The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, October 11, 1940 Page: 2 of 4
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Rally Club men ushering the student section
at football games are often confronted with an
embarrassing situation through the thoughtless-
ness of parents or other students, A father or
mother api>ears at regular intervals at the ramp
assigned to Rice blanket-tax holders, and shows
a ticket ol' admission to another section. With
t hem in tow is a son or daughter enrolled in the
Institute.
The parent shows a blanket tax and ticket
of admission to a foreign section, requesting as
matter of course that he or she be allowed to sit
with Rice students in order to be with the off-
spring. If the usher refuses, he is condemned as
an officious sorehead: if he allows the change in
seating, there is not enough room for regular
students, and widespread complaints arise over
the ushering situation.
Give the usher a fair chance by purchasing
outside tickets if you want to attend games with
your parents. The student section will hardly ac-
comodate the student body as it is.
PCHOING anew at scores of colleges as the 1940
football season gets under way is the white-
hot pro and con argument about football: Is the
University of Chicago on the right track in
sharply de-emphasizing the sport, or should foot-
ball as a big business bo given even further ini-
netiis'.'' . J ■; :
Scores of college editors have spoken out on
the subject last term and this. Many are con-
vinced Chicago's I'res. Robert M. Hutch ins has
courageously struck out against: a national evil.
Many, bus, not all.
At tihe'Uiiiversityiof Illinioisj the Daily Mini
.expressed1 opinion that "When President Hutch-
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was a prerequisite to gridiron glory, he crawled
far out on a limb. The Illinois boys still win foot-
ball games in the toughest league in the nation,
and they seem to do it without the aid of the sub-
sidies which President Hutchins implied they re-
ceived.1" ' ■ ■
The Purdue Exponent, while "admitting
some faults and commercialization in football,"
declared it has "no desire that Purdue should
•■ever 'follow' Chicago. Football contributes a cer-
tain 'something' to college life which we would
not want throwii into discard."
Likewise, if is the opinion of the Washington
and Jeft'erspn Red and Black, that "collegiate
football is of definite benefit to colleges, to stu-
dents, and to numerous other interests alike. If,
as Dr. Hutchins alleges, football is a major haiidi-
uttp to education, ihe Rec| and Black feels that the
A^eqc^ifisystem of higher learning needs more
such handicaps," i ' ;!\ ^
Contrasted with these opinions are those of
several college publications that believe steps
must b'> taken to curb commercialization. Massa-
ehusetis Institute of Technology's Tech declares
''the situation, is so flagrantly non-amateur in
iioth spirit and practice' 'that the only logical
thing to iio is to abandon amateur intercollegiate
football iijid declare it: frankly as the professional
Occupation it Is."
Tho' the wan rage round u«, Rice
m goes on relatively unchanged
with picnic*, the Plantation, and the
good old sallyport. Wonder if Blackie
■will he kept from making the rounds
of all clauses Freshmen-Seniors this
week-end when Barnes hits town?
And if Bum? or Knox will make the
all high record for the most different
dabs? Emily and Evelyn just wont
leave the boys alone—come on,
twins, give Tresch u break. "Serape"
Murphy tried to make progress with
Leah $t the R. C. picnic—any luck?
K. Heed attain wanders, Gloria to
Hester for the picnic—'tis nice to be
a "smooth operator." Dody just can't
make up her mind between Starke
an«| Ben, and probably won't! Jlin
Francis and Barry continue to be the
life of all parties, they think—How
long, we wonder will they continue
to get by on the "But he's such a
ifood boy" excuse'! Ask Evelyn and
Carolyn about it. Why doesn't George
Flint come out of hibernation 1
Neither Betty Ruth nor Joyce Whi-
ning will scorch him—or did they?
Lib Knapp with her brown eyes is
having no trouble sans our ux-ed, huh,
Ilwelle? Bogar couldn't walk for a
week as a result of being such an
acrobat. As election day rolls around
again, we find the ncver-say-die
Farnsworth, Baird. and Schulenburg
"buddies" with everyone! Even so
they are better than some candidates.
Rice is different from S, M, U., Free-
man, pointless stories don't go! Why
doesn't Nancy Davis come around?
flrogniese and others would be very
glad to see her. Kenneth Arthur is
through commenting upon Gantt's
Math work! Katherine Wakefield,
Dicky Dayton, and Lib i'otter taking
honprs at the Plantation Sty|e Show
Tuesday night; Jack Clemens seen
often with Mary Sue, and Mary Sue
with many.
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e.visteiict' of football oil our campus, a game of re-
ovation for the students."
The Michigan Daily feels "it is just as well
that Chicago law fit to retire."
And at Chicago, the Daily Maroon itself ex-
presses satisfaction • with the Hutchins arrange-
ment, saying, "Its educational function is the es-
sentia] reason for a university's existence. It is
true that not having football any more will make
antunm duller for few people. But even those few
were hot able to become very enthusiastic about
the games,"
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person who becona's thirty-six years
.... BBij' .JH ' ? ., , of aire on October 17 should register,
lb, Richmond ulleginn pos.s tor ) s read- Tlll, f(,1!owillK Ls an uffic,a! Ksl4lU„
.•r> ti;,' ijuest ion, ' ( an vve take the spotlight from m(„„ of classes ,.f persons not re-
ft^ot ball and pui it on ^cholarshii:), where it be- jci.uired to; register:1
lonjjji .'.("hicago h/id the,courage," I ■ "Commissioned otfR'Ws, warrant
The Rice Thresher agrees that "in subsidi- MI'l P >' and enRsted men
* si mm--i . in mi ,> iw." j fesi ot the
the Corps, the Coast Guard,
the Coast and iGeodetic Survey; the
Public Health Service, the federally
recognized active National Guard,
the Officers' Reserve Corps, the Na-
val Reserve, and the Marine Corps
Reserve; cadets, .United States Mili-
tary Academy; midshipmen, United
States Naval Academy; cadets, Unit-
ed States Coast Guard Academy;
men who have been accepted for ad-
mittance (commencing with the aca-
demic year next succeeding such ac-
ceptance) to the United States Mili-
tary Academy as cadets, to the Unit-
ed States Naval Academy as midship-
men, or to the United States Coast
Guard Academy as cadets,, but only
during the continuance of such, ac-
ceptance; cadets of the advanced
course, .Senior division, Reserve Offi-
cers' Training Corps or Naval Re-
serve Officers' Training Corps; and
diplomatic representatives, technical
attaches of foreign embassies and le-
gations, consuls general, consuls, vie?
consuls, and consular agents of for-
eign countries, residing in the Unit-
ed States, who are not citizens of the
United States, and who have not de-
clared their intention to become citi-
zens of the United States, shall not
be required to be registered under
section 2 and shall be relieved from
liability for training and service un-
der section 3 (b)," (Sec. 5 (a), Se-
lective Training and Service Act of
UI4U.)
R. Penalties are provided by the Se
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Follow The "Owls"
LOW FARES
To NEW ORLEANS
for the big game
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Sat., Oct. 19.
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and save your
energy for the game!
Leave Houston
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tf t ?tfj j lnj the par! of Velvet
(>"l'i •<>)<■ in the great' epic of the south,
' "Ki>H the' ||uj|S Goodbye," He scorns
tin; dents of the famous bpii-office
attiaction, MyjJ^ Stanhope, and sends,
■ his |«|| I ,i-.yd, to scour the south-
immm who fits the
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New Yorkers .Predominate
l.h\vd; |||| I'i'iality working for
! My'ra, witlr whom, he is infatuated,
iliffCov^rs, npld and "unobtrusive"
j Cindy Lou Bethany, of the Marlbry'
I Hethanys, and takes her with him
; Yii.nkeelhnd, He says that in New
: York, sis. the house guest of the Rands,
;sh,' will stand a fairer trial for the
'part; There she is thrown with
hardened New Yorkers, a columnist,
an .editor, a polo player, and Harner,
the producer, and her mild innocence 'oc'tive Training and Service Act for
Launching its campaign tc make
the honor system more familiar to
the student body, the Honor Council
spoke to freshman classes last week
on the origin, nature, and rules of the
honor system as it is practiced at
Rice Institute. Jess Bessinger, Law-
rence Judd and Ted Croff were the
council members who made the talks.
The council is united in its feel-
ing that tho honor system is a vital
part of Rice lift* anil hopes to make
all students, upperclassmen as well
as freshmen, conscious of this impor-
tance, according to Ted Groff, chair-
man. All methods of communication
to the student body will be employed
to acquaint them with the origin, his-
tory, rules and constitution of the
Honor Council.
Rules for the conduct of examina-
tion are as follows;
1. Students should be seated in al-
ternate seats. In rooms where the
rows are tiered, students should be
seated in alternate rows and alternate
seats. If such a seating arrangement
is not possible, alternate questions
should be given.
2. Students should leave all books
and unnecessary papers on the desk
in the front of the room.
H. Students may leave the room
during the examination, providing
they sign a paper on the desk both
on leaving and returning to the room.
4. At the end of each examination,
the student should sign the com-
plete pledge; "On my honor I have
neither given nor received aid on the
exaniination.'' /
5. Any case of cheating observed
by a student should be reported to a
momhor of the Honor Council, who
will in turn report to the chairman of
the council. An investigation will be
made and if the council deems it nec-
essary j a trial of the individual will
be held. The minimum penalty tor
is suspension from the In-
stitute for one year.
"The Honor Council intends to see
that these rules are strictly enforced
this year," Groff said. "It is only by
strict compliance with the examina-
tion rules that the honor system be-
comes effective. Without the whale-
hearted support and cooperation of
every student, the system is ineffec-
tive as a method of elimination? cheat-
in*."
Groff urged students to feel free
to make suggestions to the Council,
members are: Nanette Berry,
off, Mary Petrle and Dorothy
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pike, senior representatives} Mary
Frances Dunnam, Lawrence Judd and
Nell Poole, junior representatives;
Tex Bay less and Jess Bessinger,
sophomore representatives.
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Owls take heed!
have all the
smartest Arrow Shirts
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The Nerval Patterns, the Latest Colors—
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Chan cars,, coaches, Pullman sleepers,
lounge car, diner.,
Returning from Now Orleans, choice of
Sunset Limited 11:00 A. M.
Acadian !);/>() P. M., and Argonhut
11:00 P. M. daily
Travel Headquarters
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is even more apparent than in
(leorgia; but her frank openness about
everything makes more than one of
them blush with mortification. They
all plot against her to help Myra
Stanhope get the part.
In a brilliantly powerful third act,
Cindy Lou exposes an affair between
her hostess and one of the house
guests; embarrasses one man who
conies to "steal her virtue"; success
fully eludes all other would-be-snatch
ers; and on the whole outwits all of
them,
The play, filled with good dialogue,
lots of movement, and a punch end
jjlijr, should provide material for a
highly entertaining production.
Continued from page I
in Room 207 of the Mechanical Lab-
oratories.
"Among the highlights of the year,"
Davis said, "will be the spring trip to
St.Louis 'for" the annual southwest
branch convention.'' Immediate plans
include a picnic the week-end of Oc-
tober 10.
"A cordial invitation to join the
Rice branch of the institute, which is
nationwide in its activities, is ex-
tended to electrical engineering stu-
dents" Parehman, secretary-treasure
er announced. Students who wish to
become members, he explained, should
consult officers of the group or J, S.
Waters, professor of electrical engi-
neering.
failure to register and for false state-
ments made at the time of registra-
tion.
7. Students involved will be excused
from classes necessarily missed in
connection with registration. They
should attend all possible classes,
but should absent themselves if nec-
essary in order to be at the registra-
tion headquarters when their num-
bers are called.
8. Members of the faculty, eligible
for registration, who have classes
scheduled for Wednesday, October 16,
may register at any free period in
their morning schedules, without the
necessity of securing a registration
number.
9. Place of registration. Registra-
tion will be held in the South' Clois-
ters of the Administration Building,
weather permitting; otherwise, in the
lobby leading to the Registrar's Of-
fice, the place of Institute registra-
tion in September,
N. B. Report at 7:45 a. m„ October
IB, for registration number,
S, G. McCann
Chief Registrar
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Cambridge, Mass. (A C P) — At
least one Harvard graduate is in a
Canadian prison camp. He is Ernst
(Putzi) Hanfstaengl, former Nazi
foreign press chief and friend of
Hitler, who at the outbreak of war
was interned in England, where he
was in exile. Word of his whereabouts
has been received by his son, Egon
Hanfstaengl, now a Harvard sopho-
more.
Continued from page 1
jeets to 'the campus. The first of the
series was delivered in April, 1938,
by Sir Robert Falconer, president of
the University of Toronto. Other lec-
turers have been Dr. H. E. Kirk, min-
ister of the Franklin Street Presby-
terian Church of Baltimore, Mary-
land, and Dr. Roseoe Pound of Har-
vard University, formerly Dean of
the Harvard Law School.
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Ann Arbor, Mich-—-(ACP)—Except
for an act of the English parliament,
the automobile might have been de-
veloped 50 years earlier than it was,
records in the University of Michi-
gan transportation library disclosed
recently.
Old books and prints in the library
Indicate that from 1825 to 1840, there
were over 70 steam buses in ■regular
commercial use in England.
These steam automobiles had been
so, much improved by around 1840
that stage-coach owners and inn-
keepers, fearing! the competition,
lift ought pressure upon parliament,
which, taxed the steam cars out of
existence.
These buses ran with surprisingly
little mechanical trouble and at speeds
exceeding 20 miles an hour. As far
as is known, there were no fatalities
and very few accidents,
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Whizzor White, one-time All-Amer- (
ican halfback at Colorado University
and later a Rhodes scholar, stood sec-
ond in his Yale law school class.
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Broken egg shells compete with
oyster shells and limestone as a poul-
try feed, according to Iowa State Col-
lege.
not co dumb, Peg
Sharpen your ey«s on that
Arrow Shirt-not bad,eh?
Tab
Long point
Neophyte Nonsense
Notb to pledges t No matter
what the assignment you'll
never look ridiculous in an
Arrow Shirt and Arrow Tie.
They're happily combined to
go together.
Arrow Shirts for fall are
new and different. Exclusive
patterns, new collar models
and new colors. Expertly tab
lored the Arrow way; topped
with the authentic Arrow
collar.
Join the Arrow fraternity
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