The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, December 7, 1951 Page: 2 of 6
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Guest Tickets
THE THBE80BR
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8. 1951
JN SPITE OF demonstrations of strong student opinions on
the subject, the Rice Athletic Business Department has made
no effort to alleviate the problem of football guest ticket sales
to students. Of course it is too late now for anything to be
done about the 1951 season, but if Rice students want a better
break on tickets in their school's stadium in future years, the
time to act is now.
To insure that Rice students will be treated more favorably
in the matter of ticket sales in future years, The Thresher
suggests that Student Association President Hal DeMoss ap-
point a committee of students who will attempt to work out
an agreement with Business Manager Emmett Brunson provid-
ing that student section guest sales will be kept on sale to
students until at least Wednesday before each home game.
In the event that Mr. Brunson were unwilling to listen
to any such proposal, this committee should then carry the
matter to the Board of Trustees of The Rice Institute.
In the face of inquiries by Student Association President
Hal DeMoss, Thresher editorials, a petition that accumulated
approximately 1000 names the Athletic Business Department
has apparently refused to show consideration to Rice students
Avho are the victims of an unfair policy on guest ticket sales.
The student request is reasonable: that student section
puest tickets for home games be kept on sale during the week
of the game, rather than being taken off sale over a week before,
as they were for all home games but one this year.
The Athletic Business Department has explained that this
would inconvenience the Business Department, and it undoubt-
edly would, but The Thresher feels that it is Rice students
that are due first consideration.
Threshing It Out
TO THE THRESHER:
"September 19, 1951" is the date
shown on the worn slip of paper
that I removed from my billfold to-
day and contemplated for the ?th
time. Yes, paid for in September,
scheduled for October, wondered
about in November, and now writ-
ten about in December, our student
directory seems to have no more
apparent evidence on the Rice camp-
us than many such worn slips of
paper as thjs once hopeful soul car-
ries.
My question is no longer, "When
will the student directories be avail-
able?" For the sake of variety and
perhaps a more timely thought, I
now omit the first word.
Dan Daggett
O'Brien Elected
German Club
President
•F. T. O'Brien was elected Presi-
dent of the Rice Chapter of Delta
Phi Alpha, national honorary Ger-
man fraternity at the first meeting
of the academic year held at Cohen
House last week. Other officers
>elected for the year were E. K.
Sails, head of the Department of
Modern Languages of St. Johns
School, Secretary; Helen B. Green,
MA, Rice. 1951, Treasurer; Francis
P. Lide, Wake Forest College 1951,
Corresponding Secretary.
New members of the Society in-
ducted at the meeting were George
F. Folkers, assistant in German, and
Francis P. Lide. graduate assistant
in German.
The lecture of the evening was
given by Professor C. W. Perkins.
"The Rehabilitation of Man" was
Four Rice Profs
Attend Chem
Society Meet
The Seventh annual meeting of
the American Chemical Society is
being held jointly with the Texas
Academy of Science in Austin, Tex-
as this Thursday and Friday. The
meeting is highlighted by the dedi-
cation of a new experimental science
building.
Among those attending are Dr.
G. H. Richter; Dr. E. S. Lewis; Dr.
Jurg Waser, who will present a
paper entitled "The Structure of
Pt02": and Dr. Martin Ettlinger,
who will present a paper entitled
"The Tyrolysis of the Addition Pro-
duct of Dithenyldiazemethane and
• 1,4-naphtho Quinone".
the subject. The members of the so-
ciety were the guests of Dr. and
Mrs. Andrew Louis.
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Assistant Editor Allyce Tinsley Cole
Associate Editor K. Betty McGeever
imports Editor Howard Martin
Assistant Sports Editor Norris Keeler
News Editor Mary Ann Mewhinney
Feature Editor Mary Ann Johnson
Women's Editor Florence Kessler
Reporters: Marion Boone, Betty Bess, Marlin Cruse, Jerry Logan, Jerry
Weiner, Joe Watt, Jo Ann Hickman, Fred Dackett, Dick Karig, Neil
O'Brien, Tim Weakley.
Fanfare Editor Grace Marie Chandler
Jbaff Photographers Dan Daggett, Eddie Soniat, Bruce Veroor
'Happy , Birthday',
Loot Comedy Now
On View At HLT
By BUD CRUSE
For its second production of the
season, the Houston Little Theatre
is presenting "Happy Birthday."
Under the direction of Paul Ste-
phenson, the Anita Loos comedy
proves to be a highly entertain-
ing choice.
The play takes place in Newark,
New Jersey, It tells the amusing
story of a librar-
ian, Addie Bemis,
a homely lass
who has been al-
m&st a saint
heretofore, who
takes it upon
_ herself t o enter
the Jersey Mecca Bar, a little den
of iniquity, in order to prevent harm
from befalling the man she loves.
It seems she has told her father, an
alcoholic of the first degree, that
she is in love with one Paul Bishop,
a bank clerk, whom she has never
met formally. The father is out to
get the poor, unknowingly teller
who would take away his daughter.
The bank clerk spends quite a
few of his evenings in the Jersey
Mecca, and so she gathers up her
nerve and invades the place. Start-
led, alarmed, and completely aston-
ished at what she finds there, she
encounters a collection of characters
such as she had never hoped to
meet. Together with a variety of
spirits, she manages to create a bit
of excitement in the course of the
veening that tends to astonish even
the Jersey Mecca. She is reborn
there and falls in love with the
place, its people, and its merchan-
dise.
Marguerite Lenert as Addie Be-
mis proves to be the play's great-
est support. In her transformation
from a nervous introvert to a some-
what inebriated woman of the world
she "is completely convincing.
Gordon Green as the bank teller,
Paul Bishop, although not able to
match the sparkle of Miss Lenert,
performs capably.
One of the brightest sparks of the
show comes from the beauty-opera-
tor Maude Carson, portrayed by
Kathleen Wilson. Out to land Paul
Bishop, the girl is "stacked" accord-
ing to all current standai*ds and
with the help of a brassy voice and
a couple of clever cliches she domin-
ates the scene more than once.
As two hilarious bar-flies, Karen
Percival and Leah Grossberg bring
down the house as they help to edu-
cate sweet, innocent Addie. Ruth
Mueller as the bar matron looks
and acts the part well.
Music, costuming, and dancing
are combined to create a genuine
bar-like atmosphere. Tom Boyd is
to be congratulated for his hand-
some set and fascinating stage ef-
fects. When the Jersey Mecca starts
rockin', it rocks.
The play will continue tonight and
Saturday and will start its last week
beginning next Tuesday night. Stu-
dents are admitted at half-price.
Little Man On Cumpp*
(WS5
"Don't worry, the coach knows what he is doing. Height
may turn out to be a disadvantage."
Players, Fans In
Equipment Race
By Emmett McGEEVER
There is a large amount of discussion these days about the
commercialization of football. It is often said that the game has
been taken out of the hands of the athletes and delivered to the
"fans," i.e., aficionados.
The general dispute mast be left
to older and wiser minds, but I
would like to put my two bits in on
a facet of the subject which is ob-
hind the ear, a pencil, in a breast
pocket, a play-by-play scoring chart,
in the watch-pocket, a stop watch.
The fan's prized possession is
slung from his neck and rests heav-
vious to even the most predjudiced ny upon his belt buckle: his 17-pow-
opinionated observer. I am concern- *L u:— i „—*
ed over the relative amounts of
equipment carried by the players
and the fans.
In the good old days, people bund-
led up for the game and watched 22
men in helmets play football. As
the game became more popular, and
more intense, the players added
nads: hin. shoulder, thigh, and kid-
er binoculars have a built in* spot-
ting guide. On the way up, the fan
stopped to buy another necessary:
the "Survival Kit," which contains
7-Ups and a" dozen ice cubes.
This fan is well prepared to watch
a football game.
A variation on the bring-it-with-
you* occurred a couple of weeks ago,
when a group of the spectators at
nev. And just recently, nose and ej%. a Rice game had a full meal served
oTtards have been developed. The
epitome of the well-equipped foot-
1 ill nlaver is "Ramblin Robert"
Smith, who .in addition to the us-
ual pads, wears a mask which cov-
ers most of his face.
fans were left behind at first
in the equipment race. In response
to the nadding on the field, they
-''•"flcod jn two suits of heavy un-
to them in the stands by their chauf-
feur. They were Bob Smith's coun-
terpart in the stands.
All of the above is obvious to the
observer. The only original sugges-
tion I wish to make is what may not
have occurred even to those who
profit most from it.
Is it possible that television is
popular for sports because it relieves
inrvveav. And brought bottles. At the fan of the exertiqn of carrying
the necessary equipment? Tele-
vision obviates a good deal of the
gear and the rest is right at hand
in the kitchen.
This is a plea for Return-To-The-
Essentials in football watching; a
Back-To-Nature movement is indi-
cated. The art of football watching
is being hopelessly corrupted by
those who prey upon the fan for
hope of gain.
We must arise and cast off our
chains, our blankets, our cameras,
our binoculars, our cushions, our
hand warmers.
CAMDEN TO END
LECTURE SERIES
Dr. Carrol Camden of the Eng-
lish department will lecture Sun-
day at 4 on "Husbands and Wives
in Elizabethan England". This is
one of the series of public lectures
held in the Lecture Lounge of
Fondren Library. This* lecture
had previously been scheduled as
comments on Shakespeare's
"Othello."
noint. in the '30's, the score
—o« pven. But since then the fans
hove been leading and are now out
in front so far that there is no hope
fnr the nlayers' recovery. The ar-
dent fan, who sits down once he
srets to the game, now carries more
pear than the largest lineman could
tote in play, even with the two-pla-
toon system.
Rehold the fan. Warmly dressed,
in ton coat and jaunty hat, he has
a camera slung bandolier-wise over
his chest.
Over one arm is folded neatly a
rah-rah blanket. Hanging from the
other arm is a jiffy-folding-back-
rest-padded bottom-p 1 a s t i c shin-
srunrd appliance. Sagging the inside
rocket of the topcoat is a fifth of
Old Cesspool. In the outside pockets
reside plastic cups and an exposure
meter as well as camera lens fil-
ters.
His pants pockets are full of lem-
ons. He is waving a program. Ex-
tra film is coiled around his waist
fbr emergencies. A plastic raincoat
neatly folded in a plastic envelope
protrudes from a hip pocket. Be-
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