The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, October 6, 1922 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME VIH
RICE INSTITUTE, HOUSTON, TEXAS, OCTOBER 6, 1923
NUMBER 4
& HOUSTON NORMAL
FIRST GRIDIRON PREY
FOR THE RICE OWLS
STIFF BATTLE
EXPECTED FOR
OPENING GAME
Normalites to Bring Big
Squad of Men to Houston.
Ow! Lineup Not Picked.
FootbaH, described by Waiter Camp
as "the man's game; the game that
makes college life worth while," wifl
be officially ushered into Rice and
into Houston tomorrow afternoon at
3:30 o'ctock. At that hour Sam
Houston Normai wi!i brave th ? fury
of 11 blue-clad huskies who wiii take
the lead in defending Rice's name on
the gridiron this faii.
The opening of the seheduie is wel-
comed by players and rooters alike.
Four weeks of practice without a game
is trying on both. Predictions of the
game's final score are unnecessary.
The fact that autumn is here, that
sweaters and coats are needed, that
excitement is in the air, that the grip-
ping speH of estactic nervousness
which setties over a school at football
time is beginning to be felt—those are
the things that county
Coach Arbuckle was unable to an-
nounce a line-up for tomorrow at the
time Thresher forms closed. In fact
he has requested that probable line-
ups and possibilities and conjectures
not be printed regarding the individual
players. If the game goes as the
present status indicates, then prac-
. tteaHy every man on the squad will
get to play. The big thing is that the
men will have the opportunity to work
off some of the energy acquired in
four weeks of practice. The campus
wit has remarked that this game
should be perfect, inasmuch as a great
number of rehearsals have been held.
The coaches, the players, and the
supporters are not particularly inter-
ested in tomorrow's game for its own
sake. They are interested because it
will afford some idea of what to expect
next Saturday. October 14 is the day
Baylor University invades Houston.
The Baylor Game.
Rumor has it that Baylor is heart
and soul after Rice's,scalp. To either
school a victory will mean a good start
toward a championship. It is the first
big game of the season for both.
Baylor's advantage is that she has a
host of old heads in her squad, and a
group of expert sophomore players.
Rice's advantage is that she play's
Baylor on Rice Field, and has the
sting of last year's defeat to spur her
on.
Baylor, it is said, will bring a band
^and a large rooting section to Houston.
Baylor alumni in Houston are num-
erous. No effort will be spared to
counteract the effects of this support
for the Bears. Tomorrow's game is
also a rehearsal of the support which
will be afforded the Rice players, ex-
cept that a series of stunts will be
kept under cover.
PRESIDENTS CONFER
WITH REV. MASTERSON
Presidents of aH organizations on
the campus met Wednesday to confer
with Rev. Harris Masterson, director
of the Autry House, in regard to se-
PEP RALLY
NOT LACK-
ING IN SPIRIT
Rice Rooting Section Wi!l
Have First Test of Year
at Saturday's Game.
Rice held its first big, joint yell rally
of the year Friday..
"Ye-a, Rice" echoed and re-echoed
for some twenty minutes as Dale
Shepherd directed upwards to COO
rooters through a series of snappy,
and peppery songs and yells in the
amphitheatre.
Re-inforced by the majority of the
"town students" and the girl rooters;
enlivened by the hooting "Uli.mcs,"
snake dancing through the halt; ana*
ted by the dormitory students, who
have beet) holding nightly practices,
the rally went through as an en-
thusiastic outburst of the Rice spirit.
Several Rice son^s—composed to
standard tunes—were sunn'. "Yell,
boys, yell" and "For Rice's Honor"
were the two favorites.
Announcements have not yet been
made regarding the joint yell prac-
tices, but it is expected that through
the appropriateness of the "Fresh-
men Fridays," the raHies will be held
weekly. The "dorm" students con-
tinue their nightly practices in the
commons.
Field work, inciuding several novei
snake dances, is being planned by
Shepherd. The yell leader will ap-
point several assistants this week.
"The Rice rooting squad," said
Shepherd, "will have its first test Sat-
urday when the Owls clash with the
Sam Houston Normal eleven. The
things which we have to learn for the
big games of the ycffr will be noticed
then.
"It is my intention to develop, as far
as student co-operation admits, a yell-
ing body which can compete with any
in this conference. We may be out-
numbered, but we will not be out-
yelled."
Several new yells were taught to the
dormitory men Tuesday night. These
will be learned by the town students
at the next joint rally.
. 1j; ,
Honor Council
Elect Chairman
Charles Pollard of Jasper, a Senior
was elected Chairman of the Honor
Council at its first meeting on Sep-
tember 20. Pollard has returned to
school this year after a two year ab-
sence and was recently elected to fill
one of the Senior vacancies. He has
had a previous year's service as a
council member.
Miss Fannie Black from Houston, a
senior, was elected secretary of the
Honor Council.
A meeting is to be held soon to pro-
vide certain resolutions as regards the
efficient working of the system and
to formulate instructions to students.
curing greater co-operation between
the Autry House and the students of
Rice. It was suggested that a mass
meeting of students be held in the
near future to consider the same
problem. The presidents will meet
again at 12:30 Wednesday.
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Played. Won. Lost. Pet.
Texas U 1 1 0 1000
Baylor U 1 1 0 1000
Texas A. & M 1 0 1 ' 0000
Rice 0 0 0
Texas defeated Austin College, 19 to 0, on Sept. 29.
A. & M. lost to Howard Payne, 18 to 7, on Sept. 29.
Baylor defeated Denton Normal, 56 to 0, on Sept. 30.
Southwestern defeated San Marcos Baptist Academy 16 to
3, on Oct. 8.
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MAKE RESER-
VATION FOR
LUNCHEON
Rice students intending to be pres-
Day" luncheon, October 13, are re-
quested to make reservations at once
with J. H. Hughes or G. M. Morrison.
The program will be given over en-
tirely to the Rice visitors. Three
student speakers will express the sen-
timent of the university in regard to
closer kinship with the men and in-
stitutions of Houston; the Rice band
will give several numbers; and the
Flaxman-White-Wilkens musicai trio
will perform with their violin-guitar-
accordian combination. Several vocal
numbers are also scheduled.
President W. O. Woods of the Sales-
manship club has extended a cordial
invitation to the student body of Rice
to be present—in toto if possible.
STUDENT
ELECTIONS
FRIDAY
Postponement of student fait elec-
tions to Friday. Oftnhor <) (todav^ has
been made necessary through a mis-
understanding in regard to the selec-
tion of an election board, states J. H.
Hughes, president of the students as-
sociation. Inquiry Monday disclosed
the fact that there was no such thing
as an election board, none having been
chosen laM year.
All upper classes were scheduled to
elect two representatives for the elec-
tion board before Friday. This board
will supervise the election and count
ballots.
Following is the ticket to be voted
on today: yell leader, Dale Shepherd,
George Red, Ben Duggan; Managing
editor Thresher, R. S. Bickford, C. H.
Parsons.
TWO SONGS LIKELY TO
RECEIVE RECOGNITION
Official recognition as Rice songs
will probably be given the two congs
printed below. Al! Rice songs and
yells are to be compiled and multi-
graphed by Yell Leader Shepherd at
an early date.
Ror Rice's Honor
For Rice's Honor, Rice's Glory
We will fight on.
We will be fighting when the day is
' gone,
And when the dawn comes
We will still be fighting on, Rice,
For the Gray and Blue.
We'll all be loyal, to Rice be true.
Gray and Blue (Field Artillery)
Gray and Blue, Blue and Gray,
You can put them any way,
And those colors bring victory to Rice.
Any game you can name,
We will tell you just the same,
That those colors bring victory to Rice
Then cheer, boys, cheer,
Then its yell, boys yell,
Yell that all can hear.
Shout out that chorus day and night.
The Blue and the Gray,
They're on the field today,
And those colors bring victory to Rice.
SPEAKERS
OF RICE
The work of Rice Institute profes-
sors is not confined to the lecture
rooms of the university as is shown
by lectures and addresses listed below.
Dr. Lovett this week addressed the
Lawyer's Club of Houston at their
luncheon, and the Rice Writing Club
at Autry House. Dr. Blayney de-
livered the opening address at South-
western University and will deliver
two addresses in San Antonio next
week. Dr. Walker delivered the open-
ing address of the year before the
Choral Club of Houston at the Rice
Hotel. Dr. Slaughter represented fhe
City^ef Houston at a meeting In the
interests of the buinding of the new
city hospital.
STATEMENT
;OF WARNING
George Morrison, student athletic
manager, issues the following state-
ment:
"There is a notice on the inside of
the cover of the student athletic books
that reads as follows
'"This book will be forfeited if
presented by any other than the stu-
dent to whom it was issued.
" 'Admission will be charged at
regular rates unless the student pre-
sents this book.'
"The above is a ruling of the Com-
mittee on Outdoor Sports and will be
carried out to the letter. Please see
that you have your book at the game.
This applies to all except members of
the varsity squad."
EDITING OF THE OWL
MAGAZINE APPROVED
BY STUDENT COUNCIL
ENGINEERS
HOLD FIRST
MEETING
Question of Joining Nationai
Society of Engineers
Discussed.
Rice Engineers on the night of
September 28 assembled in the Com-
mons for their first regular meeting
of the present term. Plans for the
coming year were discussed and the
work of organization started.
A committee consisting of one mem-
ber from each class headed by J. M.
Winstin, senior, was appointed to
make a decision as to a suitable meet-
ing date and report on it at the next
meeting, which is scheduled for
Thursdady as usual. President Harry
Durham read the constitution of the
Society and interpreted some of the
articles for the benefit of new mem-
bers. He also explained the purposes
of the Society.
The question of joining the National
Society of Engineers was discussed at
length but definite action was post-
poned. It was decided to have a social
affair of some nature within the
coming week and a committee headed
by T. E. Leucke as chairman was ap-
pointed to make definite arrange-
ments. Further announcements con-
cerning the social will be posted on
bulletin board.
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Rice Degree as
Standard as a
Gold Dollar
"A degree from the Rice Institute
is as standard as a government gold
dollar with the stamp on it," declares
R. B. Cousins, superintendent of
Houston public schools, in a message
received too late for the Rice-Houston
edition of the Thresher. Mr. Cousins
thinks that more and more high
school students will choose Rice for
college as the advantages of Rice
become more widely known.
Mr. Cousins' message in full fol-
lows:
"Your representative kindly invited
a word from me about this institution
and our relations to it.
"The Houston Public Schools look to
Rice institute for teachers of standard
preparation to teach. Our department
heads should look to Rice professors
for sympathetic conferences and as-
sistance in working out high school
problems. In these matters we have
not been disappointed, hitherto. Here-
after increasing numbers of high
school students will find their way to
the class rooms and courses in the
Rice Institute as the public school
teachers and the parents of high
school students learn more of the ad-
vantages offered by Rice Institute.
It is not necessary to say, for the
Houston public knows, that what is
offered in Rice is offered in the best
form only. Men of recognized scholar-
ship are employed to teach and they
are provided with the best obtainable
equipment for doing their work. A
degree from Rice Institute is as
DISCUSSION
ON FUND FOR
CAMPANILE
Severa! Petitions Granted.
Standing of Freshmen
Athietes to Be Watched
Another forward step, one which
probably will come to be classed
among the biggest achievements of
the year, was taken Tuesday at l:3t)
p. m. when the Student Council voted
to make "The Owl" the third official
publication of the student body of
Rice.
"The Owl" is to answer a real need
by being primarily a literary maga-
zine, and for '.his year at least will
appear only once each term. The in-
FRESHMAN ACTIVITIES
Freshman athletes have
finally been officially accorded
the support and encouragement
of the student body in practical
form. Under a ruling passed by
the students council Tuesday,
thirty upperelassmen advisors
will be selected for a like num-
ber of freshman boys. These
advisors will assume personal
charge of their "wards" and see g
that they receive assistance in S
scholastic work as well as in the s
various phases of their life on ^
the campus. A committee will S
make selections from among K
both upperelassmen and fresh-
men at once. ^
itial appearance of the magazine was
made during the third term of last
year, but at that time it carried no
advertising. AH subsequent issues
will be carefully arranged, articles in
eluded will be carefully picked and
edited, and advertising will be sold
in order to allow the selection of the
best paper, art work, engraving atid
printing.
The Council voted to place the mag-
azine entirely in the hands of R. M.
Winnsbot-ough for its next issue. This
means that Mr. Winnsborough is to
have full charge of both the editorial
and business management and that hu
is directly responsible for the success
of the. publication for this term. He
has agreed to take charge of it and
announces that he will begin at once
the assembling and editing of suitable
material. Advertising will be solicited
in co-operation with The Thresher and
Campanile so as not to conflict with
these two publications.
(Continued on Page 1)
ASK GIRLS TO CHOOSE DUCHESS
AH girls of the Institute were called
to attend a mass meeting yesterday
(Thursday) for the purpose of elect-
ing a duchess and two maids of honor
to represent Rice at the Dallar Fair.
Nominations were made by the Wo-
man's Council at its meeting Wednes-
day and were laid before the women
students Thursday.
standard as a gold dollar with the
government stamp on it.
"I am sure that I speak for the en-
tire system when I say that the public
schools of Houston desire the most
helpful and cordial relations with
your great institution."
Friday, Oct. 6.
8 :30 a. m.—Fat! elections, Saily-
fort.
12:30 p. m.—Pep meeting, amphi-
theatre.
Saturday, Oct. 7.
12:3" p. m.—Big - Sister — Little .
Stater picnic in Hermann
Park.
3:30 p. m.—Sam Houston Nor-
mal game on Rice Field.
8:00^. m.—Dance in Autry
Sunday, Oct. 8.
9:80 a. m. — Church services,
Autry House.
K:00p. m.—Open House, Autry
House.
Monday, Oct. 0.
12:30 p m.—E. B. L. S., Girls'
Club Room.
l:S0p.m—Writing Club. Autry
House.
4:30 p. m.—Band practice.
L. S.. Girls'
Tuesday. Oct. to.
12:30 p.m.—P. A.
Club Room.
4:00 p.m.—Stunt Party for new
girls. Autry House.
Wednesday, Oct. 11.
12:80 p. m—President's luncheon,
Autry House.
T :S0 p. m.—Master Masons meet,
Autry House.
8 M^P m.—Meeting of Spanish
Thursday, Oct. 1!.
12:30 p.m.—Y. W. C. A.. Oirls'
Ciub Room.
4 30 p. m.—Band practice.
* :00 p. m—Engineering Society.
Commons.
Not^—Announcement of dates of
any kind for the ensuing week will
he made if notices are dropped In
Thresher box. 104 A. B.
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