The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, February 4, 1921 Page: 2 of 4
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THE THRESHER, HOUSTON, TEXAS
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 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 STAFF 1920 21.
Hiii C. Gresham. '22 Editor-in-Chief
Fred D. Hargis, '32 Business Manager
R B. Upshaw, '21 Managing Editor
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT.
A. n. Batj^r. '23 News Editor
Lucy Ximmer, '21 Associate Editor
Marxaret Btackwcii, '22 Assistant Editor
K. O. Arnoiti. '2.'! Sports Editor
B. K Payne. '22 Exchange Editor
H « A moid, '23 Feature Editor
BUSINESS DEPARTMENT
B F. Mayer. 22 circuia" ^ ...anager there are in Northern colleges.
r H GuHy. '22.... Assistant fit-cation Manager of the best girl tennis piayers work up some
tdv^'tisinK representatives'for Rice right now?
REPORTERS FOR TH,S ISSUE ARE:
H ){. Pmiix I.. Hhrenfeld
Virginia Atwet) J. C. Ritter
A. B. EHis Marjorie Lmis
( has. Scitwartx Ainia Ncmir
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE 6H&S' GYM
CLASSES.
ANEofthe most significant things that has hap-
" pened at Rice this year is the organisation of.
the girls' gymnasium classes at, the" new field
house. After "Haven't they a giris' dormitoiy
at Rice?" the second reguiar question used to
be, /'Why haven't you any physical education for
girls ?" Now, whatever excuses we have to make
in answering the first question we can answer
the second with a triumphant and enthusiastic,
"We Have!"
About a hundred girls are enrolled for the
classes and they are more than enthusiastic over
the quarters arranged for them. Mr. Mann's
methods of using the "play spirit," and the real
chance to counteract too much use of head and
nerves by strenuous bodily exercise. Class bas-
ket bail teams will be organized; why should not
there be a girls' varsity basket ball team as at
State, later on? We hope that the girls' athletic
activities will continue to widen in scope and
that real girl athletes will be developed, such as
Why don't some
FEBRUARY 4, 1921.
THE ENGINEERING SHOW.
TTXDOt'BTEDLY the biggest thing consum-
U mated at Rice last year was the Engineering
Show. !t was a big undertaking. The author-
ities opposed it. They said that we couidn't get
50 people out to see it. A majority of the stu-
dents opposed it or took no interest in it. It was
new. No one knew what it was. But a few stu-
dents stuck and ten thousand Houstonians saw
one of the most interesting exhibits of engineer- lege life,
ing devices ever seep in the South. It was great
We see no reason why there should not be in-
ter-collegiate girls' tennis tournaments during
the track meets, as well as boys.
Regardless of whether or not any varsity
teams are developed and in addition to the physi-
cal benefit, we think that the chance to plav to-
gether will be extremely valuable to the girls.
The lessons of teamwork, of self-discipline, of
keeping one's temper, even of fight, that the
boys gets from playing, are of value to the mod-
ern girl as well, who so frequently goes from col-
lege into the man's world of business.
This is the first time that the girls of Rice,
AS the girls of Rice, and under no society or-
ganization, have had a chance to get together
and do anything. We think that the spirit in
which they have responded should be another
spur to powers above, if any were needed, to try
to hasten the time when the girls at Rice, as well
as the boys, can enjoy the conditions of real col-
We believe that the masculine atmos-
phere of Rice is now well enough known to pre-
vent its being considered a norma! school or a
young ladies' seminary, even if the girls were
The students were enthusiastic. It was decided.
unanunously, to make the show an annual e\ent granted a few more privileges
and this fact was announced publicly. ; R
But the Engineering Society met last week URGENT NECESSITY.
and decided not to have a show this year. The existing conditions one may think
" should be remedied, either in athletic or
academic departments, can only be reformed
ihe aigument success after the prevailing idea of picking
principai reason given for postponing it was that
the same crowd would come back and there
would be little new to show them
too weak to merit discussion. Why does a
is
circus come back every year? Aren't there more
than ten thousand people in Houston?,,How many
of that ten thousand saw all they would like to
have seen in the brief visit they paid? How
valuable would the publicity derived from the
visitors and newspapers be, even if there was
nothing new? It's worth something for students
aione to see such a show. The arguments against
it become absurd under analysis. . . . t ^ ^
^ ^ 's true in part, but it is not always true that the
The Ihresher recognizes the fact that an En-^.^^^j.y ^ athletes who excell will be found. It
gineering Show would require days of work, hard is because our body of men is partly a "picked
work, for many of us. But—are we afraid of .bunch." ;
work? This work would, as is alwavs the case,! The resections of high scholarship, entrance
fall on a comparatively small number of stu- C'^*t^ns, etc make it impossible for everybody
., ... ,. , , .... to register at the university. Inasmuch as the
it would be disagreeable, thankless quality of men is found in the more re-
But that kind of work always pays in
"better students" has been carried out with suc-
cess.
Our student body is small from necessity, and
not because of unpopularity. Yet in the course
of our brief career, we have defeated the ath-
iotic toamc nf nnivpi-Qitips having many more
hundreds of students than we. This is because it
takes eleven men to make a varsity grid team.
One may argue that in any group of men there
will always be found some good athletes. That
dents, and
labor.
the end. If it were not for you few men who
take the lead in developing the hard things the
world wouid go up in smoke.
Rice is supposedly developing from the scien-
tific end first. It is recognized as being one of
the best-engineering schools in the South. Then
stricted class admitted to the Institute, better
teams can be turned out with the material.
We must continue our "picking process" if we
wish our influence in the realm of university
activities to continue. And just now, before the
high school graduation exercises, we should oc-
cupy ourselves with that worthy task of getting
into communication with our promising high
MiJmte Memos.
The worid is made of miiiions of
Httie things. But at rare intervais
God piaced something big, something
unusuai and inspiring. He made one
tree bigger than ati the others in the
forest. He made certain rivers swifter
than aii the rest. He piaced an out-
standing peak in every mountain
range.
And when He piaced man on earth
He foiiowed the same scheme. He
made myriads of ordinary men and
an occasiona) great one. There is on
the campus today, one of these out-
standing peaks in the worid of men.
Bice, meet Sherwood Eddy.
Twinkie. twinkie iittie star,
How 1 wonder if you are.—
Up above the footHght's sheen—
Forty-nine or seventeen.
(The Lass-O.)
Age is a minor consideration at the
Majestic Tuesdays.
In the dorms hereafter:
"Sing hymns an dwe might sing with
you, but ganibie and you gambie
aione."
We wouid suggest that the boys
who have been gambiing now take up
some forme of ganiboiing.
R
Some boys are so cave-mannish that
they wiii punch a giri's eye out if she
iooks at the other feiiow.
R
Our git'i took us too seriousiy when
we said we couidn't have any dates
this term because of New Year reso-
lutions. And in repiy to numerous
inquiries as to who "our girt" is, we
wiii say that she is the sweetest
bionde in Rice.
R
Sure. Brunette, we expected your
nose to rise at that.
R
An A. & M. boy said, "There's two
things we have you beat on,—student
body and coiiege spirit."
Can you conscientiousiy deny that?
We couidn't. Airight, get sore! But
when you cooi off, think a bit. What
makes our teams fizzie? What per-
centage of the students attend pep
and ciass meetings. Where are the
iiterary societies? W'hat wiiied the
Engineering Show? . . . You may kid
yoursetf by shouting "Yea Rice!" but
you can't kid those *high schooi grad-
uates at home. We've got to show
them. The worid is tired of hearing
about what Rice is "going to do."
What is it doing? ?
R
Students, this is supposed to be a
cotumn of optimism. And we are opti-
mistic over the years prospects as a
whote. But Rice is experiencing a
genera) siump in spirit, due principaiiy
to the disastrous resutts of the basket
bait trip. Lets forget it. We are
young yet. We can't expect to have
everything. "Listen to the mocking
birds "—(tweet tweet).
R
)f HO,MO
o? Qaaiiiy Men'* ana! Boy*' Smf* and
Overcoat*, SMrf*, Underwear and WecAwear
!n every case this merchandise is offered to our
customers at about half the price that prevailed 60
days ago.
Every article is guaranteed to be of the best quality
and to give satisfactory service.
E 405 Main Street 1006 Preston Avenue §
§ Scanlan Building §
THE COMMUNITY HOUSE
g Where you can feel at home. Come over for your lunch, §
^ candy, cream, tobacco and a social hour. §
§ At Rice to make character— §
NOT MONEY
SUCCESS THROUGH FMEM)SHlf.
Most men will tell you they owe their success to their
friendships. It is through the bank that you make the right
kind of friends. The bank"is the center of the best friend-
ships of the town, those that are founded in self-respect,
square dealing and thrift.
GUARANTY STATE BANK
Hermann B!dg. 206 Travis St.
HOUSTON, TEXAS.
why not keep up its reputation? Rice needs ad-jschool seniors, turning their names into the reg-
vertising in Houston more than in anv other part iistrar^s office to have literature sent them and
of Texas. The Engineering Show did more ^ The Thresher
bo«h< the school than all the salesmanship ban- jf you influential with any of the seniors,
nuets and pep meetings did last fall. you should write them personally. At any rate
The one big trouble with the Rice student body secure their names for the authorities.
i.^ that we "fizzle." We start things with a whoop "R
and a bang and all the enthusiasm imaginable. SLPPORT YOUR ORGANIZATIONS.
AH is well for a time. Then things grow mo- Support of the campus organizations is most
notonous. Our spirit lags. We fizzle. Look essential, and particularly at this time when the
what a boom we had going last fall. The team pressure of financial strain is calling many of
slipped up once and the spirit started slipping, our best students from the cloister of the uni-
The basketball team had a great beginning. Now versity. The women's literary societies are quite
it has fizzled. Ciubs organize and meet once or active; the men's do not come up to the usual
twice and die. Whose fault ? Nobody's appar- standard. By this time of the year quite a num-
ent)y. Just hard luck and "jinxes." And true
to our record, the Engineering Show has fizzled
also. And the band is next in line.
Students: We probably won't win any champ-
ionships in athletics this year, now, but for the
sake of Rice, let's urge the Engineering Society
to reconsider its decision and stage the show.
There will be better support and more help from
the students this year because every one knows
what an Engineering Show is and heartily ap-
proves of it. Let's try it before we give it up
anyway.
<3 R .
The Engineering Show and the May Fete Pa-
geant ough^ to finish the job of selling Rice to
Houston. One by the engineering men, one by
the women, where are the Academs ?
R
Four of A. and M.'s, three of Texas' best men
are Houston high men. That shows Rice needs
to find her home market.
R
Write that letter tonight to that high school
senior back home.
ber of good speakers should have been put forth;
that is the business of the literary club. The
Engineers put on their annual show; the Pre-
Meds listen to the discourses of noted physicians
and are planning to take a trip to the State Medi-
cal College; the Men's Literary Societies
SHOULD HAVE speakers and debaters in the
field to compete for the Walters and Shotwell
Medals at commencement.
Not alone have the Lit. societies suffered, but
a number of city clubs have felt the laxity of
spirit. Particularly is this dis-interest notic-
able in the meetings of the under-classmen. Oft-
entimes a bare handful bf students are present.
With the upperclasses this absence from meet-
ings is not so marked.
At any rate we should take interest in the ac-
tivities and foster them with our care and at-
tention. They are due our support and we
should give it willingly.
Are you one of those whom the Honor Coun-
cil is watching? Look out, old man, remember a
school is no better than the meanest scholar.
R
That's all right, team, we're behind you. The
man worth while is the one who can smile when
everything goes dead wrong.
ipUP^EX-STUDES
^ R
(By M. E. JOHN, '19.)
Miss Jutia Arthur Burreii, '20, was
a visitor at Rice iast week.
R
Otto Eisentohr, '19, visited Rice iast
Monday.
The Aiumn.i present at the dance
given for the free-hand students by
the architecturai society were: Lioyd
White. Leonard Gabert, Lewis J.
Woodruff, C. M. Sanford, J. Tom
Rather. Miss Sarah Lane and Miss
Veita Bates.
Miss Mary Ciarke Wier, '20, left
for Timpson iast Sunday night, where
she was one of the brides' maids in
the wedding of Miss Louise Ruther-
ford and Edmund Hebert, which took
ptace Tuesday night, Feb. 2, 1921.
Miss Frances Foote, '20, has resign-
ed her position at Mexia and is doing
secretariat work at the A. & M. Col-
lege.
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Mrs. L. B. HoweH, wife of Dr. How-
eti of the Department of Chemistry,
is at the Baptist, Sanitarium recover-
ing from' a very serious operation.
Mrs. Howeii raiiied weii from the
operation and is expected to stage a
rapid recovery.
Dr. Howeii has been absent on ac-
count of this, but expects to meet his
ciass as soon as his wife's condition
improves.
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The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, February 4, 1921, newspaper, February 4, 1921; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth229878/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.