The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 23, 1947 Page: 1 of 4
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Student Weekly Publication
The Rice Institute
Volume XXXIV
HOUSTON, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY
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Campus Walks And
Parking Lot Problems
Will Be Cleared Up
Following last week's action of the Student Council, a com-
mittee composed of Student Council president, Phil Costa and
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Kenton Cain met with Mr. Watkins and discussed the condition
of the campus walks and parking lots.
It was brought out in the discussion that the building pro-
gram which is now taking place causes problems that retard
any permanent correction!) to the
present condition of the walks ami
Shown above is a remarkable,
and moat recent, aerial view of The
Rfa Institute «MPPm. It waa taken
Constitution
of the
Honor System
just after work was begun on the
new class room building. This pic-
is published fat the utpraas
As customary prior to exams,
the Constitution of th^ Honor
System is herewith published.
, Article I
The honor system shall be gov-
erned and controlled, under the fi-
nal control of the President of the
Institute, by a body of representa-
tive students to be known as the
Honor Council.
Article II
The duties of the council shall be
to govern matters pertaining to
the honor and welfare of the school
as a whole.
Article III
(Section X) The Honor Council
shall be composed of nine members,
including the chairman; four from
the senior class, three from the
junior class, and two from the
sophomore class. The chairman
must be a senior during the term
of office.
(Section 2) The Council shall be
a self-perpetuating body through-
out the school year.
(Section 3) The Council shall
have the power to, create any of-
fices that may be needed within it-
self, said offices to be created by
a majority of the council.
Article IV
(Section 1) In any case touching
the honor of the student body, in-
dividual or as a whole, a signed re-
port or accusation shall be given to
a member of the Honor Council.
The signed report shall be kept by
the member, unless requested by
the Dean of the Institute to turn
it over to the President of the In-
situte. The member of he Council
to whom the report is given shall
forward an unsigned copy of the
same to the Chairman of the Coun-
cil, who shall read it at a meeting
of the Council in the presence of
the accused.
(Section 2) The formal reading
of the report must come at least
one week before the trial.
(Section 8) At the trial the ac-
cused will have the right to bring
in evidence or witnesses to prove
his innocence. The witnesses must
be in a position to present evidence
(Continued on pace 4)
Girls Club Dance
To Be Semi-Formal
Affair This Year
This year the Girl's club is giving
a semi-formal dande instead of a
vice-versa as is the preceding years.
The dance will be on February 15th
from 9-1 at the State Guard Ar-
mory. This will be the first dance
after the exams. The orchestra
chosen is that of Carl Doerner, who
as many of you know has a very
good group of musicians. Everyone
can come and congratulate our fel-
low students for surviving the
exams.
The committees for the dance
are:
Name and Theme—Eileen Brous-
sard, Chairman;
Peggy Rester
Audrey Clark
Tickets—Doris Scholl, Chairman;
Bonnie Bellamy
Maidell Kittrell
Publicity—Leila McConnell, Chair-
man;
Margaret Donaldson v
Mitsu Kobayashi
Decoration—Carolyn Delhomme,
Chairman;
All who are able to help.
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Student
Baptist Student Union
Meeting; 12:15 p.m.; Thursday,
January 23; Autry House. The pro-
gtam at this meeting will include
a motion picture entitled "The Man
of Faith."
Christian Science Organisation
Meeting; 7:30 p.m.; Thursday,
January 23; Autry House.
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship
Meeting; 7:30 p.m.; Friday, Jan-
uary 24; 1724 Sunset Blvd.
Girl's Club
Meeting; 12:15 p.m.; Friday, Jan-
uary 24; Autry House.
All Engineering Students
Dr. W. K. Lewis of M.I.T. will
speak to all the engineering stu-
dents Friday at 4:00 p.m. in the
Chem. Lec. Hall. His subject will
be "Fluldised Powder, a new Teeh<
nique for Control of Chemical Re*
actions."
purpose of providing each student [ so that it may be compared with
a picture of the campus just prior I pictures taken after completion of
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' Woe Is Me', But 'Look
For The Silver Lining'
Ah, somewhere the sun is shining,
somewhere the birds are singing,
but all is lost at The Rice Institute.
Students go around with false grins
on their faces, forced laughter
rings through Autry House, eyes
don't sparkle in Sallyport as they
once did.
Ah, yes, it's going to be tough
to lose so many of the old campus
colleagues, in fact there will be
many a Rice student singing
"Empty Seats in Old Physics 200"
of other sad and weary tunes.
Those fateful white pieces of pa-
per have been posted, the final ex-
haustion (caused by finals, as any
fool will plainly see) has already
begun to set in. In fact, most Rice
students almost had all they can
take just figuring out their exam
schedules. One poor freshman has
already cracked up. It is said he
went stark raving mad trying to
find out when the final exam was
for Math 104T. It seems he was
always getting lost between Philan-
thropy 652 (a study of marriage
customs of the Zulu tribe during the
ten years between 650 and 640 B.C.)
and, as was being said the poor
little freshman that has already
gone home was always getting lost
between Philanthropy 652 (which
we have already explained) and
between Plant Construction 802 (a
thorough inquiry into the problems
of making a plant for the produc-
tion of lace doilies under conditions
closely approximating those found
in Petrovoskidad, U.S.S.R.)
But perhaps it is a good thing
that this young kid left so early.
Now he will never know how horri-
ble life can really be. He will never
be forced to open his window at five
thirty a.m. some morning to wake
the rooster up. He will never be-
come a drug addict, as he would
have become if he had stayed
around and become caffelnised as
well as No-Dosed.
And what If this poor kid had
stayed on at Rice? What would
have befallen him ? It should have
happened to a dog, not even a
freshman yet. He would walk into
his first final with a grin on his
face saying: "Gee, it's going to be
good to get this damn thing over
with, let mc at it." So girded with
twenty-four hours previous study
with his history notes, he sits
down, pulls out a cigaret and lights
up. (Plenty of time, he naively
thinks.) Let us suppose His course
is World History.
He sits down again. (Dropped his
pencil.) He takes out his pen. (Go-
ing to do this right.) He gazes at
the first question. (He looks again.f
He reads: "Give a brief but factual
survey, giving names, dates, and
causes, of the effect of Ancient His-
tory upon Modern History."
He sobs.
He groans.
He moans.
Only two hours and fifty-five
minutes left he thinks. Oh well, that
one question only counts twenty-
five percent of the total grade. Now
let's see what question two is,
He looks. He gapes in amaze-
ment. He breaks in gales of laugh-
ter. He thinks: "Well now, and here
I was worried for a while." The
question reads: "Between what two
countries having Washington, D.C.,
U.S.A. and Madrid, Spain as their
capitals was the Spanish-American
War fought. Also, why did the
United States and Spain fight this
war? (The second part is
optional)*"
"Now that is fine," cries our
freshman. But he wonders what
that asterisk is for. He shifts his
gaze to the bottom of the page.
There he reads: "This question may
be answered by P.E.s only."
Our undaunted freshman says;
"Oh well, oh heck," and goes on to
(Continued on page 4)
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NOTICE n
All students arc asked to turn
prints of their best snapshots over
to members of the Campanile staff.
The Sallyport section lacks some-
thing, namely pictures.
On Wednesday, February 12, the
first Wednesday of the next term,
a technicolor movie of the 1947
Orange Bowl game will be shown
to all students who wish to see it.
the showing will take place at 12:05
in the Physics Amphitheater.
Dr. W. H. Lewis
Will Address
Rice Engineers
Hi. \V. K. Lewis, Professor of
Chemical Engineering at Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology,
will speak to all students of Chem-
istry, Chemical and Mechanical
Engineering Friday, at 4:00 p.m. in
the Chemistry Lecture Hall, on
"Fluidized Powder—A New Tech-
nique for the Control of Chemical
Reactions."
Dr. Lewis has played a major
role in directing and developing the
department of Chemical Engineer-
' ing and Industrial Stoichiometry,"
and is a member of the Americal
Chemical Society, American Insti-
tute of Chemical Engineers, Brit-
ish Institute of Chemical Engi-
neers, American Academy of Sci-
ence, and the National Academy of
Science.
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VET NEWS
Q. Can I pay my National Ser-
vice Life Insurance premiums at
the Veterans Administration con-
tact office ?
A. No. Contact offices are not
authorized to accept remittances for
insurance premiums. Payments
must be made to the branch office.
Q. Do I lose the subsistence al-1
lowance that has not been paid to
me because of my failure to report
my . earnings promptly?
A. No. You do not lose any of'
the allowance due to you. If your
report shows that you are entitled
to subsistence allowance, you will
receive everything due to you since
the date of suspension.
Q. Does the name "United States;
Government Life Insurance" in-1
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dude "National Service Life In-
surance ?"
A. No. "United States Govern-!
Went life insurance" is one type of
Government insurance and "Nation-
al Service Life Insurance" is an-
other. However, both are adminis-
tered by the Veterans Administra-
tion under authority granted by
acts of Congress.
Q. Do the premiums increase as
the insured grows older ?
A. No. The premiums to be paid
on any form of the insurance are
established according to the age of
the person insured at the effective
dnte of the insurance; that is, a
person 30 years old will pay a
higher premium than a person 25
for the same glan of insurance.
Q. Are there any restrictions in
Government insurance on the type
of work I do?
A. No. The insured may engage in
any occupation, no matter how
hazardous, live where he likes, and
travel any way he chooses, without
effecting the value or cost of his in-
surance policy.
Q. For how long can I carry the
World War II National Service
Life Insurance that I bought while
in service?
A. National Service Life Insur-
ance is issued originally upon the
6-year level premium term plan,
which was extended three years for
all policies issued before January
t, 1946. However, veterans have
the privilege of conversion after
one year from date of issue to per-
manent plans. The law provides
that all level premium term poli-
cies shall terminate at the expira-
tion of the term period unless ex-
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parking lot, however, steps, have
been taken which may ease the
situation a little. Work has been
done on the walks so that tho>
may 'drain 1 letter and also so that
the surface of the parking lot tnav
he a little smoother.
In approximately another mouth
and a half ground will be broken
for the addition to the Engineering
building. This will take up most
of the present parking lot but ar-
rangements are being made for a
larger lot with a hard surface. Phi'*.'
will eliminate any conditions of
rough surface and also that of
mud.
Because of tunneling which may
be necessary in the erection of the
new building any permanent work
on the vMps is being held up. How-
ever, when the tunneling is coin
pleted work will begun to make
walks so that all the present prob-
lems will be eliminated.
Not only do we have the new
buildings to look forward to but
we also have these improvements
which will be welcome additions to
our fiilr camnutt
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Architects Choose
"L'Aveidem" Theme
For 25th Archi-Arts
Rice Architectural .Society pres-
ents 25th Annual Archi-Arts. The
theme will be taken from ••L'Ave-
idem" a fair held in France, in the
Middle Ages. This provides a gay
and colorful b a e k g r o u n d f(vt
knights, minstrels, merchants and
royalty.
Arthur Jones and Marion Floyd
are working furiously designing
props and scenery to convert tht
Hall into a true Medieval setting.
The entire Architecture department
will be converted into a workshop
after finals for the construction
of a Romanesque castie.
Susie Haynie and Tommy Con-
nelly, in charge of the pageant,
Arthur Kotch, costume committee
chairman, are keeping- their plans
secret. The honorees, from whom
the queen of Archi-Arts will be '*
chosen, will be announced during
the week before the ball.
Other students in charge of ar-
rangements are David Keper. fi-
nance; Jake Higgins, patrons; Ken-
neth Smith, programs and bids;
Bob Smith, publicity: Annette
Gano, hall and food; Oliver Barnes,
music. Any member of the Society
will gladly answer any questions
and offer suggestions for costumes.
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Mr. Andrew Louis
Donates Volumes
Written in German
The library has just, received
about forty texts and other publi-
cations written in the German lan-
guage. They were donated by Mr.
Andrew Louis of the German De-
partment.
The books, which are elementary
in character, can be used as colla-
teral reading for students begin-
ning the study of German. The li-
brary will make these books avail-
able for use early in the second
semester.
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HONOR COUNCIL NOTICE
After the receipt and hearing: of
an accusation, the Honor Council
tried and found guilty a student at
Rice. The penalty recommended to
the administration was that of one
yenr suspension.
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