Rice Vs. Tulane in New Orleans Saturday P. M. Comdr. Mccain
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W'^V * j**™ , ras ®ii«liliMl •HH • "> w?/ ) mmmmhrn I«1 % .vr> - ;• ' • Vfi .. > -.'i ' • 6 M u>, Student Weekly Publication The Rice Institute Vahms XXX HOUSTON. TEXAS, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 12, 1944 Number 25 •cy-i 1 Rice vs. Tulane R. B. Johns Is Head Comdr. McCain Rev. Dr. Fuller To 'rife ' '! Of 2nd Battalion In New Orleans For Coming Term Lectures Here Be Only Speaker "i 1 1 Saturday p. m. The Naval Unit at Rice next year On Sub Duties At Commencement will consist only of two battalons. Feathered Flock Out The officers of the second battalion Last Wednesday the answer to the Faculty, Trustees, and Graduates Will have been announced by Lt. Davis, question, "Would I like the Subma- To Avenge Last Year's and they are as follows: rine Service?" was given to many Assemble Each Morning at Saint Paul's 33-0 Drubbing Staff Trainees at the Chemistry Lecture Methodist Church in Academic Costume Johns, R. B. Lt. Commander, Hall. Commander McCain, Annapo- By Woody Dry den Battalion Commander lis graduate of '31 and Sub officer The exercises of the thirtieth com- Rice Stadium will be deserted this Lawrence, B. A. '.... since '33 spoke to men of The Rice NINE ENSIGNS mencement of the Rice Institute will Saturday afternoon for the first time Lt., Battalion Sub-Commander Units on the ins and outs of subma- be held in St. Paul's Methodist since the 1944 football season opened Jourdan, P. J rining. The Commander stopped at FROM N.R.O.T.C. Church at nine o'clock on the morn- when the Owls journey to New Or- Ensign, Commanding Officer Rice during a "short" tour of the NAMED HERE ings of Sunday, October 29th, and leans for their annual encounter with Epps, H. W. Battalion CPO Naval Reserve Officer Training Monday, October 30th. The Rev. Dr. Fourth Company Units which he is making while he the Green Wave of Tulane Univer- The navy has announced the com- Ellis A. Fuller, President of the. Durrett, J. L is awaiting the commissioning of a sity. The game will mark the sec- missioning of nine NROTC cadets as Southern Baptist Theological Semi- Lt., Company Commander new submarine. ond consecutive week in which the Ensigns in U. S. N. R. The ceremony, nary at Louisville. Kentucky, will de- Allison. P. R Company CPO opposition has come from down Lou- The trainees heard of d'epth-charg- if there is to be one, will take place liver the baccalaureate address. Jones, M. L. Company Guidon isiana way (Rice having defeated ings, torpedoings, humor, and life in October. Of these nine, only one, Dr. Fuller was born at Cross Hil!, Fifth Company L. S. U. in a 14-13 thriller last week), which have all occured during Com- R. D. Palmer, is a senior and he will Laurens County, South Carolina. He and the team to a man are confi- Grisham, W. V mander McCain's patrols of every graduated Bachelor of Arts from the dent that they will come home with Lt., Company Comamnder theater of war. Many learned that it Presbyterian College of South Caro- Com. Rathbun announced today the championship of that state in Braly, B. T ...Company CPO is hard work and no horse-play in a lina at Clinton and later received an that the commissioning exercises will tow. Edmondson, F. F Company Guidon submarine. Many learned what the honorary degree of Doctor of Divin- be held at Palmer Memorial Church Sixth Company men in enemy subs have felt when ity from that institution. He grad- Few Rice fans and none of the,men at ten o'clock on Wednesday, 25 Eppler, J. C they have received depth-charges uated from the Southern Baptist on last year's team -have forgotten October. Attendance by the ROTC Lt., Company Commander from the decks of ottr own warships. Theological Seminary with the de- that hot October afternoon in 1943 unit is optional. when Tulane, led by long-legged Bill Callender, B. R Company CPO Many came away with the smell of gree of Master of Theology, and re- Jones and hard-driving Joe Renfro, Winn, F. M., Jr. Company Guidon diesel motors and battery acid and receive a degree in E. E. The eight cently received the honorary degree outsped Coach Neely's men to the Seventh Platoon stale air strong in their nostrils. All remaining cadets have all had one of L.L.D. from Mercer University. tune of 33-0. It's no secret that the Leachman, M. »L were held in the good-natured spell year of college work prior to enter- Ordained to the Baptist Ministry, he team didn't exactly knock themselves Lt. (j.g.), Commander which the short, dark, dynamic Com- ing Rice, and having completed their has held pastorates in Greenwood, out over the.-results of that tussle, LeBreton, G. J., Jr. MPO mander wove over the entire audi- studies in the V-12 program outlined South Carolina; Greenville, S. C., and and a year of recollections has done J Eighth Platoon ence. The informality of the talk by the Bureau of Naval Personnel, of the First Baptist Church of At- nothing to change that feeling, so Carter, H. H., Jr. Ens., Commander left all hoping for a cruise under they are prepared for the job in the lanta, Georgia. In July, i942, he was New Orleans fans can expect to Schultz, W. P. MPO just such a Skipper. Fleet. elected President of the Southern watch a squad looking for a little Ninth Platoon From Rice, Commander McCain The average age is twenty and Baptist Theological Seminary and more than this year's glory. Phenicie, J. W., Jr. will go to the University of Arizona. (Continued on page 2) holds this position at present. On the other hand, Tulane has a Lt. (j.g.), Commander At all the exercises the trustees, (Continued on Page 4) Nolan, L. M. MPO Silver Lining faculty, and graduates will be in aca- 0 Tenth Platoon demic cosftime. Those to be in the Vogt, J. H. Ensign, Commander procession are asked to assemble in Lawrence, Alien, Tats, H. H. MPO the Sunday school room of the Eleventh Platoon Invasion of New York church. There will be no academic Kisling,Garrett Wortham, M. F. procession in the open as the exer- Lt. (j.g.), Commander cises are not being held on the cam- Are Pin-Up Boys Van Meter ,J. C. MPO pus. In keeping with tradition the Twelfth Platoon By Rice Students Due (Continued on Page 4) Parrish, D. P Ens., Commander o Lawrean Davis, editor of the Owl, Toan, F. T. MPO By Sadie Gwin Allen bound also on the fifteenth of No- has announced the winners of the It's nearly time for exams again, vember for a month of plays and Pin Up Boy Contest. They are Gil- but don't be discouraged; vacation night clubs and visiting old friends. Officers Elected bert Allen, Sweetie Garrett, Jim Glee Club To Be Heard time always arrives with exams! It's rumored that Dorothy Lottman At Women's Council Kisling and the King Pin of them On KPRC, Friday, 13 Rice students seem to be spreading and Beth Hummel may make a visit all, Frank Lawrence. The Thresher to the four winds after graduation to the Big City to see the bright wishes to extend heartiest congratu- Picnic in Hermann On Friday 13, October the radio this November, but here's what a lot lights, too! Looks like *bhere will be lations to these newly selected para- program "The Home Front Speaks" of our "compadres" are doing in our more Houstonians than New Yorkers gons, and suggest that every Rice The Women's Council had a picnic will feature the Glee Club. The boys days of freedom. in New York if this Eastward Move- student sees that none of these hon- in Herman Park Wednesday, Octob- will be heard over KPRC from 9:45- First of all, the literary societies ment keeps up! ored men pass unnoticed or unan- er 11, for the annual meeting of the 10 p.m. At this time the songs pre- are planning parties for Rush Week Reba Bethea and Bobby Sahol are nounced on the campus. Such dis- retiring members and the new mem- sented will be: "Ride the Chariot," which begins the Wednesday after thinking about a visit to Simonton, tinction does not come an ordinary bers. Officers were chosen at this "Auld Lang Syne," and probably exams. Alice Craig is rush captain and Mollie is thinking longingly and man's way often. He should not be time. "Song of the Jolly Roger." The big for the PALS, Margie Stroup for the hopefully of New Orleans. Carol allowed to forget it. moment for Bob Schnek will be the EBLS, and Peg Monroe for the French's weddng will take place in The Women's Council is sponsor- To the Owl, our notable colleague, playing of his own composition OWLS. Here's hoping for a lot of Garden City, New York this last ing some improvement in the Girls the Thresher also extends its com- "Someday Never Comes" over the fun and a good rush week for every week in October; Ruth has plans for Study Hall. A new rug will be in pliments. It has scored (or plum- network. The song will star Bob one. the trip to New York with her sister. place before the new term begins mered) again in true Owl fashion, "Suzie" Jaynes on the vocal and Now for the campus personalities: Have fun, you two! and also some rearrangements in and it remains, it seems, for the George Marsten playing the trump- Estelle Lindsey is going to New York The boys that are leaving are go- furniture which should improve the Thresher and Campanile to retrieve et.