The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, April 3, 1925 Page: 4 of 4
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THE THRESHER
HOUSTON , TEXAS
McKILLOP TALKS
ON LANDOR
Professor Discusses
19th Century-
Writer
By Donald B. Flint
. .A survey of the literary work of
Walter Savage Landor was given by
Alan Dugald McKillop,( Ph. D. (Har-
vard), Assistant Professor of Eng-
lish, in a lecture read in the Physics
amphitheatre, Sunday afternoon. This
was the tenth of the anniversary lec-
ture series.
Dr. McKillop began his discussion
by relating the chief events in the
life of Landor. The latter he said
learned his politics from the great
Dr. Parr, the Whig rival of Dr. John-
son. His life was long and agitated
in spite of the fact that lie spent a
great part of it in an isolated villa
and was visited by but few friends, j
Lesser Men More Famous
Historians and compilers are at aj
loss how to classify Landor because ]
he does not fit into any one period!
and stubbornly refuses to illustrate.
a tendency. Ho pays the penalty of
independence and cxclusiveness by I
being ignored and 'unread. Men of j
lesser ability as Leigh Hunt, Francis I
Jeffrey and Thomas Campbell have <
occupied a larger niche in the hall J
of literary Came. '
"Landor never regarded literature!
as a deliberate and calculated appeal;
to the public; in fact, his initial bent j
was to scholarship and not to cre-
ative literature. Although an enthusi-i
astic liberal in politics, be was aristo-:
eratie, exclusive and difficult in hiss
early poetry." Dr. McKillop said.
His Conversations
A change from prose to vers,, oe- j
curred in Lander's works in 1821'
when he w;rote his Imaginwy 'louver-'
sat ions. While the latter are flawless:
in style they def;, analysis and neith-
er carry dramatic action nor guide!
discussion toward a definite goal. His
arguments are weak at times and his I
temper is uncertain but his diction;
remains pure and serene.
Lander's Conversations, according to I
Dr. McKillop, may be ranked as great
historical fiction and as a monument-
al jc.-ord of the p. rsonal views of his-
tui-y, A >umewbat greater narrative
mteiest would have made them into}
h.storical novels of ideaM- cAtered in
p t'sonalUies. Landor u-^sapreme %|
the serious epigram, w*^|iPWeling is
controlled by firm. In his narratives
he shows people, not in action, but i..'
the arrested a'titude-s which a sculp-
tor would choose.
Landor and Milton
"Landor, perhaps, does not belong •
in modern literature at all but should
find a niche in the Renaissance among}
the early humanists. He has the j
proud individualism - of Milton and
like the latter he subjected it to Strict
classical forms," McKillop said.
"COPY" RESCUED FROM THE POUND
*#### ### ####
Mascot Has Thrilling Jail Experience
Dormitory residents Thursday were
celebrating the return of the prodigal
daughter.
Population came home.
Population—dimunitive lady canine,
better known as "Copy"—had been
absent two days, during which time
she came near starving in the sacred
confines of the city jail for dogs.
Bright and early Wednesday the
mess hall favorite was talcing her
early morning promenade in Hermann
Park when a cruel officer spied her
and immediately maneuvered for her
arrest.
Hazel Cannan Johnny Farris, Arthur
Darling Zucht, Walter Pondren and
Paul Bertholdt, who were the faithful
emmisaries.
The jail bird—weak and worn from
the trying experience—was placed in
a special seat in the Packard and a
dog furnishing house was visited.
Soon Copy was wearing a license
and a brand new collar. In addition
she was presented with a box of flea
powder and an ice cream cone, which
she ate with much gusto.
Immediately after arriving at the
dormitories Copy indulged in a
The news spread in the dormitories.1 healthy roll on the lawn and then j
Grief swelled into anger and soon a; scampered away to greet her dormi- j
fund was .started to buy Copy out of tory friends and to tell her canine as-
jail. Wednesday night saw Howard soeiates of her thrilling experience in
Hambleton, Henry Griffing and Paul the pound with the other dogs. I
Bertholdt busily canvassing the dorms The little mascot showed distinct;
for money. signs of wear and tear on being re-
Some $:L59 was collected, and leased from the jail. It was discovered
Thursday a Packard load of delegates that she had lost weight and that she;
made a visit to the city pound and had been dangerously exposed to the
demanded Copy's release. She was mange.
happy to meet them all including But everybody is happy again now.!
JuniorProml
I hi- trrithijv-vtr. .• hu h iiecomjtauifi! of {
mi- Jn.UNi'c 'vwtc"" whu mailt the Junior!
. m, !• t. '-?hi.i wsrh th, artistic skill with'
vr!-;. •}, • h ' jiM.tr. w«- jtrt jififf lor, cum- i
;• <■ to i'l.six ni-'-ui the unanimous decision j
•. - : !•< .affair wftn a pronounced sue-1
>■, ;:r<> ek-ctricttl'h Htfhteti "26" bla/itiK j
•n ' iu towyr sir id powerful flood-iitfhLS ;
: iv 'i i n the eampti.-:, \xa\e a festive touch to j.
ii>.- fommo'r^. on i uvsday evening, March ill.;
. :ivie.- S ninrs svere honoied with the an- I
- prom. IrL-ide, u t.¥jmaU> Dutch .-^ettinu ■
v provided.
A h.ijh SE«>ne wall enclns«<{ (he dance floor j
ri.'td in the distant'* could be seen the roof4 of !
wiruJmillB. and the sails of;
-hips. Colorful tulips formrd a border bosidc |
(he , will! and a beautifully draped sky-blue j
c;i no j-y hunu i.-M.t nil. An irreKular \ow stone j
'.•„ai I at out' end partitioned off a space for I
the orchestra and a tall windmill, «<p<at Dutch {
f.>ttji•.;<«• wath green -hotter^ and quaint win-;
d«e.v bo.*,*> made th? back-ground here. A sob- }
d ud hichtmj.' effect was prtKluced by con- j
(••■aled wa)!-li«ht;s. Mpot-li^ht-H, and a hie cold- j
t; noon which blinked incessantly.
Supper
Pi'-nm twelve to two a delicious buffet sup-j
P«-r was served in the common*? proper. Dutch j
-•cen«'s in bin* and black were pictured behind j
the Ion# table- which vVas arranged to rep re- j
-1 ni a garden, having a narrow tray of ferns ;
and tulips extending tin* entire length. Rosej
candle* in silver holders lighted both the sup- j
1 er table and a smaller one from which \
frozen punch wa° served.
Max Fink and his orchestra were at their <
best, furni hing music of an unusual appeal j
between the hours of ten and three. The j
programs featured a silhouette in blue of a :
windmill with ships far away on the horizon. ;
'l'ravis Calvin, president of the Junior class,
led the grand march with the vice-president.
Marjorie lifrey, at twelve o'clock. As usual.
H'lust* were limited, to a certain extent, to
member., of the upper classes and faculty.
Much « f the credit for the success of the
dance goes to Heyek, general chairman of ar-
rangements,
CUT THE IRISH
Giiis Change Minds
Many Times
Taking advantage of the woman's
privilege, the members of the Eliza-
beth Baldwin Literary Society have
changed their minds concerning the
annual frolic, to the extent of substi-
tuting a burlesque for the Irish motif
previously planned.
The affair is to be entitled "The
Komical Komedy of Koma," amPwill
be presented at eight o'clock, April
2.'!, at Autry House. It promises to be
one of the most novel affairs of the
season.
Those in charge of the Frolic in-
clude: Miss Beatrice Harrison, gen-
YW MEMBERS TO
HOLD CONFAB
Prominent Visitors
Are Expected to Be
Here
A soring'conference for the V. W.
C. A, cabinet members of the colleges
in this part of the state will be held
in the club rooms of the down town
Y. W. April 24 and 25, it has been an-
nounced. About 10 out-of-town repre-
sentatives are expected to attend, as
well as three secretaries from the na-
tional board with Miss Lucy Riggs,
the National Student Secretary, in
chilrge.
As this marks the first conference
'if the sort ever hel din Houston, the
Rice organization is putting forth
every effort possible to make it an
established thing, and to place this
lity as the annual meeting place of
the delegates.
Those desiring to entertain any of
the visitors for two nights (plus two
breakfasts) are requested to so ex-
press themselves to Mira Donna May
or Dorothy Ethel Samati.
FIRE STIRS DORM
£ast Hall Has Monthly
Conflagration
Bj Meow Thompson
A fire in East Hall Monday night
iSuscd a good deal of excitement. Its-
origin has been traced to a little joke
played on Slime Major.
When Major came home early in
the evening he found his habitai
slivhtly disarranged. The bed, dressei
and all his clothes were in the bath
room, and in the middle of his bed
room paper had been piled up almost
to the ceiling. Combining energy with
expletives, Major finally got the room
rearranged. He swept the paper down
to one end of the hall, making a pile
five feet high.
About two a. m. some industrious
student, laboring late into the night
smelt smoke. He stuck his head out
of the door and saw that the paper
at the end of the hall was on fire. He
ran for the fire extinguisher but
could not make much headway with it
against the fire. By that time heads
were appearing in every doorway and
soon the dormitory was a scene of
mad excitement accentuated by cries
of "Fire! Fire!" and hoarse cries of
fear.
Speculate on Exits
Some of the boys had their heads
banging out of the windows for air
and others were fixing to throw their
mattresses out of the windows to
jump on.
Orlando Peters narrowly escaped
pulpiness when he was caught after
having stepped through a window onto
an imaginary fire escape. The fire
escape was at the other end of the
hall. Several students found it and
made practical use of it for the first
time.
Finally the paper burne 1 itself up.
The fire discolored the floor and
caused the plaster to fall, but did lit-
tle other damage.
The Hall Committee is very sus-
picious, and is snooping around try-
ing to find out who is responsible for
having started the fire.
Auto Refinished
With Mere Speed
How fast will a red auto have
to travel in order to change its
color t obfue in the eyes of an
observer? Well, we should think
that it would have to exceed the
speed limit.
Dr. C. W. Heaps, assistant
professor of physics, asked his
Freshman class to work this
problem. The members viewed
the proposition from all angles
after they had twisted their
heads from side to side and had
taken a few squints at the ex-
ample.
"It can't be done," said one.
Others dug down into the deep-
est recesses of their memory
and pulled out a musty formula
and applied it to the situation.
Some more scratching of heads
—is the formula wrong or do
they build cars which go that
fast'.'
Some aspiring Slime physi-
cists should take a tip from the
idea and see how close they can
come to changing the color of
a car without the expense of
buying paint. Such a flivver
«hould "eclipse" even the tin
Henry. But beware of Houston
speed cops in performing the
experiment.
1
eral chairman, with the following to
assist her: Mary Louise Howze, Mar-
tha Frances Hill, Jane Dixon, Mar-
gar Lester, and Lura Duff.
A nominal admission price will bt
charged, and a "jitney" dance will fol
low the performance.
1®
"PAY DUES" DAY
The Y. W. C. A. will observe a "pay
dues" day April 10, when all unpaid
pledges of delinquent members will
be collected. A desk will be placed in
the cloisters for this purpose.
NICHOLAS TELLS
OF CANCER
Death Hole from Dread
Growth Steadily
Increases
By Donald B. FUni
"Recent Research into the Cause*
and Cure of Cancer" was the subject
of a lecture read by Henry Oscar
Nicholas, Ph. D. (Yale), instructor in
chemistry, in the Physics amphithea-
tre Sunday, March 29. This was the
eleventh of the Faculty anniversary
lecture series.
Nicholas began his discussion by
quoting statistics to show that the
death rate from cancer in the United
States registration area has been
steadily increasing since 1909 when
71 persons per 100,000 died of the
disease. In 1920 the rate was 83 per
100,000 or an increase of approxi-
mately 1 per cent per year.
"Cancel- is the second most impor-!
tant cause of death, ranking next to j
chronic heart disease and tubercu-
losis. Women are more susceptible to j
it than men," Nicholas said.
Types of Cancer Cells
Four different kinds of cells are
found in the types of cancer, accord-
ing to Nicholas. These are, the flat
cell, the basal cell, the cylindrical cell
and the gland cancer cells. Skin can-
cers are formed by the flat cells and
are usually found about the nostrils,
or on the eyelids or lip.
Basal cell cancers originate in the
under layers of the skins and are
found about the upper part of the
face, especially on the forehead, cheek,
nose and eyelids. Cylindrical cell
c a n cers arise in the skin layers
farthest removed from the surface.
They are exceedingly malignant and
often produce other growths often
larger than the original.
Cauaea at Cancer
Contributory causes of cancer are
age, race, sex, occupation and con-
tagion. About 98 per cent of the cases
of cancer develop between the ages of
36 and 75. Women seem to be more
susceptible than men in spite of the
fact that the latter are usually en-
gaged in occupations In which they
handle irritating substances.
"No positive cure is known at pres-
ent for cancer. The greatest diffi-
culty encountered by physicians in
treating the disease is that the afflic-
tion is often never reported until too
late," Nicholas continued.
Methods of Treatment
Radium, x-rays and surgery are
the common methods which are used
in the cure of cancer. The first two
are limited by the fact that their
rays are destructive to the normal
healthy tissue as.they are to the can-
cerous tissue. Surgery 1s the most ef-
fective method of cure, although 10
per cent of the surgical cases result
fatally. The electrie spark is used on
cancers appearing on the surface of
the skin.
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DISPUTE IS SETTLED
Sam Houston Monument to be Plaeed
at Circle
The controversy about the placing
of the Sam Houston Monument has
been settled at last and the monument
will be put in the sunken garden on
Main Street, according to Oscar F.
Holcombe, Mayor of Houston. The
work will commence in a few days, he
said.
There is a rumor that the sunken
garden will be filled in to accommo-
date the monument, but it has not
been verified.
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ARCHITECTS EAT
Hold Big Banquet at
San Jacinto Inn
The Architects were given a dinner!
at the San Jaftinto Inn, at (i o'clock
March 10. Formal speeches were
made by the faculty of the depart-
ment. Several poems were recited.
One of them entitled "The Hermiti
of Shark Tooth Shoal," was given
by Charles Hairston.
Programs were handed out on
which were silhouetted the faces of
those present.
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