The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, February 24, 1956 Page: 4 of 12
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Last Call Issued
By Forensic Club
The last call for speakers In-
terested in attending tourna-
ments this year—especially in
individual eve%ts—has been is-
sued by the Rice Forensic Club.
Intercollegiate contest speech
is an activity which eager thou-
sands will doubtlessly flock to,
when they learn what it has to
offer. And what does it have to
offer? Expense-paid trips to all
parts of the Southwest, luxu-
rious quarters at the most fash-
ionable hotels, succulent cuisine
expertly prepared by top chefs,
and the opportunity to do a little
speaking against contestants
from colleges and universities in
Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Ar-
izona, New Mexico, Kansas, and
Arkansas, and other places, too.
At the end of February, or in
early March, there will be anoth-
er contest at Tulane—the fifat
of a newly-formed league com-
posed of Rice, Tulane, North
Carolina, Vanderbilt, Emory, and
Florida. Especially heavy empha-
sis will be placed on dramatic
interpretation, poetry reading,
and similar individual events.
Debate will also be featured.
A third Louisiana tournament
is slated some time in March at
Nachitoches. Individual events
will be held there also.
& M., T.C.U., and Arkansas.
The final chance to participate
in any of these tourneys will be
the Tuesday night meeting. Per-
manent teams will be selected
soon to comprise the Rice travel-
ing squad for the remainder of
the season.
Fill
up
with
Famous
Esso Extra
HUMBLE
J. Paul Sheedy* Was Ail Udder Failure Till
Wildroot Cream-Oil Gave Him Confidence
icons Hear
Convention Talk
State chairman of the Young
Republicans, Jack Shepherd, was
the guest of the Rice chapter of
Young Republicans at their
monthly meeting held on Feb-
ruary 16th. Mr. Shepherd gave
a report on the recent national
convention of the club held in
Des Moines, Iowa.
Mr. Shepherd said that in the
years since General Eisenhower
became president there has been
an increasing emphasis on youth
in the party despite the opposi-
tion of the old guard ,to new
blood.
Mr. Shepherd sees Texas as
a two party state because he
feels that the natural place for
the Conservative Democrats is
within the framework of the Re-
publican party. He says that
Democrats are coming over in
increasing numbers.
The Rice Young Republicans
are sending a delegation to the
State Executive Committee meet-
ing being held in Austin on the
25th of this month.
Says Female Reviewer
by Margie Wise asine I had formulated some new
You get some of the strangest
assignments at Rice! Most of
them are strange in the sense
of being long, however the
strangest strange assignment I
ever had was in English 260.
Now my problem was to find a
deserted spot to read the thing.
For I felt it might be "un-maid-
enly" to read it in public. I fin-
ally found a spot and flipped
through the magazine but after
the third flip I was so shocked
that I dropped the magazine to
the floor. Never have I blushed
so hard. I decided that when
people said something was "hot
off the presses" they must have
meant "Playboy."
With a stern and puritan at-
titude I began to read the mag-
azine. Somehow as I turned
page after page I found myself
laughing at the jokes or agree-
ing with the articles — I did
quickly skip over the pictures.
When at last I finished the mag-
opinions,
1. "Playboy'" is a magazine
that hai many intellectual fea-
tures.. For instance, who enjoyed
the ribald Wire on Candide bet-
ter than those who had read
Candide if (frell, probably some).
Also thi jokes are often subtle-
see page 40 of January issue.
2. The female half must ac-
cept what is here to stay—and
Playbw /seems to be. The pic-
tures iW being framed, the jokes
are memorized, and every copy
is wafi| from use; so we must
find out what Playboy is and
try tp Jbe liberal.
3. We (the girls) must realize
that tjie reason we may not like
the magazine is that it poses a
dangerous threat — boys may
leap too much about us.
4. We Rice ,girls must face the
issu«—would a boy rather spend
his Saturday nights with us or
with Playboy?
5. Anyway, most girls like
Playboy too!
The boy* were having a bull session in Sheedy's room. "It's no yoke,"
beefed Sheedy. "Heifer-y girl I ask for a date turns me down flat." Then ,
Sheedy's roommate spoke up: "There's good moos tonight J. Paul. Try
some of my Wildroot Cream-Oil on those cowlicks."
Sheedy did and now he's the cream of the campus.
Wildroot keeps his hair handsome and healthy looking
the way Nature intended ...neat but not greasy. Contains
the heart of Lanolin, the very best part of Nature's finest
hair and scalp conditioner. Get Wildroot Cream-Oil,
America's largest selling hair tonic. In bottles or un-
breakable tubes. Gives you confidence...you look your
best. There's no udder hair tonic like it.
* of 131 So. Harris Hill Rd„ Wtlliamsville, N. Y.
Wildroot Cream-Oil
gives you confidence
WILL CONDUCT PERSONAL INTERVIEWS
ON CAMPUS
FEBRUARY 29, 1956
Boeing has many positions open for graduating and graduate students.
These opportunities are in all branches of Engineering (AE, CE, EE, ME
and related fields). Also needed are Physicists and Mathematicians with
advanced degrees.
Fields of activity include Design, Research and Production. Yojir choice
of location: Seattle, Washington or Wichita, Kansas.
Personal interviews will cover the details of openings, the r iture of
assignments, Company projects currently in work, and miscellaneous infor-
mation about the Company.
Come and learn about the excellent opportunities with an outstanding
Engineering organization—designers ana builders of the B-47 and B-52
Multi-Jet Bombers; America's first Jet Transport, thd 707;
and the Bomarc IM-99 Pilotless Aircraft.
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For pergonal interview appointments-consult your
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The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, February 24, 1956, newspaper, February 24, 1956; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth231019/m1/4/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.