The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 27, 1919 Page: 3 of 6
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THE THRESHER, MARCH 27, 1919
Page Three
!t ta 3,496,ST! mliaa from Kokomo
to Terra da! Fuego, and farther than
that from a wasted income to a bank
account, but W. 8. 8. wilt bridge the
diatnnce.
KODAM—Hn^htna and
The oniy exclusive Kodak
House in Houston.
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Texas Photo Supply Co.
The "Owl
J. A. KHBLER. Proprietor
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THE PROAL
Juniors make your dates for the Jun-
ior Prom, the best dance of the season.
Friday. May 2. is the date. Arrange to
pay your eiass dues as soon as possibie.
Ciass '30
FRENCH.
Students of French 200 are eiigibie
to membership in the French Club of
Rice institute. AH who are interested
piease see Caidweii McFaddin or Oiive
Echei.
Juniors
MT. PAUL'S MICE CLUB.
Members of the St. Paui Rice Ciub
ate invited to the outdoor party to be
given in Hermann Park tomorrow after-
noon, Friday, March 28, from 4:30 ttii
8 p. m. Lunch wiii be served, so come
directly from iab. AH others, who are
desirous of finding a reai iive Sunday
School to attend, are especially invited.
Come and enjoy just one of these "fa-
mous " good times.
1920
ENGINEERS.
Regular meeting of Engineering So-
ciety Thursday night of next week. Fea-
ture program to be announced later.
Eats.
J uniors
SOPH. THRESHER.
Graham 1'eck wiii act as editor-in-
ch tef for the next ciass Thresher.
Sophs, show your pep and put out the
best Thresher yet.
WE TREAT YOU RIGHT
EDWARDS STUDIO
WCM GR/1DE P/VOms
712 FANNtNST.
HOUSTON, TEXAS
OUR STANDARD MAKES
That have proved satisfaction, together with our
correct fitting—is why so many men buy
Shoes of us.
HAMAMS $12, $13, $14
HAMMERSMMHS SPECtH
M. !9, $10
* \ HAMMEHSMWHS MONARCH
M.50, $7.50
303
MAIN
MYSTERY.
The (ft?) Ciub meets tonight.
Don't forget!
Ciass '20
THE CAMPANILE.
The Campanile staff entertains numer-
ous hopes of having the book ready for
delivery by May 25. Vigorous ticks
are piling up every day.
There are some fifty students who
have not had their pictures taken. The
Campanile cannot be complete uniess it
has every single individual's picture. In
one sense of the word, the book wiii be
a faiiure uniess it has the entire rep-
resentation of the student body.
Through patriotism for the book, if not
through pride, attend to this matter be-
fore Saturday of this week.
Subscriptions wiii be taken by Mai-
coim Lovett, Dewey Reeves and Miss
Cad Wortham, for those students who
are not members of the Association.
Two doliars and Hfty cents ($2.50) wit)
be required for the initial payment: the
remaining two doiiars can be paid upon
delivery of the book. Kindly see one
of the above mentioned people as soot;
as pssibie in order that some definite
knowledge can be had of the number to
be printed.
J uniors
On the Campus—Seniors, few but
proud; Sophs, more but ioud; Fish,
plentiful and green; JUNIORS, not so
proud, not so ioud, not so green.
1920
January, February, March. Even the
months of the year start off with a
promise of forward progress. March
out and buy your War Savings Stamps
before you forget it.
Juniors ——
Lamentable!
Fan and W. M. D. are dead. They
both committed suicide immediately af-
ter leaving The Thresher staff meeting
iast Friday. Thus once more is demon-
strated the oid proverb that declares
"The pen is mightier than the sword,"
for the pens of Mehitabie and W. H. Y.
heiped to drive these two unfortunates
to the grave. Harassed by the relent -
iess efforts to discover their identities,
both had been contemplating the des-
perate deed for several weeks. The In-
sistent demands of some of the staff
members to know whom the pen-names
represented was the immediate cause of
the double tragedy. At the time of
their decease The Thresher box con-
tained several of the compositions of
both the contributors, and these wiii
probably be published posthumously.
————J uniors
Stripes of Silver.
Symbols of unrealized hopes
And of ambitions lost;
Emblems of the spirit that neither
... mopes
Nor fears to count the cost;
Remnants of an ungained desire
To gladly go "over there,"
To meet the foe in the mire,
And fully do one's "share";
Relics of patriotism sublime,
That failed to reach its goal;
Trophies of the struggle botween crime
And the love in humanity's soul.
—A. B. C.
WHY?
FISH —" Why do Green and
Bridges sell so many suits to the
young men?'
UPEY-CLASSMAN—"Because
they have the nifty models at the
right price. You can always count
on what Green and Bridges say,
because they will make good. You
go in that store and see how
those guys treat you. Believe
me, I'm for that store.
Or. r. .*v11- M c ^ ,.i r. -
312 MAIN STREET
PERSONALS
One of the now returned lieutenants
who takes an important ptace in biology,
has evidently had a "fruitful" time. He
has learned to write poetry, which, if
the poet practices sufficiently may
some time get published.
One of our Junior girls informs us
that she was not born a Southerner, but
that she has absorbed it.
Mrs. Hugh Davison spent the week-
end last week with her parents in Tex-
arkana.
Dud Jarvis spent the holidays in Ter-
rell visiting: his native metropolis.
Misses Helene Carognostics, lia and
Flossie Brown, Julia Arthur Hurretl
and Scotia Brown spent their holidays
in Galveston.
Misses Jennie Rose Mood, Marguerite
John and Ruby South motored down to
the Island City Friday with Dr. and
Mrs. Norsworthy.
Miss Olive Erkei went to San An-
tonio last week to visit her mother.
Misses Lucy Foote and Zela, Horwell,
who have been visiting Frances Foote,
have returned to their home in Terrell.
Miss Vella Bates spent Saturday and
Sunday in Liverpool. She didn't cross
the channel because she went to Liver-
pool, Texas.
Juniors—
Ex. Professor to Wed.
Announcement has been received by
Houston friends of the forthcoming
marriage of Julian Sorell Huxley, for-
merly assistant professor of biology at
Rice Institute, to take place in London,
England.
The announcement states Julian Sor-
ell Huxley, youngest son of Leonard
Huxiey, Id Brocknel! Gardens, London.
N. W. 3. and Miss .luliett Baillot,
only daughter of Madame Baillot and
the late Alphonse Baiilot, Neoschapel,
Switzerland, will be married March 31.
According tt* faculty members of Rice
Institute, Mr. ffluxley now is at Oxford
University. He left Rice Institute in
June. D'16. to go with the English army
as a iieutenant. It is understood he
served in Italy until 'he signing of the
armistice.—Houston Post.
Juniors —
Lieut. G. \Y. Xordholtz Hggcrs, just
back from overseas duty, paid the clois-
ter a visit Monday and was welcomed
hy many of his oid friends. Eggers re-
ceived his degree from Rice in the
spring of 1017 when he left with the
first contingent for Leon Springs train-
ing capip.
Miss Margaret. Harrell has been on
the sick list for the past week.
Mr. V. E. Meharg, graduate of 1917-
18, is now in Houston and paid his
friends at Rice a visit Tuesday. Mr.
Meharg has accepted a position with the
chemical department, of the city of
Houston.
Ty Foutz is raising hogs at Dayton.
Texas. He made a visit to Rice a few
days ago.
J. L. Bonner arrived back at Rice
Friday after an extended visit to his
home at Lufkin, between terms.
Prof. Chillmau has returned from a
trip to New York and has again re-
sumed his work with the architecture)
department.
—-1920——
Horace Brevard, '20, returned from
his home at San Marcos Monday, after
a spell of the mumps contracted during
examination week.
Class '20
Rice expects her best Senior class to
be that of 1920, that means you JUN-
IORS.
1920— —
On Probation.
Oh, my goodness! At last, 'tis come!
Never to all, always to some.
Probation, that disastrous fate,
Received by those who failed to state,
On those little booklets so white,
Briefly, clearly, that which was right!
Awful alike to "Fish" and "Sophs,"
This relic of relentless "profs"!
"Ignorance is bliss," so they say;
Only—although you like to play,
Never be blissful on exam, day!
—W. M. B.
1920————
Dad's to Hiatne.
(Puck.)
The College President:
Such rawness in a student is a shame,
But lack of preparation is to blame.
High School Principal:
Good heavens! What crudity! The
boy's a fool;
The fault, of course, is with the gram-
mar school.
Grammar School Principal:
From such as this we pray that we
might be spared!
They send them up to me so unpre-
pared.
Primary Teacher:
Poor kindergarten blockhead! And
they cat!
That "preparation"! Worse than none
at all.
Kindergarten Teacher:
Never such a lack of training did I see.
What sort of person can the mother* be?
The Mother:
You stupid child! But then you're not
to blame;
Your father's family are all the same.
ATHLETIC MANAGERS
ELECTED BY HALLS
Managers of athletics for the dormi-
toriea were chosen by each hall at a
meeting called, Tuesday, March 18.
The managers, three front each dorm.,
are to be known as the Board of Con-
trol and will have charge of ali intra-
mural athletics. They will have charge
of ali athletic teams representing each
hali and will serve in the capacity of
leaders to stimulate enthusiasm in the
coming big events in the inter-dorm,
teams and their schedules.
The following men were selected to
manage the three teams: E. H. Mc-
Farland, west hall; F. A. Tatum. east
wing, and E. V. Brown, south hall.
1920
HAZING ABOLISHED
BY LOWER CLASSES
(Continued front Page 1)
rective" and retaliatory measures that
have gone hack ant) forth. It must he
said that the Freshmen, as genOemeu
and tts students of the institute, should
have known that dowers and not fruit,
is the conventional gift for an actor.
The presentation of the former, as it
occurred, was a lamentable breach of
etiquette. The Sophomores, on the oth-
er hand, according to the freshmen,
have been "brutal" and "indiscrimi-
nate" in their punishments and in ha/
ing in general.
Dean Catdwet) catled a meeting of tin-
men of both tower classes to di.-cus; t)t
present difficuH.ies between them, ate!
suggest a way out. The meeting \sa.
catted, as he said, not because anything
very serious had happened, hut because
conditions indicated that something <,i
the sort might come up, and he wanted
to head it. off. Hazing, tie said, is no!
an inevitable par) of college life, nor
necessary to the creation and main!,
nance of college spirit. A narrow sort
of c)a::s spirit may indeed come ot it.
but it is purchased by a serious loss o!
university spirit and reputation Tie'
last point is very important; for any
university to be a success, it nitt-t. he
known to assure prospective stud'.-nts <.:
the security of their person and th--ii
dignity. Dr. Caldwelt ' -d th.it
both ctasses determine in;!'.'-La'.!;,
their future stand on the prot"Hith"!.
Acting upon this su^ - n. ri.e F:< -h-
men retired, and each chts- h- \i a sep-
arate dciiberatiott.
in order, no doubt, tha- t!e-y ntitj.t
not he entbatrasMd by the presence ot
superior intellect, tit.-- Sophomores re
'['tested the uppercta^smen and new-pa-
per reporters to leave the room. This
request complied with, the, argument
proceeded. Indecision was manifest
front the first—there was considerate.,
aversion to giving up hazing right off;
they were not thus to be cajoled into
any radical step. The argument re-
wived itsetf into an osciilation between
the seltish longing to spare the rod, and
the equally altruistic fear of spoiling
the child. Finally, being unable to
reach any definite decision, ami unwil)
ing to commit themselves linatty, a com-
mittee was appointed hy the president,
comprising Messrs. Marian, Autrev, \\ .
H. lie)) and Kock. which was to see tie'
Dean, consult with hint further, and re-
port to the class the same night in the
commons.
Opinion in the Freshman median
passed through the same cycie with a
regularity and precision that won id
have brought tears of joy to the .s<;-
of a mathematician. The cytie wou'.d
begin with the assertion that a)i hav-
ing, of any degree of violence or indig-
nity whatsoever, should he abo]is)e.l.
This high resolve would then bo quait-
fied by some Freshmen who had worn
holes in his socks grabbing his ankles,
and feared that, some form of &"verity
would be necessary to queil the unrtiiy
spirits among next year's siimes. i n'
qualifications would muhipiy untii their
preponderance was observed by some
critical thinker—he would call attention
to the fact, and the cycle would begin
ail over again. "Brutal" and "indis-
criminate" were used freely in descrip-
tion of the way Sophomores do things
now, and these two ways of hazing, just
whatever they may he, and how separ-
ated from the necessary and justifiable
chastisement that ali agreed might bo
called for next year, were unanimousiy
condemned. One young Fish gravoiy
suggested that whenever punishment
might be necessary, in piace of the bru-
tal and unnatural system of strapping
now in vogue, the gentie and human,
practice of rubbing the umiraped tummy
with a brush be substituted, if s.<u
have ever had this done, yon know quit',
well just how much it feels like the
dancing of the fairies on the spot men-
tioned. Two things were resohed upon
tlnally, after lengthy discussion had
brought opinion to somewhat more of a
crystaMized state, that are distinctly for-
ward steps, and are much to the credit
of the Freshmen class. The iirst was
that the practice of strapping ho tinatly
and completely abolished in the Insti-
tute. Second, that a committee be ap-
pointed to investigate the means used
in other colleges for teaching Freshmen -
class and college spirit, and the proper
place and importance in the student
body. Next year, if these resolutions
are vital and representative enough to
last that 1 otig. we may see some new
systems tried out.
The committee appointed by the
Sophomore president reported back to
their class according to schedule, after
having conferred with Dr. Caldwei).
With them they brought a document, in
the form of a resolution. The resolu-
tion, which was adopted, reads as fol-
lows:
"The committee recommends that i&'
be resolved that indiscriminate hazing,
or hazing a Freshman because he is a
Freshman, and aQr treatment that may
lead to serious injury, be discarded by
the Sophomore ciass."
(Signed by members of (he Committee.)
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