VOLUME X RICE INSTITUTE, HOUSTON, TEXAS, MARCH 28, 1925 NUMBER 24 RELAYS TAKE SPOTLIGHT INl — li — ii — Rice Topics No ted Champions Among Relay Carnival S WHEN the Relay Carnival is over Rice Host to " Saturday afternoon Rice will have accomplished a big thing for the track sport in the Southwest. » * • Many Famous ANNUAL relay carnivals on ex- tensive scales have been estab- lished in the North, South, East, West and Southeast. And now Rice is ere- at ng a similar track ever.t 1'm the Track Stars Southwest. Such an annual affair ir will mean much to Rice, Houston and the entire Southwest. Extensive Program Is Ready; Relays
TF THE Relay Carnival grows locally Regarded as Epoch-Making in as it has done in other parts of the United States, it will be but a few Local Sport History years until the annual Southwest Re- lay Carnival at Rice takes its place Hundreds of athletes are ready and thousands of sport fans are alongside those held yearly at Penn waiting for the stupendous track program that is to be presented State, Drake, Georgia Tech and other on Rice Field Saturday afternoon. The eyes of the Southwest are famous athletic centers. watching with eager interest the staging of one of the biggest * * * events in the history of this section. /CREDIT is due Coaches John P. The Southwest Relay Carnival is expected to create a new era ^ Nicholson, Heisman and Rafferty in the history of local track. Champions and aspiring champions, in putting over this pioneer move- university, college, academy, high school, and grammar school ment in Southwestern track circles. athletes from many sections of the country are scheduled to ap- Houston has co-operated splendidly in pear in the flashy program that has been arranged by John !'. the undertaking. The Lions Club has Nicholson of Rice Institute. been the moving spirit in the drive for All Set funds and underwrote tickets to the Coach Nicholson announced Friday that the stage is set for the extent of over two thousand dollars. events that will be run off during the afternoon. Weather pre- * * * dictions are favoring the Carnival. TJ1CE students have not denied the IntereM in thr- national attraction authorities their share of the sup- r is at a high pitch, and it is expi.cted port. Their co-operation has been CHEANEY AGAIN that the stands will be filled long be genuine and concrete, as evidenced by |PI MEETS SCHOLZ fore the first event on the full pro- the heavy student ticket sales during BiiF IT; *#». gram is run off. Temporary fetu-es the past week. A race of more than passing • * * « interest will be one of the many have heeii put around the track t" brilliant features of the Relay keep (lie spectators off the field TT HAS been hard work—extremely CarnivAl S a t. u r <1 a y on Rice During' the past week or so tht -*• hard work—for Nicholson and his Field. frack has been worked over carefully, assistants in arranging the affair, Joe Bailey Cheaney of How and on. Friday was given the finish and they have gone about it in an ad- art! Payne is to get another • ing touches. As the actual cinder mirable way. No pioneer has ever chance at Jackson Scholz, note.I S path stands now, it compares favor - found a path of roses, and Nicholson 's the fastest dash mati in the j ably with any its stteti in the country. has certainly not found a "track of t United States. roses"; but Rice and Houston—yes, Man* Entrie> Last spring Cheaney created the Southwest—will appreciate in fu- | Individual entries and team enlrie- a sensation in Boston by racing ture years more than now the diligent I in the Carnival arrived Friday nigh: his way into the semi-finals of efforts that are being pht forth to and Saturday mornint; Fully 500 nth the Olympic trials. Over-eager build the Southwest relays on a firm letes will compete, whili more thai; Here are some nationally-known track stars who will participate in the to win a berth on 1'ncle Sam's and solid-rock foundation. sixty teams are entered. Southwest Relay Carnival 011 Rice Field, Saturday. At the top, reading from Olympic team, the wing-footed —0—0—0- light to left, are Guthrie of Ohio S'tate, McKinsey of Illinois, and Snyder of Howard Payne star jumped the The firs' arrivals at the track w< re OT. PATRICK'S DAY was observed (ihio. The individuals on the bottom are Joie Ray, left, Dean Brownell, Illi- gun twice for two one-yard set- Joe Bailey Cheaney and Grady. t\v. ^ recently', and we were reminded nois, center, and Ernie Ponger, Illinois, right. hacks and was placed under a sprinters from Howard Payne < 'o'leui that old Pat was originally an engi- These men are all holders of records, world or collegiate. At Rice Field handicap that was not easy to These two athletes have been nroctic neer—the Patron Saint of the Hairy they will try to break rndfe records. (Cuts courtesy I'ost-Dispatch.) overcome against such a man ing on t he Owl track. Eared Fellows—and we wondered why as Jack Sholz. By Saturday noon every psi'tk I pan' his slide rule ability is not celebrated In striving to eat up the lead (Continued on Page ill more than it is among our own engi- LOVETT ARRIVES Relay Number of j Slime Athletes held by the mighty Seholz the neers. ****** plucky little Texan pulled a ten- * * * »• BACK HOME Receive the Ax CHOOSE A L L I E Owl Appears on don in his leg and raced in se- QOME one has said that' St. Patrick In March Exams vere pain. " drove stakes in Ireland rather Prexy Returns After ****** Cheaney was silent as to his MAY AUTRY than snakes out of Ireland—that the Four Months in Second term finals took less this misfortune, and it remained for error arose through a clerical mistake Campus Friday year than last. Loafers rather than Coach John P. Nicholson of Rice Fete to be Held Mav of the historian. If he did, why don't the stragglers were left by the way to tell the story of the nervy Europe The Relay Number of the Rice Owl; 12 During Ad Rice engineers make more noise about side. Freshmen were in the majority race. | Dr. Edgar Qdell Lovett, President ( appeared in the cloisters for distribu- it each year on March 17—the day of those dropped. The Slime foot And now Cheaney is to get i of Rice, arrived at the Institute Wed- I when the Mickeys drag out the sham- tion Friday afternoon. As the man- ball line lost another good man, and another chance at the speedy | Allie May Autry was elected Queen nesday of last week. He has spent rock and kiss the blarney stone ? agers were out when the reporter the star backfield that promised so champion. : of ihe May by a decisive vote in the over four months in Europe and has * * * called no direct information could be well for next year dwindled to two The eyes of the Southwest ! contest Friday. She won over Jessie been absent from Rice for a period of j obtained. But from the office boy, men. Varsity did not fare so badly are fastened on this event with I Stevens and .Myrtle Perkins. Solitary DT. PATRICK'S DAY is a big day at five months. His European tour com- \ was gleaned the knowledge that the but still the reaper took those who a special kind of interest. It j Sal received one vote,. ^ most of our American colleges. On prised almost the whole of the Conti-' felt too sure of themselves. Most of will no doubt be a brilliant race, j The May I*e'te is to be helrt May II? the occasion of the birthday of the fa- nent and was also extended to the' unusual cover design was executed i those on probation and others who this year, during the World Admen's mous snake-chaser, college engineers British Isles. by one McVey. Rather a fetching I throughout the country celebrate in thing it was—the harmony of the j felt themselves slipping buckled down C onvention. Dr. Lovett left Liverpool on Feb- -0- -0—0— grand style. Some of them dance; and came out as good as the best. Duchesses of the respective classes ruary 28 on the Caronia, a Cunard j color combinations toned down with '.some hold big parades; some have a Spring anA its accompanying urges ivill he chosen at a meeting to be held Line vessel, and arrived in Boston on j a soothing white relief. feast; some raise hell in a dozen ways, are to be blamed for most of the fail- COACH APPEALS early next week, according to Ruth March 7, eight days later. He came ; The office boy, expanding to a sub- —but all usually put in an entire day ures. Good students who had won- Elizabeth Cathcart, president of the iirect from New York to Houston. ject of which he seemed inordinately; celebrating. derful records upon being admitted, TO STUDENTS Woman's Council. * * * During his European trip Dr. Lov- j proud, confided three men by the expecting to get by on their record A general invitation will be ex- ett reports he saw many of Rice's old names of Stubbs, Davis, and Bridge- tended to the boys. AT THE Universities of Colorado, refused to put in the hard work, and Asks Their Co-operation friends, including Dr. H. A. Wilson, j water had done some work profession- Dukes will be chosen by the duch- Oklahoma, Des Moines and many finals disillusioned them. ormerly Professor of Physics at the al in quality. A capable artist by the j • for Salvaging esses. others, Pat's recent birthday was en- Institute, and now head of the Physics I name of Heyck had again taken up\ thusiastically observed by the engi- ALUMNAE TO ENTERTAIN Athletics Department at the University of! illustrating, according to the young-; neers. One of the features of the cel- Glasgow. ster, and whose work he spared no' The alumnae organization of the An appeal that the student body ebration at Oklahoma U. was the ed- enthusaism. A writer whose name he j Elizabeth Baldwin Literary Society save next year's football team now iting of the- March 17 issue of the No university which Dr. Lovett vis- SOLITARY SAL mumbled—it sounded something like will entertain in honor of the present by getting behind the flunking ath- daily student newspaper by the engi- ed abroad can quite compare wi{h Farias—had some remarkable contri-! members with a bridge tea April 18 letes was made by Coach John W. neers. Rice in architectural beauty, he butions in this issue. at the home of Mrs. William B. Tor- Heisman Wednesday noon in the phy- * *. • stated. DO YOU KNOW THE i-ens, (120 Branard Street. sics amphitheatre. QUCH an annual celebration by Rice DIFFERENCE EPETWEEN ^ engineers would afford opportuni- It was Heisman's first appearance A JFICIVFLSS AND R ty for a good clean program of whole- before the students since arrival back some fun each year and would serve "WRATH 0' GOD" SUCCUMBS tO WRATH OF LAW at Rice from his European tour some SflGCRSTIC PROF ? to liven up the usual dullness of this 24 hours before. "We will lose through graduation •NEITHER DO I~—< .period of the year around the campus. By J. M. Farias, Jr. Before its abandonment it was fit- Dupuy, "Dutchy" and Clarence, which and other things this year some 30 * * * On Fannin Avenue, a short distance tingly known far and wide as "The is not all of their names. football men," Heisman stated, "and llfHAT say, thou hairy-eared fel- below Holman Street, rests the hulk Wrath of God." And therein lies a The first mishap occurred when Bob in addition we now have ten good ™ lows, thou hard-working descend- of a car. Passers-by give it a wide story. ran into the esplanade on a back men on probation. The Freshman ants of the gt*«t St. Pat? berth and parents sharply call their Hunger Is Motive street, breaking both radius rods. squad suffered heavily during the re- children away from it. The derelict Tuesday night six members of the However, nothing daunted, the in- cent examinations, but the situation cants ovt* to one side, two wheels are East Hall elite Agreed that a bit of trepid adventurers proceeded groggily is not hopeless and we can have a GIRLS TO |tBAR CONCERT tireless, the hood is gone, as is the food in the form of hot cakes would cityward. They reached the beanery fairly good team next year if we will , A party of ft L. S. girls will at- top. One spring is broken, the other not be amiss. Therewith they "took without further incident, and there start right now and make these foot- tend the afternoon concert to be given is missing, while radius rods are an off" in "The Wrath of God" for Mike satisfied what appetites they had left. ball men apply themselves academ- :by the Kansas City Symphony Or- unknown quantity. Genora's restaurant. The gentlemen On the return trip Dupuy was pilot- ically." jchestra, April 14, at the Scotti»h Rite This poor rust-eaten junk was once ing the "Wrath" at a fair rate of who participated in the following ad- The Owl coach was enthusiastically Cathedral. the pride of Rice Institute Dorm men. venture we will name Bob, Ed, Eric, (Continued on Page 3.) received by a packed amphitheatre. 2 THE THRB8HER :: H0U8T0N, TEXAS
BUNKUS CAN'T RUN IN RELAYS; Our New Location THE By Or. Tiuto Bald Blinkua c J SPURNS TEXAS, AND OWL CO-EDS Member Texan Intercollegiate Press Association The Very "Last Word" A weekly newspaper published by the students of Kice Institute at Houston, Texas ¥ REGRET to inform everybody that Department and not because of any ul- Ko tared as seeond class matter October 17, 1916, at the pes toff ice in Houston, Texas under the terior motive on the part of the organi- * I will not be a participant in the zation which you accuse. That such an in equipment for the production of correct Act of March 8, 1879. important communication should go astray Southwest Relay Carnival. i», of course* no less than tragic; and Subscription Rates I hated to disappoint Dr. Nicholson that the Council should learn of your de- eye aids, added to our skill in examination $2.50 per Year, 10c per Copy sires when it is too late to gratify them is and the other track people in charge even more so. However, there is usually makes this optical shop located in Houston's a way out of every difficulty, and surely JACK GLENN . Editor-in-Chief by turning down their offer to race this one will prove to be no exception. KOBKRT V ADEN' LCMiKDON Business Manager against Joie Scholz and Jackson Ray 8ince it is now impossible for 8al to be busy center the "First Word" in conveni- May Queen, could we not make amends by T. H. Stuhbs Managing Editor n the 100 metre pole vault, but I am railroading her into eome other office- - ence these busy holidays. Come in and see Tom Kiev Literary not physically fit just at present. certainly she is due some recompense for Guidon 'fur run tine Sports that disgraceful affair which occurred The cause of my some weeks ago at the end of Main 8trect. the shop our city is proud of! As to your kind offer regarding the 1 EDITORIAL ASSIST A NTH infirmity is over- "regal crown: ' since your only consid- work. But how eration is impossible of fulfillment, it is, Either Mr. Kuhlman or Mr. Clark Donald U. Flint no doubt, useless to ask you for a recon- Bernard Segal could I expect to sideration of the matter. will ftladly serve you personally Mike I. >oby 1 am, indeed, sorry that you have as- keep in trim, with sumed such a hostile attitude toward the REPORTERS THIS ISSI E Coach Lovett and for counsel regarding several important l.ura Duff. Donald Baithvlnu*, Thonms l\ Juclt^on, (»<'?*' Rhodes, Martha Frances Hill, matters in- connection therewith, notably Dr.Heismanchasing concerning the masculine element. 1 must Ruth ivl.zaunh Cautcan. I'ine;kmy Fleming. Will Kuers Smith, Hazel Can nan, Jack Bridg- vs aitr, J , M. Fun- , Sail.** Mel.«. an, loti* Kidder. Jack Shannon, James Porter. Katherine around all over admit that this particular phase of the CLARK & CO* Thompson, And roe Fall Kant, H. E. HnAver, Slime Hell. Marmaduke Wigglesivorth. question has me more or less stumped. If Europe and leav- we ask the fellows to take part, they raise a howl; and, if we leave them out, they ing me here to run push off the roof, so there you are—or 1006 Texas Ave., East THE SOUTHWEST the Institute and aren't. I gather that the whole affair is kind of funny, and the eds just can't keep KELiAV CARNIVAL keep the athletes from laughing at it. It is rumored that, upon a careless day in your own youth, extensive track program that is to be presented on Rice off probation ? you helped to plan, and took a leading Well, anyway, it's part in, one of the best fetes ever staged Held Saturday afternoon cannot be regarded in any other at your college, so you must necessarily light than as a striking evidence of the growth of collegiate sports done anil I can't run. The wanderers l>e acquainted with the trials and tribu- lations incident to such occasions. in ihe Southwest. have returned and here's hoping they Trusting, therefore, in your sympathetic stay home for a while where they be- consideration, and with best wishes for Coaches Nicholson and Heisman brought the idea of such an the speedy perfection of your invention, affair to Rice and the Southwest last year. They believe in doing long. the continued endurance of your students, Texas University also invited me and so forth, I am, tilings in a real way. They believe in the value of college athletics Most sincerely yours, to enter its relays. But of course I —not as a lot of rah, rah noise-making bunk, but as a genuine Signed > Ruth Elizabeth Cathcart. and far-reaching benefit to those concerned. The whole university paid no attention to them, even if is concerned. Houston is concerned. The entire Southwest is con- they were so original in creating their cerned. In short, the Southwest Relays are a benefit to us all and meet. Texas is almost as original as they undoubtedly have a bright future before them. Rice in this regard. The announce- Coach Nicholson's hard work has been matched only by the ment of their relay carnival came im- sj.lenuid co-operation shown on the part of Houston and Rice folk. mediately after they heard of Nich- PASKEI 'Ihe Lions Club, the railroads, the merchants, the city officials— olson's plans, but the unfortunate de- all have been very generous in "their support, and Rice students lay was pijobably due to the vast dif- •MUSIC have shown that they are back of the Southwest Relay Carnival ference in time between here and to the limit. Austin. The farther West one goes, To the visitingathletes. Rice dues not have explosive and ardent you know, the slower the clock moves. •ico.a words of welcome. Rice has her buildings, her campus, her student However, to the fervent entreaties of the Texas officials I turned a deaf body, the general sc4'pe of the university, and a genuine hospital- ity to show these many visitors, and does not put on a false face ear (it is my left# ea* r» that is deaf). m saying "Hello" and "Goodbye." We hope our many visitors will have time to inspect the uni- T KNEW the co-eds would relent. MOST COM-I versity. We hope they will look through all shows of formality They have apologized at last. All RLETB STOCK and see the genuine and whole-hearted greeting that is meant you have to do to make a woman give in isH#-tiieprive her of something she |OF BANDANDI for them. ORCHESTRA It means a lot to us to have so many and such noted guests, and wants very much and is counting on, DIFFERENT and she will do anything to get back Rice is proud, We would have them all share the spirit that at- yet the same—SOCIETY BRAND tracts one to Rice, the feeling that makes one proud that there in your favor. IN TflESOOTII is H Rice, the spirit that fills one with burning enthusiasm for Here is a letter from the president ft j Cornell for Spring the great future of a university whose growth is marked not by of the Woman's Council, asking for- noise and hullabnlloo but by a silent and slow process of steady giveness for their neglect of Solitary Today's style features are of course in building. Sal in making selections for May- Athletes, you are welcome. Queen candidates. You will note that today's Cornell. The wider shoulders, •••• :ii they have hinted that I reconsider the lower lapels,; closer buttons, snugger matter of accepting the regal crown, LESS GRIPE AND but I will be firm. Ten thousand,, girls ! hips. But the effect that made the Cor- MORE CRITICISM could not make me change my mind I nell, from the first, is still there in the AFTER a struggle of almost six years, the Rice co-operative now. exclusive variations of the'brighter col- ^ book store is at last substantially on its feet and is now in a So the co-eds will have to suffer. position to contribute regularly to its sinking fund. Here is the letter: ors in "Amber-Ton," "Gull-Gray" and Of all the organizations oil the campus the Co-Op is probably the Houston, Texas, "Broadmore Stripes." They are sound most misunderstood as to purpose, manner of operation and gen- March 16, 1925. Dr. Theo Halt! Ulinkus, Chief. values at . ral scope. _ .... Astronomical Department, The Kice Institute, Contrary to the fondest expectations of the professional gripe City. $ artist, the Co-Op is not run by a modern Jesse James—-it is not Doar Dr. Mlinkus: I was very sorry to learn through last *35 45 *50 a highly organized hold-up joint where a consolidation of crooked week'# Thresher of your very just griev- ance against the Woman's Council on ac- .-indents and faculty members slyly create artful schemes and de- count. of their apparent neglect of your vices fi.'i' gaining possession of all the spare and unspare coin of request concerning nominations for the annual "grass fe*t an dhasten to assure the student patrons. you that such oversight was due solely to In the first j lace, the Co-Op manager does not work on a com- to u.-u'ai service of our local I'ost Office mission basis. He is a hard-working salaried man, and does not Pave the power even to set the price on the various books. That Cakowitz 1^05. the publisher's business. Seventy-five dollars per month is the -alary of the manager, while the student employes are paid 35 i cuts an hour. In general charge of the Co-Op is a board ot control, consisting <>f Dr Lovett, Mr. McCann, Mr. McCants, and two student repre- u i u nn oxnXEIl mmm iiniiiiiiilininniii t-nta* ives. chosen alternately every two years. The student mem- Wersof the board this vear are Burford Sigler and Emmett Good- rich. This board outlines the general plans that must be followed bv the manager. * * * The Sheriff THE eternal question on Students' lips a t the Institute is: "Why do things cost so much at the Co-Op.-Op?' Why can't we buy books MAY be a nice man personally, but no one and e-ui] ment at cost? ' rIo answer: In the first place, things do wants him professionally on his premises. i t come higher at the Co-Op than at any other book store, and The Sheriff never sold out a man because many, many things are cheaper, notably note book paper, theme 1 a]cr and stationery. In the second place, the Co-Op is a grow- he had a Bank Account. ing business, with definite plans and purposes that call for a growing sinking fund. The Co-Op must save—real thrift is called Every day somewhere men are being sold V out because they have no bank accounts. "students will be cheered to learn that it will be but a matter of a few vears—possiblv five—until Rice will have a separate build- in,, f,,r the Co-jQp. to be paid for by the business itself. The down- -1 airs of the structure will be occupied by the book store, and up- || «• -1 Hirs will be offices of the various student publications—Thresh- H er, Owl and Campanile. Then they will understand why the Co-Op tries to save, whv it has a sinking fund. GUARANTY NATIONAL Last year the C'o-Op got out of debt. Dub Wynn was the man- •* * 306 MAIN STREET BANK HOUSTON, TEXAS ager This vear Bert Hitson has the job of saving and he seems to be tak: tig" care of his job efficiently. The Co-Op will grow from now on But more co-operation is wanted from the students them- I'-iiiiiiiiitiirniitiiiiini mm in i11 nn i in-rrr selves. New ideas are wanted. Many students undoubtedly know ,rr h of plans that might help in developing the Co-Op. What is used »nin> in n 111 m i n i n 11111111111 n 111111111 at other schools? What would go over here in the way of novel- "Good ties? How can the Co-Op be a real Co-Op? Students, quit griping apd come across with some constructive To criticism. The T). instructor in English, and T. G. Drop" Rise, freshman. Winnie Winkle and The fourth head is that of Benny, the cook, who eloped during the bliz- ART zard last December and left those Suspender Skirts worthies of the Parker House in the cold as well as in the lurch. Muench Quite the outstanding vogue of the moment is the Winnie likes this head. The fifth is a head Winkle or Suspender Skirt—a tailored Skirt that is most Ari exhibition of interest-;.now be- of Hymen Plenn. $ flattering to women and misses. Unusually attractive when Q95 injf held at, the Museum of Fine Arts Muench is one of the most promis- worn in combination with the peasant blouse. Many various is that of Julian Rhodes Mueneh, for ing pupils that Tidden has turned out. weaves in both silk and wool. Shown in red, white, orange, mer student at the Institute. The ex- NicALCorrt* Although he has done most of his waffle, chili, beige, green and other colors. A wonderful hibition consists of five heads done in studying by himself, he has been assortment of styles, both plain and-pleated. piaster, and two o+l paintings. The guided by the thoroughgoing hand of heads of most interest to the students Mr. Tidden. At least, tliere is no should be those of John Clarke Tid- doubt concerning the superiority of CHEEK-NEAL COFFEE CO. den, instructor in architectural draw- his work compared to that of the Nuhvilk—Hon, ton—Jacksonville—Richmond >• s ing and painting, D. T. Starnes, Ph. Texas sculptor Ceracchio. W 11111111. nt iVl\ .. 111111111 n i i*in pi THE THRESHES HOUSTON, TEXAS NEW PROM RULE Slackers This Year to Many Stars In First Annual Southwest Relays Get Left Out "Jufniora who do not pay their dues this term will not be entitled to a bid to the Junior Prom next year," L. S. McWhorter, finance boss of the Ju- nior Class, declared following a con- fab with Soph leaders Thursday aft- ' s . • Unusual J Values | Have you visited our $35.00 " $65.00 new Golf Department ? Ready-Tailored Department Complete line of Burke Golf Clubs, Bags, etc. Prices ex- ceptionally low! Main Floor. BARRINGER/M NORTON to. <»• i TAILORS SHIRTMAKERS W. C. Munn Company 410 Main Street INC. Houston f&'W- TK R » fi>ff t U - :t HO US TON, TEXAS DAINGERFIELD TALKS Daingerfield's talk was Illustrated RICE UNDERWORLD CELEBRATES Weather Prophet Lectures In Phjratet by several scores of slides showing # # *•-%* • # # * 4~ * # # # # j MAY QUEEN CANDIDATES ] Amphitheatre high and low pressure weather maps, isobar maps and many instruments by Thugs to Tunes of Nickle Piano A lecture on "What Will the Weath- which the government forecasts the er Be Tomorrow" waa given by Law- weather. By Katherine Thompson "Hie! Hie!" rence H. Daingerfield, head of the On the night of the Scullions' Ball During the Intermissions the dan- Houston United States Weather Bu- Views of storm havoc and cloud ef- —a night whose annual celebration cers would make a break for the sa- reau, in the Physics Amphitheatre, fects illustrated a part of Dainger- loon and crowd around the bar, and '-as taught the enforcers of law and Tuesday evening. field's talk. later, feeling the effects of the strong >rder to remain discreetly within the coca-cola and near beer that they had safety of the Police Station, there been drinking, would stagger drunk- BS uvarmed out from dark recesses and enly about the floor. An old rattly lidden dens the underworld of Rice player-piano, which was recklessly fed institute. And suddenly the quiet and with nickels, added its noise to the A Suit Is As Good •eace of the mess hall and seniors' din. dining room was changed into the Ah! the deplorable degeneracy man- As Its Style mad gaiety of a saloon and dance hall ifested that night! There were crooks, bums, street rats, women of the Chi- the equal of which could not have cago Ann and even of the Gutter Rose The Style and Quality of baen foun.i even in '49. type. And—sh-h-h—there were those our Suits are just as big The revellers, entering the dance who might have been recognized in factors as the Saving. hall from a second-story window, slid the respected walks of life—but it is own a i'hue to the floor. There they dangerous even to whisper— We won't skimp on qaul- whirled wildly about to the weird Whew! At last the clock struck 3, strains of a kind of music that they the music stopped, the lights went ity—but we do skimp on Candidates in the annual May •all jazz, amidst the noise of shoot- out, and Rice Institute's underworld 4 high prices. (Jiin n flection held at Rice, Friday. ing, loud guffaws and the shrill scurried back to its hiding places to I |>|u r left, Miss Jessie Stevens; upper laughs of women. be seen no more for a year. riiht. Miss Myrtle I'erkins; lower NEWEST $ S left. Miss Allie .May Autry, who wasj SPRING STYLES 34 .V40 chosen to preside over the annual fete! on Mai 12. All are Houston girls. Klections for the various class duch-i 0&P JK M I IN——> WJ ess:s will lie held during the coming^ w