The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 12, 1920 Page: 2 of 4
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THE THRESHER. FEBRUARY M, 192C
THE THRESHER
A weekly periodical published by the students of Rice Institute, at
Houston, Texas.
Entered as second-ciass matter October 17, 1919, at the PoatoKice at Houston,
Texas, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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( 10c per copy
Thresher OtTice , Room 104, Administration Building
Paut F. Ho}))), '20, Editor-in-Chief
Business Manager CaMweH McFaddin,'21
Alanaging Editor J. L. Autr) , Jr.,'21
Associate Editor Heten South,'21
Athletic Editor R. M. Winnsborough,'22
Society Editor Louise Moore,'22
Exchange Editor E. A. Cain,'20
Circulation Manager A. B. Cain, '22
Assistant Circulation Manager E. O. Arnold, '23
Louise Foreman
j. Frank Jungman
E. O. Arnold
STAFF REPORTERS.
Frances Foote
W. M. Darling
Hill C. Gresham
Rosalie Hemphill
Louis Ehrenfehld
W. A. McElroy
MIDMTE MEMOS.
That good old "bull" ehevik atmos-
phere seemed to be present Thursday.
Yes, "Colonel" Bob waa In charge.
Personally, we feel that the Seniors
are welcome to the ladies at meals. Fe-
male company is all right in Its place,
but it does retard the proper function-
ing of one's food-absorbing organs.
They took a quart of tan shoe polish
from the stomach of a San Franciscan
recently. Perfume and toilet water are
bad enough, but well say lt'$ getting
worse stiil when you have to lick the
kick off a pair of shoes.
Did "Eagle" and the other boys make
their letters this year? They were at
tending some kind of practice pretty
regularly out at the Held the Rrst part
of the term.
l ite ignorance oi some of the students of the Freshman Class has be-
cxHK- fjtiite noticeable, and needs to be enhghtentd. In one particular thing
have these students shown themselves exceedingly ignorant; f., the laws
of ordinary courtesy and usages of polite society.
He it know n, that continued conversation, either verbal or written, in
the etass n<om is rude in the extreme, and certain Freshman girls have
caused themselves tn he much commented upon because they persist in this
unpartbinable rudeness. Particularly is (his true in some classes in Educa-
tion, English and Mathematics.
Rice Institute is not a High School, it is a University. In a University
no professor should t'tnd it ncccssary to mention discipline in his class room.
Xonc of our professors will stoop to the level of calling down a student in
class because of conduct, unless it is absolutely necessary in order (o make
himself heard. Men and women who make it necessary are unworthy the
natue of college students. You students who indulge in this rudeness—Rice
ts a>hatued of you! Ignorance can no longer protect you. It is to be hoped
that he wlioni the hat fits will wear it. However, if )te doesn't claim it, a
more specific article will appear shortly. Don't make it ncccssary to call
names.-- W ritten by request.
THE SPRING ELECTION.
Freshmen knees resumed their old-
time trembling for an hour last Thurs-
day morning. Put don't worry. Fresh-
men. Look upon your torture as a bank
deposit which you can withdraw with
interest, one year from date.
Coach Arbuckie "came out on top"
in a recent goif match. To stay at Rice
you have to be the kind that comes out
on top.
Genera! Pershing doesn't go to Rice
and he is "above them all." Neverthe-
less, he planted a pecan tree at Rice
that wiil probably "come out on top"
this spring.
And there are still some people who
don't understand that "fishy" poster on
the bulletin board. For their benefit
we wiil say that a fish pond need not
be an aquarium.
The time is not far off when the officers of the Student Association
arc to be elected for next year. Who are your candidates? Pick out men
and women whom yen think are the best qualified for the various positions.
Don't wait to see what others arc going to say or whom they are going to
support. Think for vourself. Who is to be president? W ho are the edi-
tors of The Thresher and Campanile going to be? It's up to you. Keep
vour eves and ears open. Show some school spirit; don't wait for the other
fellow* Rice is by far too short of "other fellows" already.
SOCIETY KOTE.
Monday night a few friends of Banks
r pshaw met to assist him in his yeariy
ceiebration. After a noisy game to be-
gin, iti keeping with the Leap Year
spirit, the giris fluttered the boys'
hearts by trying their abilities in fram-
ing irresistible proposals. "Kid games"
were piayed just to forget the Univer-
sity dignity.
Those present were: Messrs. Clar-
ence Wademan, Fred {Iargis. Arthur
Cain, Robert Maddrey. Robert Wiiford.
Hanks U pshaw; Misses Belize Chrisman,
Helen NorveU. Aiieyne Harris, Gloria
Korveti, ltoselle Huriey, Lucy Xitnmer.
"The Owls played thj- poorest brand
of basket ball they have exhibited this
season."—-Houston Chronicel.
But the Owls' opponents piayed a
poorer brand that the Owis, so we
should.
The height of hungriness—eating
mess hail soup.
Z,e? us ma^e t/our Corsages ./or
;Ae FRESHMAN D/1NCE
Fe&ruan/ / 6&
IVe -Speda/t'ze in Corsages
9/3 Tt-xas - (%'ce /Vote/)
The Kuhlman Flora! Co.
PHKSOXALS.
Mr. Arrowwood, Instructor in Hdu
cation, is seriously ii! with infinenza.
Mr. A. Chandler was absent from ,
some of his classes last week because '
oftheilinessofhiswife. i
Mr. T. P. Davies, of Thurber, spent
the week-end in Houston visiting Miss
Helen Mints.
Miss Yeiia Bates spent the week-end
at her home in Aivin.
C. L. Bermg Company
/ 009 Capf/o/ ^Ve.
Not on Matn 5?reef
.SPEC/^L DASCOUNr
On a// supples /o Rice 5/uJents Jon 1 /at/
?o /or t/our J/scounf.
7enn/s Z3a//s 65c. eacA.
Rackets restrung !n one t/oy'g //me.
C. L. Bering Company
1QQ9 Capitol Ave. Phones P. 181-38
The History 300 Class is doing some-
thing unusual. This week the ciasses
wiil meet in the faculty chamber at
night. The giris rejoice that it is Leap
Year, so that they can get here at night.
FOLEK BR05.
Friends of LeHoy Bell will be inter-
ested in learning that he is one of the
triangle star basket bail players.
One of the Freshman girls was so
anxious to get. to ciasses Thursday that
she aimost fought with the guards.
According to the* word that's going
around from the poor birds who've had
their pictures took, the portrait section
of the Campanile is going to look iike
me busting up of a hard basket bali
game.
Through General Pershing, France
presented our Colonel Blayney with a
goid medal for his services abroad. Dr.
Blayney is another of those "come out
on top" kind of fellows.
Street Car Casualty.
A man was found dead beside one of
the street car tracks in St. Paul the
other day. Probably starved to death
waiting for his car.—Literary Digest.
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The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 12, 1920, newspaper, February 12, 1920; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth229848/m1/2/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.