"Advice to Students." December 10, 1954. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 2 pp.  View Transcript

<   December  1954     S M T W T F S       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31   Travel: Stockholm, Sweden

Activity Listings

• LP's statement upon reception of Nobel Prize (handwritten and typed drafts)...The award of the Nobel Prize is a great honor, and I appreciate deeply that action of the Royal Swedish Academy of Science in selecting me to receive the 1954 Prize in Chemistry. I am deeply appreciative also of the contributions made by my outstandingly able collaborators in the Gates and Crellin Laboratories of Chemistry of the California Institute of Technology to the work for which the Prize was awarded. I have been fortunate in having been for 32 years a member of the staff of this Institute, where there are unusually favorable conditions for carrying on scientific research. [LP Awards Box 1954h2.5]
• Letter from Andre J. deBethune to LP RE: congratulations for Nobel prize, chemistry text review [Filed under LP Biographical: Box 6.006, Folder 6.132]
• Letter from Beatrice Wulf to Dr. Dael Wolfle RE: Replies that she believes LP would be willing to serve as President-elect of the AAAS if elected, but supplies his itinerary if he should wish to contact him personally about the matter [Wolfle's letter December 8, 1954] [Filed under W: Correspondence 1954, Box #444.2]
• Letter from Beatrice Wulf to Dr. Joseph Kraut RE: In reference to Kraut's letter of November 15, 1954 and Wulf's letter of December 7, 1954 indicating LP did write to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis in support of Kraut's application. [Wulf's letter December 7, 1954] [Filed under K: Correspondence 1954, Box #200.19]
• Letter from Beatrice Wulf to Lillian L. McClintock, Abelard-Schuman, inc. RE: States that LP has left on trip around the world, and won't be back until March. [Letter from Lillian McClintock December 9, 1954, reply by the executive secretary of Gates and Crellin Laboratories December 10, 1954] [Filed under A: Correspondence 1954, Box #12.20].
• Letter from Fred Seitz? to LP RE: congratulations for Nobel Prize [Filed under LP Biographical: Box 6.006, Folder 6.75]
• Letter from G.B. Kistiakowsky, National Academy of Sciences to Members of the Section of Chemistry RE: Encloses the formal nomination ballot and lists the nominees from the first caucus of 1954. Asks that the ballots be returned before Christmas. [Filed under LP Science: (National Academy of Sciences, 1952-1954), Box #14.020, Folder 20.3]
• Letter from George Cleland to LP RE: congratulations for Nobel prize [Filed under LP Biographical: Box 6.006, Folder 6.129]
• Letter from W. L. Bragg, The Royal Institution to LP RE: Bragg is contacting LP as a fellow member of the Advisory Board for ACTA concerning a publishing crisis which will cause ACTA to lose its current Technical Editor, Evans. Bragg would like LP to support a decision to postpone the matter of changing publishers for two years. [Filed under LP Safe: Box 2.002, Folder 2.11]
• Letter from W.H. Freeman, W.H. Freeman and Co., to LP . RE: Freeman has received the College Chemistry manuscript. He says that he has scanned the first seven chapters and agrees that it is much improved over the earlier drafts. He has sent the manuscript on to Stanley Schaefer in New York and says that LP will be hearing either from Schaefer or McClintock or Carlton next. He lists all three of their addresses in case LP needs to correspond with any of them. He is concerned as to how many pages the book is going to run, and asks LP to consider a smaller type face in order to save pages. [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Books, 1955b.1]
• Magazine Article: "Linus Pauling", Science [Filed under LP Biographical: Box 6.006, Folder 6.112]
• Newspaper Clipping: "'Nobelfesten' hos Ekeberg samlade 100", Stockholms-Tidningen [Filed under LP Biographical: Box 6.006, Folder 6.117]
• Newspaper Clipping: "Dr. Pauling Accepts Nobel Award", Pasadena (California) Star-News, December 10, 1954. [LP Newspaper Clipping s 1954n.53]
• Newspaper Clipping: "En Ringdands Av Nojen Vantar Gasterna", Svenska Dagbladet [Filed under LP Biographical: Box 6.006, Folder 6.118]
• Newspaper Clipping: "Hemingway glnzt durch Abwesenheit", Publication Unknown, December 10, 1954. [LP Newspaper Clippings 1954n.55]
• Newspaper Clipping: "Mamma, pappa, barn Pauling dominerade glad mottagning", Dagens Nyheter [Filed under LP Biographical: Box 6.006, Folder 6.115]
• Newspaper Clipping: "Nobel Prize Awarded to 5 Americans", Honolulu (Hawaii) Star-Bulletin, December 10, 1954. [LP Newspaper Clippings 1954n.54]
• Newspaper Clipping: "Nobelfesten hos Ekeberg samlade 100", Stockholms-Tidningen (Sweden), December 10, 1954. [LP Newspaper Clippings 1954n2.1]
• Newspaper Clipping: "Nobelfint Hos Ekebergs", Dagens Nyheter [Filed under LP Biographical: Box 6.006, Folder 6.117]
• Newspaper Clipping: "Nobelfolket Samlat", Dagens Nyheter (Stockholm, Sweden), December 10, 1954. [LP Newspaper Clippings 1954n2.2]
• Newspaper Clipping: "Nobelpristagarmote hos Riksmarskalken", Svenska Dagbladet (Stockholm) December 10, 1954. [LP Newspaper Clippings 1954n.52]
• Newspaper Clipping: "Seven Given Nobel Prizes", Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Journal, December 10, 1954. [LP Newspaper Clippings 1954n2.17]
• Nobel Banquet at 7 p. m. at the City Hall
• Nobel ceremony program [LP Awards Box 1954h2.9]
• Photo: Anita Oser, Linda, and Ava Helen Pauling standing behind Linus Pauling. Linus holding his Nobel Prize. The 1954 Nobel Prize Ceremony. Stockholm, Sweden. "10 December 1954" Copyright Text & Bilder. Black and white print. [Original filed as scrapbook, see box 6.006, entry 6.95] December 10, 1954. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.55]
• Photo: Ava Helen Pauling, Linus Pauling and Arne Tiselius at the 1954 Nobel Prize gathering. Stockholm, Sweden, 1954. Copyright Svenskt Pressfoto, Stockholm, Sweden. Black and white print. December 10 [?], 1954. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.21]
• Photo: Ava Helen and Linus Pauling dancing at the 1954 Nobel Ball. Stockholm, Sweden. "Ava Helen + Linus Pauling / Nobel Ball, Blue Room, City Hall, Stockholm, 10 December. 1954 / [Photographer:] EPU / Copyright by PRESSENS BILD, STOCKHOLM 1-SWEDEN Postbox 707 - Tel. 20 80 22, 20 88 22 Denna bild far ej utlanas, over latas eller anvandas for annan publicering an overenskommits" Black and white print. December 10, 1954. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.42]
• Photo: Ava Helen and Linus Pauling dressed formally for the 1954 Nobel Chemistry Award. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. December 10, 1954. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.48]
• Photo: Birger Ekeberg and Linus Pauling at the 1954 Nobel Prize gathering. Stockholm, Sweden. Copyright Svenskt Pressfoto, Stockholm, Sweden. Black and white print. December 10 [?], 1954. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.24]
• Photo: Birger Ekeberg and Max Born at the 1954 Nobel Prize gathering. Stockholm, Sweden. Copyright Svenskt Pressfoto, Stockholm, Sweden. Black and white print. December 10 [?], 1954. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.22]
• Photo: Birger Ekeberg, Peter Pauling, and an unidentified woman at the 1954 Nobel Prize gathering. Stockholm, Sweden. Copyright Svenskt Pressfoto, Stockholm, Sweden. Black and white print. December 10 [?], 1954. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.23]
• Photo: Frederick Robbins, Birger Ekeberg, Hans Von Euler, and Max Born at the 1954 Nobel Prize gathering. Stockholm, Sweden. Copyright Svenskt Pressfoto, Stockholm, Sweden. Black and white print. December 10 [?], 1954. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.30]
• Photo: From left to right: Max Born, Linus Pauling, John Enders, Mrs. Enders, and Frau Born at the Nobel Prize Ceremonies. "Frau Born Mrs. Enders John Enders Linus Pauling, Max Born Stockholm 10 December 1954" Copyright Stockholms Tidiningen. Black and white print. [Original filed as scrapbook, see box 6.006, entry 6.94] December 10, 1954 [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.53]
• Photo: Goran Liljestrand, Frederick Robbins, John F. Enders, and Thomas Weller at the 1954 Nobel Prize gathering. Stockholm, Sweden. Copyright Svenskt Pressfoto, Stockholm, Sweden. Black and white print. December 10 [?], 1954. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.25]
• Photo: Left to right: Linus Pauling Jr., Linus Pauling, two unidentified women, and King Gustav at the 1954 Nobel Prize ceremony. Stockholm, Sweden. "Linus Pauling 1954 Nobelpristagare" "King Gustaf, LP, Linus Pauling Jr. Li" Copyright Pressens Bild. Black and white print. [Original filed as scrapbook, see box 6.006, entry 6.95] December 10, 1954. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.56]
• Photo: Linus Jr., Crellin, and Peter Pauling standing behind Linus Pauling. Linus sitting and holding his Nobel Prize. The 1954 Nobel Prize ceremony. Stockholm, Sweden. "Linus Jr., Crellin, Peter, Linus Pauling 10 December 1954" Copyright Text & Bilder. Black and white print. [Original filed as scrapbook, see box 6.006, entry 6.96] December 10, 1954. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.57]
• Photo: Linus Pauling and King Gustav at the 1954 Nobel Prize Ceremonies. "LP King Gustov" "Linus Pauling 1954 Nobelpristagare" Copyright Presens Bild Ab. Black and white print. [Original filed as scrapbook, see box 6.006, entry 6.94]. December 10, 1954. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.52]
• Photo: Linus Pauling bowing on stage while the 1954 Nobel Prize ceremony audience stands and applauds. Stockholm, Sweden. "Linus Pauling acknowledging receipt of Nobel Prize, 10 December 1954 Concert House, Stockholm, King Gustaf, Princess Marg." Copyright Reportagebild. Black and white print. [Original filed as scrapbook, see box 6.006, entry 6.101] December 10, 1954. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.62]
• Photo: Linus Pauling escorting Princess Sibylla to dinner after receiving the Nobel Prize. Stockholm, Sweden. "Professor Pauling escorted Princess Sibylla to the dinner at the Town Hall on Friday evening after receiving the Nobel Prize. 12/54" Copyright Wide World Photos. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. December 10, 1954. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.44]
• Photo: Linus Pauling on stand during the 1954 Nobel Prize Ceremony. Stockholm, Sweden. "Nobel Prize Ceremony 10 December 1954 Concert Hall, Sweden / Chemistry Laureate Linus Pauling 6th from left in second row / Return to Ava Helen Pauling / [Photographer:] Hans Malmberg / Tio Fotografer ; Tel 200975, 210962 ; Drottinggatan 88 C ; Stockholm C Sweden" Black and white print. December 10, 1954. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.44]
• Photo: Linus Pauling shaking hands with King Gustav at the 1954 Nobel Prize Ceremony. Stockholm, Sweden. "King Gustav + Linus Pauling at the Nobel Ceremony, Concert House, Stockholm, 10 December. 1954; [Photographer:] Foto 'Text & Bilder'" Black and white print. December 10, 1954. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.43]
• Photo: Linus Pauling sitting with Frederick Robbins at the 1954 Nobel Prize gathering. Stockholm, Sweden. Copyright Svenskt Pressfoto, Stockholm, Sweden. Black and white print. December 10 [?], 1954. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.29]
• Photo: Linus Pauling smiling widely and holding his Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Anita Oser Pauling, Linda Pauling, and Ava Helen Pauling hugging Linus. Ava Helen kissing Linus. Stockholm, Sweden. Copyright Reportagebild, KL. S. Kyrokogaia 18, Stockholm, Sweden. Black and white print. December 10, 1954. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.1]
• Photo: Linus Pauling smiling widely and holding his Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Anita Oser Pauling, Linda Pauling, and Ava Helen Pauling standing next to Linus. Stockholm, Sweden. "Stockholm backstage at the Concert Hall Afternoon of 10 December 1954 Just after the Nobel Ceremony" "Linus Pauling, Ava Helen Pauling, Linda Pauling, Anita Pauling" Copyright Reportagebild, KL. S. Kyrokogaia 18, Stockholm, Sweden. Black and white print. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.2]
• Photo: Linus Pauling standing with the American Ambassador to Sweden John M. Cabot and Professors Frederick Robins, Thomas Weller, John Enders, and Max Born. "1954, Prof. Pauling, the American Ambassador, Profs. Robins, Weller, Enders, and Born. (The latter of G. Britain, the others of the U.S.A.)" Copyright Pressen Bild. Black and white print.[Original filed as scrapbook, see box 6.006, entry 6.102] December 10, 1954. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.63]
• Photo: Linus and Ava Helen Pauling at the 1954 Nobel Prize gathering. Linus and Ava Helen standing wearing formal attire, posing for a portrait. Stockholm, Sweden. "December 1954" Photographer unknown. Black and white print. December 10 [?], 1954. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.41]
• Photo: Mrs. John F. Enders, Mrs. Frederick Robbins, and Dagmar Hessel (Riksmarskalken's daughter) at the 1954 Nobel Prize gathering. Stockholm, Sweden. Copyright Svenskt Pressfoto, Stockholm, Sweden. Black and white print. December 10 [?], 1954. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.26]
• Photo: Nobel Prize laureates Thomas Huckle Weller (Physiology/Medicine), Max Born (Physics), Frederick Chapman Robbins (Physiology/Medicine), John Franklin Enders (Physiology/Medicine), and Linus Pauling (Chemistry) standing at the 1954 Nobel Prize ceremony. Stockholm, Sweden. Copyright World Wide Photo. Black and white print. December 10, 1954. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.6]
• Photo: Peter Pauling, Crellin Pauling, Anita Oser Pauling, Ava Helen Pauling, Linus Pauling Jr., Linda Pauling, and Linus Pauling at the 1954 Nobel Prize ceremony. Copyright Reportagebild, KL.S Kyrkocaia 18, Stockholm-Sweden. Black and white print. 1954. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.14]
• Photo: Peter, Crellin, Linus Jr., Ava Helen, Linda [behind Ava Helen], and Linus Pauling at the 1954 Nobel Prize ceremony. Stockholm, Sweden. "December 1954 Linus Pauling, Ava Helen Pauling, Linda Pauling, Linus Pauling Jr. Crellin Pauling, Peter Pauling" Copyright Stockholms-Tidningen. Black and white print. [Original filed as scrapbook, see box 6.006, entry 6.97] December 10, 1954. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.60]
• Photo: Professor Manne Siegbahn and Max Born at the 1954 Nobel Prize gathering. Stockholm, Sweden. Copyright Svenskt Pressfoto, Stockholm, Sweden. Black and white print. December 10 [?], 1954. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.34]
• Photo: The 1954 Nobel Prize Ceremony. "Nobel Ceremony 1954" Copyright Reportagebild. Black and white print. [Original filed as scrapbook, see box 6.006, entry 6.95] December 10, 1954. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.54]
• Photo: The 1954 Nobel Prize Ceremony. Linus Pauling seated, holding his Nobel Prize, while John Enders, Frederick Robbins, and Thomas Weller stand to receive theirs. Stockholm, Sweden. "1954" Photograph by Hans Malmberg. Black and white print. [Original filed as scrapbook, see box 6.006, entry 6.97] December 10, 1954. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.59]
• Photo: The 1954 Nobel Prize gathering. Front row, left to right: Linus Jr., Peter, and Linda Pauling, sitting. Back row: An unidentified man and Crellin Pauling standing. Stockholm, Sweden. Copyright Svenskt Pressfoto, Stockholm, Sweden. Black and white print. December 10 [?], 1954. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.35]
• Photo: The 1954 Nobel Prize gathering. Front row, left to right: Linus Pauling Jr., Peter Pauling, and Anita Oser Pauling sitting. Back row: An unidentified man, Crellin Pauling, Linda Pauling standing. Stockholm, Sweden. Copyright Svenskt Pressfoto, Stockholm, Sweden. Black and white print. December 10 [?], 1954. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.36]
• Photo: The audience of the 1954 Nobel Prize ceremony. The Pauling family sitting in the front row, on the right. Stockholm, Sweden. "Pauling Family 1954" Photograph by Hans Malmberg. Black and white print. [Original filed as scrapbook, see box 6.006, entry 6.99] December 10, 1954. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.61]
• Photo: Thomas Weller and an unidentified woman at the 1954 Nobel Prize gathering. Stockholm, Sweden. Copyright Svenskt Pressfoto, Stockholm, Sweden. Black and white print. December 10 [?], 1954. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.27]
• Photo: Thomas Weller, Max Born, Frederick Robbins, John Enders, and Linus Pauling standing on stage, holding their Nobel prizes. Stockholm, Sweden. "Five of the six American Nobel Laureates of 1954 (the sixth: Hemingway) Weller, Born, Robbins, Enders, Pauling" Photograph by Hans Malmberg. Black and white print.[Original filed as scrapbook, see box 6.006, entry 6.96]. December 10, 1954. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.58]
• Photo: Thomas Weller, Sten Friberg, and John F. Enders at the 1954 Nobel Prize gathering. Stockholm, Sweden. Copyright Svenskt Pressfoto, Stockholm, Sweden. Black and white print. December 10 [?], 1954. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.28]
• Program: "Nobelstiftelsens Hogtidsdag", December 10, 1954. [Filed under LP Biographical: Box 6.006, Folder 6.86]
• Program: "Nobelstiftelsens Middaag", December 10, 1954. [Filed under LP Biographical: Box 6.006, Folder 6.86]
• Program: "Nobelstiftelsens hogtidsdag", December 10, 1954. [Filed under LP Biographical: Box 6.006, Folder 6.86]
• Rehearsal for all Laureates at 11:30 at the Concert Hall
• Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences, Nobel Prize for Chemistry for 1954, Medal, Certificate. [LP Awards: Box 1954h2.1]
• Traduction des Discours a la Fte Nobel 1954, Booklet of speeches given during the Nobel presentation ceremony including the speech by Prof. Gunnar Hgg given upon the presentation of LP's Nobel Prize [LP Awards Box 1954h2.9]
• Typescript: "Response by Linus Pauling to the Toast to the Laureates of the Year, The Nobel Banquet 1954" [LP Awards, Box 1954h2.9]

  Response by Linus Pauling to the Toast to the Laureates of the Year

  The Nobel Banquet 1954

  Your Royal Highnesses, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: It is a great honor to be chosen as the recipient of a Nobel Prize; not only a great honor, but a great pleasure, and, speaking not only for myself but also for my wife and our children, I thank all of you.

  I have found that it is always a great pleasure to come to Sweden. I feel at home in Sweden: even though there may be a snow-covered landscape about us, instead of the green (or sometimes brown) hills of southern California, nevertheless I feel, emanating from the Swedish people, the radiations of sympathy, of homologous character, so strongly as almost to cause me to consider myself to be a Swede.

  I remember my first close connection with Sweden. During the period 1923 to 1925 I became well acquainted with Dr. Albert Björkeson, who, as a young physicist, spent two years carrying on research in the Norman Bridge Laboratories of the California Institute of Technology. I collaborated with him on a piece of scientific work, and through him I learned something about your wonderful country.

  Then in 1947 my wife and I were privileged to visit here, in the beautiful city of Stockholm, and even to participate in a banquet held for the International Congress of Cytology, in this room. Then last year, in 1953, we were happy to be able to come again to Sweden – and I had the pleasure and honor of being allowed to speak in the Concert House, on a scientific subject in which I am deeply interested – the stochastic method (that is, how to make good guesses – the word is from the Greek _________, apt to divine the truth by conjecture) and the structure of proteins. Ever since these earlier visits, my wife and I have hoped that we could see the Concert House and this beautiful Town Hall, a wonderful example of the best in modern architecture, again, and we thank you for the privilege of being here on this occasion.

  I hope that it will not be considered that I am any less an American citizen if I say that from now on I shall consider myself to be an honorary Swede.

• Typescript: Response by Linus Pauling, as a spokesman for Nobel Laureates, to the university students of Sweden, holding a torchlight procession in the Blue Room of the City Hall, Stockholm [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Articles, 1954a.12; LP Speeches 1954s.20]

  Response by Linus Pauling, as spokesman for all Nobel Laureates, to the university students of Sweden, holding a torchlight procession in the Blue Room of the City Hall, Stockholm. 10 P.M. Friday, 10 December 1954

  Young men and women: On behalf of my colleagues, as well as myself, I thank you for your kind demonstration of friendship and respect.

  I am reminded of my own students in California. They are much like you - I have observed that students, young people, are much the same all over the world - and that scientists are the same. There is a world-wide brotherhood of youth and science.

  Perhaps, as one of the older generation, I should preach a little sermon to you, but I do not propose to do so. I shall, instead, give you a word of advice about how to behave toward your elders.

  When an old and distinguished person speaks to you, listen to him carefully and with respect - but do not believe him. Never put your trust in anything but your own intellect. Your elder, no matter whether he has gray hair or has lost his hair, no matter whether he is a Nobel Laureate, may be wrong. The world progresses, year by year, century by century, as the members of the younger generation find out what was wrong among the things that their elders said. So you must always be skeptical - always think for yourself.

  There are, of course, exceptional circumstances: when you are taking an examination, it is smart to answer the questions not by saying what you think is right, but rather what you think the professor thinks is right. Arrhenius discovered that there is danger in being too original in one's Doctor's thesis.

  You will have some great problems to solve - the greatest of all is the problem of war and peace. I believe that this problem has been solved, by the hydrogen bomb - that there will never again be a world war - the knowledge that a world war would mean world-wide destruction, perhaps the end of civilization, will surely now lead to permanent peace.

  But it is your generation that will have the job of working out the means of preventing disaster, by improving the techniques of international negotiations, of developing safeguards against paranoic demagogues who might make nations rabid; you will have this great job to do - and I am confident that you can do it.