The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, December 13, 1929 Page: 2 of 6
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RICE THRESHER
THE
A weekly paper published by the Student* of Rice Institute during the
months of October, November, December, January, February, March. April.
May, and the last two weeks of September.
Entered as second class matter October 17, 1916, at the postofflce In
Houston, Texas, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
SALLYPORT
and Elsewhere
BY B. 6. DRAKE
HEADS HONOR COUNCIL
HlllilUlMlimiHH'lll!
Ted Strong
Robert Himes
EJbi'it Turner
Rott't S. OriS'.'
Isaac (ianvtt
Gardner Soulc
Mary Hnlllc Hcrry
A)IUea mil
Herbert fkilifrnss .
Jo Belli c,; i-ifi'in
Gnu e WfWvr ,,
AliCt)
WilU-ttil .111] It) l.;tl
Hoss Pond
(i'.lV I: Wr|.|l
Business
Editor
Manager
THE STAFF
li w;,ih tin: cllmu\ of the Brand
litioli? Of tlif Meiropolliun stage,
show itiM week. Tim beautiful (?) |
ytiiui!.'; i'.'i lady had just danced on to j
i lie stiigii with Hit* phunrd bearing the ;
iuuttf.li'jf lett'Oa "RICE"; the Co-ed j
<i*!v was playing "For Mice's |
Managing Editor' Hiinur." Down on the front row, in-1
wigled there, no Umikt. by less noble j
, comrades, luitl been sitting a stalwart
Associate Editor ! Ireshuuin. Hut when the sacred .strains
Assorate Editor ! poured nut over the audienee,
he
Sports n„ |<MlgBr, lie eume to his feet;
■sat
six I
t'Uft lull lie towered above those
' around him like a lull tree on a brush-
! wood plain nr perhaps like an or
I'lu'stru leader.
No one asked Ills name. His glory
must, remain anonymous like that of
the unknown soldier. Hut the flues
, i ion remuiiKv was he showing Ills re
Kng.lnoeriiig j spoet for Hlce. or Ills respect for the
Advertising j ugeii members ol' the 'chorus"
. Sot l •.• >*
L society
... News
N>-w
t'opy
Features
..Features
FOR THE GENERAL GOOD
'Tlie Thrill
ft' htis d'-Wtrw
fit' I l i ■111H■ li 1 ,•
B ell lit'tlR'lT'U-t
reasons fot".(ti
lenii'iit y of tft
Ttie ThPWhi
In eonuraitilas
lUm
t
>r<
MM
Oailiei I in
body uf ui'i^iv,
fail to realise
rooin:.fail t, J 'Jl
nn<i]l..
:ii tioiie-- fc
itK:"; . I fee ■' it
ipjiwi'1!
lie-, fijlijili
•w Ml IMei?-
jMmNn
i ihr '{.and. which
in it period
II;
olliJ of the chief
« been the : unilne-
\\ 1.11 la justified
Mt wi'Ii the Honor
ttajgni, nf the student.
Ti
may
.1 list Jtrf vreilieted in. the newspapers, j
dnwses are being worn several inches !
ltjiiuur. Willi t he result thai Rice Co I
edit afe not looking nearly ho juvenile
a." usual. There was a certain amount j
ipcriitioli nf | of speculation as to wliat otfeet the i
style* would liavo on the popu-
larity of the Sallyport as a loafer's
lookout, the general opinion being that
windy days would not bo so reward- |
itiK as formerly. Hut careful observa- 1
lion has established the fact that there \
are as many people as ever standing
about among the tables and desks
whore various orAunlzutious sell can- I
dy, tickets, bids, et cetera,
Htudents
class-
Utith Joritw. president of the
Honor Council, is a senior aca-
demic student wlio came to Hlce
from Dallas, lie was captain
of the Hice football team of
ll)L'!t. and as head waiter is in
charge of student waiters In
tile Commons for this year.
The Present Statue of
the Honor Syetem in
Our American Colleges
rt
The Hi
WlUIVltti
vm mi.fi
in tf,'
i' ..sysTi.
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in.-f>hman
siwh t'l'ee-
;<jtt rljrati
tlifftii-
; il ii!i
nt- Is .well
cfltf^lit his
if thtt Issue
■ Tiii'aslO'r,
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Mj ||||p|||j
.- lllfH'f tli,. Honor
listic," 'Thrasher
jfe itlfc :>* Ii'iiatli and i
|||M l'l||i'fc .' lltl'd ' tbc i I'ilt.I:
■ai
; The Sallyport lm become so fixed
j In the minds of Hlce students as a
| bawir thai at a recent, meeting of a
, pry ui nine ill literary organization In
file! thein- j which plans for a ninonage sale came
• .- taudi- at i UP lor dlseusson, one member sug-
gest etl Hit I lie sale be held the Sally-
port. The suggestion was promptly
voted down when an unnamed 1'ortia
ably pointed out that jto Hice student
would buy an article of second-hand
; riothing already well Known on the
j campus.
t'liiKithclk: • • * •
Speaking ot the literary societies-
and, by the way, I iiavt> been told I
shouldn't their affairs make t^asy
i opy for the Rice correspondents of
tin Houston dailies. One society had
a list of pledges this year that fills
exactly one and one-quarter inches of
a newspaper colifniu and It is tanked
on to almost every story about the
,-ociety printed. Figured at. the usual
rate for Rice correspondents It is
rf.| worth M vi'nteen eontH, and by the
|fcil| " "" .. .
Wj'lji t tin t the j
t fart of the :
'in1'
the, past.
?'vk to Ills own
Vemtr ahiotig his'
rM *• ' taiillns :
'fellow s'tudent^i
most conserv;itI, estimate it has net-
led each o1 them not less than $10
tip to this time. ,
tered complele surprise. "(Jot any
liquor on you?" A look of beatitude
spread over the student's face, for
once he was 111 the clear, "No! Go
ahead unci search me."
"Hull," said the cop. addressing tile
! world in general, "passed in over two
, hundred and lutven't got a drink yet,."
• * •
! That high-school game drew the big-
gest crowd seen in tiw stands this
year. And It was a good game, well
worth going lo see Hut what Hice
wants to see is a good portion ot that
HrowusvlHe aud I'ut Arthur beef
come lo Rice field for a four-year
stretch.
OWL TO FLY SOON
Thai insidious bird that sees a lot
and jokes with all, the Hice Owl, will
make lis third flight over the campus
Friday. December CO. it was iin-
j nouin e,.| Thursday by George Rey-
nold*. eititor,
A Christmas theme will bo em-
ployed in the coming Issue. Sidney
Wilson .of Fort Worth, assistant edl-
! tor. will serve as issue editor.
Note: This series at article* on the
Honor System is being printed simul-
taneously in all the college newspa-
pers In lite 1'nited States beginning
on or about November 2t>. A series of
five article) dealing with matters per-
taining to Hit! Honor System for the
Natonal Student Federation of the
Fulled States of America, with a hope
that the students ot this country wilj
give serious thought to the problem
of student, honesty In our colleges, and
that they will seuft to the Fifth An-
nual Congress of the National Student
Federation representatives who have
well thought'out ideas concerning this
mailer. The Filth Congress will meet
Iti tsanford Fnlverslty on January I,
2, !!. I. and li, 1930,
These articles weer prepared by
Theodore Jackson, chairman of the
committee on the Honor System. The
writer would be glad to hear from stu-
dents concerning this problem. I'lease
address him tit P. 0. box iliis, Fulvei'-
slty. Alabama.
AliTICLE I
Eighteen months ago the present
chairman of the Committee on the
Honor System for the N. S. F. A,
gathered extendiv* information con-
cerning the prevalence of the ollnor
System in American colleges and uni-
versities. The Information gathered
then is believed to he valuable; con-
ditions havp not changed materially
since that time.
In reply to a general questionnaire
containing questions pertinent to the
Honor System, 117 colleges sent in-
formation. One hundred and sixty, or
39 per cent, of these colleges operate
under some kind of Honor System.
In I2!l of them it Is used wholly; in 31
of them It Is used only partially. Of
these 31, twenty-one use It only In
certain select advance classes, seven
men. 35 per cent were for women,
and 50 per cent were co educational.
Of the I BO college* using the sys-
tem. (il, or 3 9per cent are colleges
whose student bodies range from 500
to 1500 in number; til, or 35 per cent
have an eiirolluteut of from 200 to 500,
18, or 11 per teiit, have an enroll-
ment of less than 200; 13, or S per
cent, have an enrollment ranging from
1500 to 8tM)v; and lo, or 6.5 per cent
of the col'ege.i using the Honor Sys-
tem have 300 hstudents or more. Of
the Hit' Honor System colleges, II
per cent are situated m the .South, 36
per cent of them are situated in the
Northeast, 15 per cent ore I lithe
North Ceniral section, and x per cent
are in the Western part of the Fniteil
States.
Of all the colleges in the South that
replied, tlO per cent use the Honor
System; 111! per cent of all the colleges
ill the Northeastern group that replied
use the syntem; i'3 per cent ot the
colleges of the North Central group
use it, while US per cent of the col-
leges of Hie Western group that sent
information have the Honor System.
In several universities of the 1'nited
States the Honor System works espe-
cially well in the U>r School. Are
student* of law any more honorable
than any other class of professional
students or imdergraduntes? Do pro-
fessional ethics tend to cause a man
who would cheat and tiefmud lu the
School ot' Arts and Science^ to ter-
minate abruptly such practices upon
entering a professional school'.'
One university has the Honor Sys
tem only In Its School ot Speech: an-
other has it In its School of Husiness
Administration: another has it lu its
School of Veterinary; another has it
in its School of Engineering; while
still another university has the Honor
System in its School of Architecture.
What Influence does the size of the
institution have upon the success or
failure of the Honor System? WhaV
Influence does I lie location of a col-
lege or university in u city or a vil-
SATURDAY'S STEP
CHILDREN
employ it In certain departments only, I ^ 1"!.?, T!," n't "'i'T'., *1^*1
, ,/ 1 Are women more honorable than men?
,Are student# In one section of the
, country more honorable than those in
other sections?
while three have the system In hand
ling matters that do not pertain to ex-
aminations (e. g., the handling of li-
brary hooks).
On the other hand. 251, or til per
cent, of the colleges replying do not
have the Honor System. They oper-
ate under the faculty espionage or the
proctor system, whereby the students
are closely watched while they take
their examinations, wherby no trust Is
plai'd in them, and whereby the
shrew dei' man wins, be he the student
or lie he the instructor.
This survey shows ihat there are
now in per cent more colleges using
the Honor System than were shown
by a similar survey to be using It In
1912. In that year till per cent of the
colleges usinc the system were col-
lege? for men. 17 per cent were col-
leges for women only, anil 17 per cent
| of them were co educational. In 1B2S, ^
: j'8 per cent of those using It were for
Lee and company bearing down on
It already, aud It's only 10:30. Guess
they're celebrating that moral victory
over the Rally Club.
• * *
HAROLD Hit A FN jumping up and
down In the middle of the floor—he
may be practising his public spelling,
and then again it might be a dance
step.
«
SIS lines 'em so hot RLFDDY'S ears
are smokln'--my mistake, on second
look 'tis merely a cigarette parked as
you l.YKES It.
• •
Quite a pair - DOROTHY LEARNED
and SFE GREEN - hnvln' a big time.
* * *
MRS. JOHNSON'S Utile girl. LULU
HESS. Old you know she has the
reputation of being a dream girl? Ex-
planations made by appointment only.
* *
"LITTLE H1G' 'terrlby Interested
in HIS story. Do you think she be-
lieves a word of It';
* *
Ten boys With one idea, MAJOIUE
Dl'NN. Black is an interesting color,
especially with bright eyes and hair.
* * •
CONE HOLLIM'AN wrathfully ex-
plaining that It was a flat tire that
kept him from arriving before 11:30.
Mobbeso.
*
That high class leaping Is being done
by HENRY TOWNS END and little
JO HERRYMAN,
* * •
There's RAYMOND STONE — one
boy that's tall enough to see where
he's goln'. *
* * *
Prof. Waldo satis the portable-
well. it IS a unlqque method of Illus-
trating a lecture.
•
Petit*' MARCEL1.E dancln' by—a
proof thai sometimes beauty and
brains go together.
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■BIIolioi Svstem.
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history
of .sfiiif
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or;.1 ;i li izu t j ,i,
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THE DRAMATIC CLUB
ill!).!'! I;(I' jjj'Jpjijfwtti ' -iml ill
ij I1, 'n'l Mjitn' or, illlii lei,')
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life :ii,v',ii'.''i!,'1;i1''!yvri, Itiiwlj tl'O'''
il;),.1!; J 5:1/; :.i 'feVilVlK i' iili itii'i*!'
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iVfiirlou.s student
ij^e'iliMaM
'."e'jijiji.j.iji'
in If
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■iOt
ills
li
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jlli w'/ii'i
s«li
! Smoking 'is an .awful habit
I We are gtud to see the parish house
' in tin.' rear of I'aimer Chapel nearing
! i iiinideiiou, iio doubt it will he a great
! benefit to various cump'i- organUtt-
' tiotiB and activities, but we can't help
I lee'ing that the greaiesi contribution
, to the comfort of those who must go
to meeting- at the Aulty HOuse has
tieen the live or six smoking stands
I 'recently placed in the large room up*
e!titirnnoil than the j j,[.ujr!t There is hardly a person who
4 'hrough yeurs of j pl)(.s to inectltig) there who is not em-
i vi i no- m Is against it. has j Imrrassed ai having to throw burning
iin-"oi-i1ni.nl\ anni.teui standards. > cigarette bulls on the floor. Mrs.
it of fie -intl. ni body and until Rlake says increase of the habit
mmi tlll.T. on., ,.,f tin' greatest of ! "'iiong the girls made it necessary to
get the smoking stands, rugs were
being burnt.
The problem of. ash receptacles is
a serious otiu. Mrs. Illake onc^ pur-
chased |t dozen which she distributed
at moii\etiieiit points downstairs. After
FROM THE THRESHER FILES
\(\i-
s.hi i, ,i, iti«-m1ier.-hip made' up only
hi i'i it ,i tio'tnliei'sliip incapable of
r .i •ii;i lo - do. This year there has
|fj |ife f.l>n l.i t g'l.'oit mellltlefsllip ||| lis
< 1 1 ■iiii't '-''ot'.-. of stage tecliniclans,
r- 'iii'I il'wjuhty probiet'uy, ami i,t Mudgnts
lii iltteinion of Rice Institute and tlie
■j|ij i" .i;i;nii's',a '('otiipli.'x :md efflcl'eht
J tie-: ."fh-imiiitic flu li to: new heights.
'vt.^iTii' Ro;yaI'1.1'atnily'" vvas an accom-
11 d 0; ito i i'- ni.-rh proud aud the
I'Oii.. 0 ■'■ ■eio .v will - do much lo in..
1 if!I '. ;!' ' v
TEN YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
Writing Club had Its inception this week, Strictly informal, the new club
has 110 compulsory attendance rule, no rule to guarantee abundance of
manuscripts, and Is composed of those students who are Interested in writing
as an art, and not in argument us an art.
It was also in 1919 that, the first commemorative re.utiiou of Rice alumni
took place . . . "Dlnner-ln-Hull firings Re-union to Splendid Close."
FIVE YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
The Campus barber looked over the faculty of Rice Institute and noted 72
faces to be shaved.
ONE YEAR AGO THIS WEEK
Some tin) books were added lo the Rice library tills week They include,
for the most part, journals and records of debates.
The first Dramatic, Club production of the year, "Bird in Hand," produced
tills week. '
■R banquet.
Los Hlboux made a trip of inspection to the French line boat De La Salle,
but owing to the handicap of not-being able to converse in French, none of
the girls could flirt with the sailors.
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■1,1.1 ■, of,' t
Mi!hfi vi i
1 Wli|(':
I,!.n I tub product ions
a ' tl'o Kici"1' -indent
ll souse day lu: solved.
IS- I I<1 in ilie future
COLLEGES LOSING POPULARITY?
(;$' Hi', j .lopes'
I |,|'ioi;l ot rlie situation, lie
il ".li.'D ii iii'Jlijvs... t hill "iti twolit.v-
i 1 ''let, I,mi tiniv'erMty . stu-
■ • '.in:;'irii,;:!,,|'i,|f through every
I M ii'J|i|: i' • ; 11 , Im
of i o! din irie. ■ t" 11 i v. 'f'S.ij
Miys I (li:!,!|||j|!i||j
two state- iio-(
ili nt.;, than in 11.
, I I lot, oi J) I e CoUJI'l
Tills -fljliiaSiSt'li is fi'A.tlfcltdiw
Witt'
': ' I'l i'i.i'S.^|tlSi1i>,:. I i e-'v\\.
Uhtl tlv-sti'S'mr.
i.\,i>-> u''i;«!j]'i;'iOi;.i
e pei tullv when we consider
tl
p.l vvuhsnc" iid sltilhc U'In >Vhp,jj|M 11 liini Iu^j|.'!it'/.IIH ^ ,iboUt our eiiliege sltl-
d* 10.* iltld (lie inti. ii,,e lit , i d lent i oi dispiayeil ||y |)if;v whole unl-
vi i i' It it a geiotal oippokitloiv thai colli,Ues, are illled to capacity and
that all who have Hie opport u,iiit> attet.ol | university at one time or another.
A great number of parent;., think if tuoi-'e profitable for their children to
Join 'lie piiriuk' id' vvai/e .-.irtiit s tliau to 'iwa'ste" ijit-ventl yt'tirs in college,
Of eoiit e, if yiiiuig; people jiihit out of high scliool take the altitude that
mote school would be n waste of time, no doubt for , them it would amount
Mo thai. Hut there Is argument In favor of college even under lliese clrcum-
• lances. 11ji It matters not how deficient a stiid'OH is in his scholastic work,
lie Is bound to .absorb Unit indefinable something that coiiies from attending
ii university
lir Jones believe-- that during the next ten years there will be a further
falling off in college attendance, lie bases his prophecy on the fact. that.
Immigration loo become more restricted ami that the native population rate
Is dei't-ejo-ing. since, during the last decade, there has been a universal
rush for university education, perhaps It Is only natural that a decline should
start at this lime We have cycles hi business and III every other phnso of
life, so why not In education?
Anyway, we do not expect any devastating results from this slowlng-up
process. Ten years will probably show linn students arc being turned away
from
■rsitte.
11 IIHc
twre Is no room for them.-The T. C. U. Skiff
one day there was only ope hill. Mrs.
Hlnke implores uiid I join her dlspair-
iug cry, that the recently Installed
smoking stands shall not be trans-
ferred to the dormitories
In a late number ol '[The Texas
.Monthly" «u excellent little magazine
published at Dallas i* an article about
a gontlelnati of San Antonio who, ,
through some strange condition.of his J
brain, luis no conception of lite pass '
age of time All of his experiences ,
tire crammed jjito one instant, today. !
yesterday, last year. tir,> all one to ;
him. .My idea ol all interesting eX
t'crino in wo lid be 10 take liiio to hear
a certain lilce lecturer !iini s;<o if it is
possible tor iijtti to become liornd.
«t ^ 5f
Lit"l Saturday was a hie football
day on the liter- athletic fields The I
headline attraction wits l.lie Hand Rally j
' 1 lib iiffulr which liiiforlunutely ended
In a scoreless tie. All the true con-
tioissoiirs of the sport were there 10 1
see the struggle. After the last smash-
ing play there w as a general exodus j
in the direction of the Port Arthur- \
firovvnsville game across the hiiyou, i
the greater part of the crowd going !
by way of the West, foot-bridge. At '
the south end of this foot-bridge stood j
a motorcycle cop, looking very formid-
able in iiis I; link I uniform.
The first Student across the bridge
asked if he sold tickets.
"Don't worry about tickets, turn to
the left, and go in behind the stands."
Soon there was a steady stream of
students taking this route, most of
them not. knowing the true status or
the situation approached In readiness
to use one of the various tricks by
which gates are "crashed." One of
the Inst to leave tin, practice field
classic attempted to walk In as If ut-
terly oblivious of the cops presence.
"Hey, you" the officer shouted. The
student, came to a full stop and regis
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