The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, October 14, 1921 Page: 2 of 4
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THE THRESHER, HOUSTON. TEXAS
THE THRESHER
A weekly newspaper published by
the Mtudentw of Rice lnntitute at Hous-
ton. Texan.
Entered as second class matter Octo-
ber 17. 1916, at the postoffice in Hous
ton. Texas, under the act of March 3,
1879.
Subscription rates
$2.00 per year, 10c per copy
Thresher Office—Room 10* A. H.
THRESHER 8TAFF, 1921-22
A. 1). Batjer, '23 Bditor-in-Chief
Jake Henry. Jr.. '23 Business Manager
R S. Bickford. '23 Managing Editor
the wi!! of the students. The Thresh-
er would atso be glad to pubtish in its
columns an expianation of the matter
by anyone who shouid care to make
the explanation.
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REAL R!CE $R)R)T.
That reai oid Rice spirit was cer-
tainty in evidence iast 8unday morn-
ing New students caught it and the
oid ones teamed it a)t over again, it
takes a defeat once in a white to bring
out the best that is in a person and
the same idea certainty appttes to a
sehoot.
When the news came from Waco
that the team had been defeated there
were regrets expressed and everyone
fett btue for a white. But there was
tittte time tost before plans were un-
der way for meeting the team at the
train the next morning. And Sunday
morning at 5:30 o'ctock the men in the
dorms were awakened to meet the
train, it takes reat spirit and deep
Editor)*) Department.
Fanny Btack. '23 Associate Editor
W. M. Darting, 23 News Editor feeting to get up at that hour in the
Ben Mitchell. '24 Ass't News Editor 'Homing—and on Sunday morning at
Margaret Blackweii. '22 that. Att but a very few men met the
Ass't News Editor train and those few were sorry after-
Buford Goodwin. '23 Sports Editor ; wards in more w.tyg than one that they
E. S. Weidon, '24 Feature Editor did not go down.
Tannie Lee Oliphant, '23 Co-Ed Rditor
R. M. Winnsboro. '23 Hoots H.;ior
Business Department
Don Walker. '2K Circulation Manager
aer breakfast Captain Eddie Dyer
tttade a iittie taik from the bottom of
his heart. He expressed the apprecia-
tion of the team for the spirit sh i s n
11. X. Aitken. '23 Advertising ^ "* ""*? ""J""'', """ ^
the team could realize just how much
that reception a; the station meant to
them. T): tram and the coaches fett
Harry Copeiand. '23 Advertising !
Mancis Van Xandt. '23 Advertising
Francis Van Xandt, '22 Advertising
Reporters
Julitt i'lcasattts Aima Davidson
JctomcSwinfotil ]< T. Rowe
one hundred per cent better after
they got hack to Houston, it was hard
on them to iose the game and it made
them fee) better to know that the
students realized that they had done
their best.
Such a defeat shout;) add strength
to both the team and the students. AH
Mice was too over-confident. Hut be-
cause the team has [out one game is
no reason to give up hopes for this
football season, no matter how hard it
is t < keep up spirits. There are yet
seven good games on the scheduie and
six of these are to be in Houston. The
team that came [tack from Waco is a
stronger team and a more determined
one: the students that met them at
the station are hacking them up even
stronger than before the trip to Waco;
ami the best games are yet to come.
The trip to Austin wiii cost $9.60
railroad tare. That is within the
means of most of the students and is
the bent that the railroads can do. The
special train will leave Houston prob-
abiy at eight in the morning, reach-
ing Austin at noon. It wii) ieave
Austin for the. return trip about 12 at
night, reaching Houston early Sunday
morning. There wiii be chaperones
for the girls and there is no reason
... , why there should not be fuli Mice root-
< o op rather than gaming tor m some ^. tion at the game on Ciark Fieid.
cases^h^price of articies in the Co-op y R
lhan for the same articies in . i j. . . ^ .
ores* -fn-nio^r cases llfef ^
Iirices are the same.
THE CO-OP.
There has been much criticism cott-
ti-rttittg the Coop liutittg the iast two
weeks and as the Co-op was oiso the
subject of some discussion )ast year.
The Thresher feeis that there shouid
be an investigation of litis matter. The '
Thresher has received severai ietrers
from students of the institute, asking
'bat there bo some discussion of it in
the editorial columns. There were
two letters received aiso that were in-
tended for pubiication but they were
not signed by their authors, and it is
against the poifcy of The Thresher to
print unsigned articies of criticism.
One cause for grievance seems to
tie it; the fact that the prices charged
by the Co-op are unreasonable. This
is indeed a just cause for criticism as
the originai purpose of the Co-op's ex-
istence was to save money for the
students. Hut with the prices that
have been charged during last year
and aiready this year, it seems that
the students are losing through the
ts
There are no overheat] expenses to
the Co-op except the saiaries for the
manager and the cierks, and a few
other minor items. There is no rent
to pay and there is very littie expense
for advertising. These are only a few
of the ways whereby the Co-op saves
over the city store. There is one de-
taii. however, that is a decided loss to
the Co-op and that is the left-over
books and suppiies that can not be
soid. Hut this fact is one that must
he met as ati other businesses have it
to contend with—there can he no ex-
cuse for exorbitant prices along that
line. Taking the figures of iast year's
business that was done by the Co-op,
and ailowing for every expense, with
the modest estimate there woutd he a
profit of $2,50" or more, provided, of
course, that the business was properly ****** '
managed. And the figures for last The Writing Ctuh met iast Friday
year tnight serve as a fair estimate for , afternoon at the Autry House. Dr.
practices? Everyone else is. You
wili fee) funny tomorrow up there in
t h e grandstand w h e n everyone
eise knows aii the yelis and you can't
join in. There is some new stuff go-
ing on after supper every night. Bet-
ter come see what it is.
Have you thought over that idea
about having the men and women
seated separateiv in the grandstand?
The rooting wiii be much better than
if they were seated together.
WRUNG CLUB
HAS MEETING
Midnite Memos.
Otd team, remember that second
verse of our gridiron song? Woti,
them were our sentiments exactly tast
Saturday nite. Bum luck, that's ait;
but of man tuck is on our side to-
morrow!
How does that Stime team took to
you now. after hotding Port Arthur?
Go to it. Fish, we're for you.
Anybody not going to be at that Tu-
iane game tomorrow? if you are not,
you had better be out of Houston!
One good thing about having Stime
(Shorty) Jenkins as our next yeli lead-
er is that we won't have to change the
name when Mayer leaves us.
The Slimes have received their belts
and they wiii be aiiowed to step out
in Ahem on Armistice Day or there-
abouts.
"Bayior won from the Owls, but
there was not a student of the game
who did not leave Carrol fieid knowing
that Rice has a team which would yet
give the conference winner a run for
the honors. "—Houston Post.
That's what our friends think of
that oid team!
—r-R
If aii those who want to register a
kick would piay footbail. and alt those
w ho w ant to knock woutd try out for
basebaii. Hice wcuid he a better place
: to live in.
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Otte of the Siimesses who was proud
of Jter public-speaking ability said she
wanted to take a course in "electricu-
! tion" just to "finish her off."
At the Majestic last Tuesday some
Slime hoilet-ed. "Yea. Rice!" just as
otte of the dancers reached the ctimax
of what w as termed "shawing a wicked
; one. " He had evidently been present
at some of the school dances. How
! about that Slime dance? Everyone is
printed for n free dance, anyway.
The Mi Campo Slime is getting to
be quite a fixture in the mess halt, tt'
on]y his girl couid see him now!
Wet), I guess of Bloody will strut
out tomorrow at the head of the Owl
'musicians. Shades of Drum Major
Dynes, assist him!
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i'ersottailv, we believe in hazing, but
"ben it comes to making the Fresh-
man girls wear long dresses we rise to
protest.
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As the blushing bride said to the
furniture saiesman, "Twin beds are aii
! very well, but there is no use getting
j them til) we have the tw ins."
Everybody is anxious to see the
Varsity tie into the Freshmen on the
! gridiron. According to custom, the
game should come off in a few days.
ADVBORY LECTURES
WILL BE GIVEN TO
SUHE
According to the ptan originated tast
year, a series of advisory iectures wii!
be given the Freshman engineers by
members of the engineering faculty.
This ptan catts for severat tectures by
each head of a department on the spe-
ciai branch of engineering that is cov-
ered by his department. This was
found to be an excettent idea and att
Freshman engineers wiii be required
to attend the tectures. It is under-
stood that these lectures are atso open
to anyone who might be interested in
the subjects to be presented.
The first tecture witt be given Sat-
urday, October 15. by J. H. Pound,
Mem. A. S. M. E., head of the me-
chanicals. on "The Training of an En-
gineer." This lecture is expected to
hetp the Freshman to understand some
of the preliminaries necessary in be-
coming an engineer.
This lecture wilt be followed on the
next Saturday by H. K. Humphrey, as-
sistant professor in engineering, head
of the eiectricats, with the subject,
"How to Keep Off of Probation." This
lecture, by its very title, shows its im-
portance.
Four other lectures, scheduled for
Saturdays in January and February,
will discuss the life and work of the
civil, mechanical, electrical and chemi
cal engineers. The speakers wiii be
members of the faculty from the
branch of the profession being dis-
cussed. All of these lectures wiii be
held in No. 212 physics laboratory at
11:30 Saturdays.
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The machine shop waii now carries
a display case containing specimens
of work done by members of the en-
gineering shop classes, it now con-
tains work done by Lee. Scharn-
berg. Swinford, Bushong, Lehman and
Henry: but from the amount of space
remaining, it would appear that other
good pieces are expected from future
classes.
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ling with Style and serv-
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In a c!ass by itself at
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Similar Style
at $10.00
TeH "DUCK" AITKEN your shoe trouMes.
He's Oar Representative.
—CoMegt <SAot* /or CoMtg* Ma—
FFLY & SCOGGt
SHOE CO.
524 MAIN ST. MCE HOTEL BLOCK
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TYPEWRtTERS
New and Rebuilt
A H m a k e *
Rented, S o! d and Exchanged
Ribbon*, Carbon* and Supplies
ALLMAKES TYPEWRITER EXCHANGE
'It
611 Fannin Street
Preston 3506
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KLUX KLAM
VISITS PHILIPPS U
this year as the business of the Co-op ;
t an )«' counted on each year as being :
approximate)) the same. The figures
on the profit for each article could be
narrowed down this year so that
there would he a smalier profit.
The main cause for criticism is the
fact that there is no provision for re-
fund at the end of the year. !n the
first year of the existence of the Co-op
there was provision made for refunds
by tickets w hich were given with each
purchase mude so that'at the end of
the year the profits of the business
could be divided among the student
patrons in proportion to the purchases j
they had made. But the Campanile]
fell short of funds in that year and at I
a mass meeting of the students it was !
voted that everyone tear up his tickets
^id let the profits he given the Camp- j terial.
Lovett read to the ctuh an address
which will iong be remembered by
them as an example of reat literature.
The address, interesting, entertaining,
and inspiring, created a stimulus to-
ward creative effort, which is already
producing fruit in the form of various
manuscripts. A copy of the address
was secured by the club and will be
kept in its literary fiies.
for the benefit of new members the
following extracts front the constitu-
tion of the club were read:
The object of the club is to associ-
ate students of Rice institute in fel-
lowship for mutual encouragement and
assistance in the craft of writing.
"it is understood that poetry, essays,
fiction, drama and any other form of
written expression are acceptable ma-
Phillips U.. Enid. Okla.—Masked
horsemen dashed up to the girls' dor-
mitory at Phillips U. recently, leaving
a purse behind them with the following
note on it:
"To the young womanhood of Pltil-
lips U.: Accept this littie gift in the
spirit in which it was given, to assist
you in buying porch chairs. We believe
in the purity of womanhood and will al-
ways be ready to defend and protect
j the mothers and daughters in these
United States.
"Enid Ulan No. 5, Enid, Okla.
"Membership 1084—100% Men."
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WITHDRAW FROM
S. W. CONFERENCE
anile. This provision, however, was
made only for the one year.
Last year there were no tickets
given at ail and the small profits that
were made were turned over to the
Student Association in the sum of onty
a few hundred dollars. This year
there have been no tickets given out
and the students are beginning to won-
der just what fund the profits witl go
to. There shouid be some definite un-
derstanding about this matter. The
purpose of every co-operative store is
supposed to be that the owners are
the ones who make the purchases and
the profits atways go to the owners.
But there seems to be a different in-
terpretation of the matter at Rice.
The other function of the co-operative
store is to save money for the pur-
chasers and this fact atso seems to
have been negtected.
The Co-op is a good thing for any
sehoot and Rice shoutd see that hers
is kept up. But Rtce shoutd aiso see
that its Co-op is functioning in its
proper manner. It is not the faait of
the present manager of the Co-op for
he is merety taking the exampte of his
predecessors But the Co-op commit-
tee shoutd take the matter up and see
that there is a proper interpretation of
The club is a voiuntary organiza-
tion, without fines or penalties and
w it It no dues except such as members
of the ctub may from time to time
voluntarity assess themsetves by a
two-thirds vote of those present.
"The ctub depends for its existence
on the interest and good wiii of its
members, and, in ptace of governing
ruies. reties on esprit de corps, the
ioyaity of the members to the objects
of the ciub and their sense of mutual
benefit derivable from association for
the promotion of that object.
SCHOLARSHIP FUND
FOR BAYLORITES
Bayior U., Waco, Texas.—A cam-
paign is now on foot in which the citi-
zens of Texas, and especiatiy the Bay
tor Alumni, are asked to contribute
BMfger Bayior Scholarships of (160
each. The Lions Ctub of Waco has a!-,
ready agreed to take fifteen of these
scholarships and they are sponsoring
the campaign in every way possible, it
is reported that the Kiwanis Ctub and
the Rotary Club are atso seriously con-
sidering this proposition.
i'bilipps U., Enid, Okia.—in view of
the fact that the Southwest Confer-
ence ruling, which bars first year men
from participation in non-conference
games, was not amended, Phitiipps
University seriously contemplates
withdrawing from the conference. The
necessity of this action is deepiy re-
gretted by the P. U. Athletic Councii,
but their realization of the handicap
under which Phiitips woutd be working
prompted their course.
Narns-Ti/aA/o Com/Mm/
"Heart o' Houston
—Ju*t a year oid
—and growing rapidly!
We take this mean* oi a**uring yon that we *baH, at aH time*,
endeavor to merit a continuance of your patronage—and to win
the confidence oi tho*e who have not, a* yet, given u* the privi-
!ege of *erving them.
Comer of Main and Texa*
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S. M. U. HAS LARGE
ENROLLMENT
LIST
S. M. U., Daltas, Texas.—More than
1,000 students had enrotied in the Cot-
tege of Libera] Arts and the Sehoot of
Theotogy when registration ctosed
Wednesday afternoon. Figures from
the registrar's office show that prac-
ticaiiy 400 more students have atready
30rotted than at this time tast year.
A decided increase is found in the
Spanish, history and mathematics de-
partments. in Spanish. 600' students
are enrotted. The ctasses in freshman
history show an increase of approxi
mateiy 26 per cent. *
CHECKS CASHED}
None too targe or
smaii for us to handte.
TRICE'S Social Calendar calls for too many
Formal Occasions for you to be without a
Tuxedo.
This firm has established a notable reputation in
the matter of fitting men properly for. Social
Functions. And remember, it isn't how little you
pay, but it's the style—the fit and finish you get
that counts. *
By oar plan the denial of that dignity and pleas-
ure a Tuxedo always afford* is unnecessary.
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