The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, October 24, 1924 Page: 4 of 4
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the thresher
houston, texas
Woman's Council
Stunt Party.
Nothing in the way of fun and fool-
ishness was omitted at the Woman's
Council Stunt Party last Tuesday af-
ternoon at Autry House.
Otherwise dainty co-eds were trans-
formed into hoboes, clowns, jelly-
beans, magicians, comedians, and so
on, by the magic powers of theatrical
paint and bizarre costumes.
The affair is an annual one in which
all Institute clubs admitting co-ed
membership take part, and is given
in honor of new girls.
An ice course was served to about
a hundred and fifty guests. Marie
Logan and Ruth Elizabeth Cathcart
presided at the punch bowl.
E. B. L. S.
Alumni Breakfast.
Plar.s ;iie already well under way
for the K. IS. L. S. alumni breakfast
to be given Thanksgiving morning at
nine o'clock.
As this year marks the tenth anni-
v. rsary of activity for the Baldwin
•Society, the oldest of its kind in the
Institute, a celebration befitting such
an occasion is being carefully arranged
for.
(iirl Scouts
Assemble
The largest Girl Scout class ever
a->, mbled at Rice began a two weeks'
course of hard study last Monday
afternoon at Autry House, under the
direction of Miss Pauline Wherry.
Dorothy Sorrells and Margaret
Siopford were appointed by the Wo-
man's Council to advertise and make
arrangements for the course.
loving Cup
To Be Given
It was decided at a meeting of the
girls of the Senior class last week to
purchase a loving cup to be presented
each year to the best all-around Fresh-
man girl, as the College Women's
Club gives a similar trophy to the
most popular co-ed of all the girl
residents.
This underclassman cup, however,
will not be presented at the same time
as that of the Senior award, which
occurs at the annual May Fete.
Baldwin
Card Parly.
The place for the Elizabeth Bald-
win Literary Society Hallowe'en Card
Party has been changed from the Uni-
versity Club to the Rice Hotel, due
to the n< eessity for additional space
to a (commodate players.
Tickets for one hundred tables have
•> printed, and Miss Margaret Les-
r, head of the ticket committee, re-
ts that over two-ihirds of that
. iinber have already been sold.
Reception Given For
Young- Litterateurs
Two writers and a novel by each
were discussed at Monday's meeting
of the Elizabeth Baldwin Literary So-
ciety held at Autry House.
Elizabeth Buhler reviewed the life
of James M. Barrie and his "A Win-
dow in Thrums," and Allie May Autry
that of Thomas Hardy and his novel,
"Under a Greenwood Tree."
Mrs. M. D. Anderson, the attractive
and popular wife of one of the new
professors, was unanimously elected
to special membership in the club
Mrs. Anderson is a senior at the In-
stitute.
An informal reception for the new
members was held at the close of the
meeting.
The pledges are: Jessamine Lewis.
Ellen Ross, Florence Eversberg, Lura
Duff, Louise Rogers, Elizabeth Ray-
nolds, Ethel McConnell, Nancy Tucker,
Eva May Wood, Mary Gohlman and
Dorothy Ethel Seaman.
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PLAN Y.W. 'VODVIL'
See Marie Logan for Tickets to Two
Shows.
The date of "the Y. W. C. A. vaude-
ville has been set for November 6.
Two performances will be given at
Autry House on that date—three and
eight p. m.
Tickets, which may be secured from
Marie Logan, will be sold for thirty-
five cents.
Mira May is in charge of the per-
formance.
CHAR S. WELLS, JR, Treasurer
W. B BELL Secretary
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Clowns Make Merry
At Texas-SMU
Game
The rallying cry of the faithful was
heard to ring out in far away Dallas
last Saturday night at the State Fair
when the Rice tumbling team, led by
the astute Paul Perry, invaded the
wild, free, open spaces of our Great
Outdoors.
The squad, snappily attired in white
trousers and Rice jerseys, made an
excellent showing, and was called up-
on to repeat their performance sev-
eral times.
Frank Godsey, notorious West Hall
resident, paraded about the arena
spruced up in an elaborate Owl cos-
.ume, festooned with Rice pennants,
giving vent to esoteric noises alleged
.o be those of our revered fetish.
Glen McKamy, A. Murdock, J. Bin-
i'ord, F. Godsey, Paul Perry and R. C.
Vallis have now become regular movu
patrons. Pathe and Fox News prob
ably will avail themselves of the op
jortunity of reproducing some of the
narvelous stunts performed by our
talented cavorters.
Coach Ashcraft has announced that
several hundred dollars has been spent
for equipment for the tumbling squad.
A Fire Escape
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Can Be Useful;
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Here's the\Dope
A use has been found for the fire
scapes.
Believe it or not, but these awk-
ward atrocities have been put to use
at last. And not for a funny prank,,
but for a serious, genuine reason.
The theory of the fire escape has
betn reversed and it has been found
more useful in ascension than in de-
scension.
•Saturday night Henry Buttleman
and Eweil Strong were dancing
merrily around in the monstrous mess
hall gathering, their hearts light and
their minds care free. While they
danced something was happening-—
something cruelly, ruthlessly, was go-
ing on that was destined to make ver-
tical all the horizontal lines on their
faces. Their clothes were on fire.
No, not the ones they wore, but the
clothes thay had so carefully laid
away in their room—new clothes, old
clothes, favorite clothes, pretty
clothes.
For an hour they burned, while
their owners swayed to the glorious
tunes of a jazz orchestra. And then
a neighbor smelled rags burning. He
had been sniffing the air suspiciously
during this hour, but now he was
positive. He rushed down the hall
and saw the flames through the tran-
som—a closet in a locked room was
on fire.
What to do? What to do? How-
could entrance be gained? Ah! the
fire escape.
Down the steps and out a third floor
window—up the fire escape and in
the smoke-filled room, Pyrene in hand,
Sam Emison stepped bravely to his
proxy fireman's task.
He extinguished the flames, which
were baking the walls of the closet.
He threw open the door, coughed the
smoke out of his lungs, and applied
the Pyrene.
The victims returned. There lay
their ashes—their former clothes, val-
ued at hundreds of dollars.
Buttleman was the heavier loser.
All of his clothes went up in smoke.
He had even swapped dark coats with
his roommate before making the
dance. He was left with a pair of
gray trousers.
Extensive plans have been laid for
a fire sale, and a loud-mouth Slime is
baing sought fjpr to act as auctioneer.
Room 405 East Hall. Step right this
way, please!
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Dr. Baly Lectures On
Chemistry Here
The first of a series of three
lectures on Chemistry was de-
livered in the Physics amphi-
theatre Thursday night by Dr.
E. C. Baly, professor of Organic
Chemistry at the University of
Liverpool, England.
"Absorption Spectra and Chem-
ical Constitution" was the sub-
ject of Dr. Baly's Thursday
night lecture. Friday night he
will speak on "A Theory of
Chemical Reaction of Reactiv-
ity," and Saturday night he will
close the series with a lecture
on "Photosynthesis of Naturally
Occuring Compounds."
An account of these lectures
will be run in next week's
Thresher.
Dr. Edgar Odell Lovett will
address the chemists at a lunch-
eon to be held at 6 p. m. Satur-
day in the University Club.
Lovett Mum—
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added to or taken away from every
Rice student should know that he is
getting as near the best collegiate
training as is offered anywhere.
That's the attitude of Dr. Edgar
Odell Lovett, president of Rice Insti-
tute, who states that he has no in-
formation to give regarding what the
Board of Trustees is doing or not do-
ing in securing new faculty members.
He does not express his views on
whether Rice needs new teachers or
noi but says that everything is pro-
gressing smoothly in faculty circles
and that should the trustees take any
action whatsoever, due time will be
consumed in order to give the matter
sufficient consideration.
Presy Busy.
Dr. Lovett is deeply engrossed in
his work since his return from the
East last week and as a result his
work commences shortly after sunrise
ind ceases Ion gafter dark. He says
he has not indulged in a real vacation
in many months because his adminis-
trative duties have confined him to
his office.
The president also says he is al-
ways glad to receive students during
office hours and expresses the wish
that, more of the student body will call
on him.
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Lectures Hang Fire;
"Angelo" Is Watkins
Definite plans and schedule have
not been fully worked out for faculty
extension lectures this year although
the first lecture is to be given during
the latter part of January, according
to announcement made Monday night
by Dr. Edgar Odell Lovett, president
of Rice Institute.
Who is to deliver the first lecture
has not been been decided upon, nor
has a definite date in January been
set for it.
The lectures will be given weekly
and fortnightly by different members
of the Rice faculty.
A complete program of the lectures
will be given out by the president's
office before the close of the fall term.
Wm. Ward Watkin, it is rumored,
will speak on "Michel Angelo."
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Plan Tournament
To Appease Mania
Of Golf Addicts
Sinking a four-foot putt for a par
four, J. A. Branard ended a golf match
that was not decided until the nine-
teenth hole had been played. The
principals of the match were J. A.
Branard, J. Greenwood and W. Han-
cock, shooting their best ball against
that of Arthur Zucht in match play
Tuesday afternoon at the Municipal
Links.
At the end of the fourteenth hole
Zucht was four down. He parred the
next four holes to make everything
even. He parred the eighteenth to
even things up again. In all Zucht
shot eight holes in par and made one
birdie.
Plans have been formulated for
holding a school tournament. Those
students wishing to enter the tourna-
ment may do so by signing up at the
desk in the cloisters before noon Wed-
nesday or by turning in their names
to A. D. Zucht, East Hall.
Further information may be had
next week.
Rice De Molays Meet
And Get Acquainted
A large number of Rice DeMolays
turned out for the DeMolay meeting
held in the commons Thursday night.
Bob Turrentine was chairman of the
meeting.
The purpose of the meeting was to
get the Rice DeMolays acquainted
with each other, and to informally or-
ganize. Owing to a ban on organiza-
tions of fraternities at Rice, a Rice
chapter cannot be officially organized.
t Dorrance Morgan, master council-
lor of the Houston chapter, spoke to
the gathering. He officially welcomed
all Rice men to the Houston chapter,
which meets in the Shrine Mosque,
corner Walker and Fannin streets,
every Tuesday night.
Harry C. Webb, advisor to the
Houston chapter, made a short talk
on the obligations of a DeMolay.
Music Lecture—
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"national music" to be perpetuated
in a nation-wide manner by the en-
tire citizenship of the United States,
but in order to accomplish this ob-
jective be thinks that a national con-
sciousness is necessary as a basis for
this music. He then compared the old
Indian folk-songs to such music in
a national phase.
Powell's concert consisted of selec-
tions by Beethoven, Chopin, Daniel
Gregory Mason and David Guion, be-
sides several numbers of his own com-
position.
The Lectureship
Rice Lectureship in Music, which
is sponsoring the lectures and con-
certs to be given during the year, and
for a period of years to come, was
established from a gift left to Rice
by an anonymous donor in June, 1922.
he purpose of the Lectureship is to
create a desire for music in the minds
if the students of Rice and the people
of Texas and to enable them to derive
benefits therefrom by studying the
varied forms of symphony, the donor
specifies.
It is expected that more people will
attend the music lectures this year
than have since the Lectureship com-
menced. A complete program will per-
haps be completed before the end of
the fall term, according to informa-
tion given out from Dr. Lovett'a of-
fice.
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of John Tarleton Agri. College, Steph-
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An address by Dr. Lindsey Blayney
was the principal number on the pro
gram of the Rice Writing Club held
Monday at 8 p. m. in the Autry House.
Mary Lynn Stevenson read a poem,
lone Kidder read a Mexican legend
Pincknqy Fleming read a familiar es-
say and a poem. Elizabeth Bulbrook
and Carmen Davis read short stories.
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