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Winter 1-25-1974

Volume 9 - Issue 16 - Friday, January 25, 1974

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TERRE HAUTE, IND. FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1974 VOLUME 9, NUMBER 16 ROSE-HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 4714X Centennial Celebration Begins With Opening Convocation This Weekend The entire student body of Worcester College will . speak, Rose is invited to a party. and then several honorary de- The location: the Rose campus. grees will be awarded to people The Time: it starts tomorrow who have contributed in some night at 6:00 and lasts through way to the Institute. the end of 1974. The Occas- At 8:00 p.m. is the Banquet. ion: Rose's 100th birthday. To It. will be attended by faculty. find out exactly what's going on staff, alumni, rnembers of the this weekend the THORN in- Board of Managers, students, terviewed Dr. A. R. Schmidt, honorary degree winners, and Chairman of events. everyone else involved in the The Opening Convocation will opening convocation. Dr. Log- be held in the auditorium, unless an will speak on the goals of there isn't enough room for the the Institute. audience. in which case it will The tone of the entire Cen- be moved to the fieldhouse. Dr. tennial Celebration will be set Bloxome will first present a this weekend. It is not. nostal- short-'history of Rose, atik:will gia, but rath'er a time for look- present special copies of the ing forward. It is hoped that History to the President of Wor- this weekend will have the air Laie Anjed; . cester College, past members of a carnival. After all, how Hulman Memorial Union's the site for the centennial banquet. of the board of managers, and many times is someone 100 past presidents. The president of years old'? DRESSER TUTORING CAMPUS LOUNGIN' IN Swope Gallery Announces 30th PROGRAM NEEDS POT POURRI THE LIBRARY Annual Wabash Valley Camera Club Sponsors Photo By JACK FARR TUTORS Contest With a break in the weather, Exhibition By JOHN TURNER Once again, the Rose Camera the new library is being labored Details concerning the 30th Theodore Rich Watercolor Now that the Thorn-Peace Club is sponsoring a Photo Con- upon once again. Eventually Annual Wabash Valley Exhibi- Award of $100. The Non-Pro- Corps drive is well under way, test for all Rose students and the structure will be a reality, faculty. Deadline for entry isn't tion have been announced by fessional Award is available I'd like for you to think back but then, what to do with the art- UNTIL April 1st (further details the Sheldon Swope Art Gallery. only to non-professional to the pro football season. Re- old cherished knowledge cen- non-professional and to be announced) so you have ter? The show will open on Sun- ists. Both member at halftime when a huge professional entrants are eli- lineman would come on and say, plenty of time to prepare. If As a member of the Campus day, March 3. Entries will be accepted beginning noon on Tues- gible for all other awards. "What we need, money can't you need help, the Camera Club Planning committee I was asked day, Jan. 22, and through Feb. In addition, eight special pur- buy"? Well you are precisely is presenting a series of pro- what the students thought should 13. Judging will chase prizes will be sponsored need. If you can't grams on the basics of photog- be done with the old library. take place on what we by educational and business the Thorn raphy. They will range from Naturally, I responded, but with February 15 and 16. spare the money for groups. These include the Indi- drive, or if you just want to do taking the picture to producing only my opinions in mind. In professional or Any artist, ana State University Purchase more, this is your opportunity. the finished product. The pro- short, I concluded that the pre- working in any non-professional, Prize of $250; the Rose-Hulman the Wabash River grams will be held on Tuesday sent library is largely a lounge within a Just across medium and residing Institute of Technology Purchase from the Terre Haute City Hall nights at 7:00 in room B 119 to put in time between periods. of Terre radius of 160 miles Prize of $200; the Saint Mary there is a small community cal- on: Compared to the "normal" col- enter. Haute is eligible to of the Woods College Purchase led Dresser. Once a week, Jan. 29 — Black and White lege library, Rose has an ex- Prize of $100; the Vincennes students from Rose and ISU go Printing and Developing, tremely high distraction coef- Gallery acquisition awards in- University Purchase Prize of out to Dresser to tutor grade Feb. 12 — Special PROBLEMS ficient, in fact, in excess of clude: Swope Art Gallery Award $50; the University of Evans- school students, help them with and Developing, and the limits established by Cap- of Excellence of $750; the Sculp- ville Purchase Prize of $200; their homework, and provide Feb. 12 — Special Problems tain 4.0. ture Award of $500; the Sixth the Merchants National Bank of a studying atmosphere which and Special Effects. Converting the present library Annual Walter C. Cook Memori- Terre Haute Purchase Prize they cannot get at home. Right Beginning next quarter, pro- to a student lounge would be al Award of $300; the Seventh of $150; the Moore-Langen Print- now, this program is in danger fessionals will present pro- inexpensive (a plus for approval) Annual Women's Division of ing and Publishing Company of being terminated due to lack grams on portrait lighting, print and would serve the purpose the Swope Art Gallery Award the of tutors. Sacrificing two hours mounting, and composition. of both segments of our student of $300; the Louis Hoffman Purchase Prize of $150, and M. D. of your time each week can Everyone, from beginner to pro- body. Nobody can really get Memorial Award of $300; the Frank E. Wiedemann, Prize of keep this project going and give fessional, is urged to attend. any "librarying" done in a Ernestine and Leon Blum Award Memorial Purchase these kids a chance to escape lounge or lounging done in a of $250; the Mr. and Mrs. $100. the indifference of an entire Freshman Elections library; yet this is only my community. The freshman representative opinion—what's yours. Drop The Dresser Tutoring Pro- elections will be held on Tues- a line to box 537 with your gram is being co-ordinated day, January 22, 1974 in the ANSWER to this CRISIS, its through the Catholic Student hall outside the student govern- one in which you actually have Center for Rose-ISU. Religion, ment office from 8:45 a.m. to a voice. however is not an obstacle or 12:30 p.m. The elections will even a requirement for tutors. be held for BSB hall only since nings of Jan. 29, Feb. 5, 12, We urge all of you, whether for all other elections the num- 19 and 26 in room C-102 of the RMIHS or RMIHSMS, to check ber of petitions received equal- Main Building on the Rose- your schedules for a few free ed the number of positions to Hulman campus. hours Tuesday evenings, about be filled. Those declared duly Dr. James R. Eifert, assis- 6:00-8:15 p.m. If you have the elected are: Speed Hall; Randy tant professor of mechanical time and think you might want Smith and Phil Mott: Off Cam- engineering, will teach the to help, contact John Turner pus; John Jacobsen. course offered at a cost of $30 (108 Mees Ext. 275) or Steve The candidates for BSB hall for the five-meeting series. Bakos (204 Blumberg Ext. 262) are: Michael Norris, Jay Smith, According to Dr. Eifert, the for additional information. Not and John Nelson. From these program will provide a forum everyone has the same oppor- three the two representatives in which the participants can tunities you had when you grew will be elected. present topics they wish to up. Elections Committee have discussed. _ Dr. Eifert, who joined the The professor who comes to CONTINUING Rose-Hulman faculty in 1972, class late is rare; in fact, earned a B.S. degree in metal- he's in a class by himself. EDUCATION lurgical engineering from the University of Notre Dame and COURSE the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees THORN DRIVE from Ohio State University. OFIrIERED His specialty is in engineer- Rose-Hulman Institute.of Tech- ing materials and he has been nology will offer a non-credit published in "Transactions," AT course entitled, "Selected Top- the official publication of the ics Concerning Metallurgy and American Institute of Mining, Heat Treatment of Steel and Metallurgical and Petroleum Cast Iron," according to Irvin Engineers. 14% P. Hooper, director of con- Persons interested in par- tinuing education. ticipating in the short course Photo by Stansfield The course, which is open to are requested to apply to Dr. Our apologies to Dr. Glenn Richardson, pictured above, and Pro- of goal the public, will be offered from Eifert or Prof. Hooper at Rose- fessor P. D. Smith, who was mistakenly identified as Dr. Richard- 7 to 9 p.m. the Tuesday eve- Hulman. son in last week's Thorn. PAGE 2 THE ROSE THORN January 25, 1974 Non-Military Honor Guard In all home football and basketball games at Rose, in- variably the US flag is presented; and carrying it are at least four ROTC men with toy rifles (hopefully 1, polished boots, sharp uniforms, and best of all neat looking (no long hair, This week was going to be a special term paper, useless lab beards, or ingrown toenails 1. knocking week, but after talking to a few people and changing Is the US a peaceloving nation? majors, I seem to have lost some frustrations and wish to focus Why must the military always attention to our admissions dept. be crammed down our throats? Everyone knows there are many thankless jobs around ( writ- Why not have a non-military ing for the Thorn, etc. But the bottom of the scale must be work- honor guard? Is there a need ing for the admission dept. of a college; especially now that the to actually "guard- a national draft has ended and young men need not to love colege to keep flag in its own nation? Although trom getting chopped up. If an admission worker is lazy, the the trend is away from military college goes out of business due to no students. On the other usage. when it gets right down side, a hard worker is tagged "snow man" by at least all the to everyday life, the majority students he hustles and is probably looked down upon by many of us cannot stand the thought of the college staff. of being unprotected. And our Most of us would tend to label admissions as "snow dept" military is our security blanket. and somewhat rightly so, for there are no 7,500 college women What would be much better. within five minutes of campus. Also, what effort did the admis- when our flag is presented. a sions dept. make to tell prospective Bio majors that our Bio phow of love rather than force program was severely cut? Do we spend too much effort get- 115 brought forth. Flowers in- ting a person to come to Rose then forget him while he's here? stead of guns. Bluejeans in- Now that prospective freshmen are coming around, we should stead of slacks. Tennis shoes not try and downgrade Rose by making cracks like, "Here we instead of polished boots. are at Rose-Hulman. . .big deal." If you don't like Rose, either try to change the campus or go somewhere else. After a few A Letter To RMIHSMS weeks here, we all know what it's like and what it will be like. On numerous occasions your Anyone willing to submit himself to four years of misery at a MISS THORN" of the Month articles have appeared in The crummy college without trying to improve his situation deserves Thorn. At first they seemed four years of misery. Ken Lupo to be a joke, a parody to RMIHS, One item that might have many of us down somewhat on Rose THORN FUND DRIVE J. Furzll or maybe even filler for the is that rising expectations often end up as bitter disappointments. The Surprise Party newspaper. Yet the articles I was told my freshman year by a counselor ( my mom was with "HONOR LIST" Jon Hubbard continued, and they lead one to me at the time ) that the Recreation Center would be done by my Mike Haughney Dennis King ask if the organization really senior year. Before the upperclassmen came, there was a cook- Geoff Edick Bob Manley exists. out served by Doc Lagan, and there were actually some chicks Gary Rader George Corn If RMIHSMS is just a joke on campus. The first few weeks of eating at Saga were actually Ken Tench George Tomanovich or a parody, it doesn't seem to enjoyable. Labs were to be almost always open. John Turner Falah be a good one. It pokes fun at Some early impressions of everything in life are almost al- Cal Dyer The Hausmann-Patrick the beliefs of a group of people, ways shattered. If an overzealous admissions dept. is to blame Rick Bell Hileman One-Man and beliefs are something which for disappointments, then they must somehow be held back. If, Dave Montgomery Comedy Team. . .Heard everyone is entitled to have. on the other rail, you don't like a few trends at Rose; try to change Dennis Young * every Tue. nite on Why do you continue to play this place. If they can't be changed and are unbearable, change Warren Hartmann the BSB Walkie-talkie the part of the devil's advocate? schools. But don't backstab our admissions dept. by 'griping Tom Heimburger Steve Schmidt If RMIHSMS exists. another about Rose in front of high school students. You'll only make the Steve Kowalski Brad Dial question is brought forward. matter worse. Bruce Crum Rocky Nagel The worship of Satan acknowl- AMGoering Steve Bakos edges the existence of God. The Ballad Of Pickle how many of you are going to Doug Hkeepsie Gary Gann Choosing to worship Satan over be around this time next year. Bruce Ordway If your name isn't on this worshipping God seems to be One upon a time there lived Remember the old saying. .ap- Dr. Glenn W. Sample list, get with it! All you need to the obvious wrong choice. Who in the great hall a savior. He plicable in several situations. . . Bonnie Doyel do is give $1 or more to the has blinded your eyes? was Pickle. the counselor. One get out before it is too late. . . Gerry Griewahn Thorn drive. Pitch in! (submitted by John Foy Hoppe) day in the halls of Saga, the Talk about Junk mail what about Steve Parmelee food god, Pickle, chanced to a catalogue—of blue fiction and RMIHS MS hear the tinkling of a glass. slut stories ( eroticism at its High Priest THE THORN His intuition told him that this best ) . . . . a sequel to Soy- Imperial Wizzard Editor Ron Selby music was evil. Searching out lent Green is being developed Grand Dragon the satanic chimes, he discov- . . . .called Saga Brown. More Lord of the Flies Associate Editors ...... Mike Goering, Bill Mobley ered the depraved musician. later. Say talk about later— High Executioner Photographers . . Bill Bayles, Roy Primus, Tod Stans- Seizing his chance to right a record reviews on records no Guardian of the Temple field, Tom Chamberlain, Dan Whiffield, Jeff Orth, terrible wrong, he approached one dare review coming up soon. Grand Inquisitor Hitchens. the monster from behind and Special thanks to Charlie Rog- Sorcerer of Necromancy and BA Columnists . . John Hubbard, Mike Jennings, Mike took away his spoon, while ad- ers : Anyone willing to do a Erlectic Warlock Goering, R. Selby, Patrick MaGillicutty, Froggy Grem- ministering a severe reprimand. project on determining what Keeper of the Smoke lin, Bob Manley, D. Paul Demond, Brad Hunt, Greg Pickle said "Let There Be Si- was on a tape once it has been Bill Crellin Dunn. lence." And there was silence, erased. If so please contact your Ron Selby except for an occasional jeer, local FBI agent or go directly Steve Eisenbrown Business Staff .. Dave Freshour, Tom Nick, Greg Hin- and Pickle said, "It Is Good." to Washington (look out for those Brent Weber ton. And now there is peace in the men in long trenchcoats 1. Sum- Terry Slack Advertising Staff .. Phil Wheeler, Mike McInnis, Doug land of Saga. the food god. mer is rolling around quite quick Steve Rodich Hileman. like. Gotta be thinking about it Mr. Viegle News Staff. .Vince Lambert, Rick Bolt, Don Stinnette, soon. What are you going to Ken Shaw Clem Clouter, Paul Herbig, Dave Penner, Kevin Kingery be doing? You math majors Jeff Burgan Cartoonists . . Stan Sinclair, Happy Jack McIntosh, RC graduating. Where are you go- Carl Dreher Stan Ault Ken Lupo, Wally Skylark. By PATRICK MACGILLICUTTY ing? What are you going to do? Paco, The Evil Genius Layout Numerous Friends and SMOKIN` CHICO Grad school? Or unemployment The Eminent Left Whizard Next week you get the treat office? Physics majors you too Jack Farr of meeting my new partner. are included. And chemistry of ' Tod Stansfield Dangerously High Freakuencies On The Since Froggy fell head over course. You Chem E's be nice Ray Herber tails over a little tadpole from to the rest of us. Looks like Dennis Bowsher Operation And Selection Of A Wastebasket New Jersey and decided this you'll be making a mint. Good part of the country is too tame, Luck. Mark Montgumery There are many types of between automatic and manual I was left without a partner. Mike Stormont wastebaskets! They can be ac- wastebaskets. Automatic waste- Oil? Oil? I think someone is Dr. Eifert So I called Chi, and my god- quired in various geometric baskets have their places on the pulling the wool over our eyes? Dave Piker father and he promised me Reports indicate someone is shapes. The colors of waste- floor, but keep in mind that some protection. making a barrel of money due baskets are many and varied added features are future head- Secretariat placed 6th on the to increased gas prices. And The Following Items allowing them to complement and aches, some of which could all male athlete list. Really now! so far the shortage hasn't been enhance their surroundings. make you flip your lid. The weather is starting to de- felt. Don't say I'm a hater of Are Not Contained In Wastebaskets can be made from Wastebaskets are easily main- velop into that which we all capitalism or anything like that wood, plastic or metal. They tained. They should be emp- know and love. Rain. . . 48 but isn't this going a little too This Thorn can also be made from com- tied of their contents as soon hours a day 3 000 days a far? Speak up now before you're binations of two of these and as full load capacity is reached. Pages 39-41—List of Officers year. The computing center now at the mercy of them. Note: sometimes they are made from Moderation should be observed of The Student Government gives you your error on the does the shortage really exist? all three! when handling wastebaskets output. If only they could devise In the minds of us? On paper? Pages 47-48—List of Officers There are many factors to be since, like all delicate equip- some system to correct it at Where? I'd like to know. Surely of The Interdormitory Council considered when choosing a ment, they can be easily dam- the same time. not in the profits of the oil Pages 53-57—List of Officers wastebasket. Foremost of these aged. If that isn't enough in- Support the Thorn, it is the men. and Advisor of Campus Organi- is price. Good, high quality centive to be careful then think only paper we have. Question? Poor England. What'll hap- zation wastebaskets are fairly expen- of the poor engineer who spent I wonder how many days in pen to her next. Ever hear of Constitution of The Student Con- sive so if you are not willing hours designing it. the last ** ** ** ** ** ** few weeks we would someone never doing anything gress to spend at least 39c then for- have had off if Dean Ross had right? Well what about get it, we don't even want to writ- Britain? Constitution of The Interdorm- This week's article was lived in Town? To all English Just isn't her talk to you. Humidity, tempera- decade is it? itory Council ten by Shep and Laura who teachers who ever existed: In Libya and Tunisia have tue, and freakuency of use must trip to joined Constitution of The Interfra- just returned from a order to dissect, one must together. Libya also be considered. In heavy sponsers revo- ternity Council the foruntuous quagmire. On necessarily destory. Next week lutionaries. I wonder. . . . if load regions a large waste- their journey they encountered along with the introduction of they'd support the corner. We This information will be pub- basket is useful, however if a hundreds upon hundreds of ex- Chico, a special on morality sure could use some cash. . . lished at an early date and wastebasket is needed only for quisite wastebaskets and were for all you heathen out there especially now that a sudden will be available for pick up moderate use then a lightweight so deeply moved that they were ( sorry Imperial wizard ). in the Office of the Student model will suffice. One should inspired to write this article. Midterms are out. Freshmen, (Con't. on Page 3) Government. also make the difficult decision ** ** ** ** ** ** January 25, 1974 THE ROSE THORN PAGE 3 STONEY The program lasts from June Requirements For To: Editor Of The RC (Con't) 14 to August '75 (straight thrill Grad depression has hit my pocket- and upon completion, one knows Thorn From A book_ Where do I go for an how to speak French. has a Almost everyone is looking application? secondary New York State forward to graduating from Concerned Citizen Essay for the week: To re- Teacher Certification, a bach- Rose, to go out into the plas- turn to policies of old is like elor of arts or bachelor of tic world and work for 45 years Concerning . . . throwing away transistors. Be- science degree, and a teaching for a gold watch. But, look out!! Dear Sir: cause it was doesn't necessarily assignment as a Peace Corps For unless YOU do some plan- Since you apparently didn't mean it has to be. Tradition is volunteer. ning, you might be one of the receive my last letter (or may- fine but let's not overdo it. Most everyone who goes to the lucky few on five year pro- be you did and needed some- If tradition has to be over- school at Rose is eligible. The gram. thing to start a fire), I have thrown in order for a better .only bummer is that a year at To graduate, everyone must rewritten. world then fine, so be it. But Brockport (NY) is required and certain "requirements, meet - I have become concerned re- let's not do it only because it that the cost is $3400. Also, it Bul- as listed in the noble Rose cently with the lack of humor- was always that way. _ would be a year lost from a letin. Some are sneaky and ous articles, jokes, or cartoons Change has been the world. four year program at Rose and might hang making faces you up. Do you know (i.e. "Stoney") in the other And that's the way it is now. Alfred,stop would undoubtedly result in a wise and get back to work! for sure what is a technical excellent Thorn. Like Darwin said, if you can't loss of scholarship (lnd. State, elective? In order to do my part to change, you perish. The natural etc.) But more important is the help alleviate this problem, I law of survival. Change or die. most sneaky requirement of all, respectfully submit the follow- And some people would rather College Degree So if you're fed up with- Rose for ALL of us but seniors, a ing, The Widely Acclaimed die than change. and want to be a teacher with NON-WESTERN HUM course. "Elephant in the Bathtub Joke:" So when it comes down to a Program the Peace Corps in Africa, the Most of us program is set up for you. I know nine hum —Two elephants were in a bath- change for s the better or a Many of you have undoubtedly courses are might suggest finishing Rose required for grad- tub during a flood. One looked stick to tradition because that's seen the funny looking posters uation and it must then working with the Peace be, at worst, at the other and said, "Pass the way it has always been done up in the hall trying to round up a 6-3 split between Corps as an engineer or what- humanities me the soap." And the other then a society's fate will be sophs or juniors to work in and social science. And, ever. Anyone can teach! of one replied, "What do you think chosen. If change; survival. If Africa with the Peace Corps as course, at least three 300-400 I am, A Radio?" not change but rather a firm a teacher. Rather than wasting Now, what are you going to do level hum courses are requir- Respectfully, grip on the past, then it will everyone's money, I sent away with the saved'? Why not ed, with a 2-1 split. A Concerned Citizen soon be the past. for info to find out what the deal donate it to the "Thorn School- But everyone except seniors Sudden thought: Read over !is. partnership Program?•• must take a non-western hum Two mice were sent into orbit Revelations or the Last Great course, and the sooner the bet- from Cape Kennedy. Planet Earth. See if there is ter. First mouse: "I'm scared. any correlation between the end So get with it! Look up in This space travel is awfully and the present? And when you your Bulletin and whip off that dangerous." do, start either building your THINK PHYSICS! non-western to keep from join- Second mouse: "Yeah, but ark or praying. For I think the ing the 5-year program. it sure beats cancer research!" end is in sight. Somewhere the way things are going it is there. Lesson for the day: It is better to pat someone on the GROOVE CLUB STARTED back then to sock him on the jaw. No. 2: The end justifies the means. Another: Learn from the mistakes of others, you won't live long enough to com- mit them all yourself. And finally; when the going gets tough, the tough gets going. Special thanks to Wally Sky- lark and company for special favors.

ckesk% Two ME's went out to pick up a new station wagon for an automotive engineering lab. Af- ter they got the car back to the high bay, they worked for three hours to get the panel- ling off the car. When they fin- ished, they stood back and ad- mired their work. Said one to the other, "You know, I think it looked better before we took Union Oil Products "Shadow" leads a 917 across the starting grid. it out of the crate." HO slot car racing is alive do, you "crash and burn", and and thriving on 4th floor Mees. are out of the race. The race Slot cars, as you may not re- is repeated until every driver member, are miniature, plastic has been on all four lanes (tripenium - dimethalhosium - Highest point total wins. polyuracheese) electric power- What does it cost to get Best Chance of the Year to Save Money! ed cars, which are guided started? Five dollars will buy around a course in a grove, or you everything to get started, slot. The car's speeds are con- including the car, some basic trolled by a hand held rheostat, tools, (a screw driver, tweezers, and it requires a skilled touch and sandpaper), and some oil The 820 Inventory Clearance Sale to keep a car from deslotting The "house" supplies the con- in the corners. Spins, drifts trollers. Entry fee is 25e, and "nurfing" are all possible which goes toward a traveling in this HO scaled world. trophy for the weekly winners. Women's Slacks 1/2 At present, we have a four We are currently compiling Price lane, 26-foot track, complete a set of "stocker" rules, which with lap counters. The racing allow only simple modifications program usually starts with to the cars, the intent being to practice on Friday night, with limit cost and allow everyone All Men's Shirts 1/2 Price a race on Saturday. (Home- to develop the necessary tuning work permitting.) One of our and driving skills. If you are more interesting race pro- interested in racing, or just grams is the "crash and burn" want to see the facilities, con- Suits 1/3 off series. The object is to race tact Carl Dreher or Stan Ault, as usual for ten laps, but with- 411 Mees, or drop a note in out deslotting, because if you box 066. DICTIONARIES Sweaters 1/3 off WEBSTER Library size 1973 edition, brand new, still in box. Cost New $45.00 Knit tops 1/2 off Will Sell for $15 Deduce 10c)0 on orders of 6 or more Make Checks Payable to DICTIONARY LIQUIDATION Winter coats 1/3 off . . and mail to ROSE HULMAN No Jeans over $400 300 Pairs to Choose from Box 902 All blue denim! I Terre Haute, Ind. 47803 )I C.O.D. orders enclose 1.00 good will deposit. Pay balance plus C.O.D. shipping At these prices you can't afford to stay at home! on delivery. Be satisfied on inspection or return within 10 days for full refund. No dealers, each volume specifically stamped not for resale. 5 Days Only Thurs., Fri., Sat., Sun., Mon. Please add $1.25 postage and handling. 820 Contact Box 902 For Further Information Clothing, 820 Lafayette Ave., T.H. January 25, 1974 PAGE 4 THE ROSE THORN ROSE GRABS THIRD IN TOURNEY By KEVIN KINGERY MacMurray and Principia opened the Rose Tourney last Friday with a sloppy perform- ance. About all that can be said about the game was that MacMurray fell out on top. In the nightcap, Rose lost her chance to win her own croi,vn to Centre College. Rose trailed by varying amounts during the whole game. It was 42-37 at half time, but' Rose couldn't muster enough firepower to pull the contest out. Van Dyck had 20 points, and Griggs had 19 to pace the Rose scoring. Pharris led Centre with 20. Leading rebounders were Chauncey Rose- Rose's Bill Ransbottom with 11, and Centre's Willians with 10. A fired up Rose took a quick The Man by Kent Harris lead in Saturday's consolation went Chauncey Rose was born in a capital with which he was later game with Principia and an 84-75 margin. retired farm house in Wethers- to build a fortune. on to win by field Meadows, Conn. on Christ- The largest sale of land came Our scoring was well-balanced, 20, and mas Eve, 1794. in 1847 to the Terre Haute with Griggs getting 16, and the three His formal education was and Richmond Railroad Com- Black scoring getting 10, 10, limited to a brief attendance at pany for $500 an acre. Although other Starters 9 Principia was led the rural schools near his boy- Rose previously had donated and points. who dumped in 36 hood home. Beyond that, he five acres to the railroad com- by Bushong, Rose won the battle of was self-taught in the practical pany, a price had been fixed on points. boards 45-41, as Van Kyck school of experience. any additional land that would the Ransbottom pulled down Rose first went to Mt. Sterl- be needed. As a result of this (Photo by Stansfield) and 15 and 13 respectively. ing, Ky., where friends resided. sale, Rose was paid three Steve Van Dyck reaches for two against Centre College. In the final game, MacMurray He wrote: times as much for this parcel won the tournament by drop- "In the fall of 1817, I travers- as he had paid for all the land. ping Centre 82-75. Evans and ed the states of Indiana, Illi- Chauncey Rose became one O'Brain combined for 48 of nois, Missouri, Kentucky, Ten- of the "Railway Kings" of the MacMurray's total. Pharris had nessee and Alabama, looking West, and was also interested 16 for Centre. for a location at which to re- in canals, being one of the - side and engage in business. stockholders and directors of Wabash and Erie Canal I spent several days at Terre the old Male: "Are you afraid of the through Terre Haute: it had been laid out the which passed big, bad wolf?" previous year. The following win- Haute. Female: "No, why?" ter I spent in Kentucky. Assisted by his brother John, Male: "That's funny, the "In 1819 I moved to Parke a man of wealth in New York, other two pigs were." county, and engaged in the busi- the stock subscription amount- ness of milling. I sawed and ed to $1.8 million. During the furnished the lumber for the first year after the opening of RESEARCH MATERIALS court house erected in the pub- the railroad in February, 1852, ALL TOPICS lic square: and I returned to the receipts amounted to more Write or call for your up-to-date Terre Haute in 1825." than $100,000 and this income mail-order catalog of thousands of Upon his return to Terre was doubled 10 times in the outstanding research papers. Enclose Haute. Mr. Rose embarked in first 16 years. $1.00 for postage and handling. mercantile trade. His estab- Much of the success of this WE ALSO DO lishment was at one time on venture and other railroads CUSTOM-MADE RESEARCH the west side of Second street, between Terre Haute and Evans- north of Ohio street. About ville, Terre Haute and Dan- CAMPUS RESEARCH 1836 he erected a building at ville, Ill., and Terre Haute and `;479 Wativick Avenue (Suite #11 the northwest corner of Ohio Crawfordsville must be cred- Warwick, Rhode Island 02888 and Second Streets. ited to Charles R. Peddle. 1401) 463-9150 In the 1830's Mr. Rose pur- It is said that while travel- chased 320 acres of land bound- ing back and forth over the part ed by Seventh Street, Thir- of the railroad between Terre BOWL teenth Street, Poplar Street and Haute and Indianapolis super- Locust Street, at a cost slight- vising construction that the idea Chauncey Rose SYCAMORE BOWL ly more than $10 per acre— of an engineering college was AT $3,400. The gradual transfer born. Peddle, a confidant of Peddle and William A. 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