The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 27, Ed. 2 Friday, April 8, 1921 Page: 4 of 6
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MAGAZ!NE SECT!ON
MCE BOYS GO ON
HUNTMC EXPEDIHON
Whereas recent btotogtcat investi-
gations; by Dr. Chandler reveated the
fact that Hermann Park and surroqnd-
ing vicinity waa inhabited by a num-
ber of witd and more or iess ferocious
animats of the species waterua mocas-
inua and graaao anaki, a group of
Rice boya composed of Messrs. Har-
)an, Ikey. Perry, Huffman, Grant and
Poitard prepared a hunting expedition
which wan carried out iaat Sunday
morning. t^ong range guna were used j
which were effective oniy when the
but! struck a vitai spot, as behind the
"SCREECHES"
Dr. A—Large fish, auch aa this dog-
fiah, sometimes eat amaii fiah. auch aa
sardines.
The Co-Ed, who made a 4—But how
do the targe fiah get the cana open?
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THEY WERE LOOKING AT YOU,
OOC!
Dr. Attenburg—-The thing you are
now iooklng at is a aorus covered with
j indusium.
j Class—Ha, Ha, Ha. Ha, He. He. He!
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BASKET BALL (?)
ear or the teft front teg. Some twenty! ' ^e tost by one point. The referee
one reptites were captured or kitted f""ied Lovett for holding.
during the exhibition. A few rare
specimens were preserved and added
to the already complete Rice labora-
tories.
A simiiar party is ptanned for some
date in the near future tn which a
number of the young tadies of the In-
stitute witt he invited to participate.
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LITTLE DEVIL.
She—"That's just ttke Matcotm."
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WHEN THEY BUtLD THE GiRLS'
DORMS.
Co-Ed—t want something to wear
around the dormitory.
Satestady—How big is your dormi-
tory ?
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"Margins Evolution theory is that
we ait came from monkeys,' said Dr. I
W'its^t in an extensive lecture.
"That's a mistake." satd a ttea as
he hit his batd head, "t came from a
dog."
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Ycstt-tday t rode on a bus W hen 1 STEWED.
paid my tart- into the metai dime-cut- My skin is att btoated.
!e; tor. the littte thing bit me. ! am )t wrinktes—it sags
a smious chap, ami a student of hu- [ m stewed to the limit,
mm ; this impressed ute as a subject The last of my jags
tor a funny remark, t tutt.sd to the My heart is as gay
young gir) next to me. She was a As a songbird it) June.
pretty young git'!, her ankles were [ feet no remorse
''orri'ct. Iter skirt was right up to the i<*or t'm ontv a prune!
minute, —Record.
it hit me." I said geniatty. 19R23——
' i)id it'.'" site said. She knew ! was BOULEVARD.
^ coiicge feliow You can tett a coi- one girl—t saw you driving yesttr
!<ge toitow. "Yes, it did,' I reptied. ^ [nan ^ho seemed to have
! am somewhat ctever at repartee. Q„[y
I! diii.' she said. "Yes. t answer Anotitergirl—Oh. uo; the other arm
d ! wondered how tar this thing around somewhere.
would go "Really?" she said. "Um- 19R"':t
hum. I replied. "Hum. she com- Husst—Gee. hut t had a dream tast
tnented t stnited. tor it seemed ap- night.
propiiate. Site got ott at the next ^ Towt—Site toaked ntore tike a hor-
'orn. r i was giad to see her go; the nightmare to me.
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PLEMN MR
HADE SUMES
L T. K. ChJiil
ahr One.
Five Reasons Why We rt CM fm Be Sophomores
MOOO-O-O-o-o!! MOOOO-oo-o!r amO-OO^.tho!!
TWHEKHMHR
^^ERTER BGC&
affair might have gotte too far. t have
no good a reputation to lose runtt-ittg
ttouud jiicitiitg tip w;<nn'[[ tike that.—
tes:.-r
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Siime to one ot Tony s Assistants—
Say. Sambo, what made yotu noAt? so
flat?
Sambo—Ait thinks it
It
Some people say, "Get thee behind me, Satan." Others say, "Get
thee behind me. Satan, and push me alony."*
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Swimming is the oniy conception a lot of people have of clean
sport.
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Katy Rowe cails his gir! "Fiim" because she's a picture when ex-
posed.
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Some peopie love to dance; others dance- to love.
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One reason the shimmie is passing cut of favor is because the
was made dati foundation of its popularity is being shaken.
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A girl in vour arms is worth two in youar dreams.
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There are people so stingy that they wtll paint tbe inside of a
chicken coop to keep the chickens from packing the? grain out <tf
the wood.
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Everything but whiskey goes to the buyer. H goes to the
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Altho Adam and Eve shook a paradise, it doesn't necessarily
follow that they were gamblers.
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"Say it with flowers" applies only to men. It would be too ex-
better." said pensive for women to do that. < ..
took a firm- 19R23
'I
was a young boy ;juite ttantic
with joy -
Don' !ot)lishly ask me nhy
'i'hi^ picture wi!t teii—
lie has kissed iter—Ah weii—
You've kissed her yourself.
So i:av t.
Mamma loves papa and papa loves women.
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ni an effort to get milk with a kick in it.
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ALL THAT SHIVERS )S NOT COLD.
By !. N. SiNUATE.
Hack in t!)16 there was a boy who
husted out of Kice. He just drifted
arottnd for a few months without do-
ing anything in particular Ftrst he
went to Mexico (as usuati and then
tn some oit fietd. He made some
money hut not enough to get married
on. fie was too good to make a for-
tmte by unfair means and too crook-
ed to make a fortune by fair dealing.
So he merely drifted.
Hut one day he managed to get a
job in a bank. Whereas it was a re-
sponsible position he decided to turn
over a new ieaf and work up to a
remunerative position. He did. He
took a correspondence course in bank-
ing. tn a short time he was cashier.
Having worked hard to get to be
a bank cashier he decided to start! er.
nay so's ait coutdn't stick it into oth-
er foikses business.
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< ampa—This i:; a queer world iu
which we [ice.
\eeiy— Y'es. and so few of us get
nut ot it alive
BOY. PAGE MONStEUR OBERLE.
She put her hand on itis and tuur- cellar.
mured caressingiy. "Je t'adore."
Shut it yourseif!" he growied with
an u^ty iook.
t!itt^3
My heart is wit It the ocean." cried
the poet rapturousiy.
Y'ou v.' gone me on-
his seasick friend as h
er grip on the raii.
tHK2:i—
STRONG STUFF. Latest radio reports state that the animal husband^ depart-
Lister—tpoeticaiiyt i coutd hang ot^ ment of A. & M. College is experimenting with mules aatd cows
your very words
t.isterine—ts my line as strong as
that"
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insti—Say. sit down. tnan. There's
a iimit even to respect.
Tute—ft's not respect. It'
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Engt—And so Doc Witson has re-
signed from the facutty. huh?
Neering—Yes.
Hngi—How'd he make hts fortune?
Xeering—He discovered a way to
utiiize tbe energy exerted tn modem
jazz dancing.
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Acca—You have a good voice. Why
don't you cutttvate it?
Demlc—Weii, you see, this is a dry
climate, and 1 can't get anything to
irrigate it with.
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Attetm—Where do tbe bugs go in
the winter time?
Bttrg—(Absentmindedty) Search
me.
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Mr. i.3—You are an exceltent danc-
(By tcan THKn Opaeiat ThfwaWet Ce^
ratpendent.)
Members of the freshman oiass at
Rice Institute announced wbibh otub
they were gointr to join Monday after-
noon. The ciutia have a eminent po-
sition in the saciety life of Rice and
are superseded oniy by the fr<mhmin.
The freshmin hwid a ciass mas* meet-
ing in the phyafes amfitheateM and
drew lots to see* which one wouidtjoin
which one. They aii decided to< join
oae or the othen of them.
The i Tappa K<ag Ciub was the most
pottuiar of ail. Ra president is said
to be Mr. Heaviun Derwood, wltmhias
gained some reputation for his volume.
Ikay Livtnstein was the first of the
ctaas to vote for t&e I Tappa because,
aa he said, he is more famiiiar with
their methods of procedure. A is
wh&pered that he: wiit be nominated
Grand Night at tha Spigot at the next
reguttar Saturday hwainess meetine.
The next ciub to< be honored by the
frea&min was the- Aifaifa Pi. K is
composed of diligent young social
screech owls who tSelieve that htrbiv-
ern^ty is better than casteroKogy.
IT)ay have pretty pins consisting of
a Head of lettuce done in gold and
i connected by a chmtn of celery stems
tcuaibox of Kelloggiy Bran, it is worn
on: ttimlr left vest [packet If the itning
of. thatr coats is not badty torn, Tther
; wise il is worn on. their girl's radia-
tor halfway betwesm the bett anf the
knack.
The remaining Ce^v slimes accepted
without a murmur a membership in
ttie F6ita Bee Clubb
* 1MMB
It mast have heen welt past4 mid-
night when it began. First it), was
^mly a tap to whicth i paid no notice.
However, it Jtept nte awake an t i be-
gan to recall thet events of the day.
To one of my profession a mturder is
nothing. But thtje^st had beenta par-
ticutariy gruesonwone and thw scen.es ^
kept repeating themselves im my
; mind..
i i turned over and [nude a deeper
i ate effort to res'tme steep. For a tima
i doMd tn spite: of the tappihtg. Butt
suddeui^* the ttwilng wind! outside
stopped' A dotur stammed! E heard tt
tong, drawn out wait, resambting a
steam whistle* butt more tike a womm
. in tHUtress! Md it was tibeht in rty
room!: it was; repeated. There was
a series of quick hisses! Then a gttfg-
: ting rattle as tf water aaad pebbies
were flowing Utrough a; pipe, in.ter-
tntngjing with a number of "battg^!"
wttich seemetf to approach closer and
cioser to me-! The wail was repeat-
ed! t beartf a groan—then the rsftte
again! tt was horrifying, i was;cotd
^tiOi' fear*—every muscie sttff. Ex-
pecting death each instant I trenib- ]
tingty fort wd my hand: from under the'
covet: tUKi: pressed the tight button! '
"Why the hetl don't you tvn off '<
that radNator?" my room-mac^ satd
sleepily..
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They AMcGaMHMtBodhwurd
FMtM.
Due to an oversight iaat teak's
Thresher fafted to paMfsh a wrtt$-up
of the Boulevard Easter egg festival,
given in honor of Messrs. A. L. Bdown
and Roy Chambers, prostinent num-
bers of the Ciass of '29. The affair
was something of a sarprtM party'for
both young man. who* tatyressed their
surprise in a mast dainty yet effective
manner.
R' occurred jwst prior the idiors'
dance at the Rice HoteK The eggs
had been hidden on the bouievard near
the* Community house but' were easiiy
found by Brown: and Chanthiew Thetr
host*'were verg modest people and
left in an automobile soon after thb
hunti
Mir. Brown wore a coat of midnight
blue and shoes. Mr. Chazmhers was
attractively attired in a fuli dress
suit) Biath young tnen changed ciothea^
bef ure proceeding to the Idlers' dance.:
PERSEVERANCES
TTtere was a man.
He owtered a get rich quick course
andjlost at! hts money.
He ordered a vsaice cutt'me course
and: went dumb.
He= ordered an amimat husbandry
caurse and his dctg died.
He ordered an *Auto MSechanics"
t wrse and somectce stole My e&r.
He ordered a book entitied "What
tuYoutng Husbans? ahould -bSmw." but
his girt refused Hx marry him,;
He ordered a health trapro-rement
course-and imme^tely guin sick.
And: then—
H^-*ucdered a. fiile dotf-it memory
course Attd forg.n att his trottbtes.
'Mas
^^^..'71'.., //M.'
THEl VOiCE OF HtCE.
In Persia boys and girls never play together.
Persia.
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Butt this isMl
boit. "My, but 'sh foggy," remarked Fuller Hootch as he tried t& nta-
' neuver thru the frpsted glass window.
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AN ELEVATEO DRAMA.
A. Pulman Porter of the biology department has recently had
an article published in the Biological Journal on Berth Control.
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In one thing women are all alike—each thinks she is different.
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At least we like to think it is politeness which makes a boy wait
for a gir! to get on a street car first.
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The student who says I can is seldom canned.
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A gentleman is'R.mait who pays special attention to the ladies.
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enjoying iife agatn. He began to get
a btt witd and almost before he knew
it he was gambling. Gambling, as
most of you know, is a gripping thing
It gets you and holds you. This by
soon spent all his earnings gambling.
He was so fascinated that one day he
Miss 24—Thank you, I'm sorry i!
can't return the compttment.
Mr. 23—You coutd if you were as j
big a tlar as ! am.
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THE L. U. 8AY
Ctotss—That girl reminds me of
decided to take a little of the bank s Henry s pitching
money to use that night. He was sure
to win and he could replace the money
next day And so he kept doing this,
taking a littte of the bank's money
on the sty, then a littie more, then still
more, always gambling with it.
And today he owns the bank.
PUT ER )N REVERSE, OtOtTALt*.,
Kb eh reverehw toof a si !oof a,
Eman sih tahw ret tad on.
Qaats teg ii'eh taht swppjt eh ohtla
Mmas eht tsuj siht daer
Terre—How so?
Cloiss—Lots of speed but no con-
trol.
NAUGHTY, NAUQWTY.
Eddie—(Telling a joke)—Do you
get the point?
Co-Eddie—if it s what ! think it is,
i don't, and you're no gentieman.
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Boy—tf ! should kiss you. er,—that
is—, er, nh—
Qiri—Tea, yes. go on!
(Business of going on.)
Firat Owi—"8pring is here!"
Second Owi—"Row do you know?"
First Owi—"Don't yon see aH thesociety buds bursting intd tHoomt"
The young man folded Ms newspa-
per and gave hts seat to tbe giri stand-
ing tn front of him. The car lurched,
and she plumped down. She smHed
prettily. "Tlaank you."
Now, thought the yoang man, here
was an opening for him—the giri was
undeniably pretty.
"Not at all," he said! lightly, amswer-
ing the smile. He had good teeth.
"You see. I deserve no thanks;. I in-
variabty give up my seat under two
conditions: if the recipient ta advanc-
ed tn years, or if she is pretty.' '
The girl was rather taken back, and
not at all sure that she should aot
snub the young man. But—after ail
what could it matter?—ahe decided! to
continue the conversation.
"And which am I?" ahe said.
He laughed. "I leave you to gnesa."
This was not what she expeeted,
and being feminina she tried a new
tack.
"Suppose at the same time i entered
this wretched car an old lady hat)
come in. Who'd you have given the
seat to?"
"Now," protested the young man,
"that's not fair. Really it's not fair.
If I say to you, then I'm an umchivat-
rous boor, and if I say to the old lady,
then I show iack of respect and lack
of attention to your undeniable beau-
ty." He bowed slightly, and laughed
*8*ta. "Scylla and Charybdis, you
know." se
The girt pouted: "t insist on an
answer!"
He paused, and transferred f§e
strap to hts other haad. "Weii," he
satd slowly, "I'd probtMy have kept
the seat myself."—Phoenix.
At the sound of a belt tecturen
cease, htmdreds oif ctaasroom 'boors
burst open, noisy tyowds pour out and,
flooding hails an<t cloisters for at few
brief miitutes, fi!e into other class-
rooms mod gradually settle into quiet.
The vogtee of the; professor rtsoa and
falls—mow gen da and patients now
chiding and ptern—pencils fly over
much used note. padR, a thousand stu-
dents! are deep in the quest of knowl-
edge^ That is; the TPbice of Riee.
The sounds ot flowing water is al-
most drowned by the roar of gas
lamps. Test tube -clinks against cruct
bit?, The steam, exhaust envelopes:
everything, in vapor. The harsh cltc-
ciac of the machinery is softened by
the whir of the motor. The electric
spark crackles in its liveliness. Ali
around ts industry. That ts the Vaice
of Rice.
The wierd beat of tom-toms echoes
the frMtzied jazz of the sliding cor-
net and piano, the wail of thQ violin
and the rhythmic peat of the xylophone
rends the air with boisterous gaiety
Ltthe bodies sway and glide over the
smooth floor as hearts and minds are
relaxed after the work o( the week
past. Everywhere there ts mirth and
happiness—that is the Voice of Rice.
The stirring music of a band vies
with the united yells of a thousand
lusty throats and the ground shakes
for many Mocks around. The crack
of the pistol, the shrill whistle of the
referee, the calling of signals, mingle
with th** final advice from coaches,
and—they're off! That is the Votoe
of Rice.
Now that hooch cannot be had—
And wine is stuff that used to be.
The oniy drink that satisfies
ts Every Ntte Socie-tea. *
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on tgin—
Off 4pn—
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