The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, February 19, 1932 Page: 1 of 4
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BRING FATHER, UNCLE, COUSIN, MOTHER, GRANDPA, GRANDCHILD.
AUNT AND BROTHER; IF NOT THEM, THEN BRING ANOTHER.
VOL. XVD
VISIT THE RICE INSTITUTE SEVENTH BIENNIAL ENGINEERING SHOW
ON THE CAMPUS. 2-10. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, APRIL 15-1(1.
HOUSTON. TEXAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1932
NO. 19
OWLS PLAY FROGS SATURDAY
Dances To Be Held in Commons For Remainder of Year
FIVE ENTRIES RECEIVED IN PLAY CONTEST
Student Heads
Win Approval
Of Officials
Band and Senior Class Profit
From Functions — One
This Saturday at 9:00 P.M.
Pleased with the efficient handling
of student dances in the Commons,
the administration has granted to the
student association use of the Com-
mons every Saturday night for the
rest of the year, it was learned by The
Thresher late Thursday.
This is because it is the wish of the
administration to co-operate in every
way with students.
Slimes Set For
Presbyterians
In Preliminary
ARCHI-ARTS BALL FOR THIS FRIDAY NIGHT ONLY
COSTUME EVENT ON RICE 1932 SOCIAL CALENDAR
Tonight at River Oaks, the Archi-
tectural society will hold its annual
costume dance, known as the Archi-
Arts ball, from 10:30 p.m to 3. Her-
man Waldman and his orchestra will
furnish music throughout the dance.
Guests are requested to come
promptly at 10:30 because special en-
tertainment will be offered early in
the evening, and those who come late
will miss much of the holiday spirit
which will dominate the scene. Date
bids are $5; stag bids, $3.50.
The Archi-Arts ball is the only cos-
tume dance given by Rice students
each year. It is characterized by
gaiety and glamour and is colorful be-
cause of the costumes which furnish
a touch of the various and the un-
usual.
| Setting for the dance will be laid in
; the Latin quarter of P u is around
11860, centering about the famous
j Cafe du Dome and Cafe Rotunde on
| Montparnasse. The atmosphere of
i student dances in the Latin quarter
j will be re-created.
From time to time during the eve-
ning short scenes will be enacted de-
picting incidents from lives of some
of the famous characters of the pe-
riod such as Trilby, whose feet were
the delight, despair and wonder of all
the artists and poets of the time;
Svengali, with his dark, hypnotic
powers; Mimi, with her delicate hands
and ill-fated beauty; Rudolf. Mimi's
impetuous lover; CamiUe. the fasci-
nating, with her many admirers; the
Emperor Napoleon, and his brilliant
court.
Time:
9 p.m. Saturday.
Place:
Hie Commons.
Event:
All-Rice dance.
LONG AND SHORT COFFEE ADVANTAGES
EXPOUNDED IN HAHN-BARNETTE DEBATE
For the first time in the Rice his-
tory therefore a Rice dance for Rice
students will be held on the Rice
campus every Saturday night. Ad-
mission is $1 with hours from 9 to 12.
Concerted action of the student body
through large attendance means in-
creased revenue for the Rice band and
of current and future senior classes.
A $5 or $10 increase in senior dues
will be the result of a slack attend-
ance, while if many turn out it is
posisble dues will go down to a point
where they total not more than $2
or $3.
Officials have urged Rice students to
support their own dances, pointing out
ihat if it is necessary to abandon the
weekly affairs, then the annual dances
will eventually go.
Each year, they say, clubs and other
organizations are permitted to have
annual dances under supervision of
ihe dance committee appointed by the
student association.
Hand and senior class officers have
made it clear that without financial
upport accruing from successful op-
eration of the Saturday dances their
organizations will be in serious con-
ditions.
It was pointed out that last fall the
hand went with the football team to
T C. U. and Texas university. Al-
■ hough the musicians received some
>000 from the 1930-31 dances, the sec- ;
and trip had to be underwritten by
Houston business men.
If the dances fail to make a profit
this year, the band next fall will get
to make no trips.
This seriously would reflect on the
Rice Institute, as the Owl band last
fall received wide acclaim, and was
often termed the best band in the
Southwest conference.
The band would be especially seri-
ously handicapped when its pressing
need for new uniforms is considered.
Athletic officials, also, still are dick-
ering for a grid game on the Pacific
coast next fall, and the band will not
be able to accompany the team on this
intersectional jaunt if money Is not
available. And the only important
source of revenue for the band is the
Saturday night all-Rice dances.
"We are gathered on this auspicious
occasion," came the solemn words of
Sanders Lyles, chairman, "to pro-
pound «jfd expound a question of vital
importance—all the more so because
nobody ever stops to consider it."
A group of 25 or 30 A. and M.
cadets and city friends had flocked to
the home of Mary Gilmour Rust, 1410
Drew avenue, after church last Sun-
day night. A debate of international
Baptist Union
Magazine Gives
Rice Publicity
quietly
importance was rumored
around.
"Resolved, that Long Coffee is Su-
perior to Short Coffee" was the sub-
ject. Joseph Williams Hahn, mathe-
matics shark, took the affirmative. His
opponent was Louis Atmar Bar-
nette, senior engineer.
Chairman Lyles took it upon him-
self to define terms. "Short coffee,"
he stated, "is poured with the spout
touching the rim of the cup just
dumped in. On the contrary, long
coffee may be defined as any poured
from a distance of two inches to two
feet. Rim to two inches is. mongrel.
All above two feet is a miracle,
"Let no man say," he solemnly
warned, "that this debate is insignifi-
cant, or a waste of time. The matter
is one of vital importance in you fu-
ture housewives. It is oi practical
Meyer Ends Goethe Series
In Physics Amph Sunday
Efficiency Is
Standing Goal
Of Local B.S.U.
Council Meets at Leavell
Home — Mary ''Rust Leads
Discussion of Budget
With several members out of town
and a few new faces replacing the
old, the B. S. U. council convened at
the home of Misses Lulu Lawton and
Corralyn Leavell, 2439 Oakdale ave-
nue, Sunday afternoon for the first
meeting of the spring semester.
In the absence of Bill Coleman,
president, Miss Mary Gilmour Rust,
first vice president, acted as chairman.
General officers of the organization,
due to the lull of exam weeks, pre-
sented no detailed reports. January
work in the units and plans for the
immediate future were outlined.
Baptist workers at Rice arc lining
up for the "last big battle in the
West", the objective being attainment
of "First Magnitude" standard of re-
quirements this year. Detailed cam-
paign plans are left to heads of the
several unit organizations.
Thresher Article on Convention
At Belton And Phillips' Poeni
Are in Issue For February
Rice Institute is in the spotlight of
the February issue of The Baptist
Student, monthly magazine published
by the Southern Baptist convention
for the Baptist Student union.
Under the topic, "Echoes from State
B S U. Conventions", was reprinted
a story which appeared in the No-
vember 6 issue of The Thresher de-
picting the Texas convention at. Bay-
lor college in Belton from October 30,
to November 1. The story was writ-
ten by Kenneth Phillips, features
editor,
Corralyn Leavell, publicity chair-
man of the local B. S. U„ sent the
clipping to the magazine, together
with a poem by Phillips, which was
printed in the February issue. Fol-
lowing is the poem:
"Thine this earthen temple, God, the
clay which Thou hast wrought
Into Thy likeness; Thine the sinews;
Thine the force of thought!
Imperfect, they are scarred with sin,
yet Thy will gave me birth:
Then may this body glorify the ruler
of the earth.
"Thou—whose sacrificial death re-
kindled in my soul
Eternal life and deathless love, a vision
of the whole
Vast plan of God—to Thee I pledge
this humble spirit's light
That it may radiate Thy love to those
out in the night.
"Holy Spirit—architect of empires
now in dust—
Thou, through whom our groping—
faith can worship God in trust—
Of Thee, Almighty Friend, I ask that
Thou shalt find in me
A servant for some mission from the
Holy Trinity."
Dr. Heinrich Meyer, instructor in
j German. Sunday will conclude the
j series of lectures on Goethe with a
, talk. "Goethe, Sage, and Poet".
Dr. Meyer says, "Genius is nature
itself, and nature revealing itself.
There are verses which streamed from
! his exalted lips unpremeditatedly. No
reasoning can explain it. Though it
1 is in translation, you will feel the
magnificence of the • beginning of one
of the impromptu hymns:
Wanderer's Storm-song
" 'Whom thou never leavest. Genius,
; No dread feels he within his heart
, At the tempest or the rain.
Whom thou never leavest. Genius.
| Will to the rain-clouds.
1 Will to the hail-storms
Sing in reply
i As the lark sings.
1 Oh, thou on high!
'"'Whom thou never leavest, Genius
Thou wilt raise above the mud-track
With thy fiery pinicfti.
He will wander.
As wtih dowry feet,
■ Over Deukalion's dark Hood.
Python-slaying, light, glorious,
i Pythius Apollo.'
"The true mark of poetry is the
necessity of its rhythm, forcing us
I under its spell, inimitable, and like
the pulsing of living blood. It is far
J more than the regular scheme of a
meter; it is inward rhythm, com par-
! able to the counterpoint in the struc-
ture of melody. Nothing stands by
itself; it is a permanent flow, where
the elements contribute to the whole
and get their value from the whole in
its organic harmony and classical sim-
plicity."
In a poem translated by Longfel-
low, the "burdening duties, dissatis-
faction, and gloom" are expressed, and
! Dr. Meyer adds that "in German the
choice of the simplest words, describ-
ing a scene without adjectival or ad-
verbial ornamentation, thus never
leading a thought into a side-path,
creates the full harmoniousness which
Dr. Axson To Be Main Speaker
At Garner-For-President Rally
Dr. Stockton Axson. will be one of
the principal speakers at the Garner-
for-President rally in San Antonio
Monday, according to J. T. Scott Jr.,
president of the Houston Garner club.
Dr. Axson, a brother-in-law of for-
mer President Woodrow Wilson, will
represent the Wilsonian democrats of
Texas on the program.
Latest Addition to Nicholas
Family Named Gerald Henry
Dr. Henry O. Nicholas, instructor In
chemistry, is the father of a son, Ger-
ald Henry, born Monday, February 1.
Mrs. Nicholas, formerly Jessie Ste-
vens, is a graduate of Rice.
DIAZ, MEXICAN CONSUL,
TO ADDRESS LOS BUHOS
Jose A. Diaz, new Mexican consul
to Houston, will speak before Los
Buhos at their next meeting, to be
held March 3 at Autry house, accord-
ing to Olivia Gonzales, president.
Margaret Williams rendered various
piano selections which were sung by
the club at last night's meeting.
Anna Badalementi sang "Cortesana"
and "Porque?" which were well re-
ceived.
Typical Spanish games and word
puzzlea were enjoyed. The president
announced that the spring election
will be held in the near future, with
all offices open to changes.
I together with rhythmical movement
| gives us the feeling of peace"
He concludes with "This is a myste-
S rious experience, the binding force of
perfect form, in which we find our-
I selves. And this is the testament of
I Goethe, which he gives us in the As-
cension mystery of his Faust, redeem-
ed in his strife for perfection. It is
.Goethe's last word on the bounty of
the world. Pentecost in Germany is
the blissful time of the year. Pente-
cost (ills us with thankfulness and the
sense of being blessed in spite of all
our tribulations. We never feel the
holiness of nature more than on her
_ ascension-day. This Pentecost-spirit
marks the end of Faust, as it marks
the end of Goethe's own life."
Shakespeare Influence Told
"Wi|> know of Goethe what we guess
at about Shakespeare, that he was
magnificently alive with insatiable
avarice for knowledge, unjaded re-
ceptivity to all manner of influences
from rill manner of sources, amazing
versatility, prodigious productivity,"
said Dr. Stockton Axson in his ad-
dress on "Goethe and Shakespeare"
Sunday afternoon iii the Physics am-
phitheater.
In discussing the - effect of Shake-
speare on Goethe Hi. Axson pointed
out "The actual effect of Shake-
speare on Goethe's creative genius
does not seem to have lasted in any
powerful ascertainable way after
Goethe had written 'Goetz'. 'Egmont'
and "Wilhelm Meister', but that the
general effect was coetanious with his
long life is evident in a less tangible
manner. Even Faust' has its Shake-
| spearian influence, not merely in the
song from Shakespeare which Mephis-
| topheles sings, but in many less ob-
vious ways—perhaps Margarete has
shadings from Ophelia, and we of
course do not forget that Eckermann
i belongs only to the last ten years of
i Goethe's life. The conversations, to-
j gether with the discussions in 'Wel-
helm Meister' are among the chief
sources of Goethe's deliberate Shake-
spearian criticisms."
REHEARSALS BEGIN FOR
THESPIANS' SPRING OFFER
Rehearsals have begun for the Rice
Dramatic club presentation of Ibsen's
"The Doll's House" at the Little the-
ater on Chelsea boulevard, March 10
and 11.
The cast is announced as: Helmor,
Scott Lee Hild; Nora, Lavonne
Dickensheets; Kragstad, Jack Scott;
Mrs. Linde, Henrietta Hutcheson; Dr.
Rank, Charles Reese Taylor; nurse,
Marian Seaman; maid, Laura Wash-
burn.
"The Doll's House" is directed by
R. R. Adcock, assisted by J. D,
Thomas of the Rice English depart-
ment.
value to everyone who drinks—coffee.
There will be no decision for the win-
ner."
Each side presented one main speech
of five minutes, and one rebuttal of
three minutes. Affirmative had a
two-minute rejoinder.
"Short coffee refuses to spill," aver-
red Mr. Hahn, "Over in the dorms we
have to wear raincoats to breakfast
(Continued on t*age 2, Column -1>
Cranmer CI u l>
Presents Guest
Orator Sundav
Miss Esther Brown. Auxiliary
Field Secretary, To Lecture
On Interracial K e I a I i o n s
Miss Esther Brown, ope of the
secretaries ot the Woman's auxilmr>
of the Episcopal church of Africa,
will lie guest speaker at Ihe meeting
of the Crnumer club Sunday. evening
Miss Brown, who specialise:: in wom-
en's work in the, church, will lecture ,
on problems a rid etVoits of i letter
interracial relation;,. .lames Bteley
president of Grimmer club, has invited
ail religious organizations on the cam-
pus to attend this meeting, starting at
'j p.m. at Autry house Any stutfi-rr.
not belonging to any religious group
is also cordially invited to come
At the Sunday meeting the Rev
Allen A. Person spoke to the club, on
"Can You Get Along With Others."
emphasizing need for overlooking a
lot in others and correcting a lot in
ourselves
During Holy week services will be
held on Monday. Tuesday, and Wed-
nesday. Last year these services were
quite a success and Rev. Mr Person
hopes for as good attendance this
year.
Engineering Show
Exhibits Progress
With a large number of concrete
cylinders for destruction testing now
completed, the C. E.'s are leading in
preparation for the engineering show.
Chemical engineers have worked up
a number of exhibits, but most of
them will not be set up until a day
or two before the show.
The radio car has been the object
of considerable work by a number of
E. E.'s working with M. E. Kattman.
This department also reports progress-
made on several more exhibits.
Many exhibits in the M. E. depart-
ment use machinery which must be
used daily and can not be "tied up"
; until a few days before the show. The
new Chrysler straight eight motor has
' been mounted in a special frame so
that it can be placed on a power test
stand. This exhibit It complete ex-
cept for minor details.
Doug Ragland has completed a min-
iature steam engine, which has a re-
versing mechanism. Power developed
| by this machine is not known defi-
i nitely, but it is thought to be about
one-tenth horsepower. An exhibit
j which created much curiosity in the
| last show was the friction saw, which
literally rubs a piece of steel in two.
This machine will be overhauled and
ready for use in a few days.
Two Original
Works of Rice
Co-eds Listed
Carmen Lewis Arranges For
One-Act Tournament at
Autry House Next Friday
Plans for the one-act play contest,
an annual tournament held by the
Hice Dramatic club, are now complet-
ed. The contest will lie held Friday,
February 26, at Autry house from
3:30 to 5:30 in the afternoon and from
8 to 10:30 In the evening No admis-
sion will be charged.
Any Rice student or any present or
past member or patron of the Rice
Dramatic club is eligible either to di-
rect or act in a one-act play for this
contest.
Five plays have been entered, in Un-
contest. two of which are original,
written by Rice -iuderits and directed
by the authors.
"One Sunday Afternoon" by Lois
Wright will be pi" --onto.) under diree-
ti"11 ot the author and' Margaret
SH'right.
"The Aval;.!-"" by Blanche Delani-
bre and Julia jRWbin,son will be pie-
-en'rd under their' direction TlvTf
are feur characters:
"The Bom " by Anton Tchekov will
be directed by Carmen Lewis, The
cast, will include Ilarry Bloom. Mar-
tha' Ellen Williams and' 'Stella
McNeil-.
"Where tie- Cross I:. Mark by Eu-
gene -O'Neill will be presented by
Helen Batte and Robert Tallcy under
direct ion of Marian Seaman The cast
will include Helen Batte. Robert Ta! '
ley. H.-nrv Edward--. er.d. Eai a- IV,,-
Uifr. St,,., e :r -i- , [ r, y will
be Front-;;, Ve ..-v ■ ' ,'
"Iv-eni-y'rv v bit*'' ' :!by
Roland i-V:1: v.s, ■_ \vi';! prescatc. I, toi -
der <'!irec!:op ■: J.., Beth Gr?flh< Til"
cCist will include Margaret .Mler'-iri
Mary Virginia .'arsJ. Beth Co iil:iu. ■
Bill Clarke. ant! Ell MuCUt&aiun.
Carmen Lv.vits, is in char-.a of all ,
arrangements for the contest, John: •
Cooke will serve as general stage
manager. Whitney lieadct will have
Charge of programs Ear In' Douithi*.
will serve as central electrician.
Many Articles
Head at First
CIul) Meet i ii"
C7
i Aggies' Win Over Rice Primes
1 Team To Beat Ponies, 28-22—
Frosh Defeat Cougars, 29-17
and Me-
iieti'uiiiw;
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the
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Robinson.
Gallawav,
Griffin.
And
Phillips,
Masterson
Present '•Variety of Works
Scribblers celebrated opening the
spring semester Monday night by
turning out en masse at the home of
Lois Wright, Writing club president.
Julia Robinson opened the prog' am
with the third chapter of her novel,
"The Sheriff's House". Her technique
was acclaimed by members. Jo Beth
Griffin read a group of four pwtiis.
1 Henry Robinson read an informal es-
say by J. B. Hanks, entitled "After
Reading Anderson". Kenneth Phillips
offered three poems, "Beach Sang",
("Beach Serenade", and "Song by the
I Sea", commenting that "they all came
from the same inspiration, and none
of them really happened".
1 A piece of satire, complimented for
jits freedom from bitterness, entitled
"Special Editions of Small Town
Papers", was presented by Jack G.illn-
jway. Harris Masterson read the first
i draft of a short story wtih i Civil
;war background. \larga"et Wright
read "One Sunday Afternoon", a one-
act play by Lois Wright.
Announcement was made of a $25
prize offered by the Current Literature
club for the best short story written
| by an undergraduate of Rice, mailed
before April 4.
Kench Hillyer, Rice Graduate
Of 1928, Dies After Illness
Kench Hillyer, Rice graduate of
'28, and brother of Madie Lea Hillyer,
died Sunday morning after a prolong-
ed illness.
He was also a brother of Bernice
Hillyer, who graduated several years
ago
Featuring the best two-man circus
I in the Southwest, the championship
Frogs of T. C. U, will tangle with the
'■ Rice Owls in the second game of the
season between the Birds and Rep-
tiles Saturday night Ht the City au-
Iditorium at 8:30 p.m. The Rice fresh-
men meet the Second Presbyterian
five. Downtown league champs, in the
I prelim,
Co-captains Adolph Diet/el and
Weldori Sumner form the backbone oJ
the great Frog machine. Dietze! is
without question one of the best pivot-
linen In the country, while Sumner,
forward, is rated as the cleverest ball-
handler ever to step on a Southwest
court The Frogs will also depend
on Walker, forward. Slid Braiuioii arid
Green, guards, in quest of the victory
which will break the first place tie
between the Fort Worth school and
the Baylor Bears.
To match this! flashy qui,ml, Coach
"Pug" Daughenty will piotiabl,. start
Captain Hess ar.d 1 >iXon at, forwards,
Rtrindl at center, and Koch and Rey-
nolds at guard Atexotxh t
Cultpugh also arc due to
'Determined to make up
woeful showing Tuesday a
Station, Captain Jake lb - -
Hice Owls stepped out on
auditorium court Wedneid,
and trouvced Coach Jiijuivt
Southern Methodist Mustanr
••Tlit* Rice Slimes defeated t
tci{i Junior e-.ij)e ■ 1 f'iv,
preliminary tilt, Hoka:, Nnidei iisii'v
"Doc" Mebdm placed the Given Owijg'
Willi eight ijoi.mtvi'.v Turtle: puptfjty
jHtaM,;.(«« 'the (n
.sprained he. fiiftli.'.'e Mt-tlv ,I'vjiP-'1!'
ntv'f. of the game.
The midget ejiiptain - f ■ . t„>vrt-s
JlhifU'd to guard I. ■ libi oib:j!
t> StOh lVii,i.;;.:jieriU, igoj he,It ami i' :ieti ,:
II P'.itjk Vircil v.-a;, V x ;vltji
right' points "Bubba ' Koch, aa-'l .
aid Revoelds a rntn played t!-.,-..■-ae.ei
kibf'ixrig 'gaw'sj thai baive bee^me
'habit. "Ruhf" j'ohle.on am;
VVillirim , If,'i;.he<! lijr |,h>> ,i With.-'-
Howard Thotnp^'jri 'cri tlv a . ;i list.
R.eynolds arfd Ksldie j-Viiid' im> .ased ,
to get, 'he lipoff (r.ffn V,: i ■!" '.is.i1
Ponies with gi-e,.i ..v,: aencv I
.. Tuesday night. !,th,; A.:i;ie ,-ukH
the Owl; like a blanket am! a re.'
.suit the O'.vls we'-' <! ,v, --
covlut .Vferkn, ttoph"t'r)or, j>;'"
the Aggie-., tallied 11 j -• ii
fensivt! honors He- ; a; a t.V; a •avs*'-'
hold 11' ilaeo an-1 two p in aaaa
! gtlffrdmij --'lY ffie pa.ii ,.i : laanie,''
Charlio Heard find Le ;. i V 'a "ot"'
' the Farmers,
•\ a rs i I o n ian>
PJav at Junior
Prom'-l's IMan
Midnight Lunch Will follow
Grand IVIarch—llovas Wallace
In Charge of Bid Sales
We have signed a contract with
i'Doc Mm and his 'Varsilomans from
| Waco." fumouneed Gordon Nicholson,
president of the junior class, and
Alvin Moody, general chairman of the
Prom committee, recently in outlining
j plans for the annual Junior prom.
! Following the Rice-Baylor football
game on November 28. this orchestra
entertained at a dance at the Univer-
sity club. Basing their action on ac-
iclaim accorded the group, Nicholson
i and Moody immediately began nego-
tiations for this date. Throughout the
Rio Grande valley, the orchestra has
|achieved a wide reputation. It fur-
bished music at the S. R. D final at
Texas university last year, playing
also at Texas A. and M Last summer
i the orchestra toured Europe, playing
I in London, Paris, and the "Riviera"
J "Date bids for the Prom," stated
Nicholson, "are on sale in the sally-
port. priced at $5. In all previous
years, this event has drawn a price of
$7.50. Prices of stag bids will be an-
nounced later."
Edward Hovas and Frank Wallace
Jr. are in charge of sales in the sally-
port, The Junior prom is to be a
formal affair, according to officials
Midnight lunch will be preceded by
a Grand March, led by Nicholson and
Miss Awilda Eileen Steves
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