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HOUSTON, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1832
NO. 16
Engineering SocietySaturday°ance
Elects Officers NextInNewLocati°n
Wednesday at Meeting
Officers for the Engineering society
for the spring term will be selected at
the regular meeting, next Wednesday,
at 7:30 in the senior commons.
Baptist Union
'Inventory Day'
Held S uccess
Students Outline Plans For New
Year—Dr. Angell May Come to
Houston For Series of Talks
OPENS GOETHE LECTURE SERIES
Proves Success
| The following were nominated at the
j last meeting: For president, Frank F.
Axtell, senior M. E., of Port Arthur, >
j and Clovis J. Harkrider, senior C. E., j
J of Fort Worth; for vice president, G. j
i W. Hewitt, senior M. E., and Ellis J
| Turner, senior E. E., both of Houston;
; for secretary, Dick Nosier, senior
M. E., and Jinimie Reed, junior E. E..
! both of Houston; and for executive -
committeeman, Burton Atkinson, sen-
ior Ch. E., of Houston, and Albert i
I Fanestiel, senior E. E., of Cedar Bayou. ;
Douglas Rngland was nominated for
treasurer, and unanimously re-elected
Other present officers of the society
are: Morgan Jones, of Abilene, presi-
dent; G. W. UeWitt, of Houston, vice
president; Dick Nosier, of Houston,
secretary; and Clayton Meadows, of
Hous'on, executive committeeman.
Largest Attendance of Year
Welcomes Change to Commons
—Next One Slated Tomorrow
If religious inventories are best
taken quietly, then Rice Baptist Stu-
dent union laid the foundation Sunday,
January 10, for an efficient program
of service in 1932. With committee and |
unit division reports as food for
thought, enough fun to flavor things,
and a brief talk by Mildred Wheeler, j 13 1 • TTrkl* TTfitf*
student secretary, to vitalize the proc-j ti\ 1.10 JL VF J %_J o v..
ess, "Inventory day" became the in- j i* 4 11 C ■. 1
ception of a forward movement in this .A.J.1 utlKieiltS
campus organization.
A u t r y House
Lulu Lawton Leavell, social chair-
man, reported comparative success in
the newly adopted plan of sponsoring
frequent socials in units and fewer gen-
eral parties.
A tentative engagement with Dr. C.
Roy Angell of First Baptist church,
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was announc-
ed by N e I d a Reichert, devotional
chairman. Dr. Angell will visit Rice
in the latter part of February or early
part of March for a series of talks.
Activities Outlined
Extension activities outlined by Tom-
mie Grace Mansfield, extension chair- j
man, included Christmas relief work I
in the B. Y. P. U.'s "Toy Hospital"
supplying 35 families. Mexican Mission, j
Industrial home, and' Seminary hill,
Fort Worth, with rejuvenated toys, j
Two "Student Night" programs on
December 27 were mentioned.
Expenses have been reduced as com-
pared with those of last year, according
to a statement from Clifton Bond, I
treasurer. Campanile fees are paid.
Out of a quota of fifty subscriptions j
to "The Baptist Student" magazine, !
thirty-six have paid, four are prom- j
ised, and ten must yet be secured.
(Continued on Page 4, Col. 4)
Universities
Offer Varied
Studv Awards
Rally Club Purchased It With
Profits Accruing From Grid
Program Sales of Past Fall
Tile radio, which has recently teen
installed in Autry house, is a gift of
the Rally club for the benefit of the
whole student body, it was stated by
Fred Dixon, president of the Rally
club, Friday morning.
The Rally club
purchased the ra-
dio with funds de-
rived from sale of
programs during
the '31 football,
games. The Rally
club received no
money for ushering
at the games, all of
the m oney being
derived from sale
of programs only,
according to c 1 u b
officials.
According to its
donors, the radio is
dedicated to the
pleasure of all that frequent Autry
house. The radio is to be played at any
time that anyone desires to hear a
program. The loud speaker is attached
to the balcony in the main program
room of Autry house, and the receiv-
ing set is kept in the canteen
The first Rice dance of the new
year, staged last Saturday night in the
Commons, was a success both finan-
cially and otherwise, according to Nor-
wood Packard Barton Jr., of the dance
committee.
This is the first time that an attempt
has been made to hold dances in the
Commons since 1028. Heretofore, they
have been held at the University club
and the Houston club, but the new
plan of staging the dances on the cam-
pus brings a more favorable response
from the student body. Saturday
night's attendance was the largest that
has appeared at any of the weekly
dances held during this school year.
Music was furnished by Lee's Owls
and dancing continued until 12:30 due
to the late start caused by the basket-
ball game scheduled earlier in the
evening.
Prices for bids are SI per couple;
stag bids: have been reduced from
$1.25 to $1.
The dances are to continue to be held
in the Commons every Saturday night
from !) until 12 with Lee's Owls fur-
nishing the music.
Credit is due the five members of
the regular dance committee consist-
ing of Elbert Turner, Walter Judd,
Buster Lewis, Milton Bohannon, and
Barton; also to the ten members of
the special Saturday night dance com-
mittee composed of John Coffee,- m ie
Chambers, Donald Edwards, Frank
Hurley, Gordon Nicholson, H. M. Ban-
ner, Gus McCants, James Fite, Allen
Chamberlin, Fred Dixon, for the sue- |
cess of last week's dance, according
to reports.
Freund Speaks
On'Germany in
Days of Goethe'
Lecture Series Commemorating
Death of Celebrated German
Opens — Physics Amph Scene
"Germany in the Days of Goethe
was the subject of the address deliv-
ered by Dr. Max Freund. professor of
German, Sunday afternoon, in tlve
Physics amphitheater. This was the
first <il a Series of lectures being given
ip honor of the one-hundredth anni-
versary nl death of Johann Wollgang
von Goethe.
SECOND EXTENSION SPEAKER
Dr. Max Freund spoke last Sunday
in the Physics amphitheater on "Ger-
many in the Days of Goethe."
22 Delegates
From Rice Go
To Conference
Math O Course
To Commence
After Februarv
Prof.
Will
For
DIXON
Griffith Conrad Evans
Have Charge of Class
Deficient 'Freshmen
The math O course will begin soon
after the February exams. This year
it will be under the direction of Grif-
fith Conrad Evans, professor of pure
mathematics.
The course is required of freshmen
who fail in math 100 in February.
Con- I They must pass this course before
neetions between the two are made by they can take math 100 again. No
running a wire from the canteen along
the floor to the outside, up the wall, to
the second floor, and from there along
the wall to the balcony and loud
speaker.
According to soda dispensers, many
distant stations have been gotten, as
1 well as local stations. The set is an R,
Announcements of scholarships and c A njne tube, super-heterodyne, and
fellowships offered -by various univei- S0(ja dispensers in the canteen say that
sjt.es have been posted by the cITtce. . studt,nts soom vory enthusiastic over it.
Five fellowships in research fields :
are offered by the University of Ne
Nebraska, Northwestern, Brown,
Chicago and Others Encourage
Research With Many Prizes
braska at Lincoln. Northwestern uni-
versity offers fellowships, scholarships,
and assistnntships in commerce and
economics.
The Graduate School of Brown uni-
versity offers fellowships to graduate
students in Biblical literature, biology,
mathematics, chemistry, economics,
English, history, philosophy, physics,
psychology, and Romance languages,
Stipends range from $500 to $1,000.
Graduate work in business admin-
istration is offered by the School of
Commerce and Administration of Chi-
cago university. Various offers are
announced by Universities of Penn-
sylvania, New York, Cincinnati, and
the Massachusetts Institute of Tech-
nology,
First Presbyterian Tacky Party
Tonight in Manse at 8 o'clock
The Rice class of the First Presby-
terian church is entertaining with a
tacky party for its members tonight
at the Manse, 2601 Main street, at 8
o'clock.
Recently sides
were chosen and an
attendance contest
was held, the win-
ning side to be
given a party by
the losers. Those in
charge of prepara-
tions are Marjorie Worrall and David
Rulfs, co-captains of the losing side.
m
WORHALL
credit is given for the course, but they
can not continue mathematics until
they receive a passing grade in this
special class.
All freshmen making "5" in math
100 in February are not required to
drop it ami begin math 0. If the 5
is a high 5, the student is allowed to
continue with his class and is given
the chance to bring up his grade be-
tween February and June. If the 5 is
so low that there is no hope of his
catching up, he must take math O. It
he fails the "O" course, he can no!
begin math 100 the following Septem-
ber but must wait until February and
enter the "O" course that begins then.
Names oi the students who arc to
register in math O will b:- posted
after itie list is made up from results
ot the February exams.
Dr. Jacks. Oxford Professor, Will
Speak at Open Forum Tuesday
The Houston Open Forum will pre-
sent Dr. L. P, Jacks, lecturer, Tuesday
evening, January 19, at Sidney Lanier
Junior high school, Wostheimer road.
Dr. Jacks is professor of philosophy in
Manchester college, Oxford, England.
His subject will be "Leisure: A World
Problem."
Young People's G a I v e s t o n
Meeting O p e n s Saturday—
Six Schools Are Represented
At the young people's conference of
the Kpiscopaljfchureh starting Saturday
a- Galveston, there will be 22 Rice
delegates. Arrangements are being
made to carp for about 75 representa-
tives from Texas, Rite, A. and M„ Bay-
Ibr, C. I. A., and the Galveston med-
ical school.
The program is as follows:
10:45 - Registration at Grace Church.
11:00 General business meeting.
1:00—Lunch.
2:00—The Rev. E H. Jones of Waco
will address an open forum on "Ways
of Developing One's Personal Reli-
gion."
7:00 -Banquet and dance at Country
cl u b.
7:30—Sunday. Corporate Commun-
ion to be followed by breakfast at
Trinity church and final
meeting.
11.00—Sunday Meeting with general
Council for services at Trinity church.
Two questions are to be discussed
at the business meeting changing time
of the meetinjifiijimd arranging matters
so that the conference will rotate bee?
tween Austin, Bryan, Houston.
Those from Rice who will attend the
conference are: Fred Que be, Marian
Dunlap, Reverts Eaves, Marguerite
Stuart. Ralph Nemir, Marie Nemir, C.
D. Walters, Maggie Shearn. Lois
Schwartz, Dorothy Quin, Mary Jacque-
line Oliphint, William Maddox, Cath-
erine Long. Horace Kohl, Ruth Joost,
Katherine Hornor. Gene Burroughs
Maurine Brown, James Beeley, Ruth
Barry, Margaret AJIcrton, Kathleen
Wilson, and the Rev. Allen A. Person,
chairman ot the General Students'
council.
C'OMPLKTK SC'HEIHMJ:
The remamirm lectures on
Goefhi, are a
follows:,
January 17;
Dr. Hadostav An-
drea IsaiiofC:
"Goeihe and Phi-
losophy."
January 24:
Di . A tun Du^atd
McKillop: "Oi
vethc and Literary
Criticism."
January .".1:
Dr. Marcel Mo-
raud: "The Correspondence and
Conversations
ot Goethe "
February 7:
Dr. Asa Crawford
Chandler: "Goethe and Science,''
February 14
Dr. Stockton Ax-
son: "Goethe
and Shakespeare,"
February 21:
Dr. Heinrich Mcy-
el . "Goethe, Sage and Poet."
S ophomores'
Yokel Bail For
Wednesda y
Di
peak
Phvsic
Plrlos.
M Sot:
mphit
■flic r
•Pi
•a i r i e
Doll
Di. Freund related episodes which
called up the social, political, and lit-
erary lite of Goethe's period. He spoke
• if 11 j i poet's life, giving contemporary
letters describing particularly the
Goettingen poets' league and their cel-
ebration of Klopstock.
in taking his listeners to the coiin
of Weimar where Goethe spent a large
part oi his life. Dr. Freund translated
and read a letter of Ludwig Gleim. a
visitor to Weimar court in 177(5, who
gives the following account of an eve-
ning spent at a party of Duchess
Amalia:
"One evening I was invited to a
party of Duchess Amalia. . . . i had
brought the latest Goettingen Muses
Almanach as a literary novelty from
which I communicated a couple of
pieces. While I was still reading, a
young man wearing boots and spurs
and a short hunting coat had joined
the company. He sat opposite me and
business listened very attentively. During a lit-
tle interval he rose, and bowing t<
me in a very obliging fashion, he of-
fered, in case it should be agreeable
to me. to take turns with me from
time to time in'reading, lest I should
pet too tired. I could not hoip accept-
ing this courteous proposition and im-
mediately Jumded him the book. . . . In
the beginning everything passed quite
tolerably:
'"The zephyrs listened.
The brooks rustled,
The sun
(Continued on Page ■!. Col. 5)
Bridge-Tea of
Y W Tomorrow
At Autry House
Try outs For
Draw Many
Direction of
Three Sites
For Proin-
Be Called
Phillips. Batte Read
Pt >em s to W ri tin gC 1 u I
Dance Numbers, Saxophone Solos
By Robert Piehl on Program
Of M n s i c a 1 Entertainment
Ar important
fiss will i be lie
1 )'• lie if. thi
mee'
i .VI o
Ptiv
Gordon
Ml
IDs'
Nil'1
sipjutl
Kenneth Phillips read two poems
entitled, "Clouds at Night" .md "The
Perfect Moment", and Helen Baltu
read .1 poem, "Wisdom", at the Writ-
ing club pieeting Monday night, Prose
contributions were: a description of
the celebration of "The Virgin of the
Guadalupi
read by
Vera I tin de.iu\'. general ■chairman of
the Y. W, (\ A bridge-tea .scheduled
for lomorrow alternoon at Autr\
house, announces that all Is in icadt-
ness for the affair.
Belnit Brunei', chairman of the pio-
grum oimmiilce, ha<: nnniaino d a lon-
', written by lone Kidder and tative musical enicriainmcnt. including
Lois Wright, and a short dance numbers: and several saxo-
•r
Sn
an'niainred' tdlh
•I cc.m'n.itiee member-
li
story, "Sentence", by Bertrand Rich- phone solos by Robert Piehl, to 1*<
Exam Schedule Posting Creates Furore
"You take this one, and I'll take
that one". Coming, not from a grave-
yard at midnight, couched in not so
impressive terms, yet withal words of
awful import; they embody the
thoughts and actions of students at
Rice Institute.
All day, every day, for a week con-
tinuous battles for positions eddied in
front of the A. B. bulletin board.
Schedules for the February exams,
posted weeks ahead of time, created a
furore in all departments.
Observers were requested to report
all conflicts to the office immediately.
It was supposedly unnecessary, to ad-
vise aspiring scholars to make ade-
quate preparations forthwith.
Tentative schedules call for 17 ex-
aminations on Wednesday, February
5; 25 on Thursday, February 4; 15 on
Friday, February 5; 18 on Saturday,
February 6; 22 on Monday, February
8; 18 on Tuesday, February 9; 20 on
Wednesday, February 10; and 20 on
Thursday, February 11. Friday and
Saturday will be holidays. Many stu-
dents finishing early in the week plan
out-of-town trips, to return in time
for the opening of the spring semester,
Monday, February 15.
Reports will be mailed students in
the middle of that week. These are
the official term grades.
For three hours in each course, the
aspirant will display his technique in
handling all work up to that date.
Professors are to decide what per-
centage of the term's grade is to be
determined by the exam.
aids, former club member, presented
by Margaret Wright.
According to club members, the
two poems- read by Phillips started an
interesting argument over philosophy
| and idealism.
The Campanile scroll is in the Pc-
Ensuing are relevant facts: ' nodical library, and members are
A course, if dropped, merits a 5. If urged to sign it as soon as possible.
passed, the course may bo dropped j The nex* meeting of the Writing
temporarily and resumed later. A stu- [ c'"b will be held Tuesday night, at j
dent will be required to withdraw Autry house.
from the Institute if he fails in as; f —— <
much as one-half the work of his Vocational Meeting Next Event
schedule. He will be dropped for For Y.W.C.A.—Comes January 21;
failure to come off probation within ! For the benefit of graduating mem- j
one year. j bers in particular, Gladys Schill an- I — •
A student carrying five courses will j nounces, a "vocational meeting" will be j A religion for every need and for
be placed on probation if among his j the next event on the Y. W. C. A. every creed a religion seems to be the
grades for the term there are two 5's, 1 social calendar. It will be held Jan- ! motto on the Rice campus for out of
companlcd at the piano by Ruth
Provine.
The following group chairmen have
planned for the event: Tickets. Ruth
Barry: publicity, Lissabelle Crittenden:
candy, Alberta Ricsen: refreshments.
Willie Mae Chapman; equipment, Ruth
Provine. ,
Tea will be served from a tea Cart
throughout the afternoon, Table and
door prizes will be given.
according u
debt.
jfia'ns )V.r :H.
,March 1. wB
meet in
arv 11!, Plies w.l! he Si 50
.with theni tour bids, one \5iUe
and ..ne stag bid, far this and iu \i ie.ii1.
They will be pa\ able at a desk in the
Sallyport after February exams.
The Houston club. Lamar hotel, mid
Shrine ntnsque are being considered as
iit.es, No 'Orchestra has btvn decided
Upon but in all probability an out-of-
town one will receive flic contract.
Mejnbers working on plans are Ah'in
Moody, general chairman; James Fife,
patrons: Richard Shannon, decorations:
Carl Croflord, invitations; R*y Sewell,
refreshments: John Coffee, hall: Thom-
as Thagard, music; Frank Wallace and
Ed Hovas, executive.
Corduroy Trousers. S w e a t e r
The Style For a Night With
River Oaks Scene of Dance
"Cheer I'p. Times Are Coining
Forget those exam-blues, hiteh up
llit, oltI i ray man-, and. ciliunb in your
!■ Iniy^U'- * there ail. ,gt)iiig in be "hift
' |*oing,votr t/vH at Ye Okie Barnc, Hiver
Oakii' Country el.ub. next Wt'!f.!TlOf'i.ao •
tjight. Janiiiiry 21', t'nm'i 10 fill uelorfc,
Th<■ a-v; tiiW' li?ire 111-• w
itut.e :s
ill arn|!:
eon
1.1 your
ill yoU:' ha
e' :.*H .set fV l.l b"," til
The sophmme t c
this Friday in the *
theater at 12 nimn
.Inhen Mull
hysU's ;imph
UiVordinL' \
president. ' •
Dramatic Club
Meeting To See
' meni. u
. in, i'h*"'
"i en Ft* \
' win.
IV.
chain
the,
S> i
the dai
l^fext Major Play
Students—Under
Faculty Advisers
,h
I Da
d hlffi
ifteitie
■M .Mi
.1
A meeting ot the Diairmtic club '.'/111
he held on Thursday. January 21, at,
roll o'clock at the Mayhuiiai' u< which
tune .MinisH'i play will be pre.Minn-' i :
under direction of Marian Seaman
Tiie play will be The Prairie Doll" hy
JSdy.'ard . Child Carijentcr.
Its cast will hwiudc: Laura W.ah^
burn. Katie Doue,la, and h'obiit
Taiiey.
Tryouls for the next rriajer prod,a-
tion, A 'Boil's lilohso". by Ibsen, held
last Friday, hrou^h: out a larae crowd
of Hice students who i.hcwrd dramatic
lalent. Tryouts were conducted ulitid
the direction of K 1! Adcock, direc-
tor: J.' D. Thomas, .csistant directia-
J. W. Ili'jafreii, and W fl, ZvcveM.
faculty advisers.
Those who tried out for part's in "A
Doll's House" were as follows: Lois
Schwailz, Martha Stew.itI. Mary Beth
iluddleslon, Lois Patrick. Hoilneita
f luichesoli: Margaret \Vri luht, Mary
Helen Reynolds, Melba SlinVpiij, Knnh
Stalnaker. Ilecky Stover, Helen Baf.e.
Mary Huttoir I.aeone Dickeiisheols, 1
Laura : Washburn, Beiuue Bocuie Hits-
,ell. Marv M,u„h{iU Feivuiou, Marian
Seaman. Be ViM Weifes, !! wry !}lc.om.
Bob■■ Tallcy, Herman Lliiya. Ed Mc-
Claiiahan Karle lieu^bis. MayiU'md
Herndnn, ch.ules D.aael, (" A, Wali.
E, I, Pl'iee, Bill Clarke J.«; Aleo .a;:t'!
Scott Lee llild.
J 1111 i o r C lass
\\ i 11 (Convene
Moiulav at I
Henry
d , W:l
e She.
Castle
Burke
th<-' I'ii
he Fr
Claron
Arrartetaw
by Milton V
Sieen, StelUv
"ju.c'.t
treshnw-nt. >y,
(Onfii.a.
(il a <1 \ s S c li i I i
Lo^es'I hroiH a
Tennis Om en
Kalhryn Pearson, Slimess I I::
I'fisets Perennial ('hunipkin
Dr. Scolt 'I'd Adtlres? (. In
Dr
sor nl
|t MM s
the To:
111 roo'i
The
p.in., r
See't a-
liar
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Kit'
Being Considered
-() r e best r a M,i\
Fwini Ont-of-Town
SCllltJ.
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Used the drive
"hen placing tin
or in (jistafit e
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see the real p
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wi
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mis. . 'atiist
leifliiifi
>11 tiie ha
i'ornet- HoweiVei', it
m.uehes thin one «til
m.vmv. fwn the,, ''winner
then is considered champion of Rice
and thctc is little doubt that the fight
will lx> between Gladys Schill and
Ka hryn Pearson
One Agnostic, No Atheists on Campus
or no grade better than a 4. Probation ' uary 21, the place to be decided upon
is terminated only at examination early next week.
periods. A woman journalist, teacher, doctor,
Changes are being made in the
posted schedule. Students are advised
to check their schedules frequently
and report all conflicts or discrep-
ancies to the office.
and lawyer will be present to express
views on ea«h -of their professions, as
possible aids in vocational choices.
1445 students, 1384 claim some de-
nomination. Sixty-threo'seither failed
to give their church or didn't have
any, yet there were no self-confessed
atheists and only one agnostic.
There are representatives of 22 re-
[ Betty Kastl, secretary of the V, will ligions at Rice whose membership
have charge of the affair. ' range from 373 in the Methodist to
one in the Greek Orthodox.
The Methodists have the largest
membership with 373 or 26.9', of the
student body. Baptists are next with
234 or 10.9'e. Then come Presbyte-
rians with 211 or 15.2'~i. Next, are
Episcopalians with Mifi or 11.0'! . Cath-
olics follow, fifth, with 131 or !).*! ..
Sixth are the Christians, having 82 or
«r;. Jews follow with an enrollment
of 78 or 5.7' < . Christian Science
comes nex' with 44 or 3.1', member-
ship. Lutherans are next with 28 or
2', , while the Gospel of Christ has 1">
or 1.08'i. The Unitarian church has
5 members. Gospel Hall 4. Congrega-
tional 3, and Friends, International,
itudents, Greek Orthodox, Lat-
Saints, Evangelical, Church
Bible
ter Pay
of God. Reformed,
have t member.
and S. B, A. each
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