The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, April 27, 1956 Page: 5 of 10
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FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1956
THE THRESHER
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Freshman Picnic
*The FreEhman Class will have
their class beach party at Gal-
veston, April 29..
The boys are to burnish the
drinks, while their dates are to
furnish the food. The meeting
place will be on West Beach
about five miles from the and
of the seawall at 2:30.
1 By A1 Beerman
An informed source tells us
that the new Tulane Student
Center will serve Beer. The
source indicated that this earn-
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school in the South." While the
Thresher won't vie with our re-
porters on school titles, we will
note that the Student Council
would really have something to
tax if Beer replaced that miser-
able coffee machine.
* * *
Collections begin on the Char-
ity Drive again next Monday.
The campaign looks as though
it should be well organized, and
the drive will be a success if
the students support it and do-
nate in the classrooms. The or-
ganization contributions are also
lagging. It's about time the goal
was reached. The $5 day money j
will probably not be available i
for the Lighthouse unless the !
students donate $2,000, and since j
we don't approve of the fine j
anyway, we hope that it will at j
least go to a good cause.
* * *
Students of Philosophy have
been debating the problem of
good for some time now, but the
Truth is out. A senior apparent-
ly impressed with the proximity
of graduation, has offered a
standard measure for the world
to use in judging good and bad.
According to Rice's own Aris-
totle, "'Robin Hood was good."
I guess that's all we need to j
know.
* * *
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The Democrats seem to be:
floundering. They have plenty j
of candidates that nobody will I
have but don't seem to have j
any that are acceptable to many.
The South is against Kefauver
more than they are Harriman,
but will have neither. Truman's
tacit support for 'Harriman may
help in some areas, but it doesn't
seem likely that it will help the
New York governor below the
Mason Dixon line. More and
more people seem to feel that
Symirtgton is getting stroller.
He doesn't have too much ^sup-
port, but «he doesn't have . the
tremendous drawbacks that all
the other Democrats seem to be
developing. Of course, most Re-
publicans feel that it doesn't
make much difference who loses
to Ike.
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There are two excuses for the shoddiness of this week s column
and they are Heda Hart and Vanessa Van. We thought that we could
produce a masterpiece of subtle satire and cynicism while the regulars,
B and A, were, contrary to what they may have said, attending the
lavish wedding of an outspoken gentleman's daughter in Independence,
Mo. . . . We have obviously failed completely in this endeavor. With
our limited (understatement) ability, we now bring you the showings
of the week and if yours has been omitted—i;ou re lucky.
First, since many mistakes have been made in these matters this
year, a rumor is circulating that Mary Ann Kopriva and Carolyn Tur-
ner are sporting rocks, which is true. <
Thursday night the &LLS had their gala formal. "Snow White"*
and her followers entertained their gentleman friends lavishly at the
Houston Country Club. The gathering was very well behaved, except
for a group including Carol Lane, Joe Coerner, Alice Carmichael,
and Cha-Cha (The Tropical Fruit) Mcllhenn'o. Things with horns.,
moving around the fringe of the dance floor caused a minimum of dis-
turbance.
Eastern Orthodoxies gathered Saturday night cl their usual Sun-
day meeting place. 7 here could be a story in this gathering—but it
was called the TR1-L.it Barn Dance. This time a real dog got drunl[>
—asf( about it. And Red found Harv.
Tuesday night looked like Rice in Bermuda Shorts evening when
the Rally Club had their Formal Dance. Seme cf the gentlemen ap-
pearing in Tropical tuxes disclosing (ugh) their guarded knees were
Pinlfey Nisbet, Al Weymouth, Mo Keathley, Bob Buck, and Helen
Bloxom. Some of the does who were gracious enough to accept the bids
offered and making things hectic Were Paiti Blackledge, Patsy Sprat-
ling, Phyllis Phair, and Mel O'Brien. All in all little was said worth
passing on to your mothers. Jim Whitson lost his slide rule. An inter-
esting talk 0,05 given by Mr. Callegly, "Cowboy Joe," telling from
past experiences how to get along at Rice.
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The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, April 27, 1956, newspaper, April 27, 1956; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth231028/m1/5/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.