The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, December 2, 1960 Page: 1 of 8
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Sugar Bowl Bid
Student Tickets On Sale Monday
Thresher
An all-sluderti newspaper for 44 yee'*
VOL. 48, NO. 12
HOUSTON, TEXAS
FRIDAY, DEC. 2, 1960
Special Election Called Monday
For Campanile, Freshman Offices
By KENT ANDERSON
An all-school election on Fri-
day, December 5, will be held to
choose the Campanile Favorites,
the Freshman Class officers, and
fill the newly vacated post of
Campanile Business Manager.
A total of nine freshmen have
filed for the positions of Fresh-
man President, Vice-President,
and Secretary-Treasurer, while
only one petition was filed for
Business Manager.
THE CAMPANILE Favorites
are composed of Rice Girls who
have been particularly outstand-
ing on the campus in activities,
personality, beauty and charm.
Each college Cabinet nominated
ten girls.
From this total nine will be
chosen in the all-school vote to
serve as Favorites for the year.
The twenty-eight candidates fin-
ally nominated are Jane Arnot,
Mary Anne Boone, Jay Butler.
Betty Branard, Mary Ann Cal-
kins, Barbara Davis, Dottie De
Moss, Elizabeth Embry, Margo
Garrett, Betsy Graham, Ann He-
bert, Sally Henderson, Danna
Holmes, Harriett Hyatt, Ann
Kriegel, Tess Lindsay, Mary Day
Millbank.
Marietta Morris, Ann Pettus,
Wanda Phears, Judy Poinsett,
Charlene Prescott, Bethie Rollins,
Pat Shannon, Sue Shepherd, Car-
olyn Skebo, Diane Thomas, and
Evelyn Thomas.
Aubrey Calvin, a native Hous-
tonian and a junior in Hanszen
College, submitted the only pe-
tition for Campanile Business
Manager and will be unopposed
in the election.
HARRY GUFFEE, Will Rice
pre-med from Franklin, Tenn.;
Storey Lindsay, Wiess chemistry
major from Houston; Charles
Dedmon, Dallas chemistry major
from Wiess;
Don Lewis from Tulsa, a his-
tory and pre-med from Wiess;
and Neal Holifield, Hanszen, are
the candidates for president to be
chosen by the Freshman class.
Kris Schleeter and Elaine Hord
are., running for vice-president
while Howard Einspahr, a Fort
Worth physics major from Hans-
zen, and Fred Lawrence, a Hous-
ton member of Wiess and a his-
tory major, are candidates for the
secretary-treasurer position.
For Clash With Tough X)le Miss'
By HARVEY POLLARD
Capping a season of football glory, the Rice Univer-
sity Owls set their sails for New Orleans and the 1961
version of the Sugar Bowl classic for a clash with vaunted
Southeastern Conference Champs—"Ole Miss."
Although no definite plans have been set up for the
social end of the affair, if enough people make reservations,
the scene of what should prove to be "the party to end all
parties" for quite a while would be the Fontembleu Hotel
in New Orleans, January 1, 1961.
THE "PARTY" would
give
Riceites the benefit of a complete
blast without having to pay the
grossly elevated prices of famed
Bourbon Street for at least one
FOR SCONA VI
Boone, Doty, Nathans Traveling
To Aggieland For Conference
Syd Nathans, Jim Bob Doty,
and Mary Anne Boone have been
selected as delegates to the Tex-
as A & M College Sixth Student
Conference on National Affairs
(SCONA VI).
THE THREE history majors
were selected to represent Rice
because of their outstanding per-
formance in school activities, and
interest shown in national and
international affairs.
Nathans is replacing Bill De-
laney, Thresher Editor, who is
unable to attend because of ill-
ness.
The theme for discussion by
the 150 other student leaders,
representing 75 colleges and uni-
versities in the United States,
Canada and Mexico will be "The
Task for the Free World: Prob-
lems and Opportunities in the
60's." The conference will be held
December 7-10.
SCONA CENTERS around the
idea that better informed young
people today will be more respon-
sible citizens tomorrow. It is
hoped that the students who at-
tend SCONA VI, because of the
interest which is instilled in them
during the Conference, will go
back to their respective campuses
and spread their interest to mem-
bers of their student bodies.
The student conferees are not
expected to be well versed in na-
tional affairs when they go home
after the three-day conference.
Instead, they may have gained an
understanding of, and an interest
in, the complexities of our for-
eign relations.
CHEERS!—Or may the best man win, say the nomi-
nees for Freshman Class president, who are left to right,
Charles Dedmon, Storey Lindsay, Harry Guffee, Neal
Holifield, and Don Lewis.
ONE OF THE unique features
of SCONA is that all expenses
incurred by the student confer-
ees—food, housing, and partial
transportation—are paid by the
SCONA committee from dona-
tions made by firms and indi-
viduals who believe that college
students should have an oppor-
tunity to further their educations
and interests through contact
with such serious topics as SCO-
NA presents.
Two speakers have accepted
invitations to this year's confer-
ence. H. H. Smith, former ambas-
sador to Laos, Korea and Viet
Nam, and presently speaker at
the Air University, Maxwell AFB,
Alabama, will speak on "The Un-
derdeveloped Lands."
MAX FREEDMAN, Washing-
ton Editor for the Manchester,
England "Guardian," will speak
December 10. His speech will
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fMud In Your Eye1 Is
'60 Follies Offe ring
By ANITA JONES
"Here's Mud in Your Eye" is
the title of the 1960 Senior Fol-
lies, a musical comedy depicting
the development of SHRMI, the
Sam Houston-Rice Marsh Insti-
tute (later changed to Univer-
sity).
It will be presented in Ham-
man Hall December 9 and 10.
Admission is $1.00 on Friday and
$1.25 on Saturday.
THE ACTS ARE in 1912, 1925,
and 1960, and each begins with
a meeting of the trustees of the
school. Buddy Herz, as Dean Earl
H. Lockout, introduces Thelma
Plunkett, played by Maggie Gar-
rett, the "first Marsh girl."
Later scenes in the Armadillo
Hole, a campus coffee shop
named in honor of the SHRMI
mascot, the resplendent armadil-
lo, and the Thelma Plunkett
Commons betray glimpses of the
lives of the marsh people.
NOTABLE MEMBERS of the
Marsh life story, written by Jay
Butler, include Pat Jackson,
Katlii Kindt, Neal Marcus,
Elaine Hord, Harry Stellman,
Chuck Yingling, Lila Fitzgerald
and Chuck Berry.
Follies director is Tom Mc-
Keown and assistant director is
The Christmas Recess
of Rice University has
been extended until 8:00
am, Wednesday, January
4,1961. .
Phil Kusnetzky. Martha Breed-
love is stage director; Jan Smith,
lights and sound; John Fowler,
music; and Nancy Thornall,
choreography.
of the three "way-out" nights.
The grapevine has it that be-
cause of possible great expenses,
girls from Jones College are will-
ing to go Dutch Treat. What
more do you want?
WITH REGARD TO accomo-
dations, fifty rooms have been
reserved in the Desoto Hotel for
the nights of December 31, Jan-
uary 1, and January 2, with
prices ranging between $5 and
$6 per person for each night.
There will be four persons per
room. As is customary, over the
New Year's weekend, no New Or-
leans hotel will rent rooms for
less than three nights; purported-
ly they will charge twice the reg-
ular rates. Money must accom-
pany reservations. Tickets will go
on sale Saturday noon in the
colleges and in the Student Cen-
ter. Prices will be $16.80 per per-
son in a 5 man room, $18.00 per
person in a 4 man room.
SOME TRANSPORTATION
problems may be solved by the
Student Senate's chartering sev-
eral buses; however, this will de-
pend upon demand. In addition,
train fare on the Missouri-Pacific
Railroad, round-trip, is $22.00.
Tickets for the gridiron strug-
gle are due to go on sale to Rice
University students between De-
cember 5, and December 9, for
the low price of $3.00, according
to Emmett Branson, Director
Ticket Sales. Student guest tick-
ets will be six dollars each, with
a limit of two per student.
Dr. Mandeibrojt Receives
French Academy's Prize
Dr. Szolem, Mandeibrojt, Rice
University professor of mathe-
matics, has been awarded the
Grand Prix des Science, Mathe-
matiques, et Physiques of the
French Academy of Science, one
of the highest international hon-
ors in Mathematics.
The prize also carries a, cash
award of 20,000 francs, about
$4,000.
Internationally known for his
work in the theory of functions,
Dr. Mandeibrojt lectures on that
particular, phase of mathematics
in post-graduate courses at Rice.
Spending a term at Rice, and the
other part of the year at the
College de France, he will soon
leave for Europe to commence his
work in France.
ALTHOUGH HE has been at
Rice since 1946, Dr. Mandeibrojt
first visited the Institute in 1927.
In 1948, he was presented mem-
bership in the French Legion of
Honor in recognition of his sci-
entific and military work during
World War II.
Dr. Mandelbrot is quite happy
with Rice University; he finds
"a nice academic atmosphere at
Rice — inspiring." According to
him, Rice is similar' to educational
institutions in France in that
those people who are interested
and have the proper qualifications
can pursue knowledge without ex-
pense. The French universities,
however, are more professional
than American universities; the
first year at a French university
is equivalent to a third year at
an American university, the ear-
lier years being included in pre-
paratory schools.
D II. MANDELBROJT finds
that mathematics is moving at a
very fast pace today. Ten year
old papers are often obsolete.
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DR. S. MANDELBROJT
Wins Rare Honor
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