The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, January 14, 1921 Page: 2 of 4
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THE THRESHER
A weekly newspaper published by the students of
Rice Institute, at Houston, Texas.
Entered as second-class matter October 17,1916,
at the Poptoffice at Houston, Texas, under
the Act of March 8,1879.
X. TEXAS
Subscription Rates. per year, 10c per copy
Thresher Office-Room 104, Administration Bldg.
THRESHER STAFF 1920-21.
Hill c: Gresham, 22 Editor-in-Chief
Fred D. Hargia, '23 Business Manner
R. B. Upshaw, '21 Managing Editor
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT.
Lucy Zimmer, '21 Associate Editor
Margaret Biackweii, '22 Assistant Editor
E. O. Amoid, '23 Sports Editor
B. F. Payne, '23 Exchange Editor
E O. Arnold, '23 Feature Editor
REPORTERS FOR TH,S ISSUE ARE
R. 8. Bickford Alma Xemir
Hdgar Blayney Virginia Atweli
J !. CampheH Grace Smith
M. 8. MeCurnuodate
FEAR OF LAXITY IN OUR HONOR SYSTEM.
^HEATING at examinations, especially in a
V schoo! where that involves this deiiberate vio-
lation of the word of honor, is an ugly subject
to discuss publicly. But the necessity has arisen.
The Thresher believes in the Honor System,
and we do not consider that it has failed at Rice.
We consider the atmosphere here infinitely bet-
ter than in either high schools or colleges where
the enforcement of honesty in examinations de-
pends upon the vigilance of the instructors, an^
where outwitting them, all to generally becomes
a sport. The average student cheats in high
school; the average student at Rice does not.
Rice has, we believe, reason to be proud of the
unusual high spirit of honesty which has ex
isted here since the founding of the school.
But the fact must be faced that there is ap-
parently a slackening of that spirit, and an in-
creasing number of those who cheat. The num-
ber is at the worst a small percentage of the
student body, but its potential influence for evil
BUSINESS DEPARTMENT
B. F. Mayer. '23 Circuia" .manager
F. H. Guffy, '22 Assistant Circ'^tion Manager . , .
rtintonL. Button,'22 Advertising is aimost limitless. This group is apparently
quite shameless about it. Not only do many of
their associates know of their dishonesty, but
through contact with some of them, the Honor
{System of Rice has become a laughing stock
_ among certain of the prep-schooi pupils of Hous-
ton, the future students of Rice!
JANUARY 14, 1921.
SWEATERS.
WH have admired utireservediy since the close
<)!' the fwlbnH season, the sumputous sweat-
ers which were awarded the tetter men this year.
Without a doubt they arc the most beautiful that
Rice has ever given her footbaH heroes. We
wish
comptiment, a!so. the athtetic depart-
We do not believe that suci} students, even
tacking as they are (jw any trace of schoo! spir- ,
it, would steal a set of Rice's footbai! signals and ;
attempt to sell them to some crooked opposing
coach. Yet they would not hurt their college j
half as much if they did. The loosing if a foot-:
ball championship is not nearly so disastrous a
matter for a school as the slow undermining of :
faith in the integrity of the examinations back j
men! in having the sweaters for the men at the
close of the football season, and not as has been ° „ , , , ,
too frequently the case, some time late in the Some students have been expelled for cheat-
ing, following the action of the Honor Council.
We are equally proud of the sweaters given the Council and the faculty feel that the
the freshmen, who came out for football during ^^t group of examinations show the greatest
the entire season, and developed into a team I^^y m the history of the school. The Honor
from which no little material will be recruited Council states that tf conditions do not improve,
next vear. These "slimes" deserve some recog-^e complete deliberations of the body, and the
nition of their services; and this recognition was ^ those expelled will be pubhshed.
given in full measure in the quality sweaters ^eir dishonor, heretofore known only to the
which Mr. Arbuckle picked out for them. Honor Council, and the faculty ; and the officials
These sweaters mean much to the men who'^^yco^ at which they might apply for en-
wear them. To the varsity man, the "R" is France, would become pubhe proper y. It jould
half of his college iife. It represents to him the ^an a public disgrace, which could hardly be
approbation of coach and students for "dis-!
tinguished service on the gridiron." But it is
more than that. It is the reward to that man foi
two months of hard training, gruelling work,
incessant striving, fighting to make the varsity
lived down.
We do not believe that, when the student body
a.e n whoio wnlronc +rt the KPfiOMsnPRS of the situ-
ation, such drastic action will be necessary.
Among the great body of Rice men who are
Warning Bears! Rice has the fast-
eat five in her history; and she won
a championship once.
—a—
It's true that less than ha!i the
students have had their CampanMe
pictures made. Bnt piease, pisass
don't !et this particular disgrace he
known off the Campus. Rice—our
cheats sweii at the mention of it!
The Campantie—the history of Rice!
Coiiege spirit—Sure!! 7
B
it would be useiess to argue with a
woman, even if she gave you a chance.
Some of us know the kitchen can
put out,good eats. Every meal during
the holidays resembled a Thanksgiving
feast and Christmas Day—OH!!!
It woutd seem that the most popuiar
member of the coaching staff is out
of a job.
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A pessimist sourty says we can't
do anything. An optimist smilingly
says we can do anything. A pepto-
mist cheerfully says anything can be
done and then does it. Peptomism
wit) win a basket halt championship
for Rice.
R
Kach day our oid !ady stings his
sox against the wail, it they stick
he changes.
The Cowboys failed to rope the
speedy Owls. And for Baylor's bene-
fit we will say that a basketball score
is nearly always larger than a foot-
ball score.
Love is wonderful. One can grow
fat on it; two can live happily on it.
put Rice doesn't offer a degree in
love and, lest our girl forget, we have
some New Year resolutions to keep.'
On one side of the bulletin board
is posted the probation list. On the
other side iS posted an announcement
of scholarships offered for high rec-
ords.
Oh well, it takes all kinds of peopie
to make a world.
team, to make it a better varsity team—for Rice, themselves honorable there has not been abso
lute enough condemnation of those who are not.
Look at the matter squarely. The man who
deliberately violates his word of honor to secure
Many hours which means pleasures sacrificed,
and in some cases (perhaps too many) studies
sacrificed, are all requited by that treasured bit j
of blue and gray. No gift is more appreciated ! credit for himself, based upon that lie, is un-
than that of a "letter," presented with a sweat-^worthy of the society of gentlemen. He has
cr to the husky athlete. that he is a dishonorable weakling.
None of us at Rice feel that we can do too It is hard to ask students to report on each
much for our athletic heroes. Therefore, we j other; it violates a code of loyalty as old as the
tribe. But the Honor System does not depend
primarily upon this. It depends upon that other
basic code of the man of honor—the sacredness
of his pledged word. It depends upon a general
contempt, even from the fellows, who may shield
him, for the man who violates his own honor
and brings into jeopardy the good name of his
whatever about the appropriateness of giving)college.
the freshmen team sweaters, the questions come < We can not think that Rice students will
to our mind: Is Henry Timmons less worthy of prove themselves incapable of continuing un-
a sweater than these men? Is Nepos Harlan, der the Honor System. Yet that is the logical
again say, we are glad that this year, our foot-
baH men wear proudly the admired emblem of
their services.
But is footbaH the only sport at Rice? Great
as it is, are footbaH men the only men who de-
serve our commendation, in other words than
"thank you?" With no disparaging thoughts
the greatest half-miler in the Southwestern
Conference, less worthy of a sweater than these
men? In some instances our football stars are
also our stars in other sports, and they are for-
tunate to already have sweaters; but in others,
this is not the case. And we do not quite see
the consistency in giving sweaters for class foot-
ball, and nothing but ribbons for track and bas-
ketball, and baseball. Nor can we call to mind
a single man in Rice who has a letter in another
sport but football, who is recognized a Rice let-
ter man, except upon personal acquaintance.
Why?
R
LOOK TOWARD THE FUTURE.
TODAY we are having fair success. To fur
ther its continuance we must look ahead—look
to the future.
The future sons and daughters of Rice are now
in the high schools and prep schools of the land,
and we must early begin making their friend-
ship. The surest method is for every student to
take upon himself the mammoth task of becom-
ing acquainted with the "best" of his home high
school students and in turn telling them of the
knowledge, sport and good fellowship at Rice,
in store for him. This can best be done by a
private letter, followed by the weekly college
paper. Together they will leave a good im-
pression, even if they do not produce the de-
sired result.
The finances of The Thresher at present are
adequate to send each week several hundred
copies of the publication to prospective stu-
denta. Every affiliated high school in Texas
result of the present tendency toward laxness
and tolerance of dishonesty. Cheating must be
stopped. Will the students do it themselves, by
a changed spirit among the student body in gen-
eral, or by higher individual standards of hon-
or, or must the Honor Council carry out its
threat ?
receives the paper weekly, at the expense of
The Thresher. Now student, make a list of the
"best" men in the graduating class of your high
school and drop them in The Thresher box. The
paper will be sent them for the remainder of
the year, free of charge.
Get busy at once, do not deiay. And look to
the future!
.. . ' .
BASKET
BALL
TOMCHT
Y. M. C. A. - 8:!5
Editor^ Tribulations.
Why editors die young and business
managers spend the week-end at
home—
Why don't you put more jokes in
your paper?
When do we get our papers?
I didn't get my paper iast week.
Can i get that write-up in by Fri-
day night at supper?
I haven't had time today. 1 will
give you that write-up tomorrow.
Why don't you run a cartoon every
week ?
Somebody surely subscribed for the
paper—the business manager has a
new necktie.
The Thresher this year is ,not as
good as last year.
1 want two papers, my grandmother
likes to light her morning fire on
one; as a smooth-finish paper makes
better kindling than the common news-
paper.
I did not see anything in The
Thresher about freshman class elect-
ing officers.
Some good wisher kindly suggests
that the motto, "The light that casts
no shadow," be changed to "A moon
beam on a dark night."
I ran out of paper so 1 had to write
on both sides of this sheet.
Who wrote a certain article; the
editor humbly replies that it was con-
tributed; then the interrogator replies
that they guessed that very person
or says that thgy didn't think that
a member of the staff wrote it.
Why don't you have more poetry
in The Thresher?
I know some news but it wouldn't
do to print it.
Somebody comes to our rescue, and
hands us this:
The Thresher is a great edition;
The Institute gets the fame;
The printer gets the money,
And the staff gets the blame.
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
It Meant More Fame
For Rice's Coach.
Phti Arbuckie is a great coach al-
right!
But nevertheless Coach is a bit
modest and isn't in the habit of having
delegations meet and q^eer him at
stations when he travels. But during
his return from Pasadena, Calo last
week he suddenly became a hero.
You see it was iike this: Coach teie-
graphed from Pasadena to Brownwood
to "reserve lower berth Brownwood to
Houston for Arbuckie." Now the
agent at Brownwood ia a movie rather
than a footbaH fan so he promptiy
spread the word down the Mne that
"Fatty" Arbuckie was en route to
Houston. Consequently, at every sta-
tion Coach's train waa met by a dheer-
hH mob of two to three thousand
peopie aaxhaa to Mt MRy.
FeatMe Suit Value*
At
$33
(No. They Are Not $75 Suit*)
We won't insult you by telling you that we seli
clothes for less than half price, but we guarantee
to sell you the best suit in Houston for the price
we ask.
New Spring Models
New Patterns
New Colorings
$33
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Supplies.
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'TWAS THEN
I remember when I met her,
I held her hand in mine.
She Mushed—and I released her,
'Twas then the clock struck nine.
I asked her for a dance.
I heid her ciose then
She blushed—and I released her
'Twas then the clock struck ten.
I drew her vioiet eyes to mine,
Her giance to me was heaven
She blushed—and I reieased her
'Twas then the cios struck 'ieven.
I pressed her closer to my heart,
I couid not iet her go.
She Mushed—and I reieased her
Because I ioved her ao.
She tremMed, hut I heM her stili,
1 kissed her Cheeks—her hair.
I ratted her fingers to my Hps.
'Twas then—I Saw it there.
A glittering, sptiWHht diamond!
Twas nothia* ahee#)Hd *y.
She blushed—and I reieased her
Twas then she aiipped away.
I looked up at the time-piece,
The midnight hour had gone.
I smiled, for I had found a fiower.
But the fiower had ieft its thom.
—Huiiabaioo.
PARADiSE.
A shaded room,
An open fire,
A cosy nook,
And your heart's desire.
Purgatory.
The self same nook
With lights a few,
The seif same nook
And "ma" there too.
inferno.
The room, the ahade,
The nook, the fire,
The bieaaed ohanoe,
Aad enter "aire".
B. M., 'M.
at* A*.
HaeM, %
thug*! 'ad aw in one.
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The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, January 14, 1921, newspaper, January 14, 1921; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth229875/m1/2/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.