The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 19, 1945 Page: 3 of 4
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THURSDAY, 19 JULY, 1945
By "Hoot" Thomas
Now comes the time of year when
there is a pronounced lull in ath-
letics around the campus. The regu-
lar seasons for track, tennis, and
golf are over and with the exception
of an abbreviated spring football
practice session, and several, as yet
unscheduled, swimming meets ( there
will be virtually nothing of interest
in local athletics for a few weeks. In
prewar days college students were
at home for their-summer vacation
during this period and so far no
practical solution has been found to
compensate for this letup either at
Rice of other schools.
Spotlighting the 1945 baseball
season was the development of three
fine players on the Rice champion-
ship contending team. Ed. (for
Gawd's sake spell my last name
with an e) Murphey was one of the
finest hurlers in the conference,
turning in a brilliant no-hit per-
formance against S.M.U. Keltys
Powell, King of Swat for the Owl
horsehiders, knocked out a .405 for
the season and played a heads-up
game on first base. Bob Feldman is
one of the best fielders to turn up
in many seasons and could be count-
ed on for a hit when one was really
needed. The team was the best seen
at Rice in many years and the con-
ference race was in doubt until the
T.U. series, where our boys showed
they just weren't cliff-climbers.
Coach Grigg's thinly clads turned
in some fine performances during
the season. Outstanding were Bill
Malseed's continually top javelin-
hurling, and George Walmsley's in-
comparable sprint work. Walmsley,
now a plebe at the Naval Academy
copped honors in the 100-yd. dash
at the SWC finals, nosing out Shurr
of Texas. John Donaldson won the
discus throw with a mighty heave
of 157 ft. 5 in., and went on to the
National AAU meet where he an-
nexed the platter tossing event with
another gargantuan toss. Nice work,
Johnny.
The Naval ROTC rifle team won
first place in the 1945 National
ROTC competition for the Wm. Ran-
dolph Hearst trophy against forty-
two other colleges and universities
with a mark of 810. Keith Squires
became national champion with a
score of 191 in a telegraphic against
Duke University. He scored 50 for a
perfect record on prone shooting, 46
off-hand, 47 kneeling, and 48 sitting.
Keith now captains the swimming
team, which started practice last
week.
Tennis this year was led by Jack
Haden, who went as far as the semi-
finals in the SWC meet, being
downed by Ken Crawford, confer-
ence Champ. Other team membei-s
were Marvin Boggs, Dick Wehr, and
George Witte.
The golf squad turned in nice
matches throughout the season with
Dave Adrian, Tommy Burke, Tom
Moore, and Scott comprising the
team.
Well, that winds up the resume of
the 1945 spring sports program, in
which we saw Rice wind up no lower
than third in any sport. Prospects
are bright for equally good teams
in both football and basketball this
fall.
That's 30 for now.
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Navy Hour Show,
Launched 10 July, Will
Continue 13 Weeks
Coach Jess Neely is spending the
summer football practice session in
searching' for six replacements to
back up every first-string man, and
also some first-string men. AH kid-
ding aside though, he may come up
with more than conference oppo-;
nents are expecting in the way of
trouble.
One Likes the Place
w Trainees Comment
On Conditions at Rice
FOOTBALL—
(Continued from page 1)
ter. Power is provided by Anderson
and Nemir while speed and decep-
tion will be handled by the other
three squad members. This lineup is
one of the heaviest in years, and
though it will miss All-American
Guard "Nick" Nichols, it will be
well balanced enough to hold back
any opposing line.
Among those vieing for end posi-
tions- are Bruce Bradbeer, A. M.
Black and Jack McBride. Tackles
include Bob Zelzman, K. O. Nelson
and Irwin Rose. Guards looking good
so far are George Oprea, Dave
Klager, Dan Senuta and Jack Buck-
ley. Center slot is being held down
so far by Gil Tausch and Tom Mar*
phey. A complete roster of the squad
will appear next week.
"NAVY HOUR," a new 30-minute
program, will hit air waves for the
first time Tuesday, July 10, 1945, at
8 p. m. Central War Time, over the
National Broadcasting Company fa-
cilities. The program originates in
Washington, D. C.
NAVY HOUR, the first network
radio series to be written and pro-
duced by the Navy Department, fea-
tured a 90-piece U. S. Navy Sym-
phony Orchestra, a high-ranking
Navy officer in a report of the cur-
rent war news, a pick-up from a
ship of the Pacific Fleet, and an
especially written dramatic tribute
to the Navy, Marine Corps and
Coast Guard with a name guest star
and especially arranged music.
Lieut. Robert Taylor, USNR,# is
helmsman for the first three pro-
grams.
Spotlighting the Pacific War,
"NAVY HOUR" is scheduled to run
for 13 weeks.
"I'll sit by the window and watch
and sigh
As I count the hours; and perhaps
I'll cry,
And a lonely cup of tea I'll drink
While I pine for you. (That's what
you think!)"
"Some study on this B. A.'s,
And some would try for M. A.'s
And some just want a B. S. or A. B.
But took out for the vampers,
They're swarming on the campus,
They're working on an M. R. S.
degree."
"And when I offered sympathy
He <^nced upon his peds,
And said he'd just three worries
now—
Blondes, Brunette. And Reds!"
If any one of the new naval
trainees tells you that "I'm from
Missouri," he's probably telling the j
tiuth for about 50 per cent of the j
new men, 22 each from Maryville |
and Missouri Valley College, 28 !
from Warrensburg, 18 from Central |
College, seven from Cape Gira-
deau, had V-12 training there.
Twenty-five of the new boys had
already been acquainted iwth the
wonders of Texas. TCU sent 10,
SMU 11, and NT AC sent four. The
remainder of the group include 16
from Arkansas A. & M., 13 from
Sewanee, Tennessee, and 10 from
Milligan, Tennessee, 16 from LPI,
and one, Harold Shrader, from the
Naval Hosiptal Corps School, San
Diego.
From what can be gathered from
the following opinions, Rice doesn't
particularly impress the new
trainees. Kennie Barry, Providence,
R. I., explained, "There are two
things I don't like about this place,
the heat, and the lack of time for all
our activities." Fewer classes, no
homework,, and less time in the chow
line would suit him perfectly.
"For as old a school as Rice is,
and the money I presume it has, I
don't see why there isn't a swim-
ming pool on the campus. Besides,
the air-conditioning is lousy," was
the opinion of Don Stark, Plains,
Pa., and most everyone else here too.
After searching the barracks for
a new trainee who has something
good to say about the school, Tal
mage De Witt, Lubbock, Texas, was |
found. "Aside from the barracks I
here, which cannot compare with j
the new quarters we had at War- i
rensburg, I think that Rice's courses j
in architecture and other aspects of {
the school are fine."
Fire drill# will be held at Rice
this term under the same plan as
last term, that is, at 9:50 a. m. on
the Wednesday nearest the fifteenth
of every month, it was announced
by Dr. William Ward Watkins, pro-
fessor of architecture, who is in
charge of arrangements for the fire
drills.
These drills are required in all
schools under state law, and this
schedule is followed to fit the sched-
ule of the inspector who is present
to study the results.
As before, the signal for a fire
drill is the ringing of one long bell.
At that time, all students are to
leave the buildings as quickly as
possible by the nearest exit, remain-
ing at least 50 feet away from the
building until the first class bell
rings. <
"The recent fire in the engineer-
ing annex should serve as an incen-
tive to all students to cooperate
wholeheartedly in the drills in the
future," stated Mr. S. G. McCann,
registrar.
GROUP NOMINATES—
(Continued from page 1)
Shirley Nyberg, Mary Simpson,
Peggy Weatherall.
Sophomores: Margie Armstead,
Mary Ann Castello, Betty Jean Fox,
Elleanor Graham, Ellen Hopkins,
Ava Jean McDaniel, Marilyn Miller,
Sarah Nabors, Bettey Phillips, Peg-
gy Rester, Wookie Sinclair, Betty
Bob Storm, Elsie Taylor, Betty Ann
Turner, Hally Beth Walker, Mary
Margaret Wilson, Joy Vittetie.
Freshmen: Patty Lou Airhart,
Peggy Allbritton, Jean Ayres,
Courtney Barrett, Johnnelle de
Brueys, Peggy Conroy, Betty Dar-
gan, Mary Davis, Carolyn Del-
homme, Dianne Dockery, Kay Frei-
tag, Iris Gracey, Nancy Hood,
Tempe Howze, Maidel Kittrell, Bet-
ty Mathis, Ann Montgomery, Mar-
tha Ann Moore, Nora Potts, Katy
Powell. Jetta Schumacher, Ruth
Smith, Alpha Reynolds, Mary Weis-
mann, Margie Windham.
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many of them as I have you would
not believe in them either."
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"Gratitude is a lively anticipation
of future favors."
"Who riseth from a feast with
that keen appetite that he sits
down??"
—W. Shakespeare.
"Every Eve since days of Adam
Seeks until she finds the guy;
Even Fiji maidens had 'em,
So—whose missing rib am I?"
—C. Bliss.
"I wonder who invented the lie
that government service develops
genius ?"
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