The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, February 1, 1924 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME IX
MCE INSTITUTE, HOUSTON, TEXAS, FEBRUARY I, 1924
NUMBER 17
Rice Topics
The haui of the Ha)! Committee has
begun.
A littie drama featuring three
prominent students was enacted dur-
ing the past week.
* * *
The cry has ben set up that the ac-
tion of the hati oiigarchy was not ex-
actly fair, in consideration of other
opportunities that have been present-
ed for action.
* * *
We have been asked: "Why isn't a
clean swe^p made white the broom is
on the floor?"
. Aii right, we'H bite. WHY?
* * *
To cap theawfuiciimaxofthe
st;uggia that is going on between the
eds and co-eds in pointing out and
shieid tig, respectively, the utter con-
fusion that the fair creatures have
been thrown into in their attempts to
make something out of the hideous
sheet (hat is bound to appear under
the name of the Thresher next week,
our business manager has gone and
turned traitor.
* * *
Yes deliberately feitfor the sob
stuff and allowed his heart to meit in
the very presence of his arch-rivai.
minded by the tears catied forth by
the pleadings ant] entreaties of a
beautiful maiden in distress, our Lo-
gatithm softened and ied the co-ed
business manager out into the cruei
a n I crooked worid of business.
* * *
And now he must pay—We ail must
pay!
A [ready statements have come from
some of our ad customers to the effect
that they are through for a while—
that they forgot tliemseives at the
siund of a silvered tongue that talked
Thresher advertising in sweeter tones
tl an any ever before heard and that
they said "yes" to almost any propo-
sition offered. " „
Ti-p rcgu't is that firms have nl-
i' a.ty given from thirty to fifty inches
n o e of ads to the co-eds for their
scandal sheet than our mate business
g mius was ever able to talk them out
of.
The worst part of it is that when
our dear advertisers see what the
gitis turn out for a Thresher they will
be so en-aged at advertising wasted
in such a freakish affair that we will
never ba able to get another inch out
of them.
Oh, death, where is thy sting?
Whoever started this dumb idea of
giving the co-eds control of the
Thresher for a week, anyway ?
Next week it is your turn. The
Thresher is yours for that time and
we wish you all the luek that could
possibly fall upon an undeserving
crowd that doesn't know what it's all
about.
We extend to you our heartfelt
sympathies and beg you to remember
that all is for the best. In that great
unkown land where all is rest and
peace there is a measure of reward
for even, the crudest attempts of hu-
man beings.
"PaxVobiscum".
* * *
"In hoc signo vinces, by goHy!"
Our down-trodden co-eds are thru!
* * *
They will stand absolutely no more
abuse at the hands of the intelligent
sterner element.
* * *
They have asserted their rights at
last. (Applause)
* * *
"Votes for women". Where are our
constitutional rights? they have ask-
ed and have deliberately thrown a
rock into the Sophomore political ma-
chine.
* * *
As a result the Soph steam roller
has lost some steam—in fact, quite
a bit of steam at the Student Council
meeting Thursday.
* * *
Hooray for our militant co-eds!
They are a fiery lot with an ad-
mirable amount of spunk and deter-
mination to assert their right to at
least one office in the Sophomore
class.
* * *
While the election was entirely on
the square and the result was the
ftuit circumstances, with no one
to blame, the girls are justified in
the stand they have taken.
MARCH SEVENTH
MTE SET FOR
JUN!0R PROM
At a recent meeting of the chair-
men of the various committees of the
Junior Prom, Friday, March 7th was
set as the official date of the annual
Junior dance.
"This date has been selected and
luthorixetl by Dean Caldwell," stated
president William L. Hale, "to he th"
most appropriate date for the Prom,
as it is the short interval between the
ending of the basketball season and
tie beginning of the track and base-
batl season."
Other plans for the Ptont have tint
been futly completed as yet, but presi-
ent Hale stated Thursday that this
year's Prom would surpass any other
that has been given.
Tiie Prom according to trad'tion
vill probably be helditi the commons.
A meeting of tWe .Junior clas&wiil be
held iti a week or so to decide on the
. lass dues and other things pertaining
to the big affair.
THE BIG THREE OF TH'E CO-ED THRESHER
!hret* co-eds who are to he held
mainly responsible for the scanda
sheet that is to appear next week
under the name ot The Thresher.
Left, Martha Prances Mill, associate editor: tenter Sybiimarte Deaniston, the "t'oltege Widow", editor in-
chief; right. Marie i.ongim) Davis. business manager, said to he quite a business man.
Other staff members of the Powder 1'uff 'thresher are: Misses Hazel Cannan, advertising manager;
ResalynXacbt, s tciefy editor: Mary l.onise l ord, feature editor; Jean Sproule, humor editor; Sarah
I.ane.ex-studcs editor. It's coming out next Friday. Watch,for it!
OUT,
ROOS3T FOR
/M 3^/? 77?4 A L
^shetaff's Owl pagers wiil do bat-
lewhh the Baylor Bears tonight and
Saturday night at the City Auditor-
ium. The Beats are in town and
Bridges and his gang are ready to
'tart their second series of the season
'iththelnstituters.
The first two games of the year,
< ith of which were won by Baylor,
vere played at Baylor several weeks
ago.
It wr.s in this first Bruin saries that
the Blue and Gray quintet first showed
ts inability to last more than three
]uar!etsofthegame. At the ends
of the tiist halves of the contests the
Owls were leading; hut they fagged
out in the last frame and tost to the
Waco outfit.
Ashcraft believes the Rice melon-
.ossers are in better condition this
week. Rough and tumble "condition-
ing" has been prescribed for the Owls
for every day this week and some
hatti battles have been taking place in
lie gym between the Slimes arid var-
sity.
"it is not a ease of being in c m-
ition, but just a case of being too
small for thcii- opponents. Too hard
tbrginning is required ef the Owls
to keep up with a tall team Such
ight as they must put up would wear
ilmostany team out in the same
'.ength of time." This is the genera!
vay that the Owl cage situation is
described.
With eight names already lost this
season the Owls mean to put out all
they have to bring them out of the
slump tonight and Saturday night.
Rice rooters will not sit on the
stage and floor tonight. A section
has been reserved by athtetic manag-
3r Sewetl in the seats on the opposite
side. By grouping as many students
is possible together a much better
team support "a la voice" can be ef-
fected, it is believed.
All Owl students are expected to be
there in the proper place to do their
share of the battle.
' ' ' ' ' ' ' t 't'JJt
Q CAME TONIGHT.
You won't have to sit on any-
body's e.tr or step on anybody's
toes at the games tonight and'
tomorrow night. The seating
anargement is to be different
and there'll be plenty of room
t'jr a g oup formation.
Owl students wiil be seated
on tne side of the court op.'ostto-
the stage in a special reserved
se.ti n of seats.
The idea is to be there and
g-oup tcg-thcr with the rest of
the gang to sea how much team
.support you cat! put forth via
! e larynx.
If you figure it out, you ate
almost as essentia] at a game
in which your team features as
-is the bali itself.
Ti eband will he present with
plenty of pep, you'll be present
with plenty of voice, and there'll
be a real game.
B O'Clock
MSUUM HtSfORY
RELATED 3Y DR.
OSCAR N!CH0LAS
The his nty of ti<e discovery ttf iti-
suiin was told hyOseai* Nicholas 1'h
D, instructor in chemistry at Rice, in
a well-delivered and interesting uni-;
varsity extension lecture in the am-
phitheatre Sunday afternoon. The
subject was "Insulin in Discovery and
Use."
} Nicholas told of the lengthy experi-
ments of two Cattadittus. Dr. F. G
Banting and t'. H. Best, which finally
(Continued on Page 4.)
SOPH ELECT!0N
DECLARED LEGAL
AT COUMtL MEEr
Cash Over Vice-Pres-
idency Results in a
Victory tor Boys
At a meeting of the Stutiettts Coun-
cil Thursday, to consider the petition
msented by twenty-five Sophomore
co-eds protesting the resent Sopho-
more election, it) which aids Soph offi-
ces were fillet! by boys, the council de-
c!::"d election It gal.
Miss Fannie Bess Emery presented
th.' case for the girls, while John A.
Jameson, re-elected president of the
S.-p! s, was on hand to defend the in-
tegrity of the tpaie oh-nient of the
tins?;. Ceorge *Westcidield appeared
as a witness.
The decision was reached after an
hour and a quarter of deliberation.
Tom Moore, eounei 1 man -at -large,
announced Thursday that a full ac-
count of themeeting wilt be published
in next week's Thresher, which will
give the reasons why the election was
held legal.
The protest was made by the girls
viei a close race for the vice-prcsi-
!c.'tcy between an ed and a eo-ed re-
sult. 1 in a vietorv for the former,
leaving the suffragettes ^ut of the
So;'h governing body altogether.
Hopes have been expressed that this
event will serve as a warning for co-
"!s to show more interest in ciass-
reetings held in the future and he on
liand to cltiim their share of the rep-
resentation.
Dr. R. A. Tsnaoff
WiH Give Fifth
Sunday Lecture
The fifth of a series of Rice exten-
sion lectures will he given by Dr. R.
A. Tsnaoff, professor of Philosophy
at the institute, Sunday afternoon at
)]\m., in the Physics amphitheater.
Dr. Tsnaoff'ssttbject will be "Centen-
ary of Immanuel Kant."
Stanford Students
% *M* %
Study Yeli-Lead
x * x x -x R- -a
in Curriculum
Yell leading has'beon made a sub
,c<-t in the currii ulum at Stanford uni-
versity and credit will bo given to
sophomores trying out ferassitant
ycil leaders who register in the new
course.
"Bleaclier psychology." "the cor
rect use of the voice," "developm'.nt
of stage presence" and "what a coaci.
expects of the yell leader'* will be
faculty and by Andrew Kerr, the foot-
bailcoach.
CAST CHANGE
ANNOUNCED )N
"DEAR BRUTUS
Aclniiigoiiasbeeu made in (die
cast of "Dear lirutus",.a three-act
play to ho given by the Hire Draniath
cluhon the nights of February ill
and aeeoriling to Miss Jean
Sproule. director of the play.
Ben Mitchell. Mho had been cast in
the ride of Matey, fituls himself un-
able to devote sufficient time to th"
relieatsaisandhaswithdtawn from
the cast. FddioHcrtxbcrg, a recently
etitncdprobntioticr has hetMi chosen
to Mi the [tlacc made vacant by
Mitchell.
Rehearsals for "Dear Brutus" are
well under way, Miss Sprouh ati
nounces. The play is gradmtliy tak-
I '"g
shape and should "make the
gtade" in great style.
} Rice students are promised one of
-the most finished production yet
staged by the Dramatic club.
"Dear Brutus" is the first three-art
affair yet attempted by Cm Hire
thespians. Heretofore the perform-
ances have been one-act included in
a bill of three playlets.
HELPFUL HINTS TO POWDER PUFF EDS
The following is n list of helpful
instructions and suggestions to the
editors of the powder-puff Thresher.
If they are closely followed the suf-
fragette "pip? organ" wilt undoubted-
ly surpass anything Billie MayHeld
overturned out.
Here you are, Weenies, "con mueho
gusto":
I. COPY—Don't get it in early.
The printer objects. If your paper is
to appear Friday morning at 10:30
get the copy in at 9:07 the same
morning.
Write on both sides of the paper.
Typewriters are not only useless
but they are absolutely taboo in
newspaper work.
Don't spill rouge or powder on the
copy; it makes the typesetter "set"
wrong and gives the printer hysterics.
II. STYLE—Write in Greek. He-
brew, English, Italian, Chinese, Slang,
African, Profane, Bolshevik, Mapper.
Indian or anything you like—no one
will mind; the articles will be about
as sensible in one as the other.
Specialize on big words and start
every sentence with an article, pre-
ferably "the".
Editorialize on everything, . even
the ads; it will be your last chance to
crowd your hasty "thoughts" and
gripes into eight pages of humor.
Use the white saces on the ads. The
advertisers won't mind—you're not
men, you know.
III. MAKE UP—To be smoother
than that on your face. "Neat, not
gawdy."
Heads should go beneath each story.
Should all be set in same type and
of same length.
A series of two-column heads at
the bottom of the page, interspersed
with a few four-column freaks, will
' look well.
The mast head should go on the
front page, immediately beneath the
title, which is to be set in six-point
type, names of staff-members to be
set in 1H point type. A picture of
the staff members should accompany
each name.
A "by-line" should accompany each
story, and should be set in 24 point
Italic.
V. "HOOTS"—Should occupy two
front-page columns, and each joke
shoultf be labeled "joke". Localize
on everything.
A good place to look for unrecog-
nizable jokes is the 18(17 Hies of
"Punch". These bits of humor have
not been heard for two generations.
"The Owl" is a good topic for dis-
cussion.
Hoots are also useful as the best
filler on the market; can be used to
j fill any vacancies, especially those on
) the front page, in Rice Topics or in
; the editorial columns.
VI. SOCIETY—Good filler—some-
times read by people other than girls.
Place on frontpage, immetiiatoly
following Hoots,
VII. "SPORTING" editor—Use no
slang. Have a large vocabulary on
hand. Remember: everybody plays
an excellent game and no player ever
makes a mistake or lays down on the
job. That ole team always fights ev-
ery minute of the game. If Rice loses
blame it on the referee, who is always
making mistakes and should never be
allowed to enter the court. His judg-
ment is not near as good as that of
the brass-throated authorities in the
stands.
Good expressions which will fit in
any story: "He piayed an excelient
(Continued on Page 4.)
PROF. PET!T!0N
TRANSFERRED TO
EATSCOMM!TTEE
Dt.Lovett has referred the prof's
petition asking for a meal-tickot sys-
tem to the mess-hall committee.
Tin- entmnittce has been asked to
recommend a course of action.
A system whereby all professors
w<<uld bo allowed to cat wheie tiny
ph-itsc and still residein the dormitor-
ies is asked for. It is believed that
the most expedn-nt way to meet the
<iu<'sth)n\c<,u!dbct0putllu'prnfcss-
:<ts on the ticket sy.-tem.
Such a system would ailuwtitem to
catintbeiin'.-^liaHv.'ln-rnser t)!<-\
choose.
The majority of the profs igin'l
'ln'p!'tition,ud)ich^as submitted to
the picsitlent. Inst \t.cek.
SENIORS TO G!VE
WEEKLY DANCES
!N RtCE COMMONS
Announcement v.as m;t<ic Thtt'---
day to the t-tl'oct that the ^tudc!!'.-
t'.mnri! has granted oer;t)i;-:-i"! to
Senior t'ians t . use til: <.<].'n<no( .; . s
.ny Saturday night for dancer.
Tlit'sedanr.;- wiil i'c -ocof id..'
t)eam; of raising-fund"! for-ttn; annual
-odor 4nr<!di'ah.\C!i.ii wild lit'.trivet!
atthociidoftiicsch'.oiyear. dduy
'.vilii'eptHcctL; Sn'urd.ay night.
'iousedttne s. which hav heer. tctn-
^.i!ar,:.'y sus.}^ tn!ofl by i\lt. .Masters"! .
Good mu-'i" wii! !te arranged f'.-r.
ind it i.-'. the tda'i of the S-'--: .is ):,
make th< Saturday * nigh! dattcr-
t)n!ou.uhiycn,i!;,ntdcnndpnj)niina'
fairs.
T!)C[n''sshr.!liias'altsa,'sst^*''..*o!]as
i'lkh-al, hall.'i.<o!n;!!)tti.'!s!'-. nth,
scette of main successi'=iis;!m.udt^
To PuH ( andy
February 7th
Tite tnemiicrs 'id' 'h. Ri -e (
he l-'it'S* Mot'sodis! I i.
't candy put! and. ! vni. nte-.e party
Thut-stbty. Ft-brmtty at -the n-ha*.
Atirs!'Mf}td<*'HessF,)m:'ry, Chat'tcn;
Scheie.-, and Ituth ''art have he :
placed on the rcccptioti i-ommittee.
They iv:'{ bn':W tile '.nicotine ho\
and distrih.tittnn of' t.he candy.
fli'- "c.'h'td.s iio-is" v.d'i !c Alr-
-tuida Untie;,, '.'.!io c.d;s( . t)mtt:n one
issligittt.iiintiic.iisith^gcmot'tin.'
sweet stutf,
<Hhej' ronniii'dce tucmls-t^ at.
Aliases ^teita h'unhwrg. i-J-f;)h Hoi<-
dtsu'r. I.tticiia!'.. .*..iidM<--'-.! !'.
McKt-an and John Kttschc. 1
grottpwjtlnttctid to all special.nl
t'Hngcmcttfs ticenssary to make t-
partynsmcoss.
Ttiis party is not, given fot the hetn
fit of the members of this chtssaioue.
but for ail it ice students. Fcetylt-'dy
is invitett. and n good time with plenty
tf randy, to say nothing of the wee
love notes of rupid. is [si,;,tnisedi'.e
all.
nnmtrcrarri
\ilHYHOtSHCAl.K\D\R
Fridits. Feb. )
l^n'tt) F. H. 1. S.
CO French Club, un-stnits.
7:t!P Rehcnrsai "Dear Hrut-
ns." Stage.
Sttturdity. Feb. 2
Water in the foutttain.
Sunday. Feb. 3
S:t)tt—Breakfast.
!):0P -Cranmct' meeting.
Open house, (hatimer club host-
ess. Treble Clcffprogratn.
Monday. Feb. )
1:30—Writing club.
3 to 5- Junior French Alliance.
Tuesday, Feb. o
t2:30—P. A. L. S.
Wednesday, Feb. H
S:00—Chape] exercises.
)230—Y. W. Cabinet meeting.
Thursday. Feb. 7
]2:30-Y. W. C. A.
4:30—Band.
Friday, Feb. S
I'honograpit needles bought
j
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