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VOLUME IX
RICE INSTITUTE. HOU8TON, TEXAS. OCTOBER 5, 1923
NUMBER 3
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"Like it or not, by God it's Good!"
—Ben Jonson.
The '23 Campanile, edition extraor-
dinaire, is off the press. Contrary to
rumors oi last spring, it is not dedi-
cated to Mr. Maxweii nor to Mr. Esch-
er and its humor section has not
seriousiy blotched the reputation of
a single student. After so many bad
things had been thought and said
about the staff, it was something of a
shock to discover that this same staff
had had the judgment, the abiiity and
the perseverance to publish a volume
of such unexpected merit.
The i)i wiii of ali the Gods has
ben caiied down upon the head of
John Hornbuckte. Curiously enough,
some of those who condemned him
ioudest were the same ones who re-
fused to assist him in editing the
book iast year. But whatever has
been said, whatever has been thought,
the outstanding quality of the book
vindicates the editor from first to
last. It is a late book but it is a
good book. In its own words, "Like
it or not, by God it's good."
* * *
Some criticism, not altogether un-
due, has been heard on the grounds
that The Campanile is too good. A
number of students will miss some
- ojL,the beauty of the thing.
' Could you, for instance, fully ap-
preciate the remarkable work done in
the color plates? Did they pass under
your eyes with only a polite "Pretty"
from you ? Look at them again.
Study them. They are full of im-
agery. Each one is appropriate in
its position. Each one is art itself.
Do you, also, appreciate the value
of the Decennial section Is it so
much "bunk" to you, that remark-
able history of Bice student life? It
is not pedantic. It is not stilted. It
is interesting and informative com-
position; a valuable summary of the
first 10 years in the development of
the university. It brings in concen-
trated form the spirit of Rice. Read
it; absorb it; pass it on. Let it in-
spire you in your particular niche of
time during the second ten years.
Let it create in you an understand-
ing of Rice, a love for Rice greater
and deeper than the hurrah spirit of
athletic games can inspire.
We get punished for sins of omis-
sion as well as for sins of commis-
sion. Omitting to pay blanket tax
last year has caused embarassment
to one of the outstanding student
leaders.
A candidate for a Student's Asso-
ciation office finds himself morally
inelligible, although the Constitution
gives him the legal right to accept
the position if elected.
Year after year The Thresher
pleads for and advises the payment
of the tax. It now advocates a ruling,
for future cases, whereby a student
must have been a member of the Stu-
dent's Association during his entire
stay at Rice before he can hold an
office.
What can be expected of a fresh-
man if student leaders set the prec-
edent of omitting payment of the cit-
izenship tax?
* * *
Praise for freshmen is seidom pop-
ular. It is, in fact, generally con-
ceded that freshmen are ex-officio
devoid of any praiseworthy quality.
But it must be admitted that a certain
group of slimes exhibited unusual
nerve, to say the least, when they
brazenly and appropriately "mooed"
the sophomores in the mess hall Sat-
urday night. Congratulations! For
the first time in the history of Rice
freshmen defied sophomores and got
away with it. It is difficult to say
just how far upperclassmen can go
without colliding with the no-hazing
rule, but it is safe to say that they
didn't go that far Saturday night.
At least not until after midnight.
A live freshman class is invaluable.
Class rivalry promotes class spirit.
Class spirit promotes school spirit.
* * *
The band wants $800 from the Stu-
dent's Council to buy sweaters for its
"letter men." If the band fizzles as
it did last year, the council should
say "No." If the band is as live an
organization this year as it promises
to be, then recognition and awards
would be merited. Athletes are not
promised sweaters until they have
shown persistent enthusiasm, plus a
certain amount of ability and achieve-
ment. The same system perhaps
would be most satisfacto^ for the
band.
MMMKMIS
Yearbook Is Distributed
After Four Months
Delay; Art Work Un-
usually Good.
The 1923 Campanile, a record in
pictures and prose of the academic
year 1923-24, Wednesday morning
was distributed in the Cloisters after
a four months delay.
John S. Hombuckle, editor of the
book, was personally in charge of the
distribution.
Upperclassmen holding blanket tax
receipts from last year received the
book without charge. Extra copies
were sold to freshmen and others for
$6.
The book is undoubtedly the best in
the history of the university, to judge
from expressed opinions heard about
the campus. The art work, done by
Miss Ruth Young, is little short of
marvelous. Careful writing, page
make-up and printing is evident
throughout the volume.
Cause of Delay
The delay in issuing the voiume was
due almost entirely to the elected
staff's inability to get assistance from
the student body, according to Horn-
buckle. The editor himself spent the
entire summer on the book, and did
virtually every tine of writing.
ST
ME !S SET
FOR ELECTMN
OF THREE MEM
Six Candidates Now In
Race For Student's
Association Offices.
With three new candidates an-
nounced for as many races at the
last minute, politics on the campus
has been the subject of considerable
taik since Sunday morning. The
election is scheduled for Monday. A
president of the Association, a busi-
ness manager of the Campanile and
a managing editor of The Thresher
are to be elected.
For the presidency, Allison Dryden
and Noel Willis are the only candi-
dates.
For the Campanile position Lind-
say Blayney, Jr., and Ray St. John
are candidates.
For The Thresher office W. D.
Withinton and J. Lawrence Moore are
candidates.
Blayney was nominated by The
Campanile staff and Withinton was
nominated by The Thresher staff.
Freshmen will not be allowed to
vote at the election Monday. Upper-
classmen who have not paid blanket
taxes will not be allowed to vote.
Special attention is called to the fact
that no electioneering will be permit-
ted within the immediate vicinity of
the polls.
OWLS PREPARED FOR
OPENING OF SEASON
Women Hwe TTtetrDay;
o/ Dre.y.y
BY FANNIE BESS EMERY
Friday is the day traditionally set
aside at Rice for the appearance of
the "Slimes" and "Slimesses" through-
out the city, as well as in the clois-
ters, in all their glory of red sus-
penders, green Windsor ties, green
hairbows, pig-tails, etc., which loud-
ly proclaim the rank of the Wearer
wherever he is seen.
Last Friday, being the first in the
school year, was looked forward to
with varied feelings by all concerned.
Freshmen thought of it with fear and
apprehension, sophomores, the girls
in particular, with anticipation and
gladness of a chance "to get even"
for some of the embarrassment and
discomfiture they suffered the previ-
ous year. The otheP upper classmen
on account of their dignity as such,
viewed the preparations merely with
amusement, slightly tinged with in-
difference in some instances.
Giris P!an Costumes
The type of wearing apparel for
the boys being a fixed thing, the girls
were the only ones who were filled
with excitement in the pre-conception
of the freakish mode of dress. Rules
for the costumes were given at a
Called meeting of the freshman girls
Thursday at 12:30, and by about 8
o'clock Friday morning the little
"Slimesses" might be seen timidly
making their way about among the
joyously derisive and amused crowds
of upper classmen in the saliport and
cloisters.
The general costume was dress on
wrongside out, hair braided and tied
with green ribbons, and faces abso-
lutely devoid of powder and rouge,
"a la naturale" in fact. Each girl,
however, gave her own interpretation
of the rules, and numerous types of
beauty along these lines were noted.
Some heads, the bobbed-haired ones,
resembled closely those of little pic-
canninnies in their pig-tailed, be-rib-
boned appearance, and others copied
more exactly a demure little country
school girl with their long braids.
Good Spirit Shown
Nearly all seemed imbued with the
spirit of the thing, and only a few
were guilty of the unpardonable sin
of not living up to the laws laid down
by their "superiors." These gave all
sorts of excuses for their negligence,
such as ignorance of the law, lack of
green ribbon, shortage of time, and
parents' objections. (By the way, it
does seem as if young ladies old
enough to attend college should have
passed the stage where their mode of
dress, particularly when it is in ac-
cordance with traditions of this school,
should be subjected to such severe
criticism by too careful parents that
it would have to be dispelled.)
*******
Aftj?For
*******
# y 777 en
Yea, verily, the life of a Slime is
adventuresome.
Consider the case of Freshmen
King and Love.
Walking unobtrusively along the
road on the far side of Hermann
Park, observing the beauties of na-
ture, communing with the flowers,
and all that sort of thing, these two
Corsicana young men suddenly dis-
covered they were lost.
They stopped at a farmhouse to
ask for directions. Mr. Farmer's fam-
ily got suspicious and used the phone;
they had been reading of bold high-
waymen.
In a short time a police patrol in
the famous Police Taxicab appeared
on the road. Guns were fiashed, es-
pecially when one Slime reached in
his pocket for a cigarette. The two
Rice men were "given" a free ride
to town.
"No, those are not the men who
staged the highway robbery Friday
night," said the men robbed when
they looked over the Slimes at the
police station.
The Slimes were released without
further ado
MCE B!RLS TO
HAVE COURSE !N
SCOUTTRA!N!NG
Through the generosity of Hous-
ton friends, a training course for Girl
Scout Leaders is to be offered this
year under the direction of Miss Paul-
ine Wherry, who came to the Insti-
tute for a similar purpose last year.
All the expenses of the course have
been met by the local committee and
it may be taken without cost by any
girl student.
The course will be voluntary and
the record which each girl makes
will be credited on her card in the
office. Such training is often useful
in securing positnons after leaving
college.
The class wilt meet daily at three
in Autry House for two weeks, be-
ginning November 5 and ending^No-
vember 17. tSMd.pnts will be excused
for laboratory.
Students who desire to enroil may
do so either with Mrs. Stratford or
with Miss DuPerier, representing the
Woman's Council.
——
GtRLS' TENNIS CH B.
The Girts Tennis Club held its first
meting of the year Saturday in the
Girl's Club room. Plans for the new
year were discussed, and particular-
ly the matter of a coach for the club.
VARSITY MEETS NORMAL,
FROSH PLAY LA PORTE
ON SATURDAY PROGRAM
Green Ow!s vs. La Porte High!
Rice Varsity vs. Sam Houston Norma! CoHege!
Beginning tomorrow at 2 p. m. on Rice Field—the most attrac-
tive opening program ever offered football fans in Houston.
The Institute, as we!! as a!! of Houston and a good part of the
entire state, has awaited the Ow!s' 1923 debut with great interest.
Report on top of report has started regarding the weight and
speed of the varsity e!even. Peop!e want to see them in action.
But in addition to the opening game, Saturday's program is
made a double header by giving the Green Owls a chance to show
their mettle against La Porte High Schoo!. The Freshman squad
is composed of 54 men, the largest in the history of the school.
They have "AH-State" this and "A!l-State" that, from here, there
ant! everywhere. They have a coach who knows his business.
Saturday's priiiminary may be the best game of the two.
Good Team at La Porte.
La Porte High Schoo! is fam-
ous in interschotastic athtetic
circ!es. For instance: just last
week the La Porte team swamp-
ed Crosby High with an 87 to 0
' score. And Crosby, it will be
BANC MEMBERS
ARE REAOY FOR
0PEN!NE GAME
Band practice has been pushed in
order that the band Htrgtit be ready
with the necessary "noise" in the root-
ing section of the season's opening
on Rice Held tomorrow. Temporary
director Hans Ander has obtained
good results from the piayers. and
with several selections worked up, the
band is aH set for the game.
One of the encouraging features of
the week's work is the fact that plen-
ty players for the heavy brass in-
struments have been uncovered. When
the band first met, it scented that
ali the players reporting played sax-
ophones or clarinets, and that Slimes
on kazoos would have to be used to
fill in the alto and bass section. But
now with the new discoveries comes
the aspect of a large, weli rounded
band.
There yet remains the selection of
a drum major for the '<rgatiization.
As this position is one of great im-
portance, no rush has been made in
making a choice. The time for drill
for the important games is now draw-
ing near, though, and a drum major
will soon be selected. Apptications
for the place should be made in per-
son at the next practice, Monday aft-
ernoon at 4:30. The ability toiill
that uniform made famous by Dynes.
Meyer and Laird, and the ability to
do the original "Owl Strut" are two
important requisites for a Rice drutn
major.
Plettty uniforms 'are available for
the members of the band. New caps
have been ordered to take the place
of those lost last year and these will
be on hand at an eariy date. The
uniform will be the same as that used
last year—blue Canadian jackets, grey
trousers and blue caps of the over-
seas design. The first uniformed ap-
pearance wilt probably be made on
the night of the parade preceding the
Arkansas game.
"IMPROPER" DANCE CAUSES WARNING!
It FOUCE MAY BE CALLED TO AUTRY HOUSE n
A poiite "warning" in piain terms
is sounded by Rev. Harris Masterson,
in charge of Autry House, because of
alleged improper conduct at the dance
held there iast Saturday night.
Rev. Masterson charges that "some
wiid man threw a cogniac bottie into
the middle of the dancing fioor" and
states emphaticaiiy that "we are not
going to have dances like that at
Autry House."
"Police wiii be caiied if necessary,"
he stated in an interview. "I don't
want to have to tip off the federal
authorities, but I wiii do so if I have
to in order to keep these dances
ciean."
He has issued his warning in the
form of a friendly ietter, addressed
to ali Rice students. The ietter is
self-explanatory and is reproduced
at his request:
Autry House,
October 2nd, 1923.
Mydearpirds:
You know we have at Autry House
a little plaque which came from the
Assissi home of St. Francis and rep-
resents St. Francis preaching to the
birds, among them an owl. I see that
the Campanile has this same idea of
my function, but it puts it in a little
different form as I am represented
preaching to a snake and a cuckoo
bird, but there is something common
between the lean St. Francis and my-
seif, and that is you.
My preface being ended, I will
come to the main part of this dis-
course, and that is a matter of all
importance to the students at Rice,
and concerns Autry House primarily.
I am quite sure that every student
at Rice wants to keep the dances that
Rice students attend sober, courteous
and happy. We have tried at Autry
House to do this, but last week some
wild man threw a cogniac bottle into
the middle of the dancing room and
there were found about the house
several other such mementoes. There
was a strong indication that some of
those dancing had partaken of the
contents of the bottles.
We do not have to have dances like
that at Autry House, and we are not
going to have them, and I am sure
that you will join me in stopping the
abuses rather than stopping the
dances. I am taking you into my
confidence rather than the federal
agents as I am strongly opposed to
policing and espionage when it comes
to dealing with my friends. If our
guests from town do not appreciate
the way that we do things out here,
then it wouid be better if they went
somewhere else.
It is a great deal of trouble for
Mrs. Blake and myself to cooperate
with the committee on issuing invi-
tations as we did last year, and more-
over, I think it would be much more
profitable for the students to censor
their own guest list should it be nec-
essary. I should be very glad indeed
to cooperate with any such committee
if that seems to you to be the way
out.
While I am speaking of some con-
ditions in Autry House, I would like
to remind our new friends who are
at Rice for the first time that the
girls and Mrs. Blake have always been
most courteously and carefully es-
teemed. Mrs. Blake boasts that she
has never heard anything in the house
that would indicate that any boy at
Autry House ever talked in a way
that his mother would not approve
of and she has been here for four
years. I, myself, have rarely heard
anything in the evenings that was not
ali that it should be. I am sure that
you will help us to keep up the fine
record at Autry House in this regard,
for while there are ladies present in
the evenings, and the boys can come
and go when they please and do as
they please, yet there are a number
of men who object to smutty stories
and dirty jokes.
Now my little sermon is ended, and
I want you to make what you have
so graciously termed the "fireside of
Rice" such a place. It will always
make you proud of having been a
art of it.
Your pal in the xoo,
HARRIS MASTERSON, JR.
, remembered, is the schoo) that
j produced t he indomitab!e Cam-
}i!!e Ulrich who has such a
^promising future mi the Big
()w! eteven this year.
Rice Slimes will be on the field
promptly at 2:0 p. m.. prepared to
yell for their team until victory is
assured. The remainder of the school,
headed by dynamic Jack Glenn, yell
leader, will beam hand by 2:30 o'clock
to join in the chorus of "Slime sup-
port." Saturday will be a bi^ day
in every sense of the word.
Leaders of the band announced
Wednesday that the musicians were
in good trim and ready for the open-
ing oattie. They wilt appear in full
uniform, but will not attempt am
field drills or formations. These will
be introduced at the Oklahoma A. &
M. game on October 20.
it is impossible to announce a iine
up for either game Saturday, inas-
much as no "first" team has beet)
picked in either the freshmen or vars-
ity squad. If the scoring goes as
expected, it is likely that every man
on the squads will get to play. Sume
members of the varsity squad Wed-
nesday believed that Coach Phil Ar-
buckle would start a team of letter
men against the Normal eleven- Prob-
ably after 10 minutes a new team
wiii be sent in. He is expected to
try put several combinations, to get
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ANNUAL PARTY
!S STA6ED BY
STUDENT "Ys"
The annual Y. M.-Y. W. reception
was held aturday afternoon from -t
to (! in the Rice Institute Commons.
Approximately 3o0 students were re-
ceived and practically all of the facul-
ty members and their wives were pres-
ent.
Upon arrival, women were presented
with gray and blue triangles and met)
with red and white triangles with
their names written thereon. These
were worn for the purpose of making
themselves known to-the other guests.
The color scheme was further car-
ried out by the use of gray moss
and blue flowers on the tables from
which lemonade and unch were served.
Misses Marie Logan and Mary Mar-
garet Forbes presided over the punch
bowls.
Music was furnished by an orches-
tra composed of Rodney Schmidt.
John James and Norman Benson, stu-
dents at Rice, who were members of
the Joy Spreaders.
Assisting in the receiving line were
Dr. Lovett, President of the Institute,
Miss Jessie B. Hutts, President of the
Y. W. C. A., Miss Jean Sproule, Pres-
ident of the Students Council, and
Mrs. Sara Stratford, Miss Alice Dean.
Dr. and Mrs H. B. Weiser.
Miss Marie Longino Davis, chair-
man of the social committee of the
Y. W. C. A. and Arthur Field Heard
of the Y. M. C. A., were in charge of
the event. They were assisted by
Misses Louie Lee Barry and Harriet
Yoekel.
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