The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, March 2, 1956 Page: 1 of 10
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Petitions Due
Tuesday Noon
Volume Forty-Three—Number 20
Council
Sponsors Speaker
On Modern Trends
For the second in its series of
lectures on various aspects of
religious thought, the Student
Religious Council is again bring-
ing a highly reputed and na-
tionally known person to the
campus.
The subject of Contemporary
Trends in Religious Thought of
Catholicism. Protestanism ,and
Judaism will be discussed by Dr.
Roger Hazelton, Monday evening,
March 5th.
Dr. Hazelton is the Abbott
Professor of Christian Theology,
at Andover Newton Theological
School in Massachusetts. He
comes to us with a distinguished
background in education, an ex-
tremely impressive record of lec-
tures at over twenty American
Universities including Harvard,
Yale, Boston University, and
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HOUSTON, TEXAS
FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1956
The Forum, at 8 pm Wed-
nesday, March 7, will feature
Dr. W. H. Mastei'son nrg^tijng Jef-
fersonian ideology and Dr. W.
Dr. William H. Masterson and Dr. W. H. Nelson, who share the H. Nelson taking the Hamilton
same initials, will not share the same opinions at the Rice Forum point of view. The site is the
Wednesday night when they will debate Hamilton vs. Jefferson.
SOPH PREXY WILL LEAVE
CAMPUS DURING FORUM;
MUGWUMPS WILL COMBINE
Non-partisan spectators of the Hamilton-Jefferson de-
bate at next week's Forum will have a Mugwump section
of their own, and the audience should be increased consid-
erably by Sophomore President Don Caddes' voluntary ab-
sence from the campus, which will provide a brief respite
from Hell Week activities. ~ " ~ ~Z 7,
Student Council
Changes And Additions
To Memorial Center Plans
African Donation
Expected to Save
Natives from Evils
Fondren Library Faculty Lec-
ture Lounge.
The audience will sit in three By Oscar Teegarstrom
sections, indicating their parti- j with diligence and intelli-
san preferances — Jeffersonian,; gencc as a guide, the Student
Hamiltonian, or Mugwump. | Council has been casting about
Soph President Caddes has to find a worthy project to re-
Mr. Hazelton
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Faculty Operetta
March 9 and 10;
Admission is Free
■ The Gilbert and Sullivan pro-
duction, produced by the faculty
and friends of Rice Institute,
will be held Friday, March 9, and
Saturday, March 10, at 8:00 pm
in the Veterans Administration
Auditorium. JFriday night is set
aside as being primarily the
night for students and their
friends. At both performances
everyone will be admitted with-
out charge.
Two operettas will be present*
ed. The first, Trial by Jury, is
the best remembered play in the
Gilbert and Sullivan repertory.
This production was a great suc-
cess five years ago when it was
presented here. Mrs. Hope
Daugherty and Dr. Wischmieyer,
who starred in the first produc-
tion, will again be, featured.
The second operetta will be
Cox and Box, an early one act
"triumviretta" written by Bur-
nand and" Sullivan.
Dr. Peckham, Mr. Marsh, and
Mr. Morehead are the only three
characters in this story which
centers around a hatter, a punt-
er, and a former sergeant in
the army.
At a meeting of the Alumni
which served as a kick off for
their fund raising campaign for
the Memorial Center, H^rvin
Moore, architect for the propos-
ed campus addition announced
that changes in the plans for
the building had been made.
These include a shift in the stu-
dent offices and other minor
changes.
The exterior of the buildings
lias been changed, according to
reports, to include a horizontal
strip along the top of the build-
ing which will be covered with
plaques which will be carved in
stone. The plaques will primarily
be for Rice classes who wish to
commemorate various activities
which they have considered out-
standing.
Other possible memorials are
Petitions Due
For Rondelet
the Mosaic Tile Map ^ot th<?
campus to be in the Main lounge,
conference room in the Center,
and books for the Religious Li-
brary.
Last fall a storm of protest
by the student body over the
proposed plans for the new
agreed to remain off campus
fi'om 8 pm to 10 pm on Wednes-
day, in order to avert any pos-
sible Hell Week skirmishes. The
Forum Committee hopes that
this measure will enable many
to attend the debate who might
not otherwise do so.
ceive the proceeds from the
Charity Drive. It may be criti-
Ed. Note: For Editorial com-
ment, see page 4.
cized that the Council is spend-
ing .the proceeds before they re-
Dr. N'elSOn and Dr. Masterson j ce^ve them, but it may also be
building was ■" instrumental in j are also preparing a Hamilton- j n°ted that early considerations
Jefferson display for . the second j ^or the use of the money reflect
floor of the library. I a genuine interest in the Chari-
-— j ty Drive.
j The Big Brothers, the Light-
bringing about certain changes
in the original plans.
Men Behind Rice
Herbert Allen Believes Rice j
Important In Lives Of Grads
house for the Blind, and African
college students were considered
as worthy projects. The Big
Brothers operate a summer camp
for fatherless boys; funds for
the Lighthouse would he used
to educate blind children; the
African college students need
money to save themselves from
communism. The discussion fo-
cused on the African situation.
The visitors who nominated the
Africans explained that Africa
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Comments on Ike's; de-
cision
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Class Week-ends
5
Pre-Med Banquet
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Sophomore Dance
10
Petitions for queen and piin
cesses of Rondelet are due j vitally interested in both
March 6. Elections of the pre-
siding royalty of Rice's annual
spring fete will be held March
17. Prospective queens and prin-
cesses must be senioi's. Candi-
dates who are not elected will
By A1 Beerman \ a member of the now extinct
j In his large, quiet office over- tumbling team.
^looking the busy manufacturing j feels that Rice has a way
j buildings of Cameron Iron j of increasing its place in the
\ Works, Herbert Allen has a j personal lives of its graduates
I map of the world covering one \ ^nd judging from the service j may turn communist if we do
| wall and aerial views of Rice that he has .uy^en to his school, ^ not provide the money to edu-
I Ijjgtitute hanging on the other; \ theory may well be true. , (Continued on Page 3)
1 Mi-. Allen, vice-president and ! Mr. Allen worked with Harry —0
I general manager of Cameron ;
and former governor of Rice is
Mr. Allen's interest in Rice
began when he came to Hous-
ton in the fall of 1924 to enroll
as a freshman. He recalls that i
he wasn't too sure what would !
, happen as he hadn't been accept-
automatically Re entered m the | pd to Rjce gt <he time.
Self Supporting
senior class elections.
Candidates for maids and duch-
esses must hav6 their petitions
in by March 13. Their election
will be held March 23.
Petitions for queen and
princesses must have 25 signa-
tures and be signed by the can-
didate. Other petitions- require
10 signatures and that of the
candidate. There is a 50c elec-
tion fee which must be turned
in by prospective queens and
princesses -at 1 pm Mafch 15,
and by other royalty at 1 pm
March 22.
All petitions should be turned
in to one of the following mem-
bers of the election committee:
Kay Russell, Henry Gissel,
Marjorie Jarboe, Bob Murray, or
Bob Schumacher.
One of the first things he did
on his arrival at the Institute
was to see Mr. McCants about
getting a job, and during the
next four years, he worked to
support himself. The first two
years he lived at Methodist Hos-
pital where he had a part time
job, and during his junior and
senior years he lived in 502 West
Hall.
Mr. Allen, who majored in
Mechanical Engineering, played
freshman football and lettered
in track for the '28 and '29 sea-
sons along with Emmet Brunson
who is now coach of the Owl
telm. Hfe was a member of the
Hall Committee in 1929, and in
addition to throwih# the! shot, was
Herbert Allen
Wiess on the plans and specifi-
cations of the Fondren Library
and Anderson Hall after the war
and also participated in making
t+te plans for Rice Stadium.
When the Board of Governors
was established in 1949, he was
asked to serve a four year term.
He cited finance as a great
problem of the Board, and prais-
ed the present group for their
successes in that area.
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Rice Sends 5
To T1SA Meet
The Student Council is sending
five representatives to the an-
nual Texas Intercollegiate Stu-
dent's Association convention be-
ing held in Abilene March 1-3.
They are Burton McMurtry, Bill
Fulkerson, Jack Holland, Joe
Brown, and Bob Schumacher. In
addition, the Thresher will send
a press representative to the
convention.
Cedric Foster, nationally-
known radio news commentator,
will speak on the "Studerit's Role
in the World Today." Foster will
address delegates from thirty
eight Texas colleges and univer-
sities attending the state meet-
ing on the campus of Abilene
Christian College.
Also speaking1 to the group
will be Peyton Short, of World
University Service, and Stan
Glass, of the National Students
Association.
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