Roth Will Leave

Delayed evaluation forms to be distributed Friday by Amy Grossman "We gave (the printers) five or Kennedy said. Former Chairman because the members felt that the volunteered about four weeks into More than a week late, teaching six weeks' time, but apparently Charles Stewart, who had led the burden would have been too great. the semester." evaluation forms will be in the there was a lot of new artwork that committee for the past two years, However, Stewart commented, The teaching evaluation forms classrooms by early next week, had to be done, and it just took and who had supervised the "It's been a relief being off the are much shorter this year, according to Dr. Ken Kennedy, extra time," added Kennedy. preparation of the new evaluation committee," adding that "it's just consisting of 13 mark-sense form chairman of the Committee on "Some classes which end now are forms, was not asked by the standard University Council questions and one essay Undergraduate Teaching. The xeroxing original forms to University Council to serve practice to rotate chairmanships evaluation. The old evaluations forms have been substantially distribute." The xeroxed forms another term. every few years." "were too long, and people didn't changed from ones used in the will have to be hand-transcribed to Kennedy feels that Stewart To replace Stewart, Dr. Charles bother turning them in," past. the printed mark-sense sheets. would have accepted the Garside was asked to be committee commented Dr. Franz Brotzen. Because of administrative mix- Part of the delay is attributable chairmanship had it been offered chairman, but he declined. The teaching committee has also ups, the new forms were sent to the to changes in the leadership of the to him—"he was geared up to do "Somehow (the appointment) got taken the opportunity to institute Chicago printing house late. "I'm Undergraduate Teaching it"—and that he would have been lost in the shuffle over the summer, several procedural changes in the catching some heat for this, as I Committee. "We didn't have a "more capable," but the Council so we started the year without a evaluation system, in accordance should," Kennedy said. chairman for a long time," decided not to ask him, apparently chairman," Kennedy said. "I with a recommendation voted by the Faculty Council in March. The credibility of the old system was suffering because of the possibility of abuse, according to Stewart. Teachers are to select a day for evaluation and announce that day to their class in advance. Students Volume 67, number 17 1HRESHEThursday, NovembeRr 29, 1979 are allowed about twenty minutes at the beginning of the class to complete forms. Students who Hackerman names Holt interim proctor wish to take longer than the Dr. Edward C. Holt, associate Carrington said of the cation is that the proctor should be knowing what he was doing." allotted time may obtain a form at professor of engineering, will be appointment. "I've worked with "a person whose judgement would "He's a grouch on the outside, an earlier time and bring it the acting proctor for next Dr. Holt before, and I think he's a not be affected by not being liked," but nice on the inside," commented completed to class. All forms must semester. President Norman very fine person. I think he'll do an Brown said. another pupil, "and he goes by the be turned in at the same time, in a Hackerman chose Holt from a list excellent job." Student evaluations of Holt are book." sealed envelope. of three candidates prepared for Holt will meet with Honor mixed. One student felt that Holt is However, another student said. In previous semesters, errors him by Dean of Undergraduate Council members and repre- "capable. He impressed me as see Proctor, page 6 see Evaluation, page 5 Affairs Katherine Brown. sentatives from other campus Holt, a teacher at Rice for 23 groups before the end of the years, is a faculty associate of Sid semester in order to acquaint Richardson College and has served himself with the procedural details TexPIRG funding threatened for the past two years as a member of the chief disciplinary officer's by Allison Foil of the Committee on Examin- portion. Future university collection of ations and Standing. Brown declined to state Holt's funds for Rice's TexPIRG is The appointment was made special qualifications for the post, uncertain, pending a decision in after Proctor Sam Carrington but she noted that the proctor the next two months by President announced his intention to resign "should be a person who is Norman Hackerman. at the end of this semester in order interested with student affairs, Last year, Rice students voted a to concentrate on his work as involved in the college system, and refundable tax on themselves to acting librarian. interested in students." support TexPIRG as a member a ^,, "I'm quite delighted," Another important qualifi- organization of the Student Association, l'n April, however, the administration revealed that the tax couid only be collected with Dayan praises U.S the approval of Dr. Hackerman. "Dr. Hackerman doesn't feel that TexPIRG is an all-university- TexPIRG eodirecfors Rosenthal, Kirkland ph>u h tvayne r*r*-< serving organization," said Dean of Undergraduate Affairs Research Group (Tex- office in the Rice Katherine Brown. "Although PIRG), as voted on bv Memorial Center. many organizations on the Rice student referendum las) The administration indicated in campus are very beneficial and spring. Refunds of this May that after the 1979-80 school serve a definite purpose, it is not portion of the blanket year there would be no university * the University's job to collect fees tax will be made on collection of TexPIRG fees for them," she noted. request to the TexPIRG wTcxPIRG, page 5 "University collection of money in support of the RPC, the Thresher, the Campanile, and the Roth will leave MOB Colleges has been approved The Thresher learned yesterday comment, but his son David because these activities have been that MOB director Bert Roth confirmed that the rumor he would judged to contribute directly to the plans to retire, probably at the end be retiring is correct. educational purposes of the of next semester. University, not simply because the Besides being MOB director, Roth has been director of the RPC, the Thresher, and Roth is principal of Wainwright Rice Band since 1969 and has the Campanile are SA Approved Elementary School and plans to photo by Wayne Derrick watched the Band grow from a Former Defense Minister Moshe Dayan and affiliated student organi- take early retirement from HISD poorly supported student by Rolf Asphaug Jimmy Carter's refusal to zations, " said Brown in an April at the end of the year. organization into one of the most Praising the U.S. for its firmness negotiate for the hostages was 24 letter to Steve Kirkland, popular organizations on campus. in the ongoing crisis in Iran and for endorsed by Dayan. He compared Chairman of TexPIRG. Roth is expected to make his Presently, eight percent of Rice's formal announcement this its attempts to bring peace to the the actions of Iran's "so-called The University collected fees for undergraduates are MOB weekend There has been no Middle East, former Israeli students" with those of anti- TexPIRG for the 1979-1980 school members. speculation as vet about a possible Defense Minister Moshe Dayan Israeli terrorists: "In both cases year only because the Cashier's Roth couid not be reached for successor. called for a permanent American they just want to blackmail... Iam billing forms had already been military presence in the area in a very glad that the reactions in both printed, Brown said in a May 3 speech sponsored by the Rice cases are also similar." memo to Kirkland. To be included Program Council Monday night. "You are the United States of in every billing was a slip reading: "You must have some military America, not just small Israel, and Two dollars of the forces in the Middle East so that I respect very much your decision mandatory blanket tax is the countries will take you not to give in," Dayan said to the a refundable fee in seriously," Dayan told about 250 applause of the sparse audience. support of the Rice listeners in the Music Hall. "The Dayan aimed most of his organization of the problem that you face now is to criticism not on the radical Arabs Texas Public Interest * * 11 have the instruments for minor themselves but on the Soviet warfare—for minor incidents— Union, which he believes has w [in the area]," he said. fomented and armed the fanatical Election "If at any time you need any Moslems. It is to counter Soviet Israeli facilities for your troops, influence that Dayan wants The second attempt to elect a you will get what you are after... American troops stationed in the Senior Honor Council You will have no problem with Middle East. "It is in the interests if Representative will take place Israel about that," Dayan the entire free world," Dayan said tomorrow. Norby Foss faces predicted. of such an American presence. Tom Meehan. Roth (inset) and his creation photos by Wunder wo<xi PHOTOCASE by Wayne Derrick BRING mm PEOPLE , HONE -SfND Ml IRANI/MIS MCI *— I EYE (OR ft EYE i Houstonians, demonstrating against the holding of American hostages, seemed to believe that America is represented by Old Glory, John Wayne and dead Iranians. Spanning the hedges by David Dow blind sycophants have chided the the Americans.

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