THE NAMES ARE FAMILIAR, BUT . . .—Thresher
staffer Steve Rogers receives interested comments from
Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon and Lodge as last-minute votes
were entered Monday in The Thresher’s poll of student
opinion on the Presidential election. Incidentally, John Ken¬
nedy, the Rice Memorial Center’s genial manager, and
seniors Gee Johnson, Carol Nixon and David Lodge are
all avid Republican supporters. (Thresher photo by Scott
Morris)
Homecoming , Campanile
Finalists Are Announced
Rice beauties had more dates
than usual on their busy calen¬
dars this week with the preli¬
minary judging for the Vanity
Fair section of The Campanile
and the college nominating elec¬
tions for Homecoming Queen.
An all-school election Monday
will designate one of the follow¬
ing girls as 1960 Homecoming
Queen, with the three top run¬
ners-up as Princesses. These four
beauties, each representing the
men’s college in which she re¬
ceived the most nominating
votes, will be announced and
presented during half-time festi¬
vities at the Homecoming game
with Texas A&M Saturday, No¬
vember 12.
THE NOMINEES are: Eliza¬
beth Embry, Danna Holmes,
Wanda Phears, Judy Poinsett,
Charlene Prescott, Pat Shannon,
Sue Shepherd, Diana Thomas and
Senate Discusses
Frosh Election,
RMC Innovations
By REED MARTIN
December 5 marks the date
of two important elections. The
freshmen will elect their class
officers on that date after a
■week of campaigning beginning
when classes resume after the
Thanksgiving holidays. The Cam¬
panile favorites will be decided
in an all-school election that
same day.
It was decided that the Soph¬
omore class would be loaned an
amount sufficient to allow it and
the Freshman class to participate
in the Homecoming Float con¬
tests.
CHARLES GIRAUD announced
that with the great success of
last Sunday’s free movie at the
RMC, a crowd near 400, plans
are being made for continuing
thie function every other week.
Negotiations are being made for
some entertainment to be featur¬
ed in the RMC on alternate Sun¬
days.
The Student Center trasement
has been vastly redecorated with
painted walls, magazine racks,
school pennants, and some of Mr.
Kennedy’s rugs, contributing to
a completely different and very
pleasant atmosphere.
JIM LAWS announced for the
Senate Finance Subcommittee
that a local auditing company
has offered to undertake an audit
of last year’s Thresher books.
Mary Woodson.
Ten of the following 20 girls
will be chosen Sunday at 3 pm
in the RMC Grand Hall to appear
in the Vanity Fair section of the
1960 Campanile. These contest¬
ants were selected last Sunday
from an original field of 40 by
contest judges Fred Winchell, a
local photographer; Mrs. Mar¬
jorie Coleman, a model; Cecil B.
Lee, a modeling instructor; Miss
Carlyn Glynn, an actress; and a
fashion coordinator.
THE FINALISTS are: Mary
Ann Calkins, Ann Combs, Eliza¬
beth Embry, Margo Garrett, Sue
Hebert, Danna Holmes, Harriet
Hyatt, Shirley Laughlin, Darden
Lloyd, Gail Mercer.
Marietta Morris, Carol Petti¬
grew, Judy Poinsett, Eleanor
Powers, Ryn Rhea, Peggy Saund-
eifs, Carolyn Skebo, Glennie
Scott, Linda Scott and Mary
Byron Williams.
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The
Thresher
An all-student newspaper for 44 Dears
VOL. 48, NO. 9
HOUSTON, TEXAS
FRIDAY, NOV. 4, 1960
Faculty, Students
Split On Election
Riceites Again
Pick Dick, 2-1
Richard Nixon easily topped
John Kennedy in The Thresher’s
pre-election presidential primary,
but slipped slightly from his vote
in the September mock election.
Nixon received an even two-
thirds of the ballots cast, win¬
ning 270-135. This 67% repres¬
ents a fall of 2.69% from the
first election. (In September, 551
students voted; this time, only
405.)
Students were asked to check
whether they were able to vote
in the regular election November
8. There were 138 who fell into
this category; they too voted
67% for Nixon.
A place was also included for
the student to denote his colleg'd.
Nixon carried every college, but
by varying majorities. In Hans-
zen he got 74%; in Jones, 71%
in Baker, 65%; and in Wiess and
Will Rice, 62%, Four Will Rice¬
ites took the third-party route,
backing Socialist Labor’s Eric
Hass. Graduate students, in the
only close race of the day, split
13-13.
Owls Fly To Arkansas
Today To 'Do Or Die’
Flying up in all the national
football rankings, the Owls take
the airlanes this afternoon for
a comfortable trip northward for
a most uncomfortable task — to
play the snarlin’ Razorbacks in
their lovable Little Rock pen.
Even fools and sti-angers, who
at this point have virtually given
up predicting the outcome of the
1960 Southwest Conference race,
recognize Saturday afternoon’s
game with Arkansas as a “do or
die” must for the conference-lead¬
ing Owls.
All of the 1400 Rice-Arkansas
tickets sent to the Rice Athletic
Department ticket office were
sold by the first of the week, and
a full house of some 40,000 hog-
callers is predicted for the clash.
Headed by Lance Alworth and
George McKinney in the back-
field tha Razorbacks will always
be a threat. From the line a
voice is heard by the name of
Wayne Harris who leads the
quick striking Hogs at center.
Coach Frank Broyles has com¬
plained to the press about the
condition on his team with regard
to bruises and injuries. Five of
the 22 first players are out be¬
cause of assorted ailments. But
Broyles is noted for his com¬
plaints and talk, so the Razor-
backs will field a fine and
physically 'capable team.
On the other side of the fence,
Coach Jess Neely lauded the
speed and quick striking offense
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Phi Beta Kappa
Names 10 Seniors
At its annual fall meeting held
on October 26, the Beta Chapter
of Phi Beta Kappa at William
Marsh Rice University elected
the following members of the
Class of 1961 to Membership-in-
Course:
Charles Melvin Blair, Chemis¬
try major, of Webster Groves,
Missouri; Charles Jennings
Boardman, Electrical Engineering
major, of Pittsburgh, Pa.; Ben¬
jamin Franklin Gibson, V, Mathe¬
matics major, of Lufkin, Texas;
Lawrence Lamar Gilbert, Chem¬
ical Engineering major, of Hous¬
ton; Roberta Graber, German ma¬
jor, of Tulsa;
James Edward Gunn, Mathe¬
matics-physics major, of Beeville,
Texas; Ronald Fink Miller, Chem¬
istry major, of Victoria, Texas;
Charles Young Prescott, Physics
major, of Houston; Esther Kath¬
ryn Pulley, English major, of
Houston; Diana Craig Thomas,
German major, of Mexico, D. F.
— News Briefs —
As of Tuesday, November 1,
the small parking lot adjacent
to the Rice Memorial Center is
to be used for visitors and tem¬
porary parking. In the four
spaces marked “temporary park¬
ing,” a car bearing a valid Rice
Parking Permit may remain for
thirty minutes. All other spaces
are reserved for off-campus visit¬
ors to the RMC.
* * *
Petitions of candidates for of¬
ficers of the freshman class are
due on November 22; the election
will be on December 5. See elec¬
tion committee “poop sheets,"
available in the colleges, for de¬
tails on how to file a petition.
* * *
The Rice University Chorale
had its initial meeting Sunday,
October 30, at 5:30 pm in the
chapel. The group went through
several classical pieces under the
direction of Mr. Hall.
The next meeting will be Sun¬
day, November 20 at 5:30 pm in
the chapel. All students and
faculty members are invited.
* # *
Tickets to the hbmecoming
dance in Galveston on Saturday,
November 12, will go on sale in
the men’s colleges on Sunday, to
be sold at dinner all week. They
will also be available in the
Student Center and at the door;
the price is $5.50. It is em¬
phasized that this dance is semi-
formal. ‘
Ciardi To Speak
Here Wednesday
John Ciardi, one of the fore¬
most spokesmen for America’s
younger contemporary poets, will
address Rice students and faculty
Wednesday, November 9, on
“Poetry and the Modern World.”
The boted poetry editor of the
Saturday Review of Literature
will appear at Rice under
auspices of the English Depart¬
ment. The talk is slated for 8
pm in the Fondren Library lec¬
ture lounge.
Professors Stick
With Democrats
By P. F. McGOWAN
In vivid contrast to the pro-
Nixon sentiment of the student
body, a Thresher faculty opinion
poll indicates that the Rice facul¬
ty favors Sen. John Kennedy by
a 16%. margin over Vice Presi¬
dent Richard Nixon.
Approximately three-fourths of
the faculty received ballots, but
only 43% of the ballots were re¬
turned marked. The percentage
results were:
Kennedy 58%
Nixon . 42%
THE MOST SURPRISING re¬
sult obtained by the poll shows
that within the faculty itself a
sharp political division exists be¬
tween the academic and the sci-
e n c e-engineering departments.
The academic departments cast
90% of their votes for Kennedy,
w h i le the science-engineering
ones voted 75%; for Nixon.
The student poll of last month
showed that the students tended
to classify themselves first as In¬
dependent, then as Republican,
and least of all as Democratic.
But the faculty party preference
followed the traditional Southern
pattern to a close extent: 45%
Democratic. 33%. Independent,
and only 22% Republican.
Very few of the faculty switch¬
ed parties with regard to their
1956 election choices. Of those
voting for Kennedy, 87%. bad
voted for Stevenson four years
ago; of those voting ‘for Nixon,
89% had voted for Eisenhower.
THE FACULTY MEMBERS
were asked to state their reasons
for choosing Kennedy-Johnson or
Nixon-Lodgo. Dr. Louis Mackey
of the Philosophy Department
came out for Kennedy because:
He is a Democrat in the tradi¬
tion of Roosevelt and Truman. I
believe the policies of the Demo¬
cratic party have consistently
been the policies that promoted:
1.) a realistic recognition of the
need for federal legislation to
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SOMETHING UNSPOKEN?— DeLinda Frazier, with
the aid of a telephone and Sarah Jo Wheeler, undergoes
the downfall of a proud Confederate daughter in Tennessee
Williams’ one-act drama, “Something Unspoken." This
and two other one-act plays are being presented by the
Rice Players in a final performance tonight at 8 o’clock in
Hamman Hall. See story on Page Five. (Thresher photo by-
Bob Warren)
