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A L I • * * - • • r . • i> • • $~> a .1 For As 40 T«an All Student College Officer Newspaper College Officer ) Pictures Pictures On Page 7 THRE On Page 7 Volume Forty-Four—Number 23 HOUSTON, TEXAS FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1957 Student Council Janitor Hired, Campus Is Tense Honor Council For Big Election Petitions Rejected BY LINDA DAVIS The petitions have been turned in and all that remains BY ERLENE HUBLY is the actual election. This will take place Monday, March The meeting centered around 25, in front of the library. Voting will be done by voting janitors and elections (all in one machines. One of the largest lists of candidates for an all breath) with a little charity school election in the history of Rice is composed of—Stu- thrown in . the half dollar pay m dent Association—President hike per hour for the post of jan- itor stirred up a little activity nominees, Don Caddes, Hen- and six applied—all the way from > ry Gissel, Steve Shapiro; Candidates To Mr. Johnson (the day janitor) to [ Vice-President—Patti Bl&ckletlge, the Rally Club. Fred Henry, who [ Linda Davis; Secretary — Ann Plead Causes sent in an hilarious letter to the i Page; Treasurer — Frank Dent; council recommending himself in! Councilman-at-Large —Lee Do- 1 At Forum Rally such terms as: "I have never been | ziei , Brooks Godfrey, Park Wea- Today at noon the candidates a part of any organization advo-! ve)'. HURRICANE, ANYONE?—Maybe the freshmen for the various class elective eating the overthrow of the gov- j Cheerleader candidates are: offices will be presented. Design- ernment . and am opposed | won't be serving hurricanes like those at Pat O'Brien's Ann Bartlett, Helen Bloxom, Don ; ed to present the candidates of to big red cans" . lost a close j at their New Orleans dance tomorrow, but Jim Anderson, Bt esie, Flo Burris, Lin Davis,' their respective classes, the meet- race to Walt Willet . who will i Carolyn Dearmond, Sam Denny, I Margie Moore, and Jim Gunn promise the festivities will ings are sponsored by the Forum be the new lounge janitor. Good j Robert Dopson, Jay Elston, Vicki ; be as exciting as any hurricane. Committee. luck, Walt and goodbye to Hank, I Finkenberger,'Joe Fry, Bob Ful; Jim Hedges will preside as whom the council will miss. j mer, Bill Hall, Julie Johnson, Harvin Moore, Rilda Richardson, chairman at the meeting for Charity Drive Frosh Dance Set Michael Smelley, Homer Spencer, fifth year candidates in 104 An- Ken Peden then gave a report Shelby Starr and Tommie Lu derson Hall. on the '57 Charity Drive, statins' Storm. Senior class office candidates will meet in 108 Anderson Hali, that $1738 had been collected so Tomorrow Night Honoree Aspirants far for the TB hospital, $238 over with Bob Harris as chairman. BY MEYER NATHAN sphere. There won't be any danc- Honoree aspirants are Ann the goal. When this is added to Candidates for junior offices ing on the levees or merrymaking Bartlett, Patti Blackledge, Penny i that already collected for the In New Orleans, 1957's Mardi (Continued on Page 10) in the street^,., but for $3.00 a Blackledge, Helen Bloxom, Flo j Gras is just a memory; but for O Hungarian Drive, the total comes Burris, Cody Caldwell, Corrina j Rice students, Mardi "Gras-^or a couple of soft lights and Dixie- -to $2788 which the students and C&rr, Linda Davis, Carolyn Dear- f reasonable facsimile) will be land music will set the scene for faculty have given to charity mond, Annita Fite, Harriet Ho- j here tomorrow night. the fun. Concert, Lecture this year—some record! . Ken All-Student Gala kanson, Billie Joan Kettler, Una | ---• • . j thanks you . The Freshman Class dance, "A Nite in New Orleans," yvill pro- The dance, open to the entire Lynn Mattiza, Eleanor Mengden, i Ufl MUSIC AgCIlUa (Continued on Page 9) vide that good ole festive atmo- student body, will be held at the Sammie O'Kelley, Eileen O'Leary, Knights of Columbus Ballroom, Ann Page, Phyllis Phair, Rilda i R^e Institute will present the Dennis and Louisiana, from 9 Richardson, Sandra Schlafke, and : third annual chamber music con- pm till 1 am. The KC Ballroom Doris Winans. ! cert °f the Dr. and Mrs. Henry POLL SHOWS CAMPUS is conveniently located between _ i Leigh Bartlett series in Fondren (lass B Graduates . Rice and the business district. y Lecture Lounj;e on Fri Graduates: President FAVORS INTEGRATION One of the best attractions of March 22> at 8;15 Bo Wilbanks; Vice I resident j ]| Beethoven's Integration At Rice? In mediate integration and 167. or the dance seems to be its price— Thf progtam wi bc Schools ? On Buses ? These ques- 32 favored eventual integra- (Continued on Fage 6) (Continued on page 5) ; Quartet, Opus 127 in B-flat; De- tions were put to a straw vote tion against 109 or 20.8% who bussy's Sacred and Profane Friday with results showing al- opposed integration. | Dances, for Harp and Strings; ; most a two thirds majority of stu- ' Public School Integration and the Debussy Quartet in G dent and faculty opinion to be In the vote on the integration More Royalty For minor. in favor of integration either of public schools close to half Beatrice Schroeder Rose will immediately or eventually. ! (260 or 4-9.8%) of the ballots i assist tlie Houston Chamber Mu- Jointly sponsored by the favored eventual integration of Rondelet Elected j sic Guild Quartet in this concert. Thresher and the Forum Commit- the public schools/Another 22.2% Lecture on Beethoven tee, the poll was conducted for (116 voters) favored immediate Rondelet Court elections were man of Rondelet, refuses to di- On Sunday afternoon at 3:00 the purpose of gauging campus integration. Opposition to the in- held last Monday, March 18 with vulge the theme or the colors of in the Lecture Lounge Dr. Don- opinion on the subject and will tegration of public schools total- Angela Jones, Patti Blackledge,: the pageant and dance, but from aid W. MacArdle will lecture on have no effect on future Rice ed 27.4% (143 votes.) Sandra Schlafke and Beverly, all the busy people it should Beethoven and his works. Policy- | Votes favoring integration of Montgomery elected D u c h e s s| prove to be the best in recent; Dr. MacArdle has contributed 522 Votes • the Rice institute totaled 61.4%: from the Senior, Junior, Sopho-' year. Rondelet is under the aus- to the new article on Beethoven A total of 522 votes were cast 171 or 32.7% favoring immediate more and Freshman Classes re- pices of the Women's Council but in the latest edition of Grove's in the election: 15 faculty mem- integration and 150 or 28.7% spectively. ! is aided each year by many cam- Dictionary. He graduated from bers and 507 students. According favoring eventual integration. A The Senior class also elected | P"s organizations. M.I.T. with an engineering de- to classification, voting was as cautious 37.7% (197 voters- op- Florence Grfay, Erlene Hubly, Committees (Continued on Page 3) follows: Freshmen, 139; Sopho- posed integration of Rice at any Elaine Illig, Helen Lehman, Rita This year's committees were mores, 126; Juniors, 117; Seniors, time. Miller, Elaine Schwinger, LaNell( the one thing that Corinna would 87; Graduate Students, 26, and Bus Integration Ueckert and Ann Westerfield to tell. Student Association repre- not classified, 12. I Immediately Eventually Not their court. | sentative from the same group at All Bus integration received the FAC 100 * 0 • 0 Sue Carol Brugier, Linda Davis, will work with Ann Farmer on greatest number of affirmative ggAD ®g*BI 27 * 28.8* 25 3! I Annita Fite, Nancy Head, Elea-j patron bids. The Engineering Soc- votes: 243 or 46.6% favored im- JR. !Z'."Z"46.i* 32.5* 21.3*! nor Mengden, Ann Page, Phyllis; iety's Joel ,Cyprus and Tim Wat- SOPH 44.6* 32.5* .2* I • A FROSH 42.6* 86.6* 20.2* | Phair and Doris Winans will re-! son will hande the sound for" the UNCLAS. .83 * 41.6* 25 * 1 'Denotes per cent present the Junior Class. pageant with Architecture Soc- Debaters Qualify. Public School Integration Sophomore Class | iety members Dick Audrain and Immediately Eventually Not Maids from Sophomore Class (Continued on Page 2) at All For Three-State FAC. 40 • 46.6* 6.6 * will be Lin Davis, Barbara Far- . GRAD 34.5* 42.8* 19.2* HONOR COUNCIL TRIALS I SR 24.2* 41.4* 34.5* | ren, HaiTiet Hokanson, Pat Ivy, Since the last report, the . JR 26.5* 50.2* District Tourney 1 SOPH 17.4* 54.7* Estelle Kestenberg, Marilyn Kin- Honor Council has held six The Rice Institute debate team FROSH. 19.4* 50.2* 80.2* zer, Sammie O'Kelley, and Rilda uncle's 66 * 33 hearings and trials of Rex Martin and Roy Hofheinz * Denotes per cent Richardson. Escorts will be an- The verdicts handed down by Rice Integration has been chosen as one of nine nounced at a later date. the council were guilty — 2, Immediately Eventually Not teams to travel to Denton, Texas at All The Freshman Court consists and not guilty — 4. on March 29 to compete in the FAC . 60 * 20 * 13.3* of Sandra Brown, Lynn Hart, GRAD . 58.8* 19.2* 27 • The two persons found West Point Qualification Tourna- SR .. 28.8* 31.1* 40.2* Patty Hulett, Mary Lacey, Mar- guilty were suspended for a .TR.