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

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, i ' wx 1 ' A F T' i Av- ,iw ,-. -,, ' ixlil if ' il' .311 'Q' 4:3 '-ff Trl A i U' il Q Liz! .4 gn. T... As sophomores and as iuniors, The members oT The class became imporTanT iT noT dominanT TacTors in The liTe oT The school. AThleTic Teams, clubs, honorary TraTerniTies, debaTe squads, drama groups, publicaTions-all TelT The driving inTluence and The cerTain someThing called spiriT which has become idenTiTied wiTh The class oT '4l. Finally, as seniors The class members have reached The TruiTion oT purpose which has been Their goal Through Tech. Sobered by The realizaTion ThaT They have compleTed one phase oT Their liTe, They neverTheless look conTidenTly inTo The TuTure. They will miss Tech, and Tech will miss Them. Senior acTiviTies in The lasT Term oT The senior year included senior parTicipaTion in The ExhibiT Day, which was in The charge oT STanley Sohler, member OT The graduaTing class, The Junior Senior Garden ParTy in May, and The Junior Senior Prom, aTTer CommencemenT. The day The seniors will remember, however, is The Senior DiTch Day, which Tell on May sevenTh, when class Tellowship was reaTTirmed over kegs oT Toaming beer. However, The ThoughTs oT The graduaTing sTudenTs now Turn To The serious rnaTTer oT making a living. For help in obTaining iobs They have The Alumni PlacemenT OTTice, under The direcTion oT Dr. D. S. Clark, To Thank, Tor This organizaTion has arranged inTerviews wiTh Tirms looking Tor qualiTied engineers and Technicians. Lewis and Greenhalgh discuss employmenT prospecTs wiTh Dr. D. S. Clark, DirecTor oT PlacernenTs. .Q-...xlly Way B X Lounging on The TradiTional senior bench

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ln SepTernber oT I937, a new and promising Treshman class assembled To regisTer and begin iTs hecTic liTe aT Tech. Though ouTwarolly iT resembled Treshman classes oT previous years, iT was dis- TincTly experimenTal in naTure and was waTched wiTh inTeresT by The TaculTy. im Massa Personal inTerviews had resulTs in The eliminaTion oT obvious misTiTs and had placed more Than The usual em- phasis upon personal gualiTicaTions. This deparTure in policy was early iusTiTied by The graTiTying scholasTic and exTra curricular record which The class esTablished, and has since become The Tixed policy oT The lnsTiTuTe. M., TOP: Joseph W. Lewis, Jr., PresidenT RoberT Bowles, Vice-presidenT BELOW: Richard Vaughan, SecreTary Jeremy Jones, Treasurer N As Treshman, The class members parTicipaTed acTively in all phases oT sTudenT life and esTablished an impressive record in inTercollegiaTe aThleTic compeTiTion. Though deTeaTed by The arroganT sophomores in Their TirsT rodeo, The class gave a good accounT oT iTselT and cheerTully sponsored a dance Tor The vicTors.

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KIRK ABBEY Kirk came io Tech 'from San Diego. He became an applied physicist' member of AIEE. K.A. found in- spiraiion and enioymenl in being an aciive member of lhe YMCA cabiner during fourrh year. Side inleresisz Biology and bio-physics. ALFRED BERSBACH Transferred from UCLA +o become an elecirical engineer. Member of AIEE, Blacker House. AI 'finds relax- aiion and enioymeni in swimming and playing baskelball. ls always ready fo march wils in a game of chess. W. GORDON ABRAHAM Gordy hails from lar-off Soulh Africa. A physicisl, a member of Tau Bela Pi, and a Beaver. Ran cross- couniry for Fleming House. YMCA president and always a loyal boosier of Y work. Never misses house or A.S.B. dances. GLENN WAGNER BILLMAN Member of Jrhe Board of Conirol, secrerary of Fleming House, and of junior class. Lelierman al baseball, ,and leader of 'rhis year's Jream as cap- iain. Pariicipaied in inierhouse alh- lefics. A Long Beach man, Glenn calls himself an applied chemisl. Won Honor Key, and lopped il all by making Tau Befa Pi. ROY MITCHELL ACKER A mechanical engineer from MO- desio. Member of Blacker House, ASME. Roy has Jraken a greai' inieresl in aihleiics. Cross-counlry 'rhree years, lrack iwo. Enioys social affairs, espe- cially formals. FRED WALLACE BILLMEYER Chemislry is ihe subieci' nearesi' Fred's hearl. He is presideni' of 'rhe Chem Club, and of ihe Caliech Mu- sicale. Has 'raken a greal inieresi in baskelball, receiving a lelier as man- ager. Comes from Hollywood, and is a Throop Club member. GRICE AXTMAN C-Brice commuies from San Marino. He is a member of The Beavers, .ac five in Throop Club. Throop presi- clenl '39, Social Chairman '38, Well known as leader of The band. Candid camera bug, Sludies chemical en- gineering in spare fime. Known as Squire of Throop Club. ROBERT R. BOWLES Bobby is one of The class leaders. Member of Tau Bela Pi, Varsiry Club, Beavers, vice-presideni' of class as junior and senior. Presidenl of Flem- ing Jrhis year, business manager of l94I Big T, awarded fwo honor keys and 'rwo leHers in baseball. An ap- plied chemisi from Denver. ff AT- i