The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, February 17, 1950 Page: 1 of 6
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Hillel Installation
To Be Held Friday
At Temple Emanuel
Dr. Abram Leon Sachar, president
of Brandeis University, will be the
principal speaker of the evening at
the formal installation of the newly
organized Rice Institute Chapter of
Hillel. The ceremony, which will be
held at Temple Emanu El, Sunset
Blvd., Friday, February 17, at 8:00
PM, culminates several months of
planning by student members and
fulfills the earnest efforts and hopes
of many years of Houston B'nai
B'rith members and Rice Menorah
Society alumni.
The members of the new Hillel
group have extended an emphatic
invitation to all Rice students and
faculties and families to attend the
ceremonies and inspect the interior
of Temple Emanu El.
Hillel, which is the college branch
of B'nai B'rith, now exists on one
hundred eighty-three college cam-
jttpuses throughout the United States.
* The aims of B'nai B'rith, and thus
of Hillel, are designed to enrich the
individual Jewish student and ben-
efit the college campus or commun-
ity at large. These aims are further-
ed through a fourfold program: re-
ligious association, cultural, social,
and interfaith activities. On the Rice
campus, Hillel was preceded by the
well-established Menorah Society,
which supported similar aims.
Dr. Sachar is a fitting speaker for
the occasion, having been only re-
cently installed himself as the first
president of Brandeis University,
the first Jewish-sponsored univer-
sity in the United States, in 1948.
Dr. Sachar, national director of
Hillel Foundation until 1947, has
lectured extensively and appeared on
many forums and town halls in the
United States and Canada and was
a former news analyst for NBC.
He is also the author of several
VOLUME THIRTY-SEVEN—NUMBER SEVENTEEN [HHHH HOUSTON, TEXAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1950
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New Lit Societies Formed
New Plan Includes All Women Students;
Four Societies Will Be Organized
By Committee From Existing Groups
Dr. Sachar
books and has contributed articles
to both the New Republic and The
Saturday Review of Literature.
The ceremony tomorrow night,
which will officially initiate Hillel
into the brotherhood of Rice relig-
ious organizations, is one which Hil-
lel members hope will reflect their
enthusiastic plans for the future.
Our own eminent Dr. Houston will
welcome the new Hillel chapter to
the Rice campus; and Jim Butler,
president of the Rice Religious
Council, and Harry Wishnow, pres-
ident of the University of Houston
Hillel chapter, will welcome the new
Rice group into the fold of Rice
religious organizations and the Hil-
lel family respectively. Larry Katz,
president of the new chapter will
respond on behalf of the club. Jack
Lapin will serve as master of cere-
monies at the installation.
The Engineering society will
give an all-school beer brawl at
Spring Branch Gun Club Satur-
day, February 18, $1.00 couple or
stag. Maps will be posted on
bulletin boards showing the loca-
tion. "All the beer you can drink."
Sinclair Will Head
New Film Society;
Six Shows Planned
Ralph Sinclair was elected pres-
ident of the Rice Film Society at
the first organizational meeting held
in Fondren Lecture Lounge Tues-
day, Tebruary 14 Helen Chillman
was elected secretary-treasurer
while Joseph Pequigney and Bruce
Wallace were elected to the execu-
tive board in charge of selecting
films to be shown. The officers will
meet to select another member to
the executive board.
Approximately six evenings of
1G mm films will be shown during
the spring semester, at a total cost
of $2.00 to each member. At pres-
ent the society contains 150 mem-
bers but if the membership reaches
300 two showings of each evening
of films will be given; also, it will
be possible to show more films.
The membership is open to Rice
students, graduates, and friends. All
interested should sign in the Music
Room with Helen Chillman.
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I Immunization Service
| Offered To Students
Beginning February 20 and ex-
tending to April 21, immunization
for typhoid, tetanus, and smallpox
will be given at the Student Health
Service in West Hall. Students de-
siring Smallpox vaccination are re-
quested to report during the month
of March. This service is included
in the annual Health Service fee
paid by all students.
To facilitate the work of the
Health Service, students are asked
to report for their 'shots' between
the hours of 9-11 a.m. and 1-2:30
p.m., any day of the week except
Saturday and Sunday.
by Betty Rose Dowden
Four new literary societies, initiated by the four existing
societies, are now being formed, so that each girl at Rice who
has satisfactory academic standing, will Have the opportunity
of belonging to a small group in our college community. All
women candidates for a degree, including graduate students,
will be eligible for membership,
and associate membership will
be extended to short-term stu-
dents during their stay at Rice.
The growth of the literary socie-
ties has been gradual since the
opening of the Rice Institute in
1912. The Elizabeth Baldwin Lit-
erary Society was first established
in 1913. In 1919 the ELBS felt the
need for participation of more stu-
dents, so seven members of their
society became charter members of
the Pallas Athene Litez*ary in order
to assist the new group with its
organizational procedures. The Ow-
en Wister Literary Society was
formed in October, 1924 with the
assistance of three members of the
EBLS and three of the PALS. Not
until April, 1947 was the fourth lit-
erary society formed. At that time
the Sarah Lane Literary Society
was organized under a provision that
any group of ten or more students
who could show the need for a new
organization could make application
to the Student Council and the Stu-
dent Activities Committee.
ROTC Now Offers
Mardi Gras Dance
Tonite at Coliseum
As a last fling before the Lenten
season opens, Saint Thomas Uni-
versity will celebrate tonight at the
Coliseum. Presiding as honorary
king and queen over the Houston
Mardi Gras will be Pat O'Brien and
Ann Blyth. The elected queen from
Saint Thomas is Lynn Manley and
Henry Grover president of the stu-
dent council, will escort Anne Blyth.
Rice honorees for the Mardi Gras
are Pat Amsler, Gloria Castello, and
Marie Zapalac. The honorees will Le
dressed as holidays of the year. Pat
Amsler will represent Christmas.
Red and green will predominate in
her costume and she will wear an
ornamented headdress.
Gloria Castello will be dressed as
the first day of winter. Her costume
will be white. Marie Zapalac, going
as Washington's Birthday, will be
dressed in blue.
The honorary king and queen, the
queen, and her court, consisting of
the honorees from the different col-
leges will be at the south end of the
Coliseum. Carmen Cavallero and his
orchestra will play at the north end
of the building.
..The first event of the evening will
be the Coronation. Following that,
the king and queen will lead the
Grand March, and then the dancing
will start. In the middle of the eve-
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leach Will Deliver
Lecture Here Sunday
Dr. Henry Goddard Leach, well-known as the "Friend of
Scandinavia," will deliver an address at Rice at 4:00 PM Sun-
day, February 19. Dr. Leach will speak in the Lecture Lounge
of the Fondren Library on the subject, of "Scandinavian vs.
American Democracy."
Lifelong interest in the Scan- the Scandinavian countries develop
dinavian countries was first bey°nd a11 dreams- From his exten*
i • T-* T „ sive travels in the Norse countries,
aroused in Dr. Leach as a boy there haTe Wn born three ^
when he became interested in ski- from his all dcal with
mg. His intense interest in the sport the heart and hlst of Scaildi.
primarily aroused deep admiration navja
for the Scandinavian performers in Dr/Leal.h has bcsn a^ted by
that field. Later he became the fore- the governmcnla of all tll6 Norae
moat scholar in the field of Scandi- cmmtrlea and has the Bnu,ual ho„.
navian civi iza on. or ^ wearjng the famous gold ring
Prom 1926 to 1947 he was Pres- 0f Uppsala in Sweden, indicative of
ident of the American Scandina- its honorary degree which he re-
vian Foundation, whose quarterly ceived at the 305th anniversary of
he now edits. The former position the University.
was held' without pay but the more For 18 years Dr. Leach was editor
intangible returns have meant much of The Forum and Century mag-
to him. He has seen an exchange azine, whose circulation increased
program of the students and scho- from 2,000 to 100,000 under his
lars between the United States and leadership.
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N5VlCommissions "Name The Dance"
The United States Navy is now
offering through its Reserve Offi-
cer Candidate program an opportun-
ity for college students to obtain
commissions in the US Naval Re-
serve. The program 'is open to both
men and women students and will
not interfere with the candidate's
course of study.
Application forms, and informa-
tion may be obtained from the Naval
Reserve Training Center (JU-7069)
or from the Inspector, US Naval
Reserve, 4415 Bernard Street. Ap-
plications must be submitted by
March 1, 1950.
Five New Students
I"* 11 M. II* 1
Enroll at Mid-Term
Five new students, four freshmen
and one graduate student registered
at the beginning of the Spring se-
mester.
Henry Delaware from New Or-
leans, is a graduate student in Eng-
lish from the University of Missouri.
The other four students, freshmen
and English majors, are James Mc-
Neil, Pasadena; Sammy Ward, Lar-
edo; -Hugh Wilson, Port Arthijf;
and Jackie Taylor, Baytown.
Contest Sponsored
By Sophomores
Two free tickets to the Sophomore
Class dance will be awarded to
some student as the prize for win-
ning the "Name the Dance" con-
test, which is being sponsored this
week by members of the class to
find an appropriately exciting title
for the affair.
Scheduled for March 17 at the
Crystal Ball Room, the dance will
possibly be highlighted by the re-
turn of the Soph president, depend-
ing on how successful the freshmen
are in carrying out the annual ab-
duction.
Boxes for contest entries have
been placed in the Student Lounge
and in the Chemistry Building. En-
tries will be dated as they are pick-
ed each day, so that in case of dup-
licate names, the first entered will
be the winner. All kinds of sugges-
tions for a possible theme will be
considered, and they will be judged
according to originality and interest
to the students. The winner will be
announced Thursday, February 23.
All studets are eligible to enter.
There will be a meeting of all
girls interested in the new liter-
ary societies at 12:15 Saturday in
the F. L. Music Room.
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Since the four existing societies
include only half of the women stu-
dents enrolled at Rice, the present
literary societies plan to assist as
needed in organizing four new
groups if there is a demand for that
many. If there is not, the number
of the new societies will be adjusted
to fit the number of requests.* The1
members of the advisory Committee
are: Kathy "Alcorn and Carolyn
Douglas of the ELBS, Alice York
and Ruey Kunzman of the PALS,
Eugenia Harris and Ruey Boone of
the OWLS, and Lee Mary Parker
and Nancy Boothe of the SLLS.
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Thesher To Hold
Special Staff Meeting
All students who are interested in
working on the news staff of tho
Thresher are invited to attend a
short meeting in 108 Anderson Hall,
Tuesday, Feb. 21, at 1:00. Several
new positions as special reporters
will be assigned for this semester,
and anyone who would like to write
will be considered for the assign-
ments.
In addition to these students, each
campus organization is requested to
send a representative to the meet-
ing, so that arrangements can be
made for complete coverage of all
club activities.
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