The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 5, 1916 Page: 3 of 6
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THE THRESHER, OCTOBER 5, 1916
Wtth *"d tea <md vMom of hitrh
SUent and ttiM forever above the Eavth.
On the frost-ftrad Plnnaetas of Thought:
Descend—for the worM atckana. Come,
be owtft!
Fait tike & fatchton through tht< draadful
Ktoom,
Here where we Me. and dta. and throv
Ood'a <;i ft
To murderous Idota: aave utt from out
doom;
areat Science. auoh for thou dar'ot doubt
the truth:
Stater of Btara and Mountatna; for that
makea thee Truth.
(Dedicated to Str Wttttam Ramaay.)
I cannot conetude thta paragraph re-
capitulating the toaaea we have auatatneA
during the year wtthout reference to the
passing of three maater aptrtta in tetters,
acience and art. whom we had hoped to
associate with the opening daya of thta
Institution in ita ftrat academic festival;
the iate Henry Jamea of London: the iate
rtuaaian acientiat. Dr. EHe Metchntkoff,
successor to the iiiuatrioua founder of the
Pasteur Institute in Paria. and the iate
Wiifrid Ward, the great Cathoiic editor
of Dubtin.
Some Chrontctes of the Hvtng.
From thia aad buaineaa of the dead,
theae our dead who shall iive in our mem-
oriea and in the recorda of Rice, I paaa
to aome chroniciea of the living. " Tia
not the waiia that make the city, but the
men." aaid the Greeks in the very daya
when they were buiiding and beautifying
their "ahining, aong Camed. vioiet crowned
iiiuatrioua town." Even ao may we para-
phrase that saying, Tis not the haiis that
make the college, but the men. Not
bricks and mortar, but men and brains
make the univeraity. Whatever of beauty
and strength may have been wrought in
its setting of brick and mortar, in ita
men and brains are to be sought the
springs and sources of the striving, sen-
tient soui of the university. Jt has sud-
deniy become fashionabie to speak of the
sou), to beiieve in the soui and to seek
to save the soui—the soui of a man, the
soui of an inatitution, the soui of a na-
tion. the aoui of Engiand. the Herman
soui, the Russian soui, the soui of Eu-
rope. the Bout of America, for the war
has set the worid to taking stock. As
in cycione or shipwreck, individual and
Institutions have been brought sharply
face to face with eiementai things. Civ-
iiization, commerce, culture and the con-
duct of iife have suddeniy been caiied to
make and give account of themseives. Jn
the reckoning historians and men of sci-
ence have come in for their share, for
Hurope blew up in the wake of a decade
of economic and peace conferences, na-
tional and international in character.
History and politics have been charged
with deliberately misleading the people
und science and engineering blamed for
the machinery of destruction made pos-
sible by their very deveiopment. The fact
of the business remains, however, that
history and science are both on the same
road, however far each of them may be
from the attainment of its goal, for both
would read and interpret the present in
the tight of the past, with a view to pre-
dicting the future. Their votaries hardly
merit the masterly gtbe of a son of the
fatherland:
"Cott welss vie!—doch mehr der Herr
Professor.
t!ptt Weiss altea—doch er, alles blesser!"
They are att on their way. The object
of their history is the history of the fu-
ture, and the object of their science is the
science of the future. This doctrine is
especiaiiy comforting to an institution as
young and as new as is the Rice Insti-
tute. The prophet of yesterday, at no
time a shrill one in our midst, may. per-
haps. give way to the historian—and iet
him be a sober one—of today and tomor-
row. for our academic life is already one
college generation iong. And four years
is a long time in Texas, iong in deeds;
not long in duration.
m«tor!cnt Sketch of tbe Untveratty.
As a chartered corporation we are five
and twenty; as a coitege with university
aspirations we are four years oid. We
are older as a corporation than as a coi-
iege because of the founder's determina-
tion not to buitd the institution during his
lifetime, because of the distressing condi-
tions attending his death and the proving
of his iast wilt and testament, and be-
cause of the resolute deliberation with
which his trustees set about developing
the plans of the foundation. Thus it came
to pass that the corporation had attained
its majority by the time the college had
accomplished in Its being the miracle of
aii living things in coming to life. And
the wise men who came to the christen-
ing struck this chart from the stars of
its birth time: The Rice Institute, a uni-
versity of iiberai and technical learning,
founded by Wiiliam Marsh Rice in the
city of Houston. Texas, and dedicated by
him to the advancement of letters, science
and art. In its earliest days a univer-
sity of science, an institute of research
and instruction, of teaching and investi-
gation. providing also through h*tmane
tetters, history and philosophy the ele-
ments of liberal and general education,
as well as those of more special and tech-
nical training: in a setting, for the city,
community and commonweatth. of great
physical and spirituat beauty, as weil as
of more immediate and equally practical
utility; for the future no upper limit to
Its educational endeavor in its devotion to
the creation, cultivation, advancement and
application of knowledge, by instruction
and by investigation, in the individual and
in the race of human ktnd.
Thanks to the trustees, facuity. and
students, this promise in the sky is being
translated into performance on the cam-
pus. Thanks to the faithful stewardshjp
of trustees faithful to a sacred trust, the
Rice Institute is a solvent institution, and
solvent in a sense that few solvent edu-
cational institutions are sotvent. for all
the funds of thta foundation have been
kept tntact. not alone those for perma-
nent endowment, but also those for per-
manent or passing maintenance and equip-
ment. Out of this income, has been pro-
vided at) the material property which you
see. including the purchase of these 300
acres, the construction of these half dozen
beautiful buildings, their roads and walks
and tunnels and trees, their libraries
laboratories, ahops. and machines. Out
of the tncome have been provided four
years of spiritual development, invisible
to the eye but enduring beyond the days
when these buildings built for a thousand
years may have crumbled to dust. Out
of the Income, has been provided a sink-
ing fund already of considerable dimen-
sions in six significant figures, to repair
the natural wear and tear of material and
financial depreciation.
Thanks to the high aims and fidelity of
the faculty, the standards of Rice are
high standards—high for admission to its
opportunities, high tn scholarship and sci-
ence and service and sport after admis-
sion: standards animated by the spirit
of research and the service of diacovery;
standards secured by freedom to seek the
truth may lead: standards sustained by
respect for the dignity and destiny of the
human spirit, by faith in the capacity of
ihat spirit for progress: standards sup-
ported by belief in the power ot human
reason and the power of human feeling
to solve the universe of our experience.
Thanks to the students of Rice Institute,
the fame of Rtce ia a fair fame, the name
of Riae a good name, wherever men know
ihat name and fame. Thanks to their
jealous care, these stately buildings and
snacious cloisters are being preserved in
nil their beauty. Thanks to their fore-
sight and vigilance, democracy lives here
and lives alone. Thanks to their initia-
tive and independence, we apend laborious
daya under a code of honor with the aeif-
reapect of self-governing men. Thanka
to their enterprise and enthuaiaam. our
aoctety ia finding ttaetf in a new way of
univeraity living in America. Thanka to
their presence. Rice ia a perennial foun-
tain of perpetual youth, conatantiy re-
newing our iife—the Uvea of att of ua.
truateea. faculty, atudenta. and frienda—
in the immenae joy of iivtng, of being
atrong. of being young, of hearing with
thumping heart the firat caiia to work, of
iooking with (taming eyea upon the fair
face of wiadom. of preaaing eager feet to
adventure's high roadway in the worid of
thought and thinga. with muscle, nerve,
and spirit tense for any trial or test of
strength.
Appointment* Heid hy the Urat Graduates.
Thirty-six of these students went out
from our haita iaat June with the Brat
degrees of the Rice Inatitute. Of theae 3<i
ftrat graduatea the following six are re-
turning to Rtce as assistants tor the com-
ing year: Miss Aiice C. Dean, U. A., sec-
retary to the library committee; Hiss
Ruth Robinaon, H. A. reader in Kngttnh;
Robert E. Cummings, H. A., assistant in
phyaicai education; James i-<- Hramiette.
5. 8., Wiiiiam M. Standish. U. S.. and
Herbert W. Wither, B. S., as assistants
in the chemicat laboratories. Further-
more, as many as 10 of the graduates wiil
be returning to the university for a fifth
year in architecture, engineering, letters
and science. Waiter W. Marshnll, H. A.
(Ohio State), At. A. (Rice), iate feiiow in
bloiogy at the institute, has accepted an
appointment in the hlologicai department
of the University of Minnesota. Ivan it.
Ciede. ii. A., enters the Pennsylvania
Schooi of Fine Arts on a scholarship pro-
vided by J. 8. Cuilinan of Houston. Miss
Fay E. Dunseth, H. A., becomes teacher
of Engtish and German In the Orange,
Texas, high schooi. Edmund M. Dupree.
B. 8.. has a position tn the testing de-
partment of the Genera) Electric Company
at Schenectady. N. Y. M<tps Leta J. Hoar.
B. A., is teaching modern languages In
the Clarksville. Texas, high school: Oscar
F. Green, B. A.. English In the Houston
high school; Miss Nettie Grimes, B. A.,
mathematics in the Texarkana. Texas,
high school; Miss Opai J. Halt, B. A., has
a teaching position in the Houston puhiic
schoois; Miss Elizabeth H. Kaih, B. A.,
is engaged in newspaper work in Houston;
Ervtn F. Kaib, B. A., has gone into the
cotton business with Hubhell, Slack &
Co.. of Houston: Carl M. Knapp. B. S.. is
In the emptoy of the Houston Uight &
Power Company: Miss Edith i. LeeBe-
mann. B. A., is teaching in the Houston
pubtic schoois: Wiiiiam M. Nathan, B. A.,
has been admitted to the Harvard Gradu-
ate Law school on his diploma from Rice;
Eimer E. Shutts. B. S„ is entering on tht-
practice of civii engineering at Lake
Charies. La.: J. Browder Spilier, B. A.,
becomes a student In ttf medical depart-
ment of the State University at Calveston:
C. Harcourt Wooten. B. A., enters the Har-
vard Law Schooi on his diploma from
Rice: Ralph D. Longtey. B. A . is with
the Texas Company at t'ort Arthur, Tex-
as: Casimer P. McKenzte, B. A.. be-
comes a student in the medical depart-
ment of the State University at (ialves-
ton: Miss Sarah Roach. B. A., ts teaching
mathematics in the public schools of Or-
ange. Texas: Otto Watts. B. A., is teach-
ing science in the tlroveton. Texas. High
school; WiiHam J. Sldis. B. A. (Harvard),
late fellow tn mathematics, has entered
the Harvard Law School.
Changes tn the F acuity.
Several changes in the Rice faculty
have already been given public announce-
ment in the newspapers The trustees
have authorized the following promo-
tions: Air. Evans to be professor of pure
mathematics; Mr. Watkins, assistant pro-
fessor of architecture; Mr. Arbuckie, as-
sistant professor of physical education;
mathematics, anit Mr. tteyer/instructor In
philosophy and education.
Leave of absence for one year from
September 1. 191R, lias been granted to
Air. Huxley, assistant professor of biology,
who ts returning to England this autumn
to offer his services to his country. It
ts likely that Atr. Huxley win he asso-
ciated etther with some one of the scien-
tific bureaus of the government or with
hospital and ambulance service at the
front. A host of Houston friends will
follow him with warm wishes for a speedy
return, a return which he writes will be
an eager one. and, he confident)} hopes,
wtth abundant strength to resume his
work at Rice under full steam ahead.
Many American uiversitles—Pennsylva-
nia. Princeton, Harvard and Stanford, to
name but a few—have members abroad
on leave of absence etther for service
with the colors of the central powers or
those of the a))ied nations. Of the 10
surviving Rice Institute Inaugttrai lec-
turers. excepttng three, who are citizens
of neutral nations, a)) are in the service
of their respective governments, namety,
those of Engiand. France. Germany, Italy
and Japan, etther in an advisory capacity
or actively at the front with the armed
forces now In conflict.
Francis Kelly, instructor tn architec-
ture during the last academic year, has
entered on a partnership for the practice
of his profession in Minneapolis, and ac-
cepted an lnstructorshlp at the Univer-
sity of Minnesota, and William J. Van
Stcklen ts resuming at Stanford Univer-
sity work tn research which he had un-
der way when coming to this institution
as instructor in chemistry <wo years ago.
New Appointment*.
For the trustees, faculty and students
I have the pleasure In welcoming to the
tasks and comradeships of the university
the foDowtng gentlemen, who are coming
to Rice for the first time this autumn:
Edgar Altenburg. AT. A.. Ph. D. (Co-
lumbia), of Elizabeth. N. J.; assistant In
biology at Columbia University: to an ln-
structorshlp In biology.
Walter A. Blakeslee. B. 8c. in At. E.
(Illinois), of Kansas City, AIo.; formerly
with the Westinghouse Machine Company
and lately with the Ford Motor Company;
to an instructorshtp tn mechanical engi-
neering.
James O. Chlllman, Jr.. AI. Sc. in archi-
tecture (Pennsylvania), of Philadelphia:
assistant In drawing at the University of
Pennsylvania; to an instructorshtp In
architecture.
Frederick J. Lewis, B. Sc. In C. E.
(Alalne), of Springfield, Mass.: Instructor
In clvtt engineering at Pennsylvania State
College: to an instructorshlp in civil en-
gineering.
Frank D. Murnaghan. AT. A. (National
Univeraity of Ireland). Ph. D. (Johns
Hopkins), of Baltimore. Md.: fellow by
courtesy of Johns Hopkins University: to
an Instructorshtp in mathematics.
Gelard L. Wendt. M. A.. Ph. D. (Har-
vard), of Boston. Mass: Austin teaching
fellow of Harvard Univeraity; to an in-
atructorshin In chemtatry.
Stanley D. Witaon. AI. A. (Wesleyan),
Ph. D. (Chicago), of Chicago. 111.; formerly
inatructor in chemtatry at Washburn col-
lege and the Untveratty of Kansas; in-
structor In chemistry at the University of
Chicago; to an instructorshlp in chemis-
try.
Hubert E. Bray. B. A. (Tufts). M. A.
(Howard), formerly instructor tn mathe-
Varsity Fifty-Ave is a good Friend
NY of you young varsity students wit! And that a
Varsity Fifty-five Suit made by Hart, Schaffner &
Marx is one of the best friends you can have.
The feHows—the giris, too—wi!! judge you very iargety
by your appearance. Varsity Fifty-nve wiM speak for
you; it wil! show youc good taste; neip to give you con-
fidence; always good iooking, and like a good friend, "wears we!!."
Here's why we caH this a young man's store:
(][The smartest designs on
the market in clothes.
Some of them with betted
backs; some p!eated or
pinch-backs; others have patch
pockets; different tapets; two
and three button coats, alto
overcoat#,
an J up.
<l]We have gathered here
the most extensive and won-
derfu) assortment of Manhat-
tan and standard made shirts.
Ctevef iooking shirts you fei-
low* are looking for. New color-
ings, in madras, cords, sitk and iin-
en mixtures; rich, heavy si!ks,
<y/.75 on J up.
^[Tatking about Hats!
weii here's the greatest
ptace in Houston to get
em. Young men's styles es-
pecially lively; soft hats, der-
bies, caps in newest shades, at
prices tow enough to make
them doub!y attractive.
an J up.
GET EM WHERE THEY'VE GOT 'EM-AND GOT EM RiGHT.
AT THE STORE WITH THE STOCKS.
Hutchinson & MitcheM
404 MA!N STREET
mattes at Tufts College and at Lafayette
")Heye; to a fellowship in mathematics.
Thomas P. Frizzell. B. A. (Texas Chris-
tian University, of Knox City, Texas; to
a fellowship in biology.
Frederick Tt. Lummis, M. D. (Pennsyl-
vania), of Houston. Texas: medical ad-
visor to the committee on outdoor sports.
to Mce and Motmtvn.
In welcoming these new colleagues of
ours T venture not only to speak for the
college, but also for the city and its hos-
pitable community. These gentlemen wiH.
! believe, tlnd gratifying evidence that the
prophets of letters, science and art at the
Itice Institute are coning to be not with-
out honor at home. As a matter of fact,
this evidence has become voca! and one
hears warm and genuine appreciation ex-
pressed for the growing spirit of good
wiii, understanding and feitownhip be-
tween the university and the city, the
college and the community, the < itixens
and the coiiegians, the captains "t indus-
try and commerce on tne one hand and
on the other the scitoLH^ and scientists ,
whose work is fundamenwtl to al! progress !
in commerce and industry. This good
feeling found most insptrlng expression
in a testimonial dinner which severa!
hundred of Professor Stockton Axson's
admiring friends gave at the Hice Hot**!
this iast summer to signalize their pleas-
ure in his recent decision to make Rice
and Houston his permanent home. Ar-
rangements for the occasion were made
by a committee of citizens under the
ieadership of Air. Jesse H. Jones. Tele-
grams oP congratulation were read from
the president of the United States, the
secretary oC the treasury, Coionei E. M.
House and other distinguished publicists.
The toasts of the evening were called by
the Hon Frank Andrews and to his caii
Dr. Hamstein. Mayor Campbell. Judge
Car wood. Superintendent Horn. Dr. Ja-
cobs. Dr. Rears and Judge Stone respond-
ed. It is not unfair to the performances
of a briiliant evening to say that they
cuiminated in the ciimax of Dr. Axson's
own response.
MreeHnuM to the An* <!te
t niter*!ty of Texan.
Quite as pleasant as these reciprocal
community relationships, have been the
reiations which from the very start the
Hice institute has enjoyed with the other
educational foundations of Texas. Last
autumn on the opening day of our fourth
academic session 1 was commissioned as
a spokesman of the university to forward
a telegraphic message of good will to the
Southern Methodist University at Dallas
on the occasion of the inauguration of
that institution's educationai program un-
der the auspjees ot? the Methodist Epis-
copal Church, South.
Today we have equa! pleasure in sig-
nalizing an event in the history of a uni-
versity directly under the patronage of
the State by sending the following tele-
gram :
Dr. Robert Ernest Vinson. Austin, Texas.
Houston, Texas. September 26, 1916.—
lly the Rice Institute in opening convoca-
tion assembled I hav<? been instructed to
convey cordia! greetings and good wishes
to the new president of the University of
Texas. Edga* Odell bovett, President.
Co-operation of Friend* and Gift* to !tiee.
We have also many other messages to
express, grateful messages to friends of
this new institution. We are grateful (o*
the city of Houston md the county of
Harris for providing the Alain Boulevard
by which we are brought into the city in
residence as weil as in interest and spirit.
We are grateful to the city park commis-
sion and the administrators of the Her-
mann estate for the transformation, now
in process, of our immediate environment
from the wiiderness ot' the woods to the
inviting beauty of a forest park and
its gardens. We also share in the
fortunate circumstances that the owners
of several private estates in our vicin-
ity are participating in this work of
transformation. As warmly do we ap-
preciate the co-operation of a growing
number of citizens and corporations of
the city who have been assisting the
committee on recommendations in secur-
ing opportunities for self help to deserv-
ing students of Rice who are obliged to
meet in whole or in pnrt their living ex-
penses while attending the university.
It is not possible to mention a!! of these
friends by name at this time, hut con-
spicuous among them are the Texas Com-
pany. the Rice Hotel, and the municipal
government. Furthermore, to this same
end. severa! generous gentlemen who de-
sire to remain unnamed have made possi-
ble a students' loan fund to be adminis-
tered front the president's office. More-
over. we shatl soon ne in possession of
the handsome trophy cabinet which is
being made under the direction of Cram
& Ferguson, supervising architects o!) the
Institute. This beautiful piece of wood-
work and carving is a gift of Wiiiiam Al.
Rice, Jr., vice-chairman of the board of
trustees. We have already had pleasure
in making public acknowledgment of the
Lechenger cup for intersoclety debate,
the Shotwell & Harris medal for indi-
vidual debate, the Ervln F. Kalb cup and
the Sweeney cup for outdoor sports. To
all of these our friends I have the honor
to express for the trusteea,*.facultv and
students the university's mdwf warm and
sincere thanks.
Makers of
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Shirt Makers
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PRESTON 2
W'-tcomr and Cham? to the Student*.
Four years ago today the drat ctaas of
the ntne Institute assembled tn the fa-
cutty chamber. Bach succeeding autumn
tt has been my fortune to receive In turn
the young tadles and genttemen of the
classes of 1P17. 1918 and 1919. Todav T
pass on the darning torch and burning
cross to the young men and women from
whose ranhs are to come <he Hice
graduates of 1920. You. as were your
nredecessors of the last four years, the
Hrst four years of Hice. are the outrldaM'
nf a host, the torch-bearers of the sun-
dawn. the conquerors of a new day. the
+ Academy
Instruction in Chissic. BaHroom Dancing and Physim!
Education. Dancing Every Kventng Except Sunday.
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J. A. Kiibter. Proprietor
OPPOSiTE THE CAMPUS
forerunners of a thronn that ia ultimately
to be many thousands strong. Ami as vnu.
listen to my Words of welcome to the
good cheer and counsel and comradeship
of this piace. your fellows and predeces-
sors require that you hoid one faith with
me: You must beiieve in the power and
value of human reason; you must love
beautiful things and consider them Im-
portant: you must believe in the good
and the beautiful and the true, for thelr
own sake; you must seek the great and
the lovety and the new for your own
sake; and, above alt things, you must be
enthusiastic Cor your fellowmen. Other-
wise the spirit of this place will fail
either of meaning or persuasion in your
lives. Hut if this spirit come with mean-
ing and persuasion into yHtH* lives, vou
wilt find freedom and faith here and the
fellowship of friends, for we ourselves
have found here the feliowship of friends
and faith and freedom. The phllanthropv
of the founder's fortune will be your for-
tuhe; the faith of the University in the
capacity of men and Institutions.'o! indi-
viduals and nations, for progress, will he
your faith; the spiritual and intellectual
freedom of the i!lce institute will make
and keep you free spirits: the friends of
Rice become your rriends: its future your
future also And the relationship will he
point by point a reciprocal one. for your
future will be Its future; your friends its
friends; your fortune Us fortune.
We therefore trust, and as confidently
hope, that each man and woman of you
Is to he In the days here and hereafter
the Happy Citizens and the Happy Col-
legian In the character of WCWlsworth's
"Happy Warrior":
Who, with a toward or untoward lot,
Prosperous or adverse, to his wish or not.
Plays, in the many games of life, tlmt one
Where what he most doth value must be
won;
Whom neither shape of danger can dis-
may.
Nor thought of tender happiness betray:
Who. not content that former worth stand
fast.
hooks forward, preserving tn the last,
t'rotn well to better, daily self-surpast.
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