The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 27, 1947 Page: 1 of 4
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The Rice Institute
Student Weekly Publication
VdhuBs XXXIV
HOUSTON, TBXAS. THURSDAY, MARCH ST. 1947
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Names Winners Of
7 he Rondelet Election
The Women's Council has announced the winners of the
recent election for the positions of Duchesses and Maids at
the Court of Rondelet.
The four duchesses are Anne Bray, Senior class; Wookie
Sinclair, Junior class; Peggy Albritton, Sophomore class; and
Casey Croom, Freshman class.
Eight maids from each class
were elected. The1 eight maids
from the Senior class are Cath-
erine Coor, Margaret Cross-
man, Ann Durkee, Jane Farnsworth,
Shirley Nyberg, Elizabeth Schu-
macher, Mary Simpson, and Peggy
Weatherall.
Elleanor Graham, Martha Jame-
son, Ava Jean McDanlel, Dumplin
Miller, Bettye Phillips, Betty Bob
Storm, Joy Vittitoe, and Mary Mar-
garet Wilson are the maids repre-
senting the Junior ClasB.
The maids representing the Soph-
omore Class will be Iris Gracey,
Nancy Hood, Tempe Howze, Mar-
than Ann Moore,-Patty Radford, Al-
pha Reynolds, Jetta< Schumacher,
and Ruth Smith.
The representatives from the
freshman class will be Gloria Cas-
tello, Betty Cheatham, "Goonie"
Harris, Betty Jo Joplin, Lullene
Powell; "Bunny" Wagner, Alice
York and Mario Zapalac.
The duchesses and maidB will
serve at the court of Queen Sara
Meredith and Princesses Mary Hay
and Sarih Nsbors, who were elected
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In Chicago Tribune
Rice Institute will be featured in
the rotogravure section of the "Chi-
cago Tribune" in the latter part ofi
April. Miss Eleanor Nangle and An-
drew Pavlin of the "Tribune" ar-
rived on the' campus Monday and
completed their pictures Tuesday.
"I am quite impressed by the
beauty of the Rice campus," said
Miss Nangle, "the buildings aren't
all .crowded together like they are
at the eastern colleges."
Speaking of the Rice girls she
said, "They seem to dress more at-
tractively than the average co-ed.
In some schools, the girls even go
to classes in blue jeans and shirt
tails." .
Mr. Pavlin, the photographer,
said from 9 to 14 of his pictures
would be used.
The High Command wishes to
state that there is definitely no
chance of The Thresher being chal-
lenged by a worse campus publi-
cation until after April 15.
Both the mortal enemies of The
Thresher, the infamous Campanile
and the upstart RI, are now beset
with serious difficulties. The stu-
dent body of Rice may take heart—
they may not appear at all!
By the admission of five-star
editor-in-chief Herndon of RI, the
publication date of the first issue
of RI has been reset at the fif-
teenth of April. Herndon made the
usual excuses about advertising and
printing difficulties, but this is the
usual subterfuge resorted to by ri-
val staffs of other campus publica-
tions, fearing the sterling Thresher.
Five-star editor-in-chief of thq
Campanile Meredith has finally
made a definite statement concern-
ing the Campanile. She said "This
will be the worst Campanile pub-
lished this year—if It get? out this
year."
The High Command of the
Thresher wishes to assure the stu-
dents of Rice that they are in no
danger of being under the strain
of the impending release of either
RI or the Campanile.
Older students are directed to
warn freshmen and new students
concerning the other campus pub-
lications. Special concern should be
given as to how to avoid eager cir-
culation staff members of the re-
spective publications. During the
week of the release they will eager-
ly sweep down upon the unsuspect-
ing and quickly give copies of their
respective publications to the fresh-
man without the slightest provo-
cation.
This is typical of the inhumane
actions of the staffs of RI and the
Campanile.
From week to week the Thresher
will keep you posted on the latest
postponements.
Bice Delegates
Report Successful
Austin Conference
by Attwell and Quinby
Austin Conference Success
Your Rice delegates met with
Representatives from eighteen Col-
leges and Universities in Austin at
the Y. M. C. A. Friday and Sat-
urday and discussed the plans for
the National Students Assn. The
motivating force to form this assn.
came from a group of interested
American students who attended a
conclave of students from all parts
of the world who met in Prague
in the summer of 1946. These stu-
dents realized that the United
States was the only major country
of the world that did not have an
organization for college students
and representing their interests,
These students met in Chicago dur-
ing the Christmas holidays of 1946
and started the ball rolling to form
such an assn. of student bodies
in the United States. Among the
leaders at this conference in Chi-
cago were the members of the delej
gation from Texas University, who
incidently carried a plan of organi-
zation to the Conference which was
later adopted in part. A National
Continuations Committee was
formed at this conference and the
United -'States was divided intio
thirty regions for purposes
Location of Polling
Place Changed
The Student Council voted Tues-
day to move the polling place from
Sallyport to the lawn of the Chem-
istry Building. Suggestions indi-
cating that this would make it
much easier for the Engineering
students to vote prompted the ac-
tion. In case of rain the polling
place will be moved into some room
of the Chemistry Building.
'Mile' to Hold Short
Story Contest For
Women Undergrads
"Mademoiselle" magazine is now
holding its annual short story con-
test for women undergraduates.
Students interested in creative
writing are urged to take part in
this contest. "Mademoiselle" is usu-
ally well represented in the annual
anthologies of best American short
stories. Several of the stories
which have been reprinted have
been the author's first published
work. The winners of this college
fiction contest have always aroused
the interest of publishers. Three
winners in the last three years have
.«igned contracts for their books.
Five hundred dollars for rights
of and publication in the August is-
The Riot Navy rifle' team, first
place tie winners of the Eighth Nfc-
val district, who. will fin thia week
, ,
V' « Ataftth'&i the Texas relays are,
in the usual order, top row: R. T.
Martin, B. R. Woodmansee, and
James Hollister; bottom row: John
Covington and Bob Wilkin*.
NOTICE
Anyone interested in serving as
Business Manager of The Thresher
is asked to attend the Student
Council meeting Tuesday, April 1
in AB 201. Only-persons eligible
are those who served at least 16
weeks on the business staff of The
Thresher in the past. If no quali-
fied person is interested, the qualifl-
cations will necessarily be waived
by the Council in making the ap-
pointment.
paper only, with the contestant's
name and address clearly marked
(home address, college address, col-
lego year).
The judges will be the editors
of Mile.
Entries must be postmarked not
later than midnight, May 1, 1947.
They must be sent to College Fic-
tion Contest, "Mademoiselle," 122
East 42nd Street, New York, 17,
N.Y.
Letters
arousing interest and telling the col-, suc will be awarded each of the
leges and Universities about the' lwo stories which show the highest
proposed assn. An executive Com-1 merit. Mile. Also reserves the right
mittee was formed of the Regional to buy at the magazine's regular
Chairman and the officers elected rate acceptable stories other than
by delegates from the region. John j 'be prize winners.
Wilson of the University of Texas j A11 manuscripts should be from
was elected regional chairman of three thousand to five thousand
the Texas-Oklahoma region and Jim wordB ln length.
Smith, former T. U. student bodyi Stories should be typewritten,
president was chosen president o( double-spaced, on one side of the
the N. C. C.. Also a constitution
committeo was appointed to draw
up the constitution. The executive
committee has called a Constitu-
tional Convention to meet in Wis-
consin late in the summer of 1947.
The regional chairmen are hav-
ing meetings in the regions this
spring and using this conference
to acquaint the schools in his re-
gion with the work and proposed or-
ganization of this association. The
conference in Austin was attended
by delegates from eighteen colleges
in Texas. Among these were T. C.
U., S. M. U., S. W. T. S. T. C„
A. & M. of Texas., Okla. State Col-
lege for women, Incarnate Word
Academy and Tillotson College for
Negroes in Oklahoma.—
The conference was opened with
a message from Dean Nowotny of
the University of Texas. Next was
a very interesting talk given by
Joe Balik who attended the Prague
Conference. His language training
enabled him to converse with the
representatives from the Slavic
countries and Russia, which proved
to he quite a key opening the door
through the barrier of distrust. He
impressed us with his reports of
how the conference after the first
few days was marked by unified
action and harmony. Following his
talk other talks concerning the Chi-
cago Students Conference, The Exe-
cutive Committee meeting this
spring and a discussion of the alms
and objectives adopted at Chicago
werd given. A long discussion by
this group of the proposed consti-
tution followed and the group
passed on several recommendations
to the Executive Committee. A con-
stituion, based on the recommenda-
tions of the various regions over
the country will be adopted next
summer at the big Constitutidhal
Convention in Wisconsin which has
set for its goal attendance by over
eight hundred colleges. The aims
(Continued on page 4)
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Rabbi A.S. Green
Calls For Deeper
Analysis of Jews
Dear Sir:
In opposition to the view ex-
pressed in the Thresher last week,
we wish to give an opinion on the
G. I. Bill of Rights.
Since the G. I. Bill is now in ef-
fect we shall not discuss, in this
letter, the question of whether it is
right for the government to sub-
sidize education, except to say that
the apparent object of the bill is
not to pay for time spent in the
service but is to aid the serviceman
in resuming life with some chance
of catching up with those who
fought the war at home. The prac-
tical application is not so clearcut
for there are many veterans who
could be classified with the latter.
The question seems to be whether
to ask the Congress to support the
bill now before it (HR870) which
would increase subsistence allow-
ances about 30%,.^
Most of the student-veterans fa-
miliar to us are working at least
two days (16 hours) a week and
yet are unable to meet expenses.
The only veterans who seem to be
doing all right are those with a tap
On the present inflated profits.
If it were the intention of Con-
gress, to underwrite the basic ex-
penses of the student-veteran it
seems logical to Increase allotments
by the amount of commodity price
increases since the passage of the
bill. A conservative estimate of tho
price increase would not be less than
80%,
Most of the opposition to the in-
crease in allotments has come from
the veterans organizations which
hope to pass a bonus bill. Every bill
authorizing small appropriations fCr
veterans affairs will prejudice the
passage at a bonus. Which is a bet-
ter Investment for society, a sop or
education for veterans T
Continued on page 4)
Ninety Nine Petitions
Have Been Filed For
7 he General Election
by James Meyers
A total of 99 candidates for Student Association and class
offices have filed petitions, Anne Bray, chairman of the elec-
tion committee, announced Wednesday.
Only one office, that of treasurer of the Senior class, is
without a candidate. Several candidates, however, are run-
ning unopposed and are con-
sequently automatically elect-
ed. They are: Joe Reilly, treas-
urer of the Student Associa-
tion: Betty Blount Seale, as-
sistant business manager of the
Campanile; Roy Simpson, assistant
business manager of the THRESH-
ER; and Orville Gaither, treasurer
of the junior class.
Most important of the numerous
campaigns is the contest for presi-
dent of the Student Association.
Each of the three candidates have
made statements to the THRESH-
ER concerning their platforms.
Ed Jennings stated: "I promise
to ask that the one day holidays
in the spring be consolidated into
several Easter holidays, so that
out-of-town students may have a
chance to go home. 1 also propose
to ask that the students be given
preference in buying football tickets
for their friends. 1 will ask that
students be given adequate seating
at all football and basketball games.
And I propose that the student
council become a more active or-
ganization."
Rod Quinby felt that: "If the stu-
dent association constitution \s not
revised by ' the present student
council, then the job of the new
council and its president will be to
see that it is done." Mr. Quinby
urged that "the students choose
capable student council members.
No student association president
can hope to carry out a successful
program without the support and
aid of a competent student coun-
cil." Mr. Quinby also stated that
if he were elected he would, as
head of the dance committee (the
president of the council is also
chairman of the dance committee),
seek to improve the quality of Rico
dances. "I will strive to obtain bet-
ter places at which to hold our
dances."
Gene Mason, candidate for presi-
dent of the Student Association,
said "What this school needs is
enforcement of the decisions made
by tho Student Council in co-ordi-
nation with the student body. The
slip-shod methods that have been
practiced for so long must he al-
by Elizabeth Schumacher
Rabbi Allen S. Green, of Temple
Emannuel, in a talk at the MSU
meeting Tuesday, called for a deep-
er analysis on the part of educated
people in their efforts to under-
stand the Jewish people.
"The child who needs the most
love, is the unlovable child," he
said. "This child makes life miser-
able for you and in seeing you un-
comfortable gets a satisfaction to
take the place of the love he seeks."
Dr. Green thent went on to point
out that this is the situation with
minority groups also. Even the Jew
who has made great contributions
to the world's religion, and still has
a contribution to make in their em-
phasis on law.
The Jewish people have not al-
ways had unhappiness; they have
lived happily in preceding years
among the Arabs, in Spain and
Italy, and even in central Europe.
In America they have also known
happiness but today we still notice
tensions between them and the non-
Jewish. Dr. Green showed that these
tensions came from basic differ-
ences in mannerism, emotion, and
intensity of feeling and also from
certain traits which irritate the non-
Jewish person.
The basic differences exist be-
cause "... the two groups have
not lived together for a very long
time. Not more than a half million
of the 4% million Jews in the
I United States have anofotora who
j lived here before 1880. This half
! million came from western Europe
I where they had become much like
their English and German neigh.
Mors. Since their immigration to
America they have become a part
I of the general American popula-
| tion," The remainder have come
from eastern Europe. They are more
I orthodox and have tended to keep
their identity. , r, ,
By settling primarily along the tJered" If, 1 elected t0 ,hc P™3'-
eastern sea coast in groups, they d°"cy 0 thc student association, 1
have preserved the slavic form of,*"511 ?n<1eavor to hnvc closer con"
life which their religion demands. I l®ct bc'ween the studfl body ™d
This gives them a feeling of 1 the student governing body through
strangeness when they meet other
; people. "If they are given time, two
| or three (fenerations, they will also
become indistinguishable just as
others have."
Then too we notice the Jew seems
jS'
to be over-sensitive, jumpy, over-
intense; he seems to feel ill at ease.
"This is because he feels insecure,"
says Dr. Green, "There are a num-
ber of American facilities which are
not free and open to the Jew who
in turn has not made adjustments.
The common mass (of people) can
never understand; WE must break
down that feeling of insecurity by
offering more security." Then they
will lose those irritating traits and
become free and easy-going as the
average American is free and easy-
going."
As a rule, the Jew studies more.
He has two reasons for doing so.
"First there is a long tradition of
study. He has to study in the syna-
gogue where he sharpens his mind
for a career in worship. Second
there is a feeling of being an out-
sider. He has to be the exception
to get a place in preference to a
a non-Jewish person. He becomes a
"grind" under such pressure. This
is not good for bim, but with whole-
hearted efforts toward giving him
a feeling of security, the problem
of adjustment will work itself out."
student polls" so that all business
will be up to date with school activ-
ities.
A resume of all business transac*
ted by the council will be published
regularly.
We will have closer relationship
with the other colleges and uni-
versities of this area so that this
institution will be progressive in
all respects.
SENIOR CLASS
President
Don Anderson, Jimmy Cotton,
Wright Howell.
Vice President
Martha Jameson, Betty Anne
Turner, Mary Margaret Wilson.
Secretary-Treasurer
None.
Student Council
Eileen Brousard, Wayne Collins,
Forbes Gordon, Malcolm Hearn-
don, Ava Jean McDanlel, Dump-
lin Miller, Roy Porter, Holly
Sheehan, Betty Bob Storm, Bill
Stout, Joy Vittitoe (three to be
elected).
Honor Council
Larry Chapman, Mary Ann Caa-
tello, Bill Davis, Jqhnelle De Bra-
eys, Louise Fletcher, Elleanor
Graham, Charles Lucky, Rod
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