The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, November 25, 1921 Page: 1 of 6
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VOLUME VH
MCE INSTITUTE, HOUSTON, TEXAS, NOVEMBER 25, 1921
NUMBER 11
MCE WELCOMES
ALUMNI AT THIRD
ANNUAL REUNION
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(By RoseHe Hurley, '21).
Thanksgiving Day is here again
and with it all the graduate students
who can possibly get here for the
third annual home-coming of Rice
Atumni. This is a great day for aH.
The student body gets an opportunity
to become acquainted with the Alumni
and thus to see how the true spirit of
Rice lives on among her students after
the few years of attendance here,
which come to an end when the long-
looked-for degree is received. On the
other hand, the Alumni come back and
view with pride the progress Rice has
made in the last few years, and they
renew with their associates the old
iove for their school and its achieve-
ments. Thus this day affords an op-
portunity for bringing together the
graduates of Rice with the students
in attendance so that they are all one
college body, with the interests of
Rice at heart.
The association of Rice Alumni has
been organized since Thanksgiving,
1919, when we had our big home-com
ing after the war. We now have 303
members of the association, and its
organization is practically perfected.
Rice's Alumni are now doing a great
deal of work in the realm of "spread-
ing Rice propaganda" and using their
influence to get the best of students
at Rice.
In this connection it is interesting
to note the activities of the Rice
Dallas Club, which has a membership
of 40 or 60. F. W. Harris is president
club is composed of graduates an
ex-students of Rice. Early in Septem-
ber they gave a dinner to a number
of prospective students and did some
fine work in showing up the merits
of our school. We need more of such
clubs. Why can't we have them?
Houston, especially, ought to have a
similar organization.
Today is crowded with pleasures for
the homecoming Alumni. Beginning at
8:30 a. m. with an E. B. L. S. break-
fast at the Brazos Court, given in
honor of the old members who have
returned for the reunion. The Eliza-
beth Baldwin Literary Society is the
oldest literary society at Rice, having
been organized in 1916, and it has
many ex-members among the Rice
graduates. This Thanksgiving break-
fast is a charming custom and one
which brings great pleasure to the
present members, but affords even
more delight to the Alumni members
who are thus given the Chance of
keeping in touch with their literary
society of student days.
At 10:30 a. m. there is the business
meeting of the A. R. A. in the Physics
Amphitheatre. This is really the first
opportunity of the day for an ex
change of greetings and expressions
of pleasure at seeing old classmates
again. The business of thef meeting
is the election of officers for the new
year. The officers of the past year
(1920-1921) are Ervin (Tiny) Kalb,
'18, president; Vemer Benton, '17,
ERVIN KALB ^
President of the Association of
Rice Alamni
vice president, and Samuel G. Mc-
Cann, permanent secretary and treas-
urer. "Tiny" is unable to be here to-
day, for he is working in Savannah,
Ga., for the firm of Weatherford,
Crump & Co., cotton exporters.
Candidates for president and vice
president for the new year C21-'22)
are:
For president: Harry M. Bulbrook,
'16; Gaylord Johnson, '21; and Albert
Tomfohrde, '17.
For vice president: Marguerite John
'19, and Anna Schirmer Vilbig, '20.
This afternoon at 3 o'clock comes
the football game with Oklahoma Uni-
versity. A number of our old grid-
iron stars are back and every one is
expecting a good fight by our team,
which played so well a few weeks
ago against A. & M.
Tonight at 8:30 Alumni festivities
take the form of a dinner-dance in
.the Commons. From the reports
which have been in the air lately it
appears that in the matter of "eats",
Mr. Beraud is going to cover himself
with glory, and it is urged that all
save room for this second Thanksgiv-
ing dinner. Each class is to have its
own table where class talk can run
riot. The Rice orchestra, known as
"The Joy Spreaders," is to be on
hand to furnish mus!c for those desir-
ing to dance, and incidentally to give
the Alumni a chance to find out what
a good orchestra Rice now has in the
field of "jazz" music.
!ige at 12:30 on the
campus is W mark thg close of the
day's fun. Undergraduates are also
invited to this part of the celebration
which will indicate the end of the
third annua! reunion of Rice Alumni.
Among the graduates who are com-
ing from out of town for the home-
coming are:
Georgia Comfort, from Hillsboro;
Tiliie Hirsch, from Cuero; Mr. and
Mrs. Otto Eisenlohr, from Dallas; Mr.
and Mrs. J. S. Vilbig, from Dallas;
Clifton Shaw, from Lake Charles, La.;
H. M. Bulbrook, from Ft. Worth; B.
C. Harris, from Galveston; Dudley
Jarvis, from Oakhurst.
SOONERS MEET
OWLS IN GRIDIRON
CLASH THURSDAY
"FIVE ACES '
Whom Yerges will depend upon to carry off the honors from Oklahoma
BASKETBALL TO
START DEC. 1ST
Varsity and Freshman basketball
squads have been called for practice
December 1. With three letter men
from the team of '21, a number of
stars from last year's Freshman
squad, and Howard Yerges for coach,
Rice has no need to worry over her
team of goal shooters. It wil be led
by Hugh McKean, guard, one of the
hardest fighters who ever stepped on
a court. He is known as the "basket-
ball player who is all over the court
at one time."
Yerges will leave his gridiron work
to coach the varsity. Yerges made
a name for himself in basketball at
Ohio State; he knows the game and
has the respect of his student prote-
gees.
The schedule will include games
with Simmons, Baylor, A. & M., Tex-
as, S. M. U. and L. S. U. AH games
will be played on Fridays and Satur-
days.
Kennedy, forward, with two letters
to his credit, and with the same fight
he displays on the gridiron, is a whirl-
wind on the floor; Todd, forward, is
another star who will be seen in the
Rice line-up. Other good men who
are expected to reporf are Alexander,
Coleman, Stewart, and Dutton. Cole-
man made his "R" in '20, but was not
in action last year because of an in-
jured arm. Alexander captured a let-
ter in '20. Bob Winnsborough, who
made a tetter in '18, will probably re-
port.
Wiilis and Swarfz are two good
men from the Slimes of last spring.
Campbell, Tisdale, Baker, Roberts and
James McKean are others who will
have an opportunity to show their
worth.
Freshman prospects are not known,
but Coach Mpnn will have his ma-
terial sorted ont in a short time.
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YfN a rousing Rice welcome to the Alumni of Nineteen
Sixteen, Seventeen, Eighteen, Nineteen, Twenty, and
Twenty-one, on the occasion of the third annua!
Thanksgiving Day reunion of the Association of Rice
Alumni, the trustees, faculty, fellows, graduate students,
and friends of the institution join with the ciasses of
Nineteen Twenty-two, Twenty-three, Twenty-four, and
Twenty-five. The great gate stands open wide, the sally-
port smilingly beckons, and all the cloistered arcades are
calling you. The commons and quadrangles, campanile
and academic court, and a college community of a thou-
sand souls are waiting to greet you. You may hot all
return, but those who do will find all the old spiritual
associations and many new ones. You will meet twice as
many faces, twice as many new faces among the students
here far the fir at time thia autw*.<\n as therq arc -umbel's
in your own growing ranks. You will find your old
friends in the faculty, and new ones among their more
recent colleagues. You will find the old Rice traditions
of faith and freedom, and fighting teams in scholarship
and sports. You will find all of us eager to share in your
rehearsal of old experiences, your recital of the old sto-
ries, your renewal of the old ties of interest and attach-
ment. But most of all we look forward to the accounts
of the newer enterprises and successes that from the
wider world you will bring back to the family circle.
The turkey and trimmings are browning, the back-log
burning, the kettle singing, the corn and chestnuts pop-
ping, and the slippers are on the hearth. And with all.
the warmest of cordial welcomes to the home-roost for aH
the fast-flying, full-fudged owls on the occasion of their
annual home-flight of 1921.
EDGAR ODELL LOVETT.
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TRINITY HOLDS
THE OWLS TO A
SCORE OF 28-14
The Rice Owi opened his eyes a tit-
tle wider when the Trinity University
team scored two touchdowns against
the Grey and Blue last Friday, taking
the smaii but honorable end of a 28-
14 score. The old bird had counted
conservatively on the four touchdowns
his team made but had not considered
for a moment the possibility of Trini-
ty's registering anything on her own
account. It was another case of over-
confidence upsetting the poise of the
Owl as he preened his feathers in the
rays of the hard-fought A. & M. game
a week before.
Trinity's points were scored on pure
headwork. There were no flukes. Their
eieven was no match for the Rice men,
who tore through them consistently
for 24 first downs, but their feat in
holding the score as low as it was
gave them the laurels of the day.
The game, which was attended by a
small crowd, was marred by a strong
wind blowing nearly parallel with the
fieid. Pdbts and forward passes were
uncertain, runners were held back by
the strong currents and spectators
never knew what to expect next from
the gridiron. The lassitude of the
Rice team was also a drawback to
proper enjoyment of the contest.
Rex Morrison probably starred for
the visiting Tigers, getting off some
long punts and figuring in plays that
counted heavily. Pettlt and Learing
scored touchdowns for Trinity. For
Rice, Chambers and Swartz ptayed;
fine caiibre games, Swartz gaining
abundant yardage on his fast dashes }
through end. Chambers scored two j
touchdowns and four fieid goats,!
Swartz made a touchdown and Ken-
nedy, up to his usual smashing, div- i
ing form, scored the remaining six
points.
The game began with Kennedy's;
kickoff against the wind, the entire
Owt! team dashing up fieid to down
the receiver. Trinity, instead, gave
Morrison the bail and he punted back
over the head of the Rice safety man.
Pettit was outside when the bait was
thus returned, and he took possesion
of the ova) after a scrambte and car-
ried it over the Rice goat tine, Mor-
rison kicking goal for what is prob-
ably one of the quickest touchdowns
ever scored in a football game. Score,
Trinity 7—Rice 0.
Morrison kicked off to Rice. After
a series of first downs Rice invaded
deeply Trinity territory, and Kennedy
passed to DePrato over the goal line,
but the aeriat was not completed. The
bait was given to Trinity on her own
20-yard line. Morrison punted
Swartz returned 40 yards, barely fail-
ing to stretch his sprint to a touch-
down.
Kennedy made a touchdown before
many minutes had elapsed in the sec-
ond period. Chambers kicked goal.
(Continued on Page 8.)
The far-famed Sooner team, which
wilt appear on Rice fietd this after-
noon, is indeed a strong one, and the
Owts have a hard game before them.
There ate eight men on the Sooner
squad weighing over 200 pounds, and
the back fieid is considered one of
the fastest in the Missouri Vailey
Conference, with an average weight
somewhat above the weight of the Owt
backs. The Oktahoma U. team won
the Missouri Vattey Conference cham-
pionship in 1920 and tost comparative-
ty few men from the squad for this
season. White the Sooners have had
a very erratic season this year, they
are thought by most footbait critics to
have an aggregation that wiit put up
a good fight with any team in this
section of the country. On the whote,
their record for the year is somewhat
simitar to that of the Owts in that
they have tost games that they were
doped out to win, and in turn have
come back in the next games with
teamwork and strength that coutd not
beaten.
The Sooners are coached by Ben
Owen, an ex-Kansas man. and one
who has proved his ability to put out
a smooth working eteven. Coach Owen
is assisted by Groven Jacobson (Iowa,
1906). These two coaches accompan-
ied the squad to Houston.
The Sooners were taken in by the
strong Nebraska eieven and Missouri
atso watked off with a victory. Onty
tast Saturday the Kansas Aggies
managed a 14-7 victory on their home
fietd after att dope had pointed to-
wards their defeat. But from aH
indications, the Oklahoma team is not
discouraged by these defeats. They
expect to stage a come-back on the
fietd this afternoon that witt take the
Owts under. But, on the other hand,
the Yerges men have not been wast-
ing the week, and Rice enthusiasts
in footbatt circles expect the Owts to
stage a game this afternoon somewhat
simitar to the weit-remembered one on
Armistice Day, when the Texas Ag-
gies barety came out with a tie game.
Dope may be figured out in one
way through the Tulane team that
points toward a big victory for Ok-
tahoma, but figuring it a different
way through the Phittips Haymakers.
Rice has an even break with the Soon-
ers. Footbatt fans have teamed this
year to count on the indications of
footbatt dope about as much as weath-
er indications. The team that comes
out of the fray this afternoon with a
victory wilt be the team that puts up
the hardest fight and ptays true to
its best form shown this season.
Lawrence Haskeit captains the
Sooners at his station on right end.
Haskett is playing his fourth year
with the Sooners and made the second
Att-Vatley setection in 1920. Haskett
weighs 168 pounds and is considered
one of the strongest men on the team.
Roy Swatek, of whom much is ex-
pected in the Sooner backfield, recent-
ty sustained an injury, will probably
be in the game today as his injury has
nearty been forgotten. Swatek. plays
right half or full, weighing 174 lbs.
He is atso ptaying his fourth year
with the Oktahoma team. He made
first setection for the Att-Valtey fuit-
back position tast year and was se-
lected as full on an -All-Western team
picked out by various sport writers.
McKinley, at left guard, ptaying
his third year with the Sooners, and
weighing 190 pounds, will probabty
be seen in the fray today. McKintey
was setected as Atl-Valtey guard in
1920, and received honorable mention
by Walter Camp for the All-American
team in the same year.
Hamm, at center, is atso one of the
mainstays of the Sooner line, and will
probably be in the line-up. Hamm
weighs 190 pounds and plays a con-
sistent game. He is atso playing his
fourth year with the team.
Harry Hill at left hatf weighing 180
pounds and playing his fourth year
with the Oklahoma team, wit! most
likely appear on the field in the orig-
inal line-up. Hilt was selected as All-
Valtey halfback in 1920.
Others who will probably line up
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with the team this afternoon are Ed-
itnondson, tackle; Cut ten, guard;
i Bowies, tackie; Morrison, futl; ami
! Hendricks, quarter. These men arc all
counted upon to show up in the game
and Coach Owens expects them to
show the Owts some good football.
The Sooners are carrying from 15 to
)8 substitutes with them and several
of this number wilt probabty be given
a chanee in the game.
Oktahoma has a team that has six
men with it who have played together
for four years. In this respect it
matches up exactly with the Owls,
who have the same number. These
12 men wilt play their tast game of
footbatt in collegiate circtes this af-
ternoon and it is needtess to state that
neither team witt give up the game
without a stiff fight.
Foltowing is a record of the
Sooner team to date:
Centra] State Normal 0 Oklahoma
21.
Oklahoma Aggies 0, Oklahoma <!.
Washington University (St. Louis)
]3, Oktahoma 2S. ^
Nebraska 44, Oklahoma 0.
Kansas 7, Oktahoma 24-.
Missouri 24, Oklahoma 7,
- Kansas Aggies 14, Oktahoma 7.
SOPHOMORES TO
ANNOUNCE DATE
FOR TERM DANCE
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The first of the annua! Sophomore
dances is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov.
29. Committees have been setected
to ptan the affair and indications are
that the dance wiH be more than up
to standard.
The University Club has been chos-
en for the occasion, and Peek's Had
Boys wi!) suppty the symphony.
President Roy Chambers witt lead the
grand march at 9 o'c!ock. with Miss
Virginia Attwett.
The following committees are at
work: Finance and invitations—J. i
t'ampbeti, Henry Dorsey. Arthur
Heard; decoration—Sybil Denniston.
Janice Hammond, Lyda Cape]]. Henry
Dorsey, E. S. Weldon; program—H.
B. Pcaix, Robert Perry. Tickets wit]
be on sat# in the cloisters Friday. Ad-
mission wi]] be $2.00.
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CALENDAR
THURSDAY. NOV. 2)
8:30 a.m. E. B. L. S. Breakfast
in Brazos Court, honoring
Alumni.
10:00 a.m. Alumni Meeting in
Physics Amphitheatre.
3:00 p.m. Rice-Oklahoma foot-
ball game.
8:30 p.m. Atumni dinner-dance
in Commons.
8:30 p.m. Consolation dance at
Autry House.
12:00 p.m. Bonfire on Campus.
FRIDAY, NOV. 23
8:00 a.m. Meeting of Thresher
reporters in the Girls'
Ctubroom.
SATURDAY, NOV. 26.
8:00p.m Joy Spreaders'dance
in the Autry House.
SUNDAY, NOV. 27
9:30 a.m. Services in Autry
House.
MONDAY, NOV. 28
12:30 p.m. E.B.L.S. in Girls'
Ctubroom.
TUESDAY, NOV. 29
12:30 p.m. P. A. L. S. in Girls'
Clubroom.
8:00 p.m. Rice Forum, Autry
House.
WEDNESDAY. NOV. 30
12:30 p.m. Y. W. C. A. Cabinet
meeting. Girls' Clubroom.
4:30 p.m. Dance in Autry
House.
7:00 p.m. Address by Captain
Irving, under auspices of
Y. M. C. A., In Commons.
THURSDAY, DEC. I
12:30 p.m. Y. W. C. A. in Girls'
Clubroom.
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