The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, February 24, 1956 Page: 1 of 12
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HOUSTON, TEXAS
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1956
Group Suggests
Five Changes In
Hell Week Rules
Five major changes in Hell
Week this year were announced
by Fines Martin, chairman of a
special committee appointed by
the student council.
There will be no carrying off
of students of either participat-
ing class during the week, other
than the Sophomore president,
and no person shall be held be-
hind a locked or barricaded door.
A student caught violating this
rule will be recommended by the
committee to the Dean of Stu-
dents for disciplinary action,
which may be probation or dis-
" missal from the Institute.
The Sophomore president is
required to spend five hours on
the campus from midnight to
noon and five hours on the cam-
pus from noon to midnight each
day, during which twenty-four
hour period he must leave and
return to the campus at least
once; the days being counted
from midnight of the Sunday
night directly before the week
begins until the following Satur-
day at noon. The obeyance of
this rule is left to the honor of
the Sophomore president.
In reference to the Freshman-
Sophomore Week By-laws, Sec-
tion 4, Rule II, the term "viola-
tion" shall include "stacking" of
class rooms and interruption of
classes.
The following rule has been
eliminated: " ... if the Sopho-
more president is found by the
freshmen, he cannot be taken
off the campus by them until
they have eluded the sopho-
mores."
Another rule has been amend-
ed to read "... behind lobked
or barricaded door."
RIOT DAMAGES
STILL UNPAID
No money has been collected
from the student body -to pay
for the damage claimed by Mil-
by students- in the recent cam-
pus riot. In fact, according to
Student Association President
Burton McMurtry, the few pen-
nies that were placed into the
jars provided for the purpose
have been removed by person or
persons unknown.
According to McMurtry, this
indicates a lack of willingness
on the part of the students to
pay these,, charges.
The jars were placed in the
lounge by a special committee
appointed by the Student Coun-
cil, after the Milby students in-
volved in the riot requested pay-
ment for damages to their prop-
erty.
On Inside Pages
Page
Moflc "Civil War? Postponed 6
tfleil Week History 6
selective Service Exam 7
The Political Arena 9
Intrant urals 11
f\EB Mellowdrama's
Last Show Tonight
With a clatter of hoof beats and a fusillade of gun-
shots the EB Mellowdrama galloped into Kinkaid Auditor-
ium last night. The skeleton of the Old West was raised
as Digby Dungheap threw curves, in the form of Delta
Dagmar at Stainless Steel in an attempt to get control of
the ranch. Other curves are
Myra Hutzler, Elizabeth Todd, and Eleanor Mengden contem-
plate their candidacy for Queen of The Seven Seas to be chosei} by
the NROTC.
NROTC Plans To Invade
Galveston Marine Room
By Sandra Qordon
The sailors are in port, again,
complete with salty air, splash-
ing waves, full-dress uniform,
and bus trip to Galveston.
On Saturday, March 3rd, the
Midshipmen will hold their an-
nual Navy Ball .at the Marine
Room in Galveston. Richard Bo-
vio and his orchestra will pro-
vide the music for dancing on
the Pleasure Pier, from 9-1.
The highlight of the evening
will be the crowning of the
Queen of the Seven Seas and
the presentation of her seven
princesses (one for each sea!)
These will be elected from
among the candidates nominated
by the midshipmen during the
week. Last year's queen was
Laura Lou Coffee, from St.
Thomas University.
This affair is the highlight of
the Navy social calendar. Cap-
tain Allen, Commandant of Mid-
shipmen, has invited several hon-
ored guests from among the
Rice Administration and military
officers from the Houston area.
Midshipmen guests will include
representatives from the Rice
Army ROTC and the Navy units
of other schools.
Charted Bus
Most couples will arrive from
Religious Lecture
Slated in March
Professor Roger Hazelton,
Professor of Theology at the An-
dover-Newton Theological School,
Massachusetts, will speak at Rice
on March 5, at 7:30 P.M. in the
Lecture Lounge. His subject will
be "Contemporary Development
in the Religious Thought of Pro-
testantism, Catholicism, and Ju-
diaism."
Professor Hazelton's purpose
in coming to Houston is to lead
a meeting for the College Facul-
ty of the Y.M.C.A., and he will
be in Houston the weekend of
March 5 and 6.
Houston by enarcered busses,
which will depart from various
cocktstil parties here. One of last
year's bus drivers observed,
"This is the only group that has
ever gone to a party inebriated
and come back sober," and some
thought the dance to be an anti-
climax after the hilarious, song-
filled bus ride.
Graduating- seniors and their
dates will be honored at the tra-
ditional farewell banquet at the
Jack Tar Hotel in Galveston,
preceeding the dance. The after-
dinner speaker will be Lieuten-
ant John C .Lewis, U.S.N.
being thrown by Chastity
Purechild as she becomes a
pawn in the deep plot of
Dungheap.
Sheriff Pistol Pancay and
Chief Whoopee burst in and
out as the sheriff hunts a des-
perate highwayman and trouble
at the reservation is reported.
Bar Room
The second act set in a bar
room, sees a vocal clash between
two winos and the WCTU. Del-
la Dajjmar comes through with
a Blues song when her attemp'ts
to wile Stainless come to nought.
Poor Chastity takes it hard
when she sees her beloved
Stainless apparently being lured
afar in a den of iniquity.
Meanwhile back at the ranch
the third act gets underway.
Dungheap spreads it on thick
and nearly succeeds in his plot
but things start to get out of
hand. The drama climaxes in a
cloud of gunsmoke with a sur-
prise that breaks all the tradi-
tion of mellodrama.
Again Tonight
The show hits the boards
again at eight tonight at Kin-
kaid with Patti and Penny
Blackledge playing father Noth-
inless and son Stainless; Joan
Field playing Digby Dungheap;
Chastity Pureeheld and Delta
Dagmar played by Myra Hutz-
(Continued on Page 2)
Men Behind Rice
RICE GOVERNOR BULLARD
HEADS WELCH FOUNDATION
by Bill Gordon
As the father of a Rice Grad-
uate, Dan R. Bullard, Chairman
of the Board of the Fidelity Oil
and Royalty Company remarked
that he has "been interested in
the Rice Institute for many years
because of its constructive bene-
fit to the community" and "felt
highly honored" in 1952 when ap-
pointed to serve as a Governor.
Born in Opelika,-Alabama, Mr.
Bullard remained in his native
state' until after he had finished
high schogl. He settled in Hous-
ton in 1921 and joined the Fi-
delity Company some two years
later.
Law and CPA
During his early years in
Houston he continued his educa-
tion by pursuing night studies
in law and accounting. Mr. Bul-
lard received both an LL. D de-
gree and a C.P.A. Certificate.
Mr. Bullard married a Texas
girl, Miss Elenore Rau of Pal-
estine; they have two sons, Dan
D. R. BULLARD
R. Jr., who graduated from Rice
in chemical engineering in 1945,
is now an independent drilling
contractor. William C. is a grad-
uate of the University of Texas
Law School, is with a local law
firm.
(Continued on Page 9)
Student Council
Publication Profit
Remains Intact
By Oscar Teegerstrom
Conservatism and the tradi-
tions of the past triumphed in
this week's Student Council
meeting "when the editor and
business managers of the stu-
dent publications were saved
from financial restrictions by a
deliberated vote. A proposal was
made to divide the profits in ex-
cess of $1,000 one half to the
editor and business manager and
one half to a special fund for
equipment and staff functions.
The vote was 10-9 in favor of
the Thresher and 13-7 against
the Campanile. A 2/3's vote was
required.
Weeds Are Gone
The sponsor of the proposal
to limit the profits of the pub-
lications prefaced the discussion
by saying that nothing new
would be said. This was true, but
there were many innovations
from old material. Juanita Jones
(SR), editor of the Campanile
was again fighting to maintain
the present system of operation
and guaranteed the council that
integrity would be maintained in
the offices in question since
"by the time you get to be a
senior all of the weeds are pret-
ty well weeded out," and "We
are all a pretty good bunch of
people."
She also said that there had
never been a bad Campanile and
dared anyone to say there had
been.
Council and Thresher
Last week, A1 Beerman invited
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MugwumpSection
At Forum March 7
by Jim Hedges
The Forum Committee an-
nounces that there definitely will
be a "mugwump" section at The
Great Debate: Hamilton vs. Jeff-
erson, the next Forum which will
be March 7. The Committee had
planned to have only two sec-
tions, Hamiltonian and Jeffer-
sonian, but campus pressure for
a third section has been so great
that the Committee has felt ob-
ligated to change their plans to
conform with the desires of the
student body.
The two speakers for the For-
um will be William H. Nelson and
William H. Masterson, both of
the history department. Mr. For-
nell, Political Science instructor
and a faculty member of the
Forum Committee, will be the
moderator.
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