The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 4, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 1, 1952 Page: 1 of 4
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Entered as second class mailing matter, October 17. 1916. at the Post Office, Houston, under the act of March 8, 1879.
Volume Forty, Number Four
HOUSTON, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1952
Houston Addresses
Engineering Group
In Lecture Lounge
"Electrical engineering's striking
feature is its youth," remarked Dr.
William V. Houston, president of
Rice, as he addressed the first fall
meeting of the Houston section of
the American Institute of Electri-
cal Engineering last Wednesday
evening in the lecture lounge of the
Fondren library. He spoke to the
approximately 100 members and
guests on "Creative Engineering."
Briefly tracing the history of elec-
tricity and electrical engineering,
.Dr. Houston touched briefly on the
works of many prominent men in
the field. He further described elec-
trical engineering as "unhampered
by long traditions and a not too good
understanding of what cannot be j
done." I
In demonstrating the difference I
between engineering experience and ;
scientific theory, Dr. Houston used j
as an example the attempts at lay- |
ing a Trans-Atlantic cable and its.
final completion. |
"Creative engineering must be
practiced by a gffneralist specializ-
ing," commented Dr. Houston as he
forecasted that it, "will lead the way
to the future."
Mr. Carl Wischmeyer, associate
professor of electrical engineering
at Rice and local section chairman,
presided over the meeting which
followed a dinner in the faculty
club. Mr. Michael McEnany, also a
Rice associate professor of electri-
cal engineering, is chairman of the
membership committee and sponsor
of the student section.
Officers of the Rice student sec-
tion of AIEE are James Depen-
brock, chairman; Albert Sundermey-
er, vice-chairman; and GeorgeMc-
Daniel, secretary.
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Young GOP Rallies;
Plans Mock Vote
For President
" Rice's Young Republican Club
added approximately thirty students
to its membership Sunday at its
first meeting this year in the Fon-
dren Library Exam Room. Although
the meeting was primarily organi-
zational, the group also discussed
the Thresher's support of Adlai
Stevenson and appointed a commit-
tee to submit a proposal for a mock
election to the student council.
After some discussion on the
mock election, it was generally
agreed that it would be best \o hold
the mock election under the auspices
of the Student Council. A committee
including Wallis Elston, Earle Wil-
liams, Fred Roehr, and Oscar Teeg-
erstrom was appointed to present a
proposal to the Student Council.
Chairman Paul Metzger an-
nounced that the club was planning
to keep the central Eisenhower
headquarters open at night five or
six days a week. After calling for
volunteers, Metzger announced the
following chairmen for each night:
Monday, Dave McMillan; Tuesday,
Fred Roehr; Wednesday, Bruce Ver-
nor; Thursday, Jim McMurtry; and
Friday, Joe Watt.
The following people volunteered
to aid in keeping the headquarters
open: Joe Lipper, Earle Williams,
Wallis Elston, Roger Driggers, Phil-
lip Schambra, William E. Baler, Jr.,
Dave McMillan, Jack W. Hawkins,
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Ted McMillian, the first frosh through Registration, is shown above
in all his pristine glory. He's only started to fill out cards, he still has
all his money. Watch for his fall, the fall of the typical Rice Freshman
in Friday's issue.
US Civil Service
Announces Exam
For Cotton Job
The U.S. Civil Service Commis-
sion has announced an examination
for Scientific Aid (Cotton) for fill-
ing positions paying from $2,750 to
$3,410 a year in various Federal
agencies in Washington, D.C., and
vicinity. To qualify, applicants must
take a written test and have had
^appropriate experience or education.
Applications must be filed by Oc-
tober 7, 1952 with the Board of U.S.
.Civil Service Examiners for the De-
partment of Agriculture, Washing-
ton 25, D.C. Further information
and applications may be obtained
from most first- or second-class
post offices, from civil service re-
gional offices, or from the U.S. Civil
Service Commission, Washington 25,
D.C.
Persons appointed to these posi-
tions will perform subprofessional
scientific work which will consist
primarily of research in and testing
of cotton fibre and cotton textiles,
including studies on manufacturing
and processing.
Undergraduate study in physics,
chemistry, appropriate engineering,
Money Offered Ad
Salesmen By Paper
Business Manager
"There is money to be made sell-
ing ads for the Thresher," Roger
Bonney, Business Manager said to-
day. "The newspaper offers a com-
mission on every ad sold; selling is
easy work and the commission prof-
it from a year's run on a one inch
ad -is big money in your pocket.
Those interested should form a line
in the Thresher office B 45 of Fond-
ren basement at noon today."
Eight Army Cadets
Handed Scholarship
Awards By Dillon
Eight Army ROTC cadets have
been awarded an Academic Achieve-
ment Wreath for being in the top
ten per cent of their military sci-
ence classes last year, according to
a special order released last week
by ,:Lt." Col. E. H. Dillon, Professor
of Military Science and Tactics.
Those awarded the wreath were
Bobby L. Sledge, Peter S. Steiger-
wald, Maurice M. Patterson, Herbert
N. Hill, Jr., Gale E. Nevill, Jr.,
Richard L. Vanderzyl, Joe Shimek
II, and Roger Bonney.
FEDERAL OR NOT
Explosive Tidelands Issue
Readied For First Forum
"Federal ownership of Texas Tidelands will be discussed
Friday night in Fondren Lecture Lounge at 8:30 (following the
Pep Rally) at the first Forum of the year. Defending Federal
Ownership for the Federal government will be the well-known
Houston lawyer Chris Dixie and graduate history student Stan
Siegel. Fighting for state own-
ership will be Henry Holland,
respected Houston lawyer, and
Brad Thompson, Sophomore, rational
champion debate student.
The Forum committee headed by
Gerry O'Keefe has planned a series
of three political forums to begin
this year's open discussion meet-
ing. "We feel," said O'Keefe, "that
the Tidelands issue is one of the
most important to Texans and
therefore to Rice students."
Forums this year will operate
under the procedure followed last
year with main speakers pro and
con and a question period following
the main argument.
| The Forum is a joint student-fac-
ulty committee, self-perpetuating,
j which was organized five years ago
j to bring the important issues of the
j school, the nation, and the world
I before Riceites. Students, faculty
and townspeople have in the past
argued such vital topics as "Doeg
God Exist?" and "The American
Sex Standards."
The Forum is an admission free
meeting open to students, faculty,
friends of Rice Institute and the
general public.
Staten Named Year
lewhinney Scholar
By ROTC Committee
George Staten, Jr., fourth-year
Rice architect, has been named re-
cipient of the Leonard S. Mewhin-
ney scholarship for the 1952-53 aca-
demic year by the ROTC committee
of the faculty, according to the bur-
sar's office. The scholarship, named
in honor of Capt. Mewhinney, USN,
professor of naval science, am-
mounts to $400 annually and was
set up by the Brown Foundation
early this year.
Recipients of the scholarship
must be regular NROTC students
enrolled in a five-year program.
During the period the scholarship
is used, the recipient must assume
a leave status from the NROTC.
"We of the Naval Science depart-
ment believe the scholarship fills a
great need and serves to inspire
Naval Science students to greater
goals," commented Capt. Mewhin-
ney.
German Club Opens
Year With Party
At Autry House _ ^
Last Saturday evening at 8 PM To OxfftrH FVlP
the first Eulenspiegel party of the '
year got under way. As each person
entered they were stopped at the
door and given a tag with their
name on it to identify themselves to
the other people at the gathering.
Entertainment of the evening
Altenburg Travels
To Oxford For
Study of Virus
SOPHS ORGANIZE
By EMIL BURGER
One week ago last Monday Freshman .Guidance had its of-
ficial beginning with an opening speech made in the Chemistry
Lecture Hall by Harvey Jewett to the freshman class which had
been assembled for that purpose. After the speech and other
business had been done away with, a pep rally was held about
which the sophomores were ex-
Mrs. Edgar Altenburg, wife of
Associate Professor of Biology Al-
tenburg here at Rice, left Sunday,
September 28, for a trip to Oxford
consisted of music, a skit, a lecture ; University. There she plans to study
on old German legends (Schneeweis , viruses under Dr. Kingsley F. San-
cotton fibre*.technology, or textile und der seben dwarfen), and a Ger- ders, who is in charge of the Virus
Research Laboratory.
Mrs. Altenburg, already a dis-
tinguished biologist in her own
right, will spend about nine months
at Oxford. This project is a continu-
ation of her own work on vaccinia;
that is, the use of isotopes in the
study of viruses.
The Queen Elizabeth, on which
Mrs. Altenburg sailed, left the
United States on September 30. The
lady biologist therefore, will con-
tinue her work from October
technology successfully completed
in an accredited college or univer-
sity may be substituted year 'for
year for the required experience.
Persons with four years credit will
draw the top grades and salaries.
man folk dance,
After the skit refreshments were
served and the d£fh6ing was contin-
ued. The refreshments consisted of
a fruit punch and the 40 dozen cook-
ies.
Slimes Get Guided Thoroughly This Year
tremely enthusiastic. The gen-
eral comment from the sopho-
mores was that they had never seen
or heard of a freshman class with
so much spirit. It was also noted
that a large number of town stu-
dents attended the section meetirigs,
which was very encouraging to
those working on this project.
This year in an attempt to en-
courage the town students to attend
the section meetings there has been
and is quite an extensive campaign
of phone * calling and other means
of notification of .the town students
to let them know when and where
the section meetings are being held.
Also there has been an attempt to
make the section meetings more
interesting for those who attend and
more attractive for those who other-
wise might not attend.
For those reading this article who
are still uninformed as to just what
Freshman Guidance consists, here it
is in brief. The freshmen, both
types, are required to at all times
(or nearly so) to wear what is com-
monly called a "slime cap." This is
something of a beany with the per-
fect color combination of gray, blue
and green. Then on every Friday
until 1 PM and at all the football
games the boys are required to wear
this beany with a white shirt, green
bow tie, Mid red suspenders fur-
nished by the Freshman Guidance
committee for the tidy sum of $3.50;
while the girls (you know, the other
type of freshman. . .sometimes said
to be the more interesting of the
twoV wear a green dress with a
white pinafore, also a "slime cap."
The penalty for girls who do not
wear the required garments is that
the lipstick of said offender shall
be wiped off; however, here the
sophomore girls seem to be having
some trouble, as they* can find no
one to do this required job. (Down
boy, this is done only with a hand-
through next June, when she will
return to the United States.
kerchief by another girl!) Then for
the boys there is the added attrac-
tion of the section meetings every
Monday night.
So far the frosh have a cheering
of the best Rice has ever had: but
remember this, Frosh are the only
organized section of this kind Rice
has, and since Rice is one of the
smallest schools in the Southwest
Conference, if not the smallest, the
cheerleaders depend upon Frosh to
do the bigger part of our cheering
and make it louder, if at all possible,
than our rivals who are larger only
in number, not in spirit.
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The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 4, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 1, 1952, newspaper, October 1, 1952; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth230908/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.