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houston, texas, friday, march 18, 1838
NO. 20
comthtionof
Amendment on Method
Nominating Members
Is Proposed
Of
Students will vote Monday on a pro-
posed amendment to the Constitution of
the Honor Council which provides that
candidates for the jiositions on the
council be chosen by the outgoing
members instead of; by the present
method of nomination petitions.
The amendment, recommended this
week by present members of the Hon-
or Council, was passed by a three-
fourths majority of the members of
the Student Council, which has now
submitted it to a vote of the entire
student body.
According to the present Honor
Council Constitution, a three-fourths
majority of the students voting is now
required for passage of the amendment.
The proposed amendment reads:
"Candidates for positions on the Hon-
or Council ol the Rice Institute shall,
for the academic year 1938-1939 and
all succeeding years, be nominated by
the outgoing Honor Council members.
From these nominations, the student
body shall, as is its custom, in the gen-
erel election, .select new members for
the incoming council. The student body
shall elect four members from eight
senior candidates; three members from
six junior candidates, and two members
from four sophomore candidates, such
that there will be nine members, rep-
resenting the three upper classes,
elected to the Honor Council each year.
The present requirement, that only
a three-fourths majority of those vot-
ing be required for passage of the
amendment, is itself an amendment
which was illegally adopted last year
in the spring elections.
The constitution then required that
a three-fourths majority of the entire
student body, and not of only those
voting, be necessary for passage of an
amendment to the constitution.
An amendment proposed by Everett
Collier, then president of the Honor
Council, provided for«the passage of
•amendments in the future by only a
three-fourths majority of those voting.
This amendment did not pass, for less
than three-fourths of the students vot-
ed in the election. The amendment was
written into the constitution, however,
without the authorization of the stu-
dents, and has not been protested. It
received nearly the unanimous vote of
the students who cast ballots in the
election.
ST. MARY'S TEAM
PRE-MEDS GET ONE —
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THIRD SACK APIECE
# * # # *
FOR OYSTER SUPPER
An Oyster Supper was held for the
Pre-Meds last IViday under the aus-
pices of Dr. Oliver of the Parkview
clinic and Joe Much (of Alvin).
It seems that everyone had plenty to
eat, there being 5 sacks of oysters for
15 Pre-Meds—that's one third sack of
oysters per Pre-Med or something. The
oysters were cooked over a charcoal
flame (still sn shell) and the task of
opening them fell to Joe Much,. who
hud sprained both thumbs by the time
the supper was over,
An interesting side-light to the sup-
per was provided when the society in-
spected the facilities of the clinic and
Much's quarters (Oh yes, Joe lives
there).
The society was delighted to hear
Walter Jarvis, president, announce that
bids to the famous "Osteon," the annual
gathering of young members of the
medical fraternity, were on their way
and would be received sometime next
week.
A well-organized campaign is now
under way to sell at least 50 bids for
the annual Pals-Pre-Med dance. Al-
ready many of the members have shown
a lot if hustle and several bids have
been sold. The members are deriving a
lot of their inspiration from the per-
centage they get for selling a lot of
bids.
The society will probably visit Jeff
Davis hospital today and Jarvis urges
everyone to meet at 3:00 p. m. at the
main entrance.
SCORES HIT IN
GAME OF SEASON
This atfernoon at 3:30 the Rice Owls
will meet the St. Mary's University of
La Porte baseball team, probably at
West End Park although Friday after-
noon the site was not certain.
The St. Mary's nine annually boasts
a fine amateur team and are expected
to give the Owls plenty of competition
as they prepare for the opening of the
conference season next Saturday
against the Texas Longhorns. The
Owls previously dropped their open-
ing game of the season to the Grand
Prize nine. ..
Johnny Helton, Red Vickers and
Johnny Wissinger were the hurlers
Coach Cecil Grigg of the Rice Owls
trotted to the mound last Wednesday,
but steadier fielding, combined with a
big inning at bat, enable the Grand
Prize Brewers to take the Institute by
a score of 10 to 4.
Helton, a boy who is just hard to
put out, got on base four times out of
four tries, once on an error, once on
a walk and twice on clean hits, a single
and a triple.
Captain Vickers also contributed a
triple and a single, besides playing a
fine game at short, participating in a
double play, and not making a bobble
for the afternoon.
Perhaps Grigg was best pleased by
the way little Wissinger pitched four
innings without allowing the Brewers
an earned run. Johnny was trying too
(Continued on Page 4)
Errorless fielding combined with
good pitching enabled the Rice Owls
to take their second practice ball game
of the season from the Cameron Iron
Works Friday afternoon at West End
Park. The final score was 9-?-.
Frank Steen conimitted the* only
mistake of the day when he allowed
the next to last ball of the game to
get by him, letting two runnciv ad-
vance a base, but not resulting in a
score. The last Cameron batter
grounded to the pitcher.
Mike Scale pitched the first three
innings, giving the Iron Workers four
hits and two runs. Mike showed plenty
of sttiff on the ball, but missed his '
control in the pirvh, wall ing in one
ol the tallies. He gave two -bases on
balls in the three innings.
Harry Arthur, who took up the
mound duties for the last three in-
nings, the game being called at the
end of the sixth, permitted two hits
and two runs, allowing one of the two
extra base blows of the game in the
sixth, Arthur walked one man during
his efforts.
Rice romped off with the game in
the second inning when bunched hits
combined with Coach Cecil Grigg's
cagey managing, accounted for six
runs. Arthur started the inning with
a single to center, and went to second
as Phillips got on shortstop Ray's
error.
Wilson, Cameron catcher, fooled
around trying to catch Arthur off
second, and finally threw the ball
(Continued on Page 4)
Five Girls Have Spectators
Rolling in Aisles And
Chewing Chair Legs
By Ethel Blooinfield
Handling with professional ability
college roles that might have been writ-
ten for them, the Dramatic Club play-
ers Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
at Autry House gave performances of
their second success of the season,
Philip Barry's Spring Dance, a comedy
laid in a college boarding house. .The
play was directed by Jimmy Terfling-
er.
Five girls set lo catch one man is the
theme of the plot, and five girls furn-
ishing chuckles for the audience is the
result, for to the five girls the play
belongs' Barbara Archer, Barbara My-
I ers, Rita Gay, Betty June Fitch, and
1 Angela Powers.
i Arthur Piatt, president of the club
in a major role in the play, was the
un lor lunate male, who planned to de-
sert sweetie number one. Miss Archer,
for a trip to Russia to study "condi-
tions."'^
Miss Archer plays the sincere and
honest heroine who will not attempt
to dissuade, him from the project, which
they both deem the most important
thing in his life. ^
Miss Myers, i however, as Miss Arch-
er's roommate, takes a different view,
and is the ringleader in a conspiracy
with the other three to change Piatt's
mind about Russia and his girl. Muss
Myers, herself, has an infallible scheme
for not falling in love. Whenever she
feels herself slipping, she said, she will
think of something else like a plus b
squared equals a squared plus 2ab
plub b squared, but in the end she suc-
cumbs to the charm of her biology pro-
fessor.
Rita Gay, the prom-trotter of the
gang, described m the script as "loud
and attractively vulgar," carried out
her job with verve, dash, emphasis,
stuff on the ball, etc. She and Miss
Powers were especially good in in-
structing Miss Fitth in the elementary
branches of feminine wiles.
Miss Fitch, the beautiful but dumb
coed of the collection learns her lessons
(Continued on Page 4)
Rice Dance
Renewed At
A.T. Tonight
Saturday night dances will be re-
sumed tonight at the Arabia Temple
with Fahy Godfrey and his orchestra
returning to entertain Rice students
with their dance music from nine
o'clock on.
The dance committee has conceded
to many requests and arranged to have
the dance at Arabia Temple. An ex-
ceptionally fine floor with plenty of
room for dancing makes this hall es-
pecially attractive. The price will be
one dollar for both stags and couples.
The Rice dance committee again,
wishes to call to the attention of the t
students the fact that the proceeds of'
these dances go to the senior class to.
help defray the expenses of graduation !
functions. |
Fahy Godfrey Is returning, to play
this Saturday after a lengthy absence.-/
His music has been the best heard at?
a regular Saturday; night dance in sev- ;
eral years. ■!';j,
Herbert May, selected Wednesday by
the Student Council as eouricilman-at- !
large, and A. R, Mace, newly elected
president will lie filling new positions;
on the dance committee: tonight.
And Nagel Start
To End Fight
Factions; Nance King
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BEST DRESSED OF
STUDENTS TO BE
ELECTED IN APRIL
Seven new members, the contingent
selected on the basis of the February
examinations, were elected this week
to Phi Beta Kappa, national honor
fraternity.
The new members are Samuel Wil-
liam Cruse, Rita Cornelia Handly, Or-
trud Virginia Lefevre, Helen Kathleen
Scarborough, Anne Marie Smith, Flor-
ence Rosemary Watkin, and Byrort
Terry Wright.
The annual banquet of the society
will be held early in April. Dr. H. A.
Wilson profesor of physics at Rice,
will deliver the address.
PI DELTA PHI AND
LES HIB0UX WILL
HAVE JOINT MEET
Thursday, March 24, has been set
for the joint meeting' of Pi Delta Phi
and Lcs Hiboux at the home of Mrs
W. A. Paddock, 3229 Groveiand Lane,
at 8 p. m. All club members are urged
to come, but must sign up with one
of the French instructors before this
Saturday so that the approximate num-
ber will be known and arrangements
can be made.
Efforts are 'being made to secure a
French film, and some of the French
songs has been called for Tuesday,
the club. A final rehearsal of these
songs has been called for Tuesday,
March 22 at 4 p. m. at Autry House.
! For the first time in history of" Rice
| the best dressed boy and the best
dressed girl will be selected in a few
weeks in n contest conducted by The
Thresher. PrizeSs up to $.150 in value
will be awarded for the winners of
the contest.
There will be absolutely nothing to
do in this contest. Candidates can be
nominated by a petition signed by
twenty-five students. A general elec-
tion will be conducted with official
ballots to determine the winner be-
tween those candidates nominated for
the titles.
The details of the prizes to be
awarded are not yet ready to lie made
public. Local merchants will make
the awards.
Battelsleins, Sakowitz, Krupp and
Tuffly, Fashion, Levy's Holies, Norton's.
Foley Bros Nathan's Corrigan's. and
the National Shirt Shop are some of
the merchants who have already agreed
to furnish valuable prizes for the witv
ner of the contest.
Petitions can be slipped into the
black box in Hie Thresher office, 104
A. B. or given to either Gene Sisk or
Bill Rogde.
In connection with this "fashion"
contest, fashion notes will be carried
from week to week starting today, on
the editorial page of the paper. These
notes will be written by some of the
Houston men and women style ex-
perts.
The date of the election has not
(Continued on Page 4)
New Mexico Students
To Grade Professors
New Mexico Univ.—Although no
professors have been caught "apple-
polishing," rumor has it that they have
taken to burning the midnight oil and
other types of cramming in order to
make good grades on the student coun-
cil questionnaire in which the students
will reverse the usual procedure and
grade their instructors.
Students at N. M. U. will fill out the
questionnaire at the next assembly. No
professors are expected to flunk out.
Each student will grade the six pro-
fessors whose teaching he knows best.
The information gained from the sur-
vey will be strictly confidential, and
the individual results will be revealed
onlv to the instructor graded.
Group results, however, will be
made known to the student body
; through the New Mexico Lobo. It is
hoped that the information secured will
aid the instructor in improving his
present technique of teaching.
The professors will be graded on the
basis of 100 with the credits distri-
buted as follows:
Ability to put material across, 20
points; knowledge of subject matter,
15; ability to interpret and present
"up-to-date" material, 15; ability to
hold attention of class. 18.
Personality and fairness of grading
are worth 10 points each; willingness to
advise students, 6; freedom from sar-
casm of destructive criticism, and par-
ticipation in activities outside the
classroom have a value of 3 points
each.
FOR FOUR CLASS
POSITIONS NAMED
Martha Farmer, Mary Beth
Peterson, Bonnie Dell
McBride Seniors
Du/hpsses of :he four classes will be
electedpilorufjiy m the /Selection 'of par-
ticipants in the coming May , Fete con-
tinues Nine candidates have been nom-
inated for the. four duchess positions.
For senior duchess Mary Beth Peter-
son Elizabeth Baldwin Literary So-
ciety;: Martha Farmer, Owen Wister
Literary Society, and Bonnie Dell Mc-
Bride, independent candidate, were
nominated Monday.
For junior duchesses the lile, nry m>-
cieties Tuesday nominated Floy King,
recent Queen of the Archi-Arts Ball
and a member of the O. W. L; S. She
will 1* opposed by Dorothy Zapp. in-
dependent.
In the sophomore class Florence Hod '
rick of the O. W. L. S. and Elna Bi-
rath, independent, are the two candi-
dates. :
The freshman class will.choose be- >
tween Margie Boyd and Mary Aline:
Earhart for duchess in the first year!
class, Miss Boyd is a member of the,
fe B. L. S, and Miss Earhart an indcf
pendent.
The May Fete elections will wind
lip on Monday. March 28, with, the.
election of duchesses, strictly class
elect inns, A person is qual ified to vote
onlv for the - candidates for duchess in!
the class in which he is classified.;
DUNLAP ENTERTAINS
WRITING CLUB; FOUR
WORKS ARE OFFERED
Henry Dunlap entertained the Rice1
Writing Club Monday night, at 98-1 Kirby
Drive. A. variety of works were read-
at the meeting: a chapter of a novel,
the second act of a play, a short story,
and a poem.
Lavoisier Lamar, a graduate of the
Rice Institute and former assistant in
the mathematics department, read the
chapter of the novel. A high school
senior is the hero of the novel, which
satirizes the ambitions of sophisticated j
vouth. The chapter read Monday night j
was praised highly by George G. Wil-,
linms, instructor iti English of the In- !
stitute and advisor to the Writing!
Club. j
The poem, "Cross-Roads," showing!
the futility of decision, was read by j
Louis Jacobs, a new member of the
club.
Ruth Wisenberg, in her short story,
"Bunny," showed the hardships of a
young married couple. Bunny, the wife,
is forced to work in a cheap dry goods
shop in order to support herself and
her young husband, who is still in col-
lege working for a Master of Arts De-
gree in chemistry. It also tells Of their j
struggle against sickness afid accident. I
The last work read was the 1 second;
act of a play, as yet unnamed, by Mrs.
Lavoisier Lamar. The play deals with
a married couple nearing middle age.,
In the husbands family, there is a
touch of hereditary Insanity that is just J
beginning to be noticeable in him. He ;
has developed a morbid jealously of his
wife, even to the point of suspecting her
of an affair with a young friend*of their ,
son. Comic relief in the play is offered
by his cousin, Perty, who is also a vie-!
tint of the hereditary taint,. All the
characters in the play are forcefully1
and realistically presented.
MEN0RAH SPEAKER
NOT SURE WHICH
SIDE IF ANY WON
VICTORY MONDAY
Wil linn M. Nathan. Houston air,
torney, will speak at the annual open
meeting of the Rice Menorali Society
next Thursday night at Autry House.
NATHAN TO SPEAK
AT MENORAH CLUB
MEETING THURSDAY
William M. Nathan. Houston ..n-'i-
n< v. will be ihe main speaker at the
annual open .mpetirig of the Rice In-
stitute Chapter 'of the National Monorali
Society, to bo held at H <m lock Thurs-
day at Autry House! Mr. 'Nathan's
topic Will l)i- "'Ihe ypjaj H'lJ lp Jewish
History: "
fn his rddreSs, Naihuri intends to
eive a resume of, the (tn$Bj.-n Ave. and
then carry his talk tlnouuh to the <■*-.
pulsion of the Jews as illicit , f the
inept.'it^m *
Mr. .-Nathan:" w&;s' thtf1 irrsf,/ president
of the Rice M-ihe'rah Smdei> when it
was first. ,organized on the eisinpvis in
1915. He was.also a member of!the!firfet
graduating class of the: Institute in .1916
His soil, Charles Nathan! a sophol^orc
chemical engineer of the Institute, is
the first son of a member of the 191(5
graduating class to attend the Institute.
Besides his active work with t!lie Men-
orali Society. Nathan has also held the,
office of president of the district grand
lodge of the B'nai B'rith.
Another feature of the program will
be a rending, ''A Southern Girl at a
Ball" by Miss Ethel Levin, .who. is
coming te Houston especially fc>r this
meeting. Miss Levin has studied dram-
atics at C. I. A. and Chicago Univer-
sity, and has served as director of the
Little Theatct of Goose Creek. She has
performed several times at meetings in
Houston.
The Menorah Society, active for sev-
eral years after it was first organized
by Nathan, was reorganized last year
by David Barg. whp is now president
(Continued on Page 4'
DRAMATIC CLUB WILL
BEGIN CASTING FOR
FORTHCOMING PLAY
Nagle and Byers Selected By
Outsiders; Not By
Factions
Na.hey N/i.'< 3 ,'vni.i !/.,/■< i- 'wi/tl-'
the - hoindiy ol-'ve|' resei^im- ''fin! ^• u->.i'
(.'la^.s /as ip'r ir'ti.-t"'}---^.:- in1 the iVIas / ■ ■ ■,. irt
! th'' gene ( i1 t St ttii n hist Motfd.i . , As ,1
,, n.'kliU .sun- Whether 'the.!,
independent;:;, the, .t.n-iits,.. I'! 'til is Her.',
side had ' won ' ,"t/,v;Ctdryi
Some .' 'ib-iryt'rs'.stated'thai w. t«i$
• of a vii toiv tor either side, it was a
vkU.rv I- r the irmvemeiu to return the
May Fi to principals of a selection on.
grout ids other than.a t'iuht-between tin.
vw tiicUons.
The litejaly societies had previously
organized and . selected Lucille' Town-
ley O. W L S president, and Mary/-
,!ane Wevrn ii, 1'. A. L, S. president as
then' loalition candidates. .Yliss livers,
v.-'oo had p:ovi-..u !y U-en nominated . v
Fl. B. I, P. .-.nil who-,; petition had I -en
'.urnej tjll •■- "he. 'Women's .Council
u ithdi ew ?;v--a ;; i r .• A petition
Miss bvm w..« turned m. in.wcve- at
. i ■■■■:■,v '■''#■ 1 ■ H-'. '• :• , ■'•
/: n> W ..l>\ friend,v • u:iu her
r: H'ti. plac-' I i'h ihe Ualle:.
A pi. 1/oti. lo:- N:«'ne> Nagel. deluded
' by Mildred O f.'Midao tot- M;,;. Juecti.
Wi--. likewise turned in. The ictorv
Wills II calit.rl a Step in the rici.t di •
lecij. ti t ■ end the se!e:'tum ; di-
dates by or.::aniz„.lions of the ii'i.dcp' ed-
fhts and ttt-'ils. The tj||:iei di..' ;te-.
fin' jMwfc from the independent.--
were Miirie Wai/ico itui jait St- ;lv-
/ton'/,'' '■>: !.;'.! ... ' .'/■ . !■ i' ■
1 .t W^rvch',''^,",.! ,'i . ",ied
5 Tuesde ,■ lha! ,l.i.!n Nana .'• '.e
liul Phi Bet, Kh'l Kn !
fjp May.
Nance, reguiui *.ii .i oil tin . '. ■
we-1 Conference .aid
champion;-. ■ is :atv aid hjmJ ,n
jJ-Vte'. .situotiViii. lias-iii).,' -t n.i
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NICK STUART AND
BAND WILL PLAY
APRIL 2 DANCE
After its success this week with the
Philip Barry comedy Spn'107 Dfutce. the
Dramatic Club will1 meet 1 Wednesday
at 7:30 p, m. at Autry. House to liegin
Casting on its next production, a Shak-
espearian, An Von Like It.
The new play will be presented early
iii May. with rehearsals beginning in
the middle Of April. Casting will 1*
completed Wednesday night and Thurs-
day night.
Signing Nick Stuart of Hollywood
fame and his orchestra brought plans
praclicaliy to Completion .for the P A
L. S -Pre-Med annual spring ' infer-
mal" dance at the Hilistcn Club on
April 2.
This will make the second l>ig
name" orchestra to appfear at Rtce this
season At the Junior Prom GritT Wil-
liams and his orchestra showed how a
real bnfid made a dance a success, so
' the literary society girls and the pros- '!
jpeetive doi tors decided to eo in for
' irore of the sanu with the result that ;
Stuart and his orchestra, favorite? on
] the Pacific Coast, will play tor the
idance
j The Houston Club, most "sumptuous .
hall available 111 Houston, was re- j
served to make this dam-e one of the
finest of the social season
Committees ,in charge of the dance
j.are as follows:
i Orchestra: Martha Ann Picton. Has- j
1 kell Wertheimer. and Carey Kinu.
Hall. Nancy Pratt. Jimmy Branard,
Ned Boyce.
Rids: Pranciif Flanagan, Elliott Sharp,
Decorations: Betty Bennett. Mary
Jane Quenby. Elizabeth Davis, and
I Frances Park.
Food. Florence Bryan.
Tlie dance will last from ten until
two. A midnight supper will be served
by the Houston Club.
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