The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, March 16, 1934 Page: 2 of 4
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The Rice Thresher
ESTABLISHED 1916
The Thresher, official newspaper of students at the Rico
Institute, Houston, is published every Friday morning
throughout the scholastic year except during the Christmas
vacation and during examination periods.
Entered as second class matter, October 17, 1916, at the
HAW3B 1%HM.,
$ OCIETY
Tntwday
"Ai*i®aern
Reviewed By
Are Freshmen Capable?
Are freshmen capable of developing their col-
lege education according to a plan which will give
them the greatest return in later life? Are they
apt to recall that plan, which was deemed most
feasible to accomplish the purpose for obtaining
postoffice in Houston, Texas, under the act of ATarch 3, 1879. j , , ... ■
Subscription price: By mail, one year, $2.00. Payable I the greatest benefit, as was outlined by the wise
in advance.
Campus office: 104 Administration building. Downtown
office: 607% Franklin avenue.
PETER MANISCALCO,
Editor.
EDWIN T. Mi CLAN AH AN,
Business Mgr.
Beginning this v, eek, this column will
appear under the auspices of the va-
rious class editors! To you ambitious
DIRT SLINGERS, we suggest that you
apply to your editor and obtain his
permission to carry on in our absence.
We. reserve the privilege of censoring
yoUr stuff before it goes to press, to
keep someone from cutting our throat,
teeded them, then those students are defeating Outside of that you are free to keep
and sage President of the institution at their Ma-
i trieulalion Address? If the freshmen students
JAMES H SCOTT, | have not kept those counsels in mind and
Mgn. Editor
ROLLO MOVER,
Ass't. Bus. Mgr.
The .Rally Club honored its senior
members and the administration of
Ripe institute with a formal banquet
at the Rice Hotel last night at &
o'clock. Places were marked at the
long T-shaped table for the Rally Club
members and their dates, with places
reserved for the speakers of the eve-
ning and the club officers at the short-
er table. Dancing followed the din-
ner.
• * * * •
A number of Rice students went
the purpose for which they have come to college. !"P GLORIOUS TRADITION that j down to Galveston Saturady evening,
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yi wind Lee
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Associate
. Associate
PHONES:
it is appropriate that we should, in the issue of this IWe *mve ef>tablished.
Editor ,DaDer honorine. us. redcdicate ourselves tn that or Sp-
it surely is amusing to watch the an-
tics of1 FRESHMEN. They really feel
dit.
tgn.
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Dapil
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jr jiti J paper honoring, us, rededicate ourselves to that orig-
— inal intention in order that we may truly develop I
our: college education to its best advantage. Should
f'KESIIMAN
Men1 ■ -i." U -.ji 21501 * ' "" "" | that they have at least reached the
r,Hio- -Pr ston 2902 [adjustments be necessary in the primary design, stage whcre mother doesn>t caU t0
I the basis and foundations remain the same. I YOUNG HOPEFUL'S date's home
i As lhc newness and glamor of a different, but to see whether he, she or it has safely
v K.utor -j pleasing environment, has worn away into the arrived. After struggling around this
rOHIA). STAI'I
iwiturc Editor
News Bditior
fivWijig KUitt>r
Sport;! Editor
cntific Editor
HpVi
'reahmen Review
word of no less an eminent authoritj
Mr.
mi', that this year's
erv favorably to the
March 10, to the Phi Beta Pi Medical
fraternity dance given in the ball-
room of the Galvez Hotel from 10
until 2 o'clock. A buffet supper pre-
ceded the dance at the fraternity
house at 8.30. Among the group driv-
ing down were Madeline Freeman,
Olive Home. James Lee, Paul Blair,
Ed Williams, Bill Francis, and Jack
Powers.
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seeming monotonous roundfe of study, have we kept ! campus for several years, we OUGHT : Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Foster Mont-
that. "inquiring mind," that "sensitiveness to spir- T0 KNOW! j gomery announce the engagement of
itiial values, and a will to work?" Only bv strict ' „RWWMWM * * * • , ' j|heir daughter Viola Catherine, to
FRESHMEN, the year is drawing to ! David Thomas Searls.
application ol these, can we acquire that scientific j a ^]ose. To you boys this will make
approach to the problems of life, the philosophic no-neyer-mind, but to you girls, oh!
temperment in dealing with them, and the mainte- jwha( a difference. Next September you
n C ,. , • will be met by new competition which
nance over all of a religious outlook, urged upon,; wU1 puU tlle same dxifnb stuff that you
: us lit the Matriculation Address, It. is this scientific (have so successfully {'•) handed out,
approach, this philosophic temperment, (his main- j Through necessity your naive simple
Mrs. T. A. Spencer honored Miss
Virginia Vinson with a luncheon this
past Wednesday at the Junior League.
Close' friends of Miss Vinson made up
the personnel.
u nance of ,, religious outlook that enables us to j "TJ'haS® "1° HARD"B0IIf0
j MANCHASING. Enjoy yourselves
insider that we have developed our college edu- j while you may.
have
lis v{
also
ar is
that, cation according to a plan which will render the
somewhat
>o early to
1 and high
sre are an
Mrs. A. D. McKillop and Mrs. Rad-
oslav Tsanoff complimented Miss Ruth
Coit, guest of Dr. and Mrs. Henry
Hnden, with a luncheon at the Cohen
House last Saturday.
■St id
i real.es! return in later life And among other things, what about .
.... , . . . | some of you offenders putting a dam-
U : reiterate the necessity for maintaining an m- jpvJ. on your voico? This app]ies to all
■ (ui111il.■ mind; for only through it do we progress, you girls, not only FRESHMEN! If
obtaining greater knowledge through the searching ' >'ou can t do enough ndvertiisng with
1, . j , the gaudy clothes, why add insult to
ol 11.e jilt, is so easy for our minds to become , . *, ,
' ' injury by disturbing our liealthyy sleep
dorm:hi' .liter the stimulation of newness wears off, j in the 'elnssroojtfS. After all. it is
just at ihe time when it is necessary to be most ■ SPRING!
"" ' ' hl ' '' ' r(m°w 0Ut ,esoUt: to I Among other things that impress the I In box parties for the fifth concert of
the old instilu- the ' Houston Symphony Orchestra
Miss Carolyn Olschewske, bride-
elect of Donald Longseope, was hon-
oree at a seated breakfast and hand-
kerchief shower given by Miss Jean
Shainbaugh on Monday, March 12.
Dr. and Mrs. R. A. Tsauoff and Mr.
and Mrs. James Chillman were guests
lations we consider.
In
casual FRESHMAN is
manner, it is pyobabl.y true that our lion known as Biology 100. Here,
i spiritual values has become dulled, among other things, <Jije learns the gen.
i Monday evening.
or if you hava not vet obtained.
Mil art of throwing paper .wads, how to j .
lib,
; make eyes or lies at the assistants, and 1 EB, Pre-Law Dance
!•-> thi filler values of Isnglish lit- thr daily exorcise of applauding at the : *~i • 7VT r 1
• •Miphy. and of art, then it is vours . proper time. This lust is all IMPORT- j IjOHlllllttCG IN am C(1
fires again, or for the first time, . AN I j
. , I Members of the Owen Wisler Literary
! ,xlm w',lc" VVf! ''m Then there is the story about the | Society were defeated by members of
•• • practically and less in an abstract sense, that .Instructor's work that was stolen from the Elizabeth Baldwin Literary Society
tl will to work. If the reader is of the opinion I its frame and handed in to the grader, j in basketball Tuesday night at St. Paul's
- him to work from the standpoint ; and Lo! 11 comeback marked "UN- i gymnasium by a score of 38 to 23.
, -ii SATISFACTORY! - What is a poor Playing with the E. B.'s last Tuesday
it own alti'iushc motives alone, that person is FRESHMAN to do' { were: Ray Wntkin, Susie Buford, Ruth
sttiken. For it i- by His efforts that will be de- ' * ♦ v j Wright, Sally Allen, Virna Guthrie,
At last we haVe discovered why it j Gladys Marie Deering, Kathryn Parker,
ities. .On th(
officers
ither hand, tl
theliisiory of th
J - '
ekx.'tion. I here
terminpd the success or failure of his life. He is
re largest vote j'o cletcmiine in a large, measure, that success or
e Institute Uv the dfjgree of diligence that he cultivates
His willingness to work is likely to ere- and particular!,
is thpt Freshman,girls are given such;
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.ILS
olio
FRAILS new,
|Jumb. Tiiese little
rcefulness in him which will be appliVa- }MVOn'1 !o rjcd «" . c •„
and those upper-passmen take delight If Pony Smith
in SHINING. Gals, you had better I ——
and Henrietta' Cargill The O. W. L. S.
<"*"TnKf ■"T""1 .waB : I<^iUxsyrA$n*
son, MSry Louise iBlohhi, Marforle
Boyd, Marjorie Nutie, Jean Slater,
Roberta Woods, Elizabeth Lloyd, and
"A Modern Tragedy," by Phyliss
Lewis was reviewed for members of
the Owen Wister Literary Society by
Mary Virginia Wall at the meeting of
the society Wednesday afternoon.
Announcement was made that the
basketball team of the society will
play the Pallas Athene Literary So-
ciety team next Tuesday night at 8
o'clock at St. Paul's gymnasium. The
O. W. L. S. played members of the Eliz-
abeth Baldwin Literary Society last
Moyer Chosen New
Business Manager
At a meeting of the Students Coun-
6il Wednesday, Rollo iMoyer was ap-
pointed assistant business manager of
The Thresher to replace' Joe Caghion
who resigned recently order to de-
vote more time" to his studies.
Moyer will serve as business man-
ager next year and his assistant will be
elected in the general, elections in May.
SPECIAL.—Any Toasted Sandwich and Double Rich .
Malted Milk—25c
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"FOR SICK OR WELL, WE HAVE IT"
these ideas, we may curt- • get a head-hold or
•n are capable of developing their I nexl y°ari '
, . , .„ for GREENER PA:
according to a plan which will
.'.reatt'St return in later life, to the
y apply sound reasoning, sensible
xceedin,; diligence to that plan.
Harry N. Holmes
Bring in your.
t)nwm. Also trade,
points whanged.
Fountain Pen
Building.
those elusive boys, ! Somebody Wants to know why is it
ley will be looking ; that, the man who can't manage things
; STORES. I here alwoyS leaves jr* will telling, how
I he wants them'1 managed when he's
old Pens, we buy
All makes repaired:
Desk sets repaired
Hospital,
Watches repaired and regulated in
„ - '1S hmirs. No more waiting 1 to 2
GDI Kress | „ wiu B q k. jf (rom B 0.
Kreiter. Kress Bldff. Ijobby
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"1 miis for Easter Fete at
Rusk Settlement Dis-
cussed at 'Meeting !
were
ml in the
'lull there j Monday,
ive minute I House.
A most informal and
meeting of the Y. W. C.
March 12. at
trl
tune v <>f i
no (Vvi'M.
•n are oh
. more res
very, year
-s an exceptional
■ lack of self-ro-
li I know better,
.vhen signing the
vurh
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iiiemoe
III
. institute. The ntajority of
s are proud to : upport this ori;aiii/.a-
i;i t<, foe done with those who refuse to
Mr honor seiribuJily?
.may be a habit developed in high
wholesale cheating there is no secret;—
Hits; but saeh a habit must not be con-
illet'c The Honor System rme t be up-*
Alter the reading of the minutes the
meeting was turned into an informal
discussion with speakers l!tlking on
various subjects of timely interest..
Those takjng part were: Eleanor
Smith, who, spoke on the use of cos-
metics, Thelina Dixon speaking on
pure food laws, Coralee Eberspaeher
who .vfiuke on child labor laws. Eliza-
beth John ton spoke on requirements I
ity ie.e:nners place to play po<
se. there Would !>• no . (ol- teaching, Mary Jacquline Oliphantj
ipoke on helping the needy, and Jac-
i'queliru; King an interesting profes-1
i sioris for women. After these various
'.speakers, Miss Eileen Vandaveer of the
Y. W. C. C led the round table dis-
eu&sion of the topics.
The Y. W. rnombcrs are planning an
Easter party for the children pi; Rus'k
settlement which will he the Friday
i before Easter—March 30. All mem-
i hers are asked please to bring their
! Easter baskets and money.
— i The next meeting of the club will
i'lie optometry department at Ohio State Univer- | be held at the Y. w. c. A. building
■ i i, j .. v, i in the broadcasting room. An inter-
;t\ selected a .student at random to be examined ' . .
• . jesting program will l>e given by sev-
by the students of the department, i'-aeb one ex- i wal weU kll0Wn entertainers of the
aniined the flunky's eyes and all produced their ] city and all members an? invited u>
prescriptions for the glasses they believed were ! attend. The hostesses for that meet-
1 ' . ,t , . ' , . , inc will be Vrlmn Dixon. Signti Hoos.
necessary- All .admitted that th eeyes were more K)x.r!<pnch(,ri Mary 0nr
or less weak, but no one of them discovered that j ;,ncj Margaret Smith.
of the student's eyes was glass. j ~~\Ve sell Conklin71parker, Sheaffcr,
Swan. Wahl-Evcrshnrp and Waterman
Bens. Also Pencils to match. Names
engraved FRKE. Fountain Pen Hos-
pital. 601 Kress Bids:.
ffifits *
one
Furniture trade note: "There is a quick turnover
in French cabinets."
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