The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, September 30, 1927 Page: 3 of 6
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THE THRESHER—HOUSTON, TEXAS
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FACULTY REVEALED
BYPRI&LOVETT
Many New Instructors On
Two promotions, eleven new ap-
pointments, and several other an-
nouncements have been issued by the
office of the President ot Rice Insti-
tute since the opening of the present
academic year.
Asa Crawford Chandler, B.A. (Cor-
nell), Ph.D. (California), formerly In-
structor in Biology at the Rice Insti-
tute, has returned this autumn as Pro-
fessor of Biology after three years
spent as Special Research Associate
of the Schools of Tropical Medicine
and Hygiene, Calcutta, India.
Lester R. Ford, B.A. (Missouri),
Ph.D. (Harvard), Assistant Prorfessor
of Mathematics, has returned to Rice
after a year's leave of absence abroad
on a Fellowship of the National Re-
search Council.
PROMOTIONS
Walter Raymond Kirner, B.S. and
M.S. (Illinois), Ph.D. (Harvard), for-
merly Assistant in Organic Chemistry
at Harvard University; Associate Pro-
fessor of Organic Chemistry at Mid-
dlebury College; recently Instructor
in Organic Chemistry at the Rice In-
stitute; to be Assistant Professor of
Organic Chemistry.
Floyd Seyward Lear, B.A. (Roches-
ter), M.A. and Ph. D. (Harvard), for-
merly Instructor in History at Harvard
University; more recently Instructor
in History at the Rice Institute; to be
Assistant Professor of History.
NEW APPOINTMENTS
Frederick Lovell Bixby, B.A. (Clark),
Ph.D. (Cornell), formerly Instructor in
Psychology at Cornell University; to
be Assistant Professor of Psychology.
Harry Lee Bowen, B.A. (Virginia),
M.A. and Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins, for-
merly Assistant in History at Johns
Hopkins University; to be Instructor
in European History.
William Hartman, B.A. (Dartmouth),
M.A. (Harvard); to be instructor in
English.
Alden Richardson Hefler, B.A.
(Dartmouth). M.A. (Harvard); to
Instructor in French.
George D. Helm, B.8. (Or a ion
Agricultural College). M.A. (Univer-
sity of Oregon), formerly Instructor In
English at the Northern Arizona State
Normal School; later teachiing Assist-
ant In English at the University of
Oregon; to be Instructor in English.
Gordon G. Hill, B.A. (Wesleyan);
to be Instructor in English.
Samuel Albert Nock, B.A. (Haver-
ford), M.A (Carleton), formerly In-
structor iu English at Carleton Col-
lege; to be Instructor In English.
John Virgin Pennington, M.E. (Stev-
ens), formerly Assistant Engineer,
formerly Assistant Engineer, Public
Service Corporation of New Jersey; to
be Instructor In Mechanical Engi-
neering.
James Harry Smith, M.A (Har-
vard), formerly Associate Instructor
in Latin at Culver Military Academy;
to be Instructor in English.
Morris Albion Stewart, B.S. (New
Hampshire), M.S. (Cornell), lately In-
structor in Biology at the University
of Rochester; to be Instructor in
Biology.
William E. White, B.S, in C.E. (Iowa
State), formerly Research Assistant in
Highway Engineering at Iowa State
College; Instructor in Civil Engineer-
ing and later Assistant Professor of
Civil Engineering at South Dakota
State College; to be Instructor in
Civil Engineering.
FELLOWS AND ASSISTANTS
Henry Eugene Banta, B.A. (Rice);
to be Fellow in Physics.
J. Stuart Campbell, B.A. (California
Inst. Tech.); to be Fellow in Physics.
Geoffrey Everett Cunningham, M.S.
(Tulane), formerly Instructor in
Chemistry in Tuiane University; to be
Fellow in Chemistry.
Jacques Jean Engerrand, B.A. (Tex-
as) ; to be Assistant in French.
John Jay Gergen, M.A. (Minnesota),
formerly Fellow in Mathematics at
the Rice Institute; to be Assistant in
Mathematics.
Clyde Roland Johnson, B.A. (Reed);
to be Fellow in Chemistry.
Guilford Leroy Mack, B.S. (Oregon
State Agricultural College); to be
Fellow in Chemistry.
Fred Vernon Shelton, B.A. (Rice);
to be Graduate Assistant in French.
William Gilmore Smiley, B.A.
(Rice); to be Fellow in Mathematics.
Frank Wannall Stones, B.S. in Ch.
E. (Rice); to be Graduate Assistant in
Chemistry.
Student Opinion
Cash, Noj Refund, and No Credit
Rice students living in the dormi-
tories this year are paying a medical
fee of five dollars, with no refund at
the end of the year. There are sev-
eral objections to this, it seems, but
we'll pass them up to save argument.
Here's what we propose:
Require every studetn matriculat-
ing at hte Institute to pay five or ten
dollars, it makes but little difference,
towards a medical fee. This fee will
be but rarely used. Another thing,
don't give any part of this "fee" back
to these loyal Sons of Rice. They all
admit they owe something to Rice, so
let 'em cough up.
Before we proceed, get out your
pencils and let's do some figuring.
Thirteen hundred times five dollars
ought to give the conscientious stu-
dent something like sixty-flve hundred
dollars. Then let's say that five hun-
dred of this will actually be used ot-
wards medical aid. That leaves six
thousand in cold cash at the end of
the year, and that's a conservative
estimate.
In four years' time the Institute
would have in its vaults the neat sum
of twenty-four thousands of dollars.
Plus whatever interest might be ac-
cumulated in that time.
Now, it takes, according to figures
prepared by Coach F. D. Ashcraft last
year, something like twenty-five thou-
sand dollars to erect on the campus
an up-to-date gymnasium, conforming
in every respect to the architectural
beauty of the Rice campus. This gym
would be at the disposal of the var-
sity and .freshman basketball teams,
intra-mural cage teams, physical train-
ing classes and would contain a swim-
ming pool and other essentials of the
modern gymnasium .plant..
And, more than that, it would seat
some five thousand people for the
major basketball games. It would be
a paying proposition, and would,
eventually, wipe out all initial costs.
Rice students are wondering why
such a gymnasium has not already
been erected on the campus. Here's
the reason: the Athletic Council owes
the Institute itself quite a pile of cash,
and it's out of all consideration to aim
pressure at this group. Rice herself
Is paying out all available cash for up-
keep, retiring old debts and, In gen-
eral, trying by main force to advance
her facilities evenly.
So if Rice Is to have a new gymna-
sium within the next year or so, it
remains up to the kind philanthropy
of some big-hearted Houstonian or to
the go-get-it qualities of the under
graduate body.
Lacking an offer at the present time
from some South Texan to erect such
a building tor the Institute, there Is
every reason why the student body
should seriously consider obtaining
one themselves.
Let the Institute keep that medical
tee; moreover, let the Inslttute tax
to the extent of Ave dollars or so ev-
ery loyal son of Rice. Its' high-pres-
sure, we must admit. Some will say
it's anarchy, or some equally inade-
quate description. But It will be ef-
fective, and that's what we want.
—G. T.
A Second-Hand Book Store
"Say, Marge, did you take Ed. 200
last year?"
"Yeah, but I've sold my books "
The usual disappointed look adorns
the erstwhile hopeful countenance of
the newly-made sophomore. But she
tries again.
"Do you know anybody who did?"
"Well, you might try Helen or Sa-
rah or Frances "
"Awright, I will—thanks."
This is a sample of common cloister
conversation any day any time during
the first two weeks of school every
year. If it isn't. Education books, it's
English or Physics or Math—scarcely
ever history (the courses are changed
too often)—or maybe it's German. On
a certain locker in the girls' room
there recently appeared a sign read-
ing:
"I can't sell you my German book—
I've lost it." R. W.
and underneath—
"I haven't lost mine. Who are
you?" R. B.
This ad was quickly answered:
' "My phone is H. 0234." M. M.
But students are not always so
lucky. If the upperclassmen are es-
pecially obliging, they may make an
effort to locate books for their friends,
but most of the students are not going
to bother unless they see direct profit
forthcoming. Of course, one can not
blame them, for they are busy and
worried about their own book prob-
lems. There really should be some
centralized, authorized system of han-
dling this second-hand book business.
Every one is anxious to save all the
money he can on books, and most stu-
dents are only too pleased to part
with "Crawshaw" or "Differential and
Integral Calculus." At some univer-
sities, the co-ops take care of this
business. They buy the books from
students and sell them to other stu-
dents at a small profit. Why can't
the Rice Co-op do this? The Co-op is
supposedly run ror the benefit of Rice
students and a used (?) book agency
would certainty constitute a valuable
service.
If there is any reason why the Co-
op does not feel equipped to handle
this phase of its work at this time,
the Students' Council should do some-
thing to remedy the present intoler-
able situation.
It is true that if more second-hand
books are available, the Coo-p might
not sell quite as many new copies, but
this consideration certainly should not
take precedence over the benefit to
the entire student body . A great per-
centage of Rice students work to help
pay their way through college. These
students appreciate the difference be-
tween paying $6.60 and $13.00 for a
set of books for one course.
For the more affluent student, such
a saving means perhaps an extra date
or some othre luxury, since he would
not have to "waste" so much money
on books.
"Have you still got your Bugs In-
struments?"
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