The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, November 19, 1954 Page: 3 of 8
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1954
TH4S THRESHER
Three
Society
Religious Activities For Week Stated
By DEEDEE MECK And JOAN SMITH
This was another busy weekend around the Institute, with lots happen-
ing to help everyone get farther and farther behind. Before we go into all
the details, we want to apologize for an unintentional oversight on our pari.
We neglected to extend our heartiest congratulations to Miss Slipstick of
1954, Mary Miller, and to her 2 princesses, Nancy Moore and Judy Fuller,
all of whom were announced at the Engineer, November 6.
This was a terribly unusual weekend for Rice-ites—it lasted 2 days!
It made everyone feel like high school kids again, being out on Friday night
with no Saturday 8:00 class staring us in the face. I believe everyone took
advantage of it, too, and headed for the show, Kays, or similar forms of
entertainment.
Friday was also a big night for freshman Margaret Ford, who joined
the ranks of the engaged—to Larry Kennedy, Edda's brother.
" % Saturday morning saw everyone packing lunches and heading for Ag-
gie-land. People rolled out of Houston by car, bus, and train, and got there
to see the Owls stomp the Aggies. Everyone, that is, ecept our head Rah-Rah
John Alcorn. Seems there was a mixup on directions and then a Utile break-
down which resulted in the twins' hitch-hiking to the game, (they got a ride
in the first car that came along!) and three cheerleaders at the game. We're
sending Bob Hartsfield, who directed the ill-fated car, a map for Christmas.
That night some of the Rice fans stayed around College Station to dance a
while. Dick Jergens played for a big crowd; we heard that he was every bit
as good as Hal Mclntyre. Impossible, huh Louis ?
The Seniors had a supper-openhouse ai Bob Folweiler's house to cele-
brate the victory. It's reported to have been real great—with terrific food.
(Being lowly Juniors, we don't have first hand information.)
In Houston, all the local dives Were invaded iby the Rice crew that
came back early. Jonesy and George Randolph bumped into someone at
the ^"Inferno"—a fellow-sinner, perhaps? Anyway, they left immediately
afterwards. Four of the more juvenile couples around the Institute Were
turned away from that elite dive, the Stadium. Ah, to be 21!
Sunday nieht were the annual lit oPenhouses to introduce "formally"
the ne* members of each society to the boys. All of the parties Were Very
successful, meaning that alot of boys showed up. Clayton Stone officially
presented the EB s with their award for having the most representatives at
the Rnllv Club s openhouse last week. The EB's reciprocated and gave
ClaVton an original creation in the latest style from Paris—ask him about it.
After an especially} full weekend, it was doubly hard to hit the books
again; but only a few more days until Thanksgiving, so hang on!
By JO-ANNE HICKMAN
The Newman Club has planned
the Annual Retreat for Sunday, De-
cember 5, at St. Thomas Universi-
ty. Father McAuliffe, sponsor of
the club from Holy Rosary, will
be retreat master. The day will be-
gin with Mass at 9:30 and con-
tinue with meetings until 4 p.m.
Breakfast and lunch will be served.
The next business meeting of the
club will be Thursday, December
2, when Father McAuliffe will pre-
sent more ideas for organizing a
Legion of Mary on the campus.
Rev. Oliver Harms will speak on
"Christus Victor" at the meeting of
the L. S. A. on Thursday, Dec. 2,
in 311 Fondren, at noon. The Met-
ropolitan L. S. A. meets Sunday,
November 21, at 5 p.m. at Zion
Lutheran Church, 3530 Beauchamp.
They will present a Thanksgiving
Pageant titled "Give Thanks Unto
the Lord.'
Dr. Fon Scofield, Associate Sec-
retary for Audio Visual Aids of
Foreign Mission Board of Southern
Baptist Convention, from Rich-
mond, Va., will speak at the £• S.
U. meeting on Tuesday, November
30, at noon at A-House.
The M. S. M. has planned a serv-
ice of dedication this Sunday, with
Rev. Grady Hardin as guest speak-
er. Several members plan to attend
the State M. S. M. meeting at Abi-
lene over the Thanksgiving holi-
days, and plans are being made
now for a retreat between semes-
ters for the Rice group.
AIR CONDITIONED
APARTMENT
N«\v 5 room air conditioned and
central heated apartments, across
from Rice Stadium. Will be avail-
able for rent about Dec. 1.
—Phone JA-4105—
Milkweed
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Man was presented. A few weeks
ago the Players' reading of Eliot's
Murder in the Cathedral provoked
favorable city-wide comment and
rated the Players' inclusion (with
the Alley and the Playhouse), by
the nationwide radio program,
Stage Struck, as an example of the
increased interest in "grass roots"
drama in America.
Thus I feel that it is not too
much to hope that in the near
future it will be impossible for one
to say, "I love drama, so I dofl*t
attend the commercial theater in
Houston."
Now it remains for us to see
what Mr. Egan and the Alley will
do with Under Milkwood. Only if
we support it can an attempt to
establish drama as a legitimate art
succeed. The admission to Under
Milkwood is fifty cents, which will
be contributed to the Alley's build-
ing fund.
Intimations of 'Hell Week'
Come With Molasses Feed
Monday night at 7:05 a group of j
boisterous sophomores gathered in1
the hallowed vestibule of Fondren!
Library. Each boasted of his deeds
—molesses, syrup, floor feathers,!
etc., deposited upon the 4owly I
slimes of the individual section. I
After about sixty seconds of!
noisily explaining to one another, j
the crowd immediately dessemini-
nated as sophomores ran wildly for
the sanctuary of Fondren Library.
Within five seconds there were no
sophomores around, and the object
of their chagrin came stampeding
through the library door. :
From the looks of things, it ap- !
peared to be a slime who just,
couldn't wait to get to the books. !
Fpom his attire —: shorts, tennis '
shoes, a thick coat of molasses, and
little else — it was reasonable that
the sophomores should flee. No one
wanted molasses on their clothes,
and this offered a distinct advan-
tage to the lone freshman who sin-
gle-handedly managed to disperse
the whole sophomore class. When
last seen, this slime was headed
out the engineer section, probably
never to be heard from again.
Minutes later, the sophs re-
grouped, reassembled *— ready for
the new onslaught which was forth-
coming. This time, aided by several
more freshmen in a similar state
of' attire, they formed a more form-
idable group. But the library staff
was ready, and the slimes were re-
pulsed handily by the hero of the
hour, strong man Jacq Collins.
The freshmen consulted their
slide rules; they were not to be
denied.*. They were clearly after
sophomore blood, and this time
they entered the library via the side
entrance to the lounge. The Li-
brary was, however, again ready to
meet the new situation, and the
door from the lounge to the library
was locked immediately.
By this time, all the students,
who had at one time been study-
ing were either in the vestibule or
in the lounge to take part in the
excitement.
It was all over in fifteen minutes,
and a dejected group of freshmen
returned to the waterless dorms—
in their minds was the determina-
tion that would manifest itself
come Hell Week in* the spring. The
question in everyone's mind was
what would Sarah Lane think?
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The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, November 19, 1954, newspaper, November 19, 1954; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth230980/m1/3/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.