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Student Weekly Publication
The Rice Institute
HOUSTON, TEXAS, MONDAY, JUNE 5,1983
NO. 32
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Seniors Hear
Conklin's Subject
At Sermon
Graduates Told That Another
High Aim of Education
Is Self Control
is
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Bishop Hiram Abiff Boaz, bishop of
the Methodist church of the South,
delivered, the baccalaureate sermon to
the seniors of the class of '33 Sunday
morning in the exercises held in the
Academic court.
One of the largest assemblages that
ever witnessed a graduation excrcisc at
Rice was present Rt the open air serv-
ice Sunday morning. The congrega-
tion overflowed the quadrangle into
space on either side of the rostrum.
The service was opened with the
academic procession in which faculty
members and seniors participated
Faculty members and trustees occupied
seats on the platform and graduates
sat in a reserved space in the quad-
rangle during the service.
A vested choir led in the singing of
the hymns, "Veni Creator Spiritus,"
"Lord of All Being, Throned Afar,"
"O God, Our Help In Ages Past," and
"America." The Scripture reading for
the service was the One Hundredth
Psalm.
Bishop Boaz had as his subject "The
Great Question." The text was "What
Think Ye of Christ?" In part, he
said: •
"Most young fnen of parts have a
hero of some kind. In his lectures on
'Heroes and Hero Worship' Thomas
Carlyle said, 'We all love great men.
We love, venerate, and bow down be-
fore them. Great men taken up in any
way are profitable company. We can
not look upon a great man without
profit. You will -not grudge to wander
n^'ghberbood for n while.'
[odern men are not inclined to hero
/worship as men were in the days of
' Thomas Carlyle. However, the study
of any great man at any time has a
peculiar charm.
"Greatness may be found in three
different realms; the realm of action;
the realm of thought; the realm of
character. Lines of demarcation are
not easily drawn. These fields neces-
sarily overlap. One may achieve
greatness in one of these realms and
be deficient in the other two, or he
may be great in two and lacking in
the third.
"In^the realm of thought, Confucius.
Caesar, Charlemagne, NapoleonT Wel-
lington, Washington, and Foch are
counted pre-eminent. They marshaled
great armies, conquered other people,
and imposed their wills "upon multi-
tudes., They have been given large
space in history. Their tombs are vis-
ited daily by admiring multitudes, and
their praises sung by historians.
"In the real mof thought, Confucius,
Buddha, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Ba-
con, Leibnitz, Kant, and Einstein are
in the forefront.. They were endowed
with great brains and colossal intel-
lects. They have been able to sus-
tain deep and continuous thinking.
They ventured into the realm of ab-
stractions. They evolved great sys-
tems of thought. They have mar-
shalled no armies and have conquered
no neighboring nations, but they have
mastered great fields of thought and
conquered large kingdoms of dark-
ness. . .
"In the realm of character, Daniel,
St. John, Paul the Apostle to the Gen-
tiles, Thonjas Aquinas, Thomas a
Kempis and many others are distin-
guished. They have risen above the
things that are little, low, and mealf
and aspired to the things that are good
and true and noble. They have kept
themselves unspotted from the world
and lived upon a high and noble
plane. While they have conquered no
neighboring nations, nor thrown any
(Continued on Page 3)
Pf
nic Hits Schools;
Kids Get i^Break
Washington, — (IP. — Hundreds of
thousands of school youngsters in the
United States are getting "a break",
to their awn way of thinking if not
their parents', because of the depres-
sion. They are getting longer sum-
mer vacations because school econ-
omies have foroed early closings in all
parts of the country.
i.y. The National Education Association
„ By March 1, the report
sfchdolt in the country had
Georgtt,
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Track Captain
Bob Schulze, junior from Temple,
will be the student leader for next
yeur. Schulze was recently elected
president of the Students' association.
and„ last week the track letternidn
elected him pilot of the 1934 cinder
team.
Schulze Will
Head 1934
Trackmen
Popular Temple Junior
Also Serve as Student
President
Will
Big, tall Bob (Germany) Schulze,
crack Rice middle distance runner, who
gets his degree next year will lead thu
Owl cindermen in 1934. His fellow
lettermen on the track squad have
chosen him as their captain.
As the result of his selection to head
tlie track men, Schulze will be leading
two important groups. The likeable
rurjner was recently elected president
of the Student Association anl will hold
that job also next year. He is the
second athlete in two years to hold
the job, Gordon Nicholson, Jr., retir-
ing president, being a fullback on
Coach Meagher's football squad.
Schulz£ has turned in a creditable
performance during the past season'in
running the 880-yard run and as a
member of Rice's mile relay team. He
turned in his best performance of the
year in the triangular meet with the
Aggies and LonghornsTon Rice field on
May 6. On that day, with Ray Har-
bour. on the sidelines suffering from an
ailing knee, he copped first place in
the half-mile, beating out Adams and
Edwards of Texas and Cook of A. and
M. all of whom had been considered
faster men, (lis time was one minute
57.7 seconds.
He was also a member of the mile
relay team which that day took sec-
ond place in that event. He was
a member of the mile relay team
which won from the Aggies in
the dual meet with the Farmers on
Rice Field the week previous, The
mile relay team of which he was a
member took second place in the con-
ference meet at Austin. Shortly beiore
taking part in the mile relay, he placed
third in the conference 880-yard run.
The lettermen who chose Schulze are
as follows; Weldon Hale, broad jumptr;
Ed Holloway, dash man; Carroll Ad-
ams, high and broad jumper; Andy Au-
eoin, high jumper; Dick Ballanfant,
dash man; Percy Burk, shot putter;
Tom Driscoll, dash man; Ray Harbour,
middle distance runner; Orin Hltt, high
jumper; Elmo Hutlzer, dash man; Har-
old Johnson, weight man; Smokey
Klaerner, javelin thrower; A1 Metzler,
dash man; Jess Petty, weight man; and
Kitt Reld, pole vaulter.
Roy Scott Winner Of
Graham Baker Award
Seven Taken
Into Honor
Fraternity
19
Students Admitted to
Phi Beta Kappa
In 1932-33
Rice
Seven new members were admitted to
the Rice chapter of Phi Beta Kappa,
national honorary fraternity, in. the
third pledging of the year, according to
Dr. H. A. Wilson, president.
The members were initiated Sunday
morning immeidately following the
baccalaureate sermon in the lounge of
the Cohen house.
Three co-eds, three men, and one
instructor were awarded membership.
Dr. J. V. Pennington, of the engineering
department, was pledged. Harry Bloom,
Beloit Brunner, Lenore Durham, Gil-
more Taylor Gwin, Jr., Mildred O.'Lea-
ry, and Ben Gardner • Sewell are the
students who constitute the final selec-
tion of members for the year.
Nineteen students have ben admit-
•i •#
ted into the society during the academic
year of 1932-33. On October 28 seven
were selected. They were George Maxi-
milian Ills, Frank C. Halpin, John
Henry Bringhurst, Jr.,^ Frank House
Hurley; Hirreh Julia Frachtman, Sam-
uel Jacob Shapiro, and Marshall Ed-
ward Hibbler. Five members were ac-
cepted on March 25; namely, Lucy An-
ile Clay, Marjorie Meyer, Ruth Lough-
ridge, Helen Turner and John LeRoy
Sims.
There are 116 members of the Rice
chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, according
to Dr. F. S. Lear, secretary.
This year the selection was based
on improvement in scholastic standing
during the four years as well as on
grades, leadership, and activities on the
campus.
Thirty-five Scholarships Are
Awarded at Annual
Commencement
Compulsory
Blanket Tax
Is Passed
It has been announced that there
will be a compulsory $8.40 blanket tax
next year. The Board of Trustees
made this decision after a petition
from the student council showed that
the students were decidedly in favor
of such a tax.
The blanket tax will include admis-
sion t6 all home athletic contests, sub-
scription to the student publications,
the right to vote in all elections, and
the right to hold office. The tax will
be paid on registration day with the
other feies.
In a vote on the measure students
were given a choice of an $8 compul-
sory exclusive of the Rice Owl, comic
magazine, or $8.40 with the Owl. The
$8 tax was favored by a majority of
637 to 77. In the balloting for the
Owl 512 votes were' cast for the joke
book and 195 against.
The money derived from the sale of
each tax will be divided as follows:
Athletic association $4.20; Campanile,
$2.50; Thresher, 69 cents; Owl, 40
cents; Engineering show, 10 cents;
Woman's council, 10 cents; and Inci-
dentals, 50 cents.
Roy Beverly Scott, '34, of Dallas, was
named the Graham Baker Student of
the Rice Institute at the twenty-first
annual commencement of the school
in the Academic court Monday morn-
ing.
Thirty-four other scholarship awards
were announced by Dr. Edgar Odell
Lovett following the presentation of
degrees to the graduates..
A complete list of awards for 1933-
34 follows:
The Graham Baker Student
Roy Beverly Scott, Class 1934, of
Dallas,' Texas.
Honorable- Mention for the Graham
Baker Studentship
(alphabetical)
Martha Jane Claypool, Class 1934, of
Houston, Texas.
Ormond Earl Dunlap, Class 1934^ of
Houston, Texas.
Wesley Clarence Ekholm, Class 1934,
of Fort Worth, Texas.
Margaret Modena Elkins, Class 1935,
of Houston, Texas.
Deborah Gertrude Goldofsky, Class
1935, of Houston, Texas
Hazel May Graf, Clas.X 1934. of Arl-
ington, Texas. \
John Willie Green, Jr.,yfclass 1935, <.>f
.Houston-, Texas.,• • < .. " ' •
Helen Elizabeth Joluutiin, Class 1935,
of Houston, Texas. /I
Mildred Rosetta McD ivid, Class 1935,
of Seymour, Texas, I
George Edgar Pike, Class 1935, of
Houston, Texas. '• *i
Margaret Soule, Cla.s 1935, of Hous-
ton, Texas.
William Joseph Williamson, Class
1934, of Houston. \
The Holienthal Scholars
(alphabetical)
James Paul Boone, cfass 1934, of Now
Orleans, Louisiana.
Donald Boekovern Gillfctt, Class 1934,
of Welsh, Louisiana.
Ralph Jefferson Hallmikn, Class 1934,
of Midland, Texas.
Wayne Segar Houck, Class 1936, of
i Park Ridge, Illinois,
Jack Clarke Williams, Class 1934, of
Beaumont, Texas.
William Joseph Williamson, Class
1934, of Houston,-Texas.
The Scholars of the John McKnltt
Alexander Chapter, Daughters of
the American Revolution
Harriet Coit Malloy, Class 1936, of
Palestine, Texas.
The Ellen Axson Wilson Chapter
Mary>-Jacqueline Oliphint, Class 1934,
of Houston, Texas.
The Elizabeth Baldwin Literary Society
Scholar
Sanford Wilson Higginbotham, Class
1934, of Fordyce, Arkansas.
(Continued on Page 3)
Press Keys
And Pins
Awarded
Ball Chairman
Feminine Modesty Reaches
New High;Nude Boys Exposed
New York.—(IP).—lhe New Yorker,
smart weekly publication of this city,
tells this one on the boys end girls of
an eastern co-educational college.
A fraternity house an a sorority
house are located directly acrpss the
street from each other. They are set
at such angles, however, that the men
in the frat house thought there was
no need of ever pulling down their
nwy^hMhed under the
i, therefore, and ran in the
nude to their rooms without thought
fair eo-eds across the way .might
tron of the sorority house, asking if
they please would draw their shades,
since it was bothering her girls a lot
to see the men in the altogether.
The secretary of the frat wrote back
that the boys would be glad to ac-
quiesce, but he added that he didn't
see, considering the angles at which
the two houses were set, how the gals
across ihe street could see anybody ft
the hallways of the frat house,
.The matron wrote back that it
wasn't any trouble at all for the girls
to see the iMafr the frat house. "All
id do is climb up on the
sble to ase
Yeggs Need Truck
* * it ill
To Carry Off Goods
sfc tk * *
Ln Meyer's Room
"There ia nothing left, os there is no
use coming back," was the remark Dr.
Heinrich Meyer, instructor in German,
made about the recent robbery in
which practically all his possessions
were taken.
Last we^k Doctor Meyer's locked
apartment was raided. Everything
movable was removed. The only clue
to be had was that the person or
persons were driving a truck, judg-
ing from the articles stolen.
A rocking chair, the stove, the mat-
tress, and all his clothes except, the
shirt and pants which Doctor Meyer
work were taken. However, the bed
was left and the books (which were In
foreign languages).
1
Tsanoff Speaks At
Annual'Reunion
The Rice alumni annual homecom*
lng meeting Was held thist afternoon
in the Physics Amphitheatre at 4
o'clock.* Dr. R. A. Tsanoff nade the
address. Seniors were especially in-
vited in order to meet -the members of
former classes.
Hie meeting was adjourned Just be-
fore five o'clock to
alumni time to go to
liven-by fir. and
honor.
V.\
Joe Kocurek Elected President
Of R and Quill Group At
Annual Dinner
Thirty-three students who have
done outstanding work on three cam-
pus publications the past season were
awarded R. and Quill pins at a ban-
quet given at the Warwick hotel on
May 20. The six editors and busi-
ness managers of the annual, weekly
newspaper, and comic magazine were
presented gold keys by J. T. McCants.
Dr. Radslov A. Tsanoff was the
principle speaker for tlie occasion. He
congratulated the publications on their
accomplishments this season and also
offered some constructive criticism,
At the business meeting of the as-
sociation Joe Kocurek, 1934 Thresher
editor, was elected president of the R.
and Quill. Hallie Beth Talloy was
chosen vice president, and Joe Aleo
secretary-treasurer.
•Frank Hurley, Owl editor; Paul
Richter, Owl business manager; Lindy
Gready, Thresher editor; Alvin Moody,
business manager of The Thresher;
Bob Blair annual editor; and Jack
Reeves, business manager of the Cam-
panile; were given gold R. and Quill
kevs, Mildred OT>nry Naomi Quio"
and Ruth Loughridge were cach
awarded gold pins for four years of
work on the staffs of The Thresher,
The Campanile, and The Owl, respec-
tively.
Then Bob Blair gave silver pins to
(he following members of his staff:
Gerald Richardson, assistant editor,-
Joe Aleo, assistant business manager;
Hallie Beth Talley, Madeline Freeman,
Fred Taylor, Stella McNair, and Lois
Peters.
Thresher pins were awarded by
Lindy Gready to Joe Kocurek, assist-
ant editor; Edwin McClanahan, assist-
ant business manager; Harriet Mnl-
loy. Martin Gould, Hazel Pace. Pete
Maniscaleo, Evelyn Fink. Leon Bresky,
Alberta Riesen, Kenneth Phillips,
{Catherine Horner, Paul Rogers, Leslie
Thacker, Pauline Leehenger, Evri
Mendel, Blanch Taylor, and Rollo
Moyer.
Elliott Flowers, assistant editor;
Pete Maniscaleo, assistant business
manager; Bob Hannon, Leota Meyer,
and John. Cook received Owl pins
from Frank Hurley.
Other guests at the banquet were
Mrs. J. T. McCants, Mrs. R. A. Tsa-
noff, Mrs. Paul Rogers, Emily Tarrer,
Carroll Blanchard and William Plath
of the Rein company; 'T. J. Baker and
Carl Schumaker of the Parke Engrav-
ing company, and Mr. and Mrs. Vic-
tor B. Andrews of the Houston Labor
Journal. „
Retiring officers of the organization
were Frank Hurley, president; Stella
McNeir, vice president; and Joe Ko-
curek, secretary-treasurer.
vmi, mm
The final ball was planned by a
committee headed by James Fite, pic-
tured above, who received his degree
this morning. Fite also served as
president of the Rally club this
season.
Final Ball
Ends Senior
Functions
Tommy Hale Elected Permanent
President—American Is
- _ Success
I Tonight's fin;-1 hall in the snar-ion.-:
Rice Hotel ballroom climaxes the busi-
est week-end the class of '33 has ever
faced. The senior functions the past
week-end have kep; the seniors step-
ping at a fast pace, but tonight when
| the orchestra plays ii--. last piece, 237
students will leave Rice Institute be-
hind for the last time.
Arlie Simtnonds and his Columbia
Broadcasting orchestra play for the big
ball tonight. The orchestra made a
I special trip from the Gunier- hotel in
Pitt Soph is First
1933 Grid Victim
Pittsburgh, Pa. — (IP). — The first
football death of the 1933 season was
that of William Hall, 19, sophomore at
the University of Pittsburgh.
j San Antonio to appear at the Rice
| dance. Previously the group cmvr-
j mined at Sui Jen in Galveston, Kansas
! City, Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Dallas.
The committee responsible for the
■■final affair consists of James Fite,
chairman; Edwina Wk-ss. Sarn Pnrham,.
Leota Meyer, and Cavl Crol'ford.
Tommie Hale of Houston was elect-
ed permanent president ol the 1!)""
i class at the annual banquet Sat urday
|night at the Houston Yacht club. Vir-
ginia Vinson was chosen v ice president,
and Frank Wallace of Dallas was se-
lected as secretary-treasurer.
Dinner was served at 8 p. m. After
the nourishment Mr. Samuel McCann.
and Dr. Harry A. Scott wore the prin-
cipal speakers. The business meeting
followed the talks.
Thomas Hale headeel the banquet
committee and was assisted by Gordon
Nicholson, Lindy Gready, Louise Bry-
son, and William McKinney.
Hymie Waldman and his Brunswick
recording orchestra furnished music
that was so entrancing and smooth at
the senior American- Saturday morn-
ing, everyone heaved a .sigh of regret
when it ceased. The dance and dinner
on the west wing of the Rice roof was
undoubtedly one of the highlights of a
social season that has fairly sparkled
with good entertainment,
Roy Sewell, chairman; Henry Hol-
den, C. A. Wall, William Strozier, and
Gilmore Gwin composed the committee
putting on the affair.
Papa Moon Necks Mother Earth
And Little Sun Has A Hot Time
Oklahoma City.—(IP). — The whole
universe is just one big necking party
in the estimation of J. Clectus Enlow,
astronomer of this city, who is re-
ported to have worked out a new
theory of things.
He has worked on the idea that the
universe operates on a polarized or
sexual basis, and has incorporated
this,idea in a new book, "Astronomy
and the Science of Life."
"I have found the key to thought,"
he says, "and i£ is based principally
on a new explanation of the law of,
gravity. Gravity is not the attrac-
tion of a larger mass for a smaller
one. It is th«L natural action of all
element! to seek like,, elements."
Some of the points Enlow makes
aw:
1. The moon Is the husband of the
earth and once every 28 days, at tlie
time of the new moon, they are. in
affectionate embrace. It is at this
period that things grow more freely
in the earth because of its rising heat.
2. Thoughts are things and all the
thoughts and thinks during life are
propelled to the embryo of the soul
which is the life after death.
3. Stars are not matter but are con-
centrated energy from the sun polar-
ized on its return trip to the sun.
4. The sun is the center of the uni-
verse and the theory that stars arc
other suns in "other solar systems is
consummate ignorance.
Enlow said that his theory on life
after death, when understood, would
create such a general desire to think
' (Mean thoughts that the world would
be nearly perfect within 100 years.
Discovery of
One's Self is
Emphasized
Christ Contrasted with Great
Men of World at Aimual
Baccalaureate
Before one of the largest graduating
classes in (he history of Rice Institute
Edwin Grant Conklin of Princeton
University delivered the annual com-
mencement address in the academic
court Monday morning.
Professor Conklin's address in part
follows:
"The meaning of the word "Com-
mencement" is that on -this day you
of the graduating class commence to
be Bachelors or Master-: of Arts or
Sciences. Commencement looks in the
future and not to the past; .1 is a
forecast, not a retrospect. In this
spirit, let us look forward not alone
to our personal future but to the larg-
er future of civilization. Let us ask
whither are Wr bound both as indi-
viduals and as a race.
"On what road has college started
you? Real education is much more-
Uian information; il is development in
useful lines. Its purpose-: ; tusi o
much thp Increase of kcowk as
the development of personality
"To this end one of its i.iiiel aims is
self-discovery If you have discov-
ered your capaeiti'.' and limitations,
your talents and defects you have
made one of the most important dis-
coveries yon can ever make.
"Another high air of education is
self-control and the only way in
which this can be achieved is through
the formation of good habits. Indeed
education is to a large extent habit-
formation. If you have formed good
habits of body, mind and morals you
may claim t. be ivnMy-educated.
"The finest result of education is- I he
attainment of high ideals. It. is a sign
of the degeneracy of the present age
that so many so-called practical men
scoff at ideals and idealists. Only by
means of these can the world pi ogre:,::
to a better state
"Whither arc we bound as a nation,
a civilization, and entire race? The
human world is' certainly moving: but
is it getting anywhere, or is it merely
moving in circles?
"No informed person can doubt that
science is making i :pjd progress in
the knowledge of jiature and of man,
and in our control ol natural J'orce-
and processes. If there be any such
doubter let him visit the Chicago cele-
bration of "A Century of progress"
and be convinced. There -..
for doubt that scientific knowledge ami
power are increasing at a:i ,..::.;r.irs;f
rate
"But there is ground for question-
ing whether men are becoming
healthier, wiser, more ethical, in
spite of all that medicine and sanita-
tion have done to relieve suffering
and prevent disease, physical degen-
eracy is wide-spread; in spite of all
that public education has accomplish-
ed, the menace of low mentality re-
mains; in spite of all that ethics and
religion have achieve, the foundations
of society are threatened by low mor-
ality,
"There is a great difference in the
rate of advance of science and culture
as compared with that of the inherited
nature of man himself. Every human
being starts life in the valley of the
germ cells, whtrt'e all his ancestors
started, then climbs to the summit of
maturity and finally goes down into
the valley of death. But science ad-
vances with giant strides from moun-
tain top to mountain top, without hav-
ing to descent in every generation to
its primitive beginnings. And so it
happens that the natural man remains
much the same from generation to
generation, whereas the cumulative
experiences of men are continually in-
creasing. Knowledge is ever growing,
(Continued on Page 3),
Shannon Is Named
President' of Band
Richard Shannon was re-elected
president of the Rice Institute Owl
Band at the annual banquet of that or-
ganization Friday night. Nolan Bar-
rick was named vice president; Ar-
thur Gibson, business manager, and
Arthur Wood, librarian.
Eight senior medals were awarded
the following graduating members of
the band: C. F. Montgomery, Paul Ed-
mondson, saxophones; Douglas Rag-
land, Barry Rose, trumpets; Gardner
Soule, flute; Harry Chavanne, Leon
Taubenhaus, clarinets; Vinton Shaw,
horn. <■
Band members presented the direc-
tor, Lee Chatham, with a waffle iron.
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