The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, April 6, 1917 Page: 4 of 6
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THE THRESHER. APRtL 6. )M7
THE THRESHER
A fortnightly periodical published by the
studentg oi the Rice Institute at
Houston, Texas.
Hnlcrt-d as sceond-elass matter October 17,
1!'!at the postoffice at Houston, Texas,
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OUt ( O HM HP!T(Mt WRITKM OX
The Rice co-eds are showing a ltvcty
interest in "Votes for Women," judging
from the number who assisted at Or.
Shaw's tecture, and from the Mice rep-
resentation at the suffrage school. Co)
lege wotnen should be interested in thh-
cause. There is some excuse for the
)n;tn who doesn't want woman's suff-
rage. it witi take some of his prestige
and authority away from him. But
there is no excuse for the woman who
does not want it. As Dr. Shaw said in
her lecture Tuesday evening—the wo-
man who does not want to vote is either
ignorant or seUish. She is either too
narrow minded to comprehend that
suffrage is her right and duty or she is
too satisfied with her own easy-going
iot in life to give any thought to the
cause, which means so much to others
Now, college women are not ignorant
and few of litem are witiiug to be caiied
seitish or indifferent.
Granted that they have an iuterest i;
the movement, there are ways and ways
of showing this interest. It shouid bt
understood that woman's suffrage is t
hmger a subject for jokes. Men wit
run lor offices specitv where they stat)'
on tins question. The women who art
righting tor the baiioi are fighting ]
H hat they realize is a great cause. T
cause should not be iost sight of in an
cttdem or to seii yellow badges, if ye!
tow badges must be soid to raise the
ever necessary funds, they shouid be
sold for a tixed price. Such iittie things
as no) returning the change when such
a purchase is made are iikeiy to preju
dice peopie against the whole cause and
to put it on the same ptane with a "Tag
t.'ay" campaign to raise 'money tor some
'hitritabie enterprise. The woman
uifrage movement is not a charitabh
enterprise, it.-js not a fad. The dignit)
ssith which a meeting is conducted tun;,
h.iie as much to do with winning sym
pathixers as the speaker's iogic. Open
opposition sometimes does less barn
than Hippaut support. Hice giris wh<
assist at titese suffrage meetings
liou-ton have their own dignity to pro
tect at)(t they also have the power to
aid or harm the suffrage cause by the!
co nduct.
and commend about our college, it sure-
isn't necessary to harp on her lack-
ing virtues, especially since we have not
given her time to supply them yet.
Perhaps the average student does not
have this lop-sided view of loyalty
when he stops to think about it, but it
seems to be his working hypothesis. Let
us watch ourseives, and be truly loyal
to Uice at all times.
'.at "n tile t;<*ri<tan l-httpire.
in .-j'it" of our great desire for peace,
<h -pin of out great patience under tin
ii'tnii'ert'..: Wrongs intiici.-ii upon us,
i!n- ticte has at. iast come v. hen we can
no longer remain idie.
\\ f have longest' for peace, we havt
'tifciiiicd of peace -permanent, univel
^a) te-ace ion at iasi we are a.waketteo
t" ttte tact that thet'-^s no peace, then
<an ic no peace wtitle i'mssiau ttiiii
<ari-!u exists in she world.
.\t inst. it has been drive!) home to
the American peopie that this is tt war
'it' nutoi racy against democracy, and
:tmt i' is a war 'to the death-t-r-one .ot.
the otiter mtisi perish. That being {he
case, there is, there could be no ques-
tion as to where America n.^ust cast bet
he.. iieside ! lte great democracies O!
'he e.ittii, iirnain and f'rattce and tin
n.-w Russia, tie takes her stand ana
ph-ig'.'M her all in aiding them in their
...te.it. tiattie for mankind.
To what extents this may lead us no
te.tn can leii. if no great disaster hap-
pens. or bus impponed. to any of the
aiiied nations, smeiy out fuii power
wiit iiever ite caiied into use. Hut ittts-
ia iias recently passed through the
threes of a rcvoftttion; if site hits been
-,ve;, tseuc'i tix'teDy, or if previous trcach-
e;.' has piact'-d her artnies in a periious
t'osit iot). then America's' utmost power
tnay he taetuited to bring vit toty to iite
side ,,f right, in any case, we ttmsl be
prepared tor at! etentuaiities; we have
taken up this cause and we must see it
through, eost what it may.
t'his is tt.-e' spirit of America, and the] Subject of athietics, especiaiiy when w<
tiatton t);at has aroused that spirit has I wailpp Texas or A. & M.
don.- a footi/h thing.
What wi!i iiice students be called
apon )o do'.' it is too eariy to say. In
former seals we couid have expected an
immediate call tor volunteers, bnt the
s.dttnteer system has been weighed and
fount! wanting, and it is tcry likely that
i 'on
t ion
-reus will pass a selective conscrip- j administration
lull. !t is certainly to be hoped L.^]] [ovaity?
so. Hvery true 'American is ready to
serve witere it* is his duly to serve; the
hard thing is lor each individual to de-
termine where that duty lies. Let the
elasscs of service be outlined by iaw and
the classes of men selected for each.
If it is a man's duty to be in the front
tank, let him be there; if it is his
duty to be at home, likewise let him be
there and very often the latter re-
quirement Is harder than the former.
fn short, let the duties of all be stated
and let all be require'! to perform those
duties. Any man who can oppose him-
self to such a program as this is un-
worthy to be called an American.
That the men of Hice, yea. and the
women, too, will do their full duty by
the country that has given them birth
no one who knows them will dare to
question.
Let us wait and see what is required
of us, and whatever we are set to do
let us do it with alt our hearts, bearing
in mind that the resplendent name of
America must be kept as briiliant and
tts stainless as ever it was in the time
of our forefathers.
Stun; TH<)K;HT* OX (ObLKOK
LOYALTY.
If oil were caiied on to answer the
question, "What is college loyalty?
what wouid bo your reply?
The average student would immedi
atoiy say that college loyalty is t
vague something known as "school
spirit," which prompts a fellow to get
out and holler for the team until hi
throat is raw, to don his slumber tip
pat'el and parade the down-town streets
ecstatically blowing a horn to let the
burg know that bis leant has just pu
one over on the enemy.
Yea. verily, none of us would giv
ti rap for the student, titan or fair co
ed who cannot get up some pep on th
Hut is this ail there is to college toy
aity ?
if so, that man is counted loyal wh
reduces his voice to a whisper yelling
at. a basebail game and the next day i
heard to make a sneering, hurtful re
] mark to an outsider about Rice o^ hot
is his spirit what w
tti.TTHH t'HOXM smtt it H
A matter that has caused and is caus-
ing the students no end of annoyance
and inconvenience, and that is eliciting
great deal of unfavorable criticism jn
town is the way in which the office at
the dormitory is handled.
This does not impiy any criticism of
the men iu charge, for they are efficient
and accommodating, it is the system
under which they work, and for which
the executive committee of the institute
is responsible.
The office is closed tor half an hour
while the man in charge makes his
rounds to punch the clock. This three
times in the morning and the same num-
ber in the afternoon. During the time
that the watchman is absent the door is
locked, and the telephone jangles in
vain.
Ko matter how urgent the call tnay
be, nor how pressing the need to get
into immediate touch with a student, it
is impossible until the watchman re-
turns.
Recent iy the father of one of the stu-
dents who lives in Dailas was in town
and made an effort to reach his sou. He
called ropeatediy for more than half an
hour, and then gave it up as a had job.
Xo doubt but that he returned home
with very high ideas concerning the ef-
liciency of the service rendered at Hice.
Xor is this all. Men who are work-
ing in town are frequentiy called by
their employers. Very often they can-
not reach the students, with the result
that he is disgusted with the whole
thing. The student then loses the extra
wor!!.
There is not a hotel. Y. M. C. A. or
boarding house of any pretention in the
State that does not give better service.
They have to do it. Such an antique,
slipshod method would not be tolerated
lor a moment.
Furthermore, there is no excuse for
such service, if it is necessary to have
the clock punched every two hours let
a student do it. Also, the time of the
two watchmen should be so regulated
that the office will not remain closed for
three-quarters of an hour while both
are eating supper.
Some action shouid be taken on this
matter at once by the administrative
officers, not only for the sake of the
long suffering students, but in behaif of
the public at iarge.
Where is all the pep and enthusiasm
-o evident at <he foothnil games last
year/ The baseball team Is just as de-
serving of support, yet (be bleachers'are
only sparsely tilled and the grand stand
deserted. (!et behind the team.
If athletic fervor is the or^ requisite
of loyalty, that co-ed is loyal who en-
thusiastically splits a brand new pair
of white kid gloves clapping for "the
boys'" at a track meet and then turns
to her town or out-of-town escort to
score Hice because in some way the sys-
tem of the school does not suit her per-
sona! desires—is this the kind of loy-
alty we would give our Alma Mater?
Many Houston inns have an atrocious
idea of Hice Institute conditions— the
girls are rudely treated and made to
feel the superfluity of their presence on
every occasion; the boys are starved to
death; alt the students are gaunt and
hollow-eyed from over-study; the pro-
fessors run races to see who can Hunk
the most peopie per term. Where did
the dear, unsuspecting citizens get such
ideas? Did they come out to Investi-
gate things for themselves? No. Some
"toyal" Hice instltuter Imparted the In-
formation to them.
Of course, conditions are not perfect
at Rice—is there any mortal Institution
in existence that Is entirely satisfactory
to ati those connected with it? Does
it remedy matters In any degree to com-
plain of them to people outside of the
school? Let's keep our family skele-
tons in the closet where they belong,
not air them before the curious gaze
of the misunderstanding public.
When there is so much to admire
Scene: Hioiogy recitation room.
Time: Saturday, March Kl, 191".
Actors: Herr Muller, a black-eyed
curiy-hatred lassie, Mr. B, Mr. X, and
a room full of wail Rowers.
Curtain rises.
Herr Mutter: "Mr. H, name some of
the most important mammals."
Mr. 1!.: "Man, house, cow, fox and
dog."
Herr Muller: "That's good."
Miss Black Eyes frantically waves her
hand in the air.
Herr Muller: "Ves, Fraulein Black
Hyes."
Fraulein Ulack Hyes: "Are chickens
mammals?"
Herr Mutter: No, they're fowls."
Mr. X.: "But, Herr Muller, aren't
some mammats chickens?"
—Fan.
t ruel Xeighhors.
The phone rang loud, the phone rang
long.
It rang ding dang, and It rang ding
dong.
And into my dreams, as I lay asleep,
The dreadful noise of the phone did
creep.
So I answered the phone with this yawn,
"Oh, gee."
"What's that?" came a voice; "are you
swearing at nte?"
"Oh, no! Hetlo!" I said, now fully
awake,
Wondering what excuse I could make.
"Well, your house is on tire; that's
why I rang,"
Came through the receiver as It went
down with a bang.
Well, you can just bet, right up I got,
And I searched and hunted 'till I was
hot,
When across the street came these
words so cruel,
"Oh, go on back to bed, you April Fool."
—Fan.
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