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THE T88E8BEB
FRIDAY, JANUARY IB, 1M0
By Pat Nicholson
Although the dailies have it that
Jess Neely (whose appointment was
predicted hero three days before Jim-
my Kitts go'tthe unceremonious
boot) incoming at the rate of $7600,
the figure is obviously too low. From
Clemson on the eve of Neely's resig-
nation came this advico from the
head of the athletic board: "We have
offered Mr, Neely $8,000 a year and
his assistants a $8000 bonus." Rice
points respectively. There is going to
be a surprise when the Longhorns
play S. M. U. a second time. 1
i|:§|||*i Reagan's Henderson is paying
oft' at College Station where the
corps predicted a brilliant future for
him last year. To date he has been
the margin that has pulled this Farm
ers out of a long slump. Further help
for the Cadets will arrive in the
shape of former Captain Dwyer, who
was a definite promotion, but he i returns to scholastic eligibility next
didn't leave without a raise, much term.
less taking what amounted to a sal-
Boimfn Lufkin Hospital, Bert
¥,l. ■meHb Of Own Athletic Prowess
——
ary dive.
Of course the Committee on Out-
door Sports is wise enough not to
publish the exact details of the new
The season's finish will find Rice,
Texas, and Arkansas engaged in a
very close battle for conference hon-
ors, and only trouble to the favor-
ites from Baylor and S. M. U. (which
lock for conference honors. Brannon's
icrew gets the big tests of the sea-
son-1- a one-night stand with Texas
land the invasion of the Arkansas
Rice member's contract, yet a well- > thlU1 probable) will prevent
informed source revealed the after- H lwo or possible three-way dead-
noon Neely signed what he iinosti'like-
ly signed for- $1)000 a year, which is
a likely sum. ,
Basketball [sharpshooters. The Longhorns «are
it. didn't1 .take long ,£<«'. the Owl#!.giving some ' indications of cracking
to get back on top in the wildest ;-\jyide open before the heat comes on
basketball race on record. Car.-i.well in earliest and Rice can easily do the
has .been a big. factor since Kinney; Ajujie unless Kinney starts rolling, up
uriit.into his -lonng .-lump,, and the | the ■■points-again.
extra ; defe.n.M* Southwest ..coaches:; are j .rf*h6 Owl<ji' mitis1 the heights-'of Kifi- j
putting..up Hrartnoh's lanky ace i- n't N(_.y) a valuable replacement of some
helping any, |l|j f,,et, jj inch statue who did not re-'
i('i;;i;taii|!y the upset of tihei ■,seU:S<>B';;ti«Jrt to competition because of, Fjehl1
■■ dat< was the 40-40 chiller A. a«<t:House politics. He was .invaluable
M. hong on Utiylur. The Bears were for understudy duty.
■ • i .ie;n.d by the loss of Grady! - —0—~~~~
(Editor's Note—This is the first of
a aeries of articles concerning the
personalities of the members of the
varsity basketball team.)
liy Ed Schuienburg
"Field House ? Let me speak to
Bert Selman. Bert? The Thresher
wants to run a story about you
this week. What do you think about
it?" :.i
"I'm ull for itlll"
So we sought this rotund gent out
iii his lair and asked him a few ques-
tions about himself and things around
him.
Wo were interrupted before wo got
under way, however, by the ''entrance
tike ah army" of the "Little General,"
The Selman's roommate:
"What is this?" he demanded .in*
stantly. . ' ; '
"They're gifting to write.: a feature
story about me," said Bert. "Close
the door, Woods, and shut up. I was
born in a hospital in Lufkin in 1919.
Left Lufkin while young, and then.
) moved to Dallas where I stayed until
1928. After 1928.1 moved to Houston
and I've been here ever since."
[ Ileie Selman paused, "Y6u want to
hear about my athletics? Well, when
i—"■■'■■' v' -' .■ ■',■ ■"■
"No, Bert, let's finish up with your
life history;first. Where did, you go to
high schoolt" " , ,'■"■'. '
"He went to Sun Jacinto and play-
ed football along side Young Bussey
and against me on the Milby team,
which taught him a thing or two
about the game," spoke up the "Little
General."
"From San Jae I went to Shriner
because I was top young for college."
"You mean too young for college
football, don't you, Bert?"
"Well, yes. I— do you want to hear
about my athletics ? Well, I lettered
in football, basketball, and track and
was chosen best all-around athlete,"
ho gasped out modestly. "The coaches
—Mother thought 1 was old enough
for college now, so I entered Rice in
1037, Played freshman football and
basketball, and I've lettered in basket-
ball since. When I get my degree, if
I I'm not too old, I'd like to coach. May*
j be 1 could help Bus Brannon with the
freshman basketball squad."
So much for the life of Bert.
When asked about his love life,
. Bert said he wasn't interested in any
i Rice girls.
j "Well. I'll just put that although
you're : not interested in any Rice
igi'rls, you think that they are plenty
leute, beautiful, etc. just to be diplo-
matic," I told him.
; "I ge,t; you," said Selman slyly, "you
I want that for. humor."
Bert doesn't know what went wrong
with the football season.
"Jimmy Kitts is a splendid gentle-
man. The season we had was some-
thing that couldn't be explained. We'll
do better next year for sure."
For recreation Bert plays dominoes
and poker and chews tobacco "out of
season." He doesn't eat breakfast in
cold weather and seemed surprised
when i told him that other people did.
As for drinking and smoking, he
doesn't. This ungrammatical state-
ment covers his ideas on drinking:
"If 1 ever did drink I don't know
what I would say I like."
As for basketball, we quote, "Bus
Brannon is one of the best fellows
I ever met, to be a coach (slightly
ambiguous), Carswoll is the best shot
I ever saw. He is just an old-fashion-
ed boy, doesn't drink or smoke and
goes to church on Sunday."
This last part was delivered with
much the same air as Bob Ripley uses
to impart his choicest B. I. O. N.
"We are going through the rest
of the season undefeated and meet
Texas University possibly in Madi-
son Square Garden 'cause there really
will be a crowd."
And so we leave Bert Selman, as
the night slowly settles on East Hall
and sleep slowly settles on the sub-
ject. :
ljUUUinvSU/111 vUlUCltJllvC VilgC vilcUri
V.-.ygium, but. the} still aieti't click-; .y ei ivhj prevention club has been
i;K" 'Jo I'.: si inn- unlireivvn reason, .fornii'd by 'amis ills College students.
S, ijn;-jkeiha!i tlia'lp j-;| ;i ,,i :i >:j',jj^',
1 • !?''' ie:t.Lru« - b,l.:,R( do- j \\illianir- College has ■ a winning
Jii i,!tei:illh;i: thai, tile, Al i.)sta.i:ig.s, average of. ,550 i'li '59': years of ilitt|\r1'|
,•■'■ W R l«'«! ■'ii.ii' : belUis .'Jjio mi:! 1 ■ .'Cpi'ilpetii'ti'on;,'1;;,','■, ■;,
VICE-VERSA
DANCE
Tl'KSDAY, JAM ARY 2.1
(ilHli STAfiS
HOYS MI ST HAVE DATKS
NO C'OVlii; CHARGE
HI Hat Club
MAIN AT BELLAIRE
Other Records
High Point Team— ■ ■
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High I'oinl Team (Single Game)—
Town Hall oo vs. Sophonnu'e
.'j|!.iAradenis.' ;m' '■ ,': ' , '
High Point Men (Single Game)—
ftfei'.ftlJav'idson l Mogineers I l! vs.
' ! liallv ( 111b,
" ■, W '<>twi, <2 1 I'oinl Tenors1) 11'
v - Vs. Sbphomofe A'^'dems;
\\ .I'.sell I I lei'.; ills HolliS)
Sophomore Academs.
(I.UtM'ilkey (Wes'l Ha!'. I 17. vs.
Sophomore' A.cailenis.
THE CHANCE
OF A LIFETIME!
FLORSHEIM SHOES
One of the greatest value events of
years is about to end Florsheim
prices will soon revert to normal.
prices that are now reduced in spite
of rising costs. Better come in soon
prices may never be so low again.
w$H9 5
BRUCE SMITH and AL (!OOI)SON
Rice Representatives
FLORSHEIM SHOE SHOP
702 MAIN ST
Billy Phelps-
Oimtinuc'd ' fi'ttnii ,1'agc , 1
.littH'be' ftp 1;|)| boil in
,'l.il'e: | ■ - , J,1, ,,
A Viiie football ,hero, linking: I'ro-
fe-.-soir., I-Ihiiips.-' eoursv, iii Tennyson
Ivrinyiilng, ;tb; be iiieligiHle
I'ov, the':ginti^' with' .I,Tr !r:v;:iru''',i,l' ihe 'M'l.iii,:
not piiri.sing the course. On the cru-
cial day, while thousands of Yankees-,
kept: tlu it jriige' s c id^eil. Di, Phelp*
lisked '.liijih,1 to name ■ thje : author- ,; At
Tales of a Wayside Inn. The -playof
managed to .-tiimnVei-: out.,; "Words-
U'oi^h-," ;■:■''; ', ;
.."S'plend-i'l," -;!«aid l'i-. Phelps, "You
mi an ■AV"it(,lsv\,brthi-'-vJ:terivy W id>■ worth
LiiiigfeUow." He gave the player a
passing.j>-rade.: ^,
Voo eaii tell by the twinkle in Iris
eye .that. Hr.1 P:|wl']>s 'Is, ■. sii'll ■■■oi;te of.
the boys; His popularity• on the Yale
campus; on leci.ure pliitforms, in his
newspaper columns; and Oil the air
has d-iiie no.ieh , to proiilote Amcri:-
■ca;'s appreciation 'of-iiiterhture.
When he first introduced' Thomas
llardy's . novksl.i and' 'IbBeii's and
[-day.?, -to -Yalti-i curricttlum
I in' l'8!t2. bu 'was. 'jambawtcd in the
[papers foe encouraging students to
j waste- their time oil "tiiashi" Since
I then, lie Mas made Middles class Amer-
i ica eojis'ifiotis of life Value of lri'rjd'e'rh
.'j'hovo]'-.' ahii iilay.-, by' Ljahslatin'g 'high-
ibiwn,iitmiary i.'.i-iticl.sm into the com-
mon , id.ibb},';. .,"! ' .
i Oir.! Phe'l'p:s" esplained his pr'efbr-
eiiee fo:r IMal'jorio. liawlings' novel,
The Yearling, oyer Steinbeck's best-
iseller. The (irapes of Wrath. 'Olari-
.Ijjbi'ie P.awlingrt has siic.c.oiMjed 'more
!<han Steitibeck in finding- spiritual
lvalues among the'- poor 'people-—'the
j'g)^iri;;':1.:;®tEli!c^'F' 'Steinhec'k' seem.-, ':'tii,'
hjei-ard men mo:re: its 'animal's; and, of
Ksouffi'e, We- tire basically .itnimhls. But
it i- nettoj tCi icalisie the lovable, hu-
matt i-haracteristics in (ieopl.e, as Mrs,
; Kawtings has done."
J);-, phclfi;-; also re^.iimniended the
new biogtaphy of Ijiiicolii by "the
.Scandinavian poet, Carl Sandburg."
He said that Simon and Schuster's
collection of, ,'j.M masterpieces enables
everyone in; t)ie country5 to 1 thorn the
history of art,
Of current New York plays, Dr.
Phelps remarked that nothing is as
good as "Qui- Town," played last
Reason. "The most, successful play
seems to be Clarence Day's "Life
with Father," he commented. "Clar-
ence Day was title of my fii;st stu-
dents at, Yale." - ■ : -!; ; - l-:
William Saroyan is the most prom-
ising playwright., according to Dr.
Phelps. His "Time of Your I.ife" is
now, sho^iitig in New. York*
Denton School Wins
Speech Tournament
Donald Lyttlcton and Hob Wom-
mack, representiiu; the Rice Debate
Club at: the ninth annual Baylor
speech tournament held in Waco last
week-end, were eliminated in the pre-
liminary rounds as North Texas State
Teachers College at Denton, led all
other forty-one competing colleges
to gfiin top honors.
The Denton school took first place
in both senior, and junior women's
.divisions and second in the junior
men's division and also carried off
various individual honors.
Wommack and hyttleton won de-
cision- ftann liaylor and A, and M.,
but wne defeated by Southern Melh-j
odist:'University, 1,'niversity of Oma-
ha i Nebraska) Louisiana .State Nor-
mal, and Hardin-.Simmons.
! The Uico Club competed in only one
other contest besides debate. Claude
Muer entered the poetry reading eon-
test with his rendition of "My Last
Duchess."
The tournament was comprised of
130 teams representing forty-two
colleges from seven states. Over 250
individual contestants were entered
In the various contests.
No Dances, Books
# * # * *
Are Closed, Exams
* * * * * ♦
Coming Says Billy
There will bo no Saturday night
dance until after the mid-term ex-
aminations, announced Billy Bryant,
chairman of the danee committee, over
the telephone late Wednesday night.
"Of course not," he stated emphat-
ically.,: ■ j'n ,
He went on to say that the books of
the dance committee were closed the
first of the year and they had not
been opened since.
The last time that Spaw, lie added,
looked at the profit and loss sheet,
there was n net profit of $(167.(53
gained by the regular Saturday night
affairs thus far during the academic
year.
The College of limporla was the
first U. S. college to receive a Car-
negie library.
, - -.-d'-. ! - —
The University of Pittsburgh has
announced a §(1,000,000 expansion
program.
Next Week'* Games
January 19—Arkansas at Baylor.
January 20—T. C. U. at Texas, 8.
M. U. at A .and M., Arkansas at Bay-
lor. .
January 22—S. M U. at Ulce.
January 23—A. and M. at Kice.
January 2(1—Baylor at Rice, i }
Januury 2T—Baylor at Rice.
Lust Week's Score
■ Texas 52, Arkansas 33.
Kice 48. T. C. XL 34.
Arkansas 54, Texas 44.
A. and M. 49, Baylor 40.
Kice 30, S. M. V. 34.
Fountain I'en Hospital repair ail
makes of fountain pens and pencils.
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UKE UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
DURHAM. N. C.
Four terms of eleven weeks are
given each year. These may be tak-
en consecutively (graduation in
three and one-quarter years) or
three terms may be taken each year
(graduation in four years). The en-
trance requirements are intelli-
gence, character and three years of
college work, including the subjects
specified for Class A medical
schools. Catalogues and application
forms may be obtained from the Ad-
mission Committee.
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Rice Owls-
I Continued from page J
j.siisterilly tluoughout thc{ i'Veiiing and
jgurnin'ed I'llt S points.
Slimes Take Easy Victory
! The Rice Slimes opened the eve-
,-mng *l>y badly outclassing a pbor
Fish team by ;i fnf-21 margin. ,;Ftne
floor work by Falls and Ball and the
uncanny .'accuracy of tii 11 Bill Closs,
fcHitjireil thegreatly improved Slime
attack.
The teamwork ami ball'handling of
the SlimM was- greatly improved over
that, of pa;-:, performances, and the
Fish v, ei e '>|tmtjMe to make a -(Unou-i
tin-eat, :d:ti anv-tlmei
Rice
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Steak ley
''Craddoek
(iomez
K itili#
Carswell
■Selnian
i Palmer
Totals
Tinker
Lang
Smith
Stevenson
Dawson
Adams
Varner;
Henderson
Totals
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Third Term-
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Continued from page 1
the country, mustering a bare majori-
ty. The Southern states are most em-
phtiac with 7ti per cent, West .Central
liO, Far West 70.
This poll taken by the Student
Opinion Surveys, however, is not an
indication that collegians want Roose-
velt for a third term. Twice the-Sur-
veys has prilled the students on this
particular issue, each time finding
less than one-third approving of his
possible, candiditcy in 1040.
Name
Davidson
Col ley
Ciiernsey
Wl otell
Miirpliree
Tom fohrdo
Mcdinty
Runnels
VVatsoii
fiayle ,
Letseher
Taylor ...
Vogt
Hardy
Parker
Team
litigincers
East Hall
West Hall
2 1'. Terrors
Heights Bolos
Town Hall
Med.-Archs.
West Hall
Heights Doles
South Hall
East Hall
South Hall
Heights Bolos
Town Hall
Rally Club
Pt.
40
44
43
37
30
30
35
34
33
32
31
31
30
20
20
Angell
Arnold
Hartley
Pro-Laws 20
2 P. Terrors 20
Town Hall 20
liifd
Schedule
SatuYday, January 20:
2 p. m.—Engineers vs. South Hall.
.'I p. m.-—Medical Arts vs, Pre-Laws.
4 p ni.—Rally Club vs. East Hall.
Wednesday, .January 24:
3 p. m.—Soph
Stars.
4 p. m.—Town Hall vs
Terrors.
5 p. m,—Heights Bolos vs. West
Hall.
Academs vs. All
40t-t
Two'
m
MARY
MARTIN
Cbpyright 1940, Ltocrrr it Myths Tobacco Co
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