The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, May 10, 1957 Page: 3 of 10
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FRIDAY, MAY It. 1M7
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Three
all jeers,
no cheers
By FRANK DENT
and DON CONEY .
Congratulations to the admini-
stration for having given their
all to make this the most tre-
mendous S.H.A.F.T. week fn the
history of Rice (Students Hate
Administration and Faculty
Time). For those of you who
have yet to feel the effects pf
the week, report this to the Dean
and steps will be, taken to cor-
rect this oversight.
Existence Fee
After you have run down to
Lovett Hall to pay your $25
existence fee, be sure to give
whatever change is left over to
the R. I. Lose Offering being
sponsored by the administration.
The money from this offering
will be used for new black and
white striped uniforms for the
Bice students (plus a brick wall
ten feet high all around the
Institute). For the convenience
of the students every afternoon
at 3 p.m. G.O.D. (Grand Old
Dean) will blow his whistle, the
gates will open and the students
can actually go into the outside
world . . . for three minutes.
Then everyone will fasten the
chains back on their ankles and
trot 10 miles (to their cars and
back). .
Still With Us
Ronnalay was and still is with
us. Most notable were the R.G.'s
who kept stepping on home made
formals while pushing escorts
off walk in frantic effort to get
votes and steal show. If you
didn't see it, just wander over
in the direction of grubby pink
cardboard and siddown, promise
your vote next year and they'll
perform. Much talent . . . bows,
scrapes, smiles, regality.
One rousing jeer for the Adm.
in applause of their consistent
view of the Rice student. First
we are careless kids in knee
pants with a hammer in one hand
tearing up the new dorms (300
war bonds for sale cheap); then
they force the poor kid out into
the cruel wet world where l^e
must walk 3 (three) miles along
a road previously considered so
dangerous a road block was set
up to protect him. However at
least we can all tintferstanfl the
great Russian poet Lovelace . . ".
"Iron Bars do not a prison
make. . ."
Speaking of the road to the
parking -lot the adm. announced
that they were going to set up
a toll gate between the stadium
parking lolP and distant class
rooms. One sharp student solved
the "parking lot so far away"
problem by moving into the color-
ed men's rest room on the East
side of the Stadium.
Now on to more news ... at
the Bike race Sunday Hanszen
(hiss) far outclassed the other
three in the beer drinking con-
test. Practice makes perfect.
Barfer College won the.race. The
last and undoubtedly best blast
of the year will be given in the
STEVENS
RECORDS • RADIOS - TV
Sales and Service
RALPH BELL - Owrer
6125 KIRBY JA 3-966S
BARBER SHOP
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Hermann Professional Building
— Just Across Main Street —
Wiess College (yea) commons
Thursday night. Whirling to the
strains and straining with the
girls will be allgungandungung-
ho's. Bucking the tea trend, cokes
will be served.
So long . . . it's been real. . .!
o —
Forum Committee
Announces Members
Members for the 1957-58
Forum Committee were an-
nounced Wednesday by Fred
Erisman, chairman for the 1957-
58 year.
The Committee will be made
up of Maurice Ballas, Tom Cady,
Gary Canion, Don Coney. Joel
Cyprus, Margie Moore, Pat Oli-
phant, H. R. Pittman, Sandra
Schlafke, and Steve Williams.
Faculty advistors are to be
Doctors Donald Walker and Kon-
stantin Kolenda.
Par king and Dorm
Rules Announced
President Houston put forth
last week in a letter to the
Thresher certain changes in the
housing, parking, and economic
plans of the campus.
The first change involves the
parking situation. Lovett Hall
parking lot, now public parking
space, will be landscaped. What
parking space remains will be>
turned over to visitors. The li-
brary, physics, and chemistry
parking lots will be restricted
to visitors and faculty. Town stu-
dents will park in the stadium
lots.
The old dormitories will re-
ceive a much-needed renovation.
The furniture will be replaced
with more modern equipment,
while the windows and doors will
be reworked. The floors will be
taken up and replaced with
asphalt tile.
Perhaps the most violently re-
ceived of the changes was the
statement concerning the room
and board costs. Instead of being
payable by the semester and by
the month, respectively, as is
done now, the two fees will be
lumped together.
New Regulations
Disturb Students
By FRED ERISMAN
It began late Thursday night.
The Thresher bearing Dr. Hous-
ton's letter came out early Thurs-
day evening, and the fun began.
For the second time this year,
the supply of Thresher was ex-
hausted.
"Have you paid your existence
fee yet?" This began it. A casual-
appearing, quite pointless com-
ment, to those who weren't con-
cerned, but a subtle, biting com-
ment on administrative policy to
students of Rice. Such was the
morning of the first day. And
the students looked upon it, and
pronounced it good.
Friday night showed more
activity. Signs sprang up, all
bearing the ubiquitous "existence
fee" comment. Nothing more—
after all, what more was needed?
Late Friday night, what must
have been a period of frenzied
activity took place. Saturday
morning showed the results.
"In the beginning was the
WORD—the word of the admini-
stration—and Dean McBride is
their Prophet." Thus began a
frieze stretching along the in-
side of the library cloister.
Augmenting this was a series of
smaller, more graphic signs, with
comments such as "Fill up at
your half-way filling station,
owned and operated by the Rice
faculty"; "Parking lot maps are
now available in the Co-op"; and
"Three-day survival kits may be
obtained in the Co-op."
The word "shaft" was much
in evidence. Students were warn-
ed not to walk on the grass if
they hadn't paid their $300
guaranty. Other signs portrayed
Dr. Houston as Nero, casually
giving the thumbs-down to the
student body.
And the faculty's response to
all this? It varied. Members of
the English department were
seen reading the signs from the
midst of the crowd of students,
laughing as vigorously as any-
one. Dean Richter walked by, not
deviating from his course, not
turning his head, but grinning
from ear to ear.
LAST CALL FOR STICKLERS!
We're still shelling out $25 for every Stickler we
accept—and we're still accepting plenty! But
if you want to cut yourself in, you've got to start
Stickling NOW! Sticklers are simple riddles with two-word
rhyming answers. Both words must have the same number of
syllables. Send your Sticklers (as many as you want—the more
you send, the better your chance of winning!) to Happy-Joe-
Lucky, Box 67A, Mt. Vernon, N.Y. NOW! TODAY! PRONTO!
WHAT'S A SALT LAKE CITY BOSS?
Mormon Foreman
R08ERT NAPARSTECK.
U. OF SCRAKTON
WHAT IS AN ASPIRIN FACTORY?
Pill Mill
80Y 0 COLLIER.
WAKE FOREST
WHAT IS ONE OF CAESAR'S ARCHERS?
WHAT'S A HOSPITAL FOR PESSIMISTS?
Cynic Clinic
Roman Bowman
•EVERLY OREISOW
WASHINGTON STATE
FREDERICK KROHLE.
WILKES COLLEGE
WHAT'S A GANGSTER'S EMBRACE?
STRIKE
YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD of torch songs (music to cry
by), Air Force songs (music to fly by), and Aloha songs
(music to bye-bye). The Lucky Strike song is music to
buy by: it's a pretty ditty that's devoted strictly to Luckies.
Naturally, that makes it a Cheerful Earful! It reminds you
that Luckies are tops and that better taste is the pleasin'
reason. Luckies' taste comes from fine tobacco—mild, good-
tasting tobacco that's TOASTED to taste even better. So,
as the jingle says, "Light up a Lucky, it's light-up time!"
You'll say it's the best-tasting cigarette you ever smoked!
Luckies
Taste Better
"IT'S TOASTED" TO TASTE BETTER ... CLEANER, FRESHER, SMOOTHER I
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Thug Hug
JOHN WATKINS
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WHAT IS A SINGER FROM OKLAHOMA*
Sooner Crooner
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The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, May 10, 1957, newspaper, May 10, 1957; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth231060/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.