The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, October 20, 1950 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME THIRTY-EIGHT — NUMBER SIX HOUSTON, TEXAS FRIDAY. OCTOBER 20, 1950
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Special Student Ticket Plan Developed
To Prevent Overcrowded Section
Wednesday night the Student Council passed a motion
approving a plan to keep illegal spectators out of the student
section at the game tomorrow night. These precautions were
deemed necessary in .view of the guest ticket and blanket tax
smuggling which took place at the LSU game.
The new system includes
punching of blanket taxes by them, and usher* will be at the north
ushers at the entrance gates of side for the same purpose.
Seating space has been provided
for 1500 blanket tax holders, 416
guests (the number of guest tickets
which have been sold), the band
members and their guests, and the
members of the visiting SMU Stu-
dent Council. If there are extra seats
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Acts Still Wanted
For 1951 Follies
"Students interested in taking part
in the 1951 Follies are still urged to
sign up at the Follies booth in the
Student Lounge," announced Sandy
Shapiro, chairman of the commit-
tee.
• Anyone who has already signed
and is more definite now about what
they plan to do is asked to give
this information to the committee-
man at the booth. Students who
have signed individually will be giv-
en assignments on or off the stage,
or will be placed in acts where they
are needed.
The committee is looking for ex-
perienced stage-hands, electricians
and make-up assistants. These are
requested to turn in their names in
the Lounge also.
Auditions begin November 6, and
a schedule of acts will be posted on
vent any spectators from crossing the bulletin board in the lounge.
the stadium. There will be four
aisles open to students and their
guests, at gates 3 and 4, which will
be the only gates through which
students will be allowed to pass.
Two students will be posted outside
the stadium to regulate passage
through these gates, and to see
that the lines go quickly so that
there will be a long wait for no
one.
All guest tickets will be taken up
by the ushers at the gate, and spe-
cial new tickets will be given to both
guest ticket holders and blanket tax
holders. These tickets will provide
admittance to the student section
only, and will be taken up at Aisle
307, which is the only entrance to
this section. When a student wants
to leave the section he will be givent
one of these tickets, which will be
taken up again when he returns. No
person will be allowed in the stu-
dent section at any time unless he
is holding one of these tickets. A
blanket tax will not enable anyone
to enter the section.
The above system will prevent any
crowding of the student section,
which will be roped off in the usua'
manner, i.e. a large block extending
south from the 42-yard line to about
the 20-yard line. Students will be
stationed at the south ropes to pre-
i HUM THIS GROUP OF GIRLS,
NOMINATED by organizations, will
be chosen a Homecoming Queen to
reign at the half-time festivities
at the Texas game, and at the
Homecoming Dance Saturday night.
The candidates and sponsoring or-
ganizations are: top row, left to
right. Joan Bennet, PALS; Shirley
Arnold, Choral Club; Camille Coul-
ter, SLL.S; Lillian Stuessy, MELLS;
C'oletta Ray, Engineering Society;
and Sue Levfnson, Band.
Bottom row: Katherine Pontikes,
OWLS; Norma Jean Rodgers,
OK.LS; Gail Lewis, VCLS; Neysia
Hollingsworth, CRLS; Ann Coe,
Thresher; Beverly Carter, Architec-
ture Society and Sextant Club; and
Alice Flack, Rally Club.
Candidates who do not appear in
the picture are Virginia Barber,
EBLS; and Carolyn Coy, APO.
The queen will be chosen in the
general election Monday. Bob Cruik-
shank, Student Association council-
man at large, is in charge of stu-
dent participation in Homecoming
activities.
Climaxing a huge "Smear SMU"
campaign which has taken over the
campus this week will be the annual
dime parade and pep rally at the
Rice Hotel, tonight.
All freshmen boys will meet in
Sallyport at 6:00, to be made up in
the traditional fashion by members
of the sophomore class. Buses will
leave for town with the pajama-clad
frosh at 6:30.
The parade, which will be led by
the Rice band and decorated conver-
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Frosh Game Tonight
Tonight the Rice freshman foot-
ball team will entertain the S.M.U.
Colts in the prelude to one of the
biggest weekends of football for
Houston in a long time. Coach
Charlie Moore's freshman team wilL
play its second game of the year
and its first home game in the old
Rice JStadium. Game time is 8:00
immediately following the Pep Ral-
ly.
Publication Offices
And Soph Positions
Will Be Filled
Two polls will be set up Mon-
day to enable the students to
vote in the Student Association
election, which will fill two
sophomore class positions, three
all-school positions and the po-
sition of Homecoming Queen.
Candidates for the offices include
Ben Gantt, assistant business man-
ager of the Campanile; Gail Lewis,
assistant editor of the Campanile;
Perry McPherson, secretary-treasur-
er of the sophomore class; Norman
.Moore, Bonnie Gray, Art Simpson,
Oliver LeBlanc, and Thomas J. Tay-
lor, sophomore Student Council
representative; Allyce Tinsley, Har-
old Melnick, and Bill Hobby, Assist-
ant Editor of the Thresher.
The polls located in front of An-
derson Hall and the Engineering
Building, will be open from 8 a.m.
until 1 p.m.. and each student will
required to show his blanket tax
before voting.
Candidates' expense accounts
must be turned in to a member of
the Student Council election com-
mittee before noon tomorrow. Auto-
matic disqualification follows failure
to comply with this rule.
All campaign signs must be taken
down over the week end.
Frosh Slime Parade, Pep Rally
Climax "Smear SMU" Week
tibles filled with freshman girls,
will assemble at the Humble Build-
ing at 121& Main at 7:05. It will pro-
ceed to the Rice Hotel, where the
20-minute pep rally will begin at
n .on
i .£0.
The rally, featuring well-known
Tony Martino and film-star Eddie
Bracken will be led by the band and
the cheerleaders, who will lead the
crowd in songs and yells, and will
put on a short skit of their own, in-
cluding several of their* infamous
jokes.
The freshman boys are required to
wear pajamas and slime caps, and
the girls must be clad in their
green dresses, white pinafores and
slime caps.
Spirit has been at a high ebb all
week with "Smear SMU" signs
posted all over the campus and writ-
ten on the blackboards and side-
walks. Teddy Montz, head yell
leader expresses the hope that a
large number of students, not mere-
ly freshmen, will turn out for the
evening festivities.
Charity Committee
Asks All Students
To Sign Pledges
"I will, during the week of the
Charity Drive* drop $ in the
contribution boxes".
Next week each student and fac-
ulty member of Rice Institute will
receive a postcard bearing the above
pledge. The Charity committee asks
everyone to sign the. half of the
perforated card bearing this state-
ment and drop it in the collection
box in the Student Lounge from
October 23-28. The other half is to
be kept as a reminder.
This year students and faculty
are asked to estimate their contri-
bution to the Charity drive the week
preceeding the drive, sign the post-
card received in the mail, deposit
the correct half in the contribution
boxes and then the week of the
Charity Drive, November 4-11, con-
tribute the amount pledged in the
contribution boxes on the campus.
The signed card is a private com-
mittment and no check will be made
on its fulfillment. Fulfillment of
the signed cards is one of the goals
of the entire drive.
See page 4 for information on
this year's Charity Drive recipi-
ent, The Foster Parent Plan for
War Orphans.
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