The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, February 27, 1925 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME X
RICE INSTITUTE, HOUSTON, TEXAS, FEBRUARY 27, 1925
NUMBER 21
IT WAS unfortunate that some short-
sighted individuals took in too seri-
ous a light certain things said about
the co-ed editors in the Thresher of
February 13. A front page article
concerning the resignation of Rosalyn
Zucht was written entirely through
fun; and in explanation it should be
said here that Miss Zucht's resigna-
tion was prompted through illness and
not because of any unpleasantness
arising in connection with the work.
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TOHE co-eds themselves were good-
natured enough about it and smiled
the matter off. But some others look-
ed at it in a different light. Martha
Frances Hill proved that sha was en-
tirely capable of handling the staff
and she secured excellent co-operation
—better, we must admit, than the
editors of the regular Thresher have
been able to boast of. Her diligence
and perseverance demand from all
who know her a thorough-going re-
spect. The co-eds could not have
found in their midst a harder working
or more efficient editor for their
paper.
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TT IS not universally realized at Rice
that in our midst we have one of
the most efficient college dramatic-
clubs in the Southwest.
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I^HREE times a year this organiza-
* tion stages a program at the Autry
House. Under the capable direction
of John Clark Tidden as general ad-
visor, they work hard to produce their
plays and have never failed to meet
with substantial success. Yet in the
audiences are not to be found as many
Rice students as one would imagine.
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rpHURSDAY night the first per-
formance of the Winter bill was
staged. Friday night the final per-
formance will be given. Three smooth-
ly-acted plays are on the program.
For wholesome, worthwhile entertain-
ment, these Rice Dramatic Club plays
are strongly recommended.
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/~\UT of consideration for certain in-
^ dividuals, we are not prone to re-
veal in detail the true reason why the
"Rice Elephant Fund" idea was drop-
ped. But since the co-eds have brought
up the subject again and reflected on
the ability of the Rice student body
to put a thing over it is only neces-
sary to call to mind the fact that com-
mercial enterprises are ever ready to
take advantage of an academic name
in staking huge publicity drives.
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rpHE name of a university lends a
certain prestige to such a public-
ity drive and it is obvious that a busi-
ness concern would not object at all
to having its name linked up with that
of a university in such an undertak-
ing. While, of.course, the primary ob-
ject of it all was to "get Nellie a hus-
band," yet we must remember that
soil capable of growing beautiful
flowers will also grow potatoes.
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rflHE next special edition of the
Thresher will appear early next
term when the Seniors publish their
number. This will be followed by the
Junior, Sophomore, and Freshman
editions respectively .
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A GOOD bit of talent is usually re-
vealed by these special numbers
and the classes compete for the honor
of turning out the best of the issues.
All classes are urged to take a sur-
vey of their journalistic material and
begin to decide who they want to
boss their edition of Rice's weekly.
The Juniors have already done this.
They mean to get an early start—not
a bad, idea at all.
Rice Writers Asked to
Take Part in Contest
The Texas Intercollegiate Press
Association will meet at C. I. A. at
Denton on April 9 and 10, accord-
ing to Annette Warner, secretary of
C. I. A.
At the meeting, prizes will be
awarded the winners of the nine
annual contests held by the asso-
ciation.
Contests and prizes are as fol-
lows: Short story, $10; College an-
nual, trophy; Formal essay, $10;
Familiar essay, $G; Newspaper,
trophy; Editorial, Feature story,
Poem and One-Act play, $5 each.
Only one selected contribution
may be entered by a college in each
contest, but every college must have
an entry in at least five of the con-
tests.
Undergraduate Entries
All essays, poems, and articles en-
tered must be by undergraduate
students. The news articles must
have been published in the school
paper but other contributions may
have been either published or un-
published.
Rice students with literature up
their sleeves may relieve themselves
of same by dropping their contri-
butions in the Thresher box mark-
ed "T. I. P. A. Contest. (Short
story, poem, or whattahell, etc.)"
All manuscripts must be in not later
than Saturday, March 7, for for-
warding to C. I. A.
Rice is among the youngest
schools in the T. I. P. A., having en-
tered last year. This spring will be
the first time that Rice has entered
a literary and journalistic contest of
the sort.
Exchanges from other colleges in
the association show that many of
the schools are taking considerable
interest in the contests and are put-
ting forth efforts to win the various
prizes.
NOMINATED YQ\&!Engineers Skate
MAY QUEEN
POSITION IS VACANT
Flower Planter Wanted to Beautify
Rice Campus
Any enterprising young student of
horticulture, versed in the gentle art
of planting flowers, may receive em
ployment at such a task by applica-
tion at the office. The incumbent of
the office of High Exalted Flower
Planter will be remunerated for his
services in legal tender of the United
States.
A person with some knowledge of
the floral taste of the Prince of Wales
Is preferred. The flower planting is
part of the decoration scheme for the
benefit of His Royal Highness, who
is expected at the Ad Men's Conven-
tion this May.
Allie May Autry Only
Girl Named for
Honor
Allie May Autry has been nominat-
ed for May Queen as this goes to
press. Two other candidates are ex-
pected to be named by March 1, the
last day upon which nominations for
this honor may be presented to the
Woman's Council.
Although these nominations are be-
ing made by the co-eds, it is the de-
sire of the Council that all students
participate in the election, which will
take place early next term.
As stated in last week's Thresher,
those in charge of the affair have
several novel ideas up their sleeves
for this spring's Fete, which will sub-
stitute, for the slow parade of past
years, something more active and in-
teresting to an audience which must
necessarily stand through the per-
formance.
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PRIZE OFFERED
$100 for Best One-Act
Play by Texan
College students especially have
been invited to assist in this year's
San Jacinto Day celebration by the
Battle of Flowers Association. This
organization offers a prize of $100
for the best one-act play of from
twenty to thirty minutes duration.
The rules follow:
1. The author must be a resident of
Texas or a native Texan living else-
where.
2. The cast must be limited to four
or six principals.
3. The scene must be laid in Texas
—and the subject must be some real,
legendary or imaginary incident con-
cerning Texas life or history.
4. The play must be typewritten
and on one side of the paper only.
The name and address of the writer
to be enclosed in a separate envelope
and sealed. No manuscript returned
unless postage accompanies same.
5. The Battle of Flowers Associa-
tion reserves the right to produce the
play without payment of royalty.
6. Contest closes March 15, 1925.
Send manuscripts to Mrs. E. C.
Branch, 1718 San Pedro Avenue, San
Antonio, Texas.
Pillows in Demand
Members of the Engineering So-
ciety demonstrated the laws of fall-
ing bodies Wednesday night at the
National Skating Rink. Devotees of
the T-square and French curve and
some of their fair friends rolled mer-
rily around the rink for a couple of
hours in the sport that made cush-
ioned seats famous.
The Engineers' Skate (no pun in-
tended) is an annual affair, the stu-
dents each year taking off a few
hours from the pursuit of Science to
indulge in the semi-athletic pastime.
No serious casualties have been re-
ported.
GROUP BANQUETS
AT BRAZOS
Belaunde Discusses In-
ternational
Affairs
The International Discussion Group
met Wednesday night at the Brazos
Hotel where the regular meeting was
carried on during the courses. Plans
were made for the group's activity
next term. Curtis H. Walker, honor-
ary member of the group, acted in-
formally as toastmaster of the oc-
casion. Victor A. Belaunde was the
guest of honor. Bon Duggan, ex-mem-
ber and one of the founders of the
group in 1923, was also present.
Grant Cowles, the chairman, gave a
brief review of the group's history
and its present progress, and empha-
sized its value from practical and
ethical standpoints. Dr. Belaunde
chose to speak of war and peace of
the recent past in a general way, and
their effect on the future. He treated
these from psychological and biologi-
LOVETT STARTS
BACK HOME
! President Embarks at I
Liverpool on
Caronia
Dr. Edgar Odell Lovett will start i
the return trip to Houston on Satur-
day, February 28, when he departs;
from Liverpool for Boston on the Cu- j
nard Liner Caronia. The probable
date of his arrival is not known.
The president has been absent from
the Institute since the last week in
October when he left for Brussels,
Belgium, where he represented Rice
at the commemoration of the fiftieth
anniversary of the founding of the
Ecole Polytechnique or University of
Brussels.
While in Brussels Dr. Lovett assist-
ed at the exercises on the laying of
cornerstone of the buildings given by
the Commission for Relief in Bel-
gium.
On his return the president is ex-
pected to make some announcement
concerning the replacement of certain
members of the faculty who are no
longer at the Institute, such as Dr.
I.indsey Blaynev, Dr. A. L. Guernnl,
and Dr. II. A. Wilson.
He will also give his attention to
affairs which have arisen during the
four months of his absence.
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Electric Iron Is
Cause of Fire in
East Hall Room
Joie Ray Invited
To Rice Meet
| Famed Olympic Star May Attend Southwest
Relay Carnival Here March 28;
Scholz also to Appear.
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Joie Ray, famed distance runner and Olympic star, is expected
to attend the First Annual Southwest Relay Carnival to be held
at Rice March 28, according to Coach John P. Nicholson.
Ray has been invited. His answer is being awaited with interest.
Ray has gained many laurels overseas in Uncle Sam's uniform.
He has been a shining light in the Olympic meets on several oc-
casions.
— ' : | One of the features of the Relay
VlV/ir* A WIf l PTVl? Prt)i?ram will be the appearance of
I- J.tJIv'XSl T XmJmj U* t Ki j jackson Lee Scholz, another weli-
CMOKFR known Olympic star. Scholz is com-
OMUIVEilV ^ |.ng t0 Bit.0i says Nicholson; the big-
Rice Men Will Receive *est i°b now is to *et an opponent for
o i T7i J i the powerful runner. He sprints and
Smokes and Food sprinpts aml sprints,
Monday Stars and Stars
Plenty of eats, smokes and a bang-' Many states are to be represented
up program are promised men stu- • at th(l K«.|ay Carnival. Gold watches
dents at the second \. M. C. A. are to be awarded the winners by
Smoker of the present academic year High schools, colleges, univers:
to be held at Autry House Monday ; ties and academies will compete alone
night, immediately after second mess j wjth the exhibitions of the great, star,
hall eating shift, it is announced by j of t[u. trjgk.
George Red, president of the Rice Y. | WhlK, p,an# dl>wlop lik,. fury fl„
the Relay Carnival, charity is going
on at home, and the Owls are sweat-
I ing faithfully each day in an effort
to give Rice as good a showing as
possible on the cinder trail this year
Fire in room East Hull, dis-
turbed the dormitories Wednesday
night. Part of the windowsill *ind
frame was burnt beside some paper
auspices
the '
M. C. A., under whose
affair is to be given.
"Y" Smokers are always popular.
Everything is absolutely without
charge to the men, and Smokers in the
past have met with huge succees, under adverse circumstances.
The biggest feature of the program 1 Fm, stand iff has been helpiiiL-
is of course the distribution of free : eoach Nicholson in drilling the weight,
smokes and food. Next in importance,; Illen, and a number of new runners
| however, comes the program arrang- ! has shown up of late.
in the room.
Bernard Fay, occupant of the room,
had gone out leaving an electric iron
heating on the windowsill.
Attention to the fire was called by
outsiders who saw the flames.
The door was locked and it was
some time before the room could be
entered and Pyrenc applied to the
burning wood and paper.
Sugg Robertson, Harry Sander and
Jack Griffin acted ax heroes in ex-
tinguishing the blaze.
"Somebody ought to pay for it,"
says Fay.
DISCUSS CONTEST
Thresher Staff Will
Push Writers.
Plans for local participation in the
T. I. P. A. writers' contest were dis-
cussed at a meeting of the Thresher
staff in room -'ill A. B. Thursday
noon.
Twenty-five co-eds were present
and announced their intention of en-
tering the contest. Articles are to be
submitted before March 7. All Rice
undergraduates are eligible.
Reorganization plans for the
Thresher staff, which has been dis-
connected since the calamity of last
Christmas, also got under way.
led for the further entertainment of! Prospects are being gradual!,
the men, ; brightened as new materia) appeal
A few yells and rag-chewing winds) to encourage the coaches.
up the affair, which doesn't last long! The Owl athletes are getting a
enough to affect seriously the study of w(,al real training is like.
hours of industrious fellows. j jr—-
Every man in Rice is invited. A , rn A DQCXTT
good time is promised by President!YJKUJ* lO 1
Red, who declares that no one has ;
ever regretted attending these gen-j.N0 iliXtenSiOll i-iectUl'fc*
J1""8' KC't-together*. This Sunday
The first smoker of the year was
j held last fall. It was followed by a acuity Extension leiturt- u.1
j stunt night. Students have been ask-'giv>'" this week on account of ;
| ing for more of these stunt nights,; absence of I)r. Edgar Altenbuig, the
! and it is said they are on the way. , scheduled speaker.
- —— ; Dr. Altenburg is still at his home
WRITERS WILL CHANGE in Klizabt'th' New 'Urmy> whm "
Club to Snap Out of Mould into New
Stuff
is recuperating from the effects, of
weakened physical condition due '<•
overwork.
Four sonnets by Elinore Denniston, No word has been received by the
a graduate of Rice, now in New York, Registrar's office from Altenburg a-
featured the Writing Club meet at ; to when he 'will return to Rice Soim
1 the Autry House Monday night. think
: Suggestions that the club turn its year.
| attention more to modern prose and j
j verse met with favor.
By unanimous consent the next
j meeting will be held on Monday ev<
at H: 1 r>. Reviews of modern books
; and contemporaneous verse .are on
i the program.
that he will not be back Jihi
READY TO DRESS
'(New Uniforms Ordered
For Musicians.
cal viewpoints, demonstrating the po-1 Further details of the T. I. P. A.
litical and economic interplay of na
tions among one another. He touched
on the ever-growing popular theme
of outlawing war and making its per-
petration among civilized peoples a
crime.
He gave an explanation of the re-
cent Geneva Protocol in which the
term of "aggressor of war" was de-
fined. Dr. Belaunde holds the opinion
that the Protocol in some form ac-
companied by an executive power will
be adopted in tfe,e future by the United
States as well as by the World Court.
contest will be posted on the bulletin
board Monday,
The following writers attended the
meeting: Ruth Elizabeth Oathcart, T.
B. Stubbs, I.ura Duff, J. M. Fariss,
Jr., Thomas P. Jackson, Hazel Can-
nan, Geraldine Jennings, Jack Bridg-
water, l'inckney Fleming, B. E. Brew-
er, James Porter, Bernard Segal, Eg-
eerton Robb, Mike Looby, Sadie Mc-
Lean, lone Kidder, Andree Falligant,
Katheriue Thompson, Jack Shannon,
Will Rivers Smith, Gene Rhodes, Don-
ald Bartholme, Dr. Theo Bald Blinkus.
Professionals to
Take Charge of
Prom Decorations
Four professional decorators have
been secured to dress up the mess hail
Campbell Drowned, Prescott j
Stabbed, In Dramatic Club Plays J
Following in the wake of the Floyd
Collins tragedy and the appalling se-
ries of mine disasters that have kept
the front pages of newspapers alive
with news for weeks, the Rice Dra-
matic Club is staging a mine disaster
of its own in the production of "Dan-
ger," one of the three plays on the
winter bill of the Owl Thespians.
"Danger" is to be staged for the
second time tonight, along with "The
Man In The Bowler Hat, and "The
Man Born To Be Hanged." The ini-
tial performance was given Thursday
night. Autry House is the place.
J. I. Campbell is the Floyd Collins
in the Dramatic Club case. He gets
drowned in a flooded coal mine. Mrs.
John Clark Tidden and George Red
barely escape. The play is directed
by John Clarke Tidden.
Play Broadcasted
"Danger" is staged entirely in the
dark. Voices alone tell the dreadful
tale of the three people trapped in
the flooded mine.
It is planned by Ripley Hanrick
and Benny Melton to broadcast the
play over the radio. This was done
last year in London.
Laughter on the bill is furnished
by "The Man In The Bowler Hat," in
which Helen Clarke and John Clark
Tidden carry the heavy roles, with Ce-
leste Jones, Dale Shepherd, William
Grace, Chauncey Stewart and Joe
Luckie cast in a delicious array of
clever situations arising from a bur-
lesque of modern drama, Mrs. J. C.
Tidden is director.
More tragedy will he afforded by
"The Man Bom To Be Hanged," in
which Hymen Plenn and Jacqueline
Prescott are featured, with Tom Rice,
Tom Rather, and Patterson Lillard
keeping things going. Julian Muench
and J. I. Campbell are the directors
of this play.
The final performance is scheduled
for 8 p. m. Friday at Autry House.
The final' decision as to the <;•
sign of the new band uniform to lie
adopted by the Owl musicians ha
been made, according to Director i •
Chatham, and at press time the band
boss was getting ready to order six'.,
brand new suits of clothes designed
by J. C. Tidden for his charges.
It is planned to have the new unl
for the annual .Junior Prom, to bej forms here by May 1, the time of thj
World Ad Club Convention to be held
in Houston this spring, when the Ow l
band will take its part in the big
program.
Several concerts are on the band's
schedule during the coming months
and as a result a good many "high
brow" pieces are being learned by the
Institoot footers.
staged March )U, according to an an-
nouncement by L. S. MeWhorter, gen-
eral chairman of the Prom com-
mittees.
The Juniors have been hard at work
on their big dance, MeWhorter says,
and the whole of Rice Institute can
expect something real snappy.
Desks are being placed in the Sally-
port on Tuesdays and Thursdays for
the benefit of those ambitious Juniors
who are anxious to part with their
class dues.
The floor is to be worked on by a
machine to make it A No. I for dan^
ing, boasts the Prom boss.
TURRENTINE IN BED
Sports Editor of the Thresher
Indisposed
Among the many sore arms boast-
ed of by Rice students during these
past few hectic days of vaccinations
is that of Gordon Turrentine, sports
editor of the Thresher, who saw fit
to go to bed with a genuine illness
when his vaccination "took with a
bang."
Turrentine was at his home in
Houston several days during the past
week and returned to Rice only after
a f|rmy session of pains and swear
words, prompted by the "preparation
against smallpox."
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