The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 16, 1947 Page: 2 of 6
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College Women
To hear a couple of modern authorities as they popped
off recently, one would think the U. S. back in the ISQO'a.
Dr. Paul Popenoe, director of the American Institute of
Family Relations, states that the type of education forced upon
women students in the modern college is but turning her into
a poor copy of the male, and not a fit aspirant for homemaking
and child bearing.
Arthur Pierson, a 20th Century Fox director, complains
that college graduates are "all grown up and tired out" when
tin y try for movie and stage careers.
Now that is news when a movie company executive places
liis fingertips together, puts on a holier-than-thou attitude and
says college graduates are tired out while his business wants
startlets to have a "dewy-eyed freshness" about them. Before
doing any yapping about education, the cinema concerns should
turn to a mirror and observe their own red-rimmed, bloodshot
eyes. Year after year the film company turn out the same
tired, worn out, unimaginative works. Of course there are
perhaps five or ten movies out of the hundreds produced each
year that show freshness, originality and understanding. Then
the moguls lean back in their chairs, ease their ulcers with a
glass of milk and break their arms patting their backs. Pierson's
pup off eiiti be easily brushed aside with a "consider the source"
retort.
Dr. l'openoe's remark should not be directed to colleges
but to the small minority of women who pile their hair up, don
tnanish suits and go in for a career. Pollsters say that the idea
of a business career is secondary to college women. Most
coeds, it seems, desire to enter the business world to aid their
husbands, or if they are left widows, or if they just can't find
a husband.
The good doctor is no doubt sincere. But his criticism
may be motivated by an anti-femmine attitude that resents
women competing with men in business and politics. Dr.
I'openoe can't be censured for that attitude, but he should not
direct his comments toward colleges.
Through time spent in colleges, the woman becomes ^cul-
tured, intelligent and highly educated. Any self respecting
husband appreciates this in his wife. Any course a co-ed takes
in college will aid her—even Math or B. A. 200 which will help
her compute the family budget. Other studies facilitate her
in home decorating or in dealing with her children and her
husband.
While Dr. Popenoe barks up the wrong tree, Pierson just
plain doesn't know what he is talking about. . . .rff
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Petty Pace
There is a need on the Rice campus for closer cooperation
among the women students of the Institute. We should be
aware of ourselves first as students of Rice, and then as mem-
bers of the various organizations.
Some of us cannot see beyond the petty pace of dates and
sally porting to the worthwhile things we could accomplish to-
gether. Trite rivalries and competitions should be forgotten in
an effort to foster an atmosphere of congeniality on the campus.
One suggestion we offer is that more support be given
the Girls' club which was organized for lit society and independ-
ent girls alike. We should all join this club and work together
for the interests of the student body as a whole.
Perhaps in this way the senseless barrier that has grown
ip among the women organizations can be eradicated
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were mi The followiag momboe was absent: J*clc Kraft
The prwMwrt read a latter fro* the Madison Art lata Bureau, offer-
las to aeenra orchestras far Riee fractions.
The president read a letter front At Capp asking Riee students to
send any ideas for a Sadie Hawkins Day film.
The treasurer made a report on the Student Council Dance of Satur-
day night.
The notion was made and paaaed that Peggy Echols be Rice's re-
presentative to the A ft M rodeo. '
The motion was made and passed that the Council recommend that
the seating arrangement, as it was at the Tulane game, he continued, with
the exception of the Rice-A ft M game, for which there will be no guest
tickets.
Mr. Cameron announced that when any student group wishes to have
a meeting on the campua, he must be notified of the time and place by
the Tuesday of the week before the meeting is to be held.
A motion was made to reecind the action of Student Council last
week in approving the price i net ease of the O.W.L.S. directory. A sub-
stitute motion was made and passed that the Student Council acknowl-
edge the desire of the O.W.L.8. to raise the price to SO cents this year.
The discussion of faculty invitations was tabled until next week's
meeting.
Mr. Cameron will report to the Community Cheat that Rice students
will make individual donations.
It was moved and passed that applications for those desiring to work
as representatives for certain national magazines on the campus should
be turned in to the Assistant Dean of Student Activities, who will appoint
them.
The fifteen minutes after the reading of the minutes at the next
meeting will be devoted to a report by Brady Tyson.
Roy Porer submitted his resignation as parliamentarian of the Stu-
dent Council. It was moved and passed that it be accepted. A new
parliamentarian will be elected at next week's meeting.
The meeting was adjourned at 1:15.
Respectfully submitted,
Peggy Albritton,-
Secretary
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Contributors this issue
Robert F. Flagg
Brady B. Tyson
Nancy White
Bob Wilkins
Robert Mcllhenny
Ralph Landrum
Wookie Sinclair
. Leslie Hogan
Ronald Conn, ehief; Jim Dain
Nick At has, Bob Borden, Howard
Because of conflicts with classes
and other meetings, it was neces-
sary that a change in schedule be
made for several of the religious
organizations.
The Ave Maria club will meet
at noon Mondays, twice a month at
A-house.
The Canterbury club will meet bi-
monthly: the first and the third
Sunday afternoons at 4:00 in A-
hou.se. Holy Communion will be ad-
ministered the tecond Friday each
month at 7:00 a.m. in Palmer
church.
The Christian Science organiza-
tion meets at 7:30 p.m. at A-house
on the first and third Thursdays
of each month.
The Methodist Student fellowship
(no longer called M. "S. tJ.) will
meet every Wednesday, instead of
Tuesday, at 12:16 a.m. in A-house.
The Menorah society has changed
the day of its meetings fijqm Wed-
nesday to Monday. Meetings will
Library Receives Books
Riee Institute has recently been
the recipient of two more volumes,
Dr. Esselmont's "Baha 'u'llah and
the New Era" and "Bahai World
Faith Vol. IX." The first book pre-
sented by the Library Committee
of the National Spiritual Assembly
of the Baha' is of the United States
and Canada, as well as the last two
are pertinent reading in the round-
ing out of the individual, and col-
lective man's search for lasting
world peace.
be held at noon twice a month—
once at A-house and once as some
member's home.
The Presbyterian Student asso-
ciation meets at noon every Thurs-
day at A-house.
The Baptist Student union will
now meet every Tuesday at 12:15
p.m. in A-house.
The officers of all these organi-
zations are very interested in in-
creasing the number of active mem-
bers in the various religious or-
ganizations.
LOEWS
KATHERINE HEPBURN
ROBERT WALKER
Hurt, Hetty Cheatham, Alfred Chetham-Strode, Phyllis Clemmer, Fi-
nas Cowan, Charles Belches, Elleanor Graham, Camella Grobe, Al-
lied Groner, Charles Holland, Sara Lu Johnson, Ralph Landrum, Ava
.Jean McDaniel, George McKelvy, Jacqueline Meyer, Jimmy Meyers,
David Miller, Truett Peachy, Jetta Schuniaker, Holly Sheehan, Ruth
Smith.
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Tom and Jerry Cartoon
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Friday the Student Religious
council elected its new officers.
They are Mary Margaret Wilson,
of the Canterbury club, president;
Bill Malseed, of the Ave Maria
club, vice president; Felix Keyes,
of the Presbyterian Student Asso-
ciation, secretary-treasurer.
New members elected to the
council include Felix Keyes and
Ferrill Fulton.
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LET NEGROES Of RICE?
Dear sir!
'I will not try to present argu-
ments supporting my attitude to-
ward racial segregation. The ap-
peals to Justice and equality and
Christian doctrine have boon made
before, better than I could make
them, and besides, this is a ques-
tion that does not seem to be amen-
able to logical argument I mere-
ly wish to go on record as opposing
racial discrimination in any form.
One might hope that the univer-
sities, which should be centers front
which understanding and tolerance
are spread, would take the lead in
putting aside racial barriers. As
you have pointed out, it'would not
be practical to abandon our present
system of so-called equivalent fa-
cilities all at once, only In a grad-
ual process is there hope of long
range success. But since, so far
as I am aware, there are no facili-
ties for graduate study in the sci-
ences open to Negroes in Texas,
why should not Negroes be admit-
ted here. I believe this would be a
practical first step in what we are
agreed will be a slow process. There
would probably be, as you say, op-
position from some of our fellow
Texans, but do you think of Rice as
a local school, bound by local cus-
tom, or as an increasingly signifi-
cant part of the national education-
al system? I believe that if a poll
could be taken among the graduate
students, those who would be most
directly concerned, a good majority
would favor it.
I can think of nothing we conld
do here that would more impress
the entire country with the high
purposes and broad outlook of The
Rice Institute.
Sincerely,
Ward Whaling.
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Rally Club Moating—'7:00 p.m.—
Senior Commons.
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Engineers—7:80 p.m.—Chem. Lac-
ture hall.
FRIDAY
Mathematics Colloquium — 4-5:30
p.m—A.B. 804.
Chemistry Seminar—4:80 p.m.—
C.L. 104.
MONDAY
Choral Club—7 p,m.—A-house.
TUESDAY
Pre-Meds—7:80 p.m—P.L.212.
WEDNESDAY
A-house Dance—7:80 p.m.—A-
house.
RADIO CLUB MEETING
Harry Keep, former Rice student
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Electronics, will speak to the Radio
club on "High Fidelity Audio Sys-
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porter became seriously worried at
this point lest a recurrence of last
week's walkout follow. The previous
meeting was adjourned because so
many members had left that there
was no longer a quorum!
A general agitation for adjourn-
ment followed soon. Brady Tyson,
who was to deliver the second part
of his report to the Council on the
National Student Association this
week, was alloted the fifteen min-
utes immediately following the
reading of the minutes of next
week's meeting.
Roy Porter submitted his resig-
nation as Parliamentarian of the
Council, stating that he was not
able to devote the necessary time
to the job. His resignation was ac-
cepted by the Council, with regret.
Mr. Porter is to be complimented
for a frank realization of the re-
sponsibility of such a position and
a high sense of duty to the student
body. A general adoption of this at-
titude on the part of students and
student representatives would sure-
ly lead to a better student govern-
ment.
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