The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, April 11, 1924 Page: 3 of 6
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THE THRESHER
HOUSTON.TEXAS
Student, Haunted By Memories
of English 200,* Waxes*Eloquent
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In Burning Letter to Thresher
English 200 at last has had a fata!
effect. The patience of one of our
most eloquent students has been torn
to shreds; and, unaMe to witstand the
caU of conscience no longer, he has
taken his pen in hand, "after three
iong years," to give expression to the
"white hot fiame" raging in his ex-
pressive sou! "ere it consumes him."
The burning eloquence of the siiver-
tongued victim follows as sent to The
Thresher editor under the title of
"The impassioned Utterance of an
Outraged Soui."
"Fellow Students:—
For three iong years there has
kindled and burned in every fibre of
my being a rancor that ever grew in
intensity. At last it has burst into
white-hot flame, and I must give it
expression ere it consumes me.
I shall be brief and plain: I speak
of English 200. Fellow students: The
time has now come for action. How
long shall we suffer in silence, how
long shall we continue to endure this
outrage against every intelligent and
finer impulse in our makeup?
Let us wait no longer; let us put an
end to this farce of education; let us
compel by outcry and petition the
abolishment of this anaesthetic, this
stifler of every tendency to appre-
ciate and honor the supermen of our
literature, this silenced of every hoof-
beat at Balaklava, of every rustle of
Shelley's Autumn leaves, of every sol-
emn tone of a Gray's Elegy, of every
lyrical note of a Shakespeare or a
Wordsworth, this hodge-podge of 'la-
dies of the bath' and 'rounded gentle-
men,' of details and dates, of obiter
dicta and inconsequential.
For the safety of our beloved alma
mater let us act quickly. The appela-
tion 'cemetery' that now graces Ox-
ford and Cambridge will soon desig-
nate us. Let us present our demands
to the faculty in dignified but unmis-
takable terms that we, the student
body, are not prepared to stand by
3nd see every emotion in us for the
beautiful and artistic stifled by the
distorted reasoning of an unimagina-
tive set of professors.
In the name of academic freedom
let us demand consideration of our
plea. For the sake of posterity, if
not for ourselves, we must forever
abolish this monstrosity of learning
this mind soporific. This done and
we shall have made a great contribu-
tion to intellectual emancipation, and
we shail have earned the fervent grat-
itude of every future citizen of Rice.
(Signed) J. S. WERL1N."
CLARK HOPMNS
NOT TO RETURN
TO R!CE !N FALL
"Clark Hopkins wiil not return to
Rice this fall," was the import of a
letter received by one of the profs
residing in the dorms. Whether he has
been offered a place with greater fi-
nancial remuneration; whether his
course requires that he remain for ad-
ditional work; or whether, among the
vast throng of co-eds at Madison,
Wis., there is one co-ed whose voice
sounds sweeter to Clark Hopkins than
all the others—all three conjectures
about the case have been discussed
on the campus.
The truth is that Hopkins has ac-
cepted an instructorship in the de-
partment of classics at Yale, where
ti!s fatTufr i§ fiow^prbf€ssoyr He for-
merly was a student at Yale.
Therefore, Mr. Hopkins pos-i-tive-ly
will not come back this fall. His Eng-
lish classes may mourn him, the Girls'
Tennis Club may weep over not get-
ting back its perfectly good coach,
prospective Latin students may gnash
their teeth over his fatefui absence,
but, anyway, it's final—Clark Hop-
kins will not return to his old stamp-
ing ground *this September.
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Board Warn?
*******
To Fee?,
*******
A professor never knows what he
will find written on one of the slid-
ing blackboards in the physics amphi-
theatre. At least it would seem that
Dr: Harry Boyer Wciser thought that
when he pulled down one of the black-
boards and saw staring him in the
face: "Say, X (only a student's name
was where the X is) pull off your
shoes and wash your feet!"
Dr. Weiser went on to explain that
he had decreed that similar sliding
boards should be installed in the new
chemical building for the amusement
of the students. In view of the writ-
ing then on the board, the class ap-
plauded him vigorously.
(Continued from Page 1)
The Engineers' big program of ex-
hibits is to be given on April 18 and
19, simultaneously with the Rice In-
tcrscholastic Relays. An extensive
program of interesting educational
exhibits is being mapped out and pub- ^
licity has been sent throughout the !
entire state for the past four months. !
This year's show is expected to at- j
tract the largest crowd ever. Many
more are coming from other sections
of the State than did for the last
show, which was given in 1921.
The displays have been arranged'
both to instruct and entertain, and it;
is declared that every person, old or ;
young, technically inclined or not, whi!
find many things of interest.
The principle purpose of the exhi-
bition is to attract the citizens of
Houston and nearby cities to the In-
- stltuta -and .make them- acquainted,
with the university that is in their
midst. There will be no admission
charge of any kind. Ample parking,
space for automobiles and spccial j
street car service for the two days ;
have been arranged.
Air will be made liquid by tremen- j
duous pressure, sound will be carried i
on beams of light, electric sparks four !
and five feet long will be passed from
the finger tips of students, music and !
voices from all over the South will
be received by radio, sounds will be
magnified so the walk of a fly will
sound like thunder, an X-ray appa-
ratus will make it possible for any-
one so inclined to examine the bones
of his own handt
Colored steam and a great fifty foot
colored geyser will be other features.
In short, it will probably be the most
interesting display of the wonders j
of modern science ever staged in the ^
South. It is expected to surpass in !
quality even the show of two years
ago, when more than ten thousand
persons passed thru the Rice mechan-
ical laboratories.
There wili be special arrangements
for the high school athletes who will
be at the Institute for the Rice In-
terscholastic Relays.
Dr. GaerwJ—
(Continued from Page 1.)
He saw service during the !ate war
as liaison officer, first lieutenant in-
terpreters corps, 1917 to 1919.
In addition to his boohs, Doctor
Guerard has contributed frequently to
the Contemporary Review, Fortnight-
ly Review, Scientific Monthly, Modern
Language Journal, Seribner's, The
Mercury, National Geographic Maga-
zine, etc. He gave the Goldwin Smith
lecture. Cornell University, in 1917,
and read a paper on French civiliza-
tion before the general meeting of the
American Historical Association, St.
Louis, December, 1921, though not a
member of the association—a most
distinguished honor.
In French he has written for Pages
Libres, 1'Ecole Nouvelle, Le Volume,
La Vie, La Renaissance, La Hebdo-
mairo, l'Action National, La Revue de
Paris. He has in preparation now a
series of essays on the democratic
ideal in France and America entitled
"The Land Where Hatred Expires."
Author of Numerous Books.
His books are as follows: "French
Prophets of Yesterday," a study of
religious thought under the second
empire (D. Appleton); "Five Masters
of French Romance: Anatole France,
Pierre Loti, Paul Bourget, Maurice
Banes, Romain Rolland" (Scribner);
"French Civilization," volume 1 "From
Its Origin to the Close of the Mid-
dle Ages (Houghton-Mifflin), volume
2 "The Classical Age" (in prepara-
tion), volume 3 "The Nineteenth Cen-
jtury" (Fisher Unwin, London); "A
Short History of the International
Lang^ggt,- Movement" (Boni & Liver-
ight); "Reflections on the Napoleonic
Legend" (Charles Seribner's Sons).
Dr. A. C. Ford expressed the senti-
ment of the entire Rice Student Body
when he said:
"The going away of Dr. Albert
Guerard is universally regarded as a }
great loss to Houston and the insti- j
tute with which he was connected.!
He will leave the latter with its pres-
tige immeasurably enhanced by the!
products of his genius while connected '
with it." !
Other professors that have left the
institute within the past year arc Wit-;
liam Curtis Swabey, instructor in
Philosophy; Clyde Chew Glascock, as-'
sistant professor of Modern Lan-
guages; Baldwin Maxwell, instructor
in English, and Adolph Benjamin
Swanson, instructor in French.
T%ejp&w?.y-
(Continued from Page 1)
Jameson, M. S. Carson and Da!e Shep-
herd.
"Bile" is the name of the second
burlesque. Dale Shepherd, M. S. Car-
son, John Jameson and Wm. MeVey
wil! make up the cast.
The third playlet wil) be the "Boo
Hoo Bird" and the east will be made
up of Hazel Cannan, Mrs. Garrison,
Wm. MeVey, Catherine Dutton, Fred
Shelton, and Lady Jack Dies.
The above plays are burlesques on
famous play writers, "The Dead
Duck being a take off on Tche-Koff,
"Bile" on Eugene O'Neill, and "Boo
Hoo Bird" on Materlink. George Red
will direct this feature.
"Goal," by Henry Arthur Jones, has
been selected as the play to close the
bill and will be directed by Ben
Mitchell.
"Goal" is an English tragedy. It is
a character study of a great engi-
neer, high in his work but very nar-
row minded, who is ever in face of
danger but who will not give up his
plans. The play is spiced with good
humor. Especially is the humor good
when the man jokes about his com-
ing death.
The cast of "Goal" will be made up
ofUuy Kail. Jr., J. B. Earthman,
Alice Dell Trydon, W. L. Grace, Adele
Roensch and Ripley Hanrick.
The above plays have a large cast
and neariy every member of the Dra-
matic Club wil! Im given a chance to
show his taient. In fact this term will
see every member of the Rice Thes-
pians organization bu.-y in some the-
atrical work, for those members who
are not taking part in the coming
production are engaged in the annua!
Y. W. play, "Torchhearers."
Your Easter
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—Easter is the generally acccptcd time
to change to the lighter weight doth-
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a. m.; boys' tennis, singles and dou-
bles, Rice courts; 1:30 p. m.; debates
and music, Faculty chamber, 2:30 p.m.
Track, 10 a. m.—120 yards high ^
hurdles, Class A; 120 yards, high
hurdles, Class B; 100-yard dash, Cta.su
A; 100-yard dash, Class B; one-mile
run, Class A; one-mile run, Class B;
220-yard low hurdles, Class A; 50- i
yard dash, Class B; 410-yard dash, I
Class A; 440-yard dash, Class B; 220-1
yard dash, Class A; 220-yard dash,
Class B; 880-yard run, Class A; 880-
yard run, Class B; one-mile relay,
Class A; one-mile relay, Class B.
Saturday, April 12.—Field events
begin at tO a. m., Rice Athletic field.
Tennis, boys an dgirls, 10 a. ni., Rice
courts; semi-finals and finals in de
date, 10 a. m,, Faculty chamber.
Directors: C. E. Wade, director-
general, LaPorte; Mrs. O. W. Wilcox,
declamations, 4312 San Jacinto street,
Houston; Levi Fry, essay writing,
Texas City; E. C. Gates, debate, 3505
Bell avenue, Houston; J. O. Webb,
athletics, Alvin.
Jaqnellne< "I'm eoid, Jack; take me
inside your coat."
Jaekt "Pay be&re you enter; this is a
Finchley one man coat."
(o n# Wcwp)
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A STRAW!
From here out you wi!) want a Straw Hat
of course. We are featuring the Bonar-
Phelpa Strawflex Hats—"Best Under the
Sun." They are smart and cost no more than
the ordinary.
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aw tAaf a?M
tpAaf*
fctr fAt
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— and still they say
^ college men don't study!
The critic who charges eoHcge men wit!) tack
of ditigence never heard a freshman repeat ids rod
of fraternity chapters without a slip, or a senior
dilate on the life history of every Hmtball captain
from J890 on.
Ofcourse this takes study—some) imes too much
study. The student must he cautioned against
the mental strait! respiting ft'oi-tconcentraiiot) on
too hmited a held of thought.
It is a good thin<? to s]ieciaii/e. hut not to the
extent of bccotniug narrow. H it is right for the
man who concentrates on engineering' to be tip
on his campus activities, it wouid seem right for
the man who is cptotcd on the tiistory ami phi-
losophy of Comparative Haseha!) Scores to have
some knowledge of the chemistry and thermo-
dynamics from winch he expects to make his ii\ ing.
Fqr it is stdl true that in industrial councits the
talk sometimes swings from hatting averages to
coefHcients of expansion and the hysteresis losses
in iron.
This is ail a matter of balance, and satisfactory
mental balance is a means to an important end—
satisfactory bank balance.
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