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

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The 1937 E X ll i ll i 12 Committee, u11der Chairman Elliott Bonham and Assis- tants Robert Thomas and Armand DuFresne, made the Annual Exhibit Days most enter- taining to the record crowds, estimated at twenty thousand, which thronged the cam- pus. The magnitude of the crowd and presence of six newsreel companies was due to the great public interest which was mate- rially aided by the efforts of the new pub- licity committee. As usual, the High Voltage demonstra- tion led the field in popularity, but a newcomer, the television reception, and the grinding of the 200-inch telescope mirror were close rivals. The Geology department and the Biology division featured lectures of common inter- est to the visitors, earthquakes and vita- mines being the topics of some of their respective presentations. Chemical laboratories, besides their reg- ular nose appeal, provided many of the most attractive demonstrations, giving two public lectures as well-one on photochem- istry and one on household chemistry. Exhibits of Dr. lVlill,ikan's cosmic tray apparatus and demonstration lectures on high-frequency phenomena and fidelity sound recording were featured by the Physics and Electrical Engineering depart- ments. The Civil and Mechanical Engineering divisions showed Colorado River Aqueduct movies and model oil well equipment re- spectively, besides their customary inter- esting displays. Back row: Kimball, Wood, lx'l0l'1'i3I1l. Crilhs. Warner, Zimmerman, Longfelder, Rudkin, Lcggcg fron! row: Dennis Clark, Dul7resne, Bonham, ll. Tholnas, Dunbar, Segelhorstg not pictured: Carrick, Park. N. Thomas.

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of their behind-the-scenes work well done, and to some extent, with the satisfaction of being Min the know. Chairman this year has been Wendell Miller. The YCHIJS Committee, un- der the expert guidance of Hank Evans, was able to provide many colorful programs for the student assemblies, acquiring pro- fessional entertainers on several occasions. Planning Freshman assemblies, decorating the Rose Bowl, and providing send-off rallies for the football team were some of the more routine duties carried out by the committee. ' As a result of the cooperation of most of the student body, the enthusiasm during the Oxy-pajamarino reached a new high. A spectacular bonfire was followed by the traditional romp up and down Colorado Street topped off with a free show for all the pajama-clad. Evan Johnson, junior member of the committee, succeeds Hank Evans. Rally Committeemen-back row: Richards, Cates, Barberg front row: Larson, Evans, Johnson. lnterhouse Committeenien-standing: Dowd. Wetmore Elliott Davis Stone. Belzerg seated: Pabst, Price, Bussard, Edward ludgway This Interlmuse Committee, under the capable leadership of Gordon Bussard, spent a busy year managing af- fairs of the student houses and ironing out difficulties of Various natures. Many problems confronted the group, especially those ol' freshman placement and initia- tion, the present committee worked out the details of the placement system used this year and has devised another for next year which is expected to eliminate defects of past methods. The committee was composed of the Presidents and Vice-Presidents of the houses: Price and Stone, Blackerg Bussard and Wetmore, Dabney, Edwards and Dowd, Flemingg Ridgway and Elliott, Ricketts, Pabst and Davis, Throopg Belzer, of Fleming, acted as Secretary of the com- mittee. Meetings are held every Wedlies- day noon at the Training Table in the base- ment of the Student Houses. New men have taken over the offices now and are continuing the work.

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Caltech's New Horizons .... To denote exactly the scope of the insti- tution, the Board of Trustees, by unani- mous action on April 30, 1913, changed the name of Throop Polytechnic Institute to Throop College of Technology. Significant to the growth of the College was the first association of Dr. Arthur A. Noyes as Director of Chemical Research and the construction of the first portion of Gates .Chemical Laboratory in 1916. And then came the World War. The War Department, recognizing the impor- tant services which engineers and chemists must render in the prosecution of war, designated Throop College of Technology as one of the institutions whose students may, if their work is of a satisfactory grade, be granted the privilege of enlisting in the Engineer Reserve Corps of the U. S. Army and of remaining in college for the com- pletion of their courses. On March 27, 1919, Mr. Arthur H. Fleming signified his intention to subscribe one million dollars to the College if an additional million was subscribed by other donors by the end of 1920. As a result of a quiet but effective financial campaign the institution faced the future with an endow- ment that not only enhanced but made pos- sible its tremendous growth since.