The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, December 7, 1923 Page: 2 of 4
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TH E THRESHER :: HOUSTON, TEXAS
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Entered M tecond c]*M nutttw October M. HH. <t th* pottoKtce )n Hou'ton. Texn under the
Act of Mush N. M79.
M.M per Yetr, !0c per Copy.
E. Oren Arnotd Editor-tn-Chtef
J. Lawrence Moore Managing Bdttor
Robert Vaden Lotadon Buatneae Manager
WatterBarnea . .Aaaociate Editor
Jack Gtenn Sporta Editor
GeraMineJenningo Society Editor
HateiCannan n Co-ed Feature Editor
Sarah Lane Ex-Studee Editor
Baainem Aeaociatea
HaiHannan Cireuiation Manager
J. AiiiBonDryden Advertising Manager
G.W.Martin Advertising
StaC Reporters
Kern Tips. Mary Louise Ford. Fanny Bess Emery, Martha Frances Hit). R. T. Wiibanhs.
Katherine Wood. Men Duggan, George Wittiams, Sadie McLean. Ray L. Rountree Lottie Gray,
May Mickey. Julian Muench.
SUGAR-COATING THE PILLS.
A retrospective survey of Rice's 1923 footbaH season reveals
at ieast one fault that cannot be laid at door of either the coach or
the "insufficient" material.
Rice has had this one fault so long that she has become fam-
ous for it. It bobs up every year, in football, basketball and even
in track. It has caused the Blue and Gray more humiliation than
any other one thing. It is The Thresher's opinion that more effort
to correct this one fault should be made than to bring about any
other improvement.
Some persons call it over-confidence. At Rice it amounts to
unadulterated cockiness.
We yell loudly of what we can do. Half the school then ap-
parently thinks a duty has been performed and that actually to do
it is somebody else's business.
Members of the football team are known to have predicted a
to 0 victory over Southwest Texas Normal, and a 28 to 0 vic-
tory over T. C. U. And God knows what they based their pre-
dictions on; certainly the team's past record showed little to merit
such irrationalism.
The Thresher doesn't blame any individual or group. The
Thresher itself has been a leader in the school of thought which
has for its motto, "Hurrah for us, all the time". Thresher files
show unlimited headlines about what Rice is preparing to do,
ready to do, able to do. With all due credit to Rice's athletic
record in the 12 years of its existence, the school is developing
into an alibi camp.
"Boost", "Bury the hammer", "Blow your horn". They're all
good Chamber of Commerce maxims. But as sure as you blow
your horn in front of a football man's head, aforesaid head swells
up until its owner can't carry it down the footbaH field. Athletic
hero worship is the most hindering institution in American col-
leges today, iconoclastic as that sounds.
Rice has just closed, ignominiously, her 1923 footbaH season.
A grand percentage of 200; three games won out of eight played.
But the school's first step after Thanksgiving is to predict an Ow!
basketbai! championship. Apparently the only sane thinker about
basketball is Coach Ashcrai't himself. After saying that Rice
looms highest of all for the court pennant, The Thresher investi-!
gated and now is prepared to agree with Mr. Ashcraft when he
says that we have onlv a fighting chance for even a creditable
season.
This old bunk of sugar-coating every pill only to have the sugar
washed off before swallowing it must come to an abrupt end, if
Rice is to take her rightful place in the collegiate sport world.
COMPETITIVE MUSIC.
One feature of student support for athletic teams noticeable
at Rice this year has been the marked improvement in the Owl
band.
Inquiry reveals that the band has been piaced on a competitive
basis, that is, that members work for positions just as athletes
work for positions on the teams.
The band members also are rewarded just as athletes "are.
The Student Council has appropriated money to buy each musician
who meets certain requirements a high grade white woolen sweat-
er bearing the official "R and Lyre" band amblem in blue.
The Thresher congratulates Director Ander and President
Chatham on the success of the band this season. It has taken a
high piace among college musical organizations, and the new sys-
tem is destined to boost it even more.
The Thresher places its hearty approval on the proposal to
issue another R Book. The First R Book was one of the most at-
tractive pieces of advertising Rice has ever issued and subsequent
numbers should be published at least every two years.
— -S —-
How about the 1924 Interscholastic Track Meet? Thresher
representatives can find nobody who knows whether it will be
staged or not. Is the meet to be annual, biennial, or occasional?
Would it be possible to combine it ever two years with the Engi-
neering Show?
NOT SO DUMB
Jot<: "1 te!i you, o!d Bit! Gurk knows
his stuff."
Jo: "What makes you think so?"
Joe: "Didn't you hear how he broke
the record in the back-stroke the
other day?
Jo: "Yes, yes."
Joe: "Well, the cagey guy put his
suit on backward and swam the
crawl."
said the
"! beg your pardon," cried the eon-
vict as the governor passed Ms eeH
* * *
"I'm not sticking to facts," said the
stamp on the letter the student
writing to his dad.
* + *
"It won't be iong now," remarker
the phiiosopher, as the train ran over
his nose.
"There's something in this,"
the grocer, as he shook the ancient
egg
* * *
"I'li never touch another drop," said
the boottegger as he swallowed wood
alcohoi.
* * *
"A man would be crazy to go to
such a place as that," said the guide,
pointing to the insane asylum.
* * *
"This is hard to take," said the
burglar, as he elimbed over the fence
with a piano.
* * *
"I know my oats," brayer the jack-
ass, after kicking the hired man be-
hind the hips for putting sawdust in
the mash.
* * *
"My word! What fierce birds you
have in America!" said the English-
man, upon being told that a New
Pearl Laundry
and Cleaners
CAw// <7 jPtw/
4604-6-8 MAIN STREET
Phone Hadtey 7060
Pocket Knives
25c to $5.00
Gym Suits $1.35
Basketball Shoes $3.00
Jockey Strops 60c
Tennis Rackets, Tennis Balls
Golf Halls 15c to $1.00
Golf Clubs, Set of 4 and Bag
$8.98
AH kinds of Athletic Supplies
€ L. Bering Co.
709 Travis Street
Where Your Trade is
Appreciated.
EHa Hunn—Hear you iand John
William had a row last night.
Frances—Yes, he was keeping my
schoo! girl complexion.
It is better to have loved a short
man than never to have loved a tall.
"Your story," said the English
prof., "is like the present styles in
evening gowns held up in a manner
that creates suspense, but <yo long to
maintain interest."
"Don't the football boys ever wash
their suits?"
"Why, certainly. What do you think
the scrub team is for."
Her papa was an oil king,
She had a pretty face,
No wonder when you went to call,
You found no parking space.
Netf *S%oe.y
/or
Scotch and Norwegian Grain — the popuiar
shoe ieathers of the season—shown in style
simitar to picture above and plain soft toe—
comfortable and smart. Forbush at $10.
Banister at $13.50.
THE BEST FOOTWEAR ON EARTH!
O TWHU'jE
BHHAHHTV
Kmr
CArMfmas
CMfa
Yorker was
crane.
* * *
"I have reached the end of my
rope," said the negro as he dangled
from the limb of a tall tree.
* * *
"Ther're off!" cried the o!d lady as
she looked at the inmates of the in-
sane ward.
* * *
"Go long, you're stuffing me," said
the Thanksgiving Turkey. Sage re-
mark!
* * *
"That's the guy I'm laying for,"
said the hen as the farmer crossed
the barnyard.
"What a spieadid fit," said the
tailor, as he carried thf epileptic out
of Ma shop.
"It will be an awful shock to him,"
tW jaHw av thi* ifPwM; fUtthfl
Mo the electric chair.
Texas Blue Print and Supply Co.
Phone Preston 4907
514 Fannin Street Houston, Texas
The smartly cut
loose-fitting suit
The Boulevard is a
two-button, loose
sack, with long, roll-
ing lapel. Broad,
somewhat short, and
square - shouldered
coat
It has that smart,
easy air usually
found only in Eng-
lish clothes now worn
by college men.
The smart air is
in this O'coat
The Whitby is a
three-button,double-
breasted overcoat
with a rather full
and slightly flared
skirt. It's smart be-
cause it's correctly
cut. That's always
true of Sakowitz
Bros, clothes.
Suits and Overcoats
Exceptional Values
$35, $40, $45, and $50
"What a diSerence
just a, few cents make!'
FATIMA
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The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, December 7, 1923, newspaper, December 7, 1923; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth229969/m1/2/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.