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FOOL THE PEOPLE, FOOL THEM RIGHT—"Tell
them all that black is white," sing John Murphy as Ferlin
Ghetti, and Diana Thomas as Sophie, as they discuss up-
coming poetry at the Purple Angel in this scene from the
Senior Follies production of "Some of My Best Friends are
Purple."
—Photo by Brashear
Thursday Evening
Advent Festivities
To Feature Carols
An Advent celebration in anti-
cipation of Christmas will take
place Thursday, December 17.
Beginning at 8 p.m., the Hous-
ton folk Music society will pres-
ent a program of American folk
carols, to be followed by "The
. Second Shepherds Tale" from
the Townley Cycle of miracle
plays.
At Autry House
All Rice students and faculty
and their friends are invited to
share in the events taking place
in Autry House, directly across
Main Street from Rice. The pro-
gram is being sponsored by
Cantebury Association, the Meth-
odist Student Movement and the
Presbyterian Student Association.
Christmas Basket
For those who wish • to share
in the joy of the approaching
Christmas season, a basket will
be available for the collection of
toys tou be. distributed to the
children in Texas Children's Hos-
„ pital during the Christmas holi-
days.,
A well-known group of pro-
o fessionl performers, the Houston
Folk Music Society is headed by
such notables as John Lomax,
Johnnie Lee Grimes and Harold
Porper.
All-Student Cast
The play, presented by an all-
student cast, boldly combines a
comedy plot with the story of
the Nativity.
The singing of carols around
the wassail bowl will close the
evening of Advent celebration.
o —
Calfee, Coulter,
Hubert Capture
Frosh Offices
With one of the biggest come-
backs irt recent years, Jack Cal-
fee, a physics major from Day-
ton, Ohio and a member of Hans-
zen College, overcame his ninty
vote handicap in the freshman
run-off election held Wednesday
morning to become president of
the Freshman Class.
Also elected were Mary Fae
Coulter, a biology major from
San Antonio, who defeated the
men's first major bid for frosh
vice-president in several years,
and Frank Hubert of Wiess who
was elected secretary-treasurer.
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VOL. 47—NO. 13 HOUSTON, TEXAS
Friday Evening December 11, 1959
"Some of My Best Friends are Purple'
Follies Tonight At 7:45
By JOANNE SEALE
Guest Columnist
The Senior Follies this year,
"Some of My Best Friends are
Purple," will be presented Fri-
day night at 7:45, Saturday
night at 8:15 and Sunday after-
noon at 2:30, in Hamman Hall.
A Double Life
The Follies, always a student
written production, this year
seems to have reached it's goal
of having a plot. It is the story
of a man leading a double life
—both as an English Literature
prof and as the leader of the
local Beatniks.
John Murphy, known simultan-
eausly as Dr. F. Getti and just
plain Ferlin carries the weight
of the show, both plot and act-
ing wise and does it very success-
fully.
Familiar Setting
At the college, a small ob-
scure Southern university (which
seems awfully familiar) one of
those complicated love situations
exists. In effect Lydia, LaJuana
Osborne, loves George, Terry
Koonce, but has a crush on Dr.
Getti on the side; George, also
playing a double game, has a
gleam in his eye for Chloe, Bev-
erly Montgomery, who has eyes
only for Math.
Meanwhile, back at the pad,
life is simple — Ferlin is living
Sunday in RM C . ..
Jazz Group Initiates
Campus Jam Sessions
By BILL DELANEY
Thresher Assistant Editor
In an attempt to promote the
Rice Memorial Center as an in-
formal student center rather than
a showcase, a free, "casual" jam
session featuring the Gene Swil-
ley quartet will be held in the
RMC Sunday from 5:30 to 6:30
pm.
All students are invited to come
and listen or dancfe, stag or drag.
Action!
"Instead of just griping about
the sterile atmosphere, we have
decided to do something."
Continuing in explanation, the
popular campus dance-jazz group
expressed hope that student in-
terest and participation in Sun-
day's event would be great
enough to warrant future ses-
sions after basketball games, on
Sunday, afternoons and other oc-
casions.
George Clark, RMC committee
chairman, has endorsed the pro-
posal and 'appointed Swilley to
head a committee to arrange
other sessions.
Although the Swilley quartet
CAMPUS NEWS BRIEFS
A talk on radiation chemistry hy
Dr. F. W. Lampe of the Humble Oil
and Refining Company and a short
film on the polymer late phenomena
will be featured at a meeting: of the
student affiliates of the American
Chemical Society on Thursday. Dec.
17, in the Fondren Library lecture
lounge.
• • •
The Agora will hear Morris En-
field speak on "A Definition of Art
from a Psychological Viewpoint" at
a noon (Meeting Tuesday, Dec. 15, in
room B38 of Fondren Library. Sack
lunches will be provided.
• • •
Senior rings may be picked ftp from
8 a.m. nntll 2 p.m., Monday, December
14, in the Student Center, according
to Harry Reasoner, Senior Class
President.
• • •
Tft freshman representative to the
Weiss College Cabinet will be elected
Tuesday, December IS. Petition* are
to be in by noon, Satarday, De-
cember 12.
• • •
The Christmas-tree decorating party
will be held Sunday afternoon at
Ml p.m. In the Grand Hall of the
Student Center. Chairman George
Clark invites all to attend—for an
aftarnoon of fan and frivolity.
See Editorial Comment,
'A Place For All," Page Two
has volunteered their efforts to
initiate the sessions, the musi-
cians stated that they feel that
such informal events would pro-
vide a "proving ground" for other
campus dixieland and jazz com-
bos and could be continued as
free events.
happily with his carefree girl-
friend Sophie, Diana Thomas,
supported by the income brought
in by the tourist trade.
Interesting Dilemma
The plot thickens and Ferlin
finds his double existence threat-
ened when among the tourists,
he discovers some of his students
from the college. Inevitably both
sides of lis life close in on" him
—just exactly how we'll leave
for you to find out from the
shdw itself.
The five leads, generally do
a very good job—though some-
times their dialogue drags, and
the scenes in which the plot
are presented are slow.
Lively Acts
It is the specialty acts, that
move the play along—on the cam-
pus, Reed Martin and Barry
Moore, the alums and a college
scene modeled on "Separate
Tables."
At the pad there are several
good characters — Neil Ander-
son, Chuck Berry and Phil Mor-
ris are amusingly ecentrlc. But
it is Jay Butler who steals the
prize for hilarity — her every
appearance on the stage pro-
mises something funny.
Martini, Anyone?
In the main the slow songs
are dead and the chorus blank-
faced except in numbers like
"Coffee, tea or milk?" and the
"Engineers Song."
The music by Fred Specht and
Jay Butler is lively. Claire Plun-
gian has written a clever and
generally funny script. Most of
the credit goes to Director and
Assistant Director, Roy Nolen
and Deanna Day, who have pro-
duced a Follies definately worth
seeing.
WE'RE JUST IN LOVE — Beverly Montgomery as
Shloe and Terry Koonce as George express their feelings
in a scene from "Some of My Best Friends are Purple."
—Photo by Braahear
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