The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, October 14, 1955 Page: 1 of 8
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TOMORROW
Volume Forty-Three-—Number 5
HOUSTON, TEXAS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1955
Student Council
Council Asks For
Union Bldg. Tax
By Walt Silvus
Not too much happened at the
council meeting Wednesday night,
but it took about an hour and
a half. Kay Russell was absent;
Coors was on time; it was Joe
Brown that was late this time.
The National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People wrote to council asking
for support of Payne College in
their crusade to return democracy
to the South.
A stamp machine, after much
gnashing of the teeth, will b?
installed in the Rice lounge; the
machine will incur no profit, no
loss, but merely serve as a con-
venience to the student body.
Elections will be held soon on
the campus for a junior honor
councilman, a 5th year student
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FROSH GIRLS ESCAPE
SLIME PARADE PERIL
There was once an innocent
little Freshman girl, who knew
..titute, and the show was on. A
spectacle? Anyone who happened
not good from bad; but then oc- ! to be driving down Main Street
TICKETS
AH freshmen are reminded
that they are guaranteed two
tickets on their blanket tax
for the Rice-Texas A. and M.
football game on Parent Or-
ientation day only until Sat-
urday, October 14, 1955.
'56 Homecoming
To Feature Floats
Homecoming this year will be !
marked by ceremonies honoring J
Head Coach Jess Neely, by 13;
elaborate floats, and by regional j
TV coverage of the homecoming j
game and activities. j
John Zimmerman, Student
Councilman-at-large, chairman of
homecoming, has announced
plans for the half-time program
at the Rice-Arkansas game at
2 P.M. November 5.
A queen and two princesses
will be elected October 31 and
the results will not be announced
until half-time' at the game.
Nomination petitions are due at
1 pm Friday, October 21, and
must be signed by 25 Rice stu-
dents. The candidates may come
from any class.
Floats will be constructed by
all four cla*se3, by the eight lit-
erary societies, and by the Rally
Club, whose float will be for the
Queen. Plans for the floats will
follow a central theme and will
be resigned by the Rice Archi-
tects. APO service fraternity
will assist in their construction.
Prizes of $50, $30, and $20 will
be awarded by the Alumni As-
sociation for the three best floats.
Between halves the floafts will
parade—on the backs of * noble
freshmen — and spell out the
name of Jess Neely in honor of
Ric's head football coach. The
band will perform, and the focal
point will be the coronation of
the Homecoming Queen.
Friday night, bfore Saturday's
game, the Rally Club will spon-
sor the traditional pep rally and
•bonfire at 6:45. It will be held on
the parking lot near ihe gym.
The bonfire will be built and
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curred the Slime Parade, and
now thi§ miss has been had.
Last Friday night the Fresh-
men boys had an opportunity to
release all their pent-up emo-
tions and frustrations (and those
pent-up boys sure must have
been frustrated) in the tradition-
al free-for-all known as the
Slime Parade.
It began around and about
seven, while the giggling, nerv-
ous Slimes of the female variety
climbed cautiously into the
scrumptious convertibles await-
ing them at the Sallyport,
warned by the drivers to take
off their shoes, and sternly ad-
monished by Sophomore girh to
return to the cars immediately
after the Pep Rally. Then, at a
at that particular time witnessed
about seventeen cars full of
Slimes in green dresses and pin-
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SENIOR FOLLIES
ANNOUNCE DATE
The always outstanding musi-
cal extravaganza of our talent-
ed seniors will be here before you
know it! Dates for the Senior
Follies have been set for Fri-
day, December 16th and Satur-
day, December 17th, and the big-
gest attendance ever is antici-
pated.
Jack Crutchfieid and Gene
Pratt are co-directors and John
Wolda is business manager. Di-
rector of music is Phil Shannon
and Kay Lynch is in charge of
publicity. Costuming will be ably
handled by Mary Ann Kopriva,
and Mel O'Brien, assisted by Phil
Slough and Jack McGirity will be
in charge of set designs. Ticket
"Foul Fowl" Least
Preferable Food
"Foul fowl" fried chicken),
spare ribs, and veal cutlets were
voted least preferable Commons J sales will be in charge of Fines
meals by Rice dormitory resi-
dents in the Commons Food Pre-
ference Poll passed out last
week, according .to Ed Harris,
Chairman of the Men's Hall
Committee.
The Hall Committee met with
Dean G. T. McBride Tuesday ev-
ening to discuss the compiled
given signal, the parade rolled I results of the polls and submitted
out through the gates of the In- j a list of twenty-five recommen-
~ j dations for various improve-
Election Rules \ments in the commons.
OWLS OPEN CONFERENCE
AGAINST SMU TOMORROW
Tomorrow night in Dallas the Owls stop practicing and
begin the 1955 season's gridiron play seriously as they
open against SMU in their first conference game, compet-
ing not only for national standings but for the coveted
spot in the Cotton Bowl on New Year's Day.
"If SMU had an experi-
enced quarterback it would
be a solid choice to win the
championship . . Thus be-
gins the appraisal of Southern
Methodist in a typical pre-sea-
son sports magazine. Much to the
consternation of everyone John
Roach has developed into a first
rate quarterback, passing for 149
yards against Missouri, and thus
like many another team in the
SWC the only weakness is a good
second team quarterback,
Notre Dame and Ga. Tech had
the answer to SMU attack, they
played the same kind of game the
Methodists did and beat them at
it. Ball control and a rough-tough
rugged middle of the lino were
the answer. The sizable line finds
Erie Knebel (240) and Forrest
Gregg (223) at tackles, Burleigh
Arnecke (204) at center, Smitty
Keller (195) and "Tiny" Goss
(245) at guards. With three x-
perienced running backs, and only
Martin.
We hear that Jonesy Jones,
Phil Martin
tmrf Fre<# Wrrote on the first team
Southern Methodist should be
i hard to beat if they only can
have worked up whimsey and hu-
mor which will be highly divert-
ing and Ronnie Flymr is having \ come fco life_
his troubles as producer.
and entertainment! This wil1 be the first confer"
enee game for both teams, and
neither car, afford "to lose if they
take the crown. Last
Surprises
supreme are promised us and if;
all rumors are true the Follies j
of '55 will long be remembered. pxPec
Audition date.- will be Sunday,
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eek the Owls alleviatei
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REPAIRED SAMMY STOLEN FROM ROOST
The following is the calendar of
events this month concerning the
deadlines and days to vote:
October 14: Petitions are due
before 1:00 for Class B Student
Council Representative, Junior
Honor Council Representative,
and the Assistant Editors of the
Campanile and Thresher.
October 21: Petitions are due
before 1:00 for the Homecoming
Royalty and Assistant Business
Managers of the Campanile and
Thresher.
October 24: Election takes
place for the Class B Student
Council Representative, Junior
Honor Council Representative,
and. Assistant Editors of "the
Campanile and the Thresher.
October 26: Run-offs.
October 31: Electioh of Home-
coming Royalty, Assistant Busi-
ness Managers of the Campanile
and Thresher.
There must be 25 names on
each publication petition and 10
on others which must be submit-
ted to any member of the Elec-
tion Committee (accompanied by
50tf). Each person must also sign
a pledge saying he has read the
Constitution and By-Laws of the
Student Association. Those on
the Election Committee are Bob
Murray, Kay Russell, Margie Jar-
boe, and Bob Schumacher. A
"Poop Sheet" will be given to
each entree which will list all
necessary details.
Only last week undergraduates
struggled to repair Sammy from
his injuries sustained in the LSU
game, (see photo at right) and
finally, aided by all sorts of ad-
hesive products some success was
visualized.
All was to no avaH however,
for Wednesday night at about
11:00 Sammy was stolen!! The
men who performed the trick
came to the library and informed
the janitors that the large Owl
was needed for a Pep Rally, and
they promptly handed him over.
An announcement on & local
radio station soon brought men
from the dorms to check on the
empty spot in the library where
he used to stand. At the time the
Thresher went to press no re-
liable information as to the iden-
tity of the culprits was available,
but the radio had stated that
there would be a pep rally at
Texas and Main at midnight to-
night.
-O—*
Rally in Dallas
There will be a pep rally be-
fore the S.M.U. game in Dallas
at 7:15 P.M. in front of the
Texas Exhibition Building on
the Fair Grounds. All people
please try to attend and let's
really show the team we are be-
hind them one-hundred percent.
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