The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, May 11, 1951 Page: 1 of 10
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VOLUME THIRTY-EIGHT — NUMBER TWENTY-NINE
HOUSTON, TEXA8 MAY 11,1951
Commencement Exercises June 1
Stanford Economist
To Be Visiting Prof
President W. V. Houston has announced that Dr Merril
K. Bennett of Stafford University has accepted the invitation
of The Rice Institute to serve as the M. D. Anderson Professor
for the academic year, 1951-1952. He will hold the rank of
Visiting Professor of Economics and will offer two courses.
Dr. Bennett will also offer a
:«rurea for the 86,1 Blakemore Heads
The first course will be "The
World's Food." (Econ. 395), a lec-
ture course in which class discus-
sions will be stressed. Part I will
cover the principal basic foodstuffs
of the world today and their rela-
tive contributions to the human or-
ganism, circumstances, of produc-
tion and the flow of international
and inter-regional trade, contrasts
in the composition of natural and
regionaF diets and the reasons there
fore, and food consumption in prim-
itive and developed economies. Part
II of the course will consist of prob-
lems arising from disturbances of
the flow of foodstuffs in interna-
tional or inter-regional trade in war
or peace, the increase of food pro-
duction in quantity and variety in
recent generations, and changes in
composition of mass diets with in-
creusea'in real income and techno-
logical advances. This course will
meet three hours a week through-
out the year and six semester hours
credit will be given. It will be open
to Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors.
The other course will be a semin-
ar on. "Population and Food Sup-
ply." (Econ. 495), and will include
discussions, lectures, and contribut-
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Charity Committee;
Names Members
John Blakemore, chairman of the
Charity Committee for next year,
has announced the members and
sub-committee chairmen of the
group.
Chairmen in charge of the dance
for the drive are Carolyn Coy and
Don Dingwall; publicity chairmen,
Bill Hobby and Bruce Wallace; Col-
lection chairmen, Chuck Howe and
Ruey Boone; Records and Correspon-
dence, Jimmy Nowlin and Allen Dav-
ies; Special Activities, Martel Bry-
ant and Bass Wallace.
Other committee members include:
Georgia Hink, Bill McMahon, Ronny
Weiss, Patti Ambrose, Perry Mc-
Pherson, Jerry O'Keefe, Barbara
Kunetka, Neel Cotten, Leonard Al-
bert, Vince Albers, Kent Bendall,
Warren Jaycox, Billy Bullen, Neel
O'Brien, Herbie Rawlings, Wayne
Bennett, Ben Edwards, D i m i t r i
George and Billy Burkhalter.
The first meeting of the Charity
Committee will be held during the
first week of next semester.
Next Year's Dance
Dates To Be Set
In Monday Meeting
Gordon Redd, chairman of
the newly organized dance com-
mittee, reported to the Student
Council Monday on policies to
be enacted for next year. This
committee set up by the Student
Council functions to act as the gov-
erning body for all school dahces.
Besides the chairman it is compris-
ed of Hal DeMoss President of the
Student Association, John McClane
Treasurer of the Student Associa-
tion, Dick Wilson Councilman-at-
Lai'ge, Billy Burkhalter President
of the Senior Class, and Lee Dug-
gan Secretary-Treasurer of the Sen-
ior Class.
The report included the following:
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Baccalaureate
Will Be May 27
The speaker at the commencement exercises June 1 will
be Dr. Lewis Webster Jones, President of the University of
Arkansas. The commencement exercises will be at 6:30 p.m.
in the new Field House.
Dr. Jones, a well-known economist, has been President of
the University of Arkansas since 1947. From 1941-47, he was
President of Bennington Col-
1952 Science And
Arts Review Plans
Already Underway
New Faculty Changes
For 951 -'52 Announced
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Faculty changes for next year were announced Wednesday
by Dr. W. H. Masterson, Assistant to the President.
Promoted from Associate Professor to Professor: Dr. James
S. Fulton of the Philosophy Department, and Dr. W. 0. Milligan
of the Chemistry Department.
Promoted from Assistant r
Professor to Associate Profes- on terrestial magnetism on a re-
sor: Dr. - Joseph I. Da vies of search fellowship at Carneigie Tech.
the Biology" Department, Dr. Jurg Finally Mr- James R- Sims' Assist*
Waser of the Chemistry Depart- ant Professor of Civil Engineering,
ment, and Mr. George William* of who.has been working at the Uni-
the English Department. versity of Illinois.
„ , , . _ . . . A New faculty appointments: Mr.
Promoted from Instructor to As- Wallace D Diboll V, be Assistant
sistant Professor: Mr. William S. Wallace D* , „ ' . , Assistant
Campus Clubs Tell
1951-52 Officers
Eight of the organizations on the
Rice . campus have elected their of-
ficers for next year.
tfill Jenkins will head the Rally
dent. Ben Gantt will be secretary,
Club with Neal Lacey as vice-presi-
and the treasurer will be James De-
penbrock.
The APO officers are: pi-esident,
Les Spencer; vice-president, Jack
Earhardt; histroian, Miles Julian;
secretary, Ross McElreath; and
treasurer, Ben Gantt.
President of the Architectural So-
ciety will be Mac Wing-field. Work-
ing under him will be Jim Heaton
as vice-president, George Paine as
secretary and Bob Stavely as treas-
urer.
Dick Wilson is the new president
of the Sextant with Fi'ed Durrance
as vice-president, Ted Sampsel as
secretary, and John McClane as
treasurer.
The Rice Band will have as its
ijew president, Charlie Howe. Paul
Donoho is the new vice-president,
Charlie Howe. Paul Donoho is the
new vice-president and Neil Marsh-
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Plans are being made for the Rice
Institute Thirteenth Bienniel Re-
view of Science and Arts, which will
be presented next year during the
early part of April.
Like last year's show, the review
will be an exhibition of all the ac-
tivities in the various departments
of the school, with emphasis on in-
dividual displays. In previous years
the show has been limited primarily
to the engineering departments, but
in 1950 it was expanded to include
all departments. Under this all-
school aspect, the show will be un-
der the leadership of the Engineer-
ing Society.
At the present time the following
appointments have been made: Al-
fred A. Hoffman, general manager;
Raymond Lankford, assistant gen-
ei-al manager; Charles Howe, finan-
cial manager; Dick Whitty, adver-
tising manager; Ben Gantt, program
manager; Neel Cotten, publicity
manager.
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Morehead Book
To Be Published
lege, Bennington, Vermont.
Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, Pastor
of the Pasadena (California) Pres-
byterian Church, will deliver the
Baccalaureate addi'ess to the Sen-
ior Class, Sunday, May 27 at G:30.
His subject will be 'The Timbers Are
Sagging."
Dr. Blake graduated from Prince-
ton in 1928, and was a visiting lec-
turer in religion at Williams College
from 1938 to 1940.
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'51 Women's Council
Will Meet Today
4f
of the new
th£ final
ill be hold
The second meeting
Women's Council, ant
meeting of the semest^
today at 1:00.
TJ e-,big sister program, to be held
in conjunction with the freshman
orientation program next Fall, will
be discussed. A prospective financial
budget for next year will also lie in-
cluded in the agenda.
At the meeting last week, Ruey
Boone was elected to succeed Clara
Margaret Mohr as president of the
Council. Paola Meredith is vice-pres-
ident, Ruey Kunzman, secretary, and
Beverly Ward, treasurer.
By Dutch Company Blanket Tax Pics
Mackey of the Business Administra-
tion Department, Dr. Lester Mans-
field of the French Department, and
Dr. Edward H. Phillips of the His-
tory Department.
Promoted from Lecturer to As-
sistant Professor: Dr. Shmuel Ag-
Professor of Mechanical Engineer-
ing. Mr. Diboll graduated from Tu-
lane, served as a Diesel Engineering
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New Honor Council
mon of the Mathematics Depart- To Meet Monday
ment. The 1951-'52 Honor Council will
Returning from leaves of absence: hold a meeting Monday noon in AH
Mr. Edward R. DeZurko, Assistant 105, to which those who ran for Hon-
Professor of Architecture. Mr. De- or Council in the last election and all
Zurko has beer\ doing graduate work other students interested in helping
at NYU. Mr. John E. Parish, Assist- the Honor Council in orienting
ant Professor of English, who has Freshmen into the Honor System
been doing graduate work at Co- next year are invited.
lumbia. Also returning is Dr. Ger- . The last Honor Council picnic will
aid C. Phillips, Assistant Professor be held at Freeport, Saturday after-
of Physics. He has been doing work noon, May 26,
Final Film To Be
Stroheim's "Greed"
The final presentation of the Film
Society will be "Greed," directed by
Erich von Stroheim, and starring
Zazu Pitts and Gibson Gowland.
Showings will be at 4 and 8 p.m.
in the Lecture Lounge.
The film is based on the novel
McTeague by Frank Norris. The
production has been called the mas-
terpiece of silents and in the fin-
ished version is twelve hours long.
It has been reduced for .presenta-
tion to two hours. The story con-
cerns life in San Francisco at the
turn of the century.
Plans for films for next semester
include a comedy cycle by Buster
Keaton, Charles Chaplin, Mack Sen-
nett, Rene Clair and W. C. Fields.
Also included are "Dreams That
Money Can Buy," Douglas Fair-
banks' "Black Pirate," and an eve-
ning of documentary films to include
"Desert Mistery" and "Baptism of
Fire." st e "
James Morehead, professor of ar-
chitecture, will publish his forth-
coming book, "A Handbook of Per-
spective Drawing," with Elsevier
Press, Inc., Dutch publishing com-
pany that will make Houston the
center of its international business.
The author-publisher agreement
is in preparation now, and' it is hop-
ed that the "Handbook" will fye pub-
lished during the next academic
year. It is a new and completely
revised edition of the first "Hand-
book," published before the war by
Mr. Morehead and his father.
The company has made plans to
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Students are^eminded that blank-
et tax pictures are being taken to-
day and tomorrow for the last times
in the RI office, at the basement
foot of the Fondren Library stairs.
Hours today are 8 to 2, and tomor-
row, 8 to 12. Failure to have a pic-
ture made within the prescribed time
will result in a $1 fine. ♦
Draft Forms Here
Forms are now available for grad-
uate and undergraduate students
who wish their draft boards inform-
ed of their academic status. All stu-
dents who expect to attend school
next September, either here or else-
where as an undergraduate or gradu-
ate should send one of these forms to
their draft boards.
The forms, available in the offices
of Mr. Masterson and Mr. McCann,
and in the Lounge, Dining Room and
some classes, should be filled out and
left at Mr. Masterson's office.
Senior Invitations
Senior Invitations will be delivered
between 8:00 and 1:00 o'clock on
Wednesday, May 16, in the. Student
Eounge. Seniors should make every
effort to pick up their invitations
at this time, otherwise it will be
necessary to go to the office of the
Southern Engraving Co. 1116 Prairie
to get delivery.
Campaniles May 21
The Campanile will be distributed
from the Campanile office during
the week of May 21. The exact time
will be posted on the Bulletin Board.
Blanket taxes must be presented to
get a yearbook. After June 1, left
over Campanile's will be for sale
at $5.00 a copy.
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The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, May 11, 1951, newspaper, May 11, 1951; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth230873/m1/1/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.