The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, November 10, 1950 Page: 4 of 8
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THE THRESHER
General Electric
Offers
Announcement has been made of
the Charles A. Coffin and Gerard
Swope Fellowships offered by the
General Electric Company yearly
to outstanding students so that they
may cany on their research in ed-
ucational institutions either in this
countr yor abroad.
The Charles A. Coffin Fellow-
ships are awarded in the fields of
electricity, physics and physical
chemistry, while the Gerard Swope
Fellowships are awarded in the
fields of industrial management, en-
Independents Meet, Three Architects
Elect Alexander Compete In Dallas
Dorothy Alexander was elected
the Independent representative to
the Women's Council at the first
meeting of the Independents last
Monday. The 18 Independents de-
cided not to organize until after
November 27 when late bids will
be sent to those interested by the
eight Literary Societies. After No-
vember 27 there may be a formal
organization, but the group voted
that possibility doubtful. Miss Alex-
ander will call a meeting of the
Bob Bradbury, Bob Williams, and
Conrad Walton, graduate students,
were Rice's representatives to the
Texas Society of Architecture Con-
vention, held in Dallas during the
week of October 30.
The three representatives, chosen
on the merit of their projects of a
civic center were selected from th
graduate class of architecture, and
each was awarded $26 traveling ex-
poses to the convention. In Dallas
the students heard criticims of their
England May Soon
Get More Sunshine
gineering, the physical sciences and group when anything pertaining to work and attended convention gath-
any other scientific or industrial
field.
The trustees of the General Elec-
tric Company have established a
maximum amount for each fellow-
ship of $1500 annually with the
possibility of a loan up to $1000
and a grant of $500 for specific ma-
terial to be used in connection with
the research -work of the fellow.
All applications from students
now in attendance at Rice must first
be sent to the office of J. C. More-
Applications must be
in the hands of the Committee by
January 1, 1950. Rice students who
wish to apply should acquire pppli-
ration blanks from and return them
to Mr. Morehead as soon as poss-
ible.
idependent women is discussed in
the Women's Council meeting.
0
Lutheran Students
Organize Group
Tuesday evening an organization
dinner was held by the Lutheran
students of Rice and the University
of Houston. The dinner was held at
the Mexico City Restaurant. At
the dinner a city-wide Lutheran
students club, Delta Gamma, was
formed.
Temporary club officers elected
at the meeting include Bettie Ber-'
vera, president; Mr. J. Frank, sec-
retary; Ruth Roose, U of H repre-
sentative; and Paul Metzger, Rice
by Wester brook Christian
Accompanied by one of the loveli-
est sophomore co-eds on the campus,
the Thresher's ace reporter, Wester-
brook Christian, eagerly went in
search of the subject of his current
assignment for the paper . . . what's
his name? Larson, Larton, or some-
thing. Anyway the English guy, who
i3 presently connected with the His-
tory Department at the Institute.
The co-ed admitted that she K&Vw
erings. what "Mr. La-arford" looked like,
In two previous years Rice has go the two of them set out toward
won first place awards at the TSA the library. The young man who was
meetings, but this year the entrants the object of the search was dis-
failed to place in the competition. covered seated alone in the shade of
The winning of $150 cash went a tree behind the library, carelessly
student of the University of munching a sandwich and drinking
to a
Texas.
representative.
There was no Lutheran student
organization on the Rice campus last
year. Delta Gamma is a reorganiza-
tion of the student club of two years
ago.
All Lutheran students at Rice
that are interested in becoming
members of the new organization
are requested to contact Paul Metz-
ger at Milby 6073.
milk (not very convincingly) form a
bottle.
Somewhat overcome by the noon
heat, he was engaged in languidly
turning over the pages of "The Tat-
ler." It must have induced in him a
mood of notalgia, for he would per-
iodically emit a long and pathetic
sigh, and pass his hand across his
forehead in a dispairing gesture.
"Ah dear", he said aloud, "to think
I missed Lady Cynthia's cocktail
party, and Elizabeth Fitzwilhan
J a ma Waves me «>W.
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Stephen's coming-out dinner."
"Excuse me, Mr. JLa-arford, but
my name's Westerbrook Christian.
I was hoping ..."
Mr. Lawford dropped his "Tatter"
and knocked over the milk bottle.
Both were now effectively useless.
"Er . . . Hullo", said the English-
man, somewhat diffidently.
"I'm sorry to disturb you, Mr. La-
arford, but I hoped you'd give me
some material for a story in this
week's Thresher. That's our gampus
newspaper, you know. We'd me glad
to have some comments on what you
thing of Rice, Texas, and the United
States, of course."
Mr. Lawford had by now recover-
ed his equilibrium, and having been
introduced to the delectable sopho-
more co-ed, drew in a deep breath
and prepared to answer the ques-
tions.
"Certainly, I'd be glad to", he
said.
Thus the interview began. At
firgt it-was slow and difficult, but
gradually, as both interviewer and
subject warmed to the occasion, the
conversation and opinions experssed
took a freer and less formal turn.
The attractive co-ed listened oc-
cassionally, but for the most part
was absorbed in reading the damp
but still readable portions of the
"Tatler". Periodically she would ut-
ter exclamations of surprise and de-
light on seeing pictures of the im-
pocerished. English aristacracy "per-
petuating with dogged determination
their round of seasonal activities.
It would be tedious to continue a
verbatim account of the interview.
The questions and topic discussed
varied from the Korean War and
the American way of life to the
English school system and college
football. Mr. Lawford did, however,
stress with some emphasis certain
facts about his own country, which
may be worth reading.
England, he said, is no longer a
feudal state. That system is over and
done with, "and a good thing too."
The English now have some dem-
ocratic institutions, and they see
that the United States has given the
world a great lead in such matters.
Again, more and more people in
England ai*e abandoning the ridicu-
lous competition for titles, and have
realized that there is much to be
said for being just plain Mr. Jones.
On the vital questions of ice-
boxes and central heating, he did
agree that there is a lot of leeway
to be made up. He looks forward to
the day when there will be enough
money to make decent road sur-
faces, so that not just the royal
family may have an automobile. At
this point Mr. Lawford looked down
respectfully, intending to imply no
deprecation of his revered rulers.
Fogs, too, are not nearly as bad
as they used to be, according to the
instructor. He can remember the day
when his grandfather, due to the
great" pressure of his social duties
in London, developed acute "fogitis",
a disease peculiar to that damp,
misty land, and especially to the
metropolis. "Scientists are experi-
menting", he added, "and it seems
that soon the sun may shine for
more than two hours a day."' He
vigorously denied current accusa- '
tions that Marshall Plan funds are
being used for this purpose.
To the suggestion that forty per
cent of Englishmen are now com-
munists, Mr. Lawford gave an equal-
ly emphatic "no" as an answer.
Thirty-nine per cent was the high-
est estimated figure.
"Isn't he a scream?", commented
the delightful co-ed, as she and
Westerbrook left the Englishman to
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The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, November 10, 1950, newspaper, November 10, 1950; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth230853/m1/4/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.