The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, February 20, 1942 Page: 6 of 8
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Only about two out of ten fomi-
' nine members of the Junior Prom
dance committee had managed to
get a date for the Prom when th(
, , . , , at the home ot Jimmy and Dennis
paper went to press last night. Mr*. .. , ,, . .
. , . ' , , (Vulgaris. Barbecue was served
Sylvia Odum Landrum has Hill not
dub is giving a picnic this Sunday.
washing the dishes hut also
the owen wister literary society
is planning its annual initiation at
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after he gets!
le at night. Lillianne Wilbur is i Ks its annual iniuauon at
• making a play for Tommy thc Houston Yacht Club on the bay
for March 4,
among the guests
at the Pre-Law barbecue at Bob-
by Wommack's farm last Tuesday
were R. E. Knox, Catherine Coburn,
Vernon Baird, J u n e Whittington,
Johnny Graves, Bryan Hutchison,
Buddy Heard, H an eel Langham,
Meredith James, Hortense Manning,
Warren Woodward, Moppy Willi-
; That is a waste of time and energy, I ford, Bill Arnold, Mary Anee Abel,
j don't you think, girls? j Pat Nicholson, Bettie Lou Johnson,
Rosemary McKinney was asked! Joe Brown, Porky J e s u p, Bobby
for her hall pass when she went out j ^ommaek, Frances Denman, Jim
to teach a high school class the oth- j
7 he Thresher is operated on the principle that the student body should j er day. You ought to toll those little ; ^ i y j*.
kids that you really are a college j CwW In&UlA-
student, Rosemary. Marv Sumners
, has been seen with Paul Jones con- ;
thc size of the 7 hresher, which Was preceded by tin editorial last wee/f an- .Inhnnv Vtnrawm. pvorvnru- night under a new director, Bill
cleaning the house
home
now
Stovall. Bill Mlinar walked to A.
House with Lolly Peden the other
day. Can this be starting again?
Nell Poole flew to Dallas last week
for a few brief minutes with Billy
Woods. It is r u m o r e d that the
Woman's Council is going to hold an
election for the May Fete just to see.
who would get elected queen if
there was going to be a May Fete.
War Changes
know everything that concerns its members.
■ V ;,
7 here fori' the storv on page one regarding contemplated changes in , The Choral Club met Wednesday
y ' " ° e ■ i has been seen with Paul Jones con- ;
editorial last week an- stantly. Johnny Moragne, everyone n'u'11
nouncing tremendous cuts in advertising space. ' knows that it was you that sent out j Trigg of St. Mark's Methodist choir.
I his newspaper belongs to the student body, and is merely operated ''ather sarcastic comic valen- The meeting was held at the home
by the staff.
If <■ ibelieve that ire are advocating the only policy possible at present
tines. Katherine Wakefield has been
dating Johnny Sanders since Gay
n i ccommcndmg a reduction in overall space to compensate for advertising
losses, and are making that recommendation in order to continue publication
the pre-med society I Hargrove, Marion Smith, Starke
entertained last Saturday night Taylor, Betty Joe Justus, Virgil
Harris, M a y bell Smith. Donald
Nethery, and Pearl Phelps.
the elizabeth haldwin literary
society
is honoring their pledges Wednes-
day evening. Dinner for the pledges
will be served preceding their initia-
tion at Patty Gaston's home. After
the initiation dancing will follow at
the Junior League. Margaret Free-
man is general chairman and the
committees are as follows: the hall.
Dickie Dayton, Eugenie Gantt, Car-
olyn Knapp; the orchestra, Marion
Smith, Dody Richey, Carolyn Bre-
mer; decorations, Sue Kurth, Ann
Quin, Margaret Powell; reporter,
Halora Adams; refreshments, Jane
Barnes, Katy Wakefield, Carolyn
Wells; houseparty, Maybell Smith.
Elizabeth Philbrook, Betty Anne
Anderson, Margaret Freeman, Pat-
ty Gaston.
the black-out dance
being given by the Sophomore
Class will be the outstanding social
i event of the weekend. The Arabia
I Temple will be remodeled into a
bomb shelter and Walter Symonds'
Knight Owls will play to entertain
safety-seekers. Refreshments will be
f a comprehensive coverage of campus neivs for the student body.
Men At War
beginning today, from time to time we intend to cany news of former
Rue men in the armed services, using censored material sent by public re-
lations officers. Many of these men. especially the later graduates, are well
known to the present student body.
VOTE FOR
Betty Joe Justus
Vice-President
Freshman Class
of Ester Blau
gram of song
party honorin
when
the usual pro- j
was followed with a
the freshmen mem-
busted out. Has Johnm forgotten
about the University? Virgil Harris
and Maybelle Smith are holding
hands again. Betty Reistle is now
weaiing George Pierce's SMU fra-
l f Vou knew them well, oi if you merely want to cooperate iti a wide- ' ternifcy pin. Does the old tradition
'Mi-ad movement to help allay the loneliness of camp life, write these exes hold true down here, George? Ray
■f the campus that thcp have left. They'll appreciate it. Skagg
i served from 10 till 2 at tables placed
bers ol the club. around the dance floor. Those work-
Next week's regular meeting at j ing on the dance arrangements are
7:fin on Wednesday will not be held j Walter Murphy, Betty Ann Ander-
at Autry House. The meeting place! *""> UI1(' Warren W oodward, the
will be announced at a later date, j three class officers. On the conces-
members said Thursday, j ion committee are Mack Reed. Bill
Arnold, Julian Williams; on the
j decoration committee are Carolyn
met Monday in ML 206 to Knapp. Rugely Livesay, Katherine
fund, on ; Wakefield. Jack Wilson, Margaret
ASM £
view two color films, in
Plastics ^anjr^ Grinding:. R. ( . j Powell, Quin Courtney,.Jimmy Beall.
Steinhoff, chairman for the spring
term, presided. Other newly elected
officers are Neal Heaps, vice-chair-
man, and Robert Bonner, secretary-
treasurer.
and Meredith James are
having a tight fight for Hortense
Manning. That rumor started last
week about Coburn and Bob Knox
must have b e e n wrong, judging
from the Pre-Law barbecue. There
was a lot of excitement at Autry
rehabilitation of House the other day. Someone saw < ma(|(. include Gloria Wood as eo-
hd Brown's car parked in front and j orditiator of the 1942-43 council and ! table
the
Someone spotted Dick Dwello in the j Yearly Report Committee.
The Student Religious Council
met last Monday night, at the home
j of Gloria Wood. New appointments
Iowa Rehabilitation
The University of Iowa has begun to meet the challenge of one of
higher education's greatest problems in any post-war time
forma students returning after the emergency.
The fowa program, originated by 22-year-old Francis Weaver of called a wrecker and an ambulance.' Phil Hardy as co-chairman of
Mason City. Iowa, calls for the gift of not over $200 to each returning sIn-
dent in need of assistance. I he money is to come from a fund made up of
voluntary contributions from each student still on the campus.
Jane Barnes, June Whittington, and
Bill Kiesehnick.
pals
held its annual formal dinner at
the Warwick Hotel at seven o'clock
Wednesday night, when their
pledges were initiated into member-
ship. Each girl was presented with
a club pin during the evening. White
blossoms and candles decorated the
in a spring motif. The hon-
orees were Virginia Arnold, Rebecca
Fey.
Peg Forristall, Nadine Hokt
librarv. and
upon being cornered, —
he admitted that it was the fitst t about what they are going
time lu' tuui ,,(>('n in lhore in threejto call the senior functions. Beth
. In OC I) spokesman commentI he . . . plan goes a long way to- years. He tried to pass it off by say- I Hummel is spending most of
i)'aid solution of one; of the knottiest student problems arising from the . . . !"g that he was looking for some
tear .situation. It is hoped that othei colleges and universities will consider
the plan thoughtfully."
is
tune at A. &
Colwell finally
Lou Johnson.
Beth Hummel, Mary Clarke Jarvis,
Estelle L i n d s a y. Betty Malone.
Helen Palmer, Alice Picton, Mary
heriJane Shambaugh. and Stella Sulli-
M. these days. Bill van.
had a date—Bettie mrs. patrick davis
I has announced the marriage of
Requirements for the $200 gifts to returning students include at least The Talk of the
ii.\ months' service in a United Stales armed service, attendance at the Uni-
versity of fowa from October 1, 1940 until induction or enlistment, and FRESHMAN CLASS:
maintenance of graduating grades. Heads of campus groups ctie responsible
ior collecting theii quotas under the administration of the plan.
The Iowa answer to post-war rehabilitation might well capture thc in-
terest of campus groups here anxious to achieve something of lasting value
in the present emergency.
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Quotable Quotes
"It is a paradox that, although military defense has been a perennial
p; obi em of the American people, there has been until rcently no conscious,
integrated and continuous study of military security as a fundamental prob-
VOTE FOR
Hafkemeyer, President
and
Cotton, Secy.-Treas.
one. Franklyn Navarro brought a
date to the brawl Friday night and
... . . , iii r i everyone tried to bird-dog him.
lent of government and society. It is another paradox that, although we live : France>s |)enman swears that she
in a warlike world, there has been almost no systematic consideration by v.as putting out the fire with Starke
Imerican scholars of the role of war in human affairs. As democracy is j while everyone else was trying to
based upon belief in the power of public opinion and other moral sanctions,
we have understandably given great weight to the problem of collective se-
( urity. 11 is now necessary, without decreasing our interest in post-war prob-
lems of political and economic reorganization, to restore a balance as between
stub studies and studies of national power. Indeed, there can be no perman-
ent security unless statesmanship understands the role which controlled and
<>cially directed forces must play in maintenance of order and stability."—
Edward Mead Earle of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princclon, /V. /.,
say.s de-emphasis on military study has resulted in a missing link American
.canity■
pull cars out of the mud. You girls
should learn the difference between
Jim Hargrove and Buddy Heard's
cars. Those four girls whom you
used the same line on at. the brawl,
Rugeley, compared notes on you.
Buzzy Baird and Johnny Graves
ought to spend a little more time
with their dates and a little less
time w i t h those guitars. Harvey
neglected Whittington for Peggy
Johnston at the browl. Bottler is not
At the last tea dance for the ELI her daughter, Elizabeth, to Mr. I.es-
lington cadets, someone asked Lib ter T. Thannisch. The marriage took
Knapp if she wanted to walk around,I place on January 10 in Burbank.
and she replied that she couldn't go I California. Mrs. Dick Ganchan, the
outside. He only meant around the jlormer Mildred Dattner, was Eliza-
dance floor, Lib. Mar y Elizabeth j beth's matron of honor.
Broyles makes all those tea dances. | on friday.
Someone should ask Louise Jesup; February, 27. the Architectural
about Donald Nethery, We wonder! Society will hold a banquet: with
what girls are going to have the j their alumni at the Junior League,
esteemed pleasure of becoming so- Dancing will follow speeches by the
eiety pledges. presidents of the two organizations.
SAMMY THE OWL
SUGGESTS
SMITH
FOR YOUR
SLIME PRESIDENT
No n-Partisan
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