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VOLUME XXVII Z738 HOUSTON, TEXAS, SATURDAY, SEPT. 27, 1941 Number 2

Hurricane! i f« President Delivers Safety Zones Annual Matriculation To Be Set Up Destroy Trees on Campus Address to Freshmen Winds approaching hurricane in- was extensive damage to oak and Traffic Department tensity smashed three 12-foot leaded elm trees lining the walks and | "I bank for you upon a sound body, Tries Compromise windows in the eastern end of the roads in southern and western por- Physics Amphitheatre early Wed- tions. Tony Martino, head gardener, Sound character, and sound mind," With Students nesday, partially flooding the upper mourned the loss of two giant oak portions of the auditorium and trees near the main entrance, both Dr. Lovett tells Class of 1945 The traffic engineering division wrecking 14 lecture chairs. The of which he estimated to be more began Friday the establishment leaded windows were blown in short- than 100 years old. Another casual- President Edgar Odell Lovett, delivering- the annual ma- of safety zones for Institute hitch- ly after 1 a.m., and chairs in three ty was a pin oak planted by his own triculation address Wednesday at 9 a. m. in the Physics Am- hikers at Lamar and Main and at back rows topped over by the force hands in 1916, phitheater, told the assembled Class of .1945 that he banked the intersection of Outer Belt Drive of gales that reached an estimated In what Martino refers to as 65 miles per hour. for its members upon their sound bodies, sound characters, and and Main in front of Autry House. zones 2 and 3, in the western and sound minds. Administrative officials said Fri- northwestern portions of the cam- The zopes, established after con- day that total damage was "slight," pus, there was widespread destruc- "Right now you start to do your part," he asserted before ferences between Earl Wylie and with additional equipment within tion among elm trees, dozens of Pat Nicholson, president of the stu- an overflow audience that packed the auditorium damaged a the amphitheatre unharmed. Car- w^cfy suffered the loss of branches dent council and editor of the few hours earlier by winds approaching hurricane intensity. penters began reconstruction Thurs- and top foliage. Martino said that j Thresher, and Mayor C. A. "Neal" "That part can have no lower aim than to advance the thought day after all janitors had responded j four or five years would be required Pickett, Police Chief Ray Ashworth, and the well-being of mankind." to an emergency call to clear the j to erase the effects of the hurricane and Traffic Engineer T. E. Willier, flooded portions of the auditorium on all trees. will be continued only if students Lift Up Your Hearts! before Dr. Lovett's matriculation Workmen continued Friday to re-! use them for the purpose they have address at 9 a.m. Wednesday. move fallen trees and debris and re-1 "You will begin by lifting up your hearts and keeping them been set up, Ashworth emphasized Damage to Trees pah trees which lost branches and j up. Thus I am sure you will begin with hard work and high en- Thursday. Elsewhere on the campus, there foliage. | deavor. I am sure you will end with hard work and high Students on Curbs achievement." The police chief pointed out that Dwelling briefly upon the international situation, the the zones were established to keep Sophs Suspended Catherine Coburn students out of the streets and out president declared that the will to justice must and will nrevail. of danger, and hat cars stopping for5 On Hazing Charge Named Associate "To our dismay, yet to our despair, we see abroad the will to Institute hitchhikers at either Autry force and the will to justice inextricably locked in combat. It is The Fall Committee reported Fri- Yearbook Editor tr . , T -,mar aT.;i 'VTair will pull u flllfd tf. tfco death • LofV> <*?, rtrjot 8111'VI VP * both frhwt riot 'lip into the safety loading zone to take day the suspension of two sopho- Catherine Coburn, junior from The will to pustice must and will prevail. & students off the curbs. Members of mores for a period of fourteen days Dallas, was named associate editor the traffic engineering division "There is freedom a plenty in the earth," he continued, upon conviction of hazing. The of- of the Campanile today by Bob added that the zones would be abol- "but how unequally and unevenly its spread! We cannot enjoy fense was committed in East Hall. Knox, editor of the yearbook. Miss ished and students liable for fines freedom ourselves until these inequalities are ironed out. To It was the first reported hazing Coburn served on the editorial staff ranging from $5 to $50 if they con- since the opening of the new term. of the Campanile last year and was remove them is the business of justice." tinued to remain in the streets to '1 he Hall Committee ordered the recommended. Knox said, by the Attributes of a Sound Mind catch rides as before. The solicita- suspension immediately aftec an in- 1040-41 editor, Kenneth Arthur. Dr. Lovett characterized honesty, humanity, and justice as the attrib- tion of rides is now an offense under vestigation. Meetings Today utes of a sound mind. "Veracity," he said, "is the prime virtue of an honest the new city traffic code which went mind. Veracity is the mark of the making mind,—and it is the making Dean Weiser said at 10 affn, Fri- Knox also announced meetings of into effect here September 9. mind of man that has built up—stage by stage—the accepted body of hu- day that he was beginning a com- both the editorial and business Zones Marked man knowledge." plete investigation of the matter. i staffs, held Friday at 1 p.m. in Zones at both hitchhiking termi- 0 : rooms 201 and 202 of the Adminis- He declared that, the highest goal of the humane mind of the liberating nals will be plainly marked "Load- ! tvation Building. At the meeting I spirit is freedom, flanked by courage, and that the humane spirit of '.he ing Zone. Rice Students," police of- President Lovett Laurence Judd, Campanile business I present day strives to prepare more and more men and women to weai the ficials said Thursday. manager, outlined the advertis- | dignity and bear the responsibility of freedom. The hitchhiking controversy be- Presents Staff ing sales campaign and made as- Justice, as evaluated by the just mind, itself outweighs all other eoiijT' tween city and campus developed signments to his group of salesmen I siderations. Dr. Lovett asserted. "The just mind is all-Comprehensive lis I particular, it weighs knowledge and truth, freedom and courage," last Wednesday when Captain Bill President Lovett introduced the while Knox discussed the theme of Burton of the traffic department in- officers of the naval ROTC unit and the 1042 Campanile and made edi- Determined (o Advance formed the Thresher that students their wives last night at an alumni toi ial assignments. The president lashed out at those who have prophesied 'the downfall ! of Western civilization. "They say that Western civilization is dyinu." he catching rides as in former years dinner at 7 p.m. in the Commons. All those interested in working on continued. "We do not subscribe to the diagnosis. We confidently antici- • would be liable to fines under the Lyle Cashion, ex-student director either the editorial or business staffs j pate the recovery of the West. And we are determined still to advance . new code. The loading zone compro- of the current drive to increase of the Campanile were urged to at- i the principles, spiritual values, and ideals which have animated Western mise was worked out Thursday, Fri- alumni interest in Institute affairs, tend yearbook meetings, Knox said. | civilization," day, and Saturday, but work on the addressed an audience of 100 on "Freshmen are especially included "It. is the tranquil spirit of faith and hope which sustains," he de* zones was delayed by the weather. progress made to date. in this invitation," he added, "as it clared. "And from your own accumulating experience you may learn that is important for them to gain early ! individual progress in science or in religion precludes in no way individual experience if they intend to work on progress in religion or in science." the yearbook in the future." Glenn Miller Arrangements, Shakes Hands W ith Each Freshman The president, as is his custom, entered the amphitheater from IhtjSjJl j north door a moment before 9 a.m., and began speaking without introduc£|j| Raffle at Dance Tonight Dramatists Offer 1 tion after a burst of applause from an estimated audience of 500. It was President Lovett's twenty-eighth matriculation address sinc$|i Noel Coward Work ! the opening of thr Institute in 1912. Only on two occasions when be was The Saturday night dance series will be held at the date intermis-1 I in Europe has he failed to speak to the freshman class on the first Wedne; sion, with raffle tickets being sold 1 The Dramatic Club will offer its continues tonight at the Elks Club, j day classes are held. at the dance for 25 cents, up to the 1annua l reception for the student with Walter Symonds and the The complete text follows: last minute, President Elizabeth . body Thursday night at 8 at Autry Knight Owls sharing honors with l Ladies and Gentlemen of Rice 1945: Knapp said Friday. The two win- j House. The thespians are to present We meet in observance of your admission to the Rice Institute. That the EBLS football ticket raffle. nets of the raffle will receive season ! "Ways and Means," a one-act play ; event is a major event, on your life line. It is as memorable to vis as it is This week's dance bids fair to tickets on the fifty-yard line for all from Noel Coward's cycle. "Tonight ! to you. Your matriculation meeting is compassed about with a veritable rival the success of the first Satur- home games. at Eight-Thirty." There is no ad- | cloud of witnesses. They come from the living and the dead. In spirit day night dance, with the Knight mission charge. The dance committee has an- ; there are present all who have contributed to the making of this institution Owls preparing to delight the custo- nounced that the free list for all the Cast for the play will include I by work of hand, or head, or heart: here, among others, are the founder mers with new Glenn Miller ar- j dances this year will consist of the Mary Olivia Fuller, Stella Cart- j and the architect, the trustees and the faculty, the friends and benefactors, langements of "Adios" and "I Don't | editors, business managers, and wright; Tony C a r twrigh t, Neal j the graduates and former students, of Rice. It is a noble and distinguished Want to Set the World on Fire,"! staff photographers of the Thresher, Prince; Olive Ransom, Ann Tuck; company, greeting you with the foundation's Hail forever, and forever bail. and Peggy Sanford continuing j Campanile, and Owl, and those nine Stevens, Las tie Paul Vincent; Prin- Before proceeding with a few more or less solemn remarks. 1 wish to with her fine work on the vocals. people only. Fellows of the Insti- cess Elena, Rosemary McKinney; • thank the gentlemen who are very kindly acting as ushers this morning: Football Tickets Raffled tute will not be included in the free Murdock, Buddy Doughtie; Lord Mr, Wvlie, president of the Student Association, Mr. Bovd. president of EBLS is confident of a lively re- j list, Secretary John Moragne ex- Chatsworth, Jim Hargrove; and ti*' sponse to the football raffle, which plained Friday. Nanny, Helen Palmer. 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President Greets Class of 1945 Of Founder To Be Site For A ffair on October 4 Demaris DeLange Council Secretary; Autumn Elections Are Set For October 13 Dean Weiser said Friday that he had approved the student council plan for an all-school picnic October I, and that Earl Wylie had been auth- orized to proceed with plans made by the council. hi its first meeting of the year,; _____

the student council Tuesday elected' 4ccn * f* V\onA a.-- its secretary Demaris DeUnge,; MltsWll* liiur representative and one of j seven women on the 1941-42 council.; Assistant Editor Miss D change's election was byj Will Be Selected unanimous acclamation, and she as-; • iimed her duties immediately. Com-' Karl Wylie. president pro-tern of plying' with the actions of previous! the student council, announced of- r;.rs, council also nominated as its. faculty advisor Bursar J. T. Mc- ficially Friday that the customary i<• isic, it was revealed, has been des- meeting. ! the senior class, Mr. Nicholson, editor of the Thresher, and Mr. Sloan, eap- For Monday Night ignated as the campus south of Wil- ! tain of the football team. ita m .Marsh Ivice s statue, on the In- Deadline October 3 Three Builders and Another The Rice Progressive Party, cam- stitute grounds. This designation,! I pus organization which sponsored a he wever', is subject to the action of i The constitution provides that John Gabble-some, Robert Ramble On, and William Never Stop were well-attended independent political ix an Weiser, who, in addition, has i petitions bearing the signatures of college friends and three" of a kind. Incessantly they talked, even in their rally last April, will hold its first asked the student council for a com- 25 persons must be submitted by sleep. When not talking, they were singing, when not singing, dancing. meeting of this year at Autry House" pi etc report on the proposed affair candidates by October 3 at noon. They were good students, and under competent instructors, but it was Monday night at 7:30, it was an- s> that he may pass upon it, Th<^ Positions open in the October 13 action, action, action, all the time. In his way they were acquiring a very 1 nounced Wednesday by John N. picture, an innovation originating [elections are the presidency of the effective form of education, which once started persists and grows throughout a lifetime, namely, self-education. I think I perhaps should Leedom, chairman pro-tem of the as a campaign promise, has hereto-1 student council, and the assistant know whereof I speak, because times without number I argued, debated, organization. fore been given the unofficial sane- i editorship of the Thresher. Wylie t econnoitered, and lost out, with each of them, for I translated Cicero for The meeting, Leedom explained, tion of the administration. "isaid Friday that he had received j one. Conic Sections for another, and Thucydides with the third. will be primarily for the purpose of Copies of Constitution petitions from two men running for Each one of them was to succeed in his chosen calling, and in other electing permanent officers of the A step toward constitutional edu- the association presidency, O. L. | capacities. Each by his own efforts in college had gained experience on organization. Also, it was stated, a cation of the student association was (Ox) Colley, business administra- | the side in organizing, promoting, editing, and accounting, together with [party candidate would be selected to te ken when Earl Wylie, president tion major from Mount Pleasant, | some skill in attractive and persuasive public speaking. At that time no I run for the position of assistant edi- o-tem, ordered the mimeograph-' and Lloyd (Stinky) Davis, senior | formal instruction in such practical arts was available. We used to say of ; tor of the Thresher in the forth- iiig of approximately fifty copies of, electrical engineer from Houston. It the three that nothing short of a fatal stroke of lighning could ever silence ' coming fall elections. tii - association constitution. was rumored on the campus Friday any One of them. As a matter of fact, violent death did overtake two of j The Thresher post became vacant Wylie, forced to resign his presi- that petitions would also he forth- them: John in his late sixties motoring, and Robert in his early forties when Billy Whiteacre of Sherman, dency because of his appointment as coming from Franklyn Navarro, ; participating in the ft*ld sports of a county fair, but William, the youngest unopposed for election last April, head of the Hall Committee, will Lobby Wommack, and George ' of the three, is still going strong in his seventies. [failed to return to school for the < "ptinue to officiate until he is re- Pierce. There was no confirmation W'e all thought pretty well of ourselves in those days, which I continue IN 1-42 term. placed in the autumn elections, set f; < m either of them. to contend is a defensible, indeed a commendable trait in youth. But we | Membership Increases bv the council for October 13, the Candidates for the office of as- ' did not always get away with it. Sometimes we were called down like this: j An extensive membership drive •<-ond .Monday in October, accord- si-tant editor of the Thresher must "You-are not the only pebble on the beach, my dear Edgar, not by a long be approved by Editor Pat Nichol- this past week has netted the organ- ir 'j t.o constitutional provision. peb, not by a long peb, not by a long peb." "Quite correct you are, my son under provisions of a by-law ef- i ization a substantial enrollment, and dear Robert, quite correct, yet one day you will be throwing a pebble on fective since September, 1940. it was anticipated by Leedom that my cairn in some country churchyard." And he would, had he lived. Not | e\ en more students would be added 0 1 Campanile Picture long "before John's sudden death I happened to meet William on Fifth to the list at Monday's,meeting. "We Avenue. "Have you any word of John Gabhlesome?" I inquired. "Yes, I intend," he said, explain the Mark Established Dormitory Board heard him make a speech in New York a week ago." "What was he talking , party and its purposes to all those about this time?" "He didn't"say," said William, which was only the old ; attending and then to give them the It was announced today that indi- Is To Supervise undergraduate gaff, for he hastened to add that as usual John had made opportunity to join, if they wish, be- v idual picture sales for the Cam- Two Open Houses a remarkable speech. Of that I had no doubt, for John always did. fore the election of officers." panile had already reached a total Comrades tor Four Years The Progressive Party sponsored which exceeded that of any previous A dormitory committee was 1 think one of the most inviting prospects ahead of you here is this: last year a political rally at Autry v <-a r. , that here you will find John, Robert, and William no less than Janet, Rosa- 1 House at which all major candidates chosen Thursday by students resid- "The early achievement of this ! lie, and Winifred, and that for four years you will strive with them almost j for office spoke following an invited m cord sale is due to the ingenuity ing in South, West, and East Halls i daily over your studies, your problems, your ambitions, and indeed over m L-est speaker. The results of the of Laurence Judd, business manager, to supervise open house and social ' every high, lovely, and enduring ideal to which the Western spirit is heir, rally were partly mirrored, party who introduced a part-payment plan .activities within the residential and forever fashions for itself anew. After the four years your trails may members believed, in the record which allowed students to show their halls. j never cross again, but the abiding influence of these comradeships will breaking vote of 982 in the 1941 intention of buying a picture on reg- last for you even so long as time and memory shall last for you. | general election. Leedom said Wed- Members of the eight-man board istration day by making a small About the first experience you have here in common is the conscious- ! ni sday that the Progressive Party down payment at that time with the include Laurence Judd, George ness of possessing a working mind. You have only to think, in order to plans a similar i*ally next spring. balance payable at the Campanile Pierce, Mickey Johnson, George become conscious of having a mind. We share that experience of conscious- 0 table, in Sallyport," said Bob Knox, j Neal, Harvey Ammerman, Bill Kies- ness with you. editor. "Another inducement was jchnick and Howard Taylor. You have brought with you in the way of equipment—which we have Campus Lutherans the offer to emboss each picture- assessed in advance by certain minimum standards—you have brought buyer's name on his yearbook." I The board announced Thursday with you a machine, a character, and a mind. The machine began evolving Invited to Meeting Final Installments ; night that open houses in the dormi- before your birth and is approaching its powers of maturity; the character I Students who have made part pay- • tories would be held November 8 also has been evolved, under the traditions of your home, the tension and | All Lutheran students are re- ments are requested to pay final in- during Homecoming and during the training of schoolroom and playing-field, under the canons of your church, ! quested to meet Monday, September stallments in Sallyport as soon as and the constitution of your country; while your mind, heaven-given, I |2r«th at the Autry House to organize ! Engineering Show the third week of j'• sible, and those who have made believe, has been working from infancy in the reach of its faculties of | a Lutheran student organization. !h> full payment are urged to keep | A mil. A Christmas party is planned observation, of experiment, of reason, and of imagination alike. I bank for The meeting will take place in the thvir appointment dates with Henry for December 18. you on a sound body, a sound character, and a sound mind. large upstairs room from 12 o'clock Stern. Campanile photographer, at | Judd is secretary of the board, The Honest Mind noon until 12:30. Pastor Stratman 22'.; West Building, according to j which will work in conjunction with You will agree, 1 think, that honesty is the ranking quality of a sound of St. Matthews and Pastor Kerns 'th< Hall Committed. Continued on page 7 of Grace Church will speak briefly. 1 mi iipM inHra mm s mm ills . O H < . 'tH , \ . . '"V it . SATURDAY, SEPT. 27, 1841 THE tHRESHER PAGE THREE

Tour of All Nations Physical Check-up Peers Set Held in Transformed Given Freshmen Autry House Annual Formal Uniforms for Naval Cadets Freshmen living in the dormi- You might not have known it, but tories were given physical examina- last night Autry House just wasn't tions Thursday night at the Field Captain Dallas D. Dupre said tached to the unit will instruct in House under the direction of Dr. On November 8 Autry House. It became, for a night, Thursday that officials in Washing- signal, loading, and other drills, it:Hugh Welch, physician to the resi- a combination of Ireland. Africa, ten had been asked to expedite the Japan, Spain, and to bring it back was explained Thursday. idtntial halls. By David Farnsworth award of a contract to uniform In- to earth, the United States. The initial meeting of the Engi- st'tute cadets, who report next week These are the countries visited in neering Society, largest technical for measurement. Contracts are to the world tour conducted by the club on the campus, was held Tues-. , „ , , , be awarded through the navy cloth Book of 100 s day nicht in the Senior Commons. | Ba»"st Studenl Umon lost n,,!ht at depot. isneys their annual party honoring fresh- A discussion of the club's activities j Officials of the campus naval men and new students. Each coun- was given for the benefit of newj ROTC unit explained that govern- try was located in a different room, members, and November 8 selected J ment priority would be granted on as the date for the annual Engineer decorated appropriately and inhabit- | t"hu""uniforms, identical with those ing Socity formal, "The Engineer. worn at Annapolis except for corps native costume. Work on Biennial Show ! devices. ! The groups of fifteen into which at your retailer's Under the guidance of Warren | Meanwhile, first classes in naval ! the party was divided visited each Site Green, work is already starting on ! science got underway Monday in (while supply lasts) lyrics : country in turn, where they would 0 included: the twelfth biennial Engineering ! the $18,000 Navy Building back of with 15 purchase of Eiaby Mine" I play games and were served re- 'Casey J uniur" Show, sponsored by this club, to be ; the Mechanical Laboratories. Lt. • Look Out I freshments typical of the country. Mr Stork" held next spring. Invitation to join | C. A. Whiteford, assistant professor PAR KER ve Seen Kvery• I Following the foreign tour, the en- thing " " Pink Ele- the society is extended to all fresh- •' of naval science, began instructing A . / phants On Parade" |tire group met back in the United man, sophomore, junior, and senior j three sections MWF at 9, 11, and I States for a brief period of group XJUMK engineering students by the officers ! 12 in naval customs and seamanship, the exciting, new quick-drying of the club: Mickey Johnson, presi-j lard United States naval history. ink that cleans your pen dent; E. B. Mitchell, vice-president;1 -0- The opening drill session was held as it writes! Stanley Liljestrand, secretary; Fred; 71/f outside the building Monday from J Quink CLEAN S A Yes, without waiting a day. you can now get iflU Ul Blake, treasurer; and Jack Patillo, i ' " 4.-.15 until 5:15. All cadets will at- PEN AS this brand-new Book of Songs, including big hits executive committeeman. Elected President; tend this hour, and repeat it in IT WRITES from Disney's latest Feature Picture. "DUMBO'' * * * either one of three sections, Tues- — songs you'll soon be hearing everywhere, and The Institute chapter of Tau Beta Council Of Women day at noon, on Friday or Saturday STOPS also94 other Favorites and all FREE, if you hurry. Pi, national honorary society com-j at 9. J WO-1THIRDS Go to the nearest store selling Parker Quink and OF PEN posed of senior engineering students; Margaret Bickley, senior repre- Lt.-Cmdr. F. H. Newton, Jr. is in buy a bottle for only 15c. The retailer gives you your TROUBLES who stand in the upper one-fifth of; scntative to the Women's Council, charge of drill, and will Lt. Walt Disney Song Book right then and there! their engineering class and juniors I was named president of the group Whiteford later in classroom in- This almost incredible offer is made to intro- who stand in the upper one-eighth j Thursday at 1 p.m. in a meeting held struction. DRIES ON duce Quink to hosts of new users. For Quink PAPER contains a harmless agent that dissolves deposits of their engineering class, was or- 'n the office of Miss Sarah Lane, The four chief petty officers at- 31 /<> * left by pen-clogging inks. Quink makes a pen a ganized December 8, 1940. This dean of women. QUICKER self-cleaner a Parker or ANY OTHER pen. group was formerly a local organi-! Other officers named include So whether you use a Parker or not, using 1 Honor Councilors zation known as the Engineophytes. Gloria Wood, vice-president; Lucy Quink is the finest protection you can give it. And 1 RICH,FULL- Officers for the school year are Al- Cavenaugh, secretary; and Laura i Address Freshmen BODIED, your Quink will keep till you need it, but the re- fred Reichle, president; Mack Frie- Louise Peden, treasurer, BRILLIANT tailer's supply of Song Books won't last long. del, vice-president; Berton Mobley, Two appointments were made by COLORS So hurry. Members of the Honor Council, "— the council. Gladys Atkinson is to under the direction of Chairman The Parker Pen Co., j be member-at-large, Mary Bou- Janesville.Wis. Laurence Judd, addressed freshman j iiireaux freshman l-epresentative. classes Friday on the operation of Walt Disney "independent Labora- Productions tory test of next (our the Institute Honor Council. selling brands. treasurer; Maurice Koneman, cor- rake cW ' . responding secretary; Jennings Las- 1 injjait, recording secretary; and De Witt Wyatt, cataloguer. A meeting oya&ft, "Don't Forget Your Parker!'' was held at 11 a.m. Friday in M.L. 206 to discuss plans for the fall C lovutil' term. fctofartf* cm Milford Kinzey was elected chair- ! man of the Rice Institute branch of & | the A.I.E.E. at the meeting held Wednesday. Other club officers T j chosen were Billy Wohlt, vice chair- ^ : • mun; John Parchman. secretary- j treasurer; Francis Collins, publicity j chairman ; and Lloyd Davis, chair- ; man of social activities. Plans to • si'iid delegates to the convention to • tin- Sinhh*, be held the 8th, 9th, and 10th of * Oil tliscovcr I!iut ry-i.'.iv p:\res I October in St. Louis were discussed. •'way President Kinzey extended an invi- that SI' ri)m- i tation to electrical engineering stu- is "»•»« up." , n-l.irv. riM 1, 1 dents' of all classes to join the r; / walk about i >> cool, r'run. rr- i A.I.E.E, frpshi»gi uir-coinlilionfil cv.-.-t ;<< Questionnaires to determine the the engineer drives yn:i ovs-r i type programs to be held this year smooth steel rails—at history"* lowest eccry-tlny prices I were distributed to members of the American Society of Mechanical En- Example: gineers at the meeting held Wednes- W: [/TELEVISION day by Chairman John Dillard in t 4 • $615 $J07O M.L. 20(5. Programs in the past have included outside speakers, films and ONE-WAY ROI'ND-TIIIP local inspection trips. Officers for th^ current year are John Dillard, HOUSTON TO chairman; Robert Wynn, vice chair- man; Dick Bloss, secretary-treas- —More Room for Ink because NO rubber sac, hence BROWNSVILLE urer; and J. H. Pound, honorary a Pen that won't run dry in lectures, tests, exams! —good in air-conditioned chairman. Membership of the A.S. + GUARANTEED by LIFE CONTRACT conches and chair cars. M.E. is composed of freshman, soph- 5. Exclusive Style- streamlined, Pearl Toting books around won't get a cind Jet Rl NGS. omore, junior, and senior mechani- fWtfir.Jf HERE ARE MORE SAMPLES OF student anywhere if his pen runs I Go and try it today at any near- / |'S |j THE LOWEST-PRICES cal engineering students. dry in the classroom. So look before by pen counter. But use discretion j j || One- R'v.ind- The A.S.C.E. held its initial meet- you leap to some problem pen. It by looking for Parker's Blue Dia- SACLESS FILLER HOUSTON TO: Way Trip will only frustrate your I, Q. on Easiest of alf to oper- m ing today at 2 o'clock in the Engi- mond on the smart ARROW clip. AUSTIN S3 CO $ 5.00 Test-day. That's our Life Guarantee Contract. ate—and most modern CORPUS CHRISTI .... 3.00 5 00 neering Building for election of offi- DALLAS 4 00 6.00 In college after college, coast to Junior or Sub-deb, $5 ; Debutante EDINBURG 5.65 9 80 cers. Meetings this fall will feature coast, the Parker Vacumatic is or Major, $3.75. Maxima, $10; Duo- FT. WORTH 4.00 6.00 voted No. 1 by students because of fold, $.>.95 and $3.95. Pen and Pencil HARLIN6EN 5 65 9 80 seminar discussions by members and Vacumotic, these modern features: Sots, $3.95, $5.00, $8.75 and up. LAFAYETTE 3 85 6.95 talks by local senior members of the $8,75 and $12.75 LAKE CHARLES 2.40 4 35 Sets, Duofold, 1. Super-charged—with ink The Parker Pen Co., Janesville, Wis. NEW ORLEANS 6 SO 11 55 A.S.C.E. Membership includes stu- McALLEN 5 65 9.80 $3.95 and $5 to carry over. SAN ANTONIO 3.00 5 00 dents taking civil engineering. 2. One-Hand Sacless Filler SHREVEPORT 4.00 6 00 The Five Year Brotherhood, a — easiest to operate. Parker's Blue Diamond on the pen is our l ite Get today'* ffrrritcnt travel newly organized social club for fifth 3. Television Barrel—shows Contract uueoinlition- raluos—go SP next time! ally ktiaranteeing to year engineering students, made its when to refill. service the pen tor the life of the owner except bow this week and Amos Marsh was 4. lubricated Writing — tur loss and intention.i! Non-brittle, 14 K Gold damage* subject only to a .V.Sc charge for post Southern Pacific elected president at a meeting Tues- tipped with oil-smooth Osmi- City Ticket Office (Air-Conditloncd) age. insurance, and day. 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vW^ Y\ — H Page 4 SEPT. 27, 1941 : Ily Pat Nicholson Note: This is the first of two articles on conference prospects. Here is a prediction on the finish of the 1941 conference ill football race, based upon pre-season prospects and early in- dications from seven training camps: west Gridiron Program Texas University Rice Institute Opens Saturday With Six s® Southern Methodist (PHI Baylor Texas A. and M, w: Texas Christian Jill Conference Teams Playing John (Red) Floyd, formerly head Arkansas coach at The Citadel, has joined the 1 Possibility of a tie i'or positionindicated. Fort Worth, Sept. 26—Football in H I has the toughest ioe for the Institute staff as an assistant t« I 13 states, for a total of 49 games onjoponer of any of the six. The Frogs Jess Nee, F,oydf who ,ettered at Any one of the three major buya- 11 successive week-ends—that's the meet Tulsa in Fort Worth. The Vanderbilt in 1915 and 1916 at end >oos that coaches are subject to Injuries can stop any club, espe- Gulden Hurricane is at least as good and the bacUfield> formerly !hese days could cause quite an al- program that, gets under way to- cially one dependent upon key men. as last year, maybe better. And the • eoHehed Neely at Murfreesboro "lation in standings; the draft,, in- day for the seven Southwest Con- Take out Brumley or Dwelle, Moser Frogs lost 7 to 0 in Tulsa then. State Teachers College. uric-. unfavorable weather. To of Texas A. and M.. Layden or Grain I fcrenee elevens. Kimbrough Faces Former Team date, the draft has been fairly light of Texas, Johnston or Maley of The bookings include 20 contests Baylor meets Hardin-Simmons in although observers have been slow S.M.U., Wilson or Russell of Baylor* that have an intersectional bearing, Waco. Coach Frank Kimbrough, t< realize what the apparent loss of and the stock of the team affected so by early December the Southwest now of the Bears but fresh from the two top-flight, ends like Wendell would drop tremendously overnight. should have a pretty good idea of Cowboy camp, should know how to PMBll TIONS Garieti and Marvin DeWoody can Unfavorable weather, whether how good its grid efforts are in com- handle this situation. wet or dry, is always a potent factor parison with the rest- of the country. The remaining three games come Three New York Gaines under the head of "warm-ups." Three of the teams will make Texas A. & M. meets the Sam Hous- Broadway appearances before the ton Teachers in College Station, GRAYS ; final curtain. SMU and TCU will Arkansas plays the Oklahoma (Ed- C REDIT JEWELERS both have New York City appear- mend) Teachers in Fayetteville, and Watches and Diamonds i ances to meet the strong Fordham SMU takes on the Denton Teachers Rams, heralded as the No. 1 Eastern in Dallas. The three sets of teachers C-0400 908 Preston Ave. eleven. Texas A. & M. goes to the should learn how to be good losers. big town to play the NYU Violets. All three games are scheduled for j October. ! Collectively, the seven conference teams will play two-thirds of their WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH games on foreign gridirons, al- • Buy yourself The though most coaches feel that there University Gab—a brand is a psychological advantage in per- YOUR LAUNDRY THIS YEAR?... new LEE Water-Bloc* forming for the home folks on the j familiar home field. that costs only $5. You're ! However, in the opening games in one of the smoothest ; Saturday, five of the six teams will fiats you ever wore (with be playing on their own gridirons. matching gabardine band , Texas vs. Colorado and brim binding) . . . The Tt'xas Longhorns are the one you're in style with your t aveling team this first week. They bat and in clover with journey to Boulder for (50 minutes the iials! mm against the University of Colorado Buffaloes. The Buffaloes have a new coach, a new system and not too good a line; the Longhorns are ad- LEE HATS 358 Fifth A veil uo, New York mittedly the class of the Southwest * Reg. U S. Pat. Off. and are tagged by some for the Rose Bowl,

i in a conference where details mean a championship. Texas Roomed Texas University is being boomed Courtly of Dartnioujli "Jyek-o l.rmt.en for the title. The Steers are clearly ! the strongest combination in this: A better method* is to send it home regularly by RAIL- ; sector, equipped with two senior WAY EXPRESS—and have it returned the same way. backs capable of a sensational brand j I of play that can inspire the entire' Our service is fast, sure—and convenient. Economical j squad, a veteran line, and replace- rates include pick-up and delivery at no extra charge ment power. 0 within our regular vehicle limits in all cities and prin- | Yet the Steers are in for a drub-, Men's Furnishings j bing in conference play somewhere | cipal towns. Your choice of prepaid or collect charges. along the line. The combination of a Just as convenient too. for 'most any shipment: with a collegiate slant and I murderous schedule—L.S.U., Okla-1 : homa, Oregon, and the six South- Baggage, gifts, cake or a pet elephant. an angle on the west foes—and apparent weakness! college man's |at will tip the scales against; Dana X. Bible at least once along j Rai lway AExpre s § pocketbook! ithe way. AGENCY INC. j They'll tell you Bible's Waterloo is due on fabled Kyle Field, as the N ATION-Wi: 2 HAIL-AIR SERVICE Set* the new fall Aggies take revenge for the great- est upset in conference history. That LKK WATER BUM is possible, hut not probable. THE SECRET OF SUCCESS Mats for ( ollejjians Ponies Over Texas? Rather look for the Texas banner IS WISE SPENDING to be struck when the Steers meet TI NE FN—EACH THURSDAY—ihHO p. m. Southern Methodist. They hit the South Texas Commercial Folev Bros. Men's Shop Ponies with the tough intersectional Presents "TOrCIIDOWN TIPS" work just behind them, and with National Bank Predictions and Football Headlights .Matty Bell's eleven fresh from an Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Continued from page 4 Football Returns

i itio» I' p mm Twenty Teams Expected to Register WESTERN As Touch Football Ope ns Intramurals MN7HR0P& IOOK so REAL THAT HE WANTS A JOB AS The Intramural Council prepared Thursday to launch its COWBOY third anual program of athletic activities for the entire male Varsity Mixes It student body.Each men's organization is requested by Jerry With Slimes, Fliers Dobelman president of the Intramural Council, to select one member capable of representing the group in the Council. A 4s Work Resumes first meeting will be announced The Owls, back to regular drills next week, Dobelman said Wed- posit for each man, to be returned after playing hide-and-seek with nesday. at the end of the tournament pro- rains and a hurricane during the vided that man has not caused a earlier portion of the week, con- The same plan of supervision will iVrfeit. tinued Friday to work on protection be carried out this year as last, he Hope for Twenty Teams for the passer and kicker. * explained. Each group desiring to K is hoped that at least twenty Dick Dwelle, in Dallas Wednes- enter teams in the various events teams will be entered for the touch day for the marriage of his sister, will elect one representative to the football, council members said was back tossing aerials, alternating council. Dobelman pointed out that Thursday. with Stoop Dickson. Best of the re- this representative group is made up A number of veterans are expect- ceivers was Bob Tresch, junior wing- not only of members of organized ed back from last year along with man now installed as regular lel't groups such as the Rally Club, Engi- some good freshman teams. It has end. neers, etc., but also of representa- , . . , been announced that the Rally Club The freshmen, moved over for a lives hom other Kioups d,s,ra,g to I ^ , ,j rtampions q( Mt wl series of scrimmages Wednesday, participate, such as the Ke-Mah be back intact. This year a strong were characterized as "plenty lias, West Hall. 42\s, etc., of last The Cheyenne..,authen bid is expected from the Engineer- rough" as the varsity continued to year. tically styled in trueWestern ing Society after a somewhat dis- mix it with them. Mermance Director fashing with squcre tee, ast! ous season last year. A squad from Ellington Fit-It ancy stitching, side go Fiom the field house, G. L. Her- Table in Sallyport scrimmaged here briefly Thursday. ng and leather pull strap mance will again act as director of In keeping with the policy of do- The injury jinx continued to ride Leather sole aid taperec intramurals, with Dobelman student ing everything possible to aid and light herd on Silent Jess, with no Western heels. ' A W'nthrr: di rector. induce everyone to enter the intra- serious trouble reported to date. Colonial. Deadline for touch football entries I mural table in Sallyport from eleven Stone Quillian, guard, who received is 5 p.m. Thursday, October 2. Team ; to twelve every Thursday and Fri- a gash over his right eye Monday The original Westerner roster with manager's name, avail- I day morning throughout the year, in a collision with sophomore tackle ..a moccasin type biuche able playing times, and deposits can j taking entries and answering ques- Charles Malmberg, was expected to in mocha tan v*h hand be given to Jerry Dobelman or to I tiors. Results and schedules will be back in harness Saturday or Mon- rubbed antique finish Simulated hand-tooled G. L. Hermanee at the Field House, j also be available at the table in day. Beecher Huff, suffering with Winthrop ('olonials embossing. Heavy red Sallyport. a wrenched knee, appeared to be j $5.00 to $<>.95 The first event carded is the rubber one piece sole one Any boys who have not yet con- ready to go again Friday, and Bob j Others $7.50 and up touch football program. As in past heel with "wasboard" grip Brumley was in fine shape again J -: jears the teams will be composed of nected themselves with any club (A Winthrop Coleiia were- urged Thursday to see Dobel- after two days off to have a shoul- six players, with a minimum of man at the information table or der injury, incurred last season in a three substitutes, making a team contact the Field House. He has ex- collision with Tulane's Thibaut, loster of nine men. However it is KRliPP&mm pressed every desire to aid them. looked into. advisable to have two or more extra men for adequate substitution, Entries for the novice table tennis The Owls open hire October 4 in Dobelman said Thursday. As in the tournament and novice tennis sin- a night game against Sam Houston past, there will be a fifty-cent de- gles close on October seventh. This Teachers. competition is open to students who have not competed in these particu- Promise is Shown lar events in Rice intramurals. 0- By New Material j Qridirony- 0JI Slime SQUCICIS Continued on page 5 | open date. Bell's air-tight defense is Prospects seem good this year for | poison to Texas, adapted just for the SPECIAL SHOE DISPLAY Owl freshman basketball and track ! onslaught Layden and Crain direct. teams, after a canvass of new ma- I The Orange and White has not terial. Ten boys are listed on each whipped the squad from the Hill of the two squads. | since 19-3.'i. In heavy going Preston ; Johnston and Red Maley would see Leading the cagers wijl be Ray Crain on the sidelines, Layden op- Mt Donald, who averaged seventeen AUTRY HOUSE erating less efficiently with Spec points a game at Maud last year, Sanders and the heavier backs. And and Hiram Walker, star of the John Johnston was made for mud: he Tarleton five at Stephenville. Others exults in it, kicks just as accurately are Harold Low of Dallas, Harold in ankle-deep slime as in dust. Ask Lloyd of Silsbee, Alvin McClellan of Johnny Kimbrough and the Aggies Graham, J. D. Thomas of Hooks, or any of the 18,000 who saw him Willie Croucher of Lee Junior Col- | battle them to a 6-2 decision in a lege, Clarence Darling of Lamar, NEXT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY raging downpour two years ago Wood row Petty of Lamar, and while College Station supporters Lefty Akin of Reagan. 1 prayed for time to run out and Ten Tracksters Listed Presto kicked and quarterbacked Track men include Leroy Peck of faultlessly all the way to the two-; SEPT. 30-OCT.1 (ioose Creek, Leroy Denson of I yard line. Goose ( reek, Harmon and Norman That October 25 Hurdle West of New Orleans, J. D. Miller ! Or think of another tough after- Come over and see tin* new and important shoe fash- of Jeff Davis, Bob Porter of Mc- noon Dana Xenopheon has in store—! Killey, Clayton Henderson of Colo- | October 25, when he must stop: ions for the Fall season. The display will feature shoes for rado City, John Montgomery of ; what Neely will have been cooking ' ' • -t. : Baton Rolige, Bob Perkins of Port j up for seven weeks. One bad injury, I all occasions—for men and women. You will enjoy seeing Ai thur, and Elmer Moon of Port and the Owls would be even money Neches, in that encounter. They have a j the great spread of styles and colors from this biir shoe It addition to these, three men habit, anyhow, of concentrating have already indicated that they in- ! upon the Steers. store—properly called "The Shoe Centre of South Texas." tend to play baseball. They are | As far as Bible's specific weak- John Fox of Connecticut, Lindsey j nesses are concerned, he is worried Carey of San Jacinto, and Lilliard only about the center position, where BILLY HEARD—Rice Representative Thompson of Stephen F. Austin. i Goodwin and Thayer's departure for Dick Elliot of Trinity, 1941 inter- | the air corps leaves only Henry Har- scholastic state king, is expected to kins as an experienced performer. lead freshman tennis players, along | Charles Miffleton and Jack Sachse with Billy Tobola o^ Houston. are being groomed for replacement The Freshman Football Schedule | duty at the pivot post. The one Lamar Junior College, here, Octo- 'other possibility of Steer line trou- ber 'I, night. ble Would lie at guard. Wjjere the t Texas University, there, October loss of V. I). Basey has been felt KRIIPP & TUFFLV 25. night. noticeably. Texas A. and M., here. November Next week: The other six confer- 9 O 1 MAIN A T W A L K E 1 «, niirht. ence squads. i§54e WJltA&lk&i s 1 w • ——- "II » " •' • Use The Safety Zones The Thresher The police department, rumored to be the same division of ! . 1941 Member 1942 government which has made no report as yet on the theft of V»'>—•' — I—"— I— • — IIMil— I mm mm mm mm< mi mm — Associated Collegiate Press $.3584.68 in broad daylight from an Institute messenger last Initiating: the fall season, Cohen with his version of how professors Represented for National April, has offered a compromise on the hitchhiking situation. House was the scene late Sunday look at students. He gave some very Advertising by National Advertising Service, Inc. Safety zones will be established at Lamar and Main and at afternoon for an open house given helpful hints on how not to agitate by Dean and Mrs. Harry B. Weiser your prof in class, remarking that College Publisher Representatives Autry House for students, who are asked to remain on the curb to entertain members of the faculty they did not mind so much when a 420 Madisan Ave., New York, N. Y. at those points while motorists drive up into the special loading and the naval officers of the new student looked at his watch often, —Boston—Los Angeles areas to pick them up. Institute ROTC unit, and their but when they proceeded to hit the San Francisco The plan is sound. It will work nicely after the public has wives. watch to be sure it hadn't stopped, Established 1916 Editorial Staff been given a week or so to learn the new system. The refreshment board, set in the then the professor was liable to be The plan, originally suggested by this newspaper, was lounge, was graced with a mirror quite upset. The meeting was ad- Editor Pat Nicholson journed and the members and guests Sports Editor Buck Wright worked out after considerable trouble by Earl Wylie, Mayor plaque which reflected a white por- partook of punch and cookies. Society Editors Rosemary Neal Pickett, Traffic Captain Bill Burton, Police Chief Ash- celain figurine surrounded by water lilies. Glass swans were placed at McKinney, Elizabeth Knapp worth, and Traffic Engineer T. E. Willier. It deserves a tho- Mrs-. Pete Schley the other end of the board. White Proofreader Jim Moody rough and fair test by the student body. the former Margie Boyd and Mr. Staff Photographer gladioli and asters, including the Pete Schley of West Hall fame These men have been very willing to cooperate after first Harvey Ammerman punch table which stood in the patio, proudly announce the birth of young, warning students that they would be subject to a maximum afforded the finishing touches. Reporters Warren Simpson, very young, Pete Jr. who was born Neil Brennan, David Farns- fine of $50 for hitchhiking, and are sincere in attempting to Assisting Mrs. Weiser were Mrs. Saturday morning. Congratulations worth, Jim Hargrove, Edd Edward Deevey, Mrs. Jess Neely, permit students to continue catching rides under a new traffic to all three. Payne, Marjorie Paxson, Betty Mrs. Frank Pattie, Mrs. Asa Chand- code specifically forbidding the practice. The Return Lou Johnson, Sam Brock, Jess ler. Mrs. Walter Leighton, Mi's. Much as we dislike interference, the zone idea seems a good of Pinky LaGrone and Billy Wood, Bessinger, Charles Ratcliff, and Joseph Davies, Mrs. David Potter, on leave from the marine corps, Natalie Rogers. one. When the zones are established, stay on the curbs at Lamar and Mrs. James Morchead. and Main and Autry House, and use them as they are intended. caused a chorus of hellos around the. Business Staff Monday Afternoon campus Thursday. Pinky leaves It will help you, the motorists giving you a ride, and the police Business Mgr. .. Manro Oberwetter EBLS held its annual open meet- soon for Iceland, Billy for the Phil-1 Sales Promotion Joyce Waycott department. ing welcoming freshmen girls at ippines. ' Circ. Manager Francis Collins o Autry House. Among other guests were Mrs. E. Cannon, Miss Alice Dean, head librarian, and Miss The New Thresher Sarah Lane, dean of women. After being introduced by President Eliza- The Thresher begins its twenty-seventh year in a new form beth Knapp, James Chilman, assist- —an eight page edition with departments devoted to main ant architecture professor, spoke on news, editorial matter, features, and sports. aspects of art concerning our school A trained staff of 20 persons will cover all news and de- and our everyday life. Afterwards velopments of interest to the general student body, attempting punch and cake were served. to obtain a wide and comprehensive coverage by including only P.A.L.S. details of importance. also held its annual open meeting Columnists are ready to interpret the news, to chronicle Tuesday at Autry House and Dr. F. S. Lear t>-ave a very impressive happenings in society, in sports, and in the literary and musical talk on world affairs. This informal w rid. A competent critic will begin reviews of books, movies, address was followed by refresh- and stage productions of interest. ments. The editorial page will touch upon campus problems from Wednesday Afternoon every angle, upon the problems of the outside world where they OWLS completed the open meet- deeply affect those upon the campus. ing series with President Nell Poole The Thresher is here to serve the student body. We invite presiding. G. E. Williams, instructor! criticism, suggestions, and above all, letters to the editors. in English, entertained the group 0 Support Intramurals! Beginning once more extensive intramural program, the Athletic Council hopes sincerely that sustained enthusiasm Today is the day that the sister-! -hown in the past two years will not wane. There is no reason hoods meet in secret and dark con- v h , each men's organization "can not send one, and in most Clave for the throat-cutting session. • '1 s two or three, teams to represent them in the forthcoming PALS, they say, has eight automatic activities. The Athletic Department has the facilities and is do- selections, on the member's daugh- ter tradition. ing everything possible to make them available. Alter all, the -tiident is paying for them and certainly should realize his in- Cecil I!., that intrepid adventurer, vestment . took a hellish crew of four along; The school1 requires one year of physical training. This is with him Tuesday night on an at- tiift enough. During that year about an hour and a half a week tempted trip to hurricane-stricken: Have fun-be friendly is spent in some form of lukewarm exercise. Then for the most Free port. The expedition got as far i part he seldom comes back to the field house during the next | as Roshai'on, Texas, before turning 1 ! three years Certainly proper physical development requires back. Treat yourself and more time and effort. "Bags" Wright is gun-shy. These jfmhmen, on first glance, rate the! Because of this the intramural program is designed. There others to fresh-tasting pieferred list: Hoke, Ella. Bills, and ;tr • dozens of events carded and everyone should participate in a brunette we haven't identified as j >!>me sport. Freshmen particularly are invited to organize their 1 yet. ! Wrigley's Spearmint Gum teams now and continue them throughout thenr stay at the | Graves is using $1.47 shaving lo-j institute, ft very one can and should engage in some intramurals, tion for effect in biology lab. . . . j The Flavor Lasts and proper support will assure a continuation of the great i Note to J. Francis: Buford is now strides made here in intramural competition during the past | starring at the Chinese Duck. ... Walter Symonds, booking wide and! two years. ; far, is dickering with George of the | Hat for a new Sunday afternoon \ On Tuesday an outside speaker | series. . . . Nethery turns to the I CLUB NEWS will present the program, while a j Heights. The Baptist Student Union will student program is scheduled for | Seen at the dances: Charles i hive its first council meeting of Wednesday. I Moser, the eternal freshman, look- The Smile of Service the school term Wednesday at 12:15 Meetings are to be held twice ! ing 'em over. . . . OWLS with a nice noon at Autry House. All Baptist crop. . . . Central, figure at PALS, [weekly again thiii year, on Tuesdays .students are invited to attend the the Judge, and he panicked the t H. H. HAVEMANN B.S.U. prayer meetings held each and Wednesdays, and will start rushees. . . . Armstrong Prescott ad- i day at 12:15 noon at Autry House. promptly at 12:30 and be concluded mits that Texas is quite the thing i GULF STATION by 1:00 f).m. for the playboys. I L-7948 The Methodist Student Union will All students interested in the J Knox has decided to pick up a i ALMEDA AND CALUMET hold its first meetings of the year Battery Service, Tires, Tubes, Accessories work of the organization are cor- j deeper literary background after an I next Tuesday and Wednesday at experience at EBLS, which lodge, it Let us pick up your car, and return it to you looking like new dially invited to attend these meet-! i 12:30 p.m. in its room upstairs at j is rumored, will hit another heavy WASH and GREASE $1.50 Autry House. ings. blow. i ,"''m™""'T'; IlifWife i ti .IM , If i (?7T " Sf ' xl.lW, A '-V '_l J .•:..- •» »• -n- • & I" t ,s"?" M iWEf< J- 1 '* *ff\*4 4f%VJ I f r;'P M ^i%W rl4\*.;4>Ji •'"''> >' , r fa.'tj & -V ?' ' '•&"•• ,, •, 1 s 1 j r r » I, »-s < 7 s ^ *< ^ ;p ...... ?..».. ,. I.. •„•>,•. «... s, (f,(a« ' l: *.:S .-...« 1 :;• *••« <•> . U •...-. ... -. '•- "••,»•. - 1 '• r"!^: 27, 1941 THE THRESHER < m 1 PAGE SEVEN iHiiSSI _ HIHPflfflPfliP at every turn admits using such approximation. Veracity faces the facts, and will not rest until it has found them to be facfc, not opinions, and has — Continued from pag« 2 understood all of them as facts. Veracity is the mark of the making mind, Plate Lunches. Breakfast whether that making mind be engaged in the writing of history, the and Sandwiches mind. It is in virtue of this quality of honesty that we accord you the adventures of science, or the creation of art And it is the making mind Now Being Served freedom, self-government, and honor system enjoyed in this place. The of man that has built up stone by stone, stage by stage, the accepted body honest mind is an inquiring, acquisitive mind. Its objective is truth, most of human knowledge. LAWSON DRUG : compelling, wonderful, and difficult of attainment. With unremitting in- ;';v ;^v vff.: \ v •• .• ..'v.: ^ The Humane Mind 2 Blocks North ML. Bldg. dustry and passion it seeks the truth, though the heavens fall. It is sus- ••••. : i ; ' |fe: ; I: j'-Hfl • j£; ; • If • •: 0 ; • tained in the pursuit because it believes in the capacity of the human mind Another striking aspect of the honest mind is that it, in particular, to find truth, and has been justified of that belief. Nor have the heavens carries over into every other noble type of mind. I wish now to place be- fallen. wasidye iot f ththinkinge human, ei smin freedomd of th, eflanke liberatind byg spiritcourage, whos. e highest goal, to my AN INSIDE TRACK ON The prime virtue of honesty is veracity. Honesty, therefore, admits its man bore originally on the problems of nature. ThThe ehuman inquirine ming mind beard ofs PICKING WINNERS! ignorance when it does not know, and never refuses to swear to its own j move directly on those of human nature. If the first type of mind was 80% WINNERS FOR 3 hurt. When it finds itself mistaken, it yields up a cherished quarry, and j staggered before the unexplained phenomena of nature, the second is like- YEARS begins all over again. It is always frank, straightforward, and fair, re-: wisc confounded by the complexities of human nature. Where the first strained only by conscious responsibility for its utterances. It is reflected | efforts of the one sought sequences of relations in the physical universe, in the very stride of a man, and stamps his character. You have but to' the primary object of the other is to account for the origin and the destiny I

think of such upstanding members of society in every one of your own j 0f humankind. That is to say, the province of the humane mind is man-1 communities, looked to at the end of every local discussion quietly to form kind; its proper study, man. Its everlasting question is a double one; and express the collective opinion of that community. Wider afield, in the whence you and whither bound? In current form, the two questions are realm of government and political life, you have only to think of honest compact in the so-called crisis of civilization. I have no desire to put con- Abe Lincoln, honest John Morley, honest Grover Cleveland, each so desig- tent into your thinking even about this crisis, for here we expect you tr) do mated in his own day, and each in his day stalwartly standing alone to set [ your own thinking, but I have an observation or two to make. right, under constituted authority, things that were wrong. They say that Western civilization is dying. It is stricken with the ills I have said that veracity is the prime virtue of an honest mind, and of old age and the actual end is not far off. By intriguing formulae they that veracity seeks accuracy. When absolute accuracy is unattainable, have predicted the date of the end. But many of us are awake to the false- then veracity seeks the most refined degree of approximation possible, and ness of these formulae. We do not subscribe to the diagnosis. We do not believe that seeds of decay are destroying the body of Western civilization. We read the symptoms differently. We confidently anticipate the recovery of the West. And we are determined still to advance the principles, spirit- Turner and Gable ual values, and ideals which have animated Western civilization. SEE HIS PREDICTIONS Varsity Nite First and foremost of these dominating ideals is freedom. We who EACH WEEK AT THE — ter In "Honky-Tonk" , have never been slaves can hardly comprehend what it. means to be free. METROPOLITAN - KIRF ott Every Monday But freedom is our birthright as is also the courage, to defend it. The very DKI.MAN — Ml f \rrV ins When Jack Conway makes a mo-: >ystem of education that still persists amongst. us was originally designed EASTWOOD - \I.ABA.11! and NORTH M \IN 28c Per Person | tion picture, he makes a picture that j Continued on page 8 NOW PLAYING moves. The latest example of his art! ~~ "The Blond Bombshell of .,f picture making i» "Honky Tonk,»| Magician, Dancers Rhythm" j co-starring Clark Gable and La pa; Featured in Show | Tin ner and now on display at Loew's j INA RAY Suite Theatre. At Empire Room ] The film is set in the wildest west' HUTTON j during its wildest era, when a man's Two of the most entertaining acts and her all male orchestra ! life was worth less than half its 'to be presented here since the fall i chemical value of 32 cents unless he season opened were seen last Friday MATINEE EVERY | had a sharp shootin' eye and a sud-\ nijrht at the opening of the new SUNDAY ] den draw. floor show at the Empire Room. The DANCING 3-6 tana Turner Stars show consisted of only two acts, but 55c Per Couple or Stag ! There were gals out there, too, the seasoned performers held the j but none so fair and coveted as crowd's attention and drew thunder- 1 shapely Lana Turner, who met Mr. ous applause. PLANTATION ! Gable with irresistible force and had Delightful Deception la wedding ring before even our hero In the first act, Plato and Jewel kne w what had happened. Offer a novelty attraction, "Delight-, COUEGlAT* fit! Deception." The pair combine; suavity and skill in a mystic routine The Arrow Shirt that is hard to beat. Plato had the i "first nighters" guessing with his NIGHT 'clever sleight-of-hand tricks, par- With the Dual ticularly when he made a live canary h. a !disappear into thin air. Personality Don and Sally Jennings, famous dance team of a number of Holly-- l v. ood productions, gave their im- pressions of several types of danc- ing, including "the high school jit- /, terbug with a ballroom touch," and ,T i|a perfect baUpoom exhibition. The j dance team has appeared in the fore-1 JUC |most hotels and supper clubs of the! j country, and they are rated as one BY ! of the top-ranking teams of the na- j tion. 4 : so* . j The floor show is presented with PECK jPeck Kelley and his orchestra, which : e Arrow Doubler—a buttoncd-up ! plays at luncheon daily and for din- j r.er and dancint each night at the i tilar shirt one minute and an KELLEY 'Empire Room. n-nccked sport shirt the next. DON and SALLY Tlnpi^rick is in the ingenious con- Ina Ray Hutton JENNINGS _ ite collar that is worn equally At Plantationj "AMERICA'S MOST -y# we h or without a tic. DISTINCTIVE DANCERS" j Queen of orchestra leaders Ina j Doubler comes in all sixes, made of ox- J j Ray Hutton, directing an all-male j ford, voile,or twill flannel inwhite and ! band, will open tonight at the Plan-i PLATO and JEWEL solid colors. Double your wardrobe tation for an eight-day engagement. 'DELIGHTFUL DECEPTION" 1 Miss Hutton's current band, or- | with Doubler today ! :ganized this year, made its debut at! | >.'«w York's famous Hotel Astor, I j where it broke the season's record 1 I for dinner and supper diners. Ina j ; Ray's all-male band succeeds her \ jail-girl orchestra, she said, because • "Although a girl band was easier to ' look at, the all-male band is easier OWSN/RTS to listen to." Top female orchestra leader in | the country, Ina Ray b-iis chestnut J haii, blue eyes, 5 ft. •'!" and weighs! 108 lbs. ! PAGE EIGHT THE THRESHER SATURDAY, SEPT. 27, 1941

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