The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 20, 1919 Page: 2 of 4
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THETHMM8HEB, FEBRUARY 90, MM
THE THRESHER
A weekty periodical pubiished by the
studentH at the Rice Institute at
Houston, Texas.
Mnttued as second-ciass matter October
17, 1916. at the postoffice at Hous-
ton, Texas, under the Act of March
3. 1879.
Subscription Hates.
l'er Copy 10c
i'er Term 50c
Student subscriptions provided for in
Student Association membership fee.
courses, but when it comes to class meet-
ings the same old "mere handful" turns
up and ciass spirit iies inactive.
It is no sin for the new student not
to realize the importance of standing by
their ciassmates or the benefits of ciose
friendships made at school. That is for
the upper ciass to demonstrate. The
fish have shown good "pep" this year.
As a ruie, they beat us aii in attend-
ance at the games and the volume of
their appiause.
Get the idea in the proper iight-—
ciass spirit is the greatest step in creat-
ing coiiege spirit.
Business Office. Room 104 Administra-
tion Building.
J. it. Shannon Hditor-in-Chief
)'. 1'. Hobb Managing Hditor
Xoht Ait ('arty Associate Editor
Oraiutttt feck.
. Business Manager
W. H. Dei] Circuiation Manager
Anna Pchimmer Asst. Cir. Mgr.
How about a Co-op on the campus
next year? Competition is the life of
trade and may be wiii iengthen some of
our iives. This is the thousand and
first thing for the Student Association
to look into. Think it over!
S. K. Davis Athietic Kditor
W. ii. \tuier. .... .Asst. Athietic Hditor
Staff Reporters.
.!. i'. .ittttnutatt i'. Joitnsott
.). it. Peterson i. Bromberg
M. S. ^ict'ornuodaie H. K. Maddrey
t'. H. iieckers
)L ii. Heath, V. M. C. A.
A. Cain, Hx<i)anges
.\l;nit'itte 'siiUs Ct'acef.eain'
rentu Tiilie iiirstit
)';i()n'!'!ii<' i<uein: t'ad Worthatu
The Catttpaniie is getting under way.
The pubiishing comtnittee has been
working hard and the Year Book prom-
ises to be as good as ever before. It
^s a promise as yet, however. The re-
sponse to the picture taking notices wiii
count a great deai. At present this is
ait important. Time is the thing that
counts.
'i'he copy must be in the hands of
(he pubiishers within a few weeks. The
pictures are the most important part
and must be ready on time.
In previous years the deiay caused by
some few, who persisted in waiting tiii
the iast minute to have their picture
made, has made the book later than it j
woutd have been otherwise. We trust !
that this excuse wiii not be vaiid this !
year.
!;uby Sum!)
Sat aii Lane
.Marie Louise Hog
i.ouif-'e foreman, V. \\*. A.
'.asjicrson, Mettorah
Leata Smith
Aiary t'iarke Weir
H. ii. i„ S.
tut: nom; STHKK H.
Mid-ier!as are over, but not <mite for-
got).)) in most of us they were an
'-ye-opener. H we weren't aiready
aware of tie- we found out. that
"e were somewhat over our heads and
paddiiuR hadiy uith Ute iife iine siip-
pian Uttoitpli our grasps.
That is to say. most cf us did. Com-
pared to the scores at the end of the
m.-t-haif iast term, 'the grades, a
w)ed' . may stack up ral iter favor.!l;iy.
i'.tt) that is aot the point. We had a
reason for being beiow par then and we
haven't now. or if we have, the office
den't sc il that way and wiii not he
*,ii)ing make the aitowances that
were conceded, at ieast to the S. A. T.
menthers. before Christmas.
Which means that we are going to
have to take the matter seriousiy our-
seises and. from the present ontiook.
do even a iittie more "boneing" if pos-
sible. The great amount of extra work
that has been thrown upon these iast
two terms may mhke this warning seem
tudicrous, hut nevertheiesc. it is true.
W< wiii have to work and pray for
mercy in Jdarcit. Ftnais wiii be on us
in a iittie more titan two weeks. Let's
knm kie down a iittie harder and make
tiie percentage of tinnks this term enuat
y.oro.
During the past two weeks some
monstrous strides have been made to-
ward compieting the Catttpaniie by
graduation time. Aii contracts have
been iet, and iikewise, most of the ma-
jor factors of editing have been decided
on. Henceforth, the Catttpaniie staff
wiii have numerous occasions to ask
the student itody for heip. So far, the
different individuats who have been
asked to aid in some particular work
have characterized a wiiiittgness which j
is most commendabie. Let this spirit !
of "wiiiittgness to work" continue to I '"ati,
grow, as the majority of the Catttpaniie!"'^^"
work is yet to be done.
It is very necessary that
Omenta.
I.
Oh. Math, was hard,
And Physics was, too;
Hut Chent. was the thing
For which I said, "Adieu."
I'reshie-FIunked-Out.
II.
So read on the cars,
And ruin both your eyes."
Quoth our beloved Dr. "H."
Then, hoping to be wise,
I did, and diligently.
And what was my prize?
A nteasiy little old "3."
One of the 400—Eng. ciass.
III.
"Rome was not built in a day,"
Thus the historians say.
Yet ail our Profs, seem to think
That even an ordinary "gink"
Ought to be abie to write
Three or four themes in a night.
Sorrowful Sophomore.
IV.
Lives of Seniors ait remind us,
We can make our dreams come
true.
And departing, leave behind us,
Records of the things we do.
Jealous Junior.
V.
Oh, it's tests and it's themes,
And a thousand such things
To keep me front nty dreams!
Yet the joy that it brings
Me to know that I "passed"
Makes iife sweet and worth while!
And tho' my joy may not last,
I stiii study and smite.
Freshie-Who-Stayed-In.
—-W. M. B.
Wade
What do you
your dinner is
-I eat
Embarrassing.
Mr. Tsanoff in Phit. 210:
what is good'?
by saying that
good?"
the entire! ^ - "Hut, I don't say that
ttnient itody^Mtve their pictures made!'" Commons."
within the next three weeks. This j
means that every individual must go to Overheard,
the photographer immediately. To not Freshman Chemistry is so easy be-
wait untii the iast mot&nt, as unfore- i cause the Lai), assistants do ail the work
seen causes wiii inevitabiy stow down the pretty girls."
the impetus, without it being aided by i Carefui, now; don't complain about
the student body. The Juniors and gating Lab.!
Seniors wiii go to Mr. Gray on Fannin
Street, and the Freshmen and Sophs
wiii go to the Edwards studio, above
Thompson's iunch room, on Main
Street. The Senior and graduate stu-
dents wiii pay two doiiars, whiie the
remaining students wiii pay $1.60. '<
t 'LASS SPUKT.
The high and mighty Seniors at iast ;
ha\e organized. Soon they wiii appeal !
on tie eampus with cap and gown and
ram* to make us feei the insignificance :
our own iowiy state. After mm hi
pow-wowinK and secret conference this j
method was decided upon to impress
upon .their ton er coiiege mates the dig- :
ttify of'titeir standing and to perhaps!
make something for the world jn gen-I
oral to stare and wonder at. Thank !
heaven, it is only going to he once a j
week. We can't predict, hut we do
hope, that the new attire wiii be more
heroming than some of the not Quite
forgotten khaki togs. We can't seem
m get out of our heads the picture of
the first morning after "our" uniforms
latne in from Camp Logan. Oil, weii.
lime will te]). f
Vet- the Seniors are organized. The
other ciasses need to be but are not.
We need more ciass spirit. The Juniors
have just a iittie touch of it, but there
is a marked sptit between the academ
and the engineer.
it seems that men and wemen who
have gone through the same ciasses for
three years.endured the same hardships,
the same joits and knocks and who are
aii striving for the same end and pur-
pose that ever eiusive degree—ought
by this time to be having some common
interests and grounds for getting to-
gether.
The extent of any senihiance of unity
between Sophomores or Fish without a
doubt doesn't pass outside the ring of
mock organization which is formed
every September and graduaity dies out
after the first few weeks of introduc-
tion. What is needed is a spirit of loy-
aity in each man to his own class.
Hali spirit is aii right. It wouid be a
tine thing to have a spirit of "sticking
up" for the east wing or the new dorm
and to have teams front each and some-
thing of the old inter-company rivairy
of army days. No doubt the day is
coming when this wiii be true, too, but
it has had no beginning so far and pros-
pects are not promising much at pres-
ent.
Perhaps the best way to bring this
about would be by a cioser underspend-
ing between men of the same ciasses.
No plans have been published so far,
for any inter-dorm activities. Why
can't the oid interclass contSKts be re-
vived? This would be a quick way to
get ciass enthusiasm.
Just as school "pep" became dormant
when we were at war, ever so much
more did ati signs of ctass activities die
out. But now with things going in the
oid-fashtoned ways, the tife and effer-
vescence have returned. They are made
manifest in the halts and in ctoister
There are certain habits that are be-
ing formed among the men in the dor-
mitories that are most discouraging.
These habits, especiatiy those pertain-
ing to the mess halt, if carried on much
ionger, wii) form customs that wiii be
detrimentai to the good name of out-
dormitory tife.
Surety, no one wouid expectorate on
the tioor of his home—yet this is what
is constantly happening in our haits;
nor woutd your room at home be in such
a depiorabie condition of untidiness.
As for the mess halt, such things as
throwing food, the mad rush of the
"grub hounds" into the mess hat! at
meat hours, and the various states of
<iress"and undress that some of the men
see fit to appear in at the tabie is dis-
couraging and at times disgusting.
You men who have been in a weit
organized company in the army know-
that such things as throwing food in
the mess haii, even where there is a
mixture of a tow ctass of men, is prac-
tical}' unheard of. The sergeants are
(here to see that this is not done, and
in a way act as big brothers, atthough
at times rather mean big brothers.
Why can't we discourage such ungentte-
tttaniy act in the dining room, and if
necessary iet the upper ctassmen act as
big brothers? If a high state of con-
duct is to be obtained here, sureiy the
upper classmen are the ones to set the
exampte, because the incoming Fresh-
men wiii certainty imitate his actions
and dress; so upper ctassmen, bear this
in mind. Above all, tet us place our-
soives on a plane that wilt make a man,
who comes to the table in underwear
attd bath robe, appear as ridicutous and
despicabte as he reatiy is.
Diplomacy.
Praise the Profs, a tittle
Profess scholastic pep.
It aids in passing ilnats;
It sho' do he p.
Fish:
yon ?"
Soph.:
labor."
Economic Question.
"How does he make iove to
"I shoutd call it unskilled
Hard iatck.
She sent him a cake—
It arrived on Sunday;
The thanks that she got was
"Ptease wait until Monday!
My room was full of boys!"
Shcpphcrd's Masterpiece.
I'll hang my harp on a wiitow tree,
And off to the wars again;
My peaceful home has no charm for me,
The battlefield no pain.
For the lady I love witt soon be a bride
With a diadem on her brow.
Oh, why did she Hatter my boyish pride?
She's going to leave me now.
I't! flush my pate cheeks with wine.
I suppose the great poet started a
new verse with the tast tine, but. aias!
the great work is incomplete.
Fish Ego.
His lingo, friends, was mighty queer,
We Fish on that tirst day,
Just couidn't for the tife of us
Catch what he tried to say..
'Twas ' Cease that gab, you gang o'
geese,
And give attention, too.
There's something that I'd tike to get
'Cross these foot-tights to you."
And then he walled his pea-like eyes
And cake-walked once' or twice—
We tater found that was the way
He took to "break the ice."
He pounced upon a great big book
And read in tones, his best,
Then said, "Just press the button
friends,
Let the reader do the rest."
He talked about otd Noah's ark,
And twins that toppled o'er,
And a hundred other crazy things
We'd never heard before.
Of course, you upper ctassmen can't
Interpret this, I fear;
We've found it takes the brains of Pish,
The Greek of this, "old dear."
Eganhouse!
The wind blew down the cloisters,
The lanterns swang with grace;
Girls rushed across the satty-port,
Opticians took the case.
Heware of Substitutes.
We understand that "taps" stitt
sound for the slime. We'll hazard a
guess that most Freshmen found the
good otd discordant bugle more com-
forting than the vigorous belt.
Clarity.
A trustworthy Freshman, who writes
shorthand accurately, handed the fol-
iowing in as an excerpt verbatim from
a French 100 iecture:
"Despite the fact that it looks as
though we should not be wrong in using
this form, still we mightn't according
to the strictest authorities."
Uh-huh. Now, wouid you—or would
you not?
Familiar Sayings.
"Let's go to town."
"There go tny afternoon winnings.'
"You win!"
"Funny bet."
"That makes it hard on the boys."
Barret!!
McAdams says that these returning
lieutenants are getting pretty doggone
Hoggish!
Adept Entertainers.
We trust that no one wiii take of-
fense—but, it is rather hard to refrain
from caiiing to mind a pointed obser-
vation of our Sanitation Prof. Last
term on the "sole function of the specie
shavetait." If Mr. Sands could only
count the leather "puts" that go squak-
ing down the cloisters now!
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The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 20, 1919, newspaper, February 20, 1919; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth229819/m1/2/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.