The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, April 17, 1942 Page: 2 of 8
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THE THRESHER
Campus Editors Given Awards
Bursar J. T. McCants, speaker at; dent Hob Knox after presenting himjer editor, and Kelly Reed. Owl edi-
the Roll and Quill banquet Wednes-j with a gold key, I lor. Nicholson and Reed were also
day night at the Lamar Hotel, is j Left to right are E 1 i z a b e t h j awarded gold keys by the publica-
pictured above congratulating Cam-1 Knapp, Roll and Quill secretary, Mc- j tions society.
paniie editor and R and Quill presi- Cants, Knox, Pat Nicholson, Thresh-1
Journalistic Night
Roll and Quill Honors
Publications Staffs
Starke Taylor, editor of the '43
Campanile, was elected president of
Roll and Quill, campus publications
association, at its annual spring
<anqu<'t Wednesday night at the
Lamar Hotel. Virgil Harris, busi-
ness manager of the '43 Thresher,
will serve as vice-president, while
Catherine Coburn, associate editor
of this year's Campanile, will be
secretary of the organization. All
terms of office are for one year, be-
ginning in September,
Smorsgabord Innovation
The banquet, featuring the inno-
vation of a Smorsgabord central ta-
ble in lieu of the ordinary individual
plates, vVa - attended by approxi-
mately 150 members of the three
-i;;nlcnt publications, members of
• he faculty publications boards, and
repi esentatives of the Gulf Pub-
> hing Company and Scardino
Printing Company.
R. E. Knox, president of the or-
ganizations for this past year, acted
ni a s t e r of ceremonies as the
r.( ads of the different, staffs of the
\ at ious p u b 1 i c a t i o n s presented
awards to workers for their services
throughout the year. After all sub-
ordinate awards had been made
Bursar .1. T. McCants presented the
editors and business managers with
their R and Quill keys for the year's
work.
Manro Oborwetter, business man-
ager of the Thresher, presented a
bronze pin to Bill Arnold and a sil-
ver pin to Virgil Harris, this year's
assistant business manager.
Pat Nicholson, editor of the
Thresher, presented bronze pins to
Dirk Carnes, Betty Jo Jones,
Charles Ratcliff, and Julian Wil-
liams; silver pins to Sam Brock,
Jess Bessiriger. Easy Kegg, Rose-
mary Mc Kinney. Natalie Rogers,
Marjorie Paxson, and Edd Payne;
and gold pins to Harvey Am mer-
man, Jim Hat grove, Elizabeth
Knapp, and Buck Wright. Nichol-
son also presented Francis Collins,
circulation manager for this year's
Thresher and 1938-39 editor, with A
key similar to those given the edi-
tors and business managers.
Campanile Awards
Lawrence Judd, business manager
of the Campanile, then presented
bronze pins to Johnny Boyd, Jackie
Murphree, Oscar Cadwallader, Tom
Hammond, Rugeley Livesay, Cyn-
thia Manning, Betty Secor, and June
Siegert; silver pins went to Martha
Williford and Tex Bayless; and A1
Russell and Warren Harmon were
presented with gold pins.
The editorial staff of the Campa-
nile was presented with their pins
by the editor, R. E. Knox. Bronze
pins were given Carolyn Knapp,
Bet tie Hampton, Mary Sumners,
and Nadine Hoke; silver pins were
presented Mary Frances Dunnam,
Happy Atkinson, Starke Taylor,
Lida May Blahopolo. Sue Kurth,
Porky Jesup, Elizabeth Potter, Ann
Tuck. Warren Woodward, Elizabeth
Phil brook, and Elizabeth Land;
while gold pins were awarded to
Catherine Coburn, Eugenie Gantt,
Harvev A m m e r m a n, Elizabeth
Knapp, and Buck Wright.
Owl Awards
Owl editorial awards, made by
editor Kelly Reed, were as follows:
■ bronze pins, Pat Long, Roy Cox,
| Halora Adams, and Monroe Cohen;
j silver awards, Joe Bottler, Roy Mc-
! Donald, Bill Mlinar, David Farns-
! worth, George Pierce, and Happy
I Atkinson; gold pins, Harvey Am-
merman. Juan Vina, and Hortense
i Manning.
Weldon Cabaniss, alumni mana-
i ger of the Owl, presented Austin
! Wilson and Stanley Blum with gold
| pins in recognition of their work on
| the business staff of that magazine
for the past year.
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Harry A. Scott
Named Official
I
j Dr. Harry A. Scott, head of the
Institute's department of physical
! education, was elected vice-presi-
dent of the American Association
for Health, Physical Education, and
1 Recreation at its annual convention
■ in New Orleans Wednesday.
Request Banquet
Seating Plans
In Sallyport
Senior banquet officials announced
Thursday that a box will be main-
tained in Sallyport beginning Mon-
day morning to receive requested
seating arrangements for the ban-
quet. Should any two, four, or any
number of persons desire to sit to-
gether, they should put a list with
such instructions in the box or give
it to Mary Frances Dunnam.
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Class V7 Closed
To Men Over 20
After May First
Termination of Class V-7 pro-
gram on or about May 1, 1942 has
been announced by Rear Adml. Ran-
dall Jacobs, chief of the Bureau of
Navigation. Navy Department,
Washington, D. C., according to in-
formation received from the public
relations office of the Eight Naval
District.
After that date the only method
by which applicants will be taken
into Class V-7, which is training for
general deck and engineering duty,
will be via the Class V-l accredited
college program.
College graduates meeting certain
requirements may at present obtain
Class V-7 program training, but
after May 1 only young men en-
rolled or accepted for enrollment in
accredited colleges between the ages
of 17 and 19, who are of good char-
acter, who can meet the physical
standards for enlisted men and who
attend college at their own expense
will be accepted as Class V-l lead-
ing to Class V-7 training.
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Mailing Deadline
On Annual Near
Campanile officials stated Thurs-
day that mailing opportunities now
offered to senior engineers leaving
early will be discontinued in the
near future. Any engineer who ex-
pects to graduate early should put
his name and address, together with
a 35-cent mailing fee, in the box
provided in the Bursar's Office.
ngineer
Exes Meet
Tomorrow
Naval Inspection,
Banquet Feature
Reunion
By Dick Carnes
The fifth biennial reunion of the
Institute engineering alumni will
take place on the campus tomorrow
afternoon. Dr. H. A, Wilson, pro-
fessor of physics since 1912, will be
honored at the affair. Dr. Wilson is
now engaged in planning the reor-
ganization of the physics depart-
ment to meet the wartime demand
for physicists and research work in
that field.
The reunion, held this year with-
i ut the background of the duration-
canceled Rice engineering show, will
open at 2 p.m. with registration in
the Senior Commons. The program
has been engineered by William B.
Marshall, general chairman.
The alumni group will visit the
naval ROTC unit front 3 to 5 p.m.,
when the naval faculty officers will
introduce them to the latest addi-
tion to the campus. A special cadet
review has been scheduled by Cap-
tain D. D. Dupre, commandant of
the unit.
Reception follows
<7The reception will follow at 6:15
p.m. in the Senior Commons, where
the banquet w i 11 begin at 7 p.m.
Karl Kreamer, of the Houston
Lighting and Power Company will
be toastmaster.
An election to fill four vacancies
on the board of directors foi' the
alumni group will precede the ban-
quet. The candidates are Lew E.
Garfield, Franz P. Brogniez, Jeff
E. Montgomery, Wrilliam B. Bryant,
Egerton S. Robb, Joseph R. Shan-
non, Glenn W. King, Fred L. Craig
and John R. Dogget.
Directories of all engineering-
graduates of Rice Institute will be
distributed at the banquet with list-
ings by class, business and resi-
dence.
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John Tomfohrde
New President
Of Rally Club
John Tomfohrde, junior chemical
engineer, was elected president of
the Rally Club, student service or-
ganization, for next year, it was an-
nounced last Friday night at the
club's annual banquet at the Hous-
ton Country Club. Outgoing presi-
dent Vernon (Buzzy) Baird an-
nounced new officers and members
for next year and introduced the
speaker of the evening, Bursar J. T.
McCants, who spoke on the club's
place on the campus during war.
Walter Symonds and his Knight
Owls played for a dance following
the banquet.
Harris Vice-President
Other officers announced at the
affair included: Virgil Harris, vice-
president; Jimmy Anderson, secre-
tary; David Hannah, treasurer;
Charles Fitzgerald, sergeant-at-
arms; George Pierce, head usher.
New members named to the club
were: Walter Murphy, Tommy
Evans, Tommy Coor, Lawrence
Prehn, John Leedom, Wallace Chap-
pell, Warren Woodward, Billy Pax-
ton, Billy Mackey, Ed Bottler, Bob
Tresch, Bobby Cook, Rugeley Live-
say. Cullom Rogers, and Ralph
Young.
FRIDAY. APRIL 17, 1042
Karl K. Kr<
Karl K. Kreamer '28, will be
toastmaster tomorrow night as en-
gineering alumni close their bien-
nial reunion with a banquet in Sen-
ior Commons.
Commandant
Soon to Be
Transferred
Captain Dallas I). Dupre, profes-
sor of naval science and tactics
since September, 1941, will be re-
placed about May 6 by Captain
T. A. Thomson, Jr. of New Orleans,
La., Eighth Naval District head-
quarters reported Wednesday,
Captain Thomson, holding the
Navy Cross for distinguished serv-
ice during World War I, has been
acting commandant of the Eighth
Naval District since December,
1940, supervising activity in the
states of Alabama, Arkansas, Lou-
isiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Ten-
nessee, Texas, and Western Florida.
Assigned to Notre Dame
Captain Dupre will report to
Notre Dame, South Bend. Ind.. as
professor of science and naval tac-
tics and director of an extensive
Class V-7 training program, it was
reported unofficially Thursday. The
local NROTC commandant came to
the Institute from the University of
Texas, and was promoted to _his
present rank while directing prelim-
inary training for the 107 cadets
who make up Rice's first naval
science class.
Appointed to the Naval Academy
in 1911 from Shelbyville, Texas,
Captain Dupre graduated at Annap-
olis in 1915, and became an expert
in electrical propulsion. After serv-
ice during World War I aboard de-
stroyers based at Queenstown, Ire-
land in the Atlantic convoy service,
he returned to Columbia University
and in June, 1922 received the de-
gree of master of science in electri-
cal engineering.
Captain D u p r e ' s later assign-
ments included electrical officer of
the battleship Tennessee; chief en-
gineer of the Pensacola; assistant
naval attache to France, Spain, and
Portugal; instructor at the Naval
War College; executive officer of a
cruiser at Pearl Harbor, and asso-
ciate professor of naval science and
tactics at the University of Texas.
Decorations a n d commendations
which Captain Dupre has received
during his service include: Haitian
Campaign of 1915; Santo Domingan
Campaign of 1916; Cuban Campaign
of 1917; Victory Medal, Destroyer
Clasp; Chevalier of the Legion of
Honor.
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