The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 17, 1919 Page: 1 of 4
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THE THRESHER
ELECTIONS
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Volume 4
RICH !XSTtTUTH. HOUSTON, TEXAS, APR!!, 17, 1919
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EXACTS LAWS Of
GREAT MPOHTAMCE
HALL COMMITTEE AM) EiXAXlIA!
MAXAGEMHXT OF THHESHEtt
A\D UAA!!'AN!LE AAIOX(<
ISSUES SETTLE!).
MEMBERS OF ASSONATMN OEFtWEB
I'roiits from Student I'ublications to Be
Divided—-Ope-third of Each (<)
Iit-vert to the As-
sociation.
The perpetuation of the Hal) Commit-
tee, the interpretation of the words
"bona fide member" in the Constitu-
tion, the arrangement for the financial
management of The Thresher and The
Campaniie for this year, and the ap-
pointment of a committee to arrange for
a permanent men's literary society were
the issues that came up before the Stu-
dents' Council, Saturday. Aprii 12,
1!)19. Some members seem to be very
interested in the work of the Council,
white other members seem to to very
delinquent about attending the meetings,
even when called several! days ahead of
time so that they can arrange to be
present.
There was no opposition to the bi!t
arranging for the election of a Haii
Committee to be elected annually at the
beginning of each academic year. By
making the Hall Committee a standing
committee with power to complete its
own organization, there will be more
prestige lent to its ruiings which are
to benefit the students of the residential
halts.
A member of the student body who
has not paid his assessment, will not be
considered a member of the Students'
Association. This is interpreted by the
Council to mean that a student who is
efected to an office must pay his tax on
the date of registration when he returns
in the ensuing year. A student who
has not paid his tax is disfranchised at
election time. It is the idea of the
Council that no student shall partici-
pate in other student activities until
that student has beconic a member of
the Association.
Quite a bit of discussion was held
over the financial management of the
publications for the year, ft was final-
iy decided that, the Editor-in-Chief, the
Business Manager, and the Managing
Editor shali divide equally two-thirds
of their profits white the other third re-
verts to the treasury of the Association.
As an incentive for the editors of The
Campanile and the business manager to
work harder in order that their book
shall become a success in every way, it
was ruled that the profits of the year
shall be divided into three portions, one
to the Business Manager, one to the
Board of Control, and the other third
to the treasury of the Association.
To assure the members of the Asso-
ciation the best publications for their
money, a ruling was made that, should
there be any legal deficit in the getting
up of the publications, that the deficit
would be shouldered by the Association.
A men's literary society is a necessity
on the campus, but due to the smalt
community, two societies cannot exist
with friendly feeling existing at ail
times between everyone among the men.
A committee of five will be appointed
by the president to look into the mat-
ter and give a report at the' next Coun-
cil meeting, in order that the nucleus
of a lit. society can be arranged for be-
fore the close of this year and the com-
ing year can be started off with a bound.
The meeting then adjourned sine die.
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OR, ELtNOH BEHT!NE
EtVES SEMES Of LEC-
TURES TO CO-EOS
t \!)EH AUSPICES ()) W. (. A.
tOUt t\ST)a < H\ E TALKS tauEx
BY HEAD OE XAHOXAL BOA it))
OF SOtHE EDUCATION.
TO P!L0T
OWL QMNTET Of 70
UXAXIMOUSLY t HOSEX CAI'TAH AT
MEETING OE "it" ASSO-
CiATION.
Ait-State Forward of !t)t8 ant! Bcputcd
to Be Best Alt-round Basket-
bailet tn Texas.
i Existing Sociat I'rohietns Discussed
Witt) Great Skit)—Every Coiiogo
in United States to Be
Visited.
A series of four lectures on Sociai
Relationships were given to the women
of this Institute iast week by Dr. Etinor
Bertine of New York Cttv.
Dr. Bertine is head of the National
Board of Social Education, recently or-
ganized by the National Y. W. C. A.
This is an after-the-war organization to
carry on the social education program
as instituted by the Government to im-
prove moral conditions in and out of
the army.
Dr. Bertine handled the existing so-
ciat problems with the utmost skill.
She approached her subject from a sci-
entific point of view. In each lecture
there was unusual emphasis put on the.
psychological questions involved in so-
cial ethics.
Every college in the United States
wiil be visited by representative physi-
cians who are members of the board.
Rice is pecutiarly fortunate to have had
Dr. Bertine, who is to direct the pro-
grant.
Dr. Bertine came to Rice from State
University. Before returning to New
York, she will go to I'eabody, Ward-
Belmont and Cornell.
On Tuesday afternoon the basketball
it" men selected H. D. Timmons as
their leader for the year lf)20. Tim-
mons made his debut in basketball in
l!tlS when, as a Freshman, he was a
member of that season's championship
team and a great factor in its success.
He is a wonderful piayer, has plenty
of speed and an unerring eye for the
basket. Coach Driver of A. & M. se-
lected him as all-State forward in
and he is reputed by many to be the
best all-round player in the intercol-
iegiate game in Texas.
He was prevented from playing this
year because of probation rules, btti he
is off probation now and swears he is
going to stay off. Every one concerned
is confident he wiil make an excellent
leader for the great team which we are
destined to have next spring.
RICE RACQUET CLUB
NEW ORGANIZATION
With a push and a pep that indicates
great success for the future, a Rice
men's tennis club has been organized.
The name of the new club is the Rice
Racquet Club. Its purpose as outlined
by its organizers is to develop and
maintain interest in tennis at the Insti-
t Continued on Page 4)
Y.W.C.A. GIRLS IN
GYM CLASS TO TAKE
PART IN MAY FETE
Three cheers for the Owlets! You'll
have to hand it to them, boys, they're
some team! Not only basket ball cham-
pions, but also baseball, and not mar-
ginal winners, but magnanimous scor-
ers! Last Thursday in the gym class
Miss Hirsch's team, starring Misses
Hirsch, Comfort, Dupre, Foote and Cot-
tingham. simply whitewashed the
"Hoots." Delicacy forbids us going
into detaiis. We refuse to teti who
played on the losing side.
Nine girls in the gym class are to be
little (?) fairies in a May Fete and an
entertainment in May. The girht dance
and trip about so fantasticaily that one
thinks a bit of some mystical world has
been opened up. And when they let
their curty locks hang and put on thcir
blue, pink, yellow and white gowns, they
simply "sway your heart away." That
"slide-hop" and the tooth brush step
are too cute for words. Oh, boy!
TO BE STACEO At MCE
TEAM TO REPRESENT OWLS )N !NTER-COLLEG)ATE
TOURNAMENTS )S TO BE CHOSEN
Coach Arbuckle tnaugurates Novei Athletic Arrangement-
120 Athletes out for Racquet Laurels.
A great intra-murai tennis competi-
tion is soon to be staged at Rice, accord-
ing to officiai plans jus! announced by
Coach Arbuckte. The central idea of
the competition is a new one, and noth-
ing iilte it has ever been seen at Rice.
The three dormitories and lite town tit"tt
will each enter a team it) an effort to
cop the laurels.
The pian for the singles is this: Each
of the four competing groups will en-
ter a team of twenty men. The teams
from two of the dormitories wilt meet
each other. The team from the third
will meet the town men. Then the two
winning teams from these two pairs of
teams will meet to decide which shall
be supreme. Thus it can be seen that
the competition is by teams and not
among individuals. If is not planned
to pick a single champion, hut ti supreme
single team. Thus, when the town men
meet the third dormitory for .instance,
there will be just tw'enty matches
played, each man of one twenty draw-
ing one man of the other, when, after
the first round is completed, the [day
will stop, not proceeding to elimination
of the individuals, and the team winning
the greater number of the twenty
matchcs will win the right to contest
as a team its tiie final.
By this method of play an average
will be struck and it can he mot) m-at'-
ty seen which of the four contesting
groups contains the best general tennis
playing caliber. Men of mediocre skill
and those of beginners' experience wili
thus come in and by drawing equals it!
skill as opponents have a fair crack at
winning matches for their team", in
this way all may base a keen intere.'..
and an important part, in a measure,
. such a contest can wail repiaee the com
pttlsory athletics w hich it v. a planm-d
to hold.
The plan of play for tin- <!oubb;.' will
be the same, competition by croup.:.
.There are to be fifteen team--, !e!'t".-t'tii
t in? each of the units. Much interest
;ltas been manifested a tut tf ' v. ay in
which some have tespotni'i] to 'tie plan
is much appreciated by tieee who are
pushing it.
It is noticed that this contest is dis
tinct from the elimination ionttiatm'tn
i which will be held litter.
A competition along similar lin. s trtay
be carried out among tie mrt The
exact, [dan of this has not been worked
out. although f'oach Arbm-);!. i. been
in conference with Miss Kailerine !-' <
son and others of the girl -a.n.-
The drawings for tins tomaatent
jWill be posted on the ccm-ral bulletin
board of the Administration tmiidinn.
: and it is expected that tunc!; interest
will be shown
In this way tie' materia! for the at'!^
school teattt can f- &ixed up ate! a!) dark
horses will be brought to licitt. A
championship team tansi i.tc entered in
the Southwestern ('onferenc Tennis
Tournament on .''Jay 2"rd ami 2tth at
Austin. To do this everytitintt must be.
dime to get. [dayers out to wota.' and to
round Ihem into form before ]itat time.
With 12U players to choose treat there
certainly should be four of them able
to hog-tie the l.oughorm.
MPT, Slim. MOME
WHS Mil CUM MMIM !ti SHWL!
Bice Man of ( lass !))2<t Benders [)is
tinguished Services in Sev-
ern) Battles.
Y.W.C.A. ENTERTAINS
DR. ELINOR BERTINE
Delightful Reception Given in Commons
—Faculty Wives Assist the
Co-eds.
Dr. Elinor Bertine of New York City
was the honor guest at a tea given to
the women of the Institute by the Y.
W. C. A. Wednesday afternoon, April P,
in the Commons. Roses, pansies and
Spanish moss combined in unique fash-
ion about the fireplaces made the recep-
tion room attractive. Mrs. Masterson
and Mrs. Myer presided at the silver
and lace set tea tables.
The opportunity of meeting Dr. Ber-
tine was extended beyond Institute cir-
cles to the wives of the faculty, the Wo-
men's War Council and the Board of
Directors of the local Y. W. C. A. Those
receiving with Miss Lee and Dr. Bertine
were: Mrs. Lovett, Mrs. Robertson,
Mrs. Stratford. Mrs. Caldwell, Mrs.
Blanchard, Miss Maurine Mills, Miss
Marguerite John, Miss Oscie Sanders,
Miss Ruby South.
Hetty Green knew how to save. She
once said. "I do my own buying because
I get 100 cents' worth for every dollar.
If more people did that there would he
less talk of hard times and the high
cost of living." She would get {5 vforth
for $4.14 if she were alive and bought
W. S. S. now.
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On May the 3rd the Owls met Baylor, pects Ding Dong to keep up his end and
in a dual meet on the Rice Held. After Harlan has shown up pretty well in
a fairly meagre start, the old stars and
a good many new men are coming out
every day and putting in a good deal of
earnest training. The track, jumping
pits and other training accessories have
been put in first class condition and all
that is needed is plenty of work.
While this meet with Baylor is not
the biggest event of the season, yet a
great deal will depend on the way Rice
shows up in this clash. Baylor has de-
feated several of the smaller schools of
the State by large margins, and has been
training up a good team to battle for
Statd and Southwest conference honors.
This means that Rice has got to get
busy and stay busy in the next two
weeks if the Owls are to put the Bears
to sleep.
That this hope is being fulfilled is
evident front the number of sun-burned
faced of young men on the campus and
from the way the track is covered with
moving white dots every afternoon.
practice. Coleman, Lamar, both on the
track squad in the past, are out again
and will try to place.
There is a good deal of uncertainty
about the javelin throw, shot put and
discus throw, as there are quite a num-
ber out for these events. Klotz, our
former spear hurler, will make some-
body do good work to win.
Tatum and Cunningham, both good
pigskin chasers, as well as Powel, will
do some fast work on the track, and all
three are in prime condition.
Let's see about our new men. Dyer,
the peppy football man. is considered a
dangerous man for the short dashes
and in the broad jumps. Much is ex-
pected of hint in traclt this year.
Sewell and Winnsborough will be
rushing the quarter rniie. A long,
lanky boy by the name of Niece, will trv
to streck them over a mile. Alexander
will do his best to put the discus out of
Coach Arbuckle has been doing his usu- sight. Jamieson is another sprinter
al good work with the squad and will i probably show up well,
see that the good work is kept up tn Take it all In all, our team is in the
preparation for the coming meet.
Rice this year has two men who rep-
resented her well In the Southwest con-
game for what's in it. and it looks like
the biggest slice of fl was going to say
pie, but that's not. good training food)
ference at Still Water. Okla., last year, ] bread will be caught in the Owls' beak
Kingsland and Harlan. Everybody ex-iwheti the Bears' claws fail to clutch it.
"Captain Bttlti Moore. 15th M. f!.
Battalion. A. E. F.. displayed extraor-
dinary heroism in leading ltis company
while under heavy machine gun anti ar-
tillery fire, near the viliage ol' Homang".
France, on the 13th of October. 191K."
is an extract front a genera! order,
which includes a list of citations. The
citation continued, "At the crossing of
the Meuse River, the night of November
3-4, 1!)1S, he exhibited great coolness
and bravery near Brieuilcs, France, abiy
assisting the itt fa titty by weii directed
machine gun tire."
Captain Moore was a member of the
class of '2<l and was a cadet officer in
the pre-beiium military training of the
Institute. He voiunteered at the very
outbreak of the war, was sent to an
officers' training eatnp at Camp Travis,
where ho won his commission as a sec-
ond lieutenant, and was promptfy pro-
moted to a first lieutenant upon affivai
overseas. His home is at Smithville.
Texas, front where bis father has writ-
ten to the Institute office to inform
them that he beiieves that the school is
due some credit for Captain Moore's ac-
tion under heavy gun ftre, but, accord-
ing to a note that he received from a
friend at headquarters, it was due to the
discipiine of his men by his splendid
work.
The Major of his battaiion had in-
structed his Adjutant to write a note to
Captain Moore regarding his work,
which in parts states, "... The
Major is very much pieased with your
splendid work you have done and ex-
presses his high appreciation or it.
Both General Malone and your Majot
(of the infantry) compliment you high-
ly. The Major thinks you are a won-
der. because it was all done by 'the men
of that damns D Company.' as he says."
He had the command of his company
in all the hard fighting of the Battle of
the Meuse, which he went through with
out a scratch and won the mention in
the list of citations for his coolness and
bravery in action.
Captain Moore is at. present with the
arnty of occupation in Germany, sta-
tioned somewhere it) the neighborhood
of Cohlenz on the Rhine. He is expect-
ing to return by the middle of the sum-
mer to be discharged in order to return
to school in the fall.
Oniy Three Have Heon Tu'ued it) To
Date—Ait Be itt 't\ Hid-
ninft! At'tif fM.
Either interest itt tin om.ttg elec-
tions is very slight or ^ome tot- is plan-
ning a coup d'etat o' elov.aih-inHjr
js!tt!')'. To date, oitl;. ifree ie^ai nomi-
nations have been tm- 'd in t" i-i. A.
'iiaiiey. chairman of the eiectioit board;
[and a few have been submitted which
jcouid not be accepted. A petition of
nomination can only he signed t.v mem-
bers of the student association and must
have -i) signatures, it is for this rea-
son that the other petitions conhl not
; he accepted since they contained name
j no! on the roster of the association.
All classes have eie'eted the members
of the ciection board, and litis is the
first election to be hehi by a board of
this kind. The foliowittg are the ntem^
hers. II. A. Bailey, chairman: Miss
May Spoor. W. it. Motor, J. i . Jung- -
man. L. B. Ifardin, .). L. Barneti. Miss
Grace- Leake, and M. it. Alexander.
This board has three duties to perform.
It must manage the campaign, itoid the
election, and count the votes.
The last. Monday itt April wiil be the
CSth, and on that day the potts will he
opeu from S in the morning tilt 1 in
the afternoon.
Petitions of nomination should be
turned in to Maurine MiUs.
All nominations must, be in by mid-
night tonight.
Henry Ford has made a great success
and he says, "Thrift is one of the cor-
nerstones on which manhood must he
constructed." W. S. S. make tine ma-
terial for the carpenter to use.
Nobody doubts Andrew Carnegie's
wisdom, and he says. "The one who does
not MVc wfIT nof 3o
anything else worth while." W. S. S.
helps to save.
*orn E.
Objection has arisen lateiv (o
the fact that (here is not a suf-
ficient number of Thresher copies
left at the Halls offices. There
are enough left in hot,h offices for
all the men to get a copy, hut
there are tt few men who want
three or four and Cits) instating
remarks at the watchmen when
they refuse to give out more than
one copy to each man. If you
wish extra copies of The Thresher
see the circulation manager and
don't cuss the watchman.
Also, those who have not paid
their blanket tax are not entitled
to The Thresher unless they have
paid the subscription price, if
you have nut paid your hhmJmt-
tax and want The Thresher, see
the circulation manager.
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