The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, May 4, 1923 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME VIII
RICE INSTITUTE, HOUSTON, TEXAS, MAY 4. 1923
NUMBER 30
POLITICAL POT
SIMMERS LITTLE
OVER ^LECTION
Private Electioneering
Going on For Few
Candidates
FOUR IN RACE
FOR PRESIDENT
Just a rippte here and there dis-
turbs the quiet of the Rice political
pot which at the same time !ast year
was in a furious boit. Some of the
important offices have but one nom-
inee, others only two.
Private electioneering of a few can-
didates seems to be featuring the elec-
tion this year. Ben Mitchell, who
failed to get the staff nomination for
editor-in-chief of the Thresher (the
nomination going to E. O. Arnold) is
said to be campaigning considerably.
Arnold has had some experience on
daily newspapers and on school pub-
lications. Mitchell's journalistic work
while of good quality, is limited to
school papers.
Another race which is expected to
prove interesting is the one for cheer
leader. Jack Glenn, Thresher car-
toonist, and W. R. Feathers are out
to contest Q)ale Shepherd's candidacy
for re-election.
But passing interest is being shown
in the big race—that for president of
the Students' Council. Baker is said
to have the support of the engineer
clique. He is at present president of
the Junior class. Lonnie Thomas is
expected to run good race for this
office. Harry Klotz has considerable
backing and promises to poll a large
vote. Indications are that Allison
D*yden, independent candidate for
this office, will be a vigorous con-
The * councilman-at-large shows
promise of being a lively contest with
Heard, Ander, Moore, and King all
running neck and neck. The usual
"$25 limit campaign expense" notice
has been posted.
Names of the nominees in the order
they will appear on the official ballot
ar^ :
STUDENTS' COUNCIL.
President—Clarence Baker, Frank-
lin, La.; Harry L. Klotz, Mexia; Al-
lison Dryden, Fort Worth; Lonnie
.Thomas, Greenville. -
Vice President — Jeane Sproule,
DenniBon.
Treasurer—J. P. McKean, Houston;
Charles P. Tadlock, Stamford.
(Continued on Page 2.)
CORONATION OF
RICE ROYALTY
NEXTTUESDAY
So frequent and heavy have been
the recent downpours that May fete
plans are to go right ahead amidst
the showers.
Tuesday afternoon, May 8, is the
eventful time for the annual corona-
tion of Rice royalty. This year Miss
Gene King is to be the queen, Leslie
Coleman will be the king.
The scheme adopted is to make this
one a "period" May fete. The decade
preceding the Civil war was chosen
as the period and hoop skirts, dainty
drop shoulders, and quaint nosegays
will be the mode of royal attire. Dukes
will wear grey trousers and cutaway
coats with poseys in their button-
holes.
- The scene of the May fete will be
just opposite the east corner of the
Administration Building—a shift due
to. the customary setting not being
navigable.
Maypole dances after daily prac-
tice promise a dainty and clever wind-
ing despite hoop skirt handicaps.
WRITING CLUB GIVES
DRAMATIC PROGRAM
FOR FINAL MEETING
The open meeting of the Writing
Club scheduled for 8 p. m. Monday,
May 7, which will also be the last
meeting of the year, promises many
features of unusual interest. Dr.
Stockton Axson and Sybilmarie Den-
niston, the president of the club, will
be in charge of the meeting, which will
be held in the auditorium at Autry
House.
The program will include three one-
act plays, selected from among a num-
ber written during the year by mem-
bers of the Club. "Six in a Shop," by
Elizabeth Morford is being directed
by Jean A. Sproule, and includes in
its cast Mack Darling, Arthur Zucht,
C. E. Elliott and Mr. Potts.
"The Liar" by Sybilmarie Denniston
will be acted by Cora Agnes Wilson,
Mary Louise Ford, Allie King, Arthur
Boillin and Ed Kelly. C. E. Elliott is
directing this play.
"Yens," a bit of realism by Ken-
neth T. Rowe, is being directed by
Ernest Robertson, and includes in its
cast A. W. Uhl, Tresmer Johnson,
Allan King, Franklyn Miller, D. T.
McLaughlin, and J. I. CampbelL
This program of plays written, act-
ed and directed entirely by students
in Rice Institute, should prove of un-
usual interest to all students and they
and their friends are cordially invited
to the meeting.
CALENDAR
FrMty, May
p.L.
Hub
BaMbaf). '
-May
1!:30 p. m.—E. B. L. a. tn
Club Room.
! iM p. m.—A. tad
4:04 p.
At
Gtrb'
M. vs. Rice—
Fett Rthetrs*] *t
Aytry Home.
Saturday, May !—
M:Mp.m.—Y. V. C. A. Banqutt.
S <30 p. m.—A. and M. vs. Rice—
BtmbaM.
Sunday, May <—
S ;00 a. m.—Holy Communion—Cran-
m<r Ctub MetUnc at Autry
House.
0180 a. ntn—Rha Dtseusston Group.
Monday, May 7—
4 p. m. -Juntor-Senior Te* for
Facutty Wtvta.
8:00j!.jn.—Open Meeting Writing
Tuesday, May 8—
t2:80 p. m.—P. A. L. 8." at Autry
House.
*" B :00 j. m. — May Fete on the
Campus. ^
?:00p.m.—Y. M. C. A. Bibte Ciass
—Autry House.
Wadntaday, May t—
:8:80 p.m.—Y. V. C. A. Cabinet
Meeting in Autry House.
4:80 p. m.—Hostess' Dance at Autry
House.
Thursday, May it—
Y.
3ir)s
M :80 p. m.—Y. V. C.
Hsnior Giris.
-Dramatic
Senior <
!:Mp.m.-
A. Picnic for
C!ub Piays.
Kummummmmn
fO ^6 CVMMCH
The all-round college girl—
popular, seholastically profi-
cient, and a participant in col-
lege activities—is to be selected
from the body of Rice Institute
co-eds Monday, May 7, in an
election in the cloisters to be
sponsored b; the College Wo-
man's Club of Houston. The
club is awarding a handsome
cup to the winner of the con-
test, to be'inscribed with her
name and held for and by her
one year. The election is to
be an annual event.
Voting privileges will be ex-
tended only to Institute girls.
Thb ballots will be counted by
Mrs. Sara Stratford and Miss
Alice Dean, and the five lead-
ing nominees will be considered
by a faculty committee, who will
choose the "All-Aound Rice
Girl" from this number.
The cup has bteen donated
in a serious attempt to produce
more "real college girls." The
same contest is being held in
several other large universi-
ties in Texas, including
Baylor and the University of
Texas; and is the result of a
state-wide movement among
college women alumnae to
stimulate interest in the train-
ing of ideal types of university
girls.
"When you see a girl, popular
with her fellow students, able
in her classroom work, and
sharing in as many as possible
of the abundance of college ac-
tivities—you see a girl who is
getting the utmost value from
her university experience," de-
clares Miss Maud Michaux,
president of the Woman's Club
of Houston.
Girls of the Institutes who
vote Monday will base their
choice oh recognized popularity
and "outside" activities of can-
didates, together with what
they know of their scholastic
work. The faculty committee
will make the final choice of the
"All-around Girl" after a
thoughtful consideration of the
lists evolved by the election.
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HORRORS!!
Tuesday morning the editor of the
"Campanile was the recipient of a mys-
terious long brown envelope, post-
marked Wherezat, Wis., the home of
Jack Standish, oar Dumb but Willing
hero. On being interviewed Mr. Hom-
buckle refused to make any definite
statement as to the contents of the
document, but said that several of
the voracious females who infest the
Autry House upon occasion were men-
tioned, and that the cravings for pub-
licity of certain of our more notorious
element, who gladden the cloisters
with their lightsome presence, would
undoubtedly be satisfied.
A Hen^ Acadcniy vailltinK^ Third row :
weMtaik.
OWL RUNNERS
TAKE PART IN
TRACK MEET
Rice Competes for
Honors in T. I. A. A.
Conference
With favorable conditions and no
unexpected breaks the Owl track team
should win the T. I. A. A. meet held
at Southwestern University -track
today.
Coach Arbuckle left Thursday morn-
ing with eleven men.
The schools comprising this confer-
ence are Rice, S. M. U., Austin Col-
lege, T. C. U., Daniel Baker, Howard
Payne, Southwestern and Trinity Uni-
versity. With the formidable Gar-
rett in the sprints the Mustang squad
will probably furnish the Owls the
greatest opposition, although several
good sprinters will be present from
Southwestern and Daniel Baker.
Against Coleman in the half mile the
ALLEN ACADEMY WINS
THE RICE INSTITUTE
INTERSCHOLASTIC MEET
DRAMATIC CLUB
PRODUCTIONS
CLOSESEASON
One-Act Plays and
Diminutive Dramas
For Program,
Two onc-act plays and two dim-
inutive dramas compose the spying
offering of the Dramatic Club. Their
presentation on Thursday and Fri-
day nights, May 10 and 11, terminates
a very successful year's work for the
dramatists.
"Sue de Maltroit's Door," a produc-
tion of unusual interest because a
dramatization of one of Stevenson's
stories by W. M. Darling, heads the
biii. .1. C. Tidden is directing it. Guy
Hat! takes the leading part with ex-
ce[<tionai abiiity. Jack Glenn, Jean
Sprouic, and Kenneth Rowe complete
the cast.
Two short skits—"Calpurnia's Din-
ner Party" and Lucullus' Dinner
Party"—arc under the direction of J.
Tom Rather. Catherine Dutton is"
Caipurnia and Hy Plenn is Caesar.
In the second. J. C. Tidden plays Lu-
culius; Mary Freeman, Portia; Agnes
L. Tidden, Cleopatra; Margaret
Blackwell, Claudia; H. H. Penix, the
cook; E. R. Duggan, the stave.
Concluding the bill is a weird play,
"The Giant's Stair," by Wilbur Daniel
Steele. Kenneth Rowe is in charge of
the production. Eleanor Taylor,
Beatrice Harrison and Fred Shelton
are the characters.
Pirates will have a good man but the
balance sways in favor of Coleman as
the probable victor.
In the field events Captain Hinck-
ley in the broad jump, Baker in the
high jump and Stancliffe in weights
should take firsts without much op-
position. Captain Hinckley is in top
form. Baker is clearing 5 feet 10
inches, and Fred Stancliffe is without
doubt one of the best weight men in
the state.
The T. I. A. A. tennis tournament
took place Thursday and continued to-
day. Rice will be represented by
Leslie Coieman and Sam Fitch in the
doubles and singles. Coleman has al-
ready one championship to his credit
and it is likely that he will repeat his
former triumph. Fitch is also playing
good tenuis and paired with Coleman
should make a good showing on the
doubles.
RICE MEETS AGGIES
ON OWL DIAMOND IN
THREE GAME SERIES
Today and Saturday the Owl nine
will play the remaining two games of
the series of three scheduled with the
Aggies for this week. The first game
was played Thursday and the result
was not available for this week's
Thresher.
The Owls were originally scheduled
for two games at College Station at
the beginning of the season, but were
rained out. The present three day
schedule is an attempt to make up in
part these two games.
The Owls are in fine shape for these
encounters and are expected to give
the Aggies a tight race for victory.
Coach Countryman has put Swartz at
shortstop and Morgan is now alternat-
ing with Goodwin at the hot corner.
With this new shift the Owls expect
to have a faster fielding infield.
Stubby Waters will be seen at sec-
ond base for the Owls.
On the mound Rice will probably
use Captain Melton, Pollard, Lamb
and Wilford. Wilford pitched good
bail against Southwestern last week
and wlli very likeiy be used in one of
these games. Captain Meiton Is due
for a comeback and it<wHl be no sur-
prise to Rice fans if the veteran left
hander turns back the Aggies.
For the Aggies Gill, Olsen and Rog-
ers will probably be the moundsmen.
These three hurlers have had good
seasons so far and may be relied on
to make the Owls work for thei^Mbh
Altogether the outlook is for a very
exciting and close series. If the
Aggies lose they are well nigh out
of the race for championship honors
while if the Owls win they will be
boosted considerably in the percentage
column.
SENIOR GIRLS
GUESTS AT
Y^W. PICNIC
Y. W. C. A. held an interesting
meeting in the Girls' Club room
Thursday. Miss Lottie Gray led the
devotional exercises. She developed
the idea thafgood books play an im-
portant part in developing our char-
acter, and are just as important as
the cl35sics.
Miss Marie Logan and Mary
Northrup, followed by Miss Jessie B.
Hutts, discussed a number of worth-
while books. Of particular interest
was the reading of the evolutionary
account of the development of the eye
by Miss Logan, and William Jennings
Bryan's comments on same.
It was announced that the luncheon
for Saturday had been postponed
until Saturday week. This event is
being looked forward to with great
anticipation by the old and new cab-
inet members andthe Y. W. Clubs of
the two Senior High schools.
It was decided also that a picnic
OLD RECORDS
ARE BROKEN
BY ATHLETES
Thomas of Electra High
Point Man; CockreH
Stars; Heights
Win Re!ay
(By Ben H. MitcheU.)
The Second Annual Interscholastic
Track Meet was brought to a thriv-
ing finish last Saturday afternoon
when Allen Academy of Bryan, Texas
won first place by the small margin
of 2*3 points over Central Higii School
of Houston. The winner was award-
ed a huge siiver ioving cup by Coach
Arbuckle before a large crowd of spec-
tators.
Centra) High was also given a cup
for second place. Heights High re-
ceived a cup for winning first pi < t
in the relay.
The loving cup for high point hon-
ors was awarded to Thomas of Kicc-
tra, who broke the tape for three ttrst
"places.
The points made by the competing
hi^i schools are as follows:
Allen Academy, 27; Central High,
246; Electra, 15; Alvin, 14; Heights,
11; El Campo, Cleburne, 8%;
Huntsville, 8; Terrell, 5; Victoria, 4%;
Port Arthur, 4; Brownsville. 3; Day
ton and Rosenberg, 2'&; St. Thomas,
2; Harrisburg and Haltettsville. 1
point each.
Thomas of Eloctra was the sensa-
tion of the meet. This versatile
sprinter was individual high point
man with 15 points. Incidentally this
placed his high school in third place.
Thomas is undoubtedly the fastest
high school sprinter on Rice field in
many years. His time in the 440-
yard dash was 51 2-5 seconds which
is only 1-5 second slower than the
state record held by himself. The
410-yard dash was one of the prettiest
of the day. Thomas sprinted to the
lead from the crack of the gun.
Holding a slight lead on the others
on the back stretch he let himself out
on the last curve and came in smiling
a good 15 yards ahead of Horton of
Cleburne and Biakciy of Central who
tied for second place. Coles of Cen-
tral came from behind on the last
curve and won fourth piace.
Thomas also won 1st place in the
880-yard run by a thrilling spruit on
the last curve. He plated first in the
century dash in 10 1-5 seconds.
Hoffman of Central was aclost-st
ond in the race for high point honor,
with a total of 12 points. He won
first place in both hurdle races, finish-
ed fourth in the broad jump and tied
with five others for second, third and
fourth place in the high jump.
Cockrell of Alvin was another beau-
tiful sprinter in the meet. Cockrell
was expected to win the 100-yard
dash and 220-yard dash. He got away
to a bad start, however, in the cen-
tury and placed second. In the 220-
yard dash he was easily the class of
the field, winning with comparative
ease in 22 4-5 seconds. Cockrell ran
the same race in 22 seconds flat in
the prelims on the day previous. In
the half mile CockreH ran a very
pretty race, pulling up from tenth
place to second in the last 100 yards.
CockreH counted 11 points for his
school.
Satterwhite ^of Allen Academy
scored 10 points^ by winning first on
the shot put and discus.
The meet on the whole was perhaps
one of the most exacting high school
meets staged in Texas in many years.
Exceptional time was recorded in the
majority of events. Every record set
Continued on Page 4.)
would be given Thursday under the
big oak tree in front of the Adminis-
tration building in honor of the
senior girls. This picnic is given an-
nually in honor of the Seniors and is
called "The Picnic Under The Oaks."
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CURTIN-ARBUCKLE
Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Cur-
tin announce the engagement of
their daughter, Georgie Ruth, tn
Philip H. Arbyckh.
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