The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, March 11, 1938 Page: 3 of 4
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JOB went because Betty would be
there.
Betty lived in the apartment down-
stairs under Sam and that was the rea-
son Joe knew her, Joe and Sam were
always together, was what Joe's
mother said.
Well, Joe liked her, at least he liked
to think of being near her. She was
tall, almost as tall as Joe, and slim.
She had long dark hair that fell all
around her shoulders; it was brushed
back from a smooth white forehead.
That was the way all her face was, and
all her arms and legs and back and
shoulders, smooth and white. Joe had
seen Betty once in a swimming suit at
•the Nat.
Before Joe had ever seen her, Sam
was describing her. Boy, she's built
like sweet heaven.
SO Joe went over to Sam's.
When he got there Sam Was by him-
self but he went downstairs after a
little while and Joe heard indistin-
guishable voices through {he floor.
Joe turned on the radio.
This was the kind of evening on
which you just take a chance. It may
turn out good or may be as boring as
a biology lecture. Joe frowned. He
of a philosopher. Ha
'those
evenings." He hated, though, to take
■a chance on wasting the evening, even
if there tuns nothing else to do.
wasn't much
V • M
realized that it would be one of
Why worry when you break your
fountain Pen or Pencil? Just take it
to the Fountain Pen Hospital, they re-
pair all makes. 601 Kress Bid#.,
F. 7918.
Out of each dollar earned,
the average man spends
> •
only 3c for life insurance.
STATE MUTUAL LIFE
ASSORANCE COMPANY
Of
Worcester, Massachusetts
Incorporated 1844
y came up with Sam.
She had just hesitated in the door-
way when she saw Joe and smiled.
Joe stood up, smiled, said hello, and
walked over to the radio. He fiddled
with it, finally left it as it had been,
came back and sat down. A few com-
monplace remarks and questions had
gone among the three.
Sum was sullen. He smoked a pipe.
Betty became garrulous and noisy
with relating indiscriminately, in-
stances from her day.
Joe tried and failed to feign insou-
ciance.
Organ Grinder Swing Invited them
to dance. Sam sat still: He didn't
dance much, doesn't like it.
Joe held her awkwardly. He was
becoming self - conscious now. As
she come closer to him his study of
her decreased and his constraint in-
creased. However he thought. She must
be pretty young. Maybe seventeen?
Eighteen?
His arm went nearly around her
waist.
THEY stopped dancing. It was a
moon-less, star-less night. Rain had
fallen duiing the day and there were
prospects for more tomorrow. Such a
night in South Texas is one for keep-
ing still, perhaps a drive or a couple
of hours in an air-conditioned neigh-
borhood theatre.
Sam brought in some ice cream from
the Ico-O-Later. It was Only half
frozen.
JOE had read in the paper of a dance
and party to be given at 8:00 by the
Civic Recreation Club at the Com-
munity Center on Laurel Drive. There
was to bo dancing, entertainment, and
refreshment. It was something to do.
'"Shall we go?" Joe said.
Betty left the division to Sam.
Sam didn't say yes or no.
The unrest, the indecision—young
hearts.
" "Joy comes, grief goes; we know not
how." We know not whether; nor
whence.
"I joy because the quails come;
would not joy could I bring quails here
when I have a mind—"
*
Billie Byers, candidate for prin-
cess in the coming May Fete.
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WOMEN OF AMERICA TELL HUS-
BANDS HOW TO KEEP WIVES
HAPPY IN NATIONAL SURVEY ON
WHAT DO 1HE WOMEN OF AMER-
ICA THINK ABOUT MONEY" AP-
PEARING TODAY IN THE LADIES'
HOME JOURNAL-WOMEN TELL
HOW MUCH MONEY THEY WANT
AND HOW THEY WANT TO SPEND
IT-TAKE STAND FOR HOUSE-
KEEPING ALLOWANCES-PROTEST
HUSBAND'S STINGINESS ON
CLOTHES-GIVE VERDICT ON IN-
STALLMENT BUYING.
Husbands who want to keep their
wives happy will give them housekeep-
ing allowances and refrain from nag-
ging at them about the money they
spend on their clothes, according to
the report of a nation-wide survey on
money published today in the Ladies'
Home Journal, the third of a series en-
titled, "What Do the Women of Amer-
ica Think."
, , . . . .. , . . } For while the women control 80 per
pu s.ve, not pleasant; it left one with-., of ^ mo; t jn m
out impression, with hardly a memory t()() stl„ have t0 a,k tfleu,
of it besides that it was probably! husband-s pormission to sptmd it. 88
pan s l. , ...... I per cent of them have protested vig-
Joe guessed tha Maria must UM Tliey want their own spend-
Mexican when almost immediately , t Twice as many womc.
they had met, she asked that someone
turn on a Mexican station.
Estacion X Ae Aira, la vosea de
fHEY wondered who was climbing
the stairs and who knocked on the
door. Maria came in when they
shouted, somewhat eagerly, "Come in!"
Joe didn't know her but Betty und!, , , .,
c j.j ol I- , . ,L , i • . i tremelv funny so thev went.
Sam did. She lived in the duplex two ,: : , r
, „ gj ii i j i i In the show they were four
doors off. She was a small, heavy, dark
girl with an undecided face, not re-
said the wife was more capable of
handling the family budget than the
, . ,, , ,, • . _. ., husband. Control of the family finances
Mexico en Vcnseula Mexico--, Static sh,^;, bc Urel in the wifcs hand
and interfere.,and they twist t*|t,wy sflK, „oweve,.( the f.iet lhat thc
uis ac . (husband still considers himself in par-
bam said We used to get Mexico\M js wvm|w, ^ ^
stations pretty clear, but not any mow. j „ ^ {.e|U of tha wives admit that
^ 'n ° ■ ,t I, , . the household spending is currently a
AM and Joe were in their shirt . pi;rlnt,,s^ afrair bt,twon husbaiu) al>4
wife. 48 per cent of the wives in
1 tB ,,,,
sleevrs. Joe's shirt was dark from
nerspiration. Sam hadn't danced. Betty
said, "Why don't you roll up your
sleeves, Joe?"
"You roll them up, Betty, please."
He was sitting beside her,
"Hold your arm still.'
She rolled them slowly into hard,
is tho major cause of financial
squabbles the survey shows. As eager
to maintain his unflagging devotion
after marriage as she was before, his
wife insists clothes are as important
after marriage as before. Food, house-
hold expenses, entertainment, liquor,
and auto expenses follow in the order
named as other major causes of finan-
cial disagreements.
Tl.e wide disparity in what women
feel they should have and what they
actually get, is reflected in the figures
on the money a young couple should
have before getting married. While
the majority feel that $30 is the mini-
mum on which two people should
marry, twenty-cyie per cent said $20.
fifty-seven per cent said $21 to $39, and
iwenty-two per cent said $40 or more.
The average income on which a
family of four could live comfortably
was considered to be $44 a week, al-
though the women in the $l,500-and-
over-a-year families were sure thar.
$54 should be the minimum.
In 19.16 about 6 billion dollars was
spent in America for installment pur-
chases. And about one dollar in every
Urn spent in the nation's department
stores is for an installment purchase.
What do the women of America think
of installment buying? 46 per cent ap-
prove of it, and 59 per cent do not con-
sider it a burden. 88 per cent believe
installment buying has made possible
their purchasing household equipment,
automobiles, and other things they
otherwise could not have possessed.
Saving money oh a systematic basis
is done by 40 per cent of the families
in this country, but women with in-
comes of more -than -$1;500 -a -y e a r
Stalin, Mussolini and Hitler i
them feel a little ashamed"
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(AGP)—U. ft. college
and university students should be
given a broad training for active par-
ticipating in a democracy, and not a
specialized training for work in gov-
ernment agencies.
This was the conclusion reached by
more than two-score college and uni-
versity presidents after a symposium
un civic education at the University of
Cincinnati recently. '■;
: Wllilill lisll
Providence, R. I.—(ACP)—Compre-
hensive inventories of seniors' intellec-
tual resources are the latest testing de- 1
vices for today's e.illege students. i
First to institute the examination is:
Brown University, whose Pies. Henry!
M. Wriston says that they will attempt j
to measure "what students know today
rather than what they have known -
what they have retained and have
available as current resources."
The tests will also measure what;
seniors have learned from extra-curri- j
eui.ir activities and from everyday so -1
cial and cultural contracts on and off
; the campus, Ordinary examinations
never weigh 'the thousand and one'
| other tilings that a normal person)
j rlpii'sj," outside the classroom, President,]
Wriston maintains
j",.' / 1 1' ' : ' ' |
Denver, Co|oit-(ACP)— Here's a new ;
j We sell ShcafTcr, Parker, Conklin,
Swan, Wahl-Kvci sharp and Waterman
j Pens and Pencils, Names engraved
, free. Fountain Pen Hospital, 601 Kress
Bldg. F. 7918,
.._t
one for your private book at
"tica; 11
Denver University co-eds have re-
quested university authorities to pro,
vide ehaperones for their fraternity
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LEHIGH 7977
HARRISON
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PROMPT SERVICE—QUALITY WORK
" p$e" Hsrrisan
4102 Main St. Houston, Texas
per cent ot the wives
America are actually given housekeep
ing allowances now. Of the unmarried i report a majority who systematically
girls, 94 per cent have issued an ulti- isave.
matum demanding an allowance. AI- ! The method used in obtaining this
though the average on which the wo- j cross section of the opinion, of Amer-
men interviewed got riiarried was 529 lea's S7,CK)0.0CK) women is the one which,
a week, some liaye married on as little! with amazing accuracy has foretold
thin rolls, up nearly to Joe s shoulders, j as $13. They answered a resounding j results on major elections of the past
He was watching her. He looked t "yes" to the question "would you do it few years. In cities, towns and rural
down at his hands when she turned; again?" i se/'tions. women, married and unmar-
her face to his. j The American husband's attitude to-j ritd. i'ich ; nd poor, were interviewee!
Sam wanted to know what Maria j ward, his wife's expenditure on' clothe.) j iti ct-Her tp measure their opinions as
would like 'to do for the'rest of the';iifigt the ' science 'of
eveh'ing. He told her about the dance — 1 i makes possible
at the Community tfifjiiii-nitisffiWif.,.;)". .te r.avi«i
Maria said, "What's at the Arcadia?"
statistics
pHESE Mexicans have g o t some
'Ibonias and College of St Catherine.
GALA COLLEGE DAY MARCH 13!
ALL RICE STUDENTS ARE INVITED
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
MAIN AT CLAY
'-*-"-"-77. ,, 7.' I:. ' '' 1 i*' i'|': -4 ' BW'-i'v; : j-1 t'.y i> I;.,•
nerve, Joe thought and then he • , - . . . ;■ i ; Out of ihe 5110 colleges and universi-
realir'ed the injustice of the generality | il'SW''^ ^ -artd Canada, 2(>8 offer
of his accusation. He looked at Sam. i N"v I-k University officials this either ndioi c-omses or extracurricular
••There's an idea. Where's ti.e paper?" |,t,cnUl lor ^dow-i instruct j„ns.
"We E. Brown in Wlien's meet pressm* i * « .,•
Birthday.'' IHnahcw1 '..needs., IVirri. /Coe, Seevei-s,, Drake-University
Maria thought Joe E Brown ex- * ' * t,Kn« moiosM.r, has had in her
The Unirerstiy of Minnesota, one of; clas.sis nine tainous writers and 15
„ ,, , , , thev were four Strang- • 'he laruest U. S. stale universities. Insl : numbers of the present Drake faculty
doors off. She was a small, heavy, dark ; ers ^ <,eparaled aS though they liad : V-ai -penl SIC.OOO.OIMI. , * ' . "
(parted to the four corners of the! * * * * . , Cijltiirjbia , University, students have
World. They might each he with Mr.' Temple University has established l|,l7 n" T'''."
Brown on the screen, but they were i ..r .. a l' ' '''lowing Robott Binke I-
certainly not with each other in the
third row from the back, center, where
thev sat; Maria, Sam. Betty, Joe.
AFTER the show they r.ushed back
together. Joe took Betty's hand
and they walked to the car.
Sam drove out Main Street.
,icw school of nursing with a five-year-^ | a sUlck.nl club mwtil
course. ■ it, . v.. .. : * *
.! TT ,r. . , Ann AVU)r, Mich. - (ACP)— Many U.
mm Wm?!• "fr'clals m S. c®a4i P deeply concerned ove-
competition among American col-
leger and universiites for students.
(a)—The Thresher is sponsoring the biggest contest
ever staged at Rice Institute—Yowsah!
(b)—The only requirement—scratch a name or two
——Simplep Eh?
(c)—Vduable Prizes Offered to the Lucky Winners!
(d)—Fillies' and Fellers' Divisions:
Watch The Thresher
NEXT WEEK .
for
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I Joe vaguelv wondered about thei, ^'11',''1^"'1' "r'e
.. . . , ... . . hies has sheen oneried at Ma
course in naval scienie and tactics
A shop in 'which students may spend
dfflmllil I 'theirT'hbb-5
in fronttbios has been opened --it Massachusetts :,,(.ntly.
"Its geting ;to, big business" the
Carnegie Foundation for the Advance-
ment * of Learning said in effect re-
InsMtute of Technology
Chiol 'c.uist said the Universitj of;
Michigan's Pres. Alexander G. Ruthven
fortnight aco. is that the nation's in-
pairing off that night. Maria
| with Sam, sitting quietly, exhibiting 1 '
I great interest in signs and cafes and ~ ' '
j people and trees and singing a phrase; The University of Delaware is now
from some popular song in a rich, offering -a year of study in Switzerland-! stitutio'ns bf higher education are seek-
throbby, torch-song voice. Betty, deep ,0 enable students to study the League jipf' to oulrio each other in academic
in the corner of the back seat with Joe iof Nations at tirsf hand. *" i and scientiiic fields where such Com-
therc, close. He couldn't have said * * « | P"ti1ion if not Warranted.
definitely, just hoW they had come to Approximately .100 teams from SI ."We Jo'not: neod departments . f for- •
states are entering thc debate tourney*?"-v V1' wl!eeC8' A f"W Mlch
separate that way. He supposed it had
been his instigation as much as any-, sponsored by St Paulfs College of St.
departments m schools operating near
one .s
They sang; one of them introducing
a, song and the others taking it up,
with the words if they knew them,
otherwise humming the tune. Oc-
casionally Joe repeated, tunelessly, a
few lines from the libretto of Trin! by
Jury. "For he is a judge and a gooci
judge too— "
rEY entered Pinewood.
Tink-a-tank, tink-a-tank.
The wide, winding, dark pavement
rolled toward them endlessly. Fai
back from the road were the palatial
homes. Betty imagined young girls
dressing luxuriously, a maid, rich per-
fume, expensive wraps. Sam thought
of the easy, full life of the sons of
millJaraires—a stable, Chris-Craft, a
powerful, low, black roadster. Maria
saw shelves of books, Latin classics.
Spanish fiction; and phonograph rec-
ords, Spanish and Mexican music, clan*-
sical and semi-classical. Joe reviewed
his old grudges against capitalism and
sneered.
Joe wasn't much of a philosopher.
Now they were out in the country.
The rood had straightened and Sant
was driving fast. A strong breeze blew
Betty's dark hair across Joe's face,
Joe t<*6k her hand,
,Young hearts, young heads, young
bodies.
A comely maiden, young, quick-mov-
ing, fair; ,.
Sat cm a stone and combed her shlnT
ing hair with a silver comb.
E felt her arm over his arm and
her slim leg against his leg. They
looked into each other's eyes.
IT
Fountain Pen Hospital repairs all
makes of Pens and Pcncils. 601 Kress
Bldg. F. 7918. !
i forest regions 1 would adequately cover
I iHt need The same applies to other
Maria said, "I promised mother I'd j studies." be maintains.
be home right after the show." They * * *
turned back. Lawicru-t\ K;m.v^-(.ACP)™-Stntc;r leg-
They passed cars parked, dark by , isl.itors controllers of funds that "sup-
the road and on side roads. I port state i< lieges and universities, are I
Betty smiled for Joe. j not often concerned with the subject-
Joe thought, "What's the matter withT^'"' t.niidit )h these institutions—but
me? I know what 1 want to do. Why -.let sbmoboJy whisper •communism.''
do I postpone it?" iin.i the n\estication is on
They were in thc city nearing Betty's
neighborhood. Joe's arm around het
held her hard tp him. He turned his
H
Most noted tor its red-herring career
before its legislature is Wisconsin's1
famid state university in Madison, i
face to her and she to him, breathing j However, latest university to grab the
faintly ftpon his neck He felt her soft glare' of legislative searchlights is the
bosom against him. r i University of Kansas, alma mater of
"Quick, quick, till maggots scamper! Republican All' M.' London's daughter,
through mv brain-- " j Pcg.cy
Warm-soft-soft-warm. j 1' :)!l started when Don Henry, a|
■■■■■■■ '. ■' vcung student, enlisted in the Loyalist ;
ER face raised to his, their mouths 'lrmv in sW.in'. was killed in action. At I
sought and found each other; | the tlrne of his death it Was reported
touched, parted, and touched again, he h.-id joined the Spanish forces be-;
Their lips together, they forgot the I cause of red doctrines taught him [
world for ton sweet seconds and Maria I while a student.
said, "Betty."*tell tny little brother, if'' Now the (State legislature has ap-'
he asks, that we were out tonight With ' propriated $7,500 to investigate these
softie gill friends of ours. You know-
how he is.'1
Joe cursed inwardly. 1
They stopped and both girls Were
out of the car immediately, waving and
calling good-bye.
Sam started the car to take Joe
home.
"Oh my (Betty), shallow-hearted."
Joe scowlcd. "Youngsters," he said,
AND that's just what happened that
night with Joe and Betty and if I
said any m«re happened beside the
joke that Sain told and thaL they once
Stopped for gas and that Joe didn't
sleep the first two hours he was in
hed after he left Sam and a few other
things that I don't remember why. I'd
be lying.
chat go*, causing faculty members and :
sHidtnts. to tirst lampoon the act, then
settle down to await the inquiry that is <
certain to do the name of thc univer-
sity little good, no matter what results
arc reported by the committee.
* * *
Washington. D. C:-(ACP) Dr. Ro-
•x-rt Mayt^ard Hutchins. voiithfu1 :
.president of the Uniyersitj- of Chicago
should t'e the next pftsident of the
United States. 1
At least that is the opinion of novel-
ist Sinclair Lewis, who said in a recent j
lecture here that the famed educator
is "the,, kind of man who could face j
' All makes repaired and sold, Points |
exchanged. Desk sets repaired, Fotin-'
tain Pen Hospital, 601 Kress Bldg.
TRY PRINCES FAMOUS
HAMBURGERS AND
BARBECUE
4509 Main
3021 San Jacinto
Main at Gray
6215 Harrisburg Blvd.
ICE SKATING
POLAR WAVE
ICE PALACE
UL'TCIUNS AT McGOWEN
Afternoons and Evenings
Mornings on
Saturdays and Holidays
!g| I
Phone
H-2101
FOR AN IN-BETWEEN-CLASS SNACK!
®hc (Sables 3!nrM
"Wliere Rice Students Meet"
,1100
Main
We Serve
Autry
House
KLEIN'S ICE CREAM
We Serve
the
Dorms
i-ji
SPECIAL DISP-lAY
No. A9 S 0
STANDARD , J1.00
CARBURETOR JI2 5
5TEMBITER . $125
IMPERIAL . $1.50
V7 Ol .'R dealer now
* has this hig as*or[.
mem of 1SMB ^'elli>-H,il«
styles — see it today.
Velio-Bole wu made to
convince smokers of
2'5-.5.6c pipes thai ihey
can gt-t niore pipc-
pleasitft- if thev buy thi-?
honey-cured hrtar lot !
We've imrcased pro-
duction N times bvtaase
so many men Mod Veilo-
Uole better. Starts sweet,
stays sweet. 500 stvles. 1
BOLE
lie U. J PAf. OM.
NON-STOP TO PALLAS
(Yeirput—Different—Roomy. Vo Extra purr!
Cheaper Than
Driving Your Car
2 other dully train* to Dnllns-
Ft, Hfortht I.v, Houston:
HUSTLER
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11 -30 P.M.
Smoothest on rails in thc South
\orlhl>oiiiitl
LV. HOUSTON 4:00 P, M.
Southbound
IV. DALLAS . 4:15 P. M.
Mnkr advnncp upi-rvntlon* for
Parlor Car wills.
C« htii'ftions nt On 11:1-. for
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City Ttckft Ofricf, 913 Trmii Ave.
Orand Central Statlnn. Waahinfflon Ave.
Phone CapHol 1131
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