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PAY BE A ASSOCIATION TEN PINNER SALLYPORT DUES IN 1946 PUBLISHED FOR ALL FORMER STUDENTS OF THE RICE INSTITUTE JUNE, 1946 Number 3 Utile 2 HOUSTON, TEXAS, he De tr A .11 7aiumni Honor Dr. And Mrs. Houston n Decem intry in Rousing Welcome Given to New President the Bro id and on April mbat Inf And Wife by Alumni 13, is 228 ie plans With Dinner in the Senior Commons ik Lind m the N Dr. William V. Houston ,new twle of mind that stems from their Commiss president of Rice Institute, was wel- education. ;lye. He comed into the "Rice family" April "From the point of view of this outstanding St. Caro 13, at a dinner given by the Asso- group, possibly the univer- is now ciation of Rice Alumni in the Com- characteristic of the leading that Her h mons. A capacity auidence of 405 sities of our time is the fact on research in dischar —and there would have been 810 they put emphasis had space permitted — heard Dr. science, and on creative work in oth- Houston outline long range plans er fields. In any discussion of uni- for the development and expansion versities with those intimately ac- of the Institute. quainted with them, or with promi- In recognition for his years of nent members of the professions to brilliant and untiring service to which they lead, questions are al- Rice Institute, Dr. Edgar Odell Lov- ways raised as to the nature of the ett, President Emeritus, was made facutly. Whom do they have in lifetime Honorary member of the physics? Who is their historian? vin is s a Association of Rice Alumni. A res- Who is their leading engineer? Sat- •esent olution was read to this effect and isfactory answers to these questions ce in P adopted unanimously. It was de- are given in terms of scholastic ac- the fo livered later to Dr. Lovett, who was complishments, of the investigations ; living unable to attend as Institute busi- of the physicist, of the publications Gertr Rack ness forced him to be out of town. of the historian, of the new meth- J. Valli Prior to Dr. Houston's address, ods introduced by the engineer. The Palo Al President Carl Knapp, who presided, emphasis is on the professional or on Parr called upon various alumni to intro- research activity of the faculty. ;. Milita duce their guests, who included Rice "It has not always been so. As Y. faculty members and Mr. you recall, when Hardvard College Char by the punch bowl at the to right; Mr. Harry C. Hanszen, Dr. Trustees, ently di_e and Mrs. Jess Neely. Mr. Knapp in- was established in 1636, it was for ption, given outside of the Sen- William V. Houston, Mr. Carl Knapp, orps as r speak- the express purpose of preparing Commons prior to the Alumni Miss Anne Houston and Mrs. H. V. Had troduced those seated at the B-25 nil Rice Alumnus and this was followed young men for the ministry. Yale ` Toner on April 13th., are from left Houston. ers table, heatre rL by Dr. Houston's address: was founded some years later with a Air Me, Part In Radar "I appreciate more than I can in the same objective. It was certain- ly not expected of early faculty Preside•OHN DONALDSON WINS any way express the welcome ex- Contact With Moon tended to all of us by the Alumni of members that they carry out any 767:30B QUIN AWARD the Rice Institute, both by those of independent studies, although many this evening and did. Their task was clearly defined. :as. Curt Francis A. Collins, Jr. '39, hold- you that are here Russel Lee Jacobe Elected President of "R" Association It was to teach; research was not .rged fro er of two degrees from Rice, and a by many others who are not pres- n.ear. ent. I realize, of course, that this a part of it. ter .he Association held its an- former Rice correspondent for the "R" "The colleges and universities of married I Houston Chronicle, was one of the welcome is really a sign of your otial spring banquet on May 16, at the United States continued to be indler scientists who helped construct and loyalty to it. Possibly one of the old College Inn, and one of the exclusively teaching insti- ay have e set up the radar set with which the most striking impressions during almost tutions, much along the lines of the He is tirgest crowds that ever attended Army Signal Corps used to make my first few weeks in Houston, has European secondary schools, until Corpornis gathering, showed up, including contact with the moon on January been of the high regard in which the Rice Institute is held not only the establishment of Johns Hopkins op,. Texatany former servicemen. 10, 1946. University in 1876 and of Clark Un- :e Set Francis is an electronics engineer by Alumni but by other citizens of . John Donaldson, National A.A.U. iversity in 1889. Both of these in- degree for Sylvania Electric Products, Inc., this community. It is indeed a trib- scus champ, who is working on his founded to place the ick has ute to all who have been associated stitutions were Bunkaster's degree at Rice, was present- at Flushing, N. Y., where he from tlid with the growth and development emphasis on what we now call the coveted Bob Quin award. This been doing secret electronics research of this school. One from the outside I"graduate instruction," with scien- lemolitiow senior since receiving h i s Electrical En- ar, d given each year to the tific research; and other scholarly rk. He ); gineering degree from Rice in 1942. may wish to inquire why you have •,,ee athlete who is most outstand- in- a this feeling. Why is the Rice Insti- work, as a large factor in this on B41g in scholarship, sportsmanship, Mr. Collins, with other Sylvania tute so outstanding in your regard? struction, and in the activities of gate. Sind leadership. Bob Quin was a very scientists assigned to t h e project, "I presume each one of you would faculty and students. Since then the led to rolnising athlete and a very popular helped design and build the trans- give a somewhat different reason. importance of such work has steadi- ruary 24iee student who died suddenly dur- mitter and receiver, and also assisted the Each one of you sees some aspect of ly increased, until today we have the h here -g the summer of 1930, after the in setting up and cokstructing the Institute's activities as the one Institute for Advanced Study at nd of his frashman year. Donald- field tests. of greatest importance. There are, Princeton; we have the proposed in- en is a Houston boy who attended While in Rice, Francis was the of course, a great many aspects to stitute of nuclear physics associated Ian Jacinto High School. He in- editor of the Thresher, and had plans but any such institution. It appears in a with the University of Chicago, and ends to enter the National A. A.U. of becoming a newspaperman, different light to almost every in- similar institutes at the University fleet in San Antonio on June 28 and after receiving his B. A. degree in dividual. Certainly the institution as of California, the University of *, to defend the title that he won '39, changed his mind, and returned seen by a high school student wish- Rochester, and Cornell University. ast year. Mr. Gilbert Hermance, Di- to Rice to take the Electrical course; ing to enter, differs in many re- These activities, on so large a scale, 'ector of Physical Education at Rice, and by doing this, Rice is one of the HARRY HANSZEN spects from the institution as seen and devoted so exclusively to re- !aye the presentation address. Three few schools in the country that by you, who have spent time in its search, threaten, in the minds of ormer Bob Quin award winners boosts an Alumunus which was a greatest classrooms, who have been intimate- some people, to overwhelm and dom- •• ,be '''ere on hand to congratulate Don- Know Your Trustees member of one of the acquainted with some of its fac- inate the whole academic institu- Ildson; Tennis player Fred Alter, Notice: (In this issue of Sallyport, scientific feats of our day. ly and who have been out of it tion; indeed threaten to submerge E, -g934; Footballer Jim Nance, 1938; you will find the first of a series of ulty, enough to view it with a ma- the teaching function of the univer- -02d Basketballer Bill Henry, 1945. Biographies which will appear in or- tees of Rice Institute since May 6, long prespective. sity. E 'his was the sixteenth annual award der to better acquaint you with the 1942. Though he has now been on the ture z "Another viewpoint from which "The necessity for scholarly work -1-.•,; ;LS, (le by the Association in honor of Rice Institute Members of the Board Board longer than any other active at an educational insti- on the part of the faculty has been (50013 Quin. of Trustees; past and present). member, he was the first of what are one can look "new" tution is that of the community of recognized from the first at the :;-• ,A new award, known as the James Harry C. Hanszen—Mr. Hanszen generally regarded as t h e scholars. All of you have had con- Rice Institute. The charter states, -°nInton award, was presented to was born in Jefferson City, Missouri, members of the Board, all the other tact with this community, because among other things, that the objec- Itugust Erfurth by Dr.