o $5 million gift endows Jones School of Administration
by GARY BREWTON with an opportunity to secure capital improvement and needed the Mary Gibbs Jones Professor- In a related move, beginning professional managerial training facilities for the new school on ship in History, the Jesse with this fall's freshman class, The Jesse H. Jones Graduate at Rice. Facilities for the school the Rice campus," Hackerman Holman Jones Chair of Manage- the Accounting Department will School of Administration has will be located in Sewall Hall. said. ment, and the Rice Hotel. offer a master's degree in profes- been established at Rice Univer- The school, according to One of the major improve- The remaining $10 million re- sional accounting. This is to help sity with a $5 million grant from President Hackerman, will re- ments will be acquisition of lib- quired to set-up the school must meet "the rather desperate need Houston Endowment, Inc. quire a total of $15 million. "Of rary and reference materials in come from other sources. for well-educated, high-quality Herbert Allen, Chairman of this amount, $13.8 million will the field. Current University hol- The school will not open to accountants," according to the Board of Governors, re- be held as endowment and com- dings in this area are deemed in- students until probably 1976. Robert R. Sterling, Jesse H. marked that, "The Jesse H. bined with tuition revenues to adequate. however, as a result of publicity Jones Professor of Management. Jones Graduate School of Ad- generate the school's annual The foundation's previous in Houston dailies, several re- For example, 33,200 new open- ministration, while moving vigor- operating budget. The remaining gifts to the University include quests for applications have been ings for accountants will be a- ously toward new concepts to $1.2 million will be spent on the Mary Gibbs Jones College, received. vailable next year. meet rapidly changing needs in the public and private sectors, will always remain aware of the high standards set by the man whose name it bears. To this end it will provide unique educa- tional opportunities for a highly select group, of especially gifted students. In doing this, the new the school will add an exciting, new dimension to the University." Synergistic approach The basic plan and curriculum for the new school were devel- oped over the past year by a special faculty committee headed by J. Hugh Liedtke, Uni- versity trustee, and composed of Joseph Cooper, William W. volume 62, number 1 thresnef july 1974 Akers, Gaston V. Rimlinger, Robert R. Sterling, Chalmers M. Hudspeth, and J. Venn Leeds, Jr. The curriculuifi will stress Pub plans proceed after Hackerman OK law, accounting-information application forms pertaining to systems, and organizational by STEVE GOLVACH falls. He has indicated that he RMC, and $13,627 will be fin- these positions will be available analysis and the integration of will aid in expediting construc- anced by an endowment invest- in the S. A. office and the Office these core areas in their applica- President Hackerman has ap- tion, pnce the final blue prints ment. of the Proctor, 101 Lovett Hall. tion to broad organizational proved in principle the creation have been approved and submit- The pub will serve beer and One hurdle Which should easily problems. of an undergraduate pub and the ted by the pub's Board of Con- wine; the liquor license is to be establishment of a Board of Con- trol. held by Dr. Samuel Carrington, be overcome concerns finding a President Hackerman said, " trol to govern it. newly appointed Proctor. name for the pub. The official The school will provide at} excel- The basement of the RMC has name of the premises and opera- Although progress toward the At the beginning of the fall lent, demanding educational op- been chosen as location for the tion must be decided prior to final realization of the under- pub. The total capital outlay has semester, the Board w\\\ begin portunity for a limited number obtaining a beer/wine license. graduate pub has been slow, it been estimated at $22,657. Of accepting applications for mana- of exceptional students. The Suggestions for a name should has been constant. Due in part this, $9030 will be financed as a gerial positions as well as those high standards for admission and be forwarded to the S. A. office. to the administrative reorganiza- Capital Improvement to the for bartenders. Information and the breadth and rigor of the pro- tion following Dean of Students gram will provide its graduates F.A. Wierum's resignation (see with the potential to become above), the Board has been pre- Wierum resigns chief executives in our large and vented from finalizing plans for increasingly complex public and the construction of the pub. private organizations." Also, delays in gaining compli- Dean of Students post abolished Hackerman also said that the ance with various municipal and Jesse H. Jones Graduate School state regulations have slowed Following the resignation of as Associate Professor of Director of Student Activities of Administration will offer a down the approval process. All Dr. F. A. Wierum July 1, the Mechanical and Aerospace Engi- and Personal Counselor, assumes two-year course of study leading the plans are subject to the ap- Dean of Students' office has neering. the Dean of Students' duties to a master's degree and will proval of the University. been discontinued, with its Essentially, the responsibili- with respect to the Student have its own dean and faculty. functions being distributed ties of the Dean of Students Association, its affiliated organ- He also stated that the new Dr. Alexander J. Dessler, the among several individuals. have been assigned to three ad- izations, the „ Graduate Student school will be an integral part of new Campus Business Manager, ministrators reporting to Association, and the Health Ser- the University, drawing on has taken an active interest in Wierum resigned after five Katherine Brown, Dean of Un- vice. existing faculty and courses and the project and has helped the years as Dean of Students. He dergraduate Affairs. Dr. Clifford Bell remains ° providing Rice undergraduates Control Board avoid many pit- will return to full-time teaching Mrs. Bonnie Heliums, now Director of Student Advising, but his office has been moved to IB the Cloisters of the RMC. He also continued as administrative head of the Psychiatric Service. Dr. Samuel Carrington takes on disciplirW%%functions in the new position of Proctor. His jurisdiction includes Honor Council cases, traffic and park ing appeals^nd all the responsi- bilities assigned to the Dean of Students in the Judicial Code. Carrington will also "provide in- formation and assistance to stu- dents in securing legal aid as ap- propriate" and serve as license holder for Valhalla and the pro- posed undergrad pub. The Security Office has changed its name to Office of Traffic and Security, now lo- cated under the Manager of Campus Business Affairs. These recent changes will be incorporated in a revised Stu- dent Handbook (not published since 1968) detailing University reules, regulations, and policies for students. Copies will be dis- —mike mcclure tributed in August. editorial DOONESBURY by GARRY TRUDEAU HON, FOR JUST PAN, IVB TOLP ONCE IN YOURUFE, W BEFORE-FOR PAN, ITS NOT WOETSE FT/RUNE WILL YOU WE us A HE TO BE HONEST JUST ME AS ARB YOU PRESS I DON'T STRAIGHT, MMFVL UMPOUPFLB PRESS SECRETARYTHINKIN6 SECRETARIES! WANT TO Dean of Students Dr. F.A. Wierum's decision to resign ANSWER?! TUB PRINCIPLE OF I'M THINKIN6 OF, RON? YOU SEE, PAN... HEARTHS. from that post and return to full-time teaching means the CONFIDENTIALITY.. OF.. \ / X loss to students of a capable and fair administrator. aSa During his five years as Dean, Rice experienced a brief period of unrest — the Abbie Hoffman crisis, the occupa- tion of Allen Center, the Flag Desecration Case, and others (not to mention the nudie yearbook) — then promptly settled down to a relative calm, marked only by clashes between the MOB and the Aggies every so often. This is not to support Dean Wierum's role in these or other controversies. In all our association with him, he has been extremely fair, honest, and straightforward. Unlike a Super K's loss is Nixon's, too few Rice administrators, Dean Wierum has never misled survival—is not that Kissinger be found guil- anyone working for the Thresher. His integrity is solid. by JIM ASKER ty of any Watergate accusations against him The individuals who have taken over the Dean of Stu- The glittering star of the Nixon adminis- for these are comparatively minor. The real dents' duties have a big responsibility to meet the excel- tration that is Henry Kissinger has begun to problem will come if the recent brouhaha lence with which Dean Wierum discharged his office. How- dim in the last few weeks. The implications precipitates a more general critical review ever, they have a good example and a good foundation to to world and national politics are manifold. of the administration's foreign policy re- build respect on. Expect the best. cord. Good luck to Dean Wierum in his return to full-time The immediate consequence, should the teaching. Super K's status be reduced to that of a Generally, Kissinger has enjoyed little mere mortal, would be a dramatic reassess- scrutiny from the press and tremendous ment of the administration's worth in the public confidence. But demands are already face of impeachment of the President. To being made that his accomplishments be Dean Wierum also exercised correct restraint in his put it bluntly, Congress and the nation will more closely examined. relations with the Student Association and its affiliated ask itself why it should keep the Nixon Nixon brags that "peace with honor" has organizations, including the Thresher. team if it no longer has any star players. come to Vietnam and to the administra- At many public universities, officials have sought to Much of Nixon's case for the worth of tion's credit our involvement has been control the student newspaper by placing it under the his regime has been built on its handling ended. But Kissinger's Nobel Prize not journalism department as a "laboratory"; hence the of foreign affiars. The American people are withstanding, to call Southeast Asia peace- editorial and news content can be manipulated to some certainly dissatisfied with the administra- ful is ludicrous with the fighting that is extent. The effects vary — the UH Daily Cougar is tion's record on the economy. And with now going on. moderately free, although editorials are restrained, but the many top men convicted or indicted on The Middle East peace is tenuous. Kis- Battalion at A & M is little more than a shell of a criminal charges, the law and order record singer's handling of the Israeli resupplying newspaper. They might as well be mimeographing press is a farce. in the October war perilously risked their releases from the President's office. Foreign governments have already be- defeat. And Nixon's troop alert then Censorship and control of the student press by outside come lukewarm toward the administra- (which was supported by this columnist) forces is nothing short of an abridgement of academic free- tion's foreign policy maneuverings. Nixon's may have unnecessarily heightened east- dom and a denial of First Amendment privileges. recent trip to the Soviet Union was little west tension. more than a sightseeing tour. China's talks Conservatives in Congress, the nucleus of * * * with Sen. Jackson, a key Kissinger an- Nixon's support, fear strategic arms limita- tagonist, indicate they are perhaps antici- tion agreements have given the Soviets the Rice has always realized the importance of student jour- pating a power shift in this country. strategic advantage. nalistic freedom. The Thresher boasts an all-student tradi- Public doubts about the Secretary of Kissinger's hero is Metternich, the bril- tion since its inception in 1916. State's integrity burst into the news with liant 19th „ century Austrian sphere-of-influ- From time to time, however, various administrators and his famous tantrum at Salzburg. He threat- ence statesman. Certainly no man has bet- students have attempted to suppress stories because they ened to reisgn if the press did not quit say- ter played power against power in the would "damage Rice's honor" or "cause unnecessary ing he approved Watergate buggings. With interest of peace than Kissinger. But these speculation." The most insidious technique, however, is to Senators Fulbright and Symington o'f the tactics are only short term. Lasting peace provide no information, misleading information, or even Foreign Relations Committee re-affirming takes more work. worse, false information. Such was the case in the Sewall faith in Kissinger, and with his testimony Kissinger's country is a 20th century Mansion story. (See page 6.) there and at Ehrlichmapis Ellsberg break-in democracy, not^ 19th century monarchy. In another case, an official refused to give the Thresher trial, Kissinger appears to be clean for the If he and his administration are to survive any information on Ed Collins' lawsuit against Head moment. investigation at home, it will require more Football Coach A1 Conover. (See page 10.) He even But the real threat to the Secretary's than righteous indignation when his actions declined to say whether the University had been named a reputation—and hence to Nixon's odds of are called into question. defendant to the suit. When the reporter persisted, the * * * official hung up on him. Jim Asker is a reporter for the Houston Post and former political Students are not immune to the .Clamp-a-Lid-on-It affairs columnist for the Thresher. Syndrome, either. One of the coordinators of the Rice Players said it would be "presumptious" for the Thresher to publish anything about "She Stoops to Conquer" other threshing-it-out ' than a short, one-sentence statement that the play had been cancelled. (See page 3.) "Fragile" Sewall estate is lost In practical terms, what these people don't realize is To the editor: tempts of a library and a school place, the future offers exclusive of fine arts to preserve the mem- homes, fences, swimming pools. that silence on an issue does more damage than speaking ory succeeded only in fragment- Its lucrative temptations count- out in frank, honest terms. Without such knowledge,- the A troublesome possession, the past. Unlike the intrusive ing it. As paintings were tagged erbalanced the interest of Hous- public is forced to rely on poorly informed sources and present, it exists only in the ar- for storage and books were cata- ton's past. Rice's administration speculation. ticulations of words, objects, or logued for collections, an estate has abandoned responsibility as The University could have reversed much of the bad places. It must be defended dissolved into shadow, hollow well as the estate; it has shunned publicity which appeared as a result of the "Sewall against the demands of an ex- and overgrown. its role as guardian of historical Mansion" story in the Houston Post by speaking out to panding future and the modern Thus was lost the opportunity sensibilities. correct its misinterpretations and factual errors. Instead, insistence upon utility. Not only to share the past with students Thos. Martin Grace Rice has chosen to hush up the incident. Many people will is the past often useless, it is al- and city; the will to preserve a Baker'74 never get the story right. ways expensive. It is a beauty memory was forgotten. In its In sum, the student newspaper has the intrinsic right to which fades in memory. be free from outside control; the right to cover all campus Mrs. Sewall has lost here at- GARY BREWTON tempt to safeguard an element the Editor news and events; the right to present unpopular, DALE PAYTON-ENGLE of the past. The expression in Business Manager controversial, or unusual opinions; the right to free her gardens, combining a genera- inquiry; the right to factually correct and unambiguous thresh tion of horticulture with the Editorial/Production Staff....Steve Jackson, Debbie Snyder, Leslie Lauderdale, sources of information; and the right to criticize, praise, moments ¥ nature, was too Gaurang Vyas, James Aronovsky. and defend anyone and anything according to the fragile. The statement of her Photography....Mike McClure, James Aronovsky, John Cook. judgement of the staff. home, reflecting an admired in- The Rice Thresher, the official student newspaper of Rice University since Correspondingly, it is the newspaper's responsibility to stitution's architecture, was too 1916, is published weekly on Thursdays during the school year except during tempting. As the one merged examination periods and holidays by the students of Rice University, Hous- present all the news, factually correct, complete, in detail, toA, Texas, 77001, telephony 528—4141' ext 221. Advertising rates available and fairly. with the elements, the other suc- cumbed to scavengers. The at- on request. Subscription price $15 per year, mailed out first class. The opin- —gary brewton ions expressed herein are not necessarily those of anyone except the writers. Obviously. the rice thresher, july 1974 — page 2 Theater out of a flight bag—Rice Players tour Europe
by KATE JONES The Rice Players went inter- Iceland is a mandatory stop Being Taken Down From The national this year. After two for this airline. Dawn comes fast Cross. years of discussion and a highly when you're flying east. Frank successful fund-raising drive this Dent is waiting for us here. He It is eleven o'clock. The Metro spring, director Sandy Havens flew over a day earlier because closes at twelve. was ready to take his actors on he wanted to see Iceland. Frank tour. The play was Adaptation, a Dent is very strange. Wednesday, 15 May one-act by Elaine May presented last fall. It was chosen largely be- Monday, 13 May We are due at the American cause it is a short, modern, and Church for rehearsal. Built some- distinctly American satire, with time in the nineteenth century We discover Margaret at the no scenery or elaborate cos- for the American Protestant travel agency while waiting to population, drowning in a sea of tumes and very few props. get train tickets. About three, cathedrals. They had no room in blonde, with an undefinable ac- The cast included Elaine their schedule for us to perform. cent. We ply her with candy and Bonilla, Bill Horwitz, John There is less room on their stage. Merkling, Donna Yeager, and comic books. Bill: "Now I feel Michael Ytterberg. Frank Dent, better. Europe has people." Fifth-hand bookstores must Player alumnus and the man re- Margaret is Finnish-Spanish. The constitute at least a third of sponsible for organizing the trip, "gracias" for the fifth sucker Parisian businesses. went along to assist in the major should have tipped us off. Rehearsal in the Tuileries. objective of this production: We could only afford the first One of the world's great making preparations for pro- Paris. Monday. 20 May stage of the Eiffel Tower. Three mimists. He held a workshop at francs each. It costs ten to go to Rice two years ago. Ii is exam John is waiting. He has been Freiburg, Germany. the top. day for his students. here almost eight hours already. Frank's friend Francis Aubert is We checked our baggage at Thursday, 16 May here also, with his cousin and a An afternoon visit to the the train station when we found car. The car is small. There is a Louvre. It closes at 5:15. Can we out our performance at the Rehearsal again at the Ameri- lot of luggage. Sandy and I brave see everything in two hours? American House had been can- the Metro with John. Our can Church. Elaine dashes away to see the celled. Some mix-up over letters pockets are not picked. Francis' Mona Lisa. It is on loan to reaching us the day after we left cousin is lost. We check the We attempt to buy lunch on Japan. C'est le vie. Houston. The director is very others in anyway. the way back to the hotel. It is nice and takes us to a hotel. after 12. All of the shops in Paris Tonight's performance is at Frank goes off to see what he close from 12 to 2, except for can do. We accompany Sandy to It is midnight. Six p.m., CDT. 10:30 at the Cour Simone dra- those which are closed until 4. the University of Freiburg's For- A trans-Atlantic all-nighter. matic school. Have to wait until classes are over. "Adaptation" is eign Language department to Tuesday, 14 May At 6:30 we are due at the a very visual show, so the stu- consult with the Chairman of Paris Hilton for our first perfor- dents got a lot of the jokes, even English. They have one of our At noon we all converge at mance. It is now 5 o'clock. the ones where the cast was posters up, with "cancelled" Notre Dame de Paris. Cold-stone Donna and Michael are asleep. blowing lines right and left. written across the bottom. It walls; icy-warm stained glass We make it on time anyway. The There are some advantages to hurts. He cannot help us now, At the Louvre. windows. "This is a church, not Alumni Association gave us the performing in a foreign country. but insists we contact him the money to have a cocktail hour next time we decide to come. a museum." Up the Champs- Saturday, 18 May and performance for the alumni- We walk back to the hotel in the posed future tours. An unofficial Elysees to Espace Pierre Cardin. in Europe. The Paris Hilton is We're a success in spite of last rain. member of the troup was Kate A two-faced establishment. On high-class. Our salon is very night. Madame Simone wants us Jones, whose diary is the basis one side, a troupe practicing a small, even though only 25 to send her a "text" of the play. for the following brief sketch of play; on the other, Xerox Inter- Frank has worked a miracle. alumni came. Intimate theater An adaptation of "Adaptation"? the events during the Players' national convention. How prac- We will perform for a class on where the actors go behind the stay in Europe. tical the French are. Lost in Rue Pigaile. "Pig American Life at the Pedagog- front row of the audience when ische Hochschule, teacher's col- Alley". The gardens of the Tuileries. they cross the stage. They lege, at 6:30. That leaves us an Sunday, 12 May seemed to like us. The waiters Sunday, 19 May hour to get our stuff from the Keep off the grass. A shady liked us too. I don't think they train station. The rain has let up secluded spot for^a quick rehear- understood English. We depart from Houston In- The train to Strasbourg leaves some. Began at 6:45. Best per- sal. The Ambassador from formance yet. Best audience too. ternational shortly after noon Friday, 17 May at 8:30 a.m. We have no Morocco stops to watch. Puss- Perhaps humor really is univer- accompanied by Delta flight engagement there; Frank Dent in-Boots dances around the sal. Should be. Life is. Same bags, cleverly disguised with Today we are visitors at thinks we ought to see it. Frank statue of his author with stony thing. clear Contac stickons stencilled Jacque LeCoq's school of mime. Dent is very strange. with the Players name and logo indifference to the modem fairy design. Do we really want people tale behind him. We walk through the gardens to the to know who we are? The bags Louvre. Closed on Tuesdays. are to serve as proa-carriers Sigh. Frank is somewhere in when we perform. At the Paris, making "contacts". This is moment they are stuffed with his job, and our ostensible reas- the latest edition of the Sally- on for coming. Reconaissance. port, en route to the European Trial Run. Hoping to make alumni. things easier "next time". ^ JFK Airport, New York. Then on to a converted With five hours to wait we set- church where the Pierre Cardin tle down to a line rehearsal in troupe is giving a perforpiance. the lobby that serves the Ice- In the back of the hall, there is a landic terminal. large relief sculpture of Christ Players cancel summer show
The Rice Players' planned the time necessary to continue summer production of Oliver with the project. Goldsmith's She Stoops to Con- One member of the cast at- quer has been cancelled due to tributed the cancellation to fears lack of interest. by some that the play "would Scheduled fpr performances not measure up to the Players' July 19—28, the show had been usual high expectations." in rehearsal about three weeks when the decision was "made to The first Players show next cSncel it. fall will run from September 30 According to director Rick to October 5. The title has not Cordray, several cast members been announced; try oil ts will be felt that they G^uld not afford held in late August. / to r: Kate Jones, Neil Havens, Elaine Bonilla, Donna Yeager, Michael Ytterberg. the rice thresher, July 1974 — page 3 Living in Houston—from the Rice point of view by GARY BREWTON It's difficult to pin a label on of NASA's accomplishments and tains and a gun rack in the back domain) was recently elected When I got off the plane on Houston. Here the prevailing cul- have dubbed the city "Space window, embellished with bum- mayor. He likes to cultivate a arriving in Houston for the first ture is formed by the overlap of City." During the heyday of the per stickers such as "I'm proud Kennedy-type charisma, but has time it was 87 degrees, 85% several distinct old and new sub- space race, thousands of engi- to be a KIKKer" (a local radio recently raised water rates con- humidity — a typical day. The cultures. neers and technical people came station), "Cowboys make better siderably, which lost him some heat and the humidity are the ul- Houstonians (pronounced to Houston, but budget cutbacks lovers," and "I'd rather be a rop- friends. Hofheinz was the "liber- timate realities in Houston. hue-STONE-ians) are very proud have forced many to move away er than a doper." Not too many al" candidate in last year's elec- or find other jobs. of these at Rice. tion, defeating "conservative" The dominant force in Hous- Houston is absolutely depen- city councilman Dick Gottlieb ton's life is the oil business and dent on the automobile. The by a few thousand votes. Most Beethoven-Bach & Booze its children, the petrochemical city bus system is painfully in- of the real contest was between TfteuifaeteM and plastics industries. Along the adequate, but fortunately most Hofheinz' face and Gottlieb's ship channel as far as the eye can places can be reached on foot or voice. 4618 Feagan 2:30 p.m.-2 a.m. see, giant metal distillation and bicycle from Rice. Attach your- Too many people spend four off of Shepherd & Memorial 861-4030 process columns sprout from the self to someone who does have a years at Rice and never get a ground, shooting straight up to car for use in emergencies. glimpse of anything but the air- support the firmament (and City zoo close by port and the freeway leading to Kay's Lounge Houston's economy). These East it. There's a lot going on in Texas cloud factories will bring Across Main Street from the Houston — it will be up to you you a treat from time to time — campus is Hermann Park with to discover exactly what. 2324 Bissonnet when the air gets hazy and pe- the city zoo, golf course, and culiar smelling, you'll know the Miller Outdoor Theater. It's a MILBURN SHELL Eldon and Janelle Creech, Proprietors wind has changed. nice place, but avoid it after Giant skyscrapers have been dark. Down Main Street two or We Specialize in BMC Beer, Wine, Pizzas, Sandwiches and built to house the big companies three miles is the Astrodome, tuneups, etc. Assorted Barroom Games. (Shell, Exxon, Kellogg) escaping Astroworld, and other plastic Holcombe from the East to relocate in fun places. The Texas Medical at Houston. Although the down- Center (where medicine is BIG WHERE RICE PEOPLE MEET. Greenbriar town area is very lively (and very business) is also across Main St. clean) it has been unable to con- from the campus. Phone 528-9858 tain the construction boom, To the west is the Village, site with numerous urban subcenters of many shops, stores, and eat- HOURS 11 AM ~ 2 AM MON. FRI. popping up all over. Houston ing places. There is no truth to THE LIBRAN sprawls. the rumor that Kirby Drive is SAT. 2 AM - 2 PM Ropers and dopers being renamed Burger Blvd. CLOSED SUNDAY Another subculture in the More interesting (and more BOOKSHOP cowboy (kicker) tradition. The expensive) are the restaurants in city leaders and opinion-makers the Montrose—Westheimer area shun the image (except during north of the campus. This old the once-a-year livestock show residential neighborhood has be- and rodeo), but for thousands of come the center of Houston's Earn Extra Cash others it's a way of life. The newly-found night life. Montrose modern-day urban cowboy also has bicycle shops, organic for yourself, for your organization drives a pickup truck with cur- food stores, . book and curio shops, clothes stores, and even, Donate Blood Plasma SHUFFLE BOARD at one time, a topless shoeshine Whole Earth Books TOURNAMENT stand. Every Wed. 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the rice thresher, july 1974 — page 5 Once-beautiful Sewall Mansion di<
by GARY BREWTON and JAMES ARONOVSKY
The once-proud house stands empty now. The floor is littered with shards of glass, old magazines, cancelled checks from 50 years ago, and other fragments collected over a lifetime. The memories are fractured, in pieces which refuse to come to- gether. It is no longer a home, but a vacant house; not a monument, but an empty shell. The Sewall Mansion is dead. The Cleveland and Blanche Harding Sewall house at 3452 Inwood in the heart of River Oaks has been sacked by vandals. The house and grounds have been the property of Rice University since Mrs. Sewall's death in 1973.
What exactly has happened at the house? What is the extent of the damage? How was this indig- nity to the Sewall memory allowed to happen? What are the plans for the property? Finally, who bears the ultimate responsibility for this senseless destruction? The answers to these and other question have been sought through the combined efforts of the Sallyport and the Thresher. Although the inves- tigation is incomplete, it has already yielded sever- m al important tentative conclusions, included here. More detailed information will be contained in the next issue of the Sallyport and in subsequent Thresher issues.
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Initial public concern over the house's condition came as a result of a story in the June 29 Houston Post written by Shelby Hodge. Much of h,er information has been found to be misleading or false. The article was severely critical of Rice for not adequately pro- tecting the property. Hodge quoted local home builder Charles Leyendecker's estimate that $500,000 would be required to restore the home. This compares to an estimate of $2189 for broken glass, the major damage, by an agent for the university. Architect Tom McKittrick (a Rice alumnus) estimated damage at less than $10,000. What Ms. Hodge left out is that the $500,000 was Leyendecker's maximum estimate; his lowest estimate was $100,000 to put the house and grounds in perfect condition. Also in question is the condition of the property at the time of Mrs. Sewall's death. According to Mrs. Sewall's companion, Miss Louise Franklin, the house and grounds were in "perfect condition" in June of 1973 when Mrs. Sewall died (quoted in the Post). An official appraisal for the university, however, says the house is "non-contributory" to the value of the property due to its poor condition and placement. Mrs. Sewall's nephew concurred with a report that the house was "unlivable" at the time of Mrs. Sewall's death, according to another official evaluation. After Mrs. Sewall died all the furnishings were removed from the rooms and the house was locked up. At this time the university decided not to hire a full-time security guard since the cost was too high. The River Oaks Police Department (a private security force) was hired to watch the house on its regular patrols. They were supposed to stop by the house eight times per day.
Who is responsible?
The actual condition of the house is unimportant from the easiest. It was the Board's decision not to hire a full-time guard, standpoint that the house will probabaly be torn do\ n anyway. To based on the assumption that ROPD patrols would be frequent obtain maximum value from the property, the six-acre lot must be enough to forestall any destruction to the house. It was their subdivided into two three-acre lots; due to deed restrictions, the decision to sell the property, a reasonable, even if regrettable one, house must be torn down considering the value of the property ($6 per sq. ft.). Actually, the condition of the house is unimportant since all The River Oaks Police Department must share a large part of the present plans for the property include demolishing the house. To blame for damage to the house and the resulting bad publicity. They gain maximum value from the six acre lot, it must be subdivided into offered to stop by the house eight times a day, a patent two three-acre lots. Since the house sits in the middle, it must come misrepresentation of their capabilities. Obviously they never down. Virtually all prospective buyers have indicated they would intended to deliver services which they had promised; hence security tear down the house if their offer was accepted. was considerably looser than it was thought to be. The architectural value of the house has also been disputed. The The ultimate blame for the house's inevitable destruction, house was designed by Richard Cram of Cram and Goodhue, Rice's however, must lie in the hands of the River Oaks property owner. It original architects. The house was built in 1925. According to Mrs. is their deed restrictions which demand that the house be W. Brown Baker, daughter of Edgar Odell Lovett, the University's demolished should the property be subdivided. In the 1950's Mrs. first president, the house was considered "one of the major Sewall had made plans to give the house to Rice for use as an artist's accomplishments," of Cram's work and "an invaluable visual studio; local neighbors brought suit, and she was forced to submit reference to students of architecture." The home was included in an her property to restrictions disallowing any such use. architectural guide to Houston published by two Rice professors in Vandalism and other senseless destruction provoke strong 1971. Recent examination by two members of a local firm produced emotions. "Here a fine old home, dedicated to art, has been violated conflicting reports: one liked the house, the other termed it by the stones and clubs of insensitive youths — but the destruction insignificant. W.W. Akers, head of the Development Office, said the had already been started by their parents and by others. The house is "no architectural gem." furnishings had been carried away, the house closed up, the yard Of the three different groups which must share the responsibility gone to weeds. The house was already dying before any of the young for the damage to the home, the Rice Board of Governors comes off vandals set foot in the house.
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the rice thresher, july 1974 — page 7 NEED ROOMMATE Mitchell to direct Archi dept. FOR SUPER to share 3-BR house in O. Jack Mitchell, professor of Prior teaching involvement new communities in Florida and West University, 8 min. architecture, is the new director before Rice (1966) includes two Virginia. Commercial and Fine of the School of Architecture at years at Texas A & M University from Rice. He chaired a committee to ART SUPPLIES Rice University, succeeding Alan from 1957-1959. He has also lec- develop the new examination for Neat, non-smoking, Y. Taniguchi, who came to Rice tured at Auburn University, the the National Council of Archi- In Southwest Houston in 1972. University of Arkansas, the Uni- attractive person preferred. tectural Registration Boards, the Taniguchi, who holds the versity of Houston, and Texas A $125. 667-3851 national examination used in li- CANARY HILL Harry K. and Albert K. Smith & M. censing architects in the United GALLERIES Professorship in Architecture, Community design States. He currently is chairman will continue teaching at Rice More recently he was associa- of the design and technology 3033 Fountainview Dr. HELP WANTED while devoting part-time to his ted with OMNIPLAN, Urban 783-8990 section of this four-part exam- Doorman—Full or Part-Time architectural practice with the Design and Planning in Houston. ination. up to $2.25/hr firm of Taniguchi, Shefelman, Among the projects which Mitchell is a member of the Open Monday and Thursday Mitchell has been responsible for Also Parking Attendants Vackar, and Minter of Austin American Institute of Architects and Houston. are the University of Arkansas and the American Institute of Nights 'till 9:00 PM 665-4015 Mitchell's "outstanding" rec- Library, a low income housing Planners. He is on the board of ent performance as associate dir- project in Hot Springs, Ark., and directors of the Rice Center for ector for graduate studies was a number of land development Community Design and Re- cited as a key reason for his sel- planning projects in Florida, search and the Southwest Center ection as director. He implemen- Louisiana, Arkansas, South Car- for Urban Research as well as THE HOBB1T HOLE ted a new program for the Mas- olina, and Texas. He also has the Board of Regents of Autry ter of Architecture in Urban De- been involved with the desistn of House. Natural Foods Restaurant sign, besides spearheading efforts to revamp all master's level pro- Serving grams and to improve recruiting Board names 3 new members of qualified students. As a result, Salads, Smoothies, and Sandwiches the School of Architecture is Three Houston civic and 1972-73 and is the 1974-75 now receiving rapid incieases in business leaders have been Chairman of the Fund's Council; applications and is drawing stu- named term members of Rice and William S. Farish, III, presi- LEGENDARY FOOD dents from all parts of the Un- University's Board of Governors dent of the Fluorex Corpora- it was announced recently by tion, an international mining at ited States and abroad. Mitchell has a Bachelor of Herbert Allen, Chairman of the company, and a great-great-great 1715 SOUTH SHEPHERD Architecture from Washington University's governing board. nephew of William Marsh Rice, University in St. Louis, Mo. The three new members are: the founder of Rice University. 528-3418 (1954), and the Master of Archi- Mrs. Anthony J. A. Bryan who The three new members re- tecture and the Master of City received her B.A. degree from place E. D. 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Box 1892 f 1 Houston, Texas 77001 the rice thresher, july 1974 — page 9 Intramurals stronger than ever despite higher fees by GAURANG VYAS 1AITD AWH A7V A O tion. Nowadays, two and some- place on one of ..thos. e teams. per game t.o• the official..s alon. We Badminton, racquetball, and Twenty years ago, J. R. times three officials are assigned The intramural program for ($2.25 to each of the three of- tennis rackets, along with soft- Barker, assistant professor of to referee various team sports. 1974-75 will feature 14 activi- ficials)." ball gloves, will no longer be fur- physical education, got the intra- Total enrollment has grown ties, including one new sport. "Over an entire season, which nished. The department will pro- mural sports program at Rice un- from a few hundred in 1954 to Returning will be touch foot- comprises approximately 75 vide footballs, basketballs, and derway. over 3,000 in 1974. (This in- ball, tennis, basketball, bad- games (including playoff com- softballs only. It has since grown to be one cludes individuals who partici- minton, table tennis, racquet- petition), we pay $800.00 to our Although the number of en- of the favorite pastimes of the pated in more than one activity.) ball, volleyball, softball, volley- officials. In return, with the fifty trants increased from 2,746 in Rice University students and How does one enter the intra- wall-ball, swimming, track & cents entry fee we charge, we 1972-73 to 3,290 in 1973-74, faculty alike. It offers an in- mural program? field, and the rifle competition. take in only abour $200.00. And Mr. Barker would like to see a dividual a chance to escape the According to Mr. Barker, the The new entry this season is this does not even include ex- larger turnout this year. The in- rigors of student life, in an en- best way to enter a team sport is soccer, probably the most penses for the equipment. As a tramurals allow a student to join vironment that is otherwise to- to form a team that comprises a popular game in the world to- result, the department has been in a sport for the fun of it, tally geared to the concept of cross-section of good friends. day. losing close to $700.00 every whether or not he excels in it. academic excellence. Alternatively, Dr. Barker The soccer competition will year on football alone," he said. In sum, Dr. Barker says, "It The growth of the program on keeps a list of teams which have begin only if at least four teams Consequently, this fall the doesn't matter how good or bad campus has been spectacular. In already submitted entries. Those enter the field. entry fee per person for a team you are. What really matters is 1954 there were no officials as- individuals who cannot sign up In spite of the boom of the sport will go up to $1.00. The that you enjoy yourself while signed to intramural competi- in a group may sometimes find a intramural program on campus, charge for individual competiton keeping your mind and body in the venture has been losing will remain at $0.50 per person. good shape.". money in the past few years. Furthermore, there will be a Dr. Barker's office is in the "... I know the voices dying with a dying fall In 1954, the entry fee was cutback on the equipment pro- gym for those needing further $0.50, with $0.25 refunded if vided to the entrants. assistance or information. Beneath the music from a farther room . . the team did not forfeit a game over the entire season. J. Alfred PRUFROCK's (Beer Parlour) This price remained in effect until 1970, when the refunds Conover named in Collins suit A most unusual atmosphere — Classical recordings, were eliminated. bridge, chess, and other games of innocence. Even with this price increase, Edwin C. Collins, former year, claimed in the suit that the program has been operating ALL-South west Conference Conover "embarked on a mali- 123 Westheimer 528-8360 in the red. As Mr. Barker ex- wide receiver for the Rice Owls, cious course of treatment" For those over 18 — Daily 5 till 2 plained, "Football is a good has filed an $800,000 damage against him that ended in his sus- example. We pay our officials suit against Rice football coach pension "without warning or $1.50 an hour to officiate the A1 Conover and the university. provocation". games. With each game lasting an Collins, the second leading re- The Collins Conover confron- PARENTS- FOLLOW THE OWLS IN hour and a half, we pay $6.75 ceiver in the SWC his junior tation took place as Collins fin- ished some wind sprints run as RICE—SWC FOOTBALL punishment for missing a Sun- SUBSCRIBE TO THE RICE THRESHER day workout. When Conover Clipper told him he had not run fast enough and to turn in his uni form, Collins allegedly cursed NAME (aiberts) the coach. He was suspended. HAIR DESIGNS FOR MEN Conover stated that he could not allow Collins back on the ADDRESS By Appointment Only team and maintain the respect of 906 Westheimer at Montrose the other players. He was backed by President Norman CITY STATE ZIP Phone: 529-3125 Hackerman. Garage Parking 25 cents Both players and coaches em- • BILL ME DCHECK ENCLOSED phasized that the incident had MAIL TO: not been racial in nature. THE RICE THRESHER The split end later apologized ONE YEAR $1 5 P. O. BOX 1892 DIMENSIONS IN TRAVEL to the coach and said it was HOUSTON, TEXAS 77001 Specialists in Student and Group Travel wrong to believe that his actions Four Group Flights to Europe Monthly were those of "a militant hot- head." He stated that he was a EXAMPLE—22/45 Day Excursion victim of Conover's "get-tough Houston to: Group Regular policy," and believed that the London /Paris /Amsterdam $581.00 $648.00 coach's remarks were triggered Bruxelies/Madrid by something Collins had said in In USA: Fly/Drive Family Packages a team meeting prior to the in- Get car/hotel/air fare for the price of air fare alone. cident. Call for inforation Collins, a spring graduate of 688-6907 Rice, claimed in the suit that he &> lost about $200,000.00 because Ol re he was not taken in the first three rounds of the draft. "Collins was given indications he would have been drafted earlier had it not been for the OUTW suspension," said his attorney TMCFIMSM/ Louis S. Joseph. "There is quite a difference in what is paid a player taken in the earlier rounds and one taken in the 14th." Had he been drafted in the earlier rounds, Collins would have received a bonus of up to $100,000.00, the suit said. In N "'fcotAMDc/* DRIVE THRU addition, his attorney stated, the "L0ADIN6 DOCK FA^HTlE5" receiver would have received .ATK1RBY FACTOR/ ONLy about $50,000.00 in salary for each of his first two years of NFL participation. 2902 Kirby (Between Alabama & Westheimer) DANIEL BOONE CYCLES "As it was, he received a sum I 1A M-l I I'M—11AM-Midnite FRI. & Sat. far less that he would have 1)1.4 Alabama (Just a few steps off Montrose 1 Racer or not, received his first year if a team 528-8794 had drafted him in the first 11 AM-1AM EVERYDAY come see us for your bicycling needs round," Joseph said. ;>0c Beer—Wine Coolers DAN & JOY The suit also seeks $600,000 Charcoal Burgers & Spaghetti in exemplary damages from both FOOSBALL & PONG GOOD MUSIC 5318 Crawford 528-7109 Conover and Rice. Pitcher of Beer $1.40 (continued on page 11) the rice thresher, july 1974 — page 10 swc forecast Leaks' absence threatens UT grip on football title by GAURANGVYAS With Leaks out of the picture than any other conference team Owls should display a more out of the race from the start. As the sixtieth Southwest for 1974, four other teams ap- last season. potent offense this season. If the But again, it all boils down to Conference football season ap- pear to have the best chances to The biggest factor our own defense can hold its own against the playing status of Roosevelt proaches, one maif seems to hold dethrone Texas. Last years' Rice Owls have in their favor is some of the more rugged rivals, Leaks. If he recovers by Septem- the key to the outcome of the runners-up Texas Tech, the vast- that Head Coach A1 Conover has Owl fans should have a lot to ber, Texas should continue its race: Roosevelt Leaks. ly improved Arkansas Razor- the players believing in them- cheer about this fall. domination of conference play. His availability, or rather the backs, Texas A & M, and the sur- selves. As he recently said, 1974: a close race? If not, 1974 could produce one lack of it, will determine prise team of 1973, our own "Morale in the team is higher The SWC race this season of the closest races in the sixty whether the Texas Longhorns Rice Owls. now than it has ever been since I promises to be more competitive year history of the Southwest continue their domination of Texas Tech: Second best have been associated with Rice." than any time in the past Conference. conference play, or fall prey to The Texas Tech Red Raiders Super-soph Tommy Kramer, a decade. Texas, Texas Tech, their hungry rivals. appear to have the best shot to can't-miss pro prospect, and Texas A & M, Arkansas and Rice Credit Clerks Needed Not since the autumn of make it to the top. However, senior Fred Geisler provide the all have a good chance at finish- Full or Part Time 1968, when Frank Broyles' their biggest problem is to re- Owls with two poised signal cal- ing on top. If a replacement can Apply W. T. Grant Company Razorbacks somehow managed place departed Ail-Americans lers equally capable of top notch be found for Keith Bobo at 5450 Weslayan to grab a share to the title from Joe Barnes and Andre Tillman. production. SMU, the Mustangs could be or phone 666-0017 Darrell Royal's Longhorns, has One can't say much about tough, too. TCU and Baylor are for information anybody even come close td up- The Red Raiders should have the only teams that appear to be a top notch defense, highlighted punter Mike Landrum and soc- ending Texas. cer styled place kicker Alan Downfall of UT? by their defensive line. Defensive tackle Ecomet Burley, middle Pringle, except that if there are HAROLD'S GARAGE Roosevelt Leaks' injury at guard David Knaus and defensive any better in the conference, we HENRY J. EN GEL, Owner least gives UT's opposition a end Tommy Cones are potential have yet to hear from them. Automatic Transmission — Air Conditioning chance. As one rival coach put Ail-Americans. The Owls' major weakness is Brakes — Engine Tune-Ups — Front End it, "If we can't beat Texas with the defensive secondary. Bruce Rebuilding — Wheel Aligning Leaks on the shelf, we can forget For most experts, Arkansas Henley, Preston Anderson, and 2431 Dunstan 528-5323 about ever defeating them." will be the team to watch in John Kelly all departed last sea- Leaks recently estimated his 1974. Eight offensive starters son creating a wide-open hole in chances of returning at 60—40. and ten of the eleven defensive the pass defense. Cornerback Colleen's Book Store He has been running five miles starters .will be returning this Cullie Culpepper, linebacker daily, and has started light work- fall. Rodney Norton, and superstar Houston's Best (expletive deleted) Used Book outs in the gym. That is bad Hogs pick up wishbone Cornelius Walker head the cast Store. Free Book Search. Free Coffee, Too news for the rest of the con- The Razorbacks will switch to of returnees on defense. Walker, ference. an Alabama-type Wishbone the team leader on the field and 6880 Telephone Open 10-6 641-1753 Even without Leaks in the attack, piloted by either Mike a sure-fire pro prospect, is quite lineup, the Longhorns appear to Kirkland or Scott Bull. Bull, possibly the best nose guard in have the inside track towards who was injured two weeks prior the country. another SWC championship. to last years opener, seems to With running backs James Even though they don't have a have fully recovered from his in- Sykes, Ardie Segars, and Eddy team to compare with their jury and could be the key to a Collins, receivers Ed Lofton and powerhouses of the past, their successful season. Bruce Wolldridge, and tight end winning tradition over the past The Aggies are also expected Kenneth Roy returning, the decade must be taken into ac- to challenge Texas for the SWC 15% OFF WITH COUPON count. As head coach Royal re- crown this fall. Their squad will cently stated, "When you have feature 45 returning lettermen, been a winner over a period of including ten starters on offense time, things just seem to fall in Authentic place." and the entire defensive unit of INDIA RESTAURANT last season. (The only starter the o\?
notes and notices
Engarde—The Rice fencing team course involved, been sus- Music—A small group is planning meets every Tuesday and pended for the fall semester a trip to Tanglewood, in the Thursday at 5:30pm in the of the 1974—75 academic Berkshires, for the final con- GASA INTEMUUHOML gym. To set up a practice ses- year, and placed on disciplin- cert of the Tanglewood Fes- ary probation for the spring tival, August 25: Schoen- sion or get more information, A WIDE SELECTION OF PLAIN AND cail Kate Jones at ext248 or semester of the 1974—75 aca- berg's "Gurrelieder." Anyone 523—6018. Beginners are wel- demic year. " interested in going may con- EMBROIDERED HAND MADE CLOTHING - come and lessons available. tact Thomas Zimmermann in WEDDING SHIRTS, HUARACHES, HALTERS, * * * the Fondren Library. SUMMER CLOTHES AND MAXI DRESSES FROM MEXICO, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA AND Honor—As a result of Honor Summer Thresher—As far as we THE FAR EAST. WE ALSO HAVE JEWELRY, System violations, two stu- know, this is the first time HANDBAGS AND MANY NOVELTIES AND dents have been reprimanded the Thresher has been pub- Illiteracy—The SFFC(IS) recent- DECORATIVE ITEMS by the Dean of Students and lished during the summer. We ly held its first summer lunch- had explained to them their hope it will help you catch up eon meeting; new members position and responsibilities on campus news — and for were indicted and sentenced OPEN 10am TO 5:30pm under the Honor System; one the new students, this is a and old business cleaned up. 4614 MONTROSE BLVD. 527-8504 student has lost credit for a special pre-orientation issue. Present were charter members final examination; one stu- Hopefully, it will become a (except the VP), a new mem- 10% DISCOUNT WITH RICE I.D. dent has lost credit in the tradition. ber, and the official liaison.
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