The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 20, 1919 Page: 1 of 4
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TONIGHT
We are with yo u, Team
!FHETHRE8HER
DON'T DELAY
Have your pteture made
Volume 4
BJCE tNSTtTUTE. HOUSTON, TEXAM, FEBRUARY 20, 1919
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BHES TQ TEXAS
LONGHORNS TAKE FtRST TWO GAMES OF THE
SER!ES THAT R!CE PLAYS AWAY FROM HOME
institute Team Puts Up Hard Fight But Overpowered by
the Scores of 28-25 and 36-11—Gertach and Kings-
tand Star as Usuat.
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SEASOX—SEVEX AT HOME.
Caps and Gowns Wit) Be Worn By Women.
Men Fottow Precedent of Carrying Canes on
STATE HONOR i ESTS ON OWLS Appointed Day
University «f Arkanstts Dtvades Hous-
ton on TtmnksHhtnn and Mewnnoe
<m Fifteenth—\!eet Texas in
Austin on November ).
The Rice Owls have lost the first two
and the hardest games to be played on
their trip. These were played at Austin
on Friday and Saturday, the 14th and
15 th of February. The score for the
two games, 28 to 25, and 36 to 11, does
in itself give an idea of the way they
were piayed. The first of the pair was
a pretty even fight, the Longhorns hav-
ing the lead from the start of the sec-
ond half and kept 1) until the linat
pistol shot. The game was to be noted
for the fast playing, excellent guarding
and accurate basket shooting dispiayed. i
McCullough, Devinney, Smyth and
Greet'. The first of these did by far the
best playing during both games. The
other three we know front of yore and
were playing in their usual game.
The line-up:
Hice—Forwards: Lovett and Ger-
lach; center, Kingsland; guards, Mr-
Keen and Brown.
Texas—Forwards, Devinney and Rus-
sell; center, Smyth; guards, Greer and
McCullough.
Substitutions—First game: Rice,
-they ' Winsborough tor Brown: Texas, Dennis
t for Russeil. Second game: Rice, Alex-
No one on the team "starred"
were all stars.
For our team Gerlach and Kingsland ! ander tor Lovett; Moore tor McKeen;
were the big point winners, their indi- i R°se *'°r Gerlach. Texas. Dennis for
vidua) scores being 10 and 9. respect- Russell, C. Dittert for Smyth, Lee Dit-
ivelv. Kingsiand had considerable : tert for Devinney, English for Greer.
Le t they become confused with the
pmletariat, the Senior nit!s wi)i blos-
som forth, on every Friday, in ai) Die
glory of caps and gowns. For Friday
is "Senior Day," and on that day ie<
no inferiors seek to radiate importance.
Hut iest some f reshman display undue
The li)l!) footbaii scheduie for Rice
has been arranged and announced by
Coach Arbuckie. It is one of much in-
terest and some great games are prom- ignorance, they must not inquire who
ised. A fuli season of eight gridiron the cane-bearinn gentlemen tnay b<<, lor
clashes lias been carded. Two of the they wit) be the males of tite iortlty
seven contests at Houston are to be in-'class. According to ihe established cus-
terstate affairs. One is with the Se- ton) they will distinguish them-oho
wanee University and the other with from other students of Rice on their
the University of Arkansas. These : ciasa day and the cane wiii be tite hadgo
games wiii throw the honor of uphold- of dignity.
ing tite State on ihe iiice '19 eieven. Tite wearing of caps and nowns is n
The games with Baylor, Texas, and new institution for the "Settlor Day" at
Southern Methodist University are oth- Hice. Up to the present there has beet)
er big occasions on the 1919 scheduie. no set precedent to foliow; it. remained
trouble, due to his reputation—he had
to get away from half of the Texas
team before being abie to shoot. The
Longhorns have a hunch that "Ding
dong" means "ring up a basket" every
time he shoots. Gerlach played his
usual consistent game, and the resit
were here, there and everywhere.
From Austin Rice's team goes to
Dallas and meets the "five" of South-
ern Methodist University. Their team
last year was a very good one and good
games are expected there both Monday
and Tuesday nights.
The iast two games on the trip wiii
be played against Texas Christian Uni
In the second game the.first half was , versity on Wednesday and Thursday of
a hard fought battle, the score being a i this week. These games will be an ef-
tie, 8 to 8. The strain of this half. ] fort to even up two defeats sustained
however, told on the Owls, who could ! in the early part, of the season. With
not substitute as good men as the Long- ! our new line-up and experience as a
horns. An unaccountable slump took ' team unit we can hope for two scalps
place and Texas took advantage to run ! from the Fort Worth team.
The Thanksgiving Day con I est wiii
be with the University of Arkansas at
Houston. The Razorbacks are worthy
opponents and the game wiii be great
stuff in the way of gridiron clashes.
With a scheduie such as this, Iiice:
bids fair to find a high rank when the i
casting up of the season's accom- '
piishments is gone over. It is a
for the present class to establish what
is likoiy to be a long-lived custom.
Why this method was hit upon is not
reported; probably it is calculated to,
tts far as possible, remove them the
proper distance from the herd which i-
theirs by right of years at Hice.
Nor will "Senior Day" be introduced
in ail amateur fashion. The lirst an-
ward to as one which should britlg new
laurels to Rice.
The complete schedule is as follows:
away with the game. For our team, On their return trip front the. up-! ^ f'inity I nhersity at
Kingsland, Lovett and Gerlach took tite ; State trip the Rice Owls have one more j Oetober
iead in the sensational playing. Kings- i pair of games with S. M. U. here in ! . '
land netted five points and the other i Houston on the 24th and 25th. These
two each readied out for a basket. i two clashes wiii probaoly ctose the sea
The men starring against us were i son's schedule.
of prime importance that so t'earance, with which tiny will dttxxi
many freehmen have been developed the eyes of the studtan body, will be
into, stars during the past season and ! - - ^ -
that S9 many experienced men will he ^
on hand at the beginning of the sea tONGHOKNS (HtTTL\(!
son; at least it seems that wav now tit,A A*^f
wn'i\ihdv beln'th TV UP BASEBALL STEAM
vvttf Hheiv be tn the I ray and the sched-
ule of next season may be iooked for
, about March 1. It is reported that in-
j itiai steps have boon taken to rent caps
: and gowns for the occasion. Where
i the canes wilt come from is not inciuded
!in the report of the meeting, lint they
ican be counted on to be much in evi-
: dene-' on t he appointed day.
On account of their uniforms, the
. Seniors last year were forC'd to drop the
cti.-tom of currying cattes on . he's day.
In fact, a regular program for a class
day eoitid not be carried oat: under the
j existing conditions. This makes tite
; elaborate preparations of tin- present
year all the more significant. The cu-
tout was followed extensive))- two y< :its
ago and it will not be ailowed to die
j out. The fall of 1918 was by no im-ans
. favorable to tite development oi class
spirit, which account'- for the ii'-iay in
the celebration of a ciass day.
At a recent meeting a mmm
composed of S. L. Lane, Utihy So;:tb,
i Shirley Simons and Ihtss Ha')? v.a:, ap-
pointed tb arrange the detail- m -
' before mentioned. Tin- men to
adopt the canes and ihe -.-. omen to
wear the cajts atid gowns, .so moy th<.
invitation is* Jo watch t;e i-'ridavs of
March.
SUBMARINE JALNTS
ARE "UNEX(THKG"
About Sixty Ttyottts Report tot- Uttifiai
Practice, But Weather Man is Ob-
durate—Wit) t'iay )H Uatnos.
-Austin nt
MERiTS 0^ fRH
SPEECH OtSCUSSEO
BY R, G, CAHIWEH
COMPLETE SURVEY
OF TEXAS NOW
BEING MADE BY
GEOLOGISTS
-University of Texas at
Methodist ' ,
J. A. Udden, director of the Bureau
of Economic Geotogv of the University I
' of Texas, has under way through the
Thursday night after supper Mr. R. geologists and two assist-
G. Caldweil gave the opening-address ^ ^ complete survey of the State of
for the class discussion of topics ^Texas wtth a vtew of f nding a l the
the day, which is to be conducted in : ""*? ""P"^nt construct.ons and for- ;
the Y. M. C. A. Mr. Caldwell took for ' The outstanding purpose ot ;
his sttbject the relation between inter- ! the survey ts to get a baste knowledge j
national problems and Christ's i
on the Mount. He said that the three t j*
things which stood out in the sermon
on the mount more plainly to him were:
Generosity, Simplicity, and Sincerity.
In the case of generosity he Quoted the
passages, "Whosover shall smite thee
on the right cheek, turn to him the oth-
er also," and "Thou slialt love thy
neighbor as thyself." In other words,
Sixty basebail candidates answered
S-..H '.he first call made by Coach Blilv Dim-it
southwestern 1 utverstty ^ the 1'niversity o? T.-xa . team. On
account of rain only a tittle indoor in-
si.rttcU9n was given ami H,u ,)iee'thig
was largely given over to di a-usslon oi
baseball history at tite university and
the prospects for this season. Nineteen
collegiate games have been scheduled
and several others are expected to be
added later on.
Five baseball letter men from last year
are here in school and several others ex-
pect to get their army releases itt time
to be here for the season. Those who
are back are Captain Oorege McCui-
iouglt of Waco, who plays at. second
base; James Greer of Laredo, who hold"
down the .third portion; Bib Falk oi'
Austin, pitcher and first baseman:
Ralph Barry of Fort Worth, first base-
man, and Will Collins of Texas City.
j who playtt center field.
A most enjoyable Valentine party wa* Others of last year's team who are
given last Friday evening by St. Paul's hack are Albert Penn of Austin, catch-
Rice class. Attractive decorations of er; Hatcher Pickens of Fort Worth,
hearts and red crepe paper gave a very i catcher; Dewey Bradford ot Austin,
festive appearance to the scene, while pitcher; George Johnson and Knox
the attractive costumes of the girls [Williams of Giddings, shortstop; George
completed the Valentine effect. For j Hit! of Fort Worth, pitcher, and Bob
Octohe'; 2-t—
} ton.
November 1
I Austin.
I November 8—Southern
^ University at Houston.
' November 15—Sewanee University a
: Houston.
; November 21—Howard Payne Col
; lege at Houston.
November 27—University of Arkan
sas at Houston.
RICE CLASS AT ST.
PAUL'S CELEBRATES
ON VALENTINE DAY
j ing people and also to the authorities
of the State departments. The thick
jness, kind, depth, material, faults and } c""'V'tnea me vatenttne eftect. For! ot Fort Worth, p
different characteristics of the forma- success in the game of hearts, which i Moseley of Jefferson, first base
tions are the essential requisites of alfotmed#the chief diversion of the even-
detailed account. t '"%< M''- Ciifton Shaw was given a Rice
„ „ ,, pennant, while Mr. Ed. Fitch received
MHiiftins Pubhshci. ; a comic Valentine for the "booby."
As soon as the Information is gath-j A delicious ice course was served, re-
treat the other Nations as you would ! preti it is printed in the form of a bulle-j flecfing the Valentine motif.
treat yourseif.
Speaking of simplicity he quoted:
"But let your communication be yea;
nay, nay; for whatsoever Is more than
these cometh evil," and "But I say unto
you, Swear not at all." Mr. Caldwell
said that we Bhould say what we mean
and stay by what we say. Be simple
in language and so frank with the oth-
er people that you would have no need
to swear at ail. He said that if this
was so that one Nation would have con-
fidence in another.
Then in the case of simplicity he
quoted, "Judge not, that ye be not
judged, for with what judgment ye
judge, ye shall be judged; and with
what measure you mete, it shall be
measured to you again." Mr. Caldwell
said it would probably be the fault of
the United States to say that we must
watch the other Nations, but we will do
what is right. He said that we should
be frank with ourselves and not be
hypocrites.
Mr. Caldwell closed his talk by say-
ing that these points of simpiicity, sin-
cerity and generosity were not the only
things in the sermon on the mount, but
to him they stood out beyond the rest.
The Chicago White-Sox have asked
for a game early in March, which will
probably be arranged. Last season
when they were then the world's chant
pionship baseball team they defeated
the Longhorns by a score of 23 to l.
USCHKOFF-WOLF.
The announcement of the engagement
and approaching marriage of Miss
Freddie Wolf and Dr. Mozart A. Lisch-
koff wiii be read with Interest by the
many institute friends of the bride-
eiect. Miss Wolf was a meniber of thp
Junior class, and her departure to Pen-
sacola, Fin., will cause regret to her
many friends in Houston.
We mean- It.
ken—TODAY.
Have your picture ta-
tin by the department. Yal Verde - This is only one of the entertainments The schedule as arranged is as follows-
County is the only one about which a I which the class has given this vear. audi March 31, Southwestern University
bulletin has been published. However. ; other social events are being planned, at Austin; April 2. Southwestern Uni
at the present time, there arc three on for the future. i versity at Georgetown; April t and 5 i
the verge of publication. Information' The party was chaperoned bv Dr. and S- M. U. at Austin; April 11 and 12 ^
has been obtained in full from Tarrant, Mrs. J. Edward Hodges, and others' T. C. U. at Austin; April 14 and 15. A.
Runnels and Dallas counties, and with-! present were: and M. at. Austin; April 21 and 22 Ol-:-
in a few weeks bulletins will be ready] Misses: Lula Higgins. 11a Brown, 'nhoma University at Norman, "okia.: t
for delivery on these. Bulletins on Flossie Brown. Annie B. Frost, Carolyn ! AprH 23 and 24, Oklahoma A. and M. '
Taylor, Bexar and Coke counties are Gemmer, Roselle Hurley. Mildred Mc- "t Stillwater, Okla.; April 25, T. C. i\
still in the preparatory stage, but. are Phillips. Octavia Dixon.* Oessner Lane.' "t Fort Worth; Aprii 26, S. M. U. at!
expected to be released sometime not} Mnurine Mills. Lillian Davenport, Marl' Dalias; May 2 and Southwestern Uni- '
far distant. i Karet Biackwell. Louise Delerv, Irene versity at Austin; Mav 5 and 6. Rice
Mr. Udden remarked when asked Poole, Mrs. Sara Davidson. Institute at, Austin; May 12 and 13, A.
about this work: Messrs. Dick Carson, Joe Shannon. **nd AL at Coliege Station.—Houston
"As yet progress has been very, very Juiian Fruit. Clifton Shaw, Paul Bobb, Post.
Ed Fitch, E. Y. Nelson, Milton Heywood, ^
J. R. Peterson, Elneo Austin, William
Smith. R. B. Evans, G. D. Cunyus, P.
D. Bttshong. John Beshara. E. W. De-
prato, Mr. McCallum.
Opinion ot )'[-of. A. L. !l:igb<s, Who
Has Returned to iiice i t-,<ttt Anti-
submarine hers itt- with British
Xavy.
Prof, A7 1,;' Hugltes comes back to n*
wbh tite news that submarine jaunt:'
are not io thrilling as we insit-' on be-
iievin.^.. tie .-ut,j.iit'.'-s; ioiL!.-..
initit'.s with the one word, "ttnex'-iting."
siu.re June. 1;- ] 1. i'rof. lingites has
beep -with ' the British anil.-subtuaritt,?'
depart men! with headquarters at Har-
wich, Kngiand. His appointment to this
piace called Mm from his work in
physics at the Institute to a rnot-)- ex-
tensive work tn physit-s fur the I'.rttish
Nation, lie was engaged in the .,e;tti-
cation of thin science to methods of d«.
stroying the submarine. Ships ami
submarines were at his tiispos; I in ex-
perimental work.
"The real thing to he menti-jHotl."
said Air. Hughes, "is tite. speed with
which the work was carried on. .!ast
as it was speed that got tite Hun <m
hind, so it was speed that got him at
sea."
"'Speed, speed, and more snetl.'
were our daily orders," continued ,\i:
11 ttghes.
1'rof. llttghes was born itt Ihtglatnl
and received his education in tite uni-
versities of fhat cottntry. He came to
Bice in l'H:'. aud since thai time l;an
beett a {trominent I'acttity me.itthet'.
His appointment to the British anti-
submarine department was by no means
a small, honor. He did the same work
for tile British navy that 1'mf. it.
Wilson is doing for the American navy.
iiice feels duly proud in knowing that
she has one with her who is dire.-tiy
responsible for the winning of the war.
slow due mainly to the small number
of geologists and the great amount of
work to be done to give an authoritative
and complete recount of the findings.
The counties in Texas are usually very
large, and it takes many months to col-
lect ail the information which might
be found. It is for this that a total of
seven only have been surveyed. It Is
the purpose of the department to finish
and report on three counties a year, and
we feel satisfied if this can be done."—
Daily Texan.
MISS FILSON HEADS
GIRLS' TENNIS CLUB
A WAH\lX(i FROM THE (IRAUK.
(By Theodore Iloosevelt. t
We, here in America, hold in our
"Plenty of pep. and at least: an hour's
play every week," is the slogan adopted
by the Girls' Tennis Cittb, which way
In the Daily Texan we read of the
Owls—"Among those Coach Tisdale is
bringing with him are Lovett, Gerlach,
Brown, McKeen, Bell, and the great
horse's neck, Kingsiand."
Don't forget that Campaniie picture.
Don't make it necessary to set a Mnai
date—get it over with—now!
The Campanile staff Is rushed. Don't
delay the game. We want a good book
this year.
hands the hope of the world, the fate ' reorganized on February 11. The club
of the routing years; and shame and "'** <*"'d its meetings every Friday on
disgrace will be ours If In our eyes the tennis courts, and contests at which
light of high resolve is dimmed', if we . Otters will be awarded are being
trail in the dust the golden hopes of I'lnnned. The club has resolved to
men. If on this new continent we ntake itself a tennis club, not only in
merely build another country of great name but itt practice, and all members
but unjustly divided material prosper- ! every week. The following
ity, we shall have done nothing; and ! officers were elected:
we shall do as little if we merely set President, Katherine Filson.
the greed of envy against the greed of Vice-President, Jennie Rose Alood.
arrogance, and thereby destroy the ma-! Secretary. Alma Nemir.
tetial wellbeing of ail of tts.—Leslie's, j Treasurer, Dorothy Plutnbley.
j All girls who wish to benefit them-
Take that dollar fifty to town and ^ selves by playing tennis are urged to
have your picture taken. You may I join this live, "peppy" band.
spend it foolishly otherwise.
Don't forget—look sweet.
! Picture—what picture?
i it tqken this week.
Yours. Get
MAY FETE STRESSED
AT SOUTHWESTERN U.
Southwestern students decided not to
attempt an edition of the Year Book
this year, because it was deemed un-
wise before the war stopped, and after
the war stopped the time was too short
to put out a successftti Year Rook, and
\ye are perfectly willing to wait for a.
big "three in one" Year Book next year.
But there is one event we can pull for
and work for that is oi great importance
to the university and of great joys and
good times to all of us. It is important
to the university because it is undoubt-
edly a successful medium of advertis-
ing and solicitation for new students.
That event is our May Fete. Big things
are being planned for that day. The
day before May Day we wattl to set-
hundreds of visitors coming in. Tite
entertainment of the visitors will be
cared for. Now the important thing is.
get more visitors and former students
here than was ever l^ere before. If
eacl'i student will insist on several of his
or her friends being here by writing
now so that they ma? plan ahead to
come, we will have a mand May Fete.
If will be a reunion of old am! new stu-
dents. of students to be. and fathers
aud mothers of Southwestern students,
The occasion is worth all that you can
'put into it and memories of the cele-
bration? the new friendships formed and
new and old ones revived, will linger
with you forever.—The Megaphone.
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