The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 19, 1929 Page: 3 of 6
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ooatraot for the printing of
THBJBSHER Mr the present
year was let during the sum-
the Houston Labor Journal,
end publishers. The Labor
Aid the printing of the Rioe
two yesri ago; but l t year
oontract to the Western News-
, which submitted a lower
The Houston Labor Journal li
by Victor Andrew, Jr., a Rioe
,te of the class of 1987. Assocl-
wlth Mr. Andrew at the Labor
ia Thomas O'Brien, also of the
class of 1927.
Thirty-two Issues, of THE THRESH-
ER will be published this year; two
than has been the custom to
in the past. One of these ex-
ra Issues, that of today, comes ear%
er by from one week to ten days,
MB the Rice paper has been published
•fore. The management of THE
JHRESHER thought this change ad-
rubble in order that students might
lave Rioe news and announcqjnent*
,t the beginning of school rather than
ifttpr. The other issue will come at
be close of the school term. It Is
ntended|that this issue shall carry re-
torts of the last week of school, of
rhlch there would otherwise be no
eoord.
According to Louda Vadorina, Paris-
ian dancer, virtue is a stupid thing,
ill right for some people, but not for
hose with a reputation to maintain.
A "kick" lasts thirty minutes; the
tangover thirty hours.
Miss Leoora Piowden had as her
guest this summer Miss Elisabeth
of Fort Worth, a former
• e •
Miss Maggie Shearn spent the
moath of July In the Osark Mountain
country.
* • •
Miss Virginia Hayals of Dallas, a
former Rice stuCfent,made a visit of
several weeks here with Miss Ruth
Couch.
• • •
Mr. Herbert Varner will attend Tex-
as University this year where he will
study law.
« e
Miss Mariana Adklns spent a great
part of the summer In Dallas; divid-
ing her time with her aunt and Miss
Mary Catherine Boone, sister of Gra-
ham Boone.
* * * *
Miss Margaret Stewart, '80, was
married to Mr. 3. Masterson Jr. of
San Antonio on September 10. The
young couple have made their home
In San Antonio.
• • •
Miss Margaret Hooks visited rela-
tives in Paris, Texas, for several
weeks during the summer.
* • •
Miss Marie Edwards spent a great
deal of the summer at Fort Davis.
• • •
Miss Beverly Fonville, '29, amh Miss
Clara Mae Mdthews, '29, are among
ithe alumnae who are attending Colum-
bia University this fall.
* * *
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Miss Hope Bandera, '80, was married
to Mr. Paul Mengden on Aug. 21. They
are now living in the city.
* * • -
Miss Clara Flood spent roost of the
summer in Galveston. Miss Helen
Batte enjoyed a short visit with- Miss
Flood In the totted City.
• e e
Miss Althea Hill visited Miss Lou-
ise Black ia Corpus Christ!. Many
courtesies were extended her during
the visit of several weeks.
« • •
Misses Mary Barnes, Jane Amer-
man and Anne Claire Byrne, '88, were
councilors at Camp Waldismaa this
summer.
• • •
Misses Marlann Cook, SeHlie Arrants
and Tooley Williamson spent several
weeks in Kerrville and Heart of the
Hills Inn.
• * *
Miss Evelyn Epley, '29, visited her
sister and brother in Corpus Chrlstl,
where they had a cottage for the sum-
mer.
* • t
Miss Kathryn Foster, accompanied
by her mother and father, made a mo-
tor trip to West Texas and points
in Colorado apid New Mexico. Miss
Foster entertained as guest this sum-
mer, Miss Myra Jane McCormlck of
Columbus.
• • *
Messrs. John flooa, '29, and Russell
Lee Jacobe actec', as leaders of the
Houston Boy Scouts for the Jambo-
ree held lr England.
* * •
Mr. Max Neuhaus, '28, sailed Sept.
16 for a year of study at the Univer-
sity of Berlin.
• * •
Miss Bernlce Ludeau, '30, was mar-
ried to Mr. Sam Merrill on August 29.
Mrs. Merrill attended Rice for the past
three years and Mr. Merrill received
his H. B. A. degree from the Texas
University this year. V
• • •
Miss Josephine Marshbanks, '30, of
tyora
Flying Start
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—the college favorite by actual census
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claba and landing fields—but the thing that
atudenta like beat to pilot through their itudiea
is the light-flying Parker Duofold Pen that leapa
to its work like a dart and writes with Pressure-
less Touch.
Pressureless Touch is Geo. S. Parker's 47th
Improvement, combining capillary attraction'
with gravity feed.
A cenaus of pena in 13 technical schools dis-
cloeed that Parker leada in popularity 2 to 1. It
waa voted the favorite by students in 55 colleges.
And a nation-wide poll conducted by the Library
Bureau proved Parker the preference by 25$
above the second pen, and 48 above the third.
Non-breakable barrels of Jewel-like, colorful
Permanite, smartly black-tipped—28$fc lighter
than rubber—holding 24# mote ink than aver-
age, siae for siae.
Step to any good pen counter and select your
point Imitations can't deceive yob if you look for
the imprint, "Geo. & Parker—duofold."
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Mr Weadeli Hamrlck, '89, and Miss
Thelma Valentine ware married ia
July. Mr. Hamrick was active ia Stu-
dent affaire aad was business mana-
ger of the Thresher last year.
e e* e
The engagement of Miss Marjorle
Lockman, '88, to Mr. Frank Bodet
was announoed recently, the wedding
to be an event of the fall. Miss Lock-
man waa president of the Woman's
Council and Queen of the May Fete
(hiring her senior year.
• • •
Miss Fredrlka Evershajde, '29, was
married to Mr. William Henry Baugh
on July 27.
see
Some of the former students of Rice
Institute, who will not be back this
year, are taking up their studies or
duties in other plaoes. Beverly Fon-
ville wijl attend the School of Journal-
ism at Columbia University; Frances
Duncan will continue her studies at
8. M. U.
• • •
A few of the girls that have ae.
cured placea in the Houston Public
sohools are Annie Oma Jacobs,
Dorothy McMahan, Eleanor Branch,
Ida South, Eleanor Trotter, and
Charllne Lalller.
. • • •
Audrey Hannon has recently re-
turned from a seven weeks' visit In
BUoxi, Miss.
• • *
Marjorle Bourne reports a wonder-
ful vacation In Quincy, 111.
• • •
Jimmy Carroll attended both sea.
sions at summer school at the Univer-
sity of Colorado in Boulder, Colo.
• • •
Renfrew Robinson, ex-Rice student,
who was seriously Injured during the
summer in an accident, is reported to
be now rapidly recovering. For sev-
eral weeks this summer while Mr.
Robinson was kept at the Baptist hos-
pital, his condition was said to be
very oritlcal.
• • •
Miss Cherry Schwartz, '29 society
editor of The Thresher last year, and
active in other student aftalrs, has
accepted a position teaching s<j]iool iq
Angleton, Texas. Miss Schwartz It
teaching high school classes in Eng-
lish.
• • •
, Curtis (Pat) Patterson, erstwhile
popular student on the Rice campus.
Is now back in his home town of
Frost, Texas, where he is helping to
guide the destinies w nls father's
pharmacy.
• • •
Bert Peckham is now employed by
the Oulf Refining Company at Port
Arthur. Mr. Peckham was actively en-
gaged in student affairs before his
graduation from Rice last June.
• • 4
Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Copeland left
last week for Ann Arbor, Michigan,
where Dr. Copeland will teach in the
University of Michigan. Dr. Copeland
was formerly associated with the
mathematics department of the Rice
Aa addltloa to Palmar Chapel ia the
form of a parish house is under con-
struction at the present time. Sunday
school and other church activities wBt
be housed la this building, together
with such Rioe functions as exceed
the facilities of Autry House.
Palmer Chapel, whleh was dedu
oated November 87, 1987, was the
gift of Mrs. E. L. Nevill In memory
of her brother, the late Edward Al-
bert Palmer. It la formally known
as the Edward Albert P«\lmer Me-
morial Chapel. Besides its use by
Rice students, it serves alBO the resi-
dents of the oommunlty as a neigh-
borhood parish.
It is the plan of the Episcopal
Diocese of Texas to add to the group
of buildings formed by the Autry
House and the Palmer Chapel a par-
ish house and a girls' dormitory, but
no Immediate steps have been taken.
Institute. Mrs. Copeland, nee Dorothy
West, will be remembered as a Rice
student of a few years ago. The
couple and their young son spent the
summer visiting their mother, Mrs.
West, in Columbus, Texas.
• «
Kussel Lee Juiboce and John Hoos
spent the vacation witb the jamboree
troop In Europe. Both were assistant
scoutmasters for the Houston scouts,
who won honors at the Birkenhead
international scout jamboree.
* • •
Hermann Clump of Runge, a for-
mer Rice student, will enter Texas
University for his senior year. Mr.
Clump will have a leading role in a
student opera to be given this fall.
* * •
Frank Griffin will attend Baylor
University for his sophomore year.
Frank was a freshman at Rice last
year.
• •
Miss Rosewood Arledge. who at-
tended Rice last year, enters Weilesly
for her sophomore year.
• • •
Thomas Benbury is In Los Angeles
attending the Texas Company Petro-
leum Training School preparatory to
doing bigger and better things for the
oil Industry.
• • •
• -i
l>)te original Three Musketeers of
the Telephone Company, Jimmy Brit-
ton, Richard Peterson, and Larry
Hamilton, have been joined by an-
other of last year's graduates, Qua
Kobs.
• • •
Miss Clara May Matthews wlU
spend the year in post-graduate work
at Columbia University.
• • •
Miss Anamary Davis of Alvin, a
student at Rice last year, will go to
Texas University this year.
* •
An announcement of interest to
Rice students is that of the marriage
of Miss Maude Bryan and Ernest
Eugene Blondeau, which took place
Saturday. Mr. Blondeau graduated
from the institute in X926 and has
since been associated with the phys-
ics department. Mrs. Blondeau Is re-
turning to Rice for her senior year. -
NATHAN'S EXTENDS A
WELCOME TO RICE STUDENTS
$3950
"All-Around" Clothes
They speak of "All-Round" athletes. Leacrest
Clothes are "all-around" values In suits for the col-
lage man or the younger man who dresses In the
college manner, These suits have everything to
recommend them—advanced styling, finest weaves
aad tailoring that passes the critical Nathan stand-
ard. la addition Leacrest Clothes are priced within
the allowance of the college man and are exclusive
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■AmtTt TO SNTgRTAtN
On the ovoaiag of September 14 the
South u*l* Psytitt Church will enter-
tain the new atudeats of Rice Insti-
tute with a party oa the lawa of the
ehurch. All Baptist students, 'and oth-
ers who will corns, are very oordlally
Invited to be present, according to
Miss Mildred Wheeler, secretary of
B. S. U.
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DAWSON TO OOUIMOIA
Raymond Dawson aad Woodbury
Norris of the Rice classes of ltlt aad
1929, respectively, left Saturday lor
New York City. Mr. Dawaon will ea-
ter Columbia University, here he ex.
ects to receive an M. A. degree in Eng-
lish at the end of one year of study.
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Whether you were the ice man/
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Howdy, Rice!
Welcome, too...
YOU POSSIBLY DON'T KNOW US . . .
BUT ... WE KNOW YOU ... SO PLEASE
Allow Us to Present Ourself
STEVENS APPAREL STORE for women
is a new addition to Main Street . . .
having opened its doors stnee the clos-
ing of Rice last Spring . . Our policy
is to cater to that clientele demanding the
ultra smart in better and medium-priced
apparel.
RECOGNIZING that Rice Co-Eds belong
to that more fastidious class, we take
great pleasure in inviting you to visit
our store ... to inspect our merchan-
dise . . . try it on . . .if you like . . .
A comfortable . . refined atmosphere
awaits you . . . Our salesladies and fit-
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you are assured thfe most complete and
smartest line of apparel ever offered in
Houston.
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