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THE THRESHER
FRIDAY, MAT 16, IMS
Let Us Keep Our Pogo
Buttons—For We Go Pogo
BY BETTY MCGEEVER
They laughed when I wore my Pogo button to the Faculty
Club. Oh, not outright, of course, they were too clever for thatl.
There was some wholesome, comradely bandiage and some real
jolly smiles when someone made a funny; but during their hail-
fellow-well-met jocularity, my razor-sharp brain soon perceived
that they were secretly amused
at my Pogo button. This, fellow our eyes, is it any wonder we spend
Rice students, is typical of the our tirae in drunken revelry, search-
ing for the balm of f orgetfulness ?
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back-woods conservatism of the
8iee Faculty. One of our "respect-
ed" professors went so far as to ask
if I would lend him my button.
Luckily I caught the sardonic lift of
his eyebrow and sensed instinctively
Yet these very men condemn us.
I have heard them whispering in
their darkened dens that we have no
serious interest in the betterment
of our nation. And now that we have
risen to the ultimate crisis of our
that he was not sincere in wanting country, they treat us with amused
fco carry this banner of liberalism
his breast. Revolted by the
thought that he might hold it up
for mockery and scorn, I quickly
thought up an outrageously clever
■axcuse and retreated to the patio,
aeciure in the innermost chambers
<#f my secret heart that my Pogo
'button was safe.
! have never set myself up as a
-social reformer, nay, not even a
tritie. But surely it is a sadly dis-
turbing scar on the face of modern
.society when well-intentioned par-
• eiits intrust the very souls of their
children to men who would abscond
*rith Pogo buttons under false pre-
tenses. Truly, is there any hope
for a better world when we are be-
ing educated fiends? With this
tort, of example constantly before
deference and laugh at our Pogo
buttons. There is but one course op-
en for us in the face of this persecu-
tion. We must go underground like
the valiant Christians of ages past.
We must be hearty when they speak
of Eisenhower, and enthusiastic
when they mention Taft. But re-
member, there are millions like us
all over America wherever the em-
bers of liberty and free thought re-
main. And in November, these em-
bers will rise in a scorching flame
and we will triumph over the ty~
rants who try to suppress us. Let us
therefore, keep our Pogo buttons in
cherished safety so we can strew
them along the road as our next
President travels in soul-stirring
glory to the White House from the
Okefenoke Swamp.
"20th Century/'
"you Can't Take
It With You
BY ALLYCE TINSLEY COLE
"Twentieth Century," the Charles
MacArthur-Ben Hecht theatrical
comedy which opened at the Play-
house this week and should prove
popular with Rioe students between
finals. "Twentieth Century" is
not a new story but it is probably
the best of its kind. Generally the
plot revolves around an insolvent
producer's attempt to save his thea-
tre by luring one of his former
mistresses, now a famed star, back
to work for him. The play has a
few novel twists including a meek
religious fanatic who slaps "Repent
For The Time Is At Hand" signs on
every available spot from derby
hats to chairs, and a drunken press
agent who has a real genius for in-
sult with a minimum of profanity.
The revolving stage revolves and
Miss Ethel Shutta gleams brightly
in the lead role. It's good fun and
ought to provide Rice students with
a good evening's entertainment.
jSL
From The Top of The Lamport
BY AMTC
While working en this last issue of the year we began to
figure our batting average and it didn't quite stack up to ear
fondest dreams. We stirred up some comment, favorable and
unfavorable . . . comment on TV, on lits, and on women and
"their place." No tangible results came from our parking lot
campaign. Of the three lits —
with the specific clauses in In fact, they are dedicated to "To
their constitutions One refused Pr°™°te am0"* students and the
to discuss removal of the clause and pUj generally, an understanding
ta. MM to ,„v, it la w «we S
really would like to be literary."
pies of the American canstttatisa,
Editor Watching You."
Latest definition of UTWAS—
Unless Truman Wins America Suf-
fers, Hmm. Subversive elements on
campus.
Gone But Not Forgiven
Is The Thought About RI
BY J. K.
The R.I. is dead! Long live the R.I.!
On this, the first anniversary of the long lamented death
<>i the notorious life and works of the R.I. magazine, we should
ike to say. we wish you well, old pal of ours. This sad occasion
•.(if remembrance has prompted us to go digging through the
ild'R.I. files, and we have come
fflp with some interesting ma- went whelping through the forest."
ferial the student body might In a 1948 issue it is reported that
Ike to see again: Dr. Heaps, on the first day of
fn 1949 a short-lived literary so- school, was a little confused by the
awity raged 'forth its manifesto. It names of his students. His own
was revolutionary. It was grand. It WOrds were: "In order to make clear
which of you are men and which
worftan, will the girls please put
Then there is the more famous
Tsanoff story. It seems that some
of his students were having trouble
following the line of argument be-
ing digramed on the blackboard,
Tsanoff replied: "Now watch the
blackboard while I run through it
once more."
1949: "The Incomparable Dr. Ful-
\ as the C.F.L.S., consisting of one
member, now passed from the mill-
ing ander-graduate herd. This was thdr sjips on this desk?"
i'Jhe manifesto:
STUDENTS OF RICE UNITE
YOU HAVE NOTHING TO
LOSE BUT YOUR BRAINS
YOU HAVE A WORLD TO
WIN
STUDENTS OF RICE UNITE
YOU HAVE NOTHING TO
LOSE. . . t .
Preserved for posterity is a simile
liy Mr. Williams, famous campus ton remarked in his class not long
pessimist, rendered in his Modern a*° that radl° (television?) today
iPoetry class: "Just as sure as birds offends no one~no °™> that 1S> ex-
iling and skunks stink, humans crave cept a Person teste.
foaowledge!" Also in the same issue And then the famous cartoon
we find a sentence from a story re- which quipped "I hear Montz is
aeived in Mr. William's creative planning to run for Pope."
writing course. It read: "The lion The RI is dead! Long live the RI!
7N£
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Hditor Allyce Timley Cole
easiness Manager : Georgia Hink
Associate Editor Betty McGeever
Advertising Manager Richard " "V. Whitty, Jr.
is Editor Howard Martin
Assistant Sports Editor Norris Keeler
Hews Editor Mary Ann Mewhinney
Feature Editor Mary Ann Johnson
Women's Editor * Florence Kessler
One of the funniest plays we've
ever read and one which ye olde Rice
dramatic Club, peace to its dead
soul, dreamed vainly of producing
is opening this week at the HLT.
The play is "You Can't Take it With
You," the biggest prop show ever
written. The whole evening out to
be excellent entertainment with fire
crackers popping, kitten used as pa-
per weights, and srakes escaping
over the stage.
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Threshing It Out
To the Editor:
This is to explain to Mr. Wiener
and all other interested students the
Parliamentarian's ruling at the Stu-
dent Council meeting concerning the
Election By-law revision. I must ad-
mit elaborate explanation was not
made at the time, but a general case
was presented. The following should
clarify my position.
According to Robert's Rules of
Order, Section 24: "Considerations
by Paragraph . . . Where an elab-
orate proposition is submitted, like
... a set of by-laws, the parts be-
in.^ intimately connected, it should
not be divided." (Underlines mine.)
Divided means voting takes place
after each part. The council acted
upon the by-law as if it were a
divided question.
However, in this case all the sec-
tions to be considered were inti-
mately connected, as mention of
other sections (which had not at
that time been discussed) can be
found in the two sections acted upon
by the council. Thus the question
should not have been divided.
Dividing the question caused cer-
tain absurdities to arise. Sections
were adopted that referred to some-
thing which did not at that time
exist. Since consideration of the re-
maining sections was prevented,
therefore the first two were illegal.
John Quincy Adams II
Temporary Parliamentarian
Cotton Recipent
Of High Award;
Letters Given
Neel Cotten, drum major of the
Rice Band for 3 years, received the
Montgomery Award of 1952 given
each year to the bandsman elected
by his fellow members as making
the most valuable contributions to
the group for the year. For three
years consecutively, he has carried
the baton and moulded a group of
green volunteers into a marching
band.
(Continued on Page 3)
,nmnir t- a„ 'laissez Faire' economics, and the
More power to them. 'Thl. I. An phjlMopllJr „f
also intend to analyse text books
used in college curricula.
We may be hearing more from
this group. Not having anything
against the Constitution or being
quite sure what the philosophy of
o • x „ . ' .. individualism is , we're eager to
< rn. 7* • T°Uo ^ learn more *rom Buckley and
"The Intercollegiate Society of In- ,he isi. Mr. Buckley's book i. to the
dividuals It getting to the point pALg {or any ora wh0>,
whereyou hove to be an organized interested in becoming a true diciple
individual. No longer will free mdi- jgj
viduals roam loose. No, every indi-
vidual you meet will pull a union '
card on you just to prove he's truly One of the many things which
an individual. Our advice—apply for have been pointed up this year is a
a low number. There's no sense in real need for an assembly hall. For-
saying by way of introduction "How tunately, commencement will not be
do you do? I'm Jonathan Fremont held in the gym as last year for
Westerbrook, Individual 780239px- there was absolutely nothing to
4637." ' recommend the place. However, is
At any rate, a man who has re- the parking lot in front of Lovett
ceived previous notice in this paper, much of an improvement? The old
William F. Buckley, Jr. author of tent may not have been the answer
God and Man at Yale is president, to a commencement planners pray-
We are assured this organization is ers (particularly when it rained),
non-profit. but it seems to us far preferable to
Obviously with Buckley in the anything planned in the pagt two
lead, this is a very right wing group, years.
Library Gets New Books
71
Well Kno wn Authors
By JAMES KORGES
This is to inform all students that MIGUEL LASSO DE
LA VEVGA LOPEZ DE TEJADA, MARQUES DEL SALTILLO
has written a book. Three cheers for MIGUEL LASSO DE
LA VELGA Y LOPEZ DE TEJADA, MARQUES DEL SALTIL-
LO. Do you know the name of the book MIGUEL LASSO DE
LA VEGA Y LOPEZ DE TE-
JADA, MARQUES DEL SAL-
TILLO has written ? It is titled
simply Juan«de Vega, recently ac-
quired by the Fondren Library. We
are happy to se that the library is
taking more interest in the disting-
uished work of MIGUEL LASSO
DE VELGA Y LOPEZ DE TEJADA,
MARQUES DEL SALTILLO.
NEW BOOKS
New additions to the OWLS shelf
Lits Finish Ye ar
lr> Party Series
BY FLORENCE KESSLER
Laughing in the face of the inevit-
able future, Literary Societies con-
tinue to enjoy the few days remain-
ing.
Today at the home of Martha
Hodge, little sisters are furnishing
lunch for EBLS' seniors and brides.
On Sunday, May 18, the EBLS are
tie j
Tracey's Tiger, by William Saro-
yan; a true delight, gay and mad,
at times child-like. Only with ti*e
planning a bay party at the home of ja?-t sentence, however, does the
Mr. and Mrs. Arbuckle. book attain meaning, since the tiger
is not imaginary, and Tracey is not
Also on the agenda for Sunday crazy. What is the Tiger? Read the
is a picnic at Galveston sponsored book.
by the CRLS. Barabbas, a novel by. the recer.f
Nobel Prize winner Par Lagerkvist.
The OKLS enjoyed a chili supper Lieutenant Hornhlower, another
at the home of Charlotte Amis on in the famous and eagerly awaited
Saturday, May 10. Tonight they series by C. S. Forester.
have scheduled a theatrical party Intimacy, by Jean- Paul Satre is
for mothers and sponsors. This one of his earlier works and ni my
unique evening will begin with a opinion not equal to sueh as Troub-
buffet supper at the home of Mrs. led Sleep, also on the Owls book
Glenn David Robertson, 3*711 Ingold, shelf. /
and concluded with the viewing of The Groves of Academe, a novel
the Alley Theater's production of concerned primarily with ideas, .and
"Life with Mother." the problem of academic freedom,
_______ by a talented younger American
Last Saturday the alumnae of the writer Mary McCarthy.
OWLS presented .the seniors with a The Works of Love by Wright
luncheon at Golf Crest Country Morris is also on the shelf. *
Club. That night the OWLS moved
to the Pine Forest Country Club at the home of Mrs. Walter Boothe.
for their annual closed formal.
The freshmen of the SLLS fur- Seniors of the VCLS were pre-
nished the old members with a bay sented with a luncheon at Ship
party at the home of Mary Louise Ahoy last Tuesday. As a means of
Jackson on Saturday, May 10. On helping them through finals, the
Sunday the SLLS held their annual VCLS are planning an end-of-the-
tea honoring mothers and sponsors year party at Galveston on June 4.
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