The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, January 26, 1923 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME VHI
RICE INSTITUTE, HOUSTON, TEXAS, JANUARY 26, 1923
NUMBER 17
Many Crowd Into
Amphitheatre to
Hear Lecture
Dr. WHson Spoke
Subject Was "Relativ-
ity" From Copernicus
To Einstein
An audience that filled the seats
and the aisles and overflowed into
the entrance of the Physics amphi-
theatre iast Sunday afternoon dis-
covered with the same ingenuous de-
light that characterized Moiiere's
Bourgeois Gentiihomme (when it was
revealed to him that he had been talk-
ing prose all his iife) that it had been
practising Relativity aH its iife with-
out realizing it. The occasion was
the third of the series of sixteen Sun-
day afternooYi lectures constituting
part of the Rice Institute decenniel
program, and the lecturer, Dr. Harold
Albert Wilson, professor of Physics
in Rice Institute chose for his subject
"Reiativity from Copernicus to Ein-
stein."
"If a man, falling from the twent-
ieth story of a building", said Dr.
Wilson, and taking out his watch at
the fifteenth story in order to time
his journey to the ground, should ac-
cidently let the timepiece slip through
his fingers, he would discover that
the watch would not leave him, but
that, since it was falling at the same
rate as he was falling, he could merely
reach out and pick it out of the air.
This illustrates what we mean by re-
lativity." "
Dr. Wilson drew a comparison be-
tween the Copernican theory which
starts out with the hypothesis that
motion can be defined with relation
*to the sun at'rest and the Einstein
theory which regards the sun as in
motion, and by series of illustration
established the reasonableness of the
Einstein theory. He indicated in a
general way appropriate to a lecture
that could not be technical the reason-
ing behind Einstein's theory that time
and space and motion were relative,
and pointed out that in a number
of recent experiments scientists have
confirmed the predictions of Einstein.
Relitivity, - in other words, means
exactly what it says, and in science,
as in philosophy and ethics, the facts
all depend on the point of view.
Reference System
"We know that the sun is moving
rapidly relatively to the stars. The
path a body moves along can only be
described with reference to some other
body or reference system The shape
of the path depends on the reference
system chosen and without a reference
system the path cannot "be described
and in fact does not even exist. It is
important that the reference system
chosen should be such to make the
motion to be studied as simple as po-
sible but according to Eirtstein's gen-
era! principle of relativity any refer-
ence system may be used with equal
correctness.
"For example, we may regard the
earth as at rest and use it as our
reference system to describe the mo-
tions of the sUn and planets or we
^Continued on Page 4)
PROFS WIN
TWO GAMES
FROM STUPES
Profs came off victors in two games
of the intramural schedule during the
past week, defeating the Slimes and
the Juniors by the score of 22 to 9 and
12 to 8 respectively. Both games may
be characterized as listless and slow,
the Profs 'showing some teamwork
and easily outclassing their opponents.
The Slime-Prof tangle of last Thurs-
day was featured by the goal shoot-
ing of Hathorne and Hopkins. As
usua] the matter handed out by the
Profs was just too much for the in-
nocents and despite all attempts at a
comeback the Slimes fainted away be-
fore the deadly onslaught.
The lineup:
Profs. Slimes.
Brandenburg Forward ....Wilbanks
Hathorne.... Forward .... Schwartz
Hopkins Center Bateman
Hilty Guard Bash
Yerges Guard Winters
Substitutes—Slimes, Calhoun, Har-
ris, Bell, Brown, Laurence.
Scoring — Slimes, Wilbanks 5,
Schwartz 2, Brown 2.
For the Slimes, Schwartz, Wilbanks
and Harris showed up well.
Experience in dealing with the Profs
meant nothing to the Juniors who fell
under the avalanche of Prof scoring
even as the Slimes did. Score was 12
to 8. Luminaries for the winners were
Hathorne and Hopkins, forward and
center who showed some accuracy in
ringing baskets. Carson and Sanders
piayed consistently for the Juniors.
The lineup:
Profs. Juniors.
Brandenburg. Forward Carson
Hathorne.... Forward St. John
Hopkins Center Sanders
Hilty Guard Lawrence
Yerges Center Thomas
SENIORS ELECT
CAGE CAPTAIN
After winning their first game of
the Intramural Series from their tra-
ditional rivals the Juniors, in spite of
the attempts of various members of
the Senior Squad to play, the Seniors
met and elected 'Bo' Pollard, of Wood-
pecker fame, to t sptain the destinies
of their basketball squadron in the fu-
ture.
The racc was a hot one, narrowing
down in the last run-off to the contest
between J. C. Ritter, popularly known
as '"Old Joe," and Mr. Pollard. Sev-
eral previous run-ofFs were necessary
in view of the large Held of candi-
dates, as there were no regular nom-
inations, and each Senior voted for
the man he thought best qualified for
the post. Mr. Pollard attempted a
coup in the last count by voting for
his competitor, but Mr. Ritter thwart-
ed this by skillfully refraining from
voting, thus narrowly averting his be-
ing elected. This caused the vote to
result in a tie. The final outcome was
placed in the hands of the gods when
a coin was tossed by Capt. Goodwin,
who probably had gained his skillful-
ness during leisure moments spent
about the third entrance of East Hall.
Mr. Ritter came out on the bottom,
and the honor was thrust"upon Mr.
Pollard, who has summoned his hench-
men to practice for coming games.
ARCHI-ARTS BALL
TO BE IN APRIL
Skloom! Boom! Splash! That
Archi Arts Ball. It will be given be-
tween the 1st and 15th of April and
from all reports it will be a wet
affair. The scheme however, will
not be a representation of an ante-
bellum saloon, it will be a Deep Sea
Ball with a sunken treasure ship,
pirates, mermaids, sailors, the pro-
verbeal ships' parrot—everything and
anything that smacks Of the slea.
Some enterprising people have ever
signified their intentions of coming
disguised as shrimp cocktails—though
oysters and clams are not expected
to be much in evidence.
The Ball will be modeled after one
given at the Pennsylvania Academy
of Fine Arts some years ago, and is
the first of its kind to be given in
this part of the country. Mr. Tidden,
who was present at this affair, is
giving some very valuable suggestions
for both scenery and costumes. Later
in the term, sketches suggesting pos-
sible costumes will be run in the
Thresher. It will be remembered
that these suggestions were a good
help for the Spanish Ball which was
given by the Archie Arts last year.
Besides Mr. and Mrs. Tidden, there
is assisting Mr. Ellis, president of the
Architectural Society in arranging
places for Dr. James Chillman, who
has been for the past four years in
Europe, and has recently returned to
resume his duties in the Architec-
tural Department.
Business arrangements for the
Deep Sea Ball are in the hands of
E. L. Shult and Ted Flaxman.
Tickets will be on sale March 1st,
and due to the space at the Autry
House, the sale of tickets wi!! be
limited.
TICKETS FOR PLAYS
ARE NOW ON SALE
Tickets for the mid-winter pro-
duction of the Rice Dramatic Club,
February 7 and 8, have been dis-
tributed for sale by members of the
club, and sale desks will be established
in the cloisters the week before.
The directors of the three one-act
piays which constitute the bill an-
nounced that rehearsals have been
proceeding steadily through the past
week, that the players have their
lines well in hand, and that the re-
maining time, before production night
will be devoted to smoothing out the
rough spots and pofishing the work
to eonform with Dramatic Club stand-
ards.
Probably the most difficuit of the
three plays, Alice Gerstenberg's
comedy, "The Pot Boiler," is showing
signs of considerable progress, ac-
cording to Directors Maxwell and
Rowe. The difficult feature of this
fast moving farce is the unusual com-
plexity of stage action. With seven
people in the cast, the stage at the
Autry House is taxed to hold them
all naturally and comfortably, and
it has been found necessary to adapt
the original stage action to the gov-
erning conditions.
Daily rehearsals have been held
for this play, and indications are that
it will "go over" unusualiy well. Its
dominant note—satirical treatment of
the modern authors' tendencies to
write their plays in accordance with
box-office prospects — gets across
with remarkable effect, it is said.
Handling of rehearsals for Lord
Dunsanys' "Tents of the Arabs" has
been expedited through the circum-
stances that the fantasy is easiiy
broken up into incidents involving
two or three characters. These in-
cidents have been rehearsed separate-
ly, at the convenience of the piayers
participating; and attention is now be-
ing paid to a smooth and unbroken
welding together of the various parts
of the piece. The fact that D. T.
McLaughlin, '23, who is directing the
play, has had previous experience
with it in the same capacity has aided
considerabiy.
"The Dreamy Kid," O'Neill's drama
of New York negro characters, is re-
ported to be advancing rapidly to-
ward production requirements. The
dramatic values of the piay have been
recognized and given full sweep in
rehearsals. One of the difficuities
encountered by Director J. C. Tidden
has been that of the attainment of
the correct negro dialect. There is
said to be an appreciable difference
between the enunciation of the South-
ern negro and the Northern negro, as
in other characteristics. "The
Dreamy" himself is an unusual type
of negro—rather nervous and quick—
a combination of the Bowery tough
and the superstitious biack. One
character which Southern audiences
will recognize and appreciate is that
of "Mammy," the aged darky who
lies on her death bed with "Halleiujah,
Praise the Lord" on her lips, and
gravely warns her grandson of the
evils which will follow him if he de-
serts her at this moment. The play
abounds in tense moments, each in-
cident working up to a highly drama-
tic climax.
Interschoiastic Track
Meet To Be April 14
Arrangements Of The
Meet In Hands Of
Students
Preliminary plans for the second
annual interscholastic track meet to
be held Saturday, April 14 on Rice
fieid have been completed ami com-
mittees are to be appointed this week.
Ail arrangements for this year's
meet wiH be in the hands of student
committees. There wiil be publicity,
entertainment, quarters and officiai
committees.
High school and academy athletes
from ail over Texas and from nearby
states are being invited to participate
in the meet. As usual, it has been an-
nounced by the committee on Out-
door Sports. About 200 entrants are
expected.
Detailed plans for the competition
will not be made untii after the ap-
pointment of the various committees.
It is expected, however, that the teg-
ular run of events usuatly staged at
such meets wili be included.
According to those activety en-
gaged in the plantmig of the
meet, this year's gathering witi not
oniy be the iargest attended, but it
will include entrants front many more
high schools and academies than pre-
vious meets have.
Rice students arc being asked to
co-operate in every way with the com-
mittees in order to see that the visit-
ing athletes are all weil taken care
of and that every possible courtesy
is extended them.
BANQUET FOR
CHURCH CLASS
Next Tuesday night is the date an-
nounced for the Rttnual banquet
given by St. Paul's Rice Class. The
place is in the basement of the church,
and the Associate Members of the
class are in charge of the cuisine.
A good orchestra, composed of mem-
bers of the Sunday School, witl be on
hand to add color to the occasion, and
after dinner speakers are booked to
play an important part in the even-
ing's festivities. Business as well as
pleasure will form a part of the pro-
gram.
All Methodist students are especially
urged to attend. Some provisions will
be made for sending representatives
to the State Conference of Methodists
students at Georgetown, to be held
February 2-4.
Rankin Kennedy was chosen to
coach the Seniors, his three letters in
the sport preventing him from play-
ing with the Seniors. Secret practice
was ordered in preparation for the
crucial game with the Sophs.
g,
TWENTY-TWO SWEATERS
AWARDED 8 GRIDDERS
Football sweaters were awarded
Wednesday to twentw-two letter men
of the past season, four of whom re-
ceived the white fourth-year sweaters.
They were: Captain Boettcher and
McGee, four service stripes; Bickford,
three stripes; Goodwin and Calvin,
one stripe.
The remaining sweaters, slate-grey
in color, were awarded as follows:
Willis, Chambers, Lawrence, Camp-
bell, Simpson, Morgan, Irvine, Hale,
Wilford, Lokey, Sullivan, Watters,
Ray, Smith, Heflin, Klotz.
SOPH'S WARN
SLIMES TO
WEAR COATS
Ike Sigler, president of the Sopho-
more class, speaking to a meeting of
the dormitory Freshmen held in the
"cloak room—right after supper
Tuesday, told the Freshmen that they
were still required to wear complete
costumes—coats, ties, "collars and
shirts (especially) to all meals.
"Most of you are pretty good
Slimes," quoth Siller, "but there are
a few who persist in coming to break-
fast a la upperciassmen;" i. e., coat
and trousers over your pajamas—and
nothing more. Just because you
happen to stay over after Christ-
mas, some of you think you are en-
titled to Seniors' privileges."
The Freshmen cheered wildly at
the close of the address Sigler
recently admonished the Slimes for
"shoving" at the mess hall entrance.
CALENDAR FOR
THE WEEK
Friday. January 26.
H :30 p. m. -E. H. L. S. nwtinn in Girts'
Ctub Ruom.
Saturday, January 27.
8:30 p.m.—Dance in Autry House.
Sunday. January 28.
7 :30 a. m.—Hoty Communion,
i) :30 a. m.—Rice Discussion Group.
10:00 a. m.- Mornnin Prayer and Sermon.
4:30 p.m.—Mr. WttHter's Marlborough and
the Hattie of Hienheim.
5 :30 p. m.—Open House.
Tuesday, January 30.
12 :30 p. m.—P. A. L. S. at Autry House.
7:)0p. m.—Y. M. C. A. Discussion Group.
Wednesday, January St.
8:00 p.m.—Writing Ctub Open House.
Thursday, February t.
!2:30 p. m.—Y. W. C. A. in Girts' Ctub
W. I... Pet.
A. and M 4 ! .M0
Rtce J t .600
8. M. U..., 2 ? .gM
Taxaa .... 1 t -MM
OMahoma A. and M 2 a 4M
Baytor f 3 -2M
Texas A. and M. stitt heads the Conference tn basket ba!) by virtue of her
two defeat* of Baytor and ana aw Oktahoma A. and M. 8. M. U. handed the
Annies thetr ftrst defeat of the season. Aa the paper toes to press A. and M.
has compteted a aht day trip, ptayin* Baylor, 8. M. u. and OMahoma A. and
M. They hate won three ana tost one with the OMahoma Ante pame
unreported. Thetr standtnp wttt ha matertatty affected one way or the other
by the two names wtth the Owts tonttht and tomorrow ntpht.
Texas made tt wen wtth OMahoma A. and M. by defeating them at 8tt!t-
Baytor tost two to A. and M. and 8. M. U. divided thetr sertes wtth the
Antes.
GUESTS ENJOY
OPEN HOUSE
An unusualiy large number of
guests including students, members
of the faculty, and visitors from town
enjoyed the musical program and
buffet supper given at the Autry
House Sunday afternoon under the
auspices of the Coliege Womans' Club.
The pleasing musical program was
rendered by the Womans' Choral Club
and is as follows:
Songs—-
"Last Night" Hatfen Kcrjuie
"The Eif Man" Wells
Mrs. Edwin Smith
Piano—
"The Wolf Song" Cadman
"Waltz" - Coplin
Mrs. W. A. Stubb!efie)d
Songs—
"The Swallows" Cowon
"Her Dream" Walker
Mrs. Robert label!
Trio—
"Amoryellit" .. -Arranged by-
Edmund Parlow
"Ma Little Banjo" . Dichmant
Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Von Rocder, and
Mrs. Isbell.
STMENTS
HAVEMEETME
Beraud Commended On
The Mess HaM
Management
MANY SPEAKERS
Urgent Ca!I For An
Editor For Owl
Magazine
Resolutions commending Mr.
Beraud's management of the mess
hail were adopted at a mass meeting
of tile dormitory men held in the com-
mons Monday night. Jimmie Hughes,
president of the students' council,
presided at the meeting and introduc-
ed tile resoiutions motion.
The meeting came as a direct resuit
of the appearance in a Houston paper
of a news story which, it is said, re-
flected on the quaiity of food served
to the underclassmen in the mess
haH. The news story, in turn grew
out of a comic joint recitation iast
Thursday by come 40 freshmen of the
words "Every day in every way the
food is getting worse and worse."
Although a direct outcome of the pub-
iication of the newspaper article,
which, it was announced appeared on
Mr. Beraud's birthday, the meeting
was in reality the outgrowth of con-
sideraMe "griping" which has been
going on among the dorm men
—especially those who are new at
Rice.
Mr. Beraud's management of the
dining room was praised highty by
Hughes and by A. B. Eilis, head
waiter. Hughes declared that only
those who had been at Rice before
Beraud took charge of the mess halt
and who actuaity experienced con-
ditions which led to the notorious
"mess hall riot" some years ago
couid appreciate futiy just how im-
proved conditions were.
Eliis stated that alleged poor
service at some of the tabies was
principally due to the "grubhound"
class who are in the minority. "A
tiling that consumes an entire mea!
in about two minutes and 30 seconds
surety can't expect everything in the
mess hail to equal his^Speed," Ellis
asserted.
That a new seating arrangement,
would be tried within the next few
weeks was also announced by Eilis.
The new pian calls for individual
tables seating about 15 men cach
and with one waiter to a tabic.
Several other Seniors made short,
talks; so did one Freshman.
George Morrison, athletic mhnager,
announced that tickets for the Sales-
manship Club's annual "Revue" can
be obtained from him or Miss Katy
Ruth Strieker. He urged that "Rice
students back up the Salesmanship
OWLS MEET AGGIES
IN TWO GAME SERIES
AT COLLEGE STATION
-3!)
Fighting Owis meet their greatest
test tonight at College Station when
they tie up with the Farmer live in
one of the deciding games in the Con-
ference basketball race. The two
games with A. and M. are the first
ones to be played away fwm Hous-
ton and are expected to be the two
hardest games of the season. An even
break or a victory in both games will
give Rice a big advantage over one of
her greatest rivals in the race.
Primed for the contests by their
double victory over the Sam Houston
quintet last week and the Owls are
determined to put everything into it
when the whistle blows tonight. Sam
Houston Normal holds the honor of
being the only team thus far to over-
come the Aggies and their compar-
atively decisive defeat at the hands of
the Rice cagers lends favor to the
Blue and Gray in their sally into
Aggieland.
A. and M. has the enviable record
of 1000 per cent conference standing
up to date, having taken Baylor, S. M.
U. and Oklahoma A. and M. into camp
at the time this article was written.
In Captain Keen, the giant center,
the Aggies have a man of high scor-
ing possibilities. His great height en-
ables him to get the jump on his op-
ponents and give his teammates a
great advantage. Those who saw
Willis hold him to one field goal per
game last year have no doubt but
what the Owl captain can repeat.
Megarity and Darby are two first-
class forwards who put Baylor to
shame by their excellent shots. They
will give Rice guards a lot of trouble
by their accuracy and elusiveness..
Darby in particular is a good floor per-
former.
In Gill of last year's team and
Washburn, a Sophomore, Bible has
two dependable guards while Wash-
burn adds to his worth by being a good
forward as well and seldom fails to
add a couple of points to the Anal
score.
Rice will present its strongest front
to these men in Fitch, Swartz, Cole-
man, Willis and Ray, with Baker,
Federman and Campbell to back them
up.
It goes without saying that the Owls
will play their best against the Farm-
ers and will put forth their test ef-
forts "For Rice's Honor."
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