The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, January 19, 1940 Page: 3 of 4
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Lone Shot in Overtime
From Ross McKee
Saves Owls
The Rice Basketeers handily shellacked the T. C. U. five in
Ft. Worth Friday night, 48-24, and then moved over to Dallas Sat-
urday to eke out a 86-34 win over the tough Mustangs.
At T. C. U. the Rice regulars played little more than halt' the
game. Running up a substantial lead in the first half, Coach Bran-
non allowed the first-stringers to conserve their energy for the
Dallas tilt. Rice subs started the second half, and except for a few
minutes, played the rest of the —
game.
Frank Carswell was high for the
Rice Cagcrs with 17 points, although
he only played about 25 minutes.
GroKeelose was liitfh for the Frogs
with (1 points.
Meet Great Pony Defense
At Bullas, the Owls had a harder
time of it. They run up a comfort-
able lead of 5)5-20 with only five min-
utes to play, but the Mustangs start-
ed clicking. Five Pony free-throws
brought the score to 85-31 with a min-
ute and, a half to play. Rice then be-
gan to freeze the ball, and was never
headed,
m Wllkerson High-Point Man
Wilkerson, S. M. U. junior, was the
mainstay of the Mustang squad. He
was high scorer for the night with
17 points. Carswell paced the Owls
with ^ points. Levi Craddock, al-
though playing with two stitches in
his head from the T. G. U. game,
played a good game and scored 7
points.
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Despite its present low standing,
the University of Chicago grid team
has won more Big T(J)i champion-
ships than any other team.
Inteifollegiate athletic competition
has been' abandoned by Bard Col-
lege.
Telephone technicians report Brown
University has the best college com-
munications system in the country.
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The Intercollegiate Peace Associa-
tion was organized at Earlham Col-
lege in 1906.
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" New York Ci.ty in the next six
years will spend $5,000,000 improving
the buildings of its municipal col-
leges.
TB1C* TUB ESS. 8 8
PACE
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By Townsend Miller
|s Three new rules were passed for
intercollegiate football for the 1040
season. The first and by far the most
interesting concerns the changing of
the goal posts. They are to be made
lower and wider, the exact specifica-
tions as yet to be decided on, to en-
courage more field goal attempts.
Cleats on football shoes arc to be
set at 3-8 of an inch and the penalty
for a pass hitting an ineligible re-
ceiver will be but five yards. This
latter rule was changed last year
from the loss of the ball to a fifteen-
yard penalty, and It is now wisely
cut even more.
How It Started
Basketball, like the turkey and the
Fourth of July, is strictly 100 per
cent American, Originated first by
the late Dr. James A. Naisntith in
1891, it grew rapidly from its peach
basket and soccer ball beginning t<
By Ed Schulenburg
"Help niu with my awful, awful,
homework," said the swuet young
voice over the telephone.
"I'll be only too glad to do so,"
said the suck—hero.
'I'll come right by the dorms and
pick you up." (Sweet young voice
again)
Well, the swet't young voice showed
up all right with a freshman in tow
and tooted for the unspeeting tutor.
He came hobbling out like a bat out
of hell and jumped in the car.
"Hello, Grace," he said, "Jet's get
skilled; on the homework, that is."
"Bight away," said the lady known
sis Gmk-c. "Just let me drop Grady,
ithat's the freshman) at the Sam
Houston monument."
The t,iio progressed to the monu-
ment and stopped to lot Crady-the-
freshman out. As they did so, six
other freshmen piled out of a parked
J ear and with adolescent yells descend
The Rice leers split a two-game
series with the Eddleman Mapper
five Sunday and Monday, 2-0 and 7-6.
In the first game, played at the
Polar Wave Ice Palace, tho Owls
went down in the opening game of
the second half of league play. The
tilt was played on even terms until
the third period, when a Mapper ral-
ly brought three rapid tallies to ice
the game.
Beaumont Sees First Game
Monday's non i conference game,
sponsored by the Texas Ice Palace
which furnished hotel accommoda-
tions and all expenses for the hockey
players, was the first hockey game
ever played in Beaumont and was a
thriller from start to finish. Rice
went into the final period trailing,
2-5. The Owls then sent in three ace
forwards, *Lee Blocker, Captain Louie
Girard, and Ross I McKee, and with
Monroe Ivy holding down a lone de-
fense, they tied up the score at 6-all
to end the regulation game, In the
overtime period, Ross McKee drove in
•a long power shot to give the Owls a
7-0 victory.
No Game Till February
The Rice squad w}ll be inactive un-
til February, when they will resume
conference play.
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The College of the City of New
York has the largest R. O. T, C. vol-
untary unit in the nation.
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sport that, now leads all sports in par-
ticipants and paid admissions.
During its growth we find '.many
interesting rules whifh are now ob-
solete. The original team consisted oi'
seven men; then nine, back down to
eight, and finally to the present five.
Goals once counted three points in-
stead of two. Fouls did not results in
free shots but three fouls counted one
point. Later, when the free shot was
first introduced, any man on the team
could take tho shots, resulting in
specialization by one man on each
team for this feat.
The original players had to be, real,
marathoners as the original gaiwi
consisted of a full hour of playing.
Time was dividefl into! three twenty
minute periods.
Side Lines
Coach Homer Norton announced in
Washington the other day that the
Aggies would not only win the South-
Vest Conference next year but would
also beat Texas in Memorial Studiiim,
something the Aggies have ; never
been able to do. Thanks i for the tip,
Coach . . . Members of the Texas
basketball squad are' touting Johnny
Adains of Arkansas as one of. the
greatest basketeers in the nation.
This came after comparing him with
Southern Cal's n,ear-perfect Ralph
Vaughan whom they saw play in
New1 York and who made the, front
cover of Life'this: week . . . Rice has
a mighty tough schedule; this, coming
week, playing four home games. Mori-
day night we have to play those pesky
Mustungs, Tuesday night the Frogs,
and Friday and Saturday nights the
smooth clicking Baylor Bears. The
Bears have lost two, three point
games and are howling for, and will
probably get, Owl blood . . . I'd like
to remind you guys and gals that
haven't been going to the hockey
games that you're missing lots of
fun and thrills. .. .
' a ,ed oil the hero, who in plain clothes
;is Harry Albaugh, president of the
Sophomore Class, and proclaimed
him the kidnapped property of the
("lass of '-Hi.
"1 didn't raise any resistance," says
Albniigh. "There was only seven of
them and sohieone might have gotten
hurt,".'.. ||§!
The kidnappers 'with their, prey
priWeciled to the home of frosh Cobb
in East End where;/they,] sat. around
glial ding Albaugh for, awhile, Just
looking at Harry benime, too boring
for, the Slimes, so tli«y took him to
the i|iHlu«bonneti; Theater where they
not only paid his way in, but also
bought him a 1 sack1 ,<!>f popcorn.
After the show Chappell and Crady
decided .-to drop by the dorms for
spirie jiooks alkl clothes. They left five
boys lu guard A'bangh :ami weir, to
their rooms. In their rooms they were
umbushed by sonie sophomores but
they oscapecl via the i'ii t; eseapu, Then
to the Pic ion manor. ;
.:, "All , ti;e yirls '.!weie:' iin'i-e." said
Hai'i-y, "and we sat!; around and
talked. Grhce was liidiiig in a 'coin
neK": ji!i| ■'! jfi'Ipl tS !;':';'!
Fl-e-hmmi1 WioUn' hoiihe' was - de-
cided upon as the next iudeout. and
the party went!!!!ihere .pixi't'iiired to
spend the night. Mr. anil .Mrs. Wro-
bin had already evaPuiUed .to a, rel-
ative's house for the night.
"Two guys .were'!set. to watch at
a time. W|| shot craps (defined by
Webster as a, gain'liliiig game, of ill
repute) alg plaj'e.fi cards, until about
12.-;!0 a. in, when I went to bed. They
took my, "hp'ots' so I wouldn't run and
some of them slept in the same room
with me. The windows iuid doors
werp locked1 of ci|m4i3i| When I. awoke
in the morning, we had 'oreakfast.
After breakfast one of the boys, phon-
ed his roommate, Sonus of. the, sophs
had ".primed him to tell Crady that
the Dean was 'going to call off . both
the sophomore and , freshmen dance
if Albaugh was not released. This
didn't faze the slimes. They held mu
anyway. Chappuli and Cojib went in-
to the kitchen to WJish dishes. Crady
was phoning The Picton. I was alone
in the front room and they'd for-
gotten to lock the door when we
came in, .w 1 made a break for it.
Broke, hungry, tired with no place to
turn, I was finally taken in by the
Dudley Graces, a young married
couple, I stayed there at their house
and had lunch With them. They were
very nice when I explained my pre-
dicament. In a little while 1 phoned
to West Hall and Buzzy Baird and
Buddy Heard came and got me, That
night I picked up my date with a
body guard following me an made it
to the dance o. k; Tho dance was a
great success," finished, the thorough-
ly fatigued young Balfour.
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Buffalo, .'N, Y. - (ACP)—Showman-
ship and the techniques of the thea-
ter arc coming into their own in the
educational .,sy.SteiiV--r;.-a.t'..,leasti' they 'art1
hei c at the University i.f Buffalo.
Il^jld,; (if all H1 hijft ■: invaded
the economics classroom, where : this
university's professors aw1 teaching
iPPfliere To Go ,
.Metropolitan: Kay Kyser in "That's
Right, Your Wrong." i ^
Liww's: "The Shop Aru'und the
Cornei" with Margaret Sullavan and
Jrmm 8U'we|i®gSB|8M™
Kirby: "The Cisco Kid" with War- '
rteSi-) Bjixtiffi 'ilift ' ,'L ' I'S'flS
with
n's.
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jestic; '"Brother Rat arid Baby"
Piiscilla i|l| III Wayne M()r-
Jlidlaild l"■.iliege ha,*; a s|>ecial
!te!ry week during wh'ieh st.udenU
'smile"';
an
wear sucli tags
"thank you."
-JPP IP HP P I" '<?H«lliimiin« fumfclir, i
the ins and mils of the ocotionMc syS-k.Mty ,lf ^adders /er^iea
tem to freshmen by posing as finan- have Mt-ipes of "-tiekuni" t'loth -.awed
ciers, legislators, salcsmifir or . lay-jot,i.
men In acting out the les^rtn-* of" -*"* V,1 i(||
diiy, ,..:,r'!!!!,::!;ij'!;;.:'!.l!;:i.!':!;'. ; Fountain l'cn repairing, All makes
Sales and service. Fountain Pen Hos-
pital, <><> 1 iCleSS BuiWini:.
In By / on-'- On! By Six
i.AUNDERIXG
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Twenty-five Years Ago At Rice
DID you realize that much of tiie technique of
.radio broadcasting is an outgrowth of Bell System
research? Through the years, Bell Telephone Labora-
tories and Wester® Electric (manufacturing unit of the
System) have produced many advanced types of equip-
ment for better broadcasting.
One of the most recent is the Western Electric
Cardioid Microphone. Built on revolutionary princi-
ples, it is now hfelping many stations to put your
favorite programs on the air at their best. Just one
more Bell System contribution to your daily life.
In'fa.st. game of basketball,'on" the '''t' Si! H, :XVl' 1:"
With plots that are devised' before
C:i 8 tjim« ' the . profem>£j; .enact Itjipi-'!
cat scenes from; the world of business,;
government, and fun<nc<\
The, advaritages' of thLs new kind ■ of.
jt.eachiiitr proei'itui-e are summed up
I by one of the piofcssors in these j
j words,! "This tecji^lijuc keeps the
I subject1 alive. Every. ibi'tH' m 'nt
'limes, there' is iv change,, of , Voice' and
; ill change: of pace. We dim for a
aneed presentation, Hut evi a if tSB
'!'. ■ ■ i.' ; • ! scholarly :':4nalysis' \v'e,!>e ■ net. incisive,
C hicago, 111. (A(.l'; Modaii 6tlli-ithe mere ineehanics of the picsioita-
cation, with its ji'rcat i'lilphasi.-. ^.hi'tiou wmthl keep an audience awuke,"
the study of cotilempoiary l'loldcms.: --r —: — — ,
■is superficiiil in theory and confusion
in practice. ' ',!",1' :, ! !!.:-! ;• ■•! ' iv,!f|.
.'That's' theV;oiijn;'i,oi!i '.of'
J. Adler, profeksor 'of I
of law at the fhiversity of C'iiicago,
and here are his ai yunient- to up-
hold his position:
"Progre.sMvi-m i.as bee•-:i:-- -o ;ii)-:
sorbed witii Uie .-tnd.v contenipr,-:
rary world tha: it Jorgets liumail cul-
ture has tradition root. It. has *iil> :
stituted inl'oi mation IV,: unrleivitand ■
ing, and seiernv M; wi.-diMii. It luc-;
mistaken license for lib,-r;j. for that
is what freedom when Liniiei'om-
pnnied by <lisciplinii.
"If the doctors o.t' the nation -pen;:
as much time wi.i rynig about tie-
niocraey as do lie- educato'-s, i wouKi :
groatly fear lor tin?-health of the no-
tion. The prngrcv-ive sy-iV.m, '.villi:
as confn-ioii of" :Vutji;(ii'I.ty aioi it.-.
eniMtt^S on pi 1 ii.Ii ■: , !:M '
put a false responsibility on ol! i.each- j
ers in attempting t -oivc sfi||Vl r.n.i .
economic pi/blMUh.
"If our edueat it's have the so!uIititi)
for these jnc >1 >!<:■ j Us tla-y oii-hl to
leave t.hc education y-u-.-.n iittd run
for public; ofifj^, ,11 o. an;.'!eveiit, they j
'sh'oulil 'stop Using the education ',ti.y's-!
tein |i| pi'op^undiiie: their; ow'ri .parti-;
cu.'ar IH-Iiei's. If 'ti|ey , Aeoujij, Hm ;
these S®e|#M|P;fs!, ttih-e ciu't- of eclu-!
ca.tioi), ■ then deinoeriScy woriiii .talfi' I
care of itself. - {
"H'ith but very |ew i-tccption.-, «le ■
Have had' tvo truly '.great'*teache'5:s'"in ;
this; eetitn;i,',v. It .is up!;U>; tisr as ;ood ;
teache.i.'M.,1 iriot; as ■ "g.i;e;!it .tcaehcrsj [B
teach bur 'm^jlpults mf tHlth'if-i1 wrjle ami'
speak so that ihey .will abb to read
I lie teai-hiners of ;.te gl'iHli ieaeiiei-
the classicists - - and learn their.
philosophy not for the pnsi.V saki
but for the .-al;c of t'h" jVj'HcBt Hid j
School Supplies
Stationery
Books - - Gifts
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Dr. Axson Is Hack i Rice Quintet Beats Decatur
Tho Th rentier, January lfi, lOtfi > j Uu' Thrcblier, J; iiuui'y 10115
Once more. Dr. Axson has returned ^ v.. yi.v-, j . ; . . ,
' ill®;' 'Clf! A, Friday 'night;,!;, JiMii#
to Rice for the last two terms of the!
session and to say wc are glad to
have him back does not express1 one-;
half what we feel, as any of hi-/? stu-
dents will tell you. He is the same Dr!
Axson; all the honors one could heap
upon him would never
wonderful personality.
change his
nary 20, tiie Hide Owls vanquished the
ipeftiy five ,1'eiiresenting " the Det'a-
the ifeeiitur jj.vt!'. fought 'e,v'el^:/ih!ch!!fie'!'ve.
Wf the Av'il'y.; '. , . ):.i ". ': | ; !;j|Ii'""'T"™"
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tli.e.n we ; wjlf ti cute mCni alhfwHvojJien j
whoi'wi 11 hhyC' jfcee in. oiff -orm' \
Ml'id W:'hi> will'■'■be -bettier t;i:|ii!i,i)ied .to :
11v democracy," ;
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th oil ->hesft
f tcreen o nd rod •
MAY ROBSON • LUCILLE 8ALi
DENNIS 0'KEEFE - EDWARD
EVERETT H0RT0N • ROSCOt
KftRNS • M0R0NJ 01.! rN
KftY KYSER'S BAND, featuring
GINNY SIMMS - HftRRY BABBITT
SULLY MftSON ■ iSH KABIBRL1
j Ptu "'N
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The Thresher, .lairutiry 20, 1U16
The luth# for ihe State basketball
the members of his English rhissriehampiousliip promises to be a ctosef
es are just as enthusiastic about hi? inteie.iing one this vear. This1
lectures as they have been for the lJBlv tht , u t have narrow- '* 1
past two years' and .only wish the;,,, cJ0wn t,o three toams-Uice, TeKa.^.:
periods were twice as long a, thej , and i\l. IJaylor, while be.it.
are. Ihe students appreciate the fact SUlt' 44.^, may stiH sh0w up in1
that they are coming in-contact xyith;jk, r r. tX, ticca'tur. and
a great man and yet do not jj^e all j Southwestern seem to be rather weak |
the pleasure by being overawed - this y,al. am, i1lu h|.,(lly t0 bc
oned in the first rank. Simmons Colt
lege : usually "h.-is a strong tc^aiiv nu'd1
may !ii,i|i|ffl! :thc, ieadihg,' trio a g.'Oil j ,• 1
jt*iu'hI.
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Dr. Axson is not that kind of a per.
son.
Dr. Axson lectures twice a Week to
both the junior and scnio^' classes,
and in addition he has a course of
six lectures in the university exten-
sion scries, so he will probably j||
kept as busy as usual.
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Term Exams Take Their Toll
The Threaher, January IB, 101S
Verily and truly it was a thinned
out bunch which can\« back after
Christmas. No one outside the sacred
precincts of the office will likely ever
know exactly the number of hopefuls
who were "flunked," iiut the num-
ber was between 20 and 25, and has
been estimated at 24 students:
This is hopeful in a stnse, for it is
no larger a number than the failures
for tho first term of 1014-15, while
there are over a hundred new stu-
dents. In other words, this year's
flunks >vere about 6 to 7 per cent,
while last year they totaled over 10
per cent. l''0r the first year 30 per
cent of the entire enrollment flunked
out at the Christmas examinations.
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Rice Defeats Southwestern
.The Thresher, January 20, 1018
The Rice Owls opened their college
basketball season Saturday, January
IB when they met and defeated the
Southwestern University team by the
decisive score of 40 to 8.
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Six !;pj||:,!(i(||i! «|! the 1,300 j men Sjififfl
dimts at the , University of X'orth f
Dnkota have .Hubert .for their first'
name, j
Tho rrfivoi,4ty of Cineinn^ii has
organized a loafer's club to plan
.spare-time activities for. students.
Twenty per cent of Boston Univer-
sity's students are the victims of
problems arising out of our complex
social and industrial order.
Kwtnbllshed 1010
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Assistant Editor Pat Nicholson
Mgr. Editor Annie Lnurio Hargis
Sports Editor Townsend Miller
Assistant Sports Editor .;. Bill Burns
Sports Reporter . Bill Krog
Copy Editors, Lee Bell, Reta Wagner
Literary Editor ... ... J, P. Miller
Feature Editor Ed Schulenburg
Business Staff
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