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VOLUME THIRTY-SEVEN — NUMBER FIFTEEN HOUSTON, TEXAS. FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1950
Entered as second class mailing matter, October 17,1916, at the Post Office, Houston, under the act of March 3,1879.
AFL's Side of Stadium Row
Union Wants
Recognition From
Brown & Root
"We have repeatedly tried to or-
ganize Brown & Root and will con-
tinue to try. We will use any lawful
means to obtain recognition as a
bargaining organization."
With these words Mr. Charles E.
Jones, spokesman for the local AFL
construction trades union, made
clear the union's stand in the dis-
pute with Brown & Root.
The Houston Building Trades
Council (AFL) has been picketing
the Rice campus since January 3
in protest of Brown & Root's re-
fusal to recognize the union as a
bargaining agent and the union's
pay scale and working conditions.
The union claims that Brown &
Root pays sub-standard wages. Mr.
Brown Booth, Brown & Root spokes-
man, says that the company can
prove that they have consistently
paid the union scale or above. Mr.
Jones of the AFL said he had no
specific ..information ..about ..the
wages and conditions on the sta-
dium job, one Of the first Brown
& Root jobs to be picketed by the
union.
.The dispute with Brown & -Root
is of iong standing, but the union
has only begun to picket recently
because, said Mr. Jonestin a state-
ment to the Thresher, the union is
now convinced that their* ends can
be accomplished only by picketing.
Pickets are now patrolling the
Brown & Root offices on Clinton
Drive and at least one other local
job being done by the contractors.
In last week's Thresher, there ap-
peared for the first time in print
a statement from Brown & Root
that if the picketing should threat-
en to delay construction of the huge
stadium,, the jpompany would seek a
court order restraining the union
from picketing. The stadium is
scheduled to open next September
30.
Commenting on this statement,
Mr. Jones said, "If Herman Brown
was able to secure a court order, he
would have gotten it before now.
If we were to violate the state or
federal anti-labor laws, we would
expect Mr. Brown to get an order.
I don't think he can do it."
The possibility of labor boycott
of the new stadium has been men-
tioned frequently in Houston labor
circles. Asked about the AFL's
plans on the subject, Mr. Jones
stated that "There is not and will
not be any boycott action by any
AFL union, but many members of
the union who feel that they have
a right to work on the stadium and
earn & living wage say that they
will never Attend a game in it."
Last week the Building Trades
Council lashed out in a bitter attack
on Rite, terming the Rice Board of
Trustees, of which Mr. George
Brown is a member, "betrayers of
citizens of Houston" because it re-
fused to allow Houston Oilman
Glenn McCarthy to use the stadium
to stage professional football
games.
"Danse Macabre"
Plans Announced
The 1950 Archi-A r t s theme,
"Danse Macabre" received a boost
this week when final plans were an-
nounced for holding the annual mas-
querade ball from 11 p.m. to 4 a.m.,
January 11 with the gala pageant
to be presented at midnight.
It became necessary to arrange
for the late hours when it was dis-
covered that Elks Hall, the site of
the dance, has been rented by ano-
ther group for the preceding night,
leaving only one day for setting up
the elaborate decorations. Decorat-
ing crews will begin work imme-
diately following the dance Friday
night, and will continue until time
for the big Saturday night affair.
This year the Architectural De-
partment is trying to increase its
traveling fellowship from $1200 to
$1500, because of the higher cost
of the trip to Europe. The price of
the dance, with buffet supper in-
cluded, will not be raised, nor will
the appeal of the dance be lowered
in any way. Student and patron sup-
port will be requested to make the
attempted increase possible.
The ten Rice girls who will serve
as honorees in the pageant will be
presented at a department recep-
tion, January5,
Suggestions for students'
tumes, drawn by members of the
department, will be placed on the
bulletin boards beginning next
week.
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Hansen Will Head
Engineers; Conn
Is Vice President
Last Tuesday night, at the reg-
ular meeting of the Engineering So-
ciety, George Hansen, Seriior C. E.
was elected president of the Engi-
neering Society for the Spring se-
mester. At the same time, Jim Stet-
ter was elected vice-president and
Ronald Conn took over the secre-
tary's duties.
For Hansen, Tuesday night's elec-
tion completes his rounds of duty
for the Society. In the spring of
1949, George served ably as the
secretary of the society, and this
last fall semester George was vice-
president. For Jim Stetter and Ron-
ald Conn, this is their first exper-
ience in administrative work with
Rice Students.
Ex-Presidient Jeff Campbell as
his last official act in office, ap-
pointed Senior C.E. Garrett as a
committee chairman to investigate
a possible time and place for the
Engineering Society to hold one of
their famous "tea" parties. This
party will serve as the official chris-
tening of the new beer—correction
"tea" mugs which are due for de-
livery at any time.
Seniors Pick Shamrock
mm
JESS NEEL"\
Procedures For
Lit Installations
\
Procedure for taking new mem-
bers into the literary societies is
as follows:
The fourth and final parties for
freshmen girls will be given on Feb-
ruary 6, 7, 8, and 9th by the EBLS,
PALS, OWLS and the SLLS re-
spectively.
Then on Monday, February 12th,
each literary society will turn in a
list of girls to whom they wish to
give bids, to Mrs. Dowden, who will
phone any girl who had an invi-
tation for membership on that Mon-
day and Tuesday. On Wednesday
morning, February 14th, the Fresh-
men girls will register their choices,
first, second, third and fourth, with
Mrs. Dowden. Mrs. Dowden will
then mail the bids to the girls. The
Freshmen girls should receive their
bids in "the mail on Thursday, Feb-
ruary 14th.
Activity Lists Must Be
In To Appear In Annual
Seniors are requested to have
lists of their activities for the Cam-
panile in by the end of the first
semester. If the list is not handed
in, nothing will go beside the pic-
ture but the name.
Also,., all organization write-ups
and lists of members must be in
by Feb. 1 Hand any write-ups,, etc.
to Gloria Wilson, Lee Maiy Parker,
Jean Upshaw, Eugenia Harris, Pat
Amsler, or Shirley Arnold.
Medical Professor
To Lecture Feb. 6
"The heart of an animal, such as
a chicken, in its beginning stages as
an embryo, is not a miniature of
the chambered and efficiently
valved adult heart," Dr. Bradley M.
Patten, professor of anatomy of the
University of Michigan Medical
school will tell the Rice chapter of
the Sigma Xi, Monday, February 6,
in Fondren Lecture Lounge.
Son of a distinguished biologist,
Dr. Patten grew up in an atmos-
phere of devotion to science. Of es-
pecial significance in shaping his
later interests were long summer
collecting expeditions with his fath-
er into the interior of' Canada and
Newfoundland. He was graduated
from Dartmouth College in 1911,
summa cum laude, and with the
award of the Chamberlin Fellow-
ship. He took his MA and PhD at
Harvard University in Zoology. In
1934, Dr, Patten was appointed As-
sistant Director for the Medical
Sciences in the Rockefeller Foun-
dation and then two years later
joined the University of Michigan
Medical School as Professor and
Chairman of the Department of
Anatomy. His book on "Human
Embryology", although planned
long previously, first began to take
tangible shape when he had settled
into his new post at Ann Arbor. The
scope of the book reflects his con-
victions on the importance of em-
bryology for the student of med-
icine. The illustrations were drawn
by Dr. Patten also.
Although most of his work has
been done on the chick, studies show
that there are similar stages in the
human and other mammal hearts,
and that the stages in the formation
of the blood corpuscles and the be-
ginning of circulation are similar.
Dr. Patton will illustrate his lec-
ture with micromovipg pictures of
living chicken embryos.
Cotton Bowl Movies
Cotton Bowl movies will be
shown in the Physics Amphi-
theater, topight, at 7:36, under
sponsorship of the Forum Com-
mittee. Coach Jess Neely will be
commentator, and will introduce
some members of the football
team.
Former Air Force
Enlistees Can Join
New Reserve Unit
A new feature of Air Force Re-
serve training. for former enlisted
men of the United States Air Force
has provided wide appeal to many
college and university students at-
tending schools in the Houston area.
As a result of recent legislation
it is now possible for former Air
Force enlisted personnel to train in
Reserve Corollary units throughout
the United States on a full pay sta-
tus. Such an organization has re-
cently been activated at Ellington
Air Force Base. Training is conduct-
ed on week-ends so as not to inter-
fere with normal employment or
classroom schedules.
A full days' pay at the new Air
Force pay scale is rendered Reserve
Airmen for each 4 days spent train-
ing with this unit. Thus it is pos-
sible for each participant to receive |
4 full days' pay each month for one
week-end °f training performed.
A Reserve Liason Office is being
maintained in Houston in the old
City Hall building, Travis at Pres-
ton, for the convenience of Air
Force Reserve enlisted personnel re-
siding in this area. This office is
open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily,
Monday through Saturday. A tele-
phone call to Fairfax 6621 will pro-
vide interested parties'with full in-
formation relating to all phases
of the Air Force Reserve program.
0
Bridge Tourney
Dean Cameron announced the
deadline for entries in the National
College Student Bridge Tournament!
as February 7. The eight Rice fin-'
alists will be1 selected February 17, J
and the mail run-off will be held
February 24, with results going to j
the National group, where selections
will be made for finals in, Chicago. |
'50 Class To Feast
At Shamrock Prior
To Graduation
Wednesday noon, with an al-
most unanimous vote, the Class
of '50 chose to hold its Senior
Banquet and Ball on May 30 in
the Emerald Roof of the Sham-
rock Hotel. The action was taken
upon the recommendation of the
Final Ball Committee, under the
chairmanship of J. S. Binford. The
committee has been considering prop-
osals from all of the possible loca-
tions for the banquet, and submitted
its proposal in favor of the Sham-
rock by general agreement.
Due to the unprecedented success
of the Senior Follies, the price of
the banquet and dance will be four
dollars per person. The agreement
also includes rotation of all of the
Shamrock's professional entertain-
ment.
In a further recommendation pass-
ed by the class, it was decided to
restrict the attendance to 600 per-
sons. In ticket sales, seniors will be
given first ^oice, then Follies sup-
porters who are not 'seniors, and
all tickets left over will be released
to the general public.
In a further report to the class
from the Invitation Committee, it
was announced that the invitation
contract was awarded to Star En-
graving Company, and includes prov-
isions for new engravings and a page
the Cotton Bowl championship. The
invitations will be sold on the cam-
pus by representatives of Star, at
a saving of four cents from last
year's price.
Psychology Group
Will Be In Review
One feature of the Rice Institute
Review of Science and Arts which
is illustrated by the work of the
psychology department is the em-
phasis on the all-school aspect of
the Review. In the old Engineering
Show, as the name implies, the noir-
engineering portions of Rice were
not expected to make any appre-
ciable contribution to the show, but
when the idea was brought to life
last year the sponsors of the re-
vival of the tradition decided that
all of the school should be repre-
sented in the biennial "open house".
The psychology department's pri-
mary exhibit will be an illustration
of the fact that we cannot believe
all we see. In this display, a jnouse
running across the room becomes
larger, two men seemingly standing
side by side are seen as being of
spectaculary different sizes. Also,
in this display we see balls rolling
uphill.
A series of movies will be shown
to the visitors illustrating different
aspects of psychological research.
One of these will"demonstrate the
problems of testimony and should
be of special interest to the legal-
minded visitors to the show. Also,
the problems of selecting personnel
by psychological methods will be
shown.
Experiments demonstrating prob-
lems of accuracy of recollection and
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