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The Rice Institute
Student Weekly Publication
Voluwa XXXV
HOUSTON. TEXAS. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6. 1847
Number 6
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Schumacher Heads Committee
To Organize Drive on Campus
Foi Aid of Foreign Students
Student Council Requests Students to Present
Ideas Concerning Solution of Ticket Problem
The student council heard Tuesday, two delegates from
the World Student Service fund.
The first speaker was Miss Aase Gruner, who has just ar-
rived from Norway. Miss Gruner discussed the need for medi-
cal relief in particular. In Athens alone, said Miss Gruner,
there are 1000 active cases of
Dramatic Director
Assigns Parts for
Initial Production
Anderson Hall Classroom
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T. B. among the students, of
which 600 need immediate ac-
tion. The WSSF had been dele-
gated by the UNESCO as the
official delegates of these organi-
zations on the campuses. According
to Miss Gruner, the students in
ruined countries have time and
again demonstrated their willing-
ness to help other students as well
as receive help.
Isabel Crim, regional secretary
for the fund, asked that the council
give their full support the pro-
gram.
The council moved to appoint
Jfctta Schumacher chairman at a
committee to organise the drive
which will take place in the near
future.
The council again appealed for
ideas and auggAttona tor solving
the ticket problem In the future.
Motion on Gordon*! bill, which ap-
peared in the THRESHER . last
week, was postponed until the next
meeting of the council in order that
students could express their views
on the subject.
John Curtis was appointed by the
council to replace Forbes Gordon as
the freshman guidance committee.
Forbes resigned this week because
of lack of time.
Brady Tyson and Jimmy Meyers
Were delegated to meet representa-
tives from the Texas State College
for Negroes to discuss the organiza-
tion of the NSA.
Nominations for delegates to the
NSA conventions in December
should be submitted to couneil mem-
bers for consideration next week.
Joe Reilly asked for an explana-
tion of an editorial which appeared
in the THRESHER last week. Mey-
ers and Anderson also pointed out
several objectionable parts of the
editorial which was titled "Ask Why
Before Screaming."
The council moved to send a let-
ter to A & M welcoming them to
Houston and the Rice campus. The
motion was made in the belief that
this letter will promote better re-
lations between the two traditional
rivals.
After intensive study of both
material and talent at hand, Mrs.
Mohrman, director of the Dramatic
club's production of "Boy Meets
Girl," has chosen her cast.
The play takes us behind the
scenes of movieland and depicts the
frantic efforts of actors, producers,
scriptwriters and extras to hold on
to their elusive fame.
Calvin Clausell, president of the
Dramatic club, will act the part
of "Larry Tom," fast fading idol
of illiteracy and hero of innumer-
able cowboy productions. John Par-
rish as his agent "Rosetti" tries
desperately to bolster his position
by grandiloquent speeches. Roy
Simpson and Richard Hoeh, aa
scriptwriters assigned to create an
adequate background for Tom's act-
I ing, are even move interested in
fortifying their position.
Jess Thatch, as the dynamic pro-
ducer, is faced by the alternative
of either coming through or get-
ting out. Bunny Wagner plays the
role of an innocent maiden, acci-
dentally involved in the proceeding
due to the opportune birth of her
baby, destined to bring about the
happy ending. Supporting this cast
are Doris Moellenberndt and Bub-i
bles Colish as secretaries, and Wil-
lie Pilcher as an extra—Prince
Charming.
Rehearsals Under Way
Rehearsals are well under way,
and if the enthusinsm of the play-
ers may be taken as a criterion,
their production should turn out to
be a huge success.
'Attention also should be drawn to
the National Theater repertoire
production of Oscar Wilde's "The
Importance of Being Earnest,"
sponsored by the Dramatic club
with the financial cooperation of
the student council, to be given at
San Jacinto auditorium Dec. 0. Pop-
ular prices of admission will be
charged.
Reception Will Be Held Outside
Of Senior Commons At 7 p.m.
Honorees at Dinner Thursday Night Will Get
Alumni Ass'n.'s Distinguished Service Award
Tin: annual homecoming program of the Rice Institute
Alumni association will open at 7 p.m. tonight with a reception
to ho held outside of the Senior Commons between South hall
and the Faculty tower.
Four hundred reservations already have been made for the
highlight of the 1947 homeeom-
A picture of the interior of one of the 100 seat
classrooms in Anderson hall shows the windows
which are a feature of the building. The building
was named for M. D. Anderson who provided in
his will for a foundation, the income from which was
to be used for a building to advance educational
needs of the Institute. Although the foundation s
to be used for a library, provisions were made that
if another donation was made toward a library, the
money from Anderson Foundation could go toward
construction of any other building deemed necessary.
—Photo by Jim Dain.
New Curriculum Aims At
Wide General Knowledge
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The new revised curriculum, re-
sult of a general trend in American
universities, is now on trial at Rice.
According to President Houston,
this new program aims at provid-
ing every Btudent with a broader
background in general knowledge,
and an extended period of time in
which to specialize.
The first two years of college
work will be spent in a general
study of the basic humanities and
sciences. The next two or three
years of work will be spent on
specialization in the field in which
the student has shown the great-
est aptitude.
Mr. J. D. Thomas, assistant reg-
istrar ,in summing up the program
stressed the fact that the new cur-
riculum affects only incoming
freshmen, and does not apply to
students who now have sophomore
or higher standing. All incoming
freshmen fall into one of four baaie
categories: academic, science-engi-
neering, architecture and physical
education. Though fill students are
required to take several basic
courses, each will do some work in
hia chosen field. In thia way, at the
end of two yean the student amy
use his own records of progress and
the counsel of his instructors in
finally choosing his field for spe-
cialization.
Radical Change
The most radical change brought
about by the new program is the
expansion of the curriculum for en-
gineers. As the result of the addi-
tion of several electives in the hu-
manities, the engineering student
may reecive a B. A. degree at the
end of four years' work, and a B. S.
degree in his particular field after
one additional year of specialisa-
tion. The "five-year plan" for en-
gineers has been adopted by several
leading technical schools throughout
the nation. The Engineers' Council
for Professional Development, com-
posed of representatives of five na-
tional engineering societies, has
recommended that a minimum of
20% of undergraduate work be
spent on academic subjects.
Mr. L. B. Ryon, Chairman of the
committee on examinations and
standing and profesor of Civil en*
gineering, believes that this pro-
gram is a great step forward in
fusing the cultural and technical
educations.
Anderson Hall Is First Building To Be
Opened Since Cohen House Dedication
Twenty years have passed since
a new building was opened on the
Rice campus. During homecoming
in 1927, Cohen house, the faculty
club, was dedicated. It has been
even longer since a new classroom
building was opened. Ground was
broken for the Chemistry building
at commencement exercises in 1923.
The construction was completed in
1925.
Soon, in '47 and '48, three new
structures will be available to the
students of Rice. The first is An-
derson hall, which will be open for
inspection on Saturday from 11 a.m.
to 1 p.m. for homecoming festivi-
ties.
The announcement was made
Wednesday by the registrar's of-
fice that starting Saturday
classes will meet in the new
classroom building. Professors
were asked to notify their class-
es, and point out any change in
Pre-Meds Are Still
Busy; Plan Picnic
Many rumors, all equally vicious,
e<*jceming the Pre-Med society
have been in vogue on the campus
lately; the general tone of these
lies insinuates that the society has
been disbanded. This is not true.
The actual state of affairs is fatt
more complex. The executive com-
mittee. in almost constant session
since the start of school, has con-
sulted some of the foremost eco-
nomic experts on the campus, who
have expressed views identical with
the committee's calculations; the
cost of a picnic would be more than
paid for by the dues of new mem-
bers lured Into the society. The
officers of the society, seeing this
incidental monetary profit only as
a means to increase the scholarship
fund, etc., have decided that a pic-
nic would make the members happy.
The party will take place Sun-
day on the San Jacinto river; every-
one who is going will meet at Sally-
port at 12:30 p.m. The party will be
over at 3:30 p.m.
Members request that all persons
who plan to attend contact Ed Lans-
ford, H-2874, who will also try to
arrange transportation for those
without cars.
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V. A. Mediation Date
M. A. Anderson, Veterans Admi-
nistration representative to Riee,
will be on the campus Nov. 10, in
A. B. 804 for the purpose of deter-
mining the number of veterans who
have as yet not received their sub-
sistence allowance under the G. 1.
Bill for the fall semester.
The cooperation of all veterans is
necessary to accomplish this pur-
pose, and everyone is urged in his
own interest to see Mr. Anderson
during the appointed hours.
previously assigned room num-
bers. These changes will also be
posted on the A. B. bulletin
boards this week.
Twenty years has been a long
time for the administration and
faculty who have had to turn down
many applications for admittance
because there just hasn't been
enough room. These older members
of the faculty will appreciate An-
derson hall more than anyone. Al-
most every day since ground was
broken for it in Octobef, 1940 they
have walked over to the site or
paused on their way by to admire
it.
Faculty Offices
Still another reason for faculty
interest in Anderson hall is the
fact that 57 professors will have
offices in the building. The end of
Anderson hall nearest the Physics
building is a three-story faculty of-
fice section. Members of the Mathe-
matics"department will have their
offices on the first floor; members
of the History faculty will be on the
second floor, and the French and
German departments will have of-
fice space on the third floor. Also
much space has been left for fu-
ture professors.
A similar section on the second
floor of the part nearest the new
library building will house the Eng-
lish faculty. The offices of the Ar-
chitecture department will be ad-
jacent to the large drafting room on
the second floor.
But the students won't be left
out of Anderson hall. The 11 class-
rooms provide space for 530 stu-
dents. Ten of the classrooms will
open into the long hall that trans-
verses the first floor. As one after
working hours student visitor to the
building remarked, "Gee, this does
not look like Rice Institute!" True,
the long, bright, well lighted hall
has no counterpart anywhere else on
the campus,
Various Sized Classrooms
Five of the classrooms will seat
30 students each; three rooms will
seat 60 each; and^two rooms have
spaces for 100 chairs. On the sec-
ond floor, above the classrooms, are
the drafting rooms and the studio
of the department of Architecture
for upper classmen architects.
Freshmen of this department vt'ill
remain in the Chemistry building
for 1047.
A cloister will connect Anderson
hall to the Fondren library build-
ing, now under construction west
of tho statue of the founder.
The library was made possible
by the gift of $1,000,000 by Mrs. W.
W. Fondren and her children, W. W.
Fondren, Jr.. Mrs. Susie Fondren
Trammell and Mrs. Mary Catherine
Fondren Underwood. However, the
trustees estimate that to complete
and furnish the building as plan-
ned. an additional $1,000,000 to $1,-
500,000 will be required,
Fondren Library
On the first floor of Fondren
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New Economics Professor Says High
Prices and Prosperity Will Remain
"What is the outlook on inflation
and continued economic prosperity?"
mused Mr. James Bernard Giles, now
professor of economics.
"One can merely hazard a guess
from the straws in the wind. Public
policy has become a guiding factor
in determining both the price levels
and business conditions. As a whole
it appears that these price levels and
business conditions will be bolstered
sufficiently to hold their own for
possibly a year longer. This esti-
mate is derived from what appears
to be the trend of public policy.
When prices do take a down-turn
we need not be surprised to find
that the prosperity market which we
are now enjoying will fade rapidly,
and we shall then be wondering how
to set in motion another recovery
period."
Mr. Giles' opinions are based upon
ample training in the field of econ-
omics from the University of Texas,
where he took undergraduate work
in business administration and re-
ceived his B. A. degree. Also from
Texas in 1981 he was awarded his
Master's degree. Besides this he has
to his credit another year of study
at T. U. and two years residence
work at Columbia university. Mr.
Giles will receive his Ph. D. as soon
as he finishes work on his disser-
tation.
His experience as a professor in-
cludes teaching at Minnesota State
college ftwm 1038-42. And then later
after service as an economist with
the department of Commerce and
War Production board as well as
Army service in the 4(5th Field Hos-
pital, MS. Giles was assigned bs a
lecturer in economics at Biarritz
university on the Bay of Biscay in
France. Last year he taught at Col-
umbia.
When comparing the Rice Insti-
tute student body with others he has
been associated with, Mr. Giles said,
"You'd expect in a school so small
in terms of students and so high in
scholastic standings that the stu-
dents would be very sophisticated
and exclusive. But I'm happy to say
1 haven't found this the case at all."
Mr. Giles, of Goldthwaite, Texas,
is married to the former Miss Ruth
Millican, whom he met while they
were students at Texas university.
Blue Danube Source
Not Yet Reached by
Staff Expedition
Word reached the THRESHER of-
I'ice early this week that the ex-
pedition to rescue Safari J. Mac-
Bushwaeker, noted explorer lost
those 40 odd years in the wilds of
the Riee Institute campus, has run
into unforseen difficulties and may
not reach its goal for another two
weeks.
"Though constantly under attack
by fierce bands of two-headed snooks
we shall go forward until we finally
leach the source of the mighty Blue
Danube (the small stinking Stream
that flows near the football stadium
and is lost in the wilderness a few
hundred yards away)," E. L. Hogan,
expedition leader, said that informa-
tion had been found that led the
THRESHER expedition to assume
that MacBushwacker had contacted
the seven lost slimes and was living
at the source of the stream, unable
to make his way back to civilization.
The message, by carrier pigeon,
from this intrepid little band of staff
j members told of the tremendous ciif-
I ficulties encountered. A strange now
| insect, called by the natives the
"Wowouch," has caused much dis-
| comfort among the explorers. The
I wowouch seems to be a cross bet-
! ween a bumble-bee and a Texas mos-
jquito, it bites at both ends. The
largest one killed by the expedition
so far weighed 35 pounds.
! The THRESHER will keep the
students of Rice informed as to the
progress of the expedition. Startling
j news as to the mysterious source of
the Blue Danube is expected shortly.
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Arkansas Bonfire
The Biggest Ever
Built, Says Davis
j "We'll have the biggest bonfire
I ever built," said head-cheerleader
Bill Davis, when he announced the
time and place for the. pep rally
before the Arkansas game.
This rally will take place Friday
night in the stadium parking lot,
where Rally club members and
freshmen boys have been working
on the bonfire all week.
Beginning at 7 p.m. the band and
cheerleaders will start things roll-
ing. Then speakers Jess Neely and
Tony will give short talks to the
group.
Mr. Davis expressed his thanks
to Rill .Tones, chairman, and to the
other members of the Rally club
committee, Leonard Atwell, Larry
Chapman, Pete Plyer, Bob Lanter-
man and Scott Van de Mark. He
also commended the hard work of
the freshmen hoys, and mentioned
the strong cooperation of Tony who
generously offered his wagon for
use in hauling.
Davis extended a cordial invita-
tion to alumni and urged that old
grads come out and lend their sup-
port toward winning the game Sat-
urday.
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LIBRARY GETS GIFTS
Mr. Joseph A. Owens, Rice '31,
made two gifts recently to the li-
brary. One is an old newspaper that
had been in his family for mora
than 100 years and the other, a
substantial check to the alumni
building fund, for the Fondren li-
brary.
The newspaper, which Mr. Owens
had framed, is the first issue of
the New Hampshire Gasette, dated
Oct. 7, 1756.
in# events, the dinner honoring
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Weiss, and
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Abercrombie
and their daughter, Josephine
Dr. William V. Houston, uresideti'
of the Institute, will make the main
address at this dinner, held iir hon-
or of these families for their j, -n
emus donations to Rivti:
Mr. and Mi's. Weiss, in,. Novem-
ber, 19-17, gave the income of Stl.-
000 shores of Stock in the Humbbi
Oil and Refining company for a
period of 17'.a years. This sum :i :
been valued in exciiss of
homecoming events
Till.'RSI) AY
7 p.m. Alumni dinner lion-
side of Commons.
7:,10 p.m. Alumni dinner hon-
oring Mr. and Mrs. Weiss and
the Abercromble family in the
Commons.
FRIDAY
ft p.m. Alumni annual business
meeting- and election of officers
at A-house.
SATURDAY
10-12 noon Open house for
Uumni on the campus.
11 a.m. Wreath laying cere-
monies on (he founder's .statue.
ISM p.m. Anderson hall will
be open to Ylumni.
2:S0 p.m. Homecoming game
between Arkansas and Rice.
4:48 p.in Open house and re-
ception for nil Alumni a! Cohen
house.
9 p.m. Homecoming dance of
(he student council, informal, at
Elks hall.
The Abercrombics gav*j the E.'ct
Institute $500,000 for the construc-
tion of a new science-engineeri«e
building, the Abe.rcrombie labora-
tory, which is .now under construc-
tion.
Tile families wit! be presented
with the Association of Riee Alum-
ni's Distinguished Service a v. ard at
the dinner to be held at in the
Commons.
Friday, at 8 p.m.. the alumni as-
sociation will hold its annual bus-
iness meeting at A-hou?e. President
| Carl M. Knapp will preside, and
! two members of the Rice Alumni
Executive board will be elected
Saturday morning from 10 a.m. to
12 noon, an open house will be held
on the campus with the executive
board serving as the welcoming
committee. At this time alumni may
tour the campus, see old classmates
and instructors and visit their fa-
vorite classes. Anderson hnll will be
open to visitors during this period.
The dormitories are to be open also
to all alums, exes, students and
their guests. The dininpr room will
be open to visitors for the noon
meal Saturday.
The traditional wreath laving at
the tomb of the founder will take
place at 11 a.m. Professor .Tames
Chillman will give the address. All
students and faculty members are
invited to this program which will
be brief so that those who have 11
a.m. classes may attend. Anderson
Hall, the new classroom building,
which will seat 1.000 students and
house 35 faculty officers, will he
open to the alumni from 12 to 1
p.m.
Rice and Arkansas will play the
homecoming football game at 2:30
Saturday afternoon. Immediately
after the game, an open house for
all alumni will be held at the Cohen
house. Over 750 alumni are expected
at this reception.
Saturday night at 0 p.m. at the
Elks Hall, the student council will
give an informal homecoming dance
for all students and alumni.
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