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

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THE EDUCATIONAL POLICIES OF TECH HAVE BEEN QUES- TIONED THIS YEAR BY A SPECIAL COMMITTEE. THE failure of the students of Cal Tech to participate in activities or take interest in social affairs finally brought recognition of the fact that Tech trained men do not receive a rounded training. The policy of the Institute has been to select men after the passing of a rigid entrance examination. The courses provide excellent training in the technical fields, and Cal Tech has become known for the high standards of work demanded of the under- graduates. The widespread recognition of the school has drawn students interested in both science and engineering to the school each year from even for- eign countries. However, the policy of the school has brought an over-ernphasis on technical training, with the result that Tech students are lacking in social training. To determine, if possible, what should be the main purpose in under- graduate training at Cal Tech, and to find what steps should be taken to carry out that purpose and remedy present faults in Cal Tech,s educa- tional system, the faculty appointed a committee on campus life and ac- tivities. This move was made at the request of the Committee on Student Relations. The men to serve upon the committee were selected from the Executive Council, associates, faculty, alumni, and students, and was under the chairmanship of PROFESSOR FRANKLIN THOMAS. Most important of the recommen- dations in relation to the educational policy of the Institute is the recom- mendation to not prevent students from registering due to low grades after having satisfactorily completed the Sophomore year; and the discon- tinuance of grading in the Junior and Senior years, allowing the student more than four years to finish his courses, and granting his degree only upon his completion of the courses. This recommendation is in line with changes being made in other schools in recognition of the indi- vidual needs in education. As yet no action upon the recommendations of the committee has been announced by the Executive Council or Trustees. The Institute at present grants only the degree of Bachelor of Science upon the completion of the under- graduate work in either of the courses in science or engineering. The men who were candidates for degrees this year are listed on the following pages. There are also described two edu- cational programs that are sponsored for the students by the faculty. These programs are the Monday Assemblies and the Treasure Room Exhibits. 31 EDUCATION- AL POLICY

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32 CANDIDATES THE MEMBERS OF THE SENIOR Name Option FOR CLASS, WHO ARE C ANDID ATES Cox, Herbert Orville . . . . . EE DEGREES FOR BACHELORS DEGREES, Craig, Carroll CE ARE LISTED. Crutchfield, Richard S. CE Dane, Paul Howard AE ALL GRADUATING members of the DaViS, James Donald . ME class, Whether in science or engineer- Desmond, JaCk Maxwell - EB ing, receive degrees of Bachelor of Dietrich Robert Alexander A.Ph Science. The letters following the D011, Edward Bushnell A.Ph names indicate the studenfs option. Donahue, Willis Ray Bi Bi Biol0gy Escherich, Roland Herman EE Ch--Chemistry Etter, Lewis Fort ME Ge Geol0gy Everett, Wilhelm Sydow A.Ph Ma Mathematics Ewing, Gordon Richardson EE Ph Physics Felt, Robert Carlen . Ch A.Ch-Applied Chemistry Gordon, Garfield Gailord . Ph AAPh-Applied Physics Gregory, James Nathaniel ME AE-Aeronautical Engineering Grimes, Joseph Wilbur . CE CE Civil Engineering Gulick, Howard East A.Ph EE ElectricaI Engineering Hallanger, Lawrence A.Ch ME-Mechanical Engineering Harshberger, John Daniel EE Haskins, Ray Watt ME Name Option Hebel, Francis Frederick . EE Anderson, Robert Carton . AE Heinrich, Albert CE Babcock, Horace Welcome . CE Holman, Rudolph George ME Baldwin, Lawrence Wm. A.Ph Holtom, Harold Thomas . EE Birdsey, William Canvin . ME Howard, Ernest RUSSEH ME Boche, Robert DeVore Bi Howard, Robert Adrian A.Ph Boykin, Robert Owen, Jr. ME Howland, Walter Lavern . AE Brown, Robert . , ME Huene, Rudolf von Hoiningen . ME Campbell, James Richard ME Jaynes, Willis Feighan ME Charters, Alexander Crane Ph Johnson, Norman Stanley '32 CE Childers, Milford Carlson A'E Judson, Jack Finlay Ge Clauser, Francis Hettinger Ph Kartzke, Paul L. CE Clauser, Milton Ure . Ph Kidd, Ray E. . . . EE Cleveland, Donald Leroy A.Ch Kilpatrick, Paul William A.Ch Cogen, Sol CE Kurata, Fred A.Ch Core, Edwin John CE Ledyard, Paul Hoyt EE Cortelyou, Jack Taylor CE Lien, Elvin Bernard Ch