Table of Contents

Books
What's the World Coming to? by A. M. Low
A Century of Science: 1851-1951 edited by Herbert Dingle
A Century of Technology edited by Percy Dunsheath
Science in Progress edited by George A. Baitsell

Features:

On Ice
A report on Caltech's third season of field studies on Alaskan Glaciers
by Robert P. Sharp

Soil Compaction by Vibration
Basic research produces a highly practical machine to compact soil for airfields
by Frederick J. Converse

Royal W. Sorenson
He came to Caltech for five years—and look where he is now

Campus News:

The Month at Caltech

The Beaver
Some notes on student life
by Al Haber '53

Alumni News

Personals

Letters