The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, November 5, 1920 Page: 2 of 4
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FACE TWO
THE THRESHER
A weekly periodica! published by the students of
Rice Institute, at Houston. Texas.
Entered as second-class matter October 1?, 1916,
at the Postoffice at Houston, Texas, under
the Act of March 3,1879.
Subscription Rates. .$2.50 per year, 10c per copy
Thresher Office..Room 104, Administration Bldg.
THRESHER STAP? 1MMH
Fred D. Harsh. 23 Business Manager
Hill C. Qresham. 22 Editor-in-Chief
H. B. Upshaw, '21 Managing Editor
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT.
V. M. UariiM, '22 News Editor
Lucy Ztmmer. '21 Associate Editor
Margaret Blackwell. '22 Ass t Editor
M. H. Alexander. '22 Athletic Editor
Brittain F. Payne. '22 Exchange Editor
E. O. Arnold ,'2:t Feature Editor
* REPORTERS FOR TH)8 18SUE ARE:
H S. Bickford A. D. Batjer
Virginia At well Carter Otey
M. S. McCorquodale E. H. Ehrenfeidt
BU8iNESS DEPARTMENT.
B F. Mayer, '22 Circulation Manager
F. H. Guffy, '22 Ass't Circulation Manager
Clinton L. Mutton. '22 Advertising
Robert Maurin. '24 Advertising
W R. Robertson. '23 Advertising
NOVEMBER 5, 1920.
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SPHUT OF THE TULANE FEE8HMEN.
WT IS EXTREMELY LAMENTABLE that the
! spirit of any university is so decayed as to har-
bor within its folds not only disinterested and
"pepless" laggards, but also "traitors to the
cause.**
The Threshar adaaits with a deal of gratifica-
tion that the Freshmen and upperclassmen who
supported Rice against their own atma mater,
Tulane, in the recent grid fray at New Orleans,
and backed their support with atooey, had an
eye for business. They evidently were "on the
rocks," as the saying is among Rice's own men,
and were after the surest and qudeheat way to
! replenish their pocketbooka.
But it is a particularly bad policy to resort to
the low methods of turning against one's alma
mater, and not a Rice man or woman would com-
mend it. If a Rice man—luckily such a thing is
farthest from our thoughts—should bet on
Texas or A. and M. or Tulane against Rice, a
THE THRESHER. HOUSTON, TEXAS
dip in the bayou would be much too mild a treat-
ment for the guilty one. "
The Thresher blames Tulane only because
theae individuals are permitted to remain; their
presence is tolerated.
While The Thresher takes no stand on the
j question of gaming, it maintains that the Tulane
studes did the wrong thing by placing their
, money against their alma mater. The Tulane
Freshmen—and it should be added a Senior who
was also cast in the waters of Audborn Park—
need to be instructed in college spirit. Were
they at Rice they wouid quickly learn the rudi-
ments.
Midnite Memos.
Ah. HELL! They hast us.
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Breathes there a man with a son! ao
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"ARE WE DOWNHEARTED? NO!"
OUR SOURCE OF INSPIRATION.
M COURSE we are disappointed, and of course wr WOULD SEEM to any outsider that Rice In-
v we are sorry, but the feeiing which has been § stitute students are more inspired by "Hail,
uppermost in every true Rice student's heart Hai!, the Gang's all Here," than by any other
since the game is pride in the team, and a deeper, music that the band can furnish.
truer feeling of loyalty to it and to the schooL We This piece of music is unfortunately another
have nothing to be ashamed of, and we have survival of the war days. When Rice used to
much to be proud of. Wherever the biame for march forth on the drill fieids and make "hikes"
the defeat may rest, it is certainly not on the under military supervision, and when our whole
spirit of either the team or the students. thoughts were bent upon the great European
The odds against Rice—whatever may have war, then it was that that detestable song grew
been the reason for them—became apparent ear- into our lives. It was and still is, a music de-
ly in the game, but the fighting spirit of the signed for military bodies, and as it inspired us
team never wavered. Driven back to within a then with patriotism, we still cling to its notes
few yards of their goai, time after time, through to receive more inspiration.
sheer nerve, they Kg^the gains of that driving, We are all to blame for this lamentable fact,
battering Texas machine down to inches. During though the students, as a whole, should be held
the last quarter, nearly every man had faced that guiltless, for they have never had any other
gruelling attack, and had played desperately with source of inspiration. The band has never
at! that was in him, for almost an hour of actual played our own Rice songs and music. Whenever
ptaying time; defeat was certain; the men were "When Ever You Go on the Gridiron," has been
sick and bruised in body and in spirit; hut they sung or played before a Rice audience, the com-
came back to each attack and defense as gallant- pany has never failed to go "wild with enthusi-
]y as though they were defending an assured vie- asm."
tory. No victory they might have won could The band is now prepared to render our Rice
have given Rice such reason to be proud of her music and in the future it will fill us with en-
representatives. thusiasm, in plaSe of a survival of the military
regime.
Listen for it.
A SUGGESTED MOTTO.
THE FIELD HOUSE is now being occupied by
* the Varsity teams, and will soon be formally
opened. A number of mottoes have already been
suggested, and many more should be forthcom-
ing this week.
Any mottoes dropped in The Thresher box will
be published in The Thresher. Themes calcu-
lated to put fire into the team, if strikingly writ
-The-rooting section, scattered as it was, grew
stronger in its support as the game turned
against Rice. The students realized how much
the team needed the feeling that they were back
of it, and they rose to the occasion. There were
no dismayed silences after the most disastrous
plays; every time the students came back with
a yell that said, "We're with you, team!" the
rooters, like the team, "played the game" to the
bitter end.
And they have played it since. No better evi-
dence of real spirit and loyalty could be given
than the demonstrations at the dorms Saturday
night and Sunday. We are going to keep that ten, will make the best mottoes
spirit up. There wi!! be the biggest pep parade' A popular Rice athlete, a veteran of the line,
yet tonight, to give the team a rousing send-off who got an idea for a motto while visiting a fa-
for their Dallas trip. Tomorrow that team is i mous "gym" of one of our foremost universities,
going to beat S. M. U. A week from Monday it! has submitted the following paragraph, which
is going up to College Station and beat A. and The Thresher considers sufficient to kindle the
M. in her own territory and all Rice is going! spirit of any Rice man. Here it is (criticism will
aiong to see it done. Whether you planned to be appreciated):
go before the Texas game or not, you come now,
if it is physically possible for you tc get there.
We lost a good deal on Saturday, but we kept
the best things we had. We kept our honor and
our reputation for fair play untarnished through
a very trying game; we kept our college spirit
as strong as ever, and we kept our love and loy-
alty for that grand old team, and our faith in
what it can accomplish.
Whether the rest of the season is successful
or not depends on whether we continue to prove
to the team that we are still with them, that we
still believe in them. Right now is the time
when loyal support will count most. Don't lose
any opportunity to show it. Above all, don't
yield for one moment to any unworthy tempta-
tion to grouch or depreciate the team. It never, students
deserved our admiration before its defeat as it'
J* ITfYfyiL ' Rice must have a song. If nobody in Rice can
one, we will have to get ft somewhere else.
!!! You poets and musicians, get busy, and earn a
title to fame that will last as long as Rice does.
Who never to MmseM hath said,
"Ah, I'M get up ear!y in the morning
and do it?"
B
The band is a big asset tad
hut it isn't popular with ua
p. m.
R
There are two kinds of popularity at
Rice,—the kind that every one
he had and the kind that
the central figure at a bayow
Oh, weli, swaMow that lump in your
throat and grin, it might have been 28
instead of 21.
R—
Students this is the fourth down.
The bail has been in our territory for
six weeks. Let'B puii a long forward
pass and score on the faculty before
the whistle blows for Christmas.
R
We love our girl truly, but we wish
she'd quit making us cut classes to
take her to the community hdUse. That
habit is expensive and de-grading.
R
If we are going to get recognition in
the form of R's for concocting this
stuff for The Thresher and Campanile,
certainly the band members ought to
have some inducement to blow longer
and louder at the games.
^ R
Now know strange women are
dangerous. The Slimes had little trou-
ble with the Normal here. But up
there
R-—
If you wag your tail and show your
teeth at the same time people will
soon stop noticing your tail.
—R
!f Romeo—Sunshine.
"Romeo. Romeo. Wherefore art
thou Romeo?"
R
We have no serious objections to
co eds wearing false hair, but we do
insist that they have it the same color
as their own. Certain Slimesaes have
nq} been respecting our wishes in this
matter.
R
Did you ever sit at a wireless in-
strument and hear the New York
news even before New York heard it?
if so. you can understand why the Rice
Radio* Club is one of the livest organ-
izations in school.*
FaaMao ytuSt*
Toga,
and ff&V*
suns AND 9VBB00ATS
$50.00, $65.00, WO,QO
SUITS AND OVERtXHATS
$43.35
$36.00 and tTO.OO
SUITS AND OVERCOATS
K3.95
To heed the etamM* for tower prices our entire stock of fur-
nishing goods is offered at greatly reduced prices. Houston's
finest and moat cown&te stock offers you unusual baying
facilities.
We 6h#y Cash Your Checks.
405 MAIN ST. SCANLAN BLDG. 1006 PRESTON AVE.
They got Punk down,
Steadfast guardian of our goal;
In the glory of Rice they got him.
Woe to all who come to pit
Against his fellow-guardsmen.
Vengeance will be in full."
R
EARLY RETURNS.
ESULTS from the recent sale of Rice to Hous-
ton are already much in evidence. On the
editorial page of the Houston Chronicle, issued
November 2, is quite an interesting letter from a
local citizen, commenting on the live college spirit
now rampant in Houston. He foresees Houston's
"great asset," and urges the business men of
Houston to hold out a helping hand to the Rice
RESERVATION FOR THE BOOSTERS.
A GREAT DEAL of dissatisfaction exists
A among Rice rooters regarding the manner in
which the rooting section was treated at the
Texas game.
It is true that the rooters should have a re-
served section, placed in a favorable location with
regard to the lines of the field, that they should
be in a body and^ not scattered helter skelter
among the other spectators.
However, we should keep in mind the enor-
mous crowd that witnessed the fray Saturday,
and remember that to seat such a crowd re-
quired co-operation from each person, especially
the student body.
It Is true that the students agreed to have the
Salesmanship Club sit next them, but this was
not done for the Rice Rooting Section was at the
end, and the intervening section had been sold
to outsiders. Since the rooters were scattered
about, in an effort to get a better seat, the cheer-
ing was not what it should have been.
The managemenj^hould take steps to prevent
such a similar ocsdrtinEe in the future. The root-
ers are the backbone of the school, and they
should be treated accordingly.
If the girls are to be seated in the rooters'
section they should get up for the yells with
the boys, so as to give the best effect both in
appearance and in sound.
Freshmen, if you want the world to know that
you go to Rice— and it could not learn a fact
more to your credit—get your picture taken for
the Campanile.
Something is surely wrong when half the first
string men of the freshmen team remain at Rice,
^ and the other half buck up to a 0 to 0 game with
S. H. N. I.
And after the Freshmen defeated S. H. N. I
38 to 18, why do they fall down to a 0 to 0 de-
cision. "yhe fish know.
Don't be a griper, but if you have a sugges-
tion on a constructive criticism leave it in The
Thresher box.
From all appearances, the Varsity men were
so busy trying to remember their new signals,
that they had no time to think of football.
OUR LETTER COLUMN.
*fo the Editor of the Thesher.
One of the most degrading and
glaring faults in the affairs of our
student body life and one which has
been prominent in the minds of many
members for some time was brough
out emphatically in the recent dance
given at the Rice Hotel, and supposed
to be in honor of the visiting Texans.
This dance was "sponsored" by
three men students, two of whom had
recently been ejected from the Stu-
dents Association for misrepresenta-
tion. of the association to the business
men of Houston in securing adver-
tisements, and apparently for their
own financial benefit.
Last Saturday the visitors, having
been advised that a dance was to be
given (supposedly honoring them),
were much chagrined to find the door-
way bloclted to them until they had
surrendered (2.60. Their dissatisfac-
tion at this state of affairs was not of
a miid character. Many of the men
who had previously made dates were
of course forced to submit to this ex-
tortion; most of the others remained
outside.
Nothing need be sai^ of the quality
of the dance, except that it was not
up to usual Rice standards. A charge
of the same entrance fee to Rice stu-
dents alone would have more than
covered the cost of giving it. As it
was, the surplus gouged from the
guests went to enyich the so-called
"sponsors."
Is this to be the hospitality we
show? Are we to allow the fair name
of Rice to be mottled in this manner?
Are our contemporary schools to think
of us as a group of money-grabbing
tightwads, merely because of the
greed of a few self-centered students?
It is a high time the Students As-
sociation came to the realization of
these facts and that something be
done to remedy our social system's
most despicable fault. It is no new
thing for a few students to give dances
in the Commons collecting at the en-
trance a sum far more than is neces-
sary to cover the expenses of the af-
fair. While there Is no objection to a
student earning a living. It seems to
the writer that It should not be at the
expense of student sociai activities.
it is evident that the soiutton is to
have the* association appoint com-
mittees for these dances and to have
them fender a full and complete state-
ment of the cost, just as is done in the
case of a cless-sponsored affair.
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