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VOTE IN
BLANKET TAX
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Student Weekly Publication
VOTE IN
BLANKET TAX
ELECTION
The Rice Institute
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HOUSTON, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1933
NO. 30
Committees
And Waiters
Announced
Petition To Remove Radio
Restrictions Signed By
101 Students
Appointments to the new positions
on the hall committee and head waiters
were announced by the office Thurs-
day and a petition signed by 101 stu-
dents in the dorms suggesting that the
restriction on the operation of radios
in the dormitories be removed was re-
ceived.
The new hall committee is composed
of the following:
Winston Snyder Peeleft (Jhairman;
Fred Cunningham Alter, Sanford Wil-
son Higglnbotham, Joe Langly Lagow,
William MeLaurin McKay, Hugo Vic-
tor Osterman and Robert Schulze.
The waiters are as follows:
Charles Franklin Montgomery, head
waiter; assistants—Samuel Knox Ban-
ner, Benjamin Franklin Jackson, Her-
bert Howard Johnson, Kemp Sloan
Lewis, Jr., and Clifford Patrick Powell.
The petition on radios is addressed
to Dean Caldwell and is signed by 101
of the 194 students in the residential
halls.
Sponsors of the petition state that
not one person of those asked to sign
refused.
Here is the petition:
Dr. R. G. Caldwell, Dean,
The Rice Institute,
Houston, Texas.
We, the undersigned, do earnestly
petition the Administration of the Rice
Institute to remove the recent regula-
tion banning the operation of radios in
the dormitories rooms, during the' 1933-
34 school term. We believe that due
consideration has not been given the
radio situation, and that with a new
efficient hall committee, the problem
of regulating the radios will be solved.
Dan Webster, Lucicn Wilkens, H. J.
C'havanne, Bill Barton, Boude Story,
Richard Ballanfant, William Cook, Bob
Schulze, Vincent Nealy, Ray Miller,
Richard Hudson, George Tidwell, Bill
Allen, Richard Adams, Louis Brothers.
Jack Williams, Kelly Wynne, G. O.
Brindly, Bill Macay, Lee Hammett, Joe
Baldwin, Clyde Hanks, Evan Carpen-
ter, William Eliassof, O. B. Wise, Rob-
ert Fitzhugh, R, Hutchins, Gilmore
Gwin, W. T. Scott. Edward Handcr,
Joe Neveaux. Jim McKinnon, R. E.
Eiser, Fred Graves, Joe Young, Mike
Hale, Harry Myres, H. M. Vaughn, A.
F. Simpson, John Banks, Lou Hassell,
A, Ronson,
David Red, Davis Grantfi L. Boone,
Beadle Moore. James Lee, Charlie Go-
ing, Hunter Harris, Bill Francis, Wil-
ber Hess, C. C. King, Hugh Grove, E,
Oppenheimer, C. F. Lisman, Arthur
DoOly, Bob Middleton, Lloyd Homes,
Milton Talbert, H. W. Osterman, L. V.
Rocs, C. T. Waring, Joe Lagow, Fay
Lagow, Elmo Hutzler, W. C. Mixon, A.
K. Tracy, Bob Myer, R. H. Meker,
Percy Arthur, G. H. Dinsmoor, Bill
Ferguson, G. J. Jones, E. B. Mendel,
Tom Pogue, H. Landsberg, R. T. Eaton,
Floyd Ewing, B. M. Haley, Oscar High,
Ben Ramey, H. Krause, T. C. Campbell,
Fred Quebe.
Jack Spence, Dick Metcalf, Virgil
Dixon, C. F. Powell, J. Stiglct, W. F.
Majuskl. Henry Edwards, C. P. Powell,
Trever Gardner, Horace Kehl, J. C.
Petty, R. Mays, Harold Mickelson,
Erich Schleser, C. Bradon, T.« Wilson,
Fred Parffle.—101.
French Picture To
Be Shown At Lanier
"Sous les Tolts de Paris," "Under the
Roofs of Paris," a French made pic-
ture, will be presented tonight at 8:15
at Sidney Lanier High school,
"Sous les Toita de Paris" was pro-
duced by Rene Clair, one of the Fore-
most French producers. The picture
should prove of especial interest to
French students, because they have so
few opportunities to hear French
spoken by French people.
The admission charge for students Is
twenty-five cents, and admission for
the general public is fifty-five cents.
Tickets may be purchased from any
of the French teachers.
HI O 1*1* OW $8 Charge
mm
Runoff For Class s^v 'n n,
^^qeneira1;;?.
Bie Affair
u
Engineers Lead
Dog's Life Thursday
During Initiation
Pre-Law I lead
Is Proposed
Three weeks of politicking will come
to an end Monday when the final run-
off elections take place in sallyport
from 8 until 1. The juniors and fresh-
men will pick next year's chief execu-
tives, while all three undergraduate
classes will ballot for vice-presidential
choices. These elections are the last
of the spring semester and will bring
to a close three hectic weeks of vote-
getting and back-slapping.
Grover Geiselman will oppose Tal-
bot Wilson for the presidency of the
1934 senior class with Louise Ragan
pitted against Frances Christian for the
vice president's post.
The Sophomores selected Bill Fran-
cis for junior president by a huge ma-
jority, but Collier Cooke and Leslie
Thacker are lined up against each
other for vice president. In the fresh-
man class races, George "Doc" Brind-
ley missed a majority for president by
only two votes and will have to con-
test Franklin C. Jones, the runner-up,
for the 1934 Sophomore presidency.
Grafton Calhound and Anne Speed are
the finalists for vice president.
In one of the closest races in Rice
history, Robert "Bob" Schulze defeat-
ed Tommie Watklns for president of
the 1934 Students' association for the
1934-35 school "year. Schulze polled
186 votes and Watkins 183 tallies. The
amendment calling for a 25-cent poll
tax went down in defeat 338 to 35. The
trick clause in the Students' associa-
tion by-laws stating that an amend-
ment must poll two-thirds of the en-
tire list of eligible voters, or 346 for
this year, again proved the stumbling
block, losing by three votes.
Margaret Zenor, vice president; Jack
Warficld, treasurer, and Donald Mc-
Cants. councilman at large, were the
council officers elected on May 1,
Monday the following representatives
were elected from each class; Seniors-
Joseph Aleo, Harper Black, Hallie Beth
Talley and Elliott Flowers; juniors—
Knox Banner, Bowe Hewitt and Irwin
Morris, andj sophomores—James bee
and Clyde Hanks.
The results of the junior voting for
1934 senior class officers arc: President,
Grover Geiselman 94, Talbot Wilson
49, Henry Meadows 41, and James
Boone 30; vice president: Frances
Christian 81, Louise Ragan 73 and Le-
noir Bowcn 61; secretary-treasurer:
Elderidge Ryman 210; senior represen-
tatives to Students' council: (4) Hallie
Beth Talley 162, Joe Aleo 148, Elliott
Flowers 140, Harper Black 121 and Lu-
cian Wilkins 99; and senior represen-
tatives to Honor council (4): Bill Cooke
214.
Sophomores cast their ballots for
1934 positions as follows: President,
Bill Francis 162 and Charles McCar-
thy 67; vice president, Leslie Thacker
102, Collier Cooke 81 and Dorothy
Quin 47; secretary-treasurer, Bill Fer-
guson 126 and Billy Masiorson 100;
junior representatives to Students'
council: (3), Knox Banner 186, Bowe
Hewitt 121, Irwin Morris 98, Beverly
Rudd 85, June Greer 77, Frances Hen-
derson 66 and Edwin McClanahan 66;
junior representatives to Honor coun-
cil (3), Ed Oppenheimer 158, John
Crooker 145, Earl Barnes 141, Audrey
Moody 109 and Elizabeth Lou Everett
105.
Freshman returns are as follows:
President, George BrLndley 106, Frank-
lin C. Jones 60, J. M. Frost 48; vice
president, Grafton Calhoun 98, Anne
Speed 59 and Mamie Dickson 56; sec-
retary-treasurer, W. C. Morris 108 anfl
Bill Lorimer 97; sophomore represen-
t&tive to Students' council (2), James
Lee 102, Clyde Hanks 88, Oscar Neu-
haus 76, Mary Ellen Bentley 55. George
Dawley 18 arid Charlotte Ilotan 41;
sophomore representatives to Honor
council (2), Trevor Gardner 142, Clifton
Hogge 134 and Emmie Craddock 117.
Literary
Societies
Elect Heads
Swimming, Dinner, Dancing
On Program For
Afternoon
The 1933 social calendar, excluding
the senior functions, will be brought
to a close Saturday afternoon and
evening at Sylvan beach when the
class of '36 entertains; with a picnic
and dance. Admission will be $1 per
person and all Rice students are urged
to take this last opportunity for re-
creation before entering the "home
stretch" of the second semester:
The program for the day includes
swimming from 3:30 until (i; a sump-
tuous chicken dinner at 6; and danc-
ing until 8:45. Louise Dickinson and
.•:] his Louisville Loons will offer the
Talley, Hutcheson and Dionne j^ics fojjjhe dancers.
Chosen Presidents Of j Tickets for the affair are now on
Three Grouns !SWe in sallyport. A book including
, P j admission at the Sylvan gate, swim-
ming, dinner, and dancing can be
bought for $1. Students wishing to
buy individual tickets may purchase
them for the following prices: admis-
sion 10c, swimming 25c, dinner 35c,
and dancing 40c.
The following students are handling
the ticket sale: Anton Hubly, Kath-
ryn Red Parker, Grafton Calhoun,
Eloise Al/shler, Mary Lou 'Moore,
Boyd, George Brindley,
and
It was (| dog's life for the candidates $
of the Rice Institute Engineering So- 1
ciety last Thursday morning. • |5
Clad in the rags of their profession, j |
a score or more of applicants for ad-
mission into the Engineering society
were on hand in the Sallyport early
Thursday. Each held a canine of om
kind or another (or maybe both) on
leash, and at the bidding of the mem-
bers of the society proceeded to pa-
rade the campus.
The climax came in the midst of a
general battle royal of the doggies,
when an aspiring slime was mistaken
for Stanley Moore's
Airedale.
eat by a huge
Hallie Beth Talley, Catherine Dionne
and Mary Hutcheson were elected as
heads of the three literary societies at
Rice this week. Miss Talley will serve
as president of the Owen Wister Lit-
erary society, Miss Dionne was selected
as president of the Elizabeth Baldwin
group, while Miss Hutcheson will be
the chief executive of the Pallas Athe-
nes club.
Other O. W. L. S. offices were filled
as follows: Madeline Freeman, vice
president; Frances Mandell, secretary;
Mary Hedrick, treasurer; Emily Tar-
rer, program chairman; Rbberta
Woods, activity chairman; Mary Louise
Blohm, parliamentarian; Harriet Mal-| minw^re "Fl
loy, publicity chairman; Margaret Bro- . l" lu
sius, historian; Billie Knight and! A SME Cliai 1*111 all
Eloise Abshier, sergeant-at-arms.
Tile alumni members were visitors at
the Owen Wister meeting, Mrs. Logan
and Ruth Campbell. Society members
are invited to a tea for senior club
Marjorio Boyd, George
Franklin Jones, Robert Jewett,
Oscar Neuhaus.
Class officers for the freshman are:
David Red. president; Marjorie Boyd,
vice-president; and Jimmy Lee, sec-
retary-treasurer.
Girls Pick
Six Officers
For Council
Stella McNair Will Become
President Of Group
Next Year
G. W, Showers was elected A, S. M.
E. chairman for next year at the reg-
ular meeting of the Rice Institute
members to be given today frof 4:30 to | student Branch of the American So-
of Mechanical Engineers , Mon-
Sentor Meeting To
Be Held Monday
An important meeting of the Senior
class Is called for Monday at 1 p. m.
in the Physics Amphitheatre, Alvln
Moody, president, announced.
:00 at the home of Miss Campbell, on
Robin Hood road, ,
The cabinet, to function under Miss
Dionne in the Elizabeth Baldwin group,
vice-president; Dorothy Daley, secre-
tary; Kate Ross Patton, treasurer: Ray
Watkin, member-at-Iarge; Mildred Ma-
lone, program chairman; Henrietta
Cargill, critic; Katherine Parker, tri-
bunal; Ella Campbell Myer, sergeant-
at-arms; Margaret Polk, reporter, and
Mamie Dickson, lord-keeper-of-scrapr.
The following seniors will be hon-
ored with a banquet at the Houston
club on May 16, at 7 p. m.: Louise Bry-
son, Edwina Weiss, Irma Fonville, Eula
Goss, Betty Suttle, Miriam McGary,
Virginia Vinson, Margaret Virginia
Crain and Aline Lucy,
Other Pallas Athene officials elected
Tuesday are:
Lyda Arnold, vice president; Dorothy
Quinn, secretary; Lenore Heyck, treas-
urer; Gertrude Manford and Elizabeth
Sullivan, sergeant-at-arms; Betty Rog-
ers, program chairman; Charlotte Ro-
tan, councilman-at-large; Emily Stal-
naker.
The annual banquet for the graduat-
ing members of the P. A. L. S. has
been tentatively set for June 1. Hor-
tense Born, a former member, was a
visitor a tthis week's session.
ciety
:da|
At'the same time, Mr. J H.
In an unusually quiet meeting, six j
members of the Woman's council for
1934 were elected Thursday in the!
Physics Amphitheatre. Irmn Fonville I
presided and kept everything under'
control throughout the session.
Stella McNeir, mas unanimously! Fl'wl
elected to her fourth year on the coun- j
cif and next year will bdebme president i
according to precedent, Madeline Free- '
man was the other senior rcpresenln- ' Fred
live to be elected. Despite some pr< - '< |(.(_tpd vesu'ein
dieted furore in the sophomore sec-i at ,),, , J,pp(,r
lion, Collier Cooke and Katheryn , r
"Kay" Pearson were re-elected by" a ! ""ld' " 1 ' 1"
big majority. The freshman girls m- ; ""'i?*1.'-'
Iccted Mildred Malone and Ora Clem- ■§!!",1
ens as their representatives . 1 -"re,-:■.■Howard, ynlyu
The officers of the .Woman's council j
will be elected next , year as well as'a : " v,
member at large and a 'freshman rm in- 1 ,
The iji'iiil
Students To Ballot oil New
Plan in Election
.Monday
Shall ti'r mmket Tax at Rice
Instil*!'!! reduce.-! |,q ;>S or
and niatte compulsory? This .is
I he question which will be,
m it ted to the .students Moudiiy.ln-
! a special general, election wh-J„
1 every student in school
! eligible to vote.
Two questions which will Ia>;
'askccl the students on II <* billies.
' are:
(1). Are you In favor of a rompvJ-
sory blanket tax, of $8.(10 to ,<• paid by
every student instead of ihe present
• optional blanket tax of $18.00 '
(2). If a compulsory blanket t j
should Ko i„to effect, do you want to
add It) cents to the 0" i<>, provide for.,
The Owl, making (lie tax $8.40?
The !'<■,.ijjrs c-.f: thin' e.letruyi, will nqf-.'
I>e bu! "vjH ilm:rely .show
,.i!tilu..ii.:. .the. siuderyl body. !f, how-
! '• vet, itfie :yKilt '>:Jji)v:orable to tins cortl-1
Im,i,r \ '. ,t -,vi!| serve as a petition
'<■ tlit. lit: 7:'n.isf,j.,'e,.s.'■ Officials vfefesjjt
lieve lb;/: I'll, ti.se students" show theyjV
i.i'e lieiii't'iiy in favor of the new plan,; ;
the .[.etitiwi, «;iil have c(i.uskl«j; t;i}«rS|i
sv(,-i(i|i(:■■wi;tK;/the hoard.
i h< i>,-nipnl.'irirv SH or tax ivoul4
;I..elude' everything whief> the preatJrtj:
M* fee , ci.i\'^rs! Tltis ^'includes achni.s-
' sa,rs 'iieall lipme 'athletic coiitests; sub-
enpUon to1 the campus publications.
he 'llu'esher. CurnpathU.. arid, Owl; the
ght to v.tte ii aii, and all eii;otion,ria ■
- r , .,'P«rf of it :a;|$o l!s
. ,g':.es lo >iippr,i;,t. the ■■ student government'
Alter Elected Presiffent. etjiapus, oriv.iiisaiioijs such as the.
At Supper Monday— iB-iiid, V-, .civupeil. EuK.i «er>ng
! Party Given ^ . "Il:
j;.:..',■■ ■ '■ :wl: 1 ■ (.h'i^ifKitoi-;- .of ./he i
Alter, of, San- Ai'vloni<>, wM ,f;
if' lhi IM--LW ' v.- UUU1' ',n 'll,!( lK th<
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Uoei-i it::;, viM e!,-ivy-II <.as- .lV.uiin-.-rS-!;' sli/Jvin, IOe
ViiK'e.l'it'; 'bdnJiithtie,;.' f!Cj|(.ji,ia;.,t '.-.ej.fii ififit
■', ; ::v; j 1 f'i„
(ill1 I'liti '-' "i|l!^ii'eei': Lvsli' ■ 11'
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I San Antonio. ■
j.de^t.'o't the f'.n
iitier at Sui ilet
I ni.iht
Alter, junior f.i
w. ■ eltcled prbsi
w Soui ty (Mt a niih
(i.ilvesfoii ''.Tutiid;;
Law Society
Chief Named"
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s i 'htrv d pric
tuiea.si <i
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sa
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Catoptl-
Miss Fonville also
plan
futur
announced a ni?w
tiiioiy; wa&ii'/'iyti.iie.'fftiij/ijlstj vv.heii. ihe >.,ix- j.i
Pound was chosen the new honorary: rotate among
chairman, and.S. H. Green was elected | ties,
of concession, arrangements .fw ■!?''" lh^ -l.-ev. wwyti. I,.:..; t
e May fetes. The prolan, \v.ll W ■'! ".vdi, h,
i? among the three'literary soeie-!
SltSi^lfu-,
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troiia^';
corn-'
those^
found'
Pre-Meds To Have
Party Saturday
The Rice Pre-Medlcal Society will
hold a bay party on May 13, includ-
ing swimming, followed by a chicken
supper at the summer home of Tryon
Robinson at Clifton. The Pre-Meds
plan to dance at Sylvan Beach after
supper. Final plans for the party were
adopted at the meeting on May 10, at
which time next year's offices were
selected.
Officers were' as follows: Scott Glo-
ver, president; Tryon Robinson, vice
president; Werner Hoefflich, secretary;
Henry Jacobs, treasurer and Clarence
Shult, councilman.
Last Bridge Of Year |
Held By Y.W.C.A.
The Rice Y.W.C.A.-finished its year
with a bridge party honoring the
seniors of the club on Tuesday, May 9.
Members of the new cabinet were in
charge. The party was at Autry
house. Adine Otto won high score
prize, and Sue Sellingsloh cut prize.
Others honored at the affair were:
Beloit Bruner, Helen Turner, Vera
Burdeaux, Madeline Simons, Evelyn
Bybee, Louise Walker, Ruth Provine,
Iris Bellows, Christine Atkinson, Eva
Newman, Constance Zlrbel, Nadyne
Zirbel, Margaret Gutierrez, Mary Ken-
nedy, ahd Willie Mae Chapman.
The last meeting of the year was
held at the home of Mrs. Harris Mas-
terson, Burlington and Alabama, on
May 4. The hostess served a spa-
ghetti supper.
secretary-treasurer,
Chairman Bill Sullender presided at
the meeting Monday, introducing the
two speakers, whose talks preceded
the election of officers for next year.
S. H. Green had as his subject
"Speed on Water"; he gave a history
of speed-boats from the time of the
sail-boat, a description of early de.
signs, and a detailed explanation of
modern construction, H. V. Brogdon
spoke on "Film Lubrication", begin-
ning with early experiments and
tracing on down to present-day
methods,
uiuu'ig vim uuee IUCI.IIV hocm*-. i i, ,.
because they must net specified! ^'f' oi
nts each eyar tor scholarships and "■
ISi
amounts each eyar tor scholarship
library donations. The P. A L. S.!
will handle the job next season, with ,
the O. W. L. S. and E. B. L. S. fol-
lowing in that order the
years, ,
The three other concessions will be
divided among the three societies and
the Rice Y. W. C, A. Following are
the concessions and their order of ro-
tation: Candy—O. W, L S.. E B. L
S„ Y. W. C. A., and P. A. L. S ; soda
water E. B. L. S.. Y. W. C. A . P. A.
L. S. and O. W. L. S.: and ice cream—
Y. W. C. A„ P. A. L, S. and E. B. L. S.
il?,.
dent,'.. .^e..ii|;:||,'H,ii:yii.ii,j:i.J(e. |
The . retirinf;:. officer.^; of; the soi-jety , '^'o'-it't '.'^.I.ti'Vie-': :X;': i
arc Ben Sewell, president, ilor.ry Hoi-i e-.'i-t-,/!«■!:( y(?.. ifi Jtljii-
'W'jlii
; t',
TI'M-"5i"" I
.. j.den, vi^'O; prcsidern; Jirn Beek-yi f,oif
suc.eeei trig ,-et.ary-ti'Oasurer: arid l<oy, Se,wi"ll, st-i:
Reant-at-arms.
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'■'.tilN.
RICE STUDENTS SIGN PETITION
FOR CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
By LEON BRESKY
fourteen Rice students have peti-
tioned the board of trustees "do their
utmost to favor the candidacy of the
Hon. Christophbr Columbus for the
junior senatorship of the prohibition
party in Mesopotamia in an election to
be held in 323 B. C."
about Columbus in it" and knew "that
it is just a catch."
That such a petition 'could, and even
might, do more harm than good" was
the reason advanced by six students
who would not sign the protest
Of the students who were approached
and asked to sign the petition, five d-
j.is wi^lijiii.' iiv,i?<)«?. -!'Hej,:,lo^cs .. '
i. 'l f Til'.' ,[;! oi t ^ M votod. O, wit ..I'd '■
HK. Jeff;' !i.'iff'"'ii, Avit'r I'O.tif ;:it.u atl ,'i -siiti-
|Sblli,tet.i'on bijvis'.;'
'I'lio ; t.iN w.ifl iiityc,■ i>r;i; i-j'i 1'1 no cf-
i feet bn . The • Thresher since it ■ already
j pritils 1350 i.'bpies . or over i.f each
'tissue.'' "
It will1 Ho necessary: to publish 1350
copies of The Campanile whereas only
! (i00 have been printed this year.
Should; the bow tax be adopted, nil
students in school will have the right
! to oloet student association, publica-
tion and class officers and to vote in
the May Fete elections. 'This would
: be the first titne .jn, the history of the
• school that all students have been able
I to express their opinions on import-
Pauline McDonald was crowned | Bnt questions
queen of the May Saturday afternoon '
Royalty Has
In G
May
Fete
Grecian Theme Is Featured-
Pauline McDonald Crowned
Queen
before a crowd of about 1500 Alden
Pasche ruled as king
A Grecian theme was carried out in
the court decoration, and in the cos-
This phrase was included in a wordy i ™'ltcd that they ere just "afraid to tumes 0f the participants. A Grecian
petition addressed to the board of trus-
tees of Rice Institute on the campus
last week as a student protest on the
requirement of the payment of a blan-
ket tax of sixteen dollars to partici-
pate in student elections and activi-
ties.
The assertion is often made that the
signers of a petition never read fur-
ther than the opening paragraph or two
and the inclusion of such a phrase in
the petition, near the end, was to see
just how true this is of Rice students.
Fifty Rice students were asked to
sign the petition, but only fourteen
actually signed the protest as the re-
maining thirty-six students had dif-
ferent reasons for refusing to sign.
Of the students who were approach-
ed and asked to sign the petition ad-
dressed to the board of trustees to "do
all that they can to change and to
modify the requirements for voting and
participating in student elections and
activities," only eight apparently read
the entire statement a* they refused to
sign because they "saw the funny thing
sign a petition addressed to the board
of trustees of Rice Institute."
Four members of the student body
said that while "we favor such a peti-
tion, there is no use to do anything
like that at Rice as it will have no
effect," while three other students who
were spoken to declared it best to
"wait until some other time."
An attitude of indifference was re-
vealed in the replies of two students
who "just don't care anything about
the blanket tax or anything else you
have to discuss."
Two students declared that they
would not sign such a petition because
of the results of the recent election
on the campus at which time a pro-
posed amendment i to modify the re-
quirements for participation in student
affairs was defeated.
That the payment of sixteen dollars
in a blanket tax as a requirement at
Rice for the privilege of voting and
participating in student activities is
justifiable was the opinion of two mem-
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temple served as a throne. The setting
was arranged by Harvin Moore and
Herman Lloyd.
Music was furnished by Mildred Mil-
ligan's harp ensemble. Pauline Lech-
enger. freshman, was featured nolosit,
Morris Patterson served as an-
nouncer, and Douglas Ragland was
trumpeter.
The queen wore a white satin gown
and carried a bouquet of white roses.
The princesses, Ruth Loughridge and
Virginia Vinson, wore light peach chif-
fon.
The procession was started by the
king, who entered alone. He was fol-
lowed by the freshman maids, who en-
tered two by two. They were Eloise
Abshier, Elizabeth Hall, Mary Crain,
Charlotte Rotan, Sara Stret, Virginia
Barnes and Mildred Malone. Mary
Lou Moore, freshman duchess and Da-
vid Red, duke, then entered. The
freshmen wore deep rose chiffon.
Next came th sopohmore procession
with Peggy Soule as duchess and Kemp
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DR. LEAR TALKS ON PUBLIC
LAW IN BARBARIAN CORES
Dr. F S. Lear, professor of history,
spoke on Public Law in the Barbarian
Codes, at the meeting! of the Histor-
ical Society Thursday evening at the,
Cohen house.
Dr. Lenr was the last of the faculty:
t,o speak at the monthly meetings.
The officers who were elected re-
cently were recognized by the society
at this last meeting. The officers are:
Dr. A. R. McKillop. professor of Eng-
lish, president: and Mr. Harvey John-'
son, instructor in Spanish, secretary.'
Juniors To Meet
Tuesday In Arnph
All members of the Junior class am
asked to attend a meeting In the Phys-
ics Amphitheatre at I p. m. Tuesday
to elect three representatives to the
Honor council.
Bill Cook was the only representa-
tive elected Monday in the general
class elections. The Junior class is
entitled to four representatives to the
Honor council.
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