The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, November 15, 1940 Page: 4 of 4
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Wednesday night in room '20<i of the
Mechanical laboratories. Mr. H. S.
i liven wood. a Rice graduate of lW.'tt
ami now a designer fat; the Southern
Aircraft Corporation, spbhe W wind
tunnels ami how model airplanes
ire used to try out new device* and
•WiVft old ntl(W.
In connection with World JTbllmv-
shlp Week the Rice Y.W.C.A. held a
:; tvllowt bii>:' ;fipeiffi|S',: Mv'jfs regular
gathering Thursday noon. Following
the meeting a surprise birthday party!
w«%.' jtiHreii': for II«V'W>, SijUivaii;,,' pt'esi*:,?
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ice V, ill lie. held Thiif-din November ,
J' ut 12:1s m>uT* at Autry House.
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<' A., the Baptist Sftjuk'iu (fa ion, the'
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Sloan May Be Ready
For Crucial
Encounter
Southwest Conference backfield con-
sisting wholly of Aggie*.
Here at Bice, Coach Neely put hl
charges through two beml-«maahing
scrimmages the first of the week,
but was forced to lei up Wednesday
for fear of incurring wove injuries.
On Tuesday the Owl# held their fin-
est passing drill of the year with
Gene Keel doing most of the chunk-
ing, and T. A. Weums and Bob Brum-
ley polished up their running to try
against the stout Aggie forward wall.
Smith Ready
Uespite the loss of Buck Sloan
tor the remainder of the season, the
Owls were somewhat cheered by the
return of Tackle Boh Smith to the
line-up. With Sloan out, Ken Whit-
low, first string center and almost a
sure Iiet to garner conference honors,
may lie required to perform iron-
The Rice Choral Club will meet
next Wedeaday night at 7:30 at Autry
House, at which time a short rehears-
al will b« held and refreshments serv-
ed. Mr. Edward Acton, director of
the club, expressed satisfaction with
the continual growth of the club and
again stressed the importance of reg-
ularity in attendance. i' ,'
The Cranmer Club will hold its
next meeting Sunduy night at seven
o'clock at the Autry House in order i KIRBY: Thut favorite of times
to have a round table discussion.
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METROPOLITAN: "The Long Voy-
age Home" with an all-star east in-
cluding John Wayne, Thomas Mit-
chell ana Inn Hunter, '| i||i! i1
LOKW'S: Lew Ayres, Lionel Bar-
ry more, and Laraine Day in "Or.
Kildare Goes Horao.*^j;|K§^
MAJESTIC: "Rangers of Fortune"
with Fred MacMurray, Patrlciu Mori-
son and Albert Dekker.
1, I « * lif* V *VC V*- VHHCfl
i past, "Tugboat Annie Sails Again."
1 h> IIa-Ke! Terror—nvn-l meet the
< halletitie el rlie tindel'eateil Ow,l.« in
li irtiriul cinleieiu'e test lliat |iit>
emergency
Uiee ground uainiiig and iron defense btindajpng.
attainsi Norton's «rini Ked Kniders
at Kv.le I'ield lomorrow.
Avoid V
Con^^led .
Traffic llll
DowiUovvn
Parking
Uy Billy Whiteacre
At the climax of his first sea-
son in the rough antl relidy
Southwest, J ess Neely leads his
crippled Owls toward College j > "• «'xty-mitui& duty against the
Station today, undefeated in con-i(oll^t' htllt:!"n •iust ut h® d'(l
t. .... . t at ba.vwtu'vilk? lust wo«K-cvnd, Soph-,
lerence competition and capable i)|m)|V J(U.k ,)im,moiUV wiU h, fgj:
of wresting the title and a prob- |ow*s y^piaci'mont and has h««n run-
able Rose Bowl bid from Homer niitK plays with the (irays in scrim-
Norton's grim red machine. Mill- mage this week.
us the services of Billy Heard, i Wit*" the. exception of Heard, the
Buck Sloan. Rickey Vestal, and I th" *? « ' ,or!
,lr , ,,, ,. , .... ; the OwIm ill tact. Mooae Hat'tmaii.
Wendell Garrett, Owl reserve j R..t,s A11.Am(ll1l,an camli(laU, wi|
strength is weakened in this cru-: [eum vvtth Livy Hassett and Art Uo-,
Cial clash with John Kimbrotlgh, |,„ th, stellar guards, in a supreme
Marshall Robnett, and conj^any. effort U> stop the lin,e-jtma hlng of j
Sloan, capable reserve center, Ivimbrough untl the off-tackle slants«
who received a badly sjirained t« d Conatser. gbme Rice.
... 1 , . supported are venttintilf the opinion
ankle in a scrimmage «>n.lh|(t Tmn Poit(,V( 270 p,>lind8 of fiwh.
this week, may not recover: , ertmp Kimbrough's jaunts;
completely for tirree weeks al-! |h:^\igh the line.
though physicians stated Thlirs- If these boys can prove themselves
day moriling that he might do' Kimbrouyh's equal, the Rice Owls
service with special Ii!!!,y th<! u'?sot up"u which thu
'l^:. y';1.:. i : ;...' !;! fate of a conference tradition rests
' ; / -■..; -that no ehampions repeat the next
- Ticket Sale year down here in the wild and wooly
Approxinuitely. 1000 Rice students'j'Siouthwest;
will follow the team to Colleke wwi-
FOR A GREAT
WINTHROPS
EASY-COINC
KLOMP
, lion on t.wii special trains and by
automobile. The downtown ticket'
agency has sold almost S000 tickets
Mqht Raiders?-
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it'oinimied f)'.(>p'l I'ltce M
H or-i| In Decade
Tin- aiil t!„ |o|| inflicted t'olonel Ike Ashburn, executive as-'
• !-m.ii :!:,• • •;ii1111.i- in umre than a de- •<'stant t'11' president of I.cxas A.,
cade, ami apparentlv occurred while,"1"1 -M., has offered facilities of (iuion-
Mi. .Maim and Mr. Callahan, niKht Hal1 0,1 thl> ^$gS§ Stali'"1
t. j,- (....] the area iif- Bice students for the duration o(
\Mit-;lnn,.'i.i who
'ted; Wri'e tiot
will1
j)r 'he
imiuedinte: ''u' c'a'V .Sntul0Bj'i Banners will be
v;i:|il vl: SaU> i.ioi t and the found- desimiatiny the location and |
' identity of the hall.
ii'- wBib, The ailminislration an-;
i,i.1 I l.etoie iio.m Thur-day
\\ at .'hina n fivj|t'(> wtililil lie increas
TO AND FROM THE
DOWNTOWN SECTION
Quick
Convenient
Economical
] to Houston fail.- hy late Thursday,
, .iinght, ami prosiiects of ii capacity j
ell iiinliciliatel\, .ii\d |iointed out that! , J I
crowi ol $0,000 at Kyle !• iel( were
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Hebert's Barber and Beauty Shop
! hi: ixmjmitokvs shop fok vkars
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N. Miller, president of (he stuJ-^r'.mely bright. The gaine i:
. . • . , 1 , . . . uliKl to Kvt uiuk'fwuy at 2:30.
dent association ^ ho had wired a pro-;
j test to College Station early Thurs- |N A««'iehuul crew, rated third in
'(las. received a reply last niffht at: the country and considered by many
:>i\ p.m. from the president of the. sports authorities the nation's finest
| senior class, and the cadet colonel at because of the decisive defeat they
i Texas A. and M„ in which they ex-i,handed the forniidabie: Southert)
jjpressed llieir reyret at yesterday's .'■['jWethodist Mustangs last Saturday,
] incident, and atinouiiced that cadet will ullei as favorites to continue their
j officers would arrive Thursday night i unpi eiedennfd mifrch to a second con-
|1| patrol the campus until Saturday 1 secutive Southwest. Conference .chain-
|ii cooperation w ith watchmen herei ; pionshii) and ii probable 1 RpSe liotti j
eaeacement.. Itig' John Kimbrouyli ;
.in- pi ssiliiy lorn;-delayed reiali- left 110 doulits in the minds of spec-j
! (i i iei.i fur , fanioiiS raid launched lalors last week about to wiiom tile'
jiiii lien in t.iie Twenties, diMntr j tullbnek spot on the 10-10 AU-Ameri- :
which the A. aiid M. stadium was .'can should no, and Bill Conatser put
p,-i■iiiaiiet.il.ly paiiiteii. Volunteers I'rom in his iiid for conference laurels by.
••-.I- I list ;t u te 'afterwards went from clearly, out-puntini; S.M.U.'s Presto
lli'i-i! t" 1 'oilejrc Station to aid in .Johnston. I
..eiiiiine. up .Memorial. Stadium. Despite their beiliy picked as pre- i
Student Action tfafne favorites, the Aggies are not
Sltnicnl action here iv;ia headed .akmy the t)wls lightly - not at all.
By I'i ii-ident. ,1. X. Miller, who scnt.AI! week long the Cadets have held j
: ii iV'h'Kra tiv of jirritost' to Colonel fke bi'iii.sinu1 scrimmages in preparation I
| M. Ashburn.. executive assistant to1'; for tomorrow's encounter, since they I
Wait.oii at! Texas A. believe it may be one ol' the hardest!
jf«i M'.: it'.'pik'H'e: ' ■ ■ ifj ! -I otv'their ischedule. Coach Homer NiVr- :
i"ae 'bliresher Was in communica- j I on said the Aggies might have to j
: oh Ihioatihout the day with Mil. F. confine their offense to a ground.
M l.mv. Joeal -banker who is chair- game because ot the line pass defense
iiia.'i of tMVi boilril at College Station, icconl ol the "Rut don t think
and vvi'h A. sind M. officials. Mr.! we are taking tne Rice line lightly,
liUW i .-q.Ve-sed his sorrow at the oc- be added.
- .-iH-, Ifi-ini: especially affected, N'n Aggie injuries
'by tin i .-ported onslaught, on the J Thv T(,V(l!. A Hn,| m, K,-idsters, j
;'j.;toinb''of-av-^fomidei1, ;and. launched -an | ||g h.,ve escaped ! the injury jinx
I i;mnie..]itt:ie:.'Jnvestjgati^n.' " j thus lar -his year, boast a roster |
! liolton Acts i comprising of such star# as John Kim-1
; At Cjilleb Station, President \Val-1 hrough, blocking hack Jim Thomason.j
!'t..ri was: iibseiit on affairs dealing h.lJv(.s |j,.,.ut.,, Moser and Bill Conat-
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as seen in Esquire
housands of style-wise men already know
the comfort of this famous easy-going lei-
sure shoe, because the Klomp has given them
hour after hour of casual carefree comfort.
^iNow a new feature is the moccasin
stitch making the Klomp smarter than
ever. Let us show you a pair today,
Wluthrop Shoe, 80.115 to 68.115—ColontAl Crating 83 l<> 8b.
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Give 'em the SMOKER'S cigarette
and watch 'em register
COOLER, MILDER, BETTBR-TASTING
^iVith Chesterfields the smoking
situation is always well in hand—because
Chesterfields have what smokers want..
Chesterfield's/ight combination of
American and Turkish tobaccos makes it
the smoker's cigarette.
(Unth -the national defense program,
.Valid Colonel Ashburn bad left, upon a
i deer hunt, in West Texas. Dean Bol-
VII. St AN DAK1) M AK ES OF REBl JILTS
ALL MAKES PORTABLES
WK RENT ALL MAKES SI'ECIAL STUDENT RATE
Ion, in charge in the absence of these
,t:wti officials, called the president of
tin:- senior, class and the: cadet colonel
into; his: office shortly after I p.m.,
"and. in the presence of Commandant
._ i Watsoii! began an inquiry that lasted
| most of the afternoon, liolton ques- ]
j'tiohed a group of seniors at length,
j and all these ineti denied any kaowl-
j | edge of the painting. They did, how-
}' e\el', tell tin dean that a delegation
ser, passing expert Marion Pugh, j
tackle Kime Pannell, guard Marshall |
Robnett, end Jim Sterling, and cen-
ter Tommy Vaughn. Three Aggies,.
Kimbrotlgh, Robnett, and Thomason, j
are being heralded as All-American j
candidates, and talk is of an All- '
108; FANNIN."
TELL LAritENCE .H DD WHAT YOUR TVPINti
NEEDS ARE—HE'LL FILL THEM
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ALMEDA AND CALUMET
Battery Service, Tires, Tubes, Accessories
Let Uh Pick up Your Car, And Return It To You Looking Like New
WASH and GREASE $1.60
ol sophomores ha (I proposed a simi-
lar liiiil' upon Waco at the time of
the bitterly contested Aggie-Bear
football game three weeks ago, and
thtji the proposal had been Vetoed.
Both Bolton and Hoard President K.
M. Law promised a complete investi-J
gat ion. but ' ere not convinced tfiat j
\. anrt .M sfiirlent had been involved.j
• j. Here iii I [our.ton, I.aw stated that
''College officials know absolutely
nothing about the occurrence, hut are
troing to find but everything about it."'
There were dormitory reports at
Rice late Thursday of carefully laid
plans fill a reprisals, and lit the field
house Thursday afternoon rumors of
aeiioij before morning persisted. The
Texas A. and M. banner had not been
iremr Ved late Thursday afternoon be-
cause of the greased flagpole, but
! workmen were pinking progress upon
I the ru hed scbrebimrd.
3 to 5:30
Nlgntt
8 to 10:30
Sat. Morning and
Holidayi
10 to 12
Special Ladlgi' (
Sessions
Mon., Thurs., Sun. 1
Mornings 10 to 12 1
Wednesday Nite Is
RICE NIGHT
Bring Your Blanket Tax
Special Price
lice Students
m.'. ■
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YEARS OF PAINSTAKING STUDY
ond reseoreh hove put Choslerfleld far out In
front In the blending and preparation of to
baceos to give you a cooler, better-lasting and
definitely milder cigarette. (At seen in the new
film "rOBACCOUNO, U. S. A.")
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The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, November 15, 1940, newspaper, November 15, 1940; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth230496/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.