The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, October 3, 1924 Page: 1 of 6
six pages : ill. ; page 20 x 15 in.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
# |\ ^rjr i.% iw
X fin JL^
VOLUME X
RICE INSTITUTE, HOUSTON, TEXAS, OCTOBER 3, 1924
NUMBER 3
STAGE IS SET FOR OPENING GAME
Rice Topics
TWO HUNDRED pounds from tackle
-*■ to tackle, is the weight of the
Sam Houstonians tomorrow. Well,
"what the hell do we care?" An ele-
phant weighs 2600 pounds from end
to end, but he ain't worth a hang in
a football uniform.
rnOMORROW will be what often is
referred to as an "auspicious oc-
casion." The auspiciousness being the
fact that a new system of football
taught by new coaches to new men is
being turned loose in the Southwest-
ern Conference. Besides the several
thousand students and fans, a critical
gang of scouts from other schools will
be in the stands. Nobody knows whsit
to expect. The game likely will be
close, but in any case, page 1 of a
chapter in Rice gridiron history will
be written. Let's make it a page easy
to read.
* + •
/"IF COURSE, it's none of our busi-
" ness, but The Thresher has al-
ways wondered just why Rice foot-
ball games are scheduled so late.
Three-thirty is milking time for lots
of folks. Anybody that's coming at
all can come by 2:30 or o:00 at least,
and then the last quarter wouldn't be
played in the twilight. But—3:30 or
0:00, we'll be there!
* * *
A ND WHILE we're wondering, why
is it that the Rica rooters hav _> to
sit between the 0 and the 40-yard lint',
and the choice 30 to oO^vard line scats
go to somebody else *Be nice to the
visitors, sure, but charity begins at
home. The team depends a lot on the
rooters. And this is the ltice man's
game, on his field, by his friends on
the team, for the glory of his school.
He peats on the front row in
the center, jam up against the foot-
lights, and he deserves them.
Yes, the center seats sell better.
But maybe the student would pay a
little more to get a little more. It's
like the fc'uit stand keeper who took
only the rotten-specked apples home
to the wife—one day he came home
and she wasn't there.
—O—O—O—
T¥OT DAWG! Jack Glenn is up. He
came snooping back on the campus
Monday night!;,
Well, well, Nucleus Patricia Ethyl-
gas Rosenweig Millie Hayfield Itosy-
wosky Glennovitch! Think you can
get by a whole term with this vaca-
tion stuff? Folks, he lay up in bed
at the Heights Clinic for ten days,
playing hearts, hands, eyes and mah
jonng with the pretty nurses. If No-
body else will tell the low down on
him, his own paper will. Because he'll
be back on the job in another week
and the temporary staff may never
have this chance again.
WHICH REMINDS US to apologize
again, he staff admits its short-
comings. But don't gripe too hard at
us; nobody expetced to have to do
double work on the old sheet, and no-
body had the ability or the time. Take
th6 head man off any organization
and things go kaflooey. That's what
happened to The Thresher. And we
appreciate the forbearance the school
' has shown so far.
—O—O—O—
TVR. BLAYNEY has accepted an of-
fer to becofne president of the
College of Industrial Arts, despite a
petition presented by the Rice stu-
dent body. The Thresher can voice no
opposition. If he feels he can do more
for himself and for mankind at C. I.
A., then that is whore he belongs.
C. I. A. is to be congratulated; they
knew where to come for a good man.
♦ * *
rpHE LOSS OF several big men from
the Rice family is more and more
a grave concern of every Rice student
and alumnus. Daily The Thresher is
flooded with "Whys?" And we can
find no answer.
Is At the policy of the administra-
tion not to give proper ranking to fac-
ulty men, as some people say? Is it
because of lo wsalaries ? Having abso-
lute confidence in the controlling pow-
ers of the Institute, The Thresher does
not want to appear too critical. It
merely expresses the anxiety and won-
der what is unanimous on the campus
and that is heard every day down-
town. This anxiety is born solely of
it love for the University.
MISS SUSIE FONDREN
JULIAN HUXLEY
BREAKS IMAGES
OF IGNORANCE
"Which Is Sacred Egg"
Oxford Prof Wants
To Know
Miss Fondren, a Sophomore, was selected by the student body to
represent Kice at the iexus Stale Fair in Dallas on College bay, iMO-
vember 18. She is a Houston girl, the daughter of W. \V. Fondren, and
is prominent in society. She was selected over a field of ten other
contestants.
OWL BAND READY
TO APPEAR
"For Rice's Honor'
Taught Slimes.
Is
The last real practice prior to the
Sam Houston game was held by the
Owl band yesterday with Director Lee
Chatham putting the men through.
The musicians laid particular stress
on the elimination of "blue" and
"sour" notes and chords in the various
pieces. Marches were practiced ex-
clusively.
There will be no parade or drill.to-
morrow as the band hasn't had time
to practice marching, but has been
devoting its time to practicing and
teaching the Freshmen some of the
new and old marches, as well as the
medley. For Rice's Honor was re-
hearsed two or three times so the
Freshmen could learn to play it with
the correct degree of enthusiasm and
respect. 0
About That Stand.
The band men were still worried
about their bandstand, and son>e men
have expressed doubts as to the show-
ing made if they have to cramped in
a group in the stands.
Hendricks Davis
Elected Head Of
St. Paul's Class
The Rice Class of St. Paul's Metho-
dist Church, one of the largest classes
in the city, held an election last Sun-
day, and the following officers were
elected: Hendricks Davis, president;
Susie Fondren, vice-president; Jessa-
mine Lewis, secretary; Buford Sigler,
treasurer, and Lura Duff, Thresher re-
porter.
Then a social committee, consisting
pf Louie Lee Berry, Susie Fondren,
Ellen Ross, Lawrence Davis and Chas.
Hamilton, was appointed to look after
parties and other festivities, and to
make everyone feel at home.
An automobile committee, consist-
ing of Walter Fondren, Arthur Zucht,
and Alton Harris, was also selected to
look after getting the dormintory stu-
dents to the church.
Hear Ye, Slimes,
*******
Any Good Stunts
*******
Up] Your Sleeve ?
Hear ye, Slimes! Slime Stunt Night
is to be held on Thursday, October 9,
and every last one of you who has
some superfluous "monkey business"
he Wants to get rid of, or who has an
extra stunt or two on his hip, will re-
port to Bill MeVea of the Sophomore
class. It is rumored that any frosh
who is caught hiding a stunt or two
"up his sleeve" will receive a personal
call from Mr. McVea, who perhaps
will "leave his calling cards" at home.
Freak costumes galore are expected
to bedeck legions of the green cap
men, and vaudeville acts which will be
no match for those offered on the Ma-
jestic or Orpheum circuits will con-
vulse you with laughs of the "horse"
variety.
In past years Freshmen have been
"dolled up" at football games and to
a certain extent on Friday when they
wear the badge of "the order of the
fish," but it is intended to make Slime
Stunt Night an annual affair to sup-
plement "ye old shirt tail parade,"
according to reports.
lliology was explained as the great
interpretative force of modern science
in three lectures given by Dr. Julian
Huxley of Oxford, eminent English
authority.
The biologist, grandson of the great
Thomas Huxley, spoke to a crowd that
packed the physics amphitheatre each
night.
' Ai 8:15 p. m. Monday, he slumped
into the lecture room in company with
Dr. Edgar Altenburg, who introduced
him and announced his subject, "Pure
Biology."
Huxley's first lecture was a review
of the more important facts and dis-
coveries of modern biology, illustrated
with about 50 slides. He read his lec-
tures; his voice was thin and suchrose,
but well modulated.
The scientist reminded one of Al-
fred Bejart's famous sketch "The Bil-
| Hard Player" that first night. Clad
in a tux, he eyed the table nervously,
tapped on the floor intermittently with
his cue, smirked at his audinece and
tried several jests that fell flat.
Beautiful.
Of course—you professors will ob-
ject—his taps with the cue were sig-
nals to change those very technical
slides. Oh, yes!
"Beautiful!" said Huxley pointing
with the cue to the tail of a human
embryo, an almost perfect slide made
in London.
The professor shocked several min-
isters piesent u> asserting tl.at man's
ancestors at one time had tails; at
another time, gill slit3, et cetera. He
proved it.
"Applied Biology," delivered Tues-
day night, contained Huxley's nitro-
glycerine on birth control. Wm. Ward
Watkin, John Heisman and other no-
tables sat on the steps of the amphi-
theatre to hear the sensational dis-
course.
"The human female produces, all
told, about 400 eggs capable of pro-
ducing offspring," he said.
"Which is the sacred egg? Which,
if any, should we hesitate to destroy
if the parent is a moron, a physical
degenerate or a potential menace to
society ?"
Birth Control.
Huxley launched anathema against
church and state for their tyrannical
attitude in forbidding the dissemina-
tion of birth control information. He
said that scientists could now, or soon,
inform society: (1) how to keep from
having babies; (2) how to choose the
sex of babies one wants to have; (3)
how, possibly, to create babies without
the embryo having to grow within the
womb of the female.
"War and famine are not sufficient
to regulate population," he declared.
"The rich have long practiced birth
control. France, Switzerland and
Great Britain have realized its advan-
tages, tho Germany and Italy remain
prolific."
(Continued on Page 3)
Excitement Prevails
On Eve of Scrap With
Sam Houston Teachers
JULIAN S. HUXLEY
Oxford biologist who broke some
images at Rice.
BLAYNEY TO BE
C. I. A. HEAD
Leaves Rice Faculty
After 12 Years
Dr. Lindsey Blayney, professor of
German at Rice Institute, has accepted
an offer to be president of the College
of Industrial Arts at Denton and will
assume charge of his work there on
January 1.
Dr. Blayney has been a member of
the Rice faculty for 12 years. He
holds degrees from several universi-
ties. including one ffom* Heidelberg.
Virinia, Loyola and Notre Dame.
He succeeds Dr. F. M. Bralley as
president of C. I. A. Dr. Bralley died
a few weeks ago.
Dr. Blayney issued this statement
following his acceptance:
"However flattering this unsought
honor done me by the regents of this
great Texas educational institutoin,
it will be very difficult for me to
leave Houston and Rice. I came to
the Institute at its opening with the
intention of making Houston my per-
manent home. For 1 have always felt
that it would be disastrous to an in-
stitution of higher learning to have a
faculty made up of more or less tran
The stage is set, the players are
ready.
The curtain rises Saturday at 3:30
p. m., on the first act of a drama that
has attracted wide attention.
Excitement over the opening of the
192-1 grid season reached a high point
this week end. It is doubtful if any-
opening game ever before commanded
as much attention as this one has.
The Rice Owls tie up with the Sam
Houston Normals. Both are strong
teams, weighty and fast. A cracking
yood game is assured.
Bill Shakespeare once said that
"Nothing is either good or bad but
thinking makes it so." If we may play
with William's gem of wisdom and
draw our own inference, Rice Insti-
tute's football team will be either very
good or exceptionally punk, for Coach
i John Heisman and his merry men
have been concentrating every faculty
on the opening splurge Saturday.
Coach Heisman <s not so sure but
what he should have picked Texas or
A. and M. or Baylor for his opening
game rather than the Sam Houston
Normal College, for the Huntsville
teachers have a team this season that
promises to be one of the most diffi-
cult on Rice's schedule.
Greased Lightnin.
The Normalites will swoop up into
Houston Friday night with a team
that is both heavy and fast and that
has attained what is said to be mid-
season form due to strenuous curly
season practice. "1 he line compare-
favorably with anything in the State,
according to reports issued from the
Teachers' utronghcld, '.chile th, ::
field is greased lightning.
To quote Heisman, "1 shall be happy
if we are able to defeat the Bearcat;
by even a small margin. This game
will not be a matter of large score.-
for us." Take the coach at his word.
The game will surely be n . crip, and
it will be a matter of winning the
game, not swamping the Bearcats.
Of course, this talk must not be
thought pessimistic, for the squad is
in good shape and has adapted itself
remarkably to a thoroughly revised
system of play introduced by Coiu-h
Heisman. The team has mastered to
a goodly extent Bedenk's new manner
| of line play while the drive and energy
no per- : that has characterized every team that;
" evident
■ Owls'
sient individuals with little or ,
sonal interest in students or institu- 1 John Heisman ever tut-n
tion and wholly unknown to the alum- !'n every department m
BANG'
WHOOOPEEE-E-E-E ! ! !
Yea-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-A-A-A-A-A-A RICE!!!!
We're off! !
Had a long time to wait but now it's here-^-the first game.
The rooting section is on the South side of the field.
* ♦ *
The season must be started off with a bang! Pull your trigger!
Fire both barrels at once. Then reload and fire again. Waste
your ammunition; there's plenty of it. It's the noise we need,
anyway.
If you're sick, go to bed. If your grandmother is sick, go see
her. Otherwise you better be on the yelling line! And that ain't
hooey, either.
* * *
This place has been trying to go to sleep.
GIT UP!! IT'S DAWN!!!
The Sam Houstonians are coming! And behind them are the
Sou'westers! And the Cajins! And the Longhorns and Aggies! !
If we sit here and twiddle our thumbs, that bunch of hams will
come down and take off the A. B. building.
* < * *
Holler. Yell. Shriek. Cry. Whistle. Sing.
Take the lid off! Open your cutout! !
Football's here and we've got to have some life!
LET'S GO! ! !
ni. I have seen Rice and Houston
grow, and have felt very much a part
of them both.
"I should add that I have been pro-
foundly touched by the warm expres-
sions of indorsement which I under-
stand went to the regents from most
unexpected sources. To all such 1
would take this opportunity of ex-
pressing my deep appreciation of then-
confidence.
"As a last Word may I express the
hope that the city in which Mrs. Blay-
ney and I have passed so many happy
years may not entirely forget us, as
we shall never forget it and the bound-
less kindness of its citizens."
® —-
Joint Reception
Held on Commons
play.
(Continued on
- ■ © -
Page 4.)
LES HIBOUX TO
ADD MEMBERS
Four French Classes
Invited to Join
Les Hiboux, the French Club of tho
University, held its first meeting on
Thursday, September 25. Among other
plans for the"coming year, it was de-
cided that the membership should be
enlarged, due to an increased interest
in the work of the club. Accordingly,
all students of French 310, 320, -110
and and 420 are invited to become
members of"the club.
The first evening meeting will be
held at Autry House, October 7, at
The annual joint reception of the 8 p. m. This meeting will be informal.
Rice Young Men's Christian Associa-j serving as a means of initiating the
tion and Young Women's Christian As- j new members int othe secrets of how
soeiation was held just outside the
cloisters between the commons and
South Hall, Saturday afternoon.
About 250 enjoyed the general good
time and entertainment that was of-
fered. Most of those present were
girls, but the stags came in towards
the middle of the reception.
Arthur Zucht and Slime Gunn liv-
ened the entertainment with several
musical selections, after which re-
freshments were served.
®
THE MORRISONS
Mr. and Mrs. George Morrison, who j
were on a visit to Mrs. Morrison's par-:
ents, visited on the campus on regis- j
tration day. He is a graduate of '23, j
she of '22. He was business manager I
of athletics two years ago. They are j
now at home in Los Angeles, Calif.
to become "un bon hiboux."
The club meets every other Tuesday
at Autry House. Plans are being made
to entertain the new members with,
an old-fashioned Hallowe'en party.
"POINT A MINUTE"
Coach Heisman in 1917 coach-
ed a football team that scored
510 points in 500 minutes of
play. That's better than one
point every 60 seconds. It won
him the name of "Point-A-Min-
ute Heisman.
That was the Golden Tornado
team at Georgia Tech that won
the world's championship.
Saturday afternoon Heisman's
first team at Rice goes into ac-
tion. Don't expect a point a min-
ute, but you can expect a fast-
moving game. Heisman doesn't
play tortoise football.
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, October 3, 1924, newspaper, October 3, 1924; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth229991/m1/1/: accessed July 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.