The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, April 9, 1943 Page: 2 of 4
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Would you spare thirty minutes to save a life? Surely every student
at the Institute is willing and anxious to do this but very few have. The
plan is simple enough; you can donate some of your blood to the Red Cross
Blood Bank.
Blood Donor Centers have been opened by the Red Cross in 24 cities
in less than two years and Houston is one of these centers. The Harris
County Emergency Medical Service and Blood Bank is located on the
first floor of the Memorial Hospital. Prospective blood donors report
there first and following blood tests are sent to St. Joseph's Hospital
at their own convenience to actually give their donation. The medical
authorities lean over backwards to be sure that there is absolutely no
risk involved to the donor so you need have no fear regarding your loss
of blood. No one is allowed to give more than five pints a year even if they
desire to give more.
This year fighting Americans will be scattered throughout the world.
This is the reason those of us at home should give more of our blood as well
as our other services. According to Lieutenant-Commander William M.
Johnson, a Navy medical officer from Akron, Ohio: "Blood plasma is the
most valuable single medical article at the disposal of Army and Navy doc-
tors in this War." And Commander Johnson should know, for he spent two
weel(s on Guadalcanal patching up wounded marines, and received nine
wounds himself.
But his is not the only testimony from the war zones as to the efficiency
of plasma. On file with the Army and Navy in Washington are thousands
of case histories in which Red Cross plasma has helped save the lives of
wounded American servicemen. Sometimes as many as eight pints are needed
lo save one man.
The Red C ross is endeavoring to secure four million pints of the plasma.
But who can say whether four million will be enough? We may need five
million or seven million units of the plasma.
It is impossible for people in all parts of the country to donate blood
to the Army and Navy because there are not facilities for taking it every-
where. However We of Houston can donate our blood and really feel our-
selves to be part of the war effort.
The fighting m%n of our country recognize the need for blood plasma
more clearly than many of the civilians. When home on leave they
often go down and donate their blood. When the French battleship, Riche-
lieu, arrived in New York harbor many of tire French sailors went dorw'n
and gave their blood to the Red Cross.,
The students of Springfield College in Massachusets organized a pa-
rade and 350 of them marched down lo the city auditorium and ddnated
400 pints of blood. Among them were many faculty members.
This is a contribution which all of us who are in good health can make
if we feel that we are not able lo contribute a large sum of money to the
drive. It is a fact that the blood you give may actually save the life of a
friend, or dear one, or of one of the thousands of the young'metI who ate out
there fighting for our country. Let us volunteer now.
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Big, blond, and handsome John
MacDonald and Grace need not break
up now that their names have ap-
peared in print. . . What about thia
Bayleaa-Wheeler affair? Give him a
break, Sophie . . . Since the Navy
dance we've been hearing rumors
about the boy commando and La-
mar's Jane Farnsworth. Enlighten
us Hodges.
Don't be bashful, McElree, go
ahead and ask Betty Jo Lackey for
date ... Clinny Quinn wants it known
that he was Estelle's date last Sat-
urday night ... If I was Estelle I
would try to keep it a secret too . . .
We are getting pretty tired of hear-
ing Johnson's old line of "I hate
girls" aren't we, Garrison? ... We
wonder what has happened to the
Roach-Repass romance that was so
strong in high school . . . Ah, me
that's the way it goes . . . Toan, Nut-
ting, Ford, rind Stevenson are look-
ing for some "good dates .. . Anyone
interested please contact them at
West Hall.
Glenn Bryan, why don't you be
satisfied with June Kirkgard and
leave other people's girls alone . . .
This column wishes to report that
Chief Fordham, NROTC physical in-
structor is now on the road to re-
covery from his operations . . . Man-
ning Ligon is running around with
the Dentler girl ... Is it the potato
chips or the salad di*essing that you
are interested in, Manning? . . .
Caroline Kn&pp was out of this
world last Saturday night . . . Emig
was just out . . . There is a horrible
rumor going- around that DeMoss ac-
tually had a date . . . Ruth if this is
not right please inform us for this
terrible thing must be stopped . . .
Why was Ralph Rupley chasing Mur-
nez Smyth all around the Houston
Country Club last Saturday night?
. . Love, it looks like "you are going
to have some real competition for
Newlin ... A navy dance is a bad
place to take a girl . . . This column
really disappointed that Bono was
not at the Navy dance . . . Girls are
not really that bad, Cookie.
Opal Smith is being very non-
chalant abut the sudden attentions
of Francis Archer, newly released
( ?) from connections back home . . .
'Lilly" Thompson was seen with
Frank Smith at the Pre-Med picnic
. . . Hmm, Dado is having the usual
Burnham time at the Plantation and
now with Tresch since her steady
has gone . . . Word received says
Nancy Allen is a very happily mar-
ried young lady ... Is Morrison
taking a new flare for doctors? . . .
Speaking of doctors Bert Nowlin al-
most had to part with a bit of ap-
pendix this week.
Missing from the stuff column
for the first time in four long years
is the name of Evelyn Smith . . .
May we have three minutes of si-
lence in reverence to its passing.
Little Young and Mary Jo Hill
are feeling the effects of spring . . .
Dick Brown's interest in Joyce
Pounds seems to be more than po-
litical . . . Why doesn't Charley
Matthews cut his field down to four
or five girls . . . Miriam Ormerod
is carrying the torch for an ensign
in the Naval Air Corps.
Betty Bills ought to wise up to
the fact that vinegar won't catch
flies . . . Nothing worth mentioning
about Johnny Echols and Pat Stev-
ens this week . . . Chappell and
Lawrean still meet by the Chemistry
building, but Dugat and Virginia Lee
don't ... Our nomination for the
couple of the week, Smut and Bo-
berta.
to one of thoae strange eventa; an
opera season. A small company, or-
ganized three years ago In Redbank,
New Jersey, presented "Bigoletto,"
"The Barber of Seville," and "La
Traviata." As in , the case of most
small companies, the singers, cos-
tumes, scenery, and orchestra were
not of the same caliber as those of
the Metropolitan, but the perfor-
mances as a whole were quite en-
joyable. The American Civic Opera
Company is composed of versatile
young artists, the same cast ap-
pearing in each opera. It is designed
especially for traveling as it uses a
very small orchestra and no chorus.
"Bigoletto" was a bad choice for
opening night, for this deeply melo-
dramatic work requires more elabor-
ate settings and finer voices than
this company could give. Despite
the efforts of the conductor, the
performance was rather lifeless with
the possible exception of some of the
ensemble pieces. On the other hand,
Rossini's "Barber of Seville" is an
ideal opera for this type of company.
It is a light, comic opera tending
toward the slapstick. A large orches-
tra is not necessary for a satisfac-
tory production and the choi*us is
not greatly missed. A spirited per-
formance was given by a cast
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inm mar*ea improvement irom tne
proceeding night. Agata Borai and
Reed Lawton deserve much credit
for their Rosian and Figaro.
When attempting to judge the
merits of any small opera company
one is apt to set the standards too
high. But it must be remembered
that such companies have very limit-
ed resources and cannot purchase
the expensive sets nor hire the num-
erous orchestra and chorus personnel
required by a company like the
Metripolitan, and also that young,
inexperienced singers seldom sound
like Lily Pons or Jussi Bjoerling.
To be an opera star requires stage
experience and vocal training, for-
merly obtainable only in the small
provincial opera houses of Europe.
By providing a chance for young
American singers to participate in
actual performances the small opera
company is doing American music
as a whole a service. We need more
companies like the American Civic
Opera.
Ed's. Note (In last week's music
column the word comic was omited
before opera in the statement re-
garding Wagner's "Die Meistersing-
er" 1®his was not the fault of the
author, Rosemary King.)
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