The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, November 6, 1925 Page: 3 of 6
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THE THRESHER
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Field House Lacks
Hall Committee To
Maintain Order
At l> there has been discovered
the Utopia of the Rice campus!
Imagine, if you can, a "committee-
less hall." Such can be found on the
campus, even tho it is through the
trees and across the creek.
The Field House, hotbed, headquar-
ters of law and order for all athletes,
is minus a hall committee. Each
year the head coach recommends two
men, athletes who are working their
way through school, as caretakers of
the gymnasium.
This year Prather and Rogers hold
forth in all the glory befitting one
not subject to the Bnooping of the
"hall committee." On the second
floor, just over the office of Coach
Hetstnan, is the coziest, snugest room
on the Rice campus. The room itself
Is neither small nor large, but th« at-
mosphere 1b one of "Home, Sweet
Home." Nothing Is out of order, if a
den is not considered out of order
when It is exactly as the owner would
have it. Pennants, decorations, souve-
nirs of years gone by, pickups, me-
mentos and all else lending the air of
"belonging" are there.
These men are recommended from
year to year on account of their
worthiness and responsibilities. They
are law and order personified. Theirs
is the job of attending to the Field
House after hours. Not that they
never leave it, but .there is no other
night watchman the other side of the
creek, and theirs are the arrange-
ments that assure the safety of Rice
property.
Writing Club Listens
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Longer Than Usual
Criticism and discussion drew the
meeting of the Writing Club, Monday,
November 2, much beyond the usual
length of such meetings.
Three manuscripts were read before
the club, Detaining Organ of Pre-
)telision, a clever parody of Vaughn
Albertson's horror story; the Restrain-
ing Hand, was read by Carmen Davis.
It was a laugh from beginning to end
A Balkan peasant's tale, The Way of
the I'otache, by Emily Hutson took
up a good deal of time and argument,
lone Kidder read a lovely bit of poe-
try entitled Mists, a Shakesperlan son-
net.
Dr. Axson spoke very favorably of
the progress of the club a-nd the high
character of the manuscripts.
-K-
SOONERS DEFEAT THE
OWLNETMEN
RUINOUS TEAM PLAt DE-
FEATS OWLS IN
DOUBLES
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Thursday, October 29. at 2 p. In.,
Oklahoma defeated Rice in a hard-
fought tennis tournament on tlie Y.
M. A. courts. Oklahoma is the bril-
liant team which defeated S. M. tl.
by a overwhelming score and lost to
Texas by a very small margin.
The muddy condition of the Y. M.
('. A. courts due to the previous rainy
we ■ iher seriously hampered practice.
The Missouri Valley champions ar-
rived two"days ahead of schedule and
the games were played to accommo-
date them. The Rice team fought to
tin? last serve in each match.
The scores match by match were as
follows: Boyer. Oklahoma captain, de-
feated De'jkenbach, Kice captain 0-1,
G-'.i. Mason, Oklahoma, defeated
Brewer, Rice, 6-4, 6-0. Brandenburg,
Oklahoma, triumphed over Barr, one
of Rice's best, by a 6-4, 6-3 score in
the most bitterly fought match of the
tournament.
In the doubles Rice showed a woe-
ful lack of teamwork and practice,
winning only three games of the set.
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RECENT NOVEL
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By JoMph Conrad.
Conrad's last novel, published post-
humously, is Indeed, a rare work, not
only in the sense that it is positively
the last creation of a master, but in
that in it Conrad seems to have
reached the pinnacle of his art. It
is the greatest tragedy in the world
that he was denied the few extra
weeks of life which would have seen
the completion of his last work. It
seems that If someone had to die, it
could have been someone whose life
was not so precious to the world. It
is doubtful if Conrad ever named the
book, though he may have. The title
may have been chosen by him—the
suspense of the world while the lone-
ly little man of Elba, his position lost,
looked anxiously forward to the Hun-
dred Days. But in all probability the
publishers named it. Suspense—one
reads the last words and leaves the
book in that frame of mind. What did
Conrad intend to do with Cosmo? Did
he join Attilio and really go to Elba?
Did he see Napoleon and pledge him-
self to the cause? And what was to
be Abele's fate? Would her horrible
husband, the Count of Montevesso,
finally die and release his unhappy
wife from her farce of a marriage?
And whatever in the world was to be-
come of that impossible creature, the
Count's niece, who was infatuated
with Cosmo and went into a tantrum
because she couldn't have him? One
would give almost anything to have
Conrad return from the land of the
spirits and tell the eager, questing
world what he planned to do with
these last brain-children of his.
Conrad's art seems to have reached
a singular perfection in this last
work; there is more than the usual
amount of life and color; the custom-
ary sombre, gloomy tone of < 'onrad
is missing. There is no dearth of fine
descriptions; indeed, the opening
passage, describing the sunset on the
Gulf of Genoa, is indescribaly beauti-
ful and masterfully done. The plot
has an almost Sabatini-like touch,
dealing with the romantic adventures
of olre Cosmo Latham, thg son of the
Earl of Latham, Yorkshire, England.
He Is traveling in Italy, mainly for the
purpose of visiting the daughter of
his father's dead sweetheart, the beau-
tiful Adele d'Armand, now the Count-
ess ot Monteveso. At. a tender age
she literally sold herself to her un-
couth, fabulously wealthy husband in
order to help her parents, impoverish-
ed by the French revolution. There
is a background of political plot, and
intrigue, following Napoleon's banish-
ment to Elba; the first part of the
story has a background that is per-
vaded by the attempts on the part
of the banished nobility of France^ to
restore the successor of the guillo-
tined Lavis to the throne. One is
vaguely reminded here of the efforts
made towards the restoration of ths
Stuarts in Stevenson's "Master of Bal-
lantrae." Over all stands the invisi-
ble but,all-important figure of the ban-
ished Napoleon. The plot is one of
the most compact, congruous and fin-
ished ones ever devised by Conrad.
Once one picks up the book, one never
loses interest, even after the last page
is reached; after that, one begins
one's own plot construction.
One is' sorry that the story ends
where it, does, but if Conrad had plan-
ned it. he couldn't have selected a bet-
ter stopping place. The last few
paragraphs of the story from one ot
the most subtle, haunting passages
that one could hope to find among all
such passages so peculiar to Conrad.
"Where is his star now?" said Cos-
mo, after looking down in silence for
a time.
"Signore, it should be out," said At-
tilio with studied intonation. But who
will miss it out of the sky?"
And isn't it rather prophetic? Can't
one forget that Cosmo Is speaking of
the poor old dead boatman whose last
efforts were spent in behalf of Italy,
and imagine that Conrad is speaking
of himself? Who shall miss his star
from the sky? The glory of It has
been th^re so long that, even though
It has set, our poor human eyes will
be deluded into believing that it is
still there. And Isn't it far better so?
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GLEE CLUB SELECTS OC-
TET
Program at Wharton Was Well Re-
ceived
Tho Glee Club is at last function-
ing. Under the sponsorship of "Sally"
Keith and "Dot" DttMars they have
mastered two selections and have
started work on several others. As
a special feature of the Fall tours a
double quartette has been formed and
has begun secret practice in the Com-
mons. The regulars on this team are
Major, Neville, Henderson, Grace,
Johnson, Klump, Black stone and Red-
wine; substitutes are badly neded and
Major is continually calling for men
with musical talent.
Wharton, Texas, has been included
in the tour for this year and the club
trio, Grace, Henderson and Major gave
the first program there Friday, Oc-
tober .'SO. The club is planning a
"drag" to be given some time in the
near future; the money will be used to
buy costumes for the singers.
-K
NEW BULLETIN BOARD
COMING
Misconduct of Students Causes Need
For Much More Space
According to advices from the of-
fice, a new bulletin board is in prep-
aration.
The contract for the new source of
interest to Rice students was let sev-
eral weeks ago, and the morbidly
curious, the scandal-mongers, those
fearing dismissal, job-seekers, and
students who have nothing better to
do will soon be gazing at a. board
twice the size of the present thumb-
tack-cushion.
Perhaps the acquisition of the
larger size of bulletin board indicates
an increase in the number of million
dollar buildings about the campus.
— R
Y. W. PEACE AND WAR DISCUS-
SIONS.
Mrs. Toleman will begin her series j
of Peace and War discussions at, the;
Y. W. C. A. next Thursday. Mrs. Mas-i
terson gave (lie association an inf.ro-1
duc t ion to this study, which will bej
c i n:ini!''d in the form of discussions
once every month. What do you know
of Peace and War? There are pam.ph-j
lets on this subject in Mis. Stratford's;
office. Read them!
DRAMATIC CLUB IS TO
GIVE PLAYS
CASTS CHOSEN FOR THREE!
PLAYS TO BE HELD
NOV. 26
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The Rice Dramatic Club at a meet-
ing at Autry House Friday evening.
October 80, selected and held tryouts
for parts in three one-act plays to be
presented at Autry House on Novem-
ber 26 and December 4 and 5. With
the exception of two roles, to be filled
in the next few days, all parts in the
production have been given out by
the committee, which also announces
the directors of the three plays.
The program this fall will Include
a comedy. The Deacon's Hat. by Jean-
ette Marks; a fantasy. Everybody'!!
Husband, by Gilbert Cannon, and
Stewart Peebles' The Girl.
Directors and casts as announced
are: Mr. Gove and Adele Roensch di-
recting Jack Glenn, Patterson Lilian!
and D. Mac Roberts in The Girl; Mrs.
Arrowood in charge of Everybody's
Husband, with Florence Brown. Beat-
rice Harrison. Theodore Bay top
Stubbs, and Ruth Blackwell, and Joe
Gallegly directing The Demon's Hut.
with Fred Shelton, Chauncey Stewart.
Helen Clarke. Entitle Hutson. Ed
Hertzberg, and Mary Tranunell. The
girl and the grandmother in Every,
body's Husband have not been cast.
This is the last oport unity for some
time thai the Dramatic Club will be
able to avail itself of the valuable as- i
sistance of Mr. Tidden who has
unselfishly given his time and talents
to the club since its foundation under
bis encouragement in 11121-22.
Indefinite Prize Offered
SHOTWELL'S EASTERN BUYER SAYS:
•
I saw at the Pennsylvania-Yale football game every
third Yale student wore a small shaped golf cap. The
caps were all very light in color and the crown was so
small that it fitted snugly over the head. This cap is
shaped along the lines of the English boating cap.
Shotwell's
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You will find a large selection of two pants suits and
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$44.75
To Some Lucky Guesser
Who is the queen of beauty Who is
to be ci.nvned at the St. Paul's Ep-
worth league cabaret? The queen in
question is a weU-known and eh'arm-
ing young lady.
Tin' c.iiiaret is to be given November
19, and perhaps 20. at the church.
Come oi: and bring your best girl or
someone "lse!
_ INC O RP O R A T ED
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On an 'lint of the fact that tin- Rally
Club wif give a dance on Thanksidv-
ing, the date of the Sophomore bill
will hav to be changed this year.
Nothing has been done in preparation
for the Ball so far, but plans will be
formulated and a date announced later.
B. A. BALDWIN"
Established In:1.
T. A. C'ARGILL
BALDWIN & CARGILL
Wholesale Fruit and Produce-Commission Merchants
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SHOOT SNIPES AT Y
SMOKER
The second Y. M. C. A. smoker of
the fall term was smoked Monday
night at the Autry House and was
well attended. An excellent program
was provided, with Bennett, Austin,
Beular, and Johnson furnishing the
harmony.
Yells, and the spasm of notes from
the Glee Club trio preceded a short
talk by l)r. Arrowood on whut the
young man comes to college for.
Chars and hot chocolate were the
refrt shmeitt* of the evening.
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Lustrous Black- Calf Skin
CORRECT FOR DRESS OR STREET WEAR
"A REAL WALK OVER."
WALK-OVER
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STUNTS AND SHIN-DIG
Slimesses to Be Entertained on No-
vember 19
A so-called stunt party will be pro-
vided* for the interest of the freshman
girls of the Institute by the Wom-
an's Council on November 19, at 3:30,
at the Autry House.
The shfn-dlg will be in the form of
a vaudeville, with the various female
orifjnizutlons of Rice each providing
an act.
Although the party is primarily and
especially for the slimesses, all other
girls of the Institute are invited and
urged to attend. Everything
fectly gratis. .
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