The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 19, 1953 Page: 3 of 6
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THURSDAY. NOV. 19, IMS
THE THRESHER
Three
Frosh Brave Wind, Cold To Keep
Aggies, Cougars From Bonfire
By SCOTT CLARK
Several hundred slime boys held
a reception around the annual home-
coming bonfire on the Tuesday,
Wednesday, and Thursday nights
before the A&M game, but the ex-
pected guests, Aggies and Sougars,
failed to attend, though an Aggie
raid Friday morning was almost
successful. This non-attendance was
particularly rude of the U. of H.
students, considering the numerous
visits paid to their campus by Owls
just lately. It was also frustrating
tothe Rice students, who had made
extensive preparations for the af-
fair.
Slimes "volunteered" 12 hours of
guard duty apiece. All of this raw
more-or-less manpower was hooked
together by specially installed tele-
phones and a radio net. Phones were
placed at the bonfire and the track
stadium. Other posts used nearby
facilities.
A small transmitter at the bon-
fire and several mobile amateur
units in cars were in contact with
a central station under the track
stadium. A fire hose was ready
to dampen the bonfire or the spir-
its of would-be arsonists. Coeds
took coffee and doughnuts to the
guards at all hours of the night
—one group takiivg some to the
weary watchers at 4:30 Friday
morning.
The boys were divided into two
shifts, 6-12, and 12-6. One fresh-
man was on coftetant duty in the
gym by the button controlling the
siren on the roof, but he was never
called upon to perform his function.
The University of Houston has
been having some difficulty with
its preparations for a bonfire of its
own. So far the Owls have not had
much trouble burning the wood for
DEEDEE MECK
Homecoming Queen
the Cougar bonfires; several dif-
ferent times.
The most fascinating plot of
all didn't quite come through
though. Two carloads of Rice stu
dents were in the midst of prepar
ations for covering the U. of H
reflection pool with burning kero
sene when they were approached
by gendarmes, who, needless to
say, brought this interesting ex-
periment to an abrupt halt.
Much credit is due to the Hous-
ton police, who gave much time to
protecting the buildings, statue, and
stadium from vandalism. Their
presence allowed the students to
concentrate on the bonfire.
The Rally Club sponsored and
planned the bonfire, doing a pretty
good job of it, too. Trucks for car-
rying the fuel to the fire were
loaned by Farnsworth & Chambers,
Tellepsen Brothers, and Brown and
Root. Farrar Lumber Co. gave some
of th« lumber ruined in its recent
fire. Apple boxes were donated by
Weingarten's and several other-
sources also contributed.
Exes, Crepe Paper,
Queen, Grid Game
Mark Homecoming
The Rice Campus was invaded by
crepe paper last weekend, crepe
paper booths, crepe paper owls,
crepe paper signs, and even a Cot-
ton-Bowl-Bound crepe paper rock-
et ship, all of which were built by
students to decorate the campus for
Homecoming.
Visiting Alumni were feted
with showings of the movie
"Through The Sallyport" and
other activities, while the students
participated with them in pep ral-
lies and in viewing the two foot-
ball games.
Friday night, the bonfire, which
had been kept under constant guard
by freshmen for several days and
nights, were ignited at a well at-
tended pep rally before the Rice
Freshman Football team defeated
the A&M Frosh by a score of 34-7.
Saturday afternoon the parents
of the players were introduced to
the crowded stands before the
game which saw the Big Blue
duplicate the freshman victory
over the Aggies 34-7, much to the
delight of the crowded Rice Stu-
dent section. At half time, Presi-
dent Houston crowned the 1953
Homecoming Queen, Deedee Meek,
and the princesses, Jan Price and
Joan Cooley.
The Homecoming Dance Satur-
day night featured Jan Garber and
his orchestra in the Crystal Ball
Room of the Rice Hotel, at which
time the queen and princesses were
crowned again. A somewhat im-
promptu pep rally, supported en-
thusiastically by the students was
one of the more unusual features
of the dance, which climaxed the
Homecoming weekend, of which on-
ly remains in front of the library
the partly demolished Lit booths of
crepe paper. John McClintock was
in charge of Homecoming activities.
Visiting German Lecturer Is
Next Sunday Faculty Speaker
Dr. Hugh W. Puckett, Visiting
Lecturer in German, will present
the seventh in a series of lectures
by Rice faculty members Sunday,
November 22, 4:00 P.M. in the Fon-
dven Library Lecture Lounge.
Dr. Puckett'a topic will be "Art
versus Life in German Literature."
He plans to discuss the problem of
the artist—that of being separated
from other people by his art—will
be analyzed by Dr. Puckett.
Dr. Puckett is Professor of Ger-
man at Barnard College of Colum-
bia University. He holds the de-
grees of A.B. from Birmingham-
j Southern College; M.A. from Tulane
i and Harvard, where he was a trav-
! elling fellow; and Ph.D. from the
! University of Munich. He is the
1 author of two books and a frequent
contributor to educational and cul-
tural magazines.
Marriage Counselling To lie
First Topic Of Lit Program
Mr. Walter Whitson, Di rector
the Family Service Bureau, will
discuss "Marriage and Marriage
Counselling" at the first joint Lit-
erary Society program of the year,
on December 1 at 1:80 in the Lec-
ture Lounge.
After the program, at 2:30, Mr.
Whitson wishes to talk to ali boys
and girls who are interested in
welfare4 work. The chairman for
the Program Committee- is Char-
lotte Dykes.
Philosophy Meeting
Attended By Two
Rice Professors
Dr. Hugh C. Black and Dr. H. H.
Young attended the fourth annual
meeting of THE SOUTHWESTERN
PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION
SOCIETY held on the campus of
Austin College, Sherman, Texa3,
November 6 and 7.
Both Rice professors took an ac-
i tive part in the meeting. Dr. Young
was chairman of a panel which dis-
cussed V. T. Thayer's article in
Educational Theory," "Sectarian at-
tacks on Public Education." Dr.
Black read a paper entitled: "The
Place and Importance of History
of Education in the Education of
Teachers."
The society, encompassing ths
states of Arkansas, Louisiana. Mis-
sissippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma,
and Texas, elected Dr. Black as its
new president. Other officers are
Dr. G. C. Hoskins, Southern Metho-
dist University, secretary-treasur-
er: Dr. Frank C. Wegener. Uni-
versity of Texas, regional repre-
sentative: Dr. Millard Scherieh, Ok-
lahoma A & M Collage, and Dr.
Everett; E. Jarboe, North Texaj
State College, members >£ th« Ex-
ecutive Council
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