The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, March 19, 1943 Page: 4 of 4
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Dear ,Madam
We are quite flattered at the
thought that we are "deciding all
policies and making decisions for
students of Rice." As "politico*" we
were underestimated: we sent only
25 out of 8®, not 60, pictures to bq
Judged for the beauty section of
the CAMPANILE.
The beauty-and-favorite candi-
dates are hereby notified of the fol-
lowing facts: (1) The staff has the
right, no matter how fair, to choose
all beauties and favorites personal-
ly (2) The eighty candidates were
chosen from a list containing the
name of every woman student in
Rice, by a representative group for
the first time in many years. There
were roughly proportional repres-
entatives from each literary society
and the independent group and sev-
eral boys, not the staff of the Cam-
panile, as was the practice formerly.
(3) A majority of the eighty candi-
dates chosen were so picked because
of their possibility of being elected
favorites, with no intention of their
becoming candidates for the beauty
chosen from a list of all 80 by a grou
section. (4) The favorites were chos-
en from a list of all 80 by a group
composed of i-epresentatives from the
Girls' Club, each of the literary so-
cieties, the staffs of the Thresher,
Owl, and Campanile, the Engineer-
ing- Society, Pre-Med Society, Pre-
Law Society, Navy Club, Student
Council, Menorah Socitey, and the
presidents of the classes. (5) Form-
er Campanile beauties, their beatuy
having been once established, were
not allowed to again become candi-
dates for the beauty section. (6) The
portraits o f those chosen to be
POLAR WAVE
ICE PALACE
2323 Hutchins
Rice Students — Bring your
blanket taxes and skate for
30c every Wed. night.
candidates were sent to the
staff of the 1944 LUCKY BAG.
yearbook of the United States Naval
Academy at Annapolis. The letter
received from them announcing their
choices will appear unaltered in the
Campanile. <7) That this staff was
chosen to judge the beauties was in
keeping with the naval theme of the
book and in an attempt to get
choices more representative of stu
dents, rather than to have beauties
chosen by some artificial criteria of
a so-called "beauty-expert." So far
as we know, no member of the se-
lecting staff has any connection
whatsoever with any member of the
Campanile staff or any of the can-
didates.
We should, we feel, show fairness
(for the first time in our lives) to
those bold advocates of the right of
free speech by printing what the
Thresher naturally deleted as being
grounds for libel. The last paragraph
of their letter read:" . . . the word
fairness does not even exist in the
vocabulary of this high-paid staff
of swindlers."
The Campanile, which will cost
approximately $4.96 (four dollars
and ninety-six cents) per copy, is is-
sued to every student on an appro
priation of $2.50 (two dollars and
fifty cents) from his blanket tax
The balance, plus the swindlers'
enormous salaries must be made up
from advertising sales.
Any young lady who feels that
she has been wronged or cheated by
the collecting from her of a cash
deposit by the Campanile beatuy-
and-favorite photograpers will have
the full amount refunded by the
Campanile immediately upon re-
quest.The fact that she didn't have
to bother (in the first place) "with
having pictures made for this high-
schoolish publication" will not be
considered.
Yours very gratefully,
The Campanile Staff.
Ed. Note: (The above space was
paid for by the Campanile at the
Thresher's regular advertising rate).
REMEMBER, Senior Engineers,
to buy your invitations before
leaving school
Log-Log Duplex Decitrig K & E Slide Rules
Now available for freshmen
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Fin* Stores." Specializing in
Men's, Women's and Chil-
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HOUSTON
a series of lectures
on "Science and Human Welfare"
will be delivered Sunday by Arthur
Hartsook, professor of chemical en-
gineering. He will discuss "Chemis-
try in the Industries," bringing out
the application of chemistry to in-
dustries *n the way of control, with
special reference to wartime prob-
lems ill efficiency and rapidity of
output
Last week Mr. Lewis Babcock
Ryon, professor of civil engineering,
lectured on the "Planning of Cities,"
in connection with present problems
arising in the making of plans of al-
ready existing cities for better con-
veniences and facilities, and the ar-
rangement as to industrial, commer-
cial, reactional, and residential dis-
tricts.
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Petitions—
(Continued from page 1)
Buckley, and Paul Plumb; vice pres-
ident of the senior class, Georgia
Meisner, and Betty Lee Secor; vice-
president of the junior class, Mary
Clarke Jarvis, Betty Bills, and Jane
Sinclair; vice-president of the sopho-
more class, Dorothy Marshall, Mar-
gie Stroup, and Joyce Pounds; vice-
president of Student Association,
Jane Barnes, and Nelsie Jayne Love;
senior representatives to Student
Council, June Whittington, Margaret
Morrison, Betty Lou Johnson, Caro-
lyn Knapp, and Betty Anne Ander-
son; junior representatives to Stu-
dent Council, Mollie Alexander, Beth
Hummel, Anne Eckel, Betsy Atkin-
son, Virginia Arnold/Ella McAshan,
and Mary Jo McGinnis; sophomore
representatives to Student Coun-
cil, Lawrence Davis, Lee Thomp-
son, Peg Monroe, Betty Scott Moor-
es, Ellen Picton, Roberta Newlin,
and Murnez Smyth.
No petitions have been received
thus far for one of the most import-
ant offices on the campus, that of
President of the Student Associa-
tion. (Ed. Note. Where is the Navy
Club?) Other positions for which
no candidates have filed are: editor
of Campanile and business manager
of the Thresher and Campanile;
councilman-at-large of the Student
Association; president of the spoho-
more class; and the secretaries of
all the classes.
In general, last year's election
rules will be maintained, expense ac-
counts not being allowed to exceed
$25, and nominees must not election-
eer near the polls. Class officers, who
will, incidentally, retain their posi-
tions until the end of the year, will
officiate on their own election tables.
Naval Club—
(Continued from page 1)
as its guest outstanding naval of-
ficers who entertain the members
with interesting and informative
talks on our navy in action. Among
these, recently, were Lt. Crawford
USN, an engineering officer, who
told of the last days of the ill-fated
aircraft carrier U.S.S Lexington;
and Comdr. Vansant USN, a Hous-
tonian, who related some of his in-
teresting experiences in the Subma-
rine service.
After the March 27 dance the
RINC plans to invite the student
body to attend one of its interesting
meetings.
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John Tomforde and Carolyn
Elisabeth Knapp and Harvey
merman.
and Mrs.
Marcus Wayman Shiver of Dallas
announce the engagement of their
daughter, Joanne, to John Leedom,
who is a mechanical engineer at
Rice and will graduate in April The
wedding will take place at the
Church of Incarnation, Dallas, April
8, at eight p.m.
Mrs. Rdbwt Stunners
is entertaining Saturday with a
luncheon and bridge party in honor
of Miss Evelyn Smith whose engage-
ment has been annuonced to Walter
Murphy.
Mrs. George Pierce, Jr.
was entertained with a surprise
birthday party Wednesday night by
Mr. Pierce. The party was at Pier
21. Those present were Lawrence
Prehn and Elizabeth Philbroook,
Tommy Evans and Ella McAshan,
Margaret Freeman and Jimmy An-
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