The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, November 2, 1951 Page: 1 of 6
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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-NINE — NUMBER SEVEN
HOUSTON, TEXAS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1951
Cerebral palsy afflicted children play at specially designed tables
at the Cerebral Palsy Treatment Center, 1415 California. Rice Charity
Drive funds will go to support the Center.
CHARITY DRIVE
Palsy Treatment
o Merits Rice Aid
By JERRY LOGAN
The Charity Committee has selected the Cerebral Palsy
Treatment Center as the object of the Charity Drive this year.
The Center makes no stipulation regarding cost, creed, or color-
They take care of or advise anyone who has cerebral palsy.
Few people are acquainted with the facts regarding cerebral
palsy. It is the result of brain
damage, usually destruction of
the nerve cell. This damage
may take place before, during, or
after birth. If the mother acquires
any one of the childhood diseases
(mumps, measles, chicken pox, etc.)
after the third month of pregnancy,
the embryo may be affected.
Strikes At Birth
During birth cerebral palsy can be
caused in two ways. One, by a direct
injury. The other is caused by a cut-
ting of the blood supply to the brain.
The cells in the central nervous sys-
tem require more oxygen than other
cells and often at birth the umbilical
cord wraps around the baby's neck
and temporarily cuts off the blood
supply to the brain and as a result
some cells die. Just after birth, if
the child's brain is still in a stage
of incomplete ossification a light
blow can cause damage too.
All childhood diseases affect chil-
dren to some degree. Cerebral palsy
may occur when complications set in.
In the case of measles the complica-
tion ean affect the cortex of the
brain and encephalitis results.
INSIDE
THE THRESHER
• The traditional freshman
shoe scramble will take place at
halftime tomorrow. The old Rice
custom may be given a few new
twists by the band—and perhaps
some unscheduled departures from
the script by the freshmen. See
Page 3, Column 1.
# The Owls get a breather
from rugged SWC competition
when they meet winless Pitt to-
morrow afternoon. See Dick Kar-
ig's preview of the Panthers on
Page 5, Column 1.
f Rice students are put to
needless Inconvenience by the in-
considerate policies of the Ath-
letic Business Department. See
editorial on Pag* 2, Column 1.
Old People Not Immune
Old people are not immune from
cerebral palsy. An elderly patient is
usually called a stroke patient be-
cause they are afflicted by a stroke.
The stroke is usually brought on by
a brain hemorrhage.
How the ^patient is affected de-
pends on what part of the brain is
affected. A correlation can be made
between the area of the brain af-
fected and the part of the body af-
flicted. In general palsy affects any
of the voluntary movements.
Three Types
The spastic is affected in the
motor area of the brain. The reac-
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RALLY CLUB OPEN
HOUSE SUNDAY
The Rally Club will hold its
annual Fall Open House at the
home of Dick Whitty, 2239
Troon Road, Sunday night from
7-9 PM. New members of the
Rally Club will be introduced.
The new members will be easi-
ly distinguished by their tradi-
tional distinctive uniforms.
The lit having the largest
proportional representation will
receive a prize.
Clampdown Begins
On Fake Student
Section Tickets
Rice Athletic Business Manager
Ejmmett Branson has announced
that in the future, stadium ticket-
takers will crack down on students
who have been buying tickets and
clipping off the ends to make them
look like student section guest
tickets.
All student guest tickets are sold
in Section 307. Holders of tickets
with other section numbers will not
be admitted to the Student Section.
ELECTIONS
Cole, Wallace,
McClintock Win
In Light Voting
A total of 311 votes, the smallest
number of votes cast in an all-school
electjpn in some years, were tabu-
lated for the general election last
Monday.
Allyce Tinsley Cole was elected
Assistant Editor of the Thresher as
the only candidate for the office.
Brace Wallace defeated Keith Per-
ry for the position of Assistant Edi-
tor of the Campanile.
Both Mrs. Cole and Mr. Wallace
will automatically become editors of
their respective publications next
September.
In the Sophomore election, John
McClintock defeated Richard Hardy
for class representative to the Stu-
dent Council.
The posts of Assistant Business
Manager for both the Thresher ^nd
Campanile remain unfilled as no
candidates filed for these posts.
Those positions will be filled in the
next general election this spring.
CHARITY DANCE
TOMORROW NIGHT
The Charity Drive will begin
tomorrow with a kickoff dance at
Blossom Heath, 5911 Old Rich-
mond Road. Prices for the dance
will be $1.50 couple, Sl.fiO stag.
Phi Beta
Elects 12
Thresher Staff
Fall Promotions
Announced
Fall promotions on The Thresher
staff were announced today by Edi-
tor Bill Hobby.
Elected by the student body to the
post of Assistant Editor in ballot-
ing last Monday was Allyce Cole.
She will automatically succeed to the
post of Editor next year.
Promoted from reporter to Fea-
ture Editor is Mary Ann Johnson.
A freshman from Lake Charles, La.,
Mary Ann's features appearing in
The Thresher this year have been
a popular addition to the paper.
A new post on The Thresher, that
of Women's Editor, goes to Florence
Kessler, a sophomore. The title of
Women's Editor more accurately rer
fleets the functiqjis of this invaluable
member of the Staff than the more
usual title of Society Editor.
Moved up from Acting News Edi-
tor is Sophomore Mary Anne Me-
whinney. *
The changes are effective with this
issue of The Thresher.
Kappa
Seniors
Twelve seniors have been el-
scted to Phi Beta Kappa, the na-
tional honorary scholastic frat-
ernity, Dr. Tom Bonner, Presi-
dent of the Rice Chapter, an-
nounced yesterday. Elected at a
meeting Thursday, Oct. 25, they will
be welcomed into the fraternity on
Dec. 5, in conjunction with the 175th
anniversary of the organization.
Those elected are Elizabeth Bon i n,
Maxwell Bloomfield, Carolyn Doug-
las, Paul Donohoe, Ann Gossman,
Johnny Janicek, Frances Lasser,
Laura Jo Lee, Charles McCormick,
Sophie Silverstein, Shirley Snow,
and James Vette.
Another election will be held in
the Spring.
WRITING NOVEL
Carol Owen Wrote
Through College
By ALLYCE TINSLEY COLE
"And the rejection slips roared in by droves," smiled pretty
brown-haired, brown-eyed Carol Owen, head of Rice's Place-
ment Service. "So, I decided to get a literary agent to sell my
stories." A journalism major at the University of Missouri,
Miss Owens decided to finance her way through college by
selling short stories to the
"slick magazines."
"I was lucky," she said. "A New
York friend of my mother's was able
to send me a list of literary agents.
I closed my eyes over the list and
pointed." Choosing her agent com-
pletely by chance, the quiet-spoken
Miss Owen submitted her work for
criticism. "An agent can tell you
why a story won't sell and what to
do to change it. Another function
of a literary agent is to keep writers
informed as to what kind of story
has a market. "Often," she stated,
"it isn't that your story isn't good,
but that the magazine to which you
send it wanted, a murder mystery
with a Florida coast background and
you submitted a young love story
of a middle Ohio high school."
From 1942-46, stories appeared in
"The Ladies Home Journal," "Col-
liers," "The American," and Mc-
Calls" signed by C. T. Owen. 'No,
I didn't take a man's name from
fear of prejudice against women
writers, for when you write to a
publisher you sign your name and
specify what name you wish to pub-
lish under. However, one of my ber of Jimmy Durante's business
stories was written from the male staff. From her observations of some
point of view and' so had to appear
to be written by a man."
"At present, Miss Owen, a Yoa-
kum-born Reagan graduate, is work-
ing on a short story and a novel.
"This is my second novel. The first
CAROL OWEN
I never sent to the publishers because
even I could tell it was immature,
but this one will be submitted, if all
goes on schedule, which I doubt,"
she smiled, "about April."
In 1948, Miss Owen joined a na-
tionwide state fair tour as a mem-
of the show people on this Vancou
ver to Dallas to Chicago junket, she
gathered the information for her
forthcoming novel. "The novel con-
cerns a narcotics addict as seen by
the six men who knew her best."
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NROTC Test
Deadline Is
November 17
Eligible Rice undergraduates who
wish to file for the annual Naval
Reserve Officers' Training Corps
competition must file application for
the required apptitude test before
November 17. Any Rice undergradu-
ate is eligible for this competition if
he is between 17-21, can meet the
physical fitness requirements and is
willing to extend his stay in college
the number of years necessary to
complete four years of Naval Sci-
ence.
The Navy offers a full four-year
government-sponsored college edu-
cation at one of the 52 colleges and
universities which have a NROTC
unit. Candidates may indicate their
choice of colleges.
Those applicants passing the ap-
titude test will be interviewed and
given physical examinations at a
later date.
Under this program, the Navy de-
partment pays for the tuition, books,
and normal fees and provides a $50
per month living allowance. With
certain limitations, the student may
choose his own curriculum but must
include prescribed naval subjects
and is obliged to participate in naval
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HONOR COUNCIL
Earlier this Fall, .the Honor
Council tried and acquitted a
freshman student of a viola-
tion of the Honor System.
Charity Drive
Game Vetoed
By Committee
Permission for a girls touch foot-
ball game to be held in conjunction
with the Rice Charity Drive was
refused by the Student Activities
Committee meeting at a special
meeting Monday afternoon.
The action of the committee re-
versed the decision of the Women's
Council and the Student Council.
Both groups had previously approved
the game.
After lengthy debate, a motion by
Hal Demoss, Student Association
President to approve the game was
defeated, 8-4.
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