The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, November 23, 1928 Page: 4 of 6
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BICE
They Had a Good Time Anyway
Three hundred faithful Kite football
fans done up in their sartorial best,
boarded the Owl special for Air trie land
at 10:30 o'clock last Saturday morn-
ing, and after seeing that the Owl
band was safely located, the first lap
of the invasion began.
Strolling up and down the aisles
seemed the favorite occupation, the
purpose presumably being to ascertain
the personnel of the voyageurs. The
journey was accomplished with no
.uiisluips, one bridge game, and much
excitement furnished by the initiation
of the slime members of the band who
marched through the train minus
trousers, and afterwards sold sand-
wiches.
At 1 ■>: If), the train pulled up at
College Station, and everyone headed
for the V. M. A., which serves
A. and M. as Autry house does Rice.
Scenic interest was furnished by the
groups of Aggies who stood about
gat'.mg interestedly at the visitors.
From 2::!(), when the first whistle
blew, till the end of the game, Riee
rooters, about 500 strong, faced the
leather lunged eadet corps across the
field, and yelled themselves hoarse.
Between halves, an added thrill was
furnished when Brunson eame into
sight leading the cross country run-
ners.
After the game, more wandering
around while some of the Rice girls,
improved their time by stringing up
tho Aggie 'fish.' A favored few rated
leather legginged seniors, and were
accorded great respect.
Most of those who went returned
on the 7:00 train. Those who stayed
for the dance had to wait until 3:12
a. m. for the next train, which obvi-
ously was a trifle inconvenient.
Even though the football score
turned out so disastrously, the cordial
hospitality of the Aggies made the
visit a pleasant one.
RICE LIBRARY
(.Continued from Page 1)
j> in receipt of two volumes pur-
'by Dr. McKilloj) containing
the W hi k- of the Honourable Sir
Char'' - Sedk-y in Prose and Verse,
With his Speeches, Political Pieces,
p.,.-ni., Hongs, and Plays. They were
jai'th in London in 177'/.
nts of entymology will be par-
litiiiuriy interested in a volume en-
titled Curious Facts in the History
. | In-.-i ts including Spider.- and Scor-
;n,,!;. iiy Frank Cowan. Tin- book
iMihlicstkd in Philadelphia in 1865
IioiiM |0'.ve I'u-.-touting to the stu-
iie|n wlie wi-l-ics to cunipare modern
ntyni'ilnjry with what it was in those
(:;i \ >, The t'oilowing description of the
■v.ii-k I:- .put;" ..suggestive: "A com-
plvft ■'■Ui-ctioii .n' tlie legettdR, super-
- > i* s i,|iel;efs, and omino.us signs
I,i -Hi ted villi insert-; together with
their uses ill nvedirinc. art, and as
tV-.l. Mud a summary pi' their remark-
<: :e t'juiries :.-i■ mi appearaiues.
■ i.'Kisit.rie dv Costume Fem:n'm
• !. iiJ'ml." by Paul Louis dc Uialferri,
i the t it ie of a large volume ttf bcau-
• I'ui eider plates received by the li-
!■ , • arinif ! he past week, A special
tee i- devoted to China. Japan.
Lg.yitt. Assyria, Persia. India, (ireecc,
Ib-tni and the <>rn nt. This volume is
vt! ten ill Crenvh.
Through the generous gift oi Mr.
P«ul Cuetilhor the library is the re-
, t i i of a eopy of the authors' auto-
graph dituin of "Cowlioy (stuff." con-
i injg of poems by F. W. La brent /:
and iflu-I rations by Hemy Eiegler.
five hundred copies of this edition
bail' been printed on Whitchurch Eng-
lish handmade antique laid paper.
Ka b copy i- numbered and has been
• ig> .-.I by the author, the ilustratov,
.oi.I the publisher?. ((•- P. Putnam's
Son> I.
Budding young writers of the In-
stitute will greet? with interest the ar-
ri val of the tfana-cript .Market'Guide,
fill- hook edited by William R. Kane.
a guide :!i> tile -ale of literary ma-
le rial, and is de.-eribed as "ait ex-
t-iifit-d. s las-ified, rated directory of
Students Enter Contest
To Write Arkansas Song
The students of the University of
Arkansas are being urged to submit
j songs of their own composition in a
: campus contest which is being held in
hopes of finding a new pep song for
the University.
It is pointed out that the new song
| will not take the place of the Alma
Mater, but will only serve as a pep
song to be sung at games and other
gatherings. Only the words will be
composed by the students, the music
will be composed by the Music Depart-
i merit of the University. A prize of j
j $10.00 is being offered for the best I
I composition.
Garrett Is New Exchange
Editor of The Thresher
The last step in the organization ,
, of the Thresher staff has been com-
pleted with the appointment of Isaac
Garrett, a Junior, to the position of
exchange edftor. Garrett will supply
j the Thresher with interesting bits of
! news gleaned from numerous other
j college papers which are received
regularly. Several assistants in this
department are to be appointed later.
CO-OP RECEIVES
UNUSUAL NUMBER
OF "HOT CHECKS
Greater love hath no college student
than that he give away a dollar,—but
when it is extracted perforce, as a
penalty for passing hot checks on the
unsuspecting management of the Co-
op, it behooves aforementioned C. S.
to consult the old bank book before
writing 'em out.
Every year there are some, who for
various reasons, sometimes, unknown
to themselves, pay for books'with bil-
let daux on depleted accounts.
When culprits are apprehended they
are gently informed that cold hard
cash to the exact amount must be im-
mediately forthcoming—plus the dol-
lar penalty for the extra gray hair in
the management's head.
According to said management,
there have been about the same num-
ber of disappointed checks this year
as previously.
DANCE BIDS ON SALE
Bids for the Rally Club's Thanks-
giving- dance at the University Club
will go on sale next Wednesday, ac-
cording to a statement made today by
the chairman of the dance committee.
The dance is to be a semi-formal af-
fair to continue from 10 to 2.
No definite announcement has yet
been made about the music, though it
is known that attempts are being
1 made to secure two orchestras. Lee's
| Owls may be one of t hose to be hired.
1 Bids for the affair will sell for three
| dollars.
Institute Property
May Go to Schools
Rice Instructor Builds Boat in His Spare Time
Robert 8. Crookston, instructor in
mechanical engineering has about
completed one of the neatest little
pleasure boats one could wish for. He
has been working on it at odd times
since laBt December, and now has it
all ready for the water except for
procuring the motor. He expects
very soon to determine the type of
motor he will use, and then to have
the boat ready for use early in the
winter. It will be kept here on the
bay during the winter and spring sea-
sons, but early in the summer, Mr.
Crookston will take it to a summer
resort in Canada, where he intends to
keep it permanently.
Though there has been tedious go-
ing in the building of this boat, Mr.
Crookston states that the work has
been a source of great pleasure to
him, "and at times when he was most
discouraged, he had two fellow-work-
ers who furnished the stimulus to
keep the thing going. They were
Earnest Ross and David Bell, a junior
and a freshman, respectively, last
year.
The boat is eighteen feet long. Its
skeleton is constructed more with a
view to smooth riding than speed,
the keel being slightly curved, as
compared to a faster boat with a
straight keel. Several different tim-
bers are used In it, oak, cypress, ma-
hogany and cedar are used in the va-
rious places where they are best suit-
ed. Each timber is fitted with such
precision that there is hardly a dis-
cernable seam anywhere. Five thou-
sand brass screws and five hundred
wooden plugs were used in its con-
struction. Each screw is hidden by
an accurately fitting mahogany cap.
The heavy rudder was fashioned in
the workshop from a piece of dis-
carded brass. The decorative covering
for the outer seams along the top
edges was made from a small brass
pipe which was sawed in two pieces
lengthwise. The whole boat has about
it that quality of sturdiness which
suggests careful and accurate work-
manship. Its paint job too, is tasteful
and impressive.
The craft will accommodate four
passengers. The front seats are so
constructed that they may be folded
and thus afford standing space for
two if desired. Mr. Crookston expects
it to ride the waves with ease at be-
tween thirty and forty miles an hour.
A imet of land on Louisiana, near
the old West End hall park, owned by
the nice Institute, is under option of
tiie school hoard. The property may
become the site of flic new Sam Hous-
ton High School.
The old site and building have be l*
valued at 11,125,000. The gite is be-
tween the intersections ol' Rusk, Caro-
line. Austin and Capitol streets. A
public school has been oil this block
since 1SS0.
LES HIBOUX MEET
Les Hlboux met Wednesday night in-
stead of on the usual -Monday night
this week because of the appearance
of Fritz Kreisler. From the scarcity
of the members present, it would seem
that t lie club had picked a night as un-
favorable as the first: a night on
which "Naughty Marietta" was being
played.
In spite of the regrettable choice of
nights, however, the few that did at-
tend enjoyed tlie program very much.
Miss Genevieve White played two
piano selections, La papillon, and a
Russian number. After the program
a guessing game was played which re-
vealed the respective abilities of the
several profs and students.
Dancing followed, to the music of I
the Autry House victrola and Jose-
phine Anderson's records. The next j
meeting will be held at Autry House
at the usual time, Monday night, De-
cember 3, at 8 o'clock.
ECONOMICS 420 NOTICE
Economics 420 will meet on Wednes-
day night. November 28, instead of
Tuesday, as has been customary. The.
meeting lias been changed on account
of the conflict with the meetings of
the Open Forum.
Future meetings of the class will be
set at the Wednesday night meeting.
LIBRARY ADDS
7500 VOLUMES
„ IN PAST YEAR
According to Miss Alice Dean, lib-
rarian, there were 7500 volumes added
to the Rice Institute library last year.
This number includes assorted period-
ical files, separate volumes, and series,
and can be valued at not less than
$25,000. The total number of volumes
now closely approaches 65,000.
"We have never started buying ex-
pensive or rare books," said Miss
Dean. "The entire capital allotted to
the library is always used in purchas-
ing the books which the professors de-
mand for their students."
Books which were difficult to obtain
are placed on closed shelves in Miss
Dean's office, so that there is no
danger of their loss. Included in this
list are a series of medical books, and
the Domesday Books, the first printed
copy of William the Conqueror's cen-
sus, which have been here for fifteen
years.
The librarians are at present oc-
cupied in filing a series of Danish
scientific periodicals. "Work has been
very difficult because it is necessary
for us to know the language," Miss
Dean concluded.
Genius plunges at a concrete wall.
But it isn't recognized as genius until
it goes through.
Ho, hum! Another prophet got his
dates mixed. The world didn't go into
the hands of a receiver yesterday.
mi
A modern flapper may be
good or bad. And probably is.
dther
S( tlt HM.U HER HINTS
That some students care more for
wild life than for football is the ion-
l tention of John Scluihmacher who
-pent the last week end in West Texas
hunting deer in preference to follow-
ing the Rice Owl to College Station.
Schumacher went with a party of
three others. Although no deer were
bagged, members of the party killed a
coyote and shot, a large panther. After
flowing the trail of blood left by the
large cat for some distance, the hunt-
ers lost it in underbrush.
"The man who does not and can not save money, can not +
and will not do anything- else worth while." *
*'—Andrew Carnegie. *
SOUTH TEXAS COMMERCIAL 1
NATIONAL BANK
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Once You Discover
what a great difference
bNcnoucriKEaoTHES
really make in your
appearance, you will
find the reason why
LangrockClothes are the
preference of University
Men and Alumni.
"Houston's College Shop"
B/irrincer® Norton ft
Jj HOUSTON
U. S. A.
506 MAIN ST.
markets for all kinds of literary work: j
short stories, novels, plays, essays, |
verse, jokes, articles, photoplays,
grecting'eard material, technical texts
—anything that's good in prose or
verse.
The sun never sets
on Chesterfield's popularity /'
McKINNEY SHOE REPAIR SHOP
M. D. M 1ST RETT A, Prop.
VCHOsis TIIK STIIKKT I'UO.M TIIK Y .U t A.
.ii'tst Aronixi tlie Corner l-'roni .Main St. O
ft:; 0RS3TON' 6/40 - 1006 McKINNEY AVE.
OVERCOATS
SMART IN STYLE
EXCLUSIVE IN DESIGN
$
35
I ' i' tin.- yi.ituig man who knows
fjualit\ and style, there are dozens
nt models awaiting hi.s selection
here.
Smart Tweeds and Homespuns, in Box
and liaglati styles . . . and in all the
popular colorings, too.
7
Globe trotters", we can imagine Dr. Freud as
saying,"are people whose nurses dropped them
onto an escalator in early childhood. They buy
a sun helmet, a guide book, and a first-class
passage to the Pyramids, and are never heard
from again."
Nevertheless, the most confirmed voyageur
owns to a thrill at finding a carton of
Chesterfields in a tiny cafe oa the Left Bank,
or a package of the same on a card table at
the Army Club at Simla, or on meeting an Arab
camel-boy whose only English is"Sooch popular
mos' be desarve!"
For Chesterfield's popularity never saw a sun-
set; travel as far as you will, this cigarette will
always be somewhere ahead, ready to bring
good taste and good tobacco home to you.
Such popularity must be deserved—and it IS!
Chesterfield
MILD enough for anybody, . and yet..THEY SATISFY
UGOBTT * MYlftS TOBACCO CO.
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