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The Rice Institute
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HOUSTON, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 6. 1942
Number 19
Visiting Professor
Is Named As
Full Member
and twelve
were an-
One full member
associate members
nounced Thursday by Dr. Wal-j
ter Leighton, secretary of thej
campus chapter of the Society!
of the Sigma Xi, honorary fra-
ternity for the promotion of scien- ,
tific research.
The full member is Dr. Szolem
Mandelbrojt, visiting; professor of
mathematics.
New associate m e m h e r s are:
Francis Albert Collins Jr., Marion
Joseph Greve, Nat Wetzel Krahl,
Alfred Douglas Iteichle, Raymond
Hamilton Skaggs. Howard Edward The fifth annual series of
Taylor Ernest Musselwhite Jr j Rockwelj Lectures wiJi be c}e.
Lloyd Jean Money, James DeVVJtt
Wvant, Warren Candler Simpson, '| leered March 31 and April 1-2,
Meyer Bear Goren, Jennings Alvin | at 8:15 p.m. ill the Physics Am-
Ylassingill. i phitheatre b y D r . William
The members w ill be initiated | Ernest Hocking, chairman of
March 14 at a Sigma Xi dinnet in j tht? Department of Philosophy at
the Faculty Club honoring Professoi J Harvard University. The general
P. W. Bridgman of Harvard Univei- j s u ^ j e 1.1 of Professor Hocking's
sity, slated to speak here that eve- j course ;s "Science, Value, and Re-
iving under auspices ol the honoi aiy | |jg.j0j| " \ cordial invitation is ex-
Uniqu© Spelling
Gives Excuse
For English 0
Add reasons why you have to take
English 0. the hated spelling test
that still has some graduating sen-
iors stumped:
The n o r t h AB bulletin board
Thursday listed these two announce-
ments by students: "The Coral Club
will meet—" and "Wanted to bye—"
in perfectly legible handwriting.
0
Dr. Hocking
To Deliver
*42 Lectures
Harvard Philosopher
Will Speak Here
March 31-April 2
Speaker
mzm&
fraternity.
Dinner Precedes
Senior Final Ball
Evening of May 2
Th.l).
The Final Ball will be held from | *
10 until 2 the evening of May 2, and j
will be preceded by a class dinner, i
seniors voted in the Chemistry Lec- i
ture Hall Wednesday at noon. j
John Luker, chairman for the at'- j
fair moved up four weeks to include j
early - graduating engineers, s a i d 1
later that the Rice Hotel had been
obtained as a site for the ball, and j 'he
that the dinner would be held in the } $d2.86,
South American Room, with dancing ' f°r seniors,
k.ter in the enclosed Terrace.
American in Question
Class committees will decide
tended to the public.
Honorary Degrees
The lecturer was born in Cleve-
land. Ohio, the son of a doctor of
medicine. He was graduated from
Harvard University, successively, as
bachelor of arts, master of arts, and
doctor of philosophy. Among the
honorary degrees which he holds are
L.H.D. from Williams College, D.D.
from the University of Chicago.
oni the University of Glas-
Continued on page 4
___ 0
Dr. J.W. Slaughter
Speaks March 11
In Menorah Series
Streamlined Junior Prom
Opens At Rice Terrace
Saturday Night At 10
Election of Queen To Feature Dance;
Price of Bids Cut To $1.65;
Corsages On Blacklist
Approximately 300 boys will vote Saturday night to select
a queen of the streamlined Junior Prom, slated for the Rice
Terrace from 10 until 2. Votes will be cast at the door to choose
a junior coed queen of the wartime Prom that has been stripped
I only of patron bids, corsages
and a top-heavy portion of the
admission price, which has be^n
slashed from $3,50 to $1,65.
No Nomination
i Voting will be without nonuna
litants of Corregidor. em- j *'on a,,<' an.v atK' every girl in the
led Philippines fortress guard- |,iun'or 1 be eligible for elee*-,
Corregidor
Inhabitants
Packed and Ready
hat.!
nig
t lie* approach
"'packed and
• were
ibefore t be
| war,'' Ann
■ of the Cir
iT uesday.
Miss (i(assburn.
to Manila Bay.
ready for weeks
outbreak of the Pacific
(Jhissbut n told members
's <'luli at Autrv House!
tion. The queen will be introduced
at intermission and presented with
a gift donated by the J. J. Sweeney
Jewelry Co.
The Prom will spotiighte Waltei
Syinonds and his Knight Owls on
the bandstand. A new vocalist and
several new arrangements should
Dr. John \\ illis Slaughter, lec- ; Miss (ilassburn. daughter of Col-
turer in civics and philantrop'by, will j one! .1. (ilassburn of Camp Wallace.
speak under the auspices of the 1 was the third person evacuated from \ liven up the musical program.
Menorah Society at 8 p.m. Wednes- th(' fort vvhen she k'fL U 1ate ' Decorations for the Prom
day at Atitry House. Dr.
will present the second
the current series. "Blue
Peace," speaking u p o n
March Board Bill
In Dorms $32.86;
Slaughter
lecture in
Prints for j pines
"Post-War
Social Reconstruction." The public-
is cordially invited to attend.
Four Speakers
M ischa Caplan. president of the
Menorah Society, has announced
that the entire series will include
foul* prominent speakers and a
round table discussion. Each speaker
will discuss a particular phase of
the problem of post-war peace. The
remaining program for the series is
as follows:
March 11—Dr. Slaughter.
March 25—Dr. David M. Potter,
instructor in history.
April 22—Dr. C h a r 1 e s Hollub,
< zechoslovakian consul.
May 13—Round table with five
nave
in li 40. she told Girl's Club mem- | been definitely soft-pedaled in order
hers a f t e r describing the natural j to put on the dance, traditionally
beauty of the once-peaceful Philip- j
March board bill will be
with the usual $1 additional | representative students
the Office of the Bursar] hi Robert I. Kahn.
said Wednesday. The charge per day j "Blue Prints for Peace
lis $1.06, the rate which has pre-i ond annual lecture serif
later ! vailed since November. by the Menorah Society.
Co uncil Curtails
; Election Handbills,
Reduces Expenses
Bv Jim Hargrove
Student Council Monday virtually
abolished any handbill advertising
and cut expenses by one-half iti the 1 Bill\
I forthcoming spring general elee- bids
| tions. The move, unexpected and un-
| heralded, came in tin- form of a res-
; olution presented by junior repre-
; sentative J o h n Leedom. who ex-
one of splendor and fancy trim-
mings, at the base price of $1.50 us
advised by the administration in
view of national conditions.
Arrangements for the dance are
in change of the junior class offi-
cers: Bob Treach, president; Eliza-
th Philbrook. vice-president, and
Curtis Johnson, treasurer. Commit-
tees co-operating with the officers
comprise: orchestra: Jack Word,
chairman, Don Stephens, Nancy Al-
ien B 1 a k e m o r e; publicity: Tiny
Long, chairman, Jim Hargrove, John
Leedom, Ann Tuck, Verlan Prichard.
Paxt.on, Hortense Manning:
Al \*acek, S t o n e Quilliati,
Stoop Dickson. Wallace Chapped,
Jess Bessinger. Ann Russ. Mat-go.
Continued on page 2
on the advisability of staging the
traditional American late in May,
President Johnny Boyd said after
appointing a total of 98 to groups
which include committees to super-
vise the American if held plus the
class picnic.
Boyd would not comment on the
controversial class dues question,
except to assure engineers leaving
May 2 that there would be a "sub-
stantial difference" between what
they pay and the amount charged
the remainder of the class.
Promising Field
led by Rah- j plained that the terminology "ur-
j gently requests" in the resolution
" is the sec-! should really be tantamount, in the'
s sponsored \ light of present situations, to "or-
I tiers." The resolution, as tendered to !
j the council and subsequently adopt- i
I ed unanimously, "urgently requests"
Continued on page 2
Betty Jo Justus
General Chairman
For Frosh Dance
Demand For Physicists
Reflects Big Shortage
Doctor Bridgman,
Pressure Expert,
To Lecture Here
Stll-
Naval Professor
Leads Open Forum
> Latest army, navy, civil service [that sophomore engineering
j and industrial employment bulletins j dents with marked aptitude may
j point to perhaps the most critical j switch to the physics honors course.
personnel shortage in the all- out i and third-year instruction in the
i war effort—in the field of physics. | science, which really begins special-
The Institute, its physics staff al- ization, is undergoing drastic revi
Captain Dallas D. Dupre
.-or of naval science and tactics, con-
ducted an open forum for members
of the Pre-Law Association at Au-
try House Tuesday evening, leading
a discussion of modern aspects
naval warfare.
\ ready stripped to three men, the
1 number of students taking the hon-
| ors course in the science at a new
profes-' low because of the heavy drain even !
Dr. P. \V. Bridgman. professor of
mathematics and natural philosophy
at Harvard and authority upon the
problems and t e c. h n i q u e of high
pressure, will speak here March 14
under the auspices of the Society of
concentration upon ; the Sigma Xi. officials of the honor-
ary scientific fraternity announced
sion to allow foi
the application of sound and radio
as directly applied to war problems.' Thursday.
Physicists are needed primarily to i Dr. Bridgman
The Dance Committee will honor
the freshman class March 21. offi-
cials said Thursday, with the place,
pVice of admission, and orchestra to
be announced after meetings next
week-
Betty Jo Justus was named gen-
eral chairman late Thursday by
President Jim Smith.
Schreck, Fortune
Given Promotions
ifi
will
upon embryo physicists and a re-
lated demand for engineers, is co-
operating with state and national
educational autorities in an effort
of j to relieve the shortage.
j Newest catalogues here point out
continue work upon research prob-
lems directly connected with the
war effort, the solution of any one
of which may conceivably alter the
war's course overnight. The nation
Continued on page 4
by
describe steps
which laboratory pressure has
b«en raised to 400,000 atmospheres,
or fl,000,000 pounds per square inch,
and the production of boiling hot ice
at a temperature of approximately
'75 degrees Fahrenheit.
The appointment of two petty of -
fleers for the XROTC drum and
bugle corps was announced Tuesday
by Captain D. D. Dupre. Henry
Schreck was raised to a petty offi-
ce i first class, and Harrison For-
tune was made a petty offices sec-
ond class.
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