The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 21, 1972 Page: 7 of 10
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Tight order at Republican rally angers Rice students
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BY BOB MARGOLIS
Political Writer
The rally of the Young Vot-
ers for the President held last
Saturday at their Westheimer
healquarters was a tight-assed
rally. This reporter has searched
his mind for the last three days
trying to find an adjective that
is more descriptive, or at least
less colorful. There is no better
adjectives: that's the way it
was.
The whole thing was over-
organized; over-30 types were
too much in evidence; the hand-
lettered signs were done too
carefully; the YVP'ers, mostly
high school students, were
herded about like cattle. A
group of Rice students were
making signs when a pair of
"organizers" from the National
Organization came in and said
that everyone was wanted on
the floor above "now,!" so they
better ;'Move!" This is no way
to treat Rice students; they
resent it, as do certain members young people who favor the
of the press. Whatever one's
opinion may be of Richard Mil-
hous Nixon, it takes quite a
man to inspire the loyalty and
enthusiasm seen at the rally
despite the efforts of the organ-
izers to dampen it.
„ I talked to a number of the
high school students. Sentiment
in the high schools seems to be
about evenly split between Sen-
ator McGovern and the Presi-
dent. (Not that this poll pre-
tends to be worth much.) Ac-
cording to Mac Harper, in
charge of this part of Texas for
the YVP, "We expect to carry
the youth vote in the predomi-
nantly white precincts of Hous-
ton by a 70-30 margin." We
even expect to carry Rice. I've
been amazed at the amount of
support that we've received. A
lot of people come up to us and
ask 'What can I do to help.'
you'll only see about 300 people
at the rally today, but frankly,
that's because many of the
President are too apathetic to
come down and work for us.
We have most of the young
people. But McGovern has most
of the fanatics. Of course our
greatest problem is overconfi-
dence of the polls. Remember
President Dewey in '48?"
The main purpose of Con-
gressman Bob K e m p, main
speaker at the rally, was to
caution the YVP'ers against
such overconfidence. A few
facts about the Congressman:
Before going into politics he
quarterback for San Diego and
was in pro-football, playing
Buffalo, New York, the city he
now represents in the House.
He calls himself a conservative
Republican, particularly in fi-
nancial matters, (he was
against President Nixon's Fam-
ily Assistance Plan.) On the
war is he a "realistic hawk."
He has an excellent ecology rec-
ord, though, and he recently
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"Lightning" Osborne and opponent Fragging.
Soccer ...
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Maitland is the leading goal
scorer with 8 and "Boom Boom"
Lacey is close behind with 7.
The team goal ratio is an im-
pressive 31 for and 7 against,
with more to come. Rice travels
to Austin Saturday for theij;,
biggest test yet against power-
ful University of Texas, in
league action.
Coach Van Helden has an-
nounced the following team
awards earned during the lat-
est trip: "Lightning" Osborne:
Iron Jock — second class for
bravery in the line of duty, sus-
taining grievous bodily injuries.
"Ma" Irvine and "Amazon"
jointly awarded the first an-
nual Order of Merit for Soc-
cer Groupies for intrepid driv-
ing of the Baker Bus. George
Dames: Argus Award for not
falling asleep in the goal. "Boom
Boom" Lacey and Scott Thurs-
.ton jointly awarded the Ice-
Nine Award for managing to
keep their cool under extreme
provocation from the referees.
Hans Tischner: Educational
Medal for patiently explaining
soccer rules to the referees.
Award ceremonies will be held
on the Rice Soccer Field, Sat-
urday morning at 6 am.
In a cloSe, hard fought game
the Owls edged Houston 3-2.
Rice scored first as Jim Mait-
land sneaked the ball past the
Houston goalie to send the
Birds ahead 1-0. Then Rice's
Randy Epps scored again in
the first half as Rice threatened
to break the game open at 2-0.
The Cougars, however, came
back to score a goal by Rafael
Bernel as the half ended with
the Owls ahead 2-1.
In the second half, Houston
tied the score at 2-2 on a goal
by Edwin Paraera. Then with
10 minutes left in the game
Ken Lacy put the Owls ahead
for good 3-2. The team held
on despite an attempt by Hous-
ton to utilize the old 12 men-on-
the-field ploy.
The game though close all
the way, was a distinct success
for Dr. Van Helden's ball club,
and a fitting appetizer for the
attending Rice fans.
voted for certain cuts in defense
spending. He also struck this
reporter as a highly intelligent
individual, particularly for a
jock.
The Congressman was intro-
duced as a. member of the
"President's First Team. (A
proquarterback on his first
team; Mr. Nixon must love
that.) He co-sponsored with our
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Jackson, Steve. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 21, 1972, newspaper, September 21, 1972; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245139/m1/7/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.