Ww i Owls To Host Classic

For An Crimson Tide of Alabama To 37 Yean All Student Newspaper Supply New Year's Opposition By J. FRED DUCKETT For the third time in eight years, the Bice Owls travel to a major bowl classic. Thanks to their awe-inspiring stomp of Baylor last week, Rice is the 1954 host team in the Cotton Bowl at , entertaining the powerful Alabama champion of the . The Crimson Tide finished the sea- Volume Forty-One Number Ten HOUSTON, TEXAS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1953 son last week by edging Gator and a tie. Only U.S.C.'s nine wins Bowl bound Auburn 10-7 and in eleven Rose Bowl trials tops this. thereby winning their Bowl bid. The Owls, after a two week layoff Coach Red Drew's split T formation will resume practice for the game ^ ^ T * >7.1' > »1-v p.M, $ powerhouse won six games this year on December 14, and will continue 10 3 7 ; B B 73 74 and with 2 losses and three ties. The throughout the Christmas holidays. losses were to national champ Mary- Rice scouts have not been able to ?»H -V- -- - 4•••"-Hr'^t V *t r w» land two weeks ago, and an opening 5S 71 see Alabama play this season, though *3- •»« .31 »..B0 * «.44~r,q- - 77,53, c4..90-,76 game upset loss to little Mississippi the Tide's coaching staff has scouted Southern College. One of their vic- , f * f t * f f f # f » f the Owls twice. tories was a 13-6 decision over Sugar 3 6 The reason for this is somewhat • ?, )j .I •*•6? ,.<2.«61w-SS«*?£» 70^2#?$: 98,^.49-. » Bowl host Georgia Tech. uncertain, but Rice Coach, Jess This will be Rice's fourth bowl Neely, said that while Auburn and appearance. The Owls are unbeat- Alabama were informed that the r en in post-season play, owning vic- winner of their game would re- tories in the Cotton Bowl over ceive the bid, he was not told and Colorado 28-14 in 1838 and over so therefore was completely in the |||||||jijp;' • . ' ' -.J" * - * ' * ' <- > * •? . ' North Carolina 27-18 in 1949, as dark as to who the SWC champ ^ THE 1953 BICE OWLS, co-champions in Southwest Conference football, who will play well as an 8-0 Orange Bowl vic- would play. tory over Tennessee in 1947. host to the "Crimspn Tide", of Alabama in the Cotton Bowl New Year's Pay. Thpre were five teams under con- On the other, hand, Alabama, is sideration which Rice could have one of the "bowlingest" teams in scouted, but no one team had any the nation, having appeared in 11 advantage thp last time the Rice Senior Ring Orders To New Year's day classics with a rec- staff was told of the possibilities, Frosh Will Select ord of seven wins and three losses and it's rather hard to scout five Be Taken Dec. 8 and 9 teams and still have enough coaches to run your own ball team. However, Class Officers Orders for senior rings will be scouted or not, the Owls still figure taken next Tuesday and Wednes- Dec. 12 Limit On o keep the Cotton Bowl champion- The Freshman Class will select to submit petitions containing ten day, December 8 and 9 in the ship at home and not to ruin Rice's its officers in an election Monday, freshman signatures, signed state- lounge from 8:30 A.M. until 1 Cotton Bowl Ducats or 's unbeaten Bowl rec- o'clock. Seniors are reminded December 7. The officers to be ments that the candidate had read Student tickets for the Cotton ord. that this is the only opptfttilnity filled are class president, vice-presi- the Constitution and Bylaws of the Bowl game will be handled like all This year's Alabama team is typi- to order their rings and that a dent, secretary-treasurer, and three Student Association, and a 50c fil- other out-of-town games. Enough cal of Coach Red Drew, medium in $5.00 deposit will be required- Student Council representatives. ing fee to pay for the cost of the tickets have been set aside to guar- size, but quick and tough. The Tusca- Freshmen will have ah opportunity ballots. antee each Rice student his o*wn loosa Red elephants depend largely to hear the candidates for these of- and one gueg£ ticket. Tickets^aust on their first /unit for the balance of fices' at aurally Saturday at noon in be bought by noon on Saturday, the game time. However, it was the A.H. 110. December 12/ No. 2 unit who went in and "scored The rally, which is sponsored by Tickets will be available at the the Crimson Tide's only 6 pointer the Rice Forum, will allow each Rice Field House from December 3 against Auburn. Mainstays of the candidate for the presidency or vice- to December 12. Each student must elephants speedy backfield are Bob- presidency ten minutes and each Undergradute, Grad Members present his blanket tax at the time by Luna, 180 pound left half and candidate for the secretary-treasur- of purchase and also at the gate in Corky Tharp, 170 pound right half, The Texas Gamma Chapter of as alumni members of the Tennes- ship or one of the student council Dallas. They "have been the leaders in a posts five minutes. Tau Beta Pi initiated five under- see Beta Chapter of Vanderbilt Uni- Each student ticket will sell for ground attack that has gained 20(57 yards in 10 games. Presidential candidates are: Olen graduate members and four alumni versity. Both gentlemen graduated $2.40 (half price) and each guest Brown, George Brightwell, Hank members on November 23 in the from Vanderbilt in 1938, and now ticket for $4.80 (regular price). Bart Starr, rugged 180 pounds, Coors, Duke Howze, Kenneth Peden, lecture lounge of Fondren Library. reside in Baytown, Texas. Seats will be on the east side of operates at quarinrlwck for the Ramans, and occasionally shifts to Wesley Pittman, George Payne. Tau Beta Pi is a national engineer- The new members will be honored the Cotton Bowl, from the 40 yard line to the end zone. The best seats tailback in the Red Drew's version Those seeking the vice-presiden- ing honor fraternity. Its purpose is at an initiation dinner Saturday will be secured by the earliest tic- cy are: Pauline Applebaum, Freddie of the Notre Dame box. Fullback to mark in a fitting manner those night at the San Jacinto Inn. ket buyers. Fredrick, Florence Gray, Elaine II- (Continued on Page 6) who have conferred honor upon 0 lig, Helen Lehman, Anita Moore, Elaine Schwinger. their Alma Mater by distinguished scholarship and exemplary charac- Final Faculty Talk Candidates for secretary-treasur- Players Schedule er are: Bob Fri, Roy Hofheinz, Jack ter as undergraduates in engineer- Holland, George Mcllheran, Bob ing, or by their attainments as To Be Delivered Matthews, Gene 'Powers, Bob Schu- alumni in the field of engineering. Poem Reading Sunday macher. Bo Wilbanks. By Dr. Hudson The five new undergraduate mem- The three Student Council repre- By BILL GORDON , By MARK M OR ft IS sentatives will come from: Mark bers are George A. Hedick, Jr., j The Rice Players have scheduled Beers, Donald Joe Brown, Kenneth Richard P. Massey, Thomas A. Rab- "Current Problems in the Near First Formal Dance a reading of John Milton's dramatic Carter, Mary Lou Clark, Dorothy son, Robert R. Spencer and Uurich East" will be the topic of Dr. B. B. Set For January 8 poem, Samson Agonistes this Sim- Dobbins, Libby Farrar, Barbara R. Wolff. Mr. . Rabson is Texas Hudson, Associate Professor of Psy- day, December sixth in the Fondren Forester, Earlene Hubly, Martha "The Engineer," traditionally the Library Lecture Lounge at eight pm. Gamma's honor fourth-year engin- chology, who presents the final Rice Jenkins, Aiui Lewis, Rex Martin, Faculty Lecture of 1953 in the Fon- first formal of the year, will be Bob Fri and Jean Youngblood are Ellen Piet^avalle, Lannie Price, Pat eefing student. The others are fifth- to portray Samson and Delila. The dren Lecture Lounge on Sunday af- held January 8, the first Friday aft- year engineers. Mr. Hedick is a civil role of the giant will be enacted by Sheehan, Dixie Sick, Herbert Sim- er the Christmas holidays, in the mons, LaNelle Ueckert, Jimmy engineer, Mr. Massey and Mr. Rab- ternoon at 4:00 PM. Fred Woods and Sandy Havens is to Crystal Ballroom. Ed Gerlach will Wyekoff. son ' are electrical engineers, and Dr. Hudson*s discussion will cen- read the part of Manoa. James ter" On some of the problems created 'supply the music from 8 till 12. Korges and Fred Lux are cast as Candidates* were required to file Mr. Spencer and Mr. - Wo)ff are by noon Tuesday. To file they had by western influence in the Near Miss Slipstick and her two Prin- the messenger and the officer re- Chamical engineers. East. "The problems in the Near cesses will be presented during in- spectively and the choi us will be Mr. Mason G. Lockwood and Mr. East are typical of those throughout composed of John Burns and Duke Premed Society To Herbert Allen were initiated as the world where society is under- termission of the dance. They will Howse. Hold Monthly Meeting alumni members of the Texas Gam- going rapid change; in a sense they have been elected previously by a The director is to be James Dean ma Chapter. Both are Rice gradu- result from, the meeting of two cul- secret ballot of the Engineering So- Young, faculty sponsor of the Play- The Premedical Society will hold ates; Mr. Lockwood of the class of tures creating a conflict of values," ciety. ers, and 'the production is being co- its monthly meeting Wednesday, 1927, and Mr. Allen of the class of he remarks. Bob Sledge, president of the So- ordinated by Tom Olcott and Sandy December 9. Dr. Thomas D. Cronin, 1929. Mr. Lockwood and Mr. Allen For the past two summers Dr. ciety, stated that the reason for Havens, with the assistance of Geor- a Rice graduate, will speak on plas- .are term members of the Board of Hudcon has been working on co- postponement of the dance was due gia Hink, business manager. tic surgery, and his talk will be il- Trustees of the Rice Institute. operative research in the Near £ast "to their inability to secure both a The Rice student body is invited lustrated with colored slides of "be- Mr. Armand M. Souby and Mr. covering problems which he will dis- dance band and a site on the date to this production, which is open fore and after." Wilson D. Seyfried were initiated cuss. assigned, December 5. to the public free of charge. Coming Soon - - The Rice Follies of '54 - - See Page 4 Two THE THRESHER SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1953 Engineer Mag Hits DeMolay Service Organization Society (fampus Stands By DOftTIIYLE NICHOLL and CHERYLL MADISON The first issue of the Rice Engin- Established On Rice Campus Activities have been booming fast and furious for the Rice set during eer is now on sale at the Co-op and the past two weeks. . . . Many Rice people journeyed to Fort Worth for elsewhere on the campus. The addi- The R.D.A. has been established dent, Bill Musgrove; chaplin, Jim as a service organization on the the T.C.U.-Rice game: Tommy McKittrick, Carol Lane, Bob Buck, Ed Bennett; secretary, Mike Horwitz; tion of a number of pages of nation- campus with the approval of the treasurer, Ronnie Flynn; and Ad- Harris, Gretchen Ferris, Curtis Goedecke, Paul Cochran were rooting for al advertising is the major improve- Student Council. The by-laws and a the Big Blue. . . . Polly-dragging at "Jack's" Friday night were Mary Coy ment over last year's issues. Most plan of organization have been'drawn visor, "Dad" Lewis B. Ryon, profes- and Ross Rumph, Gort Moore and Grim Schill. . . . The same night enjoy- of these ads are full page ads from up. sor of Civil Engineering. ing the "Cell-Block-Seven" in Dallas were Pam Riley, Green Weidler, aircraft manufacturers and other Officers for this semester are R.D.A. has planned a tentative president, Dave Brown; vice-presi- Sarah Luger, Van Smith. . . . Saturday night dancing at the "Casino" in large national companies. campus service program and also Fort Worth were Ann Norris, Frank Jones, DeeDee Meek, Bill Turnham. Among the articles in this issue Tentative Plans Set future social functions. .. Attending Gretchen Frye's open house: Fred Johnson, Emmitt Taylor, is a discussion of seismic instrumen- The club began the school year Jim Wildman, Judy Robey, Brad Thompson, Barbara Forester. . . . Party- tation by Wallace Williams, who By Rondelet Committee with a luncheon for members at has worked in that field several Youngblood's. As one of its projects ing after the game were Rice-ex John McClane, Mary Brown, Alan Pierce, summers. The 1954 Rondelet Committee R.D.A. will visit a Houston DeMolay Donna Conley. ... In Houston the same weekend listening to the game After spending a summer an- held its second meeting on Tuesday, Chapter once a month. Members at Joyce Gibson's house were Thad Putnam, Don Henry, Paula Cargill, alyzing the stresses in helicoptor December 1, Tentative plans were served as an installing team in Lea- made concerning the entertainment Clayton Stone. ... At Lynne Koehler's were Bull Bullen, Dick Karig, Joan rotors, Richard Massey presents a gue City for the Mainland Chapter's and color schemes for the pageant. < oolev, Janey Hopkins. ... At the Manhatten Saturday night Susan Miller, general description of helicoptors Installation. It was definitely decided to continue Austin Scott, Mo Keathley, partook of the atmosphere. . . . Annot Millwee and their uses in "The Helicopters Among members of R.D.A. are are Here." to have- escorts for each member hostessed a cast party at her home after the Rice Players performance. elected to the court. Cheryll Madison, Texas State De- . . Riding the merry-go-round at the Peter-Pan Dude Ranch—Freddie A picture story shows steel forg- The next meeting of the Ronde- Molay Sweetheart and Robert E. Lee ings being made at the Cameron Fredericks, Beth Henderson, Dixie Sick, Sharon Jones. . . . The Rally Club let Committee will be Tuesday, De- Chapter Sweetheart; Bill Cain, Loui- Iron Works and Harold Lacy be- siana State Master Councilor; and hosted t<> the feminine populace of The Rice Institute at a very successful cember 8, at 5:00 P.M. in tta Stu- gins a series of articles on Engin- dent Association Office. Again all Clayton Tatum and Wesley Pittman, >pen house on Sunday night . . . partaking of the excellent punch mixed eering Shows (now called the Rice students interested in helping with Chevaliers recently honored in the <>v Bill Lee were Rita Miller, Hungry Alcorn, Voki Hutchinson, Jim Berry, Review of Arts and Scien©^ at the this all school project are urged to CORDON, national organization ma- Harv Jewett. . . . past. - attend. gazine. Tuesday night at a Soph class party: Ray Sauer, Joan Smith, Tom Heading the Editorial Board this Any active or senior De Molays Scott, Bob Snyder, Jerry Cox, Bill Wier, Harris Moore. . . . Thursday for year as managing editor is Claude tion. Both said that they hope to on the campus are eligible to sign the turkey day game of A&M vs. T.U.—Barbara Kunetka took off for A. Sellars, Jr., a fifth year Elec- j enlarge the magazine from 24 to the R.D.A. charter membership list. College Station—so did Fred Duckett. . . . Friday night at the Flamingo trical engineer. Fred E. Gibbs is : 2S pages for the next issue which The next meeting will be December glimpsed dancing were Norman Daigle, Clark Reed, Jane Heyck, Carolyn business manager for the publica- ' will come out in January. 10 in M.L. 210. Furner. . . . Saturday night after our spectacular win over Baylor which gave Rice the Cotton Bowl bid, the PALS pledges honored the PALS members with a cocktail party at the home of Wilhemina Arnold—there selehrating the victorious game were Murray Wilkinson and Norman Moore {now nt Texas med), Pauline Applebaum. Mary Wheeler, Bill Rapson, Rico ex- Tom Eaton. . . . Later at the Glass Hat were Henry Lacey, Don Gaucher. Jack Turpin (ex-Rice Tennis Star) and wife. Sally with Betty •and Wayne Bennett. ... At the Devonshire were Jean Youngblood, Lloyd Swcnson. Nell Roberts, Fred Duckett, John Stovall, Nelly Kashy, Jo Kelly, Mary Miller. . . . At the Hi-Hat—Molly Edgar, Sam Ward. . . . The Marquis attracted Monte Robicheaux, Bobby Brashear. . . . The Cotillion dance Saturday night—Julia Picton and Bass Wallace, Josephine Muller, George i-ommon etc. . . .

A dinner at M. L. and Skip Lee's Sunday night included Gino Biosatti, 11 Jane Ryba, Bob Garbrecht. . . . Tuesday afternoon the Soph's, had an •End o' Guidance" coke party for the freshmen—there: Martha Jenkins, Pat Williams, Linda Wooley. . . . The football banquet on Tuesday night was attended by (among others of course) Naomi Bobbins, M'ac Taylor, Marilyn Webb, Sammie Burk, Barbara Madden, Richard Chapman, Carol Smith, Dan Hart, Mary Ann Gifford, Buddy Grantham, Ann Spears, Robert Harrison. . . . Over this past weekend hunting drew the enthus- iasm of Clay Stone and Murf Bledsoe (each bagged a deer). November -22 is a red letter day for Sarah West and Jack Day—they are officially engaged, ring and all, as of that date. . . . Kay Carmichael and Tommy Lynch married on the evening of November 25. At the •vodding were Billyo and C. A. Proctor, M. A. Kopriva and John Hudson. Max Schuebel, Clara Cook Gribble, Kathy Barragi.

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School Phone BE LIT TELEPHONE SYSTEM SATURDAY, DECEMBER S, 1953 THE THRESHER Thret Non-Controversial Discussion Rice Players Fill A-House For Of UNESCO Sponsored By Forum Season's First Production By AL BEERMAN Haskell Monroe, a graduate By ALLYCE TINSLEY COLE the entire plot of the play were self in the end to give her insurance UNESCO, procedures &nd prin- history student spoke on the Full houses marked the opening the women who begged the honor of to her children. As Bill, one of My- ciples, became the topic of the goals and achievements of the of the 1953 Rice Player season as bestowing their favors upon • the ra's tempters George Nyfeler was Rice Forum Tuesday night before group, enumerating the achieve- Autry House was filled with stu- handsome celebrity. The comedy handsome, polished, and scornful o£ ments and pointing out that a a moderate but interested crowd dents and faculty eager to see what was a little thin, but this was rather the other half, which was what his basic goal was to create an in- in the lecture lounge. Mr. J. D. proved to be some of the most pol- the fault of the play than of the part called for. ternational frame of mind. actors. It is hard to belive nowa- Thomas, with the aid of a volume ished one-acts yet produced by the The audience on Thursday night, amateur group. days that women would so violently of Americana borrowed from the Mr. J. E. Conner, of the English which was reviewers' night, gave chase an opera singer but in the library and a bit of humor, ex- departn^nt next spoke on the idea The plays of the evening on No- Fred Woods a special round of ap- days when this was written such plause as Feefeater in Dark Lady, plained that the discussion of the of progress. He raised the question vember 16 and 17 were The Tenor, a satire by Frank Wedekind, The was the case. Woods draws laughs merely stand- United Nations Education Scien- of defining progress, especially as Long Goodbye, a tragedy by Ten- Annot Milwee as the lady who ing on the stage, and as the poetic tific and Cultural Organization was it.related to our modern world. nessee Williams, and The Dark La- committed suicide for unrequited warden of Elizabeth I's palace, to be "non-controversial," as he The political aspects of the is- dy of the Sonnets, Bernard Shaw's love seemed a sweet and charming whose language Shakespeare jots began his role of moderator. sue were presented by Mr. Hud- plea for an English national thea- society lady, though this perform- down for future use in his plays, speth, a political science lecturer. ter. ance did not rank with her Juliet convulsed the audience and set the In doing this he defended the or- of last spring. St. Clare Cooke, mood for Shaw's excellent one-act. ganization if only as a vehicle for , "Dark Lady" was particularly and Michael Horwitz both proved Bob Fri, a freshman of real acting interchange of the cultural ideas appropriate as a vehicle for the additions to the Players roster, with ability and promise, was both hand- of the world. Players who have long outgrown Horwitz' character part particular- some and fluent as Shakespeare, a the inadequate facilities of Autry Mr. Phillips, history professor, ly convincing. Fred Lux, Tom 01- part whose long speeches can drag, House. The Players have now cott and Mark Morris were mighty spoken by a less experienced actor. was the concluding speaker, proved' their ability to perform walk-ons and Jane Warner looked Elizabeth the Queen, as played speaking in defense of UNESCO. near miracles with the handker- It was pointed out by him that beseechingly pretty as she was by Jean Youngblood, was suffici- chief stage at A-House, and the the small sum of money spent on wordlessly dragged off the stage. ently regal and simultaneously active group can hope 'that this project could be considered coquettish. Miss Youngblood un- Shakespeare's plea to Elizabeth As Joe, in "The Long Goodbye," as having been spent for a weap- doubtedly made a lovlier queen for a theater will not fall on deaf Sandy Havens turned in a superb on of peace, and he expressed than the original. Barbara Alfie ears at Rice. performance. It was his job to the hope that perhaps someday hold together this tennuous trage- in the role of the Dark Lady was that weapon of peace would be exuberant in her portrayal of a Dresses The Tenor opened the evening of dy of Tennessee Williams. Joe is effective in preventing the type lady finding her lover on (he • Millinery one-acts with Duke Howse filling the link between the actual physi- of war we recently experienced. point of embracing another. • Sportswear the title role as a likable, almost cal breaking-up of a household believable, operatic tenor. Mr. (well moved by movers Erwin 2519 UNIVERSITY A "heated discussion covering As is usual with Players produc- Howse's main problems and indeed Groner and Bill Hanley), and the progress as defined (or as not de- tions, the technical work was ex- flash-back of the descent to In The Village fined) by Mr. Conner, the work of cellent and as lightin gdirector, as who write for their publications whoredom of his younger sister well as manager of the stage crew UNESCO, the choice of individuals Myra. Joel Erdwinn shone. Tom Olcon 99 (athiests being under criticism), Myra, played with feeling by and Sandy Havens serve as the dou- 66ON E S A MEAL and the reasons for attack on the newcomer Helen Morn's, is a vic- ble backbone of the Players this organization ensued until the late- tim of an essentially broken home, year. These ingenious gentlemen BROOKS SYSTEM SANDWICH SHOPS ness of the hour terminated the the holdover materialism of the acted, directed, pounded, and meeting. Twenties and the poverty of the scrounged scenery and lights, Thirties. Part of the credit for the Sandy Havens directed The Tenor Fine Food For Everyone realism of this play goes to the re- and Mark Morris worked well with BISSONNET laxed, uninhibited stage presence of the problems presented by The IN THE VILLAGE IN BRAESWpOD LIQUOR STORE Bob Civita whose Silva ably Long Goodbye. James Young, men- 2520 Amherst 2252 W. Holcombe Fine Liquors - Wines - Beer matched Haven's Joe in their scenes. tor and sponsor of the group, added E. V. FETTY 1725 Bissonnet Marian Boone was an appropriately the fillip to the Shaw and staged broken loving mother, killing her-: the garden scene most effectively.

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The Owls Are Dallas - Bound Threshing It Out

Eds. Note: In answer to many week's Football Roundup on the U.S. 1 hey i an. i hey passed. I hey conquered. Owls who fought down the homestretch with requests we are printing the let* Armed Forces' Radio Broadcast for And the 1953 Rice Owl football team became determination that has few parallels. ter that precipitated so much Austria this afternoon, with partic- one of the few Southwest Conference elevens to open Coach Jess Neely, Dean of Southwest Confer- noise and resulting publicity up ular, and lengthy praise for Rice the season as league favorites and end the season with ence Coaches, led the Owls through a late season at Texas A&M. From the Nov. 18 Institute's "Owls," in the Baylor a bid to the Cotton Bowl. surge, a feature that Coach Neely and his teams are issue of the Battalion: game. Earlier in the year, in this same editorial column, becoming increasingly noted for. Editors, The Battalion: Permit me to express (for each Dear Darling Aggies, member of my family) through your appeared the sentence, "The way it appears now, we Every member of the team deserves recognition I read in the Thursday's Batt columns, sincerest congratulations to can look forward to a highly successful season, and for a job well done, especially, to use Coach Neely's where some among you is again Coach Jesse Neely and the team on perhaps participation in the Cotton Bowl on New words, the "first crowd." The "Upend Kids," so raising the ageless phrase of "Old the Splendid success this season. The Year's Day. if . . named by the Houston sports press, distinguished them- Army has gone to Hell!" men will be interested to know that Well, good fortune beamed down on the Owls selves throughout their three years of play and closed The reasoning that those gentle- they were mentioned by name on our European broadcast and praised and the right teams won the right games following with a fitting conclusion. men used in their little note of wis- dom, has indeed got entirely out of for their play and sportsmanship. Rice's loss of their first conference contest to the The student body gave commendable support to style now except at A&M and other Our best wishes for their success Mustangs of Southern Methodist. Those were the the team throughout the season and it only remains dark ages institutions. in the Cotton BoWl on New Year's big "ifs" for the Owls this year. now for everyone to appear at the Cotton Bowl on Why should a man be made to go Day. To them, and to one and all But those "ifs" were mere sidelights this year New Year's Day to end the season in a blaze of through hardships simply for the at Rice our heartiest Christmas and New Year Greetings. and could take nothing away from the play of the glory. stupid reason that someone else had to go through with them? Loyally yours, It is a good thing that this line J. B. MacLean of "thought" does not prevail in civ- "Plattenhof," Hohenstr. 25, Innsbruck, Austria ilized parts of the world or all prog- 1 ress would stop. Dear Editor, I am afraid you children are un- During my past three years at 54 Follies Promise To Be Best In der the impression that a man is Rice, I have never felt sufficiently not a man unless he can't take phys- interested in any of the numerous ical punishment. controversies arising to warrant the Years With Newspaper Parody Theme I am truly sorry for you. You are effort of writing a letter. Saturday wondering why that your enroll- afternoon brought me to the neces- By CHARLES TAPLEY ment has steadily dropped, well why sary conclusion that the Institute Between now and Rice's next bowl game the do you not look around you and take isn't in the least bit interested in -e.'iior class will try to put together a little ditty, stock of some of your so called what the student thinks anyway, the annual Rice Follies, und although it's going- t<> great traditions here and you will but I now have to express my feel- take some bailing wire and chewing gum to do it, ings. the show actually promises to be the best in many You are always making fun of the I must first explain that I en- 1- ears. cookiepushers, well I guess people tered the Baylor game on my own At least it has a theme, a parody of the daily of your mentality would always try blanket tax and was accompanied ! ewspaper, and the theme is followed strenuously to belittle something that is better. by one. guest (only one because throughout the show. From the opening curtain 1 recently returned from a trip to there weren't enough guest tickets with newsboys calling their "read all about it," to the University of Oklahoma where to go around, many students not the finale, the production in three acts and eighr I was indeed honored to see a truly ^ven getting one). For as long as I scenes will depict the various sections of the daily great team and a great band in ac- have been at Rice, there has never newspaper. tion. Up there the student body been any attempt to limit the user Under the direction of Neil O'Brien and hun- yells because they want to and not of the blanket tax, even though dreds of raring committee chairmen, the Daily because of force. non-transfeerable officially. This Kaleidoscope will go on view at 8.pm next Friday At the half time of the game a This practice was followed by school and Saturday nights in the Lamar high school audi- &>• ' sign was brought round the track officials until it became accepted as torium. by some University of Kansas stu*.' fact that anyone having a valid Members of the Owen Wister, Pallas Athene, dents. It said "I would sooned be blanket tax would be admitted to a (Sarah Lane, and Elizabeth Baldwin Literary Soci- damned, than be a damned Sooner." game regardless of who it belonged eties make up the majority of the cast, each present- ' The Sooners took it all in the to. Granted, the school may have ing a different major act. The eight sections of mood of good sports. Do you really some justification in enforcing the the newspaper that will unravel themselves on the think that the aggies #6tiid have? non-transferable rule, but the ob- stage will be the weathercast, a street scene, the Another thing I noticed trhich jection is thit no warning Was giv- s society section, crime, foreign affairs, the comics, would seem strange to an ag&ie was en. the personal column, and night life. The EB's are the fact, that their campus was This brings me to the teal doing the weather scene; the SL's the street scene; was beautiful and well kept, not "gripe." I believe that the mistrust PALS, high society; and OWLS, night life. one single building or street was and basic assumption of dishonesty For the next week the Follies cast will marred by the smearings of paint, of Rice students shown by the in- through the paces of a stepped-up rehearsal schedule, so often seen around here. spection of Pinkerton detectives prior to two dress rehearsals, next Wednesday and I will be in law school at O.U. in should not be allowed to drop. Evi- Thursday evenings at 6:30 pm in the Lamar audi- the Fall of 55. If some of you big dently, The Rice institute can no torium. The rehear;-af schedule with sites still to tough board swinging "MEN" want longer trust to the character or in- be announced will be: to drop in for a spell, feel free to tegrity of its students. I therefore Friday—PALS at 1 pm do so. request that the student council re- Sat.—Entire cast, Autrev House. 1 pm Maybe we can make partial gen- voke the honor system and in its Sun.—Chorus at 2 pm; also Mewhinnev-Camp, tlemen out of you. 0^ second stead, place one Pinkerton detec- Webb-Jones, and Kirkham thought I guess you had better not, tive on guard during each examina- Mon.—Entire cast at 6 pm the Sooners are going to be pretty tion to insure honesty. There will be no rehearsal Tuesdav. good about that time, so maybe you In closing, I would like to €h'row

-0- : ||f had better stay here and make men one more thought into the air. As out of the freshmen. long as we pay the same as the pub- , •; For those of you who will answer lic for guest tickets, why should we li|S this letter by asking me why I have be cut short? To worsen matters, not gone to O.U. in the first place, even those that were sold created an 7&I -' ^ I can only say that if you will pay overcrowded mess of the student my extra costs of going there, boys section. I will not be at Rice next' I'll gladly go. i a year, but I hope those who will may THRESHER 5;||h John Clark see better conditions by then. The Rice Thresher, written and edited by students of To the Editor: Edward Shaddock The Rice Institute, is published weekly in Houston, Texas, except during the summer. It is not published during holidays It was quite a thrill to hear this Class of '54 and examination weeks. The views presented are those of the \4- staff and do not necessarily reflect administrative policies of The Rice Institute. Entered as second class matter, October 17, 1916, at the Post Office, Houston, Texas, under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription Rate S y.OO Per Year. Views From Other Schools Represented for national advertising by National Advertis- ing Service, Inc., collet"; publishers representative, 420 Madison Sammy Kaye and his band have "The Communist prisoners of war Ave., New York, N.Y>, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco. ne^er been to A&M before, but were the most exasperating ornery News contributions may be made by telephone fJU-1141, they're going to be well prepared Ext. 220) or at the Publications Office (B-45) located off the group of people I ever worked Student Lounjte in the ba-ement of the Fondren Library on when they get here. with." the campus. New:, Headline is 12 noon on Wednesday. MEMBER They will play for a dance in Hesse was a little exasperated Associated Collegiate Press Intercollegiate Press EDITORIAL STAFF Sbisa hall Nov. 25, the night of the himself when he called The Battal- EDITOR Dick Karig honfire before the A&M-Texas ion and said, "I thought your story Assistant Editor Bill Gordon Managing Editor Joe T. Watt game. was fine, but I was in charge of Associate Editor Mary Anne Mewhinney Snorts Editor J. Fred Ducket.t When Kaya asked why the dance the records of 9,000 prisoners of Society Editor Dorothyle Nitfhol! wasn't scheduled until 9:30 that war—not 90,000, as you stated in Feature Editor ' Jonce Johnson Editorial Assist'ir.'; Hariry Johnson, Jane Warner night, he was told about the bonfire the story." Cartoonist .John Alcorn Staff Writers: A1 Heerman. Sott Clark, Joel Erdwinn, Hill and invited to come. He said, "I know it's a typo- Feurer, Freddie Frederick, Jayne Heyke, Jo-Anne Hick- "Fine," he accepted. "I'll bring graphical error, but what will I tell inan. Charles T.an^ford. Cheryl Madison, Mark Morris, Dick Prets. Forest Ralph, Hubie Rawlins, Bobby Sheridan, mv own marshmallows." the government when they want to Barbara Veyon, Kenneth Vinson. BUSINESS STAFF know what happened to those other BUSINESS MANAGER Gloria Shatto Wednesday's edition of The Bat- 81,000 POW's?" Advertising Mana-rer Tim Olcott Circulation Manager Irwin Groner Dorthyle Xicholl, a star of the 1934 Rice Follies talion quoted Major Clyde Hesse, The Battalion •VU £;

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1W1 THE THRESHES Five Newman Club To Hold Staff Polls Riceites Retreat At St. Thomas ASTRONOMY PROF TAKES The Newman Club will hold a *>- treat next Sunday from 8:30 AM to CREDIT FOR RICE WIN On Drinking Habits 4 PM at St. Thomas University— 4800 Montrose at Alabama. Break- By JONCE JOHNSON cerning the question. Girls in the fast and lunch will be served. The How much do Rice students drink? Rice apartments, boys in the dorms, By DR. THEO BALD BLINKUS Newman Club Christmas Dance will How many of them drink? To an- and scrounges in the lounge were be held at the K of C Hall, 2616 Just as I had predicted—Rice Owls are too much for the swer these and other related ques- interviewed. Two hundred-thirty- Louisiana on Sunday, December 13. Baylor big bad bears. Once again I, Dr. Theo Bald Blinkus, tions,-the THRESHER conducted a eight interviews were obtained. The Canterbury Club will meet at can modestly say that I have done it. I, Dr. Theo Bald Blinkus, poll of the students at Rice, at- Students were asked the follow- the A-House Sunday at 10:30 to go (isn't my full-name elegant) was there to lead us to victory. tempting to obtain as representative ing questions: Do you drink? Do to the Trinity Church for a corpor- I (with occasional help from my colleague and silent partner, a cross-section as possible. The poll you have any moral objections to ate Communion. Several students was not intended to be a scientific others drinking? How much do and Chaplin J. R. Fritts are going to Dr. Jess Neely) proved to 70,- different languages. He sent the one, but merely to satisfy curiosity you drink, and how often? When a Canterbury Club Conference this 000 hungry spectators that the "story" to the papers and took that certain one3 have expressed con- did you first start drinking? Why week in San Antonio. football field can be much more false credit for my clever trans• do you drink? Do your parents The Hillel Society will hold a party exciting than the hot-dog stand. action. never read my Thresher articles) drink, and do they object to your Sunday night, Dec. 6, at the Mac- drinking? Friends—how can I thank you for This did not affect me at all, and but I am going to require each of Gregor Park Club House from 8-12. being there—you saw it with your I forgave him immediately, since them to write a 6000 word theme in The results, when tabulated, show- Blue Jeans for all is the order of owta eyes—even your cheers of ad- I am not one to bicker over intel- the Russian language, which is one ed that 60% did drink, 40% didn't. dress for the affair. miration for me, as I engineered lectual honors. Cheaters never win, of my favorites, from a choice of 3 A few students refused to comment (pardon the expression) each mag- I say. I noticed his name was mis- topics I haye considered too dull to either way. Of those who did not HELP WANTED nificent play came as moral en- spelled in several of the Northern write on myself. I am going to drink, 23 % had strong moral objec- MEN and WOMEN: couragement. papers. write the 3 questions in Hindu, tions to others drinking; 62% had URGENT The salute of beer and whiskey I have promised to take my as- Ubanghi, and Chinese, respectively. no objections, as long as the individ- We need representatives in your bottles which hailed me as I passed tronomy class on a tour of the If anybody passes my course, I am ual did not do so to excess; and 15% locale to help fill out an organiza- had some objection. Almost all of the Rice student section told me Houston Weather Bureau sometime going to quit teaching. tion for business surveys, polls, and right away that I had someone be- j next week. I called the weather- I plan to get down to earnest those who did drink did not approve public opinions. . . . Ideal part time of drinking to the point of inebria- hind me. My Rice card section even man and asked whether the sun with my Rice reform movement work. . . . Choose your own hours. tion, but 6% had strong objections bet heavy odds on Rice this time. would be out Wednesday. He said next week. I am giving vice at Rice . . . Your nearest telephone may be to others, particularly women, drink- (I won a considerable amount of the Sun came out every Wednesday one more week. I hate to make this your place of business for surveys ing. the Institute's money from a cer- and wanted to know if I wanted to announcement so soon after the hol- not requiring the signature of those As to the amounts of alcohol con- tain member of the faculty whom run an ad or something. That puz- idays, but shame must lift £ finger interviewed. . . . Send $1 for ad- sumed, 11% fell into the heavy I will not' expose at present—he zled me slightly until I realized that and save the hallowed reputation ministrative guarantee fee, applica- drinker category, 49% into the mod- was not a member of the math de- the operator had connected my bourne by this campus. I will lift tion blank, questionnaire, plan of erate category, and 40% into the partment) phone with long distance and I was that finger and will expect very operation, and all details on how you light drinking category. Thirty-eight I sent a telegram to Dr. Bible talking to the editor of the Daily- little praise for what I am doing. may manage a survey group for us. percent started drinking in college; at the University of Texas right Sun, a Dallas newspaper. It is only after they are gone that GARDEN STATE and NATIONAL 39% in high school; 15% started after the game and he agreed to I explained to him what I want- great men are honored. SURVEYS. P. O. Box 83. Cedar- just prior to entering high school; give Rice undisputed title to the ed and he looked in one of his Grove. New Jersey. Members of the Rice Astrono ("Continued or Page 8) Cotton Bowl this year. His mes- papers, dated July 4, 1774, and as- my Club will meet at College Inn sage was heavily soaked in tears sured me that the next Wednes- this Sunday afternoon for a very and it took me several hours to day would be a wonderful day for brief discussion and then a very read it. Some joker found1 out a picnic. I assured him right back interesting lecture which I have about him conceding, before I had that my tour would be no picnic. prepared for my crusade, entitled, translated the message into 17 My class doesn't know it yet (they "How to Get Rid of the Boweavels in the Cotton-BowL" If everybody gets to the meeting on time 2 4>m) I should be able to BARBER SHOP wind my Jecture up i» a f«jv hours. HERMANN PROFESSIONAL BUILDING Thfere will be no make-^ps given for this lecture. All members of my We Especially Cater to the Astronomy 500 course are urged to attend or I will cut their grades by Ride Institute Student Body 4 points. Members of the faculty are invited, but please do not expect Just Across Main Street RANGE—widespread soft to make any speeches as t want to collar with stays THE SHOP NEAREST THE CAMPUS get away in time to watch my 7:30 television program.

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Six THE THRESHER SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1953 -4u Alabama Squad Quick, Tough Tide Depends On First Unit Punch Owls Overpower Bearkats 61-48 (Continued from Page 1) » is bruising 190 pound Tommy In Season's First Cage Contest Lewis, who has returned to full speed after missing 3 games be- By DICK PRETS of the 62 shots, a good figure for cause of an injury. Sam Houston's overpowered Bear- early-December basketball, and fol- Up front where it's rough, the kats fought valiantly for more than lowed this with 17 of 20 free throws, Alabama line is very quick though 22 minutes Wednesday night, but a remarkable average at any time medium sized, averaging 204 pounds. finally succumbed before the on- of the season. Ends are Bud Willis, 190, and Joe rushing tide of points afforded by Cummings, 185, a Transplanted Tex- Coach Don Suman's sharp-shooting Recognition always comes to those who deserve it, and an from Muleshoe. At tackles will quintet 61-48, in the opening game Rice Rifle Team David "Kosse" Johnson's many honors this year are certainly be George Mason, 210 and Sid of the 1953-54 Owl cage season deserved. Kosse, the outstanding player in the Southwest Con- Youngleman, a 220 pounder from played at the Rice gym. ference this year not only has been recognized as the confer- Brooklyn, N.Y. With seven minutes and thirty- Concludes Season ence's most valuable back of 1953, and was awarded the annual Across from Ken Paul and John eight seconds remaining in the third Rice's varsity rifle team complet- Hudson at guards are 195 pound period the Bearkats rallied to knot ed their Southwest Conference sea- George Martin Award as the Harry Lee and 205 pound Charles son last week with the Baylor tion he deserved, the following sum- the count at 30-30, but after that it Most Valuable Rice player, but Eckerly, while at the center is match. Out of five matches, the mer he ran wild in the school-boy was all in favor of the Blue team. Ralph Carrigan a 190 pound senior team won two and lost three. The he was also voted to every all- all Star game and then came on to After Schwinger dropped in two from Illinois. conference standings have not been conference team and the LOOK Rice. free throws, Lance followed with a The 'Bama second crowd packs determined because the Baylor- and I.N.S. All-American teams. After 2 years of offense in Jess gratis shot and then. teamed with considerably more weight, built SMU match has not been fired. To crown this glowing record of Neely's T, playing in all three plac- Robicheaux in pumping through around 245 pound tackle George field goals that put the Owls far The team's average for tfie five awards, it was announced today es across the top of the T, this Shipp, but the regulars have carried that Kosse has been voted a mem- year's return to a single platoon out in front. matches was 1345.3 pts. out of a the brunt of the attack most of the possible 1500. The individual match ber of the Associated Press All- system was tailor-made for the year. Gene Schwinger, Rice's all-con- ference center, paced the Owl offen- averages in order are as follows: American team. The A.P. squad is powerful back. Kosse was a line- Alabama will resume practice next sive attack with eight field goals Robert Folweiler, 274.1 (five match- generally recognized as the most backing star in high school, and week, and probably will go to Dallas valid All Star pick, and selection there are several teams in this part and five free throws for a total of es); Warren Jaycox, 271 (five about 4 days before the New Year's matches); Faymond Jageman, 268.1 on it is the most sought after hon- of the country who will attest to his Day game. 21 points. But Gene was far from or of any college football player. defensive skill this year. being the lone standout in the Owl (three matches); Paul Shank, 267.2 cause. Don Lance, another all-con- (five matches); Charles McHugh, Kosse played his high school ball At the football banquet last Tues- 81 yards. Pinky Nisbet gave a ster- in Baytown, Texas, only a few miles day, where Kosse was awarded a ference performer for Coach Suman, 265.3 (four matches); Bob Perry, ling performance leading the Owls and Terry Telligman, a junior from 262.2 (five matches); Richard Ar- from Houston, under the expert tu- fine shotgun by Rice-ex George to two touchdowns. telage of Dan Stallworth. Even in Martin in token of his being voted Indiana, teamed to grab more than cher, 258.1 (two matches); Edwin Baytown Junior High, Kosse showed the team's M.V.P. by his team- Defensively, T.C.U. received their share of the rebounds, and Moure, 238, (one match). promise of his future stardom, dash- mates, Kosse blushed as he accept- stellar performances from Hugh Monte Robicheaux, the flashy jun- The highest match score (258) ing 72 yards for a score in his first ed the award, stepped to the micro- Pitts, Morgan Williams, R. C. ior guard," was a constant execu- was shot by Robert Folweiler as rame after a year in the famous phone for a few woj$s, and in his Harris, and Ray McKown. Offen- tioner of the ball stealing act until was the second highest score of 280. Baytown "Suicide Squad" as a soph. usual modest way said that he deep- sively McKown and Ronald Fraley he fouled out two-thirds of the way The third highest score of 276 was were superb. On the strength of He reached high school stardom ly thanked his teammates for the through the final stanza. shot by Warren Jaycox. these performances the Owls jr. 1948 running in the same back- honor, but that he really didn't de- However the real story behind The team coaches were M/SGT. were held to 295 yards rushing field with Tom Stolhandske. The serve it alone, everyone on the the Owl success was in their shoot- C. E. McCollum and M/SGT. Fer- and 65 yards passing. T.C.U. following year Kosse was the heart team did. ' ing ability. The Blue team hit 37% gerson. gained 131 yards rushing and 144 of the Gander team and though he That in a nutshell is Kosse John- yards in the air. failed to get the statewide recogni- son, All American. Thus the stage was set for the Rice-Baylor showdown. A devastating display of team- work vaulted Coach Jess Neely's Moegle, Johnson Lead Owls Rice Owls into the co-championship of the Southwest Conference and a New Year's Day appearance in the Past Frogs, Bears To Title Cotton Bowl. The score showed Rice 41—Baylor 19, but the game was By BOBBY SHERIDAN done in the line as usual, and the not that close. The Rice victory over T.C.U., 19- Blue line whipped down the dead- f\ n the windy Ft. Worth plateau game Frogs. The Owl perform- Efficient and determined, the Owl j'ept the Owls in the thick of the ance was efficient, but not devas- line went to work early and the WC race. The Horned Frogs put tating as upon other occasions. Owls scored on a 75 yard drive the second time they got the ball. Kosse i:p a valiant fight, but were no Individually, Kenny Paul, playing Johnson gained 137 yards, the game \ : ;c-h for the hard-charging Owls, under the handicap of a very sore ball, and the plaudits of 68,000 fans. who fought back from a 6-0 deficit shoulder, was great. Of the same ir .he second quarter to take a 7-6 caliber were Leo Rucka, John Hud- Even so, Kosse had to share ;;sd at half-time. son, Skip Lee, Dan Hart, Max Schu- the spotlight with Dickie Moegle, who carried 12 times *

At the forward slots Stephens has Aggies over Bob Eggleston 16-21, over David Korry and Glen Rice 21- A MERGER OF Murry Shaw, a one-year letterman 21-15, 21-13. 12, 21-8; and Dick O'Conner and SOUTH TEXAS NATIONAL. BANK AND UNION NATION A BANK from Texarkana, and Paul (Buster) In the doubles matches, Tom Paul Guimarin defeated Bob Mont- Alford, a two year letterman from Frost and Eddie Stevens defeated ebello and Chuck Pezoldt 21-15, 17- Dallas. The squadman is also a for- Phil Randol and Jerry Howard 21, 21-10, to put the Aggies in the ward from Dallas, Glen Pearson. Shaw formerly played with Texar- d nC kana JC, Alford with Lon Morris, att ° ' and Pearson with Tyler JC.

Several promising newcomers \ want that are battling for starting berths could be tough against the Owls. Roy Carroway is a* freshman ILLINOIS forward from Coushatta, Louisi- J" K""*S ana, and Don Lade is a senior Uni re"'™ center from Waco who is out for his first year of basketball. This early in the season it is dif- ficult to judge just who Coach Su- man will have in his starting array LATEST COLLEGE but it is obvious that center Gene Schwinger, forward Don Lance, and little guard Monte Robicheaux will SURVEY SHOWS give the Lumberjacks all they can handle. Other Owls who should see plenty of action are the two juniors LIICKIES LEAD AGAIN from Indiana, Terry Telligman and mm® Norman Pahmeier, Buzzy Bryan, and Last year a survey of leading colleges Stan Fulfer. HI throughout the country showed that *1 smokers in those colleges preferred STEVENS Luckies to any other cigarette. RECORDS - RADIOS • TV This year another nation-wide survey SALES & SERVICE — based on thousands of actual student RALPH BELL—Owner' interviews, and representative of all 6125 Kirby in the Village students in regular colleges - shows that Luckies lead again over all brands, regu- lar or king size...and by a wide margin The No. 1 reason: Luckies taste better. Smoking enjoyment is all a matter of taste, and the fact of the matter is Luckies taste better —for 2 reasons. L.S./M.F.T. — Lucky Strike means fine tobacco. And Luckies are made better to taste better. So, Be Happy—Go Lucky!

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Eight TgB TPftygHBP SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, ltM The contract is 6 hearts and Thresher Feature were: "For social reasons," "Because South's problem is to get to the I like the taste of it," "It relaxes (Continued from Page 5) Engineering Students, Faculty board twice to set up a club trick. me," and, "I really dont know why West opens a diamond which S takes and 8% couldn't remember when I drink." Some people said that they with the Ace. He then takes 8 heart they started. drink for the "kick" it gives them, Attend Recent NACE Dinner tricks when He sees that the hearts Of the students that drink, 76% others drink just because everyone Eight engineering students from 4500 members with about 500 in the do not break 2-2. He then lays down of their parents also drink, and in Rice Institute, along with two fa- Houston area. It is an association of the King of diamonds to see how the 21% of the cases, the parents ob- else does. Two people said that they culty members were among the 38 firms and individuals concerned with diamonds break, since a 2-3 break in jected to their drinking. Seventy- drink to get away from it all. One guests of honor at a dinner meet- control of corrosion. that suit would give him the 12th five percent of the parents of the student drinks when he is in a dar- ing held by the Houston Section of trick. As the diamonds do not break, non-drinkers do not drink, and 78% ing mood because, "It makes me The National Association of Cor- he is obliged to set up the club trick. object to their children drinking. feel wicked." rosion Engineers, Nov, 17, at the He lays down the Ace of spades, When asked whether or not their Three people said that they drank Alabama Catering Service. Other SAM and then leads a small spade to the parents objected to their drinking, only from curiosity, and one boy •universities represented were the board, putting up the ten on a fin- 17 % of those who do drink said added, "Each time, I get a little mpre University of Texas, A&M College ON BRIDGE ess. The finess holds so he returns that they would, "if they knew I curious." Quite a few girls said that of Texas and the University of Hous- Here is an interesting hand which with the King of clubs, sloughing drank." they drink only when going with a ton. Don Henry passed on to us. The the king of spades. West is now in As to why they drink, the students boy who drinks. As one girl put it, source is unknown but we suspect Representatives from Rice Insti- and must lead up to either of the interviewed gave many different "I can't stand the stuff, but I don't tute were: Robin Robinson, Emory that the original is in a book by board's good Queens. South now answers. The most common answers want to be considered a mullett." Douglass, Tom Flynn, Hubert L. Goren. Anywho, here is how Don sloughs the two small diamonds on Stewart, Dick Massey, Ulrich R. and Sam figured out the play. the good Queens to make the con- Wolff, Bob Sledge, and Bill Joplin. North tract. Professors Paul E. Pfeiffer and M. S—Q 10 8 H. Thibodeaux accompanied the H—10 x x The main play on this, hand is to group. D—x xxx slough the king of spades on the Dr. Norman Hackerman, head of C—K Q x king of clubs so that South is not FOR EXCLUSIVELY blocked from the board. The success the chemistry department, the Uni- West East FINE versity of Texas was the technical S—J x x x x x S—x of the hand lies with catching the TAILORING speaker on the specially planned pro- H—x H—J x x two black honors in West's hand. and gram. He spoke on "Fundamentals -8 D—Q J x x of Corrosion." J. R. McEntee, service -A xxx C—x x x x x EXCELLENT division, The Shell Oil Co., spoke South HOLT'S CLEANING briefly on "What Managements Ex- S—A K x pect of Their Engineers. H—A K Q 9 x x SPORTING GOODS The National Association of Cor- D—A K x x 4821 SO. MAIN rosion Engineers has approximately C— Fannin at Lamar '1 ' YOUNG AMERICA GOES CHESTERFIELD

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