The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 13, 1944 Page: 2 of 4
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The age old story of the Rice dances has again thrust its
pompous head into the highlight of school activities. Therefore,
we feel it our duty, out of a sense of loyalty to our school, to con-
tinue the agitation begun on this subject some months previous.
Naturally, the old students are clammering for "a dance of
the good ole days." This question has been discussed thoroughly
and quite adequately in the past so now we propose to look at
the dance situation from the sailors' point of view.
The majority of the sailors at school, who came here at the
beginning of the semester in March, were entirely estranged to
the Rice manner of giving a dance. They seemed to object very
strenuously, in vain, to the Rice tradition of "cutting in." To
most of us, this was the making of a grand dance ( Ed. note—*
girls' point of view). Finally, some of them accepted this tradi-
tion, but then the situation arose which is portrayed in the car-
toon to the right of the editorial.
The fellas seem to feel that after they bring a girl to a
dance, buy her a corsage, etc., they should be entitled to a few
dances. The tickets which they buy, being date tickets, cost
more than stag tickets, another "Olde" Rice tradition. They
come to the dances and the stags immediately take over. Nat-
urally, this would and does lead to agitation among the boys.
A partial solution to this problem has been suggested by more
than a few Navy boys. They propose making the stag bids to
the dance higher in money value than the date bids. In this way
they feel that the ones who never bring dates would have an in-
centive to do so, and also eliminate the problem of so many
girls sitting home while all the stags attend the dance. This
plan would also prove more economical in the long run for the
boys with dates.
We think that this plan, if put into effect and given the
proper amount of cooperation by everyone, would bring about
more unity, better feelings among the student body, and better
dances.
What do you think?
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store. "Have you any Lifebuoy
she asked.
"Set the pace, lady," said the
young drug clerk, "set the pace.
"Where do good girls go,'
the teacher.
"To heaven," was prompt reply.
"Where do bad girls go?" she
asked.
"Down to the fleet landing to see
the sailors come in."
'Dear Dad," the Gob wrote home,
"let's hear from you more often,
even if its only five or ten dollars.?
Little pay check, in a day,
You and I will go away
To some gay and festive spot
I'll return, but you will not.
Experience is what you have left
when everything else is gone.
The difference between a dog and
a dog with a broken tail is that ev-
ery dog has his day, but a dog with
a broken tail has a weak end.
Officer: How in the devil have
you made four straight hits? Your
range is 100 yards and your sight is
set at 600?
Cadet: See that little stone about
half way up there? Well, I'm bank-
ing 'em off that.
mtt n* JftJ-' Wmrt Jrw* "["l
fays //ton* ^ <jntps etfry c/uce //
"Why do you want to be a geolo-
gist?" j
"Well, I was weaned on White I
Rock."
Men 9n £e/uuce
don't know whish to believe.
One deer said to the other deer,
"What's your fawn number, Babe?"
By Reba Bethea
Martha McCollum,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
A. McCollum, was married to Fred
W. Henck, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
W. Henck of Knoxville, Tenn., July
3 in Madison, Wisconsin. The couple
will live in Madison while Mr. Henck
is stationed with the army air forces
at Truax Field. Mrs. Henck gradu-
ated from Rice in Mai'ch.
The marriage
of Betty Blythe Keyser, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Keyser, and En-
sign T. T. Peck, Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. T. T. Peck of Baytown, occured
July 2. Ensign Peck was a junior be-
fore he entered the Navy and Mrs.
Peck was a freshman at Rice and
a member of the Owen Wister Lit-
erary Society.
Sara Ann Williams
was honored Monday night with a
shower given by Mary Ellis and Pat
Stevens; Dorothy Jean Weghorst
gave her a luncheon at the Empire
Room Tuesday, and a spinster din:
ner will be given tonight by Mrs.
Roger Guthrie. Mr. and Mrs. E. A.
Rain, Sr., will honor the couple Fri-
day with a supper following the
wedding.
THE THRESHER
October 17, 1916, at the post office
in Houston, Texas, under the act of
March 3, 1879. Subscription price:
by mail, one year 75 cents payable
in war stamps.
Editor Bobby Sahol
Business Manager Jane Sinclair
Ass't Bus. Mgr. Bstelle Walker
Sports .... Mildred McCall, Jack Jop-
lin.
Music .... Charlie Meyers, Ed Hart-
sook, Lore Merten.
Society Editor Reba Bethea
Mailing Editors .... Roberta Newlin,
Pat Jarrard
The marriage
of Margaret Olivia Lewis, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Abner Luther
Lewis, to Ensign Louis Whitaker
Bains, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. R.
Bains of Baytown, was solemnized
at 8 o'clock Friday evening at the
St. Paul's Methodist Church. The
bride is a graduate of Rice and a
member of the Owen Wister Liter-
ary Society.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Kahle
announce the engagement of their
daughter Myra May to A/C James
H. Hoesey, Jr., son of Mrs. Edna
Hoesey of Laheland, Florida, and
James Hoesey, Sr., of Charleston,
S. C. Cadet Hoesey is now stationed
at Big Spring, Texas. The wedding
will be an event of early November.
The junior members
of the Owen Wister Literary So-
ciety entertained last Wednesday
with a luncheon and swimming
party at Golfcrest Country Club to
honor Mrs. William G. Goodman.
Mrs. Goodman who will be remem-
bered as the former Pat Schenck
was visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Roger T. Schenck and returned
Thursday to Ft. Benning to join
First Lt. Goodman. Mrs. Goodman
was a member of this class which
pledged the Society in July, 1942.
The E.B.L.S.
recently gave an informal party
at the home of Lucille Kemp in hon-
or of Sara Ann Williams bride-elect
of Edmund Rain, and Mrs. Wm.
Broyles, the former Betty Bills.
The club has elected Dorothy
Lottman to take the place of Betty
Broyles as its vice-president.
Wednesday night the EB's enter-
tained the Navy and civilians of
Rice with an old-fashioned melo-
drama "Perils of Patience" at Aut-
ry House. Refreshments were served
afterwards.
The Faculty Speaks
Webster says that taut means
tight. I guess I've been taut quite a
bit during college after all.
Sober: Young man, don't you
know you will ruin your stomach by
drinking?"
Sot: Oh, tash all right; it won't
show with my coat on.
Sonny—"Dad, what do you call a
man who drives a car?"
Dad (a pedestrian): "It all de-
pends on how close he comes to me
my boy."
By Lucy Quinby and Bety Atkinson
Ensign Stanley Young was home
on leave last week after having re-
ceived his commission in Platsburg,
Spouse: John, what time is it? New York. He is now en route to
Souse: I can't tell. There'sh two Coronado, Calif., where he will re-
han's on thish damn watch an I ceive further Navy training.
Jack and Bob McConn were also
home for a few days a couple of
weeks ago.
1st Lt. Howard E. Taylor, after
nine months of instructing Meteor-
ology at California Tech., was as-
signed to Randolph Field for two
weeks. He is now stationed at El-
lington Field where he is to instruct
pilots in the advanced training in
a course in meteorology.
Lt. Jack Patillo, of the Army Sig-
nal Corps, has been home for a few
days on leave before leaving for his
port of embarkation. Jack has been
stationed in Tampa, Floriad for sev-
eral months and expects to go over-
seas immediately.
Lt. Wallace Sherwirtz, class of
'44, has been home on a 15-day leave
after having been commissioned at
Frederick, Oklahoma as a pilot, on
May 23rd. Wallace returned to Ok-
lahoma. He has had training in twin
engine planes and hopes to contin-
ue with them.
Lt. Meridith, class of '43, has been
home from Massachusetts Institute
of Technology in Boston, on a 10-
day leave. He has had training in
radar and has now gone to Boca
Raton, Florida for more of the same
training.
A/S John A. Bricker, class of '45,
was in Houston for the week before
finals from the college training de-
tachment at the University of Ala-
bama in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on his
way to pre-flight in San Antonio.
I John was brought back to the States
after serving five months in Eng-
land.
Ens. Bill Skipwith class of '44,
was home recently on a 7-day leave.
He has been at Harvard graduate
school of Business Administration
and was commissioned May 31 there.
He has reported to New York to get
his ship.
Ens. Nat Pryzant and Ens. John
McKee have also been commissioned
at Harvard. Both were home and
Nat reported to the C. B.'s in the
Pacific while John reported to the
8th fleet in the Mediterranean.
Lt. Aubrey M. Farb, class of '42,
was home for 24 days from Quanti-
co, Va., where he was commissioned
Philosophy—
Give your girl the world with a
fence around it and she'll turn
around and give you the gate.
Then there was the guy bridge
player who became the proud father
of twins.
His wife of course had doubled his
bid.
The birds do it,
The bats do it,
And so do the little bees.
Why not take flying lessons?
"Are you sure he is a poet?"
"Sure he is. He scans meters for
the gas company."
Sailor: "Darling, I'm groping for
words to express the sentiment I
have toward you."
Wave: "Well, for Pete's sake,
sailor, I haven't got the dictionary
tattooed on me."
Junior: Don't men go to heaven; I
never saw an angel with whiskers.
Mother: I imagine a few do go,
but they all get there by a close
shave!
Conversatlbn overheard in chick-
en incubator: "Come on, fellows.
Let's go. Last one out's a rotten
egg-"
June 16, 1943. He had training in
combat intelligence and has been at
the University of Colorado a great
part of the time. He left Houston
July 6 for California.
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GluL N&wa.
This Thursday in the Senior Com-
mons at 1 o'clock, the Ave Maria
Club will hold an important meeting,
and all Catholic students are urged
to attend.
The Menorah Society is asking all
members to reserve Saturday, July
22, for the watermelon .party to be
given on that date.
Ardelle Hollock has assumed very
capably her duties as the new sec-
retary for the Baptist Student Un-
ion. Miss Hollock, of Norman, Okla-
homa, is a graduate of the Universi-
ty of Oklahoma and Southwestern
Seminary. She has announced that
the daily 12 o'clock prayer meetings
in the BjS.U. office will continue,
but those prayer meetings formerly
held on Thursdays for the benefit
of the Navy boys will now take
place on alternate Wednesdays at
twelve. The first one this semester
will be Wednesday, July 19. Both
civilians and Navy are inv^ed to
the meeting and luncheon to be' ser-
ved afterward. All officers of the
B. S. U. are asked to attend a coun-
cil meeting today at 12 noon at
Autry House.
The Canterbury Club was pleased
to note that a number of the Navy
boys came to the seven o'clock com-
munion service last Friday, and it
is hoped that all the Episcopalian
students will remember to attend
the next Corporate Communion on
the first Friday in August.
Betty Landrum has announced the
plans of the Girl's Club for a swim-
ming party on Thursday afternoon,
July 19. Those wishing to go will
gather at Autry House at 1, to leave
from there for Golfcrest Country
Club. Further details will be dis-
cussed at the meeting this Friday
at Autry House, 1 p.m.
• The Methodist Student Union will
have Dr. Quillian, of First Metho-
dist Church as guest speaker when
the club convenes this coming Tues-
day, 12:16 at Autry House.
This Thursday at 7:30 p.m., thfe.,,
Christian Science Organization will
gather at Autry House for the first
meeting of the new semester.
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