The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, October 22, 1954 Page: 4 of 8
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FRIDAY. OCTOBER 21, 1M4
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Tradition or Orgy?
Freshmen attired in the latest "slime fashions" have
snaked their way down main street for so many years now that
the annual slime parade has become a firmly established tradi-
tion at Rice. The general enthusiasm that has always marked
this event has made it into one of the more popular traditions
of the Institute both with freshmen and upper-classmen. Yet
this same enthusiasm, especially in regard to the custom of kiss-
ing the pinafored members of the class seems to have been a
little over-done last Friday night. The asculation involved rep-
resents an old Rice tradition which has helped give the event
its popularity, but it is not part of the Rice tradition to carry
this to the point of back-breaking clutches and general barbaric
treatments administered to the coeds last Friday nigtft.
The same lack of propriety and irresponsible attitude on
the part of the participants that was evident in the Hell Week
Activities last year now threatens to deract from the Slime Par-
ade. Certainly the brutal treatment afforded to freshmen, ma-
jorettes, and anyone else within reach should not be a part of
this annual event. The Slime Parade should continue to be ob-
served as a tradition, but the enthusiasm at this event should be
directed towards the football team and school spirit, not to-
wards attempts to further romantic relationships.
Macbeth To Appear
In SL Production
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Colossal? Exciting? Tremen-
dous ? No, but who cares? Now J
For the first time! "Macbeth" . . .
presented without the aid of cine-
mascope or stereophonic sound.
"Macbeth," in all the glory of old
A-House—with a cast of slightly
less than one million.
The production, slightly altered
from the original Shakespearian
version, will be presented by the
S.L.L.S. on November 11th and
12th.
The play, written by Fred Hoods
and directed by Sharon Camp, is
the third annual production given
by SL's. Former take-offs were on
"Carmen" and "Little Red Riding
Hood."
The cast includes June Knolle,
the noble but naive Macbeth, in the
foul clutches of "Bloody Mary"
Macbeth, Rosemarie Black, and the
rather pleasant clutches of Gret-
chen Ferris, the hexy-sexy witch
Hecate.
Proceeds from the production will
go toward the S.L. scholarship.
QUARTZ CRYSTALS
How a V/i hour "gem-cutting" operation
became an 8-minute mechmuzed job
PROBLEM: Preparing
quartz crystals for use
as electronic frequency
controls calls for the
highest degree of precision. So much so,
in fact, that prior to World War II
skilled gem-cu t ters were employed to
do the job.
But during the war, there were not
enough gem-cutters to keep up with the
demand for crystals in radar, military
communications and other applications.
Western Electric tackled the job of
building into machines the skill and
precision that had previously called for
llie most highly skilled operators.
SOLUTION: Here is how quartz crystals
are made now—by semi-skilled labor in
a fraction of the time formerly required:
Most of these machines were either
completely or largely designed and de-
veloped by Western Electric engineers.
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RESULTS: With skill built into the
machines—with costly hand operations
eliminated—this Western Electric mech-
anization program raised production
of quartz crystals from a few thousand
a year to nearly a million a month
during the war years. This is just one of
the many unusual jobs undertaken and
solved by Western Electric engineers.
A quartz stone is sliced into wafers on
a reciprocating diamond-edged saw,
after determination of optical and elec-
trical axes by means of an oil bath and
an X-ray machine. Hairline accuracy is
assured by an orienting fixture.
The wafers are cut into rectangles on
machines equipped with diamond saws.
The human element is practically elim-
inated by means of adjustable stops and
other semi-automatic features.
The quartz rectangles are lapped
automatically to a thickness tolerance
of plus or minus .0001". A timer prevents
overlapping. Finally, edges are ground
to specific length and width dimensions
on machines with fully automatic micro-
feed systems.
Quartz stones are cut into wafers on this dia-
mond-edged saw, with orientation to optical
axis controlled by fixture. This is just one of
several types of machines designed and devel-
oped by Western Electric engineers to mecha-
nize quartz cutting.
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By DEEDEEMECK & JOAN SMITH
Guest Columnist LOU ISRAEL
Yours truly is only too delighted to wite this week's column, this being
the only way his name could finally be included.
This past weekend was a typical hang-loose Rice week. On Friday
night the Slime Parade attracted the attention of thousands of Houstonians
as the Rice Institute proved that the wild Bum's Rush atmosphere is no acci-
dent, but rather pervades the life of our innocent freshmen who have now
seen life in the raw—as the caveman lived it. It's amazing that all these
lovable young ladies, once possessed of an optimistic attitude toward the vir-
tues of the male half, could have been reduced to this disgusting state of
being madly embraced, this appearance of smeared lipstick! I SEARCH
YOUR SOULS, fellow Rice students—if this horrible debacle is to be
continued, then let us upperclassmen have a bigger part in it I ! !
FLASH! It's been rumored that Christian Dior is going to make an
address of gratitude to the-Rice Athletic Department. It seems that Dior
used as a testing ground for his new fashion the girls' bathing suits in the Rice
gym.
Bac/( to the gala events of the Rice social season. Saturday jxight fol-
lowing the game the Junior class held a most successful sock hop in the gym.
With no offense to the Juniors, there was little enthusiasm due to the depres-
sive SMU defeat. Alas, the crowd was livened by the friendly odor of bop-
ping feet and in the end, all went quite well.
Our congratulations to the Student Council for the first luncheon for
our Council and that of our opposing Southwest Conference school. The
SMU student councillers complimented the whole Rice student body for its
kind hospitality
One last note—after the football banquet Monday night at College
Inn, one player, upon being asked how it was, replied, "It was great, but
after Saturday night I was expecting it to be at Someburger."
Those of you who wish to compliment me on this fine journalistic feat,
please make appointments with my vivacious secretary.
By the way, don't forget next Saturday night is the year's biggest so-
cial event, the Homecoming Dance. Dales are still easy to gel and those go-
ing stag can go with me.
Howze Runs Second
To UH's Jim Allen
Radio Station KTHT ended the
disc jockey contest for the replace-
ment of Tommy Sasser Saturday
night by announcing the Winner,
Jim Allen of the University of
Houston.
Duke Howze, Rice's candidate,
ended up in second place, four hun-
dred votes behind the Cougar can-
didate.
Tommy Sasser held a good-by
and hello party during the pro-
gram Saturday night, 10:30 to
12:00. Goodby to himself and hello
to Jim Allen. Some six Rice stu-
dents joined .Duke, the other can-
didates, and their guests at the
party: Jane Warner, Annot Mill-
wee, Helen Moi-ris, Tom Olcott,
Mike Horwitz, and Sandy Havens.
As Tommy said, "This little get-
together helps cement relations be-
tween Rice and the U. of H."
Duke wishes to thank all the
students at Rice for . their interest
and support in his campaign, and
the Student Council for its mone-
tary donation.
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