The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, December 21, 1928 Page: 1 of 4
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STUDENT WEEKLY PUBLICATION
RICE INSTITUTE
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VOL. 14
HOUSTON, TEXAS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21 1928
NO. 13
MORRIS WILL SPEAK
FIRST JAN. 6 TO OPEN
EXTENSION_SERIES
Axson, Wilson, and Chillman
Are Other Speakers
On Program
Four series of lectures in the field<
of philosophy, art, physical science
and literature comprise the program
of University Extension Lectures pre-
sented by the Rice Institute in 1929.
The lectures will be delivered in the
Physics Amphitheatre Sunday ufter-
noons at 4:.'50 p. m. beginning Jan-
uary 6 with the first of three lectures
on The Nature of Mind, by Charles
William Morris, Jr., instructor in Phi-
losophy.
Three lectures on Some Aspects of
Modern Art, by James Chillman, Jr.,
assistant professor of Architecture,
will follow beginning January 27. Re-
cent Advances in Physical Science will
be presented next with Harold Albert
Wilson, professor of physics, as the
speaker. Robert Browning, by Stock-
ton Axson, professor of English, will
complete the extension lectures for
the coining year.
The Sunday afternoon 1-ctures are
sponsored each year by Rice Institute
with the especial purpose of affording
the people of the community an in-
sight into the academic life of the
university. Though ordinarily held in
the Physics Amphitheatre, the lectures
have proved so popular in the past
that it has often been necessary to
seek a larger auditorium. Speakers
are drawn from the Institute faculty
and no matriculation fee or other form
of admission is required. *•
The complete lecture program as an-
nounced by the office of the president
follows:
The Mature of Mind, by Charles
William Morris, Ji.
Jan. 6—The Problem of IVIind and
its Historical Setting.
Jan. 13—Three Theories of Mind.
Jan. 20—The Functional View of
Mind.
Some Aspects of Modern Art, by
James Chillman, Jr.
Jan. 27—Sculpture.
Feb. 3—Architecture.
Feb. 10—Painting.
Recent Advances in Physical Science
by Harold Albert Wilson.
Illustrated by experiments.
Feb. 17—Atoms of Electricity. •
Feb. 24—Emission of Electricity by
Hot Bodies.
Mar. 3—Electricity in Flames.
Robert Browning, by Stockton Ax-
son .
Mar. 10—Browning and the Victo-
rian Era.
Mar. 17—The Art of Browning.
Mar. 24—Browning's Dynamic Phi-
losophy of Life.
DEAN, BURSAR, TRAVEL
Dean Caldwell and J. T. McCants
will leave shortly after Christmas for
New Orleans, where they will rep-
resent Rice at the annual meeting of
the National Collegiate Athletic Asso-
ciation.
Local Football
Team Strong for
Rice at Banquet
That future Rice football teams will
•eeeive their share of Houston's hi eh
•ehool athletes, was indicated Tues-
iny night at the Warwick hotel, where
iho Jefferson Davis High school foot-
ball team, city champions, met for
their second annual banquet. The at-
! itude of the city high schools toward
Rice, was forcefully stated in a brief
but pointed speech by co-captain
Truman Douty.
Ho said: "Nine of us are leaving
■Jeff Davis this year. We have played
together for three years and I think
we should continue to play together
at college. The place foremost in all
of our minds at which we will enter :
is Rice Institute."
Then to square the accounts, J. T.
McCants of Rive rose and assured the i
boys that all of them would be greeted ;
with open arms and warm hearts. I
Fifteen members of the city cham- I
ARCHITECTS TO USE
VENETIAN CARNIVAL
SCENE ATNEXT BALL
Actual Design of Scene Will
Be Worked Out in
Contest
(Continued on Page .'i.)
RADICALS NEEDED
SAYS B.STOLBERG
Labor Playing Into Hands of
Capital Thinks Forum
Speaker
"Capital will get you if you don't
watch out," said Benjamin Stolberg
in effect Tuesday evening in an ad-
dress before the Open Forum. The
subject of the address was "The
Changing Relations Between Capital
and Labor."
Labor, through inertia and lack of
the proper reactionary spirit, is deliv-
ering itself into the' hands of capital,
according to Mr. Stolberg. New rad-
ical leaders are needed. The Ameri-
can Federation of Labor is losing
ground because of the lack of clashes
between the radical and conservative
elements within it.
He denounced company unions and
co-operation between capitol and la-
bor. "The only kind of co-operation
worthwhile is the kind where you have
51 per cent of the influence and the
other fellow has 49 per cent," de-
clared Mr. Stolberg.
He said that most co-operative
schemes produced by capital today in-
volve employees giving everything and
getting nothing.
"It is possible that capital will
evolve a system that wiM give the
worker everything he wants except
his industrial independence. It all de-
pends o nwhether we want it or not.
"I'll gt mine' has been the attitude
of labor but not the fact," he brought
out in the discussion which followed
the address.
All the glamour that is Venice's will
b<> reconstructed for dancers at the
annual Archi Arts' Ball, it was de-
cided Tuesday when the Architectural
Society chose a Venetian carnival
scene as the dance motif. This dance,
always one of the most lavish and !
spectacular on the Institute's social j
calendar, will be held February 21. j
A competition is to be entered into |
by members cf the society after the I
holidays to decide the actual working !
out of this theme, and the student who
submits '.he winning design will he
made u member of the decoration
committee.
The following committees on ar-
rangements for the dance have been
appointed:
Decorations: Francis Vesey. chair-
man; Earl Koeppe, A. B. Pierce.
Music: Ilarvin Moore, chairman;
Charles Bertrand, Felix Runion.
Location and Refreshments: Robert
Talley, chairman; Allen Caldwell,
Earle Rawlings.
Programs and Bids: M. J. Gammill,
chairman; O. F. Woestemeyer, Earl
Koeppe.
Patrons: A. J. Kehoe, chairman;
Felix Runion, Harvin Moore, Bill
Murphy, Mary Elliott, Lloyd Brous
sard.
German Scholar
Visits on Campus
Dr. Karl Brinkmann, Professor of
I. , ■
Political Science in the University of
Heidelberg, Germany, was a visitor on
the Rice Campus last Tuesday. Dr.
Brinkmann is making a tour of the j
United States preparing a book on j
Civic Education in this country in con- !
neetion with the University of Chi-
cago. He stopped in Houston on his j
way to New Orleans, for the purpose |
of seeing Rice Institute.
Dr. Brinkmann is a well known
writer in America and England, hav-
ing published many books and articles i
in English and in German on recent j
theories of government and history.
While at Rice he was entertained
at the Faculty Club.
Seniors Promised Rings
Today; Blazers Now Here
FORMER VISITING
PROFESSOR TO GIVE
FRENCHLECTURES
Short Series of Addresses to
Be Given During
Stay Here
Louis Cazamian, professor of Eng-
lish language and literature, will re-
turn to Houston during the first week
in January, to deliver a series of lec-
tures at the Rice Institute. The lec-
tures will be given in the Physics
Amphitheatre on January ". 1 and 5
at 4:30 p. m. The lectures will treat
of the "Aim and Method of Higher
Literary Study." The individual topics
will be as follows:
Jan. 3.—The Lure of Sources.
Jan. 1.—-The Object of Criticism.
Jan. 5.—Everybody His Own Critic.
Professor Cazamian is a visiting ]
professor at Columbia, his regular j
position being in the University of
Paris. He is now conducting a series
of lectures at Columbia on the sub-
ject of French literature, It is his de-
sire to return South for a week or
ten days to visit Houston again.
Professor Cazamian's first visit to
the United States was in 1918, imme-
diately following the World War. He
was sent with the French Educational
Committee to study American educa-
tional methods. At this time he toured
the country, stopping here to give a
lecture.
His next visit to Rice was in 1925
(Continued on Page 3.)
College Carnival
Planned for April
| Planr- fo~ the Bice Nite carnival to
be given by the Alumni Association
have been deferred until after Christ-
mas, according to Clarence Wademan,
president.
"We're too busy now to spend much
time on it," he said, "but we do know
that there will be a Rice Nite, and that
it will be held in April some time aft-
er Lent."
Rice night was begun year before
last. The city auditorium was the
scene of the occasion, and was arrang-
ed as a night club. Entertainment was
furnished by Rice talent and Lee's
Owls played fop dancing. Last yej.r
it was not given, but the Alumni As-
sociation plans, beginning with this
year's Rice1 Nite, to make it a tradi-
tional occasion.
LAST 1928 THRESHER
The present issue of the Thresher
will be the last one of this year. Pub-
lication will not be resumed till Jan-
uary 1, 1929.
Slime Caps and Green Ties Have
Vanished as Revolution Grows
A school devoid of slime caps. Fri-
days come and go unbrightened by
shirt sleeves and loud colored sus-
penders. Disrespect reigns. Sopho-
mores stroll lazily by, indifferent to
the violations of their stern orders to
the newest members of this fair
school.
Juniors grown sophisticated with
the passing of a year care little what
the Freshmen do so long as the fairer
members of that class are pleasingly
fair and fairly agreeable. Last
year they labored to ureak the spirit
of a class of high school graduates
who had become accustomed to swag-
ger before they came to Rice. This
year they rest with the conViction
that their job was well done and do
not bother to meddle in that which
is the traditional right and duty of
another class.
The Sophomores have proven them-
selves utterly unable to instill the
proper respect into a class of im-
pudent upstarts. Those In authority
give weak excuses and busy them-
selves with athletics and other activi-
ties. The members of the" Sophomore
Class fear eveij to speak to a Fresh-
man without saying, "please, sir,"
when he has finished. Their orders,
published in such bold type and terms
at the first of the year, have dwindled
from a threatening roar to a hearty
laugh.
And the laugh comes from the
Freshman Class who have been so well
pleased with Rice that they have con-
sented to run it. Slime caps are of
use when it rains; shirt sleeves and
suspenders are worn on Fridays only
if it is convenient. They have defied
the Sophomores and in the exultation
of their victory have disrespectfully
tread on all traditions.
Only the Senior, who has seen the
Freshman Classes broken in, laments
the change. Too far removed from his
sophomore days to engage in the
schooling of Freshmen he nevertheless
resents the attitude of this imper-
tinent class and holds the Sophomores
who tolerate its actions as unworthy
of carrying on the traditions of Rice.
A school devoid of slime caps. A
school taken over by Frenshmen. The
owl is indeed in its molting season.
Rice seniors who blossomed 6ut in j
nifty blue and gray blazer coats last I
Friday, have still another way to wear !
their vanity with the arrival today of j
the first consignment of class rings, i
Those who ordered the white gold !
rings will have to wait a while longer,
according to J. R. Pitts, chairman of !
the ring committee, on account of the !
special process involved in their man-
ufacture.
A letter to Dad for the wherewithal
to-reimburse empty purses and make
college life bearable is an easy thing
nowadays for Northwestern co-eds.
The Letter Shop at that university
operated by three students handles
everything but the signature . . . for
ten per cent, of the proceeds.
Our idea of an optimist is the Rice
student who year after year predicts
a winning football team.
Jost Lectures on
Famous German
Early in January
Because of the December examina-
tions, the lecture to lie given by .Mi
Jost of the dermal) department on
Albreeht Dtirer, "The German K"m-
branilt;," originally scheduled to he
given in the physics ampitheatie on
the evening of December IS), has been
po«t polled until the first, or second
week of January.
Mr. .lost gathered the material for
liis lecture while working on his doc
or ol' philosophy thesis during the
past summer at the University of
'Dtrbingen, Wurtemburg, Germany,
where lie hail the opportunity of at-
tending the lectures of a well-known
authority on 1 Hirer. It. is Mr. Jost's
intention to transmit, to his audience
the information which lie gained wh:l-
there.
run her interest will be added to the
lecture by the use of slides. Over a
hundred different views of Dttrei-'s
paintings and wood carvings- will be
shown.'
GERMAN STUDENTS
TO FORM SOCIETY
Department Arranges for
Correspondence With
Foreign Students
Ari added incentive to the study of
German has been furnished by Mr. J.
F, Jost, instructor in German, who
has arranged for his studants to cor-
respond with German students of
English. The German students select-
ed to carry on this correspondence are
students of the University of Tur-
binsen, a co-educational Humanistic-
University founded in the Fourteenth
Century in Wurtemburg, Germany.
It is planned to have the Turbingeri
students write in English. The let-
ters will be corrected by the lijce stu-
dents who will then return them with
their own letters written in German.
The German students will also cor-
rect. and return the letters written to
them, thus giving both parties of the
correspondence quite a bit. of practical
experience in their respective foreign
language.
This correspondence will fill in part
the necessity of an active organization
of the German students of the. school
for the purpose of attaining greater
proficiency in tlie use of the German
language.
It has been promised that a Ger-
man Club, second to no other language
club in the Institute will be formed
shortly after Christmas. Further news
of the organization of {his club will be
given at an early date.
GLENN IN CHINA
Christmas greetings from the Far
East came this week thfough the
mails to J. T. McCants, bursar. Jack
Glenn, Rice graduate, who sent the
card, is now in Hong Kong, China;,
Glenn is with the Pathe News.
CABANISS ENLISTS
STUDES TO INTEREST
ATHLETES IN RICE
Questionnaires Will Be Given
To High School
Athletes
"Do you know any good high school
athletes capable of making the scho-
lastic grade at Rice, who might be in-
' teres ted id entering the Institute next
fall?" S-uch was the nature of the
! qiiestioft put to dormitory students by
Weldon ('abaniss. assistant secretary
of the Alumni Association, at a meet-
; ing in the commons Tuesday night.
Cabajiiss explained an unofficial
phin for interesting .. high school
athletes in Rice, which campus ■organi-
zations are hacking, and in which stu-
dents are being asked to codperite.
He pointed out that high school foot-
ball player-- have .now completed their
high school playing days and are
beginning to consider their college
careers. Now is the time, he said, to
interest them in Rice.
Studentsw.i■<■ asked to ,- I,\*
interviewing their .high fehooi ac-
quainta-nce . While iiomi at Christmas
time. Quv-i iom.-aii'-s were passed .out:,
v,hid; cart be given to prospective Rice
•athlete.-, end width when fill.-d out
and mailed to the Institute will secure
lull in 11 '"ill;: t ton . for t he h igh s:-|]ooj
student-
Mr. ( abaniss is having' more of tin
questionnaires printed along With a i
dressi-iifavei :pe.s. Any' students <!••••
.■sij'iftg" t'> KiJiiN' nan <!o so by i i i u
him <v- by calling at his room, at DM
Fast hall.
This plan for bringing more athletes
to Rice was suggested and worked out
by the Rally Club at its meeting Men-
day night. It met with such approval
that it was decided to present it to the
student body.
SALLYPORT
SURVEY
Just one more day . . . and then . . .
oh gosh! ... to some of our dear little
Frosh it may be the last, but let's
hope not.
* *
And lots of others look kinda down-
hearted. What's the matter, Mac ? I
think Port Arthur would be grand to
visit during the holidays, so cheer up.
,jf * *
And here comes Mariann Adkins,
who seems to have fallen for Wither-
spoon, Freshman football prospect. At
least she did in class the other day
. . . really, JJariann, at fainting you
did quite nobly.
* * «
- "Red" Hensley and "DuV Harder
. . . oh, these collegiate SophcnwtoC
* * *
Blonde and petite Mnvjr Liz Tisdale
looks on us v/tth a sweet and winsome
smile.
* *
Don't forget the dance tonight . . .
it ought lo be hot. We can enjoy
celebrating . . . but don't forget to
make classes tomorrow, unless yon
feel wealthy.
Tony Again Busy on Campus After
Trip to Land of Wine and Spaghetti
Tony Martino. the man who is re-
i sponsible for Rice's beautiful campus,
I has just returned from a two month's
I leave of absence during which he vis-
; ited. his parents in Alia, Italy, and al-
j so found time to do some sight-seeing
| in Paris, Milan, Florence, Venice, Ge-
noa, and other historical cities.
Some people come back from a vaca-
tion exhausted, not so with Tony Mar-
tino. Tony came back with renewed
energy; energy radiated from him as
he told a Thresher reporter of the
morb interesting experiences of his
(rip. As he told of what he saw and
did, each incident as he mevAivnsd it
eemed to bring back the original
pleasure derived nt first band.
Tony left Houston October 2, for
New York where he took passage for
Cherbourg on the Majestic. He spent
two days in Paris and went from there
to Turin where he stayed several days
seeing the beautiful scenery and
where, incidentally, he bought a sec-
ond-hand Ford, "fc'rom Turin his route
lay toward Milan. He had much to
say concerning the b^futy of the
scenery of Lake Come- and Lake
Garde, of the beautiful cathedral, and
especially of the Teatro della Sea la
where he heard a production of Tri-
viata. In Venice he spent two days,
mostly in gondolas. The Lido was
beautiful, be said, though deserted
during the winter.
lie next visited Florence where
formerly he was for three years man-
ager of the public gardens or parks,1
and found there hibiscus, and camalae
trees in full bloom, larger than any
tree on Main Street in Houston, and
wonderful to see. While there he
heard the opera Carmen.
Rome vas the next city on his in-;
tinerary where he spent two days .ex-
ploring ths v\tj fr.\d visiting the Va-
tican. "Some people Jon't brKvv? it,"
he said, "but it is the truth that it '■
has eleven thousand rooms, three hun-
dred stairways, and five miles of gar-
dens." He saw in the gardens there1
the most beautiful flowers, shrubs, and
ornamental trees he has ever seen,
especially was he impressed by the
pansies, chrysanthemums, and salvie.
(Continued on Page 2.)
Cut Your Classes If
You Want to Pay Fine
Students who want to take a longer
Christmas vacation than the 'cla-
sehedtiles provide for arc at liberty
to do so—providing they have five
dollars and are willing to take the
usual ''cuts" for class absences, Ac
cording to an announcement from the
adminifitrat ior offices, all absentee -
ii'-m c lasses (.a any one of the da> .
ot December or or January
•!. will be fined not less than five dol-
lars. It will cost five dollars to mi ■
one class on. any one of these days, or
it will cost five dollars to miss all of
them.
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Economics Instructor
To Attend Chicago Meet
Mr. Kenneth: Dameron, instructor in
Economics, is leaving this week for
Chicago where he will attend the con-
vention of the American Economics
Society which opens. December 26. One
day of the session will be devoted to
the topic .of Co-operative Buying, and
Mr. Dameron is scheduled to criticize
a paper which will be read on this
subject.
Mr. Dameron will stop over at his
home in Burlington, Iowa, for Christ-
mas day.
The no-student-automobile law a!
Illinois brought a two-week suspen-
sion for a halfback who violated it.
Co-ed Cora Remarks
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flit
Some beauty is skin deep. Other
goes fur-ther.
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