The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, October 16, 1942 Page: 1 of 4
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HOUSTON, TEXAS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER It, 1042
Number 6
Ffve Year
To Present Fall
Ball Tomorrow
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John MacKenzie was appointed
secretary-treasurer of the sopho-
more class by Student Council at
its regular meeting Tuesday. No eli-
gible student filed for the office in
the elections held Monday, necessi-
tating the appointment, as per con-
stitutional ruling. MadKenzie was
runner-up in the race last spring,
and Council felt that it was merely
activating the will of the sopho-
more student body in appointing
him.
Council also named Jimmy Win-
ters, John Sellingsloh, and Jimmy
Elder to serve on an auditing com-
mittee to supervise and inspect the
book of the various classes. The
committee is headed by Lawrence
Prehn, treasurer of the Association,
and Harvey Ammerman, who is an
ex-officio member. One member
from each class makes up the re-
mainder.
Freshman To Be Appointed
Council was reminded by Presi-
dent Ammerman that a freshman
member to the body should be ap-
pointed, and it was decided that the
appointment should be made at the
next meeting, which will be Tues-
day. During the intervening time
present members should investigate
the freshmen and decide on a likely
candidate.
Two by-laws were presented Coun-
cil by Lawrence Prehn, dealing with
the official voting lists at the fall
and spring elections, and clearing
up points presently rather confused
about who is qualified to vote in the
fall class elections. Discussion on
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Little Th eater
Opens Tuesday
An event of interest to Institute
theater-goers, who have been left in
the cold since the disbanding of the
Dramatic Club, will be the opening
Tuesday night at 8:30 p.m. of the
first production of the season by
the Houston Little Theater. The of-
fering will run through Saturday
night, although the last night the
house will be given over in large
part to soldiers. The play will be
"The. Heart of the City," by Lesley
Storm, and the direction will be in
charge of Dr. Friedrich Jessner. The
Little Theater is located at 707
Chelsea Boulevard.
Dr. Jessner, who comes to the
Little Theater from the drama de-
partment of Yale University, has
had a wide and varied experience
in the theater both in this country
and abroad.
War Work Planned
In addition to the regular produc-
tions this season, the Little The-
ater is organizing two other de-
partments, the Spotlighters and the
Stage Door Canteen. The Spotlight-
ers Will produce plays in the inti-
mate theater manner so that they
can be presented in the army camps
located in the Houston vicinity. The
, Stage Door Canteen is affiliated
with the national organization of
•that name and will furnish enter*
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"Woofus" is seen above crowning
the pile of scrap metal assembled
at the Institute last week in co-
operation with the national Scrap
Drive. Woofus was a mechanical
barking dog built of solid steel for
display in the engineering shows
which are now a thing of the past.
He first put in his appearance in
1932, died a noble death in 1942.
Standing in front of the pile is
Tony Martino, who assisted in the
collection of the scrap from various
points on the cSmpus.
E. E. Department
epart
Given Equipment
The Electrical Engineering De-
partment announced Thursday re-
ceipt of a gift of a quantity of radio
equipment from Mr. T. R. Heyck of
the class of 1922. Included in the
donation were* a number of micro-
phones, transformers, various types
of electrical measuring instruments,
variable condensers, and some other
technical equipment. The equip-
ment, which will probably be use-
ful in the night radio courses to be
begun soon, is in very good condi-
tion.
According to Dr. Carl Wisch-
meyer, head of the department, the
handsome donation was particularly
valuable in view of the fact that
much of the equipment would not
be obtainable by purchase until the
end of the war due to cessation of
radio equipment production for
civilian use until that time. The
equipment is valued at more than
$150 after depreciation for age and
use has been deducted.
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Movies to Feature
SAACS Meeting
The student affiliate of the
American Chemical Society will
hold its second meeting of the cur-
rent school year Wednesday eve-
ning, October 21. A motion picture
with sound, furnished by the Hum-
ble Oil Company, will be shown.
The subject of the film is the fight-
ing of oil well fires by chemical
methods. The meeting will begin
promptly at 7:30 and will last ap-
proximately one hour. Refreshments
will be served.
The first meeting of the Student
Affiliate was held October 7. It was
devoted to the organizing of the
society for the coming year and to
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Institute Authors
New McKillop, Potter
Books Are In Library
The growing list of books in the
library penned by Rice faculty mem-
bers has been augmented recently
by the addition of two new contri-
butions, both of which should be of
particular- interest to .Institute stu-
dents and instructors alike. Dr.
David M. Potter, instructor in his-
tory at the Institute from 1938 to
1942, and now assistant professor
of history in Yale University, has
just hfcd released his "Lincoln and
His Party in the Secession Crisis,"
and Dr. Alan Dugald McKillop, pro-
fessor of English, offers his "Back-
ground of Thomson's Seasons." The
loss of Dr.* Potter, whose popular
courses in English history and the
history of the South were the de-
light of every history major, has
been keenly felt by the history de-
partment, as well as by the whole
Institute.
Much New Research
"Lincoln and His Party in the Se-
cession Crisis" describes with com-
plete and critical detail the impor-
tant phase, of American history
from the election of Lincoln to the
fall of Fort Sumter. This relatively
short period has been the subject
of much new and revised investiga-
tion, in which Dr. Potter has been
one of the leaders. He approaches
this period chiefly through a study
of the Republican party and its
leaders, especially Lincoln and Sew-
ard. He examines with much detail
the attitude of the Republicans to
the threat of secession, their-poli-
cies and actions in the face of actual
withdrawal by the Southern states,
and their hopes that the Union
might be restored without a resort
to arms. New evidence is thrown
on the viewpoints and objectives of
many of the leaders of this period,
especially those of Lincoln himself.
Dr. Potter gives much emphasis
to the significance of the rise of the
Republican Party as a medfum of
expression for the new attitude that
was becoming' dominant in the
North of this era. Dr. Potter's book,
released this year by the Yale Uni-
versity Press, is a valuable addition
'to the critical investigation of this
phase of the War Between the
States.
First Book on Subject
Dr. McKillop's "Background "■ of
Thomson's Seasons" is described by
the publisher, the UViivtersity of
Minnesota Press, as the "first com-
prehensive book on the subject to
be published in this country." Dr.
McKillop, professor of English
courses in the development of the
novel and in an appreciation of
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Red Cross Groups
Sign Up Monday
The Women's Council will main-
tain a table in Sallyport from 10 to
12 Monday morning for the purpose
of signing up interested girls to
work in Hermann Hospital rolling
bandages, it was announced Thurs-
day.
All girls who sign up will work
in a group from 2 till-• 4 p.m. on
Wednesdays under the auspices of
the Red Cross, it was said.
The Five Year dub, an or-
ganization never known for its
conservatism and conventional-
ism, announced late this week
through a publicity committee
the scheduling of a Fall Ball to be
held at the Spring Branch Gun Club
tomorrow night beginning at 8:30.
The affair will be informal, admis-
sion (to include refreshments and
tax) is 65 cents.
This function will be the first and
only such party, it was announced,
as it will be rather impossible for
anyone to attend any following the
instigation of gas rationing, which
is scheduled for November 22. Di-
rections for reaching the Club have
been placed on bulletin boards at
Autry House and the Engineering
Building.
Very Informal
The Fall Ball will be somewhat
of a continuation of the engineering
parties given in former years at
Camp Beatty, although, a spokes-
man for the committee stated, ef-
forts are being made to make it
more colorful and interesting. "Al-
though the name of the affair—the
Fall Ball—might lead one to think
it should be formal," the spokesman
said, "we urge everyone to come .in-
formal." As an afterthought, he
added: "Very informal."
Music will be furnished, as will
also the refreshments, for the orig-
inal admission price. It is expected
that a large crowd will attend, since
there will be no football game to-
morrow and no dances have been
scheduled then.
Tickets will go on sale in Sally-
port today.
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Scrap Drive Will
End This Week
The scrap drive has made real
headway on the campus, as anyone
could have seen last week by a
slight glance at the gigantic pile
towering to a heig-ht of about twen-
ty feet on the chemistry parking
lot. Through the combined " efforts
of John Ward, president of the
Architectural Society, Mr. Watkins,
professor of architecture, and the
many other members of the Society
who helped, an enormous amount
has been collected from laboratories,
basements, and dark corners of
buildings at the Institute.
It was hoped that the scrap col-
lection would have been allowed to
remain all week in sight of every-
one in order to encourage more con-
tributions; but on Sunday, when
the city-wide collection was made,
Rice's went along with the rest.
Civilian defense trucks were do-
nated for this service, as were the
services of those who voluntarily
helped load scrap.
Mr. Watkins stated that he esti-
mated the amount to be around
fourteen tons, or in the neighbor-
hood of 28,000 pounds. There is a
great deal more scrap still being
brought in every day, and by the
end of the week, five or six thou-
sand additional pounds are expected.
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