The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 6, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 16, 1963 Page: 7 of 10
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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 16, 1963
THE THRESHER
Seven
THIRTY YEARS TOO SOON
Rice Statue Unveiled
By ROGER GLADE
Amid the festivities surround-
ing the fourteenth commence-
ment, a statute of William Marsh
Rice was unveiled in the main
quadrangle. The Thresher took
no notice.
Perhaps this was because the
last Thresher of the 1929-'30 year
had already been published. How-
ever, even the next September,
the statue was left unmentioned.
NEVER LET it be said that
the Thresher does not attempt
to rectify its mistakes — so
here, thirty-three years too late,
is an account of the statue of
William Marsh Rice.
The statue grew out of a de-
cision by the trustees:, then re-
presented by Dr. Edgar Odell
Lovett, to find a sculptor who
could do justice to the founder.
Dr. Ralph Cram, an architect,
was given the order to find one
of such caliber.
The search ended with the de-
cision to award the commission
to John Angel, an Englishman
turned American, who was
famous for his ecclesiastical
sculpture in Europe. Immediate-
ly there was some opposition to
allowing a "foreign" sculptor to
build the monument, but with
Dr. Cram's recommendation, call-
ing Angel "the best available
man," the statue was begun in
1927.
ON JUNE 8, 1930, the statue
was unveiled atop a pink Texas
granite pedestal and dedicated at
the baccalaureate exercises.
In the time that the statue has
been sitting there, various and,
at times, devious, things have
been done to "improve" its ap-
pearance. Chief within memory
(although nobody knows exactly
the number) are the coats of
maroon paint which certain
members of another university
have seen fit to daub on the
statue.
ALSO NOTED by present stu-
dents: was a yellow stripe which
appeared mysteriously last* year
down the back of the bronze. But
despite these and even worse at-
tacks of vandals, the statue has
remained much the same as it
was at the unveiling.
People who remember it then
said that everybody thought it
was a fine statue — only that
it might have cost just a little
too much money.
Next time you cross the main
quadrangle — look at it.
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In all your life, has anyone ever talked
with you seriously about correct methods of
caring for your hair to keep it healthy?
Have you ever read anything by a practical
authority on the subject?
Do you have any logical reason for
the hair-grooming habits you've adopted?
Your answer is "no" on all counts,
isn't it? Men don't pay much attention to
their hair health. They know that nobody
can grow hair on a bald head; they jump
from that fact to the conclusion that nobody
can prevent baldness . . . that it's one of the
"inevitabilities of man's fate," like birth,
death, and taxes!
We urge you to question that con-
clusion now, while you still have some hair.
Of course, there's no bottle or gadget
that will deliver you from eventual bald-
ness. But consider a program of short-term
Thackeray scalp treatments to get your scalp
healthy, and new long-term habits of sensible
home care to keep it healthy.
Thackeray treatment sterilizes the scalp
surface, unplugs hair follicles, frees papillae
(hair roots) of bacteria, stimulates blood
circulation in the scalp—"primes" your scalp
to grow strong, healthy hair. Thackeray's
recommendations for your home care,
worked out for you individually^ are based
on 22 years of successful experience in
preventing baldness for thousands of men.
Makes sense, doesn't it? Then come in
this week for an examination and discus-
sion. No obligation. You don't even need
an appointment, though you can make one
by calling CA 7-6041.
You'll find us at 817 Main, in the
West Building, suite 323. We're open 10 to
7 weekdays, 9 to 2:30 Saturdays.
Special "Do-lt-Yourself" Treatment
For People Who Live Out-of-Town
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Alley Rates Cut
The Alley Theater is offer-
ing a special group price to
Rice students of $11.40 for six
shows: instead of $3,40 per
show, on the condition that
100 subscribers are found.
The tickets will be for either
the third or fourth Sunday
night of each run.
For the full details, call Tom
Schunior, Will Rice, at JA 8-
0748; Mike Derkacz, Baker, at
JA 9-2723; Nan Laird, Jones,
at JA 8-7908; Val Thomas,
Wiess, at JA 9-5092; or Jim
Champion, Hanszen, at JA 4-
6470 before Friday.
LEWIS-
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In 1948 he came to Rice and has
since taught courses in both or-
ganic and physical chemistry.
Lewis does not anticipate that
administrative duties will great-
ly curtail his research into or-
ganic reaction mechanisms.
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T. R. Thomsen, B.S.M.E., University of Nebraska,
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Keilin, Eugene. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 6, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 16, 1963, newspaper, October 16, 1963; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth244895/m1/7/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.