• -M, 1 1 & nm • • • £$* <v %b&. •M FyyBi -.- •' '>* - 5 VOLUME THIRTY-SEVEN — NUMBER TWENTY rw&HtxHOUSTON. TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1950 Entered as second class mailing matter, October 17, 1916, at the Post Office, Houston, under the act of March 3,1879. Alice Flack Miss Houston Beautiful ME Equipment Backbone 1 Wins Title Of April Science Review f| In JC Contest Initiation Is Set Diesel, Combustion Alice Jan Flack, Bice Junior, Engines To Be Shown is the winner of the Miss Hous- For New Members In the last year, since the ton Beautiful Contest. She, was opening of the Abercrombie chosen Miss Houston Beautiful Of Phi Beta Kappa Laboratory, the mechanical en- from a field of six contestants Eight members of the Class of gineering department has de- —three from the University of 1950 have been elected Members- veloped one of the most exten- Houston and three from Rice. in-Course of Rice's Texas Beta sive and spectacular laboratory set- The other nominees were Beverly Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, an- ups in the country. This equipment Carter and Virginia Barber from nounced Floyd S. Lear, president. in operation will furnish the back- Rice and MaryXee Steinhort, Doro- The new members are Jesse Stone bone of the M.E.'s contribution to thy Elliott, and Ruthmary Anderson Binford, Jr., Mary Agnes demons, the Rice Review of Science and Arts from the U of H. William Farrell Fulton, Jr., Ray- which will take place on April 14 Alice Jan, a foreign language stu- mond Harvey Hedge, Jr., Konstantin and 15. dent, graduated from Lamar. She Kolenda, Marilyn Louise Krueger, attended Randolph-Macon Women's Richard Taylor Swim and Lewis Of special interest is the metal- College her Freshman Year, and Chisholm Thompson. lurgy laboratory in which two stu- went to Columbia last summer while The formal initiation of the group dents, H. C. Burghard and G. O. Burke have constructed a water- studying piano at Julliard School and the annual dinner will be held J of Music. March 24. The dinner will be at squirting machine which is cap- Miss Flack will make her first Cohen House and the ceremony in able of determining the effects of official appearance as Miss Houston the Lecture Lounge of Fondren Li- different temperatures upon the Beautiful over KLEE-TV at 6:45 brary. hardness of various metals. This PM, Wednesday, 8th. She will also An address will be made by Pro- small, black, pot-shaped affair ALICE JAN FLACK •si» appear at the opening luncheon of fessor Hardin S. Craig, Sr., the permits a red-hot piece of metal the campaign, Friday at the Crystal well-known authority on Shake- to be inserted into it and the Ballroom, and in the downtown pa- speare. spectator can see the water-squirt- rade of the Houston Beautiful Cam- Dates Are Set For Election Of ing portion of the mechanism play- paign on March 18th. ing water on the heated metal in The contest was sponsored by the Coeds To Positions In Rice Rondelet Tetanus, Typhoid a very unusual manner. It is called <3 Junior Chamber of Commerce. a Jominy Hardenability Tester. The Queen and Princesses of the 1950 Rondelet will be Vaccinations Available Another portion of the M.E. ex- There will be a Dramatic Club elected on March 13. All senior girls are eligible for these At Infirmary hibit which should attract laymen and 'engineers is the department's Meeting, today in AH 110. The positions except those who are married or on, probation, and no All students wanting small pox play "The Impressionable" by petition is required. The whole student body will vote at this collection of internal combustion en- vaccinations are requested to report (Continued on- Page 3) Clarke Foster and Henry Walters time. The polls will be outside Anderson Hall. to the informary before April 1. will be discussed and scheduled. JO Petitions for class duchesses Typhoid and tetanus innoculations and maids must be turned in are also available. Virgil Thomson Will This year you may obtain shots Institute Team Will to any member of the Women's Architect Society any time between 8 AM and 2 PM Speak On Critic's Job Council by Wednesday, March 15. Monday through Saturday. Miss Mr. Virgil Thompson, pianist, or- Members of the council are Gloria Elects Officers; Werner said that she likes the plan Debate At A & M ganist, composer, conductor, and Castello, Jackie Terrill, Colletta much better than last year's ar- critic will deliver a lecture on "The Ray, Barbara Hall, Puddie Hall, Bradbury Chosen rangement. Last year there were Inter-College Meet Critic and His Assignment" at 4:30 Vickie Schwarting, Claire Margaret The Architectural Society elected only two hours in the morning and The Rice Institute debate team PM, Sunday, March 19, in the audi- Moore and Carolyn Coy. The peti- new officers on Thursday, March 2, two hours in the afternoon set aside will leave at 11:00 AM today, Fri- torium of the San Jacinto High tions must have twenty-five signa- and took in a total of seventeen new for shots. Miss Werner feels that day, March 10, to participate in the School. t tures (members of the candidate's members. this year's plan causes less rush and Texas A&M Invitational Debate This, appearance by Mr. Thomp- class only) plus the signature of The new officers are Bob Brad- confusion. Tournament. The team is composed son is sponsored by the Rice Insti- the girl herself. budy, president; Charles Lowe, vice- of Raymond Lankford and Gail tute which extends to its friends and The election for the maids and president; Gene Hines, secretary; Mount. They will be accompanied the public a cordial invitation to be duchesses will be Monday, March and A1 Roberts, treasurer. New Lit Societies present. Mr. Thompson has kindly by Mr. Warner Mills of the History 20 from 8 to 1. In each class, the The new members are: Graduates; Elect First Officers Department. agreed to speak as he is in Houston F. W. Bryan, J. H. Brennan, A. girl with the highest number of By Betty McGeever The tournament will include col- at this time to conduct one of his votes will be duchess, and the next Heidbreder, and D. H. Sites. The The four new Literary Societies leges from all over this area. Thirty own compositions, presented by the new senior member is J. T. Koon, eight will be maids. met this week and elected their colleges were invited, among them Houston Symphony orchestra on the J. C. Reynolds, and B. M. Wingfield Any students who are willing to officers for the rest of the yesfllP the University of Houston. This will evening of March 20. are the new Juniors, and in the* help the Women's Council in making The Virginia Cleveland Literary mark the first tournament compe- A graduate of "Harvard Univer- Sophomore class, the new members posters and in planning decorations Society elected Nancy Branan, pres- tition for a Rice debate team since sity in 1922, Mr. Thompson studied are J. W. Christopher, N. D. Davis, are requested to Puddie Hall or Car- ident; Doris Cassil, vice-president; the war. Langford and Mount were composition with Scalero and Boul- Ieaton anger in Boston and Paris. He lived olyn Coy (for posters) and Claire " * ' V. J. Higgins, C. D Jackie Dargan, secretary; Suzanne members of Rice teams which last Hill, N. T. Lacey, W. G. McMinn, in Paris for many years coming to M&rgaret Moore or Barbara Hall Oelfke, treasurer, and Barbara Wat- year defeated A & M in two special R. Morris, R. T. Stavely, and C. R. the United States during World (for decorations). son, Literary Council representative. debates here at Rice. Wood. War II to accept the post of music All students are requested to vote Officers of the Chaille Rice Lit- The intercollegiate question for 0 critic of the New York Herald Tri- in the elections so that the contest erary Society are: Neysia Cum- debate this year is Nationalization bune. §A.mong his operatic composi- will be representative of the whole Bob Warren Elected mings, president; Nina Lee Kraft, of Basic, Non-Agricultural Indus- tione are "Four Saints in Three school. vice-president; Mary Esther Hudson, tries. Teams will debate both sides Acts" and "The Mother of Us AIT." . ; ft President of New program chairman; and Edwina during the four preliminary rounds He has contributed musical scores Blankenship, representative to the Friday and the finals Saturday. for a number of films: "The Plough All of the Beauty Nominees Rice French Gub Literary Council. 0 That Broke The Plains," "The Ri- can pick up their pictures in the Les Hiboux, the Rice French Club, Two of the Literary Societies have ver," and "Louisiana Story." For Campanile Office, Gloria Wilson, held its first feeting of the year. not adopted a name yet but their Film Society to Show his musical contribution to Robert editor of the Campanile, announc - Officers elected\were Bob Warren, officers are: Jean Upshaw, presi- Flaherty's film, "Louisiana Story," ed. president; Carol Wheeler, vice-presi- dent; Virginia Amis, vice-president; "Alexander Nevsky" he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in dent; and Nancy Boothe, secretary. Alice Spafford, secretary; Lois Per- 1949. In a story about mercy death The club was revived mainly through ucca, treasurer; and Norma Jean The next film in the series spon- In addition to symphonies, string and the trial of Dr. Hermann the efforts .of-Lester Mansfield of Rogers, Literary Council represen- sored by the Rice Film Society wilt quartets, and numerous other forms Sander in last week's issue of the French Department, and as its tative.