The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, February 22, 1952 Page: 1 of 6
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VOLUME THIRTY-NINE — NUMBER NINETEEN
HOUSTON, TEXAS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1952
FACULTY SHOW
New Parking Areas
Patience" Scheduled
For Two Performances 1 e n orce
Two performances of Gilvert and Sullivan operetta "Pa-
tience" will be given on March 15 and 16 by members of the
Rice faculty and their wives. This will be the second Gilvert
and Sullivan production by the faculty. The first was "Trial
by Jury" given last spring.
Faculty and their friends will be
invited to the Saturday, March 15
performance, and the Sunday per-
formance will be given for the stu-
dents. Both performances will be
given at Kincaid school and will be
admission free.
Mr. Arthur Hall, director of
Christ Church Cathedral Choir, is
musical director and Mrs. Marjorie
Pitkanen, wife of P.H. Pitkanen,
Physics department, is the stage di-
rector.
The following faculty have the
male leads: The Colonel, J.C. More-
head, Architecture department; the
Major, J.W. Daugherty, Biology
department; the Lieutenant, W.S.
Dowden, English department; Bun-
thorne, Ruben Welsh, of the Library
staff; and Grovesnor, Cafl Wisch-
meyer, Electrical Engineering de-
partment.
These faculty wives are cast in
the female'leads: Mrs. W.B. Diboll,
as Lady Angela; Mrs. R.V. Talmage,
Lady Saphr; Mrs. E.R. DeZurko,
Lady Ella; Mrs. G.G. Williams,
Jane; and Mrs. J.W. Daugherty,
Patience.
Faculty composes the Chorus of
Rapturous Maidens and the Officers
of the Dragoon guards. They will be
assisted by members of the Rice
Choral Club.
Young Republican
Club Holds First
Rice Meeting
With about 25 students present,
the Rice Chapter of the Young Re-
publican Club of Texas held its
first meeting Sunday.
The club's constitution was unan-
imously adopted tentatively, and
has been submitted to the Student
Council for final approval. Pending
such approval, Paul Metzger 7727
Grpendowns is acting as chairman
of the group. Other temporary offi-
cers are Doris Neal 714 Duff Lane
secretary, and Dewitt Wolfe 2308
Genesee, publicity chairman.
For the present the club's activi-
ties are limited to recruiting more
members. It is contemplated that at
future meetings speakers represent-
ing the backers of the various prom-
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INSIDE THE
THRESHER
• Regular student council cover-
age beginning in this issue on page
2 with Jerry Weiner's run down of
council business.
• Alcohol and sports are included
in Martin's Owllook on pake 5. The
Allied Youth, Inc. via the Methodist
Clip Sheet has picked it's all-Amer-
ican team.
• Soph and Frosh attention is
called on page 8 to the schedule of
spellin gtests.
• Campus Parking problems both
space and tickets are discussed in
the editorial column on Page 2.
Expert On Orient
Will Show Slides
And Lecture Sunday
This Sunday afternoon at 4:00,
Dr. Carl Kraeling, director of the
Oriental Institute of the University
of Chicago will lecture in Fondren
Lecture Lounge.
Dr. JKraeling will show slides tak-
en on a recent archiological expedi-
tion in the Near East. These slides
are elaborate color photographs of
archiological specimens found in
China and other parts of the Near
East.
Faculty and students are invited
to attend this lecture.
First Military Ball
Dated March 7;
Queen to Be Chosen
Plans are well underway for
Rice's first Military Ball, which will
be held at Ellington Airforce Base
on March 7. Invitations for the
dance may be secured in the lounge
in the Military Science Building on
Monday and Tuesday afternoons, at
certain other times to be designated
lated, and from certain Military
Science II students.
Juniors and sophomores taking
military science may submit nomi-
nations for coed colonel and coed
captains anytime before midnight
tonight. Monday afternoon, all jun-
ior and sophomore military science
students will meet after battalion
drill and narrow the nominees down
to six. The following Monday, the
coed colonel and coed captains will
be chosen from the six nominees by
the entire corps.
To meet the present parking
problem, Dean McBride announced
this week that the shell roads in
back of and on the north side of the
dorm lot and in back of Abercombie
laboratory will be open to student
parking. Cars may be parked on one
side of these roads only.
Students are asked to park on the
side away from the buildings on the
Abercombie laboratory road.
These areas are to supply parking
facilities for the cars which used to
park in the Physics parking lot.
This lot will remain closed during
the construction of the new Van de
Graaf machine.
Tickets issued to students after
the physics lot was closed on cars
parked on the roads between the
Library and dorm and the library
and Chemistry Building will be en-
forced.
Rondelet Queen
Petitions Due
Next Friday Noon
Senior girls wishing to run for
Queen of Rondelet must hand in
their petitions by noon Friday, Feb-
ruary 29. Any senior girl who is not
on scholastic probation or not mar-
ried is eligible to run. The petition
must be signed by ten people and by
the candidate herself. Absolutely no
petitions will be accepted after this
time.
Petitions for all girls wishing to
run for Duchess and maids of their
respective classes, must be turned in
by noon on Friday, March 7. The
same rules apply to these petitions
as to the ones for Queen. Senior
girls who run for Queen but are not
elected must turn in another petition
in order to run for Senior Class Du-
chess.
The election for Queen will be
held on Monday, March 3 and the
whole school will vote. The election
for Class Duchess and maids will be
held on Monday, March 10 with
each class electing its own repre-
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ARCHI-ARTS
Circus Theme Set
For Pageant and Ball
By RUEY BOONE
"Let's split a fifth before the dance and then go as 'tight
ropes.'"
"Yeah, or maybe 'high wires.'"
It's evidently too late to employ Pogo's plan to "call the
fire department before this sort of dialogue spreads," since
the campus is already ignited
US Travelling
Fellowship Created
In Architecture
The M.N. Davidson Fellowship in
Architecture has been created by
M.C. Davidson, Melvin T. Davidson,
and Mrs. D.A. Slavin in memory of
their father. Mr. Davidson was
founder of the Houston Sash and
Door Co. and due to his interest in
building and building materials they
decided to establish this fellowship.
It will consist of a $500 traveling
fund for traveling and study in the
United States. The trip must start
within si xmonths after the schol-
arship has been awarded. The schol-
arship will be awarded to the gradu-
ating architect with the highest av-
erage over the entire five year per-
iod and will be chosen by the
architecture faculty.
1952 Scholarship
Applications Now
In Giles Office
During March, students may ap-
ply for scholarships at Mr. J.B.
Giles' office, 313 Lovett Hall from
9-10 a.m. on MWF and from 11-12
a.m. on TTS. Other interviews can
be made for other hours by calling
extension 216.
Scholarships will be awarded on
the basis of scholastic record and
need.
Last year, the scholarship funds
had accumulated and more than the
usual number of scholarships were
awarded. This year, the funds avail-
able are less, and therefore fewer
and smaller scholarships will be
given. &
ACTIVE CHAPTER
Sigma Xi To Give Annual Awards
By JULIE MARTIN
The Rice chapter of Sigma Xi has announced the creation
of two annual research awards. One of these awards will go
to a student showing promise of outstanding achievement in
work at the Master's degree level, and the other award will go
to a student doing outstanding work at the Doctor's degree
awards
level. The awards will be an-
nounced and presented each
year at graduation exercises.
Sigma Xi is a national honorary
society of scientists and engineers
for the promotion of advanced re-
search in all fields of scientific en-
deavor. The Rice Chapter is over
ten years old, and has about seven-
ty members. "Full members" include
members of the teaching staff here
at Rice, members of the staff at
Baylor School of Medicine, plus
people from other research centers
in town. "Associate members" are
outstanding students working for
higher degrees, and students attend-
ing Medical school. The Rice society
plans to invite around twenty five
outstanding senior students to join
the society this year. Announcement
of new members will be forthcom-
ing soon, and the annual Sigma Xi
banquet and initiations ■ceremonies
are tentatively scheduled for March
21, and will be held in the Commons.
One of the highpoints in the acti-
vities of the Society here at Rice is
the annual open lecture. This year
;the#lecture is to be held in conpunc-
tion'with the Sigma Xi Club of the
University of Houston. The lecture
is open to the public, and will be on
Friday evening, March 29. The place
has not yet been announced.
Dr. George Wald, Professor of
Biology at Harvard, will be the
speaker at the lecture. His topic will
be "The Physiology of Vision". Dr.
Wald is well known for his exten-
sive carotenoids, and other research
in the properties of vitamin A, and
the field of biological evolution.
Dr. Wald graduated from New
York University in 1927, and re-
ceived his A.M. and Ph. D. from
ColuVnbia in 1928 and 1932 respec-
tively. Among the societies Qf, which
Dr. Wald is a member are: the
American Chemical Society, the
American Optical Society, The
American Academy of Science, and
The American Physological Society.
Rice Sigma Xi will also hold a
closed luncheon on April 22, at
which the chief topic of discussion
will be "The Future of Research at
the Texas Medical Center."
by such ingenious suggestions
for appropriate costumes to
wear at the Archi-Arts masquerade
ball, "Emperor of Ice Cream", next
Friday.
The theme of the pageant and
ball is a gala circus, and such an en-
ticing subject seems to be inspir-
ing no ^nd of imaginative attire.
Students and patrons who plan to
attend, but who are too lazy to con-
coct suitable ensembles, have been
trying for days to discover the hid-
den niche which shelters the over
150 costumes which will be worn by
the large^cast of the pageant. Lat-
est word on this: the only item the
architects will bring in the open is
a lengthy supply of cheese cloth
which couldn't modestly be<j>rorn by
anyone.
The inside track snobs have it
that one student is planning to dress
his date in popcorn, which he will
sell off to hungry customers as the
strip. . .er . . .evening progresses.
Another enterprising young man
intends to go as an ice cream cone
from the Roost, so that if his cos-
tume melts it will form only a very
small puddle.
A hasty check of local costume
shops shows a sudden deficit of
clown costumes. Likewise museums
have given notice that there are ab-
solutely no wild animal heads for
rent.
The average Rice boy has several
suggestions for his revered friend,
the Rice girl two-headed am-
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Presentation Of
Honorees To Be
At Cohen House
Formal presentation of the 1952
honorees of the Archi-Arts Ball will
be tomorrow night at the annual
open house of the Architecture So-
ciety. The Society has invited mem-
bers of the administration, student
officers, and other friends of the
Architecture Society to the open
house to be held at Cohen House.
Pictures of the eight selected Rice
girls will appear in Houston's Sun-
day morning papers.
The Archi-Arts ball will be held
at the Plantation February 29 from
8:00 PM to 1:00 AM. The tickets are
u6.00 per person.
No further contributions to the
CAMPANILE'S Sallyport sec-
tion will be accepted after Satur-
day, March 1, Editor Bill Col-
lins announced Monday. AH pic-
tures must be suitable for en-
graving: clear and well-lighted.
This is the last time the CAM-
PANILE will offer a case of beer
for the outstanding snapshot, as
staff members have drunk up the
supply.
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