The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, November 5, 1954 Page: 6 of 8
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THE THRESHER
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5. 1954
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RESULTS OF OCT. 20 SWIMMING MEET
EVENT Winner Time
50 yd. Backstroke—Harvey Jewett 33.8
50 yd. Breaststroke—Bill Wardlaw 32.3*
50 yd. Freestyle—David Mclllhenney 28.5
400 yd. Freestyle—Terry Loucks 6.00.3*
75 yd. Individual Medley—Tie (Bob Matthews and Tommy Terrell) 56.5*
100 yd. Backstroke—Edwin Kashy 1.22.2*
100 yd. Breaststroke—Bill Wardlaw * 1.16.6*
100 yd. Freestyle—Jimmy Eubanks 1.06.1
75 yd. Medley Relay—Edwin Kashy, Bob Matthews, Stuart Keith 45.8
100 yd. Freestyle Relay—Tommy Terrell, Terry Loucks, J. S. Noel,
Jimmy Eubanks 52.3*
* New Records
TOUCH FOOTBALL
With only one week remaining
in regular league play, the league
champions have begun to be de-
cided. The Monday league outcome
rests with the victor of the B-Bar«
B Riders vs Boarding House
Brewers. The Tuesday league cham-
pion has been decided, with the
Clowns resting on top of the ieague.
The Wednesday league champion
also rests in a crucial game be-
tween Kay's Kowboys and the Could
Be's. This game should have been
played by presstime, being sched-
uled for Wednesday.
The Thursday league is also a
toss-up between the Tubies and
Winless Six. Neither team has lost
a game and they met in their head-
on battle Thursday. In the Friday
league the Wolves stand at the top
of the league by virtue of two wins
and no losses.
The following games are sched-
uled for tomorrow:
Rally Club vs. Tercel's Terrors,
1:30 P. M.
Rebels vs. Could Be's, 1:30 P. M.
Sad Six vs. Bees, 2:30 P. M.
Wolves vs. Middies, 2:30 P. M.
Tennis—Singles and Doubles
All matches in the first round
have been played. Participants
should check the schedule regularly
for game pairings. The second
round matches should be completed
no later than this week.
Results: Singles
Billy Campbell was defeated by
Edwin Moure (6-2, 6-0).
Rudy Savoie defeated Davis
Tucker (6-3, 10-8).
Bob Hartsfield defeated Clark
Reid (7-5, 6-2).
George Smith defeated John
Hoelzel (6-0, 6-1).
Doubles
Rudy Savoie and Clifford Lither-
land defeated Selby Sullivan and
Jack Verheyden (6-2, 6-3).
New Entries *
Students are reminded of the fol-
lowing entries which close Satur-
day at 5:00 P. M.
Basketball, Handball singles, Bad-
minton singles, Table Tennis sin-
gles and doubles, and Squash.
QUARTZ CRYSTALS
How a V/4 hour "gem-cutting" operation
became an 8-minute mechamzed job
PROBLEM: Preparing
quartz crystals for use
as electronic frequency
controls calls for the
highest degree of precision. So much so,
in fact, that prior to World War II
skilled gem-cutters were employed to
do the job.
But during the war, there were not
enough gem-cutters to keep up with the
demand for crystals in radar, military
communications and other applications.
Western Electric tackled the job of
building into machines the skill and
precision that had previously called for
the most highly skilled operators.
SOLUTION: Here is how quartz crystals
are made now—by semi-skilled labor in
a fraction of the time formerly required:
A quartz stone is sliced into wafers on
a reciprocating diamond-edged saw,
after determination of optical and elec-
trical axes by means of an oil bath and
an X-ray machine. Hairline accuracy is
assured by an orienting fixture.
The wafers are cut into rectangles on
machines equipped with diamond saws.
The human element is practically elim-
inated by means of adjustable stops and
other semi-automatic features.
The quartz rectangles are lapped
automatically to a thickness tolerance
of plus or minus .0001". A timer prevents
overlapping. Finally, edges are ground
to specific length and width dimensions
on machines with fully automatic micro-
feed systems.
. Most of these machines were either
completely or largely designed and de-
veloped by Western Electric engineers.
RESULTS: With skill built into the
machines—with costly hand operations
eliminated—this Western Electric mech-
anization program raised production
of quartz crystals from a few thousand
a year to nearly a million a month
during the war years. This is just one of
the many unusual jobs undertaken and
solved by Western Electric engineers.
Quartz stones are cut into wafers on this dia-
mond-edged saw, with orientation to optical
axis controlled by fixture. This is just one of
several types of machines designed and devel-
oped by Western Electric engineers to mecha-
nize quartz cutting.
A UNIT Of THE BEU SYSTEM SINCt 1883
FOR FOURTH WM
BY RICE ASTON
Winless Vandy stayed winless as
the Southeast Conference suffered
its sixth loss in seven games to
the Southwest Conference. The line
play and the running of Moegle
were the bright spots in a game
which saw Rice make many mis-
takes. The hard charging and tack-
ling of the first unit caused Van-
derbilt to fumble five times and
have two passes intercepted. The
result was that Rice scored four
touchdowns in 13 minutes. Vander-
bilt went down the drain and was
only able to score two touchdowns
in the last half.
The second and third teams
played about one-half of the game
and the defensive play of these
two units was something for which
the Owls have been waiting. The
lack of reliable reserves hurt Rice
most in the Wisconsin and SMU
games, both of which the Owls
lost. The second team showed signs
of coming of age last week in the
Texas game. They thoroughly out-
played the Texas second unit with
vicious charging and tackling. Ar-
kansas is supposed to have the best
second team in the conference and
Eice reserves will face the supreme
test this weke.
The Moegle reverses which have
struck fear into most of this year's
opponents were at their devastating
best against Vanderbilt. The mer-
cury toed mentor carried 12 times
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for 81 yards, scored three touch-
downs and had one 49-yard scoring
jaunt called back on penalties. The
stunt defense of Vanderbilt hurt
Rice early in the game; the Vandy
linemen at times sliced, slashed, fell
back, and crashed. The Commo-
dores seemed to be willing to try
anything to stop the highly touted
Rice offense. At first the unusual
defense puzzled the Owl blockers,
but the four aces, Kenny Pond,
Big Ed Rayburn, Don Wilson and
Don Costa weren't to be foiled for
long. Often Vandy would line up
in a six-man line and then shift
or lay back tackles and guards un-
til the ball was snapped. Rice re-
verses were one answer to the Com-
modores' running defense and of-
ten the Owls found the defense
faked out.
This week Rice ventures to Ray-
etteville, Arkansas in a conference
game which most likely will decide
the Southwest Champion. Arkansas
has been the same kind of team
all season long that Rice was last
Saturday. Make one mistake and it
is liable to cost you* seven points,
sums up the main reason for Ar-
kansas's fine record. Both Rice and
the hogs have fine defensive teams,
but the Owls are at a disadvantage
because they must defend against1*
the single wing, a formation rarely
faced, and Arkansas defends
against the same T formation every
Saturday. The game has been a
sell-out for several weeks and it
should be a hard and soundly played
one. Mighty Arkansas is still smart-
ing after a 47-0 defeat last year.
Rice is again approaching the time
of the year when the famed No-
vember drive starts.
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MACBETH—
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