just as everyonewas finding, .. his weary home.

W owdies WhoopieThose sterling lads from Rick­

etts gathered themselvelS to­gether and converged on thehumble domiQile of one Nissen.Guest D. Trucker was the high.light of the evening, but onlyafter he left. It seems that heand his date were parked out infront of his date's house in aposition roughly consisting ofhis head in her lap. A quietconversation was 'in progress;Trucker said something, then itwas her turn; she replied andwaited patiently for his answer.Nothing; "Dave!"; still no an­swer. After much shouting inhis ear she gave up and droveback to the party in hopes offinding someone who woulddrive our poor lad home. Afterall what would mother say Withone passed out date parked outin front of your hoU\Se?

Dick Bawl was also able toforge his name down in historyin a similar fashion. Bawl wasdisc jockey, but as disc jockeyswill do, he got thirsty; and asthe evening progressed, he foundthat his efficiency was droppingoff, way off ISQ far that he foundit quite impossible to continuehis duties from his then perma­nent home, the floor.

Compus 8rewins

C I GAR E T T E s. iii:

We'll pay $25 for every Stickler weprint-and for hundreds more thatnever get used! So start Stickling­they're so easy you can think ofdozensin seconds! Sticklers are simple riddleswith two-word rhyming answers.Both words must have the same num­ber of syllables. (Don't do drawings.)Send 'em all with yourname, address, collegeand class to Happy­Joe-Lucky, Box 67A,Mount Vernon, N. Y,

Orgy.Our old friend, D. Gilswine,

hit town last week on his springsprung from Cal. What else canyou do but have a party? Onewas had by all.

Damped Spirits

The monsoon season struck,and one day last week Caltechwas really in a state of emerg­ency. Fig Newton, Defective De­tective, found things in a realstate of chaos. It seems that theFig stepped into one of thoserooms marked vir. After thedue process of events he sud­denly noticed that the absolutehumidity in ~is right hip bootwas getting absolutely too high.,.>Now F'ig is nearsighted and hadto put on his glalsses to see whatwas wrong. (It does make youblind.) When he had made acareful check of what was hap­pening, he rolled down his bootand went forth into a world fullof pitfalls a much damper andwiser man.

WHAT IS A MOTHER WHOSPARES THE ROD?

St;;~;; dOU9h~@)STICKLINGI MAKE $25

Master Caster

WHAT IS AN ADROIT FISHERMAN?

WILLIAM WILLIAMS;'YOUNGSTDWN U.

WHAT IS A MODEST MISTAKE?

ANNE LUBELL. Humble BumbleBROOKLYN COLLEGE

Pace Ace

Bleating Greeting

BON VOYAGE presents? You might give asuh::tantial checking account in the LeftBank of Paris. A deck of cards for playingLondon Bridge. Or walking shoes in whichto Rome Italy. Better yet, give Luckies­and make your present a Partin' Carton!A Lucky, after all, is the best-tasting ciga­rette anywhere. In Paris you hear, "UnLuckee? C'est merveilleux!" (That'sFrench!) Roughl¥ translated, it means: it'sall fine, light, good-tasting tobacco, toastedto taste even better. (That's advertising!)Just light up a Lucky and see for yourself!(Now, that's smart!)

WHAT IS A SHEEP'S "HELLO"?

WHAT IS A LONG-DISTANCEWALKING CHAMPION?

JOYCE BASCH.PENN. STATE

WALTER LEYLAND.WILLIAM AND MARY

Brief Chief

WHAT IS A TEN-DAY DICTATOR?

GO'RDON WAKEFIELD.U, OF KANSAS

LIGHT UP A ligl11 SMOKE -LIGHT UP A LUCKY I·dfLJ ; _.. 0/'1/.. ~ ._.. t'dJ'LJ .. . ..

Product oft.Hw~J~- G/(J(Ja.eeO-is our middle name

WEATHER MAKES NEWS: Caltech students met transportation' problems caused by last week'ssevere rainfall with characteristic unconcern.

Pit and Paddock

Races Promise Excitement

THE CALIFORNIA TECH

On (flmpus

Dabney Chamber Music Group GivesPerFormance 'Below Usual Quality

Thursday, April 10, 1958

max to come to the States. TheWillment is a new Brit~sh carpowered with the Coventry Cli­max dohc 1500cc engine, whichputs out 141 hp. Other featuresof the car are a deDion rear endand a five speed box.

The biggest surprise of thewhole weekend, though, is a verywelcome reduction of admissionprices to 90 cents on Saturdayand $1.75 on Sunday.

by Lloyd Kamins

pion, Willie Daetwyler, both in 2litre Testa Rosas; and DanGurney in his 4.9 Ferrari.

CALTECH GRADThe under 1500cc event has

for one of its main entrantslast year's Caltech graduate JimHall in a new dohc 1500cc Lotus,extensively fa c tor y modified.Hall's rivals will be Jack McAfeein a Porsche RS Spyder and BobDrake in the first Willment·Cli-

WORI{ED WELl.. TOGETHEREvery set the band changed, but they were all excellent mu­

sicians and all the horns knew the riffs. I was amazed at how wellthey all worked together even though it was but a glorified jamsession. Although there was order, the prevailing mood was thatof informality and relaxation. Most songs w.ere blues-oriented, butall the jazz standards were heard. Dig, Jordu, Tunisia, and ThePreacher were the favorites.

There was always a line at the piano bench, and each manblew more than the one before. Th house man on keys, whorarely got a chance to sit in, rtade Day By Day sound like Gospelsinging. He was way down. The best drummer by far was DickBurke, whom I also caught at the Blackhawk where he backs BrewMoore. Dick is a pudgy, rotund type, often called "the round man,"but he drives that band.

On fiiday night there were four horns most of the time,blowing complex head arrangements. This was a bit unusual-thegroup seemed to stay as a quintet the bulk of the time. The honorsfor the week went to a sallow blond with a bari, who I swear saidas much as Mulligan, He was earthy as only a barie can be onthe funky numbers and was the only one who could handle thetempos on the way, way up tunes.

As is obvious, I was overjoyed with the quality and continuousvariety of the music. This is where the sounds of San Franciscoare. But the reason that Bop City i~ so enjoyable is its free andeasy mood. Everybody is friendly, everybody is happy-and it'scontagious.

Jazz Beat

Bop CityIn te magnificent city of San Francisco there are many night

spots, and jazz pours out into the night from every other door­way; but one club in particular has made an extreme impressionupon me, and that is Bop City.

Bop City opens at 2:00 a.m. and closes at 6:00 a.m. It is the spotthat all the musicians go to after they have wrapped up their regu­lar gigs. After a while I thought they might charge me rent. Dueto the hours no alcoholic beverages are served, although near-beeris endlessly touted by the drummer. (He is a bearded Negro whowears a Chinese Mandarin cap and looks like a sun-tanned GhengisKahn.) Admission is $1.10, and that is all one need pay for theentire evening (morning?) If the outside doors are closed, youenter by means of the ratty little hamburger joint next door (Ithink they push H).

ATMOSPHEREMore than any place I've ever seen, Bop City has "atmosphere."

The place itself is a hole and the furnishings and decorations arecheap, but the effect is endearing. The walls are the work of somemadman with a paint bucket and a glow on.

What makes the club is not so much the music, which is sub­lime, but the clientele. Everyone there is either a card-holder witha horn or at least an avid sympathizer. The races are about evenlysplit and there is absolutely no color barrier. I met many Negromusicians there who took me around to back rooms and barswhere the jazz was wild. On my first night at Bop City a middle­aged Negress draped herself over me and exclaiming over mywonderful personality, told me that I reminded her of Cecil B.DeMille. I finally bought her the beer.

All the weirdies of San Francisco drop in at some timeduring the night. Every third man carries a horn, and the tenorsaxes are so thick that the place looks like a pawn shop. Every­body is a character with some odd or bizarre trait. One night twoyoung white boys :'llithered in, hunched over, crumpled, and some­what obscured by heavy woolen overcoats. After methodicallypeering at the face of each patron in turn, one of the two produceda violin case from the depths of his coat. Amid worried stareshe then pulled an alto sax out of the case and crept onto the stage.People relaxed, as violins were not appreciated, but the relaxationwas short-livd.

BENT ALl\IOST DOUBLEWhen the hunched one's solo came he bent almost double, look­

ing like a midget beside the six-foot-six bassist. In his contortedposition he played blues that appeared to be a scream of pain.Everything he blew was tinged with agony-and a suggestion ofparanoia. The style was reminiscent of Ernie Henry but wasmuch more strident and uncompromising.

The other horn man, an easy going tenor, and a rather tiredbass trumpet were visibly startled by the underlying hysteria ofthe altoist. They began to draw away physically from the wailingone, who followed them across the stage quite unaware of whatwas happening. It looked like Santa Anita. After a set of tor­tured sounds our boy slunk off, leaving a much relieved group be­hind him.

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This weekend's Palm Springraces promise to be the most in­teresting in years,

The entry list· for the over1500cc main event includes Car­roll Shelby in a 4.5 Maserati;Lance Reventlow in his very hot$25,000 Chevy-engined special;Johnny von Neumann in thefirst local appearance of his 3litre Testa Rosa; Richie Ginth·er and European hill cLimb cham-

UnsteadyThe allegro vivace 'seemed a

little unsteady in tempo at first,and though a large amount ofover·emphasis still remained inthe cello part, Mr. Vanden Burg'lscontrol improved. However, hemade the mistake of shorteningnotes far too much in the stac­cato passage. (L'he piano drownedout the cello in the finale, prob­ably because she played forteand he played pianissimo.

The great diffiCUlty in per­forming Brahms is that one musthold the continuity; otherwisethere is a strong tendency forthe music to seem very episodic.This can be very difficult owingto Brahms' rhapsodic style. Theperformance was average in thisrespect, becoming a little uncon­vincing as to melodic line attimes. The cellist fought themelody: he won. Again, pressureof tone was too great and causedbreaking.

Lost ControlThe second movement, an al­

legretto, proceeded well exceptfor a continual over-accentuationby the celIilst. There was oneinteresting harmonic, not due toBrahms, which came throughvery well.

The allegro was attacked loud­ly by the pianist, obliteratingthe cellist who was slowly im­proving with practice. He stillmanaged, however, to lose con·trol of the melody in severalplaces although he negotiatedthe finale well.

After intermission the per­formers returned although a por­tion of the audience did not. Laston the program was the Rach­maninoff cello sonata, opus 19.As though by magic, the cellistseemed- to have suddenly regain­ed an equilibrium and this waseasily the best music of thenight. The first movement wasquite effective except for a sournote which sounded badly ·in thecello. The piano was still a littlelOUd, blasting in the finale.

Difficult to PlayThe second movement, marked

allegro scherzando, is difficult toplay clearly because of the largenumber of notes written in thelower register for the cello. Oth·er than a blurring in these pas·sages this movement proceededsmoothly.

The andante was played wellalthough the piano was unclearin the contrapuntal solo passage.The cellist no longer forced histone to the breaking point.

In the difficult allegro mosso,there were a number of inac­curacies, both performers beingequally guilty. Except for moreforced melodic line, the perform­ance proceeded well to an ex­tremely good finale.

Generally, the pianist was verygood; the cellist. improved, per­forming the Rachmaninoff withpolish and taste. On the whole,the recital was merely adequate.

the cellist.with small dots over them, shortnotes) are never hit sharply, butare held slightly.

Tempo DraggedThe fir1st movement is marked

adagio-allegro. Actually, Beethov­en wrote "allegro con moto," butmost editions neglect this. Theadagio passage is a characteristicshort introduction, •usually play·ed too slowly and regularly. Un­fortunately, the modern adagiois somewhat slower than thetempo which Beethoven askedfor. This typical lack of freedomand drag of tempo occurred Sun­day night.

There was also ace r t a i nstrained quality in the Beethov­en, noticeably in the cellist'sforte passages, where excessivepressure made the tone breakoccasionally.

Although she had technical dif­ficulties with the latter half ofthe movement, the pianist re­deemed herself more than ade­quately with beautiful dynamiccontrol. Unfortunately the effectof this was partially ruined bythe cellist's over-emphasis ofphrase after phrase. The lack offreedom disappeared as soon asthe fast tempo arrived, but thecoda was again highly forced by

Pag. Four

Opinion by Howard WeisbergA California statute requires churches and other non-profit cor­

porations to sign a loyalty oath each year in order to be exempt fromthe state franchise tax. This law applies to the Caltech YMCAand so each year it has had to choose between paying a $25 tax orsigning the oath and certifying that it does not advocate overthrowof the government and that it would not support a foreign powerin a war against the United States.

In the past the Y has signed this oath; however at the monthlymeeting of the Board of Directors last Monday it was suggestedthat this year it should protest the law by refusing to sign the oath.

AT FIRST GLANCE one would think that the whole questionof loyalty oaths is one that is not worth much concern, e~pecially

on the part of future scientists and engineers who are and willcontinue to be innocent of any subversive connections. Howeverthis is not true, or at least not to essentially all of the faculty memobers and other prominent citizens who are on the Y board and tothe many other distinguished persons who have protested suchoaths. In fact there is a large segment of American scientists, rep­resented very well here at Caltech, who are quite concerned withthe loyalty oath question. .

One might think that the only reason an organization or a per­son would have for refusing to sign is that they have somethingto hide. However the fact that the YMCA has already signed suchoaths indicates that its motivation lies elsewhere. One of the mostvociferous sources of protests against such oaths have been mem­bers of the Geology department, yet nowhere could one find a moreloyal group.

THE ASSUMED PURPOSE of the loyalty oath is the location andprosecution of subversive organizations. Yet the truth is that nosubversive organization would hesitate to sign this or any otheroath. Further, there has never in the history of such oaths beena jUdicial conviction for false swearing (Harold Hyman, The Era ofthe Oath, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1953).

The issue, however, goes much deeper. An understanding ofwhat is involved may be gotten from the pamphlet by HallockHoffman entitled "Loyalty by Oath, an Essay on the Extortion ofLove," or from a chapter in a new book by Justice William O.Douglas entitled "The Right of the People." As Hoffman puts it,"The test oath strikes at a principle of law that is at the heart ofthe American system of justice. We have always said: a man isinnocent of any crime unless he is proved guilty of it. We havealways held proof to be more than accusation. . . _

"THE DANGERS are these: That (loyalty oaths) will make meninto liars; that they will make men believe in unreality and givethem the illusion of security; that they will corrupt the doctrineof the presumption of innocence; that they will make men timid;that they will drive some honest men from public service; thatthey will establish patterns of conformity that invite the demagogueand encourage the totalitarian. . .

* * * *At the Y board meeting, it was almost unanimously agreed to

protest the oath by means of letters to the tax board and variouslegislators and government committees. It was then debatedwhether to sign the oath this year. It was pointed out that refusalto sign might weaken our position in the eyes of the pUblic andof certain legislators. A fear was expressed that adverse publicitymight rsult in withdrawal of badly needed financial support from 'certain quarters.

It was voted, 10 to 7, to sign the oath.

YMCA Debates LoyaltyOath; Decides To Sign

by Joel YellinLast Sunday's chamber music

concert in Dabney lounge pre­sented Paulina Carter, pianist,and William Vanden Burg, cell­ist, in a performance of threesonatas: Beethoven's first; theBrahms opUls 38 in E minor; andthe Rachmaninoff Sonata in Gminor, opus 19. Miss Carter iswidely known for her many con­cert and radio appearances, andMr. Vanden Burg is an artistwell known in this area formany years.

Beethoven PieceFirst on the program was the

Beethoven piece. 'This was theearliest in the series of five vi­olincello and piano sonatas writ­t~n by the great German com­poser. The opus number indi­cates it belongs to the earlierBeethoven period. This is veryimportant, since for performancepurposes, the works of Beethov­en are divided into three periods:early, middle and late. It is cus­tomary .for performers to varytheJr interpretations accordingly.Physically, the earlier perioddiffers in iUs smaller range oftones used. It is also traditionalto restrain one's dynamics forthe earlier music. Stacatti (notes

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EastS J632H QJ108D 1064C 32

NorthS Q54H 652D J852C KJ8

SouthS - -H AK9743D AKQ7Co AQ10

To play properly, South musttake the opening lead with the3-H ~and lead the lO-C to the J.He must then lead a low trumpand play the nine if mast playsthe eight or else the king if Eastplays the Q, J or 10. If the latter,South returns to the board afterfinding West void with the Q-Cand again finesses, winning withthe Ace or nine, and returningyet again if necessary with the7·D and again finessing, losingthe 10 or winning with the nine,leaving the 10 for his only loserand making six.

WestS AK10987H .-D 93C 97654

this to the hand in question, wefind that there lS' one way inwhich East will have 0, four inwhich it has 1, six in which ithas 2, four in which it has three,and one in which it has four.The chance of making seven ishence 6/16 or 37.5%, too smallto play for if the bid is onlysix.

The probability of making atleast six by pulling the A K is14/16 or 87.5%. The probabilityof either going down definitely,Le. East having none or of go­ing down by pUlling the A K is6.25% for each occurrence. Thesafety play hence raises thechance of making from 87.5% to93.75%.

Let's now look at the hand inits entirety.

DOUBLEDAND REDOUBLED

North-South vulnerableSouth

S --H AK9743D AKQ7C AQ10Bidding: Opening lead K·S

S W N E2H - 2NT­3H - 4H ­6H--

This week's hand is shownabove along with a possible se­quence of bidding. How wouldyou play it? Keep the trumpsuit in mind because only therecan trickS be lost.

Th$s hand is a fine illustrationof the safety play. A safety playis one in which declarer losesan almost certain trick to insureagainst losing two in case of abad split. In this case Southmust be afraid of a possible 4-0split whcih iIS the only way hecould go down. Normally, pull­ing the A K will draw at leastthree of the four trump and de­clarer then loses only one. Iftrumps split 4-0 with all four inEast's hand, then he can stillmake; but if East has none, thecontract is down.

If trumps split 2-2, seven isicy, and an ambitious player may(start to draw with the A andfind west void; then it's toolate. South must safety play andgive up seven in order to makesix in case East has four trumps.

Let us now examine the prob­ability of such a trump split.The general formula for n thingstaken r at a time is n. Applying

r!(n-r)!

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S Q 5 4H 652D J852 South dealerC KJ8

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Increased emphasis on spiritand morale ~s another of thecommittee's points. This includesinter-group competition, singingand general attitude.

The committee also recom­mends a detailed pamphtet anda better campus tour to supplyfactual information formerly in­cluded in the speeches.

Committee members includedMike Godfrey, Tom Jovin, GaryZimmerman, Tom Tisch, RickNordlander, Bill Bauer andCleve Moler.

The complete text of the re­port is found on page 2.

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Tony Leonard, Ron Forbes, Dick Van Kirk (shown in a broad jump), and Steve Aherns formedCaltech's mile relay team in last weekend's Santa Barbara Easter Relays. Paced by Ron Forbes'50:2 quarter, the team finished fourth with a time of 3:25.3. Leonard, Forbes, Van Kirk, and EdKrehbiel also entered as a 440 yard relay team; Van l{irk entered the broad jump.

The first conference meet is slated for this Saturday, when Tech will host Redlands.

Thursday, April 10, 1958

Since both league games sched­uled were rained out, the Beav­ers try again this week to opentheir league schedUle, againstWhittier yesterday and Satur.day. Tomorrow the Beavers faceCal \Vestern and next Wednes.day Redlands. All games will behere.

RHESDU 010 300 014 9 7 1CIT 101 100 003 6 6 5

Errors PlagueBut the roof fell in on starter

Tony Howell in the top of thefourth, as two singles, two er­rors, a walk and a sacrifice ledto three runs, two unearned.

In the ninth inning, after JohnPrice had replaced Howell, anew outbreak of errors, walksand a single here and there pro­duced four more runs for SDU,two unearned.

by Dick Van Kirk

Saturday the University of Redlands track team comes to townto engage the Caltech squad in the first conference dual meet ofthe season for both teams.

Last year the Bulldogs were unbeaten in dual meet competitionin the SCIAC and finished second in the all-conference meet behindpowerful Occidental. This year's Redlands squad is almost as strongas the 1957 edition. Caltech's team is long on guts and short onmaterial. There are six or seven men capable of winning firstplace points in one or two events against the Bulldogs, but evenwith peak performances on the part of all Caltech athletes themeet's outcome is at best close and uncertain.

The Beavers are by no means favorites for this contest, anda Caltech win would considerably rearrange the thinking of severalpeople around the SCIAC concerning relative dual meet stl'f'llgth.

HUMILIATED LAST YEAR: There are several men on theCaltech team who remember last year's 101-29 loss to Redlands andare eager to gain a measure of revenge for their only dual meethumiliation of 1957. Each man on th Beaver squad is thinking ofhow he personally can do his best to upset the dope sheet.

Ron Forbess is plotting ways to beat Phil Young and Jim Scrib·ner to the tape in the quarter mile. Tony Leonard, an odds-onfavorite in the half-mile, looks to the mile relay for a chance toupset the Bulldogs, as does middle distance man Steve Ahrens.Ed Krehbiel, recovering from a bad cold, will go all out in thesprints to top Merv Lovenberg and Bill Schueller of Redlands andwill also face two top-notch low hurdlers, Jon Winter and RonRoberti. Gordon Barienbrock is a strong favorite in the high jump.

BLEAK OUTLOOK: Redlands has outstanding performers inthe distance runs and pole vault and seems assured of first placepoints in these events. Russ Pitzer may pull an upset in theweight events to give Caltech some points, but as I see it, theBeavers will need points in the broad jump, high jump, sprints,high hurdles, and mile relay in order to have a chance to winthe meet. Anyone else care to volunteer?

As I See It

Redlands Looms Tough

Miss Early ChanceThe first inning opened with

a splendid opportunity to scorea few runs, when the bases werewalked full by SDU pitcherShea. But a sacrifice fly and a

by Lance WallaceThe Caltech baseball team,

plagued by the damp SouthernCalifornia climate, lost a returnengagement here last Saturdaywith the San Diego Universityteam, 9-6.

A full week of forced inactiv­ity showed, as hitters had losttheir batting eyes, and the field­ers couldn't pick up the ball. TheBeavers struck out 6 times,against a pitcher who wasn'tthat fast, and committed no lessthan five errors in the field, al­lowing as many unearned runs.runs.

The bad weather quite ad­versely altered interhouse foot­ball practices, but despite therains and muddy fields the teamshave been trying to get in shapefor next week's games. Neithercoaches nor team members aresatisfied with' their progress andhence are extremely cautious inforecasting results.

Fleming FavoredFleming, led by coach-player

Converse, seems to be the fav...orite as usual, with Ricketts andDabney both potentially danger­ous threats. Blacker has arousedsome curiosity by not holdingtheir practices in TournamentPark. This year's games promiseto be closer and hence more in·teresting than previous years',with anyone of the teams actual­ly having a chance to cop thefirst place points.

The schedule of game><; is:April 14-Throops vs Dabney

15-Ricketts vs Blacker16-Fleming vs Throop17-Dabney vs Ricketts18-Blacker vs Fleming21-Throop vs Ricketts22-Dabney vs Blacker24-Blacker vs Throop25-Fleming vs Dabney28-Ricketts vs Fleming

InterhouseFootballSet Monday

San Diego Topples Diamondmencouple of popups killed the rally Rally in Ninthwith only one run scored. ACaltech rally in the last of

In the top of the second, SDU the ninth netted three runs, butgot it back on two walks and was not enough to overcome thean error. 1-1, and not a hit in imposing lead the San Diegothe ballgame. team had built up.

In the third Caltech hitters set A ray of light showed throughout to rectify this error as Kuli in that the Beavers racked upsingled and Newman doubled two double plays.him home. The box score:

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be nine dollars, two dollars ofwhich must be paid in advanceat the time of registration. AIsign-up list has been posted inthe Y office. All those interestedare encouraged to sign up im­mediately or to contact BobBlandford or Tom Morton forinformation.

Non-members wishing to takeadvantage of the club's facilitiesduring the summer vacationmust join for third term in orderto receive. instructions and bechecked-out in the boats. Avail­able are six Glass Cat 13-foot sail·ing dinghies and a 17-foot Fal­con sloop. These may be usedat any time and for any passen­gers except Techmen who aren'tmembers of the club. Member­ship fees are $4 for the thirdterm and an additional $4 forthe summer term.

Sailing ClubEnters TeamAt Berkeley

The Caltech sailing club willenter a four-man team of Vice­Commodore Nelson Byrne, DougMcLane, Mac Poor, and one otherto be selected in the CaliforniaInvitational Regatta at Berkeleythis Saturday and Sunday.

Other activities on the imme­diate horizon include hosting thefifth Southern Series Regatta ofthe year at the L.A. Yacht club,Terminal Island, - on April 20.In this, Tech competes with Oxy,Claremont, Orange Coast, SantaBarbara, and Harbor J. C. April27 marks the sixth and finalSeries Regatta, sponsored byHarbor J.C.

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Ricketts RetainsVolleyball PointsIHC Declares Player EligiblejTrophy Standings Unchanged

Ricketts will retain all of its utes of the first game, won byinterhouse volleyball points and Ricketts, after which Nerrie an­finish first as a result of the In- nounced the forfeiture. Rickettsterhouse Committee's rUling yes- also won the other two games ofterday. the match, playing without the

By a vote of 6 to 3, the IHC ineligible man.decided that a man who played Back Forfeit Rulein one game of the match against Last week the IHe reaffirmedThroop would not be declared ruie nine of the Interhouse EU·ineligible, since although he did gibiilty Rules which states: "Anynot have a physical examination, violation of the above rules byhis name appeared on the official a competitor will result in a for­eligibility list. feiture of that contest by the

The man' played a few min- House for which he is compet­ing. Any Hotme which forfeitsan Interhouse contest will beautomatically ranked fifth in thefinal standings in that sport, andwill receive no trophy points inthat sport." The vote was sevento two.

An AmbiguityThe section of the "above

rules" interpreted to Ricketts'advantage yesterday l' e ads:"A copy of the approved eligi­bility list will be returned tothe House Athletic Manager be­fore the first scheduled contest.Men to be certified as eligibleshall have passed, during thecurrent year, a medical examgiven by an Institute Doctor."Ricketts contended that the firstsentence of the rules takes prece­dence, and the majority of thecommittee agreed.

The present standings are asRicketts 90Blacker 68%Dabney 59%Fleming 59%Throop 49%