The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 23, 1944 Page: 1 of 4
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The Rice Institute
Student Weekly Publication
HOUSTON, TEXAS, THURSDAY, 23 NOVEMBER, 1944
Number 4
5
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Not
Dead; Students
Cheer Till Last
Saturday, 18 November, marked
a great day for Rice, even though
the valiant Blue and Gray went
down in defeat before the Scarlet
Scourge of A. & M. Even though
the score was 19-6 against us, we
were on the long end of the count
as far as our spirit was concerned.
Part of this is no doubt attributable
to the long standing Aggie-Owl feud.
The credit for the yelling at the
game must be given to the students
who attended the game, rain or
shme. The pep-rally Friday night
no doubt keyed up the spirits of the
seven hundred or so students who
attended. Whatever the reasons, the
spirit of the Rice Institute student
body was not broken.
iTi years past, yelling has been
the main feature of the Owl-Aggie
game, and football has taken second
seat. Last year, many fans remem-
ber that Rice rose up against the
"noisy 'hoard" from up north with
, the birth of the "Twelfth Man."
Many people speculated as to the
spirited yelling again this year. It
was getting to such an uncontroll-
able point that A. & M. officials col-
laborated with Rice officials and
agreed to keep the "hubba-hubba"
at a normal pitch, ,so that/the play-
ers might have a fair chance. The
Aggies lived up to the agreement
and Rice lived up to the agreement.
Even so, the student cheering, espe-
cially during the second half, was
much above the average. Years of
Rice-Texas A. & M. rivalry have
trained Rice generations, past, pres-
ent, and future, to yell at that one
game more than at any other. An
agreement of any kind could not
alter that.
Pep Rally Friday Night
The pep rally Friday night was,
in the opinions of many people, the
start of Saturday's enthusiasm.
Close to seven hundred students at-
tended after a balmy, rainy day.
The Navy dorms were cleared of
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Rally Club Elects
19 New Members
At Special Meeting
John Van De Mark, president of
the Rally Club, announced Tuesday
that nineteen nominees had been
voted into the club Monday night at
a special meeting. The nominations,
proposed the week before, needed a
maority vote to be elected. These
new members bring the roster up to
forty-nine, one short of the maxi-
mum membership.
The nineteen new men are Glenn
Bryan, Donald Buckner, J. L. Vil-
big, Grover Noonan, Jock Wright,
Charlie Meyers, Henry Peebles,
Ralph Emig, Charlie Atkinson, Al-
len Chapman, Dale Woody, D. C.
Redgrave, Pete Plyer, Bill Way,
Bobby Jones, Tom Roach, H. J.
Nichols, Red Anderson, Jim An-
thony.
There will be a meeting of the
Rally Club tonight in Sefcior Com-
mons at 7:80. These new men espe-
cially are urged to attend.
Exhaustive Search
Divulges That Ellis
Now Heads Owl
In quest for some information
about the current editorial staff of
an insignificant campus publication
known as the Owl, this reporter
found it necessary to track down
many very elusive and unhelpful
people. Evasion was the order of
the day. Having been referred to a
certain party who might be able to
tell me something and having
trapped said party, I received the
decidedly vague impression that an-
other certain party should be con-
tacted concerning such mattei-s . . .
ad infinitum. Why this secrecy?
At long last a member of the fac-
ulty took pity on ye reporter. He
handed out the meagre facts hero
printed for the benefit of members
of the Owl staff, freshmen (who
have not yet discovered the unfortu-
nate truth about the Owl), and the
Thresher editor who sent me on this
assignment in the first place.
Last Friday the Owl publication
committee, composed of three stu-
dents, Preston Frazier, A1 Poujol
and Joe Leggett, and three alumni,
Bill Hudspeth '32, Jack Shannon '28,
and Weldon Cabaaiss '28, met and
appointed Mary Jane Ellis Associ-
ate Editor of the Owl.
Mary Jane will be in charge of the
publication — she cannot hurt it
whatever she does—and Lawrean
Davis, past editor, will continue to
work on said publication. Miss Da-
vis will resume her former position
in contravention of the usual prac-
tice, if and when she gets off of
scholastic probation.
Dance Committee
Announces Dates
In a recent meeting of the Dance
Committee and representatives of
the different organizations on the
campus, prospective dates for dances
on Saturday nights were given to
the various clubs.
The first formal of the year will
be the OWLS' dance on 2 December
at the Rice Terrace. With a two-
week intervals, the next dance will
be a regular Saturday night affair,
sponsored by the Student Council
on 16 December. Since none of the
organizations are willing to risk a
dance during the Christmas holidays
and New Year festivities, the next
dance scheduled is the Engineer on
6 January. The Girls' Club has asked
for 20 January for their annual
dance, jvhich, presumably, will be
a Vice-Versa. The big dance of the
year, the Junior Prom, will be held
on 27 January. This dance has al-
ways been the biggest formal of the
sdhool year. A request has been
made by the PALS for 10 February
for their dance. The only dance
scheduled for next term is the Soph-
omore Ball on 7 April.
Open Dates
The open dates on future Satur-
day^ nights are as follows: 9 Decem-
ber, 13 January, 3 February, 17
February, and all Saturday nights
in the new term except 7 April. If
any club should desire one of these
dates, a representative should con-
tact Bill Henry or Bob Smith as
soon as possible.
Some of the regular annual dances
which have not yet been scheduled
are: the Senior Dance, the EBLS'
Ball, the Rally Club Banquet and
Dance, the V-12 and NROTC Dance,
the Navy Club's Ball, and the Fresh-
man Dance, supervised by the Stu-
dent Council.
Texas U.—So What!
Dr. Pattie's Question
Produces Answer Variety
By Bob Hindeman
It might be a government form or
a professor's lecture for all its con-
fusion. It might be an engineer's
theme for all its errors in grammar.
Otn the contrary, it's a mythical "av-
erage" result, synthesized from the
written answers of one hundred and
fifty-rseven average Rice students to
a question of current interest.
In answer to Dr. E. A. Pattie's
question, "What charges were made
by Dr. Rainey against the Board of
Regents of the University of Tex-
as?" this "average" paper, repre-
senting the opinions of the Psychol-
ogy 300 and 420 classes, makes
amazing, confusing, and amusing
statements.
It is obvious, the treatise contends
that Dr. Rainey is too liberal, an
atheist, a communist, a socialist, a
Nazi, a Republican, a politician, a
statesman, a fool, a great man, a
fine, beloved president, a dictator,
and as one student reported, "too re-
ligious to be a college president."
However, the hypothesis presented
is that the conflict was due to the
Board of Regents. The Board is
pointed out as an organisation whose
policy is to overthrow American
democracy. Also the Regents are
characterized with such adjectives
as too old fashioned, too modern,
and degenerate. Somehow the Board
is also accused of the same vices
and attributes that Dr. Rainey is
said to possess. It also states that
Texas students, afraid of losing
credits and degrees, attempted to
expel Dr. Rainey by force.
U. of T. Not Worth the Trouble
In true collegiate form, this thesis
exhibits all of the traditional pa-
triotism for Alma Mater when it
rather pointedly expresses the opin-
ion that the University of Texas
isn't worth all of the bother any
way. One wartime nomad of the
various Texas halls of intellect very
spiritedly admits "I am not inter-
ested in Texas U. I went to A. & M.,
which incidently is having its own
troubles with Gilcrest."
This report also presents the hy-
pothesis that "funny papers" and
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CAMPANILE NOTICE
All class pictures must be taken
by 25 November at Maurice Studio
and all proofs must be returned be-
fore 4 December.
SWC Title at Stake
Here in Owl-Frog
Collision Saturday
By Woody Dry den
Day after tomorrow the '44 SWC championship may be
decided at Rice Stadium. Three weeks ago the TCU Horned
Frogs were a shattered team, because of Navy transfers, and
Coach Dutch Meyer's fondest dreams couldn't even envision
the conference championship. Since that time the fightin*
Lt Reese/ Welfa re
Officer, Plans Fun,
Shows and Dance
Lt. L. W. Reese, recently appoint-
ed as the new Navy Recreation and
Welfare Officer, is planning an ex-
tensive program of first ran movies,
battalion parties, and a gala Navy
dance.
For three years prior to entering
the Navy, Lieutenant Reese was
with the War Service Office In
Washington, dealing with recreation
in congested military and industrial
areas. This experience qualifies him
unusuaU^well for his new duties.
LieuteniUPBItese's college activities
as Editor of this college annual and
News Editor of "The Northerly Re-
view," paper of Ohio Northern "TJni-
versity, indicate that he will be an
efficient organizer, and the boys are
looking forward to a fine time this
year.
0
OWLS Formal
Is First Social
Event of y^ar
First event on the social calendar
for this school year is the Owen
Wister Literary Society formal
dance to be held at the Rice Terrace
on 2 December, 9-1 p. m. Music will
be furnished by Buddy Brock's pop-
ular aggregation. Highlight of the
evening will be the first public pres-
entation of the fourteen freshman
O W. L. S. pledges.
The dance marks the beginning of
the dance season for Rice students.
Irt the past, naval trainees have
found such dances to be good "get-
ting acquainted" places. Therefore,
a stag price of only $1.90, plus tax,
has been set .to enable all new men
who are still "on the loose" to at-
tend. Price for a drag ticket is only
$2.00, plus tax, enabling the more
attractive males and old Rice men
to attend also.
Committees will be appointed this
week and the general theme will be
announced later.
0
JUNIOR NOTICE
There will be a meeting of the
Junior Class Friday, 24 November,
at 1 p. m. in the Senior Commons.
All Juniors please be present. This
meeting is not to discuss plans for a
dance, but to select a new secre-
tary • treasurer to take Tommy
Burke's place.
Frogs have downed Texas Tech
and Texas U. and apparently
are stronger than in early sea-
son when they tied Arkansas
and lucked out over the Aggies.
TCU reached the heights last week
when they downed Texas in a 7-6
thriller which saw Bobby Layne's
passing swamped by rain. With a
record of two wins and a tie. a win
over Rice Saturday or SMU a week
from Saturday will clinch the crown
for TCU. Rice, on the other hand,
is battling desperately to stay in
the chase, and if TCU is defeated in
its remaining games, the Owls will
tie for the prize with the Turkey
Day winner at Austin.
It is rumored that Jess Neely
may run his Owls from a single
wing at least part of the game since
the eight and nine man lines of re-
cent weeks have stopped the running
attack cold. The Owl passing looked
a little better against Texas A. & M.
last week, but this was probably due
t> lack of concentration on pass de-
fense by the cadets. I do believe,
however, that Rice will go on the
field for the first time this season
with a pass offense worthy of the
name.
Passing Attack
Either George Walmsley or Bill
Scruggs can throw the ball in satis-
factory fashion from any position
but that of quarterback in the T.
Bob Smith has shown remarkable
improvement as a receiver, -in that
he no longer needs a fish net, and
seems to be able to get behind the
defensive halfback at times. George
Miner and Bruce Brad beer can also
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o
Student Council
Meets Today Due
To Lack of Quorum
The regular Student Council meet-
ing last Tuesday was adjourned af-
ter a short discussion due to thv lack
of a quorum needed to transact the
business on hand. A quorum of the
council consists of thirteen mem-
bers, which was missed by lack of
four Tuesday. Therefore, Bill Hen-
ry called a meeting to be held today
at noon without fail. Council mem-
bers are reminded that two unex-
cused absences from meetings will
result in their dismissal from the
council altogether.
The council discussed the matter
of electing a Junior class Secretary-
Treasurer before adjourning. To-
morrow the Junior class is holding
a meeting to nominate candidates
for this office. These names will be
put before the council for the vote.
One other office now vacant is one
of the senior representatives to the
council. This election will be on the
program of business today.
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