The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, October 20, 1950 Page: 2 of 8
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THE THRESHER
We Aim Jo Please
Several students, and faculty members have appeared Uncertain
recently about various aspects of Thresher policy, as it were. Every
newspaper, civic Or otherwise, is supposed to have certain rule# by
which every story is written, every headline counted, and every page
folded. The Thresher has few such rules. Most of the staff members
are working merely because it is an interesting pastime, not for any
love of journalism, and certainly not with any large amount of experi-
ence.
It's fairly obvious that there is no journalism department at
Rice . . . this could be discovered by just reading the paper. In
addition tocthis lack of instruction and guidance, the staff members
are allowed no special time to spend on the work. In other words
the Thresher is entirely an extracurricular activity.
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This isn't, meant to be an attempt at "the saddest story ever
told." We don't have to put out a paper. We want to, but we also
want a good paper, and this, for these reasons, is not an easy goal.
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We make mistakes . . . lots of them. Some of these errors we see,
just as every student and faculty member sees them. Improvements
are slow, but they are being attempted.
But many, of our mistakes, we don't see. Maybe we're suffering
from nearsightedness, from too close association with our. brain-child.
The students can do the staff a great favor by not just sitting
back and scoffing at our faults, whether they be actual errors, or
lack of interesting copy, sufficient coverage, etc. We want to know
where we fall down, and we want most of all to hear suggestions for
improvement.
There is always space in the paper for "Letters to the Editor,"
although there have been none this year. Or if a student prefers, a
note to the editor not to be printed is equally welcome. We're asking
you to gripe, complain, say anything you feel (even profanity if it
is the only appropriate expression). Letters may be mailed to the
Thresher office through campus mail, or dropped in the box outside
the door.
We ask you . . . how can we give you the kind of campus
newspaper you want if we don't know what you want?
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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
SAMMY SAYS,
'THESE. ARE LOUNGE LICE.
ARE YOU A LOUNGE LOUSE?
Art Movies ShoWh
At Two Museums
Opening this week-end at the
Houston Museum of Fine Arts:
"Drawings by Ivan Mestrovic."
This show of drawings by the world
famous modern sculptor and painter
promises to be of great interest. The
exhibit is comprised of one of the
best collections of Mestrovic's work
in this medium existing in the Unit-
ed States. Regular museum hours
are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. On Wed-
nesday the museum closes at 10:00
p.m.
The Contemporary Arts Associa-
tion ceramic show continues through
this week. Movies on ceramics, dem-
onstrations of work on the potter's
wheel, and of enamel-on-copper tech*
niques will be given at intervals for
the duration of the show, which
closes October 26. For information
as to the exact time of the demon-
strations, call the C.A.A. Museum,
FA-2840. The address is 302 Dallas
Street.
The Fondren Library music col-
lection has received the following
record albums through the generosi-
ty of Mr. Hubert Roussel, local col-
umnist—and friend of The Rice In-
stitute:
Milhaud, Symphony No. 1
Schubert, Symphony No. 1
Beethoven, Concerto No. 1 for
Piano
Bach, Suite No. 3
Beethoven, Serenade for Flute,
Violin, and Viola
Debussy, Prelude to Afternoon
Of a Faun
Beethoven, Sonata No. 18 for
Piano
Strauss, Selections from "Der
Rosenkavalier"
Donizetti, "II Campanello"
Wagner, Parsifal Music
Bowles, Concerto for Pianos,
Winds, and Percussion
Milhaud, Carnaval a la Nou-
valle-Orleans
Milhaud, Les Songes
Saint-Saenes, Concerto No. 3
for Violin
Fondren Exhibits
Historical Maps
Early maps of Texas will be dis-
played in Fondren Library's exhibit
hall, beginning Monday, Oct. 23.
Among the maps on view (which
date from 1579 to 1864) will be
one drawn for the atlas of the
English king, Charles II. Other ex-
amples of early cartography in the
exhibit "locate" the Seven Cities of
Cibolla.
The inaccuracies and rather wild
guesses to be seen on these maps
add to the value and pleasure the
display holds for all those interested
in the history of this region.
At the meeting of the Friends of
the Fondren Library, on Monday
evening, Mr. William Masterson, of
Rice History Department, will an-
alyze this collection of early Texas
maps. The meeting will be held
in the F. L. Lecture Lounge at 8:00
p.m. Anyone interested in maps or
Texas history is invited to attend.
Student Hears
Wild Comments
Marrs, Harris, Tinsley '
Linglenfelter, & Co.
"Marrs, Harris, Tinsley and Lingenfelter," a voice croons
into the telephone, as Marrs (Magnolia to everyone), sitting
next to the telephone, waits for the required two rings before
answering. Marrs, Harris, Tinsley and Lingenfelter make up
a closed corporation of Rice girls living in a five-room apart-
— ment.
Magnolia, with that dreamy-eyed
look capable of getting her out of
carrying down the garbage, acts as
family chauffeur and party insti-
gator; Goonie Harris, a last year's
grad, who teaches at River Oaks
Elementary, keeps us regaled with
her tales of the "little darlings,
they're so sweet"; myself, chief ash-
tray-emptier and accountant; and
our Ann Lingenfelter, working at
present and to be married in De-
cember.
"life can be aah!" A typical four-
way conversatfon at Apt. D: "So I
said to him 'Jimmy what have you
been doing that you should tell me
about?', and he was just darling
'cause he blushed and said, "Miss
Harris, I said dammit!' so I looked
sad and 'Jimmy how could you dis-
appoint me so ? ... I never thought
that you Who but Goon-
child could work that line on a re-
calcitrant 4th grader and have him
promise never to upset her again?
"I've just one thing to say . . .
I'm going to lock eyeballs with
that traffic light and when I do . . ."
. . . Magnolia drawling along about
her running feud with the traffic
light at Bissonet and Shepred.
Seems it sees her coming no mat-
ter how cagily she crawls up on it
and flips red just in time to stop
her, upon which Magnolia generally
screams "I can't stand it, turn, durn
you, turn!" Much to the amazement
of those who unfortunately drive
up beside her. One day, I thought
the gentlemen in the next car was
about to get out and restrain Mag-
gie from violence. That was the
day she drove up, stopped at the
red light, yelled at it, rammed the
car into reverse and almost backed
into the perturbed lady in a Buick
in back of her, and then gunned for-
ward like a mad bull ready to
charge.
"You-all, I found the most wond-
erful column, it's syndicated", glow-
ed Ann one evening into a hot dis-
cussion of general chit-hat. We
stopped. Or little Ann, really tak-
ing an interest in world affairs. We
were proud. "It's wonderful. It gives
recipes from all over the world."
Ann's usual conversation stopper is
some equivalent of, "And it's cheap—
you just dice one cup of old po-
tatoes—"
We budget carefully, keeping oth-
er shoppers in stitches, by figuring
just how many ounces of peanut
butter we're getting for which pen-
ny. Then, there was the night that
a good friend ««had said hfe would
cook dinner for us. Of course, we
agreed. Anybody who will cook for
us receives slavish adoration. Mag-
gie and Goonie'took him marketing
with strict instructions to buy one
pound of hamburger, some wine,
and some mushrooms for hamburg-
ers deluxe. Now the only explana-
tion I can offer for my actions was
that I'd just awakened and was in
that wordless numb condition and
also that I was Keeper of the Privy
purse that week and running a bit
low. The three came bounding in
'calling, "Tinsy, look what we've
got", waving a bag in my face . . .
an immense bag, the kind that holds
$12 worth of groceries. I blanch-
ed, no longer numb, but still word-
less. "Look, squad or dinner and
at $1.89 a pound . s. . you all owe
me 20c", gurgles "mine cook". No
longer numb, no longer wordless, I
stalked him around that apartment,
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By Tim Weakley
The New Yorker, may its babble
increase, specializes in printing the
vaguaries of the human mind: mis-
prints, odd occurences in the
scheme of living, and, best of all,
Comments Overheard in Passing.
Best of the lot so far is, in my opin-
ion, "We tried and tried to get it
into the living room and finally
solved the problem by cutting the
duck in half." See what I mean?
Either the remark, taken in context
meant something to the utterer, or a
slight hearing impediment obscur-
ed the exact words, resulting in a
few words capable of keeping a
thoughtful man awake for days.
However, my greatest sorrow al-
ways has been that these remarks
were produced in New York City,
where, I feared, the climate is par-
ticularly suited to inanity. But, I
find, that whatever you want, we got
it at Rice. Come with me to the
stairs outside the Student Lounge;
a class is just letting out, and the
fields are green with remarks.
"Well, I don't know about the Dance
of Seven Veils, but I have seen her
do the 'Dance of Seven Kleenexes,
and I can tell you . . ." from a
group of girls. Two boys pass, one
gesticulating vigorously: "All right,
all right; how rpany ex-girl-friends
have you got ?" Plaintive wail from
a Freshman: "But Joe jljist doesn't
believe in virginity." ". . . and all
the time my elephant was coming
apart at the seams." "She just
poured him out in a glass and look-
ed at him." "How did you get that
hamburger with your shoes on?" "I
think I'll go back to fertilization."
"I hate to weigh things, especially
if I don't have my glasses on."
If you find yourself quoted above,
don't bother to sue; the Thresher
and I are both broke. But, most
of all, don't come abound and tell
me what you meant; I refuse to have
my dream world spoiled in so crass
a manner.
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Pessimism Keynote
Of Second Forum
By Raymond O'Keefe
The Rice Forum "presented the
first roundtable discussion in its
history last Monday night in Fon-
dren Lecture Lounge. The subject
under discussion was "Is World
Peace Still Possible".
Most of the speakers were pessi-
mistic about the prospects of avoid-
ing war, but some interesting diff-
erences of opinion were revealed.
Pre-law student Finis Cowan, for
example, declared that the United
States is already engaged in a world
war, the Issue of which is our na-
tional existence. On the other hand,
Dr. Mandelbrojt, math department,
believed that the Russian people will
not fight n offensive war and that,
since the United States will not open
a war, the chances for peace are
better than any suppose.
Between these extremes were sev-
eral shades of opinion. Dr. Thomas,
English department, recalled that
many of America's so-called "peace
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