The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, February 20, 1925 Page: 4 of 8
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"*• w THE THRESHER :: H O U 8 T O N , T E X A S
THE
Member Texas XnterooUeifi te Frew Association
A weekly newspaper published by the students of Rice Institute at Houston. Tew
tints red as second class matter October 17. 191#. at the postoffice in Houston. Texas und r the
Act oI March 8, 1879.
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MARTHA FHANCKS Hll.l.
MARV JANK TRAMMK1.L
RUTH EUZAIiETH CATHCAK'l
DOROTHY 30KKKI.I.S
l.URA DUKK
. . Editor-in-Chief
MunatriuK Editor
EDITORIAL. STAFF
Society
Sports
Humor
NEW DOM. SCI. HEAD REJOICES
By Mrs. WIU Ftaaluu
AT MEETING OLD FRIEND AT RICE
BUSINESS STAFF
Advertininit Manager
Assistant Advertising Mananer
JANK DICKSON
MATILDA HOOD
REPORTERS
At'dr,*,' Fallii'ant, Mvrtle Anderson. Dorothy Ethel Seaman. Fannie Hew Emery. Bessie I.ieber.
man. Sadie y.:irl,i-aii. Margaret I.yUk'ton, Sarah Elizabeth Waller, Gene Rhodes. Jessamine Lewis.
WOMAN'S BUILDING
NEEDED BADLY
Like the voice crying in the wilderness, the voices of the Women >
of Rice are rising in an appeal to anyone who will listen. We have j
a need a big need and one which it is impossible, under existing
conditions, for the Institute to attend to. We need a building, one
that is solely for the use of women. Only a Rice student can fully
appreciate how much we really do need that building.
As we will trv to explain further on, Rice cannot give us that
building now. We are frankly begging—making an appeal to some
(in atheart who, out of pity and love, might give it to us. Only by j
a v i I t will it possible to us for several years.
'(Kir idea of a Woman's Building is one that would provide am- j
pie rest rooms, a gymnasium, a cafeteria, swimming pool, and par-;
to vs. oi' rooms that the girls could utilize for private entertain-*
mon'ts. Iii short, this building would take care of all the campus
needs of the girls at the school and would remove most of the
difficulties they now encounter by the lack of such things.
't here is no adequate provision for girls' athletics. Nor for rest
rooms. Nor tor many things they need. There are no locker
rooms. The dressing room facilities are much too small for the
present enrollment.
It' there would be someone, or a number of persons, endowed
villi more than an existence in worldly goods, who would like to
e'ive us a gift like that it would be wonderful. It would be a last-
ing monument to the giver, one that would make his memory loved
as long as there is a school. The giver would be loved not nearly
so much for the actual heap of steel and wood and stone, as for
i he spirit that would prompt the gift. What more fitting memorial
could anyone build to themselves or to someone they love than
>uch a building? They would be at least repaid by the gratitude
of the hundreds that it would serve. We hold the memory of Wil-
i am M. Rice sacred for the Christian spirit of love for man-kind
that caused him to endow Rice more than we do for the actual
buildings which we use every day.
The name Rice is associated in the minds of most people as be-
ing almost synonymous with wealth. The average person visions
the Institute treasury afi a place from which money may be drawn
at will for any purpose. They expect million-dollar buildings to
spring from the earth.
Rice is rich in its endowment of $10,000,000. This is the seventh
largest such endowment in existence. But the side of the question
that few know or care to investigate is that the school is sup-
porter and must exist on an income totalling only three percent of
i he principle—-§500,000 a year.
It is the justly proud boast of Rice that the principle has never
been touched. When buildings cost as much as our most recent
one has; it is terrible to think what the future of the school would
be if this money were used in that manner. Rice might possibly
have five or six more buildings and there its growth would have
to cease, for going at the matter in this way, only half of the
principle could be used for buildings'. The other half would have
io be retained to continue the upkeep.
As matters now stand, it takes the annual income from half
; Iiv endowment to take care of brute necessities, such as structural
...okeep and additions. It takes the other half to provide pro-
fessors. Do a little figuring on this and it may throw a little light
on the necessary size of the professorial salaries and the present
impossibility of increase.
i he average cost to the Institute of a year's work for each stu-
eent has been estimated t.6 be about $550, including everything.
This multiplied by 1000, the average number of students, equals
Mid exceeds the annual income of the school. Where then, are
extras coming from?
Rice matriculiUes each year just as many students as can be
taken care of. For each additional hundred students added to this
number, an additional $30,000 per year is needed on the income,
which means an additional §500,000 in the endowment. v
For the school to erect a Woman's Building now or at any time
m the relatively near future means one of two things. It means
either the kind of a building that we need, with its incurred up-
keep, and a slump in the educational end, or it means a poor make-
shift which would be a waste of time and money.
If the sum required for such a thing were taken out of the
funds it would mean a lowered standard of instructors and a cut
in salaries which have already been trimmed to the dangerous
margin. It would mean accepting at Rice professors who are no
higher than the grade of high school teachers. No slam at the
l;wt mentioned is intended, but a teacher of high school caliber
is rarely if ever fitted to cope with and satisfy a university.
Perhaps some of this may help those outside, as well as the students
themselves, to better appreciate the situation. We do not have many things
lhat we need; many <jf our favored and best profs have left. We have blamed
ii on the powers that be and have been ashamed that we did not have such
things. But it resolves itself to this: Those in authority are doing the
things that will help to maintain the Rice of the present and which will as-
sure the Rice of the future.
In the meantime, won't somebody who has our interest at heart
help us? There are those who could if they would. It is an oppor-
tunity to help those who need it now, and it is an opportunity to
do something which will carry the glory of the giver "even unto
the secondhand third generation." It would truly be a service to
mankind—or to womankind if you will. Other universities have
their campuses filled with such monuments.
This is the appeal of-the Women of Rice to Houston—to Hous-
ton, to Texas, and to the World!
I ARRIVED in town, and took up my
residence in the Girls' Dorms almost
immediately. Then I went into the
Administration Building to see Dr.
Lovett about the conduct of the new
Domestic Science department. As I
trudged up the
walk, I did not
hear a band, or
see any flags fly-
ing. They had
evidently misun-
derstood the date
of my arrival.
How careless!
As I reached
the last row of
cars parked in
.y front of the Ail-
iSf' m i n i s t r ation!
Building, I noticed one young lady
about whose neck was draped a young
man's arm. She had not looked as if
she were in danger of falling out of
the car. They were not the only ones
I noticed before I reached the Sallye-
Porte. I decided that they were study-
ing something. I asked Dr. Blinkus,
an old friend of mine, about it, and
he said they were studying something
—neck-romancy. I did not inquire as
to whether home work and exams
were required.
A little later, between classes, I
noticed several young ladies gently
but firmly propelling several young
gentlemen across the campus in a di-
agonal direction. "Where," I asked,
scenting intrigue, "are they going?"
"They are going," Dr. Blinkus re-
plied, "to Autry House, where the
young ladies will order chocolate nut
sundaes and the young gentlemen will
order Coca-Colas."
"Ah," I murmured, "I, too, like
chocolate nut sundaes."
The duties of a professor at Rice
leave no time for social intercourse.
He had to go to class.
| Monday Morning Depressions
By Mme. Sans Gene
Girls who are sweet enough to eat— her cud is that the cow generally looks
generally do.
X
The man at the top is usually some :
thoughtful.
X
The flapper and Eve have one more
one who has been in the habit of going ! point in common—neither has to wor-
to the bottom of things. j ry about her petticoat showing.
X . I - x
Bach flea firmly believes that he The girl who used to get mad if a
lives on the must wonderful dog in
the world. That's patriotism.
X
Northwest mounted policemen are
.just like n woman—they get their j
man.
X I
Wofeen should wear longer skirts so
the men can read their papers on the
' way to work.
' K
f When a blonde declares that her |
hair is her own nowadays, she can
generally produce the sales slip to
; prove it.
j X
Most women would rather be loved
too well than too wisely.
y
Now—under the spreading chestnut
tree a nacking party parks.
X
Your radio set is like your best girl
before you married her.
X
A rich man's love affair is like a
cake—in spite of the dough it's likely
to fall flat.
I X
Wild oats make good chicken feed.
X
A flat tire on the wheel is worth
two in the seat.
X
Many a man who is a free spender
is close with a pretty girl.
X
A rap on the door is worth two on
: the bean.
1 X
It is better to be broke than never
to have loved at all.
X
Charity covers a multitude of sins—
and curiosity uncovers them.
X
My gal's so dumb she thinks liver
comes from a livery stable.
X
A famous New Orleans beauty has
1 disappeared. Perhaps she washed it
[ off.
X
The main difference between a girl
chewing her gum and a cow chewing
man kissed her now has a daughter
who gets mad if he doesn't.
X
Fifteen babies in the nursery! Yo
ho ho and a bottle of Castoria!
X
It was an undertaker with an eye
to business who took as his slogan
"Eventually, why not now?"
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"What's your name?"
"Isadore, Patrick Goldstein."
"What's the Patrick for?"
"Protection."—Orange Peel.
X
Lou: "Jack was at the masquerade
last night, but I couldn't tell him from
Adam."
Sue: "Gracious! Did they dress like
that?"
X
"If I stay on the street, will it takj
me to the public library?"
"Yes, but not unless you keep mov-
ing."
At a local concert a woman began a
song, "I'll Hang My Harp on a Wil-
low Tree." But she began too high and
broke on the last note.
"I'll hang my harp on a willow
tree-e-e-e!" she sang.
A yoice from the audience shouted:
"Hang it on a lower branch, Liz!"
X
"Hullo, Rastus; how's yo' hawgs?"
"Dcy's all right; how's yo' folks?"
X
Our own absent-minded prof: he put
his dirty shirt in the wardrobe and
came to school in the laundry bag.
Speaking of freak advertisements,
j we offer these for your consideration:
j Seen in a department store:
"We make buttonholes and do fancy
stitching in the rear.''
From a summer underwear ad:
"We have many customers who will
wear nothing else."
X
Mother, may I go out to stroll?
The air is sharp and gingery.
Yes, 'twill do you good, dear soul—
But wear your flannel lingerie.
v X
Mary once had a little flea,
She found it on her dog;
She put on her little pig—
And now it's on the hog.
X
' Alybe: "I adore Keats 1"
Abie: "Oy, it's a relief to meet
vunce a leddy vot still likes children!"
X
Gertie: "Who is that good-looking
young man who was just dancing with
you?"
Bertha: "I really couldn't sayj he
danced so close to me that I didn't
get a good look at him."
Yes Sir
It'sTimetoBuy
SPRING
CLOTHES
Our Spring Suits bearing the
Value-First label, designed for
young men, have long enjoyed a
well-earned reputation for cor-
rectness in style, excellence in
quality and beauty in finish.
You'll do well to inspect our
Spring clothes. The prices are
$34.50toS45
JVctihctn'fr
•Clothex oP Quality
Main at Capitol
Humble Building
Barber Shop
Neat and Clean. Special Atten-
tion Given to Ladies and Chil-
dren.
A. G. SPOON, Prop.
AT WILSON'S
To Please the Most Dainty
Gifts and Favors
From Wilson's Gift Shop
Will Express Your Winning
Personality
Phone Preston 896
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