California Institute of Technology Cal Tech - Big T Yearbook (Pasadena, CA)

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FACULTY William Beard Dr. Carl D. Andaman ta: . WILLIAM BEARD, the only member of the Humanities Division who holds an engineering degree, believes that the application of technical knowledge demands a thorough study of sdcial conditions and an accurate prediction of future trends. His in- vestigations and teaching are accord- ingly in the important field connect- ing technology with economics and government, and he encourages scien- tists and engineers to plan their work to produce the greatest social value. MR. BEARDS hobbies are short-wave radios, fiying, and deep-sea diving. His great contribution to human com- fort, however, is ttWillie the Robot, who is the one banquet chairman who can be silenced at will. 20 DR. CARL ANDERSON, assistant pro- fessor of physics, obtained the first evidence of the actual existence of the positron. This entity, which is equal in mass to an electron but is of opposite charge, had been con- sidered a mathematical flction until one of DR. ANDERSONE many photo- graphic plates showed a thin streak curving in an unexpected direction. The streak was the photograph of a train of water drops in a cloud cham- ber which resulted from the ioniza- tion of gas by cosmic rays in a strong magnetic held. DR. ANDERSON, who was graduated from the Institute in 1927, by additional experiments has conflrmed the existence of the par- ticle - accepted now among the building stones of matter.

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UNDER the direction of PROFESSOR JOHN P. BUWALDA the Division of Geology has grown in nine years to be the equal of that of any Ameri- can university. DR. BUWALDA first became interested in the earth's crust when as a boy he grew familiar with the Columbia lava fiow; and because he believed that a man's vocation should accord With his natural pref- erences, he was drawn into geology by his love of the sports and outdoor life, from which he still derives much pleasure. For many years DR. BU- WALDA has been concerned with the problems of the structural geology of California, particularly in their relation to earthquakes, and he has made many investigations by foot, motor, and plane of the states great fault blocks. As a member of the United States Geological Survey he has assisted in an accurate triangula- tion of California to obtain informa- tion about earth movements. As an expert for the National Park Service, he has helped to improve Yosemite. FACULTY DH. Clark Millikan, K ride, V072 K417725171, and Klein Dr. Buwalda

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CAL TECH WAS FORTUNATE TO MAKE THE ACQUAINT- ANCE OF PROFESSOR STEINER OF GRINNELL COLLEGE THIS YEAR. PROFESSOR STEINER is a noted edu- cator, philosopher, author, and lec- turer. His work has consisted mainly in teaching and in writing. He has written many books concerning the immigration problem in the United States. PROFESSOR STEINER came to our campus this year due to the efforts of CHUCK SCHWIESO and DR. SOARES, who thought the contact afforded the men would prove valu- able. While here he gave two inter- esting assembly talks, two Atheneum lectures, and several Sunday break- '3 'x i? 93 fast club talks. He also visited several colleges nearby and gave talks to their students. DR. BEARD'S visit to the campus was more brief than usual, but was nevertheless valuable to the associates of the Institute. DR. BEARD is a noted authority on government and has written many books on the subject. His most recent work is iiThe Rise of American Civilization, which was written in co-operation with his wife. DR. BEARD while here gave four very interesting Atheneum lectures on the general subject of What Is National Interest? ' Another visitor to the campus this year who received considerable atten- tion was SENATOR GUGLIEMO MAR- CONI, who, with his wife, visited the campus for one day during his first trip to Southern California. 21 VISITING PROFESSORS P1r'0fe5501' Steiner Marconi and his wife