The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, December 6, 1940 Page: 1 of 4
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HOUSTON, TEXAS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1940
Number 11
Captain Kenneth Whitlow
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Texas Upset Leaves Rice and Ponies
Battling For Tie With Defeated
College Station Cadets
Jess Neely has brought his long-shot ball club from obscurity
in nine short weeks, and tomorrow afternoon the Clemson Wizard
pits one of the nation's finest running attacks against the preci-
sion and aerial dynamite of the Southern Methodist Mustangs,
Captain Kenneth Whitlow, ace of conference centers, leads the
Owls into a bout that headlines the national gridiron card for
the afternoon, with a tie for the
conference and a possible shot
at Fordham in the Cotton Bowl
at stake.
After Texas' surprising upset of
the touted Aggies, tomorrow's game
has skyrocketed from the lame duck
class directly into the spotlight, Ted
Husing, ace Columbia commentator,
phoned Dr, Gaylord Johnson from
New York on Tuesday, notifying him
that he would be on hand to broad-
cast the game for a nationwide hook-
up.
Sellout Predicted
Both teams appear to be in good i _____
shape for the crucial clash, and II The American General Life In-
capacity crowd, above 25,000, prom-i8urance Company has been sponsor
Students May
Vote Here On
All-Conference
Five Rice Players High
. As Balloting Nears
Final Day
Jim McCarty Plays
TomorrowNightAt
| Traditional Affair
Heavy Advanced Sale of Bids Indicates
Capacity Crowd For Second
Formal of Season
often regarded as a spokesman for
the Fascist regime, stated in early : Th.O. (•iwli.Prt'-'l^tW dutvH);,. Si'i'oiul ft trivial of tin: Wtitt'cf: so;;-* in,,
Friday editions that the British were will be held at tile Houston Country Cilib tuiiloiTuw liii hl fn.rn
ten until two. with Mm Met 'an \ playing in the: n-iin ballroom
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ATHENS — The victorious Greek
j forces were gaining on all fronts in
Albania early Friday. Government
; circles in Athens reported that the
; Greek flag was flying over raptured j
I'ort Edda near the Yugoslavian;
frontier, and that important advances
were being made in northwestern
Albania.
ROME—A leading Italian newspaper.'
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planning fresh onslaughts against
the Italian Mediterranean fleet with-
in the near future.
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ises to fill Rice Stadium by game
time tomorrow afternoon. Advance
sale of tickets at the downtown ticket
agency indicated Saturday's attend-
ance would rival that of the Texas
game, despite the fact that no bleach-
ers were being erected. The weather-
man declined late Thursday to make
any weather predictions for the en-
counter, because "unsettled condi-
tions," but anything short of an
earthquake would fail to stop the
fans from squeezing into the giant
horseshoe.
Only in case of a tie will the out-
come of the Mustang-Owl clash not
affect the conference championship,
the victor sharing the title with the
Texas Aggie. Both Rice and South-
ern Methodist have lost to the Ag-
gies, but the Cadets' loss of their
final conference game to an inspired
Longhorn team put both the Mus-
tangs and the Owls very much in the
flag chase again. Authorities of the
annUal Cotton Bowl classic, now un-
der its first season of Southwest Con-
ference sponsorship, announced that
the conference champion would play
in the New Year's Day -tilt, and that
in case of a tie for the title, of which
there is now a strong likelihood, a
telegraphic ballot of all the South-
west member school would be taken
after the game tomorrow to deter-
mine which co-holder of the title
Would receive the invitation. The Ag-
Continued on page 4
The Streets of
Houston-
At the homecoming festivities,
most successful in years:
Claude Maer with his sister, Mar-
garet. Claude is headed for Brown-
wood and the United States Army.
Carey King and Bill Bailed, with
a good-looking rod-head. King is up
from medical school at Galveston;
Ballew is down from law school, in
Dallas.
Lyle Cashlon, engineer with the
Gulf Oil Corporation, is having din-
ner at the College Inn.
Bill Murphy of Lykes Brothers,
grinning broadly over the jinxing of
the jinx. _
Butler Perryman, class of 1938, is
interested in recreational activities,
* Julian Fruit, a marine insurance
expert, files down out of the stands
looking pleased and wet.
Cleo Dowell, down from Austin for
Homecoming, Is a real Rice booster,
but he works so hard that he is sel-
dom back in Houston.
Flowers to the new member of Hal
Mickelson family, an eight-pound
daughter and doing nicely, thank you.
Hal Is a coach at Lamar High School.
ing for the past ten weeks a radio
poll to determine an all-conference
football team selected by popular ap-
proval. Now, in the final week of bal-
loting, five Rico Institute perform-
ers are among leading contenders.
Ken Whitlow, Fred Hartman, Bob
Brumley, Arthur Goforth and Livy
Bassett need only concerted support
in the final stages to gain places
on the. American General team and
permanent possession of the beauti-
ful trophies emblematic of that honor.
The Thresher has secured a num-
ber of ballots, all of which must be
handed in tot the election judges by
Monday evening, December 9, and
will maintain a desk in Sallyport for
the next three days at which students
may express their choices for all-
conference consideration. All ballots
from the campus may be deposited
in the Thresher box in Sallyport, and
will be turned in collectively before
the deadline next Monday afternoon.
Students are* advised that the
judges will not consider selections
containing more than six performers
from any one team, and are asked to
cast their ballots as soon as possible
in order to avoid confusion on Mon*
'lay-
Leading line candidates are ends:
Russell, Baylor; Tunnell, Southern
Methodist; Sparks and Roach, Texas
Christian; Kutner, Texas University;
Hickey, Arkansas; Sterling, Texas
A. and M. Tackles: Hartman, Rico;
Pannell, Texas A. and M.; Pasqun,
Southern Methodist. Guards: Goforth
and Bassett, Rice; Sherrod, Texas
Christian; Simington, Arkansas; Bi-
anchi, Southern Methodist; Robnett,
Texas A. and M. Centers: Whitlow,
Rice; Nelson, Baylor; Jackson, Texas.
Outstanding among a host of back-
field standouts are Layden and Crain
of Texas; Johnston, Mallouf, Clement,
and Mullenweg of South Methodist;
Gillespie of Texas Christian; Wilson
and Witt of Baylor; Kimbrough,
Thomason, and Pugh of Texas A. and
M.; Brumley, Weems, and Everett
of Rice.
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Engineers Schedule
Camp Beatty Party
The Engineering Society will hold
the second party of the year tomor-
row night at Camp Beatty, beginning
at 8:30 p.m. Blackie Smith, in charge
of general arrangements, has an-
nounced that refreshments and danc-
ing will be provided for fifty cents
per couple or stag. The society has
issued an Invitation for the affair to
the entire student body. Camp Beatty
is located eight miles out on the Beau-
mont Highway, and is made available
for the occasion by the Texas Com-
pany.
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lineman in the Southwest, leads the share of the conference crown and a
Owls for the Inst time tomorrow after-j possible bid to play Fordham Univer-
noon as they contest. Matty Bell's sit.v in the Cotton Bowl.
Minsky Moves South
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Pre-Law Strip Tease
Shocks Sally porters
By Mary Petric
Diogenes inay have been looking
for an honest man, but the Will Hays
Censorship Bureau is probably look-
ing for several pledges of the Rice
Pre-Law Association. Rumor has it
early today that members of the Citi-
zens' Committee of Protest Against
Indecent Attire were up in arms over
the abbreviated guny-sack costumes
which rivaled those: of the Prince's1
and Sivil's carhops.'
Braving the cold winds of Sally-
port. Thursday morning as chill
breezes ruffled the long hairs of ex-
posed legs, the shaggy monsters1
eursied, cavorted, strutted and mod-
eled in true bathing-beauty style
Armstrong Presscott, the "mountain,"
who was the star of the gunny-sack
revue, received an immediate offer
from the Nylon hosiery company of-
fering him a modeling position--news
of the. shapeliness of his limbs having
reached them before nine o'clock over
leased wires.
Huzz.v Baird's cowboy boots gave
an original touch in accessories to
his outfit, while Nicholson's natty
blue shorts, exposed by R. E. Knox's
skillful tailoring, brought tyrth plenty
of comment.
Evefi professors seemed to enjoy
the parade of -beauty, Dr, Radoslav
Tsutioff had to laugh when Beanpole
Ed Schulefiburg tried to slip in the
room unnoticed. Dr. F. A. Pattie
gave Starke Taylor a chance to show
off as an assistant in a class experi-
ment on color properties, and allowed
the blushing "Wahhit" to stand as
| a guard of honor at the. door through-
out the hour.
Bob Brandon, tlu> Coach Binoche
of Press Club fame, mid Dick Dwelle,
Highland Park beauty, were surround-
ed by admiring 'crowds in Sallyport
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Postponed a Month
By Literary Society
The Pullits Athene Literary Society,
which, was to have staged a burlesque
show at Autry lloiise this evening1 at
7:30 o'clock, has, postponed the af-
fair until January 1(V according to
Flora' Clarke, in charge of publicity
.arrangements. Society;.members have
Written,, directed, and produced their
dwn show, which is ba.sed upon a re-
cent motion picture production by
Walt Disney of the tale of Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs.
; According to Miss Clarke, produc-,
lion was J'postponed because of the
start : of freshman examinations,
which will occupy several members
of the . cast until the Christmas, re-
eess.
; McCarty, a .vming- maestro IVom Au.-tiu who ha- beebrrib a soibsa
tioni at tlic Universitv .rii' T=<!;{aft;i-aui-llin-.-SanlV^nloiuo'• uijfht life
LONIiON-The air ministry reported t.|,G ^ ;i.oi I.OV'4 a, ni.lVVMH-lit ,
I hursday "extensive attacks upon
an unnamed South (.'oast town. In
the capital Nazi bombardment for
the day was reported us "compara-
tively mild."
BERLIN—News commentator Ed-
ward K. Murrow stated from this
! German capital Thursday night that
members of the Royal Air Force had
operated upon five fronts during
the day, centering upon Dusseldorf
in Germany, northern Italy, southern
Albania, and the Middle East.
| LONDON—Four members of the liir
dependent Labor party began a de-
bate in the House of Commons Thurs-
i day upon the terms of a possible
surrender to the forces of the Third
Reich. Editorial comment in the cap-
ital branded the whole affair as "un-
consequential."
BUCH ARKST — The Biitganan-lto-
manian border was closed Friday as,
Rumanian reserves were called up
in increasing numbers.
; VICHY—The French government or-
| dered Thursday a strict censorship
upon all movies, commenting espe
r cially upon the employment of Jew
j ish cameramen or electricians.
; KINGSTON. JAM AICA
Roosevelt, on a short tour of the
| West Indies, stopped here today to
inspect the site of a defense base
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HOME—I'riino Cf a r n e r a, former
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Girard Generosity
Fisherman Don't Bring Home Any Catch,
Rice^ts Wew Song^&tfl§0ie Beat
Thirty years ago in Santa Monica
the fish weren't biting so good for
n couple of felloVvs on a fishing trip,
so they took time out to bring into
the world what will probably be
Rico's new fight song. It all happened
this way:
Harry Girard, then a yotlng actor
on the vaudeville stage, and now
father of Louie Girard, a senior in
Rice, and Oliver Morosco, a famous
The new song will be played at
half time by Kit Keid and the Rice
Band, Reid having made a special
arrangement for the occasion. The
words are reproduced here:
RICE RAtLY SONG
Fight for Rice, Rice fight on.
Loyal sons arise.
The Blue and Gray for Rice today,
Comes breaking through the skies.
Stand and cheer; victory's near;
Sammy leads the wayf ,.
Onward go to crush the foe;
We'll fight for Blue and Gray.
RICE—FIGHT—NEV-ER DIES
BLUE—GRAY—IN THE SKIES
STAND—CHEER—RAH, RAH.
RAH
GO—GO—Y-E-A-H RICE.
Note: The yell fits in with the sec-
ond chorus of the song. Follow the
cheer leader's direction as to when
to yell.
theater owner of three decades ago,
were on a fishing trip in California.
The fish were other places that par-
ticular day, and the two men became
bored.
"Geri," said Mr. .Morbsco, "why
don't you write a real he-man song
of the pampas and the prairies of
Texas? These nambypamby songs go-
ing around now ore a pain in the
neck!"
Girard agreed that they weren't
So good, and sat right down and
started on "Prairielind," the name of
his new soiig, which he finished be-
fore the fishing trip was over. The
song stayed on the scrap of paper for
quite awhile. Mr. Girard then trans-
ferred it to manuscript form, but
never copyrighted it or attempted to
have it published. For the next eight
years he carried the song over the
country with him to the multitude of
vaudeville houses where he played.
The executive manager of the Keith
Orpheum circuit of theaters heard
"Prairieland" and was captivated by
its air — he differed the composer
$5000, but Girard wouldn't sell.
Now—many years after that mem
orable fishing trip—the composer has
| son who will graduate ;in Jane iYom
Rice. ^ The father wants to give the
song to the Institute in apprMlit ion
for what; it has done for his son.
"Prairieland" made-its, debut before
the Rally Cltib in n.he Senior Com-
mens last* Monday night when "Red'?
Bill Ross rolled it out on the piano.
It struck the fancy of eyeryotjtrtiiere
and groups immediately formed
around the piano while Bill ran
through the song time anil time.again!
Different club members began com-
posing words-—a line at a t ime was
added until the verse was complete.
And now Rice has its first; original
sony, thanks to the creative genius
and generosity of Harry Girai'd, who
has supplied a new inspiration just
when it seems that the War between
ASCAP and radio networks may pre-
vent the playing of "Rice's Honor."
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teenth .inline.I meting ..; the Texas
|'"Uiaiissie.'t o:i InieiTar.a- i.Wtic.-.i
ikij whii h aicc'is today, aim
'row at the Kii-fi'. Ohi istian Church
VijjtBf II. Sehol'feima.vcr the;
Dallas ,Mot-ivii:u- \,.-ws and Cni'tr:- \\
Wesley of The Houston Informer vvili
l.e the main >|>eakers at the afternoon
'.'NeSsI,!'! Vvdiicii'"begins at' 1 o'clock. M <•, |
}. SiihoXfeliniiy el' iwill- . di-seuss, "The.
, ;^s'tj^p^V^a-hii':;A'^r-icul^uid .Vlr. We--1
:.ij-ley,' "The .Negri1) and -Politics.'"
At, this (n-orimir session beginning^
at. 7i.'til. Dr. Ira Do A. Keid of At.
hin.ta CniversitJ' vv'ili .spea;k on "The -
Negro and . ;the South." "The Negro',
and Edncation" will be: iliscusseri ,in
open forum. ,
Uice..professors and students, are;
:evited to attend these;meetings.
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Illness Fatal
To Former Student
Miss Evelyn Slomovitz, a mem-
ber of the class of 1041, died at her
home at 1 o'clock last Friday after-
noon after an extended illness. She
is survived by her mother, Mrs. Sam
Sloihovitz, and a brother, Hynian. Miss
Slomovitz was graduated from San
Jacinto High School in June, 1937,
and had continued here as an aca-
demic student of high rank for the
past three years.
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