The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 17, 1946 Page: 1 of 4
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Student Weekly Publication
The Rice Institute
VOImm XXXIV
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HOUSTON. TEXAS. THURSDAY, 17 OCTOBER, 1946
Number 3
STUKNTS «IU CHOOK LEADERS MONDAY
1EN1A11VE LIS!
OF VANI1Y FAIR
SECTION CHOSEN
A tentative list of candidates for the Vanity Fait section
of the 1947 Campanile has been selected, according to Sara Mer-
idith, Campanile editor. Out of the group ten beauties will be
selected by Perc Westmore, famous Hollywood make-up artist,
to appear in the Campanile's
Vanity Fair section.
Candidates listed below will have
their pictures taken by Henry Stern
at the Martel Studio, and should
contact Sara Meredith or Peggy
Weatherall immediately to make
appointments and pay for their
pictures. Any girl whose name does
not appear below and believes she
is eligible should submit her name
to the Campanile editor. No one on
probation, with more than eighteen
grade points, or who has been a
beauty is eligible.
Senior*
Anne Bray, Mary Jane Bruten,
Catherine Coor, Margaret Cross-
man, Charlotte Broden Douglas,
Jane Farnsworth, Annette Gano,
Mary Hay, Sara Meredith, Sarah
Nabors, Shirley Nyberg, Hally Beth
Walker Poindexter, Mary Simpson,
Peggy Weatherall.
Junior*
Margie Arm stead, Eillen Bras-
sard, Mary Ann Castelio, June Da-
vis, Betty Jean Fox, Elleanor Gra-
ham, Jocelyn Harleston, Ellen Hop-
kins, Martha Jameson, • Sara Lu
Johnson, Mitsu Kobayashi, Ava
Jean McDaniel, Marion Merseber-
ger, Marilyn Miller, Eugunie Mutt,
Bettye Phillips, Peggy Jane Hes-
ter, Louise Schleicher, Madelyn
Sinclair, Maurice Smith, Betty Bob
Storm, Elsie Taylor, Betty Anne
Turner, Joy Vittitoe, Mary Mar-
garet Wilson, Reba Denny Wood-
ruff.
Sophomore*
Peggy Allbritton, Rosemary Bia-
mont, Rose Marie Bridges, Yvonne
Brinberry, Betty Dargan, Carolyn
Delhomme, Iris Gracey, Carolyn
Harshbarger, Nancy Hood, Tempe
Howze, Ann Laird, Jeanne Lyford,
Marilyn MacGregor, Jeirenne Hay-
nie Marshall, Margie Metz, Ann
Montgomery, Martha Ann Moore,
Patricia Owens, Allene Ray, Patsy
Reinshagen, Alpha Reynolds, Jet-
ta Schuhmacher, Betty Blount Sale,
Lois Sellers, Ruth Smith, Eleanor
Sticelber, Evelyn Taylor, Nancy
Helen Walters.
Freshmen
Waymon. Alderson, Margo An-
drews, Marjorie Bray, Gloria Cas-
(Continued on page 8)
Tags Necessary
For Blanket Tax
Use By Students
Beginning this week, it will be
necessary for Rice students to wear
a tag identifying them to be ad-
mitted to the student section at
football games. Each Thursday,
Friday, and Saturday morning be-
fore every home game, Rice stu-
dents must present their blanket
taxes at a table in Sallyport.
At this table, the ticket in your
blanket tax for the coming Satur-
day's game will be removed, and
you will be given a tag for identifi-
cation. It will be necessary to pre-
sent your blanket tax at the gate
as well as to be wearing the tag to
be admitted. The blanket tax is to
identify you; the tag to identify you
as a student.
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New Meeting Place
Designed for Rice
Students Announced
W. C. Foust, owner of "Wingates'
Restaurant," announced Wednesday
the opening of the "Rice Owl
Room." This restaurant, located at
6441 South Main, is directly across
from the campus. The room can
comfortably accommodate fifty peo-
ple and is reserved for Rice stu-
dents only.
Located off the main dining
room, the Rice Owl Room will af-
ford the students privacy, freedom
and a place to congregate. A special
menu is being arranged which will
feature a low cost student luncheon.
Mr. Foust expressed his welcome
to all Rice students and said they
were free to play bridge or just do
as they pleased. The short time be-
tween classes and labs has neces-
sitated a special service such aB
this.
Rice NROTC Staff
Highly Decorated
The highly decorated staff of
Institute'* new peacetime Naval
Reserve Officer*' Training unit has
two officer*, Captain J. E. Cooper
and Commander R. R. Sampson,
who were assigned here before the
wartime NROTC was converted to a
strictly peacetime outfit.
The four new officer* are Com-
mander James A. Boorman, Marine
Major Cleland E. Early, Lt. Com-
mander Walter 3. J. Leary, and Lt.
<jg) Liege Tatone.
Captain Cooper I* the "old man"
of the unit, having Comdr. Samp-
son as his executive officer. Major
Early, a TCU graduate, is public
relations officer and the remaining
members of the officer staff are
classified as assistant professors o<
Naval Science.
Holding the Navy Cross with
gold star, Silver Star with gold
star, the Bronte Star, the Dutch
Bronso Lion, the American Theater
XlDDOn, tlte ANAtnarft6tZl6 ftDDOn
with five stars, the American de-
fense ribbon with star the Victory
medal* and the Philippine Defense
ribbon with star, {Saptain Cooper
is the most highly decorated man
in the unit.
Commander Sampson is entitled
to wear the Silver Star, Legion of
Merit, ETO ribbon with one cam-
paign star, the Asiatic-Pacific rib-
bon with 6 stars, the American De-
ferue Medal with star, and the Vic-
tory Medal.
'Major Early served with the Sec-
ond Marine Division, and on Admi-
ral Bradley's staff. He holds the
Silver Star, the Presidential Unit
Citation with two clusters, the
American Theater Ribbon, the'Asi-
atic-Pacific ribbon with 4 campaign
stars, the Philippine • Defense Rib-
bqn, and the Victory Medal.
In his 40 months .overseas
Comdr. Boorman picked up the
Bronse Star, the Asiatic Pacific
ribbon with 18 stars, the American
Defense Ribbon with star, and the
Victory Medal.
Lt. Comdr. Leary served over-
sea* for 88 month* and hold* the
American Defense Ribbon with star,
(Continued on page 4)
Auditorium Will Be
One Feature of New
Fondren Library
Rice's need for expansion has in-
itiated a substantial building pro-
gram. The classroom building which
is now under construction across
from the Chem building, is expected
to relieve the crowded conditions
that prevail with respect to class-
room and faculty offices. The plans
aooptcd are the result of a careful
analysis of the needs by a faculty
committee.
The Institute now has only twen-
ty-ore classrooms for about 1500
students and thirty-four faculty of-
fices for staff of seventy. The
new building will add twenty new
classrooms with a total seating ca-
pacity of 1,000, and thirty-five fa-
culty offices.
The new Fondren Library will
provide one of the prime needs of
the Institute. It will contain one
million cubic feet of space, and it
will cost approximately $1,760,000,
including equipment and furnish-
ings. The recent gift of $1,000,000
made by Mrs. W. W. Fondren has
made the building of the library
possible. The .building will face the
Administration Building on the
main axis of the Institute and will
be connnected with the classroom
building by a short colonnade.
The main part of the library will
bo two stories high, with a taller
center containing seven floors of
stack roms. These stack roms will
be conveniently reached by an ele-
Houston Engineers
Open Membership
To Rice Students
The Houston Engineers' Club is
once again making a junior mem-
bership available to Rice Junior and
Senior engineering students. The
Engineer's Club is an organization
of practicing Houston Engineer^
and is located at 2615 Fannin. Meet-
ings for the junior members are
held every other Thursday evening
at eight o'clock at the above ad-
dress. For the convenience of the
students, the meetings do not last
over an hour.
The meeting tonight will deal
with the opportunities of engineers
in the Houston area. This program
will include a discussion of Houston
industries that should be of prime
interest to engineers soon to begin
practicing in this area.
The club also sponsors inspection
trips, guest speakers, and movies
for the junior members in addition
to social functions.
Perhaps the greatest benefit to
be derived from membership in
such an organization is personal
contact with practicing engineers.
Any junior or senior student inter-
ested in the Engineers' junior mem-
bership may either attend this
evening's meeting or contact Wal-
ter Duffie who is the Club's agent
on the campus.
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NOTICE
All students with appointments
for Campanile class picture* be-
tween 25 October and 81 October
are requested instead to go from
17 October through 24 October.
Morning* and early afternoon* are
the least crowded hour*.
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NOTICE!!!! .
Materials for T.U. bonfire want-
ed! Contact Bruce Moore.
vator. There will lie oasis in the
stacks which will be attractively
furnished areas where people can
s,udy. Around the outside of the
stacks will be carrels—small study
rooms. The top floor of the stack
rooms will be reserved for faculty
studies. Each year faculty members
desiring to do research will be as-
signed carrels for their work, said
Dr. Heaps, one of the faculty ad-
visors of the building.
A small auditorium for lectures,
a music room for band concerts and
seminar rooms will also be included
in the Fondren Library.
Dr. Heaps said that the basement
might be used for student activities
if it were not needed as a stack
room.
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Honor Council
Nominates
CORSAGE QUERY
10 BE ANSWERED
IN BIG ELECTION
The much discussed corsage question will bo settled in next
Monday'selection by the student body. Following a discussion
concerning the corsage ban, the Student Council voted to put the
question up to the students in the general election. The issue
originated several years ago when the Dance Committee then
headed by Bill Henry decided to ban all corsages from Rice dan-
ces. This was in 1944, when it was argued that the Navy men
were without sufficient funds
The Honor Council nominates a
full council each year to insure the
election of representatives from
each class. The Council bases its
nomination on the nominees' inte-
grity, his representation, his exper-
erience, his ability and his inter-
est in school standards.
With these characteristics in
mind the Council nominated the
following students for the election
an October 21, 1946.
Senior Representatives:
Anne Bray, Bill Kieschnik, John-
ny Phenieie, Mary Simpson.
Junior rffpresentatives:
Bill Davis, Mitsu Kobayashi,
"Charles Lucky.
Sophomore Representatives:
Leonard Attwell, Miles Croom.
The Council encourages other
qualified and interested students to
run for the respective positions.
Knight Owls To
Play For First
All School Dance
The Knight Owls, back aftef., a
long leave of absence; will return
to pla" for this season's first dance.
"Cuiiy" Lewis, leader of the Knight
Owls, promises that the band will
be fully as good as it was in the
pasl.
The dance committee, sponsors
of the dance, hope it will be a vic-
tory celebration in honor of Rice's
win over Texas. Plans include the
use of a victory motif for decora-
tion for the dance.
Elk's Hall, 820 Crawford, is slat-
ed to be the location of the dance,
which will be semi-formal. Whether
or not corsages will be allowed is
to be determined Monday, October
21 in the general elections. The
dance will start at 9:00 p.m. last-
ing until 1:00 a.m. and will cost
$2:50 per couple and $2.00 per stag,
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Holiday Notice
Mr. Cameron has announced that
November 16 will be a school holi-
day. Heretofore it has been a cus-
tom of the students to take a holi-
day after a conference grid win,
but ihis custom is now out of or-
der. November 16 is the day of the
Texas A&M game.
New Orleans French Quarter
Full of Rice Saturday Morn
Gay old New Orleans lived up to
its reputation when students, exes,
and chaperones alike journeyed by
train and car last week-end to see
the Owls defeat Tulane. The sojourn
started as early as Friday, ended
as late as Monday for some, and
for many could well be titled the
"Lost Week-end."
On the special train there was
no such thing as sleep, so the next
best thing was song, and "The
•Night that Pattie Murphy Died"
(which was probably Saturday)
was given special rendition. Bridge
games lasted all night, and there
was no let up in the gaiety of the
atmosphere. There were even some
on the train who didn't even know
that there was a football game, but
joined in" the fun because it was
fun.
The New Orleans Chamber of
Commerce had Canal Street decked
out in gray and blue bunting, and
even the weather man outdid him-
aelf with clear, blue *ki« and a
crisp north breeze.
The noon pep rally at the St.
Charles Hotel got the Rice gang
together, and they .let New Orleans
know that the Owl* had arrived.
From the pep rally the estimated
three hundred and fifty Rice boos-
ters made their way to the game,
where, with the excellent support
of the band, they gave a good show-
ing of Rice spirit. Among the more
enthusiastic rooters were Tony and
wife who gave a good account of
themselves when it came to yellin'
for the team.
Saturday night in the French
Quarters was like Sallyport (well
not quite, but at least a lot of the
some faces were there). Rice stu-
dents were scattered from the Court
of Two Sisters to the Old Absinth
House Bar, and a happier bunch of
people could be found nowhere. Pat
O'Briens rocked to the strains of
"All For Rice's Honor" and "Roll
Me Over," while the floor show at
the Puppy House got worse and
worse. By 5:00 a.m., everybody had
been to the old French market for
their coffee and doughnuts, and
everybody was ready to call it an
evening.
Those that didn't return until
late Sunday spent most of the day
sleeping or engaging in some not too
strenuous sight-seeing. When the
lasf group arrived back in Houston
at 6:80 a.m. Monday; they were
unanimous in their agreement that
it had been a pretty wonderful
week-end, and everyone was look-
ing forward to the New Orleans
game in '48.
to furnish their dates with
what they believed were unnec-
essary flowers. T h e present
question is to determine vhoth-
the ban shall be retained on a
permanent basis or whether it
shall be abolished.
With interest mounting i this
election, which is likely to lie the
largest in the history of the Insti-
tute, the Student Council is anxious
to have the ballots correctly
marked. The election committee re-
quests that students circle the can-
didates they wish to vote for plain-
ly. These ballots should then be
dropped in the proper bullot box,
preferably unfolded. Students and
candidates are reminded that no
campaigning will be allowed in Sal-
lyport on election day.
Petitions for offices not previous-
ly filled were accepted by the Stu-
dent Council in Tuesday's meeting.
Additional candidates are: Jerry
Dobelman, Boiling Abercrombie
for councilman-at-large; Rodney
Quinby and Bob Foote for Treasur-
er of the Student Association; Bill
Broyles for Assistant Editor of the
Campanile.
In the story naming candidates
in last week's THRESHER Anne
Bray was erroneously listed us a
candidate for the Student Council.
She is running for senior represen-
tative on the Honor Council. Also
due to a misprint, Frank Bryan was
listed as "Frank Wingfield." Wing-
field is Bryan's middle name.
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Pep Rally Friday
Begins Conference
Grid Campaign
The spirit at the Tulane game
last Saturday was really riding
high—so high in fact that the
lucky few who made it to New
Orleans were a little worn out Mon-
day—from all the yelling they had
done! Kidding aside, the wonderful
enthusiasm and punch behind those
cheers was really great.
After such an impressive victory
chalked up by our team, there's
even more reason to give them a
big send-off for our first conference
game Saturday. Friday's pep rally
will be at 7:00, in front of South
Half. Let's all come out and make
this rally the biggest and best one
this year! Bruce and Gene promise
to get the best speechmakers up,
and to have the band out with col-
ors flying. They hope to be able to
have the football players out en
masse, so let's have a big turn-out
also to show our team we are behind
'em solid.
The spirit you've shown your
cheerleaders so far has been in-
spiring; make this Friday night
rally a must on your school calen-
dar so we can give the Southwest
Conference an example of what
they can expect of us this year.
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