Table of Contents

Books
Static and Dynamic Electricity by W. R. Smythe
Theory and Design of Electron Beams by J. R. Pierce
The Story of My Psychoanalysis by John Knight

Features:

The President's Report
by L. A. DuBridge
Highlights from the report, on activities and research at the Institute in 1949-50

New Pictures from Palomar

The Significance of Chemistry to Man in the Modern World
by Linus Pauling
A proposal for the education of the citizen in science—starting in kindergarten

Campus News:

The Month at Caltech

The Beaver
by Bob Madden '51
Some notes on student life

Alumni News

Personals