The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 22, 1945 Page: 1 of 4
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HOUSTON, TEXAS, 23 NOVEMBER, 1945
Students to Choose
New Campus Prexy
In Monday Election
Freshman Class Offices Also
At Stake In First Opportunity
Of Group to Name Own Leaders
Monday-, 26 Novembejr, the polls in Sallyport will be open
for voting for one office in a general election and three offices
in the freshman election. N
A new president of the Student Association must be chosen
by all the students at Rice to replace Bob Zelsman, who recently
received his commission in the(
P-A-LS- Sell Bonds
ST"S T Make >am
2,2?""" Farnmorth Queen
Applications for the office of
president of the freshman class in-
clude those from Leonard Attwell
and Don Williams. The girls will
focus their attention to 1^|e post of
vice-president, with candidates
proposed. These are Peggy Albritton,
Nina Barth, Jaynie King, Martha
Ann Moore, and Katy Powell. Tom
Murphy and Robert Wilkins are the
two campaigners for the secretary-
treasurer's job.
Campaign rules set up by the
"Student Council will be rigidly en-
forced this year, and any violation
of them will result in the disqualifi-
cation of the offending candidate.
These restrictions are not only to
insure a fair • chance for publicity
for all running but are meant to | lied $1000.
hold down expenses which would be I Barbara Hicks kept the Girls' Club
cyuite superfluous for the "office, rounding up votes for Jo Ellece
The hustling PALS with a great
deal of padding from Campaign
Manager Catherine Coor sent Jane
Farnswdrth way ahead of the field
to win the title of Victory Bond
Queen. The PALS are the smallest
group which entered competition,
having less than half the member-
ship of any of the other clubs. Yet
they led not only in the number of
votes cast, but sold $74,000 of the
$101,850 total bond sales.
Marian Holland managed the Owls
team, stacking up a lot of competi-
tion. Chief salesman for the Owls
was one Jacquelyn Trotter who tal-
Some of the regulations include no
Goodearle, Margee Scott, Anne Lan-
drum, J. W. Miller.
Music: Sara Nan Snoddy and
Bruce Bradbeer, co-chairmen; Elen-
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Bi'anch.
Margee Scott, that eminent busi-
ness and professional woman of the
EBLS drew on her long experience
of outtalking anyone to pile the
' bonds high for Camille.
Menagerie Race
Politics Get Some New
Twists in This Campaign
A glance at Sallyport and the bul-
letin boards will show you that
something is up! Yes, it's frosh
election time, and this, plus the
added attraction of choosing the
Student' Association President,
should make for some of the most
colorful campaigning of Rice po-
litical history.
This year's Freshman group seems
to contain many original minds, and
much eagerness concerning school
activity, as shown by the number of
candidates. Two boys are running
for President (Atwell and Williams);
five lassies We trying for the vice-
president slot (Allbritton, Barth,
King, Moore, and Powell); and two
more boys for Secretary-Treasurer
(Murphy and Wilkins). In the stu-
dent association race four likelies
are lining up (Corbett, Hayden, Man-
ning and Shaw). So in this election,
everybody votes!
The. Slime elections are always
marked by vigorous campaigning,
and this has been much in evidence
since Monday of this week. Various
signs of all shapes and colors, a pup
with his candidate's sign, the wise
owl hissing in Sallyport, and many
car decorations, balloons, blotters,
and rubber stamps all over every-
thing.
Thus far, the "era of good feeling"
seems to have prevailed, but this
may be caused by the vast number
of candidates, particularly among
the female factions, which usually
come almost to blows during the
run-off race, of which there will un-
doubtedly be one. Mud-slinging has
not been in evidence, and it is hoped
by all concerned that the weather
will stay dry.
A word to the candidates. In every
race there must be a loser, but, es-
pecially in politics, the best man
does hot always win. So, if at first
you don't succeed, try it againJ
Senior Officers
Meet/ Appoint
Class Committees
Last week the officers of the/Sen-
ior Class met to appoint the com-
mittees for the Class of '46. As yet
the definite date for the Senior
Dance has not been set; however, it
will be sometime in February. It is
hoped that all members of this grad-
uating class will wholeheartedly co-
operate to make their banquet and
dance most successful.
The committees are:
Dues: Lida Kittreil and Catherine
Thompson, co-chairmen; Marion
Boggs, Cecile Sass, Josephine Aber-
crombie, Dorothy McCleary.
Senior Standards: Barbara Hicks
and Mary Dee Miller, co-chairmen;
Mary Ruth Omer, Jane Elliot, Joy
Joyce, Mary Mims.
Publicity: Mildred McCall and
Jane Raubold, co-chairmen; Bille Jo
Darden, Muriel Wicks, Suzanne
Jonsson, Johnelle Morrow.
Invitations: Humpy Gordon and
Sam Swinford, co-chairmen; Lore
Merten, Pat West, Caiiolire F^iy,
June Loveless. '
. Rings: Bob Manning and Joyce
Berwick, co-chairmen; Evelyn Burke,
Mill' Milstead, Louise Loose, Bob
Bel.!.
Caps and Gowns: Marion Holland
and Rosalie Meek, co-chairmen; Roy
der Ilickey, Laura Lee Redfield,
Mary Catherine Bayless, Charles
Jacobs.
Decorations: Lib Brown and Jean
Brock, co-chairmen; Elsie Sue Hay-
nie, Allan James, Rosemary Hay-
den, Mady Gregory.
Tickets and Bids: Jo Ruth Russell
and Tommy Burke, co-chairmen;
Mignonette,. Berg, Jean Mistrot, Do-
ris Elaine Ehlinger, Ed Caustin.
Senior Banquet: Garry Corbett
and Catherine Henry; co-chairmen;
Craig Tips, Ann Martin, Winnie R.
Wroten, Robert Maurice.
Senior Ball: Mary Jane Ellis and
Camile Dockery, co-chairmen; John
Whittenberg, C. M. Smith, Robert
Wheatly, Florence Groce.
Historical: Margie Treseh and
Jerry Shaw, co-chairmen; Beverly
Taylor, Roberta Newnham, Janet
Croom, Dale Missimer.
There will be a very important
meeting Friday, 23 November, at 12
in the Physics Amph. of the Senior
Class, Ed Murphy asks all members
of the class to attend.
Those who have not turned in
their Senior Activity Slips are asked
to do so at this meeting.-
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O.W.L.S. Funds Add 4
New Books to Library
OWLS PIN HOPES
ON STOPPING FROG
AERIAL OFFENSE
AMAZING RICE TEAM EACES
STIFE OPPOSITION IN BATTLE
TO STAY IN CONFERENCE RACE
Attend Movies and
Lecture 14 Nov,
When a team that was picked for low man on the S.W.C.
totem pole can climb in a few short weeks to the top contending
position for the league crown, something is bound to happen—
and so it will—When Coach Neely takes his Rice eleven up to
— ; Texas Christian this Satur-
AM. and A.I.E.E
• | The Owls are in top shape, having
come out of the Aggie battle with
only minor bruises, and Coach Neely
will be able to field for the first
time this season a team that has
no sidelined players. Red Anderson
will be back and McBride and Keen-
ey have both recovered from the
shaking-up they received last week.
Rice is currently leading the con-
ference in rushing, having tVie best
ground attack in league. Their pas-
sing, however, is rated lowest in
yards gained. Texas Christian is
second highest in passing and have
the league's leading passer in Leon
Joslin who has completed 56 out of
112 passes for a 724 yard total.
Their ground game is practically
nil, however, and in this week's prac-
! tice scrimmages Neely has stressed
a pass defense against the T.C.U.
plays.
With only two games remaining
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'Members of the A.I.E.E. along
with those of the A.S.M.E. attended
a program of lecture and movies
on gas turbines and., jet propulsion
14 November by Mr. Eral L. Auyer
of the Aircraft Gas Turbine Engi-
neering Division of the General
Electric Company. Mr. Auyer came
to Houston from West Lynn, Massa-
chusetts to speak before a joint
meeting of the downtown sections
of the A.I.E.E. and A.S.M.E. in the
Chemistry Lecture Hall.
The E.E.'s en masse attended a
meeting of the downtown section
of the A.I.E.E. held at Bill William's
Tuesday night, 20 November. In-
cluded on the program was a movie
on "Flying Fishermen" and a talk on
"Industrial Electronics" by Mr. W.
D. Cockrell of the General Electric
Company.
Future technical programs for the
Rice Branch of the A.I.E.E. include
a lecture by a radio and radar
officer of a B-29 wing. The annual
A.I.E.E. banquet and dance will be
held 1 December. All indications ! the
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Architects Pledge
Six New Members
At Recent Meeting
show it shaping up to the high level
of entertainment attained in the
past.
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The Architecture Society has some
new faces—it needed them. Not that
new ones are any better—it's
! just a change.
t New members were chosen at the
last regularly scheduled meeting,
| They are Dottie Mondshine, Dorothy
j Comhaire, Mary Lynn Thompson,
1 Boris Manks, Albert J. Morgan, and
Bob Zeltner.
I The formal,initiation will be some-
, time in the near future. In the moan-
, time the pledges can busy themselves
; by redecoration of the bond booth
and doing useful tasks.
j The pledges are to also think of
(for them it's hard I themes and
variations
for the next
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Arch'-Arts.
Several new books have recently
been purchased for the library from
funds provided by the Owen Wister
Literary Society. They are Navajo
Omens and Taboos by Mrs. Franc
Newcomb; Voyage up the Missouri
Iiiver, 1811, by Henry M. Bracken-
vidge; History of Savoy Male and
Female College, by Mattie Lee Boyd;
The Prairie Logbooks by J: Henry
Carleton.
These books have been placed on
the shelves for the immediate use
of students and faculty.
Dr. J. S. Fulton Named
Assistant Professor
Of Philosophy Here
James Street Fulton, Ph.D. (Cor-
nell), Assistant Professor of Philo-
sophy of McGill University, has been
appointed Assistant Professor of
Philosophy at the Rice Institute
from next September 1st. Dr. Fulton
is at present on leave of absence: The Rice Student Branch of the
from McGill University. He served . American Society of Mechanical En-
for two years with the Canadianj gincevs will have its membership
Navy and last summer was released j meeting Friday, 23 November,-1945,
to participate in the organization j The meeting will be held in the
of the United States Army Univer- Chemistry Lecture Hall and will
sity at Shrivenham, England. j start at 1900. This is the best time
.0 to join because it insures you full
participation in ASME activities for
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A.S.M.E. NOTICE
NOTICE SENIORS
Mr. Blayney has been called out
of town unexpectedly this week and
will not be able to take orders for
rings until Friday and Saturday of
next week. Watch the Thresher for
further notice.
this and the following semesters.
The purpose and advantages of be-
ing a member will be enumerated at
the meeting. Plans for the first in-
spection trip will be discussed. Any-
one interested is cordially invited
to attend.
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