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THE THRESHER. FEBRUARY Z. 1918
THE THRESHER
A fortnightly periodica! published by
the students of the Rice Institute
at Houston, Texas.
Entered as second-class matter October
17, 1M16. at the postoffice at Hous
ton, Texas, under the Act of March
3. 1879.
Subscription Rates.
P r copy 10c
Per Academic Year 75c
dents, but sttU we regret that some
other means than this lampoonery
couid not have been used.
For a few days and nights following
the appearance of "Tape," some disor-
der occurred in the dormitories. What
we most regret about this is that the
newspapers ran such exaggerated re-
EXCEHPT8 HtOM THE TEXAN "
The foiiowing excerpts from editorial
articies in tife "Daiiy Texan" show how
our piight is viewed by other student
bodies and with what diligence they
are guarding against mistakes in the
approaching formations of their "R. O.
Business Office, Hoont 10 ! Administra- j
tion Building. ;
Hoy K. [.illard Editor-in-Chief
J. T. Huther, Jr Managing Editor;
Camllte Waggaman.. .Associate Editor!
was not open and premediated rebeiiion
as the newspapers put it, but just the
naturai human resuitant overtiow of
feeiing of the students, which in such
a strain of excitement needed no fur-
ther incentive than the turning off of
tha lights in one buiiding. No one
knew that the lights were going out,
and when once out it is only human
that some noise be made. Even very
dignified assemblies have been known
to make considerable of an uproar when
unexpected])' thrown into darkness.
T. C." At any rate this goes to prove
that the students of Rice are not in-
surrectionists, as some of the authori-
ties higher up would have it, but just
mere human college students with the
same feelings toward freedom and per-
sonal liberty which is prevalent in oth-
er universities.
A (inide i'ost.
In establishing compulsory drill for
It. W. Patten Business Manager
Phone Hudley 4803
Less that) this couid not be expected of j ail male students in the University, the
Hice students, who have heretofore authorities must allow themselves to be
been well reputed for their live spirits, guided by the obvious unrest and dis-
We ate aii hoping now for the best, content which is tearing ltice Institute
Our petition has been presented to the ; into shreds. And in formuiating the
Albert Thomas. . . .Circulation Manager [
Mary Oar): V-'eir.. Asst. Cir. Manager
trustees, the president and the miiitary
committee, and from our meeting Mon-
day we anticipate the fairest treatment.
Then, once again, we can have the old
"Ye-ea HICE" spirit, and be ourselves
once more.
T. H. Simons Athletic Editor;
Harlyn Carson. Asst. Athletic Editor
Dick Taliaferro. . .Asst. Athletic Editor
Staff Importers
.1. !*. .tungman Miss Sarah Lane
Svott ileiiattf) Miss Anna Iticketts
.1. H.Shannon 1,. A. Heiber
H. 11. Hathorn
rules under which we are to live due
account should be taken of dangers of
the "cramming" process and a more
gradual means should be adopted.
We do not know what is in store for
us. Personaiiy, we are wilting to un-
dergo almost anything, because the
writer will be in some style of a uni-
form within several months, provided
„ . , . ! he has an arched foot and an uncracked ^
One ot the many interesting thmgs heart., etc. But we are sure that a set !
brought to ltght by the recent protes- Qf ruies too strict and rigid—as the !
rations ot the student body was the ! students at Hice are now laboring un-
ssmpathy expressed by both the press —wM be disapproved by all upper-j
and the people ot Houston. We did not ' ciassmen who have become accustomed
know such a feeiing existed, and are! to absolute schoiastic freedom, and to :
THE WOMEN S SIDE.
A\ rX'-'OKESEEX StTtATtOX.
it is now old news that on the morn-
im; of Saturday, January 19, 1918,
'hi're s- as found befor-; each door in
the dormitories and at various other
.{tinctures on the cant pus ami through-
out the Administration buiiding. copies ;
!i! a mysterious paper headed "TAPH,"
iti r-'d ink. it came as a complete sur-
er;-''. ant) because of the nature of it :
tit" M-hooi wtts undoubtedly set in a
tt'.'tnendous furore. An anonymous
publication setting forth the condition
ot affairs here and more or less !am-
bastlng the authorities, was somewhat
of an innovation.
if the question wer.? asked us, "How
doe* The Thresher stand on this nf-
it wottid be hard for us to an-
- ser in any other terms than that we
.-';in'! entirety with the student body
,. ts'i what they have stood for and
cratt'ed. Wa will' say. however, that
thoit-h we do not approve of the man-
ner of appearance exactly, nor of some
of the tampoonery in "Tape." we are
forced to resign to it our place in the
tmitt for the rights and freedom of the
students. The purpose of "Tape" was
evidently for the sood of the students
and intended uttimatoiy for the good of
Hice. Titus far. we can say that we
are in compiete concord, but next comes
a divergence. With this purpose ahead
it seemed that, seeing The Thresher's
futile attempts turn into nothing,
' Tape" came out on the assumption
that where open means fait in a good
cause, (dosed means are fuliy justifiable.
The Thresher, we believe, can say
this much, if we can be pardoned for
t!t<- reference, that if any action or
some conciliation had been granted the
stttd' tits after the appearance of certain
arthde* in our columns relative to the
acute situation hero at Hice, the neces-
sity ot "Tape" would have been obvi-
ated Wo pride ourselves in saying
that we tried in our efforts to be "open
.tud above hoard." but instead of re-
tching any conciliation on the matter
our picas were ignored and we were
threatened test we be squelched. The
injustice we received was from the of-
fice insisting on maintaining that The
Thresher staff was a few petty revolu-
tionists with witd, obnoxious ideas, try-
ing to stir up to rebellion a perfectty
well satisfied, calm ant] docite student
body. Whet), in conferences, we en-
deavored to explain that this was not
the case and that we were prompted to
our position hy a genera] feeling of dis-
satisfaction and disgust, which if ai-
lowed to run on would certainly result
in injury to the 1'nivcrsity—when we
so fried to maintain ourselves, our ver-
acity was set at naught, and we re-
ceived "contempt of the authorities."
Now, as to "Tape," we would say
that in general we would never endorse
and would ha offended at the idea of
an anonymous publication, but, just as
was brought nut in the meeting with
the trustees, when the formerly preva-
lent misapprehension concerning Rules
2-t ant] 32 are taken into consideration,
no other action would saem possible.
Threatened dismissa) from schoo] wouid
in any such instance be a potent pre-
ventative to any signature.
Concerning the personal reference
which appeared in "Tape," we have
no justification in mind. There is
no douht that there are certain state-
ments in that pamphlet even the truth
of which wotitd not justify their being
printed. It is not necessary nor our
piace to point these out. but we believe
we can say for the student body as a
whotc, that we regret that some things
did appear there. It is unfortunate and
probably wouid not be done, if the pa-
per were agatn to appear. The Thresher
in its efforts has tried to evade such
things, and we presume that it was the
evident futility of our methods that led
the writer or writers of "Tape" to re-
sort to somewhat drastic means. It was
probably thought that something as
sensatlona) as that would {)e^required
to get any notice from above. We ad-
mit that it did get the notice, and
for the first time in the history of Hice
Institute, brought the Board of Trus-
tees out here to school to meet the stu-
very gratified to find that it does. Sym
pathy from these sources makes us feel
justified in our recent actions and lends
us to hope for a simitar attitude on the
the Freshmen who are delighted with
their first taste of self-obedience and !
direction.
1'hat the military driif will consist of
other twenty-three hours of the day.
The University will still be the Univer-
sity, and University life wili be as un-
om UTi ttACY SOCIETIES.
The Thresher notes with approval
the signs of returning life in the two
men's literary and debating societies, j
There 4s no particuiar reason why Hice
should not have some good work done ^
atong these lines. Other schools of
part ot the trustees. We fee) that our ; only three hours per week, and this
petitions were most reasonable and are without any unnecessary rules which
sure (hat the trustees wi)) see fit to ! would interfere with scholastic free-
grant them. j do]H, wag the announcement made yes-
It stents to have been a matter of terday afternoon by the secretary to the
great surprise that the women did not ! president.
ask for a dormitory it) order that they ; The Texan is glad to note these facts
might frttiy obtain their education on When the hour of military drill is over
an equal footing with the men. It was there will be no rules governing the
pointed out that owing to the pres'tn'
tack of a dormitory for women, the
"co-eds' " education costs more than
twice as much as her brother "eds"' affected as before.
This cannot be denied, as board in
town is quite expensive. Again, there
is the question of time wasted on the
; street cars going hack and forth—not
to speak of the many inconveniences.
It was atso pointed out that a dormi-
tory for women woutd eliminate most
of the women's grievances, particularly
those relating to chaperonage.
Then. too. .the women are now de-
prived of one of the most desirable fea-
tures of coHege life-—the sharing of i equal and even smaller size maintain
common interests derived from living : very active organizations of this sort. !
under one root. In a dormitory closer Heretofore it has seented to be some- i
triendslups are formed. Again, stu-
dents have a greater opportunity to dis-
cuss their w ork and their ideas about' "ere alive and in good condition.
life in general. Such discussion is far
more broadening, actuaity far more
! conducive to genera! cuRure, than many
coHege courses. Under the present
j regime many women never see their
i fellow students except at ctasses, and
one hears again and again the state-
ment, "I haven't a close friend in the
Institute." This is a sad condition of
affairs, surely, for we grow by our
friendships—the individual's own petty
experience being inadequate to give him
a broad, comprehensive view of life.
The two girls who drew up the peti-
tion for the women of the Institute
were unable to agree on the question
of asking for a dormitory, and so the
matter was dropped. Perhaps the
trustees wit] be broad enough to see the
great need for one and will provide a
dormitory for women without being pe-
titioned. We earnestly hope that such
will be the case.
-*!*-
TO y<9(/7?
Heavy weight Serge tailored
up to the Shotwell standard
And every wise owl knows
the standard we maintain in
men's wearing apparel.
Military Suits
—Serge - $27.50
—Whipcord $40.00
Military O-Coat
—Regulation O D
- - $32.50
Let's take vour measure now
MAX L. BLOCK
Finest PIPES, CIGARS and CANDIES
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Carter Building Barber Shop
JOE P. HEWmCH. Prop.
PHONE PRESTON 1833
tO-OPEHATIOX WITH THE
EHXMEXT.
OOV-
Attention has been catled to us by
various students of certain unnecessary
i what of a task to keep the two societies
But ]
it has been unusually hard this year to
get the students behind the clubs and ;
working in a proper fashion. The
members of such organizations keep
them going, and no society can exist i
without fuil co-operation of the student
body.
While it is true that we have no chair '
of public speaking or anything of the '
sort in the faculty, nevertheless this
obstacle can be surmounted by whole-
hearted work in the societies them- i
selves. The young women here have }
an organization that seems to be getting j
excellent results. The men should feel ;
ashamed. i
The benefits to be derived by an ac- !
five membership in ciubs of this kind I
are well known and numerous. Aside :
from the knowledge gained by listen-;
ing to the programs presented, there
is given a chance here for one to gain
skill in addressing audiences and for i
one to acquire an assurrance in think-
ing quickly on one's feet. These two.!
qualities are really essential to the sue- !
cess of any man.
Tiras' Mode! BarberShop
M. TIRAS, Proprietor
TViOse C/asst/ Co/Zege Hat'rcu/s
Open Nights. Strictly Sanitary
914 Texa: Ave. Opp. Rh* Mofc/ Preston <962
HOOTS
!n Itcsponse.
So much are the efforts of that
"Near-Joke" author appreciated that
we can sympathize greatty with him—
or her. And, when you don't find in
this column what you sent us, remem-
ber—
All those who think our jokes are poor.
Would straight away change their
minds
Could they compare the ones we print
With those that are left behind.—
Yonson.
It has always been a thing of more
or less ignominy to Hice that we have
'
A Conservative Economist.
Around her waist his right arm
With neat dispatch did ptace,
For in times Hke these he felt alarm
To see a marginal utility turn to a
useless waste.
wastes being practiced here in Hice. ,^,^0 intercollegiate debating contests
The most tmmediate is that of the ; <r.
whatsoever. Other universities point
lights on the campus and in the clo!-^,, lo their debating teams
sters of the various buildings. Most
of these lights hum a)l night and there
i is a considerable number of them.
Fuel Commissioner Garrison has re-
quested that every possible conserva-
i tion of fuel be made so that the present
! scarcity be relieved. There is no doubt
, that Rice Institute can well afford
to purchase the fuel required for the
burning of the extra lights, but patri-
otically speaking it is not the thing to
do, because the fue! goes for an un-
necessary purpose. The lights might
be burned for the first part of the
night, but we can see no possible jus-
tification for them after 10 o'clock.
Another way of co-operating with the
Government is by food conservation.
We would not say at all that we get
too much or too good food, but by ob-
serving the various meatless and wheat-
less days, as outlined by the Food Ad-
ministration, we can save those food
articles most needed by the boys "over
there," and still have a wide enough
selection and a sufficiency from the
varied and numerous products of the
United States. A little study as to food
values would make It possible for us
to do without these restricted things
and stili have food of equa! if not more
nourishing value. Here it might be
suggested, too, that the food that we
do have be prepared and served in a
little more appetizing and inviting man-
ner. Various cheap but good food ar-
ticles, such as rice, can be made very
appetizing if only prepared right. The
students stand together In their patri-
otic sentiment in the matter and would
be glad to see such a discriminating
yet sufficient food program Inaugurated.
things of importance in the school life.
This has been impossible here, for we
have had no debating teams to point
out.
Do you not fee! that this is a defect
in your university? It is up to you to
remedy this defect. It is your duty to
yourself and to your Alma Mater to
join one of these societies and do your
bit.
Thrift.
Fish (meaningly): "Let's go to the
Owl?"
Cofish (fearingly): "I'm not hun-
gry!"
Fish (thankingly)
' '.SaMs/ac^'on Re Yours"
UNHFOnMR
F@n° Raee Menu
The Leopold & Price military depart-
! ment carries big stocks of Army Uni-
forms and dress accessories of the
better grade
t
Kuppenheimer O. D. Khaki
Uniforms at $16.50
Kuppenheimer O. D. Serges
at , $35.00 and up
O. D. Reefer Coats (Woot iined) regu-
)ar $18 and $20 vatues reduced
to $14.40 and $16.00
Army Shirts at - $4.00 and up
Stetson Army Hats at $5.00 and up
Other Army Hats at $2.50
Spira Puttees $2.50 and $4.50
Canvas Leggings $1.50
"Neither am I."
PERSONALS.
THE "HATTAi lOX."
We noticed In an editorial in the A.
& M. "Battalion" a speculation as to
how the Rice Institute manages to keep
account of the games which she lost
out of the papers. Special mention
was made of the time the Houston
High School won over Rice. We must
congratulate the "Battalion" reporters
for their diligence and ingenuity, for
they are the only ones who are able to
ioglcally turn a pre-season Informal
practice scrimmage into a game. From
the time Rice first started practice we
have been having informal scrimmage
with the fast team from Houston High,
and no official score has ever been kept,
some of the days High being ahead and
some days Rice. At any rate, our team,
which was characterized by the "Bat-
talion" as evidently inferior to a high
school team, was able to take the first
game from A. & M. on A. & M.*s court,
so we leave it to them to work out
!og!ca!!y the status of their own team.
By the way, our exchange is never
favored with a "Battalion." Wie would
like to know more of what you report.
Miss Virginia Still has just recov-
ered from a slight lllgess.
Miss Lillian Nicholson spent the week
end with parents in Galveston.
Miss Vella Bates spent Saturday and
Sunday with her folks In Aivin.
Miss Alice Hays has departed from
our midst and is attending Massey
Business College In town.
Misses Ottis Pearson and Dorothy
Lee went to Austin to the Y. W. C. A.
convention. They say they were roy-
ally treated, and both coeds returned
"ready to work," Inspired by our
friends, the Longhorns.
A new secret society, the P. A. V. S.,
has been organized among several of
our coeds, who meet Saturday nights
about 11 o'clock and cheerfully discuss
their victims. Last Saturday night
they enjoyed a marshmallow toast and
slumber party with Miss Mary Lee
Brown.
Miss Grace Hubbel! entertained sev-
eral of her friends with a roast duck
picnic in Hermann Park last week.
After eating, vainly trying to skate, and
enjoying several other less severe
shocks, the foiiowing coeds enjoyed a
theatre party: Personalis were Misses
Grace Hubbell, Lillian Nicholson, M.
Hllswlck, F. White, Helen RedHeld, F.
Foote, L. Brand, G. Ingram, B. Kneid-
sen; E. Faber, E. Goilaher, M. Cogian
and Mrs. Terrell.
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