The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, February 16, 1951 Page: 1 of 4
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Entered as second class mailing matter, October 17. 1916. at the Post Office, Houston, under the act of March 3, 1879
VOLUME THIRTY-BIGHT — NUMBER SEVENTEEN HOUSTON. TEXAS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1951
New Rondelet Will
Include May Fete
On Rice Campus
Rondelet festivities will be held
Saturday April 28, the Rondelet
committee announced. Plans for the
formal dance and May Fete are in
the hands of committee chairman,
Paula Meredith, and the members:
Jean Upshaw, Camille Coulter, Jim
Gerhardt, Don Dingwall, Bill Jenk-
ins, Jim Heaton, and Neal Lacey.
Two members of the Engineering
Society are also included in the final
committee, but these members have
not yet been appointed.
This year's activities include a
May Fete which will be held outdoors
on the campus, followed by a formal
dance. The Architectural and Engin-
eering societies have donated their
services for designing and construct-
ing the sets for the May Fete and
dance. A parade is planned for down-
town Houston. Elections-for the May
Queen, Princesses, Duchesses and
Maids will be held the first two
weeks in March. Girls who are inter-
ested in running for these positions
in the May Fete will be notified of
the time when their petitions are
due. Rice will invite Duchesses from
other colleges to be visiting hon-
orees.
"The committee hopes that sug-
gestions concerning Rondelet will
come from the students in general,
as the object this year is for Rice to
put on a beautiful and successful
spring festival, which will be enjoy-
ed by the students and faculty of
Rice, visitors from other colleges and
the Houston public," stated Paula
Meredith, chairman.
Archi-Arts Honorees
Positions Open
In Health Dept.
Open competitive examinations for
clerical positions with the Texas
State Department of Health are be-
ing announced this week by Russell
E. Shrader, Supervisor of the Merit
System Council.
Applications and information are
available on request from Merit Sys-
tem Council, 805 Littlefield Bulid-
ing, Austin 15, Texas.
Examinations will consist of writ-
ten and performance tests for cler-
ical positions. Classifications for
which examinations may be taken
are: Junior Clerk, "Clerk, Senior
lerk, Principal Clerk, Chief Clerk,
Clerk - Typist, Clerk - Stenographer,
Stenographer, Secretary, and Senior
Secretary.
All applicants must have high
school education and additional
training and experience appropriate
to the classification.
Closing date for receipt of appli-
cations is March 3,1951.
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Cameron Memorial
To Be Decided JSoon
A final decision will be reached
by the Cameron Memorial commit-
tee next Wednesday commented Don
Eddy, committee chairman. The
committee is now investigating pi-
ano prices and recommendations as
to style and types and the possibili-
ties of a book collection are being
discussed with Dr. Dix. Also under
consideration is college fund for the
education of Dean Cameron's chil-
dren. The one selected will be Rice's
memorial to her'first dean of stu-
dents.
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Tyr El-K'hari Lives
Again Tomorrow Night
The most elaborate Arehi-Arts ever is promised by Bob
Bradbury, President of the Architecture Society. The sets have
been designed in a unique fashion this year by Bill Perry, senior
architect.
Because the walls of the ball
room are of brick, none of the
sets can be attached to the
walls. Consequently, all of them are
free standing. Because of the immen-
sity of the room and the elaborate-
ness of design, the sets are costing
more this year than ever before.
More than twice as many people
Rice Players Plan
April Producton
"The Rice Players hope that stu-
dent and faculty members will make
can be accomodated at the" dance'as suggestions for the next play. Any-
in former years, and there will be one with a Play to su^est as wel1
a better view of the pageant for as those interested in technical or
ajj dramatic aspects of the Rice Play-
Syrian Architecture ers' are cordially invited to an open
When one enters the hall, he will meeti"5> Monday, February 19, at
have the impression that he is in a 12:30 in The Sallyport Stage," an-
large Syrian courtyard. The archi-
tecture is authentic, with charac-
teristic Syrian blues, golds, and
rich greens.
The frames of the sets were as-
sembled and covered with paper be-
fore the architects started to work
on the painting. Free-standing col
nounced Art Cole, president.
The April production of the Rica
Players will have a five-day run
from April 23-27. This will be the
first five day production in recent
years and was scheduled for this
long run in response to the attend-
ance records set by The Importance
onnades in front of the background ®ein£ Earnest, last week.
will add a three-dimensional touch director, and cast will
of realism to the scene. There are selec'ted in the next three weeks,
from 60 to 70 feet of colonnading As in the Past> tryouts will be an-
Nine of the ten Archi-Arts honorees are pictured above. The honorees
were presented at the Architects reception at Cohen House last Saturday
night. They are, top to bottom, Marilyn Marrs, Carol Wheeler, Shirley
Snow, Bettye Curson, Betsy Belstrom, Peggy Golden, Nancy Boothe,
Carolyn Douglas, and Ann Coe. Absent is Vera Camarda.
NROTC Schedules Ball At Ellington
Rice's Naval Reserve Officers
Training Corps Midshipmen are set
for their traditional formal ball, to
be held from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Febru-
ary 23, at Ellington Field Officers'
Club.
Music will be furnished by Tony
Martin Men.
Three candidates, Joan Bennett,
Carol Smith, and Beverly Carter,
chosen by the men of the unit, will
compete at the dance for the honor
of being the NROTC Queen. During
intermission, Dr. W. V. Houston will
crown the winning girl as Queen of
the Ball.
Intermission entertainment will be
furnished by the NROTC Glee Club;
"In place of formal corsages, the
midshipmen's dates will be presented
with carnation favors upon arriving
at the dance.
From 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., before the
dance, the senior midshipmen will
have a formal dinner and cocktail
hour, also at the Officers' Club.
In addition to the officers of the
Rice Naval Unit, several prominent
Houston business men and their
guests are also invited to attend the
dance.
Pete Johnston, Dance Committee
chairman, has been aided In making
the dance a success by John Hill and
Tom Pain, Decorations Comittee
chairmen; Frenchy Louviere, Fi-
nance Committee chairman; Martin
Haest and Phil Wright, Queen Com-
mittee chairmen; and Ted Cornelia,
Publicity Committee chairman.
in front of one whole side of the
room.
Fabulous Pageant
The climax of the dance will be,
of course, the pageant.
At 10 o'clock sharp, a hindu gong
will ring, and the fabulous pageant
will be underway. First will come
a procession of knights and Turkish
warriors 1 e d by Teddy Montz,
dressed as a Turkish Prime
M i n i s t e r. In the procession
will be El Azzie, the ruler of Tyr
El-K'hari, 1202.
Immediately after the procession
will come the ten honorees: Ann
Coe, Vera Camarda, Betsy Belstrom,
Bettye Curson, Shirley Snow, Carol
Wheeler, Nancy Boothe, Carolyn
Douglas, Peggy Golden, and Marilyn
Marrs.
The costumes this year will be in
the same fabulous tradition as those
of past years. One of the honorees
will be wearing $125 worth of pearls.
nounced and are open to the faculty
and students of Rife.
Career Conference
Called Success
"The Career Conference was de-
cidedly successful," stated Women's
Council president Clara Margaret
Mohr, Thursday. "The individual
speakers were specific and brief al-
lowing ample time for the questions
which the girls wished to ask."
The entire Conference was attend-
ed by about 300 women during its
meetings the afternoons of Febru
ary 13 and 14. The group and in-
dividual meetings were open to Rice
women and invitations were issued
to the girls in Houston high schools.
"We were pleased how many high
school girls responded to our invita
AnotIer;s7osTumVwin"Vonsf3r^Vn- *io"? a"d how much they contributed
cipally of leaves. We are all wait- \° th° dlscusslons-" said Mrs. Dow-
den, dean of women.
An exhibit of books related to the
Career Conference is now available
on the second floor of Fondren Li-
Melton To Speak
At Rice Sunday
Arthur W. Melton, Deputy for Re-
search of the newly organized Hu-
man Resources Research Center at
Lackland Air Force Base, will speak
on "Human Resources Research in
the* Ah* Force" in the Lecture
Lounge, Sunday, February 18, at 4
p.m.
Dr. Melton received both his Mas-
ter's and Doctor's degrees in psy-
chology at Yale University. He is
past-president of the Division of
Military Psychology of tl e Ameri-.
can 'Psychological Association, Edi-
tor of the Journal of Experimental
Psychology, and it a member of Sig-
ma Xi and Gamma Alpha. He also
holds the rank of Colonel in the
United States Air Force Reserve.
ing anxiously for the Fall.
Therrell Paine is designing the
costumes.
Dancing Girls
After the honorees displayed their ^rary. This exhibit will last through
costumes, dancing girls Stephanie ^e wee^-
Roussel and Pat McCormiek will per- /The Women's Counfcil will discuss
form a dance to wire-recorded Ori- improvements and evaluate the first
ental musi.e The dance is the crea- annual Conference at its meeting
tion of John Rawlings. While the today. Comments from those who
dancers are doing so, the judges, participated will be welcomed.
whose identity is a closely guarded
secret, will decide who is to be the
Queen of Archi-Arts. Two of the
judges are prominent Houston so-
cial figures, while the third is as-
sociated with Rice.
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Martin Wins Prize
For ChE Paper
"Berkley Square
Set for Tuesday
Howard Martin, Rice sophomore
chemical engineer, took first prize
for a paper read at the first annual
meeting of the Southwest Section
Student Chapter of the American
"Berkley Square" will be present- Institute of Chemical Engineers
ed by the Film Society next Tues- held last Friday at Texas A&M Col-
day $iight in the Lecture Lounge. 'e8e-
This English film was erroneously Two delegates, each from Rice,
scheduled for last Tuesday, "Grapes Texas U., and Texas A&M were
of Wrath", originally scheduled for present. Larry Westkaemper, senior
this coming Tuesday, was presented chem. engineer and member of JTau
on February 13. The showing will Beta Pi, was the other Rice dele-
be at 8. gate.
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