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That Jimmy Kittfl was dismissed from Rice as was placed upon the development of the mind. As
head football coach and that the Aggies won in the days of Franklin although "the college boy
the Southwest Conference'ami the Sugar Bowl «"«red *«* >"* a blockhead and left a
, ■ . , . .v. * ,, greater blockhead," he didn't leave the physical
classic will surely remain as highlight of the —ck that is 80 typicul pf s0 muny of our gradu.
1939 football season. But an event of far more ates jn the early days of Rice this same emphas-
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reaching, *,tnport to the future of intercollegiate
football was this message issued at the finish of a
miserable football season by the board of trus-
tees of the University of Chicago: "The universi-
ty believes in athletics and a comprehensive pro-
gram of physical education of all students. It be-
lieves its particular interests and conditions are
such that its students now derive no special ben-
efit from intercollegiate football. The university
looks upon all sports as games which are con-
ducted under its auspices for the recreation of the
students. The university will continue to promote
inlramural sports and will encourage all students
to participate in them."
With this announcement the University of
Chicago withdrew fVoiii.the conference of the Big
Ten. At tfie1 satiif! lime I.oyola University of New
•Orleans -tated thai it would discontinue inter-
<''illej.:iale foot hail because of the "large',sums of
n u m- \ spent annually on foot ball can be spent on
is was placed 011 sports as recreation for all stu-
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But it wasn't long before the sport of foot-
ball outgrew the immediate interest of the col-
lege campus and became part of the interest of
all Americans. It has become an American tra-
dition. People came to expect something for their
money. They demanded good football squads;
squads that Could win games. But these were
teams that the run-of-the-mill students eouln't
produce. They played for recreation. They had
not the time nor skill to practice the long hours
that it requires to produce a well-oiled machine.
So football dropped from the hands of amateur
athletes into the hands of boys who were brought
to school for the expressed purpose of playing
football. The best of our athletic equipment is
thus reserved for the handful of students who
now represent us in football.
11 , ,,r, ,ir „, I ;i ( ,r![ 1(,.we have as much
duc;t,tioitHi i \pension." I on- the center of the ril?lll lo (1U(,stion the benefit is the student de-
i-iiaie on tTie 0iies'fciiln of submit
t-rs:, fhe ChAi.'Hty of l.'itfslui
of, play
President
rives from intercollegiate football as did the' tMi
of Ch'4|
■'"hit Bownfeui slated I hat. the recent changes There seems, to lie no real and lasting bene-
p ,ul> .j| Pitl in t .uisi' "we want most of all j]t_ (.hat the. students derive from this sort ^>f
i|ip>ppippi]ipspi ...tne^Jip
l.iifi-iMall, be a gaB^ f'.r students. I want 1 {hi,ljr> Tht.y undoubtedly get a kick out of watch-
i|ii a 1 ruly amateur basis. . ing our team play, but we.spend a lot of money
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nonis out of last season just for them to sit In the stadium on Saturday
sur |j loot ball Si's the aftorn 0011 and yell for a tootball team. It rather
-ubsidization1 of the seems that in this method of subsidization of
'11 mion■ l.uMught to it football «p are defeating the whole purpose for
lifti lift rencimises the ;exisioni-e cii' football on our campus, a game
Uii,- r.if-1 bod*v..- am no. exception, ,,f recreation for the/students.-/:a
•t uii;1!,! It v.Al if v,i: ciifCK-as dio the Uhi- As to tiu: inlen.si of the students in inter-
s «-r-<ity of i ^hif.MpA'. to ■ ■,• v. |fj| benofit- lu'r stu- L-< 1 lojL-iat■ > athletics, is appears here that they are ^
(juji'tS der.ivv from siu ha .i'y^tei'ii.of'ar-hl'iitiC:1;.': ' ' , not ' as enthusiastic as their townspeople. Wit-:
I j.i: the j><'j■;u 1:i?ii'" i< • A reasonable To suppose ness 1 lie excitement- ot the business men ill llous-
Mijii H;:, rts were'Tntrmim-vti 'on 01 Ir eanious a- mi , ton! about securing a new coach. They were far
> it r,-ieijitis for ill purpose as exjtvessed by' 'There interested than were the students theni-
itbe trns'tiy::- of Chicago: "s,pori':;- ';A irnxiv"'- which, selves.;;Vi^'■,1 ■ ^V;-;-:l-i'v-'V^i;^'■?;fi:'vir^-
!€|§ ;iri,/'\'it|jM-. 'ol'1: tll^S^: tilr^e- is rea-
t n 1 tin tn lents v But it did not: remain -.this • .->•!! for debate about this question in our con-
"i\ Soh wr At lui, staee ol chwilepmcnt tbf f«rui(i'i'i in the Big Ten.- The outstanding at-
t ,di m1 - teok to Shihr spoi ts a.^ they'Uiok to their f'ntioii Ctilii'U, to it by the board oi .trustees oi
• -k,. a's laueii rnii.'h.-e-is \vas piaced; on the de- < "hicagomay v. eil i-i < \« a lambjtark in the swing
iVli'ipiVyeni ef The iy i.tiali;r liie-e I "Md.it. 1011s as . to amateur, athletics . -A-AC' -
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C 1 1 iiie said- Uiat demOcracv is a fair-weath- Whether or not any element cotikl use this
5 t,r v j ;i r< ,fha.i, j .ert'onn;1; lieaut if'.illv when'.-in privilege to t he extent that it would result in the
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\ long .e- our counM > lulll ol growing,aw , , . , . ,, ,. -
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, '. . ' , ' . , , speech given Browder and his:crowd, when sey-
ev "1 lourished.:iiritl 'isffi l+ourre'ies' is .the- treedom1. 'jsp |- ■ ■ , , ■
:- a: ' .ri a. .-i'.. . : era ek merits, not' merely theAh*content( swal-
, ,- «#a I mml ' !--i ' -A,,1 riwef hook; hne, and striker, the Martian scare
naiicm 1 wtfrtteihli, i\) iibaiA *ai|u ii with it «, / , 'a ' iifii 1 -A ^ - .u
ht-. ■ I ell! -, Of ;.(V; ' l.iJlM'tlliil to tile tree- . . I |I . .... -i-
nfor.i-who was sweiifiinto office with a pi'onnse
ti ifi "it. phaffli a®l||i' t'ffialjfjflu| P*
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; v'-'iiich ; fiy, ;A^;i \A:;':: Hffiillll11|
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earing numlier- of utieirtployed, '' ■;
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" no i-il>]e nu'esi'- rJ|f .SilppuM1,1 cou 1 )lm- with the
f 111^ in !'.|)li||pv: A* ,itA
|| t:he;:treedom of .speech :
'tfihos on a JMilgeroilj|W iiput ,IMip is grounds for
the breeding t|| ili:f!.c|!Vn.tenb,:N.:i:)t;: that it. is danger-
oh;Sly 'large, -but; th'eiii'AtAbOr.ihdieatibh. of M|K;|
coni'i}ig'''Smal'!(:'ri ■
. (Jhoke t'his I'jksiTieiit with promise of. better
gr'\M..«rrim<:'iit: UJHli;-r a C(;!rnm.i.iiiistic br: socialistic .
systenr'tty jt-epi^v^^rnta^WBS; ,|of"these., foreign .gov-
ernments and Wo niight readily see developing
before our ( yi s j^o|>le with a malicious enough
in! < n> lii^ovv the..extetihg system of de-
mncntcy. : i'^ eA ;A 'e,/
. Witne4s''thediUjadliiiC'bthat t'lil?*londay morn-
ing issue' obThe Il||lS||l||| I'ost carried afiout the :
ridiculous ht tempt of eighleen men to overthrow
!he -U.■'■■S. government and er( (.t n communistic stated in Bill of Rights. Should 1 he discontent-
'stale ire its steads (il/uice at Browder and the ed be in favor of communism, let them strife their
New York Bund. Recall the trouble in San An- case unmolested, They may be right. There is a
tonio recently About the question of whether or chance that what they say is true find we could
not, a communistic group should be allowed to profit by it. If. on the otherhand. what they say
hold its meeting. MtiyorAlVilaverick did the only: iA false, bring the lies out into the-sunlight. Let
thing that lie could do under the circumstances; the citizens know them for lies so that they will
he gave them the right of assembly and the un- not be tempted to follow a Pied Piper into some-
restrained right of/free speech. Regardless of
what people say about the government, even if
t hey shout, to 'overthrow it, the constitution, guar-
antee them the- absolute und unhampered right
of free speech.
of™'
.It is -hard; to I imagine t;,hat; our democratic
principle* would mean much to- a populace that
.was convinced by. the talk of these bund leaders
-flint a hew coumumistic state in America would
make, every; man \yelbpff. .Man wAuld undergo a
l,ot- :oI'; privileges J'or added cmlifort and a better
standard ol" living, :i ■
To 1 tf'A1'1'1-
che'eked ill their effort ,to overthrow the govofn-
nieiit; seems to be asking for trouble. To deny
tliern. '.tjjfis: i'roitdnpi wee,Id 'oe scuttling the con-
stitution. So it seems that we Americans must do
a^wh^leypl a lot. of thinking about this jirinciple
of:'free/speech it w^j are to sail the coming de-
i-ades without truuble.
:f utAi large JTiini,tier of people feel that' when
the time comes when democracy is working so:
efficiently1 that: there is 110 discontent, we had
better look out. We are approaching the ef-
fici'mcy of the system we hate, dictatorship.
They feel that, democracy must needs have some
inefficiency and 'opposition or else we will find
otirsehcH dl'ifting into dictatorship of the,people
in power. If this is so, why worry about the
Brbwders; and the , mem tiers of the Christian
Front ?-.■Perhaps- these are the elements that keep
ii? from functioning too smoothly. If a few are
sincere in their grieve.neo to the government, let
them speak and lie heard and their hurts, cor-
rected. That is the piirpose of the free speech as
NORA stood at the window of her
'third floor apartment, holding
the curtain apart and peering anx-
iously through the little clear space
she had rubbed 011 the clouded gins*.
A hazy glow from street lights re-
flected in pools 011 the rain soaked
boulevard over winch motor vehicles
sped their water splashing way. She
watched for taxis, following each one
until it had rolled by the curb front,
then waited for another, waited for
the one that would stop, waited for
the one that would bring her soldier
husband. It was December 1918.
Uncertainty preyed on her mind,
checked the complete happiness that
might have filled her heart. What:
would the war have done to him?
They mig'ht even be strangers now.
War rumblings would 110 longer spur
their love, their frantic efforts to
crowd life into a few days. Their
marriage was not deep rooted by
time. Me might Mot want to come
back to a family, lie might not like
his son, might tliink fchnt she had
taken unfair advantage. She' remem-
bered their interrupted honeymoon,
■their- last sleepless night before he
sailed. They hail liyed for the mo-
motif,, as if life would end with his
sailing. Then there ;\yere the endless
dt«ys ef waiting for letters, letter's
that echoed his love. Now he was
ruining back, f 1 "'1,
rUUNDlNG brakes snapped her at-
U tent ion to the street again. She;
elutcliud the 'curtains 'excitedly, as a
•aixi, sending a-spray of water from'
the' gutter, stopped in front of the
building, She,"met them on the stairs,
her husband, tall,, thin-faced, iri l'ough
woolen uniform/and her father,
short, pouchy, in h'is 1 itark business
suit. John's arm Arrroiinded her
wii ist, ,1 iI'llng her; t h B 11 tops at a
tinje tb the door of their/|partment.;
A'/e-a unbuttoned the britvy Jtijpcoat
and snuggled c!o.«e to him. nutrkirig
t-baiiges in his :.fttt!e, tracoii -the deep
cut-lines with her, .soft white fingers,
which he gathered An a bunch, kis-
sing inch one. He hadn't changed, she
thought The saiiu lean face, sallow
Skin, daik restless': eyes beneath,
heavy , bi'lHvs, .strnii#--jaw, a man's
delermined jaw, but the eyes hnd a
fierce gleam and the jaw was more
firmly set; he was no longer a boy.
He. was a man, A .hardened veteran
at 1 Wcnty-thlVe. ' : A ■
His eyes traveled around tlie'room,
a rooni out of his dreams, how in-
credible that, it should be so much
the same. His uniform was out of
place, a constant reminder of sloppy
trenches, shell holes, everything
wanted to forget. He had a strong
They couldn't feed prisoners when
their own 'iwutha were empty. I've
seen starved expressions on the
children's faees, their faces don't lie.
We had all they were able to give
us."
"How do the Germans feel about
peace V" asked Nora's father.
"For a year before the war ended,
they wanted peace. A victory by de-
feat. They wanted only peace, and
what peace they got," John boomed,
"with France und Britain, ever
vengeful, seeking their pound of
flesh, dividing the spoils. Europe's
power politics. I tell you we had no
place in it. They've sewed up the
wound now but they left the infec-
tion, hatred. If I thought my son had
to face—he paused und his eyes
sought Noru's. "Darling," he said
rising from the chair,"how could I
have been so thoughtless."
Nora flew to his arms. "&ct me look
at him," John begged, "1 Won't make
any noise."
"Poor little shaver," he wispered,
leaning over the tiny bed.
"He has your mouth and chin,''
said Nora, tucking the blanket more
snuggly around the little shoulder.
"And your eyes," John added.
eHe's a peaeh."
IHK meal remained unfinished.
.John sank into the cushioned
comfort of the lounge and began
talking to her father iigain. Politics.
.Is that all they could talk about? She
Wanted, to cry out a protest. He had
forgotten his soil, hadn't thought
what was to become of them, what
ne would do. They had been consumed
hy war,; cheated of youth and plans.
I le; Was], cynit'fi l a nd enibittered. War!
War! It wasn't ended; only sealed in
the breast of millions of men. "Did
yiHi call your father?" she asked shy-
ly.
"Ves. lie's fine. They are offering
me a place in the firm. After about
ten years 1 alight get my name on
the door. Law school is out of the
question,", John said slowly. "Well, I
might not have been'a good lawyer
anyway."
"Think I'll reftee and leave you two
to yourselves,"■ said : the father, 'bi*l
(ling them good 'night.
At'Poor Dad, he's been lost since
Mother passed away," Nora said
when her father was gone.
"I was terribly sorry to hear about
that. We will all miss her.-Flu, wasn't
it ?"
"She didn't have to suffer much.
Slaved up as long as she could, then
before we could realize it, she was
Nora replied with slow sad-
Ill
illwil
nijjhjb
by G00D80N along with
what a desire! FLORJ
tire showed her limbs to bo o. k.
wonder if tho Hawaiians' safety pins:
are as good as POItTER'S-afraid
that pin wasn't going to hold all eve
ning ... the beys are in favor of
DWELLE'S bringing more like PEG-
GY DONOSKY to the dances . . .
other dance goers: BLACKIE with
his five-year plan . . , HENRY and
his little devil . . . POTTER'S draw-
ings . . . gypsy RIRATH and SUL-
TAN BURNS . . . DOCTOR FARNS-
WORTH , . . PHI BETA DAWSON
, . , "cigars, cigarettes, chewing gum"
KOBRINS . . hula MCK . . . glam-
our-girl MONTGOMERY . . . black-
headed DELANGE . . . QUASIMODO
SYMONDS . . . football hero GLECK-
LER , . . JOHN SMITH . . . blurry-
eyed HEARD . . . red-nose CHAM-
BERS . . . Missed CAMERON at
the dance and did expect to see her
—ask her what her excuse for being
in the cemetery is,
What kind of deal is HUDSPETH
pulling on DAWSON, or is DAWSON
pulling one on HUDSPETH . ■ .
MAER'S slftl making the rounds and
i back in the Sophomore class again
. . . Who was tho date that KIRK-
LAND wasn't so satsified with the
night she used spending the night
with ADAMS as an excuse to get
home? How about GENE VAUGHAN
and BARBARA—any way to the big
brother's heart, uh? HEARD, CHAM-
BERS, and CIIASEY stunned their
Ec<f manager when they had to leave
elass at 25 ininutes to 11 . . . BALD-
WIN has his abilities in keeping a
girl worried—rsettle down SMITTY,
you'll pull him jn without all this
bother.
Watch bands at lowest prices. See
our complete stocks of watch crystals.
II. 0. Kreiter, Kress Building Lobby.
lovely
he pom,',
;nes«;:
desire to strip 3 tho -garb from his'j, In the glow of an open fire John
body. "You naisl; be hungry," Nora | and Nora huddled together, w'atch-
intorriipied his survey. ing the flames ineirclo the logs
Norn had carefully- planned this
niiMil. His fft viirite; disheS, white
fluffiitf potatoes, tiny creamed peas,
thick st'ea-ks fM :a htaekberry collider
■-he always a-'iod for blackbe.rry *ob-
tiler wore. iiti the!j;table. "Gertnany
was starving, at the end oi the war.
a>Vund. the fire place. In the dim
light of uloving embei'S, they planned
tihe future of 'their son. Planned : his
■ehib.ihiiod, planned his college and
la'W .-'chonl, plaiiheid the things his
fulhel had missed, planned, the year
of ihi^.'coniingAif age—dOSt).
What Goes On and Where
by Edwin Highsniilh
Collegiate Press
Pronounced "Fy Beeta -Kappa" in
English and not "Fy Bata Kappa,"
Webster to tfie contrary notwith-
standing, an honorary scholastic so-
ciety Whose Greek letters ineart "love
of learning,, the guide of life," and
not "philosophy,: the guide of life,"
Was founded by two men named
Smith, one1 Jones, and two others at
William and , Mary College in 1770.
The ''key'" iu tuaby a key and was
formerly used to wind the scholar's
watch.
Nine presidents of the United
States have been members of the
fraternity; , John Q. Adams, Hayes,
Van Huron, Pierce Garfield) Arthur,
Cleveland. "Teddy" Roosevelt, and
Wilson.
Texas Tech
Ernest Joiner, who was recently
ousted as editor of the Tech Toreador,
has been reinstated to his former
position 011 that paper, , His , failure
Lo comply with faculty censorship was
given as the reason for expulsion, but
by unhappy coincidence one of the
prominent deans had won first place
in an unpopularity contest sponsored
by the, paper. He remained out of
harness for, two Weeks before rein-
statement.
thintr worse than we have.
Rut how do the fteople that listen to the
•speeches of these anti-democratic speakers know
what is true, and Avhat is false? Lies can do a
lot of damage. And it is the lies that are told that
Hut if this is so, and here rises « tremendous endanger the existence of free speech. Free
question, what is democracy tfoin# to do about
men like the representatives of the Christian
Front who arc deliberately attempting to tear
down a government with a weapon which that
same government's constitution gives them ab-
solute freedom tttiiscagainstif?
speech which tells the truth will thrive in a
democracy and democracy will profit. Free
speech which allows lies to be presented on
the same footing as the truth will prove danger-
ous. '
What shall be our attitude?
T. C. U.
A book to disprove the skinning of
Jean Uii.au! is being written by Dr.
0. Allen True, of the Texas Christian
faculty. Itibaut, a sixteenth century
Frenchman, is supposed to have been
skinned alive by' Menendcz, a Span-
is]! Catholic. The tale is an historic
lie and it is time that someone proved
it to be untrue,"says Dr. True.
Kentucky
Legal right of Negroes to take
courses at the University not dupli-
cated at Kentucky State College for
Negroes, instead of accepting state
aid to take them elsewhere, was rec-
ognised last week in Frankfort by the
governor's advistory committee on
negro education.
Earlier last week the committee
had recommended that Kentucky neg-
roes doing college and graduate work
outside Kentucky receive the actual
difference in cost elsewhere and in
the state. Attention was called to the
Supreme Court ruling in the Lloyd
iktaW.J8WHLll BJ M,to rL,. A-.:.
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Wednesday Night Is
RICE NIGHT
Bring Your Blanket Tax
Special Prices for Rice
Students
Phi Beta Kappa has started a drive
to raise a scholarship fund of $300,-
000 for "the defense of freedom of
speech and the humanities."
Now that midniifht falls
"'■ oV'M' 1 - ■Tl- '' ;■) nP nit i .
That lies between
""7". "7.ft ftp*'
Does sleep now rest u
'"'''.'"■■'''..'face.'' -
And fill with soft repose each
faultless line,
Or do you keep within your wakeful
mind
That tryst with me I dared to
hope you may
And reach among your silver
thoughts to find
The shining bud of hope that grae
ed tho day?
Have you remembered, sweet, to lie
awake
A moment's length and clutch the
stars with me
And sift them out in stardust on the
lake
Of velvet night which is our can-
opy,
Or ih your moonless room lie you
asleep
Forgetting in your dreams this
tryst I keep?
—Harry Holt
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