The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 15, 1916 Page: 1 of 4
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Vol. 1
RICE INSTITUTE, HOUSTON, TEXAS, JANUARY 15, 1916
No. 1
NEW BMtMITOKT
FOR RICE MEN
Mm Y/W THIS WEEK TO HHMaSON 3
NORTON, CONTRACTOR#.
IS TO
New Wi& Accowmodwte
Moa and Ww Be Ready for Occu-
pancy at the Opening of the
FaU Term This Year.
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Another dormitory, the, Hrst building
of the second residential group, will be
built this spring and summer, and will
be ready for occupancy by the beginning
of the fall term. Plans for this build-
ing have been accepted, bids were
opened last Saturday, and the contract
was let during the present week to Hor-
ton & Horton, for $98,000.
The structure will be to the west of
the Hrst dormitory, and in direct line
with it. The building will be 220 feet
in length, and will reach within a short
distance of the tennis courts. The tow-
er will be Hve stories in height, and will
be at the end the most distant from
the other buildings. The rest of the
hall will be three stories in height.
There will be three "houses" in the
new building, entered by separate stairs.
One hundred and twenty-five students
will be eared for. Most of the rooms
are double, or are in suites.
The appearance of the building will
be similar to the north wing; however,
the tower will be slightly more ornate
than is either of the present buildings.
Graceful lines over the vertical rows of
windows in the towers will be carried
to the top, ending in colored tiles,
there w,tl be senn-towers on eacn sttte
of the main tower, so as to modify the
abrupt rise from the three-story por-
tion. The cloister will face the Main
Street Boulevard, and wiil be similar
in design to that of the Hrst building.
There will be a slype, corresponding to
that of the old building, and when the
second building of the second group is
erected, there will be a covered walk,
parallel to the present one, between the
commons and the Hrst residential hall.
The plans for this new addition to
the grouth of residential buildings for
men, were prepared by Cram & Fergu-
son of Boston, as have been the plans
for all the other buildings, and were
completed oniy a few weeks ago. Bids
were asked for immediately, and the
work will be started as soon as is pos-
sible, so that the hall will be ready for
students in the fall of 1916.
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LEAP YEAR CLUB DANCE
NEW CO ED CLUB GIVES ITS FIRST
DANCE.
12 BASEBALL GAMS
CAPTAIN CLYCE MAY DOW
POP COAN IS BADLY MISSED—
PRACTICE HAS ALREADY
BEtHW.
The Leap Year Dancing Club, an or-
ganization of SophQmore and Freshman
girls, gave an informal dance on Tues-
day evening, January 11, at the home
of one of its members, Miss Margaret
Evans.
Dancing began at 9 o'clock and con-
tinued into the wee small hours of the
morning; Punch, sandwiches and candy
refreshed the dancers during the inter-
missibna. The Leap Year feature was
one Of the most delightful ones of this
charming function. The favored young
gentlemen who were guests of the club,
enjoyed the novel experience of having
programs consisting of sixteen regulars
and four extras Hlled for them prior to
their arrival.
The dub members and their guests
included: Misses Margaret Evans, At-
line BUM, Mary fiMM Stratford, Anna!
Ricketts, Beth Shearer, Jennie Hail,
Florence Lea Harris, Margaret Gilles-
pie, Camille Waggaman, I^ouise Beraud,
Arabella Karreil, Ruth BuMtvan; Messrs,
B. Be*M, O. 8. Evans, C. L. Steven^
Albert Tomfohrde, ?. W. Cottingham, ^
H. Y. VM*Ed'
T. *. KeUler, W. % dray, 8. €
E. T. Kalb. CKt&erone* were Mr.
Mr*. G. 3. Cottingham and
if. lBvaHt.
The past few evenings have witnessed
many eager candidates on the diamond.
There have been about forty men out,
and though the work has been very
light and easy, a restless and eager
spirit to get down to real work is mani-
fested on every hand. Every man is
anxious to "cut loose" and show "what
he has got." It is hard for a man to
hold himself down when he is feeling
lime, and for that reason every man has
to watch himself and be watched for
the Hrst week or two. A few days were
lost during the coid weather.
There will be several chances for
Freshmen to make good this year on
account of several gaps in the ranks
which have been made by last year's
men failing to return. Even very re-
cently a big gap was made by the loss
of "Pop" Coan, and unless a And is
made among the, newcomers, the only
solution according to Arbuckie is to
force Cap himself to don the mask, and
there is no doubt but that he will acquit
himself well in that position.
This week's work has reveated to
Coach Arbuckie and Captain Ciyce many
promising Freshmen, and with the in-
eligibles from iast year, Hodges, Fouts,
Carter and Yelverton, worthy substi-
tutes should be found to Oil the vacant
places left by Journeay, Cabiness, Coan
and the Heet-footed and sensational out-
Gamett.
The Rice Owls have an exceptionally
good schedule this year. There will be
twenty-two games with other coiieges,
fourteen of which wiil be staged on the
home grounds, and they are ali with
universities of Hrst rank, which means
that the Owls wiil have to win many
hard games. Besides these regular
games the team wiii meet the "Buffs"
in an eariy season game. One of the
most attractive things about this sched-
ule is the fact that the team will take
two good trips, one to Austin and Col-
lege Station and another to Baton Rouge
and New Orleans, La., two games to be
played at each place.
Following is the complete schedule:
March 21—Texas at Austin.
March 22—Texas at Austin.
March 31—A. & M. at Collage Sta-
tion.
April 1—A. & M. at Coiiege Station.
April 3—Howard Payne at Houston.
April 4—Howard Payne at Houston.
April 10
April 11
April 12—L. S. U. at Baton Rouge.
April 13—L. S. U. at Baton Rouge.
April 17—L. S. U. at Houston.
April 18—L. S. U. at Houston.
April 26—Bayior at Houston.
April 27—Baylor at Houston.
May 1—Austin College at Houston.
May 2—Austin College at Houston.
May 10—Southwestern at Houston.
May 11—Southwestern at Houston.
May 19—A. & M. at Houston.
May 20—A. & M. at Houston.
*
DR. AXSON IS BACK
-Tulane at, New Orleans.
-Tulane at N^w Orleans.
MEAD OF ENGLISH LITERATURE RE-
SUMES HI^ CLASSES.
Once more Dr. Axson has returned to
Rice for the last two terms of the ses-
sion, and to say we are glad to have
him back does not express one-half
What we feel, as any of his students will
tell you. He is the same Dr. Axson; all
the honors one could heap upon him
would never change his wonderful per-
sonality.
The members of his English classes
are just as enthusiastic about his lec-
tures as they have been for the past
and only wish the periods
students appreciate the fact that they
<^e p^mlng. in daily contact with a great
PEACE SPEECH
" CONTEST SOON
CONTESTANTS Mt ST GIVE IN THEIR
NAMES BHB'BMATELY.
RICE WON LAST YEAR
Expect to Win Another State Champion-
ship This Year—Local Contest and
DiHtrtct Con& ' t to Be Heid
in Hoeston.
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A conference wil' be held within a
short while to arrange for the elimina-
tion contest in seletLing the representa-
tive to the Texas Intercoiiegiate Peace
Association. All the students who in-
tend to try for this honor must give
their names to Dr. Caltlweil or Dr. Gue-
rard immediately. The elimination wiii
take place not later than March 4.
The Institute tool first honors in the
Texas contest last year, through its rep-
resentative, Miss Ei ;abetji Kaib. A
prize of $25 was gi' ^:t by the Institute
iast year, but no such arize is offered for
1916. Eugene R. M 'tis was second.
Others who compe^'wero Miss Ziiiah
Willner, W. M. Stai.dish, Oscar Green
and R. Fernandez. Credit is due Wil-
ikun Max Nathan for getting interest de-
veloped in the peace contest for the first
event in which stuoeats of Rice took
part.
The complete rules and requirements
may be secured front Prof. A. L.,Gue-
rard, district representative, but the
main regulations are given beiow:
Each school wiil spinet represe
tives to the district contest. There'
about ten schools ir the Houston dis-
trict, including the Institute and the
district and finai co [tests shaii be lim-
ited to fifteen mitufes (about 1,800
words), and shail ieal with some one
phase of the peace ooblem.
The district conte =ts wiil be held not
later than the last iiturday In March.
Unless otherwise aranged, the contest
for this district wiii be heid in Houston.
The order of sp aking wiil be de-
termined by iot, am) no speaker wiil be
allowed to exceed the 15-minute period
allotted him. The judges wiii grade
each speaker on both subject-matter
and delivery.
The final contest wi!l be heid at the
University of Texas on the third Mon-
day night of Aprii. Contestants wiil ap-
pear on the program in the order of the
number of districts. The Houston dis-
trict is No. 4 for this year. The grad-
ing on the Rnai contest wiii be the same
as for the district meets, except that the
tirst three ranking speakers shali be se-
lected, and to those speakers who win
first, second and third piaces, respec-
tively, shail be awarded the $100, $50
and $25 cash prizes offered by the Car-
negie Peace Foundation and the Na-
tional and State Intercollegiate Peace
Association.
The Texas Intercoiiegiate Peace Asso-
ciation is a branch of the National or-
ganization, of which Prof. S. F. Weston
of Yellow Springs, Ohio, is executive
secretary. Three S ate contests have
been held, with Southwestern winning
Hrst place in 1913, the University of
Texas in 1914, and Rice Institute in
1915.
DR. PENDLETON HERE
PRESIDENT OF WELLESLEY AD-
DRESSED STUDENTS—WAS A
GUEST AT LUNCHEON.
SOPHOMORES
ELECT OFFICERS
MISS ROWE ELECTED PRESIDENT-
BYLAWS ARE ADOPTED.
The Sophomore Ciasa met yesterday
and elected }he, following officers for
the second term:
Miss Elsbeth Rowo. president.
Theo. Heisig, Jr., vice-president.
3$ _ _*
treasurer.
t<-afa*.
AHwaHMMs,
Miss Ellen Pendleton, president of
Wellsley College for Girls, was^a visitor
to the Institute on Monday of this week.
She was the guest of President and Mrs.
Lovett at an informal luncheon given in
the commons Immediately follownlg an
Informal talk by tha distinguished visi-
tor before the student-body.
After a brief introductory talk by Dr.
Lovett, Miss Pendleton addressed the
students for a few minutes in an entire-
ly informal manner. She pointed out
the opportunity and the responsibility
that rests upon the present students In
setting the precedents and forming the
traditions, which wiii endure "as long
as time shali be." Universities, she de-
clared, never get much nearer the top
of the procession of universities, but ai-
ways have a fixed place. "There is
something inspiring," she said, "to cast
one's iot with such an institution, whose
place one knows to be eternally fixed
in the consteiiation of the academic in-
stitutions."
Dr. Lovett took exceptions to the dec-
laration by Miss Pendleton during her
taik, that "students are the important
part of a university, whiie the instruc-
tors are less important, and once in a
while a president is important," and de-
ciared that it was oniy a becoming mod-
esty that led Miss Pendteton to make
this conservative statement.
There were about fifty guests at the
informal iuncheon, at which Miss Pend-
leton was the honor guest. Those in-
vited were a number of professors and
their wives, and from the student-body,,
officers of the classes, officers of each
of the student organizations, the presi-
dent of the honor couneii, the captain
of the footbaii team.
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ROY MITCHELL
BACK AS COACH
TAKES UP !HT!HM AS BASEBAL
COACH FEBRUARY 1—MAKES
I'HELIMIXAKY TALKS TO
CANDIDATES.
Many smiles from the upper classmen
greeted Roy Mitchei! iast Saturday as
unexpectedly entering the dining haii
he was ushered by Coach Arbuckie to
an honored seat the "Profs' table,"
where he went the rounds to receive
smites and handclasps of acquaintance
from the schoiariy and esteemed group
so heid in dread and awe by the Fresh-
men. Everyone knew that hif presence
meant that he wouid be with us this
year to coach the basebaii team, and if
there is anything deserving of a wel-
coming smite it is Mitchei) on our coach-
ing staff.
It was during a three-weeks' engage-
ment with us iast year while training
with the St. Louis Browns that Mitcheii
won the admiration and esteem of the
Rice students, especiaiiy of the squad,
with whom he^yas more intimately as-
sociated. Last year he worked princi-
pally with the pitchers, and though
three weeks is not sufficient time for
any coach to show his real ability, he
benefited the team in many ways and
impressed every man with his thorough
knowledge of the game.
Mitchell haiis from Texas, his home
being formerly in Beiton; from there
he came to Houston and began his pro-
fessional baseball career with the Hous-
ton Buffaloes. He is one of those many
Buffaloes who have gone up into the big
leagues. He joined the ranks of the St.
Louis Browns, where he stayed several
years. Besides pitching great ball for
the Browns he was honored by having
the younger pitchers given over to his
charge for training and coaching. Dur-
ing the Browns' camp in Houston last
year Mitchell was sold to the California
League, but had a very bad season due
to breaking Ma ankle in his Hrst game,
which put him out for six weeks.
MitcheH wiil not play baU this year,
as &e ha* accepted ArtpMMp'a BpMWts
tion to take charge of the Owl nipe.
Athptkh MMoM wlli devote p?acth*Uy
of Ma,Htne to the ttack team. -
RICE WINS FROM
E. TEXAS NORMAL
BASKETBALL SEASON OPENS W!TH
AN EASY VICTORY.
BIG SCORE ROLLED UP
Normal Men Defeated by a Score «f (i<)
to 15 by the Abler and Min e
Experienced Mice
Men.
on
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The Rice basketbaii season opened
proporiy Saturday, January 3, with the
defeat of the East Texas Normal team
by a score of 60 to 1.1. A fairly rood
crowd was on hand and the management
hops to see a gradual increase it' bas-
ketbaii enthusiasm as the season pro-
gresses. The band wasatsoonhand
and help#!) '** creating, enthusiasm ami
"pep."
The Normal boys fought hard, but
couid not overcome the heiier individ-
ual playing and meater experience of
the Rico men. T. Johnson t<ype.-i!.i;y
playedafinegante.
For Rice the affairs was more in ihe
nature of a KQod practice.trariieio shew
Coach Cumtnings the defect.-: which wi!)
have to bo remedied before the iirst in
tercoitegiatepramo with Southwestern.
ontheniKhtoi'.iannarylS. 'Ihtnann'
was vaiual)le for this rennon.atidiln'
next: week will he devoted to urcuit r df<-
vetopntenf of team wort;, which was sad-
ly iacking.
Eieven men were used in the course
of the game, and eight of these man-
aged to score points for tin Owls, 't'om-
f'ohrde, with 11 baskets, ied the .aotjm.
while Kalb, with 6 in one half, played
Darling, Hfrey and Dod^e .1]] toui; a
turt) at forward and showi d up wo)l in
goai-shooting.
Brown and Delta Vatle, and later t'ar-
rotl and Gripon, played tin- defensive
gatttes, aswell as Indiana historian
points.
Kingsland and Dormant divided hon-
ors at center itt the sccond liali. tile
former using his height to good advan-
tage. Stttutnary:
Rice—HO. Position. Norma)- 1."
Darling C. Johnson
Forward
Tomfohrde . Dent.
Forward
Kalb T. Johnson
Center
Brown Mayo
Guard
Delia Va))e.... Hieh
Guard
Fie!dgoais—Darling 2. Tomfohrde J).
Kalb 6, Delta Valte 1. Brown 3. Hfrey 3,
Ktngslandl, Dodge 1,T. Johnson!.
Foul goals—-Tomfohrde 2. Dent 7.
Substitutes—Rice: Dormant, Carrot).
Hfrey, Dodge. Kings)and, Gripon.
Norman: Mautdin.
Referee. Stock: umpire, Roddick.
Time of halves: 20 minutes.
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HIBBEN TO VISIT RICE
PRESIDENT OF PHINCKTOX WILL
BE VISITOR ABOUT FEB. < 1.
A coming event of especial interest to
the students and faculty of the Insti-
tute )s the visit of President John Grier
Hlbben, president of Princeton Univer
sity, to Houston next month. Atthough
no definite plans have been announced
yet, it is very likely that the students
will have an opportunity to hear Dr.
Hlbben while he Is here.
While In Houston Prof. Hibben will
be the guest of former Princeton stu-
dents. The Princeton Alumnae Asso-
ciation for thia district of Texas in-
cludes about 25 members, of whom sev-
eral are Rice Institution professors. Dr.
Lovett, Dr. Axson and Prof. Lingle are
among the Princeton men of the Instl-
tute. Among other features of enter-
tainment for the distinguished visitor
!wnt be a hanqnet.
(Continued on page Four.)
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