The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 30, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 11, 1927 Page: 2 of 4
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THE THRESHES
HOUSTON, TEXAS
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A Weekly Paper Published by the Student, of Rice Institute During the Months of October.
November. December, January, February. March, April, May, and the Last Two Weeks in
September.
Entered as second clasa matter
October 17. 1916. at the postoffice in Houston. Texas, under
the Act of March 3. 1879.
Subscription Rates
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MEMBER
HOUSTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
SORDON Tl.'RHENTlNE
'. ....Editor-in-chief
SAM BfiNNETT
Business Manager
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ilbe Specter
papers
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T. WOOT> ......
MENTON J. MURK AY
EDWIN P, NEILAN .... .
W. TOM BARK
VAUGHN ALBKRTSON
JACK BRUM;WATER
MARGIE THIRL ... .. ..
THE STAFF
News Editor
AaaUtant New* Editor
Sports Editor
WALTER McKINNON
P#atur«ii Editor
.. 4 .....Editorial Assistant
Society Editor
Kathrvn Wilson
Al/ira < u.smaii
Mildred Portis
Kid a Diederkh
truy Webb
REPORTERS
Beverly Fonvill*
Cherry Schwarti
I*. A. Roney
Felide O'Brien
Madelin Jacobs
Charline Lallier
Cirace Felder
Wendell Hamrick
ANONYMOUS
EDITORIALS
The Thresher has been criti-
cised lately because an editorial
concerning- the petition protest-
ing the action of the Student
Council was unsigned.
Perhaps a great deal of this j
.criticism may be explained away 1
by simply stating that it has all
come from persons who signed
the petition, who discovered that.
"'anonymous editorial" had a de-
rogatory sound if sneeringly
used, and who immediately
adopted this as a point of at-
tack because of the scarcity of,
better ones.
The Thresher firmly believes'
that the majority of the stu-
dents here at Rice are intelli-
gent enough to deduce the prin-
ciples of editorial procedure from
a few years of observation, but
since it has come to light that
there are some who are unable
to reach any such conclusions by
original research, it might be ap-
propriate to inform them of a
few of the elements of journalis-
tic practice.
It has never been the policy of
The Thresher to affix the name \
"I- the write)- to an editorial when
that writer is a regular member
of the staff and when the sub-
Malice of his article is in line;
with the attitude that The
rhresher has chosen to adopt
on the issue in question. By this
practice the editors of The
Thresher signify that they ap-
prove the ideas expressed and,
take- full responsibility for them.
Since the editors make them-'
selves liable to any consequences
arising from art editorial pub-
lished by them, they reserve the
right to amend any article sub-
mitted for publication in the ed-
itorial columns of this paper.
Two editorials appearing in the
-ante issue with the one attacked
for it< anonymous character
were so altered.
"But this is infringing on the
freedom of the press," the con-
tinual gripers will cry.„ Such is
not 1 he case, The Thresher, as
the mouthpiece of the student
body, is ready to print anything
submitted that is reasonably
printable, but if the article sub-
mitted is of. a such a character
that the editors are unwilling to
accord it their endorsement it
will be placed in other, columns
than those containing the edi-
torials, and the name of the
writer will be attached, with his
consent, to show that he, and not
t he editors, is responsible for the i
literary effort.
MR. ROTHGEB
SIGNS
Claude Rothgeb, present Ag-
gie line coach and head baseball
mentor, has signed to coach at
Rice. He will fill "the vacancy
in the Owl coaching staff caused |
by Joe Bedenk's resignation.
In getting Rothgeb, Rice is
indeed fortunate. He is consid- j
ered the best line coach in the!
Southwestern conference, while
his A. and M. baseball teams al-
ways have ranked high in the
loop.
He comes to Rice recognized i
as a man of merit. For four-!
teen years he coached at the Uni-
versity of Colorado, where his
teams were consistent winners.1
He transferred for a year to A. i
and M. and then went back to!
his Alma Mater, Illinois, for a
year's coaching.
In 1925 he returned to Aggie-
land and Jbis. work there, too.
was most successful.
The fact that he stayed at
Colorado for such a long time,
coupled with his recall to A. and
M., indicates that his coaching
ability is of unusual merit. His
record alone proves this.
Mr. Rothgeb is known as a
friend of the athlete. His years
of work in football, baseball and
track at Illinois, and his long as-
sociation with athletes, in his ca-
pacity of coach, has given him a
clear understanding of the men
with whom he works. He is a
man of character and high
ideals, is genial and good-nat-
ured, and a man to be highly re-
spected.
Coach Rothgeb, Rice greets
you as a Man of Rice.
1927 CAMPAN1LE
COMPLETE EXCEPT
FOR AD SECTION
Staff to Banquet Before the
Books Are Distributed;
Seniors First
The editor's copy of the 1927 Cani-
pnnile came off the press at 11:23
11. hi, .Monday. .May it, and was seen in
the hands of .Mr. Marvin Moore that
same day. The curious public was only
to see the externals of the book, how
ever, since many features are being
kept, secret until the annual is given
into the hands of the students.
The yearbook is complete in every
respect except for the advertising sec-
tion. and it is this feature thai is hold-
ing up the date of distribution. As
soon as., the copy on some of the ads
is obtained the book will be ready-
to tniti-igo final preparation for its
readers.
It has been impossible to ascertain
at just what time the fi/tal touches
will lie administered, for when ques-
tioned concerning the matter Mr.
Canterberry. business manager, would
reply u il h nothing more definite than
a scries of unprintable remarks de-
scribing the business habits of several
local advertising men.
The night before lie- distribution of
the Campanile to the public begins,
the editorial staff and the business
manager will gather for a banquet in
the Brazos Hotel taproom. Special
editions of the book, with covers done
in gold. Will be given those present,
and U and Quill awards will also be
given staff members.
The following day the books will
be given to Seniors first, then to Jun-
iors. and so on down the line of
classes.
Tire only announcement that, has
been divulged concerning the Interior
of the Campanile is that the art work
is pure Gothic. Just how far this
scheme has been carried remains to he
seen, but if the athletes are shown in
chain mail and visomi helmets the
student body may feel free to render
any decision that suits them. Those
who advocate "art for art's sake" may
form one group defending the editors,
while, a mote practical crowd may lead
the assault with "the facts and noth-
ing but the facts" as their war cry.
«HE SPECTATOR PAPERS, to
which I wan once a contributor,
were in a large measure designed for
the edification of the fair sex, who
then 011 account of lamentable defects
in their education had little to fill
their heads but lap doss, ribbons and
gewgaws. To redeem them front
their pitiful existence of prinking,
flirting and novel reading was out-
task.
In the present series of papers 1
have addressed myself mainly to the
male sex, whose manners are now
in the greater need of correction. The
women 1 have regarded with a kind of
awe, so incredible has been their ad-
vance from their station in my own
day. Their soundness of wit and their
good sense in dress and deportment
have indeed aniiiml me, and 1 have
frequently taken occasion to commend
their elevating influence in the coffee
house, which 1 have chosen for my
observations.
Of late, however, my new faith has
been severely shaken and 1 have be-
gun to fear that the sex in incurably
vain and light-headed. The circum-
stance which lias chiefly urged this
reluctant conclusion upon me is the
apparent intent of many damsels to
return to the bondage of long hair.
1 see an increasing number each day
looking like witches with their locks
in a hideous intermediate stage. I
had imagined them freed from servile
observance of fashion, and this dis-
position to forsake the coolness and
Comfort of clipped tresses grieves me.
If they believe that heaped-up masses
of hair will make them more beautiful,
they are deceived, and have but to
compare themselves to the belles of
two hundred years ago who went bob-
bing about like walking haystacks,
scarce able to hold their heads up.
The Shade of Richard Steele.
WESLEYAN ADVOCATES
COURSES IN WAR FOR
AMERICAN COLLEGES
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Writers
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Immeniee.
Up here among the branches.
The wind Is very still;
Heneath the twigs low handing
The child rests on the hill.
She sits among the thyme plants.
She sits in pure delight;
The blue flies hum around her
And glisten in the light.
The wood stands there so silent;
She wears a pensive frown;
Upon her gold-brown tresses
The sunlight dances down.
Afar the cuckoo's laughter,
Across the distance dies—
I think that she possesses
A wood queen's shining eyes.
-—Ruth Blackwell.
She sits on the side
1 Of the brush-covered hill;
The day-wind has died;
The branches hang still.
She sits in the thyme
Amid odors fair:
I The blue flies climb,
. And buzz in the air.
So still are the woods;
As she gazes in there,
The bright sunshine floods
Her brown tousled hair.
A bird laughs unseen—
She seems to my mind
A fair woodland queen
With fairy-bright eyen.
—W. Josiah Taylor. Jr.
Holds Hardness Record
Only one stone Is harder than the
transparent white diamond, according
to Liberty It is the black diamond,
which is so bard that it cannot be
polished
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BURSAR'S WARNING
Students In Arrears Won't Be
Admitted to Exams
The Bursar, Mr. J. T. McCants, is
calling special attention to the regula-
tion in the catalogue that "No student
in arrears in his hills to the institute
will be admitted to any of the exami-
nations."
All persons who are behind with
their payments to the school should
attend to the matter rigljt away, or
they will lose credit for their year's
work through this rule excluding them
from the final exams.
Mr. McCants gives this advice to
those in poor financial standing with
the institute: I)o not go to exams
with bills unpaid. It will merely be
embarrassing for you. Do not post-
pone payment of your bills until the
exams. These payments were due
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May 5. If your bills are paid from
home. It Is your duty to yourself to
Investigate your standing at the of-
fice now to make sure that your bills
have been paid.
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Ube lharpoon
Harpy hereby notifies his profs that
he is attending class this week. It
is hoped that those instructors who
have dropped him from the class rolls,
thinking him no longer in school, will
see fit to reinstate him.
The Right Spirit
The spirit of young America Is
shown by any small boy with n scooter.
He knows he cannot hope to run over
as ninny people as Ills elders can In
;he)r motor cars, but he Isn't at all dls-
con raged by that, lie goes right
ahead and does his best.
M hid let on. Conn, (liv New Student
Service 1.—A course in "War: Its
Causes and Cure." is one of the recom-
mendations embodied in the Wesleyan
I'lNlergraduate Report, which is now
available in pamphlet form.
A student poll on the advisability
of this course showed (18.\'/t of the
students in favor of some sort of
course of that nature, 4-1.1'.; in favor
of having it a half-year course, while
l!i..'!', would make il a full-year.
"The purpose of such a course," the
report says, "would be to give a hack-
ground of facts 011 the subject of war
as a method of settling international
disputes, so that educated men would
he capable of recognizing the various
factors making tor conflict when they
appear on the horizon of current
events, and could more confidently
take steps to eliminate them.
"A few of the topics covered by
this course 011 international conflict
would probably be: the history and
development of the 'art' of war: a
classification of the causes of conflict.
historic, economic. psychological,
etc.: forces it present lending towards
war and towards peace, such as na-
tionalism, imperialism, and trade; the
possible nature of a next war': the
after-effects of war 011 the 'victors'
and the 'vanquished', oil business and
the progress of the human race;
pacifism and its limitations: problems
of national defense: education for
peace: i^isarinament; and the League
of Nations.
"The course should be made as prac-
tical and as concrete as possible, with
the present situation of America re-
ceiving the most attention. One man,
probably from the department of his
tory and government, would be given
full responsibility for the course, but
he could he aided by men from other
departments when phases of the course
peculiar to their branch of knowledge
were to be considered. The numbel
of topics covered, and the nature of
the discussion, reading, and lecture*
dealing with each one, would be a
matter for the professor. His permis-
sion would also be the only prere-
quisite for the course. The above
subjects could be dealt with extensive-
ly or not, as their importance and the
available time for their consideration
would seem to dictate.
The reasons for introducing such
a course on war into any college cur-
riculum are to be found.in the present
international situation and in Amer-
ica's position of isolation
Events of international importance
are taking placing with a rapidity un-
known in the nineteenth century . . .
Ltecent developments of science have
made the possibility of another war
the nightmare of the human race.
America's position in the world money
market has placed her in the grip of
circumstances over which she has
little control, and, if proper attitudes
based on a knowledge of essential
facts are not established, may plunge
her into conflict with her debtors.
There are many vital problems which
cry for a solution.
"A new type of statesmanship is
imperatively needed. Politicians are
a drug on the market. The operation
of the United States government must
be entrusted to men of appropriate
education, men of broad sympathies,
keen foresight, and sound judgment
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The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 30, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 11, 1927, newspaper, May 11, 1927; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth230081/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.