The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, September 18, 1942 Page: 4 of 4
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(Believing that the war has in-
creased rather than diminished the
immediate need for a command of
European languages, Mr. Andre
Bourgeois, instructor in French, has
designed his new French grammar
to facilitate the practical mastery
of the elements of the language in
a short time, all the while empha-
sizing modern military terms and
conversational practice which may
soon be uesful to future officers of
the army and navy.
The new book, to be used by
freshman classes this year in mi-
meographed sheets, pending publi-
cation, is titled A Practical First
Year French Grammar. Its author
is especially hopeful that the con-
temporary utility of the text will be
made more easily accessible by its
having been written with the stand-
ards of Rice classes in mind. In ad-
dition, the lessons are composed to
be covered in one class period. Mas-
Orders for senior rings
placed immediately if delivery is
expected before Christmas, Cla*s
President John Leedom announced
Thursday. Orders may be placed
with Walter Murphy, manager of
the Co-operative Store.
Leedom also stated the Ring Com-
mittee membership will be revealed
in the near future. Following ap-
pointment of the members, the com-
mittee will receive competitive bids
•from various engraving companies
for the rings.
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Picture Receipts
Deadline Is Set
The dead line on partial payment
receipts for Campanile class pic-
tures will be September 30, Editor
Starke Taylor announced Thursday.
Holders of receipts are i^equested to
have their pictures taken as soon as
possible at Maurice Studios, 3901
South Main Sti'eet.
There will be a short meeting of
culine and feminine words are listed !all students interested in working
in separate columns, and the irregu- on the 1943 Campanile today at 12
o'clock, Taylor also announced.
The meeting will be held in room
202 of the Administration Building.
Both new and old students are in-
lar verbs, nightmare of the new
French student, are reduced to a
minimum.
Mr. Bourgeois, himself immedi-
ately concerned with the problems! vited.
of army service, pointed out that
some former Rice students were al-
ready in Europe in intelligence serv-
ice, making good use of their train-
ing, and this consideration has guid-
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Liberal Arts-
Continued from page 1
losses to the faculty are probably
unbound for the present, and as yet
there have been no changes in the
large English staff.
There is no doubt that a new em-
phasis on mathematics and science,
designed for future ensigns and
lieutenants, will increasingly attract
masculine enrollment away from
academic classes, especially the
more advanced ones. Only the fu-
ture progress of the war will give a
hint as to how far Letters and Art
will become only names on the seal
of the Institute.
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Picnic Set—
Continued from page 1
After the informal program of
the afternoon, which the Student
Council, the Honor Council, the Ral-
ly Club, the Woman's Council and
other student groups are preparing
in conjunction, a short pep rally will
be staged as introduction to the
Corpus Christi Naval College game.
The picnickers will then move in a
I body to the stadium for the night
; game.
| -ed him in the writing of his new
'.grammar. No longer merely cul-
! tural courses for academes, French
I and German have become vitally
necessary to our war effort.
A SEAT ON THE 50
for the games you can't see
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HUMBLE, for the eighth consecutive
season, broadcasts Southwest confer-
ence games every week-end.
HUMBLE OIL & REFINING CO.
TODAY—more than ever—a SERVICE Institution
THE SECRET OF SUCCESS IS WISE SPENDING
South Texas Commercial
National Bank
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Continued from page 1
bounty are yours to have and to
hold with us, with your predeces-
sors, and your successors, so long as
you prove worthy of the confide;
and the trust we place in you this
day.
You come into a good name and a
sound reputation. We look to you to
maintain and to enhance the good
name and the sound reputation. Am-
bition, brains, character, tact, and
wit will enable you to meet these
great expectations of ours and si-
multaneously to win your own
bright futures provided you work
hard, keep hope hanging high, and
do well what you do. There is no
other way. It will be the way with
you whenever and wherever you go.
For, the first things oB these acres
and these years—the beauty, the
principles, the spirit, the poetry, of
this place, once you get them, or they
get you—will be the last things to
leave you. In that sense, at least,
they are eternal for all of us.
* # *
Winning the War
Finally, Alexander, I)Iewton, and
Florence Nightingale had each a
triple portion of the divine fire we
call genius. To be convinced of that
we have only .to stand up to them,
take their measure, and then our
measure. Each of them had genius
of intellect, genius of character,
genius of work. It is from the last
aspect, from their individual devo-
tion to hard, hopeful, and thorough
work, that I derive most encourage-
ment. For each of them fulfilled the
threefold formula earlier enjoined
of you. All three of them worked
hard, kept hope hanging high, and
did well what they did. And deep
down under their success' in each
case you find a concrete slab of un-
common common sense. They pos-
sessed and practiced in rare combi-
nation genius and common sense.
Their fine example as dauntless
solder, intrepid scientist, and cru-
sading saint should inspire and
nerve you to discharge your double
duty today: your duty to man's hu
manity to man, and your duty to
man's inhumanity to man; to fed-
erate the resources of the first, and
to crush everlastingly the iniquities
of the second.
That is the issue. It is between
humanity and inhumanity. That is-
sue sharply defines your duty. It
explains the why of your duty. But
there remain the what and where
and when of your whole duty. For
guidance at all such points we look
confidently and loyally to the gov-
ernmental leadership of our coun-
try.
I have understanding and sympa-
thy with you in these difficulties
that you face this autumn. We face
the same difficulties individually
and as an institution. We must see
them through, perhaps only day by
day, but see them -through we will.
To that end, by and large, we are
trying to steer a middle course. In
your interests and in the interests
of this institution we are trying to
steer a middle course between living
and working as though there were
no war, and working and living as
though there were nothing but the
war. We are animated and driven by
two desires: first, to serve human-
ity, the country, and the United Na-
tions to the uttermost for the win-
ning of the war, and second, to save
all that you and our institutions
may become for the peace after you
have won, finally and completely,
won the war. These two ends of
serving and saving can be attained
and held only by winning the war.
Victory, therefore, must be our first
goal.
For three years I have had no
other conviction than that we
be going into this war. For nine
months I have had no other convic-
tion than that the United Nations
will win this war. I had rather pass
on to you the spirit of
any ether things eould possibly
give you. I have never been able to
see how I could live without hope,
but that is net a good reason for
you. In my, opinion, your good rea-
son for invincible hope is not only
that our Cause is just, but also that
we are ready and willing, every man
and woman of us, willing and ready
to die to the last one of us to win
this war. Victory, therefore, is our
final goal.
• * *
A Standing Invitation
One word more. My room has
casement windows on two fronts,
east and west. They open on the
acres and they overlook the years.
Now and then I go to one window or
Friday, September 18, IMS
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going, as they to every
hour on the hour. Such moments for
me are always bright moments in
the day's work. So will they be, I
doubt not, to you.
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The room has doors on two fronts,
north and south. They bear no num-
ber, title, card, or name-plate. The
north ones stand open to you at any
time in the working day. Come to
see me when you will and let us talk
things over from time to time.
There may be other visitors, so a
telephone ring in advance may
spare you an unavoidable wait, yet
it might be worth the wait if only
to view the acres and the years
from the windows of that room.
—Edgar Odell Lovett
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