Table of Contents

Letters

Books
The American High School Today: A First Report to Interested Citizens by James B. Conant
Education and Freedom by H. G. Rickover, Vice-Admiral, USN
Morphologische Forschung by F. Zwicky

Features:

Creativity in Science
by James Bonner

The Earhart Plant Research Laboratory
Caltech's unique plant laboratory celebrates its 10th anniversary.

Seven Wonders
Seven modern wonders of civil engineering—and some of the engineering wonders of Biblical times on which they were based.
by The Reverend Ganse Little

Engineers and Earthquakes
Caltech engineers develop a simple new instrument which should provide valuable information on the effects of strong earthquakes.

Campus News:

The Month at Caltech

Student Life
Reflections on Elections
by Martin Carnoy, '60

Alumni News

Personals

Alumni Seminar Program