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"No More Peace! A Musical Written, Produced by, and Starring Members of the Caltech Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering."
 
"No More Peace! A Musical Written, Produced by, and Starring Members of the Caltech Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering." December 25, 1958.
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena.

Pauling Song. (2:55)

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Man 1 Say, do you know where I can find Dr. Pauling's office?

Man 2 Yes, but you can't go in there, it's full of television equipment.

[Audience Laughter]

Man 1 Television equipment? What's all that junk doing in there?

Man 2 My boy, you sound as if you aren't familiar with the reputation of Dr. Linus C. Pauling, the most famous chemist on Earth.

[Solo singing] Who's the most inspiring of the chemists at CIT? Who's the one whose every word is full of profundity?

[Group singing] Why it is Dr. Linus C. Pauling, profile's so enthralling, Dr. Linus C. Pauling, quite a celebrity.

[Solo singing] When Dewar says acetylene's got sigma bonds and pi's, who points out that Dewar's book is one thin tissue of lies?

[Group singing] Who else but Dr. Linus C. Pauling, he's always in there brawling, Dr. Linus C. Pauling, how can one man be so wise?

[Solo singing] When the A.E.C. put strontium into the atmosphere, who's the one who tells you that your gonads should be in fear?

[Group singing] You know it's Dr. Linus C. Pauling, Nobel Laureate Pauling, Dr. Linus C. Pauling, he's always in high gear.

[Solo singing] When ganged up on by Teller, Libby, Strauss and group, who's the one who told them all to go fly a chicken coop?

[Group singing] Of course was Dr. Linus C. Pauling, he's not afraid of a mauling, Dr. Linus C. Pauling, a man who'd never foop.

[Solo singing] When the Oscar Levant Show started fading away, who's the one who sang and danced and really saved the day?

[Group singing] You're right, t'was Dr. Linus C. Pauling, he's really found his calling, Dr. Linus C. Pauling, his charm makes TV pay.

[Solo singing] Every prize and honor that can be won he wins, and as if that weren't enough, he's now grandfather of twins.

[Group singing] Oh yes it's Dr. Linus C. Pauling, Great White Father Pauling, Dr. Linus C. Pauling, he simply has no sins!

[Audience Applause]

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Creator: Chemistry-Biology Stock Company
Associated: Kent Clark, Linus Pauling, Oscar Levant, Edward Teller, Willard F. Libby, Lewis L. Strauss
Clip ID: 1958v.1-paulingsong

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Creator: Chemistry-Biology Stock Company
Associated: Kent Clark, Linus Pauling, California Institute of Technology

Date: December 25, 1958
Genre: sound
ID: 1958v.1
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