The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, October 7, 1932 Page: 2 of 8
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THE BICE THRESHES
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The Thresher, official newspaper of students at the Rice Institute, Houston,
Is published every Friday morning throughout the scholastic year except
during the Christmas Vacation and during examination period*.
Entered as second class matter, Octobor 17, 1018, at the postoffice in Hous-
ton, Texas, under the act of Mafch 3, 1879. Subscription price: By mail, one
year, $2.00. Payable in advance.
Campus office: 101 Administration building. Downtown office: 607'a Frank-
lin avenue.
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THOMAS GREADY Jr Editor-in-chief
A. S. MOODY Jr. . Business Manager
JOE ARTHUR KOCURKK Mana«ing Editor
EDWIN McCI.ANAHAN Assistant Business Manager
TELEPHONE NUMBERS
Taylor 8758 Managing Editor Wayside 7090
Hadiey 8305 Downtown Office .. Preston 2IM)2
Editor
Business Manager
Makes Appearance
Hie first issue of the Rice Aiumni
News for the fail of 1U32 eamo out
October 3. The magazine has been
enlarged and two new members have
teen added to th? editorial staff. They
are E. R. Millis, '17, and .GaHnor
Soule. '33. 1
Si concise but adequate character
sketch of Jack Meagher, an "ON TO
DALLAS" appeal, and Dr. Lovetl's
matriculation ' heiress tit the twenty-
first class i-.re the feature articles. An
editorial by Mr. Millis appeals for
fund:, to keep Rice the leading school
in its district. '
Several personals, a few announce-
ments of various school activities, and
a new policy of advertisement com-
plete the fosuo. Throughout the mag-
azine is felt an appeal to boost the
Ix patriotism of srtudonts.
Issues of the news will follow this
one in November, December. February,
These should be brought back !lApvil' and
Keeping After the Slimes
'l ho handling of slimcS this year has been qitije an improve-
meflt over last your, hmvevor, freshmen are now showing Signs of
unrulii.css. Already a few of them have doffed their dinky t'ftps
and adopted more beconiing headgear. Many of them have already
forgotten that they are freshmen
to a i eali/ation of their position. ^ . ,
Rice is a college, and it consequently should present to a certain j vj1U1)S JVlUSt Apply
extent, a io!legifi'te atmosphere. The antics of freshmen is one of For DttllCe DatCS
the s.mplest nvHhods of inipivs.-mg outsiders with the fact that we
| October 14 has been set as the dead-
h«,ve a Muderit body tus Wi'U flf1- a toot ball team . . line for petitions for dates of dances
When we sav that the slimes should be put through, their paces i to be given this year, according to. Gor-
' , i i i r n i . don .Nicholson president. Organizations
we do not weili to imply that they should be unduly liazeci, or rre re<juos>ted to «end in tlteir applicp-
I. rl at. all for that matter, however, a few timely licks are cx- nons immediately n no extension of
, . , .. ,, T . . time is contemplated by the officials.
'■ t ii: ~ s tor. (he pro<u.k1 t. lot i of instant obedience, 1 in z i n Li Is The rleadline was aiuiounced lasj.
taboo,?i'a:ti IteteSlI
ti 'it ■, -.lend we must aubsfUute absolute coopef'htion i week, but only a few groups have ap- j jail. And to be exaci
„ r V Will • j . , . lilted, The next student council meet- u„.. o[ tile student
*«<>• lh.- M<|jl lomo.'e class president has made a ^ will b<> ,m October 17 and all pc- i y|,„r t|~ cc
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..■tudein, Ik
- tart, Hut things
With Saturday's same still fresh on
our mind, the Oasser couldn't pass up
the opportunity of taking a crack at
cute BECKY BECK, "hula hula" en-
tertainer of L. S. V. deluxe. Boy, how
that woman did entrance the Rally
club bunch. When the L. S. U. band
broke Into "Hold That Tiger ^ the ush-
ers forgot there was a game going on
and watched BECKY make KELLY
SCOTT, JAP TRASHES, and other hip-
shakers of the gridiron green with
Jealousy.
Incidentally HERSCHEL VAUGHN,
that dark-haired sheik from West hall,
and JOHNNY COOK came nearest
making a pretty good impression on the
lass, FRANK HURLEY forgot about
The Owl long enough to sing her
praises, while HOB HANNON. "CHICK"
CHAMBERLAIN. "CHICK" MCCAR-
THY, "GOAT" STUART and about ten
iHhers took in the show. Try and keep
that Rally club bunch at hame in 1933.
The honor guest, HUEY LONG, lived
tip to expectation:: wheit-to ...kto,, the
world behind about half time. He was
heroically supported for picture poses
by the mayor of Houston, the Rice
president, and other notables. Well, [worse,
after all, he probably didn't find out
his team was whipped until sometime
Sunday.
the dance thrown by the Student
council last Friday turned out to be a
I fir and flop. Eighteen dancers, one stag,
and three spectators made up the af-
exact not a single mem-
council was there.
Contents Are
,y Reviewed
By Thresher Writer
Eyes of Saturday afternoon football
fans were attracted by the flashy
black, white, and green cover of the
"bigger and better Owl" which ap-
peared as scheduled at the Rice-T, S.
pi game.
Student opinion seems to fancy the
attempts of the magazine staff to emu-
late the Houston Gargoyle in the fea-
tured "Merry-Go-Round." What the
Gargoyle staff thinks has not yet been
reported.
With us still are the highly sophis-
ticated book reviews of Ruth Lough-
ridge and the cleverly portrayed Char-
acters of "Spotlight", the former
"N, B.'\ drawn by Erie Rawlins.
"Credo", the standard for the year
set by the editorial board of the Owl,
is theoretically perfect and meets with
the ready approbation of the student
body.
Rapid progress in the art of acquir-
ing "filthy lucre" has been made by
the business staff. The four-page in-
crease over the issues of last year is
beautifully taken care of by advertise-
ments which are, incidentally, attrac-
tively laid out.
The jokes are just about the same
as of old—no better, and couldn't be
are lis;
i he jUBh|n
toot ball '.gaji'ic s
st-at.s roped. I'll
rounded by
iu'.ki. touch noise, >•.1 cr;
>i < 'vjhb'o >tudent se< li< i:
IPP . , council had trouble
beyond ihe control of one tjupns will be considered at this ses- i Students follow the council's
.-Siu" kliw. This year they seem to be hav-
r~ in« (rouble doine what they figure out
l;mvxng all freshmen .sit in a special section at ihe RALLY CLUB VOTES j ibertiselves.
fa ;i:, excellent one. There should be a group of TXT pf'y'tj MEMBERS *+ +
' ' - -4 V the frosh; Ordinarily, when ,«r-
girls arid i n..periil«SS$p«y& Ire.-Jiruen are too timid to1 The Rally club membership was | ^oQtetle?. "Gigoloes" are being roped
to-.On.r and they will out-yell $ 58 Mo,wli,-v, night «f n«w in by the members and then put to
^ * member, were voted in at, the regular uwk Usua„v these boys nre
uei-k j mefetmg Ben Cash, Ewell f,t.s|1I1K,n. It is then their duty to take
I- htnon should peridrii) :-ome caper at each football game;, and 'll <*""• > •><eady, William Me- OU| sonK, r)f ^jlc |oss popular freshmen
: , . : , ... , Ul at all necess.u s ier , nlorcetnenl. Many of the slimes 1 feiwSlp " ^ ?:'ls" and |ve !hem, ? ,he
, ,, ,| . ,, ' , dances, so that the club would HftVe
. . vir.rr to part .cipate m any piece of bttlh >nery that the in«em- Next Monday the club will have to $orru. reas0n' for taking them in.
.- 'phoMiotvs 'mitjht invent. ,Wn more students to raise the Rice students without blanket taxes
Having the .siimes get down on their kne.-s and pray for victory 1J&aS Bam|Pp ^ 'disused ll^thTSerSi big tolShoo^'la"
1 the last [;amc was an example of the benefits of such a plan. New members are especially urged to jsl.m,nc.r announcing with a grand IUn-
i'iieir i>t\!yers weri'VtHiswered. This would hav'e, been much .more !'''1enf' lhe .meetings. ,;'|sh thai, Rice's tickets would be
T II £ AT E ft S
from the stage, "The Engenues," beet
known girl band in the world, 18 beau-
tiful girls with Thenar Laeey, iljiwe-
use; from the radio field, Wally Jack-
son and Edgar Gardner, those two radio
personalities, assisted by Miss Dorothy
Adams from Station NBC, in "Micro-
phonies."
Ilfailll WEU'S ■
Even the most ardent thrill-seeker
will find his share of excitement and
blood-curdling situations at Loews'
State theater this week where Metro*'
Goldwyn-Mayer's "Kongo" holds prime
screen honors.
The film was banned from the screen
for about ten years bccauso of racy sit-
uations and sordid Voo-doo rites.
Leading roles are taken by Walter
Huston, Lupe Velcz, Conrad Nagel,
Virginia Bruce, C. Henry Gordon, and
Mitchell Liwis.
Zazu Pitts and Thelma Todd in
"Alum and Eve," an M-G-M comedy,
and a Silly Symphony in technicolor,
are added for comedy relief.
K1RBY
Starting Saturday! A new George
Arliss picture' is always an event of
importance to the motion picture pub-
lie, and "A Successful Calamity"
promises to exeell all of its excellent
predecessors in popularity.
The story deals with an American
family of great waalth; a great finan-
cier, his young and lovely wife and his
two children; all of whom find them-
selves so busy with the pleasures and
duties imposed upon them by their
money and position that no time is toft
for the enjoyment of real family life.
Starting Wednesday: Presenting sueh
popular favorites as Charles Parrfll,
Joan Bennett, Ralph Bellamy, Eugene
Pallette, Irving Pichel and Minna
bel in a vivid and colorful story of
pioneer days in a California mining
camp, "Wild Girl" offers many pleas-
ant surprises.
Both Parrell and Miss Bennett give
portrayals of a now type.
METROPOLITAN
From medicine Man to President!
From an itinerant medicine show,
George M. Cohan is catapulted into
the White House in "The Phantom
President," Paramount's new comedy
sensation opening at the Metropolitan
in Houston for the current week, with
Jimmy "Schnozzle" Durante, and
Claudette Colbert adding to the merri-
ment. I
The nation is bemoaning the fact
that "the country needs a roan." Into
the breach steps the medicine man
with a panacea for all national ills.
Blair, who has stsadily lost ground
with his would be lady love, Claudette
Colbert, plans to have Varney kidnap-
ped and the medicine man turns the
tables.
All watch and jewelry repairing
guaranteed. It will B. O. K. if from
B. O. Krelter, Kress Bldg.
tTecnye however with about a hundred eteenies performing in the
ter i! the (gridiron,
!i ■ . I'tyone cooperated, tilings could be made more
>..pp< i classmen, outsiders and even the freshmen.
duced because of the depression. Where
are the $1.50 tickets of other years?
interesting
MEAGHER'S MEN-
junior tackle,'"are due' to^open the havc to bcar tho 'eduction nadc to the
game. It these two show signs of weak- I "iairweather" fans and "wolves" down-
MAJESTIC
Biilie Burke, once famous follies girl,
and wife of the late Flo Ziegfeld makes
her initial appearance on the screen
in "Bill of Divorcement" the new screen
attraction opening at the RKO Ma- j
jestlc theater on Friday <>i this week. !
The play stars JoKn Barrymore and |
deals v/ith the mental ills o.f an Eng-
lish shell-shocked war veteran It is 1
not a divorce problem play, neither j
does it touch upon the tragic results of I
a sudden marital discord, nor does it
in any way attempt to draw a moral
from domestic Infelicity or unfaithful- i
ness.
On the stage is brought Hobart Bos-
worth, in person, star of 500 pictures :
boys roping in the freshmen girls, PAT- j
SY steps out and captures CARMEN j
BRANDON, slime halfback who broke
into the spotlight by scoring a touch- j
down against the varsity in practice.
He's a former Oak Cliff high star and
was the "nerts" at Saturday's dance.
Ask LOIS!
JAMES THOMAS having a hard time
Evident illy Rice students are goinp to i taking care of MAURINE THOMPSON,
slimess from Houston. GLENN AL
Lost Social Library
LEN, God's gift to the Rice women
oning, "Sinokev" Klatu-nev or Herman -town. f- ^ .and lady-killer deluxe, arguing with
Conklin will step into the breach. Lou ft; * . JOE KOCUREK as to which one should
Hassell. all-confcrence star last yar, Ac'c' lovejuice victims: try to take her away from THOMAS,
'may break into the Rame il'Jnpeossury. BOB TALLEY atirl MAIi,Y HENS-j -f-f
The center of the Rice line' will be ^'EY- This .is still a-hangover from last I People with sad faces;
;,t.;sde:hU'V.:ere iH||gM of-their last cQtliinhi) nifeeting place. W0H fortified with' the return of Al- J>'ear- 11 has even passed the "puppy: ALICE LYNN BOYD wondering)
lb the retiwn.d *'1 tables and chairs from the lover beit "Red" Dickey, carrot-topped ,ove" stage. where BO BOHANNON is—MAR-
., i, I , „ v|.„|.Vl I . '-'"ai d Hal Michelsoit and Dickey are LOUISE RAC.AN .,nd "TWO-GUN" | CARET LAWSON wishing CHARLIE
: ' • ehetluled to start the game with Perev PARKER—anothei} Vttalr starting last j HERBST would get transferred from
i'ii I'-.U'C
iji.i r.i.r
campus
Students
lt'i|ow
ijif
iv J^rbaulen even 1o speak above a
w
IK'Ctl
i I.-':. I site libraries: This is indeed
•ah; i . n: .',.d tin ..nihiiriia would reei.yni/.e ihe
■ v ireading room wild e; sludimts' could at lea-i
■ •; 11 -.i■■ or' obUun h 'ip;:iitV,,|thp)b Va.tious ..sUld'wf,;
i i ■ ■ 11 ■ 1 i'a v e) i: \ i i man;, t ♦"V.'piaiiit
t hresher .ibV.'i-ii iJlfe . luatii.-i'
The'-f i ii:',b:-\v .vyh'o be bevy .that the
: Burk and Bob Seiiutw;'rearing, to tear (year. A former AggV "yell leader whom j the East down to within a hundred or
unfortunate. It ! hi li.mt'l'hi bc'nch. Fay .Lagow is ,ait Mhe Rice co-ed has ( -t going her way 1 so miles of Houston—SARA STREET
i-: with a lirokeh: hatid. Odis Harris, all : Even roots for the Owls this year, | coming over to the Autry house to 1
" ., * ; eonfe!;enee pivot man of the Owls, gives j except on November II. play bridge during .her off hours since
the. Birds a decided advantage over the | MARIAN DUNI.AP and JACK RICHARD MOERS is gone—MELBA
•Xl-.'-;flt>rst>sy-''Hiirri-ei.s^M-fiaps the deadliest': KNOSTMAN Anotf-r pair of archi- . SL1MPIN still looking for someone to •
tiieklei ;Oiy leunfereiice , gridirons this . ffCts, KNOSTMAN .astored hypnot- hand the line to that BILL WALLACE
..... -.inI ., olendid diagnostic iau of isni last year in P- ■ liology 200. Can swallowed last year—HALl'lE BETH I
I'lMal olav, K,t H-.rider «f Dick I.auter- : i! be ll| has the girl .ioled' TALLEY waiting for KARL KARNA-
'sucial library ' doe, nr.y we plintv <•! swic:> if the ♦' KAY for the Saturady night dances
/corning l.o ihe eilliee i'i| The.;
iti mere lltan.good';
■c ht'Iai ly |,i i?:-1iu.e by Hie
Tla \ tear dial. jRilce' bisUtuit: may
n;aintenane(' a!' :u-ii a library.
.Tbbi:.c;:= Ir"in
< boojfis'. ai-bl;--irtct;b#fe.;'''' ,B||§|| a''.vi.::;w - howe\'ei-..' Wou!H," hot
iy li-ilirraietl, -li-y arrv -bnjad-mmcied person'!- "j'; b;i-;;
I'll ;i--„ die'aci-ivi).!.':;-.'.of-^d'tHdajs tn..,;:ibai:idouing die "'tipc.iid. .library"
!dead-. Sl(s' lai'i believe, students can vet more eood i,nt ef solid .
- .o ' n' 'esl .aid reference: books;Ihnn they c;m by an interchange ;
i t di i in a i-otTiiiiQiV room, du-n ihe present condition is all right,
(.'a the odierUiand i.t -is a fact ih-at a major part of what a student
< mil 'id ' (jjlege uptnes irotin his cmiromnent and association with
i-#iiei idi-ide-iij-li.,.;C)-ii;.„t:his. j.ritu-ipa 1. j as || 10 educational system til
< )\!'ord.'i-';.t.abl.ishet;lj and, about: it Stephen Leacoek says, "The real
rhinu lor die stU'.lent i.s die lile and environment that surrounds
him, AH that he' ton 1 ly learns he learns, in a sense, by Ihe active
.-iperation of. his iiw;t;i intellect and not as the passive recipient of«
'.ibetii.res,"-: .. .Uf'iVSj v'.1/;^V,;'':'.'';1b:''"b',-jb.'-bb,:;'bl':,ib;',lbv
Nv> tloiiiii, (lie instdufie is hampered by Jack of lifirary spaced Why
:-a i| ||| not' i ,t;-'pSblbi, to ct^nverl one "f the present rooms which
,i-i'vc as libraries into a sort of reading room where association may
lake place on a large scale. If this is considered impracticable, then
the least; that should be done would be to allow students to con-
verse with each other and st tidy together in one of the existing
libraries;-1-.; ' - j||||||! rig .,i|;:,:.,v'.blb:i;. j!| .ibb ftflifslfi Silpl-11
Tiiere: would he a lew (.'ceent.ric students who would oppose,, such,
a plan on tlie . grounds that the' talking annoys them. For these
there are other libraries in almost every building in school.
Any move to replace tlie social library would have! the hearty
-approval' of practically every student at the Institute.
"'r-C'- :'' i'.^V;'; f; ^
':Nt > gabie:man ever hears'lhe1 cotint of ten1;, 4- he is up before that ".
decide ilbiilklttneh,1] an aet'fa] i
LOIS PATRICK ft I,,
the gang. Tired of
<1 a fast one on since WALTER JUDD graduated and
eing upperclass j joined the chain stores.
Gehe Tunneyv
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Conceit may
Kttskin.
puff
.man up but. lie
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him up. ■ John
'.'Our act.-, make or mar us, we are the children of our deeds.-
Victor Hugo
They that govern the most,make the least noise.—John Selden.
It takes a smart person tt> know when he is acting a fool.
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