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.