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The regular meeting of the Stu-dent Council which was called for Thursday last week was duly con-ducted, with only two absentees. After the regular fanfare of roll call and minutes, elections brought up the first business. Four nomina-tions were made for Senior repre-

I sentative to the council, out of which Roberta Newlin received the ma-jority of the run-off. Voting was by secret ballot during the elections.

The second election concerned the Freshman representatives. Again four were nominated, all of which were civilian boys. A short speech was delivered on each candidate to acquaint the members with them. Bob Foley was elected to this posi-tion.

Securing copies of the constitu-tion for each member will be taken care of soon, it was announced. Ann Martin reported that the sales from the Bond Drive have not been tabu-lated as yet. The results of Blanket Tax sales to the Navy boys was re-ported to be a total of 294, which was more than was expected. Bill Henry asked what dance date the E. B.'s desired, and it was discov-ered, that April or May was the choice.

Corsages at Dances Jack Joplin next brought before

the council a new topic. This con-cerned the corsages at Rice dances. Arguments were given pro and con. Especially is it thought that "they are too expensive and last only a short while, but also, formal dances are not held too frequently to arouse agitation. Dottie Marshall suggest-ed that the matter of buying' or not

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By Dean Weeke When an appeal for aid to the

World Student Service Fund was made, the students really listened and replied with their donations.-There was no organized drive on the campus and contributions were in-dividual donations at A-House.

Although it was agreed jthat- the drive would cease last week, it has now been extended until this Satur-day. This will allow those who have not already given to do so. Dona-tions may be put in the box at A-House or given to any member of

..•the Student Religious Council. The original goal has not yet been reached, but the funds collected now

1 ! stand at $120. Fifty cents per stu-dent at Rice would put the drive over the top. All students are urged to give <what they can to help out

" ' ' fellow students the world over.

" Special thanks to the Lit-Societies, Girls' Club, and Tau Beta Pi for

contributions. To each one. who my personal thanks and

of each one of those guys in a POW camp whom you have helped.

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OWLS9 Blue Rhapsody Slated For 2 December At Rice Terrace

"Blue Rhapsody" will be the theme of the first formal dance of the season, given by the Owen Wister Literary Society on 2 December from 9 to IX. Buddy Brock, a popular young Houston band leader, will be on hand with his fourteen-piece band. The Rice Terrace will be decorated in blue and silver

pattern, following the idea of

Owl-Pirate Game Ends Rice Football Schedule for Year

Scenes from the big pep rally: The burning of the Aggie handi-work; Tony exhorting the multi-tudes; and Mr. Neely with his usual ** <• . . . drawl. The customary bonfire does ^ M S

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Jaynes and Exes Form Navy Glee Club; Navy Dance Date Set

Bob "Susie" Jaynes and seven other exes from the Navy Glee Club of, last year have begun the forma-tion rtf a more complete and ad-vanced club this year. A Well-round-ed section of baritones and bases are the foundation of the group of twenty-five. The boys have had one

Article in Life Dr. Maurice Ewing, who graduat-

| ed from Rice in 1926 and received j Ms Ph.D. here in 1931, has recently [ had an article published in the Life I magazine along with a series of pic-j lures concerning the ocean's floor, j Dr. Ewing, who is from Lockne,

Texas, specialized in math and phys-; ics at Rice and then went on to teach | at the University of Pittsburgh and j the Lehigh University.

While at Rice, he worked for va-rious oil companies in the city where he gained his interest in seismology, or earth tremors and vibrations, and formal meeting in preparation for

Christmas events, but f i rs t tenors! geology. These studies led to subse-are definitely lacking. Also they < quent experiments and observations have started an extensive search for a qualified piano player.

The Glee Club has started work in earnest on the program they have planned for this coming year. Don't underestimate your-own abil-ity. If you enjoy singing and hav-ing a swell time, sign up for the Navy Glee Club. The ensemble meets at 1980 every Monday and Friday nights in Senior Commons.

Lt. Reese also announced that the tentative date for the Navy dance is January 13.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS ATTENTION, all those interested

in forming a Spanish Club at Rice! Come to Autry House tovlorrow night at 8 o'clock to help reorgan-ize Los Buhos. Anyone who knows Spanish (or reasonable facsimile thereof) is eligible.

on the currents and depths of the occan. The U. S. Navy has been es-pecially interested in mapping the ocean floor by using Dr. Ewing's methods.

Dr. Ewing Uses Earlier Devices To make the set of pictures used

in the Life article and others of a similar nature, Dr. Ewing employed devices previously used by him in sounding the ocean depths. The East-man "Kodak Company designed a special water-proof camera to be let down along with the other instru-ments on tests to take flash pictures of the actual surroundings. The greater part of these experiments wewj made at Woods Hole, on the Atlantic seaboard.

According to Dr. G. H. Richter, assistant professor of organic chem-istry atid roommate of Dr. Ewing fcr four years, he was a very good student while in the Institute and

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Saturday afternoon at Rice Sta-dium the Pirates from Southwestern University of Georgetown will take the field against the Owls in a game that will ring down the curtain on both the 1944 season and the col-legiate careers of several of the players. Such men as H. J. Nichols, Bob Smith, Bruce Bradbeer, Bill Scruggs, Frank Lawrence, Dave Par-fish, and Bob Nemir will be per-forming for perhaps the last time in the Blue and Gray.

The Owls will be striving to break their, losing streak, which now has extended through four games, and end their season on a triumphant note; and after their improved per-formance last week they should come through if they »can find a goal line punch.

Southwestern last year had a pow-erhouse eleven composed of Marine trainees, most of whom had per-formed at Texas University before their entrance into the service. This year, however, the story is differ-ent. Gone are last year's stars and the skies have been black all year for the folks from Georgetown as their team has absorbed one licking after another.

A small crowd is expected since the game is somewhat of an anti-climax to the conference race. How-ever, the contest should furnish its share of the thrills and it's the last chance loyal fans will have to show the team that they are still backing them, so come on down!

Fairy Tale—For Children?

"Sleeping Beauty" Wakes Them Up at Autry House

By Mary Jane McNair "Sleeping Beauty," presented by

the Girls' Club, took A-House by storm last night; in fact, most peo-ple stayed to get out of the weather. But, really, the skit in all its twenty minutes or so, was packed full of quips, ad-libs, or what have you. (nd some of them did.)

After the confusion of the A-House mob had been mitigated to a soft lull—at the calm voice of Sass —the play(?) commenced, with Sass leading by a voice, despite Bay-less' attempts to noise her out. For a while the narration was running neck and neck until Sass pulled her "weapon" out from her h # -and i?nded it all. The next personage to

appear, Billie Bradford, seemed to have great difficulty in showing up at t.he play due to the inefficient service these days.

Well, the story began, sub-titled "Up in Mabel's Room," with the basic plot of the fairy tale much elaborated, as Prince Charming ap-peared as a sailor (and Mary Jane McNair), and the evil witch was Gavel Gertie (Lore Merten). It seemed the King (Bonnie Bellamy) and Queen (Beverly Taylor) of Glubdubdrib w e r e blessed with Sleeping Beauty (Sue Haynie). This was announced by Winchell (who is Elaine Sherfy).

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the theme. Dottie Marshall, president of the O.W.L.S., also anounced that the fourteen O.W.L.S. pledges will be formally introduced at intermission.

Buddy Brock's music is a familiar sound to many Rice students. He has played for Rice dances on occa-sion and is well known to Houston's younger set because of his many en-gagements of popular dance spots. He plays in a style which invites the most timid beginner to dance. He can hit the hot licks for the sea-soned jitterbugs, also. He features vocal as well as instrumental spe-cialties to introduce color in his dance sets. Anyone who likes danc-ing will get his fill to the music of this rhythmic ensemble.

Because of past experience and present conditions, the Rice Terrace has been reserved for the evening. Past dances held there have been highly successful. Adjoining the ball room is the South-American Room, where tables are furnished for re-freshments at intermissions.

Fourteen Pledges to Be Presented

The highlight of the evening will be the first formal presentation of the fourteen freshmen pledges. While on numerous occasions individual pledges have been introduced to small groups, this will be the first time they have been introduced as a group to the entire student body. Bob Jaynes, M. C. for the evening, will have the honor of presenting the fourteen members.

Tickets will be on sale until Sat-urday noon, after which time they can be purchased at the door or from membei's of the O.W.L.S. The rest of this week, a table will be set up

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The editorials in this paper express the opinion of one man only, the author. They do not necessarily represent the views of the faculty or the administration, nor the official attitude of The Rice Institute.

The Fault, Dear Brutus . . . After approximately a month of school during the current

semester it must be obvious even to the most callow Freshman that the Student Association is only a nominal thing. Indeed, said Frosh probably does not realize that it exists. This situa-tion, to put it mildly, is deplorable. In a comparable length of time at any other institution of higher learning the entire Freshman class could have become very much a loyal and inte-gral part of the student body, knowing school songs and yells, duties toward the superior upperclassmen, etc.

In order that all concerned—the entire student body—may know the purpose of the Student Association, Article II of its constitution is herein reproduced:

"The purpose of the Association shall be to unite the stu-dent body of Rice Institute, to organize and systematize inter-collegiate and interclass relations and class customs and privi-leges, and to direct such matters pertaining to the best inter-ests of the Rice Institute as come within the province of the student body."

At the present writing, not only Freshmen are at fault. Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors either do not know or do not care that the Student Association should be a vital unit. Little or no interest in activities of the council characterizes the con-versation around the campus. Officers of the council, who are also officers of the Association, go about unknown and unher-alded—save for recognition of merit in other activities, i. e. basketball, etc. Class officers are even less known.

Concerted action 6y the student body seems a thing of the past. In the last general election only about 60% of eligible voters cared enough about elecetion results to cast ballots in the first round. In the run-off only about 50% voted. It is no wonder then that very little in the way of government is ac-complished by the students for themselves.

There is little wonder either that dances are not like those of "the good ole days" (a chronic complaint). The entire Stu-dent Association does not organize support for them. Instead, each little clique organizes its own party and holds an evening of mutual admiration among its members, expecting to be duly recorded in the Stuff column the following Thursday. The same holds true of almost any project, drive, or what-have-you. ^ This sort of general indictment could include many more items, but, for the present at least, it seems better merely to suggest that all is not well. An unhealthy and apathetic atti-tude exists among the students here, an attitude which should be changed in the near future to a new awareness of what being fellow members of the Student Association of the Rice Institute could mean. We mu^t look ahead and strive toward the reali-zation in fact of the theory of the Student Association.

M. McC.

CORRECTIONS: ' Bob Treach is unhappily married.

This week Tom Cox and Mary Jane McNair were not the life of the party at the Chinese Duck!

It's a wonderful world. Answer to the question of the

week concerning Buddy RUBS—quot-ing Jane Farnsworth and Peggy Weather all: "Who wants him?"

Glen (Outhouse) Bryan now has a date for graduation. Congratula-tions, Glen. It's a wonderful world.

Redgraves* day is not coming. John Van de Mark dpes not kiss

girls — even/or Camille Dockery. And that was not lipstick on his collar. It was catsup from a peanut butter and catsup sandwich he had at the Plant.

John and Boiling Abercrombie are not conceited. It's a wonderful world.

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The "Plant" was like ole home week last Saturday night. Frances and Arnold Ferguson, Mr. and Mrs. for a week now, didn't need company to be happy, but Margaret Cross-man and Charles Kaplan were there anyway. . . . Peg Monroe with an Air Corp uniform and service rib-bons down to her. . . . The Aber-crombies were there, too. We never

Tour Mind By Henry, Goodearle, and Oar Representative with the Navy,

Thomas Gates Roafh

We have just received a telegram from Bill Henry who is now in Chi-cago. Right now Bill is up there playing in the National „ All-^tar Basketball Tournament. The tele-gram reads as follows:

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Dear Tom and Roy: Drop everything Stop Catch the

first plane for Chicago Stop Need two wheel-bosses like you Slop Too many women for me to take care of Stop!

Bill

Did You Know:

Did you know that 50 per cent of the people in Chicago wait until the phone rings until they pick up the receiver?

Aluraphobia is the fear and dread of cats. (Hint: Boys with this dread

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honoring the first Birthday. Sleep-ing, Beauty appeared in her long white nightie and baby's cap and the fairies appeared in long white dresses. Gifts were brought by each

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Society II — II — I

By Rosalie Meek

The Girls' Club entertained 19 November from 3 to 6 p. m. with a coke party at the home of Doris Elaine Ehlinger. All freshmen girls were invited. A basket of autumn fruit graced the table and the Thanksgiving theme was carried out.

The O. W. L. S. held a slumber party for members and pledges 25 November at the home of Dorothy Marshall. Work is under way on a Student Directory which will appear in about a month.

The E. B. L. S. had an open house 25 November at the Warwick Hotel. Their new pledges were introduced at this time. Punch, cookies, and sandwiches were served.

The P. A. L. S. entertained 26 November with an, open house at the home of Louise Loose from 4 to 7 p. m. It was held ,in honor of their new pledges. Dancing was part of the evening's activities.

Misses Mary Estelle and Hally Beth Walker have planned an open house 2 December at their home. It will precede the O. W. L. S. "Blue

er, is there any difference? . . . Jane Farnsworth was with Dale Woody and Buddy Russ with a blonde—how 'bout that? . . . "Mac" Castello certainly looked happy with Jimmy Kennedy, but a nasty rumor has it an Aggie has her heart def-initely reserved—but Aggies aren't unusual—Molly Barnes .has one of her own, too. . . . And everyone kept wishing the candles and darkness of a week ago would play a return en-gagement. . . . CamiUe and Walms-ley were there — Surprised ? — we weren't. . . . Then there was the party that started out goodness knows where and ended up at the Aragon. . . . Adrian was high man, escorting Ellen Hopkins for the eve-nin . . . but Roessler didn't feel a bit slighted, he had Wookie Sinclair. . . . Of course there were others there, but the smoke got too thick. . . . Some smart gal is going to hook onto Earl Scott—correction, she may not be smart but she'll have to be cute. . . . Garry Corbett took Lila Sue Johnson on a party and all we really know about it is that it cer-tainly did last a long time. . . . It's becoming an established fact that H. J. Nichols won't date any one un-less she's a blonde. . . . Well, you lovely peroxides, that 's your cue. . . .

"We will lay off ribbing Lawrean as soon as we find someone who can take it like she does. . . . Bob Carter has lost his heart to a U of H. gal named Wanda. . . . What has she got that we haven't—but that's an old story and a long one. . . . The E. B.'s held their open house right after the game. . . . The pledges were pretty, smiling, but just a little wet. . . . Funny, what a little rain can do to a girl's hair—it's a wonderful world. . . . The 0 . W. L. S. slumber party

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and Rhapsody" dance. Members their dates are invited.

The P. A. L. S. are planning a picnic for 9 December. It will be at the Old Hitching Rack.

The E. B. L. S. will be first hos. tesses for a Tri-Lit party to be held 3 December. It will begin a t 3 p. m. at the home of Elizabeth Eby, 3980 Inverness Drive.

Announcement the engagement of Miss Ruth Ar-buckle, daughter of Mrs. P. H. Ar-buckle, to A/C Joe Russell.

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Question of the Week: Where is Sammy?

could get them straight; why both- f a i 1 T . The procession consisted of Beauty (Betty Veatch), not-so-vir-tuous Virtue (Mary Mims), Wisdom (Janet Croom), not-so-honest Hon-esty (Anne Landram), and anemic Charity (Gladie Jo Walter). Gavel Gertie came uninvited. The Good Fairy who counteracted her evil pre-diction was Elaine Sherfy, and the busy little Jester in green and jingle bells was Anne Barnes. Incidentally, the guest bridge players were Zagst, Jarrard, Ehlinger, and Mike Scholl.

The second scene showed the com-mencing of the beauty sleep, aided by Gertie's gavel. Voice backstage at this time belonged to Bayless. Following the sleep of the whole court, Prince Charming and his fa-ther (Lida Kittrell) appeared in scene three discussing "the JJeauty. We then saw that Prince Charming was not in such a charming state of soberness. He was distracted from his mission to the castle by Seduc-tive Woman Omer, and then just as

j he " was getting acquainted with Sleeping Beauty, Lifebuoy Trio ap-peared in red jerseys, white shorts, and high heels. This trio consisted of Gladie Jo Walter, Maureen Bell-noski (Awooooo!), and Lucy Schied (Who almost deserted for some at-traction in.the audience).

Finally Prince Charming kissed the Beauty, only to be spurned. So heart-broken she decided to end it all with the aid of Sass's Buck Roger pistol. However, the maids appeared in black uniform and frilly white aprons, so he reconsidered a new lease on life (a true sailor after all).

The chorus, the objects of hfl at-tention, from left to right were Jean Foster, Jo Alese Brancli, Alice Stall-

The Thresher Entered as second class matter,

October 17, 1916, at the Jfbst office iii Houston, Texas, under the act of^ody"? Margfr 3, 1879. Subscription price: by mail, one year 76 cents.

Editor Charlie Meyers Asst. Editor Mildred McCall Business Manager...Estelle Walker Ass't Bus. Mgr. Jane Raubold

ings, M. K. Bayless, Gertrude Levy, Dottie's turned out slumberless. {Marilu Sharits, Margee Scott, and

. . . Won't boys ever learn to stay I ®ar*"e Hicks. During this song and away when not invited—but maybe dance and the looks cast between they were. . . . The P. A. L. S. held their open house Sunday a t Loose's —turned out with about four boys to every girl . . . complaining? . . . are you crazy. . . Wouldn't you like to line up all those Gorgeous Geor-gia boys and have a Sadie Hawkins race or something—well, line them up anyway. . . . Has yo' got yo' tickets to the O.WL.S.' "Blue Rhap-

It 's going to be a .won-derful dance. . It 's a wonderful world.

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Second Question of the Week: When will Bunker get up off his knees?

sailor and girls, one often wondered which one was to be the wolf.

The song, "Take Me Out in a Taxicab," was a grand finale, and the girls' own composition. At the piano were Dolores Wade and Cpl. Bobby Franklin (home on furlough). With the stooges(?) in the audience the skit was well received. And then —after the show—the cast joined the group in dancing, some stil-1 in costume.

Those costumes take one more word—I speak of Merten's attire, the chorus and McNair's sailor suit. Nuff said. Leila McCortnell was di-rector, and Margie Holm, stage man-ager.

Marjorie Repass—to be a Fuller brush woman.

Dan Davenport—to sing "Making Believe" at the O. W. L. S. dance „ Saturday night. (Come on, girls, and give him a chance.) , Thought of the Week:

School"leaders: Keep your citi-zenship and grades above reproach. Notice:

All dog owners keep dogs off the campus . . . . The Navy boys are tired of hamburgers.

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Editor The Thresher. Dear Sir:

We, the undersigned, would like to put forth a suggestion which, we think, would help increase the at-tendance (especially the date at-tendance) of Rice formals.

We would like to suggest that cor- ^ ' sages be barred from Rice formal dances, or if the boys have to give the girls corsages, that (they check them at the door along with their wraps.

We have talked to several people around the campus about our sug-gestion, and the following points have been bought up in favor of the idea.

These points are: 1. Corsages are fairly expensive.

The bare minimum for nice looking1

flowers is $2.50. • In these days when dances cost $2.50 a couple besides the cost of refreshments, at and after the dance, the additional cost of corsages runs the price up too high. * • :

2. More'boys would come to' the dances' if they did not have to spend so much money on one dance.

3. Corsages were barred from Rice dances several years ago be-cause of the excessive cost, and the conditions are even worse now.

4. The girls do not get enough pleasure and use from the corsages to balance the cost of the flowers.

However, the following points were brought up against the sug-gestion.

These points are: 1. They believe that the girls do

get two dollars and f i f ty cents worth of pleasure out of the corsages."

2. There are not many formals, and so an occasional expenditure should not hurt the boys too much.

3. 'All the boys are on approxi-mately the same pay basis, and if some can afford corsages, there is - •• no reason why the others can't if they really try.

4. It takes a corsage to make a real formal. ,

We have presented both sides of the question. We think that the ar-guments for the suggestion greatly outweigh the arguments against our proposal. As one can readily see there can be compromise such as, "The boys can bring corsages if they want to, but they are not re-quired to do so." If this situation existed it would make the boys look cheap if they didn't buy corsages.

On the other hand, we don't think it should be left up to each organi-zation who is giving a dance to de-cide whether or not they want cor-sages. This would put the girls' clubs on the sppt for it might proye embarrassing if they demanded cor- .. sages.

We would like the various organi-zations to discuss the matter fully, and we suggest that the idea be put before tfife student council.'

Respectfully yours, Jack Joplin Johnnie Cox George Wilkin

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By Woody Dryden The Texas Christian Horned Frogs

annexed the '44 Southwest Confer-f ence football championship a t Rice

I Stadium Saturday. TCU undoubted-ly fielded the weakest SWC cham-pionship team in history, but they de-serve every particle of credit. Play-ing both Texas and Rice with only four capable reserves, the all civilian team from Port Worth winds up its schedule against SMU at Dallas Sat-urday, but that game means noth-ing now.

The "pre-Navy-draft" Christians opened against Arkansas and tied the Razorbacks 6-6 a f te r getting kicked all over the field—but they didn't lose! Next, the Frogs went to College Station and were trod into the dirt f rom one end of Kyie Field to the other—but they didn't lose. Indeed, they beat the Aggies, 13-7.

Now the Navy draft comes along and takes trainees Kucera, Sherrod & Co., theoretically wrecking Coach Meyer's team, leaving not one sailor on the starting eleven. Meyer re-built!

TOU took on the Texas Longhorns a t Fort Worth. I t rained like pour-ing soup ( ? ) out of a boot, Layne got hurt worse, and again TCU didn't lose! TCU 7, Texas 6.

Last Saturday, for the fourth time this season, Texas Christian met a supposedly superior team in conference play. It rained like a f i re hose on a f la t rock, every Rice pass was well directed to a purple shirt, and TCU didn't lose! TCU 9, Rice 6.

Aft Account of 'the* Game TCU kicked off and a f te r two

running plays, Scruggs completed a pass to Cooper who returned to the Rice 33. The Frogs drove to the Rice 2 where they stalled. Mul-lins, sub end, dropped back to the 10 and calmly kicked a placement through the uprights for 3—'and not a minute too soon because then came the rains. *

TCU again kicked off and after a swap of kicks and fumbles, the Frogs drove into Rice territory as the quarter ended. With the ball on the Rice 35, the Christians came out into a triple wing back. John Head-way, tailback, took the snap, handed off to Ransom Jackson as he head-ed into the line sucking the Rice secondary in, and Jackson tossed a lateral back to Hadaway who chunked a long pass to Merle Gib-son, standing all alone on the Rice one. Jesse Mason, defending right

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caught the ball and they fell over the goal together for 6 TCU points. The half ended, TCU 9, Rice 0, as the Frogs stopped a Rice threat on their 4.

George Walmsley entered the game at the second half and Rice drove to a touchdown. After a poor punt, Rice took over on the TCU 33 and drove to the 3 before being stopped. Jackson punted out poorly to his 15. Walmsley made a f i r s t ! down on the Christian 4 and Law- Hospital.

Owl Cagers Open Season 5 December

The Owls unofficially open the 1944 basketball season 5 December with a practice game at Ellington Field. On 11 December the Elling-ton Flyers play a return tile here a t the High School Stadium. 16 De-cember is the date for an exhibition game at the McCloskey General

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Last week the Rice football team was asked to select an All-Star team, which was to consist of the best players they had seen in action during the season. It was permis-sible to include players from their own squad if so desired. The results of the balloting were as follows:

First team — Randolph Field's Ramblers were picked at every po-sition.

Second team: Backs, Dub Jones (Tulane), C. D. Allen (S.M.U.), Walter Schlinkman (Texas Tech), and George Walmsley; ends, Hubert Bechtol (Texas) and Cotton Howell (A. & M.); tackles, Leroy Schneider and Tom Kane, both of Tulane; guards, Bob Cope (Arkansas) and H. J . Nichols; and center, James Cooper (T.C.U.).

The Past Season Looking back over the past sea-

son we find practically every mem-ber of the team has on occasions performed in great fashion, but for consistently fine play through-out the year the laurels belong to H. J. Nichols and George Walmsley. This fact is borne out in the pre-ceding paragraph by their selec-tion on their teammates' All-Star team.

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rence went over from the one on a quarterback sneak. Lawrence's con-version failed, and the score was 9-6.

Rice got their final chance when Norman Cox touched Scruggs' punt, accidently, attempting to block a Rice tackier and Parrish recovered on the TCU 44. Rice was forced to pjunt and TCU kicked back to their 43 with 2% minutes left. Walmsley intercepted Scruggs' pass for the only RfiSe completion of the day, and Nemir made a f irst down on the Frog 32. Nemir made 10 more on a lateral and Norman Cox missed an easy interception of Walmsley's pass to make it second and 10 with a minute and a half left. Walmsley made 7 and then made a f irst on the TCU 11. Scruggs made three and Walmsley made it a f i rs t on the TCU 1! Lawrence tried the same play which scored before, but the Frogs were wise and he lost a yard-Attempting to stop the clock, Rice was penalized bjick to the 7. Only four seconds were lef t and the last play lost 3 yards.

TCU plays Oklahoma A. & M. 1 January in the Cotton Bowl and will get beat—the score varying di-rectly with the Aggies' mental atti-tude that day. At least we can utter

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is Paul Vahldiek, a Houstonian who lettered at Austin High School. He stands 6 f t . tall. Jim Morgan is an-other newcomer. Since Morgan graduated from Lamar, he is a boy

Brannon's position two yearsSK ago i to watch, not only on the hard-as head mentor of the Rice Cagers, j boards, but on the campus also. 6 f t . theychave finished no lower than a I ? in- Dan Davenport has great po-tie for the conference championship, tentialities as a eager, and with a

a silent prayer of thanks that Ar-half, spotted the play just in time i kansas didn't win it. to race back and nail Gibson as he

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there will also be a table at the end of the pay line. The price is $2.00, plus tax, for a date ticket, and $1.90, plus tax, for a stag ticket. The difference in the total price is 12 cents, so you fellows might as well- get dates.

General Committee The general committee in charge

is made up of the four officers, Dot-tie Marshall, president; Peggy Mon-roe, vice president; Roberta Newlin, secretary; and Kathleen Carter, treasurer. Margie Repass, Marion Holland, and Jean Brock are in charge of decorations.

Publicity is handled by Madge West, Jean Thomas, and Novadean Duffle. JCathleen Carter and Char-lotte Broden are in charge qf^ the ticket sales. Doris Speich and Es-telle Walker obtained the band and, reserved the Rice Termce.

This record will be challenged when Rice goes to College Station for a tilt with the Kiddie Korps on 6 Jan-uary. On 12 January, local fans will see the team in action against S. M. U.

Again this year the team will be fashioned around ^ i g BilJ Henry, the third eager in Rice history to be named Ail-American. Presently, Henry is in Chicago to play with the College Stars against the strong Ft. Wayne Zollners, National Pro Champs. The publicity which this game has drawn in Midwest sports circles includes a long column de-voted to the versatile Henry as a stellar Rice eager, economics stu-dent extraordinary and president of the Student Association.

Sum an in Charge Now The Owl handboard champs have

been working out under the tutelage of Don Suman, letterman of the 1943 Rice team. Don is now a P. E. instructor under the great authority on Physical Education, G. L. "Sheep-head" Hermance. Back this season are * lettermen Grover "Dreary" Noonan, and Tom "Finger" Roach. Noonan and Roach are experienced ball handlers and are being counted on heavily by Coach Davis.

The team will be strengthened considerably by Naval transfers in the person of Dick Wehr, a rangy 6 f t . S in. lad f rom. Ohio State's Frosh team. Another is Bud Men-denhall, classy 5 f t . 10 in. ballhawk, who was a member of the Indiana State Champs team. William "Bird" Chandler is another 6 f t . 3 in. boy and can put that height to good ad-vantage. He hails from .Georgia Tech.

In addition, there are several promising Freshmen f r o m the civilian ranks working out. One of these is Bob Foley, a 6-footer who made the second team all-state for his play with Goose Creek last sea-son.

season's experience behind him, Dan should be playing lots of f irst string ball.

Squadmen from the '43 team are Billy Scruggs, and Henry Peebles. Scruggs, the football great, won't be able to work out until af ter the Southwestern game Saturday. Pee-bles is another Redskin flash, and has ben showing up well in prac-tice.

The team is being managed this year by a character who is best known as Roy "Give Me the Word" Goodearle. Seriously, Roy is a very capable handler.

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played nearly 60-minute tootball every game and played hob with opponents' plays all the time he was in there a t right guard. Many's the block he threw to clear the way for a ball carrier, and his perfoi mances make him a cinch f o r All-Conference honors. When the All-American teams are picked he • I will certainly merit lots of eonsid- I eration. Incidentally, Nick has been invited to play in the annual North-South game on 31 December at Montgomery, Alabama.

Walmsley Many a publicized high school star

has proven to be a flop when he ran into the brand of football played in collegiate circles, but such is not the case with George Walmsley. One of the most elusive runners ever to grace the Institution's line-up, he was a constant breakaway threat to the opposition's goal line and led the team in scoring for the year. In addition to this, he was the best safety man in the league, a fact that many were prone to overlook.

His sure tackling saved several touchdowns and his punt handling left nothing to be desired. Nope, there weren't no flies on Gorgeous.*

Fieldhouse Bull There can be only one solution to

the mystery as to how T.C.U. ever won the conference championship— up at the Fort Wox*th school they feed their men four-leaf clovers in-stead of the ordinary old run-of-the-mill threeleaf variety prepared so temptingly by the Hardy culinary artistry. . . . Don't blame Coach Neely for that penalty for too many time-outs with the ball on the one-yard line and fifteen seconds to play. Harold Tate was injured, took himself out, and a timeout was need-ed to send in a replacement. After all, the coach knows a little about what is going on during the game. If the people in the stands will just give him a chance maybe some day he'll know as much about football as they do. . . , It's rumored that the real ieason Bill Henry, the poor man's Eiffel Tower, went to Chi-cago was not to play in a basketball all-star game, but to save his own skin aftstf those columns he and Goodearle have been turning our.

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By Mary Jane McNair With the air of basketball begin-

ning to pervade the campus, the girls of the Institute are not to be outdone and have organized teams u compete in intramurals. These games will take place on Wednesday nights in the Field House, thus en-abling the Navy to attend. Profit-ing by post experience, it can be as-sured that the games will be quite exciting—if not in ball handling— in rough and ready fighting. Yes, it has been remarked how surpris-ing wt is that such pretty and de-muie types a t school (as some are) can become so rough in their play.

The f i r s t games will be played next Wednesday , 6 December, be-ginning with one tangle a t 7:30. The teams are matched thus: E. B.'s vs. P. A. L. S., and 0 . W. L. S. vs. Girls Club. Coaches fo r these teams are Johnny Cox, P. A. L. S.; Bobby Foley, E. B. L. S.; John Donaldson and Lee Williams, Girls' Club; and Bill Henry, coach for the 0 . W. L. S. The gir ls have been practicing the past ' two weeks, E. B.'s on Mondays and Thursday, O. W. L. S. on Wednesdays and Fridays; P. A. L. S. op Tuesdays and Fr iday; and Girls'

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Bill Henry asks that those clubs interested in scheduling dances for this year consult him immediately. Henry heads the Dance Committee that assigns dates for the dances, but "Treetop" really just wants a free guest pass (paid advertise-ment).

The EBLS have asked for 10 March, and Sophs have reserved 7 April. All other Saturday nights in next term are available.

An inspiration to the treasurers of some dubious campus clubs might be the prospective Navy orchestra. According to Roe, they will grace us with their presence at Autry House on the first Wednesday night in every month, providing the audi-ence isn't all diverted en masse »to the field house for girls' basketball sanies.

L. S. Forwards on the team are Ann, Ellen Hopkins, Molly Barnes, Alice Craig, Bettye Phillips, Kayway Thompson, Peg Weathei-all, and Martha Nunn. The guards are F ran Hawkins, E l l e n Picton, Louise Loose, Geane Brogniez, and Humpy Gordon.

The s ta r t ing players have not been announced as yet. The girls will turn up next Wednesday in various modes of at t ire, and if it may meet with f:he approval of Goodearle and Hen-ry, matey will likely be in shorts.

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In the line-up of the teams, Re-pass heads the 0 . W. L, S., with playerjs Joyce Berwick, Sarah Na- , T A T T r>T / - . n m n v n

Doris Speieh, Jacqueline Stolje,! D R " M A U R I C E E W I N G -Betty Ann Turner, Marion Holland,j (Continued from page 1) Jean Garrison, Es Walker, Hally j was also a member of the Owl band, Both Walker, Lila Sue Johnson, s ta r r ing on the trombone. His col-Wookie .Sinclair, and Jejin Mcllhen-ny. Maurine Bellnoski heads the Girls' Clubbers, whose line-up shows Margie Holm, Doris Ehlinger, Katie McNair, Mike Scholl, Lida Kittrell , Jo Bagget t , as forwards, and Pat Ja r r a rd , Louise Zagst, Mary Jane McNair, Virginia Calma, Margaret Donaldson, and Sass starting1 as u'uard s.

The captain of the E. B.'s is Ca-milla Dockery. The girls who will play on the team are Martha Shaw Bailey, Georgette Moraud, Oralynn Thwaites, Evelyn Burke, Betty Jean Fox, Sara Meredith, Elleanor Gra-ham, Margee Scott , and Muriel Wicks.

Martin Leads Pals ^ Ann Martin is captain of the P. A.

legiate escapades were well-known on the campus at the time of his residence here. Nicknamed "Wild-cat" by fellow students, he once worked fo r the Central Drug Store as an "experienced sod* jeirker," at-t ract ing crowds f rom f a r and wide to witness the novel concoctions pro-duced by the amazing Mr. Ewing.

Early Accomplishments No order was so difficult that he

did not t r iumph with an entirely new mixture than was originally intend-ed; But since these duties inter-fered with the carrying out of heavy school responsibilities, he decided it was best to let someone else take over the honor of his position.

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There will be a corporate munion of the Canterbury Club in Palmer Memorial Chapel at. 7 a. at. on Friday, 1 December. Navy men may obtain permission to be pres-ent by signing the list provided for that purpose.

The Girls' Club will have a call meeting on Friday, at Autry House, at 12:45.

Next Tuesday, the Methodist Stu-dent Union will gather at Autry House at 12:16.

There will be'an important meet-ing of Pi Delta Phi next Tuesday, 6 December, at 1 p. m. in A. B. 301 to discuss the program for the year. All members are urged to attend without fail.

The Ave Maria Club will meet weekly, (beginning today, Thursday, 30 November, at 1 p. m. in Senior Commons. All Catholic students are urged to attend—this is not a social club. A speaker will be invited to every other meeting.

At a meeting held by the Archi-tectural Society, new officers were selected for the term. Alice Hayes was elected president of the Society, and Tommy Connelly was made sec-re ta ry- t reasurer .

New members were voted on and the following invited to join: An-nette Gano, Ar thur Kotch, Ann Ridgew,ay and Robert Maurice.

An open house was held a f t e r the T. C. U. game by the Society a t the home of Stella Sullivan in honor of the f r e shman architects.

The rapidly approaching Christ-mas season is bringing, along with the customary filled stockings, fruit cake, holly, and carols, what should prove to be the most crowded, if not the most brilliant, period in the winter theatrical season. The initial

Literary Digest concerning moon-bows. This interest ing phenomenon takes place in the near full of the moon on nights when there is a heavy <|ew.

Dr. Ewing has done a grea t deal of research work recently. The last time he visited the Rice campus was two years ago during a business trip.

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be lef t up to the organization plan-ning the dance; tha t the council was not designated to govern the mat-ter. With a bYt more discussion the mat te r was laid aside, out of the governing hand of the council.

President Bill Henry made the next announcement. I t seems tha t the president of the student body a t Texas University thought tha t Rice might be able to help in their turmoil, and he wrote a let ter with this request. This letter was an-swered s ta t ing tha t it was not our position to become involved in any way.

School Unity In this connection of school unity,

Henry brought up the good of va-rious student councils of the col-leges get t ing together . If the heads of the student bodies were to meet (as expressed by Mr. Jegs Neely), social relations would be helped. (This referred to the Aggies ' charge a t the half during the Homecoming game.)

The idea tha t we act as official host when schools come to Rice to play was discussed. I t was men-tioned tha t this ma t t e r was ra ther the function of the Rally Club since that organization formerly showed visiting schools over the campus, met the train, and performed other such hospitalities. However, since the Rally Club is limited to a small section of boys, such a practice is hard to fulfil l .

Function of Rally Club Muriel Wicks asked if the Rally

Club saw tha t cheerleaders were honored or tha t a dance was given in honor of the visiting school. A dance of this sort comes under the

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appearance of this busy period that of Arthur Bubenstein in the Music Hall laat Saturday night in— Mr. Roussel notwithstanding — one of the greatest demonstrations of musical craftsmanship and ability ever presented to a local audience. Although a more detailed appraisal of Mr. Rubenstein's talents would be an extremely pleasant ta»k, the nu-merous other engagements on the agenda for the next few weeks de-serve a brief pre-arrival review, so the remainder of today's column will be devoted to them.

Next Sunday af ternoon and the Sunday following will f ind, respec-tively, the General Platoff Don Cos-sacks and the duo piano team of Bart le t t and Robertson making mu-sic in the Music Hall. The Cossacks, known to many Houstonians f rom their previous "visits, are bringing their famil iar group of male singers

'and dancers to present , in what a t least seems to be an authentic Rus-sian manner, the songs and dances of the Czarist as well as Soviet Russia.

In addition, they will sing for the f irst t ime locally, "The Lord's Pray-er" as set to music by the Ameri-can, Albert Hay Malotte. The piano team of Bar t le t t and Robertson is more of an unknown quanti ty in these par ts . From their advance no-tices they appear to be" quite capa-ble musicians, but it is hard to fo r -get the advance notices of "Naughty Marie t ta ," so don't" t ake too much for granted until their playing is heard.

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formince appearance of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. There is al-ways the oeeasion for jubilation on the part of local balletomanes, as well as those of us who like good music and dancing but are a bft mi faiMnAtta^a 1M Jtiaia — wmiaiial A* more wmporvie in our ftpprow ox "just any kind of baUet as long as it is ballet." The Busse always brings a good orchestra and fine, well trained dancers — this year starting Danilova, TaHehief, and Franklin—and their programs 15, 16, and 25 December should be among the season's theatrical high-lights. The entire company will spend its Christmas vacation in Houston preparing for the Christ-mas night performance and giving local celebrity seekers a chance to hob-nob with the ballerinas.

Personally, the Front Row feels that the performance of Copeland's exciting "Rodeo" at the 16 Decem-ber matinee; the new "Le Bourgeoise Gentilhomme" and the sensual, stim-ulating "Scheherazade".!— a g a i n danced by Danilova and Franklin— on the evening of the same day; and the new "Danses Concertantes" on both the 15 December and Christ-mas night programs, will be the standout productions of the series.

Also deserving of notice are the following: The Interstate-' Produc-tion of the "Student Prince," 14 De-cember, the Skating Vanities, 13-17 December, and the Symphony spon-sored operas, "La Traviata" and "II Trovitore," 27 and 28 December.

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n earing a close, the problem of vis-iting schools will be faced next year.

The last of the meeting held the announcement tha t two financial reports on every dance are due to be turned in, one to .the dance com-mittee and the other to the Student Council secretary to be filed in the minutes.

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