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Volume L1X Pasadena, California, Thursday, October 10, 1957 Number 2
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"All I know is that it will bethe hairiest riot of the year,"beamed Don Owings, ASCITRally Commissioner. The pajama·clad festivities will beginon the soccer field with thelighting of the bonfire, followedby the introduction of the varsity team by Coach Bert LaBrucherie. The Caltech Band, ledby Al Forsythe, and the newsong queens, Leah Holley, Wendy Hilmer, Dorothy Lewis, andCarol Benveniste, will be presented by head cheerleader JohnBard.
New CheerleadersAssisting Bard in leading "cool
cheers" will be Jon Kelly, MikeJenkins, Doug Shakel, and FrankGreenman. Expecting a successful season, the cheerleaders willpresent several new yells in addition to brushing up the troopson the old yells. Everyone whoattends will wear pajamas for aparade following the rally.
The parade, which will includethe band and song queens, willfollow a line of march downCalifornia to Lake, up Lake toColorado, and down Colorado tothe State Theatre, where allseats are served for a specialshOWing of the present bill"Island in the Sun" and "SilkStockings." According to Owings, each man must present astudent body card, although itwas felt that anyone shoWing upin pajamas would doubtless beadmitted.
The program has been scheduled so that all those interestedwill be back at the studenthouses in time to see the finalfreshman preference lists. Theparade will return to Tech, stillpajama-clad, to top off the evening with end-of-rotation partiesin the various houses. It was feltby the Rally Commission thatthe Pajamarino will return againto the tremendous popularity itonce enjoyed.
Debate team• •organizing
The Debate Club got rollinglast Saturday in preparation fortheir first tournament of theyear. The individual events tour·nament will be held at San Diegoon October 18 and 19.
On Saturday, October 5, eightfreshmen attended the speechclinic at Long Beach Statewhere they heard demonstratio~events and lectures on "right towork" legislation, the topic ofthis year's debate topic, fromrepresentatives on the CIO andNAM.
Dwight Thomas, Tech debatecoach, will hold "Open House"in the third floor of Dabney Hallevery Thursday from 7:30 to10:30 p.m. for practice debatesspeeches, and topic discussion. '
Those interested in participating in the San Diego tourneymay sign up in 309 Dabney.
AroundThe Quad
The famed Pajamarino of years past returns with a bang toTech tonight, beginning at 7:15 at Tournament Park.
Sinsheinerioins Caltechfaculty ranks
by Rolf RichterOn July 11, another outstand
ing scholar was added to Tech'salready famous faculty rosterwith the addition of Dr. RobertL. Sinsheiner as professor of biophYsics.
Sinsheiner has already spentsix months at Caltech in 1953as a Senior Research Fellow. Hereceived all his degrees at MIT,the PhD in 1948, after which hewas a faCUlty member at IowaState College.
He has made important andoriginal contributions to ourknowledge of the chemistry ofnUCleic acids - the heredity-determining material in plants, animals and viruses. He is an expert . in the development anduse of modern biophysical techniques and intensely interestedin the current attempts to establish the proper connectionsbetween molecular structure andgenetic function.
On the more personal side,golfing and hiking occupy hisspare time between work andhis family, which includes threechildren. He enjoys classical music, the theatre, ballet, modernart, and baseball and footballgames. His main problem is getting used to the California eli·mate.
Competition for Fulbright andBuenos Aires Convention scholarships for graduate s t 'U d yabroad during the 1958-1959 yearwill close on November l.
Eligibility requirements forthese foreign study fellowshipsare United States citizenship, acollege degree or its equivalentby the time that the award willbe used, knowledge of the language of the country of application and good health. Preferencewill be given to applicants under35 years of age.
PHOTO EXIDBITThe Caltech Camera Club's
photographic exhibit in DabneyHall lounge ends October 11.
The display features a groupof black and white photographstaken by various members ofthe club, inclUding the Print-of·the-Year as selected by theSouthern Council of CameraClubs.
CAMPUS .TOURSGuided campus tours began
Monday, October 7, and will continue thoughout the school year.The tours are conducted by undergraduate students and areavailable to anyone interested inviewing the grounds, bUildings,laboratories and museums of theInstitute.
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Office, 257 Spring Street, LosAngeles.
The trips are available toqualified veterans with military obligation, retired military personnel, Nat ion a 1Guard members, inactive andactive military reserve members, and regUlar personnel onactive duty.
For information call MA5-2241 or TE 0-4525 and askfor military flight information.
TOTEMTwenty-four people attended
Totem magazine's first meeting of the term. This term'sdeadline was ..set for November 18. House representativesfOr" the magazine are Gus Akselrod, Blacker; Mike Peters,Dabney; Phil Thacher, Fleming; and Mike Jones, Ricketts.
Courtesy ASCIT Photo DiVision
Krehbiel plows through gaping hole for ~st touchdown.
Editorial
Interhouse cross-country. I II IIIS no onger sport
Jt WaS our understanding that ot the end of lost year theInterhouse Committee made some definite recommendationst<;> the athletic department concerning inerhouse sports. PrinCiple among these was the recommendation that interhousecross-country be dropped, either in favor of some more universally popular sport or entirely.
The. interhouse cross-country season begins a week fromtomorrow.
Cross-country is considered by the houses to be (jn extremely poor sport ot best. It was the feel ing of those interviewed informally that there were few men, if any at all, whoran cross-country because it was. enjoyable. The interhousecross-country meets are Won each year by freshmen who areabout to go out for intercollegiate running, or by experiencedupperclassmen who ore eligible by some quirk. The greatmajority of men running are doing so because of a feeling ofresponsibility to their house, and nothing more.
How can a sport which requires the specialized skills ofonly three men compare in value to a sport of the caliber of
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Fine weather is expected forthe traditional Junior Beach Party to be held Sunday from noonto 5 p.m. at Huntington Beach.Juniors and their dates will enjoy surf, sun, and great quantities of char-broiled franks.
campus. This is tentatively located between Crellin and WestBridge.
An addition to the biologybuildings, connecting Kerckhoffand Church (already partly financed).
Commenting on student complaints that B & G is spoilingthe appearance of the campusby cutting down all the landscaping and replacing with buildings, Hertenstein said, "If wespread out, then the same oneswould complain about how longit takes to wl:Uk between thebuildings."
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Completion of new buildingsdelayed until second term
Two new buildings-SpauldingEngineering Lab and YoungHealth Center-Will be in useby second term according toWesley Hertenstein, head of thePhysical Plant Department.
Completion of the buildings,originally planned for the begin·ning of the school year, was de·layed by the Southern Californiabuilding workers' strike.
Spaulding LabLocated north of the present
Mechanical Engineering Building, Spaulding Lab follows theusual pattern for Caltech buildings, three stories up and twounder the ground.
Although it will eventually be Beach Blast!used entirely for chemtcal engineering, the bUilding's easternhalf will be occupied temporarilyby part of the Electrical Engineering Department, inclUdingcomputer installations now 10·cated in West Bridge andThroop.
Included will be three classrooms, seating a total of 92. Aninnovation in two of these willbe the use of long, permanentlymounted tables instead of desks.Students will sit behind thesetables on swivel chairs. (Ed.note: Positions are now open forqualified instructors with bar·tending experience.)Archibald Young Health Center
The student health service willmove from its present crampedquarters to a new location nextto Tournament Park, on 'ArdenStreet. The modern building in·eludes an infirmary with fourdouble roms and two isolationwards, in addition to a kitchen,physiotherapy and X-ray facilities, three treatment rooms, apsychiatrist's office and a largelounge. It has 50% more floorspace than the old quarters.
Construction was financed byan anonymous contributor andby Mrs. Archibald B. Young inmemory of her husband.
Plan Other BuildingsAlthough some plans have not
been completed, construction offurther buildings is held up because insufficient funds havebeen donated. The buildingsplanned include:
Three new student houses for270 men and a cafeteria serving200, to be built north of the present houles. The houses will be"similar in quality" to the present ones, except that more double rooms, no individual washbowls and simpler ~rchitecturewill keep the costs reasonable.
A Student Union. This may bebuilt as a wing of the Synchrotron, at its north end. It willalso provide offices for ASCrT.
An electrical engineering building. This might be built northof ,San Pasqual, despite highcosts and zoning difficulties.
A library, to consolidate present facilities scattered over the
Paiamarino relurns 10 CallechYells, parade, ,moviesfollow bonlire in
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softball or football, where teams of 9 or 11 are backed up byperhaps twiCe that n\Jmber of reserves? Of what value to theaverage house member is cross-country? How does it fit intothe philosophy of providing participation in competition forall those house members who are unable to join in intercollegiate sports or who do not feel themselves sufficiently skilledto compete on a varsity team? The answer tothese questionsis clearly th is: interhouse cross country is not a sport of thecaliber required for an interhouse sport; if it cannot be replacedby another sport, it should at least be discontinued.!
The majority of houses felt that were another fiflst termsport really necessary, one such as wrestling could proviqe participation for at least twenty men from each house. Wrestlingis a sport which requires no special skills; even the lightestman in the student body has a chance to win in his weight class.Wrestling is something which is enjoyed by the av,erage individual, and it is certainly a wholesome form of competition notavailable on an intercollegiate basis. The atheletic departmenthas stated the sufficient space. is not available; however, it isour opinion that the houses would gladly arrange for their ownpractice space, requiring only that the one mat in the gymbe available for a single day's tournament.
Itis a shame that the In.terhouse Committee has let itselfbe pushed around by the athletic department. There 'is nogood reason for preserving cross-country as an interhouse sport;if it cannot be replaced by something more of a team sport, itshould be discontinued altogether. >
Thursday, October 10, 1957
PAJAMARINO
ASCIT PHOTO DEPARTMENT
ASCIT has consolidated its photo facilities into one office. Allphotographic work will be handled by this office, at a considerablesaving to all ASCIT publications. In charge will be Randy Schmusand Dennis Paull.
Seele/dlll's l(epfJI/OXY BONFIRE
In these trying times the Board finds it necessary to remindthe students of certain facts related to willful destruction of neighboring campuses. First, the Institute will not give any legal support to any students involved in unfortunate accidents on the Occidental campus. Also, according to intercollegiate agreements weare financially responsible for damage to permanent Occidental property. "We" in this case will be interpreted as the specific studentsinvolved.
In Don Owings' glowing words, "The Pajamarino will be onegreat big (organized?) RIOT!!! Y'all Come!"
(See front page.)
(Continued from page 1)CROSS COUNTRY
Governor Faubus continued tohold out in Little Rock againstPresident Eisenhower .and theU.S. Army, claiming that disorder was likely to result if thetroops were withdrawn. So despite the nearly-successful arbitration of four Southern governors, the troops will remain,according to the President, to uphold the sanctity of the courtsuntil the Governor is willing toinsure order or until the localpolice are able to handle thesituation.
The Outside World
TEAMSTERS
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Russia sent up a satellite whilestudents revolted in Warsawover the suspension of theirnewspaper.
INTEGRATION
James Hoffa, elected Teamsterpresident by an overwhelmingmajority, will assume office theday he is due to appear in courton perjury and wire - tappingcharges. Neither he nor hisCouncil seemed exactly perturbed that the AFL-CIO hasgiven the giant union until Oct.24 to clean house or face suspension.
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(A synopsiS for those in ahurry, those who feel guiltyabout reading nothing but thefunnies, and those .seniors whohave neglected their HS duties.)
FRANCE
France was plunged into her23rd post-war ministerial crisisiii'St'Week- when Premier Bourges-Maunory resigned after a discouraging vote of confidence onhis Algerian plan. He had proposed dividing Algeria along ra·cial lines, later setting up regional assemblies while retaining French control over all foreign and most internal affairs.lJurmg ms term of office he hadsuccessfully battled inflation bysetting up wage and price ceilings which had resulted instrikes and farm discontent.
France also turned down aconference offer by the AlgerianNationalists, even though thelatter did not insist on a guarantee of independence this time.The Nationalists now intend totake their case before the UN.Meanwhile, the U.S., fearing Soviet aid, expressed its desire thatTunisia, which is naturally sympathetic with Algeria, be armed.
MIDDLE EAST
,Saudi Arabia's UN delegatesounded off rather violentlyabout Syria's right to run herown affairs, as well as aboutthe Israelis, Arab -Nationalism,and Algeria. Ibn Saud sent amollifying note to PresidentEisenhower, but several otherMiddle Eastern states continuedto show their aggravation thatthe U.S. should arm themagainst a possible Red threatthrough Syria, an insult to Arabunity.
Thursday, October 10, 1957 THE CALIFORNIA TECH Page Three
a erAre high taxes reducing your incentive to work harder and earn more?
IF YOU'RE ONE of the more than 65 millionAmericans who hold down a job, you probablywork about 40 hours a week.
But did you ever stop to consider that taxesare so high today you work for yourself only27 of those 40 hours? The other 13 go to payyour share of the cost of government.
No one expects to live without taxes,obviously. But when they take more than $110billion, or about one dollar out of every threeearned, something's wrong.
You pay these taxes in more ways than youknow, too.
Ifyou lived in California, for instance, made
$7,500 last year, and listed a wife and twochildren as dependents, you were taxed theseways to start with: Federal income $875, SocialSecurity $95, State income $25, Property tax$325, Auto license tax $4{), State and Localsales tax $75 and Telephone tax $10.
This adds up to $1445 and it's only thebeginning.
Did you buy a car? Figure another $175 tax.The tax on the gasoline to run your car was atleast $65. You also paid a 10% tax every timeyou bought a plane or train ticket or spent adollar at the movies.
And you're still not through. Because everv
company that made anything you bought hadto'~ pay taxes on practically everything thatwent into the product.
These thousands of indirect taxes were eventuallypassed on to you as part oj the cost ojyour purchases.
The result? At least one-third of what youearned went to pay some form of taxes.
The real danger is obvious: taxes this highmay be so discouraging that you have lessincentive to work harder, earn more moneyand produce more.
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NISSEN.
HumanReview
by Bob BlandfordAny crit~c must be prudent
beca:use in his enthusiasm todamn he is likely to over~ate
his case. For criticism of a socialinstitution to be valid, the criticmust "get inside" the institutionand then be honest, searching,and objective. Also it is good fora critic to recommend practicalalternatives to situations he doesnot like,
In the next two or three articles I want to criticize someroot assumptions of honor systems. I do not believe that thereis anything disastrous in theway we at Caltech regulate ourlives by the honor system. Butthere are several ways I can seethat we could improve with respect to achieving our ends.
Perhaps a few people believethat the honor system is nearlyperfect and that argUing with itspostulates is dangerous, but Ido not. In what follows I hopeto borrow from the Indian philosopher, Radjakrishman: "Thedifference between mechanicalmorality and true virtue is thedelicate insight into the realitiesof the situation."
First, then, I want to examinethe ends and means of honorsystems and proctoring methods,and then to report how successfully they attain their ends incolleges throughout the nation.After these preliminaries, I hope
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The Rolling Mud Monster
Cast: Unknown actors destinedto remain unknown.Animated Mud.
Actually, this epic was titled"X the Unknown," but the audience soon forgets such details inthe excitement over rampaging,raving - mad muck. H a v in gworked giant grasshoppers overten or twelve times, Hollywoodevidently felt the need for a newmenace to the free world. Andpresto, up it oozes from a sinister crack in the earth's surface.With deadly precision, this selfpropelled sod searches out radioactive "food," sucks it dry, andreturns to its pit, soon to suckagain. Naturally, it's fiercelyradioactive, so a few people getmelted down in the process. Mostinspirational scene is where apreacher saves a ,small childfrom a last game of mUd-pies.(I'd like to see that preacher'snext couple of kids.)
Anyway, the menace is neutralized in the end (a funnyway), and Hollywood is saved tospawn another terror.
EFRON
THEATRE
No Exit is currently beingpresented by the HorseshoeStage Theatre with direction byElaine Sinclair.
The Horseshoe, Stage Theatreis located at 7458 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, WEbster 9-2196.No Exit runs until this Sunday,October 13. ,Special prices areavailable tonight for students at90 cents a ticket.
JOHN LANGOI•and•In
This column is designed as a guide to the world beyond themouastery walls. Expert advice on almost any SUbject will be appreciated. Please dispense with the other kind. This week, for lack offree tickets to anything else, we present you with a stellar reviewof an equally stellar double feature:
CINEMAJet Pilot-(or Pilit) John Wayne as the male Marilyn Monroe,
Janet:Leigh as a size large Mata Hari in a size small T-shirt, andCurtis LeMay as an F-86, compleat with enlistment pamphlets inthe lobby. '.
Being somewhat in the clouds /at the time, even 'Yithout John appearance of the Ballet deWayne, (a condition for which Monte Carlo, completely equip-
Ped with Sabre-Jets.I was very thankful), the de-vious intricacies of the plot elud-!,!d me, but basically, it seemsthat Janet brings her MIG intoa SAC base, throws. out her chestto Captain Jet, and together theyzoom off to Palm Springs· andsome fascinating boudoir scenesamongst the cholla. It turns outthat Janet, alias Anna, aliasOlga is not the apple - cheekedwench from Pinsk at all, but asuper-snappy OGPU provacateur,(Yessiree!), and whench theysteal off back to Siberia in qncleSam's newest stuff. Disgusted,however, with the Kremlin'slack of drugstores, they stealUncle Nikita's hottest stuff andreturn to Palm Springs and happiness ever after amongst thecactus.
The highlight and saving graceof this picture was the premiere
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The Throop-Ricketts game onthe 22nd, Tuesday, looks like thedecider with Throop slightly favored. The Dabney·Blacker gameshould settle the third andfourth spots. Fleming, SIGH!
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"I came in under the Staff AssistantProgram for college graduates. I spentseveral weeks in each of the company'sfive departments. Then 1 went back forsix months of intensive training in ourTraffic Department.
"After training, I was promoted. Oneof my first jobs was setting up and supervising a customer service improvementprogram.
"In January, 1956, I was again promoted. My present job is assistant to theDistrict Traffic Superintendent. My responsibilities include instruction of PBXoperators, employee and public relations,and scheduling operators to handle callsto and from 185,000 telephones.
"No-there's no chance for boredom!"
Tile SPfJfts Befit
Tomorrow night's game with the defending league- champions,Redlands, will give the Beavers their first real chance to provethemselves. Without KrehbIel it'll be tough, but if Tech can get bythe Bulldogs, this could very well be our year.
Dabney also lacks a pitcherbut has other experienced players. Chances are they'll comein about even with Blacker.
Fleming: AI Emanuel remarked, "Chances are dismaLYou may quote me."
by Steve Emanuel
While last weekend's game against Riverside could hardly becalled a test of the playing skill of the varsity football team, it didpoint out a couple of signirlcant items, items which could make abig difference in the fortunes of the team for the season.
First, the backfield as a whole is the equal of any in the league.The speed and agility of Dick Van Kirk, Don Stocking, Art Takido,Forsen, and Ed Krehbiel are enough to give any defense a bad time.With the possible exception of Krehbiel, who due to a knee injury
won't see action for a couple of weeks, no ohe is really outstanding.It's the combination of having any four of the five playing at thesame time that gives the Beavers their best backfield in years.
Second, the line, as is typical of most Caltech lines, does notseem to have the ferocity and meanness that one associates withcollege football teams. They do their job well enough and sincerelywant to win, but the urge to smash the other \fellow for the purepleasure of sinashing is not there. While this may not be a definiteliability, I don't see how it can be much of an asset.
A Campus-to-Career Case History
"There's always something different"
Bill Tyer is typical of the many young men who arefinding their careers in the Bell System. Other interesting careers exist in the Bell Telephone Companies,Bell Telephone Laboratories, Western Electric andSandia Corporation. Your placement officer has moreinformation about these companies.
Bill Tyer discusses leatures 01 a training program for operators with Miss Edith Sanders.
"In my job, there's always somethingdifferent coming along-a new problem,a new'challenge. When I got out of col·lege I wanted to make sure 1didn't settledown to a job of boredom. There's neverbeen a chance of that at Bell."
That's Charles W. (Bill) Tyer talking.Bill graduated from Texas Christian University in 1953 with a B.S. in Commerce.He went right to work with SouthwesternBell in Fort Worth.
How did he make his choice? Here'swhat he says: "From what I'd seen it waskn interesting business with tremendousroom for expansion. And a big featurewith me was the opportunity to choosemy location. I wanted to work in theFort Worth area.
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by Dave SingmasterThe Interhouse softball season
descends upon the houses in afew days with the opening gamenext Monday.
Ricketts and Throop are mostoptimistic of their chances. Maroon captain Dave Leeson reports, "We're gonna sma s heverybody." The Ricketts teamappears well rounded with capable and experienced men atevery position. Lou Montoya andCarl Morris form a battery sec·ond only to that of Throop Club.
Throop, upon. being informedof Leeson's statement, said, "Wegot a rock, better than last year's(which tied for first with Rick·etts). We'll give Leeson two toone on anything." Throop's hopesappear based on pitcher Bob Emmerling and a strong, experienced squad.
Blacker's fielding appears okaybut the big hole at the moundis yet to be filled. Don Sternsays, "We ought to play thepitcher at short; we'd have a tre·mendous defensive team."
THE CALIFORNIA TECH
by Dick Van Kirk
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with Redlands, any sort of a pre·diction would be pure guess·work, as the Bulldogs and Caltech 'are both as yet unknownquantlties. The Beavers havemet no real opposition and willbe playing without sparkplugEd Krehbiel, while Redlands, de·fending SCC champs, lost theiropening games to Barstow andArizona State at Flagstaff andwere forced to cancel last week'sgame with La Verne due to a nuoutbreak among squad members.If the Bulldogs have recoveredfrom their illnesses, they maybe the ones to halt Caltech's two·game winning streak.
• • •"Experts" Wrong
One final note of thanks tothe football "experts" on thestaff of the Pasadena Independent, local newspaper. Three offour '''experts'' picked Riversideover Caltech in last week's pre·dictions. Evidently the Caltechathletic reputation of spasticityand twitchiness has pervadedthe normally unbiased and alertminds of the local journalisticgiants. Thanks for all your confidence in the local team, boys.
Saturday's season opener forthe varsity football squad wasan unfortunate experience forseveral people, notably the Riverside players and fans and Cal·tech fullback Ed Krehbiel. Riverside lost the distinction of be·ing unbeaten, untied, and un·scored upon, an honor whichthey held after defeating CalBaptist 31-0 the week before, andKrehbiel lost the opportunityto play football for an indefiniteperiod of time, due to a kneeinjury suffered on the fourthplay in which he carried theball. On his four carries he to·taled an impressive 60 yards netgain, and it is a reasonably safeassumption that had the Beaversbeen facing a more formidable.opponent the loss of Krehbielmight have been extremely disastrous. Various reports have estimated the length of his inactivity -at two to four weeks, despite the legendary magical heal·ing powers connected with the"will to play, desire, etc."
119 Yards Passing
There's an old saying aboutfootball, which goes somethinglike this: "With proper blockingand a few good bounces, any teamcan complete passes." Caltech'squarterbacks certainly provedthe truth in that statement Saturday, as they completed six ofthirteen passes for 179 yards,which figures out to about thirtyyards per completion. The Beaver receivers and Riverside de·fenders took turns in helpingTech's passers achieve this rec·ord, with Fred Newman, GeneStanley, Tony Leonard, and HalForsen malting various spectacular catches for Caltech. BothCaltech passers eXhibited accu·rate, if slightly weak throwingarms.
Redlands has invited the Caltech cheering section to an informal after-game mixer on theircampus Friday. Arrangementshave been made by Sheila McGoldrick, Redland3 veep.
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Halfback Stocking started thethird quarter scoring by returning a punt down the sidelinesafter being cut loose by endGene Stanley's key block. Forsen's kick was no good and thescore was 27-7.
Caltech's next tally came aftera three-play, 49-yard drive. Aftertaking Riverside's quick kickVan Kirk passed to end Stanleywho carried to the 20-yard lineof Riverside b e for e beingdropped. Stocking took a hand·off for ten, and quarterback VanKirk kept the ball on an optionaround left· end for the last ten.Van Kirk's conversion was good.
Takido SC9res
Sparking Tech's 70-yard drivefor the final score of the gamewas Van Kirk's pass to Newmanwho galloped to the Riverside25-yard line for a 44-yard gain.Van Kirk then gave to Stockingon an option and the ball wasdowned on the Riverside 9.Weathering an off-side penaltyand an incomplete pass, VanKirk kept the pigskin aroundleft end to the 2-yard line. Fromthe fullback position, Takido ranthe ball into the end zone. Stock·ing's kick was good, making thefinal score of the game 41-7.
The dark moment of the gamefor Caltech came five minutesinto the first quarter when AllConference fullback Ed Krehbielinjured his knee. This occurredas . he was tackled after a 10yard gain. It was the third timehe had carried the ball, but hisyardage totaled 48, inclUding the2-yard plunge for Tech's firsttouchdown.
Tech's third touchdown climaxed a 67·yard drive. Van Kirkpassed to Forsen from the 30;Forsen took the ball across forthe tally. Forsen's kick was goodand the score 21-0.
21·1 Halftime
Riverside's only TD of the afternoon came at the end of thesecond half when a pass fromKen Robinson on the Riverside40 to halfback Gene Rollercaught the Caltech pass defensenapping. Neil .o'Gilvy's conversion gave the halftime score of21-7.
Beavers smash Riverside
A 49·yard pass and run fromquarterbaCk Van Kirk to endFred Newman at the beginningof the second quarter set thestage for Tech's second touchdown. Four more running playsput the ball in the end zone withhalfback Hal Forsen taking itover from the 5. Forsen madethe conversion and the score was14-0.
Thursday, October 10, 1957
Caltech scores six times as Krehbieliniures knee in first quarter of game
The Caltech football team started its 1957 season last Saturday"by defeating Riverside by a score of 41-7 at Paddock Field. TheBeavers took control of the game right from the start by marching64 yards for a TD in four plays after the kickoff. ,Ed Krehbiel tookthe ball off the right tackle slot for 36 yards. Halfback Art Takidoadded ten more yards, and Don Stocking pushed the ball to the5·yard line. Then Krehbiel carried the ball across for the TD. DickVan Kirk kicked the extra point
making .the score 7-0 in the AS I SEE ITfirst three minutes of the firstquarter.
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The Bull Penby Ford Holtzman
This week I shall entertain my gentle reader with the spectacleof an upperclassman trying to defend initiation.
Of course, the upperclassmen would like to think that initiationis actually a blessing for the freshmen. Some think freshmen areintegrated into the houses at the expense of class spirit by havingthe upperclassmen gang up on them. Ah, very subtle, very subtle.Others would have us believe that initiation is good bcause itknocks the cockiness out of the freshmen. But unfortunately itknocks cockiness into the upperclassmen, who already think prettyhighly of themselves for having stayed in this place so long. Initiation is for the upperclassmen, not for the freshmen.
The upperclassmen put a lot of effort into rotation, much morethan the freshmen. Most freshmen are too blessedlYt snowedthroughout rotation to be able to worry except in a vague way.
The upperclassmen, on the other hand, are the people who makethings come about. They have to worry about making a goodimpression, not only by dint of their charming personalities, butalso by the ~lever things they think of to do. Upperclassmen haveto plan and arrange parties; freshmen just have to go to them.Upperclassmen have to look after other members of their house;freshmen just have to keep themselves in check. Upperclassmenhave to rate about 125 freshmen, not just four houses. And, mostunfortunate of all, they aren't so snowed that they cannot worry,but they are not so enlightened that they can become fatalists.
By the end of rotation the average upperclassman would liketo stick the entire freshman class down a hole. Without initiationthe upperclassmen would forget the freshmen and go about theirbusiness as they did before. Initiation is the only thing that willkeep them aware of the freshman. It gives the upperclassmen anopportunity to release their tensions. It actually warms themtowards the freshmen and makes them more willing to accept the"intruders." Initiation is a natural and necessary reaction fromrotation. In many respects it is the upperclassmen who are integrated into the house, and not the freshmen.
Fortunately at Tech \ initiation is something you can take orleave alone. The upperclassmen certainly do not have to takepart if they do not want to, and an unwilling freshman can playa very minor role if he so desires. There is little hazing, and manyof the stunts have a practical side. So even if initiation is notethically correct, it does little harm.
And besides, it is a lot of fun.
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HUMAN REVIEW(Continued from page 3)
to criticize the philosophies behind proctoring and honor systems, and then to offer a different outlook. This differentoutlook will imply one morecourse of action for our Boardof Control and analogous organizations on other campuses, andI'll try to suggest one or two
things which could be donequickly.
There is a question of propriety in having a member ofthe Board of C.ontrol of our honor system criticize it, no matterhow gently. However, I feel thatclear, honest, and constructivecriticism usually does good. Besides, it is all in the family, soto speak.
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