The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, February 17, 1956 Page: 4 of 10
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THB THRESHER
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, lfM
Thresher Profits
This is the eighteenth edition of this year's Rice
Thresher. There will be twelve more papers after this week
for a total of almost 30Q pages with a printing cost of over
$20 for each page. In addition we will bring to the student
body about 200 photographs which we have considered to
be of interest to them (and which have incurred extra
costs for us) and have endeavored to bring all of the news
items that hold interest for the students and faculty of
Rice . . . and each student at Rice has paid us 70c for this
year's Thresher.
Over and above this -70c, which barely paid for the
first three papers, and left us nothing for our personal ex-
penses, which cover gas, oil, reconditioning typewriters,
etc., the Thresher has been financed by advertising, all of
which was handled completely by the Thresher staff.
But some of the Student Council isn't satisfied. They
allege that the Thresher has made excessive profits in the
past, but cannot produce any facts or figures to illustrate
these excessive profits. They are considering a resolution
which will limit the profits of the Thresher and Campanile,
and some of the members propose to pass this resolution
next week. We don't believe the council will, and we cer-
tainly hope they won't take this unwise course of action.
This year the Thresher expects to realize a profit of
only $500, but there is unanimity of opinion among those
concerned that this is too low. The editor of the paper is |
being paid for four years' work. The job takes about 30 j
hours a week—and at specific times. The profits are not j
excessive.
We sincerely believe that we are giving the Rice stu-!
dent more than his 70c value received, and we are making j
every effort to constantly improve the paper. We don't j
believe that anyone really thinks that the Thresher is mak- j
ing excessive profits, but if there is any information de-1
sired on the subject we are more than happy to talk it over !
with anyone. j
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A Plea For Sanity j
Rules have been announced for this year's Hell Week,
and we sincerely hope that those rules are followed by both
classes involved. In the past so many Rice traditions have
been endangered of extinction by the excesses which have
become involved with them.
This is true of the Slime Parade, the Shoe Scramble,
and many other campus functions. We are all in favor of
what we call a good "grab," but are opposed to the excess-
es which change these demonstrations into riots. Hell Week
can be great, without being mild—only sane. We urge the
participants to listen to this plea for sanity.
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MEMBER
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Editor A1 Beer man
Assistant Editor Donna Paul
Business Manager Herbert Simon*
Assistant Business Manager J. Ken Petal
EDITORIAL BOARD
News Editor Walker Jordan
Associate Editor Bill Gordon
Feature Editor Donna Paul
Sports Editor Alan Ringold
COLUMNISTS
Exchange Nancy Angle
Intramurals Jerry Pittman
Around Campus Erlene Hubly
Society Barbara Veyon and Alice Cowan
Religious Polly Benoit
Student Council \ Oscar Teegerstrom
STAFF
NEWS Carolyn Dearmond, Jim Hedges, Patsy Botts.
Jarrnen Mengden, Fran Hailey, Gary Canion, Jim Bemhard, Harriet Hokan-
son, Allen Butler, Wes Boynton.
FEATURE Margie Wise, Sandy Gordon, Joan Field
SPORTS Bruce Montgomery, Cliff Carl, Tim Stevens, Rice Aston
PRODUCTION Jim Bemhard, Ginger Purington, Libby Farrar
GRAPHIC ARTS Bill Musgrove
Riot Collection
Has Been Meager
Three weeks after the council
made its decision to assume re-
sponsibility for damages created
by riots on the Rice Campus, the
student body was asked to pay
the damages incurred in the De-
cember riot.
Last Friday jars were placed
in the Lounge and in the Com-
mons marked with a proper sign
for the collection of damages
sustained by the Milby High
School students who were involv-
ed in last December's much-pub-
licized campus riot. Students who
believe that the Rice student body
ought to assume the responsi-
bility for the damages were
asked to contribute.
So far contributions have been
meager. Also, some of the money
placed in the jars has subse-
quently been removed. In all
probability the jars will remain
only a few more days.
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ME Department
Receives Gift
Rice's mechanical engineering
department recently received a
gift of $1000 from the Schlum-
berger Well Surveying Company
to enlarge metallurgical facili-
ties. The money, given under the
direction of E. G. Leonardon of
the Sehlumberger Company, will
be used for testing equipment
and X-ray deflection equipment
for research and undergraduate
laboratory work.
The gift was received through
the efforts of the local branch
of the American Society for
Metals and H. C. Dill, a Rice
graduate- and mfeWlurgist at
Hughes Tool Company.
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Religious
Activities
St. Valentine would have been
pleased with the theme of a ban-
quet held Monday night at South
Main Baptist Church. "Love
Through The Ages" was the key-
note for the young people's
Sweetheart Banquet. Many B.S.
U.. students enjoyed the deep
South spirit expressed by the
black-faced waitresses and the
Southern fried chicken.
On Sunday morning, February
12, Hillel held a combination
breakfast and business meeting
at which plans for the near fu-
ture were discussed.
The program includes helping
with the United Jewish Appeal
Drive on Feb. 19; a cultural on
the 26th, which will feature a
book review by Meyer Proler;
and donating books to the relig-
ious library in the new chapel.
Father Crbsswaith, a Rice
alumnus from Port Arthur, will
speak at the Newman Clubs
Meeting on Thursday evening,
February 24th at 7:45 P.M. Fa-
ther Crosswaith will speak on
Catholic students and their re-
lationships with non-Catholic
students. Refreshments and in-
formal discussion will .follow the
lalK to be held at Satnt Mary's
Student Center, 1703 Bolsover.
Attention Newmanites! The
retreat scheduled for Feb. 19th
has been canceled.
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Statistics show that Yale
graduates have 1.3 children,
while graduates of Vassar have
1.7 children. This just goes to
show that women have more
children than men.
ilTTLI MAN ON CAMPUS
by Dick Mbtor
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Clannish Class Closes/
Maid M isses Meeting
We have been asked an impor-
tant question fyhich we pass on
to the reader (sic): If you don't
think the Rice student body
should bear the cost of the riot
can you take money out of the
jar?
We hear (this may be just a
nasty rumor) that the reason
grades came- out no sopner" this
year than in years past is that
the Registrar's Office didn't
know how to work the new IBM
machines. They put in a report
card and got out a $64,000 ques-
tion. The second time they tried
it they got President Houston's
weight. The third time, Dr. Mc-
Killop flunked English 100.
Late Again
We have an 8:00 class on third
floor Lovett Hall. This wouldn't
be so bad, but our ride parks in
far end chemistry parking lot.
Our riide comes by at five min-
utes till; we live four minutes
from school; far end chemistry
parking lot is
seven minutes
from third floor
Lovett Hall.
You figure it.
out. Anyway,
we've never
made it to class
on time — but
we keep trying.
Now, we wouldn't waste your
time telling our personal prob-
lems, but we feel it may be
shared by others, particularly
those who have a class on third
floor Chemistry Building and
whose ride parks in far corner
Lovett Hall lot.
The first few weeks of school
we arrived two or three minutes
late, entered class with a chords
of "Give MyJRegards to Broad-
way," shook our professor's haiid
and sat down.
Through the Hedges
* At the same time we were
trying every method conceivable
to increase our speed from far
end Chemistry parking lot to
third floor Lovett Hall. We cir-
cled around Anderson Hall on ei-
ther side, cut through the cor-
ridors, circled the Physics Build-
ing on either side, cut through
the hedges, climbed up the near
stairs, the far stairs, the bal-
cycles. We've even noticed a ga-
loped, ran. We never made it on
time—but we kept trying.
As time went on we abandon-
ed our chorus of "Give My Re-
gards to Broadway" for a more
subdued version of 'Moonlight
and Roses." We entered class
through the back door, sauntered
in strumming our harpsichord
(we get such Unusual tones that""
way) and sat down quietly.
Spectators Gather
Meanwhile, we continued
searching for ways to make it to
class on time. We dropped our
books to lighten the load while
running, jumped out of the mov-
ing car and hitched rides on bi-
cycles. We'ev even noticed a ga-
thering of spectators to cheer us
on. They stretched a ribbon
across the aisle in class: we
kept hoping to break it before
the bell. We never made it on
time, but we kept trying.
As time wore on we tried a
new method of entering class.
We found out that if we crawled
through— the back seats and
climbed into our chair quietly
(we are very small), the pro-
fessor never noticed usi It kept
our knees pretty dirty, but the
occasional trampling hastened
us to our desk in record time.
Moving Sidewalk Helps
Our last attempt, manufactur-
ing a wax key to fit the Lovett
Hall elevator, has failed. A
bright hope melted. We have only
this consolation. Perhaps some-
day a benevolent philanthropist
(re'dundant but wealthy) will
give us a moving sidewalk. We've
given up getting to class on time,
but it will make our "Give My
Regards to Broadway" entrance
almost effortless.
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Bilingual Course
At Guadalajara
The University' of Guadaljara,
in co-operation with Stanford
University, will sponsor a bilin- „
gual summer school in Guad-
aljara, Mexico. The • c o n r s e s,
which will be held from July 2
to August 11, will include art, ,
folklore, history, languages, and
literature.
The total cost of $225 will aov-
er tuition, and room and board
for six weeks.
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