The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, February 19, 1960 Page: 1 of 8

THRESHER
an all student newspaper since 1916
VOL. 47—NO. 18
HOUSTON, TEXAS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1960
For Campanile '60
Seniors, Beauties Named
Selections for Beauty, Favorite
and Outstanding Seniors in the
1960 Campanile were released
Tuesday by Sylvia Davis, Van-
ity Fair Editor of the yearbook.
Ten Beauties
Beauties named by judges Har-
ris Johnston and Harry Wortham
included Judy Cole, Mary Kay
Manning, C h a rl e n e Prescott,
Wanda Phears, Polly Philbrook,
Patty Runnels, Ann Schudy, Pat
Shannon, Annette Wicker, and
Mary Woodson.
All school Favorites chosen in
the December election were Mary
RMC Announces
New 'Focal Point9
The RMC committee announced
a new informal "focal point" for
leisure hours in the basement of
New Magazine
Janus Due Out
By End of Month
The first issue of Janus, a two-
headed literary magazihe which
is hesitating at the moment on
the choice of printer, will be pub-
lished in February, instead of
January as planned.
Work Welcomed
Since the emphasis in this mag-
azine, tentatively planned to be
issued monthly, is on balanced
fare, any type of original work
will be welcomed, including car-
toons- Contributions may be given
to Joel Hochman or Claire Plun-
guian.
Individual issues will be sold
for 26c a copy, and the subscrip-
tion rate for second semester will
be $1.00.
First Issue Material
The first issue will feature a
critical look at Rice Institute as
a whole, considering its all-over
aims, a memorial tribute to Al-
bert Camus, the French writer
who died recently and a feature
on the Rice architectural de-
partment, as well as short stories,
poems, and satire.
the center. A juke box has been
installed with a variety of music
ranging from Bo Diddly to Ah-
mad Jamal.
New Box
An oversight of the juke box
company resulted in a 10c box,
but this will soon be replaced
with a 5c one. The basement is
arranged to provide an area for
dancing.
An interesting addition will be
a file of humor magazines from
other colleges. A large bulletin
board will be provided for use of
the students.
Food "To Go"
And for the hungry, candy
vending machines and eventually
a coffee machine will be provided.
Food purchased in Sammy's "to
go" can be taken to the basement.
It is hoped that this area will
become the new center for casual
entertainment on campus. The
RMC committee welcomes any
suggestions for development of
the lounge and invites you to use
it, if you have time.
Ann Boone, Margo Garrett, Mary
Lacey, Barbara Long, Beverly
Montgomery, Margie Moore,
Wanda Phears, Charlotte Reeves,
Bethie Rollins, Pat Shannon, Sue
Sheppard, and Diana Thomas.
Twelve Girls This Year
"Only ten girls •hould be elect-
ed as Favorites but ttwelve were
chosen this year. Two of the
girls (Miss Phears and Miss
Shannon) pictures will be in-
cluded in the Beauty section and
as a girl's picture can only be
included in one of the sections,
the two additional choices were
necessary," Miss Davis stated.
Twenty-one seniors were nom-
inated by the 1960 graduating
class and each one of the top
twenty-one judged the others by
rank. Named as Outstanding Sen-
iors were Neal Anderson, Mike
Bennett, Dick Bloom, Wayne
Hanson, Mike Kahn, Mary Lacey,
Barbie Scott McKittrick, Margie
Moore, Harry Reasoner, and
Charlotte Reeves.
Campanile Due In May
Pictures of all of the honorees
will appear in th* Campanile
which is due to appear in early
May.
WHAT'S THE ANSWER—Ask Joe Kruppa, Neil
Anderson, Mary Woodson, and Sandy Grabiner, members
of the Rice team which will be challenging another college
over national TV March 6, in the G-E College Bowl.
'College Bowl' Will
Test Four Riceites
Four students from the Rice
Institute are scheduled to appear
on a nation-wide television pro-
gram, the G-E College Bowl,
sponsored by the General Elictric
Company, Sunday, March 6.
Three Seniors
They are: Neil Anderson, a
senior from Dallas; Sandy Grab-
iner, a senior from Pharr, Texas;
Joseph Kruppa, a senior from
Houston; and Mary Woodson, a
junior from Houston.
They will be accompanied to
New York City by their coach,
At The Student Senate
The Agora will meet Tues-
day at noon in the basement of
Fo n d r e n library. Discussion
will center on a paper to be de-
livered by John Arnold en-
titled "The Modest Optimism
of Albert Camus. The co-chair-
men of the Agora, Charles
Parnell and Newton Burkett,
hope that as many Rice stu-
dents and faculty members as
are able and interested will at-
tend.
'Mata-Mua' Calls
In the canoe-type ticket booth in the RMC, Clay Williams,
Allan Uhrig, Danny Barnum, Phil Morris, and Mary Lou Saner
drum up ticket sales for "Mata-Mua."
"Mata-Mua," this year's Archi-Arts orgy, will transform Sylvan
Beach into a South Sea island paradise tomorrow night, Saturday,
at 8:30. Tickets are $4.&0.
Decorations will include dense jungle, beach, and all the ether
comforts of a typical Polynesian island (who knows, maybe even
a little grass shack), and costumes should be planned accordingly,
•ay members of the Architectural Society.
Food in Basement,
Old Rules Discussed
George Clark, chairman of the
Center Committee, stated that
food can be taken into the base-
ment at any time, but it must
be ordered "to go." Also the juke
box will soon be outfitted to play
on nickles instead of dimes.
The jam session last Sunday
night was very successful, and
the no-date stipulation seemed to
work out quite happily. This com-
ing Sunday, the Jeff Davis High
School stage band will provide
the music for listening and danc-
ing pleasure.
Forum Candidates
Neil Anderson, chairman of the
Forum Committee, reported that
two separate types of lists had
been drawn up, one with names of
key political figures, the other
with less politically connected
news analysts and literary fig-
ures. The Senate expressed the
opinion that not only would this
second group be less expensive,
but also probably more relevant
to situations at Rice.
The Senate decided not to pass
out the Instructor Rating Sheets,
due to the proposed plan of the
Thresher to start a course-rating
program. The proposed action is
to see how effective these turn
out. Then, possibly next year, if
the Thresher program is npt sat-
isfactory the old IR sheets will
be distributed again.
Campanile Copy Approved
Mike Bennett, chairman of the
Publications Board, reported that
60% of the Campanile has been
approved, and that 20 pages of
Janus proof have been submitted.
In the way of parking regula-
tions, the auditorium lot may now
be used by candidates for degrees
and graduate students. Those
desiring a sticker for this lot
should apply at Lovett Hall.
Brown Award Amount
The Brown Award this year
will amount to $500, somewhat
under the $700 of previous years.
Each man's college will be given
$100 which it may distribute in
any way it sees fit to its mem-
bers in some sort of clean-room
competition. The final $100 will
be awarded to one of the five col-
leges that is judged cleanest and
most attractively kept-up by as-
sociates serving as judges. No
dates have been set for this ac-
tion.
This past Saturday, due to a
misunderstanding of the Social
Rules, as contained in the Social
Committee By-Laws, an exclusive
date was violated. It was sug-
gested that the social committee
meet and discuss the criteria for
a "private party"; i.e. one not
under the jurisdiction of the so-
cial calendar. As a reminder the
following excerpts are mentioned
from the Social Committee By-
Laws (all organizations planning
previously unscheduled social
events for this semester please
note).
"All activities of any student
organization must be scheduled
with the Social Committee. Social
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Dr. Francis L. Loewenheim, as-
sistant professor of history at
Rice. All will travel to New York
for the weekend at the show's
expense.
Ability of Recall
The College Bowl is an inter-
collegiate game designed to test
the ability of college students to
recall facts. Each week two col-
leges present teams of four mem-
bers, who are asked questions
drawn Tl-om such fields as Ameri-
can and European history; Amer-
ican, English, and European, lit-
erature; philosophy; science: cur-
rent affairs; music; mythology;
and the Bible.
The questions have announced
point ratings, and the team with
the greater number of points is
the winner. The winning team
will continue to appear on the
show until defeated by another
team.
Possibly Slippery Rock!
It is not definite whom the
Rice team will be challenging, but
it will be one of the schools play-
ing prior to .March 6, such as Cor-
nell (who defeated Purdue last
week), Bryn Mawr, or Dart-
mouth.
"The selection of these students
to represent Rice was an attempt
to provide a well-balanced cover-
age of significant areas of know-
ledge," Dr; Loewenheim stated.
"This is the first time Rice has
appeared on the program," Lr.
Loewenheim added, "and prob-
ably the first time the school
has ever been recognized on a
coast-to-coast television pro-
gram."
On KHOU.
Originating "live"—spontane-
ous and unrehearsed—from the
CBS Television Network Studios
in New York, the program will
be seen in Houston from 4:30 to
5:00 over KHOU-TV.
The winning team receives for
its school a $1500 scholarship
grant, while the runner-up re-
ceives $500 for its scholarship
fund. The students who partici- ^
pate and their coach all receive a
gift from General Electric.
The Rice Chemical Engin-
eering Department will pre-
sent "Engineering Clean
Streams" at 3:00 p.m. Sunday
on Channel 13. The program
will feature Professor Arthur
W. Busch of the Chemical En-
gineering Department.