The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, March 25, 1927 Page: 1 of 6
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HOUStONIAir GIVES BUILDING TO RICE
VOLUME XII
RICE INSTITUTE, HOUSTON, TEXAS, MARCH 25, 1927
NUMBER 22
CALDWELL PERMITS FRESHMAN DANCE
KIDNAPING
STRUGGLE IS
GIVEN OKEH
^ ^ ^ Sf, ££ rf Sf*
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Permission for a kidnaping Fresh-
man dunce has been granted by Dean
Caldwell, the Thresher learned Wed-
nesday.
The dance will be under complete
jurisdiction of the Student Council,
which will draw up rulen and regula-
tions for affair. Customs accompany-
ing the dance will be included this
year, but will have to be carried out.
according to the plan evolved by the
council, with penalties lor anyone
overstepping the. bounds of the regula-
tions.
Banned Last Year
The "Slime Ball" was not allowed
last year except in a mild and harm-
less form, so the annual kidnaping oc-
curred earlier, before the Sophomore
Ball.
In view of the fact that the student
body does not seem disposed to allow
a year to pass without some sort of
class abduction, it has been deemed
wise to permit the occurrence, with
such regulations as will prevent the
breaking into school work that has
previously been the case.
In all probability the Student Coun-
cil will also set the date of the dance
and specify the place where it is to
be held. Heretofore one of the most
popular events of the entire school
year, it is hardly to be expected that
the ball will lie any"less popular this
year.
RICE NIGHT DATE
SET BACK WEE:
PLAN FOR AFFAIR
Unforseen Competition Cause
Of Change In
Schedule
The second annual edition of Rice
Nite, ritzy entertainment put on each
year by alumni and student body, has
been postponed one week due to un-
forseen competition, Clarence 'Wade-
man, president of the Alumni Associa-
tion. announced last Saturday at a
joint assembly of dull leaders of the
Institute.
Date of presentation has been moved
from April 23 to April 30, second Sat-
urday after Raster.
All talent available in Rice Institute
will be needed to make a success of
the affair. Alumni are being assisted
by the Rally Club in the business man-
agement and by all organizations of
^the campus in production.
No Classic Stuff
The entertainment will be in the na-
ture of a burlesque.
"We want to give them-," said Wade-
man, "college stuff as they expect it,
not as it really is. No classic pre-
sentation will be considered."
The presentation will be staged on
the main floor of the auditorium, rath-
er than the stage. This is to give a
cabaret atmosphere. Pood will also
be served to those seated around
tables on the lower floor to carry out
the idea. Those who eat will have
to wear evening clothes. The rest will
sit in the balcony.
Mass Meeting Today
A mass meeting was to be held Fri-
day for the purpose of assembling and
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GRANT IS CAPTAIN
OF 1928 CAGE TEAM
Henry "Hank" Qrant, at a meet-
ing of the basket ball team the
past week, was elected to captain
the destinies of the 1928 OWL
Basketeers. Qrant has Just com-
pleted his second year on the team,
and his play has been far above
standard.
Letter-men announced by the ath-
letic council are: Richard Morris,
captain; William Schroeder, Ed
Herting, J, T. Blllups, Henry Qfant,
captain-elect, and Roy Davis.
Faculty Club Building Is
First Donation to
Rice Campus
Sum of $125,000 was donated!
the Rice Institute on Tuesday by
George S. Cohen in honor of the
donor's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert I. Cohen of Galveston.
The announcement of the gift
was made on the occasion of;
Mrs. Cohen's seventieth fjairth-;
day, her husband having passed
the "three score and ten" mark!
last fall. ;
The money has been presented |
the Institute for the express pur-
pose of erecting and maintaining
a building on the campus "for
the use, comfort, accommoda-
tion, and convenience of the
faculty," this building to be
known as Robert and Agnes
Cohen House. $100,000 of the
sum will be used for the erection of
the building, and the remaining $25,-
000 will be set apart as a trust fund,
the income from which will be employ-
ed for the maintenance and upkeep of
the house.
First Gift to Rice
This will be the first building
on the Rice campus financed by a
gift to the Institute's board of
trustees. Plans are now being
completed by William Ward Wat-
kin for the edifice, and will be
presented for approval by Mr.
Cohen and the ^chool officials.
It has been announced that the
building will probably be ready
for occupancy by the end of the
present calendar year.
The, need for such n place has long
bean felt, not only by the faculty them*
| selves, but also by those interested in
. the relations existing between stu-
j dents and instructors.
To Stand as Symbol
At some prominent place with-
! in the building will be inscribed
the commandment, "Honor l ny
Father and Mother," and the
! building as a whole is expected
by Mr. Cohen to stand as "an
enduring symbol before the eyes
j of youth on the campus of Rice
Institute of the divine injunction
of filial devotion." Mr. Cohen
has expressed the hope that the
building will encourage the feel-
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CARNIVAL SATURDAY
EVERYBODY OUT!
rjniJKt highest, peppiest and most ivpiv-i'iita.tfv,e pep parade in the
* history of Rice Institute is scheduled tor 7::;o o'clock tonight at
Main and Lamar. It will lieraid to the city the annual Southwest
(Itiee) Relay Carnival and will be a maltster demonstration in cele-
bration of the $ 125,000 gift of Mr. George Cohen of the past. week.
Sam Bennett, yell leader; (Jus Craws, freshman acrobat, and
Franklin Miller, assistant parade leader, will be in charge of the yell-
ing line as it winds its way over the streets ol' the city. Traffic will
be cleared from Main street in order to give, ample room to the pit-
raders.
"Bring along every noise-tnakinir device you can," Bennett, de-
c-lares. "We've got to let everyone know that Rice is going to put
the relay games over in great, styl And besides, it'll Just be a
reminder that our Owls are out to win some of the honors.
"Don't forget that the parade also will he in appreciation to Mr.
Cohen for his building gift," he. continued. "It means ninth to Rice
and we must show our donor that appreciate it."
LARGEST ENTRY LIST
INJHIST0RY; SCHOOLS
SEND 800 ATHLETES
ATTEMPT TO
SECURE AIR
DEP'T. HERE
THREE NEW PAMPHLETS
ISSUED; AVAILABLE j
AT DOWNSTAIRS DESK
Three new pamphlets have appeared j
in the downstairs library; further ad-!
ditions to the series of Rice Insti-1
tute Pamphlets which are issued from I
time to time.
The first of the group is dated'
April, 1926, and i£ a series of lectures
on "Modern Music," delivered at Rice
by Mile. Nadia Boulanger, professor
of Harmony at the American Conserva-
tory at Fontainebleau, and of organ,
harmony, counterpoint, and fugue at
the Paris Normal Music School. These
lectures were given in February, 1925.
The second pamphlet contains the
commencement addresses for 1926;
"Our Debt to Rome, Greece, and
Judea," a sermon preached to the grad-
uating class by Rabbi Henry Barn-
ston, Ph. P., of the Congregation of
Beth Israel, Houston, Texas; and "Rec-
ollections of a University Professor,"
and address delivered to the same
class by Dean Joseph Sweetman Ames,
Ph. D., LL. D„ of Johns Hopkins Uni-
versity.
The third of the pamphlets is a
series of four lectures on "The Art and
Thought of Robert Browning," by Paul
de Reul, professor of English and mod-
ern literature at the University of
Brussels, and exchange professor to
the United States on the C. R. B. Edu-
cational Foundation. These lectures
were delivered here In December, 1926.
The pamphlets may be obtained by
anyone at the Reserve Desk in the
library.
An effort is to be made by IJr G.
C. Evans, professor of mathematics,
and Stephen Zonet'f, junior, of Sophia,
Bulgaria, to secure tor Rice an endow-
ment to establish a school of aeronau-
tical engineering, it lias been leurn-d
by The Thresher.
The endowment, established by Dan-
iel Cuggenlieimer of New York City,
carries a stipend of approximately.
$500,000. One If tteli engineering school
is to be established in every Mitt-' o.
the Union
As yet an aeronautical school h.i >
not been established in Texas, ate! it
is believed that Rice stands an i .*
eellent chance of securing it. It. u
believed that Texas University is bid
ding for the endosvmenf.
Evans An Expert
Dr. .Evans, during the world was,;
was an ex'pert in aviation mathematics.
He is especially interested in seeuritm
an aeronautical school for Rice, and
through his past, connection with Avia-
tion it is thought that the school will1
be brought to the campus.
While efforts are being made to se-
cure the school. Zoned is organizing
an aviation club, to be composed of;
students and faculty members. It is;
the intention of Zoneff to secure
enough men so that, an airplane might
be bought pro rata.
So far 12 men have signified their
desires of joining the organization
RICE INSTITUTE
REASON FOR TRIP
Baron Von Maltzon. German ambas-
sador to United States, while in Hous-
ton for a two-day stay paid tribute to
Rice Institute.
He named Rice Institute as one of
the outstanding reasons why he came !
to Houston. "Mayor Holcombe's cor-1
dial Invitation and the Rice Institute I
were the two factors that made me ;
decide to come to Houston," he said.1
"Rice Institute Is the only university |
in the United States that continued to j
teach the German language during the
world war. Certainly I know of the
school. It was also the first university
In the country to call for a native
German to teach the language after
the war." He was referring to Dr.
Max Freund, German professor at
Rice.
ft,
QUALIFYING PLAY
IN GOLF TOURNEY
AT PARK SATURDAY
Low Medalist Will Receive
Gold Medal; Other
Prizes
Low medalist in the Edit touri:.,
men! to be lie;.: -in ' llei imimi SM I;
Saturday will re.-.eji-e a gold medal;
with engravings -fgnituiu i-ani","a -
■ nrdlng to an amioun,-, ivieui iruiili- by
Coach Franklin i > V-lH-raft. Any sor
dent of the Institute i" i rtii tad io en
ter the competition.
The tournament «111 ! ■ divided into'
".vii flights, , with ihi>*e holding tie-:
highest trt-oVes. in ite .-"rend flight, i
1'lay begins ai v a in '
Coach Asherun is desirous that :
i veryone enter the tourney ho are,"
aetjuainted w ith the rudiments of the !
game, as all will have a change to win. j
At. the time of going to press prac- j
tii-ally 35 students had signified their!
Intention of entering the contest. :
Winners Get Prizes
Winner of the first flight will re-
ceive a golf hag with the runner up
and winner of the second flight re-
ceiving Spalding "Kro-flite" irons.
Players making the lowest scores
will engage in weekly competition
frow now until the conference meet,
the second week in May, at. which
time students with the four lowest
scores will represent Rice in the
Southwestern conference competition.
A dual meet is scheduled with A.
and M. for the first week in May and
efforts are being made to arrange a
meet with Texas University
Coach Ashcraft announces that let-
ters will be awarded in golf this year.
Last, year Jim Greenwood received the
sole letter.
FORENSIC GROUP TO
MEET EARLY TUESDAY
NIGHT—OPEN FORUM
Owing Jo the fact that the Open
Forum is to meet on Tuesday sight
and that no doubt many of the mem-
bers will plan to attend, the org ml*
ing group of debaters has moved tip
the time of their meeting to ti-,45 p.
m. of that same evening.
Since the time will be limited, plans
for a short program have been drop-
ped, and the meeting will be purely
a business one. It is hoped that the
work of completing the organization
will be finished at this time.
WITH last year's entry list already■ exceeded., anil more cuti-i.>^
still coming in, the third annual Rice Relay < iniival has defi-
nitely attained a new mark .in track competition. Win n 'he hag",
field enters (he compelition at 1 :;50 p. m. Saturday at Rice I'ield,
track athletes from two countries. 1"> states of lime I'nion, and
men of almost every nationality will compile ;,,r supremacy in
athletic prowess.
La I niversidad Xacional <i> Mejicn will he prtven; wi;h nine
men entered in relay events, and Haskell Indian- have entered;
eight. Missouri \ alley team*, are entering the iijgge.-o - luadsi
although the Big Ten teams also have large number.-- >d athl- tes
registered. The final entry list will exceed ?"> schools ai ■ HO?)
men if the late entries present themselves.
As yet none . (' tin Sat; Antonio high -schools Ibe t afd
from and only one major Houston
schools and one from Pallas are
however.
All'■ xjM'citti I n i,h* ha>■< hn at
!i.;t tmri th( I■'rtiivh trill hi
An < of the fu'<n-,i //*/ ,< -,
Ciii'-i CIOHH 1 I'd it'n.<h
Records are due to fall when
Competition, and evenls of special importance
discus throw, I he two. and four-mile relav-. a'>
ligh school has i nter.-d Tim
almost certain in par;icipa;
ta till ]i I il ■'
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MeK<nifi \t 0ijihing.
Very few junior colleges are enter d In rhu' if-
only two having regi-tered at an early hot) • \.\ 1 - / I
■Junior College and Wesley College have enters1,.1 ten men •:
division.
Wednesday morning the entry Ji-t had s'upassed .
Relay record with To teams and myr Too j-iier elitcn
besides being the ho'gest, was al.-o the mo.-. vr,>-iei;l -, | . :
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NO HAY FOR PALS
BARNYARD FROLIC
THREE IN RACE FOR
MAY QUEEN HONORS
Though the country motif will !i"
carried out in the general Fu-heitie of
.the P. A. Tj, S Country Dance this
year, the conventional hay and chick-
ens will not be employed, and a novel
and attractive scene will greet the
eyes of those who attend.
This ttas the statement made by
Helen Clark when interviewed con-
cerning the annual dance Of Pallas
Athene Literary Society, which will oc-
cur Match HI. Miss Clark is general
chairman of all the committees in
charge of the arrangements for the
occasion, and she states that the stu-
,dents can he sure of a better Itarn-
yard Frolic than ever before.
The dance will he held in the Com-
mohs. and will continue in full blast
from 9 p. m. until !! a. m. The ad-
mission charge will he $2.11(5, and the
proceeds of the affair will go to the
scholarship fund established by the
society, by which some worthy girl
student is assisted every year.
Country costumes will be proper for
the dance, and all those who attend in
more formal dress will find themselves
entirely out of keeping with the at-
mosphere of rusticity.
The following are In charge of the
various phases of preparations: Helen
Clark, general chairman: Madelyn
Jacob©, publicity: Matilda Hood, pa-
trons; Mary Jo Inkley, ticket commit-
tee; Sally Arrants, decorations; Anne
Heyck, music; Dorothy Boettcher, re-
freshments.
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Aecordiug to petition- to!,
the Woman's t '.nine-,' h< for, noon
' Thursday, the thfee taudlda'"s in :«•
voted on today for May t/'i en are
Susie Foudren. Mary Louise Untton
and Ktlifctdra Fniley. all seniors. The
: candidates receiving the greatest"nurti-
; her of votes will be the May Qheen
' while the remaining two will act as
, Princesses,
;
| The May King will he chosen by the
; council later.
On April K the Hnehesses and Maids
from each class will be chosen by the.
; co-ed members of each class. The
Mav Fete is scheduled for May (5,
j At the time of going to pre-*, the
; Woman's Council was in session, mak
ing further plans for tin- Fete.
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GLENN HAS POSITION
WITH PARIS EDITION
OF NEW YORK HERALD
: The Thresher has learned that jack
j Glenn, formerly Owl yell leader and
editor of the Campanile last year, is
reporting for the Paris edition of the
Xew York Herald. Glenn is covering
! the American embassy.
I He is attending one of the oldest
j art schools in France, and is secre-
tary to Rev. Harris Masterson, former-
ly rector at Auiry House, w ho is now
doing student Episcopal work in the
Latin quarter in Paris.
COHEN HONORS m. ¥wrfc¥% A ______ 4 A
SS.TH1RD ANNUAL RELAY
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