Table of Contents

Books
Palomar, The World's Largest Telescope by Helen Wright
Recent Faculty Publications
Thomad Pownall by John A. Schutz, Assistant Professor of History
Principle of Plant Physiology by James Bonner, Professor of Biology

Features:

The President's Report
Highlights from the report, on activities and research at the Institute in 1950-1951

Recent Work at the Earhart Plant Research Laboratory
A Progress Report
by Frits W. Went

Paul S. Epstein
Professor of Theoretical Physics
A Faculty Portrait

Campus News:

The Month at Caltech

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

Alumni News

Personals

Alumni Seminar Program