The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 27, Ed. 2 Friday, April 8, 1921 Page: 5 of 6
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THE THRESHER. HOUSTON, TEXAS
PAGE F!VE
"BatthtMaV.
GooJ Loo^'ng C/ofAas
For /Ae Young A%en
Fa!! d $tyle and qmJity. Our C!oth$a have
thait hdivMm! look which A$<n $tmd
out Mnony*t other Clothe!.
Ready-made C!othes Tailor-made Clothes
618 MAIN 8T.
MYStEMESOFLABS
Wni BE SHOWN TO
HMH SCHOOL BOYS
ArchitoctanJ and Physic*
Departments to Ani$t
"GOOD THINGS TO EAT"
MILWAUKEE DELICATESSEN AND CAFE
WM. and BARNEY SCHOLL, Proprietors
FRENCH PA8TRY OUR SPECIALTY
Phones Preston 4247, 588S
811-813 MAIN STREET, HOUSTON, TEXAS
TRACK SHOES AND GYM
SU!TS
Tennis Supplies, Rackets Restrung,
Basket Ba!! and aM other Athletic
Supplies.
SPECIAL PRICES TO STUDENTS
C. L BERING CO.
1009 Capito! Avenue
SHIRTS
With
BUTTON DOWN
COLLARS IN WHITE
312 Main St.
WRITING CLUB
HOLDS MEETING
The Writing Ctub he!d its regutar
meeting iast Tuesday in the gtrts'
c!ub room. A very interesting pro-
gram was presented in which severe!
good stories and poems were read by
the various members of the ciub.
Dr. Axson is now especially inter-
ested in having the members write
on iocai subjects presenting condi-
tions of this country in their own set-
tings.
It was decided by the members to
meet hereafter in the art room in or-
der to do away with the formal air
of the class room. Refreshment witi
be served from time to time at the
different meetings.
The ciub is stow!y growing and wtii
soon be one of the leading factors of
Rice. Everybody is cordiaiiy invited
to join the ciub or visit its meetings.
BOBBY MOORE IS
OWLS'NEW MASCOT
A R3w acquisition of the baseba!)
team's is the tittte mascot, Bobby
Moore, who diligentty tends at) his ef-
forts to retrieving fou] baits and yett-
ing for the team to the utmost power
of his tungs. Bobby is a Houston boy
who started coming out to Rice every
afternoon during the basket bait sea-
son and who has made himsetf so gen
eratty usefut since basebatt began that
he ha3 been adopted as the regutar
mascot of the team. His chief offtcia)
duties are acting as bat boy and keep-
in.? track of the batts, but his greatest
function is being "pep-producer " and
he has weit succeeded in keeping the
moraieoftheteamatahigh pitch.
On the A. and M. trip Bobby was ev-
erywhere at once and ctearty outshone
the Farmer's mascot. He not out-
performed his regutar duties wet] but
easity hetd his own against the bar-
rage of caustic remarks turned toose
in his direction by the A. and M. root
in.g section.
Considering his age, Bobby is a re-
markabte performer with a basebatt,
basket batt or footbatt, and some day
in thp future Rice expects to have a
star athtete named Bob Moore.
The Engineering Society, assisted
by the Architecturat and Physics De-
partments, has completed its plans for
the laboratory exhibit to be given be
fore the high school track meet here
April 15 and 19.
W. N. Bush has charge of the ex-
hibit. The various departments have
been assigned to members of the En-
gineering Society who wiit work up
the details of the exhibit. John Be-
shara is head of the mechanicat en-
gineering, B. 1. Stiil of the etectrica),
L. Ehrenfeld of the chemicat and
Geo. Morrison of the civii engineer-
ing. Morrison wiit run the machines
testing the strength of materials. A
1-inch steet tetisiie specimen witt be
putied in two. The high schooi boys
wiit be attowed to guess at the amount
of force exerted in order to break the !
specimen. The one coming ctosest
wit! be presented with a Rice banner'
which wiit be donated by the Co-Op.
The physics exhibits witt be con-
ducted under the supervision of Dr.
Ricker and Dr. Witson. Ettis and
Cater wiit have the radio sets working
and a comptete wiretess demonstration
wiit be given to each boy.
Staytou Nunn witt have the archi-
tecturat drawings which were submit-
ted in the recent southern contest on
disptay. The first prize drawing was
made by Athua Ellis and Nunn won
honorabte mention.
J t. Corneitson wit] have charge of
the Senior hydrauttcs exhibit. R. E.
Warn wit] demonstrate the instru-
ments used in Sophomore surveying.
Bert Mutersbaugh witt arrange the
drafting room disptay.
Practicatty att the things seen in the
Engineering show tast year witt be
staged again. The thunderous fty witt
be heard watking about the watts of;
a glass tube. Wade Mount wiit aston-
ish the visitors by shooting ten and
fifteen-inch sparks about the room
with high frequency Testa coits, do-
ing such stunts as tighting a gas jet
with a spark from his finger. The
mono-rait gyroscopic raitway wit) be,
in evidence again. One witt have a
chance to get senttmenta) in the fa-
mous Chamber of Sighs. Dr. Witson
will take plain n!<t air and press it
into an intensety cotd tiqui& A num-
ber of new stunts have been ptanned
atso.
The Engineers have requested that
the academs take it upon themsetves
.to show th high schoo] men thru the
tabs. The show w)tt be running Fri-
day night from 7 to!). Al) the pro-
fessors have rendered every possibte
aid tn making the show a success and
the Engineering students wish to ex-
press their gratitude to them.
iSoc!*E*ry ]
The Alpha Rho Club announces as
Its pledges Llndsey Blayney, Jr., J.
1. Campbell and E. S. Weldon.
The Idlers Club announces as Its
pledges R. M. Perry, L. P. Livingston,
Roy C. Chambers. Henry B. Pe&ex,
D. C. Lawrence, Clinton Roberts, C.
P Tadlock, L. E. Bush and Harold
Moore.
The Samurai Ctub announces as Its
pledges Harry Ktotz, Charles Swartz,
Ray Doherty, Olaf Dodds and Jack
Grant and Lonnle Thomas.
The dance in the commons Thurs-
day night, given for the benefit of the
Junior prom was wett attended both
by Rice students an/! several people
from town.
Miss Bessie Smith spent the week
end at the university in Austin as the
guest of Miss Edna Hogan for the
Angter's dance on Friday, Aprlt 1.
A dance sponsored by the Junior
ctass is to be given in the commons
tonight.
Dr. Watker accompanied by Mr.
Oberte spent the week end in San
Antonio, returning in time to meet
ctasses Monday.
Mr. Edmund, "Frenchy" Hebert
was a visitor tn the ctoisters Mon-
day. He expects to tocate in Hous-
ton 'n the near future.
Mr. Wittie Lipsitz, a former Rice
student, was a visitor in the dorms
tast week.
As this issue goes to press, news is
received of the marriage of Miss Min-
nie Hi<-e. a senior at Rice iast year.
Miss Marjorie Lewis, a popular Rice
co-et). entertained the members of the
Btue Moon Ctub Tuesday afternoon
witt) a Majestic party. After the show
they went out to Miss Lewis' house,
where tea was served and an enjoy-
able hour was spent.
E. B. L. S.
TttemembersoftheE. B. L. S. had
the priviiege of enjoying a very in
terestmg meeting, Monday, Aprii 4th.
At tite suggestion of the president i)
was decided not to give a ptay this
term, but to put ait our effort towards
making the May Fete a success. Af-
ter the singing of the ctub song Miss
Luta Higgins gave a very intimate ac-
account of President Harding's tife.
Fottowing this Ota Brown read a short
poem from Harding's pen. Miss Ctyde
Kuykendatt discussed Harding's cabi-
P. A. L. S.
The iife and characteristics of the
American poet, Edgar Lee Masters,
were presented by Miss Merte Cottev
and some of his poems, including "Si
ience" and excerpts from "The Spoon
River Anthotogy," were read by Miss
Carotyn Gemmer.
DEAN CALDWELL
IN AUTO WRECK
CHAHLOTTK W1LSOM TO
AOOHMS WOMAN'S CLUB
Mrs. Karle Wilson Baker of Nacog-
doches, who has made quite a name
In the literary word as Charlotte Wil-
son, will speak to the College Worn
M's Club at the University ciab at
S p. m. on AprH H. The students and
(acuity of Rice Institute are Invited
to be present.
Dean Caldwelt's automobite was un-
avoidably struck by an Institute street
car at the corner of Eagle and Fan-
nin streets last Monday afternoon.
His car was parked in front of Hen-
rich's pharmacy. He got in and start-
ed and as he did so the shuttle car
began backing around the corner to
make the usual turn. It struck the au-
tomobile on the left front wheel and
fender, completely demotlshlng the
wheel and doing some damage to the
radiator.
Dr. Caldwell was uninjured due to
the fact that neither car had gained
any great momentum.
IN THK COMMUNITY HOUSE.
Food Hound—"Say, my cocoa Is
cold."
Polly—"Well, why don't you put on
your hat suh."
19R23
"Rock <md—"Our poUy swallowed a
watch the other day."
Rye—"Well, what of It?"
Rock wad—"PoH-y-tlcks "
A LETTER FROM MtSS OPHELiA
LEGG.
! want to ask a favor. Anyone who i
witt send a tetter tetting att about a
track meet to the editor t'tt get and
much appreciate. See it's thts way. t
went to that thitv; they cat] a track
neet out there near Rice, and a very
nice Rice young gentteman took me.
but! didn't enjoy it very much. !
hadn't been to one ever before and !
thought it was going to be a sort of:
sociat tike our church meets down by
itrackorsomething. but it wasn't. In-
stead a whoie tot of men had taken,
off most of their ctothes, and 1 thou-h
atfirsttoughtn tatookat'em. but
averyone else did sol guessed it was
att right. Wett, they'd run around:
kicking up dust behind them tike our
old hen scratching for worms. Course
id forget att about them sometimes
and start tatking to Tommy real
sweet, but then, somebody'd shoot a
pistot at some of those men and they'-:
run ttkethey's scared to death. I;
thought it was me^n myself, but 11
didn't say anything about It. everybody
else seeming to think It the right thing
to do. Sometimes they hottered and
jumped and yelled, "Come on seven."
or somethtng tike that. But 1 woutdn't
even make my tittle curly pup run
around like that in the sun. It was
just bruta). Besides they didn't have
any hats on and they were getting a]]
freckled and sunburnt. W!)y, I was
worried about my skin and 1 had a
hat and a parasol and everything.
Well, I finally asked Tommy who
they were, and he said sort of super-
ior, "Oh, some of my friends." WeU,
I thought, If they were my friends I'd
say hello to them, anyhow.
I wanted to ask him whether It was
a sort of Initiation which I've been
explained about down town with the
Masons and Shrlners and all that
when the old ones mawe the new ones
do crummy things. But Tommy's so
sort of superior that I won't ever ask
him anything but play like I'm the
person who Invented the dictionary.
Well, Tommy had a paper like a dance
program and every time some boya
out on the field would yell through
those things that look like phonograph
home before they got new fashioned
and were called a Vlctrola—when
those fellows yelled through 'em Tom-
my would go about, me following Mm,
Idlers Entertain
Freshmen Pledges
The !<])ers Ctub entertained their
new pledges with a smoker tast Wed-
nesday night in the smait banquet
h;)ttoftheRiceHotet. Severatofthe
aimnni members were atso present.
The toastmaster for the occasion
was Matcotm Lovett. president of the
ciub. Speeches were made by Tiny
('obh. Tomfiiorde. Hebert. Fratey and
sinne of the active [Members of the
ciub.
APRiL ALMANAC AND WEATHER
FORECASTS. APRIL 1 TO 10.
Heavy rains in earty part. Damp-
ness and warm weather, t'eopie born
between these dates witi grow up to
manhood and womanhood if they have
a normat deveiopment. tf they have
ptenty of money they may not starve,
itattans born on these days witt tikety
speak one of the Romance ianguages.
^ APRiL 10 TO 20
Rains, cioudiness or sunshine. There
wilt be no snow. Peopie born on these
days witt team to enjoy the movies.
Boys born between, these dates be-
ware of att women. !f not born on
these dates beware of them just the
same.
APRtL 20 TO 30.
C!ouds and rains, interspersed with
sunshihe. Some wind. This is a very
depressing period so do not be born
on these days If you can hetp it.
Stenographers born between these
dates will chew gum. Boys and girts
should avoid too close associations as
It will stll! be spring. Some cotlege
students born on these dates witi at-
tend classes.
4a iwMtimtaf in
good appearance
IT'S not on!y the style in Kuppenheimer
Good Clothes—nor only the sincerity of fab-
rics and tailoring. It's the all 'round Kup-
penheimer goodness—a combination of every
high quality standard—that marks them as
a true investment in good appearance.
Haue yoa seen the
new sport motfefs?
LEOPOLD 6 PRICE
77)e Home o/ A!uppen/)e<mer C/o/Aes
"Gift Granny
If you want to send someone a gift—for birthday,
wedding anniversary, graduation or any other event—
come to the Harris-Hahlo store and have "Gilt (jtantiy"
find out what they wou)d iike to receive. Jt wilt a)t
be done secretly—the recipient wiH never know who
inquired—and your gift wit! be 100 per cent success-
fut because you wit) get. just what is wanted.
Gift Granny's Chimney Corner Is on the
Mezzanine Floor
HARMS-HAHLO COMPANY
"A MAN'S STORE'
The Newest
Straws
They Bring Out Your
Individuality
, A splendid showing in Saitor Straws
i in Sennets. Splits and Fancy Braids
—showing ait the new crowns and
brims—
$2.85 to $6.50
DOVBNB
A MAM S STORt
308 MAIN
&
Orange Blossom
Engagement Ring
Ring
and Wedding
RANGE Blossoms
have long been
the favorite Rowers of
the bride.
Now the modern bride
thritls in the possession of
the exquisite ORANGE
BLOSSOM Engagement
Ring, which later can be
matdhed by the wedding
ring shown above.
Mng/ 7*A:/
None Genuine Without 11"
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1. J. Sweeney lewetry Ca.
419 Main St., Car. Prairie
M-H
DUCHESSES AND MAtDS ELECTED
of course, and ask everybody what
they said and nobody knew, but some-
how he'd Had out, ! guess. cause he'd
Write something on his program. !
looked to see whether he gave me any
dances—or, of course. It wasn't dances
—but whatever It was. and he never
did give me any. ! got klnda mad,
but I dld*;t tell him, me being the tn-
dependent) type. Well, t was awful
bor*% and finally ! got up nerve to
tett Tommy I'd rather go riding or
something, and he said tike gtrts were
something to step on. "Oh. girts can't
appreciate fine athtetics." So that's
why ! want somebody to tet! me
what's so great about athletics—spe
dally track meets. I want to know
something awful so ! can show a cer-
tain young man that girls can ap-
preciate fine athletics, too.
Bud—"What do you do when you
mix acetone and phosphorus trichlor-
ide?"
Weiser—"Pray."
19R23-—
Mike—"He kissed her where she
stood."
Ike—"Huh, must have been a soul
kiss."—Pitt, Panther.
At a mass meeting of the girts in
the physics amphitheatre Wednesday
noon, duchesses and maids for tite
coming Mayfete were elected.
Miss Heten Roney was chosen duch-
ess of the Senior ctass. The maids
are to be Misses Mary Louise Hogg
and Inez Goodman.
Anah Mari Leeland is duchess of
Junior class. Louise Moore. Virginia
Atwel), Etla Brown and Marion Eaton
are maids.
The Sophomores elected Marguerite
Wessendorf duchess; Catherine Dut-
ton, Dorothy Radcliff, Tannle Lee 01!-
phlnt and Katherlne Lee. maids.
Mildred Miller was chosen duchess
of the Freshman class and the maids
elected were Sidney Sweat and Edna
Jones.
These girls are to choose their own
dukes.
Rehearsals for this pageant will
start Immediately under the supervls
Ion of Dr. Slaughter.
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