The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, September 18, 1925 Page: 2 of 4
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THE^ THRESHER
HOUSTON, TEXAS
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Member Texas Intercollegiate Prawn Association
A weeh'y newspaper published ly the HtudeutH of Illee Institute at Houston, Texan
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ij FORMALLY ALLOWS RICE Tt> START j|
THE SLIME
NIGHTSHIRT PARADE
Some two or three hundred Slimes of the male persuasion will
be initiated into college life at Rice Saturday night. They will be
clad airily in the garments that made Sleepy Hollow famous.
The parade is a tradition at Rice. Year after year the first year
men have rushed down Main and through the downtown section
raising merry hell. They have started to become real Rice men.
Later in the year they will investigate the mysteries of Forestry
100, iake part in the Shoe Race, wear green ties and suspenders,
diess up for football games, and scrub numerals off the boulevard.
Thus will they be rid of any false dignity with which they may
have been afflicted.
They will attend pep meetings and yell at the games and gradu-
ally there will be instilled into them RICE SPIRIT. And that is
the purpose of tradition.
THE YEAR [
SYSTEM
Exams in December for Freshmen and probationers, exams for i
everyone in February and again in May, the May exams for Juni-
ors and Seniors covering the year's work—these are the main
features which distinguish the new from the old term system.
This arrangement has been under consideration for four years
but this is the first year for it to be put into practice. Football
men will be aided by the change since it will give them more time
between the close of the season and the start of exams. The
range, though, of the May exams will make it very difficult to
cram successfully. This will tend to spread the time of study out
over the year.
The student activities chiefly affected by the change will be'
the Dramatic Club, which in the past has produced a play or set
of plays in each term. Dates of these productions will have to be j
moved to fit in with the new arrangement. i
The publication dates of the Owl and Thresher will also feel the I
influence of the change in system.
And Sophomores and upper classmen will be able to spend the
Christmas holidays in comparative peaCfe of mind, free from the
anxiety of waiting for their grades.
AFTER an absence of more than
three months 1 am glad to be
back at my office In the tower of the
Chemistry Building, where I can see
that the Institute Is run according to
my plans. I spent
the summer in Swe-
den collecting safe-
ty matches and
came back on the
S. S. Palimpsest
with Ernie Hjert-
ber^:.
"Theo," said Ernie
chewing thought-
fully on a dried
herring and trot-
ting five miles
around the deck,
"do you think it
will be warm In Texas?"
"I think it will be," I answered pc.
litely, leaning far over the rail.
He appeared lost in thought for a
couple of hours and then confessed to
me, "Do you know, I think that in
Texas it will be warm."
On my arrival at Houston I was met
by Eddie Lovett. He greeted me with
the first four chapters of the matricu-
lation address. I recognized them at
once.
We were joined by John Clark Tid-
den, who brought us out to the Circle
to admire the equestrian statue, which
he proudly informed us represented
Peter the Great. I complimented his
judgment by borrowing a Camel.
Last night, ensconced in my favorite
waste basket in the tower, 1 was aid-
ed greatly in discovering double stars
by a few Inhalations of hair tonic, I
reflected that the glory of this world
was all in vain and that pride cometh
before a fall. Looking into the mirror
I could not help adding that there is
an exception to every rule and that a
certain amount of self-respect is par-
donable in every man. Have you ever
noticed how becomingly my scholarly
eap perches on my lofty brow?
My class in astronomy is to be very
large this year. I gave lectures in
the course two years ago in Germany
and Albert Einstein made a four minus
in it. The office is contemplating
offering the subject to Freshmen who
are not able to keep up with the work
in Math 100.
This year I shall carry out my policy
of keeping myself strictly aloof from
all my pupils. They learn much more
by being forced to look up to their
instructors after the manner of demi-
gods. It is an old and undoubtedly
wise saying that familiarity breeds
contempt, and this is not A. & M.
It is dangerous for the students to
feel that they are licensed to impose
upon their instructors outside of the
classroom by approaching them and
perhaps gaining an unfair advantage
over their classmates. I am sure that
my colleagues of the faculty, especial-
ly those reputed to be gifted with sar-
casm. will agree with me in thinking
that the assumption of a superior at-
titude instills into the student body
the proper awe and admiration due to
a scholar much older and sometime*
even wiser than themselves.
And so, since It is the time for the
hospital nurses to come off duty and
since It Is time for Orion to be slop-
ping slowly towards the west, I will
leave you with the bun mutt that it
is better to have bulled and bossed
than never to hav^ been a prof at all.
Vary Ptu§ nt Hmlp
Ignorance of tile law excuses bo one,
nut knowledge of technicalities may.—
San Antonio Express.
Thm Timmt That Art
The Illusion that times Hint were
are better tlmn those that are, has
pervaded ail ages.—Horace Oreeley.
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Local Telephones: Preston 193 and Preston 194
Long Distance Telephone: 94 HOUSTON, TEXAS
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SUM EH LE ARN
TO YELL LIKE HEEL!!
Our first game is just a week off. Rice has always had a first
class rooting section, We have a standard to keep up. The Slimes j
m i expected to learn all the Rice yells and put the pep into them.
1'pper classmen will brush up on the old yells and get their vocal
chords loosened up.
All Rice students will sit in a special section. The Band has done ;
tine work in the past, and this year with their new uniforms they
will strut with the best of them. But the real pep at games is !
Mipplied by the voices of the rooters. The cheering section is there !
to furnish inspiration and if an afternoon of yelling spurs the;
team on to drive that extra yard over the goal line the yells have !
-t'l-ved their purpose.
Next week the first pep meetings will be held. We need these
to get the swing of the cheers so that on the field no time will be
lost and no yells spoiled by a few dubs who don't know straight
up. If you don't attend these pep meetings you will be one of the
dubs.
There is a theory that any given number of Rice Slimes'can out-
yell an equal number of Freshmen from Texas, Baylor or A. and M.
.Make it so, Slimes, make it so! .
And don't miss a single pep meet.
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"Yes, we are
RICE
Representative
EDWARD
AUSTIN
I'fer
I $
(JETTING STARTED
ON THE CAMPANILE
The year book is off to. a good start. A lot of the views have
been taken already. Perhaps the most troublesome detail in get-I
ting under way is the individual picture taking. In the past there
has always been a lot of delay. Some jAople evidence an almost j
primitive bashl'ulness when it comes to getting in front of aj
camera. At any rate they like to put it off.
Co-operation on the part of the students in getting their pictures !
.aken will do much toward getting out an early Campanile.
Dates for taking the pictures will be made public in a very
-hort time.
I HE HELPING
HAND
Be^t Hitson is issuing a little booklet lor the benefit of the
Freshmen. It contains the Rice yells and a lot of information
about the campus and Rice student activities. This has been done
in quite a few of the larger colleges.
Some institutions have such things* as /'Speak to the Frosh
Week" and "Make the Freshmen Feel at Home Week." Rice does
not have a great need for these because the enrollment is not so
large and because the democracy of the place permits making
plentiful acquaintances.
But in any case a little information about the school is very
helpful, is a convenient way of avoiding confusion, and aids
greatly in putting the incoming class of '29 on its feet.
Collegiate!"
You'll pass with your professors if you know your Latin and Economics
and Chemistry. But other people will expect you to know what's what
in college fall clothes, too.
*
Sakowitz Bros, are in a position to be faculty adviser on college clothes.
We know what the entrance requirements are in all the leading uni-
versities.
Our new fall clothes are strictly styled according to the ideas of col-
lege men.
Blues. Browns and Oxford Grays are the new College colors this fall.
You'll see lots of fancy weaves on the campus.
Fall Suits Styled the College Men Way
With One and Two Pairs of Pants
$35 $40 $45 $50
Junior Suits $29.50 $34.50
We Didn't
Forget
OXFORD BAGS
$8.50
25-inch Bottom
THE DOUBLE BREAST-
ED
An athletic college men's
model—note the full fea-
tures of the trousers.
UNIVERSITY BLUES
$29 $35 $40
Blues are the smartest colors for college men this season: Plain
Blues, Fancy Blues, Cheviots, Worsteds and Tweeds. Styles in the
i#>w Athletic sinfcle^and double-breasted models.
System of Rides
On Main Street
Again in Force
The newcomer at Rice, dorm as well
as town resident, will be idad to learn
of the system of transportation, that
is, between the school and the city,
that lias been employed at Rice since
its beginning. With the co-operation
of the townspeople and the use of
their automobiles, the Rice student
may cut his car fare bill to a mini-
mum.
Thin is no nickle-in-the-slot scheme,
but something equally as good and 5
cents cheaper. Briefly, all that is nec-
essary to secure the coveted ride Into
or out of town is to,«tand on the curb
iinci inquire pleasantly, which means
sh nit loudly, "Rice, please?" or, as
the case may be, "Town, please?"
i If the dulcet tones of the ride-seeker
, are in the majority, the pilot of what-
i ever Packard, Ford, etc., that he may
. have addressed will stop and take him
to his destination. ,
In the final analysis the continued
1 operation of this system—and the Rice
; student can easily see the benefits—
' depends entirely upon the Rice stu-
dents themselves. Courtesy in this
i f'Hse takes the place of the custom-try
! six or' seven cents, especially in the
| case of the men students of the dorms.
Last year a little trouble was experi-
enced with would-be shieks, and per-
haps there is a note of warning in
the fact that none remain to disgrace
the boulevard this year. The system
of rides is a convenience, not a joy.
And as such it should be used.
Special Invitation To The Class of'29
You young fellows who are entering RICE for the first time, will be
interested in seeing our showing of COLLEGE CLOTHES. You'll find
here clothes that delight the classmen of '29.
New Woodland Tans, Blues, new Grays—and every correct style touch
you should have. Come try them on.
RICE SLIME CAPS 50c
Green Windsor Ties and Fancy Suspenders
THE SINGLE BREAST-
ED
A smart two-button mod-
el; as the best dressers in
Eastern colleges are wear-
ing.
CITY CLUB HATS
New snap brim style for colleg'J
young men.
$5. $6.
SMART FALL CAPS
Styled in the small collegiate
shape for campus wear.
$2. to $3.50
BROAD TOE OXFORDS
Lately designed Brogues—exact-
ly what college men are wearing.
$7.50 $10.
NEW COLLEGE 80CKS
New arrivals in brilliant fancy
patterns—You ought to have a few
pairs.
75c $1.00
NEW NECKWEAR
High color silks, in dice checks,
diumond and collegiate stripes.
$1.00 $1.50
Lumber Jacks and Fartcy Slip
Over Sweaters—for Sport Wear.
New Fall Shirts and Wide Belts,
owit
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The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, September 18, 1925, newspaper, September 18, 1925; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth230021/m1/2/: accessed April 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.