VOLUME XI RICE INSTITUTE, HOUSTON, TEXAS, NOVEMBER 20, 1925 NUMBER 10
Rice Topics N addition to Rice's short list of AGGIES BEAT OWLS BY 17-0 SCORE I traditions is to be made next week •when the Seniors will be allowed to invite their lady friends for dinner Senior Dance in Commons AUTRY HOUSE CALENDAR in the Senior messhall. RALLY CLUB DANCE RICE SIGNS IN AGGIES A. & M. RUNNING AT- • * * Indications Point to Good Crowd Friday, Nov. 20—Glee Club, 8 p.m. Each Senior may have a fair visitor THURSDAY Saturday. PARADE Alliance. Fruncais. to brighten his alleged meal with her Dramatic Club rehearsals of "The TACK SENDS OWLS very desirable presence. Every fourth This Saturday marks the recur- LEE'S OWLS TQ PLAY AT Slimes Bearing Owl Slogans Girl" and "Deacon's Hut," 7:45- year man may now look for female TURNVEREIN HALL; rence of the regular tri-weekly Senior 10:00. sympathy as to his diet, and it may dance in the Commons. Lead A. & M. March Children's rehearsal, 3:30-4:30 TO DEFEAT be that frequent "How aw-w-wful's" BIG AFFAIR Senior dunces always draw a good p.m. | The Texas A. M. line, heralded will punctuate the evening meal. live crowd and the class officers are Down the long avenue, between rows • * * Plans for the Rally Club "Break- Sunday, Nov. 22—Bible Class 9:30. i lar and wide as the best which Dana expecting a big turnout. The fact that of high buildings, spreading far apart Training" Dance are about completed, Morning prayer, 10:00. Bible has ever produced during his It is certain that the girls will ex- it is in the Commons seems to be an the crowds of eager people came the perience a large thrill when they avail according to Hendrix Davis, general Monday, -Nov. 23—E. B. L. S. tenure at the school, lived up to its chairman. added attraction and a capacity at- long Aggie parade. Dinner to Cranmer C'lub, 7:00 to themselves of the opportunity of din- tendance is predicted. reputation on Rice Field last Satur- ning in the messhall. It is a privilege The dance will last from 9 until 1 "They're coming to fight the Owls," 9:00 p.m. day, and played a most important unless we beat Baylor, in which case Lee's Owls were recently selected to mothers told their little sons and Writing Club, 1:30-4:30. afforded to very few of the fair sex furnish the music for all the Senior part in the defeat of our flock of and a necessity imposed upon a some- Friday will be a holiday, and the daughters. Tuesday, Nov. 24—P. A. L. S., Owls by tin' Aggies. The final score dance will continue much later. It. Saturday night dances. Considerable 12:30-2:00. what greater number of maleB. improvement in this musical organ- All in martial array; guns on shoul- was 17 to 0 in favor of the visiting • * • will be held at the Turnverein hall, ders, khaki suit, hungry looks and all. Dramatic Club rehearsals, 7:30- aggregation. famous for its strategical location in ization has been remarked on by 12:00. To be able to say that she has eaten Awed by the spectacle Rice students' The powerful "Ox" Dieterioli and time of war. quite a number of students. Wednesday Nov. !5—O. W. L. S. in the famous Commons mid flying The mysterious Agis, who is this watched in silence. Then they opened j "Bones" Irwin played a stellar mi. Lee's Owls will furnish the music Dramatic Club rehearsals, 7:30- biscuits and uncouth calls for foods year recording his Saturday Kite Im- their mouths, winked their left eye,; for the Farmers, alid set such a 'shin- as they have ofttimes done before. 12:00. with peculiar nicknames will be a pressions for the Thresher, will be and stared with all their ears. ing example for the other linemen The dance will not be a formal affair; Thursday. Nov. 20 -Holy Com intra- thing for every girl to boast of. there to take a note of the dance's For there, in the van of the march-; that the entire A. & M. line played » * * this Davis stressed particularly— ion, 7:30 a.m. high spots. ing Aggies, were two signs, two slog- an exceptional game against the game What is ordinarily looked on as strictly informal. The price of ad- ans obviously not supported by the: band of blue-clad gladiators. a necessary evil will become fof a mission to Rice students and alumni cadets. | — —— —* Kiee might have been outweighed few evenings a valued prize. Perhaps will be $2.00. Outsiders will not be Two little newsboys bearing liusejY. and outclassed by the superior Fijmnei this is just the thing to make eating admitted except upon presentation of M. SECRETARY SPEAKS DRAMATISTS WILL signs reading "Yea Rice" and "Ricej combination, but it is doubtful if any an attraction. If it is, then, God bless a bid. Two hundred bids will be is- team in the country could have fought it. sued and may be obtained from mem- Fight Never Dies" protected by a : Collins Speaks at Autry House, "The STAGE PLAYS bodyguard of Rice students led the| Essence of Christianity," so courageously against, such over- —O—O—O— bers of the Rally Club. No bids are required from Rice students and DECEMBER 2 AND 3 ARE huge parade. Subject. whelming odds. The athletes had real, standard, official, authorized Rice students laughed at the dis-! pledged themselves to fight with all alumni because this is intended to be George Collins, national V. M. C. A. A affair to wind up the football sea- DATES SET FOR comfiture of the marching rows of i their might, and in that respect th - a Rice dance for all classes and stu- secretary, spoke at Autry House last son, celebrate the break of training, SHOWING boy scouts; by-stauders roared at the j men acquitted themselves beyond re- dents, Davis explained. Monday night on "The Essence of and honor the football men is the big thought, while A. and M. ex-students j proacii. Players Attend. Christianity." Mr. Collins pointed out. bill which the Rally Club Thanksgiv- By VAUGliN ALBERTSON on the sidelines growjed up theirI The feature of the dance will be the that the teachings of Christ, if actu- The first half was a fair e.xa.mpi.ti ing dance is slated to fill. The students who attend the first siet-ves yet made no move to deprive * * • presence of the football team anil i ally followed today, in a so-called of what sheer fight can do for an term program of the Dramatic Club, the parade of its pro-Rice air. coaches. The ball is being" given in I Christian nation, would be as radical eleven. The line fought in such man- The program, decoration, and gen- which is to be presented on the two eral dance committees have occupied their honor. The football team is ex- as they wer/» in the days of paganism, ner that only one or two substantial successive nights of December 2 and 3, gains was made through it, and had themselves the past couple of weeks pected to draw such a crowd as to "The. concentrated form of Christ's may be assured of witnessing three it not been for an intercepted for- getting things well in hand for a real necessitate police protection from the I teachings is found in the Sermon on well-staged plays. MADAME CAZAMIAN ward pass by Wilson near midfield, celebration on the evening of Turkey angry mob seeking admission. Need- the Mount," said Mr. Collins—"and and a first down, Joel Hunt mi;:iu Day. less to say the players will be making No effort is being spared by either j our Christianity might lie analyzed by not have been in position lo boot tie * * * the most of the occasion themselves. directors or members of the casts to SPEAKS } asking ourselves a series of. questions. make the productions a credit to the Rice football men, alumni, students, The decorations are at present in "What is here—is the situation radi- {Continued on Page 5) best tradition of the club. Rehearsals E. B. L. S. HEAR TALK ON and certain friends from town will be charge of A1 Brashear, but A1 says cally different from ours? What were are being held at the Autry House LOUISE LAP.E there to commemorate the passing in- that school work and decorations are their problems? Have we any similar both during afternoons and evenings to history of anothef season. infringing on each other, and he is MONDAY problems? What solution is suggest- and will continue to be held regularly • • • contemplating dropping one or the ed ? Will it work today? How?" NEW RICE SONG TO up until Thanksgiving, when every- And the Rally Club will be under- other. Brashear is being assisted by Madame Oazamian spoke in the I Mr. Collins uses the discussion thing must be in readiness for the prl- taking its first really big affair. It Jack Glenn. chamber at noon Monday be- group method in which the audience is BE TRIED vntp ohowillj. Which is to liP giro; ti>i'_Jirii.t open meeting of ,E. BJ wjii be the organization's "ouyliijin un- Lovett Abercrombie-is in charge of i'reo in partlcipttUv. der fire. (We said Fire.) connection with the Alumni banquet. Mrs. U0vett introduced' her, MRS. AJsNA C. "ui-NkKJ 1' -#• the programs and Hendrix Davis is Due to the limited time which they iladame Cazamian has devoted herselt It— —O—O—O— general chairman. The rest of the IS COMPOSER; ITH Thanksgiving comes the mo- are thus afforded and the frequent especially to the study of great women Senior Sweaters Arrive Rally Club members are handy to do difficulties .which they necessarily ex- ,ind the subject, of her address on this LEE'S O.K. Wnent when lowly Slimes afe per- the menial labo'r. mitted by the lordly Sophomores to perience in obtaining the use of the iccasion was "Louise La be," a poetess Fourth Year Men Appear on Campus A new Rice song has been composed don an article that is a signal honor to Autry House stage at suitable hours, of the French Renaissance. in Official Garb. by Mrs. Anna Clyde Munkett., now di- Rice men. We mean a Rice belt. the members of the cast are consider- Louise Labe was born at Lyons in j rector of the choir ;it one of the lead- • * » ably handicapped. They are, never-( Since Monday when the Seniors first. SLIMES GUARD RICE 1526, when France had just begun to reecived this year's distinctive garb ing churches in the city, and promi- Other schools permit everyone, theless, making rapid progress in the open her doors to the Italian Renais- nent in the Houston musical world. mastery of their parts, and by thej the campus has been littered up with Freshmen included, to wear school PORTALS sance li-id, therefore, to the culture of large numbers of fourth year men in Mrs. Plunkett has composed hatll' belts and attach little significance to last rehearsal they may be counted j Rome and Greece. Her father was a music and words for tlus new song ENDURE WINTRY BLASTS; upon to have gotton thoroughly into i i their picturesque regalia. the deed. Rice has thought to make rope-maker, but his position was not i The Blue and Gray striped sweaters and she has secured Scott Bradley to EAT SANDWICHES the spirit of their respective roles. j so lowly as" the name might imply, arrange the piano score and the band the wearing of the school belt more a 1! seem to have been well received and worthwhile achievement by forbidding AT POST The plays are being directed by sev-! for in a financial way he was well I the consensus of opinion of both Sen- arrangement. Established around Lyons, and his ; them to the Slimes until after the foot- eral different people, all of whom are j j iors and underclassmen is that a wise The new song is dedicated to Susie ball season, and she has, perhaps, suc- Portraying the same fighting spirit demonstrating themselves to be very j laughter received a splendid educa- : selection has been made. Fondren, Mary Lou Britton. and; ceeded. and enduring the same bitter hard- able directors. "Everybody's Hus- tion. Sonny Carter. The cover of the siiBu ; Those Seniors who have not yet ob- * * * ships of cold wintry nights as were en- band" is under the direction of Mrs. There is a story of Louise which tained their sweaters may get tliem bears the picture of these three witM Naturally, Herting, the Sophomore dured by Georgie and his assistants C. F. Arrowood, while the "Deacon's shows her as a second Jeanne d'Arc |[ at Sakowitz Bros, any time this week the Administration building in th- leader, and his advisors will decree the at Valley Forge, the Slimes proved Hat" is being directed by J. S. Galleg-1 background. 1 tighting in the battles of the time be- | on payment of six bucks. exact date. Then several interesting their worth last Thursday and Friday ly. "The Girl" is under the joint fore she was yet sixteen, but the au-1 Only those who ordered the gar Lee Okays It events will follow in quick succession. •lights when they kept the portals of charge of Mr. Gove and Miss Adele! thority for these events is a bit hazy.!; merits some time ago will lie allowed to Lee Chatham, director of tin fa- Jesse J. Hitson will have a new suit, Rice Institute free from the invading Roersch. She married a man of the same trade:; buy them as the supply is limited. mous Owl band, was called in con- Aggies. Slimes will walk proudly about, a lov- The important matter of .attending; as her father and became known I sulfation with Mrs I'lunkett to ing hand on the shining buckle, and Guards were placed at intervals to the properties has been entrusted j throughout France as "La Belle Cord-j CUSS the possibilities of the new air, the Sophomores will commence "break- around the entire campus as well as to Edward Arrants, the president of i iere" or "the rope-maker's beautiful i JACK FURNISHES THRILL and he stamped it with his uuqual; ing in" the new. belts with loving and around the main buildings. Those the Archi-Arts Club. The task which j fied approval. wife." Cleans Suite for First Time This diligent care. nights the Institute took on a military has been assigned to him is no small, Mr. Bradley is • xpei (• il to tun • Her poetry echoes the wail of de- Year; Onlookers —O—O-^O— aspect. Regular rounds were made by one, as he will have to see to it that! the band arrangement of the son" spair of one born with such high ideals Stunned. ORING the past week report cards, upperclassmen to see that no one de- an appropriate setting is provided for ready for the next practice so that serted his post. and dreams that it is very difficult to 4 B an innovation at Rice, were issued each of the three plays in addition to, become accustomed to the lot of the South Hail residents wefts treat el the musicians will be able to,, intro- Thursday night passed peacefully, duce if at the big pep meeting just to Rice students. Some were not ex- securing the necessary properties. The ordinary mortal. Her work, both in with a most inspiring sig'n Monday pecting them; others dreaded their with only an occasional outburst from before the Baylor game. number of articles required will bej her prose comedies and her elegies, night when Jack Glenn, with the aid arrival. The new system calls for some overenthused classman, while considerable, particularly for the | manifest her desire to see her sex of five Slimes, cleaned out his room About the new composition Mrs these cards to be issued in November the succeeding night brought but little "Deacon's Hat," whiclt sis laid in aj placed as equal with men, her desire [ for the first time this year. Single- I'lunkett said. "I have tried tn e and April of each year. Only Fresh- more disturbance. Either the Aggies country store. to see their minds, "lifted above their ! handed Jack swept the great expanse Rice a distinctive sotig that might h ' men and Sophomores receive them, but were informed of the "bulkiness" of distaffs." But, in all she shows the j of his suite while the Freshmen heap- suitable on all occasions, and for that Juniors and Seniors carrying Fresh- this year's Freshman class or else mose delicate refinement and feminin-! ed big piles of newspapers in the hall, reason 1 have made il snappy. and 1 man and Sophomore subject receive paternal authority was brought to ported in the vicinity of the Field jam, ' Onlookers witnessed the rare sight have included bits of local color. marks thereon. bear. HousS, 'but these failed to materialize. There is made some reference to the * * • Some few Aggies did venture out to Small bonfires served to keep the Her 24 sonnets are filfed with a burn- with open mouths. The news spread Eagle Boulevard Service, and several rapidly that a room was being cleaned From a somewhat incomplete survey the Institute but nothing drastic grew guardians of the night from freezing ing passion expressed with a mixture | other distinctive Hire things are men- of the grades it would appear that out of their visit. The Slimes served at their posts. About 3 o'clock Friday of sublity and ardor. The ardor of in South Hall and a number of pull tioned. I feel sure that Hire will like virtually seventy-five per cent of the as an escort for all strange cars that morning sandwiches were slipped to this passion is not known to us and pens were broken up in order that the her new song, and I have taken great student body averaged 3 or less. While visited the Institute grgunds those the Slimes at the gates as a donation some critics say that it may be en- participators might also see the unusu- pleasure in writing something that 1 some there are so ill fated as to pass nights. Minor disturbances were re- from "Tony" place on Main street. tirely imaginary. al event. know will be appreciated and is need- none of their courses. These grades ed."
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lo) gad prestige lit Perhaps I will be permitted to main other collage professors. Mow 1 may out the questions in Kmc* speak with authority hi ail faculty ltsh 100, My recent mental achieve- INTELLIGENCE TEST PROVES THAT \\ discussions. THE ment qualifies me for this little task. By Dr. Theo Bald Bttaktu
Member Texas Intercollegiate Prewi Association A weekly newspaper published by the students of Rice Institute at Houston. Texas i! BUNKUS HAS MIND OF 4 YEAR OLD LOW NET COST Entered as second class matter October 17, J9X6, at the postofflce In Houston, Texas, under the Act of March 3. 1878 I. Doctor Theobald and the rougher bits of the work. Subscription Rata* Bllnkua, Ph. D. Vir- You may rely on my support at all »2 3D per Year, JOc per Copy ginia and Epaom, LI. times." DALE SHEPHERD DUBB WINN T. B. STUBBS.... Editor-In.Chlel D. Drake, Tulane With these choice remarks I retired BEN BELLOWS-. Business Manager and Castorla, am Donald Rarthelme. Managing Editor to my barber and indulged in the Pete Hill Sports very sleepy, having luxury of a boncllla massage. Here Kugene Garrett .. Advertising: sat up two nights I was at a disadvantage because I am Sam Bennett Advertising: watching the Rice always charged double for beautifying UNION CENTRAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. gates under the my noble expanse of forehead. EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS command of Bug MIKE LOOBY JACK BRIDGWATER BERNARD SEGAL Robertson. True to On returning to my office in the the prognostications Chem Tower I found a communication CONTRIBUTORS THIS ISSUS: which I was able to from Austin from the Inspector of the Contributors this issue: Thomas Wood, Jack Shannon, James Porter. Fannie Mentally Deficient. On a certain in- <>ss Emery. Luta Huff. ,J. C. McNeill, Ruth Blaekwell. Evelyn Kpley. Pete Hill, make with my hete- Marvel Samlet, Vauuhn Albe'tsou, lluchel Waples, Alalia J. Gusmau, Dactyl Delp- ro-telescope, the Ag- telligence test which I took recently nowophist, ami Marmailuke AViffK'lfiH-worth, gies did not make any serious attempt it seems that my efforts on the exam- to slosh paint all over our beloved ination placed me on a par with a TOWER'S A FLEA TO MR. HARDY'S gates. 4-year-old child. This raises my stand- BETTER NATURE. Relieved of the responsibility of protecting Institute property, I start- Mr. Hardy, we ask you with tears in our fists and our eyes "AFTER THE DANCE FISH BRAND doubled up—is there no method known to science of making a ed to retire to my office in the tower Butter Toasted Barbecue bull's neck edible except to roast it? And is there no way of pre- of the Chem building. But midway I Sandwiches COLLEGE COATS paring a spud for reception into the human anatomy except to was accosted by Duck Schwedler and FATTED CALF SNAPPY. SERVICEABLE WATERPROOFS his cohorts. "Duck," says I, sensing 4314 MAIN boil and mash it? We Cater to Special Parties Of the quality of the roast beef and mashed potatoes so dear that he might feel as though his toes Git the&o with College men to your heart, we do not complain. Many an Armenian has man- had been stept on, "you realise that aged to outrun a Turk on less nourishment. ]t is your consistent my recent remarks pertaining to you ^ajaiB/siBffiiaia/ara/BiBjaiaisiaiaraiaiaiajsiaiBiBj adherence to such a menu, delicious as it undoubtedly is, that were all in jest and not to be taken causes our anger and our stomachs to rise up in protest. seriously. I, my dear sir, am per- fectl 00 niza u of the Fact tll a >ou Like time and tide, this roast rump and this damnable pale vege- i >' 5 ! , i ' wpre acting in accordance with all Sport Coats table stay for no man. Twice a day they challenge us to gird up | 1VIUOW OR OklVB) our loins and down them if we can. the dictates of law and order. Permit i me, therefore, to assure you that I We who are about to dieesalute you. We ask this little favor j am fully aware that rules are rules •tCiWEfils in it. is too late for any earthly assistance. Kill your ancient !j and are to be obeyed under all cir-lij 1"ivines some other and more humane way. Cripple them and run |i cunistances." ! Hj them by—anything except your roasting and slicing process. As j He laughed heartily as becomes a to the Irish apples, save them to throw at your wife. We will have j j Rood engineer and the whole affair '/•SfBBXS® no more of them, I was passed off pleasantly enough. a R | 1 am becoming somewhat disturbed ; at the imposing array of speeches PARA PISE which I must write for my dear friend LOST. | and colleague, Doctor Lovett. To de- AJ TOWER 00. j liver these masterpieces with the' SWEATERS AND BOSTON Milton wrote long on this subject; he would have written longer I greatest possible guesto he must cul- MAS S ' had he been a student of Rice and have realized what it meant to | tivate a clear and pleasant voice andi l1 624 leave such a place. | avoid the insidious effects of bron- Jg SPORT JACKETS Alumni, bust-outs, transfers, matrimonial conscripts,—all come I chitis aud like diseases. @ Every man finds a need for a back,! Whether it be the call of the wild, the desire for intellectu- ! In a recent conversation with Eddie ,'JWAV al stimulus, the love of princely associations, no matter what it Lovett he mentioned something of the trim, form-fitting sweater or may be that draws them here, they always come back for more. plan for providing a successor to John jacket. For Golf, Tennis, or Just ten short days before the annual Homecoming, this return Clark Tidden. wear about the school it is al- expresses itself most strongly. The old grads begin to write ill j "This position of a man to guide 1 mo8t a necessity, for news, they drift in one by one, but still they come. They are the artistic impulses of our students;& searching l'oi something that they feel is lost- •Theil" college ! must be well considered and not filled We show a variety of shades rashly nor hastily. The country's best days' to please any preference. A Those students who go to other colleges for short visits during talent will he called upon to furnish the fall social efforts return with great reports of this or that the inan for the job. There seems good value at to be none better equipped nor more place being grand, but they always say: "Give me Rice every time, appreciated by the students in general; you don't know what's good until you see some of the other places,) than that great master of you don't know what a paradise it is to be at the Institute until; j^,n .Held Jr" youi compare "it with a few otMr Softools." ^ ; f ,.YonF ehoi;e mv dear docWr•, (~$4.85 Up We know there are many good schools, but let us pray that itjrepiie<1 opportunely, "is admirable. A. will not be necessary for us to bust out in order to realize what j man better suited' to the aesthetic pride we may take in Rice, in order to realize in its true sense the needs of our university students could meaning of the term, Paradise Lost! not lie found. I, myself, am not alto- ATiI/Ulnl} gether ignorant of the decorative art R •Ciotnej of Quality* and perhaps I could be of some as- Main at Capitol TELLING sistance to this new father of the THE WORLD. palette, especially in his observations 'aiaiai3isja®ai5isiSJsisjBJSJsiaisi5ia®iSfa Jack Bridgewater's appointment as head of the Publicity Bu- reau of the Rice Athletic Association is a big step in putting Rice r sports before the reading public. The idea was at first to be handled solely by the Rally Club, but it was later thought that better resuls could be obtained by holding the bureau responsible not to the club but to Coach John W. lleisman. Iiridgewater will be the chief of a staff to get all dope on athletics and put the information in proper form for the! daily newspapers of Houston and the rest of the state. He will have a group of assistants who will report to the Field! House every day in turn and gather all the news on hand at the j THIRTY FIVE to FORTY FIVE DOLLARS . moment. * n AT THE SMART COLLEGE SHOP Similar bureaus are maintained at a few other schools and they I . re credited,with doing much to advance the athletic prestige of! t he institutions and letting the world know just exactly what is j being done in an athletic way at the various universities. II. is hoped that the organization of such a staff at Rice will i accomplish the same result. And indications are that the bureau WILLIAMSON & LANDERS will be a valuable addition to Institute Athletic Association. 505 MAIN STREET
23ETi2ISj3I3fSISI3EHii. and another banquet is scheduled for THE STORE FOR VALUES & I the Commons in the evening. The Dramatic Club has planned some en- 9 RICEOLOGY ! tertainment for the grads and the rally dance will attract them. II (A column devoted to the traditions of Some of the same ones who attend- Hice.) ed the first alumni celebration in 1919: will be back, some can never cornel HOMECOMINGS! . i back, some are married—but, a great j Overcoats The first Homecoming took place i time seems to be scheduled for the re- j ! turn of the "old men." Thanksgiving, November 27, 1919. On With a College Education that day, all the Rice alumni met, j Each year, Rice has observed i j Thanksgiving as Homecoming Day. i in Good Style and Quality DESEL-BOETTCHER CO. and at that time there were one hun- Many other colleges and universities! dred and forty-seven of them. Of- ! make use of commencement as theirj WHOLESALE FRUITS ficers were elected and the old grads | reunion date, but at Rice the tradi-j AND PRODUCE tion has been founded that such a re- j $29.50 went to watch the Owls beat Arkansas 40 to 7. That, night the real alumni I union is deserving of the greatest j thanksgiving, and all graduated stu-1 Overcoats that are tailored of smart function was held. The trustees gave BUTTER, CHEESE, EGGS AND POULTRY |. dents collect at their alma mater on | woolens, patterns and fabrics that are a banquet in the Commons and began ! that day to commemorate their happy i distinctively new. Tubular single their annual custom of entertaining i times here and to pass their good will j the alumni association. | on to the defenders of Rice's^honor. breasteds; fly-front styles, smart Captain James A. Baker served as a double breasted all authentic models. loastmaster at that first banquet, and If all the excavated sand from Hous- the program was reinforced with talks ton's new buildings was dumped o nthe Ask to see Everything to Wear for Mother and the Girls, Also about the successful graduates of Rice Institute campus, we could still sail a who had attained eminence. small yacht with perfect ease to each C0MBIE-KNIT OVERCOATS the Boys All Rice students who had attended class. at $27.50 the S. A. T. C. during the war were -It- guests in 1919 at the alumni banquet, Enough has been said about a cer- and they told their story. tain bathrobe coat to fill a book; why AND NOW— don't some mundane student syndicate LEVY BROS. DRY GOODS COMPANY Another Homecoming is coming. It? Next Thursday more than 799 grad- -it- For Over a Quarter of a Century uates of the Institute will be at Rice Yes, go ahead and buy those little In thought if not in body. blue caps, fellows; the Co-op makes Where Rice Boyt G^tj What They Want An Institution of Service s On that day, the Owls play Baylor, 40 cents per each thereon. 0>
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THE VENETIAN GLASS "I remembers love, for that still Uvea BOY SCOUTS ADMIRE GRUBHOUNDS PLAY in my breast, but I forgot the races ;51| which I ran with Caterina in the gar- RESIDENTIAL HALL Last Wednesday afternoon at B:30 mm msm dens of St. Blaise.., .Virginio can em- the first scrimmage of the Qrubhound (By ANDREB FALLIGANT.) brace tan wife in comfort... .1 arrang- UNDER CONSTRUCTION football team was held in the dormi- ed for that... .But I totally neglected tory kitchen, Joe Hussa, captain and •: ;ji;s Seldom, Indeed, does one meet with Will praise ever stop being heaped ShotweU's representative at the A. and M. game last . to provide for the lighter contingencies substitute ran 30 yards with a cream a boolc of uch exceptional beauty and upon us? Last year the Farmers of courtship; he cannot support the praised the cold beef and sour pickles puff in the first few minutes of play. artistry as Elinor Wylie's latest work, rigours of hide-and-seek or the excite- Bucholz punted a hot roll (not many Saturday left with the impression that it is a sore shot "The Venetian Glass Nephew." Her dished out Sunday nights in the Com- ment of a game of blind man's buff. mons and this year we have been dormitory students ever saw one of "Jennifer Lorn" made a name for her A handspring would be the end of these) for 20 feet striking the profile that Rice will shear the Bears! in the world of books and writers; congratulated on our new million-dol- him." The only solution of the prob- lar dormitory. What next? of Senior Eyequem at the proffessor's "Jennifer Lorn" was different and lem Is for Rosalba to undergo a firing table but It was recovered by Don Hen- there is nothing quite like "The Ve- process herself, so that she will be a Two innocent A. and M. boy scouts derson for a safety. were riding the Institute shuttle out to netian Olass Nephew." She has add- fit companion for her fragile hus "Squlrter" McWhorter who was re- the game Saturday. In the vicinity ed new laurels to her crown by this, band. Out of the boundless depths fereeing the game forfeited it to the her latest offering, a prose fantasy of her love she finds strength to uu- of the Circle one of them pointed and professors on a technicality. which has for a background the Venice dergo the tortusome process. She, said, "Boy, isn't that some swell dorm, IHOTMI/S of the late eighteen century. It is along with M. de Chastelneuf and Pe- though?" The other scout looked at truly a delightful book, each para- ter Bon, goes to the china factory at the imposing structure and expressed graph showing the deft touch of the Sevres, where she allows the chevalier his doubts that it was a dorm. artist, whose prose is almost poetry, to use upon her the magic which he "Sure it's one. It's Bon Hall. Don't rich in color and finished in detail. you see the name on it?" And so an- learned from the Brothers Dubois. • The story itself scintillates and Chastelneuf has warned them, "She other point was scored for Barnum. sparkles as if it, as well as Virginio, may live and flourish and be fair and -R- Jewelry were a product of the art of the glass- decorous and delightful. She may to blower Luna and of the magic of the all appearances and outwurd seemin, Y. W. NEEDS MORE JUNK The Y. W. C. A. rummage sale has libertine M. de Chestelneuf, chevalier remain a mortal woman But she de Langeist. Its style is as beauti- been postponed until December 1. ! THE will be porcelain; fine porcelain, re- There is already a remarkable col- ful and as fragile as if it were of member, and no longer clay. In a that glass used by Luna in the making lection of rummage, but we want porcelain vessel filled with clear more. Give us your old shoes if they ENDURING of Virginios lovelocks "vitro de trino water a rose may live for a little • Where Are will not fit your little sister. • or crystal lace of such spider web while, but out of clay a rose may rise • • GIFT delicacy that it shattered at the vi- alive and blooming, set on the roots * brations o( an angry voice or the too of older roses. There is a difference • poignant wall of a violin:" in its true j but it does not matter. •:* Your Deeds ? setting it should have been written I • Rosalba does live and returns to Vir- V on the velvet of grey moths' wings' ginio; Rosalba's homecoming — this • and the ink should have been the red j • If lost—burned—stolen—destroyed—they cost must be spoken in a whisper, dream- Parfam • dye of geranium petals. The story is ed in a meditation, drawn in the palest • OUR STOCK money to replace. If not recorded you may never divided into three parts—the first deal- colours of pearls, set to an accom- From • ing with Peter Innocent B on, Cardi- * IS be able to replace them. paniment of reverential music, veiling * nal. The suotation heading Book I Silt-lice with a silver veil.. In that is from the Prince de Linge—"And hour when the shadows flow like clear THE GABLES COMPLETE By keeping them in a Safe Deposit Box here, then he wept a little and fell to talk-] blue water along the golden sands of they are safe against every risk they are NOT safe ing of magic and macaroni." Book II j day, in the mildness of afternoon, in a Is the Best Chosen and Best against when kept elsewhere. is entitled "Virginio" and a quotation^ place profoundly quiet, Virginio and Bestowed from Sterne • heads it—"I had an af-1 Rosalba met and kissed. According to fair with the moon, in which there: Miss Wylle, the artist, Pietro Lauglii, was neither siu nor shame." Book III, has left us a picture of the couple; "Eosalba," has as its heading a quo-; the figure of Peter Von , In his grey- THE GABLES frrrcoMtsftttM GUARANTY NATIONAL tation from Christopher Warren—"But brown habit of the Friars Minor is 3100 MAIN ST. some, and those the elect among gar- there, together with those of Querlni 415 MAIN b i. * 306 MAIN STREET HOUSTON, TEX Af •; deners, will always prefer CWna and Count Curio Goszi, the writer of Phones: Hadley 2100; • ITS COUBtCT BANK roses." I have quoted these because1 fairy tales; the figure of the chevalier HOUSTON.mA*^. Hadley 2500 •J* •!« of their intrinsic beauty and because j is unfortunately absent, as at the ! •t* •$* •f* *•* *** *** *5* *•* *1* *"•* *1* 'J* *** "5* *5* ' //.V.W/.V.VV.V.V.'.V.V.V.V.V. they are so intimately connected with time that the picture was painted be what follows. bad already retired to Bohemia. In describing the painting, Miss Wylie Peter Innocent Bon, cardinal priest says: The faces of the lovers are and cardinal prefect of the Congrega- most beautiful and pure; the gentle tion of the Propaganda—who is eighty and elegiac quality of their love ap- years of age and whose eyes are blue pears unmarred by longing At any as veronica flowers—is about to re- moment they may awake; Virginia turn to Venice, his home. His Emi- will put on his pearl-coloured great- nence has found the greatest peace coat and wrap an ermine tippet about and happiness in his union with Holy Rosalba's throat, and the season being *JJkl —. Mother Church, but through the gold- winter and very clear and cold, they en sheen of his life is one smudge will hurry to a fashionable pastry of disappointment. "This was the re- cook's to eat whipped cream and current thorn in the clean flesh of wafers." Peter Innocent; this was his cross: He had no nephew. So far as lie knew, lie was the only, cardinal suffer- WILL BE GRUB HOUNDS ing under a like deprivation. He could not but consider the circumstances as Miss Hazel Cannan gave a very in- a direct chastisement at the hand of teresting report on "Modern American God, yet he could not for the life of Poetry," by Louis Untermeyer, at the him decide wherefore the divine anger regular meeting of the club on Tues- Up had so visited him; he examined his day. She pointed out that poetry is conscience and found no really ade- now a great deal more simple in form quate sin. Nieces he had in plenty, and technique than it used to be and the pretty flowering of Nicholas' ro- the poet is able to use emotion more mantic marriage; his sisters, having than he ever used to through this sim- entered convents in early youth, might ple means of expression which carries not, according to his code, be expect- deep thought. ed to serve him save by the efficacy Frank, outspoken lyrics of today dif- of prayer. So far prayer had proved fer greatly from the old fashioned singularly ineffacacious. * * * Some- meter that expressed sentimental emo- K times Peter Innocent wondered very tions of a very abstract nature. Poems VER Y time undertaking, for it invok ed pio- vaguely and benignantly at the num- up until now never held the charm of you go up in neering in control apparatus as ber of nephews possessed by some of ! every-day experience and emotions as the more powerful cardinals; it did do those poems of Sarah Teasdale and a modern build- well as in generator design, but not occur to his charity, however, to Edna St. Vincent Millay. The lines ing having high- eventually all difficulties were regard these youths as a commodity of the authors are expressed in these procurable by other means than the examples of poetry, yet with this sim- speed elevators overcome, apd there emerged the help of God and the wedded happi- ple form—dialect, humour, and dignity (the Chicago "Variable Voltage Control Sys- ness of one's brothers and sisters. can be well expressed. m ll The question is sometime.' asked: tem tor Electric Elevators", now * * * It is conceivable that he might Miss Marjorie Ilfrey told of plans Athletic Club,' Where do young men get when f/iev have permitted himself a passing for the annual Thanksgiving breakfast R. U\ Owtnt for instance) you enter a large industrial organization? standard throughout the building dream of parenthood — conceivable, Have they opportunity to exercise itearive lor the P. A. L. S. Alumni, this year to are lifted by the ingenuity of at industry. but unlikely. The extreme chastity of be at the University Club at S o'clock. talents? Or are the\ forced into narrow his body extended te his spirit, or per- 11 least one Westinghouse engineer gttooves? Here you have the type of haps It were juster to say that the .. " "j, "*' "» iMi.iinriii.iifc body and spirit of Peter Innocent was who is barely ten years off the This series of advertisevit tits throws light problem that confronts the de- in this eighty-first year of his age a campus. on these questions. Each advertisement sign engineer in an organization single amalgam, made from two sub- takes up the record of a college man who stances of equal purity. Until three years ago, high- came with the If'estinghouse Company like Westinghouse. Not all are within the last ten years, immediately after as large as this, or lead to such In Venice he meets Alvise Luna, speed elevators invariably re- graduation from his university. the glass-blower, who, in partnership quired direct electric current:' sweeping results. The design with M. de Chastelneuf, creates living There was no practical method engineer works for the customer. creatures out of a handful of sand and a cup of water. They try to sell Peter of using alternating current, and Me starts with an anahsis of the everything from a crystal parakeet to since many districts are supplied customer's needs and develops a doll-like creature who reminded him of "the Poupee de Prance in the Mer- only with alternating current, a voltage of the generator, and apparatus to meet those needs. ceria. and less vividly, of his sisters serious handicap existed. (among others) to a young man attired for their first ball." Peter His responsibilities are varied will have nothing to do with her; but It was possible to employ a of thirty-three—R. W. Owens, and heavv. The jobs of the di- he does want a nephew. So,' for the Illinois '14, now head of the rect-current section of the motor price of five thousand sequins, t,una motor generator to convert alter- and M. de Chastelneuf produce one nating current into direct current, direct-current section of the engineering department range for him, an exquisite blond youth, tall but when that was done no prac- motor engineering department from motors tor driving ventilat- and slender, dressed nil in White vel- vet and satin, in a style befitting the tical system of control was avail- —came the special problem of ing tans to those tor dumping nephew of a cardinal. Peter imme- able if the elevators were to be designing an electric generator whole cars of orv at the docks. diately names him Virginia. Virginio is sent to Italy to study the classics operated at high speed. The sug- that would perform as -one had A force of 1,000 men is con- under the tutorship of one Angeio gestion was made that the control never performed before. stantly occupied building the Querlni, whose ward is Rosalba Bernl; she is said to be an orphan and to be accomplished by varying the Marlv were associated in the motors designed bv this section. owe her marvelous wit and Inventive lightness of mind to Francisco Bemi, the poet, but she really is indebted • f for them to another source, her father, Cardinal de Bernts. Virginio becomes ssL A Wonderful Group of engaged to Rosalba and the betrothal is blessed by Peter Bon; he has pre- NEW QC viously, along with Count Carlo Gozzi, ICOAT8 $£tV,UO Westinghouse been told, at length, the ,story of Ro- Coats that are distinctive both in salba's birth, by>,M. tie Chastelneuf, their styling and their novel uses of who at one time loved her mother. fur trimming. Coats of unusual at- The two are married and are very tractiveness at a very moderate happy for a time; then Rosalba's hap- price. piness turns to sadness; Virginio Is an ideal husband, as Ion; as he doesn't move about. As M. de Chastel- neuf said, commenting on his work; THBE8HEB :: HOUSTON. TEXA8 VUTMG CLUB MEETS SETUP 8. Lottie Hall. the beet selections from the opera um.nmw Bolsheviks Rats 10. Katie Boxley. were played by Mini White and Miss The Writing Club held Its regular Q'ris to for Top Rung; Booth 11. Laura Taylor. Rogers. The program was under the To Tussle lor Dorm 12. Katharine Wilson. direction of Miss Dora Ooeppenger weekly meeting at the Autry House Fitch aa Treasurer. ^•Md Miss Marion Rogers. Monday evening, November 16. BIRD OF TRADITION IS RE- Grid fliampiimdiip The tennis ladder has been set up It was announced that the Thanka- Due to the Y. M. C. A. lecture and again In the Girls' Tennis club. Hie giving breakfast tor the present mem* INSTATED AT pk South Hall Bolsheviks and West GET MUSICAL: WILL EAT tho Dramatic Club rehearsal which ladder has twelve rungs, representing bers and alumni would be held at the RICE Hall Rats will meet Saturday iu the At the last meeting ot the O. W. L. were held the same evening, the at- twelve players. The contestants at Houston Club at 8 a.m. annual football classic for the champ- S. the story of "II Trovatore,' by Verdi His Majesty, Sammy, mascot of Rice tendance was relatively small, but the the foot of the ladder may challenge ionship of the dormitories. The game In ye good old days, has returned to pro-r-m was varied *end interesting, was told and a few facts concerning Ah. prithee, Oswald, my dime for a was to be played last Sunday but due those higher up and the winner will again reign over the more Important Including an original, literary criti- the author's life related. Several o( Slime with a voice. a. to unforseen difficulties, it was post- occupy the higher position. Members contests that Rice will hold In Hous- cism, some free verse in negro dialect, poned. Some say that the Rats re- who are not on the ladder may chal- ton. and an anonymous short story. The fused to play in the cold while others lenge those who are and thus earn a At first, table Friday night In the criticism was presented by Miss More- attribute the delay to the Bolsheviks, place in the contest. The names that Commons the official reception was ford and embodied her personal views who, It is said, did not have eleven will first appear on the ladder were held in honor of the return of the on Miss Moore's volume of verse, en- | men. merely drawn from Bee Harrison's wanderer. All upperclassmen were titled "Observations." hat. but as the contest proceeds the seated when the Freshmen filed into However, both teams will be ready The free verse in negro dialect was rungs will represent honorary places. the room at lock step, emitting the ! Saturday to stage the big contest and presented by Ruth Blackwell and The present positions are as follows: war cry of the Owls. Bedlam broke!j both are confident of victory. The elicited a lively discussion as is usual- loose when the lights all went out.!I men are in training and have practiced ly the case when this type of poetry 1. Bernlce Hllyer. I every afternoon. It is expected that In the confusion Sammy took position i is introduced at the meetings of the 2. Beatrice Harrison. forward passes will be a feature of the iu the middle of the Profs, table. The club. The short story, the authorship 3. Lola Parker. game. The Bolsheviks are proficient band and cheer leader were in the of which was not revealed because of 4. Adele Roensch. in passing and have spent a great deal balcony. As the blanket was removed its having been written for a freshman 5. Dorothy Yates. -I of their time pulling the skin out of from Sammy, the spotlight was turned theme last year, was a romantic tale 6. Addlean White. the air. . on the prodigal. Then Indeed followed j of a California holdup and contained 7. Carrie May Foley. a fitting reception. Posters have been hung in the halls much local color. 8. Mary Kutherlne Wright. A score of old timers were present and a number of yells have been orig- ut the game Saturday and just that inated for the contest. The main yell many different versions and memories of the Bolsheviks is "Catsup, catsup. 2/3JB131SJSlSrS/@Jt5!2I3JSlSlSISI313M31^ISr3ISISrSISISJ3JSI9JSJSI5ISrSJSJ31313f3f3ISlSI31S of a certain night in January of 1017 Reds. Reds. Reds." The Rats have were brought up. Some of the re- also originated a yell with which they marks were optimistic, oilier predicted intend to spur their team on. It is as a repetition of the events of said follows: "Are they going to beat us? Tradition lias it that when Sammy Naw. naw. naw." Either rooting sec appears on the field uncovered. the lion may be heard to give the follow- student, body will also uncover until ing yell: "Yea auricles, yea ventri- Sammy takes his position on the cheer cles, yea heart, beat, beat, heat." leaders* stand. Upon the arrival of A large crowd is expected to wit- The Buck tlu. cheer holders they will separately ness the tussle for the dorm, champ- Russ Calfskin salaam and kowtow. At. the close of ionship and the cast iron Ford tender. the game Sammy and his following will lie escorted off the field by all Hire men. CHORUS TO KICK HIGH The newly 'formed Rally Squad is St. Paul's Rice Class to Give Vaude- responsible for the reincarnation of ville Show Don't pass the buck. The newest creation in college the mascot; of pre-war days. Sammy, broad toes. ."A will he used for the purpose of arous- Rehearsals on the big time vaude- % ing spirit for important, games, or fur- ville show that St. Paul's Rice class thering the best interests of Rice in is giving are showing that much Fol- whatever branch possible. lies talent is being wasted on the iuunble lloustonlnn. The chorus is kicking higher than ever. WALK-OVER A good time is promised by Sham SLIME ENGINEERS 618 MAIN STREET Davis to all who will spare a bit of Dress Up For Thanksgiving! their valuable time to attend the fes- GETSHOT tivities. HENDRIX DAVIS, Rice Representative Accounts Solicited Being well dressed puts spirit into a man. Helps him LTPEE CLASSMEN ARE TO Several students were discovered to enjoy both work and pleasure more. Gives him con- HAVE PHOTOS TAKEN early Saturday morning equipped with fidence in social or business gatherings. Makes others SHORTLY axes, knives, guns, and pea shooters, searching the A B building diligently, feel that he's progressive and prosperous. Since Saturday is the only day on and with intent. Samuella Peppys which Freshman Engineers are free, pepvsed a little strong last time. ! WE HAVE CONFIDENCE IN RICE MEN ! that day lias been selected for the _R •:* 4. Our Thanksgiving Suits and