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VOLUME XI
RICE INSTITUTE, HOUSTON, TEXAS, FEBRUARY 19, 1926
NUMBER 18
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Rice Topics
NOW that the semi-annual tragedy
has passed into history and the
victims of the axe are clearing away,
classes are struggling against all the
nefarious distractions presented by
spring.
* * *
The crowd that went on probation
have sworn stern resolutions to snap
out of it. Skepticism about a serious
matter like probation is seldom ap-
preciated by those most concerned.
* «
So far as has been learned the
t Thresher staff neglected to do the
usual thing,
RELAY REPLIES ARE RECEIVED;
ADRIAN PAULEN WILL RUN
Replies to the invitations to the
Rice Relays sent out about a month
ago are, according to Gaylord Johnson,
coming in rather slowly due to the
fact that many of the schools have
not yet selected their track teams,
but it is expected that a number will
be received in the near future. Among
the larger institutions which have al-
ready signified their intention of tak-
ing part in the games are Ohio, Illi-
nois, Nebraska and Georgetown,
Several smaller schools have also ac-
Only one of the Thresher | cepted the invitations sent to them
A feature of the Relays will be the
participation of the celebrated sprin-
ter, Adrian Paulen, who will represent
the A. A. U. He was the champion
middle distance runner at the Olymp-
ics held in Paris two summers ago.
The preliminary program which has
been sent to the invited schools in-
cludes the following events:
Special Events.
College Class:
100 yard dash,
220 low hurdles,
Shot put,
Discus throw,
Javelin throw,
High jump,
Broad jump,
Pole vault.
High School Class:
100 yard dash,
220 yard low hurdles,
Shot put,
High jump.
Relay Events.
University Class:
Two mile relay,
One mile relay,
Half mile relay,
Quarter mile relay,
Medley relay.
College Class:
Half mile relay,
One mile relay,
Medley relay,
High School Class:
Half mile relay,
One mile relay,
Medley relay.
Junior College Class:
One mile relay.
Feature Events,
Exhibition events between athletes
of natural and international reputa-
tion.
The prizes will consist of gold,
silver, and bronze medals for the
special events and gold watches for
the relay events. In the relay events
silver medals will be given as second
prizes.
crew of stellar journalists seems to
have gone by the board.
•
It appears to have been the custom
for at least 80 per cent of the staff
to develop strained eyes and over-
strung nerves when the grades were
distributed. Failure to live up to this
tradition calls for an apology which is
to be immediately forthcoming.
* * #
A little harmless gloating like this
is not out of place when we remem-
ber the bustout average of the whole
school was remarkably low. Many
went on pro, but not so many left.
—O—O—O— !
mHE dates for the various class is-
X sues of the Thresher are now an-:
pounced for the first time.
V * # *
The Senior, Junior, Soph, and Slime
issues will appear respectively on the
2nd, 9th, 16th, and 23rd of April.
♦ * *
These issues are always of con-
siderable interest to the student body
and afford the various classes excel-
lent opportunities to give each other
the proverbial rasberry.
* * * A committee to conduct a Student
Class presidents are advised to call Friendship Fund campaign on our ) . ,
Wh,.,.hr«- Bo,.-
p 4.u « * j. have at last been definitely announced.
posed of the presidents of campus or-1 T, . . , , , , . .
V • j t> * ci j i it is to be presented at 8 o clock on
ganizations and Rice Sunday school * mu i ™ -V
I the evening of Thursday, March 11,
tt V , x. ' in the auditorium of the South End
H. P. Van Dusen, national M. C.j High School.
A. secretary, who visited Rice on Mon-I ,
iteliearsals were temporarily sus-
Y.M.C.A. STARTS FUND! PLAYTOBEMARCH
ON CAMPUS ELEVENTH
Van Dusen and Bone Here i Whiteheaded Boy to Be Given
For Organization In Auditorium of South
End High School.
editors and business managers.
JUNIORS ABANDON
COMMONS
Juniors to Step at River
Oaks:; Lee and Virginians
To Furnish Noise.
, j ' ■ ' : ' ' ■ ' j
March 1 marks the date of the j
Junior prom to be held at River Oaks
Country Club, with Lee's Owls offi-j
elating until 12 o'clock and the Vir-j
ginians from 12:00 until 3:00 a. m. j
According to Ben Bellows, this |
year's pronj has many surprises in I
store for its strugglers. A special \
feature of the dance will be the unique
and carefully planned decoration >
scheme which the Junior Architects!
have been working on for the past
several weeks. All decoration schemes
have been kept secret. Hence much
curiosity has been aroused. With the'
Juniors in full charge this promises
to be the social event of the year.
The Junior prom this year makes
and unmakes two traditions. It marks
the first time that a Rice dance has
been held at the River Oaks Country
Club and likewise marks the first time
in many years that the prom has been
held outside of the Commons.
Owl Five Loses
3 Games; Season
Nearly Finished
Exams^HitjTrack Team Hard;
Three Fast Men Go On Pro
The Rice track team which gave
more promise than any seen by the
seniors now in school, was the hard-
est hit by the examinations of ail
the athletic learns.
Every man is eligible to play base-
ball that had been counted on as
making the team; Wood came' oft
probation, and Abies stayed off; the (
whole team is clear.
The basket ball team was spared.
According to reports from the office
not a man was touched by the grim
reaper t with the axe instead of the
customary scythe and they are all I
eligible to continue playing.
Football was not hit in many places
but one ol' the spots was vital. George j
Murray, plunging back, busted out of
the Institute completely. Two good
freshmen footballers also busted, but
outside that no more were flunked,
although there are several on pro-
bation.
Hut the track team? Three men
went on probation. But these three
were the backbone of the whole relay '
system. Their absence will lower all
of the Institute relay teams from
exceptionally good teams to ordinari-
ly good teams. In each of the relays I
one of the three was a king pin, Thoj
three are Brunson, Luckey and Reese
Luckey was enough to make the
fourth good man for the 4x110 relay
team and also the 4x220. Without
Reese the 4x440 team will be with-
out the final punch. While the
4xX,S0 relay will miss Rrunson thero
is still a fair chance for it to amount
to a good team yet. But the medley
relay goes up in smoke as Brunson
is withdrawn from the mile lap of
it. Likewise the four-mile relay—al-
though it is doubtful if such a race
could be found in the Southwestern
Conference,
When asked about his prospects
for a track team. Coach Hjertberg re-
plied. "Certainly, we'll have a fine
team." The reporter looked at htm
and smiled inquiringly. "For the
Houston Athletic Club," be then add-
ed in explanation.
But Condi Hjertberg will not give
up hope yet. He says that Rice will
have a better than ordinary team this
year with less than ordinary material.
The outlook for baseball is very
bright.
Nothing can yet be said about the
prospects tor football as there t •
mains another set of exams before
they may be fully counted on.
day, Tuesday and Wednesday, with1 , , , . ' ,
tia^i.1. oL I pended during examinations, but they
After a couple of weeks in which the
Rice basket ball five forsook the court
for the examination room the Owl
cage men received the small end of the
score in three games played against
Arkansas and T. C. U.
The final score of the first Arkan-
sas game resulted in a 54-14 defeat
for the home team. The second con-
test was a different sort of affair, the
scoring being almost tit for tat in
the first few minutes of play when
Arkansas got a small lead and in-
ert.ised it to 25-17 at the end of the
gftme. Morris showed up exceptionally
we 1 on the defense, breaking up
Arkansas dribbles and passes time and
again. Nevinger was high point man
with 7 Rallies.
a.iu Hopkins furnished the
bright spots for Rice in the T. C. U.
game that let the Owls down with a
the Autry' sc°rt' of 41"2V
HOT STRUGGLE DUE
The Co-ed Thresher, slated to ap-
pear on March 5, is expected to be of
the same mediocre calibre as in the
past. Various theories have been ad-
vanced in an effort to explain the con-
sistent inferiority of the female at- j Harry Bone, secretary of the South-! HTk TT u u r,
tempt at journalism but none can west Division, spoke on the subject to! ^ presumed and w.ll be held
■give a satisfactory reason why it is | the Literary Societies He explained - HoU8e from now up"u„tjf the~night"nf I Rile wa* tUw "Ulk° a trip W
always such a miserable failure. j the tremendous need he found among, th performance. Mrs. Arrowood who Waco anti Dallas toward the last of
is directing the play, is delighted!
with the progress of the cast and de-* j ,he
opinion every mem-i st . , . , _
T-, . . . , - .. . ... . . ber is ideally suited to his or her! tllere remains but a game with Texas
HE outlook for track was appro-, tional relationship. part, Jack Glenn, in the principal role,! be :lt Austin an(1 «•
ciable dimmed by the low grades: Organizations will he asked to i j.-j j,._ I with S. M. t\. to lie played in Hous-
ton. With the S. M. U. game the Rice
basket ball season closes.
* * * foreign students, especially those of i
But the girls mean well and that, j Central Europe, and of the importance
at least, is something. ! of the Student Friendship Fund as an ."i"'' "It 'i* •',?
A-\ i , it .* • , . • • . t? 131 cS L11HL 111 npl
—O-— O— 'agent ot reconciliation in mterna-
| tional relationship.
Organizations will be asked to
pledge to this fund as organizations.
This will not, however, relieve the in-
dividual student of his personal re-
sponsibility, • and already individual
pledges are mounting, to promising
figures.
week for a game with Baylor on
Itith and with S. M. I'-, for the
time, on the, 20th. After that
1HE outlook for track was appro- j
ciable dimmed by the low grades
of certain stellar members who were!
placed on probation.
The loss of these men lowers the
rating of four rtday teams from ex-
cellent to fair, and hurt the chances
of the fifth relay team. Four men
who could be counted on for points
were rendered ineligible for this sea-
son's meets.
* 4« *
The football team lost two letter
men and a couple of promising Fresh-
men. Many went on pro but* these
have a chance of coming off in June.
WHITEHEADED BOY
TO SHOW ON MARCH
ELEVENTH
Y. W. C. A. Annual Play Goes
On Boards Soon
The baseball men tunned in good
grades in general and indications are
that with the present material the
nine will make an excellent showing.
^ w x j-i Bo.v," which were brought to a stand-
TUDEN*3 of a literary turn of that ^ ^ fiX.
mind should start immediately on aminations> have been resumed. The
cast remained intact despite the or-
Rehearsals for "The White-headed
mind should start immediately on
work for the annual contest of the
Texas Intercollegiate Press Associa-
tion. t
Manuscripts from the sixteen Texas
colleges and universities in the asso-
'' ciation will furnish plenty of compe-
tition for even the most facile pen.
* *
Rules and regulations of the con-
test will be published in the Thresher
soon and it is to be hoped that some of
the literary talent of the institute
, comes to the fore with manuscripts
of the prize-winning variety.
* • •
Last year, with a limited number of
entries, Rice placed in two contests.
It is not outside the bounds of rea-
;• son to suppose that Rice students are
capable of putting forth more and bet-
* ter work and so attaining to greater
laurels this year.
* * *
The Writing Club is expected to
furnish the bulk of the manuscripts
but the contest is open to everyone
in the student body.
Dust off the
let's have it.
old typewriter and
-R-
CHAPEL IN FACULTY CHAMBER.
A chapel service is held In the Fac-
ulty Chamber of Rice Institute every
Wednesday morning at 8:00. Mr.
Everett, chairman of the new chapel
committee, presented the plans for the
new term at the last meeting.
deal and re-commenced their work
with gusto.
The Palace Theatre has promised
to furnish the setting for the play and
something more realistic than the
usual tan drape of the South End
Auditorium is expected as a back-
ground for this very realistic play,
when it is presented on the evening
of March 11.
Letters have been mailed to the
faculty and other outstanding citizens
of Houston asking them to patronize
this enterprise. Regular tickets, sell-
ing for fifty cents, went on sale
Thursday.
Make a date with your best girl
and come out to see what promises to
be the greatest success yet achieved
in the annual plays presented by the
Y. W. C. A.
n
PRE-LAWS TO GET TOGETHER.
There will be a regular meeting of
the Pre-Law Association in the third
floor debating room of South Hall,
Monday night, February 22, at seven
thirty. It is important that all mem-
bers be present as officers for the
spring term wil be elected. A short
program will also be presented.
H-
In the coming political campaigns,
and hearing of the approaching ten-
dency for longer skirts, the Thresher
wishes to announce a platform of
"Short Skirts and Stronger Breeies."
is ideally suited to his or her
part, Jack Glenn, in the principal role,
receiving splendid support from th
rest of the cast.
The production is attracting con-
siderable interest in dramatic, circles
of the city, the list of patrons being j
larger than that enjoyed by any pre- j
vious Y. W. C. A. play. Mrs. Tid-1
den, wife of the former sponsor of
the Rice Dramatic Club, has been
present at several of the rehearsals
and is enthusiastic in her praise of
the work being done by the cast. Mr. j
Finn of the Palace players, it may also [
be mentioned, has consented to su-1
pervise the construction of the seen-
ery. Mr. Finn's extensive dramatic
experience will undoubtedly be of the
greatest value in securi^ correct and
effective staging and both cast and
directors are most grateful for his
generous co-operation.
HEISMAN DUE BACK
HERE
Arrival of Head Coach Ex-
pected; Spring Training
Will Start
Coach John W. Heisman was ex-
pected to return to Houston some
time toward the last of this week.
He wrote Coach Joe Bedenk on the
10th of February that he expected to
leave Miami in a week, or sooner.
So Coach Bedenk has been keeping
a weather eye out for the veteran
coach all week and Heisman will
probably he seated in the field house
as you read this Thresher.
According to Bedenk, spring train-
ing will be begun immediately after
the arrival of Heisman. Heisman has
most of his material left on his
hands after the examinations—al-
though some of it is not in first class
scholastic condition—and he will be
able to begin work moulding a team
right away.
So the football men may begin lim-
bering up.
Another addition has been made to
the ranks of candidates for 1926 May
King. The calibre thus far much re-
sembles that of last year which pro-
duced Jack Olenn.
JUNIORS MUST PAY
Dues Must Be Paid By First
oi Next Week; Few Stag
Bids on Hand.
Hjertberg's Pupil
Brings Hoff 7o Archi-Arts to Rebuild Old
The Limelight Bagdad for Annual
Ernie Hjertberg was the man who | Wrestle
trained Coach Kriegsmati, now fa-
mous through the feats of one of his j Extensive plans have been perfected
pupils. Charlie Hoff. Hoff has been ; and work is rapidly going forward for
causing much talk by bis pertorm- j om, ttf tjui mo.st elaborate and extrava-
ances in the East. He is the Archi-Arts ball in the history
of the world s record in pole vaulting j
—with a little less than II feet to i.is ; niankm.l. The theme tor this year i
•credit. : Arabian, one that affords great, space
Hjertberg trained Kriegsmati in i for originality and at the same time
the art of coaching track when the
Bice coach was national director of
i track sports in Sweden. Kriecsnian
i later became one of Hjertliera's as-
sistants.
Hjertberg also coached Harry Hill-
man, who has eharsic of Hoff while
he is in this country. Hillman sees
to the booking and tra.nint; of Hoff
while liv is in America. Hillman.
while under the tutelage of Hjertberg,
rose to international heights by win-
ning the Olympic 400 meter hurdles
in 1908. He is also a world's record
maker. Hillman is now track couch
at Dartmouth Cniversity
These are but two of the manv
of Hjertber^'s pupils who have
brought themselves before the e>v -
of the world. The famous Uice
roach lias had more than 00 men
place in the Olympics and there are
' about a dozen of bis pupils who are
now track coaches at various colleges
in tile I'liited States.
Since the Junior prom is set for
March 1. Junior dues must be paid
this week or by the first of next week.
The dues, which amount to seven
dollars and fifty cents, can be paid to
Jimrnie Clapp, Walker Dodson or Ben
Bellows in person, this week or at
a desk that will be placed in the Sally
port by the first of next week.
No bids will be given to Juniors
with dues unpaid. Likewise Juniors
with dues unpaid this year will" not
be permitted to attend next year's
| ball.
| There are a limited number of stag
bids which may be secured from the
three afore mentioned.
great accessibility of costume.
The affair is to be held at the Field
TT.alse. Monday nite. February ct
from i1 to and the music is t.o be
of the Torrid variety furnished by I k. .
of the hottest orchestras in t.owM; the
names of th,- musictrs vvii! not be
divulged by the committee but S >'
Slaughter savs there'll .be plenty of
hot notes that nite.
Decorations will be on the most sti;
pendotts -< .lit ever attempted, find
under the supervision of Hooter,, the
hall is being converted into the select
residential district of old Bagdad w itl
its minarets and domes, covered by the
starlit expanse of the Arabian night.
A limited number of bid? have beer
printed, and distribution i> under tin
management of ollie Winston, who
states that reservations should lie
mad with him or any of the other
T-square wielders. A desk will h
placed in the Sally port, from whir!
the bids will be sold at the meagct
sums of SS.Ort for couple* and
for stags. There will be no bids s-ohi
at the door!
Costume suggestions will he post-4
in conspicuous places, from which
many original ideas can be drawn.
There will be no limit to the number
or variety of wives that the Arabian
boys can bring, although it is sug-
The following communication has « tod that' only the fovairte one,
been received by J. T. McCants in con- "loul< «*•"*. I*™1"*1, th'"
ncction with the <10 day safety cam- mcl,t ha? " two. end
paign being conducted by the City of extrajmees will be charged according
Houston. Mr. *MeCant:
STUDENT MOTORISTS
WARNED
Safety Campaign Asks For
Student Com-
pliance
AUTRY IIOl'SE CALENDAR.
Friday, Feb. l!)—-
Choir Practice, 12:30 p. m.
Rehearsal "White-headed Boy"
7:30 to 9:30 p. m.
Alliance Francais, 8:30 p. m.
Saturday, Feb. 20—
Lent—dances in Commons un-
til after Easter.
Sunday, Feb. 21—
Church School, 10:00.
Services, 11:00.
Monday, Feb. 22—
Glee Club, 7:30 p. m.
Pre-Law Meeting, 7:30.
Rehearsal "White-headed Boy"
7:30.
Tuesday, Feb. 23—
P. A. L. S„ 12:30 p. m.
Wednesday, Feb. 24—
Q. W. L. S.
"White-headed Boy," 7:30
p. m.
Thursday, Feb. 25—
Holy Communion, 7:30 a. m.
has been se-
lected as a member of the vigilant
committee to act in curbing automo-
bile violations in the city.
A general warning has been issued
and this is to call the attention of
the student body to the campaign and
to enlist their support and co-opera-,
tion, The letter follows:
Mr. J. T. McCants,
Bursar, Rice Institute.
Houston. Texas.
Dear Sir:
As you have doubtless noticed
through the columns of the Press, we
have inaugurated a GO day safety cam-
|. paign, and we-are enlisting the serv-
ices of 300 men as a vigilant commit-
t tee, and the attached papers will be:
self explanatory.
I would appreciate it very much if j
you would use your influence among j
the Rice Students and see that they i
are duly warned about this campaign
and that they are solicited to act as
a body in curbing automobile viola-
tions on the streets.
Thanking you for whatever assis-
tance you can render us in this mat-
ter, I beg to remain,
Yours very truly,
T. O. GOODSON,
Superintendent of Police.
ly. The Arehi's are spending a gob
of money on the struggle, and the
Freshman are being worked nite and
day; so according to this and other
pre-war notices, this should be one of
the hottest and most beautiful dances
of the year.
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