The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 8, 1945 Page: 2 of 4
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Looking Ahead
In this, the first issue of the Thresher under my editorship,
I should like to commend the capable and conscientious work of
C. J. Meyers, former editor, and now a Navy ensign in the
service of our country. Always dependable and devoted to the
task of improving the paper, Ensign Meyers built a firm step
on the ladder of the Thresher's progress by his thorough or-
ganization in collecting and compiling the news of the campus.
It is my aim that, through the cooperation of the staff, we
may continue to convey the news adequately and accurately,
improve the style and content of the news stories, and make
the paper interesting and significant to all the faculty, both
administrators arid professors, and to all the students, Navy
and civilians, engineers and academs.
In behalf of Ensign Meyers, I should like to express our
mutual appreciation for the hard work and tireless efficiency
of the staff, without whom the paper could not exist. Despite
only rare recognition, they have dedicated their efforts that
your paper might appear each week.
I shall endeavor to carry on at the proverbial helm to the
best of my ability, with the aid of Miss McCall, the assistant
editor. It is the staff's aim to transform the day-by-day hap-
penings we report into a part of the background for the mem-
ories of Rice that are instilled in all our hearts, that we may
recognize the influence of the Institute on our individual char-
acters and careers. Thus can we preserve its traditions and its
educational ideals, even in this war-torn world of 1945.
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Spring Fever
Why is there less support of spring sports, track and base-
ball, than of winter sports, football and basketball, by Rice's
student body?
For the first time in several years, Rice is privileged to
have at once the potentialities of a good track squad and a good
baseball team.
Houston sports scribes assert that track prospects are the
brightest since the time of Bill Cummins, and that the baseball
diamond will be sparked with stellar performers.
The boys who are participating in both these sports would
certainly be inspired by a little school spirit on the part of the
student body and a genuine interest by the faculty.
We yelled for our football team, and the Owls beat Texas
University. We pulled for our cagers and they came through
the conference season undefeated, breaking six records. Let's
root for Rice in these spring sports, and add some more con-
ference championships to our record.
♦Jim
Society
By Rosalie Meek
The members
and pledges of E.B.L.S. spent their
vacation between terms at the bay
home of Marguerite Gaston. Mary
Dee Miller was in charge of the food.
On 3 March the pledges entertained
with a bay party for members and
their dates. Games were played, fol-
lowed by a weiner roast and dancing.
Elleanor Graham is president of
EBLS' pledges.
The marriage
of Miss Dorothy Lundy Green,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen L.
Green, to Donald Ward Suman was
solemnized 22 February. Mr. Suman
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Ward Suman, and both bride and
groom are graduates of the class of
1944.
The O. W. L. S.
will hold their traditional mock
initiation this year at Camp Tejas
on 24 March. Madge West and Peg-
gy Monroe are in charge of initia-
tion plans. Marion Holland and Jean
Brock will plan the food.
Miss Mary De Ford Sumners,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. De Ford
Sumners, became the bride of Carl
Riehle Wischmeyer, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Wischmeyer of Terre
Haute, Ind., 3 March, at the home
of the bride's parents. The bride
graduated from Rice, where she was
a member of E.B.L.S. and a Phi
Beta Kappa.
The P.A.L.S.
will resume their charity woi*k
this term at the Bluebird Clinic.
Three afternoons a week, different
girls entertain the children.
Formal initiation
of the E.B.L.S. will be held 11
March at the home of Margee Scott
at 7:30 p. m.
Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Majors
of New Orleans, La., formerly of
Houston, recently announced the
marriage of their daughter, Frances,
to Ens. Arnold D. Ferguson, Jr.,
U.S.N.R. The couple married in New
Orleans and went to San Francisco
on a wedding trip. Ens. Ferguson,
the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Fer-
guson, is now on active duty some-
where in the South Pacific. The
bride attended Rice where she was
a member of O.W.L.S.
The members of E.B.L.S.
will meet with their alumnae on
12 March at the Warwick Hotel. A
program has been planned for the
occasion.
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«• "That the saints may enjoy their
beatitude more richly, a (perfect sight
is granted them of the punishment
of the damned."
—iSt. Thomas Aquinas.
After that dttd week of
and no-do*, her© is yo' stuff report-
er, Sammy the Snoop, back once
more with all the latest dirt—take
heed, chillun, the very wall® have
ears.
First, a refreshing pause to con-
gratulate all the hoys who finally
out their commissions.
Schizzy came through in true twtn-
kly-toes form. Johnny Gray Andrew
and Charles Kapner nearly lost their
new ensigns' shirts gambling at the
Balinese Room in celebration,
though.
Ensign John Vandentark was out
at the Institute, plus a snappy new
convertible, offering all the pretty
girls a lift home. Thanks a lot,
John, and we hope your "kerosene-
speeded" convert doesn't give out on
the way to California.
Here's a "strong" toast to Preston
Frazier for keeping E. B. Bay
House in stitches—and making those
"tantalizing appetizing Frazierbug-
gers." The line forms to the right
for the recipe.
Betty Jean Fox can sure swing a
wicked baseball, but with Camille
Dockery and Don McLeaish on the
other side, it's a pretty even match.
Was it an accident that your car
broke down on the way home from
the bay, Bo Bo, or do you just like
walking with Sarah Nan Sanoddy
at that time of the night.
It is a real pleasure to see some
of our married girls back this term
—Betty Bills Broyles, Joyce George
Hjerstead, and Shirley Rowell Heinz.
It was also a great pleasure to see
Hugh Saye'si happy face again on
the d&mpus. . . . Hugh is a 2nd Lt.
in the Signal Corps, now.
Rosy and Jack Hayden are a superb-
ly happy married couple. He's home
now for good.
Chem. 220 gun Earl Scott is now
leading the pack in the spring ses-
sion of the annual wolf race: a date
with Madge one night and Ann Mar-
tin the next.
Gary's party Saturday night
turned into a midnight riot: leading
the fun were Bucker's "I've a million
of 'em" imitations and Grover's
trusty guitar.
Last Saturday night found the
Plant overflowing with Rice couples.
Among them were Jack and Anne,
Dottie and Bobby, Smoko and Ellen
Hopkins, Sarah Nabors and Benny
Hay ton, Pat West and Neth Leach-
man, Jean Brock and Robert Sy-
Wfan and his date and
to going to mk
Cleveland soon to
.. -fa®
Our boy, Dave Parrlsh, Is in Nor-
Qkl&homa, now talrfwg
for entrance to West Point.
My, my, from the Navy to the Army
Good luck to Dale
leaving Rice in a few days for the
Army Air Corps.
What's this about Doris Speieh
urn
fflftd to Me Cfcris
a lew
Tooted about
les Henry, and Julie Alhtttain not
making their grades—and aren't we
all in the same boat?
BiiiBfiBfii o
inferior of
I trample underfoot,**
—Horace Greeley
whose
The Thresher
Entered as second class matter,
October 17, 1916, at the post office
in Hiuston, Texas, under the act of
March 3, 1879. Subscription price:
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Editor Muriel Wicks
Asst. Editor Mildred McCall
Business Manager .... Estelle Walker
Ass't. Bus. Mgr. Jane Raubold
Circulation Mgrs Roberta Newlin,
Bill Lovejoy
Sports Red Anderson,
Doug McElree, Bill Scruggs, Leo
Thomas, Harvin Lewis
Music Ed Hartsook
Society Rosalie Meek
Clubs Beverly Taylor
Men in Service Ellen Picton
Movies Margie Repass
News Catherine Henry,
Mary Jane McNair, Marie Vir-
ginia Barrett, Bob Hindman, Bob
Jaynes
Beats Bob Klauschie,
Dorothy McCleary, Mary Simpson,
Bill Henry, Roy Goodearle, Evelyn
Burke, Lore Merten, Doug Mac-
lay, Charles Moody, Evelyn Cam-
eron, Marion Holland, Margee
Scott, Mary Hay, Ann Ridgeway,
Pat West, Jane Farnsworth, Eg-
mont Bugbane
Typists Mary Jane McNair,
Jean Thomas
Fighting moisture and fungus—
communication's jungle enemies
Ever-present dangers to military communications are
the twin epemies of the jungle—moisture and fungus.
By impairing the efficient working of telephones and
radios, they can halt vital messages as effectively as
cutting the wires.
The long experience of Bell Laboratories engineers
in designing telephone equipment for use under all
climatic conditions has-helped the Sigtaal Corps in
counter-attacking these enemies of the jungle.
Lessons learned in this wartime emergency will aid
^ in building better communications equipment for
war and peace.
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BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM
"Service to the Nation in Peace and Warn
COLLEGE GIRLS
ARE YOU INTERESTED
IN VITAL WAR WORK?
The Telephone company needs telephone operators who
can work evening's on a part time basis—a few hdurs each
evening. ,
VITAL WAR WORK
GOOD PAY
INTERESTING WORK
CLEAN, PLEASANT SURROUNDINGS
You can help the war effort and yourself by working
few hours each evening in this vital war work. v
Come in and discuss the matter with' Miss White,' our
Employment Supervisor at 202 ^Shell Building. .
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.
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