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THE THRESHER
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RICE INSTITUTE, HOUSTON, TEXAS, OCTOBER 18. 1916
No. 2
RICE ENTHUSIASTS
JOURNEY TO AUSTIN
TO ROOT FOR TEAM
350 STUDENTS TRAVEL BY SPECIAL
TRAM TO SEE TEXAS GAME.
Are Hospitably Entertained by Texas
Students—SororMes Hold
Open House.
At 6:30 Saturday, October 7, the spe-
cial Rice Rooters' train pulled out of
the I. & G. N. station bound for Austin.
It was just well started when the ex-
citement began. A co-ed who happened
to have her head out of the window dis-
covered that part of the crowd was left
behind. Everyone rushed to the win-
dows to shout advice and encourage the
belated ones with such words of wis-,
dom as "Hurry, oh hurry!" "Faster,
faster!" "Run harder!" "Drop your
suit case!" "Oh, Mr. Pound, if you
catch the train, you'll have to run it
down" (a pretentious attempt at poeti-
cal wit). One agile young lady suc-
ceeded in hopping on the last coach, but
the others breathlessly gave up. No
conductor could be found to stop the
train nor any effect produced by pulling
the bell cord. Finally, after the train
had gone about half a mile, ^otd was
gotten to the engineer and he backed up
for those left behind.
There were about 255 enthusiastic
rooters on the special, including a good
representation of co-eds. Quite a num-
ber went up Friday night, making in all
probably between 300 and 400 Rice peo-
ple to stand back of our team, win or
lose, with the hearty support of the
true Rice spirit and pep, already widely
known, and a tradition which is to be
passed on to future Rice generations.
On the train, all was merriment.
Everyone joined in the songs and yells
and the Freshmen furnished a variety of
individual entertainments.
One nervous little fish thought he
had better stay close to &6me of his
more experienced and kind-hearted
Sophomore friends so that he would not
get lost, or robbed or knocked in the
head. Accordingly he entrusted himself
and ticket to three Sophomores whom
he happened to knowy and then felt
himself secure from all harm. Poor
little innocent thing; he did not know
the tricks of the hard-hearted Sophs.
They found seats together and soon the
conductor came in. The trusted Soph
reached in his pockets for the tickets,
but there were only three of them.
"Let's see," he said, "I guess you had
better give me yours, too. Freshman, so
I can hand them ail to him."
"Oh, I gave you mine at the station,
don't you remember?" said the poor
fish, trembling piteously. "I'm sure I
"Never mind, I guess you had better
get under the seat. Hurry, now, before
the conductor sees you."
Not knowing what else to do, he
obeyed and got in a cramped position
with his head under the seat and his
back under the Sophs' feet. The con-
ductor asked for the tickets and four
were handed to him.
"Who is the extra ticket for?" he
asked, looking around.
"That is for this fellow," said the
Soph, pointing down to the crt!tnpied up
fish.
"But what is he doing down there?"
"Oh," said the Soph, "you see he pre-
fers to ride that way."
Some of the Freshmen were inter-
spersed among the co-eds to give them
a little experience and entertain the la-
dies, too.
Especially interesting were the per-
formances of the co-eds, a feature which
is enjoyed much more this year than in
previous ones. The band, which shows
much improvement this year, furnished
some lively music on the way, $MBsing
attention in College Station
As the train passed thro)
towns the people ail ca
to see what the exciteml
was. Quite a bit of enthui
denced by many when the:
and gray banners on the
coaches and shouts of en<
and good will were often he;
the train arrived in Austin t
gineers passed through and
the girls with horns and the
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FRESHMAN ELECTION
IS EXCITING AFFAIR;
HALL MEN WIN OUT
DANA PENNYBACKER WINS OVER
J. C. BROOKS FOR PRESIDENT.
Kenny Miller Is Selected As Represent-
ative Upon the Honor
Council.
FORREST IS ELECTED
CHAIRMAN OF HONOR
COUNCIL FOR 191617
McFADDEN IS CHOSEN SENIOR REP-
RESENTATIVE IN HIS STEAD.
Assisted by members of the Senior
class, the Freshmen organized into a
bona fide class Friday, October 7. Heat-
ed discussions over the relative merits
of candidates for the various class of-
fices occupied several hours.
In each election there were two weii
defined factions working at cross pur-
poses. The men from the dormitory
voted solid for candidates selected at a
previous meeting. The Houston men
and the girls, though there had been no
elimination contests among them,
seemed to stand together pretty well on
all questions. The dormitory men won
out, due more to the strength of num-
bers than to greater oratorical ability.
The two hottest contests were over
the president and the Honor Counci)
representative. Dana Pennybacker of
Palestine was elected president over J.
C. Brooks of Houston. The Houston
faction also lost out in the Honor Coun-
cil election. Brooks was again defeated
by the dormitory men; Kenny Miller
was elected. To fill the other offices the
following were elected: For vice-presi-
dent, Mary Ctark Weir, over Doris Dona
and Dorothy Lee; for secretary, May
Hammersmith over Moliie Mantooth;
for treasurer, O'Rourl:, unanimously;
for sergeant-at-arms, L. M. Blumberg
over Clarence Frost.
MlgS SULLIVAN TO BE
ON CAMFANiLE STAFF
Associate Editor of The Thresher AVill
Serve on Annual Also.
ented
s with
Miss Ruth Sullivan was elected assist-
ant editor of the Campanile by the Sen-
ior class at its reguiar meeting yester-
day afternoon. Mr. W. B. Teal resigned
front the position some two weeks ago
and there was some suggestion of elect-
ing two or three Juniors to fill the posi-
<fion. The class decided practicaiiy
unanimously, however, that a Senior
shouid have the position, and according-
iy etected Miss Suilivan to the place.
Misp Suliivan has been associate edi
tor on The Thresher since it was first
organized last January, and has been
one of the chief editorial writers on the
staff during that time. She will con-
tinue to occupy her oid position on The
Thresher as weii as assuming the new
duties on the Campanile.
The Catnp&nile staff as now constitut-
ed is: G. W. N. Eggers, editor-in-chief;
Miss Sullivan, assistant editor; J. New-
ton Rayzor, business manager.
Council Is Now Complete and Members
Hx[tect to Acquaint New Students
With the System.
At the first meeting of the newly
elected Honor Council Monday, October
9. Mr. R. P. Forrest was elected chair-
man of the Council for the year 1916-
17. Mr. Forrest has been at Rice oniy
one year, but he is weii known among
the students and there is general con-
fidence in his abiiity to fill in a worthy
manner the honorabie position to which
he has been eiected.
Mr. Forrest's eiection to the chair-
manship ieft a vacancy among the senior
representatives, and the Council being
seif-perpetuating during the year filied
the vacancy by eiecting Mr. W. P. H.
McFadden to the position. The Council
as now constituted is as follows: Mr.
Forrest, chairman; Miss Isabel John,
Messrs. S. H. Lowrie and W. P. H. Mc-
Fadden. from the Senior ciass; Miss
Heien Barber and Mr. J. P. Coleman,
front the Junior ciass; Miss May Speer
and Mr. F. P. Carrol], from the Sopho-
more class, and Mr. K. N. Milier from
the Freshman clas^.
The members of the Councii have ex-
pressed their desire to thorough])* in-
form ail the new students concerning
the workings of the Honor System, and
by their request Dr. Lovett wili today
(Wednesday) address a mass meeting
of the students on the subject.
RICE DOWNS AUSTIN COLLEGE 40 0;
LOSES TO TEXAS IN HARD FIGHT
ROLLS
VP BIO SCORE IX
CAME AT HOME.
FIRST
MANY SUBS ARE USED
Coach Arhuckie's New Material Shows
Up in Promising Man-
ner.
PUBLIC LECTURES
WILL ATTRACT MANY
I'ROORAM FOR ICADEMM YEAR IS
- - a'STftTt
Dr.
A. L. Hutrard Will Deliver Three
Lettnrcs on France in
French.
MILITARY TRAINING
IS POPULAR AT RICE
More Than a Hundred Students Are Ex-
pected to Form Battalion.
Preparedness at Rice is rapidiy ad-
vancing from the purely theoretical to
the practical stage, as is evidenced by
the interest being shown by the new
students in the military training which
is optional as a course in physicai edu-
cation. Instruction in drill and tactical
formations is under the direction of
Herbert N. Roe, instructor in the de-
partment of physical education.
Monday afternoon the battalion, ap-
proximately eighty strong, was seen at
drill for the first time this year. Mr.
Roe is confident that this number wii!
soon be increased to over a hundred.
PJtans are under way to equip the corps
with the khaki uniforms, which will be
ordered as soon as the number of stu-
dents who will take this work is definite-
ly ascertained.
The following appointments have
been made by Major Roe, to be effective
immediately: Vai T. Billups, adjutant
of the battalion; J. S. Waters, captain
of Company A., G. W. N. Eggers, cap-
tain of Company B; T. M. Keiller, first
lieutenant. Company B; John Vernor,
first lieutenant. Company A; A. H. Dug-
gnn, second lieutenant. Company A. The
following were appointed sergeants: C.
D. Vance, Otto Eiseniohr, Buhl Moore
and J. R. Biumberg.
Conforming to the custom of the pas^
three years, the Institute will again this
year offer a series of extension iectures
by several of the instructors. For the
first time, lectures will be delivered in
languages pther than English.
A source of unfailing strength to the
new university exists ready to hand in
the presence of severa) hundred coi-
tege men and women now resident
in the city of Houston. Whiie the
coming of the new institution and
contact with its life will serve to
warm their loyalty to their own re-
spective colleges, because of that very
interest and devotion they will thus be
quick to interpret sympathetically the
aims and idea!s of the Rice Institute to
the people of its community. They will
thus become one of the first of its hu-
man assets and one of the foremost of
its living sources of strength. To renew
and freshen the academic interests of
these former collegia!^, to stimulate and
sustain the intettectual ]ife of the teach-
ers of the city's schools, to tempt busi-
ness and professional workers to at least
occasional excursions into the academic
atmosphere surrounding the university,
to keep all the members of the Institute
in a iiveiy and appreciative sense of fa-
miliarity with fields of learning and in-
vestigations other than their own. to
bring all the people of the city and com-
munity into more intimate touch with
the academic life of the university, and
to carry the infiuence of that, lite directly
to many homes not represented on the
rolls of its undergraduate or postgradu-
ate students, regular series of public lec-
tures, in the form of university exten-
sion lectures, will be offered without
matriculation fee or other form of ad-
mission requirement. These perform-
ances are to be authoritative in charac-
ter, but as non-technical and popular in
treatment as their subjects will permit.
From domains of literature, history, sci-
ence, art, philosophy and politics sub-
jects will be chosen of current interest
as Well as those of assured and perma-
nent value.
The present plan for university exten-
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With the memory of an 81-0 defeat
and a 0-0 tie to urge then) on, the Owls
entered the football game with Austin
Coltege at Rice Field last Friday with a
determination to run up a big score.
Their efforts netted forty points to Aus-
tin's none.
Throughout the game Hice's goal was
never in danger, Austin making first
down only three times, once on a for-
ward pass and twice on straight foot-
ball. ltice tried very little open play,
attempting but five passes and complet-
ing two. Austin used much open piay,
but executed it very pooriy. Of the fif-
teen passes only two were successful,
one of which was no gain. However,
had the Sherman boys on the receiving
end of the passes done their part, a
good half of their attempts wouid have
been good gains against the Hice lot-
ward pass defense.
Nearly every man on the Rice squad
was given a chance. Deila Valle. Hell
and Hopkins made their initial appear-
ance as Rice back field men in a very
creditable manner. Brown, playing the
first half, swept around Austin's right
wing about at will. Vance, relieving
Darling in the latter part of the second
period, gained consistently on cross-
bucks. Bell, during his two and a half
quarters in the game, ran the team with
good judgment. Delia Valle furnished
the most spectacular play of the after-
noon when he ran sixty yards for a
touchdown after intercepting a forward
pass tu Hie mutuie ot me wttoie Austin
team.
For Austin College, G. Lowe played a
good game at quarterback and Sensa-
baugh's forward passing was accurate.
With the exception of one beautiful
sixty-five-yard spiral by Potts, the punt-
ers exchanged about even distances.
The Hice men showed very little speed
going down under their punts and last
opponents would have gained well on
the return.
Throughout the whole game Austin
was not penalized and Hice oniy three
times, twice for offside and once when
a substitute ran onto field while the ball
was in play.
The First Quarter in Detail.
Rice received, Carroll returning 15
yards to Rice's 35-yard line. Brown
made 35 yards around end. Rice off-
side, 5 yards penalty. Darling 6 yards
around end. Ball went over after two
unsuccessful bucks. Sensabaugh failed
to gain through line. C. Lowe no gain
through tackle. Sensabaugh punted to
Fendley on Hice's -t5-yard line. Dar-
ling no gain, Fendley no gain. Brown
15 yards around end. Fendley 5 yards
through center. Darling lost 5 yards
on end run. Incomplete pass to Brown.
Crossbuck 6 yards. Ball went over on
Austin's 34-yard line. G. Lowe 2 yards
through left tackle. H. B. Lowe no
gain through line. Sensabaugh punfed
30 yards to Darling. Brown no gain
around end. Brown 5 yards crossbuck.
Forward pass, Fendley to Darling, 20
yards. Darling 5 yards around end.
Brown 35 yards around end for touch-
down. Futweiler failed at goal.
Sensabaugh, for Austin, received kick-
off on, 10-yard, line, returning 10. G.
Lowe 11 yards through left tackle.
Sensabaugh 4 yards through center.
Sensabaugh no gain through line, twice.
Punted to Rice's 40-yard line. Darling
fumbled and Austin recovered. Austin's
ball on Rice's 40-yard line. Score,
Rice 6, Austin 0.
Second Quarter.
During most of this period Austin
kept the ball in Rice's territory. In the
last few minutes, however, Hice. taking
the ball after touchback. with a quick
succession of crosshucks by Browu and
by Vance, who relieved rifling, and
Delia VaHe, who relieved Brown, made
her second touchdown. Vance kicked
goal, making the score 13-0.
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HOLDS LOXUHORXS TO TWO TOUCH-
DOWNS AXD A SAFETY.
STRONG ON DEFENSIVE
Dane Makes Owls' Only Scorc-
taiu Brown Is Stellar
Performer.
-tap-
Texas 1'niversity took her fourth vic-
tory over the Owls Saturday. October 7,
in one of the hottest contested football
games that had been staged on Clark's
Field for several seasons. The contest
was fiercely fought from beginning to
em] and up untii the referee sounded
his whistle for the last time the game
could have right !y been claimed by
either side. Aside front the few fum-
bles the battle was as nearly perfect as
any played thus far this season. End
runs, line bucks, and forward passes
were executed in great style, ami the
game was replete with dashing and
spectacular plays.
Brown, captain of the Owls. stood om
as the stellar performer for the Itice
eleven. His excellent ability to shift
around ends and make headway through
broken fields gained many yards for the
visitors, and his good judgment com-
bined with that of Gripon's, did much
to bring the Owls several times within
striking distance of the Ltmghorn's
goal. Vance, the new and ' I'roshy"
halfback, that hails from San Antonio,
showed up well. He was not so suc-
cessful as Brown in his dashes around
end. but did brilliant, work in returning
punts. Dane, another of this year's
adoption, played splendidly at tackle.
It was through his work that Hice was
able to make her only score, he being
responsible for Hice's safety. Tiny
Kalb was seen flaying havoc with Tex-
as' line plunges. This was especially
nue at tnc last quarter, as UttrtttK this
period he smashed eight straight line
bucks of his opponents, allowing oniy
a few yards gain.
Rice Strong on Defense.
The entire Hice aggregation did mm h
creditable work. They were especially
strong on end runs and did much ef-
fectual work at plunging the line. Their
forward passes were one out of six at
tempts. On the defense the Owis with-
stood the fierce attack of the Texatis
with telling results. With the exception
of Hedick. none of the Longhorns wert'
at. all successful in plowing through the
line for good gains.
Hedick for Texas was one of the most
noticeable stars of the Texas eleven.
Many times his line plunges netted good
gains. Hlaine, T'ettn. Diltmar, Lang and
McMurry did splendid work for the
Longhorns.
The game was called at 4 o'clock.
Hice won the toss and received the hall
at the north goal.
Brown Makes First t;ain.
First Quarter: Texas kicked 3*<
yards; Brown received the ball and re-
turned it for a 12-yard gain. Vance
went through right tackle for 1 yard.
Brown fumbled, but Rice recovered the
ball. Hice kicked 35 yards and Texas
returned the ball 20 yards. Hedick of
Texas hit the Hice line for 8 yards.
Again he came through for 4 yards,
making it first down. A repeated
charge by Hedick gained Texas 4 yards
more. After three renewed attempts at
line plunging Texas failed to gain bet-
distance. The hall went to Hice. Brown
circled end for 21 yards. Vance fum-
bled and Texas recovered the ball. Tex-
:t3* attempted several line plunges with
but short gain. Following an unsuc-
cessful forward pass Texas nttemptod a
field goal. Dane of Hice smeared the
play. Rice's ball on her own 3 5-yard
line. Hice gained a little on line
plunges but was finally forced to kick.
Texas returned Dormant's 25-ynrd punt
20 yards. After three line plunges be-
ing penalized on the third down. Texas
was forced to kfek. The trim-footed
Texan kicked 4 5 yards and Vance was
downed in his tracks by Captain Ditt-
tmtr. After a short gain by Fendiey,
Brown and Vance. Hice attempted a
.forward pass, but failed to complete.
Vance followed the incomplete pass
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The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 2, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 18, 1916, newspaper, October 18, 1916; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth229788/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.