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PEP MEETING 12:25
PEP PARADE 7:30
VOLUME VIII
RICE INSTITUTE, HOUSTON, TEXAS, NOVEMBER 3, 1932
NUMBER 8
HALLOWEEN SOCIAL
GIVEN BY Y. M. C. A
HOWLING SUCCESS
$50,000 LOAN
FUND Ig BEGUN
Details of a plan to raise $50,-
000 as a perpetual loan fund to
aid worthy men and women stu-
dents to obtain an education at
Rice Institute were released
Wednesday by J. W. Evans,
prominent Houston cotton
broker. The movement is head-
ed by Mr. Evans, Chester H.
Bryan, J. P. Houstoun, Frank
Andrews, and George Hamman.
Twenty-Hve thousand dollars
has been raised so far, by means
of pledges of $100 per year for
five years by each of Hfty Hous-
ton business men. George Ham-
man is treasurer pro tempore of
the fund, and a faculty commit-
tee to pass on eiigibiHty for
ioans wiii consist of Prof. E. O.
Lovett, Dr. J. W. Siaughter and
Colone! Lindsey Biayney of Rice
Institute. Judge Chester Bryan
is credited with the initiation of
the ioan fund. Work has been
going on during the last three
L weeks.
Car Station
Being Built
Opposite R%ce
Construction of a street car waiting
rtntion at the Hermann Park enhance
opposite the Rice campus has been
begun iargeiy through the efforts of
Rice administrative officials, it is said.
Negotiations have been under way for
some time between the railway com-
pany and the office with a view to-
ward replacement of the old car shed,
torn down during the summer. The
new structure wiii be on the style of
the park paviiion, with concrete posts
and open waits. It is aileged it wiii
have a roof, aiso.
Oid "punkin head" King Haiiowe'en,
garbed a ia Y. M. C. A., provided a
good time for more than 100 men at
the Autry House Monday night.
In an atmosphere of dimmed lights,
flying witches, bats and other "scary"
things, the Slimes and upperclassmen,
all garbed in the very forma! mess
hall costumes, took part in and listen-
ed to a program arranged by H. B.
Penix, and Kid "Phoenix" gave the
"gang" what they wanted.
Everything started off in beautiful
order—just as in the mess hall. There
was a rush for the seats. Some of the
rushers were successful. The less for-
tunate ones gracefully draped them-
selves around the posts, the radiators
and the chandeliers.
Well, when everything and every-
body got quiet and quit bulling, H. B.
P. gave the command. Apples were
passed around, and each man took
"only one." Then baskets of pop-
corn came gliding through. Oh, how
grubhounds longed for hands as big
as shovels!
Traditional haiiowe'en stunts were
in order. An even half dozen Slimes
were recruited to perform on the stage
where apples dangled by cords from
the ceiling. One, two, three, go, and
the Slimes went. Shorty Miller was
first to dig his teeth into the hang-
ing fruit. He won t he first prize—a
doll. Slime Stubbs was the last man
standing. He quit in disgust when
the apple fooled him and slapped him
in the back of the head. Slime Win-
ters carried off all honors and crafty
Tierney all the apples in the apple-
washtub stunt. Tierney was one of
the supervisors of the contest. All the
strings were appleless when he left.
Winters also got a doll. A white
robed figure, "King Scarum I," pre-
sented the prizes.
"One apiece" was the battle cry
when the "ropes" were passed. Even
the Slimes smoked. Ben Duggan and
Cap Goodwin divided between them
(Continued on Page ft)
STUDENTS'
COUNCIL
MEETING
Rice now has a publicity board, as
the result of a bill passed at a special
meeting of the Students' Council Fri-
day. This board is to consist of Coach
Arbuckle and a committee of five ap-
pointed by the President of the Stu-
dents' Association. Arbuckle will
supervise publicity concerning ath-
letics, as he has done to a large ex-
tent heretofore, and the committee
will have charge of all other student
news. The special duty of the com-
mittee will be to issue a weekly bul-
letin of Rice news for the state pa-
pers. The intention of the bill is to
prevent the circulation of adverse pub-
licity to as large an extent as is pos-
sible.
A bill providing for all class dances
to be held only on Saturdays or Jays
before holidays was passed as a mat
ter of record, as a bill of similar con-
text enacted last year is at present
not available.
A request of the co-ed members of
the Students' Association for seating
facilities adjacent to the rooting sec-
tion was presented by Misses Eleanor
Taylor and Hazel Cannan. The re-
quest was turned over to the yell
leader and athletic manager with the
recommendation that it be granted in
so far as available seating facilities
permit.
A petition for money to supply the
co-eds with balloons for the Texas
game was rejected.
SCHOLARSHIP
AWARDSARE
ANNOUNCED
Three of the four Sharpe Scholar-
ship Awards have been announced by
the. dean of the Rice Institute, Doctor
Caldwell.
The recipients are Miss Genevieve
Friedenthal, Miss Mary LeGrande
Shacklett, J. C. Ritter, and Buford
Goodwin. One of the scholarships has
been divided. The awards were made
upon the recommendation of Dr. J. W.
Slaughter to those students who are
particularly interested in the social
sciences, and who have high scholastic
standing in this work. These stu-
dents have all had a large amount of
this work in the university and some
practical experience. In the awarding
of Scholarships the preference is given
to graduate students when they ap-
ply.
Both Miss Shacklett and Miss Fries-
enthal are preparing themselves in
this line for professional service, and
aside from their college work, both
have had practical experience.
Mr. J. C. Ritter has been actively
engaged in social settlement work in
New York City and Denver, Colorado,
during the past two summers.
Mr. Goodwin is generally interested
in economics, political and general his-
torical problems, which form the basis
of Ms award. This is one of the one-
half scholarship awards.
The other award has not been an-
nounced.
M. E. FOSTER TALKS
TO WRITING CLUB
PLAYS TO BE
GIVEN BEFORE
RICE ALUMNI
Rice alumni will see two of the
scheduled Dramatic Club fall produc-
tions on the night before Thanksgiv-
ing, Nov. 29, it was announced Wed-
nesday. The plays will He selected
from the forthcoming bill and will be
given with the same casts and stag-
ing. This performance will be given
at the Autry House following the
alumni banquet in the Commons.
Other announcements made Wed-
nesday afternoon included appoint-
ment of the following committees:
Production, J. C. Tidden; Advertising
and Publicity, J. T. Rather, Jr.; Prop-
erty, Bessie Smith, R. S. Bickford,
Eleanor Taylor; Floor Management,
Ben Mitchell; Tickets, Sybilmarie Den-
niston, W. M. Darling, Dale Shepherd;
Music, J. C. Tidden.
DRAMATIC CLUB
CASTS CHOSEN
Owing to the late arrival of one of
the plays to be presented by the Rice
Dramatic Club on November 23 and
24, the cast of "Back of the Yards"
by Kenneth Sawyer Goodman has just
been announced.
Those taking part are M. H. Alex-
ander, Hymen Plenn, Elisabeth Har-
rison, Hazel Cannan and E. R.
Duggan.
The other two plays to be given are
"My Lost Duchess" by R. N. Law-
rence, and "Puritan and Pagan" by
Casanova Jones. These plays are well
known among dramatic and artistic
circles and form a well balanced bill.
The casts have been selected from
a large number of try-outs and the
presentation will far surpass amateur
productions.
The ticket sale has not yet been
RICE-HOUSTON
ASSOCIATION
HOLD MEETING
One" of the most pleasing social
events of the past week's calendar
took place at. the Autry House last
Friday night when the members of
the Rice-Houston Association enjoyed
a "kid" party.
The party took the form of a coun-
try school. Mr. Carl Knapp, president
of the association, acted as the school
teacher and there were about forty
pupils of various types, the goodie-
goodies and the very bad boys being
well represented. The most conspicu-
ous bad boy was Mr. John T. McCants,
who was dressed as Huck Finn, while
Mr. Williams was the source of much
amusement as Tom Sawyer.
There was the usual roll call and
spelling match. Then the geography
class was called to order and the most
amusing questions were asked with
equally amusing replies, such as
"Where is Oregon, boys?" "She's
taking Oklahoma."
Then there was recess and all the
games that go with it, among them
"Follow the leader," taking the form
of an inspection tour over the building
for the beneAt of those who had never
seen the Autry House. During recess
ice cream cones were available in
great quantities, much to the kids'
delight. Dancing formed a pleasant
Anale to the evening's entertainment.
Three vocational talks will be given
in the Commons by three prominent
business men of Houston—an oil man,
a cotton man, and a lumberman—on
the nights of Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, November 7, 8 and 9 at 7
o'clock.
announced but it is understood that
tickets may soon be procured from
Autry House and in the Canteen.
There will also be down town offices.
&
Committee Ruling.
Absence from the dormitories for
two weeks was ordered by the hall
committee in a recent decision regard-
ing Theodore St. John Brown, sopho-
more resident of West Hall. Brown
was charged with violation of hall
committee rulings respecting the 8
p. m. "deadline" on unnecessary noise
in the haHs.
Am address by M. E. Foaterr-edit^r
of the Houston Chronicle, featured the
first alumni meeting of the Writing
Club, held at 8:30 p. m. Monday. Suc-
cess of the night meeting plan was
declared assured as a result of the
first trial.
Mr. Foster spoke on his own par-
ticular specialty, newspaper writing,
drawing from his well stocked experi-
ences for examples. He emphasized
the importance of feeling one's story.
"This, above the mechanism of the
most experienced hand, will AH a
story with human interest and make it
go," he said.
"Second in importance is the word-
ing of the story. Make the language
a*-s&mp!e ^eryi
reader will be able to understand
every word. The simple language of
the newspaper is often criticised as
unliterary, but consider the necessary
rush of the reporter in comparison
with the easy pace of other writers,
and the necessity for simple language
may be understood."
Other contributions to the program
were "An Essay on Understanding,"
by George Williams; "Six in a Shop,"
a play by Miss Elizabeth Mot-ford; an
American Indian poem by Mr. Steven-
son; "Herons," a sonnet by Margaret
Blackwell; "Babbitt," a review by
Gertrude Kellogg. The evening clos-
ed with a social meeting and the
serving of refreshments.
VOCATIONAL TALKS
TO BE MADE TO MEN
These men will talk on the sub-
ject of "How I can Use a College
Man in My Business."
These talks, deAnite and concrete in
character, are sponsored by the Rice
Student Y. M. C. A.
HIGH SCHOOL
GRID RESULTS
Central High School administered
a 39 to 0 defeat to Eagle Lake in a
game played at West End Park Sat-
urday morning. Practically every
man on the Central squad got a chance
to play.
Heights High Friday fought Port
Arthur to a 7 to 7 tie. Hines, play-
ing left end, sacked a pass from quar-
terback Golden and ran for the open-
ing touchdown. He is a brother of
Frank Hines on the Rice Freshman
squad and is considered one of the
best high school ends in the state.
Donaldson, Port Arthur quarterback,
tied the score when he broke loose for
a 40-yard run in the third period.
FrMty, November 3.
12:26 p. wt.—Pep meeting, Amphi-
theatre.
12:30 p. m.—E. B. L. 8., Autry
House.
7 :30 p. m.—Pep parade, Main
and Lamar.
Saturday, November 4.
3:00 p^m.—Rice-Texas game. Rice
8:00 p. m.—Dance, Commona.
Sunday, November 6.
At Autry House.
8:00 a. m.—C orporate Com-
munion Breakfast.
10:00 a. m.—Discussion Group.
6:10 p.m.—Open house.
Monday, November *.
1:30 p. m.—Writing Ciub, Autry
House. ^
4:30 p.m.—Band practice, De-
bating Room.
Tuesday, November 7.
12:30 p.m.- P. A. L. S.. Autry
House.
7:00 p. m.—Vocations! talk,
Commona.
7:10p. m —Y. M. C. A. Discus-
sion, Autry House.
Wednesday, November 8.
12:30 p.m.—Y. W. C. A. Cabinet,
Autry House.
4:30 p. m.—Hostess Dance, Autry
House.
7:00 p. m.—V o c a t i o n a i ta!k,
Commons.
7:80 p. m.—B n g i n e e ring So-
ciety, Commons.
Thursday. November 9.
12:30 p. m.—Y. W. C. A., Autry
House.
3:00 p. p).—VMt to Rice b y
Tex*! Federation Women*
Ciuba.
4:80 p. m. Band practice. Hoy*'
Debating Room.
8 :M p. m - Historic*! Society.
Autry Home.
OWLS ADMINISTER
A 6-0 DEFEAT TO
SOUTHWESTERN U.
Longhorn Players
1 A. G. M. Swenson (Capt), center.
2 Joe Moore, end.
3 Lane Tynes, halfback.
4 Ivan Robertson, halfback.
5 Archie Gray, guard.
6 Richard Burns, tackle.
7 Joe Ward, tackle.
8 E. H. Jones, guard.
Howard Gilstrap, end.
F. F. Leissner, halfback.
E. Bluestein, tackle.
F. M. Brally, guard.
Leon Gorman, guard.
Weaver Moore, center.
Robert Murphree, halfback.
Johnnie Coit, end.
17 Abie Curtis, end.
18 David Hemsell, halfback.
19 Yancey Culp, fullback.
20 Franklin Stacy, quarterback.
21 Oscar Eckhardt, halfback.
George Luhn, end.
Jack Sledge, end.
A. S. Higgins, guard.
George Gardere, quarterback.
J. D. Patton, quarterback.
27 M. E. Sprague, tackle.
28 Steve Gardner, center.
29 Clarence Smith, halfback.
30 V. T. Schuhardt, fullback.
31 J. B. Marley, halfback.
32 A. W. Dahoney, guard. -
33 Frank Day vault, guard.
34 J. P. Rempe, guard.
35 Hubert Foster, end.
3C Horace Kibbie, quarterback.
37 Jack Smith, halfback.
38 James Hart end..
39 B. D. Allen, guard.
40 V. C. Thompson, guard.
41 E. D. Malley, halfback.
Rice came out of her early season
football slump Saturday by admin-
istering a 6 to 0 defeat to Southwest-
ern University and at the same time
exhibiting a brilliancy in attack that
may help to offset the plunging of-
fensive expected from the Texas
Longhorns Saturday.
"Dutchy" Wilford, heretofore one of
the loyal members of the "squad,"
suddenly found his stride Saturday
and immediately stepped to a high
place on the "team." His sensational
runs and consistency in passing and
kicking the ball accurateiy entirety
offset the few alleged blunders he is
accredited with while piaying quarter.
Wilford tossed a 30-yard pass to J.
I. Campbell early in the first quarter
and when J. I. was finally stopped
Rice hat! but twelve yards to go. Wit-
ford then checked off 10 yards on two
more runs. Smith pushed the ball to
within a hairsbreadth of a score arid
Wilford finished the job.
The 6 to 0 score was disappointing,
in view of the fact that Rice was welt
past the Pirate 1-yard line on three
other occasions. For only five min-
utes of the game did Southwestern
show any perceptible excess of
strength, that early in the third period
when she made three consecutive first
downs. A few of her men, particu-
larly Aiken, Crump and Roach, did
excellent playing throughout the
game. The lighter Owl players
ploughed through the line with scarce-
ly no opposition antL the completion
of ibng' j!!t.ssPS* wa!^^^?mpieni^'t7i^
against Pirate defense.
When Charlie Swartz entered the
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ANY NITE
ANY TIME
FRESHMEN
Freshmen will be allowed to give
their dance on any night they shatt
choose according to a decision ren-
dered at a meeting of the Students'
Council Tuesday. The previous ruling
that no class dances could be given
except on the night before a holiday
was revoked because the two nights
before holidays in the first term have
already been taken. Date for the
Slime bat! will be announced this
week.
This is a special ruling, as the case
of the Slimes created an emergency
that could not be met otherwise and
in no way expresses a policy of the
council to deviate from the original
rule in the future, President Hughes
says.
RICE GRAD
TO TALK TO
ENGINEERS
Carl Knapp, a former Rice student,
will talk to the Engineering Society at
7:30 p. m. Wednesday, November 8, in
the Commons on "The Graduate En-
gineer in Business."
Mr. Knapp graduated from Rice in
1916 and was a charter member of the
Rice Engineering Society. He is now
a local contracting electrical engineer
and will be able to present to Hit; en-
gineers an intimate view of the con-
ditions to be met on leaving the In-
stitute.
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GIRLS ELECT
SONG LEADER
Miss Geane King was elected song
leader at a recent women's mass meet-
ing. She has appointed Beatrice Har-
rison to assist her in this work.
The girls, dressed in their regula-
tion white skirts and sweaters, are
planning to back the Rice teams at
every game during the year by help-
ing in the cheering and singing.
At present the plnns are to sing
two cheer songs—one of which is to
be "For Rice'6 Honor," and the new
Rice sohg hot yet completed.
CRAMMER CLUB
TO ENTERTAIN
TEXAS STUPES
University of Texas visitors witt be
the guests of honor at the Ctmnnser
Club open house to be hetd on the
afternoon of Sunday, November i.
from 5 p. m. to 9 p. m. An invitation
has been extended to at! visitors.
An especially good program has
been planned for the occasion. The
Sunday afternoon open house enter-
tainments were started at the begin-
ning of the year and have become
permanent factors in Autry House
programs. Sunday evening from 5 to
9 and a cordial invitation is extended
to the facutty, student body and their
friends to attend.
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ARMISTICE DAY
ARRANGEMENTS
The Rice Institute student body and
the Arkansas football team have been
invited to participate in the Armistice
Day parade, according to local papers.
The parade is to start at 9:30 a. m.
and the last units are expected to
reach the auditorium at 10:30 a. m.
A program has been arranged-for ex-
ercises at the auditorium to begin at
10:45 a. m.
President Jimmie Hughes states
that to date he has not received any
official invitation to participate in the
parade, but that it will no doubt be
forthcoming shortly.
PEPPARADE
TONIGHT
Tonight is the night for Rice's
greatest pep parade. The meeting
place is the same, the starting hour,
7:45.
The team faces the biggest odds of
the season and needs the support of
every Rice man and woman more so
now than ever before. Houston peo-
ple are looking forward to the old Rice
fight tomorrow, and the spirit shown
at the pep parade tonight will be a
good gauge for them to judge by.
Be at Lamar and Main at 7:45 readv
to "!!ft the ltd" o(T.
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