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Volume 4
BICE INSTITUTE. HOUSTON, TEXAS, MAHCH 20,1919
Number 7
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MCE PREPARWG FOR LARCE EN-
ROLLMEXT FOR NEXT
YEAR.
SEVERAL NEW HiSTORY COURSES
Jurisprudence and Business Administra-
tion, Heretofore Unknown at Rice,
Include Architectural Study
Open to Academics.
Rice wiU have a number of entirety
new courses next year. The new
courses wiU be instituted in prepara-
tion for the expected demand which
will emanate from the large student
body Rice will likely have.
In addition to the classes in business
administration, and in jurisprudence, as
announced several weeks ago, there wil!
be given new courses in English his-
tory, the history of civilization, and in
the history of architecture, according to
an announcement from Dean Caldwell
on Monday.
The course in architectural history-
win be wide open to academic students.
Heretofore the history has been taught
to the architectural students as a two-
hour per week course. The new subject
will be given by James H. Chillman,
provided he returns to Rice, and full
credit wiil be given for the work done
in the course.
Samuel Glenn McCann wiil instruct
the ciass in jurisprudence. Mr. McCann
was at Rice for two years before he en-
tered the army in 1917. He has been
at an officers' training school and at
Chicago University recently. He is ex-
pected back at Rice about April 15.
J. T. McCants will have charge of
the course in business administration.
The giving of this course is almost a
radical step at Rice,'for nothing similar
to it has ever been offered.
EDWARDS RECEIVES
PH.D.DEGREE FROM
CHICAGO UNIVERSITY
L. P. Edwards, of the history depart-
ment, Wednesday received his degree as
doctor of phiiosophy from the Univer-
sity of Chicago. Mr. Edwards was ap-
prised of the awarding of the degree by
telegram.
The honor represents three years of
graduate work. Mr. Edwards has been
pursuing his studies in sociology for a
number of years.
On receipt of the message telling him
of the awarding of the degree, Mr. Ed-
wards was showered with congratula-
tions.
SOPHOMORE DANCE
TO BE STAGED IN
INSTITUTE COMMONS
Tomorrow night the Sophomore class
is going to give its big dance in the
commons. This will be the last great
social event of the Sophs, this year, as
the Junior Prom, will foreshadow- all
other affairs until commencement week.
SMtt OWLS m
MSMU MM
LETTER FOR 19i9 IS FOURTH
KAXK8LAK!) HAS SECURED IN
THE SPORT.
Only Two of Squad Ever Received This
Award Before—Hrown Captained
Quint Through Year—Entire
Team Fought Wei).
Pride and satisfaction were brought
to the hearts of seven of Rice's sturdiest
athletes this past week when the award
of basketball letters was made. The
men so favored were Brown, Kingsland,
Gerlach, Bell, Lovett, McKeen and
Winnsborough. It marked Kingsiand's
fourth basketball letter, Brown's sec-
ond, Beil's and Gerlach's first in this
branch of athletics, and Lovett's, Mc-
Keen's and Winnsborough's maiden ap-
pearance in the "R" association.
Brown captained the quintet through
a strenuous season. His work was ever
of the first class, his valuable experi-
ence as guard on the championship
team of 1918 enabling him to do bril-
liant work on many occasions.
Kingsland, one of the foremost fig-
ures in State basketball for the past
four years, entered to a late start and
never attained the height of his success
of other seasons, but was invaluable in
his position at center.
Beil played hard luck and sustained
injuries early in the season while play-
ing at guard which kept him out of the
finals of the race. Up to the time of
his injury he clearly demonstrated that
his athletic ability was not confined to
footbali and baseball.
Gerlach was the livest man on the
court, never slowed up in his rush after
the ball. His success is shown by the
many points he contributed to the Owi
score.
Lovett, little "Doc," at forward, was
an agreeable surprise to many. Despite
his light weight and slight experience
he was a valuable scoring asset, a
youngster with lots ot nerve.
McKeen came out from comparative
obscurity of early season to a brilliant
finish. Experience will make of him a
guard of the first water.
Winnsborough, playing his first col-
lege game, was a thoroughly efficient
guardian of his position and responded
with all that was in him on many im-
portant occasions.
It was a season of hardships and set-
backs, and hence added credit to those
who bore the brunt of it. They fought
it out to a finish, more honorable for
its difficulties in attaining. The recipi-
ents of the 191!) basketball "R" go
down in the annals of Rice athletics as
scrappers, hard workers and "R" men,
well deserving.
MIER-OOHM GAMES
W!LL START SOOM
UiG PROGRAM 1XCLUDES BOXIXG.
WBESTUXG. QUOITS. TEXXtS,
AXD OTHER SPORTS.
T mom Mm
A! MCE t)EKT FALL
ManebaR League With DeHnlte Schedule —— , ^-vr- ^ ^
to Be Organized—Each HaM to FAMOUS STARS OF PAST YEARS MAKING PLANS
Hn\e i'.ntrios m Great —r^t A \/ ,, <t —r*< * f*
Track Meet. TO PLAY WtTH 1919 OWLS
Y.W.C.A.GIRLS ELECT
NEW OFFICERS FOR
NEXT 12 MONTHS
At the yearly election of the college
Y. W. C. A. the following officers were
chosen:
President. Dorothy Lee.
Vice-President, Mary Clarke Wier.
Secretary, Georgia Comfort.
Treasurer, Katherine Lubbock.
Annual Member, Oscie Sanders.
The cabinet members have not yet
been appointed.
Thursday will be the peeuitar joy of
the Y. W. to hear Miss Marguerite
Stuart, just from France. Miss Stuart
was a factor in the organization of the
Rice association. Until her overseas
work she was student secretary for the
Southwest district. Next to her Alma
Mater, Texas University, Rice is nearest
Miss Stuart's heart—at least Rice girls
like to think sot
An epidemic is to hit ltice soon, very
soon; it will be up here within tho
week. None other than the rush ot
inter-dormitory spring athletics.
This program is tu be inaugurated
immediately, under the supervision of
the faculty athletic committee and ttn
der direct management of the student
athletic executive committee from each !
residential hail. These student com-
mittees will have immediate control of;
their respective teams and be respon-
sible for their entry and training in a!) *
events.
The program in its entirety includes i
wrestling, boxing, quoits and almost any j
form of athietic contest that may pro-
duce sportsmaniike rivalry between
halls. The main interest will be that
of basebail, track and tennis, and keen
competition is expected in these major !
numbers. There will be a baseball
league, the fust schedule to be prob-
ably of only six or eight games, at the i
completion of which another wit! be ;
started if the method is entirely satis-
factory.
There is much material evenly dis-
tributed among the three halls. Many
men who would not go out for varsity
baseball will not hesitate to try for a
piace on their dorm nine.
Tennis teams picked by elimination
in their own hall wiil meet opposing:
dorms in a tournament for the schoot :
inter-dormitory championship, distinct ;
and separte front the annuai schooi ;
championship tournament of commence-;
mentweek.
The track events, offering the widest ;
field for endeavors, wiil be very care- ;
fuiiy attended to.
A system by. which an accurate cen-
sus of the relative abiiities of each halt
team and individuals on their respective
teams may be obtained is being worked
out by Director Arhueltle. Th&outtine
of the scheme provides a team of fifty
men from each hall and a big meet
about the middle of April, in which
every man wiil enter each of the five
events, that is, ISO entries in the 100
yard dash, broad jump, high jump, jav-
elin throw and half-miie race. A rating j
in each event will be given each entry }
regardless of his mark in the event, and !
each of the fifty totals wiii be added !
to determine the standing of one dorm
against the others.
Every man wiil have five figures
showing how he rated in each event,
and the finished.-resuit wili give an ac-
curate record of individuals and teams
in the most representative of track
events.
The beauty of all this is that it is
wholly voluntary and the rivalry that
is sure to grow out of it can be hut the
most sportsmanlike. Great wiii be the
benefit to varsity teams therefrom.
"WiU be Heaviest,Fastest and Best Team Rice Ever Had"
Says Arbuckle—Vance, Drummond, Rudd, Brick, Dain,
Jarvis and Others Witt Make Great Squad.
All have heard the story of the great
foam of 'IT—ah. that was a footbai)
team. Xatnesarespokeninawo, almio
of tradition enshrouds that woriderl'ni
machine, and those that, were of it
seem to be immortalized in the glory
of the noble departed. There were men
that Freshmen know but by the history
they made, there were men that hoiped
to build that team in the years before,
anddoyottknowit, Freshmen. Sophs..
Juniors, iucky ones who wiHbeher<
in the old bleachers on Hire tieid next
fall when the grey and blue warriors
fight I'rom goai to goal, when the rat-
tle of signals, wheniheshriilofthe
referee's whistle comes singing across
the green, as he tiarts back and forth,
anon digging to the itottom of a flaw-
ing, scratciiing. kicking mass of lees,
arms and twisted bodies—do yon know
it, all of you, that these traditions are
tocomebitck out of the past, these awe-
inspiring names, a great many of them,
are to be common property about tite
catupus,' these warriors are to fight for
Rice next i'ati? Weil, it's so, beyond
the wildest, expectations.
ThereisDain, there is Jarvis, they
are here already, and anybody who has
seen them digging into the books this
spring knows they won't, be on proba-
tion. Tltey'dmakea line by them-
selves. Just a few names to dazzle you
a bit -Brick, Hash, Drummond. Gt'ipon,
Sullivan, Vance, Rudd. Carrot. Kennedy.
Darling, Mathewson and Hiii McFarland.
a four-yearman, who wiii be right there
to urge them on.
Yee. dovibt it, cli **
Well, just waif 'til they begin to report
for training catnp next September.
Brick, who is on a ranch in Pecos
Valley, can hardly wait for the spring
and summer to pass—they say that an
antotopocannotgethyhim, thathe
practicess^dcs^ops^hro^^ghtt!eprairio
dog holes. You know what he did as
captain of the K'-Ify f'ieid team, and
how he showed 'em. out on tite l'at itit
t-oasi, tite way Owis piay football.
Then there's itmld and Carro)], they
tt-ied t.'eavort around tin' wing posi-
tions sotne.tltemseives. Yes. they wiil
bo hack, and there's going to besom-'
t'ur flying, lor like most everything, a
foolbatfu-am has hut two ends; ami
Deprato. thai sensation of this year's
leatn w hew !
ii'tt what's to lie done al".'t]t<ji!:ii't< [
backs ? . You mieht'develcp a tumi from
. some of the raw materia! Nash. <!ri-
pon, Drummond or Darling, mo to men
tionaur['r<' hmartl'riond. dm-tolx-a
' Sophomore next fait. 1 'yer. Cr!p<m.
bmtor known as "Butler." ha Ite' tt call-
ing tango atijnsltnents in the roaaaa
tiiiery sittce spring. Iiti7, and should
!<e able )o rip opt th" signals lik<< tie
didbaekiu'laand Hi. which were
some teams themselves. Xashwaslit'rU
stringu'tarieritt'lV. hasptayedagood
game in the artitiery also ii';- hard to
figure anybody making hint set-on d
string. Hut Drummond go 'waybael.,
and remember an all-State 'lUai'tcrhaW;
sensation . with Austin College. about
'11, yes. it's the same Drtimmemiuh"
will help the Owts to tite bacon u.-x'
fait.
You remember Darting, one of ttm
fastest men ever playing Rice back field,
and that's saying something. Almost
forgot Buddy O'Rourke, who wiii b<<
t^3L<-!: for att&th.;^' try after routing <-i(i '-
for two years.
Xow, there are a tew others who
might make barkfieid men, Yam-e..-hi!
- iivan, Kennedy. Vance has he.en pla;-
fContinuedoupage-t.!
COLLEGE SIMMS
TO RECEtVE PRIZES
MEXOHAH SOCIETIES TO AWARD
MOMMY FOR ESSAYS ON JEW-
1SH CULTURE.
MANY PRIZES OPEN TO CO-EDS PLAN TO PI,AY
ALL RICE STUDENTS OUTSIDE TEAMS SOON
Several Cups and Medals t<< Be Awarded (<ir!s' Basketball (taint* Have Bright
—Contests May \ot Be Staged One Prospects for (<roat Season—) s\o
to Lack of interest in Squads \ow Tied for
Competitions. Honors.
Contest Not Limited to Jews—Articles
Wiil Be Xot Over 3.000 Words—
' Must Be Finished by
May 13<h.
/9/9 Campam'/e
Ro&er? Crant)?//e f/ie
R?ce Dean fo &e
The 1919 Campanile will be dedicated
to Dean R. G. Caldwell. The decision
was unanimous and came at a meeting
of the Campanile board of editors at
the home of Misa Sarah Lane Tuesday
night.
Work on the annual is progressing
satisfactorily, according to the report
of the board. Those to whorm work has
been assigned should bestir themselves,
It Is urged. Haste, more haste, is the
cry of the editors.
The board is not unusually optimis-
tic in regard to the ultimate size and
quality of the publication, due to the
many difficulties which beset those who
will issue the work.
The art department is having a rather
difficult time. J. Russ Baty, art editor
of the Campanile, and who was present
at the meeting Tuesday night, outlined
some of the troubles which his depart-
ment was encountering.
Miss Christine Schu^, who secured
a degree from Rice last year, is han-
dling the 19IS commencement for the
Campanile^
,T. P. Pool, assistant business man-
ager of the year book, reported that
his department was having some suc-
cess in securing advertisements. A few
figures were presented, however, show-
ing that It would likely be Impossible
to avoid losing money on the 1919 an-
nual. Printing and engraving, it is de-
clared, have advanced from 25 to 50
per cent. Expenses will be greater and
receipts less, due to the late start se-
cured by the Campanile staff, It is point-
ed out.
After about two hours work with
problems which arose, those present at
Tuesday night's meeting adjourned, at
Miss Lane's invitation, to the dining
room, where refreshments awaited. At
the meeting were, besides the hostess,
Misses Christine Schultz, Denodailles
McCarthy, George Marshall Dukes, and
Messlts. Leon Bromberg, J. Ruas Baty,
W. L. C. McFadden, J. P. Pool and J.
T. Rather, Jr.
Beiow is given a list of prizes offered
j by the Meuorah societies. The race is
open not only to Jews but to aii inter-
; ested in Jewish culture and learning.
Subjects and conditions are submitted
herewith:
A first prize of $50 and a second
prize of $25 are offered for the best
essays on any subject dealing with the
literature, the history or the achieve
ments of the Jewish people.
I. Competitors may write on any
subject approved by the chairman of
the temporary committee, or on one of
the followtng subjects:
1. Economic Aspects of Jewish Life
in America.
2. Jewish Agricultural Enterprise in
the United States.
3. Jewish Education in America.
4. The Practical Aspects of Zionism.
5. Women In Jewish Literature.
6. The Yiddish Dialect—Its History
and Achievements.
T. The Contribution of the Yiddish
Drama to the Modern Dramatic Move
ntent.
8. Sects In Judaism ti. e., Pharisees,
or Sadducees, or Hasenest.
9. The Jews and the War.
10. The Kinship of Jewish and Ameri-
can Ideals.
II. The Influence of Religion Upon
the Jews of Today.
(Continued on page!
Several medals and cups are contested
for each year by students of Rice. These
prizes have been donated by friends of
the Institute. Article X of the consti-
tution of the association contains refer-
ence to the awarding of these prizes.
Following are tha. donors and the Milts:
The Lechenger silver cup, tite gift, of
Mr. L. Lechenger, for the winning de-
bating te-am in the annua! comtttence-
ment contest of theiiterary societies:
the Sltotwell and Harris goid medal, tite
giftot'Messrs. W. I. Shotweiiandl.
Harris, for the winner of the annual
oratorical contest of the literary socie-
ties; the Wiison stiver eup. the gift of
Mrs. H. A. Wilsott, for the winning
team of the annual class debate of tite
young womens literary society : the Kaib
basketball memorial sitter <-up, the .gilt
of Mr. E. F. Kalb; and the Sweeney;
siivercttp, thegii'tafthe.f. J. Sweett'-y
Company, to be contested for annuaity ,
in ciass track athletics.
There has been much discussion as to
whether or tiottltese prizes wiii be con-!
tested for this year. Some students
declare that they sttouid be competed
for and that some one must start the }
balltoroiting.
Basketball for the girls is just open-
ing up; the prospect for a winning tcatn
looks good, although there are tew girls
to pick from. The co-eds have gotten
some good practice which has been in-
terrupted by the iinals. but which Is to
be resumed thisTltursday. Consider-
ing the many 'disadvantages and mis-
fortunes occurring, the teams-- the Owl"
and the Hoots hitve made rapid prttp
ress.
Both tea-ma are panning to play out-
siders assoonastheyacituire more
teamwotk and more skill itt "shooting
the basket."
Although the teams have made a
modest start they are making good.
The games so far have been exciting
and ittteresting, lor the teams are welt
matcited. The Hoofs won tiie last gattte,
therebymakingatie. whiehwiilsoon
be played off.
SENIORS BUSY MAKING
PLANS FOR FINAL WEEK
Bice Will Have Peace-time Program
Thin-lnne—Seniors' titties Bu<^
to Appear In a Few
Hays.
The Seniors ttre making itusy plans
for the commottcemetn exercises which
will takeptacetttis.lune. H'ce will
have a genuine peace-time commence-
I ntent this year. A lull program will he
scheduled, itn-lttding a banrtttot.n final
hall, and ofiter things not known at
jRice for the last couple of years.
! Warputngreatctimpintiteconi-
! menrement plans for the iast two years,
but this year's Senior class aver that
} the coming of peace will he signalized
' by a Hrst ciass commencement.
Invitation committees, dance commit-
tees. ring committees, and other infra-
class organizations are most industrious
now that the iast term is started. The
canes for the Senior hoys have been
ordered and it is expected that the first
of the new sticks will make its appear-
FIFTY RACKETEERS
VIE FOR HONORS IN
GIRLS' TENNIS CLUH
The reorganization of the.Girls' Ten-
nis Club Itas been ntost sttceesst'ti].
About fifty members lmve joined. it)
spite of late reorganization and the
ftttnl exams. <(uite a nttt)ii)et*)inve par-
ticipated in the gnntcs. It Is prcdic}ed
that during the third term, tennis will
become a prontittent feature inathietits.
Two things tlmt will largeiy promote
interest tn the tetmistourttamcnfwttirit
comes titis term arc: The loving cup
to be presented to tliecltthetiantpiot).
and the letters tT's) to he awarded the
runnors-upinthetiualH.
ant e on the canums in itbottt two weeks.
The full program of tite events of
commepeement week as they will he
staged is as foilows:
Friday evening, otittorical contest.
Sittut'day morning, Senior Americittt.
Saturday afternoon, tetmis tourna-
ment.
Sntnrtlay evening, Senior bantiuet.
Sunday morning. Baccalaureate ser
mon.
Monday morning, cotmncneemcnt ad
dress.
Monday afternoon, President's and
jMrs. Lovett's garden party for the Se-
niors.
^louday night, final hall.
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