The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 13, 1947 Page: 6 of 6
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TBI THKBBHIR
Footlights
By LESLIE HOGAN
PlST ARTICLES UNDER the "Footlights'* head have strayed
far from the original intent of the column. This fact haa
been lucidly pointed out by some lavish penmen on the campus
whose letters to the editor have illustrated the old proverb . ..
"A critic must criticize or go out of business.
But that saying applies to
this writer as well, so here goes
something different.
T h o Houston
symphony in its
opening perfor-
mance fell short
of the heights it
Owl Football Trainer Eddie Wojecki
Carries Famous Athletic Coach History
Operetta Soloists
To be Chosen Soon
IVy-wttt for loading rota in tha It m a beautiful day book la an Institution around the school __
oporetta "Gypsy Rover," to be IM4. in fact, a vary rosy day tor for* coming to Rics, he served as a
presented by ths Rica Choral dub, Rle°—tha day of tha Texas gams, trainar at tha Navy Pra-Plifht
ara progressing and selections will TW." *** **• tJut *he whool at Athens, Georgia. Piaviooi
be made next Mondav aeeowiw to 0 tMm fcid not ^ to this asslgnmrnt, ho was traiaar
a q !.?* ! ' g 40 man In ths stands, but a thirtaonth at Louisiana Tach for twahrs yews
Bun Bobbitt, president of tha organ, man in tha form of Eddie Wojecki. and at Howard collage, Birming-
1*Btlon- As trainer of the Owls, Eddie hwn> to* two years.
Bobbitt described the operetta as fought that game aa hard aa any1 You've heard that you oan pat e
I. ■■ m jn j I, mil,! u ,
AicHiTacrt banquet
IftHgn b. MoGinty, lesel
a banouet of tha AmliHaalnial aa.
i ■ n ^ ■1 w ww m wen
oiaty Friday night at College bm.
Marlon A. Floyd presided. Ghuets
wars Mrs. McOlnty, Mr. and Mrs.
William Ward Watktn and Mr. and
Mrs. J. X. Dunaway.
young conductors of the day. He
will lead the orchestra through two nght> tuneful and fast-moving, and mtn on the team. It was this day )0t of power in a little package:
wt™-. "Fifth" ga(d thBt u win vro u that brought national fame to Wo- well, this is the case of Wojooki,
Jef^' JZ.he perfomed for he also coached boxing and
with Williams' ankle. If you will tumbling at Louisiana Tech.
remembeiV Williams sprained his
will sing three Beethoven works, the club this year, and feel that we ankle early in the game, but Eddie, wh iitif n r a tl
r.„H „,,h , .. . .I , Tech with a B. A. in biological sci-
symphonies: Beethoven's
Tschnikowsky's "Fourth."
Guest artist will be Helen Trau
bel, great Wagnerian soprano, who
sented in the spring.
"We have some good voices
in
achieved under! "N8tur*'R Pr?'se q&£od" and two win be ab!e ^ <ive an interesting uain« ice packs, years of experience, d , , graduate physio-
■ song* from "Egmont and Isolde's: program_but we alwayg weIeome and possibly a few voo-doo words, lh ist. g a ua e p ys o-
nfirt him hoab i m 41ia <m«ma Im 4I>ma r
i narrative from the first act of
Mr. Hoffman
;r Chavez' ?a|Wn«ner's "TriHta^ and l80,de"
most ablo con-1
HOGAN
Tho
its
new members," Bobbitt said.
ductor, but the GRIDIRONY —
Houston sym-1 (Continued from Page 5)
phony is just not' , . ., . . .
Lis orchestra. The opening concert th'"f ,.thclJf °T hand3' .
was a disappointment. Perhaps the nlK "u' Thomas bad — —
.-•hoice of the program had a lot to bonf?re' thc"' campu" Wa* ^uarded day at 7 p.m. at A-house.
do with this. Shostakovich is a!i,y' believe it or not, a number of
bold attempt for better orchestras stude"ts- The next morning
but thc musicians Tlrhomai, ^Presentatives talked
had him back in the game in time
_ to make that famous "cyclone
Solo parts for the musical will feneo" catch.
be given out at the next meet- it was this feat, as well as many
ing, Bobbitt said. Soloists will be others, that won Wojecki the title
selected by vote of the entire Chor- 0f "Trainer of the Year" in 1046.
al clul)- I Although relatively new to the
The Choral club meets each Mon- Rico Athletic association (he came
in 1945), Eddie is rapidly becoming
RECORD HITS
NEAR YOU—Francis Craig
BALLERINA—Vaughn Monroe
CHRISTMAS ISLAND—
Andrew Sisters and Lombardo
APPLE BLOSSOM WEDDING—
Hal Derwin
GOGGAN'S
1201 MAIN
F. 1S61
ALBA For Fhwers
ALBA KRUGER HURLOCK—B. A., '88
2512 RICE BLVD. L. 6489
abject throughout
unsure on more
than Houston's—
seemed a little
the evening and
than one occasion.
I lie J. S. Bach selection was pre-
cise but lacked color.
Mr. Chavez's own composition
"The Daughters of Colchis" was a
little ragged, especially in the solo
parts.'
'• KALLA'S ballet music "The
Three Cornered Hat" received
tin.' best, treatment of the evening
and earned the condutcor three or
t\nir curtain calls.
S hnstn k o v i le h's well known
"Fifth" hit some of the same snags
a- "The Daughter* of Colchis." It
wa:- even then n creditable perfor-
mance but it brought ftp a point on
modern music—to be effective, it
has to receive expert treatment in
the hands of the orchestra-conduc-
tor combination, and then some-
times, even on the Xevv York Phil-
harmonic , it doesn't sound good.
to a Lamar assembly. As a result,
I there was no trouble whatsoever bo-
I twoen the two schools.
j I am not suggesting this as a
remedy for the Rice-A. & M. prob-
lem. but I see no reason why we can
not be friendly rivals if both schools
give proper cooperation.
SUGGESTION FOR AN
IMPROVEMENT
To me, one of the great eyesores
of the campus is the scoreboard
that occupies one corner of the Rice
stadium. Not only is this ungainly
thing ugly, but it is inadequate. It
is almost impossible to see the
scores and downs from the north
stands.
Last year the student council
bought a much needed public ad-
dress system to be used at pep ral-
lies and games. Perhaps a good
project for this year would be to
build a new scoreboard for next
year's football season.
PREDICTIONS
It's a great thing to plug modern Last week (for the first time in
music by struggling young compo- three weeks) all this writer's pre-
■its and all .that, but why not leave dictions were correct—within six
it to the orchestras who can really points too. 1 suppose that this would
ile it justice? j be an excellent time to quit, but
It is hoped by this writer that the ; here goes again. Although the Ag-
Houston Symphony will foreswear j gies should be nere about 10,000'
ome of theft neglected moderns, as strong, there will only tte eleven of
di Falla, and give a little attention them playing against us.
to a more neglected ancient named! RICE 20-A. & M. 7
Mu/.art.
II7ITH A NEW conductor coming
II in for every concert, the Hous-
ton symphony cannot, hope to catch
up with th_e Dallas group this year,
who are already recording for Vic-
tor, but if they perform as well as
:'.cy diil on Brahms' "Fourth" a
TEXAS 13-T. C. U. 7
S. M. U. 21-Arkansas 6
TULSA 13-Baylor 0
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Advice to Don Juan
(Continued from Page 1)
though she sees the whites of your
lies, nevertheless, she will stop, look
and glisten. She may even let you
talk on, and thus return your best
compliment; for she knows that the
most skillful flattery of a man is
certain warm evening last spring, j
Houston audiences will hear seme j
first, class symphonic music.
Xoto to symphony goers: By your!
cold ili,'.kst before the concert and i to let him talk,
;i:ch the tympanni.-t—he's terri-| if you are still counting, this is,
,J ' j third. In making a date don't keep1
Bonny Goodman, who has recently the plans of the evening a military
disbanded bis nationally known or- secret from the girl. While a busi-
ehestra, was beard Tuesday night nesg gujt nlBy ))e appropriate for
i two concertos for clarinet by Mo- i either a clam bake or a wedding,
■/.ml and Weber, in conjunction with wearing the right dress has long
been a tax which fashion imposes on
the Houston symphony. With his
drummer and pianist he ran through
smile popular numbers for the or-
chestra.
[UIE NEXT concert will see the
Houston orchestra on Nov, 17,
under the direction of Hans Schwei-
gur, one of the most
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featuring
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The Gruesome Twosome
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the female of the speeches.
Let's quit counting and throw in
a few ideas for tho boys who do
not long to be always footloose and
family free. A girl likes poise from
her escort. Poise, as you all know,'
promising j is the art of raising the eyebrow in- j
~~ ; stead of the roof. When you reach
an acute stage of interest in a girl, j
take it slow. Remember that just j
because she may give an inch, it
doesn't mean that she is willing to
have a ruler. Listen carefully for
the still small voice that makes you
feel smaller.
Completing the thoughts gleaned
from a sort of Gallup Poll in a gal-
lop: Believe tho lady when she de-1
clines with thanks your invitation j
to a mid-night supper, don't force j
her to give a Molotov "NO." Re- j
member to get her homo at the time
she has been told to be in. After all, j
mother knows best. i
The opinions herein expressed are ,
not necessarily those of the writer, j
and any similarity to the opinion |
of any one girl, living or studying,
is purely coincidental.
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The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 13, 1947, newspaper, November 13, 1947; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth230732/m1/6/: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.