The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, February 6, 1925 Page: 2 of 4
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THE THRESHER
HOUSTON, TEXAS
THE
Member Texas Intercollegiate Press Association
A weakly newspaper published by the students of Rice Institute at Houston, Texas
entered as second class matter October 17. W16. at the postoflice in Houston, Texas under the
Act ot March 8, 1879.
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Jack tilenn
Hubert Vaden Loiisdon
KUitor-in-Chief
Munitions MonuKur
REPORTERS THIS ISSUE
Kmisuit, Murmatiukff Winnies worth.
COME OUT
FOR TRACK .
The track coaches have issued a call for more material, lhej
want at least a hundred men candidates and a good many giil
candidates. .
It is hoped that they will receive a ready response. It is Nich-
olson's plan to build, not to wave a magic wand and give Rice a
wonder track team in one season.
11 ever such a result as that of a magic wand is to be had it
must come as the result of a slow and sure process of building.
And to build one must have material. The material is in Rice.
C an the coaches get it out!
No matter whether a man has ever done any track work or not
.... can at least come out and give himself a trial. Some of the
!'si men in intercollegiate track circles have been athletes who
never knew they had any ability at all until they came to college.
t rospects this year are unusually gloomy, but they could be ap-
'ivcsably brightened by a goodly addition to the material with
i ich tiie coaches must work.
JJ you've ever stolen watermelons and been shot at, come out
,. trv your Hand at running. If you ever threw plates or pies,
i[u. discus. If you ever pushed a Ford out of a mint hole, you
llU'ght to have some pointers on heaving the shot. If you ever
m a pasture with a mad bull you should be pretty good at
iiuruling: And surely you remember the times you used to have
whjnng- paper airplanes in grammar school—hence why not try
javelin?
U!i. there arc many things you may be able to do and just
iven't realized it.
it A-jii he good far you physically; it will be good for the team
iiaU'i'ially, and it will be good for the spirit morally—GO OU 1
i-' / ii 'I HACK.
MISTAKING
i in. NEi h
rre.-hman. thou vile creature; and Sophomore, thoU( vile crea-
• uiv; and Junior, thou thing of insolence, and Senior, thou scurvy
knave—listen here!
\\ E W Ars 1 l o KEEP ON GETTING FREE RIDES ON MAIN
^TREET.
11 you have chat fixed firmly in your mind and think you real-
ize the nature of the subject, we can proceed.
'then,- are several unthinking individuals in each of the four
.•las.se* who are spoiling our future chances for these'time-saving
rule.- at the hospitality of passing autoists.
And why? .Merely because they can't get out of the "necking"
when they enter an automobile.
v\ i- realize that the habit has so grown upon some of us that
is is the first thing that crosses our mind when we sink back
lie cushions of a car. It doesn't cross very far, however, before
'.-.igt-iS and moves us to action."
: ma\ think this article crude, and suggestive, and all that
■ thing; but that is just what it is intended to be—it is only
'.'presenilation of the actual thing, and if it offends you then
. capable of the desired reaction to the practice. In other
i are then a proper audience for what is said herein.
. to be deeply regretted that certain individuals are unable
member where they are when they are given a free ride to
. It is almost unbelievable that a university student could
t himself under such circumstances and offend his hostess
K ing too bold and assuming.
■ 'i it?*has happened, and it is hurting the good name of Rice
.. Milents.
(here you have a suggestion of the situation that arises once
• a very great while, which is much too often, if the hateful
... a>s of certain impolite and unmannerly students are not cor-
rected soon, it. is time, for the old bayou to come into its own once
more. How say, Hoo Flux?
WOULDN'T
IT BE NICE?
To have everything in its proper place;
* * #
For instance, basketball practice—
* * *
With the gym's being used as a gym
♦ * ♦
And not as a sardine can for all kinds
* * *
Of indoor sports, including ping-pong,
* * *
Leap frog and club fist; with basketball
* *
Practice in another structure entirely,
* # ♦
Which could be used as an indoor track
• * *
In bad weather; as a place
* * *
For football signal drill when outside
"H ♦ * *
Work is undesirable, and which
* ♦ ♦
Would give the students a place to call
♦ ♦ ♦
Their own when they go to see their
♦ ♦ *
Cage team in action—
♦ « *
Oh, there are many things we would like
♦ ♦ *
To have—this is one—and
♦ ♦ *
Wouldn't it be nice? ? ? ? 7 7
BLINKUS REBUKES REPORTER
By Dr. Theo Bald Blinkus
FOR OFFENDING "BUNKER" HILL
I WISH to abandon my professorial
dignity for a moment and step
from my department of astronomy
long enough to publicly reprimand a
Thresher reporter who recently took
it upon himself to engage in an argu-
ment with the editor of the Co-ed
Thresher.
The reporter was
no o t h'e r than
Marmaduke W i tr-
ifle s w o r t h, who
tins been trying to
write a story for
the Thresher ever
since he came to
Rice,
The argument
with M iss Hill re-
sulted in an un-
pleasant r e m a r k
on the p a r t of
Wink's worth, who has never been
known to hold his head in a pinch.
On behalf of the Thresher staff—-
which lias asked me to do the apolo-l
liifcinc—and Marmaduke in pariici;-
Irti—Miss Mill, 1 wish to apologize for
what he said, to wit: "That your si-]
lence neither increases nor diminishes
the value to others of whatever you
Wight have on your mind."
It is certainly not a part of our
i f hies to kid a blind man about being
It is true that I have a certain re-
spect for Miss Hill's ability, and I
was especially impressed with her
timely retort to one of the pests who
are trying to discover her plans for
the Co-ed Thresher. When the re-
porter kept nagging her for informa-
tion she replied that "Silence is just
as golden as it has always been."
In this bit of novel philosophizing
Miss Hill has shown her true self. To
those of my stripe who have seen
much of this old world and who have
often seen silence prove only gold-
plated and sometimes brass, such a
delicious display of confidence in tra-
dition is indeed gratifying.
But, however much I may admire
Miss Hill's ability, it is absurd to as-
sume that my feelings toward her go
any farther than that. I am absolute-
ly too deeply in love with my work to
invest in any of Cupid's wares.
Dame Gossip had better check up
on this affair. I have an awful temper
at times.
& SCHNEIDER
I DISSEN
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take up for MisS Hill, whom some
are inclined to call "Bunker."
They would show more lady-like
qualities by refraining from such at-
tempts at humor.
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Across Another Man's Desk
Those looking forward to careers in
business often associate the big accomplish-
ments with men in private offices, who sit
back of massive desks. Asa matter of fact,
there are many important men in an organi-
zation like Westinghouse who seldom use
a desk or office at all. They achieve by
going to other men's offices. They are termed
"sales engineers".
George Westinghouse, for example, ren-
dered his greatest service to industry and
mankind not merely by perfecting alter-
nating current but by selling it—in the face
of the stiffest kind of opposition.
Authorities declared it was impracti-
cal; laws were urged against it; yet the
salesman, Westinghouse, threw back of
alternating current, the strength of his
selling personality—with results that can
be witnessed in every branch of industrial
life today.
Following the example of its Foupdef,
the Westinghouse organization includes a
bo^y of engineers whose work is to carry
electrical advancement into every nook and
corner of the world. They have sold elec-
trification to the factories, the farms, the
homes, the railroads, the mines, the ships.
They are mechanical and electrical, engi-
neers whose imaginations are fired, not
merely by engineering achievement, but
by the benefits from such achievement to
"the market".
Engineering needs men of sales ability
and sales personality; and industry needs
to have them in engineering. Organiza-
tions like Westinghouse, must sell before
they can serve.
Westinghouse
ACHIEVEMENT 6 OPPORTUNITY
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