The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, December 14, 1928 Page: 4 of 4
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BIC1THRESHER
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WITH THE ENGINEERS
Chris Vogt, Engineering School Editor
High Pressure
Something should be done about
those milling machines in the M. E.
310 lab. One ambitious junior, George
Hawley, to be specific, finds them too
complicated to operate. It seems that
after he had soent some 2V& hours of
his laboratory period in setting up his
machine to cut a spur gear, he did not
have time left to cut the gear.
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Everyone has heard of the attempts
of big financiers to corner the cotton
market, or to corner the wheat mar-
ket; but Tom Daley put them all in
the shadow. (We refer to a recent
article in The Thresher, "Campanile
Beauties Nominated by Daley.")
The rest of us .fellows might as well
stick our hands in our pockets and be
patient until next spring.
* * *
Have ye heard the story of the
Scotchman who was standing in the
doorway of the Rice Hotel throwing
pennies on the sidewalk? Well, he
dropped dead . . . The string broke.
* * *
Bill Fields' curiosity is gonna bite
him 4in- of these" days if he isn't care-
ful. is are given to understand that
he intends to use SWISS CHEESE
for the material for the pin in his de-
sign of a press. Wilkens says it won't
work becati-Se it has too many holes in
it but somehow or other we are betting
hi Kielils Vnuse -Mr. Pennington told ;
him fie could use it with his fullest f
permission and consent. We dun'i i
know any'thing about its strength in
tension but we understand that it is
well adapted to compressive stresses
of all kinds.
THE GUY IN THE
GREEN GLOVES
VVKLI, folks hero I
AM utrain arni just as
SASSY as . ver and
KIGURIN' that, you all
GONNA think I'm runnin'
A cat party the way I
SI'fcAK out about thing*
AND people but that's
ALL right cause most
(,; h N !•; R AI. LY t he fel low
WHAT squawks the loudest
LS the must, guilty an"
IS holierin' cause he
JUST found out he
WASN'T as smart as he
THOUGHT and didn't cover
UP his tracks any too
WKLL. And that's
THAT.
IT ha been called to
MY attention somewhere
l) WN the line that the
THRESHER'S movie star
EH I END of the THANKSGIVING
NUMBER has been inquiring
INTO our identjty for
REASONS best known to
HERSELE and it behooves
US to investigate some
ON our own cause
MAYBE we are missing
SOMETHING choice in the
LINE of gossip by not
TALK IN* to the
( HARMING young Co-ed
!N person, It may
BE that t her I.* is
S< M ETH1NG on her m ind
THAT she wishes we
DIDN'T know about
BUT that's all right
t'AliSE we don't at this
TIME an" anyway we t hink
she's > • a.-h thing and
I • - ion': care hi >w m ueh
F: A: V 1)' -h« do aniong the
Yi i 'N* , i II i:nd Dumber of
o I'.ori- pi.wer t > you.
a a ft r .uybe she's I:i<e
1 S ■■'yn'1. r-jt.iv 'caUs *
VUOW our Momma do
LOvE 1 ts uri' we oi;«ht to
KNOW .'ai;,e she told an >o.
AN' rmw I ask you "Ain't
WOMEN funny?"
CIVIL ENGINEERS
WILL SEE PICTURE
At the next meeting of the A. S, C.
E., on Tuesday at 11:00 o'clock, the
3-reel picture, "Nature's Frozen Cred-
its," will be shown. The picture was
filmed in the heart of the Sierra
Nevada Mountains, '200 miles from
San Francisco. It shows the construc-
tion of a great hydroelectric plant on
the turbulent Feather River, famed
for its scenic beauty. The picture il-
lustrates in a non-technical way the
various steps of developing the
project, from the initial surveys to
placing the machinery in operation.
Everyone who is interested in seeing
this picture is cordially invited to
come. The film will be shown at 11:00
o'clock Tuesday morning in room 260
St. l.
AIRCRAFT COMPANY
OFFERS PRIZES FOR
AVIATION ARTICLES
To interest more college students in
aviation, the Alexander Aircraft Com-
pany at Colorado Springs offers a new
Alexander Eaglerock Airplane or a
complete University in aeronautics
for the best series of four short j
monthly articles on aviation from Jan- ;
uary 1 to May 1, 192!) written by un- \
dergraduate college students.
The winner will be awarded a 4-year j
scholarship in a leading aeronautical j
school, or in a school of business, ad-
ministration where he can get an aero- 1
nautical background. Competing stu- ,
dents who receive undergraduate de-
grees June 1 may win a graduate !
scholarship in a technical school of;
aeronautics, leading to a masters or
a professional degree. As an alterna- j
tive award, the winner may receive
a completely equipped Eaglerock.
Articles of superior merit but below-
winning quality will win their writers
10-hour flying courses. The awards
will be made June 1.
The papers, technical or non-tech-
nical and 400 to 600 words in length,
must be submitted to the Committee
on Awards on the first of each month
from January 1 to May 1. Suggested
"SlUf it '
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subjects Include, "Future Aircraft De-
velopment," "Flying for Recreation,"
"Commercial Possibilities in Avia-
tion," "The Airplane as a Future
Decentralizer of Cities," etc. Can-
didates will be judged 30 percent on
content of their articles, and 70 per-
cent on their qualifications to do jus-
tice to the scholarships. The winner,
if he qualifies, will be employed in the
engineering or some other department
AFTER THE GAME
AFTER THE SHOW
VISIT
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CONTRIBUTORS
Engineer* contributing to thS* issue
of The Thresher are: Hal Warrick;
John Holland; Exerton Robb; J. H.
Pound; Oran Finehei.
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The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, December 14, 1928, newspaper, December 14, 1928; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth230123/m1/4/?q=%22~1~1~1~1%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.