The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 40, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 9, 1949 Page: 3 of 4
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THE THRESHER
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Committee Announces Latest Revised Election Rules
Petitions Must Be Filed Before
Deadline, Chairman Hammond Insists
(Continued from Page 1)
Nomination is still made by peti-
tion: 25 signatures plus that of the
nominee required for nomination to
a Student Association office; 10 sig-
natures from the nominee's class
plus that of the nominee required
for nomination to a class office.
Each petition, accompanied by a
$.50 ballot fee, must be delivered
to a member of the Election Com-
mittee not later than 12 o'clock, Fri-
day, March 18th. Certainly petitions
may be turned in anytime before
that date, and the Election Com-
mittee advises "the earlier, the bet-
ter." Members of the Election Com-
mittee are Tempe Howze, Jim Kel-
ley, and Ben Hammond.
Nominating petitions must be ap-
proved by the Student Council be-
fore a nominee shall be construed as
a candidate.
Candidates must limit all expenses*
incurred for both primary and run-
off elections to a maximum of $25.
They must submit a detailed account
of all such expenses to a member
of the Election Committee before
noon Saturday, March 26th. In case
none of these persons can be reached
to turn in expense accounts, candi-
dates may place such items, ad-
dressed to the Election Committee,
in any of the Student Council sug-
gestion boxes. These boxes will be
checked at the deadline time by the
Election Committee. Students using
this method are warned to be certain
which boxes are Student Council
suggestion boxes rather than cam-
pus .mail, etc., because should an ex-
pense account be placed in the wrong
receptacle it will probably not reach
the Election Committee on time and
cannot be accepted. Candidates who
fail to ocmply with rules are automa-
tically dropped from the ballot. Hon-
or Council candidates, since they are
not allowed to campaign for office,
do not come under the jurisdiction
of this rule.
Printed campaign advertising on
the campus should be limited to pos-
ters, blotters, signs, and school pub-
lications. "Any other forms of print-
ed campus advertising must be ap-
proved by the Election Committee
before being put into use.
Signs and Posters must be con-
fined to the area west of Lovett
Hall and north of the road back
of East Hall. Signs placed in the
gravel area west of Lovett Hall
must not be in a direct line with
Sallyport and Fondren Library un-
less they are hedge height or less.
Larger signs in this gravel area
must be off to the sides.
Size of signs is limited according
to a maximum area in square feet:
no sign may have an area greater
than 20 square feet (i.t. 4x5, 3%x
6%, etc.).
Posters may be tied to suitable
trees, but nailing or otherwise harm-
ing the trees will be prohibited.
There shall be no suspended signs.
No signs may be placed on the inside
or outside walls or bulletin boards
of the buildings of The Rice Insti-
tute. All posters and signs must
be removed over the week ends (by
noon Saturday) and by twelve noon
of the last school day prior to the
election.
Anyone who has a question con-
cerning the election should contact
Tempe Howze, Jim Kelly, or Ben
Hammond.
SLLS to Hold Dance
At A-House Tonight
Datelessness Urged
The Sara Lane Literary Society is
sponsoring the A-House dance to-
night, and members of the club
planning the dance urge all Rice
girls to continue to come without
dates. An extra attempt will be
made tonight by the S.L.'s and Mrs.
Cannon to itffcke sure that, with the
great number of boys present, no
girls are left sitting on the side of
the dance floor.
The freshman S.L.'s are in charge
of the entertainment. Wanda Stout
has been named chairman of this
group, and is making arrangements.
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PALS Trounce OWLS
EB's Trim Girl's Club
The PALS trounced the OWLS 26-
17, while the EB's trimmed the
Girl's Club 25-23 in Wednesday
night's hoop thriller at the Field
House.
High point man for the PALS was
Nancy White with 12 points, while
Charlene Gajewsky sunk 6 points
in one quarter of play as forward.
Leading scorer for the EB's was
Carolyn Douglas. Marianne Luce
starred for the Girl's Club.
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Amendments Made
For New Elections
In Old Constitution
Amendments to two Articles of
the Student Association Constitu-
tion were posted yesterday for the
consideration of the student body.
The amendments were passed by the
Student Council but must also be
approved by the Student Activities
Committee and the Student Asso-
ciation before they become effective.
The vote will be held March 18 and
requires a three-fourths majority of
the ballots cast to pass the amend-
ments.
Sections 1 and 2, Article IV, deal-
ing with Organization of the Stu-
dent Association, have been changed
but the other three sections of the
Article will remain the same. Also,
another section has been added to
protect the present organization;
Article VI also is amended in Sec-
tions 2 and 3 and makes provisions
for the election of Student Associ-
ation and class officers at the gen-
eral elections this spring.
The students will also vote on two
repeals which will be covered by
motions which have already been
passed by the Student Council. The
present amendment to Article IV,
Section 2 is. subject to repeal, as is
Sub-section c of Section 2 of Article
VI.
The amendments have been posted
on the bulletin boards and will be
run in the Thresher Saturday. The
amendments have to be voted on be-
fore genera] elections can be held
sinie they will govern the rules of
the eleition.
General elections are tentatively
scheduled for March 28.
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Band Opens Spring Drill
Band practices will be held every
Tuesday and Thursday afternoon
starting at 5:00 p.m. in Senior Com-
mons. Decisions regarding new of-
ficers, the Band Banquet, and the
selection of the recipient of the
Montgomery Award must be reached
in the near future, and the practices
for the Graduation concert and othe$
performances are necessary. R. S.
Alcott, Vice President of the band,
asks for all march folders to be
returned as soon as possible.
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The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 40, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 9, 1949, newspaper, March 9, 1949; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth230795/m1/3/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.