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FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1957
Student Council
Football Tickets,
Frosh Guidance,
Dallas Discussed
BY ERLENE HUBLY
The council, in its meeting
Wednesday night, displayed its1
usual restlessness prevalent af-
ter a.) holiday, although several
important things wer ediscussed.;
. . . Wes Pittman, who felt that1
the price of guest tickets to foot-1
ball games was too high ($3.50),
had been investigating the prices j
of other SW Conference schools
. . • but stated: "We have no com-
plaint if we accept other schools
as a standard. We pay $3.50, only
SMU pays less—$3.25. We pay
$4.25 for a blanket tax, while the
next lowest figure is SMU, who
pays $7.50 for their blanket tax.
The blanket-tax costs of other
schools of the conference range
all the way up to $15.42." As to
the football seating capacity of
the student body being too small
—"Supposedly,, we seat 100% of
our student body, with 200 seats
extra." ,A11 other SW Conference
schools suffer from overcrowd-
ing, including Texas A&M "who
has a number of ex's trying to
relive something they have
lost. . . "
It was then brought up that
. . . the Dean wanted to know the
council's feeling toward his pro-
posed joint committee on frosh
guidance, composed of equal
number of members from the stu-
dent body and the Student Ac-
tivities Committee. Grimes felt;
that the council should have its j
own committee {"Guidance is a'|
student matter"), although the!
majority of the council was tired |
of the "power" dispute and de- j
sired cooperation with the facul- j
ty. . . Bob Fri: "We've been ha- j
ranguing so long about getting i
information from the Student Ac-1
tivities Committee that this joint j
committee would be advantage-
ous. . . we will know what they
think about frosh guidance." Gis-
sel then proposed that "the Stu-
dent Council accept the Dean's
proposal for the formation of a
joint Student Act. Comm-Stud.
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Cell Block
At Junior
Seven
Dance
BY MIKE REYNOLDS
Tomorrow night the Rice inmates are staging- their
first approved Jail Break, Junior style. Underworld charac-
I ; ters will invade the Shamrock's Emerald Room, loaded with
| babes, booze, and plenty of bash.
A.dd to this proven formula the swinging music of Rus-
ty Brown's Cell Block Seven
and you have the ingredi-
ents for the jumpingest par-
ty of the year.
IT'S STILL BURNING—That candle on top of this scholarly
fellow's head, we mean. For many years, at final examination time,
this picture has spread renewed hope and courage to suffering Rice
students. We hope that you can derive a spark of inspiration from it. j
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Dead Week Stirs
Thoughts Of Doom
Hoorah! It's here! The time
has come! Yep, it's almost Dead
Week. The traditional period of
inactivity that precedes each ses-
sion of final exams.
Beginning at midnight, Jan-
uary 13, all formal or regularly
scheduled social activities are
banned, the THRESHER stops
printing (/but only for three
weeks, you lucky people), all but
previously scheduled- tests are
theoretically verb,oj;en, and the
campug settles down to catch up
on fourteen weeks of neglected
study.
Necessary Evil
Finals, a necessary evil
that
Pl^ns Shape Up
For R.E. Week
The third week next semester
is calendared as Religious Em-
Council committee, composed of j phasis Week at Rice. Althoughj
equal numbers of members chosen j it is termed as "week," it lasts i
by each group, preferably six." j only from Monday, the 25th,!
... After amending an amended j through Wednesday, the 27th,!
miotion, then. withdrawing the | with religious discussions and j
amended amendment . . . the
council passed the rrfStion.
It was then decided (after
some discussion) to invite the
Dean "down again" to discuss
with the council the coming col-
lege system. Holland brought to
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tends to follow Dead Week, begin
Monday, January 21. Exams are
given in two groups, morning
and afternoon, with the morning
tests beginning at 9:00 am.. The
afternoon tests begin at 2:00 pm.
The examinations tend to be
three hours in length and are
highly recommended as a sub-
stitute for brain-washing. A
sharp pencil and a clean soul are
necessities.
With some degree of foresight,
the Administration has chosen to
end the examination period at
5:00 pm Thursday, January 31.
This allows the students a period
of three days to gird themselves
for the beginning of the second
semester.
Second Semester
Said second semester J^egins
at 8:00 am February 4. As the
saying goes, "You've never left
home."
One small bit of respite ap-
pears here.
The days at the beginning of
the second semester are not five-
dollar days. Since this is tech-
nically not a holiday, there seem-
ingly is no necessity to enfoi*ce
attendance.
Sportsmanship
Award Goes To
SMU At Dallas
The 1956 Sportsmanship
Award was won by SMU and
presented to them at the Cotton
Bowl on New Year's Day. Ark-
ansas was runner-up with TCU
and Rice tied for third place.
Baylor was fifth, Teas sixth,
and A&M in last place.
There are two voting periods,
one in the spring after basket-
ball season, the other in the fall
after football season. The fall
ballot is weighted twice the
spring ballot.
People Who Vote
There are people from each
SWC scliocl who vote. These are
each school's athletic director,
dean of students, alumni associa-
ton secretary, and four student
representatves to the Sportsman-
ship Committee. ,
There are 1-5 outside people
who are eligible to vote. These
are seven sportswriters selected
annually, one by each school, and
eight conference officials who
officiated during the- season.
Voters cannot vote their own
school.
Weighted Votes
Votes are weighed 5 points for
1st place,_ 3 for second, and 2
for third, except the votes of
sportswriters, which shall be
weighed 3, 2, 1. The school that
received the greatest number of
points is the winner of the SWC
Sportsmanship Trophy.
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With the start of basketball
season each school starts with a
clean record towards the next
year's award.
A Cool Grand
At the outlay of a cool grand,
the Junior class is setting a pre-
cedent in Rice Entertainment.
Not only are they providing a
name band but they are also lim-
iting the sale of tickets to the
first four hundred. This insures a
small profit and maximum room
for dancing, etc., etc. This is ail
available for the sum of $3.75.
An added attraction will he the
distinguished chaperones. Dr. J.
I. Davies will be present with his
ageless witticisms and 'has al-
ready requested a table next to
the bandstand. Assisting him
with his supervision will be Dr.
Lincoln Durst, who is well known
for his theory on the numbers
game.
Costumes Advised
This exhibition from prohibi-
tion will unwind from 9 p.m. to
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meetings being carried on from
the men's dorms to Banks apart-! _ m „ . _ w— —. ^
SVt JZirt ORIENTAL SPLENDOR
ture Lounge. .
The newest eveht adcted to the
agenda is a reception for Dr.
Joseph Sitler, the main speaker,
Sunday afternoon. Invitations
wjll be sent the J^culty and
officers of campus organizations.
Dr. Sitler is from the Chicago
Four Suspended By
Honor Council Trials
Five students were accused
Thursday, December 13, of vi-' Lutheran Seminary.
olating the Honor System on an| The other speakers yrill be the
examination. Four of the stu-j Rev. Edward J. Duncan, chaplain
dents entered a plea of "guilty" i of Catholic students at the. Uni-
at the hearing and no trials were versity of Illinois; Dr. Jack Kil-
held for them. I gore of the Baylor University
They were suspended from Department of Philosophy; Thorn
school for a year with possible! Hunter, Presbyterian chaplain at
readmission in September 1957. j the University of Texas; Rabbi
The fifth person entered a Robert Rosenthal, of Tulsa,
plea of "not guilty"" and waajokla.; and Mrs. Mildren Morgan,
ARCHI - ARTS THEME
acquitted by the Honor Council
in the trial which followed. ,
professor of home and family life
at Florida State University.
"In Xanadu did Kublai Kahn
a stately pleasure dome de-
cree ..." At least, this is true
for the Architectural Society at
Rice this year.
Archi-Arts, the annual costume
dance sponsored by this organi-
zation, will be February 15, at
8:30 at the Sylvan Beach Pavil-
ion, which will be decorated as an
"Oriental Paradise" to fit the
th^me—"Xanadu," inspired by
the poem by Samuel Taylor Co-!
leridge. The orchestra featured
will be Buddy Brock's.
and the enthroning of the Em-
press of Archi-Arts.
This year the honorees—Pat-
ti Blackledge, Penny Blackledge,
Nanoy. Brevelle, Sue Carroll Bru-
gier, Joan Busby, Alice Cowan,
Ann Page, and Luanne Rice—will
represent, by the color of their
costumes, the varying moods of
the Emperor, Kublai Khan. A
group of judges will choo|g one
of the honorees Empress of Ar-
chi-Arts.,
Costumes fo& Riceites will be
left up to the individual. The
The pageant will represent the j majority, however, will be wear-
enthroning oi the Emperor, Ku-
blai Khan, whose identity will be
revealed at the1'Dance, the pres-
entation of the eight honorees, Sallyport at 7:30 that evening
ing coolie hats and kimonos.
For those who will need trans-
portation, buses will leave the
Guy Mitchell To
Pick Vanity Fair
Beauties Feb. 1
Guy Mitchell, popular singing
star whose recent recording of
"Singin' the Blues" is one of the
nation's top hits, will judge the
beauties for the Vanity Fair sec-
tion of the 1957 Campanile.
Twenty-six of Rice's fairest
frauleins will enter the beauty
competition scheduled for 5 pm,
February 1, in the Fondren Li-
brary Music Room. These 26 were
selected by local judges from stu-
dent nominations of 50 girls.
They are Nancy Brevelle, Vicki
Finkenberger, Phyllis Phair, Bon-
nie Philbrook, Janice Cousins,
Rilda Richardson, Una Lynn Mat-
tiza, and Sandra Schlafke.
Also Alice Carmichael, Eleanor
Mengden, Joyce Hooper, Sue Car-
ol Brugier, Ann Page, Lin Davis,
Sammie 6'Kelley, Pat iwy, Sandy
Brown, Rita Miller, Julie John-
son, and Myra Hutzler.
Also Marilee May, Ruth Barnes,
Mary Claire Peden, Patti Hulett,
Doris Winarts, and Mary Durbeck
PapperellL *
Mitchell is in Houston to ap-
pear at the Houston Auto Show,
which will be January 26-Febru-
aiy 3 at the Sam Houston Coli-
seum. He will appear there, along
with singer Don Cornell, in two
shows daily at 3 and 9 pm.
Tickets'to the auto show will
be on sale at Rice next week.
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