The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, September 30, 1927 Page: 2 of 6
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A weekly paper published by the Student* of Rice Institute during the month* of Oetober, November, December,
January, February, Mareh, April, May, and the last two week* in September.
Entered a* aeeond clas* matter Oetober 17, 1916, at the postoffloe In Houston, Texas, under the Aot of Mareh S,
1879.
j. c. McNeill editor-in-chief
gaylord hart business manager
menton j. murray managing editor
THE STAFF
EDWIN P. NEILAN Sports Editor
KATHRYN WILSON Features Editor
GORDON TURRENTINE Associate Editor
VAUGHN ALBERTSON Associate Editor
CONTRIBUTORS THIS ISSUE
Jack Baehr, Jeannette Gorski, Charline Lallier, Beverly Fonville, Ted Strong,
Luke Osborne, Evelyn Epley, Dutch McKinnon, Grace Felder, Norman Mundy,
Jack Shannon, T. O. Wood, Famojo Jr.
COMMUNAL LIFE
IN COLLEGES.
There has recently been established in South-
ern California the second of the Claremont Col-
leges, a unique group of schools which owe their
existence to the generosity of Mrs. Ellen B.
Scripps, widow of the founder of the nation-
wide chain of Scripps-Howard newspapers. This
group of colleges, of which Pomona College, a
eo-edueational institution of high standards,
constitutes the first unit, will, when completed,
be an American Oxford offering the individual
and intensive instruction which by virtue of
their organization the English universities are
so pre-eminently able to give their students.
The second unit is to be known as the Scripps
College for Women and construction has al-
ready begun on the freshman dormitory. Its
proposed organization is significant and in a
measure revolutionary. Many of its features re-
mind us, of ltice. Suggestive of our own univer-
sity will foe the small, restricted student body,
its well equipped dormitories, its generous sys-
tem of scholarship, it seclusion of sororities
and its policy of admitting at the beginning only
a definite number of selected freshmen. It will
have one regulation, perhaps most significant
of all, vliieh^BiiS* does not have, however.
Every student will be required to live in the
dormitories.
Only by the common life thus insured does
its founder believe, a spirit of lasting and genu-
ine democracy may be infused in the girls that
are to attend it. There is nothing, she realizes,
which contributes as much to student solidarity
as a communal life.
Here we have sad and annual evidence in
class elections, in the snobbishness of the town
students and the clannishness of the dormitory
students, it does not exist. We have avoided the
distinction of frat vs. barb but we have devel-
oped another equally pernicious, that of town
vs. dorm. Unfortunately, it is at present impos-
sible to compel all students to livje in the dormi-
tories. For the time being, circumstances decree
that we must be content with feeble attempts at
laison, but the residence of every student in the
dormitories is an ideal that should not be lost
sight of as our program of expansion proceeds.
The fruit will not be democracy, as Mrs.
Scripps imagines, except possibly among the
students themselves. These is nothing more
productive of class consciousness than for a
group to dwell apart from the body of society.
The fruit will lie something infinitely finer, in-
finitely more socially desirable, the development
of the unassuming graciousness and deep seated
sense of responsibility that are the hall-marks
of a disciplined aristocracy of culture.
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CURRICULAR
COURTESY.
Suppose the catalogue of a university were
to contain the following announcement: "Cour-
resy lp'i. A course in ordinary good manners
and common courtesy. Application of the
Golden Rule to all walks of life and practical
. tiquetIe of the lecture hall as well as the ball-
room. Open to Sophomores, Freshmen, and
others who admit or demonstrate themselves to
be lacking in the fundamental rules of polite
society."
How absurd and ridiculous!" would protest
the average college man and woman. What an
opportunity for the cheap editorial scribblers
the land over to once more train their pea-shoot-
ers on the decadent youth of the present gen-
eration—educated asses and boorish bachelors
of the arts and Bcienees!
But aside with suppositions. Without admit-
ting that the percentage of intellectual but Ill-
mannered persons is large enough to be serious,
we can observe many persons in our midst who
need such a course in Courtesy. The classroom
may be cited as just one place where students
often flagrantly violate the code of good
manners.
Last week a sophomore class in biology met
for its first lecture. The instructor was a new
man who was forced to break the ice of meeting
his class in a new school on this occasion. His
lecture was well prepared and captured the in-
terest of his hearers. They listened with well-
mannered attention—until exactly five minutes
to ten, when the first bell rang. Books were
slapped shut. There was a shuffle of feet and
a hum of conversation as the audience arose al-
most en masse and broke for the doors. T^ie
instructor stopped in the midst of a sentence.
Half-formulated words were on his lips. Plainly,
he was abashed. He was puzzled. And in all
probability he was amazed at such a perform-
ance. Without any way of knowing, we venture
that he never witnessed such rank rudeness in
the eastern university from which he came. He
probably did not know that it was his privilege
to keep the ejg§s in order until the second bell
if he so wished. He assumed that his listeners
had ordinary good manners and would meet him
at least half way in courtesy—an assumption
in which he found himself sadly mistaken. Thus,
a new professor at Rice has received a poor
impression of Southern manners and chivalry.
This mad bolting from classes is a relatively
common breach of courtesy on the part of Rice
Institute students. Such instances are as fre-
quent among the sophomore classes as they ar€T
among the freshmen, who though one year be-
hind the former in wisdom and learning are
much further to the rear in arrogance and con-
ceit. Nor in this matter of classroom etiquette
will many members of the upper classes be priv-
ileged to pitch the first pebble.
Occasionally there may be a professor who
keeps a class past the time for dismissal, one
who "pops" an hour exam, or another who has
a penchant for dealing out weighty assign-
ments for the day of a big game. Students im-
mediately damn and denounce such instructors
from one end of the campus to the other and
the publications gleefully call the offending one
to time. But this lack of courtesy on the part
of instructors, the ill-mannered student invari-
ably condones in himself if he even recog-
nizes it.
Now to shorten a too-long story: That which
a college student has either forgotten or never
had of the simple but highly admirable virtue
of courtesy can never be supplied by a course
in manners. Such things should have- been
learned in grade school days if not long before.
It is no more the function of universities and
university professors to teach etiquette than it
is the function of banks and bankers to teach
the multiplication table. The few stiff jolts that
exasperated instructors hurl in the faces of the
grossly impolite from time to time may shame
the offenders into some semblance of better
manners. But the surest remedy lies in a little
more thoughtfulness, a little more consideration
for the rights and feelings of others. For who-
soever fails in this charming virtue of courtesy
though he be equipped with college diplomas is
destined to the lot of the guest who came to the
marriage feast without a wedding garment.
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SOCIETY
Friends of Miss Margaret Thomp-
son, a graduate of Rice Institute last
une and ex-president of the Woman's
Council, will be interested to hear she
is no wteacher of science In the Har-
lingen High School.
Miss Frieda Barbour has gone to
New York to attend Columbia Univer-
sity, where she will work on her M.A.
degree. Miss Barbour received her
B.A. from Rice last June. v
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Miss Lillian Horlock, a sophomore
at. Rice this year, had the honor of
representing the Girl Scout cactus
region at the international scout en-
campment in Geneva, Switzerland,
this summer. She is an eagle scout
and has been prominent in work of
this kind for several years.
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Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fondren, r.,.
ab ride and groom of the early au-
tumn, are now in Norman, Oklahoma,
where they are students at the Uni-
versity of Oklahoma. Mrs. Fondren
was formerly Miss Mary Doris Led-
widge. Both were students at Rtee
last year.
Dr. and Mrs. Radislav Tsanoff made
an extended stay at the Hardeman
ranch in West Texas this summer, re-
turning in time for the'" opening of
Rice.
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Mrs. Libbie Masterson has an-
nounced the engagement of her daugh-
ter, Eliabeth, to Franklin Devine of
Mexico City and San Antonio. Miss
Masterson was a sohompore at Rice
last year and was prominent in school
activities. The wedding will be an
event of November.
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Among those seen on the campus
again, after long absences, are Misses
Clyde Bull and "Dick" McConnell,
and Messrs. Stewart Perry, Eggerton
Robb, George Appling and Ralph Nev-
inger. Among those who will be miss-
ing this year are Miss Jessie Robin-
son, who is leaving soon for Martha
Washington Seminary, and Miss Lot-
lie Dee King, who will attend S. M. U.
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Announcement has been made of
the marriage of Miss Mildred Schwel-
kart to George Edward Loung of Fair-
banks, Alaska, which took place In
Seattle, Wash., September 6. Miss
Schweikart graduated from Rice in
'26, and was one o fthe most popular
members of her class.
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The first social affair of the year
was the oint reception given last Sat-
urday afternoon by the Student and
Woman's Council in honor of the
Freshmen. It was held at the Com-
mons from 4 to 6, with music fur-
nished by the Louisiana Four. The
receiving line, headed by Miss Marorie
Lockman, president of the Woman's
Council, was composed of the officers
of the two councils. Punch was served
during the afternoon.
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An interesting marriage of the sum-
mer was that of Miss Louise Rogers,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Rog-
ers, to Stowell Godding. God-
ding was a junior at Rice last yew,
and Mr. Godding was a French in-
structor. ThtB couple Is located at
AMherst, where Mf. Godding Wilt,
teach this year.
A tPORTORIAL
The world thrilled, a few years ago,
at the courageous battle of the Bel-
gians, who after a hasty mobilisation
of green troops, sent this pitifully
Inadequate army Into a contest against
a vastly superior, thoroughly organis-
ed foe. Loyalty to their country en-
abled them to withstand for months
the thrusts of the enemy and altho
finally defeated, great honor lay In
that defeat
Rice thrilled just last week end
in a similar way when the news came
from New Oorleans. An inexperienced
Blue and Grey team with scarce two
weeks training met a veteran machine
with a month's practise behind them
and a wealth ot brilliant material to
draw on. The odds were high against
Rice, but Rice fought, a fight that
brought glory. And when the final
whistle had blown, the score was
thirteen points against Rice, thirteen
points which have been forgotten In
the thrill that once again there is an
eleven at Rice whose loyalty to the
slogan "Rice Fight Never Dies" Is un*
qusstioned.
Loyalty begets loyalty. And in the
loyalty of the two hundred students
who welcomed the squad back, the
loyalty of the entire student body be-
came apparent, while the Chamber of
Commerce enlists its representatives
among the loyal, assuring the sup-
port of the entire city of Houston. Not
the blind, unreasoning support to a
hysterical slogan of a hopeless "Flight
like Hell", but whole hearted backing
that thrills to the dogged determina-
tion not to be downed.
Loyola and loyalty must be asso-
ciated this year with the birth of a
new Houston pride in the Rice Squad.
May it never die.
DESIRES TO RESTORE
FAITH OF AMERICAN
YOUTH THROUGH PLAY
Old Mother Hubbard
Went to the cupboard
To get herself a dress.
When she got there
The cupboard was bare,
The Freshlea had been there,
J guess.
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Hey diddle diddle,
The cat and th fiddle,
The Freshmen jumped rope to school
The 8ophomores laughed and nearly
went daft
But last year they weren't so cool.
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Diddle diddle dumpling my son John
Went to bed with his tennis shoes on,
His sister was a Freshman at Rice
Institute
Friday was the day she had to wear
his boots (poetio license)
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Golf unnecessarily prolongs the life
ot some of our most useless citizens.
Little Soihaui has lost her
And cannot ten where to find him.
But Friday «rill eome
The Slimes will look bum
And Sophmo will be there to mind :
One of our modern wits asserts that
a gentleman is one who can play a
saxaphone but don't
Break Into song if yon must but
keep oat of strange flats.
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TONSORIAL EXPERTS
We Cater
To Students
WARWICK HOTEL.
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Boston, Mass.—The startling num-
ber of suicides among college students
during the past year has led a patron
of the Repertory Theater of Boston
to offer $1000 for the best American
play which shall hold up faith in life
to the youth of America. The an-
nouncement of this prize has been
made by the trustees of the Repertory
Theater through whom the award will
be made. The competition is open to
any person who shall have been a stu-
demt in any college, university, or
dramatic school in the United tates
at any time during the calendar year
of .1927.
The committee of final award wVll
consist of Winthrop Ames and David
Belasco, theatrical producers; Dr. S.
Parkes Cadman, president of the Fed-
eral Council of Churches of Christ in
America and head of the newly organ-
ized society, the Church and Stage;
Dr. John H. Finley, former commis-
sioner of education of New York
State and editor of the New York
Times, and Mrs. Frances Jewett, rep-
resetning the trustees of the Reper-
tory Tehater of Boston.
All plays to be considered in this
competition must be of sfflcient length
to provide a full evenings' program.
They must be in the hands of the
trustees of the Repertory Theater by
midnight of December 31, 1927, or
have been placed in the mails by that
time. The rules of the competition
further 'provide that each play must
bq typewritten on one side of the pa-
per only, that each play must be sub-
mitted anonymously with the name
and address, of the author in a sealed
envelope attached to the manuscript,
and that the play should be addressed
to the Prize Play Committee, the Rep-
ertory Theater of Boston, 264 Hunt-
ington Avenue, Boston, Mass. Manu-
srcipts will be returned, after an-
nouncement of the play award, If re-
turn postage is enclosed. A person
may submit, more than one play, but
each play must be' submitted tinder
separate cover.
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7he Harpoon
Harpy 1 sindeed glad to be back.
In fact, the only thing Harpy objects
to in college life is classes. These
pestiferous hours ot slumber and bore-
dom are the cause of Harpy's constant
ill humor.
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It has been observed by a number
of students thatt (hose sophomores
who resented most their position as
slimes last year are he principal lead-
ers in the usual impositions on this
year's crop of freshmen. However,
this is no different than in times past.
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It is to be hoped that the ridicule
of he student body will be sufficient
to ellmiiate at least the greate rpart
of the mustaches grown during the
summer. A presen a plethora of up-
per-lip pastures are in great need ot
mowing.
Farewell, a long farewell to all his
greatness.
This is the state of mustaches, today
he puts forth
The tender leaves of hope, tomorrow
blossoms
And bears his blushing honors thick
upon him.
The third day comes a blade ot won-
drous keeness
And when he, observed of many,
thinks
His greatness Is ripening, nipa the
root,
And tfiii he falls, oh OfttH BSTIWtt-
orabie fate!
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UNIVERSITY SUITS
Patterns and color tones are quieter. Oxford gray is
the leading shade. Young men want it. We have it,
in diamond weaves and Herringbones.
$35 ° d $45
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The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, September 30, 1927, newspaper, September 30, 1927; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth230084/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.