The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 24, 1945 Page: 1 of 4
four pages : ill. ; page 21 x 15 in.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
Wei
■ . -
.. 1 • ..s. .
K38
" Jfc • ♦
. *•
•• ■ 1BPP
Formal
Flannts
lit!
it?; ■"
Rft
# I li -
.
and
Weep
Student Weekly Publication
The Rice Institute
XXXI
Z738
HOUSTON, TEXAS, 23 MAY, 1945
Number 26
Senior Banquet And
Dance to Be Held
2 June at Terrace
By Evelyn Burke
The class of '45 will present its last social affair before the
days of commencement on 2 June. The annual banquet will be-
gin officially at 7 p.m. when Senior President Bob Smith picks
up his fork. Thereafter no sound will be heard except that of
silverware clashing as Navy boys dive into the first real steak
they've had in years. The South ,
American Rooms of the Rice ! p «L L KJ
Hotel have been engaged by KStnOlin INflJTlCS
engaged by
Banquet Chairman Mary Anne
Nolen. Because of tradition,
only seniors and their dates are
privileged to attend the Cornucopia-
for-a-night. Speaker for the occa-
sion will be Dr. Cameron, ME prof
at the Institute.
After the bicarbonate' of soda has
been passed around, the Crystal
Ballroom will be opened to seniors,
dates, and all other personalities
wishing to attend, announces Vice-
President Rosemary Glaviana. The
strains of Sammy Harris' orchestra
will fill the evening for dancing 'til
1, just like the good old days. This
has been arranged for by Ellen Pic-
ton and Doris Jean Depenbrock. The
decoration committee of Jean Fos-
ter, Ann Ridgeway, et al., will per-
form most of their work for the
banquet, as will Doug McElree and
Bill Scruggs of the Historical Com-
mittee.
Tickets for the last formal of the
year and also the last fling before
finals will go on s.ale Monday at
Sallyport where Kiki Smith and
Sadie Gwin Allen will charge a nom-
inal $2.40 for a couple bid and $1.85,
stag. All seniors who have not yet
purchased their tickets to the ban-
quet and dance are urged to do' so
immediately. It is being emphasized
that all members of the student body
and otherwise are invited to attend
the formal dance, to give the Seniors
a last chance to bid fai-ewell to their
schoolmates.
0
NOTICE TO SENIORS:
Orders for senior invitations Will
be taken in the Co-op during the
week beginning tomorrow and end-
ing a week from tomorrow. The or?
ders must include, both the number
and type of invitation as well as the
money for the order. Invitations
available will be of the customary
types—either paper back or bound
in Royal Blue leather trimmed in
white. All orders must be made dur-
ing this prescribed period so that
the printing may be finished and the
invitations distributed with adequate
time for mailing and—for the more
mercenary—present buying.
0
NOTICE:
All members of the S. C. A. A.
(Student Council Annex Associa-
tion) will please meet for a few min-
utes at noon for a moment of silent
prayer and to make plans for the
first banquet to be sponsored by the
organization, announced Presidents
Humpy Gordon, Caitiille Dockery,
and Evelyn Burke. Those interested
in joining should consult the election
return*—if you lost, you're in.
Tra inee Officers
For Coming Term
Cadet officers for the term be-
ginning 1 July were announced
Tuesday by Comdr. V. F. Rathburn,
head of the Navy unit here.
They are as follows:
Regimental Staff
Regimental Commander—Schulte,
F. W., NROTC Lt. Comdr.
Regimental Sub Commander—Ne-
mir, R. L., NROTC Lt.
Regimental Adjutant—Webb, W.
F., NROTC Lt. (jg)
Regimental Commissary — Taft,
W. J., NROTC Ens.
Regimental CPO — Brown, J. H.,
NROTC CPO.
First Battalion Staff
1st. Batt. Commander—Malseed,
W. A., NROTC Lt. Comdr. „
1st. Batt. Sub Commander—Sur-
man, W. R., NROTC Lt.
1st. Batt. Adjutant—^Jackson, D.
L., NROTC Lt. (jg).
1st." Batt. Commissary—Watson,
J. B., NROTC Ens.
1st. Batt. CPO—Dunn, D. E.,
NROTC CPO.
■Drum and Bugle Cores'
Drum and Bugle Corps Command-
er— Miller, W. R., NROTC Lt. (jg).
Drum and Bugle Corps 1st PO—
Fry, R. A., NROTC POlc.
Drum and Bugle Corps 2nd PO—
Rimpau, E. I., NROTC P02c.
Color Guard
J^t. Petty Officer—Phelps, S. H.,
NF&TC POlc
2nd. Petty Officer
E., NROTC P02c.
3rd. Petty Officer-
T., NROTC P03c.
4th. Petty Officer-
J., NROTC P04c.
First Company
Company Commander ■
meyer, R. E., NROTC Lt.
Company .CPO — Trull,
NROTC CPO.
Guidon Bearer — Milville, R. E.,
NROTC.
First Platoon
Commander—Adams, F. A., NRO-
TC Lt. (jg).
MPO—Wood, Q. H., NROTC POlc.
Guide—Kennedy, D. F., NROTC
P03c.
Squad Leader—Stilson, D.
NROTC P04c.
Squad Leader — Smader, R.
NROTC P04c.
Squad Leaden"— Tamasy, J.
NROTC P04c.
Second Platoon
Commander—Burcham, J. R., NR-
OTC Ens."
MPO—Collins, J. B., NROTC PO-
(Continued on page 3)
—Graham, H.
-Rodgers, H.
-Wysocki, W.
Bartles-
D. B.
E.,
K.,
lc.
Maj. Frank D. Guernsey, Jr., for-
mer national tennis star while here
at Rice, is now an Eighth Air Force
P-51 Mustang squadron operations
officer in England.
He is now wearing the presiden-
tial ui|it citation recently awarded
the 339th fighter group, commanded
by Lieutenant Colonel William C.
Clark of Richmond, Va., and has
participated in several of the recent
record-shattering Eighth Air Force
assaults to clear the way for ad-
vancing Allied armies. A few weeks
before his promotion was announced,
he scored his first kill when he shot
down a Messerschmitt 109 and dam-
aged another on a mission to Ham-
burg.
Co-holder since 1942 of the na-
tional men's indoor doubles cham-
pionship with Lt. Don McNeill of
the Navy, Maj. Guernsey today can
find little time for tennis. To an-
nex the doubles title, he and Lt. Mc-
Neill defeated Bobby Riggs and Jack
Cramer in Oklahoma City.
Although he was disappointed
when the Luftwaffe failed to oppose
the recent Allied airborne and am-
phibious crossing of the Rhine, Ma-
jor Guernsey, then a captain, is still
getting a lot of satisfaction from
having hammered Nazi jrail and mo-
tor transportation in support of the
huge inland invasion.
Briefed to hit "everything mov-
ing" in a special zone southeast of
Dortmund, Maj. Guernsey and other
members of the 339th Fighter Group,
(Continued on page 3)
0
Women's Council
Election To Take
Place Monday
The Women's Council will hold
their annual election Monday in Sal-
lyport, when run-offs for general
and class elections will take place.
There will be a meeting Thursday
at 12:00 in Miss Lane's office to ar-
range for girls already on the Wom-
en's Council to sit at the election ta-
ble Monday.
Those candidates for senior rep-
resentative are: Johnelle Morrow,
Rosalie Meek, Lida Kittrell, and Pat
West. Two of these will be chosen.
Five girls are aspiring to the two
junior positions on the council: Mar-
garet Grossman, Mary Simpson,
Oralynn Thwaites, Jane Farnsworth,
and Lucille Kemp.
Two sophomore representatives
will be chosen from the following:
Marguerite Gaston, Dumplin' Miller,
Jean Mcllhenny, Paulie Abbey, and
Marion Merseberger.
The two retiring senior members
ore President Doris Jean Depen-
brock and Vice-President Jocile Bag-
gett.
0
HONOR COUNCIL
There will be a short meeting of
the Honor Council in Sallyport to-
ddy at noon to discuss plans for a
picnic honoring those seniors who
are graduating and new members
recently elected.
Bob Zelsman Chosen
Student President
In LightBalloting
Five Run-offs Slated For Monday,
28 May; Association Vice-Presidency
Among Positions Still In Doubt
By Mary Jane McNair
For three long hours the Council counted. And with the
closure of the polls at 1:05, only 490 votes had been cast in the
General Elections, with each class count coming to 110 for the
Senior Election, 123 for the Junior Election, and 181 for the
j Sophomore Election.
i pi
R.& Quill Banquet
To Be at YMCA
28 May, at 6:30
The annual R and Quill Banquet
has been finally and positively set
for Monday, 28 May, at 6:30 at the
YMCA.
The price of the dinner will be
$1.50 a plate, which price can be
paid to the editor or business man-
ager of the respective publications,
or, if desired, may be parted with at
the door.
Everyone intending to come is re-
quested to notify his above-men-
tioned superior( ?)s.
Following is a list of all those j ager.
eligible to acend this exclusive gath- i dates
The coming semester of July
shows the new Association
(leadership in the hands of Bob
| Zelsman who defeated Garry
Corbett with 291 votes to Garry's
184. His co-worker has yet to be
determined in a run-off between Jo
Ruth Russell and Muriel Wicks.
Muriel tallied high vote of 164, Jo
Ruth 115, and Jean Brock close with
114, followed by Louise Loose with
84. The three hubba-hubba men
turned out to be Gene Mason (head
cheerleader), with 293 votes, Mc-
Leaish with 261, Reilly with 271, and
the other candidates with a holding
of 259 for Jaynes and 243 for Man-
ning.
"Red" Anderson is the new
Thresher Assistant Editor, and Doris
Speich, the Assistant Business Man-
Both were unopposed candi-
The Campanile vote fell for
ering:
Julia Ann Allbritain
Frank Allen*
Sadie Gwin Allen
Red Anderson
Jim Anthony
Betty Lou Armbruster
Molly Barnes
Marie Virginia Barrett
Mary Katherine Bayless
C. E. Beecher
Mignonette Berg
Joyce Berwiak
R. B. Blanchard
Jean Brock
-Charlotte Brrder
Geane Brognicz
Betty Browles
Glenn Bryan*
R. H. Buerger
J. R. Bunker*
Crestaroma Bugbane
Prunella Bugbane
Evelyn Burke
Mary Ann Castello
Garry Corbett
Alice Craig
Margarete Crossman
Lawrean Davis
Alice Marion Dennard
Camille Dockery
Woody Dry den*
Novadean Duffel
B. Duncan
Loreen Elder
Doris Elaine Ehlinger
Jane Elliott
Mary Jane Ellis
. N. H. Evans
Jane Farnsworth
Mary Sue Fox
Fance Frank
Preston Frazier
Ruth French
Roy Goodearle
Elleanor Graham
Guy Groves
(Continued on page 4)
Sara Meredith with 259 votes over
! 208 for Mary Simpson as Assistant
! Editor. Peg Weatherall (235) de-
feated Novadean Duffel (231) by
i four votes for Assistant Business
i Manager of next term.
I Officers for the Senior class are
! Ed Murphey (61) 'who defeated
j Love joy (17) and Whittenburg (29)
! for President. "Zookie" Wagner was
! unopposed and is the Secrctary-
j Treasurer, and Barbara Hicks will
'run-off with Madge West for the
position' of Vice-President. Barbie
received 41 votes, Madge 23, Rosalie
j Meek 21, and Kayway Thompson 22.
I The Honor Council representatives
j have a tie for the fourth rep be-
I tween Ann Martin and Sara Nan
|
! Snoddy, both with 65 votes. The
! other three seniors are Billie Jo
(Continued from page 2)
Four Named to Rice
Chapter of Honorary
Chemical Society
Recently elected to the Alpha Al-
pha Chapter of Phi Lambda Upsilon
were three seniors and one junior.
The seniors were Harold Row, Ed
Hartsook, and James Jewell. The
junior was Phil Braun. These men
were selected for their outstanding
records in chemistry and cMmical
engineering.
Phi Lambda Upsilon was founded
at the University of Illinois in 1899
as an honorary chemical society for
the promotion of high scholarship
and original investigation in all
branches of pure and applied chem-
istry.
The Alpha Alpha Chapter was in-
stalled at Rice in 1926.
:iM> is®
mmM
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 24, 1945, newspaper, May 24, 1945; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth230656/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.