The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, March 6, 1942 Page: 2 of 4
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7 he distorted and unreasonable system of paying "junior dues" is this
year to meet a just and deserved death.
Mulic
Due to national conditions and the necessity for cutting down all phases
of this year's Junior Prom, it has become impossible to perpetuate the system.
As a consequence it is inevitable that either the junior or senior class will have
to pay, in money or in equivalent entrance bids to the dance, in order to ac-
complish the adjustment.
The situation, briefly, is this: Approximately thirty persons last year
paid the Class of '42 $5.00 as an admission price to the Proms for both
1942 and 1943, in accordance with the established custom. All of that went
into the treasury of the Class of '42, and it was understood that as a courtesy
the Class of '43 should honor the transaction by admitting purchasers to this
year's Prom free of charge.
Should the junior class now admit the thirty members, it will lose
$45.00 potential revenue without any chance of recovery—a loss which the
class in its present financial condition can ill afford.
Should the senior class pay the juniors for the admission of the thirty
purchasers, it will have to draw $45.00 from its treasury, also in poor con- wants the girl who took his picture
dition generally. 1 he senior class will not, however he suffering an actual ] off one of his campaign posters to
financial loss. Last year's prom cost $3.50—there remains just enough of the j please return it. He promises to ask
Libby Land should tell her mother
where she is going from now on,
and not have her calling out to the
dorms. Bert Selman was in a pre-
dicament. last Saturday night. He
had to Ik with Jeannette Russell and
Barbara Clark both all evening.
They didn't have you squirming, did
they Bert? Ed Bottler and Pat
Trammell have decided that things
aren't going so well. Evelyn Nichol-
son and Jack Clemens had a great
time in Austin. Betty Bills is carry-
ing the torch these days, but we
think that it is only on the surface.
Congratulations to the freshman
winners, Jim Smith, Alice Picton,
and Jimmy Cotton. By the way, Jim
By Edd Payne
No one will deny the beauty of a flower arrangement or of
the Houston Flower show, but when the flowers come over the
radio and 'Houston's best high school musicians" perform a
hideously inappropriate version of the first notes of the Beet-
hoven Fifth as a prelude to "America" in place of "La Mer",
who can deny that the city of Houston is getting exactly what
it deserves culturally?
194] "dues" of $5.00 $1.50 for every purchaser of the dues attending! no questions. Molly Alexander and
Saturdays dance Frank Smith have a standing date
every Saturday night now. Claude j subtle, and not so subtle, tempo va-
In addition to these considerations; The '41 Prom netted the Class of
For a comprehensive analysis of
Houston and Dallas sympnony or-
chestras, let us first examine the
conductors. Mr. Singer, Dallas con-
ductor, is a pupil of Stokowski's and
is very apt to imitate him. He uses
neither baton nor music, and ob-
viously does not need them. The or-
chestra has been so thoroughly re-
hearsed, that Mr. Singer can main-
tain a calm and dignified figure at
all times—and get results. In tempo,
w h i c h is one of the conductor's
greatest responsibilities, Mr. Singer
far excels Mr. Hoffmann. The
Maer, graduate and Phi-Bete, re-1 nations in the Beethoven Ninth's
pets were given such unwarranted
prominence, True, Bach indicates no
dynamic requirements, but Mr.
Hoffmann's own sense of piano and
forte and of the melodic require-
ments of the suite should have told
him to put the "Trombe in D" (as
Bach called them) in their usual
place.
To take sections apart is almost
silly. Houston's 'cello section is per-
haps superior to Dallas', whei'eas
Dallas may have a slight edge on
the other strings (except double
bass, in which Houston is obviously
better). Dallas' horn section was in
better lip, but the Houston trumpets
42 approximately $400.00 in patron bids, which revenue is denied the turned to the campus Thursday. Tex j fourth movement were expertly han- j are more accurate and surer. Thv
C.lass of 43. The admission price, to the 1942 dance has, for patriotic rea-
sons, been slashed to $2.00 ibelow, last year's price. The Class of '42 is in
f/iuch heller position generally than the Class of '43.
It appears cleat thai the only fair course left open to the senior class is
payment in full for every purchaser of 1941 "junior dues" who enters this
vear s Prom free of charge.—J.W.H. \ Wednesday. Jane Barnes had a date J Seating Arrangements
_ | wjth a boy from SMU in Austin but
Bayless is taking Jean Jones, for-
mer flame of Dick Kinchloe's, to the
Junior Prom. Mary Clarke doesn't
like it either, Tex. Those OWL
pledges made a striking picture in
their night gowns on the campus
died in Dallas last week.
matin's tempi rubati in the Bach
►Suite were not appropriate, since
they add too much of a romantic
touch to a work w h i c h
classicism.
Society
One thing which I was very im-
pressed with is a comparison of the
is a reward for the person who turns |seatinjf ari.anj>.ements of the orches-
in the right answer as to whom
mr. and mrs. t. m. conway
have announced the engagement
their daughter, Carolyn, to Lt.
j
Scott Adams. After their wedding in
late March, the couple will live in |
Harlingen, where Lt. Adams is an
Instructor in the Air Corps. Margie
Schley entertained with a pottery ;
shower for Carolyn last night, and
Klna Birath is entertaining this eve-1
quet arrangements; dec or a t i o n s !
were attended to by Happy Atkin-
M.n, Pady Sue Whitcomb, and Lucy!
Ann Webster; and Elizabeth Potter)
planned the initiation,
the ebls-pre-med
dance has been set for Saturday,
April 4. The time and place will be
announced soon, o f fi ci a 1 s said
Thursday.
, pals
owls initiated pledges entertained members and
pledges Wednesday afternoon at' their dates Tuesday evening with a
the Houston Yacht Club. A mock buffet supper followed by dancing
initiation was followed by a banquet! at the Plantation. Estelle Lindsey
and the formal initiation. Nell Poole, was hostess for the supper, attend-
president, was in charge of the ban- ed by approximately 100.
Maybelle Smith is going with. We
understand that Harold Hall and
Pat Long have sighted the rocks
ahead, and they are not all glitter-
ing. It is rumored that Emily Mont-
gomery is getting into a pickle. How
is she going to wear both of those
engagement r i n g s she now has.
John Graves and Billy Heard now
have eyes for the same girl, and she
doesn't go to Rice. Quite a few boys
and girls went to Galveston last
week-end for the Phi Chi formal.
0 —
Mr. Hoff- Dallas winds are the point of real
reckoning. The Dallas wind section
(possibly because of its position) is
capable of effects undreamed of irt
defines the Houston orchestra, where a pic-
j colo player windily plays a flute
louder than any other single instru-
i ment. Houston's tympanist is very
j superior; the other kitchen folk
don't count.
On results, the Dallas orchestra
comes out a length or two ahead.
Tempo, dynamics, tone (except in
trumpet section) and combination
are much subtler and surer.
As far as I can make out the
main differences are: (1) Dallas ha.-
tras I have heard in person. The
Houston Symphony is alone in seat-
ing the cellos and violas in the key-
stone position. By placing them
around to the conductor's right, the
string basis of the orchestra can be
emphasized, and the winds being
pushed in behind them are put into | a better trained, more imaginative
a less blaring position. The arch de-; conductor; (2) The Dallas conductor
feet of the Houston orchestra's seat- I uses a seating arrangement which
ing arrangement was fully displayed makes his orchestra's defects mini-
at the last concert, when the trum- mal and its good points maximal.
ROTC Rifle Team
Loses Dual Match
For First Defeat
GiuL IdeuM.
The first m e e t i n g of knitting
classes sponsored by the YWCA was
held Tuesday night at the home of
Ruth W hit son.
The Spanish Club met Tuesday
night at the home of Ruth Lentsch.
The Girls' Club met Tuesday aft-
• moon at Autry House.
Sponsored by the Methodist Stu-
dent Union, a hayride and steak fry
will be held tonight at Memorial
Park. Members will meet at Autry
House at 7 o'clock. The MSU spon-
sored a buffet luncheon Tuesday.
Sponsored by the YWCA, Mrs.
Coombs will speak this afternoon at
Autry House at 1 o'clock on "Wom-
en in Defense."
1 The campus NROTC rifle squad
| suffered its first defeat Saturday,
' scoring 1655 to Minnesota's 1918
and Michigan's 1791. The loss of
R o b b Nisbet, leading marksman,
was reflected in the lowered team
score. Nisbet is expected to recover
from a recent appendectomy in time
for the Hearst match Marsh 14,
when Rice will fire against the 26
other collegiate NROTC units in
the nation.
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