The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, December 6, 1957 Page: 1 of 6
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Volume Forty-Five—Number 13
HOUSTON, TEXAS
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1957
COTTON BOWL!
Follies Will
Make Big
Hit Bee. 12
By EILEEN O'LEARY
The veil of mystery has been
lifted! Here's the latest report
on the Follies.
The Devil Makes Three is the
story of three young men who
promise to sell their souls to the
Devil, provided the Devil will
give to each man his Ideal Girl
in his Idea^Situation. If any of
the three is successful in having
his Ideal Girl fall in love with
him, then that young man will
regain his soul.
The first young man, Frank
Dent, a patent medicine sales-
man, comes across a stagnant
mountain community, and here
finds his Ideal Gill, a young,
sweet, innocent naive creature of
seventeen. Eleanor Mengden por-
trays this young mountain maid.
Meanwhile
Meanwhile back in the slums,
our second member of this trio, a
preacher, played by Rolf Johnson,
has come across his Ideal Girl.
Karen Olsen dreams of becoming
a famous dancer, but can't dance
a step. She supports herself and
her lover Heize, Tom Evans, by
working after dark.
On the other side of town, the
third sfful-seller, a hard working
theatrical agent, finds his Ideal
Girl when a beautiful young sing-
er is brought to him by her old
maid aunt for an audition. This
third man is Terry Koonce who
pursues the singer, Beverly Mont-
gomery.
The Devil
The Devil is portrayed adeptly
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'Don Juan* Set
For December 15
"Don Juan in Hell" from "Man
and Superman" by George Ber-
nard Shaw will be the next pro-
duction of the Rice Players, the
co-ordinators announced Friday.
The staged reading is sched-
uled for the Fondren Library Lec-
ture Lounge Sunday, December
15, at 8 pm.
The four roles will be in the
hands of Harrison Wagner as
Don Juan, Joan Feild as Dona
Ana, Martin McClain as the com-'
mander, and Jim Bernhard as the
Devil.
"Don Juan" was performed
with noteworthy nationwide suc-
cess as a reading several years
ago by the First Dramatic Quar-
tet.
Admission will be free.
Early in the next semester, the
Players will present an evening of
one-act plays, including the win-
ning play in the $50 prize contest.
EYES UP, EYES DOWN—Whichever way you look,
you're bound to like what you see. This lovely, luscious'
chorus line (shown in rehearsal) will grace the stage at
Follies. Left to right, above: Jay Butler, Fran Murphy,
Betsy Graham, and Dianne Donnelly. Below: pedal ex-
tremities of the same.
Candidates Announced
For Freshman Election
By PAM HOFFMAN
Freshman class officers, assist-
sistant business manager of the
Campanile, and student opinion
on four changes in the Honor
System will be determined on
election day, Monday, December
9.
Candidates i n the freshman
race for president are Chuck
Caldwell, Gaylord Johnson Jr.,
Karl Ludwig, David Rosenberg,
Paul Talkington, and Ralph Wea-
ver.
Secretary-Treasurer
Running for Secretary-Treas-
urer are Tom Mayor, Liz Per-
kins, and Norman Reynolds.
Student Council Representa-
tive nominees are Judy Cole, Har-
dee Kilgore, Barbara Long, Fred
Moss, Valerie Vopat, and Gary
Webb.
The candidates for $11 ...the
freshman offices will give cam-
paign speeches.Saturday noon in
the Chemistry Lecture Hall. The
runoff election, if needed, is
scheduled for Wednesday, Decem-
ber 11.
Two Candidates
" Business manager of the Cam-
panile will be elected from one of
the two candidates, Joyce Hooper
and Louis Macey.
Four Honor Council amend-
ments are up for vote concerning
broadening the general scope of
the Honor System. The other pro-
posed changes are merely pro-
cedural.
Blanket taxes must be present-
ed to vote and polling places
Monday will be at Anderson Hall
The proposed system changes
are explained in full on page 4.
and the Chem Lecture Hall and
students may vote from 8 am to
1 pm. All students will vote in
the general election while fresh-
men only will select their class
officers.
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Sophs To Sponsor
OCUGameSockHop
' Friday night the Sophomore
class is holding a sock hop in the
student lounge immediately after
the Rice-Oklahoma City Univer-
sity basketball game. All stu-
dents are invited, admission is
only 25 cents a person. Cokes and
cookies will be available for the
dancers.
Owls Run Over Bears
20 - 0 On Way To Bowl
Four minutes after the second half kickoff, the Rice
Owls broke the already well-bent back of the Baylor Bears
and went on to a 20-0 win.
The Bears and the Owls had fought to a standstill in
the first half, but Blue lightning struck Rice stadium with
89 yards to the Baylor 11 behind
Cotton Bowl Tickets
Will Go On Sale
At Gym December 9
Students and guest tickets for
the Cotton Bowl game January
1, when Rice plays Navy, will be
on sale Monday, December 9,
until 5 pm Friday, December 13,
at the gymnasium ticket office.
Each student may purchase one
reserved ticket for $2.75 with his
blanket tax, which must also be
presented with the ticket at the
game.
At the time he buys his student
ticket, each purchaser is also en-
titled to two guest tickets for
$5.51) each. These guest tickets
are for reserved seats in the stu-
dent section.
Engineers Plan
Dance for Dec. 7
The Engineer Dance, a strictly
formal affair at the Texas State
Hotel, will take place Saturday,
December 7. L. G. Morel and his
orchestra will be 011 hand to pro-
vide the music and a good setting
for the presentation of Miss Slip-
stick, who will be presented at
this dance.
The price' of $3.75 per couple
will include set-ups.
big blocks by King Hill, Larry
Whitmire, and David Kelley. On
the second play from scrimmage,
Hill passed to Ken Williams, who
ripped out of the arms of Lee
Harrington for the touchdown.
Hill converted to make it 7-0.
8^ Yards
Four plays later Larry Hick-
man punted to Bobby Williams
who raced 80 yards to pack the
dirt on the Bear grave. Gene
Jones threw the key block at
midfield. Again Hill kicked the
point.
Frank Ryan guided the Owls in
a 78-yard drive to their final
touchdown. Buddy Dial hauled in
two Ryan passes which kept the
drive going, and he made a fin®
catch in the end zone for the
touchdown.*
Aggie Loss
Rice's victory, coupled with the
Aggie loss to Texas Thanksgiv-
ing day, gives the Owls undis-
puted claim to the Southwest
Conference title and sends them
into the Cotton Bowl against
Navy, ranked fifth in the final
AP poll.
The Owls moved up to eigth
place in most of the national
football rankings as a result of
their roaring November stretch
drive. They have been installed
as a IV2 point favorite over Navy
in the New Years Pav clash.
Rice Girls Are Nice:
Poll Results Pro ve It
By ANN BARTLETT
Well, here it is, boys. The
straight poop concerning the dat-
ing stati, habits, and pi-eferences
of Rice Girls.
A Date Pait Questionnaire was
given to most of the girls in
Jones College and here are the
results. The questionnaires were
not signed and the answers, we
believe, can be accepted as true.
When to Ask
The average Rice Girl gels her
date for a regular Saturday night
about a week ahead of time. Most
girls will not accept a date more
than two weeks in advance, un-
less it is for a special occasion,
and most will accept a date as
late as Thursday for a regular
Saturday night. Many will even
accept one on Saturday.
Special Events
So far as special occasions go,
such as Homecoming, most Rice
Girls get their dates about two
weeks in advance. Some have
theirs three weeks'ahead of time,
and one girl specified five weeks.
Most Rice Girls will accept a
date for a big event as late as
five days preceding said big
event; many will accept a date on
Thursday and Friday; and one
girl said that she would even ac-
cept one thirty minutes before
hand.
Turn Down Dates,?
When asked how many dates
with Rice Guys they had to turn
down for a regular Saturday
night, most girls answered,
"None." THE SAME WAS TRUE
FOR A BIG EVENT. A few had
to turn down one or two, or at
the most, three, in both instances.
Most Rice Girls average from
six to ten dates per month. This
includes coffee dates. A couple of
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