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Volume Forty-Three—Number 9
HOUSTON, TEXAS
NOVEMBER 11, 1955
Faculty Lecture
Chillman Delivers
Faculty Lecture
Anyone who has ever thought
about art, the kind the old mas-
ters did when they painted, com-
posed, and sculptured will be in-
terested in this Sunday's Facul-
ty Lecture which will feature Mr.
J. M. Chillman of the Architect
Department speaking on "Mi-
chaelangelo and the Bruges
Madonna."
The theme of the lecture ac-
cording to Mr. Chillman is not
further appraisal of the genius
of Michaelangelo, but rather to
call attention to various factors
that enter into the foregoing of
a chain which links a work of art
with its supposed author.
Among other things, the lec-
ture will deal with defalsifica-
tions in art and exchanges of j
masterworks for imitations.
Mr. Chillman, who is associat-
ed with the Rice department of
Architecture a number of years
has acquired many honors due
to his interest in the arts and ar-
chitecture.
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Rice Players rehearse The Heme's Egg, which opens Sunday
night at A House.
PARENTS TO RECEIVE
ORIENTING SATURDAY
Fine Arts
Players Open With
Two One Act Plays
This Sunday Night
The Rice Players' first production of the year will be
given on three evenings beginning Sunday, November 13th
at 8:30 PM. Since the plays are generally unknown, some-
thing should be said of what to expect on the Autry House
stage.
During the past three years the Players have pre-
sented plays from the mod-
plliPl
Mr. Chillman
The lecture, at 4:00 PM Sun-
day afternoon in the Fondren
Library lecture lounge is a part
of the 1955 Faculty Lecture Ser-
ies which features members of
the Rice Faculty in public lec-
tures during the fall.
Over 360 parents of Rice fresh-
men will be "oriented" to the
campus tomorrow in a Parent
Orientation program, according
to Dixie Sick, Orientation com-
mittee member.
Fathers and mothers will re-
ceive essentially the same tour
their children received several
weeks ago.
Saturday at 10 a.m. the educa-
tional program will begin in the
Fondren Library lecture lounge
with talks by Dr. W. V. Hous-
ton, president of Rice; Dean Guy
McBride; and Student Associa-
tion president, Burt McMurtry.
Dr. J. I. Davies, associate pro-
fessor of biology, is tentatively
scheduled to speak, and repre-
Student Council
Short Meeting Makes
Reporter Beg Mercy
By Walt Silvus
What happened at the council
meeting Wednesday night could
be covered in a few sentences—
a very few sentences. But our
editor has other ideas on the
matter. The front page has al-
ready gone to bed so to speak—
with a ten inch hole on the front
page. Either this hole must be
filled, or the front page must be
remade. Our courageous editor
is somewhat indolent; the former
course then must be pursued.
Bear with Us this week, we hope
for bigger news next week.
Kay Russell opened the meet-
ing with an announcement about
a couple of elections. Favorite
election will be November 18—
not that anybody really cares
about this sort of thing, that is
if the meager number who voted
in the homecoming queen elec-
tion is indicative of anything.
Freshman elections will be held
December 9, and perhaps we
could write a short essay here
on just what the frosh' should
look for in their officers.
Hank Coors gave a report on
his big project, the new ma-
chines in the lounge. He said
that his constituents were pleas-
ed except that they all missed
one of those "shoot the bear"
machines. We had a hard time
understanding Cors we thought
he kept saying "shoot the beer."
Homecoming Thanks
John Zimmerman intimated
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sentatives of the Honor Coun-
cil, religious organziations, and
Women's Council will indoctrin-
ate parents on their various ac-
tivities. C :
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Phi Beta Kappa
Elects Members
New members of the Phi Beta
Kappa have been chosen for the
fall semester at the Rice Insti-
tute. Dr. Radoslav Tsanoff, pres-
ident of the Rice Chapter made
this announcement Thursday.
The new members are: Louis
Wilmer Anderson, of Houston;
Clay Margrave Armstrong, of
Dallas; James Pierce Barefield,
of Birmingham, Alabama;
' Charles Mastern Langford. of
Houston; and Ellene Annette
Reindl, of Houston.
Oldest of the American college
honorary fraternities, the Phi
Beta Kappa was installed at
Rice in 1929. Members of the
senior class who have attained
high scholastic distinction during
their freshman, sophdmore, and
junior years, are chosen twice
annually to membership-in-
course.
COUNCIL'S" RLEA
REJECTED — ROAD
REMAINS BLOCKED
The committee on Building and
Grounds announced its rejection
of the Student Council's resolu-
tion on the roadblock. While ad-
mitting that the roadblock is an
inconvenience to the whole Rice
community, the group feels that
the roadblock should remain as a
necessary safeguard. Its original
purpose remains unchanged.
As observant students will no-
tice, the roadblock is now to be
lowered at 5:30 PM.
Sockless Girls
Can Get Extras
At Saturday Hop
Dancing in your socks in the
romantic atmosphere of the Rice
gym, to the mellow strains of
"Sixteen Tons"—could you think
of a better way to spend Satur-
day night? The C.R.'s have
planned an evening just for you,
one that promises to be different!
The event will commence to-
morrow night at the hour of
seven, and will terminate when
everyone is so tired (or other-
wise) that they collapse. The
place is the gym, and the C.R.'s
have promised to stifle the Odor
of Men's Locker Room by dous-
ing the place wiht "Ship Channel
No. 5."
Of course, some of you may
be confronted with the problem
of no socks. Well, our girls have
solved that problem, too! There
will be at least a dozen extra
pair floating around, and all you
have to do is find your size.
And now to the nasty part;
the price is $'1.00 per couple or
$.75 stag. (But, after all, every-
thing in life isn't free. Come to
think of it, not much is!)
A special word to the girls:
The Aggies will be in town this
week-end, and word has slither-
ed down the grapevine that they
will invade the Sock Hop. And
that includes the seniors with
their high hip boots and flash-
ing sabers!
ern dramatic repertoire,
which, although not particu-
larly new, are still largely un-
known and untried. This seems
be one of the obligations of a
theater group in a university.
The Players' productions of T.
S. Eliot's SWEENEY AGON-
ISTES, Gertrude Stein's YES IS
FOR A VERY YOUNG MAN,
and Andre Obey's VENUS AND
ADONIS helped to make known
plays of exceptional merit, to
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Bill Sick Named
Leading Engineer
In Junior Class
At the closed meeting of the
Sigma Tau honorary engineering
last Wednesday night an award
was presented to Bill Sick for
being ajudged the top engineer-
ing student in the junior class.
Bill was selected on a basis of
J practicality, scholarship, and so-
i ciability, all necessary qualifi-
l cations of a successful engineer.
It was to encourage the develop-
ment of these characteristics
that the idea of such an award
came into being. Tt is the feeling
of Sigma Tau that among the
juniors Bill Sick most closely
personifies these characteristics.
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Favorites To Be
Elected Nov. 18;
Write Ins Only
Election for Favorites will be
held on Friday, November 18th.
Each voter will list the girls he
favors on a ballot; there will be
no list of candidates.
Students of all classes are eli-
gible to vote so bring your
blanket tax and make your
choice count. There will be a
polling place at both the aca-
demic and engineering quad-
rangles; the polls will be open
from 8:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M.
The election of the ten Favo-
rites whose pictures will appear
in the Vanity Fair section of
The Campanile is an old Rice
tradition. This year as last the
Favorites will be announced at
The Campanile's dance in the
spring along with the Beauties
and Outstanding Seniors.
BILL SICK
Top Engineer
Bill has been on the Dean's
list four times and is the holder
of the Blanche White scholar-
ship. He is a major in Electri-
cal Engineering. The award was
made at the annual initiation din-
ner.
New members initiated into the
fraternity were Luther Shearer,
Dick Wilson, Pat Jones, and John
Olson. The members were select-
ed on the same basis as Bill Sick
was selected for the award.
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