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EDITION
VOL. 15
HOUSTON, TEXAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1930
NO. 25
wnnHrTnSUMnp? May Court Complete
PLAY THIS SEASON A , | TT- • .
Announces the King
Executive Committee Will
Announce Selection
At Early Date
Despite all circulating reports to the
contrary, the Rice Dramutlc Cluo wilt
produce another play before the year
is finished, according to Helen Wil-
liams, president of the club. This
play, which is now under considera-
tion by the executive committee of
the club, will embody all of the high
entertainment values seen in the
"Royal Family," and all the broad
bits of humor and delicate subtleties
found in "The Admirable Crichton."
It is a play which will draw a good
season to a brilliant close.
Through some error Houston news-
papers have spread abroad the Idea
that "The Admirable frlchton" was
the Dramatic Club's last production
of the year. This is by no means
the truth. Patron and season tickets
sold by the club Indicate on their faces
the fact that three productions are
guaranteed to purchasers and the
Rice dramatists Intend to live up to
their, guarantee.
April Hon)« flay hns passed and .Smith iiiui linden must have a jester,
now for the next great event of the^ The Woman's Council has also been
,o thoughtful as to provide benches
The Woman's Council in preparing | for all parents and those having so-
lor tills most elaborate event, settled ; crei. crushes marching in the review.
another very difficult problem by ap-
pointing the handsome, modest Mr.
Lewis Rdwln Smith of Clemville,
These benches will he situated on the
side lines so that, the observer can
watch every movement of their fond i
ACADEMS ASKED TO
HELP MENDELL WITH
ENG'G SHOW TRAFFIC
Volunteers Needed (or Work
of Handling Visitors
On Campus
A tall for volunteers from among
the academic students on the campus
to help in the task of handling the
traffic which will flow thru campus
Bracey and Leland
Will Feature Dual
Meet on Rice Field
Texas, ss King of the WO Rice May one but. remember about the early i"*"" ,|ttriUK1 lhH 1c°I"i"'4
_ '*v" ! """ 1 " ' show was issued Ills morning by
Watch The Thresher for announce- °f Honor.
Fete.
King Lewis of the House of Smith
will have the honor of escorting
Queen Homoiselle of ihe House of
Haden to her throne on the afternoon
of May .1. Their Highness' Princess
Lillian of the House of Horlock and
Princess Lucille of the House of Darls
will be accompanied by their Lord,
ships Prince Carl of the House of II-
llg and Prince Buddy (James McKay)
of the House of Lykes. respectively.
The classes will pay homage to
Her Majesty, the Qu.eu, by the at-
tendance of the Dutchesses Kdythu
Westerfield of the House of Senior,
escorted by Gus Crant: Hazel Reld
of the House of Junior, escorted by
Briggs Manuel; Margaret Dunn of the
House of Sophomore, escorted by
Walter Williams; and Virginia Vinson
j of the House of Freshman, escorted
by Hlake Sellers. The Duchesses
will be accompanied by their Maids
bird.
JUNIOR PROM
In an earlier issue of the
Thresher it was stated that the
Junior Prom was not a financial
success. The fins nee committee
after checking up hss reported
that there will be sufficient
funds to meet the obligations
of the class. We wish to take
this opportunity to thank Billy
Murphy, general chairman, for
his competent, apportionment of
the expenses.
I Pan Wendell, traffic manager of the
show. Since the engineers of the
! school w ill be busy with the actual
; exhibits of the show, academic stu-
| dents will have the opportunity to
i render a valuable service to the show
!and the school by working on the
traffic squad during the show.
Advertising for the show this year
|has been more, extensive than for any
j in the past. Visitors will come in
'greatly increased numbers this year,
and a very large number of men are
| needed by Mendell to carry thru his
! plans for routing ami handling the
j crowds of visitors.
In an interview, Mendell stated that
; (raffle must be regulated, automobiles
IIciKlliiM'i! .by another nietjtiug be
'w,en Claude Bracey and Cy l.elnnd
in the IOu and Saturday at Idea
Field, the nice-'p.dual meet
; should attract u large crowd of TIous
tonians and students to watch the
South's two premier sprinters do
i their stuff, ami in addition tt
! classy track and field meet.
j Little is known about T.O.tJV# track
being parked In such a munnsr as to
RALLY CLUB
At a called meeting of the
Rally Club Monday night the
dale of the picnic was changed
from Friday night to Saturday
afternoon at 6 o'clock. Mem-
bers are urged to be at West:
Hall at the appointed hour so
1 hat they can get under way.
According to the entertainment
committee, all arrangements
have been completed and are
resting quietly.
REIN CO.OFFICIAL
TALKS TO ECO. CLASS
ments concerning the Dramatic Club's
next and final play of this year.
RHODES SCHOLARS
TO BE SELECTED BY
NEW PLAN,CALDWELL
One Rice Candidate Will Be
Selected to Compete
For Award
Donald Rein Delivers
Interesting Address
Phe setting for her Majesty's court j
will be that of a colonial mansion
and the entire pageant will be a re-
view of Rice's students In frilly, op. J
lonlal frockks. -■.■■■ —■
But something new and unique will Last Saturday Mr. Donald Rein,
be the May Pole Dance (or is it to vice-president of the Rein Company,
bo the Minuet or the Virginia Reel? Houston printing and publishing firm,
you know, they had them all in those I delivered a comprehensive talk on
days, or did they?) Ten handsome "Business Kthlcs" to the Economics
boys and ten attractive girls are to
bo chosen from the student bq^y of
Rice to participate In this charming1
feature. There are to ho other enter- described how the association, thru consisting of about
200 class.
Mr, lioin, in addition. Is vicc-presi-
charmingI dent of the United Typothae. He
; not Interfere with the movement of
| the stream, and the pedestrians
routed thru the various buildings to
permit them to see nil of the show in
a minimum of time, without interfer-
ing with each other.
1 Mendell has given the problem of
traffic much consideration during the
pant months and has developed a
complete set of plans to handle all
visitors with little or no delas and
difficulty, The one thing which will
spell the success of Ills .pjaus is a
group of well-instructed students who
will remain on the job both days of
the show, from the 'opening minute
to the close late each nieht.
Two shifts will be run in I lie work,
the first or afternoon shift consisting
of 25 or $0 men. and the night shift
SENIOR - ALUMNI
BANQUET A SUCCESS
Jake Hess Receives Scoring
Award at Party for
Seniors
College Lib was i|j, |-'rida.\
night oi a Joint banfinei of the iluriilii
association and .M^iiibers Of tile se-
nior class, hoiioritic the, ISKJu baidv'ft-
bjtll squad 'I Ills v. as held in plac
ot the rfegular w« • klv met-tint: of lite
ii'tini other than that, in ('} l.eland
they have ope id' fjjtj' ftwit'S'Si. men in
th" I'nlted States Krw men jo the
world can run a HUl-yard dash In t 6
after being set bitck a yard. If he
had run only inn yards, lust cud of
Mil yards, at. Dallas, he would have
probably set a record for the hoys
to shoot at. but. even his murk ,iif It,t!
was remarkable.
The meeting of Hracey and Leland
I should settle decisively the question
: of who is tlib better man. and much
! interest Is attached to (lie meet be-
cause of the Intense interest in the
settling of a subject which lias long
' been a bone of contention at lilce.
| The following team will represent
j Rice la the meet:
Hundred yard dash; Brueei', Rog-
; ers, Murphy,
Two twenty dash* Bracey.
j Four forty dash: I .am kin. Chamh-
; ers. Wort ham.
Half mile run: Arnold, .lack Scott.
; Kaplan.
Mile run: Jacobr. Uov, Oliver
Two utile run: Willis, WilinoUth.
Hit yet I e,
Ota- twenty high hurdles: Hag!-".
Fitnoslcll. t.,iiwsoine.
Pole vault: Ibiblry, Hopkins.
Broad .tump ibtldry. Hopkins,
('utnmings
Shot: put. Daldr>
.In-vtiHp throw: fialdry. S i.f , With
crspoon. i luderath
Mile lehty. LuniKtiii' Chatiihema
-Mott .iti<( Kaplan.
OWL NETTER IS LED
TO VICTORY BY HESS
PALS SPORT DANCE
NETS NEAT SUM FOR
SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Band Uniform Fund To Be
Increased by Donation
From Society
Fi'ei- from .ill the trashy eViii-nts
'about town, and filled with collegiate
ritmospht te. the I' A I. dunce
Moutlay night was an affair- long to he
favorabh remembered It wits one
| of those dances that coin" so seldom
in a lifetime the right crowd, the
| right unte, tie right music, and the
| right food.
The spoil tfleu of tie1 dance was
carried out by decorations consisting
|Of tennis rackets hung at. . random
[about the walls and tea taides in the
.cornets of the hall, and by the sporty
attires of tltif dancer-. For oil' c the
orchestra platform was made attract
ive witii decoratlons and the -Met or
chestra seemed to he inspired by the
guy atmosphere.
Financially the (lance wits n succ-chs
{although the goal 01 .fsiiti was not
quite reached. It. lias heetl estijifaitid
j that an amount betwei tt ITOo and Jmio
was cleared bv the society, though
no official report has been made
From these proceeds a certain amount
will comprise a scholarship to be gjv
en some co-ed, while th" remainder
will be git*11 • thw band for tins put'
chase. of uniforms.
Ku'ii if the daii'. lng iiui last, .way
into Tnesdii y tnoniiiie. tln ro Waft no
April footlhi. it.bout its iieniK a itir
'oOms. The lv. :\ L, .< ,i- :t vv.ljol0 slibuld
be commen.d'fi. Alt r't. < oni'itu'i • i-s
should ho ,<j*spc
I In i, r promtittlt
Tin ^rntititii,1!1
.iVh.L-
y i'epl.ii'en/i ,j nj
d lnt>'.tti:«s::,alitiiii.;
V'; i:1: pljis.eili of ..
Mi
men
The
larger crew will be necessary at night
All students and alumni of Rice In-
stitute who wish to apply for a
Rhodes Scholarship for the year 1930
must submit letters of application to
the Rice scholarship committee be
fore June 1. Dean R. G. Caldwell an- I
nounced this week. The letters may Writing Hub's prospective nook
be addressed to Dr. Caldwell. takes on a more definite form each
talners and dancers from the student thai compiling of various data sub'
body. also. milted by the member firms, enables ior the reason that, the peak load falls
Harold Braun has been appointed the Individual firms to compare tholr u) this lime. The Job will be any-
to act the fool In the coming Fete, operating costs and general efficiency thing but easy, hut when compared to
mil as the first
Kivv" primarily
t'ii ! the amuiril
.Mir
if Ihe
for. you know, t|m royal court of
Writers Still Collecting
Material for Book of Poems
to a calculated average. the time spent hv < ngineers in ,ire-
Mr. Rein pointed out the advantage baring and presenting the show, wil
to a large concern in encouraging and ho only a small demand mi the tliuri
helping its competitors, especially the of volunteers
smaller ones. Many at the first
thought of success are only lntere ted
In acquiring money. tDis later be-
comes a secondary afm to that of the
Itice will select one candidate this week. At present, a large number of desire to build some "Common or In-
year to represent the institute be-|popms hav„ b„P11 sllblniltt)(i for fon.
sideratlon. others will be received
fori! the regional conuniftee meeting
October -5. The only eligibility stip-
ulations are that the candidates are!1'1 selections have been made.
Rice students or alumni, are between Poems may be submitted either to
the ages of 19 and 26 on October 1. officers or members of the club or
1930. and have attained at least soph-
dustrial Edifice."
After completing his talk, Mr. Rein
answered several questions concern-
ing current business policies.
omore standing, and are unmarried.
at the. regular meeting Monday night.
A new nation-wide method is bei.ig secret committee will make u very
Chain Stores Subject of
Economics Class Debate
Thursday morning at the meeting
A tentative name for the book has I debate by four of the students of the
inaugurated this year in the selec- i early selection of the material so that j
tion of Rhodes scholars to take the j publication will not be materially de ! of the Kconom|cg 20n rlaS8, in pIaee
place of the old method by which layptt. regular lecture, there was a
each state was perm tt ted to select
one every second year. By the new !,i„ou
plan the United Stales ts divided j selected though Writing Club 1* I '
Into eight districts of six states each, j not yet ready to make a definite state-
Texas is included in a group with ment concerning the name.
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Ok-
lahoma and Arkansas.
The student or alumnus chosed by
Hit;e Institute will compete with can-
didates from other Texas colleges tor
one of the two state nominations. The
two successful Texas students will
then be considered with the ten rep-
resenting other states of this district.
From this group four Rhodes scholars
will be chosen.
Rhodes scholars will bo chosen this
year, as formerly, on the basis of lit- I
erary and scholastic attainments, ;
riitftlitles of manhood, exhibition of
moral force of character und of in-
stincts to lead and to take an interest hotly of this
in schoolmates, and physical vigor,
1 The question was: Resolved, that
the Chain Store Is Economically Hen-
; eficial. The meeting was presided
The roster of Writing Club poeti |over by Birch Wallls. Karl Amor-
Is rather limited at the present, al- .tniinn and Dan Monroe, representing
though under the impetus of a desire the art students, presented the neg-
to make The Book, several members j ative, and Reld Hodgson and Fred
have stated that they are now woo- j Craig for tlio engineers presented the
Ing the lyric muse. affirmative.
New Society Organized
As Revealed by Reporter
out of deference to the social stand- ; the above sentence indicates that they
Ing Of certain members of the student flop whenever they get. a chance.
,,i v. The outstanding record on main-
school. names will e | (Ajnj„g ,|le 110vmal position done this
withheld In A It if sacred revelation, but | year was effected by one of the lion-
as shown by interest in outdoor sports j the facts must be I old. ored brethren recently when lie did
and otherwise. | There is on this campus, a group I a stretch of seventeen, hours, flat (pun
Students and alumni interested are Sol' very profound anil consecrated men intended).
urged to apply freely, Dr Caldwell who are devoting the greater part of! For the uiosf part, however, since
states. While Rice 'has heretofore their time to a glorious cause their Chrlslimis, members have concentrat-
nominated only seniors, Dr. Caldwell [cause, to which their time, their till- ed on the perfection of the flop. And
says that the committee will bo es- ent, their energy, their skill, even right well have they done, to
peclally interested this year in receiv- ! their grades are dedicated. Since the thetn tell it
hear
Standards toward which
Lists have been placed in the
lower library, in Atttrv House, and "ti
the M.L. buietin board, so that those
desiring to help will be able to enter
their names, phone numbers or room
numbers, and their preferences as to
shifts. It is earnestly hoped that ac-
ademic students will respond in a
body to this call for assistance in a
job which tlie very nature of the show
prevents engineering students from
handling.
GERMAN CLUB WILL
WEFT NEXT THURS.
Mrs. Freund To Discuss Life
of Goethe
The next meeting of tbe Goethe
1 Vereln. which will take placc on
Thursday, April 10, in Autry Hous«
will bet feutured by discussions of
Herman literary subjects.
Mrs, Freund will discuss the Wei
mar period of Coethe's life. This
discussion will he followed by several
readings from the poems of Goethe
and Schiller by George von Johnson
and Dr. Freund. The program also
calls for a solo by Luke Osborne, of
his own choosing, and the meeting
will be closed with German game*
and music.
WEISER GOES TO
MEET IN ATLANTA
alilmnt association.
'senior (unction v.j
to acquaint ^euifbt
association.
\V\ .M. Siatuiifli, pre id
.11iiiniii, netted as toast mazier, i'uriu^
tic dinner mu.-ieai etuettnjnriiertf wa-
fitrtiislicd by Jack .Maim Mr Major,
a -former It Ice student, was nt that
■ til-ni appearing to (lie Majestic Tiii.'a
t-r 'biker Armstrong, of the class of
a 'so entertained and mystified
with his sleight-of-hand performance
Tile principal Speakers were Fed-
eral Judge Krautly Harris, who lec-
tures on medical jurisprudence ai the
Texan • Medical School at Galveston,
and Mr. J, T MeCants, Mr .Met'ants
was also the tat net for mom of the
witticisms of tin- speakers.
Coach fug Dougherty made a short
speech commenting on the 193n bas-
ketball season, before introducing tiio
members of the liaKkerbull .squad.
Captain Willis of the R association
tjnndu'cted the. election for captain for
the |93.1 team. In which .lake Itess
was elected. Hess was further hon-
ored by being presented with' the
Stuart lloyles trophy for the high
point scorer in the Southwest Con
ference.
The batuiuet was adjudged a suc-
cess by all who amended, and to
those who were unable to attend is
given a standing imitation to the.
weekly noonday luncheons each Fri-
day.
I'i' lie e\ai'iit')i •>:' t ■' if ' iff
i.iin. lie i;ti (iw1 tt• - i m Tjiin -dit v
a ilei n, .oil do willed t,jj|-. ', !■ r: 111, • 11 ! i' ii ; t:(w
"Mill W It ij: ; III b e-s ,,l v.tfly yrie -f,o ill'
three -ttiliti,ii.es., -
'tali; '.iiii't. 1 (>'-.■ ■ ,ij
'•"f 'J'/'tje'-,' llt,cl'iitlil!:tied|";\o :' .I liiat). de-
• f- anise tiiiiu in, --ti;aiIit set;-, iin,
I' lire t'.b: edit jd;1V in II,. I.;t [rtiuis
it (<i): |i|.' < Ju i cottl'lf ill iiiil tilde
.I'1' Ric'c '••■•Il>t;ii111 eim* . • ti,.i-!i.i.| mi,I
Jobbed in i_ie.it ii'isloon aed m.ntiti a
really ^.miI' Ifiinljt plaA e't le-ok 'lilf(. a
lo.-re t-yt'o, so gbnq -\V-as :!,e: i-rtmo (>I
t'li I iti t Worth -pi,ij. ■
-Xoi'itiaii Sciiwin/, 1 pl'jin ffi|r
i lie own catu'ht a I a i rar id the fovtu
[of 'the .• titlibj- Mr. Ki, Hip. Cnalde i„
; solve Kemp's high lob to -back i ourt
Scbvvat/, came near losing tin. first
! set. but t.:riied it out <1^' [he id.- ,ud
won ji1. v-tj. i„ 11,1 .-.. olid -el. Kent
virtually buried Sell war/, under a bar
rag" of high, easy lobs and won by
tlie score of i!-2. In the third and de-
ciding set. Norma ii i-atiie back with
a rii.-l^ winning: by a * -1 seoie.
In an exhibition mat eh between
Die" Itarr of Dallas and Ou'ititi < on*
ueilv of Fort Worth. Itnrr won tlie
■j onlj set playml alter a hard battle,
i! I
In Ihe doubles the tKvf netterstffas-
| lis eM'died tlie Grinnci) and
copped the two sets hi rat' id sue
cession by the scores ot i, t t; ::.
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4udience Given Glimpse
Of Back-St age Handizcrk
ing applications from nlunini and post
rraduates.
FRENCH CLUB MEETING
ATTRACTS HOUSTON
The last meeting of the French
Club Included some musical pieces by
John Oordlnler and a lecture by An-
dre O. Bourgeois on Villon's roman-
tic life. Always a vagabond, the poet
went to prison a dozen times, escaped
the noose four times and disappeared
at the age of 32. His place of re-
tirement and death are unknown.
In the audience, besides the mem-
bers of the club, were noticed Dr.
Moraud, Mr. Eyquem and a certain
number of Houstonians, which proves
the French Club has acquired such
a development that It Interests not
only the Rice students, but people of
the city who enjoy French culture
and literature.
Dr. Harry Hoyer Weiser, professor
of chemistry at the Institute, will
leave for Atlanta this week-end to
the American
founding of th% school there has al- they work are artistry, grace, and mln-
ways been such a group on the cam- Imiini of noise and bounce on alight
pus, but this year, for the first time ' lug tmaximum efficiency).
an organization bus been perfected, i Perhaps we can look forward to the
Only professional delicacy and the ! alb-too-dlstant day in the future when
threat of slow and Painful death pre-| regular matches will be held. Think of a,,el"1 11 °c
vents your correspondent, from record- j picking up the morning paper and ! Chemical Society,
ing the names of the Cabinet and the ' reading. "Itice-A. ft M. Flop Match to
High and Inner Council of this stu- i take place today. Local somnambu-
pendotis tnoh, but the title must not j lists given slight, edge over boy
be lost to posterity. Talto a deep | scouts. Hest. pre-match dope Indicates
breath and hold on tight. It Is-- | A. ft M. much the better team In the
(courage, my children. I will protect long distance events, and will prob-
you). The appellation Is (may Allah j ably even the score in this way. In
comfort a soul on tbe edge of dark- j the running flop, the recognized mas
ness) "The Society for the Advance j ter of the southwest conference U
ment of the Art of Assuming and none blhe/than Rice's own "Humpy"
Maintaining Iho Horizontal Position." ( Dtnk, so that Hits event, will be a
Aahhhh, well that wasn't so bad nfier
all.
A quorum meets on the least provo-
cation and proceeds to tbe business of
the consummation of this abysmal sci-
ence, If you get what 1 mean. Sim-
plified especially for college students,
walk-away. The flop from a standing
start will probably go to Ihe Farmers
with a possibility of "Humpy" horn-
ing in on second place. In the mod-
He will present two papers to th«
meeting of the society: the first a
symposium on analytical chemistry
entitled "Colloidal Behavior In Ana-
lytical Chemistry" and the second be-
ing entitled "The Ferrlcyanides of
Copper and Cadmium as Semiperme-
able Membranei," this being the sec-
ond ot hla series on the absorption
and permeability of membranes. It
will be presented to the division of
physical and inorganic chemistry.
Dr. Weiser Is a very prominent
member of the society and is known
ley, Rice again has the edge, with j as a prolific contributor to the publl-
the exhausted "Humpy" leading the cations and' activities of the organUa
way." tion.
At th< end of (he third act or the
Dramatic I'luh play last Friday night
the audience was faced by the happy
( ottntenatii of Mr. Smith, th- direc-
tor. I'lie wild applause1 W.ItU Ii siected
him suddenly ceased as he begin to
spciili. and one1 absorbed sotil"!hltig
like tin following: "You nil know that
the adors and actresses must do
li'itlW a hit nf work ill tnnslering their
pints in a play, hut few people real-
ize how niui h effort Is everted back
I of the 'curtain by the low ly stage
crew. I pon Ihe efficiency and co-op
|oration of this group ot the club rests
, IhiV success of the stage settings and
tlie final results of the show, ami it.
lias been decided that they be given
due reward by letting the aiidlence
watch them change the scenery from
the third to the fourth act." Wild ap-
plause immediately burst forth,
j Back stage, however, Ihe antioutice-
ment was received like a holt out ot
the blue sky, for not one of the crew
had been warned of the event, and
there were Muruils to light, and no
time to he noncbnlunt. Stage fright
seized upon the more timid, and some
i even went so far ns to denounce the
j idea because they could not afford
to risk their public reputations by
appearing in the dresses they wore.
; For others It was (he great moment
|of a llfptlnw—success in the flare of
'the footlights.
] What tha hell me sweep off the
stage In front of all that crowd? not
on yiuir I'jfe Who thought or tills
anyway"' 111•.. imd >'11vnc such remarks
were prevalent for ii riioment. The
shew had lo go nil, Jtowev er. and so
i I he« old troupers ciilnnaf jj,,. h'ss ev
perlenced and f"ld them to renu mber
.their deal- old Alma Mummy ,as they
fought to retain the honor of tlie Dra
matte Club
So, with the out burst <•>'• :i , operatie •
overture,- the valiant erew attacked
the huiulioo liiit. II..- i el ling disap-
pieared'iin tin direction of the clouds,
and the- furniture was skidded, carried
or thrown out - a side door to make
way for the new household,
Slniult.inemish the wails of the hut
, wer • taken Into oblivion in rapid sue
;cession until only the distant, -dreamy,
: tropical sea was visible through tlie
heavy jungle growth The only rota-
hap In changing front the south sea
I island to the drawing room of an
j English c astle was when one of the
| stage hands, rushing across the stage,
caught bis chin in a dangling loop
, of fope and almost turned acrobat.
| Luckily it happened just out of sight
j of the audience, thereby saving him
some embarrassment.
| As the last piece of the set. was put
Into ptyce, the clock showed that just
ten minutes had elapsed fyom the be-
ginning of the attack. Fertile record
time the crew received a big band,
and many a heart beat high over the
great achievement.
NEW MEMBERS OF
PRE-LAW SOCIETY
INITIATED THURSDAY
Initiation at Field House
Proves Trying Ordeal
To Candidates
They said there would be fctt initia
tion, utnl sure iinotish there wus
Thursday night tit ." .' a group ot
young gentlemen met r. the field
house to undergo the ordeal of Initia-
tion into the i're-l.au Association.
This group of gentlemen Included
Muster Trvon, Dwight Austin. Nathan
Miller. Jim MeAshan anil K. Pattoi:
In addition ty these, there weiu. per-
sons present who at first to
he gentlemen, but who proved to be
ruffians In-fore tlie program was well
under wa>
A' ting under tin advice .if one
Muddy l.vkes atul a certain Forest
l.ee Uidt'ews, as oonm.lltecjrieti. and
with Ideas of their >iwn, the members
I'-.f the club dealt mi-, r* to- the lit:
fiocent newcomers It. was Indeed s
great night for tlie boys, and for once*
certain people Wet-e ti«OWi.ji to give
something gladly namely, swats.
Hut it was worth the routine to be
come a prelaw member and although
none of those on the receiving end
were heard to say it was worth a dot
lur. not one express,-d a desire to -he
some, place else.
lit fact, the newcomers felt very
plttased with; their part in tli,e: affair;
"because they knew ti at th<\ *>t n
giving some people, not t(v, thrntion
the names of .certain rloncated and
other sawed-off p"i sou,i ehatu'e te
heat, on sottii'otie of i oursnv, ft" I* un-
derstood that those affording the fun
were blindfolded and utterly hcipiess
to retaliate to some of (tie blows
given by those enjoying their first in-
fliction of licks, It was really a
good opportunity for certain people to
inflict their first blows of a lifetime
upon some one within a foot Or two
of their own size.
The whole affair, however, was not
one of a gertea of unploasantrlea for
tbe above named group or gentlemen,
but It was certainly one of a Series of
surprises, for after dishing out sev-
eral Indecently tasteful concoctions
and giving out several uncalled for
electrical charges, the old boys threw
the biggest surprise of the night and
S honored their now fellow brethren
with cooling- delicacies across the
! street from the scene of Ihe initiation,
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