The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, February 15, 1957 Page: 2 of 16
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1M7
FACULTY HAS CHANCE
TO ACT IN OPERETTA
Rice's faculty will be sailing coming Sunday at 7 p.m. at
the ocean blue in the middle of Cohen House. The show's plan-
April, as they launch into a pro- ners urge all interested faculty
duction of Gilbert and Sullivan's m e m b e r s, graduate assistants,
"H. M. S. Pinafore." administrative employees, and li-
Rehearsals for the annual G&S brary staff members to come to
production got underway last the rehearsal. According to reli-
Sunday night. As yet, the princi- able sources the rehearsals also
pals are not cast. serve as social hours, as well as
The next rehearsals will be this work sessions.
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will interview Senior Engineers on
FEBRUARY 25
Sign up at your Placement Office.
Wide range of opportunities with major
manufacturer of compressors, pumps, en-
gines, blowers, vacuum equipment, power
tools and rock drills.
Summer Census
Jobs Open: To
Math Students
Summer positions with the
United States Bureau of the Cen-
sus are being offered to those
people planning careers as
Statisticians, Demographers, or
Sociologists.
These jobs carry salaries of
$3,175 and $3,415 per year, and
are open to all people having
completed two and one-half years
of callege at time of application.
Eligibility is determined by a
general aptitude test, and appli-
cants must be working on a col-
lege degree which when finished
will include not lesst than 15
semester hours of mathematics
and statistics.
The examination for these posi-
tions is being conducted by the
Department of Agriculture Board
of Civil Service Examiners,
Washington 25, D. C. Submit Ap-
plication Card Form 5000-AB to
the agriculture Board, showing
the number and title of the ex-
amination — 84B — Student
Trainee (Statistics). To obtain
examination announcements and
Card 5000-AB, contact the place-
ment office or the Regional Civil
Service Bureau.
What's Your Chance
Of Being Drafted?
This week's U. S. News and
World Report headlines a topic of
vital interest to all male Rice
students — the draft.
This is a confused subject in
many ways, especially since the
recent furor over the relation of
the National Guard to the draft
and the late changes in draft, law.
Some Things Clear
Some things are clear, however.
A draft will be in operation de-
finitely, for the next two and a
half years. That's set by law.
All signs are that there will be
a draft beyond June 30, 1959,
when the present draft law ex-
pires. In the words of a high
Government official, the draft is
going to be a "permanent fea-
ture" of American life. Conditions
that force a draft are viewed in
terms of 30 to 40 years' duration
now, where once the "emergency"
was viewed as a 10-year affair!
Alternatives Increasing
Alternatives to the draft ways
of fulfilling military obligations
without going into the Army for
2 years, are increasing. There are
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LINDA CUMMINGS
II OF ALABAMA
WHAT ARE WISE MEN'S EARNINGS?
Sages' Wages
NANCY SMITH.
U. OF CHICAGO
DQ YOU like to shirk work? Here's some easy money—start
Stickling! We'll pay $25 for every Stickler we print—and for
hundreds that never get used. Sticklers are simple riddles
with two-word rhyming answers. Both words have the same
number of syllables. (Don't do drawings.) Send your Sticklers
with your name, address, college and class to Happy-Joe-
Lucky, Box 67A, Mount Vernon, N. Y. And remember—
you're bound to Stickle BMter when you're enjoying a Lucky,
because Luckies taste better. Luckies' mild, good-tasting to-
bacco is TOASTED to taste even better. Fact is, you'll say
Luckies are the best-tasting cigarette you ever smoked!
WHAT IS AN ANGRY EMPLOYER?
Cross Doss
MAURICE GLENN.
CREIGHTON U.
WHAT IS A COWARDLY BIRD?
Craven Raven
GILMORE JENNINGS
ROLLINS COLLEGE
WHAT IS AN AGILE INSECT?
Spry Fly
WARREN NYSTROM.
U. OF MINN
Luckies Taste Better
IT'S TOASTED" TO TASTE BETTER . . . CLEANER, FRESHER, SMOOTHER!
STRIKE
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AMERICA'S LEADING MANUFACTURER OF CIGARETTES
now 30 to 40 ways to meet thia
obligation but all under latest
rules, are to involve at least 6
months of training away from
home.
Pressure of the draft in indivi-
dual cases, however, is less than
it was. Calls for men to fill the
armed forces have settled into a
fairly predictable pattern. At the
same time there is a gradual rise
in the backlog of eligible men due
to the increase in the number of
youths reaching draft age. The
practical effort: Draft boards can
be more lenient in letting youths
stay in school, or in essential
jobs, or in homes where unusual
hardship would result from the
drafting of a youth.
College Can Be Completed
College can be completed be-
fore the draft must be faced, as
a rule. Draft boards have the
power to take a youth who fails
to keep up his academic standing
while in school. But, with the
draft centering on youths as they
reach the age of 22, most youths
can complete college before their
draft numbers come up.
College students are guaranteed
deferment until they complete
their careers in college, as long
as they maintain their academic
standing.
Draft Imminent
Draft is imminent for most 22-
year-olds. Those who are physi-
cally fit and not specifically de-
ferred as students or fathers or
for some other reason will meet
the draft calls of 1957.
Some 21-year-olds will probably
be drafted this year. The 20-year-
olds' draft numbers will not be
coming up until 1959, unless there
is a war, while the 19-year-olds
can relax for the next two years.
Men over 26 are at the bottom
of the list for drafting, while
fathers under 26 are draft
exempt. Married men under 26
can he drafted. Marriage, without
fatherhood, is not accepted as a
reason for deferment.
Since accepting a student de-
ferment makes a person liable to
the draft until age 35, fewer and
fewer youths are accepting stu-
dent deferments. Officials point
out that there are about 1.7 mil-
lion boys in college, most of them
over 18 and physically fit. But
only 140,000 now have student
deferments.
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gins at 8 o'clock in the Prudential
Auditorium.
To Freshmen who are in
doubts, all upperclassmen (with
the exception of members of
other lits) can vouch for this
show — good, clean fun, and a
chance to view the best looking
gals in Texas for only 75 cents.
You can't miss!
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Man is but a reed—the weakest
in nature; but he is a thinking
reed.
—Blaise Pascal
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The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, February 15, 1957, newspaper, February 15, 1957; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth231048/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.