The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 2, 1943 Page: 1 of 4
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Student Weekly Publication
The Rice Institute
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HOUSTON, TEXAS. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1943
NUMBER 7
Students to Celebrate
First Holiday Monday
Man of the Year
Started Here
Wednesday
Femmes Praise Sinatra
Instructor,
Dr. J. W. Hendren, instructor in
English, recently left the Rice teach-
ing staff to take a position as pro-
fessor of English in the Dublin
Academy at Dublin, New Hamp-
shire.
His chief interests, outside of his
classes, are in American balladry
and literature. He has made exten-
sive studies in the folk ballads of
the American people, and has issued
a publication dealing with their his-
tory and origin. As he is also inter-
ested in English literature, he has
made several trips through England,
visiting many points of interest
there.
Loves Sea
Although his native home is in
Pennsylvania, he has a summer
home on Swans Island off the coast
of Maine, where he spends a great
deal of time by the sea. He is a tal-
ented pianist and also does fine wa-
ter color paintings.
Dr. Hendren came to Rice from
the graduate school • at Princeton
University, where he received his
Ph. D. He has had classes here in
the English classics and transla-
tions and also in American litera-
ture. V:*?
Chern Engineers
To Make Inspection
Trip On Tuesday
Slightly different from their trip
, through the breweries, is the ex-
cursion planned for the Ch. E. 445
class Tuesday at 2 p.m. to the North-
side Sewage Disposal Plant. The
trip will be under the guidance of
Mr. Hartsook.
The fertilizer plant, whic.h is at-
tached to the sewage disposal plant,
takes out 100 pounds of iron a day
from the water mains. Problems
such as these and others concerning
various functions of the plants will
be taken up by the visiting Ch. E.
445 class. Another problem of in-
terest which they will receive infor-
mation on is the purification of riv-
er water for public utility, in place
of artesian water formerly used.
Bond Wagon Slated
For Appearance .
The Bond Wagon is slated to ap-
pear in Sallyport next Tuesday, Sep-
tember 7, according to June Whit-
tington, Bond Wagon Committee
Chairman. It will remain in Sally-
port for the entire week.
Chairman June Whittington has
asked that each organization on the
campus volunteer to be in charge of
the sales of stamps and bonds for
one week. Since the Bond Wagon
is in operation only two weeks out
of each month, it will not be neces-
sary for an organization to sponsor
it more than twice in one year.
Labor Day, September 6, is the
first holiday scheduled for this year.
Classes will end at 1 p.m. Saturday
and will be resumed at 8 a.m. Tues-
day.
This three-day vacation will be
thoroughly taken advantage of by
most of the academes and navy
trainees, as it is one of the few to
be observed in the new rush pro-
gram.
Navy men are required to report
back to the dorms at 8 p.m. Monday
night.
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Faculty Advisers
Named to Help
Cadets Who Fail
By Frank King
In an all oi^t effort to raise the
academic standing of each and every
man in the V-12 Unit, an advisory
board of Faculty Advisers has been
established. Each man in the unit
was assigned to an adviser accord-
ing to his classification and checks
with his adviser on his monthly
grades. The majority of the unit are
Engineering majors, but the fact
that Rice has three major engineer-
ing fields, mechanical, chemical, and
electrical, was also taken into con-
sideration and each respective group
was given an adviser of his field.
In a personal interview with the
studei|f, the adviser goes over each
man's standing and tries to deter-
mine the causes of failures and low
grades, rie gives helpful criticism
and suggestions as to how a man
might raise his grades and he is will-
ing to help him get off on the right
foot.
This new boa?d which was recent-
ly set up is very' efficient and has
already proved to be a great asset
to the entire unit. The navy's ma-
jor interest is the academic work of
every man; therefore, everything
possible is being dojje to keep the
scholastic standing in the Unit above
par.
(Editor's Note: In answer to
"The Front Row's" satire on Frank
Sinatra, Cecille Sass, roving re-
porter of The Thresher, combed the
campus for more unbiased attitudes
towards the widely discussed vocal-
ist.)
By Cecille Sass
Do you heave affectionate sighs
when Sinatra wails "Night and
Day"? Do you pant vigorously when
your Frankie moans "All or Nothing
at All?" Well, you are riot alone.
It seems that this emaciated, un-
dernourished young man with the
voice has caused quite a sensation
among the feminine sex. Ask one of
them, however, to explain why
Frankie affects her thusly, and all
you will get is a series of "Oh's"
and "Ah's"—Rice lassies included.
There was Ella McAshan dreamily
stating, "Mmmmm, I just love him."
And Margaret Fultz was moaning,
"Ooooooooh, why do you think I'm
gonna fail my Spanish test?"
The navy, however, seems to have
chosen Frankie as its pet peeve. One
sailor boldly announced, "Why, I can
sing better in the shower than that
guy can sing all vt #36.^ Both Bbb
"Tooth"^Dillon and ffatfers" hate
him witl a passion. Bobby Garth,
on rijhe other hand thinks he's "a
Architect Society
Announces. Choice
Of Six New Pledges
1 %.
The new pledges for the Archi-
tectural SoctfSfcy jv$re voted on by
the old membefe^t % meeting held
August 11. .
The new members are: Stella Sul-
livan, Ken Smith, Edmund Lang-
with, Bruce Moore, Elton Burleson,
and Bob Smith.
Initiation for thesi; pledges was
to decorafte the Bond Wagon which
will be irf* Sallyport next week.
Institute Pamphlets Record
Intellectual Activity of Rice
By. Nell Ranson
Most Rice students never open an
issue of the Rice Pamphlet unless
they discover it accidentally while
working on term themes. Searching
the library card catalogue they may
(.'ome across special articles on their
subjects by Rice professors or schol-
ars from Oxford, Cambridge, or one
of the great Eastern universities, in
the publication which forms a record
of intellectual life at the Institute,
as well as a large body of reference
material.
The pamphlet is not primarily for
the benefit of the student body, al-
though copies are always available
in the second floor Administration
Building library. It is published by
the administration four times a year,
ih January, April, July, and Octo-
ber. One issue is devoted to a group
of lectures 'on some field of science;
another contains a discussion of
some art. Since 1938, when this se-
ries was founded, the April pamph-
let has contained the text of the cur-
rent Rockwell Lectures on Religious
subjects. The July issue prints the
text of the Baccalaureate Sermon
and Commencement Address for the
year. A copy of this issue is always
sent to all members of the gradu-
ating class. Pamphlets are ex-
changed for the scholarly publica-
tions of other schools and are filed
in the library. They are mailed to a
selected list of persons interested in
special subjects; for instance, issues
treating mathematics are sent to a
particular set of the membership of
the American Mathematical Society.
Contributors also receive free copies
to distribute to their acquaintances.
The pamphlet h«s been published
since 1915,, The first number includ-
ed the Institute's inaugural poem:
(Continued on page 4)
pretty good ole boy. I like to hear
all those women go crazy." Steve
Walters comments that Sinatra is
about the best band vocalist he's
ever heard. And oh yes, Steve was
about "that" far from him when he
was down here with T. Dorsey. Very
interesting!
I walked up to "Dee" Miller and
asked her what she thought about
Frankie. She sighed, fluttered her
(Continued on page 4)
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Three Engineers
Elected Last Week
To Tau Beta Pi
The Tau Beta Pi, honorary engi-
neering society, has recently elected
new members. The new members
have been approved by the National
Association and were initiated last
Wednesday at a formal initiation
held in the Engineering Building.
The new members are follows:
Hr. <C. I$renftefeke,"li ff. Jfrdrtioh, Jr.,
and D. L. Rooke. They have received
the highest honor which can be be-
stowed on an engineering student at
the Institute.
The badge of membership, the
gold "bent" of the Tau Beta Pi,
which is usually awarded to new
members during the initiation cere-
mony, was not awarded but will be
given to the new members at a later
date.
Gordon L. Bushey, fellow in civil
engineering, L. B. Ryon, professor
of civil engineering, and H. M. Mor-
ris, instructor in civil engineering,
assisted in presiding over the meet-
ing.
The three students were elected
to membership by the undergradu-
ate members of the society. Scholas-
tic ability, integrity, adaptability,
and unselfish activity are considered
among the qualifications for mem-
bership.
The honorary engineering society
at Rice is the Texas Gamma Chap-
ter of Tau Beta Pi.
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Naval Club Elects
New Officers
At First Meeting
Starting its third year of existence
the Rice Institute Naval Club held
its first meeting of the new term to
elect new officers. The meeting was
presided over by Howard Sasseen,
past president. The following offi-
cers were elected: president, Bob
Lusk; vice president, Rob Nisbet;
secretary, Bobby Jones; treasurer,
John Van de Mark; 2nd class repre-
sentative, Bill Pravel; and 3rd class
representative, Graham Bolton.
■ According to President Lusk the
activities of the Naval Club will not
be as they were last year due to the
intensive navy program. The RINC
has been noted for its "parties" in
the past and it is agreed that this
year will be no exception.
By Frank King
Rice Institute's "sons of the
gridiron" reported for fall
training yesterday afternoon.
From the original 90 men
who went out for summer
training the squad has been nar-
rowed down to (>5 men. The reason
for this elimination is due to the
fact that the varsity locker room is
only equipped for that number of
men. Sixty-five gridsters, therefore,
donned their cleats and pads once
again Wednesday and took to the
practice field for fall training. Al-
though Coach Jess Neely will keep
a standing squad of 65 men, only the
best will be taken to the out-of-town
games. These are to be considered
about Saturday of this week.
Freshmen Ineligible
The team looked pretty good
Wednesday, and with a lot of hard
work and head busting they should
be in good shape when they meet
Randolph Field under the lights of
Rice stadium on September 25. Many
good players will be out of ,tjie line ,,
up, however, for this game^and for
the first four games of the season
because of their ineligibility. Fresh-
"men are not allowed to participate
in intercollegiate compeljtion until
they have completed one seme^ste^
at Rice. This leaves the freshifteH*.
ineligible until after Rice has played
her first four games.
Strength Tests
The football players reported to
the Field House Tuesday to take
their navy strength tests a" week
(Continued on page 3)
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Activities for Year-
Planned by SAACS
Tuesday Night
The Student Affiliate of the Amer-
ican Chemical Society met Tuesday,
August 24, in the Chemistry Lec-
ture Hall at 7:30 p.m.
The meeting was addressed by the
chairman of the local chapter, Myr-
ven Cron, on the subject of the ac-
tivities of the coming year. The
members, including all classes of
undergraduates and graduates, vot-
ed that meetings be held once a
month for this coming school year.
"New members are invited to join
the local chapter now, enabling them
to join the National organization in
December," stated Dallas Hawkins,
secretary-treasurer of the organi-
zation.
Future plans include a party in
the near future for members and
their friends.
Junior Class Meets
The junior class will meet at 12
Wednesday,- September 8, In the
Physics Amphitheater to discuss
plans .for the Junior Prom, an-
nounced President Mackenzie to-
day, Committees will be appoint-.
ed, and a definite place for the
dance will be decided upon.
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