The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, March 24, 1939 Page: 4 of 4
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Contestants To Meet
And Start Play 1
AtOnce
Gilbert Hermance, ; instructor in
Physical Education, Thursday after-
noon disclosed plans for intramural
competition in tennis and playground
baseball this spring.
Under a ntw administrative policy
devised to reduce forfeits and delays
to a minimum, players will report
at a previously announced place and
time ready to play,
Contestants in intramural tennis
will report Saturday, April 1, on the
btiy>' courts at p. m., with uniform
' and racquets. N'o previous notifica-
tion; of intention to play is necessary,
uatt the fir-t'round will be played at
that tune.
'KxiwHing a great deal of interest
in. sot'thail, Hernia nee will provide
four or five diamonds for a maximum
uf ten teams. Students Intel ested in
•jday ground baseball are asked to
itfcn team organization at once with
ten to . twelve players per team. All
.-•.Iliad's will report at the field house
Mi iSaUu'day,'April 15,'itt U p. 111,with
captain-. and iiltffiagvrs appointed
.. iFiiKfit: lound will begin that after-
noon. . |j 1 , ' ■ ' :
11! i'li^Wsjng tho new policy, Her-
aianc'v explained how ' intra murals
}..v>( neiated uiltler the increase
of individual vo!unteei- participation
i! ,"ieati'i' activities since ISIIU.
have been usinif field house
1m dir.e- ! • Mfih an esteiit without
""•iriiitt.; t hut "fiuiaU have I teen re-
jkjc.witfj: 'ptn'h . iiitramu rals. without
.ii\r'0\^.iv;i,eiiliipi)iei4t ' and . . spacij. .'The
, , j, . i . . '|iivy - iciil education have
i>i!'->•"< ivluuuiiU.v" i .--ty-,
de'nt.s:".; ;; . . ,;
IlicreaVvji ii'.U'n-ri .ill ail. sports,
ii.o'A >",vr. lia;-: •'.uisi'd ll... cxleilsioii
>! f.ieiliiii"-• iiin.injv them the sur-
fw nig ,->f ,woi all ui-aihi".' tennis
.■ ■■■'.: i I iii,<j iiie Vc«)dinK.' f a ;gruat ileal
n #f ^•fl'-Nill- eompeti-
1. • i;. >.Iv. ll.ri'liiaiH'e ifi expecting a
'-..icis •.•viva) il. int.raniurnls that will
■ irpas 'l.iii' rnteivit in ffilWj
u 1 i!' I.a-li'r'tliall !. ;im.- AO'iT play v
it .• i • '.' ulai'l v ill -i ha kethall ica^ncs
Ijffi t'ii-1<i house;.
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ALVAREZ WINS
IMIIZE IN MEET
WITH A. AND M.
.i-.iiit iftjcefei; i',.'twerii the Kice
ami M. Iiiaiti'liv - t)f tin- Am'cr-
.'C,at'M|
W lien'. Chn.-tian Assoriai.ion. T
irh'.j.ir',- opened with a ilitmei ili the
Uaixpicc hilll. • • .
I; Itar, Sellio. rl.ectrical eii-
n> e! i!!f student 3t A. and .M. Col-
:.'jve '.'>on nrsl prize '.villi a techtiii'al
jj).jlp,VT i';it it! :• I >|le'ra tion oi Inde-
pendent Ti'M' -t'orniei s in Scries";
VV.illi'atl'i A'i.vajjfc, -i-r.ior electrieal en-
■ ''is.' -t11■.I<• rn. «: Kice Institute,
•xvtf '-"id ft ize wit a ' ti.-chliical
'■ 1 ■ 111.*;t "Voittige Sul lies ill
' ; jini-A.": :■ I'mw'S ^were
mmi de.j >'• s :'ir*t a[l • <-c..md l>i §|
.■e ■ jjeetiveiy.
■V !ol;il attv-iidltlice i of .1 ljt.nlt iS(>"V-
,. •iy.five in'rwftn.s Consisted of inein-
!•■■ :, ,,f each -Udeii'i. iii ,•inch and iiwiii-
in-; - nf 1:li.<- l.'oii«tiiii '!'in ot the
I (ii.-.titjii.e.: h ' pi ■ ji-fe f !;r|
WOMEN'S GROUP
TO HOLD MEET
HERE APRIL 21
..... pjj|if««f,|S!F'1'}i!\vi':,st'':'' ' the
''i tiufflte 'VVsHtj't <,['h|/||ffiL|h A.sK<>vift«:
|Mf'iffli}I|h| .'invitation. o'f
-fiiee' 'WMMW' Iw" hold'. tli't'i. -South;-
".i'e:.t Ki '.as, t 'onTerence ! in I'l'mston'
vl>eti'iil<?e:|'lprtisi''-'
dent of the I;ice branch, announced
■'t.'.ivi.' .■ -!1 ■ ;'''
A )i|«'«*:imiiti!ily ': tliree-hnndreil, lii'U
■■fSti't.1.1,!}', t'i> the; ciorivjintiiiti are: expected,
with hi main ' vents of tic week-end
ft;i|iw| i i;ip,.-niti|i' l:ii.in<:|tiet. at tHe
dovviitoWii hiiiiiiinj.fi tin; trip to camp
t'a.sa I'ei M;ir Saturday, and clo-dnu
speech I'iy Mil',' Wisl'berl. Kinu'.
fj ijiijmHU!«#' atniijinnced by .Miss
Kvie Molt, chair-
: ni;an,i fs'ntJi^ie' ].Mye;rs. Anadine 1 Hock,
ol d I.aRiie Thompson; han.piet, Kli/.-
, ..■!>, Steele; camp, liuth Stevenson;
puhlicily,' Mildred K'nerspechor; , retr-
tt'Ktujn, Helen SnIlivsiti ami lluth
Minion.
;
The Middle American Research fn-
stitute of Tulatie t.'nivwsity is con-
dufUntr a i'ttnipaig.p ,fi>r fdnds tH\I'e-
"'procluw ■ ijiiil1' the Ttjlane campus the
Kieat Maya pyramid in Mexico1,
Rice, too, hit* its quadruplets now.
Their birth Tuesday came us an over-
whelming blow to junior pro-medical
! students.
;'''T^iV:| i,ii:tliL'r. nf 'the !|||pffi Kb.v, is
jdoinir well.
i Kby is the ^oil-child of Eby Nell
JlcElrath, candidute for u degree of
doctor of philosophy and; assistant in
■.•heniistry 1)00 lab.
The pre-meds named Eby that be-
muse they arc going to extier|meniJ
on her this week, and they hoped that
! she would die as revenge on Eby,
the lab assistant, who is really
very nice but, nevertheless crumps
their style in chemistry lab.
That's why the quadruplets were
such a tremendous blow. There
now five Khys instead of one. i :
Eby is a rabbit.
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FORMAL PHI
BETA KAPPA
RITES HELD
T H E ' "T BfB' E S H'E 8
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Formal initiation of nine new mem-
hers of the liice chapter of Phi Beta
Kappa, highest iiiltional honorary s< ;
ciety, was held March 10 in the
Ejiculty (,'haml.cr of the Adntinis-
li-atioti Huilding. ; ^ ;
The Meich contim;ent, announced
last Friday by Dr. Claude \V. Heaps,
!>ecict:iiy of tht" chapter, is coiflpyscd
|o'i'," Fr'atices ' (,'amphell Hoiinei', Mary I;
JAniie Denmaii. Rita t'laire (,i^y:; Mar:-;;j.
I^aiet.lean .Ivdmsoii, Floy King, lleti-
,vy Madison Morris, ('lore Keisling
HollijMirii. AI mill tiueschel Wilson,
aiid Until .Miriam W.isenbei'K.
IVi: |>ei cent of the Kice graduating:
class is ehosen to the honoraiy oi> ■
: can:/,.i■ i-.'ii. An . < Iclol ei ciilitindent of1
tell menibei's,. and the Alitich cuntin-'
Cent ■ll' nine will |>| ol,;iMy lie "t'ollowejl
|Bi£f||| .''eiei'.fioii.' ol';., two'.mere niem-
bei's m June to . !,.• initi.-iti o utter.
I'l.on rcel.ee llH'il'
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EMMETT BRU.VSON la still leav
ing the small time meets And
loose cinders Texas University.
Last Saturday afternoon proved
something or other, when the Long-
horns lost their star performer while
sweeping the Southwestern Exposi-
tion meet; at Fort Worth in the face
of such stern opposition us Baylor,
Texas Christian, Tulsa University;
Southern Methodist, etc, Tulsa und
the Mustangs had u rather hard af-
ternoon arid fulled to score a single
point between them.
Hoyee Gatewood, the Steer's most
promising track performer, and only
opposition in the Southwest for Fred
Wolcott, pulled up lame in a special
100 meter race over what Stock
are!Show officials in Cowtown call a cin-
der.track.
As a result Wolcott will get little
enjoyment out of the forthcoming
Texas Relays, and Gatewood still
less.
THE OWL track team will present
a counter attraction to Cecil
0ring's liaseballers Saturday at Rice
Field, with Wolcott, Anderson, Blagg,
Turney, Moser, Sanders, Parker,
Stpakley; Bell,, Taylor, Flowler,' and
denies performing between events of
tlie annual San Jacinth Relays.
Tins schedule t'oV Brunson's men
I follows:
120 hi«h hurdles 2:25
TH THE conference meet only
six weeks away, ten candidates
for the Owl golf squad have begun
the 72-hole rounds of medal play that
will determine ranking for the com-
ing season. The meet will be held In
Houston this season over the Brae
Burn Course, May 11-12.
The qualifying period extends
through March 26, when members
will be ranked according to their tot-
als, Throughout the remainder of the
Tufts College Geology
III Amphitheater
Dr. Alfred Church Lune, professor
of geology at Tufts College, Mass-
achusetts, will lecture next Friday
in the Physics Amphitheater under
the auspices of the Rice branch of
Sigma XI, mitiunal honorary science
association, according to l)r. lleorge
11. Ricliter, secretary.
Dr. Lane, who received his bache-
lor's, master's and doctor's degrees
season any squad member may chal-1 fl,on) Harvard University, is a mum
lenge the man directly above him and her of Phi Beta Kappa, and has been
assume that pluyer's position if ablest member of the faculties of both
to defeat him.
Harvard and Tufts.
HHO yard relay
100 Vard dash
l td vnrd rela>
Mile rela>
2:50 .
3:10
3:35
4:15
MEMBERS ARE
INITIATED BY
TAU BETA PI
Those competing for places on the) He js a member of the Canadian
playing squad are co-captains Institute of Mining and Metallurgy,
Letscher and Joe Finger, Ed Soanian, b'morary nicmbcr of the Geological
FriU, Kenneth Arthur, Harry Criss-;Spc-ioty ol Belgium, head of the mtn-
man, Henry Gardiner, Hlackie Smith, ^■""'tment oi the University ol
Billy Burns, and Pete Schley. W*#. 1111(1 ex-president of
The spring schedule, announced by * Amencan Geological So^jety.
Letscher includes trips to Austin and During his instructorship at lufts,
Baton Rouge to compete against pow-' Lahe was forced to resign from
erful Texas and Louisiana State Unl- ® iaculty tor refusing to sigh the
versity squads. The complete sched- teacher s oath. Later, he was rtvad-
uie| March 27 Texas Tech at Hons- mittwl t0" the faculty, and is at pres-
to.i; April 11 Texas A. and M. at prgessor of geology.
Houston; April 14 Texas at Austin;
j\pril 21 Louisiana State, at Baton
Rouge; May 9 Southern Methodist at
Houston; May 11 and 12 Conference
meet at Houston.
|i;C:: ;
Dr. Lane's subject will be "Does
Mother Earth Show Her Age?" the
lecture will be open to the public.
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TRIPS TO NEW
YORK OFFERED
I:,-titir..'. e| Electrical F.nginecrs
hejfl W .-iliio-ihiy ;at, tho Young
1 ; "Scvvii '. il |Sl nienib.-i s initiated
||ip .tlie !,.. jidgi.ni^ipliytes, :. prospect1-'
3|:i|{ Uiec cliaptei of the , iiational1 h'on-
;orar.v enuineerilit; association, Tall
;! Beta Pi, .Friday nijaht in the Senior
; < .loiiiiiioiis, Unp to' ,io.Hcph
|eiif '.Jr.,:clu|irmaii of the initiation cum-
fwiiiH'lliSl:. f sll'i
Tile new uiembers are .1. M. Clark;
ESSAY WINNERS ! Charles I (odd, tiladyes M. Nilgai,
.Charle- Xatlinn, Norman Ncwsome,
Willi the cooperation of outstand- ''• ^'er, and lom White. All
inj;' leader.- in our national life, New -1"' juniors, (lark is a civil engineer,
York City alumnae groups of the j W "lbcr six are chemical engineers,
twenty -three national woiem's fra-! The Enginedphytes will be granted
ternitics itniioiinced an esstiy contest j their charter in the national group
j'devoted ti ;i consideration of Anieri-,] in March);:/!'I40, ..after having filnc-
ca's so-called "four J'reedoins," in; tinned successfully for two years as
fait colleges' and universities of the|a « apjiretitice .organizntioH according
country, according to information re-j'to the coiii-litution of the national so-
ceiveii I'roiiv Miss Sophie P. Woodman,.[iciety. Professor Jcisicph H. Poiind is!
chairman of the".T'rateriiity Women's J faculty s|)onsoi:; and John Cfl Mai'tiil,
Committee lor ith'tf New York World's j senior mechanical i".iuineer. is presi-
l-tiir t del.lt'..
Continued From
Page One
Club. Alone is majoring in history,
and Catherine in English,
Elizabeth Potter and Robyn Moti-
crief iwere chosen jesters of the Pete
by the women's. Council. Koui Duch-
esses will be elected Monday, and1
thirty-two:princi'sses: April 3. A plur-
ality vote is decisive. ;Petitioi)s |Mi
the . position's must ',be presented to
the (-ouncil by I p. in. on the Friday
preceding the elections.
Continued From
Page One
aiiemont; 'Siyllii Swartz, properties;;
Gilsou Smith, lights;Dorothy:1 Pike,
ihake-up; and 111 Mowery, house
management,
Continued From
page One
cuy.'/.uy wudden rea seave so shul
ostra si/, iiuiini af.z squee lurs. Buttif
u astoin ay wud suy it wuzzal rite
ferro ther peo pill to teildi) peo pul,
Soil' so meb il dy elz iliditda.v wudn't
ostra sizim; buttay don't rea lies
zat iffay ilidijt hoV o di wud ostra siss
them, ' ' ' '• ' .v. ■
Two-thirds1 of
Vermont's v
communities arc represented in the
University of Vermont, student body.
5
More , than ! two-thousand people
danced " at' the1 .Cornell University
junior proiii.
:„Of SM! t.Jniversily of Oklahoma eo-
''•tii'VlJ! 1 I'; '. i "■ i ;.
eds answering a ijUi^tionnaii-e, .'11;!
checked "to make friends" as the
^otison for coming to College.
Melvin DeutHoh, tall fireball burler
from the University of Toxa*. atep
pad into baseball's hall of fame Tues
day when he pitched a perfect same
against the; Bice Owls.
He was given flawless support by
his matus, and let only three men
reach base, svalking two and hitting
:>ne.
Meunwhiie Texas was taking ad-
vantage of six Rice errors to score
single runs in the fourth and sixth
innings, and then push over six tal-
lies in the seventh,
Monday the Owds were hitting bet-
ter, but again a big inniiig enabled
the Lwghorns to sew up the contest,
8-«, - j
Mitchell w'us driven fro in the
thnuiul in tho fourth when seven
Testis runs crossed the plate.
After that," little "Jelly" Hiogel
worked cooly to let the Longhorns
down with one bit and no runs for
he last five innings.
FRIDAY. MARCH to Vm
■nilmilIfmiiiii^i;pi|Iipi)wiiijii^ipiiiiwiiIIijniiniiiim. *<•' '.'mm
The Drake Univertlty music de-
partment has been given two hundred
orchestral arrangements.
Indiana University is assisting la
the codification of all of the Hoosier
state's blue laws.
of the
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! fjiforfiiaiioii : on the li'ssay contest;
' iv,ay fit'', iiolittliiiei'l' fmni the . office' of
this paper or ffuin the comniittecV
'headquarters ;it the Hotel Heidsman
Tower, :l Miteliell Place, Xew York,
headquarter.- of the National Pan-
hellenii' Fraternities.
Aj'tripi to the World's''Fuii;, Av'ith itji
psfS week's.:'.ali-c^pe.n8'0.':'s'f«J' .tit. tileg
Ipl
H Continued From
Page One
which will meet the Luuisiamt op-
! ponents i upon their ai i iviil Tuesilay
| afteriioon. , Polk w iil be assisUiil by
il. D. Knox, head of the hoi{!t)ng Com-
mittee.
'Col'well Harris is iii; charge,;,of dec-
( mnmittec headiiuai ter , the Hotel
lilil ! Mi mm, Voriv, 1 WjM IBlM lll®
pi |iriz<.- in tlie euiitest. Second and 1 w •!11h niajor^ contest. 1oi
! i-hii'd '.|'i!'iz0A art;' VaSh. award.- :ffl". $2iVi
i, especfiyely, and' iin flll-ex.- i'
0.
the';., y ear j
for^lieHice debaters, who have de-l
feaieil Baylor, Texas ,A. and M., 1'iiris 1
|iii|iiii!|ii|f' V'J'c: "week at the P.eek- <:°llege, Dentoii: Icachers,
j'liijjvii 'I'ower,,, r.ol includi.'i.e railroad Mu.sloiK'ce loitchors, Louisiana Nor-
| triinspui-tation. Winiicr.s will be given, mu'.'. University of l.alitofnia,||| Los
j special ii&ilB at' ;i>jjil|t(>l.'l0tiic : ^,',g«lc«. a'"' the l .iiiversity of ILoUs-
! Day" at thf World'sl Fair. ton this .season.
The. speech society is looking lor-
j word' t:o 1 when '.the first, results ji
RATS DON'T TAKE ... jdT aii intensive .speech training ,can'i-
mA ppp T>TT f c1 PuiKn bcKiin this fall with freshman
i®, members i> e\pucti'd .to bear .fruit.
' " , Till 00 vetel dil>> will retui n tu combine
Mitoieiipolis, Minnesota I AM') mitili the trained neWcOrnci's ill: thi'Oe
I'ep pills retard the speed of learn- ,|,.|,;ltiii«' team.-. ,'i 1 |
"u' ' The club will meet Wednesday niuht
1 imt, is the conclusion reached by , Autry HoUsC ! to perftcti plans for
William L. Minkowsky, graduate •■[■ B(. annual spring entcrtainiiient,
dent in psychology at the fniver.-ity pitfbor a bamiuct or picnic at which
of Minnesou.(who, with ^ewral white; n(iw will be pptp T f
rats as assistants, has just concluded Uvilj a|s(> || a (lineussion of the com-
several months of experimentation j.jnj,Up Ul San Antonio and St.
More than of NfW York
University';^ UOO.OOO alumni live in
New York City.
()
Fountain l'*n Hospital repairs all
makes of Pens and PenciN. 601 Kress
Itldg. F-791S.
Nobody wanted to write it this
weeh.
with the! pills.
Each morniiig J'or 25 days Mr. :jMi;i-
kowisky injected I 'cc. of benitedrme
sulphate, or pep pill solution, into
the rats of one group while those
of .anotheir'-.'group continued their
regular diet. . The rats Were then
placed in a .maze anil Mr. Minkowsky
jjc.coi'dcd the number "of ■ errors the,
aiiiiuals of each group committed lic-
fo.ie, they 'we,ri> able ; to':' j'iiid the .foo.d
at the end of the maze.
Results <ho\\ that the rats thlit,
hivd.'iihot givdi^ ifijectioiis, re-
' their numbci of errors "from
14.5 the first day to 1 .:t5 on the final
day. " ■" ■' .
am rats which had , received in-
jectiohs, howevel, reduced the num-
ber of errors they committed only
from 14.2 to 10.6 during the period.
The time required for them to find
the food was correspondingly longer
than tha^needed by the first group.
When this"part 8$ the. experiment
had been completed the injections
were discontinued for six days. Dur-
ing these six days the number of er-
rors decreased steadily. Errors In-
creased immediately, however, when
injections were resumed. .
"This is a fairly good indication "
Mr. Minkowsky said, "that benze-
drine sulphate has a retarding effect
on learning. However, I don't believe
tt hits any- harmful physical effects
Mary's:
University.
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Continued From
Page One
Evelyn Junker, Tom Anderson, Rob-
ert Murphy, and Paul Jones;;
Final ball'! Charles Moser,| chair-
man, Charles Fcnnelle, Pete Schley,
Elliott Sharp, Marian Smedes, Val-
eric White, Martha Ann Picton, Hilly
Wood, Jack Hanks, and Albert Ster-
ling, Jr.;
Senior American: Hutler Perry-
miin, chairman, Mary Lucile Stevens,
Douglas Sullivan, Tom Vickers, Bates
Thomas, Harry Arthur, Boyd Kil-
gore, Lee Blocker, Willie Houston,
and O. I). Wyatt;
Dues: Elliott Sharp, chairman,
Jack Flanks, Willie Houston, Albert
Sterling, Jr., Butler Perryman,
George Forristall, and Clay Todd
Music:: Albert Sterling, Jr„ chair-
man, Harohl.^Atarsli, Julius Pearl-
stone, Bryce Parker, Milton Muse,
Dean Meyers, Lucile Meyer, Dick
Leigh, and Murph Jones.
Senior ring orders are now being
taken at the Cooperative Store. Both
Moody and Wallace urge seniors to
order rings as early as possible,
if taken in moderation. It increases
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