The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, October 3, 1958 Page: 2 of 8
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THE THRESHER
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, IMS
DANFORTH AWARDS ARE
WAITING FOR SCHOLARS
(The Danforth Foundation, an
educational foundation located in
St. Louis, Missouri, invites appli-
cations for the eighth class
(1959) of Danforth Graduate Fel-
lows from college senior men and
recent graduates who are pre-
paring themselves for a career of
college teaching, and are plan-
ning to enter graduate school in
September, 1959, for their first
year of graduate study. The
Foundation welcomes applicants
from the areas of Natural and
Biological Sciences, Social Sci-
ences, Humanities and all fields
of specialization to be found in
the undergraduate college.
President W. V. Houston has
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Danforth Foundation two or not
to exceed three candidates for
tese 1959 fellowships.
The maximum annual grant for
single Fellows is $1400 plus tu-
ition and fees charged to all
graduate students; for married
Fellows, $1900 plus tuition and
fees charged to all graduate stu-
dents with an additional stipend
of $350 for each child.
The qualifications of the can-
didates as listed in the announce-
ment from the Foundation are:
men of outstanding academic
ability, personality congenial to
the classroom, and integrity and
character, including serious in-
quiry within the Christian tra-
dition.
All applications, including the
recommendations, must be com-
pleted by January 31, 1959.
Rice Forum To .
Host Foreman
Percy Foreman, one of the
leading defense lawyers of the
Southwest, will speak at a Forum
October 21, Tuesday. Mr. Fore-
man is very well known for his
work as a criminal defense law-
yer.
Ardine A. White, ex-University
of Houston Law School dean,
presently vice-president of Texas
Gas Corporation, has agreed to
appear at a forum later on this
fall. He will talk on the Consti-
tution. He recently was the prin-
cipal speaker at the Eighth Dis-
trict American Legion Conven-
tion, at which a i*esolution was
adopted censuring the Supreme
Court for its extreme latitude in
interpreting the U. S. Constitu-
tion.
The Forum Committee has also
invited for a lecture Henry Gon-
zales, a lawyer and state senator
of Texas.
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Furry Feline
Friends Feted
The Thresher recently received
a news bulletin concerning the
observance of International Cat
Week, November 2-8. 1958 marks
the 20th anniversary of the
American Feline .Society, . Inc.
"This society is the world's larg-
est cat organization . . ."
It has moved the cat from 12th
to second position as a pet.
The American Feline Society
has been working against anti-
cat prejudices for years, and is
especially concerned with the
problem of stray felines.
For anyone interested in "this
great and much-needed humani-
tarian work" the Feline Society
has prepared a "Cat Kit" describ-
ing the Society's work and pro-
gress to date. The "Cat Kit" may
be obtained by writing: The
American Ferine Society, New-
York 3, N.Y.
More Musical
Activities Set
Dr. Arthur Hall has announced
a series of concerts for the cho-
ruses and orchestra, but as yet
no specific dates are available.
A carol concert will be given pri-
or to the Christmas Hoidays.
Sometime in March the South-
Central Renaissance Conference
will meet on the Rice campus at
which time the Shepherd School
of Music will present a concert-of
Renaissance. Music.
Later in the season, plans are
being made for a joint concert of
the Shepherd School of Music
and the Music Department of the
University of Houston.
For those who are interested in
joining a musical group on cam-
pus, tlie schedule of rehearsals is
as follows:
Men's Chorus — 6:30 pm Mon-
days, Women's Chorus — 7:30
pm Mondays, Joint rehearsal —
7:00 pm Thursdays, Orchestra —
7:00 pm Wednesdays.
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The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, October 3, 1958, newspaper, October 3, 1958; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth231094/m1/2/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.