The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, February 13, 1942 Page: 6 of 8
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Acceleration
/1s predicted, the administration has announced a program to accele-
ate training of men vital to the defense effort. The maximum resources of
the Institute are being used in a plan that attaches no taint of the rush product
to the present and contemplated graduates during the emergency.
Notice particularly that all standards are being met; that virtually full
recitation and laboratory periods are still maintained.
Undoubtedly, the physical facilities of the university will continue to be
used during the summer months by the small army of defense students, nou>
numbering above 900, who are attending night classes.
7 o those who had begun to criticize the administration, the plan an-
nounced Saturday in time to tal(e effect foy the second semester reflects the
careful consideration given it by president, faculty, and trustees.
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The romance of the hour: Jimmy
Parker and Betti Hampton. The
time is certainly ripe for the forma
tion of a campus bicycle club
owls alumnae
gave a book review Wednesday at
] Autry House. Mrs. Irene Wilson re-
Thai
Moppy went to Austin after the j viewed Pierre van Paassen's
exams and failed to make the first j Day Alone."
three days of school. . . . One of the
worst bust-out losses: Frances Dul-
lahan. . . . Little Bottler is calling
Carolyn Knapp these days. . . . Hog-
Jaw Grave's grades: his worst was
a straight one. . . . Joyce Row ell and
Karl Wylie. lie not only sees her
every day, but writes her four long
letters a week. George Flint has
Naturally, there can be no question of summer school for an insti- been dating Laura Louise Peden and
tution which depends upon a fixed income for its existence. If the state uni- taking her to the Hat. Wonder
vefsity or Texas ,1. and M. decides to add extra summer sessions, they what's wrong with Francis Lolly?
simply asl( the state legislature for an additional appropriation. The institute
has no legislature to provide additional financing, but an endowment fund
menaced constantly by increasing losses to large investors.
Of particular significance is the plan to award B. A. degrees to exes
attaining professional degrees even though they complete, only thre years in the
institute. This is an innovation that should he adopted not only for the du-
ration of the emergency, but for all time.
1 he choice of remaining for an additional year to gain additional
background or pushing on may often be forced upon professional students
because of limited finances ar press of time. Successful completion of pro-
fessional Work should in all cases entitle the student to the B. A. degree the
vast majority would obtain if it were at. all possible.
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Flash: Knox reported severing re-
lations w i t h Unburn. . . . Gloria
Wood has one foot in between Clin-
ton and Mary Francis. ... To Den-
man: the far away pastures are al-
ways the greenest. . . . Pady Sue
Whitcomb is extremely interested in
Mechanic McCants. Reported en-
gagement: Carolyn Conway to Scott
Adams,
The Campanile beauties will ap-
pear Sunday on the front page of
the Chronicle roto. First editions
available at 7 p.m. Saturday and
they're worth walking two miles to
get a copy, as you shall see.
The Pre-Laws swing into action
Tuesday n i g h t at the Senator's
farm, almost immediately after the
An omen of the limes is reflected at Texas University, where the ex- 8 spring affair, now threat*
j. S i i i, , ] i • ■ i- ii /? . , <'ned by cold weather. Hottest news
istmg state of war has already cut second term i egisti ation by lo pet cent
Enrollment
over a similar period last year.
Educational authorities, at recnt convocations called on the heels of the
declaration of war, have already faced this problem of vastly-depleted en-
oilmeni, and are taking long-term remedies against it.
reta wagner
became the bride of Henry E. El-
rod Jr. Friday, February 6 at the
Second Presbyterian Church. Dr. E.
M. Munroe officiated and Mrs. E. G.
Rountree played organ music. Reta
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Ur-
ban Harry Wagner and will gradu-
ate from Rice in May. Henry at-
tended A. and M. Reta wore a bud
green crepe dress with a matching
wool jacket with brown accessories
and a talisman rose corsage.
gwendolyn jackie cribbs
became the bride of Lieutenant
Harold E. Murphree Jr. on Febru-
ary 5 in Albuquerque, N. M., where
Harold is stationed. Jackie is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Lee Cribbs and Harold is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. H, E. Murphree. The
bride, given in marriage by her
father, wore beige wool with powder
blue blouse and navy accessories.
Her corsage was of pink camellias.
• Mrs. Cribbs, her attendant, wore
j black wool and a white gardenia
j corsage. Lieut. John Young was
I best man and Lieut. Robert McAtee
! was groomsman. Jackie will receive
| her degree from Rice in May and
j Harold graduated in 1941.
the rally club
! is starting the picnic season off
[this spring with a party at the
Roadside park on the Katy Road
Sundav afternoon.
majoi-s, coeds, or naval science cadets.
of the week was the report that art
EBLS senior was to be married, and
it may still be in the offing.
Joe's has been supplanted by the
i Cosmo Club, now all the rage. . . .
I How will Redbird's romance fare via the pre-laws
Here at the Institute the question of limiting enrollment lo the/ custom-j the piIrttoffiee. . . Many a campus j are planning a barbecue next
a. p 400 must be met within the period of a few weel(S. Maintainence of tra- j swain will face Saturday with ve- j Tuesday at Bobby Wommaek's farm.
dtti.on may mean cutting the student body extremely near the 1000 mark, ^ gret: Hattie's getting married, ... the owl
with the Majority of those remaining engineers, technically-deferred science j ^ hat is the status of the Poole- i entertained staff members with a
| Woods romance, a correspondent (iinner party at Ship Ahoy last;
asks. Wednesday evening.
I the e. e."s
were entertained with a boat par- j
ty last Sunday. The boys with their
I dates boarded a small ve^gel at Har- i
' risburg and rode down the channel 1
«o San J a c i n t o Inn where they I
warmed by the fire and danced, j
i Lunch was served on board.
the engineers
are having a brawl under the |
| sponsorship of the Five Year Club i
robyn moncrief,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Moncrief, was married to Harold
Kenneth Oldham, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Gus Oldham on February 4.
The service was solemnized at Sec-
ond Baptist Church in candle-light.
Mrs. Phil Price attended her sister
as matron of honor and Elizabeth
Steele and Wanda Roberson were
bridesmaids. Dr. D. Y. Oldham at-
tended his brother as best man, and
groomsmen were Oscar Chance and
Darius Oldham. Ushers were David
Moncrief, Clyde Jones and Harry-
Ellison. Robyn and Kenneth have
gone to Washington, D. C., for their
wedding trip and upon their return
will be located at 4336 Leeland.
Robyn will graduate from Rice in
June and Kenneth graduated from
Baylor University,
last sunday
a group braved it in the rain and
went down to Spring on a steak fry.
Tex Bayless was chief cooker, and
served Mary Clarke Jarvis, Joe
Brown. Carolyn Knapp, T o m m y
0jt>osrs, Jane Barnes, David Hannah,
Margaret Freeman, Bill Brown,
Elizabeth Knapp.
mrs. grace spaulding john
announces the marriage of her
I daughter, the former Patricia John
to Youel C. Smith, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. Y. C. Smith.
mr. and mrs. sol bell
announce the engagement of their
daughter, Lee, to Mendel Abrams,
son of Mrs. Tobie Abrams.
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Advertising Cancellations
Reductions above 65 per cent in advertising space may result in cutting i
GluJx N&upi
The Girls'; Club met Tuesday aft-
ernoon at Autry House.
he size of the Thresher to six pages until national adeviiising contracts can
died because of the declaration of war are adjusted later in the sprinQ. '*> . T .
j I he Pre-Med Society of Rice and
If the cut >n total pages is lesoited to, theie Will be vutually no change i University of Houston held a
the amount of news space carried, and coverage will remain as complete j joint meeting. Friday. February (5
<i,i '.I has been in the past. Reduction is contemplated not because of curtail- j- i** the Chemistry Lecture Hall.
merit of news', but because of the virtual cessation of national advertising
until a not rinil period of readjustment.
DELMAN
First Houston
Showing
Now
Thru Wednesday
Regular Engagement
6 DAYS starting FRI Feb 13
f Rice tonight at C a m p Beaty.
Everyone is invited to come and it j
p; taking the place of the annual
bust-out dance.
A meeting of the C h r i s t i a n
j Science Organization of Rice was
Staff members, in discussing possible war emergency changes, have at- j Tuesday night at Autry House.
.1 ady determined that there will he no serious paper shortage problem for the j
Thresher foi the mmainder of the year, and recent government limitations on j The Rice Choral Club held its
hnotype metal will have no noticeable effect for the present. j weekly meeting Wednesday night at I daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. F
; Autry House. New officers were I( nenod will marry Lieutenant Eliot
I h< present Thresher administration will recommend Within the elected. The presidency was taken j Ernst, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. 1).
harriet .cuenod
future, however, consideration for th year 1942-4 3 of a four page campus ovei. i,v Martha McCoIium. Dorothy
leivspapet,, one half the present publication. i Riche.v was elected secretary; John
a | Fox, vice-president: Est he i
treasurer.
Quotable Quotes
I The Girls' Club will hold an im-
, til i i ■ i j \ Po'tant. business meeting Tuesday
I he last war brought about the teaching of health and physical cdu-,.., 1;lg _ at Aut|.y }jouse> Aj|
girls are urged to attend. An inter-
. ation in the schools. This war may bring about a new pattern of physical
fitness for all of society. The startling and sometimes shocking findings of
the medical boards, plus the fact that many men from sections without recre-
ational facilities will become accustomcd lo regular recreational facilities in
the army and on furlough, should revolutionize our whole attitude toward
physical fitness."—Dr. George M. Gloss, associate professor of health and
physical fitness at Louisiana State University, foresees a new national empha-
sis on physical fitness.
esting program will also be
officials report.
nven,
"Japan is at war with the United States and Great Britain because her
aggression policy had cost her some 75 per cent of her normal imports and
because her economic life was hound up with the nations blockading her.
Lieutenant Commander A w a 11
will be at; the Institute, March 9,
and will present information and
motion pictures regarding the work
of the U. S. Coast Guard Academy
and of the Coast Guard in general.
The meeting will be held in the am-
phitheatre at 12 noon.
The Student Affiliates of the
Thus Japan is in a slate of economic as well as military siege, and she is American Chemical Society mej;
olremelv "ulnerMa in both respects."—Dr. William O. Seroggs. Jean 0/ Wednesday night in the Chemistry
,v , , , c. . it • i ^ / zi j* Lecture Halt. Election for chairman
the gradMc school a Louwana State Umvemly. MSB Japan, of all nations, | ()f |h(j ^ a ^ , th(. Wal.wirt Wr plK,e„
was the one ihot needed most to live itndei peaceful Uade teims ivith the rest j ^iColor film of the Du Pont Com- I will he received into the club as
of the world. j party was shown. members after the dinner.
Ernst, tomorrow night. The cere-
mony will be at the home of the
Blau, i 1-ride's parents, 5201 Bayard Lane.
A reception at home will follow. El-!
Ion Cucnod will be Harriet's raaid-
of-honor and her other attendants j
will be Kathleen Braden, Margie j
Bogar, Antoinette Maida, and Fran-1
cos Denman. Dick Ernst will serve i
his brother as best man, and the j
groomsmen will be Tom Wier, Billy j
Bryant. Charlie Sullivan, and Gene j
Flowellen. Harriet graduated from j
Rice last year and Eliot received his!
degree from Rice in 1940. Following j
the rehearsal tonight, Frances Den- J
man will entertain with a dinner)
party at h o m e. Kathleen Braden '
gave the spinster dinner Wednes-
day night for the bridal party. The
couple will live in Palacios, where
Lieut. Eliot is stationed.
pals
will h a v e its formal initiation
banquet Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at
Welcome Home, Gloria!
— iron the best-
dressed man to the
best-dressed woman
on the
screen
&
JOHN HOWARD
DESI ARNAZ
HELEN BRODERICK
FLORENCE RICE
R K O
Produced by LEE MARCUS. Directed by
JACK HIVELY. Original Screen Play by
t)orothy and Herbert Fields.
MATINEES BOc
NIGHT 40c
Open Week Days—11 a.m.
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