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HOUSTON, TEXAS. FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1934
NO. 31
French Society
Members to Club
Initiation Exercises Are Held
At Cohen House
Tuesday
Pi Delta Phi honorary French society
initiated eight new members on Tues-
day afternoon at Cohen House. Alter
the ceremonies the club elected offi-
cers for the coming year. Mrs. £ H.
Kerr was elected president; Mrs. Hope
Mengden, vice-president; Miss Marga-
ret ESlkins, secretary; Miss Deborah
Goldofsky, treasurer.
The club decided to meet more fre-
quently during the coming year and to
give a banquet next fall. Mrs. E. M.
Armstrong, retiring president, presided.
Tea was poured by Mrs. E. H,* Kerr,
with Miss Edwina Weiss and Miss Em-
ily Stalnaker assisting.
The new members of Pi Delta Phi are
as follows, elected for high scholar-
ship in all subjects, especially in
French: Miss Ester Beman, Miss Edna
Leah Jacobs, Miss Willie Magee; Miss
Mildred McDavid, Miss Margaret El-
kins, Miss Deborah Goldofsky, Mrs. R.
N. Prosgate (honorary member), Mr.
Joseph Rose, Mr. Laurence Kellesber-
gar.
Cranmer Club to
Hear Bishop Qu in
At Last Meeting
apei
On Sunday morning May 6, Corpor-
ate Communion will be held at Palmer
Chapel for the Cranmer club. Break-
last will follow the service. That same
afternoon the club* and its friends will
be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Japhet at their home on Red Bluff.
The club will meet at two thirty at
the Autry house and go from there.
All "members of the club are urged to
attend both these meetings as there
will be only one more Cranmer club
meeting before final adjournment for
the year.
Bishop Clinton S. Quin will speak to
the Cranmer club May 13 at its final
session. He will also delievr the ser-
mon that morning at eleven o'clock at
Palmer Memorial.
Last Sunday Dr. M. A. Stewart -gave
the final talk in his series on Biology
and Religion." The theme of his lec-
ture was on "How the Law of Evolu-
tion May Be Applied to the Philoso-
phical Problem of Evil." After his talk
there Was open discussion on the sub-
ject about which many interesting
problems were raised.
Morris Patterson Elected
School's Head Yell Leader
Thirty-two Candidates Up for Various Offices; Race for
Treasurer of Student Association Has
Six Candidates
PALS Plan Party For
The Senior Members
Pallas Athene Literary Society held
its regular meeting on Tuesday, May 1.
The club discussed plans for the last
party of the year to be given in honor
of the seniors: Mary Hutcheson, Lyda
Arnold, Lenora Heych, Emelie Talli-
chet, Annie Louise Perlitz and Emily
Stalnaker. Final plans for the func-
tion will be announced later.
Emily Stalnaker invited all the mem-
bers of the P. A. L. S. to a swim-
ming party to' be given at the Hous-
ton Country Club at 2 p. m. on Satur-
day, May 12, and asked that the mem-
bers notify her of their acceptance
of the invitation at H.5162.
Mary Hutcheson announced that the
officers for next year will be elected
at the meeting next Tuesday and urged
all members to come.
M. S. U. Plans To
Hold Party On Bay
The Methodist Student Union held a
council meeting at the First Methodist
Church last Friday night. At the meet-
ing the decision was made that a bay
party would be held on June 2 at Camp
Ross Sterling.
Last Tuesday, May 1, the members
of the Union held a picnic at Hermann
Park, instead of having the usual de-
votional meeting at Autry House.
Morris Patterson has been elected
head yell leader by virtue of having
no competition in the student general
election to be held in the Sallyport
Monday between 8 a. m. and 1 p. m.
The incumbent, Doc Brindley, did
not stand for re-election.
All other toffices will be contested
by two or more candidates. Out of
the ten remaining positions, only four
were contested by two candidates.
Thirty-two candidates entered the va-
rious races.
lliose which have only two candi-
dates are as ofllows: vice president of
Student Association, Beverly Ruddand
Roberta Woods; councilman-at-large
to Student Association, Percy Arthur
and Holman Triplett; assistant busi-
ness manager of Campanile, Davis
Grant and Lawrence Boone; and as-
sistant editor of the Owl, Flo Mason
and John R. Cook.
Treasurer Race Hot
The race for treasurer of the Stu-
dent Association hap-.the most con-
testants. Six candidates have an-
nounced for that position. They are
Tom Jones, Joe Schelling, Leonard
Johnson, Evri B. Mendel, Frank S.
Turner and Ed McClanahan.
Four candidates had announced for
president of the Student Association
when the deadline was passed at 1 p.
m. Thursday. Those in the prexy race
are .Joe Lagow, Harry Journeay,
GeorgflT Allen ..and Knox Banner.
Publication Offices
Four candidates were also in the
race for assistant business manager of
the Owl. Nelson Sears, Joe A. ,New-
Colonial Tea Is
Planned To Fete
Seniors In YWCA
Group Will Have Charge of
Cold Drinks at May
Day Event
At 4 o'clock Thursday, May 10, at
the Autry House the Rice Y. W. C. A.
will give a Colonial tea honoring the
seniors of the club. In the receiving
linp will be Mrs. Eugene Blake, Doris
White, Esther Beman, Eppie Quicksall,
Alberta Black, Alberta Riesen, Mary
Jacqueline Oliphant, Mimi Knodel,
Blanche Taylor, Sybilla Stillman, Kath-
erine Horner and Sigrid Roos.
The main event of the evening will
be a play by members of the club di-
rected by Juanita Luck. The play will
be a skit from the life of George Wash-
ington in keeping with the idea of the
tea. Those taking part are: Margaret
Smith, Margaret Switzer, Margaret
Tufts, Dorothy Scarborough, Thelma
Dixon, Eleanor Smith, Sigrid Roos, Co-
ralie Eberspacher. Eleanor Smith will
give piano selections.
The Rice Y will be in charge of the
"soda water" sold at the May Fete
this coming Saturday and promise a
large supply of cold drinks for thirsty
throats.
ley, Jr., are in the race for that po-
sition.
The three remaining positions were
contested by three candidates. John
Costley, Almon C. Dobbs and Ted
Sears are running for assistant editor
of The Thresher; T. Paul Jones, Jim
Sawtelle and Clyde Hanks are candi-
dates for assistant business manager of
The Thresher; and Fred Much, Robert
Jewett and'Virginia Barnes are in the
race for assistant editor of the Cam-
panile.
Amendment Up For Vote
Students will be given the oppor-
tunity to pass on a new amendment
to the constitution of the Student As-
sociation which will make it possible
to amend the student charter by a fa-
vorable vote of three-fourths the bal-
lots turned in. Under the existing
ruling, a favorable vote of two-thirds
the members of the student association
is necessary to amend the constitution.
The amendment to be voted on by
the students is divided into two parts.
The second section makes it necessary
for the Student Council to post any
proposed new amendment to the con-
stitution on the bulletin bq$fd at least
ten days prior to the election in which
the amendment comes up for a vote.
Everybody Votes
Monday's election will be the first
general balloting under the compul-
sory blanket tax ruling enfranchising
the entire student body.
Run-offs in races in which no one
candidate receives a majority will be
held on May 14. Elections for class
Will be held on the same date.
j
Richard Adains
Represents Rice
At AIEE Meet
Political Hoax
Traced Down
By Warfield
A neat bit oi political maneuvering
was uncovered late TOmrsday morning
when Jack Warfield, Treasurer of the
Students' Association btecame suspici-
ous of a sudden insurge of petitions
for Student Council offices. Upon in-
vestigation Warfield fptwd his worst
fears confirmed. The pseudo-candi-
dates were totally unaware of their
political aspirations and were greatly
surprised that they were even nomi-
nated, whereupon, Warfield, assured
that a hoax was b#ng attempted,
promptly threw out the petitions in
question.
The unknown candidates, five in all,
had been nominated fpr President and
Vice-President of the Students' Asso-
ciation, and for Vice-Resident of the
Senior Class. '
Another strange point in the case
was the fact that thtj .petition of each
candidate had several i names dupli-
cated and each began iwith the same
group of names, headjSd by a well-
known Junior. '
Brothers |Stars
As Owllfeoseto
Texas
arriers
Johnson of
Ofm
d Wilson
Engineering Meeting Being
Held In Austin
Today
Richard Adams was selected to rep- |
resent Rice Institute at the Southwest (
District convention of the student j
American Institute of Electrical Engi- |
neers in Austin today. He will present
the paper on "Using Oscillograms to
Plot the Circle Diagram M an Induc-
tion Motor."
Dudley O'Fiel, the present chairman
of the group, and Mrs. J. S. Waters,
the faculty adviser, will also attend the
convention |rom Rice.
The Galveston beach party of the
Rice AIEE has'been scheduled for next
Saturday, May 12. All engineers in-
terested in attending the party are
asked to come to the regular student
meeting next Friday.
Give Up and Win
Those who have to act in a panic
have rarely the insight to realize that
in critical epochs a wise surrender is
the surest road to victory.
—Harold J. Laski.
" Yonder ComesProfwith Books
On His Back" Is New Version
St. Paul, (Sp). — In the annals of
famous sayings, the following has often
been quoted:
"For East is East, and West is West,
And never the twain shall meet."
Years ago, when the East was as far
from the West and as incapable of
ever coming together as the similarly
charge poles of a magnet, this old say-
ing was very true, But today the sun
practically rises and sets in the same
direction.
Lately, however, the well known
straw which won fame for itself by
breaking the camel's back has again
made its sting felt. One sunny morn-
ing, what should grace the horizon but
the classical professor, carrying a bag
of books upon his back! This was
strange, because hitherto, although
straps, portfolios, and pockets had
been utilized for carrying books, never
before had a bag been introduced Into
the campus peculiarities! But this bag
was not an ordinary bag but a rem-
nant of the cultured East, where stu-
dents carry so many books to class
that either a bag or a small pushcart
is needed for their transportation.
The odd mode of transporting books
is called the "Harvard Bag" and is
capable of holding approximately
twenty tonies. Its conspicuousness is
lessened by the fact that its color is
a dark green. Around the gaping
mouth of the sack, a belt., resembling
a brake band, is affixed, and when all
is in the readiness and the mouth ac-
tually ^rfiut by gigantic efforts, the ef-
fect is really quite antagonistic to
Midwestern inter-college book com-
merce.
Upon closer examination into thfc
subject, the owner of this monstrosity—
this magician's bag—admitted that the
use of it is quite common at Harvard,
that the cost of the sack was about
(1.00 or $1.50, and that it wns certain-
ly a life-saver to one having many
books which htf-must necessarily take
to class.
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lexas U'niversity-s^JBohgh^ speed
iters last Saturday a Rice field ran
roughshod to gain a v, ctory over Rice,
76Vi to 4614, in spite 'of the fact that
several of the Longhorn track stars
were competing in the Drake relays.
Although Texas won the meet, the
outstanding mark of the day was made
by a Rice star as "Smokey" Brothers
breezed through his 440-yard dash in
48.5 seconds, bettering the conference
record of 48.8 seconds Brothers was
never pushed, and most observers be-
lieve that he could have made even
faster tune.
Brothers' time, foreshadowed a great
race for the conference championship
with Cox of Texas, who Saturday was
representing his school in the Drake
races Cox has also run the quarter
in 48.5 seconds this year. Brothers also
contributed materially to Rice victories
in both the 440-yard sprint relay and
the mile relay.
Gruneisen, Texas sprint star, rolled
up high point honors for the meet with
15 points. He won both the century
•nd 220-yard dashes and the broad
jump. ^
Official Ballot
STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION OF RICE INSTITUTE
GENERAL ELECTION MAY 7, 1934
PRESIDENT STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION
JOE LAGOW
HARRY JOURNEAY
GEORGE ALLEN
KNOX BANNER
VICE-PRESIDENT STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION
BEVERLY RUDD
ROBERTA WOODS
TREASURER STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION
TOM JONES
ED McCLANAJBAN
LEONARD JOHNSON
EVRI B. MENDEL
FRANK S. TURNER
JOE SCHELLING
COUNCILMAN-AT-LARGE TO STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION
PERCY ARTHUR
HOLMAN TRIPLETT
Festival Will Be
Held On Campus
Tomorrow at 4:30
in
HEAD YELL LEADER
MORRIS PATTERSON
THRESHER, ASSISTANT EDITOR
JOHN COSTLEY
ALMON DOBBS
TED SEARS
THRESHER. ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER
T. PAUL JONES
JIM SAWTELLE
CLYDE HANKS
CAMPANILE ASSISTANT EDITOR
FRED MUCH
ROBERT JEWETT
VIRGINIA BARNES
CAMPANILE ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER
DAVIS GRANT
LAWREN,CE BOONE
OWL, ASSISTANT EDITOR
FLO MASON
;* JOHN R. COOK
OWL. ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER
NELSON SEARS
JOE A. NEWSOME
GERALD BRANUM
ARTHUR EPLEY. JR.
AMENDMENT
(Strike Out If Not Desired)
Art. XI, Sec. 1. An amendment to the Constitution of the Stu-
dents' Association may be made by n three-fourth majority of total
votes cast.
Sec. 2. Said amendment must be pia;ced on bulletin board at
least 10 days prior to vote.
Spanish Garden This Year To
Be Setting for Spring
Celebration
According to an announcement by
Madeline Freeman, the annual Rice
May Fete will be held on the campus
tomorrow at 4:30, The student body
elected Lenoir Bowen queen, and the
Woman's Council appointed Dick La Ki-
te r bach king. <
Music for the affair will be furn-
ished by Alvino Torres and his string
ensemble. Several dancers will be1 pre-
sented by the Hal lie J?riJ,ehard School
; of dancing.
1 The crown bearer will be Charles
Edward Nicholas, four-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Nicholas The
flower girls will be Caroline Kooten,
daughter of Mr and Mrs C. E Hoo-
ten, and Catherine Crookston daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. R H Crouton
Mordine Mummert ami "Bo / H;>H ,
Will be the jesters
I The setting of the May Fete .vil! U
, a Spanish garden. The queor: ,.i.d
I flower girls will .wear white ,t.a j. r •
;cesses will wear peach, fteH'Sr-r > i' wj'i.t
I wear Turquoise. y.e'ilow.
' sophomores. Kreon. '-a±i<3 .• freshuwn,
jjCoral..1'",'The dresses'; wit.; ■ ai! bp- made
| of silk :organdy O); ae sole:
! the im|iV will;Wa);: white" i'ino'n '.suits,
The queen's iioiujutt wiii.' be ,or-
| chids and Ki'ia T,ey roses. and -.he
, princesses;;' duchesses, and nia'ide will
I < aq*y ,- at m 'bntujuets oi ' roses.
Ranking Girl Net
ayers to Get
««-Racquet?
Weiser Named Prexy Engineers Plan to
By Phi Beta Kappas Give Dog His Day
Spanish Club Plans
Bay Party For May 12
<•* * ,
According to an announcement made
by Constance Worsley, president of
the Spanish Club, the bay party will
take place May 12, at Camp Sterling.
There is to be no charge, and every-
one is invited.
At the regular meeting Wednesday
night at Autry House, a musical pro-
gram was presented. There were sev-
eral violin solos by Margaret Elklna
and by Mr. Brogers. Miss Elkinsi was
accompanied by Ruth Pilkenton, and
Mr. Brogers by Tom Polk Miller.
Anna Baldimente, assisted at the piano
by Consuelo Gonzales, rendered sev-
eral vocal solos.
Workshop Play Is
Presented Thursday
The Dramatic Club presented an-
other of its workshop plays Thursday
night at Autry House. The play,
Undertones, by Daisy Sheridan, a
Houstonian, was put on by the follow,
ing cast: Juanita Luck, Mrs. Ormond;
Helen Bell is Nina Grayson; Zella
Keeper as the Maid.
Further Plans Wre made "tor the
main production to be staged May 9.
The cast for the play will include
Jane Cannafax, Billie Knight, Eldt'idge
Ryman, Lavonne Dickinsheets, Len
Scott, David Red, Jimmy Thomas, Ann
Dohoney, and Joan Wilson.
A one-act play directed by Helen
Bell was presented at the meeting.
At a, meeting of the Rice chapter of
Phi Beta Kappa on April '26, Dean
Harry B. Weiser was elected president
to serve during 1934-?5.
Other officers elected are; Floyd. S.
Lear, vice-president: .Hubert E. Bray,
secretary; George H. Richter, treas-
urer; S. G. McCann, J, T. McCants and
H, A. Wilson, members-at - large.
R. A. Tsanoff. chairman of the nomi-
nating committee; submitted the ballot
which was accepted unanimously
This ,'i,minu ..Wednesday j.v'';>:(-VDojJ
Day" foi the uninitiated tneiribin's; of
the 'Engineering- -Society. They vHll
meet at the Sallyport ih the moriiisig
at fifteen ^minutes of eight and every-
one must be in Overalls. Upperclnss-
tnen as .well as freshmen are among
the unitiated, so do not be amazed if
.yon see some juniors or a: senior minus
the proverbial dignity
NotefrSzviss Author Plans
To If'rife About Institute
In New Book in Esperanto
Joseph R. Scherer of Geneva, Switz-
erland, internationally known world
traveler, writer and Esperantist. who
visited Friday the opening meeting of
the Rice Esperantists, will write about
The Rice Institute in his new book,
"Universitatoj Amerikaj," u treatise on
the American educational system.
The book is to be written from an
international point of view and pub-
lished in the Esperanto language.
In a four-hour interview Saturday
morning with Charles M. Sanders, Wil-
liam H. Lockhart, and J. Frarik Sum-
mers, Esperantists and students of the
Rice Institute. Mr. Scherer took notes
on the points of interest and import-
ance of the Rice Institute. When he
was given a copy of the engineering
show issue of the Rice Thresher, he
•aid that in Switzerland he had lyjard
about the engineering courses of the
Rice Institute. Mr. Scherer also in-
terviewed Mr. S. G. McCann, and Mr.
J. D. Thomas of the Rice faculty.
The world traveler is touring Amer-r
ica by motor with a modemly equipped
trailer house, which he colled his "roll-
ing home." His motor tour provides
the theme of another of his books about
America, "Touring America in a Roll-
ing Home," which also is to be. pub-
lished in Esperanto.
Mr, Scherer is-a .special, delegate of
the International Central Committee of
the Esperanto Movementj Geneva, and
a staff correspondent for the Hcroldo
do Esperanto, newspaper written en-
tirely in the Esperanto Language, pub-
lishedi n Koln Germany.
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A special course for beginners .of the
Esperanto language which is to con-
tinue during the summer vacation Is
to be offered free of charge by Espe-
rantists of The Rice Institute. Prelim-
inary instructions and general infor-
mation about the Esperanto course sre
to bo given at the open meeting of
the Houston Esperanto Club at. the
Houston Public Library Friday at *:30
p m, '
Charles M. Sanders, student director
of the Esperanto Club, and William H.
Lockhart are to direct the course for
beginners. This course will be a part
of the general instruction program su-
pervised by Mr. K. H, Adams, graduate
of the Rice Institute and instructor of
language in the Houston public schools.
Kathryn Pearson To Give
Annual Senior
Party
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Katheryn Pearson and Frances Hcyek
i represented Rice in the singles, and
| defeated both ot their adct'tsaries .n
i easy sets. Rice .d'oubles icams w> :o
j represented by I* >ii* Dawson and Kp-:
pie Quicksall. who wore defeated after
playing a briHiant match. 'MLv Kno-
i.dlfj; announced . that iho Houston club
' deserved another match with Rice
tfirls. but as yet it is undecided who
the Rice representatives shall he
ineer Society
To Hold Final Meet
Officers for next year will be elected
at the final banquet of the Engineering
Society next Wednesday r.ight, May 9
Dr J. V Pennington will be the guest
•speaker at the banquet.
I All Engineers that are to be .initiated.;:'
! this year are ordered to1 attend' classes
Wednesday dressed in overalls and es-
corting a live dog,
Petitions for Co-Op
Manager Due Monday
Monday , :i,s 'the last djiy fof;
.sWidents to ftlo: thoir applications
for a manager of the CJo-iip .ic-
cording to ai'i announcement
from the office. John Band,
this year manager, will not re-
turn to school next sen-ester
leaving a vacancy.
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