The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, March 2, 1956 Page: 3 of 10
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Fine Arts
Katims' Vigor Not Shown
By Audience At Symphony
by St. Clare Cooke ,
The vigor and enthusiasm with
which Milton Katims conducted
the Houston Symphony last
Tuesday night was hardly re-
flected by the relatively small
audience which came late, acted
bored, and left early. One can
hardly blame them, however, for
the performance was below the
standard we have come to expect
from the Symphony.
Weber's Overture to Euryan-
the started things off, in a man-
ner which would have been more
appropriate at the Summer Sym-
phony, Indeed, all that was need-
-ed^as a glass dome over the
Music Hall and a faint smell of
B-12 to complete the illusion of
being in Miller Memorial. Also
in a light vein was Toch's Peter
Pan: a Fairytale for Orchestra.
This little piece was fair and
slight: Slightly amusing in its
strange harmonies and unusual
use of percussion instruments;
fairly lyrical in its second move-
ment; and more than slightly
precious. The Peter Pan of James
Barrie was never coy, never
"cute." But these are the main
qualities of the musical Peter as
portrayed by Toch.
Eileen Ballon was the soloist
who performed Chopin's Second
Piano Conc^-to, and she did it
with ease and confidence. It is
hard to conceive of this brilliant
and beautiful piece being played
with any less fire and inspira-
tion.
Long Hair Pops
Katims is'-taking the Sym-
phony on tour throughout this
month of March. The favoritism
which the Symphony Society has
been showing to this young con-
ductor from Seattle seems hard-
ly justified: he seems to be de-
veloping quite well along the Ar-
thur Feidler-Andre Kostelanetz
line, and if given the chance
would probably build up a Hous-
ton "Pops" that would be equal
to that of Boston's.
But the symphony audiences
of this year seem to have demon-
strated that they love and want
the serious, "long-hair" music
which has been played so well un-
der Stokowski and at which Ka-
tims is not at his best. But he is
young, and admittedly promis-
ing. Perhaps the Rodeo next door
upset him at this concei-t!
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The Cape Jasmine
To Be Replaced
People who amuse themselves
by counting the cape jasmine
bushes in the academic quadran-
gle while sitting in a 3rd floor
Lovett Hall class will have to
find something else to do for a
while: The bushes are being up-
rooted to be replaced with 225
new 30 inch plants. Mr. H. L.
Vaughn, assistant superinten-
dent of maintenance said that
because of improper drainage,
white flies, and black fungus, all
the plants in front of the library
and the William Rice statue will
have to (be replaced.
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"Willie, what did you learn at
the Naval Academy, son?"
"I learned to say yes sir and
no sir."
"You did?"
"Yeah."
Student Council—
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cate them for democracy. Some
members urged that the money
•be spent in Houston. One of the
pro-Africans refuted this idea
with the mouldy suggestion that
we let the millionaires of Hous-
ton take care of local charities.
T.I.S.A. Questioned
Walker Jordan (Sr.) intelli-
gently asked the Council to con-
sider the pros and cons of
T. I. S. A. membership. The
Council was briefed on the pur-
poses of this group; it is an
organization of Texas Student
Councils which meets to discuss
what they have been doing. In
essence it is a gossip session
for the Councils. Juanita Jones
(Sr.) expressed unusually good
opinion when she stated that the
purpose of T. I. S. A, was nebu-
lous.
A resolution Steve Shapiro
(Soph) proposed which was
passed asking that the faculty
reschedule Hell Week exams.
This proposal reflects unimag-
ined audacity and poor taste. It
also portrays poor sportsman-
ship. The pi-oponents want to de-
prive the faculty of their only
method to participate in the Hell
\yeek activities.
One member of the Honor
Council went on probation which
will necessitate the appointment
of a replacement next week.
Masterson Tribute
The Council moved the regular
meeting time up to 6:15 P.M.
next week so that it can attend
the Masterson-Nelson debate on
the Jefferson-Hamilton contro-
versy at next Wednesday's Fo-
rum.
Petitions for Rondelet Queen
and Princesses are due by 1:00
P.M. in the S.A. office or to.
Election Committee on March
6th; the election is the 16th. The
dates for the class courts are
the 13th and 23rd respectively.
HOMECOMING CHANGED
FROM THE SMU WEEK-END
In a bid to make conditions
better for student-alumni coop-
eration the executive committee!
of the Alumni Association have
agreed to change homecoming
from the SMU to the Texas
game.
They hope that in this way
Senior Rings
Due March 27
The big day will soon arrive
for the seniors, because about
March 27, their class rings are
due to come in.
Today is the last clay that the
Seniors may order their invita- J
tions. Maurine Bell, vice-presi- |
dent of the senior class, urges !
all seniors to please remember to
order their invitations.
Other senior activities are still
in the planning. However, the
senior prom is scheduled for May
30 at the Riverside Country
Club.
the students will be in a better
position to help make homecom-
ing a success.
The alumni look forward to
student conducted tours of the
building projects that will be in
full swing by that time to bring
them up to date on Rice prog-
to see more elaborate campus
ress. The alumni would also like
decorations. They were very
pleased with the floats at last
year's game and would like this
phase of homecoming to become
a tradition.
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Shots Offered By
Nurse on March 5
Beginning March 5, the
Student Health Service, West
Hall, will start immunizations
for tetanus, typhoid and small
pox on students desiring
them, also booster shots.
Students leaving the United
States this summer and need-
ing a small pox vaccinatiorf,
are urged to report early for
this immunization.
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The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, March 2, 1956, newspaper, March 2, 1956; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth231020/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.