The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, January 19, 1940 Page: 1 of 4
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rtitftRMlfiSNIfft in AifiilES
Bolos Take 24-21 Win Over Town Hall Kinney and Seiman
Spark Rice Attack |
At College Station
Pushed To Final
Dr. Frank Leavell
Is Main Speaker at
Retreat
'Sharing'Will Be Theme
Of Encampment at
CasadelMar
campfire services for tho girls.
Plans for student devotional* are
being: made by Earl Wylie, presi-
dent, and LaRue Thompson, devo-
tional vice-president. Special music
will be arranged by George Smart
and Dean Richardson.
Winners Become Undisputed Leaders
In League Race; Tomfohrde
Scores 10 Points
The Heights Bolos edged out a 24 to 21 victory over the
mighty Town Hall squad yesterday afternoon to take the undis-
puted lead in the intramural basketball race. With a score tied 21-
all and only forty-five seconds left to play, the Bolos made good a
free shot and hit the basket to take the highly important game in
the Light League.
Tomfohrde High Scorer
Taking an early 10-ppint lead, tho
Bolos dropped behind three times
during the rost of tho game because
of the accurate firing of Tomfohrde,
high scorer for Town Hall with 10
points and Hardy, second high with 7.
Vogt Hot From Distance
With the sure-fire long tosses of
Vogt and the accurate work of Mur-
phree and Watson under the basket,
the Bolos outdistanced their opposi-
tion. Murphree and Watson shared
scoring honors with 7 points apiece
for the winners with Vogt close be-
hind with (i points.
These teams will atrain meet in the
round robin tournament to be held
after the mid-term examinations since
they are the two top teams in the
Light League.
Wednesday Games
A sensational fast coming South
Hall team smashed undefeated East
Hall 28-17 Wednesday "night to throw
a monkey wrench into the Dark Leag-
ue of the intramural basketball play-
off. "
The upset victory brought about a
three-way tie between South Hall,
East Hall, and the Medical-Archs.
Each has lost an early game. Medi-
cal-Archs lost an early game to East
Hall but caught South Hall with
three regulars missing to give them
their only defeat. The thumping re-
ceived from South Hall Wednesday
was East Hall's only setback.
South Hall Smooth
South Hall showed one of the
smoothest working teams seen in Rice
intramurals this season as they
passed flawlessly, stole tho ball con-
tinually on defense, and shot accurate-
ly and classily from all angles. De-
Witt Gayle and Dick Dwelle took
scoring honors with 10 and 8 points
respectively, East Hall players show-
ed some classy playing at times but
lacked the teamwork and defense of
the Southhallers.
The Medical-Arcks rolled merrily
on their way by scoring 'wins over
the Engineers and Rally Club. Little
Charlie Chan scored 8 points in the
17-11 victory over tho Engineers, and
Burke McGinty stopped up with a
10-point game to do a big part in the
defeat of the short-handed Rally
Clubbers in a game that saw George
Pierce forced out with a broken
tooth.
Pre-Laws Drop Another
In a free-scoring affair, the Pre-
Laws found 27 points insufficient to
boat out East Hall as the Easterners
led by Ed Letscher's 14 points piled
up .'IB. Bert Angell scored 10 points
for the losers.
Except for the one big game noth-
ing particularly exciting happened in
the Early League. The Heights Bolos
rang up 51 points against the hap-
less Sophomore Academ Leopards' 16
as Watson had a field day with 18
points.
Town IP" earned its place in the
big game by trouncing the All-Stars.
39-16. West Hall still held its slim
chance of copping the title by beat-
ing the Two-Point Terrors 35-11 and
the Sophomore Academs 38-14. Run-
nels and Myers tied for scoring hon-
ors in the first game, each amassing
10 points while Guernsey took H all
with 17 in the second.
Highlight of the final round will
be the playoff for the cellar cham-
pionship Wednesday afternoon be-
tween the Soph Academs and the
AlfrStwi. - i——.
1940 Archi-arts Ball
To Feature Oriental
Theme February 21
Eight Beauties Will Be
Presented at
Dance
French I lido-China lias been se-
lected fur the theme of the Archi-
A its Ball, annual brilliant eft's tume
dance of the Architectural Society
which president Jack Bland announc-
ed will be held February 21. Tho hull
has not yet been decided upon.
Although selection of the eight
beauties to be presented at tho most
colorful event of the Rice Social sea-
son hus not yet been made, work has
been started on designing of sots and
'costumes for the affair. Charles 'Sulli-
van is chairman of the design com-
Toaster Not Blame
# « H« * *
Concludes Shoultz
* * sfc * *
As He Eats Cheese
Tho boys over West Hall way blew
out the fuses one night last week,
but the electric toasters wore not to
blame. George Shoultz will vouch for
that.
It all took place when the boys of
the first entrance of West Hall de-
cided to toast up a few slices of bread.
Each room, it seems, had a toaster,
so each room fired up a toaster. No
one thought of the extra load that tho
toasters would put on the fuse ex-
cept George Shoultz, dormitory elec-
trician, ' .
Sensing something amiss when the
lights- began to fail, the voltage wiz-
ard shot. up the stairs : to tho third
floor of West Hall. Stalking into each
"Sharing" will be the theme of the
annual spring retreat to bo hold joint-
ly by the Baptist Student Unions of
the Institute and the University of
Houston February 8, y, and it) at
Casa del Mar.
Principal speaker on the program
will be Dr. Frank Leavell, south wide
Baptist Student secretary from Nash-
ville, Tennessee. He will speak at
both tfie morning and evening serv-
ices.
Jim Bohrman, president of the A.
and M. Baptist Student Union, will
lead the morning watch services dur-
ing tho retreat. Mrs. R. H. Tharp,
wife of the pastor of West End Bap- programs committee. John Ward and
tist Church, Houston, will lead the L. B. Wooteis are also working with
rotim, he started a tirade against the
mil toe- named by Bland. Assisting him toasters in the donatories,
are Herschel Winslett, Guy Jack,on, ,K;H'h timi' Wlth *
Woody McFayden. Raymond Bruit- ;m'
niez, .111(1 lluike McGinty. Heading' He- finally left the entrance with a
the eostume committee is Marian
Sinclair with Dorothy Holmes, Joan
Nichols and Mary .-Francis Kane work-
ing with her. The committee announc-
ed that it wilJ furnish costume sug-
gestions and designs for those who
want to know what to wear to tho
dance.
Other Committees
* Guernsey Palmer and Oetavia
Chambers are do-chalrmen of tho
pageant committee and are being aid-
ed by Marian Sinclair. Mary Beth
Morris is in charge of the hall and
food. Patron committee is composed
of John Saiulifer, chairman, and Joe
Krakower, Guernsey Palmer, Flor-
ence English, Gene Morse, Burke Mc-
Ginty, Charlotte Pope, Frank Peer-
man, and Bill Sp'aw.
Edward Mayo heads the bids and
el-tec! cheese .-sandwich.
finally left the enl
fill! stomach, anil a deep conviction
that fate, and not the toasters, had
burned out the fuses.
Y to Discontinue
Meeting and Plan
Bridge Luncheon
Joe Davis Will Be
End Coach Under
Jess Neely Here
Coach Will Begin Spring
Football Training
February 15
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Carswell's Sprained Ankle Does Not
Prove Serious; Slimes Win
50-21 Game Last Night
,, Jess Neely, new dnei lot
grid fortunes, . filled one of the t wo
remaining vacancies in ,.his,, coaching
staff with the addition of .Joe Davis,
ex-Clemson end mentor, he .innpjuiu'-
ed late yesterday.
Davis, who assisted Neely for m-v-
ei a! years at Clwu.-on al ter playing
under him at Southwestern of Mem- j
phis, will probably serve as end
coach iff the - Owls^ ,
id the Thresher . . j-,:. ■ /i ;; r
(,'ilk'Ki' Station,. January 1 f>ye
,. ... j02-14 Iu\re tonight in ehillv M<-inurial <?vm .In take tiiu
of KlC'Oif ■-. ■/ • . • , , * . ' ''..
current and torrid .conference basket uull race. ;nd«iute:fo
set of- tho #ame by the A. and M. dofensv, tin' Owl-
Leaves One Vacancy
Thji,. ; Selection : of Davis It-ayes'.-
only , one vacancy, :in the 1 iiv'f sw||||
[tilh" HRt
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mid-way in the second quarter awj went. ■ini In roitt il'v
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was jrhii hijr'nni^ i .i i -,i
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Large Cast of Fifteen, midev tin" i>. ■ mm k ik;
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'Pulling the Curtain'
Cast is Announced
By Wanda Hoencke
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that of head line cnjacii, find Neely
is not expected to fijl thai position . .Meiriln
for: some time; as he has ile.ciai'ed his
intentions of , in'.ervi, '.vin.u several
more eandidates before he ijiakes tip
Completed At
Try-outs
i;:,; j: ip ^ ;|t;i
BH||;be easi (it "Pullnii! ! : l,f. • A .
thi' Curiam.'' Turn. Tatiijari/.-. .-'.a' ii i-imI i 1 .■ nii i ■ . i "
eal fa tee wlueli i; tile .D.ranui'ii1 i.'^U ; n./ir ii '.m r, .
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February ex- ^'oach, ffi round out the t'ootljall .set-: t:ht. three-act
it was announced Thurs- j up for the coming season. atricals.
him. Orchestra selection considered by
Pete Loifoste, chairman, Paul Blan-
ton, Hugh Gragg,' Walter Symonds,
and Billy Ragland. Publicity chairman
is Mary Beth Morris. Charles Chart,
Ernest Vogt, and Clark Kjorltuig are
on the committee.
II. S. Students Approve of Roosevelt
But Do Not Want Him For Third Term
in almost a straight line, and even
slightly less than a year ago.
Students in New England, the Mid-
dle Atlantic and East Central states,
us usual, today are less in favor of
the president than other sections of
See THIKI) TEIOI page 4
Austin, Texas, January Hi — Al-
though a good majority of American
college students continue their ap-
proval of Franklin I). Roosevelt as
president, campus opinion has not
kept pace with the increasing support
that the U. S. voter has been giving
the chief executive since the Euro-
pean war broke out.
A coast-to-coast referendum of col-
legians taken by the Student Opinion
Surveys of America shows that more
than three out of every five "gener-
ally approve of Roosevelt today as
president." This is only nine-tenths
of one per cent less than the vote of
approval students gave F. D. R. a
year ago this month, according to the
continuous index of his popularity
that the Surveys has kept. These sci-
entific polls of college thought are
conducted through the cooperation of
nearly 160 member undergraduate
newspapers, among them The Thresh-
er-
Significant are tho comparisons
that now, after more than a year of
measuring student opinion, the Sur-
veys can make with other national
polls. It is clearly shown that the
moving world and national events of
recent months have not influenced
student opinion as much as national
public opinion, whie)i since the start
of the war has far outstripped tho
collegians In approval of the presi-
dent. Here is the record:
Approve of F. D. R. Dec. '38 Now
Poll of U. S. Voters 5B.5 04.B
Poll of U. S. Students . 02.8 01.9
Thus while last December there
was a greater percentage of students
In favor of Roosevelt than there was
of voters, events since then have
caused the rank and file to change its pieces as the best publishing job.
while atttdenV approwMs - Dr. Wretps^^"•wiw"-wf8rtny"ff"1rrewn"
Meetings of the Rico Young Worn
en's Christian Association will be dis
continued until after
am inatioh
day.
At the mooting held yesterday plans
for ti bridge luncheon sponsored by
the Association tf ere "discussed. The
probable date will be during the lat-
ter part of February. Helen Sulli-
van gave excerpts from "Behave
Yourself,"
Nicholas Will Speak
To Pre-IVIeds tonight
"The Chemistry of Kidney Stones"
will be the topic of Dr. Henry O.
Nicholas' talk at 7:30 tonight when
he addresseH, the Rite Pre-Medicnl
Society.
I)r. Nicholas, assistant professor
of chemistry,- will speak to the medi-
cal students at their meeting at Autry
House, presenting chemist's slant
on medicine.
Donald V. Moore, fellow in biology
who is now working on his doctor's
degree, spoke before the group last
Week.
^liUpi-oduct- ;:oi,C Mturt;:li-}:1;:1 ^''I-i;--H^'
aiinouiieed. . .Thursday 'by ■VViindp'iiiiit'ii-i'i'i:'. V>tHi'e'k' .
his mind o« the man to head th.- foi -!][oenck.e, jy,e.-ident of tin ikio , U i„ M ■ . '
ward wall. i -Feminine member:^ .;6l'' the' ^tiVr.are'.i
Neely plans1 to arrive here Kel^'i^1,ll1.-,S^'t!i" W \V ! "■
[Natalie . Meyer,Betty June Fittii.j
arv 1 to take over his new duties, ana1 r- „ , • ...... v«. - ...
v,v.Ovivji,, .j.-ctii .
to launch spring training February 15. j.,rer and June Siegert. '1!'n^
ii "tiio" i-eteh-
Present plans call
lion of Bill Wallaeo
coach and < 'ecil (Jrigc
the" leten-
.« freshman
as biiekfiehl
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i arsw , !! (iiv'cis Hi'
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Mil.t "t'obiaiiy,.
l;uinp'ki!i.. CiTso?!" 'Smith, : aiVd:'\Ji;it;lJy;|^?^*"^1 "''''-K'jl::1!';. ....
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Dean Weiser Approves Flans for |
Organization of Religious Council
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Plans for "the. orga'hixatloii of, aiij
inter-denomihationa!. i eligious couit- j
cil on the Rice campus are neaimg,
completion, according , i;o pro.p6nents !
;of the movement. ryicentiy ioiiiated.'
Dean Harry' B. Weisei' has apprU'eil
the preliminary plan^ :l'o:; the organi-
sation of the council, which would
consist ,of tine : or tivi) ; representa-
tives from each denomination. The
denominations would name .their own
representatives, presumably through
their respective, :rcligi,ous otgapiza-
tions on the campus. All denomina-
tions, including those of Protestant,
Jewish and Catholic faiths, would be
invited ; to represent themselves " oil
the council.
The aims of the council, as approv-
ed by Dr. Weiser, are:
1. To provide a link between the
adii'ii'pi.stratiow. and the
'.religious org.'uiizal ions;
campus,
Tci: proVidis; a,'biteis;:.!tSiv-AVpiLi'ra-
Iffi H
Vtu HlU 1 1 |ll "It f < III j
'v.1-..''.SssV1;.!'ttiil';|U'.i;-i
. 'turn IjetwM'li , the I'ifflJ i I '
' '. gio'us ■ in'i;riVil:zai:.ii;ijis;' flij'?
pus. , ,:' ';';.|,rai1.i,'-i',: 'gjj ,
'!j.. To ' 'j|| .. ('yc.l-;j,'--''.iSitii<i'«:ilt.t|i"i,1"
loyalty to the chiiiich' i.ii' his- :: V'Ji1- ■ '■11t
choice and active paii-iciiia'tibn :'!l " •' iit ■'
in its program. it'.y!
■1. To promote student intere.-:. ( ••; ■'1 '!1
the. .Rockwell lecture-; and other I'-'mr- -: ..ii: . -.ii!.11'
outstanding bical - events -if' i< | ^ #if$s
religious-nature. h "ti n
o.' -ljv enemtragc 'all .creedn t;o. cs-!1 : ; ' 'A-
s^Iish' on the Rice 1;
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hli.l'ije
definite religious:p:rogr«'nt! sVmong!1'"" " "
those students adhering to that! -'''diviei . o:;i,
faith.
"Don't Read Heavy Literature In Bed,"
Says Yale's Phelps on Houston
By Sam Polk
"Never read heavy literature in
bed," advises Professor William Lyon
Phelps. "When you drop off to sleep,
you'll drop the. book and hurt your-
self."
Dr. Phelps, 74 years old, 41 years
a professor of English at Yale Uni-
versity aiul Professor Emeritus for
the last five years, iff America's fore-
most champion of literature and the
humanities. He was in Houston Fri-
day to deliver a public lecture and
^autograph this local bookstores' copies
of his recently published popular
work, a thousand-page Autobiogra-
phy with Letters.
At noon, accompanied by A. S.
Clevelnnd of the Rice Board of Trus-
tees, he paid a visit to President Lov-
ett, stopping in ...the sallyport for a
fe\V minutes to talk with representa-
tives of Thu Thresher.
Asked to name his choice of the
best books of the year, Dr. Phelps
recommended Marjorie Rawlings' The
Yearlinn as the best novel, Carl Sand-
burg's biography of Liyoln its the
best non-fiction, and SimoW and
Schuster's collection of Art Master-
Billy Phelps
. . . . Texas has samples of weather.
tweed overcoat, a slouch hat, and a
lavender shirt with a black bow tie
of ancient vintage. (Must be an Eli
custom, Mr. Potter.)
Waylaid by three students in front
of the sallyport, Dr. Phelps immed-
iately jumped into the problematical
sweet ar TOTr ws&tWf.
"One can't complain of the weath-
|er here; you have all kinds. Last
! night it was a sultry July, and today
jit's a crisp October. It seems to come
I in samples. Why, the last time I was
:down here you had six varieties ill
j one afternoon!"
j "What do you think of your new
;coach?" he asked. Wo told hint that
we don't yet know what to think, ex-
cept that hoei on a hot spot.
I "Did you ever think of the prediea-
iment that the professors would bo in
lit' their jobs depended upon such tests
I of efficiency as the chacYies' jobs do?"
j he asked. "A German instructor would
I be fired if his pupils couldn't -rattle
off the German, and an economics
teacher would have to go if his
classes failed to solve the world's
problems,"
lit. Phelps was glad to meet Frank
Guernsey, about whom he, had heard
a lot.
"I was sorry to have to give up
tennis when I was seventy," he told
Frank. "One morning I played five
sets of doubles, then ate a heavy
lunch, and finished the day with
eighteen holes of golf. Next morn-
ing I was down with tho flu. That's
wily 1 detiidtfef to "quit rennis.Tr" T
Ui«e leading >42-:( n--i w Kit .i(.11 ■ :n
'■Utes 110 !;il,,y ;.(l:>:tl iliLOIpe
ones''i|UK I; :;.:;'c,,-s<,,r.1 vi
n.'.iuts Jui'il ■; ;itid Kvii.ru it
defensive plr.y- th- •'%>i
feilse col,). .
Cadet- Start l-'otdinv.
Tile t'lldei;• i-iji'l *.t-.i I
K'.. anil SeJaiai uropped thrt^f
Dr. Phelps thinks Frank and Hit- jfiom the ,-i.i- ami ti:.- t)w: ue!
sy Grant would make a nood !eiinisj.!l *r'"'" l> ad. H .h i .n a ■
team. "Neither of you hits' the tid- j^oai'h Kiaitunit -n -ie/1 r.:- .
m
illjepllet^otu ,;Ai vJU't-(li-''^,1'.
"S'htiot't.;!!.')'!. iinil-isifd'-1 j lolttf' T-
Sei Kit 1 ON 1 pate
Campanile Staff To
"'S
-vi'ii
vantage, of height," he told titiifriii- let the -t It to i > .• 11 ;
■se.y.; '"you are hetii
"And speaking of 'retrievers;": he
rambled:. "1 once had -a- remarkable
retriever (log. . When he pointed,, it j
was - -neverj at. a piaee w'he're^a l>}rd,|'/'ls.
liiad 1 ecu; those was always a bird, .... .. ,t„,
there. ivleet At 1 p. m. Podn>
"On day I was Walking in town With;
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llwliliyrl
fmmwm
,!'-!5'ii&;;,en: :rc, sln.i'i' 0! :S:!i'e V'air.pwdlH
,':.iii;--'jt;i>'i|;Hy-in vo.oi't-L'o.i,
ai:i ii - pjiitdinc" -to
h> out t.he
,11-n-llinniee-s
■the U;ee
the dog and a 1'rietid. when the dogI-K'- e'i: ::, e, .- Li.u
suddenly stopjW'd and pdttited, My -wiIL.tiieet at 1 p. m
friend razzed me about it: 'I. thought 01 ,:'U; Adm.ni^ti
your dog poitited only at birds/ 'But j nuike ai i-mm n,i nt-- lo
wait, a minute.' I said: 'let's'1 see what; oigan./afor- •-,e c lie
lie's pointing at.' We walked ^cross. Hank Ilud«ppth id:;.n
the street and found only a man |yearbook.
standing on the -curb. But that man's 1
name was Mr. Partridge. My dog was
always right." ! : j
Dr. Phelps said that Texans at-'
tending sehdol iii the East are ahvtiys
called "Tex."
"I've y et f b see a Texan w ho is
narrow or little," he said, "Your
broad state seems to make your peo-
ple broad-minded." j
A lover of sports Phelps seems to
be pretty broad-minded himself. Lu- j
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