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FRIDAY, MAT 11, IMS
I. Nothingness Leads
Photosyzygical Life
By the Saint Claude Gospel Trio
When Invisibility of Nothingness was a small child, his
father, King Unseen of Nothingness, died. This left little In-
visibility an orphan, since his mother, Queen Aperture, had
died two infinities ago. His only friend was his faithful old
nurse, Absolutely Destitute. The scheming Chamberlain, Odor-
less Ectoplasm, decided this
was his chance to take over the
kingdom of Nothingness. He
was going to have minute In-
visibility bewitched so that he
would become visible.
But little Invisibility's faithful old
nurse, Absolutely Destitute, over-
heard the dastardly plot! So Ab-
solutely, in the dead of night, spirit-
ed little Invisibility away. After
traveling many Angstroms, they
finally reached infinity, where Ab-
solutely placed him in the care of
the friendly Alpha and Beta part-
icles.
Violently propelling herself
through free space on her way home,
Absolutely had a wreck and broke
her gravitational attraction neutral-
izer. Poor Absolutely Destitute was
doomed to remain forever as Jupi-
ter's twelfth moon.
Many delta t's passed and Nothing-
ness under the reign of the schem-
ing Odorless Ectoplasm was grad-
ually deteriorating into something.
Meanwhile, the beautiful young Prin-
cess Transparent Quartz, of the Land
of a Thousand Times No, a neigh-
boring vacuum, had grown up.
One day, when she was out pick-
ing Ether, she came upon young
Invisibility. It was coagulation at
first sight! She vowed to aid him
in recovering his lost vacuum.
She persuaded her father, King
Corpuscular Photon, to send his gi-
gantic army to defeat evil Chamber-
lain Odorless, and to return Nothing-
ness to Invisibility. The wicked
Odorless Ectoplasm's forces, by use
of a new weapon known as a fre-
quency modulation, killed off King
Corpuscular's army, and turned
Corpuscular into a corpse.
The wicked Chamberlain Odorless
captured the young couple. He dis-
integrated Invisibility with a cyclo-
tron, and he sent Transparent Quartz
to shovel chlorine in a Siberian Brine
mine until there wasr nothing left
of her but a fusion of Quartz Chlor-
ide.
It is from this heart-rending elec-
tron story that the imminent Greek
philosopher Finagle got his famous
saying: "Der gooders ist already
yetzt der losers. Das crimen ist ge-
payen."
Doehner Honored
By Texas Society
Of Civil Engineers
Karl Doehner won the competi-
tion sponsored by the Texas Society
of Civil Engineers, topping the
SMU, A&M, Texas U, and Tech
Texas representatives with his pa-
per entitled, "Applications of Pre-
stressed Concrete." The Texas So-
ciety of CE's sent Doehner to read
his paper at the National Conven-
tion, March 3, and to the Texas con-
vention in Beaumont on April 19.
Doehner's paper was published in
The Texas Engineer, April issue.
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'S3 Seniors Offered
Academic Freedom
Essay Contest
Class-of-'53 students who have
their own ideas about academic
freedom will have a change to com-
pete next fall for $5,000 in cash
prizes in a nationwide essay con-
test on this timely and important
subject sponsored by the National
Council of Jewish Women.
Any next-year senior, man or
woman, in any American college, is
eligible. The essays, of 2,500 words
maximum, are to be on the subject,
"The Meaning of Academic Free-
dom." First prize will be $2,500;
second, $1,000; and third, fourth and
fifth, $500 each.
Heading the Committee of Judges
will be Supreme Court Justice Wil-
liam O. Douglas. Other members
will be Ralph Bunche, winner of the
Nobel Peace Prize in 1950; Thurman
W. Arnold, author and former Asso-
ciate Justice of the U. S. Court of
Appeals; Mrs. Douglas Horton, edu-
cator and former head of the Wom-
enu's Reserve, U. S. Navy; and
Abram L. Sachar, president of Bran-
deis University.
The contest will be open for re-
ceipt of entries September 15, 1952;
will close December 31, 1952; and
Baseball Season Close ffitk Mae
Out of Cellar; Credit Due
BY NORRIS KEELER
It was this writer's plan to re-
view the baseball season with an
acid pen if the Owl baseballers fin-
ished in the cellar again this year.
However, certain things must be
noted in this resume, and although
the Blue and Gray will not finish
with a conference mark better than
.500, their showing is a highly-re-
spectable one. The outstanding de-
velopment of the spring has been
the showing of Bucky Rentz, sopho-
winners will be announced about the
middle of April, 1953. It is being
announced at this time so that stu-
dents, will.habe an opportunity to
work on their essays during the
summer if they wish. Detailed rules
and instructions will be made avail-
able at the beginning of the fall
term, and copies may be obtained
at that time from the college ad-
ministrative offices.
The purpose of the National Coun-
cil of Jewish Women in conducting
the contest, as explained by Mrs.
Irving M. Engel, national president,
is "to encourage thoughtful explora-
tion and forthright expression on the
subject of academic freedom among
the students themselves.
more righthander, who pitched a
brilliant one hitter last Friday
against the Texas Aggies, to bring
his record in the conference to 8-1.
The three consistent and steady
players on the team have been Bill
Golibart, Parke Pavis, and Dave
Devine. They deserve a plac;e on the
all conference team, especially De-
vine, who has been great this year,
both in the field and at the plate.
Rice's chances of a high finish
this year were demolished at the
very beginning of the conference
race, when Roger Edwards injured
his knee and Walt Deakin turned
his ankle. Tom Recking's back in-
jury added to the Owls' woes.
Harold Stockbridge did a much
better job of coaching this year than
was expected, and Dell Morgan was
a great help to him. The coaches
deserve their share of the praise.
The team was much improved. Rice
baseball fans should not be disap-
pointed. Perhaps, wiht next year's
prospects so much brighter than
before, the Owls can look forward
to a better showing, and even the
elusive victory over Texas Univer-
sity they have been seeking for 12
years.
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The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, May 16, 1952, newspaper, May 16, 1952; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth230904/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.