The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 1919 Page: 1 of 4
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THE THRESHER
Volume 4
BICE lNSTtTUTE, HOUSTON, TEXAS, APK!L 34, 1919
Number 12
COMMITTEE WORKtNO HARD TO
COMPLETE PLAKS.
Several Propositions OHered—Buildtng
Opposite Campus Must Likely to
Be Accepted.
That Rice will have it co-op store es-
tablished and in working order before
next faii is practically an assured cer-
tainty, according to Tom Rather, who
is chairman of the committee which has
been handiing the matter of a co-op
store. The committee was recently ap-
pointed by the president of the associa-
tion, who was empowered to do so by
the Students' Counci). J. Frank Jung-
man and James L. Autry are the other
members of the committee.
The question has been discussed with
President Lovett, and with various
downtown business men; and the mat-
ter has been fairly welt threshed out.
The committee has in mind a rather
ambitious scheme. It is proposed that
the Students' Association erect a build-
ing on the piot of ground just opposite
the dormitory gate, on Main Bouievard.
This buitding witi house the co-op. A
fuil stock of stationery, text books, and
other coiiege suppiies wiii be handied
by the store, and it is projected that
a confectionery feature be added.
The store wiii be purely co-Operative.
Suppiies wiii be soid to the students
practically at cost, and rebate tickets
wiii be given with each purchase. At
the end each school year the profits
for the year will be totaled and the per-
cent to be returned on the rebate tick-
ets will be calculated. Thus all profits
will revert directly to the students. The
rebate ticket plan has been tried In'
other places and has been found suc-
cessful in every instance.
Another plan which has been dis-
cussed by the committee is the estab-
lishment of the co-operative store in
the basement of the administration
building. The co-op In this place could
have no confectionery feature.
The plot of ground on Main Boule-
vard opposite the dormitory gate is
owned by the trustees of the Hermann
hospital estate. Within the next few
years a magnificent hospital will be
erected on the ground.
The committee is now awaiting an an-
swer from the trustees of the estate as
to whether or not it will be possible to
lease the corner of the proposed site for
the hospital in order to erect the co-op
store.
Rather, Jungman and Autry declare
that they will establish the co-op store,
or know the reason why. They seem
full of determination, and many Rice
students have expressed confidence that
the store will be established.
0)0 MY B'*T
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(NTHe
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HERMAN PARK!
fHAT PICNIC IN
AS ELEM
MONDAY, APRtL 28, iS DATE SET—POLLS TO
OPEN FROM 8:30 TO 1:00
BE
Four Candidates in Race For President Apparently Evenly
Matched—Co-ed Race For Associate Editor of Camp-
anile is interesting,
PUBLICITY COM. IN
ACTION; HELD FIRST
MEETING THURSDAY
The publicity committee held Its first
meeting Thursday in Mr. McCann's of-
fice. Letters from othed colleges con-
cerning publicity committees there were
read and discussed. Plans are made for
the future and work has begun. This
committee is undertaking an enormous
work and will need the backing of the
entire Institute.
H. S. TAYLOR WINS
CHESS TOURNAMENT
The chess tournament announced in
last week's Thresher is over. There
was some excitement among the contest-
ants, both in the outcome and arrange-
ment of the games. The last game was
played Monday, which made H. S. Tay-
lor champion.
HO YOU WANT A CAMPANHE?
If you do, and haven't paid your
blanket tax, you had better get one.
Course, you have paid your blanket tax
you get one anyway. But, now, some
of these boys are getting two (one to
send to the girl at home!) Anyway,
you don't want to miss it—best ever.
Apply to Cad Carter Wortham; office,
cloister; time, any time.
OR. LOVE, A MEDICAL MISSIONARY
IHOM CHINA—MAJOR MORTON
FROM SERBIA.
They Bring Messages to Young Women's
Christian Association From Far
Ends of the Earth.
The women of the Rice Institute had
as their guest last Friday two women
physicians from abroad, Dr. E. S. Mor-
ton, Major in the Serbian Army, and
Dr. Love, director of a Chinese hospi-
tal. It is an interesting coincidence
that these doctors, alumnae of the same
medical school, should meet at Rice
and be scheduled to speak the same
day. They brought two distinct mes-
sages from two ends of the earth; yet
these messages were strangely related
in the name of humanity.
Dr. Love of China gave a resume of
medical conditions among the Chinese.
It was startling to know that in China
there is only one physician to every
200,000 people. In some inland prov-
inces one doctor must suffice fOr 10,-
000,000 people.
Intimate bits from Dr. Love's own
hospital experience illustrated more
ably than did statistics the medical ig-
norance of the people. She verified
stories of the Chinese practice of stick-
ing needles into a diseased part of the
body to iet out evil spirit. Dr. Love
said, wittily, that the unsanitary need-
les had never been known to let out any
spirits, but they had let in a host in the
form of microbes.
The "woman from China" carried the
ever fascinating Chinese relics—a tiny
embroidered wedding shoe worn by a
woman who had suffered the horrors
of foot-binding; a Chinese kitchen god;
and, most Interesting to Rice girls, a
number of letters from women students
in the Chinese medical colleges to the
students of America, written In strange,
foreign English.
Dr. Elizabeth Siaughter Morton
served on the Serbian battle front from
1914 to 1918. She wears a Dlstin-i
guished Service cross with several war
medals. The starving Serbians, war-
torn and only In the beginning of their
suffering, Is Dr. Morton's message to
America. With several clear-cut stories
of the front she characterized the in-
born refinement and pride of the people
and their devotion to duty.
Dr. Morton Is speaking in interest of
scholarships which are to be given to
a number of Serbian students by the
studenta of colleges In America.
MY 2D MIE SET
romf.wnfuw
HER HUSBAND'S WIFE" TO BE
STAGED AT SOUTH END
JUNIOR HIGH.
The general election of the officers of
the Student Association and the man-
i agers of the Student Publications wit)
; be iteid on Aprli 28. This event is eas-
j i!y one of the most important of the
year as it wiii determine just who wit!
; direct the affairs and activities ol' itiee
next .year. The management of thin
election is in the hands of att election
hoard elected from the four classes.
This board has made public the follow-
ing iist of nominees:
For President:
Juiian E. Fruit.
J. Frank Jungman.
J. F. Parker.
Albert L. Thomas.
For Vice-President:
Miss Maurine Miils.
For Treasurer:
Edmond H. Hebert.
Paul King.
For Editor-in-Chief of Thresher:
E. V. Brown.
Paul F. Bobb.
For Managing Editor of Thresher:
Lucius M. Lamar.
Graham Peck.
For Editor-in-Chief Campanile:
Leon Bromberg.
Joe R. Shannon.
For Associate Editor Campanile:
Miss Francis Foote.
Miss Louis Foreman.
For Business Manager Campanile:
Dewey Reeves.
For Couneilman-at-Largo:
Walter Cray.
J. T. Rather.
The race which has aroused the most
interest is the contest tor presid.-nt of
the Student. Association. The import-
ance of havin'g a capable man in thi
office hits caused <H!ite a bit of diver-
sion on the merits of the f-.-i*-)-:<) <-!iit-
didates.
Juiian Fruit, a member of the Juniin
ciass, is making the race and '<' !!) m<
doubt make a favorable showing. II-
retnrned to Rice front Die army ;.i tie-
beginning of the second term :t_mi
then has taken an active part in mo;.i
student activities. At present he is a
member of the Siudent: t'oumi). tie'
legislative organ of our Student Gov-
ernment.
J. F. Jungman. another Junior, bid-
fail' to poll a goodly number of tin- '-tu-
sive votes. "Father" is very popular
man on the campus and has always he< u
among the leaders of the school H<
work as treasurer of the Students' A-
sociation was exceptionally wWi done
ant) is a proof of bin abiiity to hand)'-
matters.
.lames Parker is another candidate
that will make things interesting for hi;
opponents. Parker returned to school
late in the winter tern), having received
his commission at Ft. Monroe in the
artillery. His ability as a manager is
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For First Time Itt History of Y. W.
Plays, Male Holes to Be Assumed
by Students, Miss Julia Hogan
Acting as Conch.
Great interest Is being manifested in
the play which is to be presented under
the auspices of the Y. W. C. A. of Rice
Institute on May 20 at South End Jun-
ior High School. The play is a delight-
ful farce-comedy, and is being coached
by Miss Julia Hogan, war secretary of
the Houston Y. W. C. A., who has given
special attention to the study of dra-
matic art in New York City.
The play which will be given this
year is entitled "Her Husband's Wife,"
and is the work of A. E. Thomas, a no-
ted playwright.
An interesting feature connected with
the play is the fact that for the first
time the male roles have been assigned
to men students. In previous plays
such roles have been assumed by mem-
bers of the faculty. The cast selected
includes: Misses Adelaide Lovett,
Gladys Hurlbut, Anah Marie Leland and
Messrs. T. Shirley Simons of Fort
Worth, Albert Thomas of Nacogdoches
and J. Tom Rather, Jr.
Rehearsals for the play are now in
progress and the outlook for a success-
ful play is very promising.
HOLUSTER CAMPAiGN
Raising Money to Send Delegates t<
Student Conference in the
Ozarks June 3-13.
HOOTS" WIN INDOOR '
BASEBALL GAME AT "Y"
Y. W. C. A. fiirls Have Exciting Time—
Catcher for "Owls" Knocked
Out.
The "Hoots" won a game in Indoor
baseball by two points last Thursday.
The game was hot and exciting—was
Interesting from beginning to end.
Both teams piayed a good game, but
the "Owls" suffered a severe handicap.
Miss Nancy Dupre, the catcher, received
a hard blow from a ball, thrown by
Miss Hirsch. Miss Dupre was a good
sport, however, and got up and played
as though nothing had happened, ex-
cept that a good deal of time was spent
In ducking, as she did not wish another
such blow.
Miss Sanders' team, that Is, the
"Hoots," Is a strong team and bids fair
to become as strong as the "Owls."
The "fairy" dance is still progress-
ing rapidly, The costumes have arrived
and are entrancing In coloy.
The Y. M. C. A. is now raising money
to send representatives to the Student
Conference, which meets at Hoilister,
Mo., June 5-15. It desires to send two
representatives at least, and three if
possible. It is the wish of the cabinet
that those who go will return next year
to Rice with the pep and courage to
carry on the work of the Y. M. C. A.
and make it count more than it has in
the past.
For the benefit of those who do not
know what the conference is. I will say
this, that it is a place where the rep-
resentatives of colleges of Arkansas.
Texas. Oklahoma, Louisiana and Mis-
souri meet and study how to carry on
the work of the "Y" in their college
more efficiently.
At this conference there will also be
representatives from some of the for-
eign schools. Besides, there is a chance
to have a great deal of enjoyment and
fun. In other words, it is a good place
to go.
TENNIS CLUB HAS
GOOD BEGINNING;
TO HAVE BANQUET
The singles tournament of the Rice
Racquet Club, which was heralded in
last week's Thresher, is now under way.
Drawings have been made and several
matches played off. The detail is post-
ed on the oid battalion bulletin board.
At the second meeting of the club a
quantity of business was dispatched.
Among other things it was decided to
hold a stag banquet In the near future.
The evening of May 3 was finally de-
cided on as a date. The management
of the Brazos Hotel has agreed to open
up the Brazos court, famous for Its mu-
sic and cuisine, for the use of the club
on this night. A great time is antici-
pated.
LE ROY BELL TALKS
TO ENGtNEERS
Analyzes Apparent I)i**ati--faeti"t)
Among Ettttim'eritm Student;-—
Hig Events I'lantted.
The feature of the meeting of the
gineering Society on April 17 was a.
good common sense talk by Leitoy Hell,
weil known Rice man. who discussed
different phases of coiiege tile and of
engineering education at Rice Institute
in a plain, straight-frotn-the-shouider
way. Yice-l'tesident Shaw called the
meeting to order in the absence oi
President Landrani, and introduced tin
speaker after routine business had been
transacted.
Mr. Bell pointed out that there is evi-
denced considerabie dissatisfaction on
the campus among the engineers, and
analyzed the causes and effects of this
So [He of the upperclass engineers have
been crabbing at the courses and the
engineering work, more in a banterinn.
jesting, Way than otherwise, and this
has been taken by some of the Fresh-
men to indicate disappointment and dis-
gust in our engineering. This view is
wholly erroneous and not. founded in
fact, and every man admitted that a
saner, plcasanter attitude toward our
courses should be. and in the future
would be, shown.
The speaker's analysis and recommen
dations as to the situation were weil re
ceived, and he was requested to make a
talk primarily for the Freshmen at the
next meeting, and plans are under way
to make this one of the biggest meet-
ings of the year. The next meeting will
be Thursday evening. May 1. at S P. M..
in,the commons, and all Freshmen en-
gineers are invited to be present. This
will be strictly a Freshman meeting, and
a good time is guaranteed. "Eats" in
abundance are to be supplied, and ar-
rangements completed for the annual
chicken roast by the society.
The next meeting will he the last reg-
ular meeting for this year, since the
chicken roast—the final event for fhe
engineers, will take the place of the
meeting scheduled for May 15.
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