The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, April 20, 1951 Page: 4 of 8
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THE THRESHER
Profs Hibernate in Library
by James Longino
That old question keeps popping up: "What do English
professors do during the summer?"
If The Rice Institute is at all typical a satisfactory answer
might be "Oh, about everything fro mvisiting relatives in Vir-
ginia to ranching in South Texas to writing about birds." Many
professors will make the Fon-
dren library unofficial head-
quarters for the summer . . .
others will go off to school or for
short visits to scenic spots in the
United States.
Not one of the eleven men in the
department went on record as plan-
ning ^o teach elsewhere during the
three-month interim.
Here are how the various mem-
bers of the department plan to keep
themselves occupied during the
summer:
Dr. G. W. Whiting is interested
in doing research in the library this
summer . . . mostly in the micro*
film room.
Dr. Carroll Camden also plans to
do research but is afraid his sched-
ule may be interrupted somewhat.
He confides that "this summer my
wife is going to take me on one of
those 'once every ten years' trips
to visit her relatives. When free to
roam, the Folger Shakespeare li-
brary in Washington, D. C. is one
of his favorite hangouts.
Dr. Alan McKillop will go to Cal-
ifornia this year to look over the
Quntington Library. At Colorado
last summer as a visiting professor
of English, he taught a course in
eighteenth century literature . . .
wants to concentrate this summer
on research.
Last summer he was teaching
English at Sul Ross college but this
year W. S. Dowden will stay in
Houston and catch up on his Byron.
W. L. Sharp will be away at Stan-
ford this year working on his Ph.D.
Ditto for Mr. Knightley (but at
Princeton.)
George Williams, the ornithologist
on the campus, spends most of his
spare time writing. In addition to
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Campus Interviews on Cigarette Tests
Number 18...the raccoon
They can't trick an
old grad like me!
s,
'hades of the roarin' Twenties! All duded up in
his ancient benny — but he has modern ideas on testing cigarette
mildness! He's tried every "quickie" cigarette test in
the book — and they're not fooling him one bit! He knows for dang-sure that
cigarette mildness can't be determined by a cursory sniff or a'single, quickly-
dispatched puff, He doesn't haye-to go back to school to know that
there is one real test — a test that dispels doubt, fixes fact.
It's the sensible test... the 30-Day Camel Mildness Test,
which asks you to try Camels as your steady smoke—on a pack-
after-pack, day-after-day basis. No snap judgments needed.
After you've enjoyed Camels — and only Camels — for
30 (Jays in your "T-"Zone" (T for Throat, T for Taste), we
believe you'll know why...
More People Smoke Camels
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than a Jr other clgprmttml
In a s^ene from Saroyan's "The I Marilyn Marrs as Agnes, Harry
Beautiful People," scheduled to open Schroeder as Jonah, and Bud Cruse
Wednesday at Sallyport Stage, are | as Owen Webster.
Rice Players...
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Robert Bent, -Nick Davis, Jim Chris-
topher, Willy Palmer and Douglas
Sneed. Crew fo rthe set are Bill
Perry and George Paine.
Construction crew for the theatre
is Dean Hill and Ray Morris. Pro-
duction crew is R. Branan, Jim Heat-
on, and Bill McMinn. Don Gaucher,
Ben Edwards, and C. Henry form
the lighting crew.
Reservations can be made by call-
ing JU-3482 after after 5. Tickets
are $1.00. The audience will be re-
quested to limit the smoking to the
balcony between intermissions. No
smoking will be permitted in the
theatre except during intermissions
and then only on the balcony.
BSU Plans Picnic
Tomorrow
Members of the BSU are plan-
ning a picnic for tomorrow after-
noon at Milby Park. Students will
meet at A-House at 1:30 and free
transportation will be provided to
•the park.
Softball, volleyball* horseshoes,
croquet, football, shuffleboard, hot
dogs, soft drinks, and potato salad
are on the picnic agenda, plus 4a
movie and roasted marshmallows
after dark.
Students are urged to bring along
their friends, and the affair* is ab-
solutely free.
18 th Year A.
Europ#
65-80 Day Bicycle Tours
from $465
74 Day French Study
Tour $775
56 Day Motor Tours -
from $1090
Including Round Trip Steamship
from New York or Montreal.
33 Day Adventure Tour • $295
47 Day Study Tour $295
"America's Foremost Organization
for Educational Travel."
SIT*
545 5th Avenue,
New York, N. Y.
Six Students
Selected For
Forum Committee
The Forum Committee has select-
ed two new faculty advisors and six
new student members to serve on
next year's committee. The two new
faculty advisers are Mr. James
Giles, assistant professor of econ-
omics, and Mr. Trenton Wann, as-
sistant professor of psychology. New
student members are as follows: Bud
Cruse, Fred Hagen, Georgia Hink,
Ed McCormick, Paula Meredith, and
Elwyn Simons.
Mr. Hardin Craig, Jr., professor
of history, and Mr. George Williams,
Assistant Professor of English, will
continue to serve as advisers to the
Forum Committee next year. Stu-
dent members who will also con-
tinue next year are Gail Mount,
Margaret Blau, Jack Lapin, Norma
Gene Stein, Jerry O'Keefe, and Neal
Garland. Another faculty member
and three new student members will
be elected by the Committee next
fall.
The Forum Committee will meet
next Tuesday at noon in Anderson
Hall 103 at noon. All old and new
members will meet together and
elect a new chairman and a secre-
tary for next year.
"Anna Christie" Is
Next Presentation
Greta Garbo's first film having
a sound track will be shown by the
Film Society Tuesday. It is "Anna
Christie," based on a play by Eu-
gene O'Neill.
The role was chosen by the fa-
mous Swedish star for her first
"talky" because her natural accent
would harmonize with the character
she played.
The showings will .be at 4 and 8
in the Lecture Lounge.
Senior Girls
Mr. Raymond Mauk, personnel di-
rector of the American General In-
surance Company has asked senior
Rice girls to apply for stenographic
and secretarial positions in the com-
pany.
Mr. Mauk may be reached at his
office in the Rusk Building, AT-
2461.
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The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, April 20, 1951, newspaper, April 20, 1951; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth230870/m1/4/: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.