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Architects' Sketch Of New Humanities Building Rayzor Hall, future class building and home University by Mr. and Mrs. J. Newton Rayzor, the Academic Quadrangle, extending halfway of several departments m the humanities field, it will house five classrooms, two language around the east side from Fondren Library, is shown above in a drawing provided by i„up j cnmp fif+v fivp nffw« According to present arrangements, it should architects Staub, Bather, and Howze. ' y be in use during the second semester of the To be built from funds presented to the The three-story structure nearly completes 1961-62 school year.

Christmas Party Tonight In RMC Tonight, Friday, December Dr. Nelso4 n Interviewed 16, the Christmas spirit de- scends upon the Grand Ball- room of the Student Center. A not-quite traditional egg- nog party with tree, caroling, On History Curriculum and choir will also include a secular combo for dancing. By WILLIAM PANNILL The reasons given were a need for basic changes in Open to the entire school at The History Department announced last week that the curriculum, and a lack of adequate library facilities. no charge, the party begins at it had decided to drop the Junior Independent Work pro- In order to report these changes, The Thresher inter- 8:15. gram, scheduled to start spring semester. viewed Dr. William H. Nelson, head of the History De- partment. The text of his remarks, including some com- ments on Thresher editorial policy, follows. Q: COULD YOU COMMENT on the History Depart- ment's decision to drop the Junior Independent Work The Thresher program, originally scheduled to go into effect this year? An all-student newspaper for 44 yeef- A: In the first place, we still plan to offer independent work of history majors, and eventually require a senior VOL. 48, NO. 14 HOUSTON, TEXAS FRIDAY, DEC. 16, 1960 thesis of all majors in the department. THOSE PEOPLE now writing thesis will complete them and SEASON'S SECOND next year a similar program will Plans Made For be offered, with up ao a dozen people participating. The numbers Sugar Bowl Party involved have not been deter- Players Present Nash's Rainmaker mined, but we will keep it on about the same level next year In French Quarter By ANITA JONES sale. The pi-oceeds from these rector, has announced that in- as this. We would like to run the tickets provide the major part formation concerning tryouts for At long last, final plans are set The Rice Players will present program as an honors program, N. Richard Nash's "The Rain- of the funds for the ninth annual "Much Ado About Nothing" and but it will be informal, as the for Rice University's journey to maker," in Hamman Auditorium Shakespeare Festival. "The Crucible" will be posted on granting of a history degree the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. at 8:15 tonight and Saturday. Phyllis Skaff, assistant di- the Rice Players bulletin board. "with honoi's" would require gen- The location for the official Ronnie Graham plays the male eral faculty approval. lead of Bill Starbuck. The only Rice "Blast" will be the American THIS YEAH—about the middle female part will be played by of the spring semester—a group Legion Hall—located at 334 Roy- DeLinda Frazier. Other cast Christmas Show Renews al Street in the heart of the of juniors will be invited to write members include Fred Holt, Bud a senior thesis. They will not be French Quarter. The time will be Max-tin, Franklin Forrester, Alex requix-ed to write a thesis, and Greenwood,* and Max Turner. 9:00 to 1:00 am, on January 1, Annual Rice TV Series no one who. is not invited to Director for the production is 1961, and music will be by Kid By MILTON STEFFEN uled for Jaixuary 8, is entitled write a thesis will be allowed to Jim McCaslin, who also directed Williams' Dixieland Band. Tickets Rice University will present its "Heidelbei-g and Contempox-ary do so. Each person who is in- "Aria da Capo" in November. traditional Christmas television German Philosophy." Px-ofessor vited to write a thesis and ac- are currently going for $2.75 per DURING THE PLAY, a "plain program this coming Sunday, De- Konstantin Kolenda, who spent cepts will be assigned to a pro- couple, with the stag price being old maid," Lizzie Curry, becomes cember 18. The program "Christ- the last academic year as a Ful- fessoi-, and will begin thinking $1.50. Mixed drinks will go for beautiful when a con-man who mas at Rice" will be presented bright Lecturer at Heidelberg, about his topic, so in that sense promises to bring rain to a sixty cents a shot. on Channel 13 at 5:30 p.m. and Px'ofessgr Niels Nielsen, will there will be junior independent drought-stricken area in Kansas lead the discussioxi. AFTER THE PARTY, it's ev- fails in love with her. TELEVISED from the Rice wox-k this spx-ing. It will not be ery man for himself. The French It will be a rather elaborate Memorial Chapel, it will feature On the second program, sched- a junior coux*se, and no junior Quarter, with its numerous "at- production using two side stages Christmas Carols sung by the uled for Januai'y 15, Professor credit will be given for it. tractions," should be well popu- outside the proscenium. Rice Chorus. Mackenzie of the Classics de- Q: WHAT WERE the reasons lated with footloose Riceites—and Season tickets for this season's A small chamber orchestra will partment will discuss "Thucidides for dropping the program ? a lot of other people. It will close productions will again be on accompany the singing and also and Current Events" with Floyd A: In a department this size at 6:00 that morning. play a sonata by Corelli. Mr. T. Leax*, professor of history. (we have about 40 juniors and N. Marsh, the host, will read the 40 seniors) there are two re- For those still able to stand OTHER pi'ogx-ams will concern Christmas Story from the Bible. quirements for a successful in- (up) after the wild pre-game vic- Davies Named recent advances in biology, psy- dependent program. tory celebrations, the football Piper Professor The Christmas program will be chology, anthx-opology, English, followed by a weekly television and a final report on the comple- First, it's necessary to have contest should be a thriller in the Dr. Joseph I. Davies, asso- series beginning Sunday, January tion of the Rice Digital Compu- a adequate library in terms of Sugar Bowl tradition—and a good ciate professor of biology, has 8, and running through Sunday, ter. Program time will be an- physical arx-angements and of deal closer than the "line" (Mis- been named a "Piper Profes- February 26. This series, entitled nounced later. course money for books. We need sissippi by 17 points) has it. sor" of 1960 by the Minnie Ste- "What's New?" consists of eight INNOVATIONS in the format space for people in an indepen- vens Piper Foundation of San Incidentally, the football team educational programs. On these for the series include a new set dent program in the library, and Antonio. resumed workouts after a 15-day programs, members of the Rice decorated with local sculptural things like a reserve reading The award, for "professional lay-off in preparation for the faculty will discuss research ad- work. Through remote unit broad- room, which the library doesn't excellence," carries with it a "battle of New Orleans." For the vances in their respective fields. casts some of the programs will have now. Although the History prize of $1000. story, see page five. THE FIRST program, sched- originate from the Rice Campus. (Continued on Page 3)

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"VWT Two THE THRESHER FRIDAY. DECEMBER 16, ltM 12-25-60 Threshing - It - Out The Christmas story once again peals out upon a Shinoda Vacates happy little stereophonic, filter-tip world of parking U tickets, bluebooks and dexedrine. Cheerleader Job The booming carols in glittering, teeming depart- ment stores remind us of the joyous message—that we In Transferring can shelve our books for bottles and speed over turn- To My Friends and Comrades pikes to share a few precious days with our families, At Rice, old friends, and perhaps lavishing what remains of My deepest apologies. I have ourselves and our wallets on a special someone. m come through and have done it Strange that the humble birth of a baby in an again. I have completely and ut- terly failed you for the second obscure village of the Near East a couple of thousand straight time. It just doesn't pay years ago should so disrupt the pattern of The Good to elect that Shinoda fellow. He Life that even the New York Stock Exchange pauses is the worst. for the day. FOR THOSE who didn't get Odd that church bells in Brussels, Boston, Buenos the chance to express their sen- Aires and Biloxi ring out to commemorate the coming timents in a violent manner be- of a child who would never know the intricacies of fore I left, I have gone. I am no economic warfare and foreign policy, much less the longer a member of the Rice Uni- versity, much to my regret. The diplomacy of cocktail party etiquette. reason is an academic one, in- Funny that angels and shepherds should share top volving leaving before my grades billing with Maverick, missiles, and sensational mur- AW, COME ON! YOU'VE GOT TIME FOR JUST ONE would be recorded and trans- ders. LITTLE DRINK! ferring to another school next se- More unusual still are the moments amid tinsel mester. I love Rice and its people and egg-nog when we realize that this celebrated in- RECESSION HITS TICKETS . . . and have hopes or returning. fant of a far-off time and place was a living symbol All I can do now is ask for of all the love and humanity that man can ever hope your forgiveness and wish you to know. the best of luck in the Sugar Parking Lot Situation Bowl. Keep behind that team; —The above editorial appeared in The Thresher, December 18, 1959. Written by Rill Delaney, then associate editor, it gives a message we feel can not be im- they're the finest there is. And proved upon.—M.T. you people are the greatest! o Gives Edge To Faculty Yours truly, PETER SHINODA, JR. By FRED PHILLIPS shadow of Rice Stadium late at With the exception of the stad- night, he said that he had in- ium parking lot there are approx- structions to tell them to move Forward *61 imately 1050 parking places on on. Weigel Speaking campus. In Chapel Jan. 4-6 As the happy, if somewhat inebriated, sound of THESE SPACES are in eight The parking situation on cam- "Auld Lang Syne" rolls across the country, we would pus this year seems quite good, The Rev. Gustave Weigel, S. major lots — the lot behind the J., Professor of Ecclesiology at take time for a look back at the accomplishments of Chemistry Building with 220 but it is easy to understand the confusion that sometimes results Woodstock College (Maryland) the dying year, and express some hopes for the new. spaces restricted to faculty and School of Divinity will come to among the students about park- For the first time in a long time, the campus is graduate students, the Hamman Rice University as Chapel Lec- the proud possessor of a department of Classics. After Hall lot with 290 spaces open to ing regulations when one notices turer on January 4, 5, and 6. forty-eight years, we are back at the roots of Western "special privilege" stickers and the signs along the street run- The lectures will be held at faculty. ning from the gym to the men's culture, the Greek and Roman civilizations. It is fitting 7:15 p.m. each evening with a The Jones lot containing colleges. that Rice's attempt to move into the charmed circle of discussion period to follow. ninety-six spaces for residents of Fr. Weigel's Ph. D. is from THE SIGNS on the south side great universities should be accompanied by the Class- Jones College, the lot behind the the Gregorian University in of the street say, "No parking ics. But The Thresher would like to see this fledging Physics Building usually for fac- Rome. He is a writer and lec- department grow, and more and more emphasis placed ulty but termoparily occupied by on this side of street," but the turer of renown, both in Cath- construction workers, Lovett Hall signs on the other side of the olic and non-Catholic publica- on it. Perhaps freshmen can begin taking Latin, and street say, "No parking at any- Greek when it is added, as well as the traditional lot with forty-six spaces for fac- tions and institutions. ulty and visitors, Cohen House time." French and German. Maybe we can even dignify the lot with seventy-one spaces for campus with a few classics majors. faculty only. The Fine Arts Department is another addition. THE LIBRARY lot containing We would hope that 1961 sees more music, more art, fifty spaces also for faculty only, Store's Profits Explained: and all the faculty needed in this important part of the and last, but most important to cultural life of the university. the students, the college lot with 189 spaces for the residents of Defraying RMC Expenses We even have an anthropologist, the kernel of an- the men's colleges. other new department. Two months ago $19,371.58 was provided most of the typewriters Temporary parking is also per- transferred from the account of used by student organizations New faculty poured in last year, and already they mitted for thirty minutes in the the Rice Campus Store to the housed there. are stirring up intellectual storms. We can not spaces so marked at the Student University in order to help de- ask for any better qualified, but we would like to have Cener, and for forty-five minutes fray the expenses of operating THE POLICY of the store is more of the same in 1961.. < at Lovett Hall. the Studeot Center. determined by the 'Campus Store FACULTY MEMBERS have THE RICE CAMPUS Store is Board of Control, consisting of A whole new building was given to the academic about 765 spaces on campus while the President of the University, quadrangle. With all the massive building program, not, nor does it pretend to be, a undergraduate studeflts have discount house for Rice students. Dr. Sims, and Verne Simons; with we would like to see the men's colleges air-conditioned. about 405. Also the faculty mem- On most items besides books, William S. Mackey and John Ken- Along with the tremendous expansion of the cur- bers may park in any of these however, the prices here are low- nedy serving in an advisory ca- riculum, we saw a new phenomenon this year—the spaces depending on who gets er than the manufacturers sug- pacity. There are two voting stu- there first while all the student gested list price, and lower than dent-members of the Board, se- Independent Work program. The Thresher staff has lected for a two-year period by been working independently for a long time, and we spaces are rigidly assigned. most smaller colleges' campus The Proctor, Mr. Foley, when stores'. the Senate. They are Boyd King, give the new program a resounding vote of confidence. asked about the parking ticket Through the years the store 133 Hanszen, and Barry Moore, Last, but most of all, the University saw the res- situation this year, said that he has greatly contributed to cam- 329 Wiess. « ignation of a great president. All we could wish for is has been giving only eight to ten „ pus activities of students: it Any questions, complaints, or someone to try and fill his shoes. tickets a day, significantly less bought the old furniture in the suggestions about the operation What it adds up to is that our small university than in the past. basement of the library for the of the Campus Store, should be took some giant steps forward last year. Our hope for HE FELT that this drop in * Student Center, it furnished the forwarded to your student repre- tickets is due to an increased office furniture in the Center, and sentatives. 1961: added momentum.—W. P. amount of co-operation on the part of the students as evidenced by the fact that there has been Help Fight TB very litle trouble this year with The Thresher students not putting parking An all-tludent newspaper for 44 years stickers on their cars. The Rice Thresher, thT"official student newspaper of Rice University, Is published weekly from September to June, except during holiday recesses Mr. Foley also expressed a and examination periods, and when unusual circumstances warrant a special reasonably lenient attitude to- issue. The opinions expressed are those of the student staff and do not ward students who park illegally necessarily reflect the views of the Rice University administration. just to run in somewhere and BILL DELANEY DICK VIEBIG those who commit minor offenses Editor Business Manager such as parking out of the lines. MARJORIE TRULAN MILTON NIRKEN THE BURNS Agency patrol- CHRISTMAS X GREETINGS Associate Editor Advertising Manager man, who is on duty at night, GRIFFIN SMITH BURTON SILVERMAN Managing Editor Circulation Director expressed the same type of len- EM LINDAMOOD DENIS ASHTON, BILL PANNILL iency towards minor violations. Newt Editor ." Editorial Assistants About cars that "park" in the Buy Christmas Seals FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1960 THE THRESHER Three

Band Appearing 7 Barbers 2 Manicurists Religious Council Votes Shearon Barbers Featuring Junior Sizes On TVr At Bowl Next to Post Office in Village Casual Feminine Fashions The Rice Band, with an ex- 2460 BOLSOVER pected strength of eighty mem- To Drop Chapel Worship Appointments JA 9-0948 bers, wiil leave Houston In- In a special meeting Monday SINCE THIS IS merely a re- ternational Airport by com- night, the Religious Council voted commendation, it Will have to be mercial DC-7 airliners early unanimously to recommend that acted on by the faculty com- January 1, 1961. all order of worship be dropped mittee on religious activities be- During the two days of from the chapel services. fore any action can be taken. In m Sugar Bowl festivities they It was felt that since many the event that the recommenda- plan to quarter at the new speakers, such as Dr. Paul Weiss tion is agreed to by the faculty Hilton Inn, located near the committee, the chapel programs VILLAGE BELLAIRE] who spoke two weeks ago, pre- 2519 University 5105 Bellairej Crescent City's airport. ferred not. to speak as part of a will probably consist of an organ program followed by the speaker A FEW HOURS after arriv- worship service, and since many and then a discussion period. ing in New Orleans, the band students would rather worship in will apear on a television show their own denominational serv- which salutes the Sugar Bowl ices, the purpose of the chapel XV - teams. On Monday the band services could be better served has scheduled a ten-minute » If you have a new baby! f* And over (3,000 of it wil!^ by conducting them as lecture ' $12.50 a week saving* at show before the game in addi- and discussion periods about var- I University wffl amrant to . | come from Interest. That's < tion to its regular halftime ious topics of religion. ^ over 914,000 by college time. / \ smart money! y* program. Wiess Hosts Girls The Smart Money Earns per annum curren49t ratbe _ 4 Minit Man times a year At Caroling Party ra1 Wiess College hosted the Jones carolers Monday night for a tree- Car Wash decorating, etc., party. Warmed by a crackling fire and plenty of America's Finest hot chocolate, members of the two colleges kept busy stringing Car Washing popcorn and tinsel over the tree and each other. k 5001 S. MAIN Entertainment was provided by I the Wiess Guys quartet, consist- 6900 HARRISBURG ing of Litt Fowler, Richard Scott, Doty Murphy, and Chuck Ying- $1 with Rice ID 5229 Bellaire Blvd. 6135 Kirby Drive ling. Later the group, accompani- ed by Glennie Scott who \vas "volunteered" into playing the piano, staged a two-hour song fest ranging from the Hallelujah Chorus to Kingston Trio. o DR. NELSON . . . (Continued from Page 1) Filters for Department's budget for books has been doubled in the last five years, it was originally very flavor small. As new faculty are added, we have to spend more and more on books — we should be spend- —finest flavor by far! ing about four time the amount on books we are now. A person writing a thesis should be sup-

plied with books and microfilms Yiiiininii as he needs them, and this re- quires more money. And, we ran through the money allocated, for this year — that is, until July, 1961 — last month. We don't even have enough left of our allocation to buy books for the Tareyton graduate students who need them. A good senior thesis should be as long or longer than a master's thesis, and this means books and documents and money to buy them. THE SECOND requirement for an independent work program is a rearrangement in curriculum. The course work is now too long. It needs to be compressed into the first two and a half years, to allow the senior year to be devoted largely to the writing of the senior thesis. In the fresh- man and sophomore years, we j DUAL FILTER need to compress the work, so that juniors will be ready to begin their independent work. As matters stand now, juniors haven't written enough long papers to embark on a long, 20 Here's how the DUAL FILTER DOES IT: or 25,O0Q word thesis. So our sophomore and junior courses Tareyton has the taste— 1. It combines a unique inner filter of ACTIVATED CHARCOAL need to be stepped up to the * ;.. definitely proved to make the taste of a cigarette mild and level of senior courses, and smooth... ~~ ——— freshman courses made more in- . Dual Filter tensive. Not necessarily any 2. with a pure white outer filter. Together they select and balance harder, though. the flavor elements in the smoke. Tareyton's flavor-balance give? Q: Do you have any opinion you the best taste of the best tobaccos. on the recent Thresher editorials does it! J on the freshman history courses ? / A: I am very pleased to see The Thresher showing a real, NEW DUAL FILTER constructive interest in the cur- Tareyton riculum. — c/a&uteo is our middle name q * ' f Four THE THRESHER FRIDAY. DECEMBER If, 1960 KX- HIGH SOBRIETY . . . Compliments of SANITARY Christmas Spirits Due For Boost By HARRIETT HYATT charge of the affair and gifts ac- Christmas tradition Saturday Christmas spirits should1 get a companied by poems are to be night with its Pajama Dance at LAUNDERERS boost this weekend as many cam- exchanged. the Houston Tennis Club. Mem- 1639 BISSONNET JA 3-2517 pus groups plan pre-holiday cele- CRLS MEMBERS and their bers and dates should dress ac- brations. dates will celebrate with a pro- cordingly. The Carl Adams sep- The architecture department gressive dinner Friday night tet from I.S.U. will play for will have its annual Christmas with various courses at the homes dancing. party Friday afternoon at the of NANCY THORNALL, ANNE Santas MIKE DAVIS and BOB Time for Christmas Cards and Gifts? Contemporary Arts Association. WITTE, and JEANNE BRYAN. G ARLINGTON are practicing Sophomore class members are in Will Rice College revives a their ho-ho-hos in preparation for the the Rally Club p&rty Saturday. A combo will furnish dance mu- SUGAR BOWL ROOMS sic at the Saxony Club and the Closest Hotel To Stadium Messrs. Claus plan to present cer- ice tain members with appropriate gifts. The COLUMNS is family type hotel near Tulane- Campus Store Sugar Bowl Stadium. Popular with students and PALS AND SLLS will enter- parents. Large, comfortable rooms. Economical rates. tain their dates with Christmas has a complete supply of Write TODAY for information. fetes Sunday night. PALS party at LESLIE CUMMINGS' home, Christmas cards and wrapping while SLLS will be at CHAR- COLUMNS HOTEL LENE PRESCOTT's. paper, plus many gift ideas 3811 St. Charles Ave., N.O., La. — TW 5-5872 "Here's Mud in Your Eye," the senior class contribution to Rice musicals, scored a huge success last weekend. After the final cur- tain, class president JACK LOWE presented gifts of appre- ciation to author JAY BUTLER, and directors TOM McKEOWN and PHIL KUSNETZKY. Cast members partied afterward at Club Cresendo. Among the mer- ry-makers were DON and BREN- DA RAMSEY, CLARE KOL- LENBERG, ALLAN NILSSON, MARY LEE and RICHARD BAIN. OWLS CELEBRATED the holidays with a buffet dinner and dancing at MARY ANN CAL- KINS' home Sunday night. MARY ANN LIPSCOMB, JOHN MULLEN, LILA FITZGERALD, and JIM KITCHELL were among the guests. As a last note for . I960, we wish you all a very Merry Christ- vf mas. See you in New Orleans! OUR STANDARDS ARE HIGH, TOO • * • CENTERAMA By PAT JONES 'RAY!!! It's party time again! This time it's the all-school Christmas blast in the RMC ball- room . . . complete with combo and entertainment. Jerry Coker and his combo from Huntsville will play and the combined Baker-Jones choir will sing while the band takes a break. There'll be plenty of egg-nog and cookies for everyone. Things get underway at 8:00 pm so be sure to be there! Dress is casual, by the way . . . The Christmas tree was dec- orated Tuesday night by the li- brary coffee group and other in- terested onlookers. Among the latter were Newton Hamner, Tommy McBride, Gail Anderson, and Ed Raines. Coffee, cookies and carols were also in evidence. Thanks to the Student Union convention in New Orleans, the RMC will be bringing some really great entertainment our way. (See! They really did get some- thing done!) No one's supposed ... and our opportunities and rewards are great. Be- We would like to talk to you if you will be receiving a to tell who it's going to be, but cause data processing applications have been grow- bachelor's or advanced degree in engineering, sci- they (the entertainment) are tre- ing rapidly, we have a number of different kinds of ence, mathematics, economics, or business admin- mendous. More details later. . . openings in Data Processing Marketing for.outstand- istration. IBM will interview on your campus soon. Don't forget to make movie ing men with exceptional ability and ambition. See your Placement Director for additional informa- suggestions. The order will be sent in sometime during the holi- tion and to arrange an appointment. Or, if you prefer, The rewards are excellent and the work challenging. days so be sure to speak up! please write: Men who qualify will be trained to introduce the most Merrie Christmas!! modern data processing techniques to top executives in business and industry, and to act as consultants Mr. J. E. Russell, Branch Manager, IBM Corp., Complete Cleaning to present users. * 2601 South Main Street, Houston 2, Texas, CA 3-4721 I Laundry Service

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Editor's note . . . Due to a Owls Resume Workonb lack of space this Week, We have no Ovlook or information on the LERITIS AUTO SERVICE basketball team which is present- Motor Tune-Up Brake Service Wheel Aligning Preparing For Sugar Bowl Iy compiling a record against in- 2502 TANGLEY JA 6-3781 tersectional teams as good as anjj In The Village By CHARLES DEDMON game outings, and they are a 10 The Owl gridders resumed to 14 point favorite to continue in the SWC. Our apologies to all workouts Monday after a 15 day their mastery. concerned. lay off in preparation for their Texas National January 2 Sugar Bowl date with "SPECIAL" $9.95 Mississippi. Bank. The prime objective of the ANY PORTABLE TYPEWRITER or HOUSTON Owls according to halfback Max CLEANED, OILED & ADJUSTED Webb is to "stop Gibbs." Jake ' Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Gibbs is the Mississippi quarter- back who runs, passes, and kicks Smith Corona - Galaxie equally well. He has averaged only $125.00 plus tax Ribbons - Supplies II ovft 40 yards punting and com- pleted 66 out of 109 passes. His Reidy & Walker JA 2-2200 biggest threat is on the roll-out Business Machines Co. 1719 Bissonnet REAL TAILORS pass or run option. For his ex- cellence in the signal calling de- CUSTOM TAILORING partment Gibbs won the Heisman Imported & Domestic Woolens trophy. GIBBS IS BACKED up with 'ONE'S A MEAL' Individually Designed & Tailored two fine halfbacks, Doty, and the To Your Specifications 212 pound terror, Crespino. The Brooks System Sandwich Shops fullback Anderson played as much WE RENT TUXEDOS last year as did Ail-American Fine Food For Everyone Charlie Flowers which is a tri- bute to Anderson's ability. With 2520 Amherst 2252 W. Holcombe Headquarters For College Blazers these fast, heavy backs the Ole IN THE VILLAGE IN BRAESWOOD Miss offense is centered mostly 2128 Portsmouth 5422 Richmond Rd. 402 Milam FA 3-2404 on inside plays. 9047 So. Main The Rebels also boast a strong, fast line built around the place kicking center Greene. The small- est man on the line weighs 205 pounds. Ole Miss enters the game ranked number 2 in the nation, and are the only undefeated ma- jor college team with only a 6-6 deadlock with L.S.U. to blot their record. Ole Miss has never lost to a SWC team in three bowl

'Mural Cagers m Near Playoffs - By LOUIS SMITH As intramural basketball heads into its final week of play, there are still two undefeatted teams in each league. By the time this is printed, that condition will be changed. On Tuesday night the Movers and the Grubb Club square off while the Thursday league champion should be de- cided in the game between the mm:** Tall Boys and the Hell Raisers. The freshman league appears to be headed for a tie between the Randys and the Baker Owls. THE TUESDAY league saw action last Saturday to enable them to play four games during the week. The Bods got by the Ishtah A. C. (as did everybody else in the league!) by a 24-19 score. In another close game the same night, the Grubb Club beat "FIND THE ANSWER, JIM-AND BRING IT BACK" the Alpha Sigs 31-29. Charles Gi- raud led the Grubbs' to their next When Jim Boardman took his B.S. in Elec- Six months later, Jim turned in his recom- victory, a 35-21 game with the trical Engineering at Colorado State, there was mendations. His plan was accepted. Bods. The Alpha Sigs then beat one idea uppermost in his mind. He wanted a Next stop: Colorado Springs. Here Jim the Ishtah A.C. 26-20. The Thursday League, playing job in which he could work his way into man- worked out a plan to expand telephone facilities only on Thursday, found the agement via the engineering route. As he puts for this burgeoning community. This plan, too, Fifths on top of the Wiess Birds it, "I didn't want to stick with straight engi- is now in operation. 44-42. In the other game, the neering all my life." Today, at 24, Jim has an important role in Dunkers forfeited to the Tall Boys. After talking to eight other organizations planning where, how much, and what kind of Jim joined The Mountain States Telephone & telephone service is needed in the Denver area. Spirit (!) Ribbons Telegraph Company. He soon got the kind of Here's how Jim puts it: "We get tough assign- If you're going to New Or- action he was looking for. ments—but we also have the freedom to take hold leans, show your colors! Wiess and do a job. I think the future here is unlimited. , His first assignment: How best to improve College is sponsoring the sale If a man wants to do it—it's there to be done." of Texas-size Sugar Bowl spirit widely scattered rural telephone service all over ribbons available for only 15 Colorado—a sticky. engineering challenge. He If you're a guy who can "Find the answer— cents. was given a free hand to work out his own pro- and bring it back" —you'll want to get with a com- cedures. His boss simply said, "Find the answer, pany where you have the chance. Visit your Place- Harold's Jim—and bring it back." ment Office for literature and additional information.

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