The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, September 29, 1950 Page: 2 of 12
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THE THRE8HER
Congratulations
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A great deal has been said of congratulatory nature to The Rice
Institute and those directly connected with the school, concerning the new
stadium. It occurs to us that while praises are being handed out, the students
themselves owe a note of gratitude to the men who have made it possible
for us to own one of the most beautiful stadia in the country.
Gus Wortham, chairman of the stadium committee; George Brown,
executive vice president of Brown and Root which built the stadium on a
non-profit basis, are among those who deserve the most credit for the exis-
tence of the beautiful structure. These men, with the cooperation of Dr.
Houston, and other Rice administrators combined many months of con-
certed effort to provide us with our new plant.
Thanks go to these men and to the many other men and women who
have worked hard and produced such wonderful results.
What's In a Name?...
There has been a lot of conversation on the campus about the rather
shaky legs on which the name of the stadium stands. So far there is no
name! There have been three names by which people have referred to the
new building—Houston Stadium, Rice Stadium and House-ton Stadium
(after the name of the president). Rice students seem to be the most apathetic
toward the first title, but there are also a number of citizens who wonder
why the name "Houston Stadium" was fastened to our staduim in the
first place. And as far as the alumni are concerned. . . well, the tickets
all say "on the Rice campus," with no mention of name. This is for a pretty
obvious cause.
Reasons which have been given for the title "Houston" rest mainly
on the facts that the University of Houston has been invited to play a few
games on the Rice campus, and that there is a chance the Rice stadium
will some day become a municipal center, holding large crowds of people
other than Rice rooters.
I here is probably not much hope of student wrath changing anyone's
mind. I his is seldom the case at Rice. But students have certainly spoken
loudly and long against the lack of logic used in causing confusion and
hard feelings by tacking what is obviously a misnommer to our new pride
and joy.
Parade—
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Polk, where it will disperse. At the
beginning of the parade, all bands,
pep squads, floats and units will
please he in their respective march"
ing positions as listed below. There
will be spotters and parade assist-
ants at all places to help avoid any
confusion or loss of time.
D. In order to help speed up the
parade we request that "all groups
march not more than one-third of
a Mock apart and at tempo slight-
ly in excess of the traditional one
hundred and twenty.
E. The Order of the Parade will be
a:- follows:
Police Escort Color Guard, Offi-
cials' and Xotables' ears, Rice Insti-
tute hand, Tyler Apache Belles, AI-
dine High School Band and Corps,
Rice Homecoming Queen, E.B.L.S.;
Alvin High School Band, Miss Patti
Page-Float, Shami*ock Hotel, Aoa-
haue Band, Miss Houston Beautiful,
E.B.L.S.; Miss Rice Beautiful, Rice
Parody; Angleton Band, Rally Club
float, Rice Institute Calliope, Conroe
Band, Cotton Bowl Queen (3 cars),
O.W.L.S., Engineering Society float,
Crosby Band, Float, O.W.L.S. plus
3 cars decorated; Cypress-Fairbanks
Band, Sammy the Owl-Freshmen,
Dayton High Band; Float, PA.L.S.
plus 3 cars decorated; Deer Park
Band; APO float, Dickinson High
Band, Rice Student Association Of-
ficers, V.C.L.S. float, Galena Park
Band, S.L.L.S. 3 cars; Hearne Band,
Architects' float, Jeff Davis Band,
Cadeton Cadets, Klein High School
Band, V.C.L.S., cars; O.K.L.S, cars;
Lamar Band, N.R.O.T.C., Rice; Lib-
erty Band, Milby Co-Eds, Navasota
Band, Rice Publications, cars; Pasa-
dena Band, Architects' float; Reagan
Band, Reagan Redcoats, St. Thomas
Band, Sam Houston Black Battalion,
San Jacinto Band, San Jacinto Gau-
chos, Shulenburg Band, Rally Club
units and float, Spring Branch Band,
MELLS float, C.R.L.S., cars; S.L.-
L.S., cars; ttJphen F. Alistin Band,
cottish Brigade, Sugarland Band,
Sophomore float, Junior flat, Tom-
ball Band.
Plans for floats include presenta-
tion of Miss Houston Beautiful, the
Homecoming Queen, the Cotton
Bowl Queen, several floats depicting
certain aspects of the game, a min-
iature replica of the stadium, oth-
ers concerning Fondren Library,
Archi-Arts, girls' intramurals and
typical Rice students.
7HE MCEMTWXESHEK
SHH
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Published every Friday o' the regular school year except during holiday and
examination periods by the students of the Rice Institute. Editorial and
Advertising offices are in the Fondren Library on the campus.
Editor ' Ruey Boone
Business Manager Ernst Voss
Assistant Business Manager Georgia Hink
Associate Editor ....: Allyce Tinsley
Managing Editor Bill Hobby
Advertising Assistant Dick Whitty
Feature Editor Betty McGeever
News Editors Shirley Armstrong, Bernice Davis
Society Editor Beverly Camden
Make-up staff Harold Melnick, Julie Martin, Charles Tapley
Fine Arts Columnist R. J. Havers
Sports Editor Nick Athas
Sports staff ...! John Plumbley, Joey Horn, Dan Reidy,
Pat Kemp, Tom Stoner
Reporters Marie Coyle, Marlin Cruse, Gay Guillory,
Mary Anne Mewhinney, Charlotte Millis, Julie Claire Walker
Harper's Library
Exhibit Boasts
100 years' Work
The current exhibit on the second
floor of Fondren Library is "Har-
per's Magazine 1850-1950." Through
the years Harper's has managed to
be first In the publication of many
works which have since become clas-
sics. Thus among the selections of
the magazine on view in the exhibi-
tion cases are installments from
Dickens's "Little Dorrit," Thacke-
ray's "Virginians," George du Mau-
rier's "Trilby," and George Eliot's
"Romola," all of which were first
published in this country as serials
in Harper's.
Some of writer Mark Twain's work
as an illustrator is shown among the
-copies in the case marked "Famous
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Illustrators Draw for Harper's."
Twain's amusing drawings accomT
pany his article "How History Dates
Stick." On the other hand, some
work of a painter in shown in Fred-
eric Remington's article on the Tex-
as Rangers.
Late 19th Century concerns over
the increasing roughness of football
is seen in an 1882 Harper's Editorial
Drawer, discussing an imaginary
Yale, Princeton football match of
the future. Our cheerleaders might
find some material for a clever
school yell in this article.
For those interested in illustrat-
ing and printing the magazine cov-
ers displayed may be of some in-
terest. Cover designs range from
the florid type of the 1860's to the
greatly simplified 1950 covers.
For the fashion-minded there is a
picture of the proper evening wear
for a lady and a party dress for
her daughter as it was in the 1870's.
In short, the exhibit, like Harper's
itself, contains a variety of subjects
of wode interest.
0
Autry House Built
1926 by Episcopal
Diocese of Texas
Among the first buildings which
Rice freshmen become familiar with
is Autry House. Built by the Epis-
copal Diocese of Texas in 1926, it
has long been known as the Fireside
of Rice.
The person who sees that A-House
properly takes care of student needs
'is Mrs. Cannon. She arranges for a
meeting place for the various lit-
erary societies, religious organiza-
tions, and other campus organi-
zations.
Another Service of A-House is the
regular Wednesday night dances
which help break the dull study rou-
tine for so many students. The
dances are usually sponsored by one
of the literary societies and are fre-
quently highlighted by entertain-
ment provided by student groups.
Another A-House personage of
importance is "Mama" Nyberg; she
sees that the cafeteria-style lunch-
es that are served each day are pre-
pared for continuous satisfaction to
the students.
Last year when the Fondren Li-
brary was completed, there was
some fear that A-House would be-
come obsolete. However, because it
provides facilities for student enter-
tainment, organizational work, and
so many other activities important
to student life which the library
could never supply alone, Autry
House has retained its place of im-
portance in the lives and activities
of the Rice student body.
"Candida". Presentation
By Rice Dramatics Club
Gets Critic Appraisal
By R. J. H.
Tuesday night the Rice Dramatic Club began its current
season with the production of George Bernard Shaw's "Can-
dida." Directed bye Art Cole, the players deserve praise for their
work. Chief criticism must be leveled against Art Cole himself,
who acts the role of the parson, Morrell, as well as d&ects the
# " " play. The occasional transition
Yell LfiRflfirS Ask required from the utterance of
* . pious phrases to the expression of
anger and of emotions is not al-
_ ways smoothly handled by Cole. In
A well-known fact to feice stu- criticising his portrayal one must of
dents is that this is a small school, course take intoconsideration the
an extremely small school. Oiir rival difficulty Cole faced in rehearsing
college in the Southwest are any- Ms fellow actors and learning his
where from four to twtelve times owri part in a relatively short time,
larger than Rice. This fact is brought Virginia Smith as Miss Garnett,
home to us when we play Texas, and Dean Hill as Lexy Mill are giv-
Texas A and M, Baylor etc. To en parts froj^i. which, perhaps, only
many students this has been an ad- very experienced actors could bring
ded incentive to show greater spirit forth the fullest intended comic ef-
at all times. feet. Both of these players, however,
We have never been outshown or bring their roles to life quite sat-
ontyelled at any of our home games isfactorily.
with the exception of our Texas A Highest praise for making the
and M games. This of course is un- mogt of his part must g0 to Ray
derstandable because of the facts Morris, as Burgess, Candida's father,
that the Aggies are approximately Morris, accent and hig fadal and
8,000 strong; their Houston trips vocai expressions are very well stud-
are always corp trips; and they ied in this amusing characteriza-
afre a military college. Last year, tion
however, our cheering section not .T . .. „ ., .... ,
, ... , . , , , . Norma Stein handles the title role
only outshmed our rivals here but . ... . ,
, . ,, ... Jm,_ of Shaw's play with quiet assurance
also in Dallas, Austin and Ft. Worth. \ n. , , ,
. ... , i j and skill. Miss Stein both looks and
We proved that numbers alone do , , . , „. , ,
, , , , .. acts the part of an intelligent and
not make a good cheering section , . **
, , . , . charming Englishwoman.
because we certainly were outnum-
bere(j Praise also goes to Raymond 0'-
No, a good rooting section must Keefe as Marchbanks. His poetic ex-
have three essential qualities, spirit, Pressi°n and emotional outburst al-
knowledge of yells and songs and ways seem spontaneous. The nat-
direction. Of these the most impor- ura^ness ^is acting is commend-
tant is spirit. We must remember a^e-
that spirit is not instilled simply In the matter of accents the actors
because we have a winning team, committed themselves "well, although
True spirit is constant—win, lose, there was an occasional slip of an
or draw. A good demonstration of "a>" and some American slurring,
spirit is backing your team up to Miss Stein, O'Keefe, and Morris car-
the finish while they are being beat- ry off the honors in this- depart-
en on the field. The old adage "One ment also.
for all and all for one," is as true While this reviewer does hot hold
as one plus one is two. Together— with certain* opinions expressed in
students and team, should be "One the past as to the obligations of Rice
for all all for one." With spirit it is students to attend activities on cam-
also necessary for everyone to know pus on no other grounds than that
and participate in all yells, songs the functions are connected with the
and chants. school, he does believe that this
In order to have a better under- .particular play well deserves good
standing of our yells especially audiences. A pleasant evening is
those which haVe caused difficulties guai-anteed to those who exchange
we would like to point out some their $1.00 for a ticket to Rice's pro-
"sore" spots to watch for. duction of "Candida."
First of all in the Fight Song we ____________________________
have occassionally had trouble at , ,A, L, ..
, , ,i „ , good with the exception that the
the end when we yell—Yeaaaa Rice! f ^ _ _ _ _ , , .. .,
.. . . T 4.u letters RICE are rushed after the
(This lasts for five counts). In the ° . .. . .. ,
, counts. Remember that the arms of
Gray Bonnet there are no mistakes „ , , , .,
. * , . , „T each yell leader go up, and there is
but there is a change—We sing one . , f ,
„ . .? ., a count of one beat before we hol-
verse, then yell in time with the mu- _ , , ... _ n «
sic R-I-C?E FIGHT O-W-L-S GO S° ^
, , , The "locomotive" is much more
and repeat. If you remember, we , . . .
, , . , ., , effective if started very slowly and
used this last year and it proved .
. j , i „r built up as indicated by yell leaders,
very popular and successful. We are 1
trying to push the "Fight 'em, That's AU these difficuties can be cor-
our custom, Big Blue Team." This rected if y°u follow the yel1 leaders
is a clever song and yell and we hope carefully. Last year our cheering
everyone learns the words. section was complimented highly
In the yell group, the traditional ^or *ts decisive and coordinated
"Give 'em the axe" yell must be cheering. We will try not to give
watched carefully. Also on the any ye^s caref^l direction
"watch closely list" is the Sing Song during important and exciting plays,
yeIj but we will use chants that require
no special attention.
YELL Houston is big enough to fill the
Ri ice R stadium.
Fi itrht I
M Our team is good enough to play
^.eV VCr • p in the stadium.
1 168 But will you cheer loud enough to
Rice Owls Fight! bG heard in the stadium? That is up
This is a 1949 yell, but was only to us. We can do it! Come on gang,
used several - times at the close of Let's knock 'em off the second deck
last season. It is^ necessary to watch Saturday.
for cut-offs by yell leaders on the Teddy Montz
Ri ice (voice drop^ slightly on Willie Moreno
ice). The delayed yell is our most Earl Bellamy
popular yell. It has always been Gordon Baker
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