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THE^*PHHE9HER
Volume 3
BtCE INSTITUTE. HOUSTON, TEXAS, MAT 4,1918
Number 13
Ml! IMP MM
WITH Ml) SIMMS
THiP STARTS BADMT, BPT ENDS !\
HAPPY FAtMHON W!TH I'AIH
OP V!CTOMEH.
Loss to 8. M. V. ifi Questionable AHfair
—T. C. V. Mops Cp on Owls—
H!ce Takes Two From
Trinity.
The road trip, begun so disastrously,
saw a Hnish of three games lost and
two won—a very decent per cent for an
Owl team away from home. Consider-
ing the questionable manner in which
the S. M. U. gama was lost, and the
splendid exhibition staged the first day
at T. C. U., you see the team came very
close to making it a htghiy successful
trip.
Tha Hrst S. M. U. game was rained
out and the second went to the home
team on a confusing decision in the
ninth inning by the umpire giving the
Mustangs the winning run.
Hathorne pitched a splendid game
and was due to win. This gave S. M.
U. two out of three from Rice.
The T. C. U. game at Ft. Worth the
next day was a npat exhibition of con-
sistent pitching and good fielding for
ten innings. At several periods the
Owls threatened to score, but failed to
connect with Meyer's offerings for the
needed hit.
Atkinson permitted ten hits to his
opponent's seven, but kept them well
scattered through ten innings, although
a little wild, and tightened up when a
hit or sacrifice play meant a run.
Opening the eleventh, Nash singled, but
was forced at second b; Vilbig. Capt.
Heywood hit for his second single and
Vilbig came home with the Hrst run of
the game on a hit by M. Heywood, D.
Heywood being held on third. The
Owls were retired on inHeld outs.
In their half the Christians delivered
when the second man up hit safely for
a single and was brought in by the next
man, Wiggins' triple. Wiggins scored
the winning run on Rat's bunt.
The line-up:
OWLS TMM H6ERS
)!) CLOSE HMTESI
KM E BBATM TttiKSTY !N LAST
THX SNXSNM APFA!K OX
RICE HELD.
OF
Ow!s Swm MuKgish Until !4mt of Came,
When One Hun Lead is Overcome
—Game is Third Victory
Over Trinity.
Rice, again on home grounds,
snatched victory from defeat in the
tenth Inning of their third encounter
with Trinity.
Having won twica from the Tigers on
their home diamond the Owls were ex-
tremely sluggish and the ninth inning
found the visitors teading 2-1.
The Owls had repeatedly bean out-
guessed by the oid-timers in the Trin-
ity box, hitting safely but three timas.
However, Baiiey, batting for Waltrip,
walked and Harian delivered the double
that brought in the tying run. The
side was retired on infield outs.
Trinity was unable to connect
safely with Atkinson in the tenth and
retired without threatening, one, two,
three.
The Owls, filled with new energy,
made short work of the tenth. Nash
singled and came home with the win-
ning run wlMp Vilbig sent Seely's first
pitched higlfover the grand stand in
right Held.
The line-up:
JOMOR OMCE WAS
ELABORATE AFFAtH
DAKCM SUBSTITUTED POH JCKMHt
PHOM !S STAG HO WiTH SUCCESS
IX COMMONS MESS HALL.
Rainbow Decoration* Transform Mess
Ha!!—Punch is ExreHent—Social
Activities of Institute Sti!! Up
to Former Standard.
.\H
Trinity—
Estes, 88 5
Lt. Wileman, cf . R
Guest, 2b !
T. Wileman. 3b t
Sealy, p 3
Petigo, rf !
Middleton, lb t
Nun, cf
King, c
Totals
.37
T. C. U.—
AI3
R
H
PO
A
^Haley, c
3
0
0
5
2
0
0
1
3
.... 5
0
1
5
1
Haden. cf
0
0
2
1
Trenzing, If
... 5
0
1
0
0
1
3
13
0
Wiggins. 3b ......
5
1
2
3
2
Hill, rf ..........
0
1
1
0
Haire, p ..........
t
0
i
1
3
McKee, 2b
.... 2
0
0
1
1
Haker, rt' ..........
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
10
33
17
Rice—
AB
n
H
PO
A
Xash, 2b
.... 5
0
1
2
3
Vilbig, cf ..... ....
.... 3
l
0
2
0
0
2
15
0
M. Heywood, if ... .
.... 5
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
Bell, 3b
0
0
3
0
Waltrip, ss
0
1
0
1
(Terlach, c
3
0
1
5
2
0
0
2
5
Totals
1
31
11
Rice—
Nash, 2b
Vilbig, cf
Matthew son lb
Heywood, if ..
BeH, 3b
Gerlach, c ....
Waltrip. ss ...
Harlon, rf ....
Atkinson, p ...
Bailey, rf
Morgan, ss ....
AH
. t
. 1
. 4
. 3
. !
. 2
. 4
. 1
. 0
. 1
.34
PO
0
0
0
0
0
1
14
0
1^
That the social activities of our Uni-
versity have not fallen beiow the stand-
ard is very obvious from the dance
given by the class of '1M Friday, April
26. It was somewhat more elaborate
than an ordinary dance, since it took
the place of the annual "Junior Prom."
The mess hall presented a very dif-
ferent appearance from its usual state.
Gay colors were draped around the
lights and between the windows. Over
the entrance hung the "Stars and
Stripes."
To quench the thirst and relieve the
fatigued feeling of the dancers, a de-
licious punch was served in the com-:
mons.
A special feature of the occasion was i
the several "moonlight extras," which ;
are explained in themselves.
Not one word of regret has been
overhead from those who attended.
AMTHEH PROF, LEAVES
TO n 0L0 GLORY
GMAISTHIX, OE MATH. DEPART-
MENT. UOHS TO SAX AXTOXM)
TO EXTER NATIONAL ARMY.
MEML MM CUP H
M CMTEST MMDS
DHHATE AX!) ORATORICAL COX.
THST W!LL ME HELD AT HXD OP
YEAR HETWEES S(M IETIES.
P<M ntty Service Eian Contains Many i Shotwe!!'* Otters Mcdai and Le< henger
Stars Already—Several Depart-
ments Furnish Soldiers—Hut
One Fu!! Professor Left.
Offers Cu))—A Hah Deserves S<u-
dent Support—[merest Shown
in Former Yeat s.
W. C. Graustein left on May 1 for
San Antonio to enter the Nationai
Army. Mr. Graustein has been instruct- i oratorical
ing Rice students in the intricacies of
mathematics for four years, and the
men and women whom he has had under
his tutelage all feel regret at his teas-
ing. Hts highly trained mind wi!) be
of great service to the United States.
Graustein's departure adds another
star to the Rice professoria) service
tlag. This flag has already several
stars. Just recently another member
of the mathematics department, Profes-
sor G. C. Evans, joined the Aviation
Corps for work in the research depart-
ment. It is reported that Evans is now
in France. ^
As a part of the commencement ac-
tivities at Rice, there is heid an annual
contest and inter-society de-
bate. These will take ptace litis year
on Friday night. June 7.
Friends of the Institute have donat
ed prizes to the winners of these an-
nual contests, ami the iiterary societies
will no doubt show the usual interest
by a large representation this year
Shotweil's offers a handsome Hold nn-if-
al to the better speaker on the wintiittn
debating team. These teams will h--
seiected front their respective soci^ti<-s
elimination contests. The Lcchen-
TRACK TEAM TAKES
MEET BY BIG SCORE
Houston High Schoo! is Smothered by
Lop-Mided Sco! c—()w!s Take 11
Out of 13 Hrst
Places.
PO
1
3
8
11
0
0
0
0
0
Totals
Score by innings—
Trinity 002 000 000 0—2
Rice 100 000 001 1—3
Umpire—Chandler.
30
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6
7
SUMMER TRAINING
CAMP FOR STUDENTS
Camp Wi!! Be Open to Students of A!!
( lasses—To He of Ont' Month's
Duration—Probably Will Re
At Austin.
Errors—Stovall, Hate, Prenztng, Vaughn,
Nash. Two-base htt—Wiggins. Three-
base hit—Wiggins. Base on baits—Off At-
kinson 4, off Haire 1. Struck out—Uy At-
kinson 6. by Hatre 3. Doubie ptay—
Haire to Wiggins. SacriOce htt—Hartan.
Umpire—Miller.
The second T. C. U. game was a reg-
ular mixup—a riot, in T. C. U.'s favor.
The Owls seemed to have purged them-
selves of all their baseball ability in the
first game and permitted their oppon-
ents the track practice attendant on six-
teen runs. The Owl pitchers were un-
abie to fool the hard-hitting Christians,
and with three Hihgers attempting, the
result was even then disastrous.
At Waxahachie the Trinity team was
encountered twice and successfully each
time. In the first game, Hathorne
pitching, the Owis won 8-1, while At-
kinson won the second, 4-2.
The friends of Miss Elsie Pfeuffer,
who attended Rice iast session, have re-
ceived the announcement of her mar-
riage on* April 23 to Udo C. Hanmann
of San Antonio. Her new home after
May IS is at 124 Adams Street, San
Antonio. -
Although only partial information has
been received as yet, it has been defi-
nitely assured by the Government that
there will be a summer training camp
of one month's duration for college
students of Texas. Unlike the coming
Fourth Officers' Training Camp, this
will be open to students of all classes.
The purpose will be to give training
similar to that of the Hrst part of the
Officers' Training Comp in order that
the younger material may be looked
over. Undoubtedly a good showing
at this camp wiii be a great advantage,
for it is probable that at the end of
one month recommendations will
be made for future officers' camps,
which will in the future be much hard-
er to get in than previously, because
of the experience of the men already
enlisted.
The location of the camp has not yet
been designated, but it is altogether
probable that it wili be at Austin.
Wherever it is, transportation will be
paid to and from the camp and also uni-
forms and rations will be furnished by
the Government. Instruction will be
in the hands of" able army officers and
will be rather intensive and under strict
army discipline. It will be a month of
hard work, but a patriotic duty, espe-
cially for men just under age, and in
the end it is certain to prove a great
asset. ' '
Among others of thj faculty who have
left are T. 1.. Blayney, A. L. Guerard
and .1. H. Found. Hiayney was profes-
sor of German here for several years.
He left to ent^-r the service just after
the first tocsin of war had sounded.
He attended the first officers' training
camp at Leon Springs, and secured a
Alajor's commission. Guerard was the
head of the French department here,
until the second officers' training camp
: was opened. Attending this he secured
! a lieutenancy and was immediately sen,
[to France. He is now attached to Gen-
eral Pershing's staff some where on the
Western front. Pound was in the en-
gineering department, but last spring
he&teft with the first bunch of drafted
men. He is now in training for a com-
mission. Stockton Axson, formerly pro-
fessor of English Literature, is doing
war work in Washington.
The faculty has been equally as pa-
triotic as the students in furnishing
men for the Nation's armies. As a ma;.- ;
ter of fact, there is now but one man
at the Institute with the rank of fnil
professor.
SOPHOMORES PRESENT
WATCH TO GRAUSTEIN
The Rice track team rather ran away
with ;hc High School boys in their prac-
tice nteet. Out of a possible 12 events,
Rice took 11 first places. The final
count being Rice 87 and High 25.
The Owl team showed tine form for
such an amount of training as they have
done. Some good material was
brought to light, and with a little more
work for form these new men will do
Rice credit.
Several old men were back and
easily carried off the first places in ail
events they entered. Dowell took first
place in the three dashes he entered
and displayed much of his old time
form. This year Dowell is going to
lower the record already made by him
in the 440-yard dash. Lillard is bark
again showing up good on the weights.
He is expected to secure several points
in all meets. Kingsland easily took the
high jump and will set a new mark for
this year.
Men like Rothrock, Clotz, Moler,
Taliaferro and others, new men, came
out first in their respective events.
Rothrock clips off a mite in good time
now, but when the big meets come he
will be cutting the corners off of all the
seconds. Moler is in top condition for
the hurdles and much is expected of
this man.
Six men will be sent to Warman,
Okla., in a few days to participate in
a meet composed of colleges or the
Southwest. These men have not been
chosen yet, but the old men are sure
to be taken.
The results were:
Dash, 100 yards: Dowell, Rice, first;
Powell, Rice, second; Swank. High,
third. Time, 10:03.
Mile race: Rothrock, Rice, first;
Mutersbaugh, Rice, second; Armistead.
High, third. Time, 5:29%.
Dash, 220 yards: Dowell, Rice, first;
Swank, High, second; Dayvault, Htgh,
third. Time. 23:04.
Pole vault; Duckett, High, Hrst;
Powell, Rice, second; Andrew, High,
third. Distance, 10 feet.
Shot put: Lillard, Rice, first; Duck^i
ett, High, second; West. Rice, third. } third. Distance. 1!) feet 7 inches.
Distance, 37 feet 1 inch. Low hurdles: Moler, Rice, first:
Half , mile race: Taliaferro. Rice, Henry, Rice, second; no High entry.
Hrst; Cunningham, Rice, second; Park- Time, :31. ,
er, Rice, third. Time. 2:16. Discus throw: Lillard, Rice, Hrst;
Javelin throw: Klotz, Rice, Hrst; j Moore, Rice, second; Shaw, Rice, third
West, Rice, second; Lillard. Rice, third.! Distance. 02 feet 3 inches.
ger silver cup, the gift of Mr. L. Le.-tt-
' eager, goes to <ha society whose rep-
resentative wins the oratorical contest,
provide'! that this society wins it three
years in succession. Thi.- contest is
open to any member of either of the
three societies, and is heid imntedtateiy
nfter the debate.
Much interest was shown iast year at
this part of the commencement, and
whiie Rice's iiterary societies have not
been running up to their oid standard
this year on acount. of abnormal con-
ditions, they promise to give a ^ood
"nennerv" j-ett'-'sentai.iott at tins ;m
nuai society affair, and to continue
showing the.r^tpprecia!ion for the in-
terest taken and the prizes donated by
friends and patrons of the Institute.
SOPHOMORES WILL BE
HOSTS AT BOAT RIDE
Great Expectations Have Meett Satisdtd
by Announcement that Annual
AII a it )s t o He
Given.
On Air. Graustain's departure from
the Institute he was presented with a
radio watch-bracelet by his Sophomore
mathematic classes, namely, 210 and t
220.
Mr. Graustein has received a great ;
deai of attention this year. His 210 j
class gave him a dainty Easter basket !
not long ago. The basket was an eiah-
orate gift, blue and gray, fliled with }
eggs, covered with integroe and catcu
lus pymhats. "Life's too short." said!
Mr. Graustein, "to give the class their {
just reward."
The watch was but a symbol of Ih.t
real affection we had for hitti. Those!
of us who are optimistic, hope to have
him back again before we graduate.
To Mr. Graustein.
"When memory summons bygone days, }
And visions of Old Rice appear,
Just think of those you left behind
Who wish that you were here."
The much postponed Sophomore boat
ride that has been planned since the
opening of the war is realty to be given
on May 11. according to personn in au-
thority itt the second year ciass. The
trip has been an annual affair hereto-
fore and it is to be staged according to
precedent, this year. The party wiii
foregather at Harrisburg at 2 o'ciock
in the afternoon. Thence a boat wiH
he taken to the San Jacinto battle- -
ground, where inspiration—along wit))
several othar things, for instance, red
bugs-—will be received among the his-
toric landmarks.
Also, according to precedent, titers
will be taken along with 'he party sev-
erai coiored brethren to provide tie-
music for those who desire to spend the
evening in tripping the tight bombastic.
An excellent lloor is available at the
battleground. It is likely that th^tc
will be none desiring to start homeward
until well along toward morning
Mothers, do not take fright. The hum h
will leave the battleground about iu
o'clock.
'ShouM,aui,? acquaintance be forgot?"' ^^e good ship Nicholaus" has heen
"Nay. nay," say you and I. chartered for the marine
Then may this simple little gift j ^he "Kicholaus
Remind you of times gone by.
Distance, 134 feet.
Race. 440 yards: Dowell, Rice, Hrst;
Weaver Moore. High, second; W.
Moore, Rice, third. Time, 53:01.
High jump: Kingsland. Rice, Hrst;
excursion
is a staunch, seawor-
thy vesset, and Mr. George Brown, pres-
ident of the Sophomores, declares that
Hentey, Rice, second; Andrew. High, he has personally supervised the over-
third. Height, 5 feet !)'& inches. {hauling of the craft in especial prepa-
Broad jump: Duckett, High, Hrst; i ration for this trip. Before Mr. Brown
Powell. Rice, second; Swank, High, made inquiries concerning the vessel
there were a few parts missing from
its interior anatomy, hut after some
frantic telegrams to severai Northern
points the absent organs were repiaced.
and the "Nicholaus" is once more ready
to take Its place alongside the other
vessels in America's merchant marine.
Anyway, the trip* will be given on
May 11. A really large expense will be
incurred, and the Sophomores deserve
of the students.
Relay race: Ric? first; time, 3:53;
Brown, Moler, Dowell, Taliaferro.
Rice 87, High 25.
Starter/Staples; timer. Ayres; scorer, i the hearty support
Fraught. Buy a ticket.
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