The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, October 1, 1926 Page: 4 of 8
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DR. BLINKUS SHOCKED TWICE
By Dr. Tkeo Bald Blinktu
WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS
In spite of the
w ay in y attribu-
tions have been ig-
nored in the past,
few days, I am still
firm in the belief
that higher quali-
ties will be recog-
nized sooner or lat-
er and then will 1
come into my own.
I was greatly
shocked twice in
twenty-t wo hours.
First, Sam and Jim-
my failed to invite me to their party—
"College Night." However, 1 later
found that my invitation had been de-
layed in the mail, having been sent
to the Prof's Tower instead of to the
('hem Tower, my real sanctum. This
1 forgive.
But .when the matriculation address
was delivered by Eduiir—that 1 can't
forgive. However, after reading a
lengthiy report of same in the Tresh-
i r, I found that it was in reality, my
own address from notes which I had
misplaced a few days previously. Of
course* I shan't make this public—let
him Have the praise once in a while.
Then another disappointment:
When'Dan kicked the first ball in the
name last Saturday. I could hardly
refrain from giving the old Texas
I yell, "Pardon Me, Ma," but let my
good nature predominate and turned
| my thots to Astronomy, for a Fresh-
j man can kick a football and it takes
I one like myself to delve into the deep-
! er mysteries of Astronomy.
And to Astronomy, I must give my
i best efforts. For, according to recent
| statistics. 1 will never be a million-
aire—college stews seldom are. Of
j course 1 have a very high degree, as
i you know, having gone through A. and
M. in the short time of one month. 1
went through every class, by the way,
I painting windows. They have had no
j paint since.
My classes have been rather poorly
attended of late, Slime Eppiglotis
! having lost his entire apparel on the
I big fight and my other pupil engaging
! himself in free instruction for Slimes.
He has ordered another gross of
! brooms. So I shall give myself over
| to the persuit of wine, worn—pardon
| me, I mean higher Astronomy and sue-
I cess.
| Do you know why Itice Institute
I wants more money to carry on with
j her program of expansion? 1 know,
I and I am going to let you in on the
l secret in order to get even with Eddie.
All of the money the school ever
i had was lost by Eddie in a crap game
in his office.
But more of this next week. I am
going to expose him. Watch for it.
THE THBEBHEB ;: HOUSTON.
TEXAS
Yi-Yl
HELD «
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Helps to Break Ice For
Many Slimes and
Slimesses
The annual Y. W. C. A.-T. M, C. A.
reception was held on Friday after-
noon at the Commons. For once pre-
dictions of rain failed and an excep-
tionally large crowd was able to at-
tend.
Dr .and Mrs. I.ovett and other mem-
bers of the faculty and Mrs. Stratford
mingled with the guests and were in
the receiving line, which was headed
by Helen Clarke, president of the Y.
\V„ and Included Irene Ward, Florence
Browu Rachel Waples, Mary Powars
and Mary Jo Inkley. the other officers, j
During the afternoon several piano
selections were given by Florence
Powars and punch was served by Mar-
gie Thiel and Gene Rhodes.
The reception helps to "break the i
ice" for many a Freshman, giving
him a chance to become .acquainted
with his profs and to find out that
upper classmen are human after all.
Not only the new students but also
several of the new instructors took
advantage of this opportunity to get
acquainted and Dr. Altenburg, as us-
ual, proved a center of attraction to
a number of admiring Slimes and
Slimesses.
GUI CUB PUNS
MRT CAD HANniV
Huubl nm MJHIPAI
AT AUTRY BOOSE
Slimes and Prospective New
Members Urged
To Attend
Slimes and prospective new mem-
bers are especially .urged to attend the
first big Glee club meeting at the
Autry House at 7:30 p. m. Monday.
Plans will be discussed for the com-
ing season and other matters of in-
terest, Including possible programs,
will be brought before the meeting.
According to William Morgan, a de-
termined effort to make the Glee Club
the very best in the history of the
school is under way. A varied and
unique exhibition program together
with an excellent quartet, and solo
numbers Is being planned. Jack
Major will again lend his famed voice
to augment the programs, although
his arrival may be delayed for sev-
eral days yet.
FIVE RICE STUDENTS
ATTEND CONFERENCE
Y. M. C. A. Representatives
Go to Hollister
"Five members of Rice Y. M. C. A.
attended Southwest Students
Conference held at Hollister. Mo.,
June 4 14. These five were La Coste
Ellis, Waldo Mt'Neir, Stephen Tooneff,
David Black, and Alston Clapp. Jr..
Berirland, who was vice president last
spring is unable to return this fall
so this will necessitate an election of
a man to fill this office shortly.
A meeting was held last Thursday,
September l^S, at the Autry House.
Plans for the year's work were tenta-
tively outlined and various phases of
campus life were discussed. A desire
was expressed that there be a closer
co-operation with Y. W. C. A. in the
matter of discussion groups and pro-
motion of Christian spirit on the
campus.
A blanket invitation is extended to
all stu#ents>. particularly Freshmen,
for the discussion group at the Autry
House, October 6th at 7:30.
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Attend those pep rallies!
R
Slimes, Obey those rules!
HAIRY EARED STUDES
HOLD FIRST MEET IN
COMMONS; PLANS MADE
The Boys with the Hairy Ears held
I their first meeting in the Commons
Wednesday night, September 21. with
I sixty-three present. President Wallis
addressed the meeting on the origin
J and purpose of the Society, and plans
! for the annual Engineers' dance were
I discussed; various possible locations
! were considered, and committeemen
i were suggested. Refreshments were
! served after the meeting.
Only a few Slime engineers were
present. They are urged to come out
j and sign up with the society, to meet
the fellows, and hear the town speak-
ers. A meeting Js held in the Com-
mons each Wednesday at 7:15 p. m.
| SPECIAL EXAMS SOON
1 REGISTRAR SAYS TESTS WILL BE
GIVEN SHORTLY
I For the benefit of those who, on
' account of illness, were unable to
take the final examinations in June,
special examinations will be held
sometime in the next couple weeks,
it has been announced.
Definite announcement of the time
; has not yet been made.
AXSON RETURNS TO RICE
Dr. Stockton Axon, who has been at]
Lake Placid since July, returned home]
this week. He had a very enjoyable
summer and reported that while he
was there he lectured a bit.and spent
the rest of liis time looking at the
scenery. He viBited in Washington
ten days before returning to Hous-
ton.
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BENNETT'S
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ONLY AT MAIN
AND WEBSTER
BENNETT'S
DRUG STORE
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New memberi will be given every
opportunity to develop Into excellent
singers, while men capable of fea-
ture work will not be neglected. Final
plans and new members will be an-
nounced shortly after this first meet-
ing. As Morgan expresses it, "We
hope to have every man at Rice, who
is at all Interested in singing, out at
the Autry House this first meeting.
In this way we hope to get off with
as good or a better start than last
year."
THERE ARE THREE KINDS OF MEN!
WHICH ARE YOU?
The wise; the average; the foolish. The fool never learns.
The average man only learns from his experience. The wise man
learns from the experience of others;—and experience has taught
that savings is the one sure basis of success.
SOUTH TEXAS
COMMERCIAL NATIONAL BANK
c and $
TICKLE your Bank Account here with pennies
today and in the years to come it will laugh back
at you with dollars.
Pennies in the pocket melt away. In your Bank
Account here they melt together.
GUARANTY NATIONAL
306 MAIN STREET
BANK
HOU8TON, TEXA8 %
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EXPERIENCED IN I AR/OUS COL-
LEGES THROUGHOUT AMERICA
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WIL L II E A NNO U N C ED IN
YOUR COLLEGE: PUBLICATION.
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He's Still
Telling the Judges
C. M. I.atfoon
'The speaker for
the affirmative,
ladies and gentle-
men, will be Mr.
C. M. Laffoon."
That line was not
unfamiliar to stu-
dent groups at the
University of Mis-
souri a few years ago.
Now the undergraduate debater
of other days is the Design Engi-
neer in the Turbo-Generator Sec-
tion of the Power Engineering
Department. He is in his eleventh
year at the Westinghouse Company.
Laffoon today is the builder of
the fastest things that go, electri-
cally. For those intricate high-speed
machines, he must not only act as
designer, but must often assist in
selling, and must look after the
service when problems arise in
operation. Because the designer is
the man who knows, he is the
"speaker for the affirmative."
"Honorable judges" are fact-seek-
ing engineers of electric light and
power companies.
The question sometimes is asked:"
Where do young, men get when
they enter a large industrial organi-
zation? Have they opportunity to
exercise creative talents? Or are
they forced into narrow grooves?
This series of advertisements
throws light on these questions. Each
advertisement takes up the record of
a college man who came with the
Westinghouse Gompanywithin recent
years after graduation from his uni-
versity.
Out of a clear sky one day West-
inghouse called for a high-speed
generator for use in commercial
transmission of radio messages.
There was no such machine. Laf-
foon designed one. Then, through
an unexpected change in a trade
situation, the machine was not
used. Did it go to the scrap heap?
Read and see.
r
Industry had been seeking a
better way to melt expensive metal
of high heat resistance—aluminum,
platinum, certain alloy steels, and
the like. Ordinary smelting meth-
ods couldn't be used. Properties
had to be kept unchanged; and the
great heat liquefied the ordinary
crucible as well as the metal. Laf-
foon's discarded radio-generator
was found to offer an ideal appli-
cation to a new high- frequency
induction furnace for melting those
special metals; and so Laffoon de-
signed that machine.
You can measure the advance
in high-speed turbo-generator ap-
paratus by comparing the models
of 1918 (when Laffoon entered the
particular field to which he has
contributed), with those c,of 1926.
Then 25,000 KVA was some ma-
chine. Now, at 62,000 KVA, no
limit is set on the future.
High-speed machines must be
fitted to the individual needs of
customers. After understanding
what the customer wants, the de-
sign engineer must determine the
size, weight, dimensions and per-
formance, depending on voltage,
frequency and speed of the instal-
lation. Then he must "foHow
through."
Men who "follow through" in
any phase of electrical engineering
may have confidence in their ca-
reers at Westinghouse.
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