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

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Humanities Library While the vvork of major interest at Tech is, of course, in the iields of technical instrucf tion and research, a considerable portion of all curricula is given over to the study of the huf manities. lt is hoped that, by this relatively prof longed contact with the department, a corref spondingly large influence on the student to' Wards appreciation of the broadening subjects of history, literature, philosophy and the like. ln addition, instruction is given to science stu' dents in French and German, with Italian and Greek offered as electives. As with the other departments of the ln' stitute, the faculty members engage in original research as Well as their teaching. Projects in this Held are facilitated by the near location of the Huntington Library and Art Gallery, with which a cordial liaison is maintained. Professor William Huse, who is the author of many short stories, published A Noble Savage On the HUMANITIES Stagel' in the February issue of Modern Plfiilolf ogy, and 'LThe Shipwreck in the Parrott Pref sentation Volume, a collection of works pub' lished in honor of Professor T. M. Parrottls ref tirement from Princeton. Dr. Harvey Eagleson published an article on Gertrude Stein, Methf od in Madness, in the Swariee Review, and Professor George R. MacMinn was the author of The Gentleman from Pike in Early Galiforf nia in American Literature. Besides the already mentioned contact with the Huntington Library, close relationships are maintained with the faculties of other instituf tions. During the past year, several scholars have given instruction at the lnstiute. Among these are Professor Hardin Craig of Stanford who conducted a course on Bacon and the meth' ods of research in the 17th Centuryg Professor Frederick Padelford ofWashington,vvho taught a term of Shakespeare, and Professor Louis Wright of North Carolina, who instructed in 17th and 18th Century Drama. In addition to the above mentioned activif ties, the Humanities Division has sponsored a series of concerts by the Pro Arte String Quarf tet, a number of interesting exhibits in the Treasure Room of Dabney Hall, and has aided in the production of the campus weekly, The California Tech, through the journalism class conducted by Professor MacMinn. Professor Judy again did his excellent job of providing atf tractions for the Monday assemblies. H HUMANITIES PROFESSORS KRea,rJ William Huse, Harvey Eagleson, L. Winchester Jones, Roger Stanton: fF7'0'Ht2 George R. MacMin11, Ray E. Untereiner, Clin- ton K. Judy, William B. Munro, Horace N. Gilbert. 25

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ASTROPHYSICS With the recent arrival of the huge pyrex disk, active work on the Institute's 200finch telescope has begun in the Optics Laboratory on the campus. This project, aided by grants from the General Education Board and fostered by the cooperation of the Mount Wilson Obf servatory of the Carnegie Institute, has done much to focus the public eye upon the Institute. Recent work in this department has been concerned with the design and construction in the Astrophysics shop of grinding apparatus for the 200finch mirror and the hguring of the 12Ofinch testing disk. Various auxiliary -inf struments have been made and tested, among them correcting lenses to increase the field of vision, objectives for spectroscopic work, photo' electric photometers, and radiometers, as well as a coelostat telescope to be situated in the As' trophysics Laboratory. Under the direction of Dr. John A. An' derson of the Mount Wilson Observatory staff, the design of the telescope has been fixed upon, employing a modified yoke mounting with .a cartridgefshaped house at the principal focus for the observer, and two possible Cassegrain arrangements. Actual construction work is supervised by Capt. Clyde S. McDowell of the U. S. Navy. After several years of investigaf tion and observation, Palomar Mountain in San Diego County has been selected as the most favorable site, upon which the telescope will ASTROPHYSICS STAFF John A. Anderson, Francis G. Pease, John D. Strong, Clyde S. McDowell. probably be erected. Of interest is the new process for aluininf izing mirror surfaces, developed in large measf ure at the Institute by Dr. John Strong. Tried recently on the 6Ofinch and 100finch reflectors at Mount Wilson, this surface has proved most satisfactory in giving increased reflecting power and also freedom from both tarnishing and light diffusion. It is expected that some four years will be required to finish the 200finch mirror and folf lowing this considerable time to put the telef scope into actual use. Until then we may only make estimates as to how far it will penetrate into space and speculate upon what new dis' coveries may be made. The ZOO MiTTOT,S arrival-Grinding Tables in Optics Lab 24

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