The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, January 15, 1943 Page: 2 of 4
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Institute student* have shown an embarrassing and shameful apathy
the past two nights in the almost universal failure of undergraduates to attend
the Rockwell lectures, presented this year by a distinguished and well-known
philosophical theologian.
They have demonstrated to all intents and purposes that they are not
interested in the improvement and nurture of their spiritual faculties and be-
ings, and have shrugged off with a complacent indifference the sincere and
warmhearted gift of a true friend of Rice, who specificially endowed these
lectures for the "spiritual and menial growth of the students and faculty" at
the Institute.
Among a fairly large and very appreciative audience of townspeople
in the Physics Amphitheater Wednesday night, the presence of four lone stu-
dents glaringly pointed to the indifference with which the student body
greeted the sixxth annual series of lectures.
This year the failure on the part of the students was even more forci-
bly brought out than it would have been ordinarily. This year Dean Wicks,
whose lectures hold material vastly worthwhile for the younger generation,
had written ahead several times and explicitly stated that it was his intention
to speak directly to the students, that his whole approach was designed for
them, that he was essentially, a student adviser. Those letters received wide
publicity and the intent of his visit was plain.
And four students attended the first lecture.
Granted that examinations are upon us, thai none of us has time to
spare or throw away, that every minute should be utilized—granted this,
how many students can yet answer truthfully that they did not have the time
to attend the lectures? The wasted moments, the idle minutes of the past
three days would instantly refute a claim to this excuse.
Be that as it may, the fact is that what is done is done, and no amount
of bewailing will increase the number of students who attended Wednesday
or Thursday night's lectures. But it is a hope, feeble though it may be, that
a certain amount of bewailing will call to the attention of a student body
that is more lazy than anything else the fact that there is one more lecture,
the final one, tonight, and that what has happened the past two nights can
be made up for in large measure by a sizeable attendance tonight.
As a plea to the courtesy of the student body, if to no other factor, the
Thresher urges as many students as can possibly attend to hear Dr. Wicks
tonight at 8:15 in the Physics Amphitheater.
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New Editor Takes Over
This issue of the Thresher marks the last to be printed under the present
editorial staff. The exigencies of War and the unforseen circumstances which
are routine in these times have caused the departure of more than a small
portion of the editorial staff which began this present school year.
When the new editor tal(es over, let it be known that she is bound by
no pledges, promises, or statements of policy made by the present staff. No
less than any new editor taking over at the beginning of the school year is she
responsible for the actions or mistakes of this stpff. She is free to pursue
what editorial policy she may desire.
She has our best wishes for a successful editorial term.
J* Oscar
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announcement of
the engagement of Miss Betty Jo
Brady to Thomas S. Heytt is made
by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
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MAKE
MADING'S DRUG
STORE
your
HEADQUARTERS
STORE NO. 14
6602 So. Main St.
in your
NEIGHBORHOOD
B. Brady. Mr. Heytt is the son of
Mrs. Martha C. Heytt of Wichita,
Kansas, and is at present in train-
ing at Corpus Christi.
miss orissa knight gaston 11
was complimented Wednesday
afternoon with a tea given by Mrs.
W. F. Akin. She was also honoree
Wednesday at noon at a luncheon
by Mrs. G. G. Harrington and Mrs.
H. H. Bremer. Tuesday evening Mrs.
W. W. Kemmeru, Mrs. C. F. McEl-
hinney and Dr. Harriet Boardman
entertained Miss Gaston with a
kitchen shower. Mrs. D. Sumners and
Mary Sumners honored Miss Gas-
ton with a handkerchief shower
Monday night. Miss Gaston's en-
gagement to Charles Scranton Har-
rington has been announced and the
wedding will take place January 23
in Fredericksburfi, Virginia.
FEBRUARY SENIOR BALL
Honoring
FEBRUARY GRADUATES
FEB. 6 MID-TERM GRADS FREE!
RICE TERRACE SENIORS 75c, tax incl.
9-1 GEN'L ADM'S'N $1.75, tax incl.
wonder
Nan? No
care of . . .
whom the
iwa is a mtiwW of their
esteemed organisation (Ed. Note;
"The above remark will probably
give rise to the old superstition
again that a Pre-Law writes this
column), has been the subject of
various and sundry cat-fights lately
. . .. Katy (of the undulating walk)
Wakefield has announced that she's
going steady . . . We predict the
very-soon-marriage of Nancy Allen
. . . Congratulations to Lucy Craig
and Bob Wright as of tomorrow
night . . . We wish that E. B. mem-
ber would hurry up and announce
her engagement. The morale of the
club needs a boost, what with the
Pals and Owls dropping off like
flies . . . Incidentally, Crutchfield,
how's Nellie?
Bobo Kyle is beginning to be
Rice's man-about-town. His little
book contains the numbers of Tuck,
Wakefield (Well, there's one he can
scratch off), Skeeter, and Land . . .
How come Jimmy Walker doesn't
follow in his footsteps—-lots of
wasted talent there . . . According
to actual calculations, Tex Bayless
will be the only senior man left
around about April 3 who isn't en-
FORGET EXAMS
at
February Senior Ball
FEB. 6 KNIGHT OWLS
gaged or otherwise involved . . .
Women should form a date-pool!...
Beth Hummel is considering loosen-
ing her toe-hold on Ralph Young in
favor of last week's king, Bill Mc-
Bride . . . Whittington and Hafke-
meyer's theme song should be "Con-
stantly" . . . Mary Sumners appears
quite interested in Fellow Carl
Wischmeyer.
Bradley and Hoke have called it
quits for the umteenth time. Said
severance of relations effective at
least until Roger goes on active duty
with Uncle Sam . . . Warren Wood-
ward is the first man in history to
be happy over being late dated on.
It seems Miss Bills utilized the wee
small hours of Sunday morning to
tell Mr. Kinney that he was no
longer the man . . . Jack Wilson and
B. Scott are on speaking terms
again. She must be getting pretty
hard up ... As a prelude to an
early proposal Paxton is .now pre-
senting Hortense,, with five-pound
boxes of candy . . . Despite a rela-
tively small turnout, all present were
agreed that the PAL-Pre Law dance
was the best of the year . . . Mr. and
Mrs. Starke Taylor were there in all
their glory despite Starke's broken
hand. It is still not quite clear how
he acquired this fracture but he
swears -that she had nothing to do
with it . . . With" A1 Pujol taking
over with Nelsie Jane, Wareham has
switched to Philbrook. Not bad, Les-
lie .. . With Sunset Boulevard still
darkly shrouded in the smoke of
battle it is not yet known if Murphy
emerged from the fray with any of
his hair left. An early decision may
be expected . . .
Announcing
10 o'clock
delivery service
to the
Dormitories
THE CANTEEN
„ iiia
This is the last
I wiU write for the Thresher. I have
to use this opportunity to
voice tome ideas that have hem ger-
my wtM the
the
listeners to CBS's
day afternoon broadcasts of
New York Philharmonic
are familiar with Deems Taylor's
frequent defenses of American
music, orchestras, and conductors.
In one of his recent intermission
commentaries, he mentiond the
Houston orchestra as one of the
best examples of a "fine lesser sym-
phony orchestra." And now, sudden-
ly, comes proof that perhaps the
orchestra is coming into additional
national recognition. Tonight, with
soprano Lucile Manners as guest
soloist, the orchestra is to appear on
a national radio hook-up on the
Cities Service Concert.
Now, with all the above-described
seeming progress, why do local
scribes, including my colleagues and
myself, have such a great propen-
sity to criticize the orchestra?.Have
we failed to recognize potential
greatness because we are too much
on the scene and lack the perspective
of distance, or are our prophecies
factors. In the first place, we
into the too eas;
orchesti
York, Boston, and other
too easy device of compar-
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<ng me orcnessra to tnose ox new
cities. We do simply INwausfr
there is no .other basis for compari-
son, since the radio and phonograph
afford us our only other asedhftis
for listening to symphonic music.
This comparison is grossly unfair
for obvious reasons.
In the second place, the tenor of
the times is simply not conducive to
the best in symphonic music—the
second best, perhaps, but not the
best. A symphonic orchestra con-
verted not only to the hardships of,
but to the actual service of, a war,
is no going to please those who like
their music at the same old stand.
For these reasons, if we are will-
ing to put up for the time being
with something not always to our
liking, and it is well to, remember
that we are lucky to maintain an
orchestra during these times at all,
we can look forward to brighter days
ahead.
IMS
... in peace and war
This emblem is familiar throughout the nation as the
symbol of a well-trained team, integrated for service in
peace or war—The Bell Telephone System.
!. American Telephone & Telegraph Co. coordinates
all Bell System activities.
2. Twenty-one Associated Companies provide telephone
service in their own territories.
3. Hie Long lines Department of A. T. & T. handles
long distance and overseas calls.
4. Bell Telephone Laboratories carries on scientific
research and development.
5. Western Electric Co. is the manufacturing, purcha§-
ing and distributing unit
The benefits of the nation-wide service provided by
these companies are never so clear as in time of war.
WAR CAUS com FIRST
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