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SEMI
WEEKLY
VOLUME XII
RICE INSTITUTE, HOUSTON, TEXAS, MAY 4, 1927
NUMBER 28
THOUSANDS ATTEND RICE NITE SHOW
SECOND ANNUAL fl/^v/^WTp
ENTERTAINMENT OWWlllfc,
GOES OVER BIG .
IS PRESIDENT
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Student Presentation Drains
The Keg of
Success
With money pouring in from 97 di-
rections and applause from 92, the
second annual Rice Nite was declared
a success by practically all who wit-
nessed it.
The entertainment was presented to
a full house, numbering about 4,000.
Patricia Hamilton and Pole Spencer,
in a demonstration of how the gen-
uine article conducts an Apache dance,
scored the hit of the whole'-show. A
take off on this number by Kill Beach
Truehart and Doris Howard, two en-
fantas. was also received with wild
acclaim.
Sug Runs Wild
Bug Robertson, who has not forgot-
ten all he learned during his residence
in West Texas, brought ..down the
house with an imitation of Will Rog
ers. spinning the rope, chewing gum
and making wise-cracks.
Six goofy "College Nuts" presented
a hop-skip-jump after that was gen-
erally credited with being a new form
of the dance. The audience was so
bewildered by the idiotic actions of the
group that they cried for more.
A syncopated menu by Margaret
Kimball, Tommy O'Brien and Sot Gor-
don, with Joe Fisher dancing, also
scored with the. crowd.
Heavy Underwood performer! his j
function of bouncer with facility am)
apparent pleasure.
.Maine Ingram was so aptly cast as it!
baby ihat he touiheo tiv hearts ot
many mothers. \
All dancers were fair to-better, judg-,
lttf! by the applause; the co-ed foot-
ball game registered well.
Dinnah Is Served i
Seventy-five tables wore filled tat 1 al"'
per couple I and if light dinner was!
served the plutocrats..
PLAY BILL TONITE PAINTER IS DEFEATED
FOR COUNCIL LEADER
May Fete Is
Scheduled
Friday
Affair Is Outstanding
This Scholastic
Year
For
THREE ONE-ACT Farmers Here
PLAYS FEATURE InpJ|"yS
Cadets Invade Roost This
Weed-End For
Contests
Time for the annual Rice May Fete
has been set for next Friday after-
noon, May fi, at 5 o'clock. The fete
will take place in the wooded section :
to the left of the main gate. Mem-;
hers of the Woman's Council, in de-1
ciding on this location, thought it tti
very attractive setting with its shade j
trees and smooth lawn.
Elizabeth Baldwin Literary Society
has been given the concession for a !
booth, where candy antl soda pop will I
be sold during the afternoon. Mem-
bers of the society will have charge
of the booth. ;
A musical program will be present-
ed before the court scene takes place. ■
Marry Kobuseh and his Orchestra are
to render the music, and pupils of
Miss Elinor Gamine I will perform in
the Maypole .dances.
Great care lias bee® taken by the
Woman's (,'ouHt.tl to make the coiott.i.-
lion scene one of beatify anil color.
I'retlv girls in pastel shades Of or-
gandy and handsome "eds" in white
linen suits v> Hi make a charming pic-
ture as they gather 'round tlieif king
queen. :
May Fete Court
The vigiiing monarch- >1 lii"?j..;ind
Dramatic Club Ready For
Productions at the
Autry House
The Dramatic Club will pre-
sent its spring term* program
consisting of three one-act plays
and a dramatic poem at the
Autry House tonight. The pro-
gram will be presented again
Thursday night. May 5.
Dress rehearsal Tuesday night, at-
tended by critics from several of the
Houston papers, was most protil 1st! tic
and showed the .careful polishing to
which the pluvs have been subjected
special attention has been paid by the
directors to details of gesture, in flee
tton, and groupttt". The program
should be one of the most successful
artistically that.'the Dramatic t 'lub lta
undertaken the- year.
In addition to
plays annoiineeil.
i le-" ami "Tickle.-
!•" HI. "Tin' Coil'!
Cttbnon, wilt be i
will, consist of .Jatjfiuoiine
a nl i'hw le•: Bel! who will
v & M. resting in second
to Southwestern conference
takes it second stab at
i'.edenk's Owls berr on Fri-
The acoustics of the auuitoi mm did t h ir court am inlaws will consist of
not reach the high qualiiy «f the show I Miss Susie Fuiulren, queen. .John Sui-
aud as a result many of the audience Utsu, king, and the prince-, si is, Misses
went away remarking1 "What little I; "Mary Lou liritton and Rtheldra 1'raley
heard was very good ' ; The duchesses v, iiI he: Miss Kdylh
Iliee band l'nrn—bed some ritzy W-oerfielil, freshman, and: her duke,
mus.c as an overture, while Lee's Owls ; 1 UYid tlaiii-uti; Miss Katima Smith
officiated during the eeiemony tuid se, liolrnni , and her duke. Konald U:>b-
iluring the riot; afterward. Hilly True-' at' Miss Marjor.ie l<otkm.iii. junior,
hurt produced and directed' the v hole and her duke t'harles lihuier, iMi->
presentation, with t ie' assistance of ■ <~ele§! e .tones s itf n .eid In uttfce,
Laurence Davis.
\ I.dri • Iti-qUiuK Miss Westerfieid
are Misses ISet'mee I.hiKmiU, Lynil i-'es
tcr. Al.uj Hallie Hi it>, And .Miss
Homoiseile Haden. Those of the
soidiontore class will he .Misses ('bar
loite Williams, Sherman Xeiherte,
Sallie Arnitits, ami Frances Sara,
Gieseko. Miss Lock man s maids are
to be .Misses Mildred Stowe. Jiorothy
Barnes, Catherine Fondivn. and Ma-
tilda Hood.
The senior maids are Misses Madge
Harriet, Martha Morton, Margaret.
Kimbell, and Hortense Pye.
The court jesters. Misses Annie Onut
Jacobs and Justine McKenna. will in-
spire niirlh with their antics of the
court fool.
An interesting event of the May
Fete will be the presentation of a sil-
ver loving cup, by the College Worn
aii's Club, to the best-all-round Senior
girl. This girl was voted on Monday
by the co-eds of Rice, and a final do
cision will be made by the faculty of
Rice.
Scholastic standing, popularity, and
activities in the school are the quali-
ties which will be taken into consid-
eration when the cup is awarded. The
faculty's choice will not be made
known until the afternoon of the May-
Fete,
;je ii.i . he :.i t'Ol -tit/wete-J
"t nil (e. 'utUL ,u >'
' i., ■ rsifiii'aaer, ;«ni.! J, < is
■ it- : ftn!f|.S'rfti# : t| • ue
i pSa- . "Trine?." 'Si.:': ij:e:
lijil is pi Uioroiigh fi.:
studi ins and alumni
All who attended the show on tin
n tuied credit are urged lo hi nov, the
price and remit to .1. T, Mcs'ants,
bumir.
COLEMAN TO TALK
Rice Graduate Secured For
Engineering Meet
Stuart Coleman, a Rice graduate,
will talk to the Engineering Society at
7:1") p. m. Wednesday in the, senior
dining hall, officials of the organiza-
tion have announced. His talk will be
concerned with his work with the
Humble Oil and Refining company.
The meeting Wednesday night is to
he the last of the scholastic year.
Plans for the annual Engineering
Society banquet, set for May 20, will
be discussed. Tickets will be avail-
able at the meeting.
EXCHANGE NUMBER OF
OWL APPEARS MONDAY
Final Issue of Scholastic Year Is Well
Received
Exchange number of The Rice Owl
appeared on the cam pus Monday. R.
was the final Issue of the scholastic
year. ® *
In explanation of the number, Paul
Hochuii, editor, commented:
"In putting out this Exchange num-
ber, we decided to give the students
of Rice a chance to see exactly the
sort of hutnor this Is being published
over the country in other schools. R
Is interesting to note that colleges,
whether Yale or Podunk Center, have
the same general trend, and there is
a similarity running through them all.
Perhaps after you have read this issue
you will agree with us that there are
no new jokes, just rehashes and re-
WU|IMl WHIR." ' * * *
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eluded. The c;;s<
have ijie
rs-ti'ts of .losn a net Afros Woodman,
it. has been du' t--I iiy Philip is Uove.
S'-ls --lnuile h , .seejiMo.trally- ei't'ee!-
iye. The ore- fin 'Hi-,' Karewhich
. I'lpsesetiff -iiiie eniiri ef I'aiheenie the
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where it is titoir.§| ifley w it! in ! • r i
t maximum nlwv *I I attf ill nei
Tickets have been on sale til life
sallyport sinee Saturdaj. anl ni.iy
also be obtained al the door Th'fV
will he SO Cents for students a ml 7",
cents for outsiders. There \s 11 be no
reserved scuts. "
Ticket sail- has been under lie di-
lection of llnth flinch well, ciuiirrnan
! of tlie ticket committee. Vatlgli Al
i beiitson has bad charge of publicise.
Time of both performances will he
: S: 15 j). m.
SENIOR ACTIVITY
I PLANS ANNOUNCED
Final Ball Set for Monday,
June 6
Tevfts i
piaee in I
standings,
( oaeh Joe
ilfiy and Saturday in the enneiuding
series between the two clubs. The
Friday contest is scheduled for
p lit., while the second is Set for
p in.
With 'he Owls ail set tor a double
victory, and (he Aggie pitching corps
considerably upset. things should be
mighty interesting w hep tie t wo feu ma
go into action.
Coach f'tflurie Rnthgeb's hurlers,
reptiied early thijs season to: compose
the best pitching staff in the confer-
ence have gone itito winit seems fo
he a purinrtiK-nt sltinip. The Cadet
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AXS0N CLUB ANNOUNCES
Prize For
Best Familiar
Set May 6
Essay;
Announcement has been made that
the Axson Club prize of ?26 for this
scholastic year will be awarded for
the best familiar essay written by any
student of Rice Institute.
Affiliation with any of the campus
clubs is not necessaryln order for one
to compete for thl^jglze.
Manuscripts mVr be submitted
through the Writing Club. May 6 has
been set. as the last day for submls-
nkm trf irapers. — —•
Final hall for the seniors will occur
on the evening of Monday. June fi, at!
the Rice Hotel, Ben Bellows, president,
has announced. John Sutton Is chair-1
man of the committee making arrange-!
ments for the affair.
Senior American, Richard Morris, j
committee chairman, is set for Satur-
day morning, June 4, place to be se-1
lected at a later date. i
Miss Susie Fondren, chairman of the;
banquet committee, reports that the!
senior banquet, will take place Sfltur-j
day night, June 4, Place
decided on as ye*.
Payment of class ducR of $7.50 is oc-
cupying the class treasurer, Sug Rob-
ertson. A desk will be maintained in
Iftt !tl i.: i 1 ' , loo'lers ill the .loop,
ranking i-,. o-tii.iore. v irh■ ■Pot.-v Mint <n
I !, ,!«!> '■ llnOCh Ot' Ri( ,•
I ie ' ^ , E|, jos! ,!ee. iilhiille Villi: f icldei
fi - 'niiy v.hen M-liow W.is dismissed
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STUMPERS BANQUET
Forensic Organization Sets
Date For Dinner
Tuesday evening. May in, the iirazos
Hofid Tap Itoom will tie Hie scene of
a banquet and the last meeting of the
"Rice Stumpers," campus forensic or-
ganization. given in honor of the
sponsor, Lee M. Shamir, and the
senior members of the club.
Officers for the next scholastic year
will he elected at the banquet.
Mr. Sharrar will act as toast master
and an enjoyable program Is assured.
Seniors to be honored are the presi-
dent of the club, Anthony Mantsealco.
the vice-president. Julian Shapiro, and
L. H. Meyers.
Officials of the Rice Stumpers re-
quest that members of the organisation
pay their one smacker, charges for
the banquet, at their earliest con-
venience.
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DANCE AT AUTRY HOUSE
Dance Saturday night will he held
at the Autry House, Lee's Owls of
flciatinK, it has been announced.
Two more of the weekly struggles
remain on the calendar.
R
The Klizabeth
the cloisters for another week.
Baldwin Alumnae,
has not been i with the K. B. L. S. of Rice Institute.
| will entertain with a luncheon at the
Warwick Hotel, Saturday. May 7. Ac-
cording to the. custom observed at
these annual affairs, the graduates of
1917 and 1!)27 will be honored in the
Invitations will
twesis May tztbt
be distributed
be program which
—i-me-tmrcBeeii:
will be given during
. Piling up a majority of 2K7 votes out of a total vote of ."it)."),
I Walter Boone, Navasota, was elected president of the Student
Association in the elections held Monday.
Harry Painter, Houston, trailed lioone with a total of l!l \ote>.
The president-elect received his verdict front the hands of 211
voters.
Hoone's majority is the largest by which any Rice >tudcni has
ever been inducted into the president's office.
Miss Dorothy Barnes, Houston, gained the decision <>i i he Miters
lot vice-president of the association. She defeated .Miss .Margie
Thiej, Houston, with a total vote of :54-">. .Miss Tit it 1 l-iceised 2"!
votes.
Charles Hamilton, Houston, won the office ot" treasurer- of.4lo-
st udenl, Association over Krnest X. Mills, Houston, wit It total
of :!(52 votes. Mills polled 18-") votes.
Fight for counciltnan-at-large was a three-eornered one la : ween
W'eldon Cabiness, Lockhart. with 20<i vote-, Patterson Liiiarft, vvjth
1(59, and Milton Eckert, with 119. Thomas Li Chapmau {ra led tin
three with 57 votes.
Since none of the. candidates received a clear major it-.. ii will
be necessary for a run-off election between Cabifle.-s and Lillani.
Met ONXEUL (JETS
( AMPAX1LK .101!
Herbert S. McCortliell, staff imtnii ee f't.r otlitof o! Tin < mipHtiile.
yeat book, received a clo.ir ma inrr, •.• in his rae. . llee . m :sf
voles over Bill (h-nec. K>2, and l-'.d. 8 '.
As a restilt of a eio-r fight belwcon -I. T. 1iil11 i>- . A. ,c k'oj irie.'.
and •sntn H. I lentiet t, - run-of wiij 1 1 to deeei- - - • >v^.i:
will be business manager of The. Campanio- nov \ oar. ', "vit^'sai
urn x pee ted -1 reiigth. Millups led the fn|)d ill : ii.* •• ,. . ;!,
vdes. loading his ro-arest oppon.-'e, K" by 11 i. K- ."'ejf.'g-hi
12s vote.-.. Sam B.-nnetl. at pr< -tn; ;-n.-fi; - tsial ■ '1 '• >
Troller, ran third with 1 < «' . Kdwin 1'. X--' • •: '-h,
race, received 78 vJtos.
.Miss laira I'ufi, assoc;:'te editor of :'i. 1'-,
elected to the same oft'ic. wii'iioe; opjio . ... Mji
Katbr.'. 11 \\ il.-on ^ as wi ;i ■ e in w. |-f), '■
voles.
McNEtLt BEATS
w liEitrsox
■ '. C .'.leXeill. . I'.oil
• It-.-' ye:1.:', gainoti a tio-.i- d<- ' -:o,- .« •• ... a "i
nf the jrtp.-i'. MeXeiil h Albert •; . :
Kiitoi-ole. 1 received i<N; ■ •: '
W altoj I-'all. stafl i't>tr.in I
Tresln-r. ran .veeo- !"l ro <«ayU«i i"'i< >j . ?{•!.'. •. " :
- an twiexpcctod .-'■ri-ngt h. 6ui «ii« i: a fa*:- • ■ •!
vole, ;-tai rlart Ibdn-'i ":a'>o. ran i;i • ' .0 ;
run o!'i 11 nisi dftCtde {jjiim ' so ;tta ! :•
yejir.
Me til on .'\it;rr.-,\. staff n'omiju > i'-1"- trivtiiay ..r c < |Mi||
Treslnn , had things iiisa\' in * • . - 1 ■ or I: , 1' •; T. « '.
\\ ood to 1 [1.
One ot the greatest, surprise- coming as a 01 ietfijons
wa.-< t ho elear-cui inannei in wliicit fom l :-.!o\ was bai' .b i'ii .o
the office of editor of The Owl. lie boat Merle t'oms: Ifaiff
| nominee. I* 7 to 98. This record, no doubt, wili stand f -r voay< to
' come. Haley this year has been art editor of the pnblicatfcop atiti
Comstock managing editor.
CRAXZ KI NS SECOX!)
TO BENNETT
Ous Cranz, termed the dark horse of the elections, ran second
| to Sam Bennett for yell leader. Cranz' name was not on the. ballot,
but at that he polled 182 votes. Bennett., yell leader the past year,
'got 341 votes, more than enough to insure a majority in the con-
test. John Rose ran third with 10.
j Charles Mann upset William Means, staff nominee, in the
I skirmish for business manager of The Owl. Mann got t he verdict
with 314 votes, against 236 for Means.
| Dorothy Barnes, vice-president-elect, is vice-president of the
1 junior class, and is prominent in Rico student and social activities.
VOTING HEAVIEST
IN HISTORY
Voting in the elections was the heaviest experienced since the
Student Association was first organized. Spurred to action through
a clash of "party" politics, resulting in the rejection of four juniors
from the official ballot for non-payment of blanket tax dues before
the end of the first term, voters flocked to the polls as they have
never before.
With 31 names on the ballot, the largest number ever placed
before the student body in a general election, the Student Council
election board did not finish counting the ballots until late Tues-
day night.
Jesse Madden, president of the Student Association, announced
late Tuesday night that the council at its next meeting will make
a ruling in regards insertion of names of the ballot. Although
Cranz did not make too much trouble for Bennett, it is likely that
should he have kept the latter from gaining a clear majority, the
council would have found itself in the midst of another controversy,
such as presented itself a week ago when the four juniors were
ousted from the ballot.
Date for the run-off elections has not as yet been selected. They
wfft be held wlthtn the next 10 daya,~trtr'bgtfgved.
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