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With H. J. Nichols clearing the way, Buddy Russ smashes through EXTRA the Texas line(?). 0 Wartime Spirit This Thresher is in the nature of Steers Stampeded an extra and a memorial combined. Prevails As It was decided that the great Owl Owl Comes Out victory over Texas should not go un- As Owls Take Sweet recorded, so we have put out late— During Vacation; 116 Graduated but not too late, we hope—this edi- Revenge in Victory tion. It will stand as a permanent One hundred and sixteen gradu- reminder that there is more to a Corbett Bus. Mgr. ates received degrees last Monday football team than old men, high in the thirtieth commencement held Team Plays Great Game as Nichols, by-. Rice, Institute. For the second salaries, and publicity agents. It The Owl, sporadic publication for Cox, Walmsley, Scruggs, Russ, Nemir time, the services were held at St. will stand as a permanent rebuke to the students and alumni, finally ap- Paul's Methodist Church, and a dis- an e^lier and unmerciful score of peared last Monday after tests were And Sheffield Distinguish Themselves tinct wartime atmosphere was felt. 58-0. It will stand as a permanent over and everyone had gone home. Many of the graduates were in uni- thorn in the side of a once-arrogant The Owl has at last admitted that By Woody Dryden form; others were awarded their de- university. So keep this paper. Fold nobody reads it anyway, hence came Rice—7, Texas—0. That's what happened at Rice Stadium grees in absentia, a practice just be- it up ana put it away. Then, later out during a vacation period. between 1500 and 1700 on Saturday, 28 October, 1944, a date gun by Rice since the war. or when things seem tough, life is With their customary considera- and score that will be long remembered. The game is over and tion, the staff made the magazine Besides the bachelors of arts and real and earnest, pull it out and • in two sections this issue. The fight Rice has beat Texas—beat Texas even more soundly than the Baa science degrees, two masters of arts gloat over it, remembering and tak- score indicates. After the Owls drove 70 yards to the Texas 6 and three doctorates were conferred song is printed on the middle pages, ing heart from the fact that once so that it may easily be pulled out, with the game just four minutes old, the capacity crowd of by Dr. Lovett. Gordon Bushey, for- upon a time, there were a good many merly an assistant in chemistry and and the rest of the thing thrown 28,000 thought Rice could win. This drive was sparked by the people feeling worse than you feel chemical engineering, and Henry away. This saves the reader the off-tackle slants of fullback Buddy Russ, picking up from 5 to Bumgarten, also a chemistry assist- then. trouble of thumbing through the 25 yards a lick. Twice Russ got in the clear and could have ant, received the masters degrees. , 0 pages until he gets to the . As there is supposed to be a paper gone the distance had the Owls gotten just one blocker in front Doctor of Philosophy went to War- BLANKET TAX NOTICE of him. During this drive, the vaunted Longhorn line just ren Simpson, assitant in chemistry; shortage, however, it would probab- Vincent Frederick Cowling, fellow It is urged that every student ly be wise to save the discarded part wasn't there as Hamilton Nichols, Bob Zelsman, Johnnie Cox, in mathematics; and Charles Mat- purchase his blanket tax as soon as to light fires with, or to wrap up and Cholly Howard ripped gaping holes for th£ Rice backs to thews, who is employed in California possible. Payment of the blanket used chewing gum you want to keep. scoot through. as a chemical engineer. All five of tax permits students to attend the The picture of Scruggs is suitable for framing, Scruggs says. It was in every sense a team victory. Bill Scruggs played the men receiving advanced degrees remainder of the football games, the the best game of his career as he racejj 60 yards through the 11 took their undergraduate work at games this winter, the The Owl also announced that— Rice. track events in the spring, besides surprisingly enough—Lawrean Davis Texas secondary to score, clashed out good gains on quarter- The baccalaureate address on paying for the three publications, it the Editor again. Gary Corbett back sneaks, and was all over the field on defense, hitting Hugh (Continued on back page) Thresher, Campanile, and Owl. is the new Business Manager. (Continued on back page)

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ft'" A iiiiiiii fm — — ;, : ' € 1Jg i|l if'* RICE 7. TEXAS 0— • » S =1 -'M; it . . 'a:;. . . -» (Continued from Page 1) If! m Bechtel so hard that he dropped a iMSSifourtgh down pass on the By Grover Noonan afternoon, thougl it will be by no Rice 6, in the last quarter. George Walmsley shined, as usual, The past two Saturdays have been means a pushover. on both defense and defense, intercepting a Layne pass in the happy ones, indeed, for supporter* Arkansas' Razorback, whom the of the Rice football squad, for the team meets next Saturday in their il« GRADUATES— is last quarter and racing 40 yards to the Texas 10, only to have Owls have come back convincingly third conference test, are still in the play called back and Rice penalized for holding. "Buddy" from their bruising encounter with (Continued from Page 1) the process of determining whether • Russ, the game's top ground gainer, played great ball at full- the to take a they are going to play good or medi- day was delivered by Dr. Ellis A. back, carrying the burden of the ball toting in Rice's 70-yard commanding lead in the Southwest ocre football; at least that's the con- Fuller, president of the Southern drive to start the game. Big Buck Sheffield played his best Conference flag chase by virtue of clusion one must reach from the on- Baptist Theological Seminary it game of the year, by far, as he, time and again, knocked down great victories over Southern Meth- and-off performances they have put Louisville, Ky. He took as his sub* the Longhorn ball carrier, threw the pass to Bill Scruggs for odist University and the University forth to date. It's a safe J>et, how- ject the line from "Hamlet" clos- of Texas. These two teams, along ever, that the Porkers will play an ing Scene V, of Act I: "Come, let the score and showed terrific drive in smashing the Texas line. with Rice, were generally favored inspired game against the Owls; for us go together." Dr. Fuller said Frank Lawrence played great ball on both offense and defense, to fight it out for the championship, November 11 is Homecoming Day that education and science alone kicking the seventh point, which it looked like we might need. and in defeating them the jCWvls have at Fayetteville, and come rain or were not enough to minister to man's Bob "The Terror" Nemir played his usual deft game at right certainly cleared two big obstacles shine, Arkansas annually plays over needs, but that religion was neces- > half and blasted the two-ton, tea-town linemen more than once. along the way. Be this as it may, its collective head on that day. sary, too. Viewing man as trifunc- Rice must still face three foes (Ar- Fieldhouse Bull tional, he said that education and The Rice linesmen cannot be praised too much as they rose kansas, Texas A. & M. and T. C. U. It's rumored 'that- Miss Lane is science could supply the demands of up to smother Layne and the other Texas backs on nearly every in a conference that has long been trying to obtain the services of Bob mind and body, but religion alone noted for its upsets. No one knows play. The running statistics are as- Turner after the way he silenced coul supply the needs of the soul. this better than the coaches and the founding-—Texas tried 28 running one-man offense before he could , Texas University's The services opened each time team, and fans may be sure that plays and picked up the tremendous spot a receiver. On the next play, big noise. . . . When George Grinin- with the singing of "Veni, Creator nothing is being taken for granted distance of 50 yards, an average of Bill Scruggs intercepted Layne's ger made that dive in the end zone Spiritus," and closed with the 100th in that quarter. CHEER 'EM DOWN 1.8 yards a throw—less than the long pass on the Rice 12. The Owls to break up an almost certain Texas Psalm and "America." height of George Walmsley or Bill lost 10 on a penalty and Russ' kick THE STRETCH! touchdown pass, you could almost Scruggs. Wonder where the Texas was returned by Evans to the Rice This afternoon Texas 's Red hear Rice fans' hearts as they haired package of cage dynamite is line was—the Rice line was in the 35. After an incomplete pass, Raiders invade Rice Stadium for a flopped back into their normal posi- listed as having no previous experi- Texas backfield! George Grininger broke through to non-conference battle, and they tions. . . . The three squad cars dis- ence at the game, but there is a First Quarter toss Layne for another 10-yard could very easily provide the Owls patched by downtown police head- growing suspicion among opposing Harlan Wetz, 300-pound Long- loss; then Layne finally did connect with some unpleasant moments. Off quarters to investigate what sound- players that something mighty pe- horn, kicked off out of bounds and with Halfpenny for 13 yards, but their season's record the Raiders ed like a terrific battle on the Rice culiar is going on. Is it possible couldn't hit Evans on fourth down may not appear to be formidable campus found only those two that the Earlybird has caught a alter a few running plays and an and Rice took over on their 32. Three (they have lost five of their six worthies, Dryden and Noonan, hav- worm? . . . Henry Hook, Rice tackle exchange of punts, Rice took over on , , , , ,, , ,, , , n , . t i i i i plays later the hall ended, Rice—0, games thus far), but a closer ex- ing an uproarious Saturday night of last year now wearing the Orange their 22. With RussT1 , Walmsley, and Texas—0 amination of their games brings out slapping each other on the back at and White of T. U., came in for Nen:ir carrying the mail, the Owls Second Half some interesting facts. They have being the only eds in the a lot of good-natured ribbing when drive through the Texas line to the battled Oklahoma A. & M.. Tulsa, country who picked Rice over Texas. he visited the Owl dressing room Longhorn, 6, where two penalties Texas kicked off to open the sec- ond half and when both ground and Texas A. M. on even terms Applications for appointments to se- after Saturday's game. and Beehtol lost us 16 yards. Frank throughout the major portion of cure autographs will be considered Lawrence went in and tried a field games stalled, an exchange of punts THIS WEEK'S PREDICTIONS: put Texas in possession on its 20. their games with them, only to lose in the office of our seci-etary on In games involving Southwest goal from a difficult angle which in the closing minutes because of a the third floor of the Gulf Building. vva;1 wide and Texas? took over on Layne picked up 4 and then passed Conference teams I'm picking Rice to Beehtol on a flanker for 13. On dearth of manpower, and no one can Bill Scruggs headed for that Long- over Texas Tech, the Aggies over their 20. The Longhorns made,, two deny that the above schools have first downs before Plyler left-footed the next play Layne made a beauti- horn goal line faster than a Wash- Arkansas, and S. M. U. to upset ful brokenfield run for 22, after he pretty fair country ball clubs. In ington. streetcar. For a better ex- Texas University. Texas Christian it out on the Rice 9, and got a break big Walter Schlinkman Tech has one when a Longhorn recovered Nemir's was trapped behind the line by Grin- planation see Young Tom Hopkins— has an open date, and they will need inger on an^attempted pass, to the of the outstanding fullbacks in-these he'll understand (for once). . . . it after losing a goodly portion of fumble on the Rice 17. Texas was parts, and his freshman teammates penalized for roughing and delaying Rice 38. Trien the Owl line took Someone should tell Nemir that he their first string through transfers, charge. Miner, Turner, and Cox are showing improvement with every can't just pick up a 215-pound S. M. scholastic ineligibilities, etc. the game and Nichols recovered a outing. On the other side of the threw Layne for a minus 8 yards. U. back and take him home as a 0- Texas fumble on the Rice 38 as the ledger, the Owls can't help having quarter ended. Rice—0, Texas—0. Layne passed to Watson for 10 souvenir of the game. There's a yards with Rice refusing a penalty some sort of a letdown after their manpower shortage, Greek, ain't you THRESHER NOTICE Rice kicked and Texas drove back fired-up performance against Texas on the play. This turned out to be heard? . . . Seems that King of the All persons interested in working to their 45. Layne passed in the University, and the loss of Buck a good piece of master-minding by Pin-up Boys, Frank Lawrence, fig- for the Thresher this -year, and those flat to Tatom who squirmed to the Sheffield, Cholly Howard, Red Co-Captain H. J. Nichols, as it ured it was time for another facial, people previously contacted, are 0 w! 35. Texas lost 5 on a penalty Chrisman, and Freddy Brechtel brought up fourth down, and on the so he got himself kicked in the face asked to meet briefly in the'Thresh- and quite a few more when Nichols through Navy transfers is sure to next play Turner, Nichols, and for the second time this year. Sei'i- er office at noon today. Anyone and Turner, who looked great all be felt more than slightly. However, "Hero" Smith rushed Layne and ously, though, here's hoping that who cannot come should see Charlie day, charged through the Texas ! it appears that the team has hit its partially blocked his pass to give it's the last time. Meyers. !ino< ?) and .mashed the Longhorn Rice the ball on the Owl 38. ! stride and intends to stay there; so look for another Ri'ce victory this Incidentally, I imagine Coach With second down and eleven and Neely had some uneasy moments the ball fifteen yards inside the while Frank was in the fieldhouse Flowers... south sideline, quarterback Bill pass which Beehtol took off his shoe getting patched up, for Scruggs was Scruggs called the "convoy" pass strings, dropping the ball when hit the only man left with experience for the living which looked so good | against S. M. hard from behind by Scruggs, and at handling the ball in the^T'for- U. George Walmsley came out of the pass was ruled incomplete. mation and an injury to him at that the huddle and lined up in a flanker The Owls took over on their six time might well have proved disas- WADEMAN'S nearly on the out of bounds stripe and Russ broke through to the 20, trous. . . . Question of the week: 1 SOUTH on the south side. It was apparent pulling us out of a hole. Texas Who is the mysterious "Joe Mills" TEXAS that the Texas secondary sucked didn't cross the midfield stripe again who has been burning up the coui't Clarence E. Wademan '21 COMMERCIAL over toward Walmsley's side in an and Rice nearly scored another in the Y. M. C. A. Earlybird Bas- effort to corner the speed-demon touchdown when Walmsley inter- ketball Tournament ? This dark- 3106 Main St. Hadley 3111 NATIONAL against the side lines, should he get cepted Layne's long pass and carried BANK the ball. Scruggs jumped aside and back'to the Texas 10 on a beautiful Tate snapped the ball dicectly to tun, only to have the play called Buck Sheffield. Buck faked a pass back and Rice penalized. The game to Walmsley in the right flat and ended with Rice in possesion on the passed to Scruggs who had drifted Texas 40. over into the left flat, as had How- Sweet Revenge ard, Cox, and Tate. George Miner That is the story of perhaps the came across from his right end po- sweetest victory in the history of sition to knock down the Longhorn Rice. Th£ Owls now have the inside safety. Howard, Cox, and Tate com- tracks on the bined to wipe out what remained of championship, but will sorely miss the Texas secondary, putting Buck Sheffield, Cholly Howard, MEET YOUR FRIENDS KAY'S Scruggs in the clear on the Texas "Red" Chrisman, and Fred Bechtel 40, and he raced from there to pay who are being transferred by the visit 2324 Bissonnet dirt with several Steer linemen Navy. The meet the about fifteen yards back in futile Texas Tech Red Raiders at Rice MEXICAN FOOD pursuit. Had Bill had 100 yards to Stadium this afternoon and are fa- go, no Texas player would have vored to down them with little trou- STEAKS, BARBECUE caught him. Frank. Lawrence c$me ble. The Raiders lost to A. & M., CHICKEN SHACK in for Walmsley and calmly kicked 27-14, in their only tilt with a S. Wi 12:00 - 10:00 P. M. the extra point. C. foe. Texas took the kick off and drove TAP BEER 68 yards to the Rice six. The Long- horns completed five consecutive passes, the last one Layne to Beeh- tol carried to the Rice 14. George Hamburgers, Sandwiches Grininger, playing very alert "ball, "EVERY MEAL A PLEASANT MEMORY" and broke up one Texas pass. Anderson Cold Drinks L«M*h ran left end for four. Layne passed •414 to Fischer for three. On fourth •SIS LatOson's Drugs down and with just two minutes re- 1708 Sunset Blvd. maining, Layne whipped a