The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, October 12, 1923 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME DC
R!CE INSTITUTE, HOUSTON, TEXAS, OCTOBER 12, 1923
NUMBER 4
J. Frank Norris, ant! this and anti
that—including evolution and Baylor
University — directs fundamentalist
artiiiery against the Rice science de-
partment. The biology department,
he implied, is headed by a chimpanzee.
Perhaps J. Frank is right. But if
he is, isn't Rice to be complimented
iot- having the world's only chimpan
zee capable of being a university pro-
fessor? Between lecture and lab pe-
riods, let's put the professor in a tent
and charge tourists a dime to see him,
thereby making money to erect a girls
dormitory.
* * *
One of the first to defend Dr. Al-
tenburg in the bio-theo-logical squab-
ble was Dr. E. H. Willisford, pastor of
the First Congregational Church,
Stratford and Whitney streets. Dr.
Willisford attended Rice last year and
is attending classes again this fall.
With gray hair indicating an age
of maturity, with a pastorship indi-
cating a respect for his ability, with a
desire for more and more knowledge
indicating persistent broadminded-
ness, is it entirely safe to say that Dr.
Willisford is opposing Mr. Norris
purely from prejudice? Dr. Willisford
has invited all Rice to his church Sun-
day morning where he is to speak on
"Rev. Frank Norris' Fads,. Fancies
and Fallacies."
Another minister of the gospel in
Houston is associated with the Rice
biology department. His devotion to
his religion has not been contami-
nated. Hundreds of "mere" students,
the "bourgeoisie" of the university
are managing to be both evolutionists
and Christians.
Is it not possible for "biology" and
"theology" to live in the same dic-
tionary in peace and harmony?
* * *
' Let's get !ikkered up an' go to a dance
^ Where wimmen^ are wild an free;
WHEE-E^^^e-e!^^^'
"Our pal in the zoo" craves terpsi-
chorean sobriety. It is not meet, he
says, that wild men throw suggestive
botties around a church dance floor.
Remember last year's slime ball ?
It is a queer twist of human nature
which permits us to condemn newspa-
pers for publicity about drunkenness
at a dance and then permits us to go
to another dance and allow drunken-
ness again.
You can't "hush it up," "smooth it
< over," "keep it on the quiet;" but,
thank God, you can stop -it. The
Thresher is not a Sunday School or-
gan, but it endorses Rev. Masterson's
stand of "stop or be stopped."
We sing "For Rice's Honor," we
yell "Yea, Rice," then we stage an
alcoholic dance and put a blotch on
the whole thing.
Even though it is merely the gare-
free spirit of youth expressing itself,
college youth is mature enough to
realize the value of consistency.
Barney Morton didn't wait to write
a letter of warning. It's going to be
dangerous to trifle with Harris Mas-
terson again.
* * *
The most crucial game of the sea-
son, for Rice, is to be piayed in Lit-
tle Rock tomorrow afternoon. The
teams go north unaccompanied. No
band, no rooting section to back them
up. A new climate, a higher altitude,
600 miles from home to play the first
Conference game of the season, with
only one practice game behind them.
It is enough to test the mettle of any
football team.
Rice has the most creditable spirit
of united team support that she has
ever known. To the half-dozen news-
paper men who have been forced to
sit opposite the Rice rooting section
during the past three years last Sat-
urday's display in the stands literally
was wonderful. Rice spirit reigned
supreme.
This spirit is in an agonizing search
for a method of expressing itself in
Arkansas. Jack Glenn, if you will
send this telegram to Phil Arbuckle
tonight, The Thresher will gladly pay
for it:
To the Rice Owls:
We assemble on the campus
Saturday afternoon. By radio
and telegraph we will know the
exact second of the first kick-iff.
At that instant we will give "yea
Rice" so you can hear it in Ar-
kansas. At intervals of five min-
utes until you've won the game
we will yell for you. Fight,
men, for Rice's glory.
THE GANG BACK HOME.
New Pre.s&%enf
TVo Need For Re/orm;
Noel C. ("Cap") Willis of Denton,
Texas, was elected president of the
Rice Students Association by a plu-
rality of 21 votes in the election held
Monday.
Lindsey Blayney, Jr., is now busi-
ness manager of The Campaniie and
W. D. Withinton is managing editor
of The Thresher.
The vote was one of the smallest
ever cast for such an important of-
fice as the presidency of the associa-
tion, the total being only 268
"My election was unexpected and
as yet I have no ptans for the year,"
said Willis. He stated that he did not
know that he had been nominated un-
til Monday and so he had not formu-
lated his policies for the coming year.
"Everything seems to be going weli
as far as I can see and no great re-
forms are necessary," replied "Cap"
when he was asked about any changes
he might have in mind.
"With the Seniors in the commons,
conditions are much better than be-
fore, and I think they shoutd stay
there. The inconvenience caused by
this is not noticeable, and present
conditions make it almost a necessity
to reduce the number of students in
the mess hall," was the new presi-
dent's answer to one of last year's
campaign issues, that of removing
the Seniors from the commons and
restore it as a sociai center for the
students.
AH Races Close.
All the races were close, the vote
being: Willis 141, Dryden 120, Biay-
\
NOEL C. WILLIS
New ['resident Mice Student's
Association
ney 11!, St. John 11M, Withinton 132
and Moore 116.
Five of the votes were cast by per-
sons who were not members of the
Students Association, despite the
warning that oniy those who had paid
their blanket taxes had that privi-
lege.
Since these men should have been
elected last year no Freshmen were
allowed to vote Monday.
Because no roll of the students who
had paid their taxes was available it
was impossible to check everyone at
the polls.
No?
town SPEAKS
ON PROGRAM Of
WM!MG CLUB
"Walls" and "Atmos-
phere", Short Stories
by Club Members, are
Read.
The '24 Campanile, headed by J. I.
Campbell as editor-in-chief and by
Lindsey Blayney, Jr., as business
manager, at last is on a basis from
which it can start some definite work.
according to members of the staff.
Beginning the year without a man- - - q t
ager, the yearbook was in almost a?Y^,''JhH
great difficulty as it was a year ago
without an editor. New contracts can
be signed and work begun.
Photographs of the campus are be-
ing made by Curtman C. Fox of the
Fox Studio. Mr. Fox made the views
in the '23 Campanile.
Individual portraits will be made
at the Fox Studio aiso. Cam^beil is
working on a plan whereby the old
method of "begging and urging" stu-
dents to have their pictures made wit'
be avoided.
"Personally, I am not strongly in
favor of too much begging," Campbell
stated. "The students know it is their
book. They have the privilege of get-
ting their pictures in it; if they don't
want to, then it doesn't matter with
me. Hornbuckiie was delayed for
weeks last year because the students
were lax in having their portraits
made. I don't intend to be delayed
in that manner. I'm going to play
fair in advertising the dates for por-
traits, and if they aren't made, then
we will go to press with a view sec-
tion, a sports section and a horro-
scope."
Approved by Hornbuckte.
John S. Hornbuckle, editor of iast
year's book; heartily endorses the
stand taken by Campbeli. Horn-
buckle's explanation of his difficulty
last year is printed below.
The 1923 Campanile has just been
distributed. It is regarded as one of
the best colege annuals of the South
this year.
The technical side of the publica-
tion of the book is explained in this
note from Henry Stamm of the Rein
Printing Company, who printed and
bound The Campanile:
"Original upecMcations of the 1923 "Cam*
panHc" contemplate printing 862 pages, bound
with at!# hoard cover. From this starting
point printing craftsmen begin work—artists,
photograhers, photo-engravers, etchers, mono-
type operators, compositors, stonemen, press-
mn, feeders, folding operators, book sewers,
and hook-binders—ai! contributing ski!! and
experience to make a book pleasing in ap-
pearance.
COVER DE8TGN.
"The cover is blue fahrikoid. die stamped
and embossed, with initials of Rice Institute
super-imposed over a flower design, enclosed
in *n octagon*! rule design. End sheets are
THE VIEW SECTION.
with nwash ehnrarters. This letter was de-
aimied by WiHiam (lesion in 1720 in England.
Ht? served an apprenticeship as a iocksmith
HORNBUCKLE'S LETTER.
John Hornbuckle's explanation as to "the
how and why" of the delay is as foiiows:
"Now that the biasted book is in safe hands
at iast, and everyone of the seers and fore-
casters have said: "! knew it wouldn't be
of rhetoric and get something otT my chest
once and for all.
"As those mathematically inclined will
know, the Campanile is a book of some 380
pages, averaging something more than a pic-
ture to every page, printed by the best
printer we could get and engraved by the
best engraver we could get and withal, bound
in immitation leather of chaste design. A
certain amount of written material is includ-
ed, although from the number and the nature
of the sugegstions ! received as to how to do
it, I had thought of running a loose-leaf book
of blank pages, feeling sure that such a one
would not fail to please everybody.
FOUR EDITORS.
"Whether you know it or not, this book
has been graced by four editors, and I have
the privilege of being the only Campanile edi-
tor to hold office twice in one year. There
is no need to resurrect politica! dirt, so suf-
fice it to say that with the changes in the ex-
ecutiveship which would have done credit to
(Continued on Page 3.)
An address by President E. O. Lov-
ett of the Institute Monday night in
the Autry House opened the first even-
ing meeting of the Writing Club for
the year.
Miss Sybilmane Denniston, in in-
troducing the speaker, said that this
meeting marked the beginning of tin-
fifth year of the club's existence. She
outlined the history of the club.
Doctor Lovett spoke on the Charac-
ters of Theocrastus, and traced the
form and deveiopment to the present
day. He showed their influence in
France, ami told how the writers had
used them as weapons to attack their
enemies, relying on the cover fur-
nished by the fabie-iike appearance of
the sketches.
"Walls." the prize winner in the
Axson Club short-story contest of last
year, was read by the author. Miss
Martha Frances Hit!. Miss Dennistori
president of the club, read her story,
which received honorable mention
from the judges. It was called "At-
mosphere."
A short social period followed the
program. An invitation to persotig
interested in writing to attend the
club meeting at the Autry House ev-
ery Monday was issued.
A member of the faculty will ad-
dress the club at most of the meetings
during the first term, but announce-
ment of the speakers has not yet been
made.
GREAT OEMANO
FOR ADM!SS)0N
TO R!CE SHOWN
High Entrance Require-
ments Fail to Halt
Applicants; Classes
and Labs Crowded.
OWLS WIN 10-0 IN
HARD GRID BATTLE;
ARKANSAS U. IS NEXT
By Jack Glenn
In spite of the tact that his warriors did not roH up the expected
iarge score in the battie with the Sam Houstonians iast Saturday
Coach Phi! Arhuckie ieft the gridiron with an immense smite of
satisfaction at the 10-0 victory of the Rice eleven.
It was no joke to see the Owis get out on that fic)d, aii cracked
up to run away with the Normaiites, and rush up against a much
heavier and fighting team which in the first scrimmage showed
that the teachers had not been idie during the two weeks that
had eiapsed since their slaughter by Texas A. & M.
The whoie affair, iooked upon
before the game as a contest
which would give the Owis some
good practice without their hav-
ing to put out anything, as-
sumed a very serious aspect
from the start, and the insti-
tutes realized that th*t.v had a
fight on their hAnds.
FOUR LEADERS
ANNOUNCED BY
PRESBYTERIANS
The Rice Class of the First Presby-
terian Church begins its sessions this
fall under font l-<aders. Or. Charles t
Neihel, J. Alston t'lapp. Mrs. Fred T,
Wiison and i'reston Moore, a member
of the class of '33 at Princcton.
ft is thought that freshness and in-
terest will attend Bibb- study present-
ed from these different p tints of view
A smoker is being arranged for the
boys of the class who live in the dor-
mitories.
The opening reception he) I by the net<Laga
class at the church furnished amuse
ment to at ieast 75 guests. lud-l
Mortimer Lewis made a humorous
talk. He gave selections from his
poems. Lively games were played
under the direction of W. H. Wayhorn.
community song; leader. One gain a
suitcase race, was a tittle hard on
those wiio took part, but created fun
for those who merely were spectators
Boy s Arc Free
-K X X -K X R
/Vs ' E??; ) c//
Arhuckie Grins.
In consideration of the unexpected
attack launched by the teachers and
the hot water that the Owls were
thrown into, it is tm wonder that At
buckle came away with a grin.
Aii this week the squad has been
seeing some tea) practice and Coach
has not let up on the men. Hard
work has been the prescription, and
when the Rice gridsters no on the
tield^against Arkansas tomorrow they
be the same lot that faced
Satn Houston last. Saturday. If they
fight in the otd time way for which
the Owls are so famous they should
bring home the bacon from the .-i le-
"f the Raxot backs.
The Owl-Teachers scrap claimed it-
stars. as welt as its casualties.
('holly Shines.
Captain Cholly Swartx started off
Final registration figures show the
largest enrolment at Rice that the
school has ever known. The student
body at present is composed of ap-
proximately 1050 persons, of whom
more than 400 are Freshmen.
The unusuaily large enroiiment
would have gotie even higher if the
faculty had not abruptly ceased to ad-
mit any more students under any cir-
cumstances. Several are known t <
have gone to other universities, after
failing to gain admission to 'ttce.
Classrooms are ail crowded, even in
the junior and senior classes. Virtu
ally aii laboratories ate over-crowded.
Admission requirements were plac-
ed at 15 units minimum but even that
did not have the expected "selective
offect."
Until more buildings are availabie
registration each year probably will
be halted at 1000 students.
gi
HM)STI)HC.OfC.
WU FHO MBS
fMjtlM HEN
Employment for Rice students—
some mere jobs but other amounting
to "positions" — wilt be suppiied
through the assistance of the Hous-
ton Chamber of Commerce, according
to an announcement made Wednesday
through the office of the Bursar.
The Chamber has agreed to find em-
ployment for all students who need
the work in order to remain in school.
A big percentage of the men students
already are at work during spare
time, but a number were unable to
find work that would not conflict with
their university schedules. The
Chamber of Commerce wiil aid them.
J. T. McCants, bursar, has asked
The Thresher to say that he will write
cards of introduction to G. C. Roussel
of the Chamber of Commerce or to
prospective employers.
The Chamber of Commerce is lo-
cated In the sixth floor of the Cham-
ber of Commerce building, next to the
Palace Theatre.
The student Y. M. C. A. gave the
hoys plenty of tope to have a good
time at the smoker Tuesday evening
I For about an hour, after ? o'clock,
jthe Autry House was the seme of a
i talk by Hurk Baker, of a terp-icho-
h'ean interpretation of Harney G.w.gb.
: and of a general scuffle and r. i i y
! making, with II. B. Penix and F
Heard in charge.
i Jack Olenn displayed his en husi-
;"tsm by announcing that "this would
a pep meeting." and t'hc students
ihad another exhibition of Ids vigor.
He asked the gang to "yell for X iciit."
j who gave the overture on the old
I pinna, and then insisted that they yell
[for everything that came into In fer-
tile brain.
The igars followed this, and then
Mr. Baker, dimly seen through the
clouds of smoke and fumes, talked
about the work of the "Y" in connec
tioti with American colleges and re
minded us that every collcge has a
"Y ' of some kind.
Sisson, "the dancing siinte," gave a
.jig accompanied by Slime Brashear.
The music ranged from popular brain-
storms to a musical interpretation of
a soldier going off to battle.
The battle came later when ifg
cream was served. Paper containers
were handy missiles. In the free-for-
all which followed the center of the
room was deserted in the search for
safety.
When order was restored and the
chairs set up again, another near-riot
was precipitated by Heard and Paine,
who turned out the lights and then
threw candy into the arena.
This concluded the program and
quiet was restored in Autry House.
ORIENT TO BE
DISCUSSED BY
MRS. MASTERSON
Mrs. Harris Masterson will speak
at the Bible Class In Autry House
Sunday morning at 9:30 on the Orient.
Mrs. Masterson has spent some time
in China and Japan and is eminentiy
fitted to talk on this subject.
Rev. Harris Masterson. Jr., the
teacher of the class, has invited every-
one to attend.
Stewart Coleman. '30. is attending
Boston Tech. this winter, taking spe-
cial work in Mechanical Enginerineg.
; in great fashion. He shows improve-
j ment even over last year, when he
I made All-Southwestern Halfback, it
i wax a beautiful kick from Choliy's
educated toe which .sent the pigskin
hailing thtoughout the bars from the
Hi yaid line arid gave the Owis then
first com;* of the season.
1'utchy Wilford showed up mighty
well and was going' great when a
sprained arch took him from the
game, it wiil not be so many more
day- before Dutchy will again don his
war' togs and get. back into the fray.
Sutiivan. wlm took Smith's place at
full in the initial contest When tin
latter hurl his teu', i.- going to be nn
usually good this year if he continu --
(Continued on Page 4.)
SL!ME TEAM TO
PLAY HEiGHTS H!
ON R!CE F!EL0
The freshman eleven wili play their
second game of the season tomorrow
when they meet the strong Heights
H . ' School team on Rice Field. Tile
game wit start promptly at 3 o'clock.
The Slimes have a good team, a
fast team, and they shouldn't lose a
game this year. Maggie McOee. who
played four years of foot ha! I for the
Biue and Gray, is helping Coach Xich-
oias whip his men into shape. There
is plenty of brawn, and much speed
on the Freshmen squad. The coaches
have two good teams always at ham).
With some surplus.
By piling up a 20-0 score against
the strong La Porte High Schooi
eieven last Saturday the Slimes
prove) conclusively that they have a
fighting, welt-coached squad that con
tains some mighty good material for
future varsity elevens.
Good Plunging.
The vicious line plunging of Corn-
stock for the Slimes and the ciever
hroken-tteld running of "Grandpa''
Woods featured the contest. The iong
iine of woe that these husky Fresh-
men left behind them was especiaily
interesting.
The big thriil of the battle was
furnished by Woods, who raced 80
yards for a touchdown in the last
three minutes of piny. Woods, a for-
mer Houston Central High School
sensation, scored heavily for the
Siimes.
A new team was sent in at the be-
ginning of the second half. The
Freshmen who went in were: Ciapp,
4dh; Crane, It; Wiiliams, ig; Hart, c;
(Continued on Page 4.)
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