The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, April 17, 1925 Page: 4 of 6
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THB THRESHES ::
8T0N,TEXAS
THE
l|aub«r Twum Xnt rcollegl«t« Pren Auociation
A ««kbr unptpir publtah d by the ttudent* of Bio* IiutttuU «t Hourton. Tcm
BaUr«4 w MMnd ilui matter October 17. 1816. at th. PMtofflo. in Hoortoo. T«u under the
Aet of March S. 1879.
Subscription Rate*
$2.60 per Year, 10c per Copy
Richard T. Wilbank* ....
Travis Calvin 5i
Muse Schwartz BuMmm Manager
Aseoclatni
Associate Editor
. . Society Editor
Martha Frances Hill
Fanny llwm Emory
Contributors
Kathorine Thompson, L.ura Duff, Jack Ulcnn. Kandel llrady, Jcx- Shaw. Uert Hitson. E. O.
Arnold, Coach Heisman, Allene Waller, A Slime. Aitfli- Koenach.
DEMOCRACY GETS
ANOTHER BOOST AT RICE
With addition of the Rice Owl to the Blanket Tax, and all the
subsequent arguments and feeling pro and con, one can not help
but notice the new spirit of democracy that will enter into the
elections. Heretofore all a candidate needed to get elected was
the support of the old officers or staff. In the Thresher, Owl,
Campanile, and even in the Association, officials were usually
elected upon the recommendation of the precednig administration.
Heredity and not democracy was felt at the polls. Many a pros-
pective candidate, when asked, "Are you going to run?" would say,
"Naw, I haven't got a chance. The staff nominated So-and-So."
Or, if he vouchsafed his determination to run anyway, he was
given encouragement such as "Why, yoii big boob! You haven't
got a chance. Don't you know that So-and-So was nominated by
the staff, and will get a walkaway?"
And sometimes the student body, thinking that the staff was
about to nominate So-and-So, failed to nominate one themselves.
Then, when the staff failed to agree, there was no candidate at all.
But the new regulation will not say definitely' that staff nomi-
nees are impossible; it will say that every man will have a chance;
because offices will not be allowed to become hereditary. It will
say point blank that no editor or business manager can succeed
himself. In these days that will mean a lot. Had it been in effect
several years ago, one would not have seen Jack Glenn editor of
the Thresher two successive years; R. V. Logsdon, business man-
ager of the Thresher for the same period, and Bob Morris, editor
<>f the Owl for two years. Had it been in effect this year, Walter
I've could not be in line to act as business manager of the Owl for
a second time, and Lovett Abercrombie's name would not be on
the ballot for re-election as business manager of the Campanile
Not that these men have not done well in office; but, on the
contrary, they have done exceptionally well. They must have, or
they would not have been given such wonderful support at the
ballot box.
But a man at Rice has only three years to gain experience, popu-
larity, iind exhibit his ability to handle things such as these, and
it a small group of men is allowed to exhaust this time he will not
have a fair chance.
It takes most of a fellow's freshman year to become acquainted
with his fellow students and the intricacies of Rice activities. In
his sophomore year, if he runs for office he is belittled as unsophis-
ticated and inexperienced. This narrows the four years down to
really two possible years of political activity. And if a feudal sys-
tem is in existence, he hasn't a chance.
The ruling, therefore, will make for a quickened interest in poli-
tics at Rice, bring new enthusiasm and more talent into the publi-
cations, and will make the old school more democratic than ever.
PICK YOUR
OWN CANDIDATES
In looking over the field just before the elections, it is seen that
there are eight Junior candidates, six left-over Seniors and three
Sophomores on the ticket.
The Seniors have gained much experience and information dur-
ing their five or six years at Rice, but have run their course and
should give some one else a chance at the election.
The Sophomores are inexperienced, unsophisticated, and know
not what they do, therefore they shoulfl be scratched from the
ballot.
That leaves the Junior candidates, who are as follows:
Travis Calvin for President.
Roy Webb for President.
Beatrice Harrison for Vice-President.
Margaret Lester for Vice-President.
Jack Hopkins for Councilman-at-Large.
Jimmie Russell for Business Manager of the Campanile.
Mose Schwartz for Business Manager of the Thresher.
Walter Pye for Business Manager of the Owl.
These men have been at Rice for three years and know how
things are done. They should be elected. Where there are two
running for the same office, discretion will have to tell which is
the better. In instances where there are no Juniors gunning for of-
fice, the office is in a bad fix, and whoever is running should be
elected.
Let vour conscience be your guide when you go to the polls next
Friday-—but VOTE FOR THE JUNIOR CANDIDATES.
CO-EDS SPEAK
FOR THE BAND
The time has come for the student body to show their apprecia-
tion of the band and their loyalty to the school. The new uniforms
that the band is counting on so much are going to cost a great deal
more than the amount that has been allowed for them, and as
matters now stand it is up to the students themselves to see it
through.
Why should we go to; outsiders, to business men of Houston,
and ask them for money to help out our band? No doubt these
men would be more than generous in answer to such a request, but
why should we make it? It's our band and we ought to support it.
Chatham and Ander have worked the best they know, and the
band has worked the best they know, and the results are such that
anybody might be proud of the Owl Band as it is now.
At present the word "uniform" is insulted by the garments
I hat the band is forced to wear. Why should we humiliate those
boys and have them humiliate us by having them appear half in
one kind of a suit and half in sdme other nondescript get-up? It
is lacking in respect to them and it is a distinct drawback to the
students.
The W. A. A. C. is to meet in Houston the middle of May. Our
May Fete, on which money will not be spared, is to be given before
the men and women of countries all over the civilized world. Our
band will be there to play for them; our band is to appear on other
occasions during the convention. Can the William Marsh Rice In
stitute, one of the ranking institutions of learning in the world
and one of the richest, afford to have a group as representative as
the band appear at such a time garbed as they will have tq be if
they do not get their new uniforms ?
The Institute itself is doing its part toward this, but they of
necessity fall a little short. It is up to the students themselves to
raise at least $500, and there is no good reason why' they can't
do it.
The Co-Eds are at present working on some big plans, included
in which is a monster card party at the Rice Hotel. The proceeds
of the annual E. B. L. S. Frolic, to be given next Thursday, will be
turned over to the fund. What the student body can do to help is
to support these and other similar movements. It's everybody's
fight; it is our band, that represents US, We know what they
sound like, and we know, too, what they look like. They are ca-
pable of showing others how they can play, and it looks like it is
up to us to show others what they can look like if they have half a
chance. Beauty may be as beauty does, but the public is hard to
convince.
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POST-DISPATCH ENDORSES
GIRLS' DORMITORY
It is with gratitude that the students of Rice view the endorse-
ment by the Houston Post-Dispatch of the editorial which ap-
peared in the Co-Ed Thresher. We have that their two subse-
quent editorials will arouse public interest in the matter, a project
which is of vital interest to the students in general and to the
Co-Eds in particular.
We feel a deep appreciation for the interest manifested by the
Post-Dispatch. We could only start such a move; we have little
power to see it through. The press is one of the greatest powers
of modern times, and through its medium we are able to make
thousands hear us.
We can not help but feel that Rice is an integral part of Hous-
ton, and as such we are entitled to make an appeal in time of "need.
BLINKUS CANNED; DEPARTS FOR
By Dr. Theo Bald Blinkus
PARTS UNKNOWN WITH TEL'SCOPE
(Editor's note: This is an extract
from the diary of Dr. Blinkus which
was abandoned in his hurried exit
from the Institute yesterday.)
I have been discharged from the
Institute by Dr. Lovett upon recom-
mendation of the board of trustees.
Discharged! Canned! Fired! Such
indignities to be heaped upon the
noble brow of one of my esteem and
intelligence! That it should come to
thk! I must give up my office and
bed in the tower and the new Chem
building and seek my slumbers else-
where!
Oh, well, perhaps
the bedbugs will
not be as bad
somewhere else as
they are in the
n e w Chem. build-
ing. I was figur-
ing on moving any
how. I'll show 'em
that I have a will
of my own. I'll
just resign and
leave 'em in the
lurch! I'll break
the hearts of my devoted students by
not showing up for class the balance
of the year. One of them will not
be awake to miss my absence, but the
other will weep bitterly, I am sure.
Misfortune has followed me all the
year. The people down on Montrose
Street pulled down the shade just as
I had gotten a perfect focus, the laun-
dry burned down just as I was about
to take off my shirt and send it to
be cleaned, and now I am canned. Oh,
ah, alas is me! Why did I ever leave
my laboratory in Nova Scotia to come
down here. There was such a cute
little hamburger stand just around
the corner, too! I feel just like the
country girl who was betrayed by the
city low-lifer.
Oh, I am so wrought up inside! It
must be that I am hungry. Keally,
that reminds me that I must have a
cup of tea and a pretzel or I shall be
famished.
Boulevard service is rotten today—
Hey! Town?
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"It is just one story after another,"
said the elevator boy.—Voodoo.
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Invitations
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Drugs, Confections and
Toilet Articles
Phones Hadley 2500-2100
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GAYLORD JOHNSON, Mgr.
Fkiglnff is Bintniw
Ruth: "All is over between us and
I ant going to give you back your
ring. There is another man." -
Billy E.: "Tell me his name and ad-
dress."
Ruth: "You are going to kill,him?"
Billy: "By no means! I want to
sell him the ring."
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You've waited while your girl went
up to powder her nose, have you?
Wouldn't you hate to have a now that
long?—Voodoo.
Hard Proportion
Doctor: "Why don't you set a limit
for yourself?"
Moylie: "I do; but 1 get drunk be-
fore I reach it."
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Ella: "Jack's new mustache makes
me laugh."
Delia: "Yes; it tickles me, too."
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The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, April 17, 1925, newspaper, April 17, 1925; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth230015/m1/4/: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.