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THE THRESHER
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The Thresher, official newspaper of students at the Rice Institute, Hous-
ton, Texas, is published weekly from registration day In September to com-
mencement in June, except during holiday and examination periods, arid when
unusual circumstances warrant a special issue.
Entered as second class matter, October 17, 1916, at the post office in
Houston, Texas, under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription price: by mail,
one year f2, payable in advance.
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Editorial Stuff
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Spoils Department
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James Kay Kussell, Jim Ferguson
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Editor
Assistant Editor
Managing Editor
Associate Editor
Literary Editor
lousiness Staff
Jack Hanks 1
I. 'iaude Jlaor
Floyd Mechler
Louise Ashley
The America!* Way: Science and
David Dietz, science editor for the Seripps-Howard papers,
has written a series of articles now appearing in the Press entitled
"Science Takes Us Ahead," explaining why the American way of
doing things has resulted in progress during the last ten years, in
contrast (joiihtri^s of^ EJurope., :
Mr. Dietz disposes of Germany and Russia in about two
paragraphs each, and then proceeds to argue that in spite of the
depression, unemployment, and unsatisfactory business Conditions,
we should rejoice instead of worry. He quotes figures to show the
increase in business in certain lines, and then takes up industries
one at a time and statistically demonstrates their rapid strides.
Mr. Dietz is entirely too casual in his assertions. We don't ap
prove heartily of Germany, but not because we are convinced by
Mr. Dietz's arguments. For Russia, Mr. Dietz says "communism is
impotent" because the treaty of Munich was made without con-
sidering Russia. Even granting this premise, which we do not, we
are not willing to use military prestige as a criterion of the useful
ness of a political theory, We disagree with commuism on a few
points, but Mr. Dietz' argument doesn't register.
And then for figures. Mr. Dietz shows that more electric re-
frigerators, more electric washing machines, more electric irons
are being sold now than in 1929. This might be due to the increased
popularity of electric refrigerators. It might be due to the in-
creased efficiency of electric refrigerators. It might be at the
expense of ice refrigerator industry. It might be due to several
factors besides the excellence of the American way, Mr. Dietz does
not handle his statistics in a manner which convinces us that they
Sports Editor mean they appear to mean.
Staff Writers The entire tone of Mr. Dietz' articles is optimistic. We are op-
Statistician timistile, too, but not with the complacent optimism of Mr. Dietz,
| who says, "Don't worry. Everybody's happy, happier than ever be-
fore. Science will take care of us."
Business Manager: Science will not take care of us unless we apply it to more
Assistant Business Managerthan electrons and hydrocarbons. None but those are fooling them-
Sales Promotion selves will deny:
Sales Promotion The United States has an unemployment problem. It may not
' " be 1U per cent. It may not be 10 million. But it is so large that no
A Radical Departure lean be satisfied with the American way until it is solved. There
I:. \M Im-Ik! that the traditional form of a newspaper is not,are.those who claim that its solution is necessary to the continu-
t ,i- il to'the needs.of the Rice Institute weekly publication,1 ation of the American way.
! . -tiii f Of till? paper is considering a radical departutv from the The prospect of the government's continuing to deal with the
-u,t pi.i.. ii' b'.*.;. matt-rial and method of presentation. ; 'problem as it is now doing, by relief work projects, is dismal indeed.
I'll- iiev\:}>lan, may be established first i*sue alV-r ih« . The proposition || having the government cease to deal with
F<'bruary Examination;-, vvill diyide the paper as iollows: .tia- problem at all is not tenable. :
Page 1: Condensed, departmentalized news under the headings The administration and the congress have not yet proposed
-ports and dubs, with other sliorl news stories that do not fall in another alternative.
aiv. particular category. ' i' ' \\'e arc optimistic as wo look toward the solution of this prob
I'agen 2 and ;i: Entirely laid out with collection of literary he'l) us> ■But we want Slfl
i<if iaI, siudeiit"s themeH, essays, and papers on general topics of no,]of the cumplacetit optimism of Mr. Dietz that would have us sit
particular tmiehne.Sj-i. back and admire statistics1, charts showing the gains of some
J'age ill top half; .Main news, important coming events, im- American industries. It was not by; this method that America Was
pni nmt past events with timely nens value. built, and it is not by this method that America will grow.
r,it,e I. bottom half: Editorials, stall, the editor's column or Not science as Mr. Dietz sees it. but the scientific method of
si,me column of comment by in<li\tiluals. and letters from students., thought: applied to the operation: of .government, will take America
I'taJ Secures what ^emw t^btr desirable results, The ahead. We must, thiiik: about government as scientists think about
hjai'ii IfiVti;iii^itit:e(l'',inJ;he .acciispmed!place..'The-jteri)S! of less jrHi!sea'rch---evet''^pressing forward, ever trying to improve. |
inv! 'I'-J'ta'rict.;- will Vje ■platjiwi. in: concise, more or less statistical form,
"<*:e they may befjMuwJ'.easily ami read (juicily fojr the informa-
l d|14 til leader desjrOs. 11
Space Will thu, be s.-tved 1 the news and added room left for DOWN IN, OLD GRANNY'S PEA PATCH WHERE PEOPLE ARE
i;||| material to paj&esv,:l2;'and j|i: it: has lo,ng been held thai until . IUNNIMi AMI CK DOING ALL SORTS OF INTERESTING
,u Ii tinu t t •,Rin institute is large enough to furnish sufficient t THINGS ^
tiiVuHy |§t§|| and'tfimultanebusly support a maga-1 1'his is im editorial'about the: Dramatic Club, which deserves
..ita. tin1' 'wk kl>"'prtb|toiioii should be turned into an organ which 1 one, or a hat lull of medals.Only its members probably won't ap-
I i'i enl this i vue of inaiifcerial as well a$ news. predate such items.
I ),< mude pjurth vviII b< filled .omjjlelelv v.ith short stories;. Because the Dramatic Club?people are remarkable. When they
trv. y>.r aru-'.ityp'e o:f:creatiVe writing, with ,themes\(Mi technical.jpi't on a play they have, fun. and while having fun they are happy,
l|||i|«|||||a|! political subjects prepared by students for their which not strange,: except they have a funny idea of fun, or
it-e-j, |||| wjth fuller accounts of speeches, debates, lectuSlIsomething
. bt'forr" various'campits "groups.or.on ..special occasions.' Such..an idea ot tun indicates stutt on the ball. This is en-
')')>• * i<l«V;s. bt dividing 'the front .page1 at. the fold intbdowet- :arid :eouraii:Jig because: people with stuff on ;the ball are good for the
VipiM-r sf-ciions.' an idea not absolutely new. is l.ased on the hy- country, which is good for the world, which is good for the soul,
t..,, ... -|;at n.a.i.-rity of readers read tiu- front page by halves, which may or may not be worth having something be; good for it,
; holding it, l:oldedj reading tin- tap, and then turning it over td read i but is encouraging, anyway.
.■.the .bottom, Thus: this1,i'luiinge1 will ;in most eases present nothing Man is not a rational animal, strictly, and the Dramatic
i«. l i-m^'tu t lieicu*. 1 Club doesn't use any more rational procedure that it has to. But
ptu'iKise is fo^tiiriulate'student interest in: questiops of thei|j irrational stuff, the^ have got what meets with the,most ap-
.' a i'i v: qltostibij, scicial1, political,, economic, local, national, world- proval from the rational viewpoint. In fact, their irrational stuff
w'iik As fn tlio:'past. 'three weeks, in fact during tlie entire year, meots With more approval that lots of rational stuff
jMeftfa will be.given space to 'express' their opinions freelyon any I ' - — : 0— - - —-v-
, i in- ,-t'jAff win put its. opinions! in the editorials; Besidrthem' University Sentiments
viliI appear the (pinions of the students. .. Dr. E. E. Oberholtzer and cohorts have been considering the
Morning Mail
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Who Went To Germany?
Editor the Threuher:
If Mr. Jacobs is gratifiud, how does
he think I feel? Answers to my letter
out-numbered answers to his by about
ten to one. The bit; question in my
mind is now this. Who did so to Ger-
many last summer? I have had de-
scribed to me so many times what
I saw and did that 1 don't even be-
lieve thftt I went. Among my assoc-
iates wore a University of Chicago
professor, thu head of Munich Prep,
and a minister. I am shocked to learn
that these people are the German
government. For some absurd reason
1 had associated a man named Hitler
with t)iat set-up, In all fairness I
must say that it is quite possible
that the project of my friends had
official approval, as everything in
Germany does.
Mr. Jacobs wrote n fair and reason-
able letter last week. He continues,
however, to make certain baseless re-
marks which should be corrected.
He writes that black-haired men can-
not even breathe the free air "in Ger-
many, while the light-haired men en
joy all sorts of liberties. He has made
another mistake. About fifty per
cent of the German population, name-
ly those people living in the Black
Forest and in the Alpine districts,
have black hair and dark skin. Such
a remark from Mr. Jacobs, combined
with those in his "Civil Liberties,"
makes it easy to understand why the
foreign news in The Houston Post
so often resembles a cross between
a com icy strip and a rejection from
"Grizzly Detective."
Hitler himself is no chorus blond.
Such statements as I have just men.
tioned will confuse the minds of
Americans who are unfortunate
enough to believe them, and will
cause them to make decisions dis-
astrous to American peace. The
"hair" business is a misleadinti an-
alogy. J0
1 appreciate, however, iMr. Jacobs' j System, and the only thing lacking
Honor Or Proctors?
January 20, 10110
Dear Collins,
This is Glanvil batting the breeze
again . , . seems as though we came
out even last week on the question
of going West with Horace Greeley;
so let's leave the trifles alone and
turn to an important mutter here
at home.
I refer to all the quibbling and
beefing circulating among the stu-
dent body as n result of the publicity
given to and caused, by the Honor
Council since September.
"Let's preserve the Honor System,"
says the Council.
"What Honor System?" bleats the
student body.
Right there is the answer, So long
as the student body hides behind
the academic hedges, throwing gravel
into smoothly running machinery,
there can be no true Honor System.
The fact remains that a decided mi-
nority sets the example for the rest,
but what power these modern Pied
Pipers wield! And to carry the figure
of speech further, just like Hame-
lin's rats most of the students fol-
low the horn-tooters.
Why can't they realize the simple
equation, the more the derisive com-
ments, the'fewer the privileges? Why
can't they see the fortunate position
they occupy in comparison with'other
schools in the Southwest? All light,
if they don't want the Honor Sys-
tem as it exists, let them have a
whirl at the proctor system.
Let ithem sue how it feels to have
four or five proctors standing around
in the examination room; let them
see how the vultures flock around at
the slightest movement other than
shoving a pen across some paper; let
them sit and fidget, unUble to go out-
side for a smoke. 1 know what I'm
talking about.
Uefore I came to Riee, I had ac-
tive experience with U reap Honor
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Having- Fun, Or
If ■^"thnu'Eht1.;;that this;systemy if established, will iHiai^le11his
iMiJiliiiatii:/)!, t.i),;.4;e; H'e':all f lni 'pttri^oses. whii'h it has served !in ,the past,
idea of building- a 'fence around the campus of the University of
Houston to disci hi rage students who drop over to nearby estab
,unu in iuldiUoii viu u-igiit. and impetus to campuidiscussions andilishments for refreshments.
I'lrtiYiHe.^pa^: tor.'student writings of general interest. ■
i! The Issue ' ; ;
I he (jufMiun •'What are they arguing about-?" deserves soinfi1
att.eiTtrofi. ■ ' . : :
From personal conversations and from carefully reading the
ietn-rs submitted, we believe that Mandeville believes that the re-
|.,ri • from Germany are tremendously exaggerated, that the Amer-
ican public.is unnecessarily hysterical over the situation, and that
11ds exaggeration and hysteria are likely to lead the United States
into an unwise alliance with England and a war.
From periionaUc^nVersations and frdmi carefully reading the
letters submitted, we believe that iVlandevilie's critics believe that
the reports from (lt;rmany are not, exaggerated.
Mandeville does not uphold the German government. Mandp-
ville's critics, on the other Intnd, are as anxious as anyone to make
t-very effort to keep the United States out of war.
■fhere is then one issue between Mandeville and his-crities: to
una! extent are the reports from German exaggerated?
This point can lie argued on the basis of how much Mande-
ville and his critics know about, Germany and the reports, and how
much evidence Mandeville and his critics can produce to support
their views. |||!|;
There is room for some interesting and profitable discussion
on this .point. There is opportunity to cite specifjc instances, to
quote facts and thtt'sources of these facts. The discussion tan be
valuable to those who participate and those who read.
Without making any clainvs as to how the university students
as a whole feel about the suggestion, we know that many of them
find their sentiments expressed in the following:
Should we take offense because we're said to need a fence
To keep us from imbibing in wines and beer?
Or should we cease this infernal grumping and go out for
hurdle jumping
in order that we may reach this cheer so dear?
Or should we? <*
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\\ II A, t'niveridty of Wisconsin
i,-tilio station, has,. Iieen nameil the,
iiiit.stiiii'liiiir 'social service radio,:Sta-
tion in the Uft5te<! States for HC18,
The .so-called "French" tclephnne
is not Ficnch Ut all. It was invented
in this country by a graduate of
•'TrrooT<7p''1TmyiP«t titr,"trrRtt1^'1:'
A now study of evolution is being
made a I Indiana University, where
Professor A,, Kitisey is examining
PKl.ftiKi specimens of the gall wasp.
Three University i>f Kansas blind
-.Indents are earning their way
through college transcribing text
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per, electi'odes, iiii1: elffl||p|i tulie,: It
traiisf'irmer. some condensers, and a
T model I-'ui d induction cuil.
The transformer, takes current
from the 110-volt line, and sujiplies
i200l) volts to the electron tube, which
acts as I rectifier, Sending a pulsat-
ing dii-t'cfe current to that® the con-
densers up to 2000 volts.
In the headlight reflector is the
spark gap between the copper elec-
trodes. The 2000 volts is not enough
to jump this gap, so the Ford coil
breaks down and ionizes the air with
a 20,000 volt potential, and lets the
2000 volts from the condenser get
Stalled.
The Ford coil sends an almost con-
tinuous spark jK-ross the gap, at high
voltage but at such a small current
that little light is produced. The 2000
volts, however, produces a current of
about 1000 amperes, the resistance of
the air being doWn to two ohms after
the coll spark starts.
The voltage from the condenser,
hundred-thousandth of a second, af
ter which the spark ceases utltil the
rect,iliier again builds up the conden
jfer charge, which rcu)uires about half
a- second.'
To make a picture, the room iff
darkened, the camera shutter opened,
the 2000-y0lt condenser spark flashed
once, and the camera shutter closed.
For the firsrt pictures Boh used his
camera at f 0,.'i
Pictures of the flowing water and
the cracking egg were the first ex-
periments. In order to photograph a
bullet in motion, Bob explained, It
is necessary to incorporate a dhyratron
tube into the circuit in order to have
a mechanical means of firing the gun
and then releasing the spark when
the bullet has just left the muzzle.
The 'bullet is *ome quicker than the
hand, and the operator would be
lucky if he threw the switch at the
right instant.
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The University of Wisconsin has
just established the first library in
the world to be used exclusively by
however, is not continuously supplied, i blind students. All of its books are
iW^lrnsKtoOltrnf" in - the one -tmn-f-tn brtrfHir;
attitude: toward criticism, It is not
against Mr. Jacobs, but his journal-
at Riee is stolent backing.
ill, the past, some blame could
istie methods which 1 haVe written, possibly have been placed upon weak
There is no one who will not admit
that; the situation in Germany is un-
stable, questionable, and undemo-
cratic, To make the situation appear
iWot'.fe than it really , is does not help
matters.
The greatest detriment to Mr. Ja-
cobs' argument was the damaging
support which he received from sev-
eral of the hysterical Shakespc.ares m
our student body. It was against such
excitement that I was warning. If
they don't believe, for example, what
1 said about the German Labor Ser-
vice, the camps of which, Nathan,
old boy, I have visited and photo-
graphed many times, they may visit
the Rice library and confirm my
statements. Thu opponents Were so
excited and suspicious that they mis-
took facts from the library for for-
eign propaganda.
Now Nathan, you say that isolation
was a failure in 1916. Do you think
then that the war was a success?
'Continued isolation would have been
more desirable than our participation
in the war. We are now paying the
debts for the whole world and we
brought death to thousands of our
citizens in addition. Your muddled
logic astounds me.
After reading over the disorgan-
ized hooey which was offered up for
fifing (,'ouncils. The nine; members
of The 19y8-;jlJ 'Council, ho wever, have
already accomplished more work than
combined Councils of the last three
years. Dave Grant, Chairman;,, and
Jack Wilson, Secretary, have three
and two years' experience, respec
tively, on the Honor Council; under
their leadership the other seven mem-
bers tyre whipping into shape a sys-
tem weakened through the years
since its inception at Rice. And some
damfools have the gall to ridicule
their efforts!
Well, I've shot my wad -so until
next week, this is
Glanvil
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Theta, Theta, Who's Got
the Delta Rho?
Dear Collins:
I saw in the last issue of the
Thresher that you said you were go-
ing to have to work that problem
about p horses and q: bushels of oats
and r days, etc, but, knowing you as
I do, 1 felt it would not be fair of us,
your friends, to allow you to expend
your mental abilities on such hard
problems until you have had a little
more preparation (shall 1 say
"spring training?") So, with that re-
solve. in mind, 1 called upon Mr.
onsumption by the mob of studentjBlanton (of the Owl), and asked
opponents, I must admit with disgust him to solve it for me. His solution
that Mr. Jacobs and I have been could not be |#inted- ,(see Mr. Mc-
completcly out-classed. They sound i Cann for the reason), tho it may be
like a bunch of disappointed literary
hacks out for glorification. I prefer
to make peace with Mr. Jacobs and
watch the act being put on by them.
We.■■amateurs can't, hope to, compete
with such experts.
Yours very sincerely,
Charles E. Mandeville, Jr.
P. S. Notice to all the little am-
bassadors of the self-centeiled Brit-
ish Empire—You may cease your din
of horrible propaganda. Your king
and queen will spread it on thick
enough when they get here. Remem-
ber this, my many war-minded critics,
"England expects eVery American to
do his duty."
0—ilpfr.
After ten years of study by its
scientists, there will be published
soon lit Brown University a three-
volume atlas of the speech peculiar-
ities of New Englanders.
The department of printing at Car-
negie Institute of Technology has
equipment valude at more than $250,-
000. '
The first students of Villanova Col-
lege were required to furnish them-
selves with large silver spoons.
An Oberlin College committee has
just passed a ruling which says that
the college flag must be flown when
the college .is in session or on special
holidays.
had from him personally, I think, if
you will'get in touch with him. Since
my greatest hope had forsaken me,
and since Pete Burns was not avail-
able, I figured it but myself. My so-
lution follows:
If p horses eat q btishels of oats
in r days, then p horses will eat q/r
bushels of oats in one day, while one
horse Will eat q/pr bushels of oats
in one day. Now, if there are s
horses, they will eat sq/pr ; bushels
of oats in one day. Moreover, if these
s horses have t bushels of oats to de-
vour, it will take them prt/sq days
to do the jobj There, dear Collins, is
my solution.
Now, if you don't mind, I'd like to
relate a little incident which occur-
red in connection with this problem
which illustrates a eel-tain fact about
some courses out here. When I had
finished my solution, I sought out
my friend' J. Pi Nash, to have him
confirm my results.
When 1 found him, «l asked him if
he had a solution (I'd compare after-
wards), and he said,: "Why, -the an-
swer Is obviously u days. Don't you
see? p, q, r, s, u, so u is obviously
the only right answer?"
Now, Collins, I ask you, is that
fair? Just because the only alphabet
I ever learned out here (the Greek
one, for Math 210) didn't have p's,
q's, r's, and the rest in it, I ask you
now, is that fair? See what I moan?
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