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BICE INSTITUTE. HOUSTON, TEXAS, FEBRUARY 3,1918
Number 8
RICE QUINT DROPS
TWO TO TEXAS TEAM
LONGHORNS HAVE EASY TIME !N
MR8T BVT OWES FICHT HARD
tN SECOND.
With Dodge and Kingnlnnd Out Rice is
tnubie to Cope With Fast TexM
Attack—Owls Are Waiting
Chance for Revenge.
The Owls dropped two games to Tex-
as Friday and Saturday nights, Febru-
ary 1-2. In both games the Longhorns
had the edge, winning the first by the
safe score of 28 to 16. The second
game was harder fought, and was al-
most anybody's game until the final
whistle. The Owls are waiting for
their next chance, which comes on Feb-
ruary 25-26 at Austin.
The First Game.
The Texans kept in the lead front
nearly the very start, breaking down
the Owl attack in a fast and snappy
manner that the Owls could not stand
up against.
Rice showed poor form Friday night
compared to the form displayed in
earlier games. This was due in most
part to the fact that the two star goal
shooters were out of the game on the
sick and injured list. Dodge is nursing
a broken bone in his ankle and Kings-
iand is down with the measles, Dodge
managed to hobble down Friday night,
and it is hoped that he will soon be
able to get back in the running. Kings-
land is still sick, but he will probably
soon be out.
The contest started with a snap.
When the ball was thrown up in the
center A1 Deviney of the Longhorns
grabbed it before it hit the floor again,
had the sphere down the field and
slipped through the goal before the rest
were able to get together. From then
on the Austin boys held the lead except
for a few seconds a little while later
when the Owls snatched the leadership.
Greer was as good a man as Texas
had on the court Friday night. He is
a speedy player and a skillful goal
shooter. Yet the Longhorn scoring was
not done by one or even two players.
The whole team joined in the point-
making, every man who started the
game making at least two points.
For the Owis it was hard to decide
who showed up the best. No man on
the team seemed to be playing at top
speed, and the^ all seemed more or less
lost on the court. Timmons, who was
an almost infalibly skillful basketball
shooter in the earlier games, was unable
to locate the ring Friday night and
missed easy goal6 time after time. In
his foul shooting he also failed to show
the form displayed in some of the pre-
vious games. Nevertheless he managed
to chalk up six of Rice's 16 points in
this way. He did this out of about ten
chances. Six out of ten is a pretty good
average, but Timmons has beaten this
in several of the former contests.
The line-up:
Rice. Texas.
Dormant Deviney
Right Forward
Pollard, Drown Miller
Left Forward
Timmons Smith, Dittert
Center
Wilson Greer
Right Guard
Taliaferro Gray, Penn
Left Guard
Field goals—Dormant 2, Timmons 2,
Taliaferro 1, Deviney 2, Miller 3, Smith
2, Greer 4, Gray 1.
Referee, Mann. Timekeeper, Tisdale.
The Second Game.
Saturday night the Owls came back
with blood in their eyes, determined to
give Texas a hard fight, and they did.
Rice led the Longhorns a good part of
the game, but the end found them seven
points behind. Texas' good teamwork
won the game for them.
Taliaferro, for Rice, easily outshone
hts teammates, in fact outclassing any-
thing on the field, Owl or Longhorn.
Timmons showed up fairly well. Among
the Texas bunch AI Deviney appeared
in the spectacular role. Hard shots
seemed his specialty and he made these
difficult baskets with seeming perfect
ease.
The first half ended with the score
18 to 15 in Texas' favor, but when the
Owls came back after their short rest
they came with a rush, overtaking and
passing the Longhorns. They held the
lead until the game was almost over,
when by a burst of speed Texas again
forged ahead, where they remained un-
til the Hnal whistle.
Rice showed an improvement over
Friday night's form, the shakeup In the
positions, occasioned by the fact of
Dodge and Kingsland being but of the
game, seeming to have adjusted itself
a little better. Timmons, the regular
forward, is playing center now, and he
fills the gap left by Kingsland pretty
well. Timmons, like his predecessor,
is long and lanky, and the center posi-
tion suffered but little on account of the
regular's absence.
By taking the two games of the series
the Longhorns put quite a crimp in the
Owl's championship hopes. It was un-
fortunate that Dodge and Kingsland
should both be out at this time, but it
is all in the game. Rice will have to
OWL TEAM TAKES
PAIR FROM PIRATES
RICE STARTS SEASON WELL BY
DEFEATING SOUTHWESTERN
IN TWO FIRST GAMES
Owl* Show Good Early Season Form,
Taking First Safely and Second
by Big Score.—Sev-
erai Stars.
The Rice basketball team started off
the season successfully by defeating
Southwestern on two consecutive
nights. These were the first intercol-
legiate games for Rice, and she showed
up remarkably well In her early season
form. The first game, at the Y. M. C.
A., resulted in the score 33-14. The
game was by no means an easy one, for
at the end of the first half the score
stood 13-9 in Rice's favor. However,
in the second half Timmons found the
basket for many points. Dodge han-
dled the ball perhaps more than any
one else on the court and also added
his fuli share to the score. Taliaferro
was there with his usual pep, and were
it not for his brilliant guarding, the
Southwestern points would have un-
doubtedly been much higher. Wilson, a
find among the scrubs, showed up in
exceilent form.
In the second game Rice enjoyed an
easy victory, the final score being 54-
1!). Rice led from the start. Dodge
shot the greatest number of goals, with
Taliaferro foilowing closely. This was
Wilson's first fuil game and he lived up
to confidence placed in him by all. Dor-
mant took Taliaferro's place at the end
of the first half and piayed a consistent
game throughout. With this Rice looks
foriggrg to a successful season. The
line-up was as follows:
Rice. Position. Southwestern.
Timmons, Wiison Cawthon
Right Forward
Dodge Lawrence
Left Forward
Kingsland, Timmons Hart
Center
Dormant, Abbey. . .Farrington, Jenkins
Right Guard
Taliferro Campbell
Left Guard
FRESHMEN HOSTS AT
TERM'SFIRST DANCE
FIRST YEAR CLASS GIVE DANCE IN
COMMONS WITH MUCH ENTHU-
SIASM PRESENT.
Good Weather and Fine Music Combine
to Make Enjoyable Affair Saturday
Evening—Faculty Notables
Join in Festivity.
The first dance of the season was a
thoroughly enjoyable affair throughout.
The Freshmen set a worthy example by
giving the Initial affair of the term. It
is thought that other classes will fol-
low in their footsteps with other dances
at an early date. There were not as
many in attendance as usual, but those
who were there had enough enthusi-
asm to fully mitigate the ioss.
Luckily enough, the weather was not
disagreeable. Were it weil to lapse into
poetic terms, it might be said that the
starry heavens, the coo) and pieasant
evening breezes, the soft light of a
strictly neutral moon, proved quite al-
luring, so the gravel walks caught con-
siderable traffic between dances. No
doubt, as the shrubbery about the Com-
mons court grows denser and more
abundant, these impromptu strotls wii)
gain yet more in popularity.
By way of parenthesis, it may be
truthfully said that texceptionaliy
I good) "music arose with its rythmic
swell, and bright the lamps shone o'er
fair women and brave men."
I A continuation of Byron's poem was
also suggested by an erudite youth.
I "Soft eyes looked love to eyes which
j spake again." Those descriptive verses
I have become quite commonplace, how-
ever, in modern times.
Mr. and Mrs. Lovett, Sir. and Mrs.
McCants and other members of the fac-
ulty were present. They are cordiaii.v
invited to alt Hice sociai functions, and
the warm hand of weicome is ever ex-
tended to them by the student body.
KMSKEETIM HM10 TEH THE
TRUSTEES HUT TMDBEES
FIRST TIME IN RICE'S HISTORY TRUSTEES HAVE
MET STUDENTS IN SUCH A GET-TOGETHER
MEETING-FRANKNESS KEYNOTE
OF THE AFFAIR.
Talks Made to Board by Many Cadets and Co-Eds, Giving
Students' Opinions of How Institute Has Been Mis-
managed—Resolutions Are Passed and Petition
Drawn Up for Trustees' Consideration.
is
whip up considerably if she expects to
sail in ahead of the other teams In the
Qouthwest conference. The Owls split
with the Aggies in the games last week,
and they were fairly well satisfied with
this; but Texas has taken the wind out
of the Owls' sails with two straight vic-
tories. The boys from the Institute will
get another chance at the Longhorns,
two games being scheduled between
them for February 25 and 26. These
contests are to be staged in Austin,
however, and the Owls will have no
easy time in evening scores by taking
both these games.
The Owls play their next games with
Simmons College here on February 6-7.
Simmons is almost an unknown quan-
tity in this region, for but little news
filters here from the Abilene sector
where Simmons conducts most of its
activities. The Owls are preparing for
two stiff contests. The City Auditorium
(Continued on page 3)
BEARS AND AGGIES
DIVIDE TWO GAMES
farmers Take First Hut Lose Second in
Series at Waco—Saturday's Game
is Slow—tAtnmope and Wie-
bush Star.
Waco, Texas, Feb. 2.—Baylor was
defeated by the A. & M. College in a
siow basketball game here Saturday af-
ternoon, 19 to !), the Aggies securing
revenge for their defeat of Friday.
Wiebusch and Tinsley starred for Bay-
ior, as did Longcope and Wise for the
Farmars. The line-up:
Baylor—Robinson and White, for-
wards; Tinsley, center; Brister and
Spencer, guards.
A. & M.—Longcope and Delee, for-
wards; McQuiilan, center; Wise and
Dryer, guards.
Substitutes—Baylor: Wiebush for
White, Hill for Spencer, Porter for Rob-
inson; A. & M.: Starnes for McQuillan.
Officials—Stetter, Indiana, referee;
Leach, Baylor, timekeeper.
The students of 11 ice have laid their
grievances before the Hoard of Trustees
and are now awaiting the action of this
board. On Monday, February 2S, rite
student body in a mass meeting met a
i committee front the trustees and for
three hours toid the trustees how they
i thought their university was being
mismanaged.
I The meeting was frank and open, and
- the students who made talks did not
' mince words in speaking of how things
are being run at the institute.
The seriousness of the situation may
be understood when it is said that this
is the first, time the trustees have ever
had occasion to investigate affairs at
Rice.
Captain J. A. Baker, chairman of tne
board, presided over the meeting, and
there was fuil accord between the stu-
dents and the trustees. Several cadets
made short speeches, and the coeds pre-
sented their case through the agency
of Miss Camilie Waggaman and Miss
Hlsbeth Rowe.
The cadets who spoke were Jay Alex-
ander, Alston Duggan, James Markham,
Pickens Coieman and Emmet Niland.
After the meeting the trustees ex-
pressed surprise that conditions were
as the students had pictured them.
! They "also said they regretted that this
! was the first time they had looked into
! affairs at the Institute.
The board has a meeting on Wednes-
day, February 6, and it. is expected that
the petition, presented to the trustees
a day or two after the mass meeting,
wiil he acted on at that time.
Major Duggan Makes First Speech.
Cadet Major Duggan started for the
students in a taik where he made a re-
sume of the affair from the issuance of
an anonymous paper "Tape" until the
present date.
"We are not insurrectionists," said
; Major Duggan. "We are students who
are working for the bettering of Rice
Institute and for the perpetuation of an
institution that has had five years of al-
most phenomenal success."
Going on, he recited how, after the
appearance of "Tape," there had been
some slight disturbances in the dormi-
IHE MMFUCT BETWEEN HEUGtON
A O OENCE
Note—The following communication
was written by a student here at Rice.
It is in regard to the recent criticism
received by two of our professors from
a Houston clergyman. Other commu-
nications on this or any other subject
will be welcomed by The Thresher.
Some time ago my attention was
called by one of our instructors who
took the whole lecture period in mak-
ing remarks about an article on "Re-
ligion and Science" by Dr. Mills, pastor
of the St. Paui's Church of Houston,
Texas.
This article was supposed to be an
answer to a question asked of Dr.
Mills, by "some of the students of the
Rice Institute who are members of the
St. Paul's Methodist Church." At the
outset of his remarks our instructor
said that he was neutral on the sub-
ject. Evidently he was so, for at the
conclusion neither I nor anyone else in
the class, as far as I know, could tell
that he had taken any other position
but the one he stated at the beginning.
But this is a very poor position to take,
and the man who says that he is neu-
tral on a question of such importance
is either afraid to teii what he thinks
on the subject or else he has not suf-
ficient knowledge on one side or on the
other.
This Is the question: "Is it possible
to be a thorough believer in Science
and aiso a thorough Christian?"
After I read the article for myself
I could not tell, exactly, whether Dr.
Mills' purpose was to answer the ques-
tion or to take advantage of the occa-
sion, to make personal attacks upon
two of our ablest men In the faculty.
But, to make attacks of this sort is
nothing new in the history of religion.
; In olden times, and not so very long
ago at that, the church used to proceed
i differently. The men of the church,
the authorities on Christianity, were
not satisfied in mereiy calling atheists
and infidels the men to whom modern
science and religion itself owes Its
progress and enlightenment and whose
theories and phiiosophy are, at the
present time, well accepted, but they,
the advocators of Christianity, took
them and burned them at the stake.
And religion, with ail advancement
that it ciaims, would do the same even
today if it * had the power to do so.
Dr. Mills says, nevertheless, that there
is no conflict between Religion and Sci-
ence. In support of his assertion he
mentioned the names of a few noted
scientists, and later on we shall see to
what extent the religious views agrees
upon the works and beliefs of some of
these men. First of all, let us be un-
derstood as to what is Religion and
what is Science, and upon what founda-
tions they rest.
Religion is a system of faith based
on guesswork—although worked out
by logical reasoning—which arises
from an incomplete interpretation of
natural phenomena—(my definition).
Religion rests on revelations. Accord-
ing to It, the world and everything in
it was created out of nothing by an in-
conceivable, supernatural Creator. He
created man, too, of course, and intend-
ed for him to be the center and goal of
all terrestial life—Indeed, ultimately,
Of the entire universe. And this Crea-
tor, God, Is fashioned after the human
pattern; it is quite easy to think of
Him as having Himself created men in
His own Image.
Thence arises another dogma, and
that is: Man's nature Is twofold, he is a
compound of material body and spirit-
ual soul—the product of the divine
breath. And his soui. endowed with
immortaiitv, is but the temporary guest
of the physical body.
These dogmas, students of Rice In-
stitute, form the ground-work, as far as
i know, of the Mosaic cosmogony and
its foundation rests on traditions, or
transmission through the ages, of no- :
tions relating to a supernatural revela-
tion. Such is the ground upon which
religion is founded.
Science is a system of systematized
knowledge obtained from actuai facts.
It studies the causes and effects. It
takes things as they are found and
traces them to their antecedent stages.
In place of the world's artificial crea- !
tion, science maintains the theory of
natural creation. Nature contains In
herself all the forces requisite for the ^
production of every kind of existence ;
that is found within her realm. But
here Dr. Mills asks: "How does the :
believer account for the beginning of '
things?" Mr. Huxley, whom Dr. Mills ;
quotes in support of his argument, i
said: "We have come to look upon the ;
present as the child of the past and as
the parent of the future." These j
words contain the very idea that Dr.
Mills rejects: "No life hut from pre- !
existing life." "No cell but from an- i
other cell." The fact that no organic ;
life can come into existence without
pre-existing life is a well established
fact and It leads to the conclusion that
the first beginnings of all living things
existed from all eternity, awaiting only
the concourse of definite external cir-
cumstances. Can Dr. Mills see any
conflict between these two hypothesis?
But that is not. all.
Science puts forward still more hos-
tile conclusions to religious dogmas.
(Continued on page 4)
torios when lights had Lrone out. "This,"
he said, "was not an instant'' of robol-
iion but a mere outbreak of youthfu!
spirits following the plunging of the
dormitories itno total darkness." Con-
tinuing. tie told how lb" trustees had
been caiied on Priday, that thi- hoax!,
met the cadel officers on 3aturd:iy ;md
how it was thought best lo lei 'In* en-
tire Student body go before the trn^t
in a meeting where the matte]' wmld
be threshed out.
Jay Alexand"!' 1'cHowed with the bin
! speech of the day. wln'roiii he drew a
picture for tin- trustees of muditions
at the l!ice institute bel'ot.- and after
the introduction of the military regime.
In part tie said: "Tin' cans'- of the
present controversy lips furtin i- back
than in September. It lies furtln r tiaek
that) last year. It lies as tar back as
the beginning of the Institute in
when the spirit was inculcated in the
first body of students that has persisted
to this day. and that is the cause of alt
the minor ciashen that occurred at any
time. This time it is a feeiing of fear
for the administration, and a belief
that nothing is to he gained by an at-
tempt to confer with the authorities
concealing students' ills, real or fan-
cied."
Food Conditions Had.
Alexander is a junior at [lice, mid lie
made the statement that in all his resi-
dence at the Institute that he has been
called to personalty interview Hi. Lov-
ett but. once. Afterward he went on to
cite instances where the students had
made application to the administration
for the correcting of certain wrongs.
He mentioned particularly the food
question, saying that many times in
past, years had committees visited tho
administration office to formally protest
against the quaiity of food being served
in the dormitories. "At one time." he
declared, "a plate of specimens of dor-
mitory food was taken to Mr. Mcf'nnis,
the secretary to the president, and Air.
McCants refused to took at it. saying
that he did not. 'wish to he made sick.'
"if a student has a wrong to he re-
dressed," Alexander said, "tie is (old to
present it to some committee, and he is
also told that that committee vi!{ not
have its next meeting until so.n-' 'imc
iike the fourth pleasant Tuesday of
ttext week.
Delay and equivocation, lie said, had
inspired every student with mistrust of
authorities. He then made reference
to an attempt last year to get the "sup-
posed student self-government" of Rice
definitely organized into a Student As-
sociation. Mr. Lovett absolutely pro-
hibited the using of any part of the
buddings or campus of Rice institute,
and, in fact, he seemed to stand in per-
fect terror of the formation of any
such association," he said. In instanc-
ing the spirit, of suspicion injected into
the students by the administration he
said that. a. great many of the cadets
firmly believed that dictaphones were
stationed in the dormitory rooms in or-
der that, the authorities might eaves-
drop on the cadets.
Trouble Deeply Rooted.
"The present disturbance." Alexan-
der continued, "is not the first, nor will
it by any means he the last, if condi-
tions here remain the same as they have
been in past years. I do not wish yon
gentlemen to consider tliis a threat, and
it is not a threat. It is a statement
of actual fact. Regardless of how the
present controversy turns out. sooner
or later there will be another eruption.
Very probably it. will not come this
year, for we have now said what we
wanted to; but In an inevitable cycle
things will reach another such point in
the course of time, and there will he
another outbreak. The reason is deep-
ly rooted, and it will take something
drastic to get rid of it, but it must he
uprooted if Rice Institute is to continue
and to grow as an institution of the
highest rank."
J. P. Coleman, president of the senior
class and chairman of the Honor Coun-
cil, next spoke concerning the special
delivery letter sent out by the trustees
to the parents of every student In the
Institute. "Parts of this letter are ab-
solutely false, and other parts are cer-
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