The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 1, 1945 Page: 1 of 4
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Student Weekly Publication
The Rice Institute
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Number 13
HOUSTON, TEXAS, 1 FEBRUARY. 1945
"The annual Navy Club dinner-
dance will be held at the Rice Ter-
race this Saturday, 3 February, from
1^00 to 0100," announced Tom Flan-
agan, club president, Tuesday. The
occasion will honor the 46 academic
NROTC first-claasmen who are to
be commissioned in March, and the
highlight of the evening will be the
traditional presentation of a Navy
Queen to succeed last year's choice,
Mies Ellen Hopkins.
As the, dance is given only for
members of the first battalion, offi-
cers associated with the first bat-
talion, and their wives, the South
American Room of the Rice Hotel
lias not been secured. Instead, tables
will be placed around the ballroom
floor, and juke-box imuwsic will, be
available during the dinner hour.
The Ellington Field Orchestra, un-
der the able direction of Sgt. Siegle,
will play tfam 2100 to 0100. At the
beginning of the dance these four
Houston girls, candidates for the
honor of Navy Queen, will be intro-
duced: Miss Wanda Lee Coley, nomi-
nated, by Bob Carter; Miss Nora
Potts, nominated by Doug McElree;
Miss Martha Dobyns, nominated by
Bill Boyles; and Miss Alice Ross,
nominated by Buddy McCall.
Voting at 2300
Voting will take place at approxi-
mately 2300, so that Tabby Roach
can take care of the Baylor Bears
and arrive at the dance in time to
cast the last vote, and the Queen
will be presented a beautiful gold
locket with the "traditional felicita-
tions" so characteristic of the Navy
Club.
The ballroom will be decorated on
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Wicks Is Appointed
New Editor to Fill
Remainder of Term
The Student Council met Tuesday,
30 January, at 12 o'clock in A.B. 201.
At that time Muriel Wicks was ap-
pointed Editor of the Thresher to
fil tlhe unexpired term of Charlie
Meyers. Meyers leaves in March.
Several other vacancies will have to
be filled in March too. Both Dick
Roessler and Frank Lawrence will
be leaving then.
The letter to the Council from
Meyers appears below:
29 January, 1945.
The Members of the Student Council
Rice Institute
Houston 1, Texas
Dear Members:
As I am to be commissioned the
last part of February, the editorship
of the Thresher will fall vacant.
Alt'ikjugh it is with you to appoint
the new Editor, 1 feel that, since I
have been so intimately connected
with the paper and its staff, it will
be helpful to you 'if I should sug-
gest a successor.
I have discussed the matter fully
with Miss McCall, the Assistant Edi-
tor, and our joint choice for the po-
sition is Miss Muriel Wicks. She
has not only had the requisite expe-
rience in high school but also has
been a l^yal and able member of the
Thresher staff for three semesters.
It is, therefore, the hope of both
Miss McCall and myself that you
will see fit to consider our recom-
mendation in filling this vacancy.
Sincerely yours,
Charlie Meyers,
Editor, The Thresher.
The meeting opened with a discus-
sion of the proposed' trip to Austin
for the delegates to the All-Student
(Continued on page 4)
A Campus Landmark
Tony martino Has Been
At Rice For Thirty Years
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By Marie Virginia Barrett
Tony Martino, rotund head gard-
ener of ftice, will complete thirty
years in that office next August.
During that time he has become as
much a part of Rice tradition as the
Campanile tower or the Rice Fight
Song. A familiar figure to all stu-
dents, although unknown to some
few of the uninstructed slimes, Tony
—how many know he has a last
name?—makes his wounds, super-
vising all the myriad tasks that are
paitt of keeping the Rice campus a
thing of beauty and a joy forever.
A job which to many is merely a
means of livelihood has been for
Tony a life work and a consuming
interest. Not only the campus, his
special care, but everything pertain-
ing to the school is close to his
heart. Ait the football rallies there
has never been a more rabid sup-
prater of the team than Tony. He
urges "his boys"—for every student
that has attended Rice is his per-
sonal property—to victory in spite
of overwhelming odds. Indeed, it
has been said that Tony is the only
known Rice supporter who has
never failed to pick his team to win.
Tony is closely linked wiith Rice
activities. In years when commence-
ments took place on the campus in
June instead of at the convenience
of the Navy, Tony was the unseen
force that forced or retarded the
cape jasmine so that Rice students
could graduate in the midst of the
traditional blossoms. It was Tony
who constructed the paths and park-
ing lots which, though uninspiring
architecturally, give the campus a
certain convenient aspect which can-
not be overlooked. The practice fields
rnd tennis counts also lie under his
supervision. 4
Tony came to this country from
Eiia, Sicily, in 1908 in to join his
two brothers already in this country.
He worked for Captain James A,
Baker, the original president of the
board of trustees, for some time,
coming to Rice 17 August, 1915.
Tony supervised almost all of the
planting on the campus. A large
portion of the landscaping was de-
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Junior Prom Queen, Madge West,
a dark beauty, and an outstanding
junior girl, graduated from San Ja-
cinto High School, where she was
drum major of the Golden Gauchos,
girls' pep squad. Representing her
class on the Student Council as a
sophomore and a junior, Madge was
recently chosen as Rice's nominee
in a National Pin-Up Girl contest,
and also as Queen of her class.
Pals' Celestial Ball,
10 February, Will
Be Gala Occasion
By Sadie Gwyn Allen
The Pallas Athene Literary So-
ciety takes great pleasure in an-
nouncing the Celestial Ball—'and es-
pecial pleasure in inviting everyone
to come spend four gay, happy hours
with us on the night of 10 February.
Here are the vital statistics. The
fun will begin at nine, and at one it'
will be "Goodnight Sweetheart." The
scene will be the Rice Terrace trans-
formed into something out "of this
world. (At least, the dance floor
will be; there are other plans for
the South American Room!) The
tickets will go on sale Tuesday, 6
February at $2.65 for couple and
$2.40 for stags. *
Now here's why it's going to be
so much fUn! First and foremost,
we are honored to have the Navy
Orchestra as a great part of the eve-
ning's entertainment. In case you
haven't heard, the Navy Orchestra
has been in operation only fqur
months and is already famous for
good music and short intermissions.
Second, Martha Nurtn, Louise Loose,
and the talented decoration commit-
tee have been working for weeks on
an artistic arrangement unique in
(Continued on page 2)
Owls Practically In,
But Steers, Ponies
And Frogs Bar Way
By Woody Dryden
You might say that we are in like the proverbial movie
star—that is, you might say it if you want to disregard T.C.U.
and S.M.U. Providing, of course, that we beat Texas last night.
Operating like real champions, the Owl cagers bowed their
necks and came through the crucial test—namely Arkansas—
with the colors flying and with
Lt. Gilmore Reports
To Rice as Teacher
Of Damage Control
W. C. Fowler Spoke
At Meeting of A.I.E.E.
At the regular meeting of the Rice
Branch of the AIEE, Monday, 29
January, Mr. W. C. Fowler was
guest speaker. Mr. Fowler is Dis-
trict Manager of .the Sangamo Elec-
tric Company and member-at-large
of the Membership Committee of the
national' AIEE. He is a graduate of
Annapolis and was a member of the
first class in the use of the gyro-
scopic artificial horizon He was as-
sistant gunnery officer aboard th§
U.SjS. Colorado, our first electrically
operated battleship.
Mr. Fowler's talk was entitled
"The Significance of Measurements"
and after the regular talk, he spoke
on his navy experiences.
Lt. Gilmore, latest addition to the
staff of naval science instructors,
will take over the duty of teaching
damage control to N. R. 0. T. C.
trainees. Mr. Gilmore is a navy man
of two and a half years of service,
most of which has been spent at sea.
Most of Lfc Gilmore's youth was
spent in Miami, Florida, although he
was born and lived for five years in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He at-
tended p r i m a r y and secondary
schools in Miami, but when it came
time to pick a college, Mr. Gilmore
went back to his home state to at-
tend the University of Pennsylvania.
He specialized in Civil Engineering
and received his B.S. degree in 1942.
Before he had a chance to put his
education to the use for which he
intended it, he joined the navy.
Commissioned an Ensign
The navy career of Lt. Gilmore
started when he was commissioned
as an Ensign and sent to indoctrina-
tion school at Boston. After this
brief training period he was sent to
a fleet sound school and thence to
Miami for sub chaser school. After
one month in Miami, Lt. Gilmore
shoved off on a sub chaser for
Africa. His ship reached Casablanca
about a week after the fireworks
were over. He remained there for
about seven or eight months, after
which he headed for the Mediter-
ranean. He remained in that area
for about eighteen months hunting
subs and convoying landing craft.
Lt. Gilmore took pait in the inva-
sions of Salerno, Anzio, St. Lopez,
and other points in Southern France.
He wears the American Theater rib-
bon, and the African-European The-
ater ribbon adorned with three, stars,
indicating the battles in which he
has participated. His ship has credit
for one M.B 110, shot just off Anzio.
Third in Command
When Mr. Gilmore's L. C. duty
began, he was third in command.
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no ailments that about a week's
sleep won't cure.
Before two capacity crowds that
paid from $1.25 to $5.00 per seat,
and who even needed an AA pri-
ority to get one, the Razorbacks
and Owl's really put on a show. The
first game was won in the closing
minutes of the first half as Rice,
sparked by Bud Mendenhall, Dick
Wehr, and Bill Henry, pulled into an
eight-point lead from what was a
{tie score two minutes previously.
Lambert Bleeds
In the second half Gene Lambert
tried everything from running in all
his men for three minute stretches
to bleeding about the smoke, humid-
ity, score, etc, but Rice wasn't to be
denied.
Arkansas pulled up to within nine
points of a tie in the fourth quarter
but were quickly subdued by the
speed, superb shooting, and excel-
lent team play of all the Owls. Rice
pulled up into a twelve-point lead
with just three minutes left and
coasted to a 57-46 win.
Saturday Game Thrilling
The Saturday game is said by
most scribes to have surpassed even
the 42-41 Arkansas win of last year
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Tail Beta Pi Banquet
To Be at Empire Room
Friday, 2 February, the members
of the Tau Beta Pi will "hold their
annual .banquet at the Empire Room.
The ten newly elected members, the
five old members, and members of
the society on the faculty are invited
to attend. In traditional manner,
each new member will be asked to
give a short talk on a subject which
will be given him at the banquet.
Dancing will follow the banquet
which is scheduled to begin at eight
Alan Chapman, president, is in
charge of all arrangements. 4
The new members to be honored
at the banquet are:
J. P. Anthony, R. A. Conley, E. A.
Hartsook, J. G. Jewell, J. M. Lloyd,
E. E. Marehand, H. S. Row, J. L.
Vilbig, P. Q Wheatley, G. D. Witte.
CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK
FRIDAY, 2 February Tau Beta Pi Banquet
8:00 at the Empire Room
SATURDAY, 3 February Riofe-Baylor Basketball Game
8:15 at the High School Gym
SATURDAY, 3 February N.R.O.T.C. Banquet and Dance
7:00 at the Rice Terrace
SUNDAY, 4 February Sunday Matinee Dance
4:00-7:00 at the Hi-Hat. All service men with dates.
SUNDAY, 4 February OWLS Hayride
5:00 at A-Huse. Members and dates.
TUESDAY, 6 February ASME Meeting
7:30 Ch. L. H. Speaker, Mr. H. E. Lindsay of Wright
Aeronautical.
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