The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 5, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 2, 1948 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME THIRTY-SIX — NUMBER FIVE
THRESHER
HOUSTON, TEXAS, SATURDAY, OCT. 2, 1948
Student Council Will Investigate Guidance Program
New Abercrombie Lab
AS THE NEW Abercrombie laboratory rapidly nears completion,
equipment is being continually moved into the building. The engineering
departments which will have labs there are holding temporary sessions
now, but plans now call for a full schedule sometime in the middle of
November. This initial period will probably be spent in assembling and
moving equipment by the students so that the departments can expand
their experimental work.
Developments in Telephone Industry
Will Be Shown at Rice Monday Night
The marvels of the latest develop-
ments in telephone communications
will be demonstrated on the Rice
campus next week by Dr. J. O.
Perrine, assistant vice-president of
the American Telephone and Tele-
graph Company, New York who will
be heard in the Physics Amphitheat-
er, Monday, Oct. 4, at 8:00 p.m. The
subject of the lecture-demonstration
will be "New Horizons in Communi-
cations." "
The program is being sponsored
by the American Institute of Elec-
trical Engineers and the Institute of
Radio Engineers. All students and
their families and friends are cor-
dially invited. There is no admission
charge.
During the demonstration Dr.
Perrine will put radio microwaves
through a performance that has
them doing such things as lighting
fluorescent lamps in mid-air with-
Work Progresses
On President's Home
Construction for the $125,000
president's home on the campus is
well underway. Carpenters of the
W. S. Bellows Construction com-
pany have completed the framework
and sidings up to the second story.
The home is located northeast of
Lovett hall, that's to the right of
the road leading from Main street
to Sallyport. It fronts to the west
on the northeast-southwest road run-
ning into the Lovett hall parking
area.
Constructed in brick veneer, the
air conditioned dwelling will be
architecturally in keeping with- the
rest of the "buildings on the campus.
Downstairs there are five rooms
and two baths, a living room, dining
room, kitchen, study and guest room.
There is an open {fireplace in the
study and living room. Upstairs
there there are four bedrooms, two
auxiliary rooms and 4 baths.
President Houston's home is ex-
pected to be completed in the spring.
out wire connections, bending around
corners, bouncing off electrical con-
ducting surfaces and passing tjiru
metallic lenses and prisms.
The talk will be non-technical and
the speaker has a peculiar facility
for translating the complicated ter-
milogy and explanations into lan-
guage that ordinary laymen can un-
derstand. No special knowledge of
science or electronics is required to
understand the talk.
Recognized throughout the coun-
try by scientists as one of the na-
tion's authorities on communica-
tions Dr. Perrine has had a long
and distinguished career with the
A. T. & T. Company. He is a
graduate of Iowa, Michigan and
Cornell Universities a member of
three honorary scholarship frater-
nities: Sigma Xi, Phi Delta Kappa,
and Sigma Pi Sigma, and is a Fel-
low of the American Association
fer the Advancement of Science.
Rice Engineers
Hold First Society
Meeting of Year
The Rice Engineering Society held
its first meeting of the year Tues-
day. Although not a single Fresh-
man turned out for the short busi-
ness session, over 60 were on hand.
A drive to recruit underclassmen
interest in the society will start im-
mediately.
Alan Chapman, a former president
of the society, was elected sponsor.
The engineers formed plans for a
bi-weekly series of speakers. Includ-
ed among the speakers in the near
future will be professor C. R. Soder-
berg, Professor of Mechanical En-
gineering at M.I.T., who will discuss
gas turbines and jet propulsion. Pro-
fessor Soderbei-g will be at the In-
stitute on the evening of October 21.
J. H. Wayland, Research Associate
at the Pasadena Naval Ordinance
Test Station, will speak on October
8 in the Physics Amphitheater on
Cavities and Cavitation in Torpedo!
Projection. More information on
.both of these speakers will be car-
ried in the Thresher at a later date.
The Engineering Society is op^n
to all engineers at the Institute. The
benefits of Society membership will
be explained to Freshman and So-
phomore engineering classes in the
near future.
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Radio Club Holds First
Meeting Tuesday Night
The Rice Radio Club will hold its
first meeting of the year next Tues-
day, October 5, at 7:30 p.m. in room
ML 206.
The Radio Club is an organization
for all students, academic or en-
gineering, who are interested in
amateur radio. Students who wish
to learn about "ham" radio, as well
as licensed amateurs, are invited to
attend.
The Club has a room in the new
lab building for the transmitter, and
hopes to be on the air by the first
meeting. Plans for a dance will be
discussed, as .well as other matters
concerning the club station.
Hammond, Kelly, Tyson, Turpin,
Fisher, Mcllhenny Are Appointed
At a well attended meeting Thursday the Student Council appointed
a committee to investigate the Freshmen guidance committee and rports of
excess profits in the sale of slime caps, ties, and suspenders. No other
action was taken by the Council because there was a general feeling
that no one understood the questions involved well enough to debate them.
Ben Hammond, Jim Kelly, Brady
Tyson, Jack Turpin, Eddie Fisher,
and Bob Mcllhenny were appointed
to the committee.
The Literary societies were pres-
ent in a body to ask the Council
for its approval for the Girls' club
and Literary societies to negotiate
with the Athletic Association for
the sale of programs at the football
games. A resolution was adopted
stating that the Council had no ob-
jections to the girls' selling the pro-
grains if they so desired.
The photographer who took the
blanket tax pictures sent a letter
to the Council asking if they would
allow him to sell the oversized pic-
tures to the students. The Council
rejected the offer on the basis that
no one would want to pay $.25 for
the pictures.
A motion was made to request
permission for students to park on
the campus during football games,
using their blanket ta"$w#as parking
permits. J. S. Binford was appoint-
ed as a committee to investigate
the possibilities.
The Council finally set Thursday
noOns as the regular meeting time,
and also called a meeting at noon
today for approving petitions of
candidates for the elections to he
held October 11., •
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To Speak Monday
DR. J. O. PERRINE
Perlitz Announces
'47 Campanile Loss,
a
Treasury Balance
John Penlitz, treasurer of the
Student Association, said Thursday
that the 1947 Campanile would cost
the Student Association $660.33. The
debt was incurred through rising
printing costs that year. There are
still $100 in accounts receivable fox-
that issue of the yearbook but about
$60 is owed by a firm that no longer
exists.
At the first of this school year
the treasury stood at about $538, but
approximately $280 was spent on the
all-school picnic and freshman
dance. Blanket tax receipts brought
the balance to $1062,20, but after
the 1947 Campanile debt is paid the
treasury will contain $401.87.
Election Committee Sets
Rules for Special Election
The Election Committee of the
Student Council announced Thurs-
day that although it has been work-
ing on a new set of election rules,
it will be impossible to have them
approved by the Student Council and
student body before the coming elec-
tion on October 11.
The committee feels that since all
candidates for offices are upper-
classmen and are for the most part
familiar with the rules used last
year it will be sufficient to set forth
only those rules directly governing
the campaigning and polling.
* 1. Candidates will not necessarily
be required to read the constitutions,
either new or old, of the Student
Association or Honor Council.
2. Candidates must not be on prob-
ation.
3. Candidates must limit all ex-
penses to a maximum of $25 for
both primary and run-off.
4. All candidates (including
those for Honor Council) must
submit a detailed campaign ex-
pense account before the polls
open at 8 a.m. Before Sunday
noon (October 10) these accounts
can be submitted only to Jimmy
Meyers or Ben Hammond; after
that time they may be han'ded to
any council ^member. Candidates
who do not comply with this rule
will be disqualified and are there-
fore urged to hand in expense ac-
counts as early as possible.
5. Campaign advertising op the
campus is limited to posters, blot-
ters, signs, and school publications.
6. Printed advertising on the cam-
pus is to be confined to: (1) the
* 6T
gravel area on the west side of
Sallyport, (2) the walk directly in
front o the Physics building and An-
derson Hall, and (3) the area be-
tween Anderson Hall and the Chem-
istry Building. Posters will be al-
lowed in the dormitory mess hall if
approwd by Mrs. W. C. Hardy.
7. Posters may be tied on trees.
Nailing or otherwise harming the
trees or shrubs shall be prohibited.
All candidates must remove their
posters and signs by 8 a.m. of the
morning of the election*
8. There shall be no electioneering
within the limits of the polls during
the election period.
Any candidates with questions
concerning the election rules should
contact Ben Hammond, Jim Kelly,
or Tempe Howze who make up the
Election committee.
Be Sure to Get Your
Blanket Taxes!
If you want to go to the game
tonight you had better have a
blanket tax! If you want your blan-
ket tax you had better get it today!
Students must have their new
blanket taxes to be admitted to any
home football game, beginning with
the LSU game tonight, Dean Hugh
S. Cameron warned Friday.
Any student who has not received
his blanket tax may get it today,
upon presentation of the registra-
tion receipt, at the Dean for Stu-
dents' office, in Lovett Hall. Mr.
Cameron will be in that office until
Events
Monday, October 4
AIEE—8 p.m. Physics Amphi-
theatre (See story on this page)
Choral Club—7 p.m. A-House.
ASCE—7:30 ML 210. Mr. L. B.
Ryon will speak.
Tuesday, October 5
Radio Club—7:30 MC 206
Wednesday, October 6
Campanile Editorial staff meeting
for all interested. 12 noon A.H.
110.
Thursday, October 7
P. S. A.—12:15 A-House, Dr. J.
Bullock: "What Your Religious
Needs Are."-
Friday, October 8
Campanile Business Staff meet-
ing for all interested—12 noon
A. H. 110.
Saturday, October 9
E. B. L. S. party honoring fresh-
man girls 12-7 at home of Mrs.
A. Buster at La Porte.
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The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 5, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 2, 1948, newspaper, October 2, 1948; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth230760/m1/1/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.