The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, November 11, 1955 Page: 5 of 10
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NOVEMBER 11, 1955
THE THRESHER
Five
Society
By BARBARA VEYON and AUCE COWAN
We believe last week-end was the most gala one this year has
offered. And such offerings . , .
The burnt one (offering) Friday night evidently didn't appease
the gods, as ivas evidenced Saturday, but a roaring time ivas had by
all, including Mo Keithly, Al Weymouth, Phil Slough, Marilyn Kin-
zer, the Rybas, Anne Westerfield, and David By bee. Bonfire build-
ers and guards partied all week into the wee small hours. Among the
revelers were Sonnie Top man on the totem pole" Schiivitz, Barbara
Farren, Loivell Stone, Cikbert Gaedefye, and Linda Calvin.
We gather a gathering gathered afterwards in the Hernando's
Hideway of the campus, the exam room, but almost everyone boycot-
ted this function in favor of stuffing crepe paper. Crepe paper stuf-
fers included C. A. Van Wart, Bob Maulsby, Joan Busby, Taylor
Ray, and Tommie Lu Storm.
SATURDAY: Classes were replaced in the morning by goal post
decorating and float-finishing. The process almost finished the finish-
ers, many of whom were winding up a marathon which began the pre-
vious night. Straggling to the dorm open houses for much needed re-
freshments were Sharon Jones, Mary Wheeler, and Harriet Calvin.
At half time, Ann Alexander reigned as queen and terror reigned
also due to a rather shaky Rally Club float, which really didn't signify
anything. Congratulations to the princesses, Lynn Koehler and Judy
Robey.
AFTER THE, BALL WAS OVER: Cene Pratt and Dickie
Stephens had a party but evidently they'd forgotten to pay the light
bill. Recognizable by their voices were Ann Alexander, Peck Dren-
nan, Richard Sawyer, and Kay Russell.
SUNDAY: The lit open houses brought the week-end to a vibrating
close. These affairs included almost all the females of Rice, and most
of the males. Seen and seeing were Cliff McCraw, Dave Brown, Dick
Bowen, Phil Harris, Jerry Epstein, Orman Taylor, Jerry Abernathy,
and Charlie Thompson.
ORCHIDS TO: Susan Kaufman, Beverly Taylor, Pat Ivy, Joy
Clark, Ken Peden, Erlene Hubly, Jane Benke, Anita Blankenship,
Sally Wheeler, and Sally Stegall for donating their houses, food and
patience to float building.
DANDILIONS TO: All those who didn't stuff a few holes of
chicken wire.
RICE IN BERMUDA SHORTS: The illiterate society editors
really don't spell too well, says Raymond BROCHSTEIN . . . An
anonymous source tells us to ask "Blizzard Boy" Swank how to walk
the line . . . Many thanks to the sophomore P.E.'s who supplied the
Welcome sign for the alums in a time of need.
EVERYONE'S TALKING ABOUT: Anita File's affinity for
Bohemians and European men . . . How Cal Lacey went quail hunt-
ing in Hermann Park with moderate success . . . The Cougars whom
the "Crew Cut Kids," including Don Caddes, Hondo, and Roy Ben-
nett, branded with bald heads and silver nitrate "R's".
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Pine Forest Club
Site of Engineer
Dance Tomorrow
The first formal dance of the
year will be held on November
19 at the Pine Forest Country
Club. This is an all school dance
sponsored by the Engineering
Society. Because of space the
dance will be limited to 125
couples and the table reserva-
tions will be made. Tickets will
go on sale Monday and will in-
clude free ice and setups. For
Engineering Society members
tickets will be $4.00 and for non-
members, $5.00. Ed Sullivan's or-
chestra will provide the music
from 9 'till 1.
Miss Slipstick and two prin-
cesses will be announced at the
dance. A gold Society Key is
presented to Miss Slipstick and
silver ones to the princesses, plus
flowers all around. Ray Sauer is
the chairman of the dance com-
mittee.
No corsages.
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Religious
Activities
by Polly Benoit
Last week, due to .unfortunate
circumstances (front page news
about the new student center) my
article was cut a little short.
However, not to be daunted, I
still want to relate an interest-
ing event which took place at a j
joint P.S.A.-B.S.U. party held
the same night as the Bum's!
Rush. One of the guests present,
a Scot who is attending the
Presbyterion seminary in Texas,
looked longingly at the skaters
on the South Main Baptist's gym
floor. Bill Songs (B.S.U. presi*
dent) satisfied that longing when
he exchanged his trousers for
the students kilts, in order that
our guest could skate less pre-
cariously.
Labor in America's Changing
Social Strata will be the subject
to the Methodist Student Move-
ment, Thursday noon, November
17. Mr. Brock is a Houston Law-
yer who has primarily been in-
terested in labor relations. This
program is one of a series on
Revolution and The Christian
World Mission.
Revolution and Reeoncilation
is the topic for study by the new
Ecumenical Study Group on the
..Christian World Mission. Mem-
bers of all denominations are
invited to participate in th^Fri-
day noon meetings in Andrson
Hall 104. Dr. Niels Nielson is
advisor for the study. Some of,
the students in the group are j
planning to attend the Student j
Volunteer Movement Ecumenical;
Student Conference on the Chris-
tian World Mission in Athens,
Ohio, during the Christmas Hol-
idays.
Freshman students have been
in charge of all official duties
of the B.S.U. this week. Tommie
Lou Storm will close the week of
noonspirations with a talk Fri-
day at Autry House, 12:10.
by Al Beerman
In a democracy, nothing is
entirely safe from attack; but
there are many things which are
almost immune to any criticism.
No American would seriously
think of attacking freedom of
speech or universal manhood suf-
frage, and very few would be
prone to make derrogatory re-
marks about our courts. But
while our courts are almost never
the target of attack, it is often
open season on court decisions.
The Supreme Court, last Mon-
day, made two ruling which will
probably be transformed into
targets in the very near future.
Both decisions involved the cur-
rent legal battle against segre-
gation, and both were against
existing rules in Southern states.
The Court held that segregation
in public parks and swimming
pools in Maryland was unconsti-
tutional, and ordered the city of
Atlanta to open its golf courses
to all regardless of race. Both ac-'
tions were based on the same
reasoning as the tribunal's his-
toric decision banning segrega-
tion in public schools, >
Difficult
It's difficult for anyone who
isn't willing to deny that all men
are created equal to find fault
with the Court's decision, but I
can'? help but wonder if even
in its broadest interpretation of
the federal constitution the fed-
eral government guarantees the
freedom to use recreational fa-
cilities to its citizens, of if these
responsibilities belong to the
state^. If a state is willing to
give,away its public school sys-
tem just to keep white children
from going to school with negro
children, will it be possible for
swimming pools to operate in
that state in which they swim to-
gether?
It must be remembered that
State polititians are not the
people who are fighting the seg-
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