The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, May 17, 1940 Page: 3 of 4
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A picnic lunch replaced the regu-
lar meeting of the Bice Y.W.C.A.
Thuwday at which newly-elected
president Helen Sulliwan preaided.
Mary Jo Pressly was elected first
Vice-president. Anadine Bock is sec-
ond vice-president, and Natalie
Myers is secretary. Treasurer of the
group is Frances Holt, and Helen
Foreman is reporter.
The girls' group has been entertain-
ed by retiring president Betty Juno
Fitch and by Mary Jo Pressly.
Miss PreBsly and Anadine Bock will
be the Rice chapter's representatives
to the annual officers' training con-
ference of the Southwest Region
College V's at Hollistor, Missouri.
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First utom-smasher at a woman's
college is being installed at Smith.
New officers to serve the Dramatic
Club for the coming year were elect-
ed Sunday afternoon in Galveston at
the club's last meeting. New offi-
cers will be Zylla Swartz, president;
Neal Prince, vice-president; June
■Tenney, secretary; Lastle Paul Vin-
cent, treasurer; Irl Mowery, council-
man-at-large; and Louisette Roser,
member-at-large.
This year's officers were Wanda
Hoenke, president; Neal Prince, vice-
president; Zylla Swartz, sceretary;
Irl Mowery, treasurer; Gilson Smith,
councilman-at-large, and Annie Ma-
rie Joekel, member-at-large.
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Austin, Texas, May 17—Jack Ben-
ny, long a favorite of radio listeners,
is first choice among colleg/s and
university students of the nation, a
poll taken by the Student Opinion
Surveys of America reveals.
Bob Hope and Information Please
follow closely as the second and third
favorite programs of collegians, the
survey shows. Interviewers in col-
leges of all sizes from coast to coast
asked this question of a carefully
selected sampling, "Which is your
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favorite radio program?" The nation-
al tabulations follows:
Jack Benny 10 per cent, Bob Hope
7.1, Information Please 7, Glenn Mil-
ler 6.0, Kay Kyser 5.8, Charlie Mc-
Carthy 4,4, Hit Parade 4, One Man's
Family 3.7, Ford Hour 3, Kraft Mu-
sic Hall 2.0, Philharmonic 2.1, Lux
Radio Theater 1.9, Fred Waring 1.8,
Metropolitan Opera 1.5, Fred Allen
1.3, N. B. C. Symphony 1.2, Others
(les than 1 per cent each 25.9), no
favorite 10.1.
The leaders nationally are not on
top of the list in each section of the
country, geographical segregation of
the ballot shows. Jack Benny leads
in only the East Central, West Cen-
tral, and the Far Western states. In
New England Information Please and
the Hit Parade are tied, and in the
Middle Atlantic Information Please
leads. Southern collegians say Kay
Kyser and his musical college is
first.
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REV, DONALD E. ELDER
Rev. Elder, Rice
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how the narrow brims and
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Youngest Minister Ever
Selected For
Ceremony
Rev. Donald E. Elder, pastor of
Evangelical Lutheran Church of the
Redeemer, Houston, and twenty-nine
year old student of philosophy at the
Rice Institute, was notified last week
by E. C. H, BanteJ of Texas Uni-
versity that he had been selected to
address the 1940 Texas graduating
class at its baccalaureate services
June 2 at Austin. Elder is the young-
est minister ever to receive this hon-
or at Texas University.
Is Working On Master's Degree
Rev. Elder has been enrolled in
Rice for the past three years, during
which time he has completed five of
the Institute's philosophy courses.
May 28 he will take his oral examina-
tion for his master's degree which he
will receive June 3 at the school's
twenty-fifth commencement exorcise.
Reverend Elder graduated from the
Wittenburg College, Ohio, and receiv-
ed a bachelor degree of divinity from
the Hammi Divinity School there.
Since Reverend Elder has had no
connection with the University of
Texas and his only meeting with
President Homer Rainey of Texas
comprised but few remarks, this uni-
que honor came as a great surprise,
he stated. He further said that he sup-
posed that the selection came as re-
sult of the university's custom of
rotating the selection of a baccalau-
reate speakers from among the dif-
ferent denominations of Texas.
Hold High Place In Luthern Senate
As present statistician for the Luth-
eran Senate of Texas, Reverend Eld-
er is also chairman of the Parish
Educational Committee which is the
coordinating body of that church.
He was recently honored by being
named a delegate to the national
Lutheran convention this fall.
Ortega to Speak at Commencement
The commencment address at the
University. June 3 will be delivered
by Dr. Daniel Samper Ortega, coun-
sellor of the Colombian embassy in
Washington, Dr. Ortega will remain
in Austin to assume a six-week's post
on the university's Latin-American
institute staff,
Commencement And
Final Ball June 3
Wind Up Functions
Chairman Frank Guernsey to-
day announced that the half-way
mark of the $450 goal set for the
senior dues sale has been
reached, and the tickets are ex-
pected to go rapidly next week,
with the bids still obtainable at
the table in sallyport at $5 a
couple, $3.50 stag.
Individual tickets to senior func-
tions are also on sale, the date tic-
kets to the banquet, Senior Ameri-
can, and final ball priced at $1.50, the
picnic ticket selling for $1. Stag tic-
kets to all but the picnic can be
bought for $1. The picnic admission
will be fifty cents stag.
Picnic Starts Function
First on the schedule of senior ac-
tivities is the class picnic at Lyon-
dell Park Muy 30, which will last
from 10 a. m. until 10 p. m. Lunch
will be served at 1 p. m. with plenty
of cold drinks and beer, according
to committeeman Claude Maer, who
is helping with arrangement for the
all-day outing. Supper will also be
served at 6:30 p. m., with swimming,
boating, bicycling and dancing on tho
program in between meals,
San Jacinto Inn will be the scene
of the annual banquet which will
begin at 7 p. m. May 31. The tradi-
tional luncheon dance from 10 a. m.
Parts of the street cars from re-
cently discontinued carllnes have been
given to the Institute by the Hous-
ton Electric Company, according to
J. H. Pound, professor of mechanical
engineering.
Bert Gray, president of the Hous-
ton Electric Company, wished at first
to give an entire street car to the
Institute, but this had to be refused
because of space limitations. Parts
from the cars such as compressors,
brake systems, electrical meters, and
controllers have been accepted on be-
half of the Institute by Mr. Pound.
The equipment will be used in the
electrical and mechanical engineer-
ing departments. It is now being over-
hauled by the Electric Company and
will be set up for use at the Institute
before next fall.
to 2 p. m. June 1 will be held on
the Rice Roof, with Kit Reid and his
orchestra playing.
Tucker To Deliver Baccalaureate
First of the official graduation
ceremonies will be the baccalaureate
sermon which will be delivered by
Dr. Henry St. George Tucker in the
Chemistry Court at 9 a. m. Junq 2.
Seniors will be presented with their
diplomas by President Edgar Odell
Lovett and receive their hoods from
Dean Harry Boyer Weiser at the
Commencement exercises Monday
morning, June 3; at 9 a. in. The Com-
mencement address will be delivered
by II. James Rowland Angell, presi-
dent of Yale University.
Final Ball In Rice Terrace
Final activity will be the ball on
the Rice Terrace that evening from
10 p. m, to 2 a. m. with George Hall
providing the music, and featuring
vocalist Dolly Dawn.
We t Virginia University will have
21 visiting instructors from as many
colleges at its summer sessions,
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cools down. Thus, plants and animals
of both northern and southern ,ol|-
mates are side by side in one section.
Dr. ' Deevey said that some of th j
mosses anid ferns of the swamps of
the Big Thicket are quite similar to
those of the swamps of New England.
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University of Kansas welcomed its
first new Greek group since 1923
when Tau Kappa
a chapter there.
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and are further required to refrain
from wearing make-up."
Elna Birath, president of the Coun-
cil, stated that it was the hope of
the members that this would become
a tradition which would endure at
Rice. "Instead of making the girls
look ugly, we want to make them look
nice," Elna said.
Judy Biossat and Betty Gartner
were chosen senior representatives to
the Women's Council at the election
held by that organization Monday in
which all women students of the In-
stitute participated.
Junior representatives will be Mar-
jjjfu-et Bickley and Gwendolyn "Jackie"
Cribbs. Sophomores on the Council
will be Mary Olivia Fuller and Hor-
tense Manning. _
At the first meeting of next school
year the Council will elect its offi-
cers from its own membership, and
will select a freshman representa-
tive and a councilman-at-large.
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Nothing Like Frankness
The state auditor for Georgia
checking the financial report for
South Georgia State Teachers College
last month came upon an accounting
gem in the operating expenses' ac-
count: "payments to students for
playing football and basketball —
$1643."
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makes of fountain pens and pencils.
601 Kress Bldg., F-7918.
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