The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 20, 1944 Page: 2 of 4
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Miniature Democracy
With spring elections only a week off, this editorial is writ-
ten to remind the students of the part they should play in their
school politics. Each year many important campus positions are
filled by the student body's votes; positions that to a great ex-
tent determine the activities of the Rice students for the coming
year.
Among the more important positions are the offices of the
Student Association, which make up the Student Council. This
body plans and controls the school's student activities and de-
serves every student's support in choosing capable and depend-
able officers. The class officers are charged with the responsi-
bility of planning class functions and raising class funds. The
yell leaders can make or break the school's spirit at "athletic
events, and the efficient operation of the Honor System depends
on the type of students elected to the Honor Council. Finally,
only by electing experienced and able persons to fill the offices
of editor and business manager of the school's publications can
these publications be kept up to the standards of the Institute.
Every student, therefore, is urged to take an interest in the
coming elections and to choose the candidates he thinks are best'
qualified and suited for the office. Then he should go to the polls
and vote for those candidates. It only takes a few minutes of one
day, but our votes will determine the student life on the campus
for a whole year.
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My Keba Bethea
Mrs. Jack Nagle
was complimented Monday even-
ing1 ■ with a crystal shower, given by
Dorothy Dayton and Betty Secor
at the l'atter's home on 1806 Ken-
sington. Mrs. Nagle is the former
Joyce Winning.
Ada Dean
honored June Scarborough and
Holly Burke of Tulsa, Oklahoma,
guests of Ann and Allene Lummis,
at a luncheon Saturday at the Jun-
ior League. Dr. and Mrs. Lummis
entertained honoring the visitors at
a small supper-dance Saturday even-
ing at the Tejas Club.
The marriage
of Mary Jo Hill, daughter of J. Z.
Hill, to Corporal Rufus Walter
Peckham, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs.
R. W. Peckham, was solemnized at
7:30 p.m. Friday at St. Paul's Meth-
odist Church. Mrs. James E. Caton
attended the bride as matron of hon-
or. The bride attended the Univer-
sity of Texas and Rice where she
was a member of the Elizabeth Bald-
win Literary Society.
The Owen Wister
Literary Society g£tve a slumber
party at the home of Roberta New-
lin Saturday night.
Evelyn Smith,
prospective bride of Cadet Walter
Murphy, was honored Saturday- af-
ternoon with a tea given by Mrs.
George Pierce and her mother, Mrs.
C. E. Reistle, at their home. Mrs.
Charles Northrup Peck and her
daughter, Suzanne, gave a luncheon
at the Junior League Saturday to
honor Miss Smith.
Murray'Smyth
entertained the Honor 'Council
with a venison dinner Monday night
at his home. The group talked and
listened to records after dinner and
theh had a business meeting. A pic-
nic was planned for February 6.
Mary Clarke Jarvis is in charge of
picnic arrangements.
FrtacM Majors and Fergnaoa have
broken tip at long lasf—and after
all those questions in philanthropy
about war marriages. Barbara Car-
tin got Jackson a date with a friend
of her date's who turned out to be
the Mclure of "80 Seconds Over To-
kio." Was Jackson surprised! Lene's
party Saturday was quite the affair.
Wayne had a date with an honoree,
while Ada and Jerry, Nena and Fen-
greri, Evelyn and Gil, Ruthie and
John Hannah were together, and
Clinton and Es arrived late after the
Navy Club dance. The open bar at-
tracted the stags—Dan, Carl, and
Larry, with Larry getting the worst
of the deal. Annette Gano and En-
sign Jack Mitchell were quite a pair,
too. The next time there's a coat
hanging around, George, don't sus-
pect your roommate of being absent-
minded because it might really be
yours.
Rice-ex Bob Antmerman and Mary
Ann Drake have announced their en-
gagement—good luck to you two.
Everyone had a good time when
they met at Gene Brogniez' house
for ice-skating. Of course, Jeff was
there, as were Peggy Brinton, Anne
Landrum, Kayway, M. L. Jones, Bob-
by Jons, Norman Jacobs.
As usual, many were seen at the
Hat Saturday night. Martha Shaw
and Jack Nagle, Gertrude Levy and
sailor, and as usual too, Gary Cor-
bett. And M. S.'s lieutenant from San
Marcus is also in town. Mary Jo and
Peckham, honeymooning at the Hat
too.
Say Mervin, aren't you afraid of
homicide? Marie Jo is now flaunting
gold wings. Nice work. If you want
to see Greenman blush, just ask her
VOTE FOR
C. A.
GUN K
CHEER LEADER
Navy V-12 Dance—
(Continued from page 1)
Prize Headliner Program, will ren-
der a number or two for the jitter-
bug enthusiasts.
Guests of the V-12 will include
the commissioned and non-commis-
sioned officers of the ship's com-
pany, as well as members of the fac-
ulty.
Committees
The committees of the dance will
be as follows: General Committee,
Myrven Cron, Dal Hawkins, R. P.
Adams, and H. E. Nixson; Orches-
tra, T. T. Peck, Rush Greer, Bobby
Dunkelman, D. A. Pearson, F. C.
Searl, and Lee Head; Publicity, W.
L. Davis, C. K. Fleming, A. E. Jones,
J. B. Mackenzie, and R. A. Swasey;
Decorations, Ed Bottler, C. H. Sy-
dow, Ed Meuller, Carl Groos, and
C. L. Stacy; Cold Drinks, Guy Le-
Breton, Joe Tamborello, Morris
Newnham, Clint Redgrave, John
Pound, Joe Vogt, Hi Bond, and W. R.
Tobola; Invitations, Bill Sheehan,
Wayne Bowman, Bill Bunte, and
Leon Heinze.
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THE THRESHER
Entered as second class matter,
October 17, 1916, at the post office
in Houston, Texgp, under the act of
March 8, 1879. Subscription price:
by mail, one year 75 cental payable
in war stamps.
Editor * Bettie Loo Johnson
Bus. Mgr. Margaret Morrison
Wine God Rules—
(Continued from page 1)
announced Ken Smith Wednesday.
Trainees who wish to purchase tick-
ets on credit may do so by presenta-
tion of. their ID cards and by sign-
ing a statement that they owe money
to the society. A table will be placed
in Sallyport for the sale of tickets
the rest of this week.
The evening will also be highlight-
ed with the serving of a midnight
buffet supper for everyone on the
terrace. Chicken and spaghetti, green
salad, hot rolls, and coffee will con-
stitute the menu. The dancing, with
music furnished by the Navy Or-
chestra, will continue while the sup-
per is being served.
Corsages have been forbidden
since the dance is to be a costume
affair, announced Ken Smith Tues-
day. Suggestions for costumes have
been posted on the bulletin boards
of the Administration Building and
at Autry House for those who need
help in desighing a costume depict-
ing a mad dream.
The price of admission is $3 per
couple, $2.50 stag.
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why her favorite theme song is
"Summertime."
Curtin says the town club is the
place. Mary Clarke really had. a hap-
py birthday, huh, Mac? Rough-ing it
after the game—parts of the team,
Bay less and Warren Reese. We're
not trying to rush anything, but we
would like to see George Cook and
Ruthie's name together in this col-
umn. Why does Kinchelow call Kiki
the "hell-raiser"? And why does
Wilma Slaughter object to the Wrox-
ton House curfew? Barbara Ewing
all thrilled over her latest lieutenant,
Andy. The Friday basketball game
was certainly no place for people
with weak hearts. The 'Guy nanied
Joe' was a guy named Nichols, who
probably couldn't do it again in 100
games. Jug Thomas is approaching
the Record of "Personal fouls per
minute" set by Bill Blackburn. It
does our hearts good to see Tau
Beta Pi John Mackenzie playing bas-
ketball; Chuck Francis is another
one—he lettered in tennis last
spiring. Enough high-grade bull-
Margaret Fultz and Jack Patillo
have been whipping up a good one
through the mails. Envious upon
hearing that the Trammel House
boys had advertized for a maid,
Wroxton House girls decided to ad-
vertise for a butler. Wouldn't a dumb
waiter be just as good, girls? Dap-
per Dal was called on to do blind-
date service Saturday night—Lum-
mis perpetrated this. Murnez and
Merv Cron—who lost interest in
who ? Speaking of battalion com-
manders, what has Malcolm May got
against Rice girls? You tell us: How
does Wheelock get to town every
Saturday afternoon? Any Navy boy
who makes five 5's can get in V-5,
get it ? Harrison G. Fortune has been
labeled the Lusk (the boy who es-
corted Ellen to the Navy Club af-
(Continued on page 4)
By Roeeaary King
The first symphony of the new
year was given Monday night with
Rose Bamptoh, Metropolitan dramat-
ic soprano, as the guest artist of
the Houston Symphony Orchestra.
Miss Bampton replaced Rise Stevens
whose former schedule here was can-
celled because of illness. A colorful
display was witnessed in the so-
prano's white gown with its brilliant
red eye-opening train and in Mr.
Hoffmann's orchestral work in the
Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2
which notably took the prize of the
performance. Her first number was
from the last scene of Verdi's "La
Forza del Destino," where Lenora
begs for a way of salvation in her
life of solitude for forgetting Al-
varo, her lover. The aria, "Pace,
Pace," a highly expressive but dif-
ficult one, was not exceptionally well
done. The accuracy in tonal quali-
ties was questionable (as it was in
several of her numbers) plus a
tremulous wavering in two passages.
A recorded Rosa Ponselle is prefer-
able. Her other numbers included
three ballads, "None But the Lone-
ly Heart" by Tschaikowsky, "To the
Children," and "Floods of Spring,"
both by Rachminajff. They were sung
with a lilting flow of vivacity and
warmth. The second operatic work
lift'
uc
.— from Rossini's ~
of the evening, the
one of her encores, "Vis-
si D'Arte," from the opera, "La
Tosea," by Puccini.
The ifliin orchestral portion of the
program was devoted to Sergei
silieviteh Rachmaninoff's Symphony
No. 2 in E Minor, a paradoxical
tragi-comedy in musical terms that
show his own loveliness and a bit of
the Tschaikowsky melancholy.
Though a considerably lohg sym-
phony, it had none of the tiring
qualities of some works that are not
as lengthy. The omitted passages
possibly could have been played
without doing any harm to the audi-
ence.
The second movement, in reality a
scherzo, though marked "allegro
molto," was the best of them all. On
the whole, however, there is little
complaint for any of them. The sym-
phony was played in excellent style,
which brought out its expressive-
ness through the woodwinds and
strings especially. Had it not been
for this part of the program, the
evening would have been disap-
pointing. Mr. Hoffmann deserved his
numerous curtain calls.
Tschaikowsky's "Capriccio Italien"
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