The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, December 7, 1956 Page: 5 of 10
ten pages : ill. ; page 21 x 14 in.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
33B
ft
' '--M 5
WW:
'
w4
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, MM
THIS THKB8BBB
Five
Sophs Top Frosh In
Ladylike Field Day
In a ladylike version of the
Greased Pole Wednesday after-
noon at the gym, the sophomore
girls outdid the frosh girls by a
narrow margin of two points in
the Field Day events, with a total
score of 89 to 87 points. Instead
of participating in the muddy af-
termath of the Greased Pole, as
in years past, Jhe sophomore and
freshman girls fought it out in
volleyball, basketball, volley
wall-ball, badminton, swimming,
and "egg-and-spoon" races.
The freshmen carried off bas-
ketball honors arid showed their
agility in the relays, i.e. sack
races, egg-and-spoon races, and
3-legged races. The sophomores
were the victors in volleyball,
volley wall-ball, badminton, and
swimming.
Info Bulletin For
Future Teachers
„ All Rice students (except those
-taking Education 410) who wish
to take the National Teacher Ex-
aminations should obtain from
Dr. Hugh C. Black, 224 Anderson
Hall, a Bulletin of Information
(in which an application is in-
serted describing^ registration
procedure and containing sample
test questions. Students in Ed-
ucation 410 will receive this ma-
terial in class sometime during
December.
The Houston Independent
School District requires that all
applicants for teaching positions
submit a score on the Common
Examinations. The Dallas, Tem-
ple, and Waco public school sys-
tems also encourage or require
applicants for teaching positions
in 1956-1957 to take the National
Teacher Examination.
Prepared and administered an-
nually by Educational Testing
Service, the 1957 National Teach-
er Examinations will be held on
Saturday, February 9, 1957. If
enough applications are made,
Rice will be a sub-testing cen-
ter; and Rice students may take
the examinations on the campus.
Completed applications, accom-
panied by proper examination
fees, will be accepted by the Ed-
ucational Testing Service office
during December and up to the
deadline of January 11, 1957.
BARBER SHOP
Hermann Professional Building
— Just Across Main Street —
For Insurance Information
Call
BERRY BOYD
— CA 7-4238 —
In The Village
5429 KELVIN DR. JA 9*2766
Frames Repaired — Lenses
Duplicated m
Village Optical Co.
PHONE
STUDENT COUNCIL
• Freshman Class
Vote
Frank
Van Orden
Candidate
For
Individual winers in badminton
were, in the doubles, Lin Davis
and Barbara Farren, Pat Wilson
and Una Lynn Mattiza, and Es-
telle Kestenberg and Harriet Ho-
kanson, sophomores. Frosh win-
ners were Mary Lou Sauer and
Mary Claire Peden, Pat Spar-
ling and Julie Souchek, and Helen
Belton and Kathy Pickard. Soph
Estelle Kestenberg won the sin-
gles.
Sophs who out-swam the fresh-
men were Pat Wilson, Del Ash-
mun, Linda Calvin, and Suzanne
Lively. Freshman participants
were Vicki Finkenberg, Beth
Chase and Ruth Gilyeart.
Busby is Honoree
For Cotton Bowl
Joan Busby will attend the
Cotton Bowl as representative of
Rice.
She will attend the pre-Cottori
Bowl activities and appear at the
half-time presentation with the
representatives of the other
Southwest Conference schools.
Lincoln Grant
$5000 is Offered
Of GERMAN FACULTY
ATTENDS CONVENTION
The James F. Lincoln Arc
Welding Foundation of Cleve-
land, Ohio, has announced the
10th in its series of design com-
petitions for college engineering
undergraduates. The Foundation
is offering $5,000 in cash awards
to students and scholarship funds
to schools for undergraduate me-
chanical or structural designs in
which arc welding is used.
Actually two separate com-
petitions are offered, one in me-
chanical and one in structural
designs. A total of 46 awards
will be made, the highest being
$1,250. Winners and their schools
also receive national professional
recognition.
. Any resident college engineer-
ing undergraduate may compete
by entering a design for a ma-
chine, machine part, structural or
structural part which makes a
significant use of arc welding.
Rules booklets are available free
from The James F. Lincoln Arc
Welding Foundation, Cleveland
17, Ohio.
It is but one step from the gro-
tesque to the horrible.
The entire Rice German de-
partment attended the South-
Central Modern Language As-
sociation meeting of November
2-3 on the Tulane University
campus. Mr. J; B. Wilson of our
own German department was
elected secretary of the German
I Section which is concerned
Dr. Huber of Texas Christian.
At the organizational meeting
the members elected Dr. Louis
president and Dr. Huber secre-
tary-treasurer.
Dr. Marcel Moraud, a former
Professor of French at Rice,
was elected to honorary mem-
bership at the meeting1. This was
with linguistics and pedagogy.; the first time that the Associa-
While on the campus Mr. Wilson ■ tion has awarded honorary mem-
gave a paper on "The German j berships, and Dr. Moraud, who
of the Wends in Texas."
At the invitation of the na-
tional office of American As-
sociation of Teachers of German,
Dr. j&ouis of the Rice German
department organized a Texas
Chapter of the A.A.T.G. He serv-
ed as chairman of the Commit-
is now a visiting professor at.
Wells College, was one of the
four who received these member-
ships.
Dr. Louis was a member at
the committee which made tie
recommendation to the general
meeting of the association coa-
tee on the Constitution along j cerning the awarding of honor-
with J. B. Wilson of Rice and ' ary memberships.
V^^VSA/WWWWSA/VNAAAA/VS/VWWWVWWVWVSA/WS/WWWWVWWWWVt
'EXA^
OF H O U STX> N
MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
o ran Ritter asks
s
f £• '; o
* I
\ $
' 1
Does Du Pont
<}
hire men who
have definite
military
commitments?
Oran A. Ritter, Jr., expects to receive his B.S. in chemical engineer-
ing from Louisiana State University in June 1957. He's now editor-
in-chief of the "L.S.U. Engineer," local president of Tau Beta Pi, and
senior member of the Honor Council of his university. Oran's ques-
tion is on the minds of many men planning a technical career.
Don Sutherland answers
Donald O. Sutherland graduated from Virginia Polytechnic
Institute in 1953 with an M.S. degree in chemical engineering and
an R.O.T.C. commission. He was hired by4>u Pont's plant at
Victoria, Texas. After two years in-the service, Don returned to
his career in engineering, and is now doing plant-assistance work
in the technical section at Victoria.
r!S, Oran, we certainly do! We've employed quite a
number of college graduates with definite military
commitments, even when we knew they could work no
more than a few weeks before reporting for duty. Take
my own casQ. I was hired in November of 1953 and
worked for only Jour .weeks before leaving for the Army.
Two years later I returned to Du Pont.
You see, we're primarily interested in men on a long-
range basis. The fact that they're temporarily unavail-
able, for a good reason 4ike military service, isn't any bar
to their being considered for employment. After working
only one day, an employee is guaranteed full re-employ-
ment rights—that's the law. And if a man works for
Du Pont a full year before entering the service for two or
more years, he receives an extra two months' salary. If he
goes into the service for six months, he's paid a halt
month's salary. When he's entitled to a vacation but
doesn't have time to take it before leaving, Du Pont
gives him equivalent pay instead.
Even if present employment is impossible, Oran, we
definitely recommend your talking with Du Pout's repre-
sentatives as well as those of other companies. The very
least you'll gain will be valuable background and some
contacts of real benefit to you when you leave military
service.
want to know mori about working with Du Pont?
Send for a "free copy of "The Du Pont Company and the
College Graduate," a booklet that tells you about oppor-
tunities for work iri all departments of the Company! .Write
to the Du Pont Company, 2521 Nemours Building, Wil-
mington, Delaware.
>u u.«. mort
■ITTIK THINOS FOR BETTER LIVIN9. . . THROUGH CHIMJSflY
W«teh "Du Pont ThtaUr" on Mention
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, December 7, 1956, newspaper, December 7, 1956; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth231043/m1/5/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.