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Volume 50—Number 10 HOUSTON, TEXAS WED, NOVEMBER 28, 1962 Pottle Arrives, Dean Praises Student Ideals, Thorp Returns In English Series College's 'Spiritual Influence' The Fondren Lecture Lounge By EUGENE KEILIN not to the practical but to ideas will be the site of two literary "The university never wholly and to relations with his fellow lectures within the next week. loses its spiritual influence on the. students." The experience at a Dr. Frederick A. Pottle, profes- young men and women who come university is for most students sor of English from Yale Univer- to it seeking knowledge," Dean their first real independence from sity is slated to discuss James of Students S. W. Higginbotham their families and is a period of told an Autry House audience as Boswell in "Boswell Revalued" at "growing responsibility and ded- a speaker in the continuing ser- 8 p.m. on November 29th. ication to high purposes." ies, "The University and Its The second presentation of the Work." On the other hand, the Dean English Department will be Dr. said, the world which the student Willard Thorp. Thorp, a disting- The Dean pictured a dedication enters upon graduation is a mix- uished literary authority and past on the part of the university to ture of "Hollywood versions of member of the Princeton Univer- the service of humanity and of sex relations," the "tawdriness of sity faculty, is to speak on "Lit- the students to the pursuit of Madison Avenue ai-t" and a pa- erary Scholars as Chameleons" truth. triotism which is often mere at 8 p.m. December 4th. "formulistic ritual." "THE STUDENTS," he said, IN RELATION to his picture DR. LESTER CHANDLER POTTLE is a world famous bi- DR. FREDERICK POTTLE "are basically idealistic, placing ographer of James Boswell as exaggerated emphasis of the ab- of the ideal university, the Dean was generally satisfied witth well as Sterling Professor of An extremely popular man with sence of restraint." The Dean at- Federal Reserve Rice, but he was willing to ad- English at Yale. His works on the student body, Thorp moved tributed this feeling to the stu- mit and make some criticisms. Boswell are quite numerous and the school to a newly-found inter- dent's dedication to democracy. Officials To View "There is a tendency," he said, comprehensive of the journalist's est in English and drama. In general, the Dean gave his Economic Stability entire life. wholehearted approval to stu- "for the professor to think in Professor Pottle graduated After graduating from Hamil- dent idealism. "At no other time terms of reproducing himself." The Department of Economics summa cum laude from Colby Col- ton College in 1920 with Phi Beta are people quite so fine and at- The instructor should realize that at Rice University will present lege and proceeded to receive his Kappa honors, Williard 'Thorp tractive as when they come to col- he is preparing his students for the second in its Fiftieth Anniver- M.A. and Ph.D. at Yale. Present- went on to earn a master's degree lege," he said. a wide variety of vocations and sary public lecture series. "The ly he is acting as Chancelor of at Harvard and a doctorate at should react accordingly. Nation's Economic Objectives:: The Dean pictured a student's the Academy and contributing to Princeton. Along these lines, the Dean ob- Roots and Problems of Achieve- alma mater as the "repository of many other literary and philo- served that a "law school might ment," on Monday, December you as you would like to remem- sophical societies. ber yourselves." The student, he be a desirable addition to Rice 3rd, at 8:00 p.m. in the Lecture Senior rings will be avail- said, "glories in tfte pursuit' of because it would bring a type Lounge of Fondren Library. The DR. THORP is making his see- able next week, class president truth" while in school, but must of mind somewhat missing on speaker will be Dr. Lester V. on trip to Rice University. In the John McKnight announced to- graduate into a world "far less the campus—philosophical, quiz- Chandler. early nineteen-fifties he was a day. They can be obtained at idealistic than a university." ical, curious about society out- visiting professor in the English the RMC on Monday or Tues- DR. CHANDLER, a Public Di- Department and brought about THE UNIVERSITY, the Dean side the campus. This attitude day upon payment of the bal- would be beneficial, particularly rector and Deputy Chairman of what students called "a renais- ance due. said, is a community where the the Federal Reserve Bank of sance in the humanities field." student may live a life "devoted to the humanities." Philadelphia, and Rentschler Pro- IT WAS APPARENT from his fessor of Economics and Chair- prepared remarks that the Dean man of the Department of Eco- FIVE ACADEMS, FIVE S-E's was concerned about relations be- nomics at Princeton, will speak tween students, and is was not. on "Economic Stability." surprising when, in answer to a Professor Chandler is: a pro- PBK Chooses Ten Seniors question, he remarked, "The stu- lific writer in the field of econom- dents don't speak to one an- ics and has published four major By RICHARD DARILEK jor, Houstoia; James Edwin' FOR KATHLEEN MUCH the other. This above all things on works in the post-World War II In bestowing the highest honor Jones, a Wichita Falls physics news had a special significance. campus worries me." era, including "Economic Proces- for the highest academic distinc- major; "It's nice to keep it in the fam- Asked about Rice's admissions ses and Policies," which he wrote tion, the Rice University Chapter Robert Roy Maxfield, also of ily!" she said. Her mother was policies, the Dean commented, in collaboration with William J. of Phi Beta Kappa elected ten Wichita Falls, electrical engineer- elected to Phi Beta Kappa on "Many of the points of friction Baumol of Princeton. members - in - course from the ing; Kathleen Much, Houston, April 1, 1938. in inter-student relationships could be avoided by a broader HE IS a member of the Amer- Class of 1963. French major; Paul Bruce Pipes, "We always tell her that it was r range of abilities. ican finance Association and is Jr., physics, Fort W°' th; Martin an April fool joke. Of course, I MRS. KATHERINE F. Drew, "As long as our admission is a former member of the Research David Tilson, III, a philosophy am very happy at my ovmi elec- current secretary of the Rice selective," he continued, "we Advisory Board for the Commit- major from Texarkana; Mark tion." Chapter, approved the designees can't justify ourselves from a tee for Economic Development. (all Texans): Howard Vaughn of San Benito, Initiation of this first group of a physics major. electees will take place at 5:00 social point of view unless we The lecture series, to be pub- Myra Shultz Bahme, a history p.m. December 14, in the Lecture provide educational .leadership, lished in book form at the end major from Houston; Mary Fae HOWEVER, THIS is but the' Lounge of Fondren Library. The although we must not indulge in of the year, will attempt to de- Coulter, an English major from first contingent of this class's second group will be initiated at fads.'' termine how the nation's econom- San Antonio; Dillard Wayne Far- total possible membership, ex- the society's annual banquet in THE DEAN was particularly ic objectives have changed in ies, a Kerrville physics major; plained Mrs. Drew. It is the cus- April. (Continued on Page 10) the last fifty years. Diana Joan Frosch, a French ma- tom of the University's chapter, though, to hold a first election in the fall and a second in the spring. New Open House Laws Introduce Rimlinger Tapped For Jones Master The Rice Chapter, which was formally installed as a member While Class Takes Semester Leave of this famous national honor Three-Person Rule, Limited Hours ends. On "very special" occa- The guiding hand at Jones Col- to occupy the Master's House, but society on March 1, 1929, is "Women may visit men's quar- sions, however, the Master or lege next semester will belong to he expressed his intention to be bound by its constitution to limit ters only when there are at least Dean may alter the hours of an a different arm. Dr. Gaston V. present at the college daily. He these selections to 10% of the three persons pi-esent." authorized open-house. Rimlinger will replace Master began attending meetings of the students receiving the B.A. de- This regulation was last on a Calvin M. Class during the spring college cabinet this week. gree in any one year. list of six released by the Office "Special occasions" and "very term while Dr. Class is on sab- EXPRESSING HIS confidence THE THRESHER contacted at of the Dean of Students: this special occasions" were not de- batical leave. in both the new Acting Master random a few of these honored week pertaining to Open-house fined. Dr. Rimlinger's appointment and the Jones government, Dr. electees to obtain a representa- in the men's residential colleges. Open-houses may be held on a as Acting Master by President Class said that the problems cre- tive, initial reaction to the an- THE RELEASE stressed the Saturday or a Sunday, but not Kenneth S. Pitzer and Dr. Class ated by having a non-resident nouncement. fact that "open-houses during on both days on any given week- which women guests visit men's end. Further, each College gov- #w«s. announced this week. An Master are neither insurmount- "It's kind of hard to say what Associate Professor of Economics, able nor new. For more than two I feel," Myra Bahme replied. "I'm quarters: in the residential col- ernment is to be required to set Dr. Rimlinger is currently one of years he acted as non-resident still deliriously happy. The real- leges may be held only on special up "a special committee to see Jones College's Non-Resident As- Master of Jones as Jones House ity of it—something you work occasions, for each of which the that the open-house regulations sociates. was not ready for occupancy un- toward for four years, hoping, College government must make are strictly observed." COMMENTING ON the selec- til February of 1960. but never sure that you will get application and receive the ap- Women visitors will have to be tion, Dr. Class said, "Dr. Rim- Dr. Rimlinger said that he it—suddenly, there it is!" proval of both of the College reported in advance to a regis- linger is quite interested in the questions whether his experience "This is the one thing in the master and the Dean of Stu- trar, who will be named by the Women students, and there is a with his three daughters, aged way of goals in school that I dents." College government in collabora- rapport between them. The wo- nine and under, has sufficiently would have liked to attain," added OPEN-HOUSE hours will be- tion with the Master. Should any men always enjoy his visits in prepared him for the job, but Bob Maxfield. "For that reason, gin no earlier than 12 noon and unregistered women arrive, the the college." that he has confidence in the col- it is the greatest experience of extend no later than 6 p.m. on host must register them "prompt- Dr. Rimlinger has chosen not lege cabinet's ability to carry on. my college life." weekdays and 7 p.m. on weekly" with the registrar. THE THRESHER EDITORIAL PAGE MAP# lay on.Qort, Anel danrn'd be him that •£ir#t cries,. 7& PvUfrfanal (fatten Mold, enough'."

What is wrong with the RMC> only way money is going to be made, because that is the only way students can be lured back. /. It loses money. * * * 2. The students hate it. "In *round-the-clock operation, Purdue's Question: has it ever occurred to anyone (in Memorial Union complex runs twin dance a position to make some changes) that maybe llj halls, /6 bowling alleys, banquet facilities for (1) follows from (2)? 1500. It has 254 hotel rooms—and grosses Answer: if it has, they've kept it quiet. Well...I dont know $/,743,000 a year. The till fills with regular Mold-.. . about the accommodations enough; down there... but the i proceeds and student fees that average about service is «ast enough. J here is nothing wrong with the RMC that $4 a semester."—News Item. efficient management and thoughtful concern for No, Rice isn't Purdue; a school with a large student needs wouldn't solve. Take Sammy's, for enrollment is obviously able to do much more example: the cafeteria loses several thousand than a small school like Rice. But the quote is dollars per year—why? Perhaps one reason is still revealing: Rice students do dance—but not the fact that professional help is used for short at the RMC. They do bowl—but not at the orders and fountain service when a staff half RMC (even though more students voted for as large, composed of students, could do the bowling alleys than any other single item when same work at a lot less cost. Anyone who has the RMC was being planned.)In fact, they don't watched Sammy's operate will testify to its in- THRESHING-IT-OUT- use it for much of anything, except, as the Wiess efficiency. President remarks in his column, "a place to Besides being burdened with excessive operating walk through on the way to the Campus Store." Sammy's Charges costs, the cafeteria serves notoriously poor (and 1 here is a sad contrast to student centers at expensive) food. 1 he only way to compete with most other major schools, such as Berkeley, With Inefficiency Bill Williams' and the Dutch Kettle is to compete Stanford, Tulane, Ohio State, Harvard, and with them; there is something wrong when the Texas. Where are the discount store, the tasty To The Editor: fare and of the prices involved men's colleges send their freshman "shack-runners" food, the paneled TV room, the carpeted music What conclusion can be drawn any lack of reasonable profit can only be due to mismanagement. to Someburger instead of Sammy's. And there is lounge, the barber shop, the post office, the as to the purpose of an institu- tion in which the profits of the I therefore charge the conces- something desperately wrong when Sammy's students relaxing in casual conversation? A look food concession are allowed sion management with gross in- doesn't care. at the price tags, the machines, and the shabby equal importance with student efficiency and inept business basement tells the story. practices. So the RMC loses money; the solution? Close welfare ? For whose benefit is the cafeteria at 4 pm instead of 1 1 pm, install And how many student centers can you think Rice being operated? IN VIEW of the measures taken to remedy this situation an automat with even worse food, and wait for of that lock their doors on the afternoon of a A DEPLORABLE situation is I charge the administration with the money to roll in? 1 o argue that the one home football game? Well, there's one . . . at hand with the existence of "those machines" in Sammy's. making an incomplete analysis place on campus where students can meet in- * * %; Blame must be placed some- of the situation and of victim- formally with their professors, and with a variety 1 he key to the problem lies in the University's where. The irrelevance of the izing the student body. of other students—to argue that this has to be a desire—or lack of it—to change the RMC from fact that the food concession Furthermore, if the situation profit-making operation or that the University sees a nice brick building suitable for alumni functions is not operating at an expected is allowed to continue, I charge profit level is shaded only by the students with permitting no purpose in it—this attitude is bad enough. But into a real student center. Would not the Rice the more shocking fact that the themselves to be victimized by given the money-making objective, why is it that community benefit from such a thriving hub of students are bein^nade to suf- the administration by being so little effort is made to create an attractive and activity ? And would not these benefits far out- fer because of it. made the scapegoat in a situa- inviting atmosphere around the place? That is the tion arising out of one groups weigh matters of dollars and cents? In view of the quality of the ineptness and the misplaced values as to the purpose of a OPINION ON MODERN WARFARE university of another group. WM. WIDDOWSON Concept Of Total Victory Obsolete Dept. of Architecture By DEAN JAMISON capability. Even after absorbing tional upwards of a thousand periority. We plan to keep it All-School Dance It is the purpose of this dis- a Soviet strike, the United intercontinental missiles. We Says Deputy Secretary of De- Draws Hayes' Ire cussion to examine the balance States would have the capability have 12 Polaris submarines fense Gilpatric, ". . . we will To The Editor: of military power and analyze to place thousands of megaton carrying 192 intermediate range have twice the striking power Our friend Friend has this some strategic conclusions that range weapons on Soviet tar- missiles and plan to build 29 by 1965 that we have at the time definitely proved that he is this balance implies. gets. more. end of 1962." utterly incapable of organizing !n addition to his extremely WHAT ARE the weapon sys- OUR STRATEGIC Air Com- The above considerations in- a successful all-school party. unfavorable tactical situation, tems which give us this tremen- mand has 1700 btfmbers; about dicate that the Soviet Union Though I would point out that Khrushchev was probably in- dous power? What is the strate- 500 of which will be phased out has adopted a "finite deter- the Sheraton-Lincoln is a beau- fluenced from further indiscre- gy which demands it? What are * in the next few months. Most of rence" policy and the United tiful place, and that this time tion in Cuba by the United the implications of this strate- these bombers, though, will re- States has adopted a "counter- there was indeed some dancing States overwhelming strategic gy and what alternatives are main for some time extremely force" policy. The basis of fin- room, it is obvious that Mr. superiority. On a first strike we being posed ? potent weapons. A B-52 flying ite deterrence is the idea that Friend has no conception of the could probably destroy most of Within six months or so the low and armed with air to sur- if, no matter how hard you have • quality of a band that an oc- the Soviet Union's retaliatory United States will have opera- face missiles is practically in- been hit, you retain the ability casion suc|i as a fall dance re- vulnerable and is capable of ob- to destroy sizable percentage of quires. literating 8 or 10 Soviet cities the enemy's cities, you will de- on a single mission. In addition ter him from surprise attack. THE TRADITIONAL The Thresher to the above long range forces Lesser forms of aggression (or all-school homecoming dance we possess over 2000 fighter- resistance) are to be met by should be designed to please the The Rice Thresher, the official student newspaper of Rice University, is bomber aircraft on the peri- lesser force levels. Hence the variety of dancing tastes of the published weekly from .September to May, except during holiday recesses and examination periods, and when unusual circumstances warrant a special issue. phery of the Soviet Union cap- large and well-trained army of student body. The band con- The opinions expressed are those of the student staff and do not necessarily able of carrying megaton wea- the Soviet Union. tracted by Friend had an amaz- reflect the views of the Rice University administration. pons. KENNEDY'S counterforce ingly unvaried repetoire. Entered as second class matter, October 17, 1917, at the post office in The "missile gap" has been policy is, in some sense, a suc- The Ray Sharp 'musicians" Houston, Texas, under the act of March 3, 1870. relegated to myth status. In- cessor to the Eisenhower-Dulles were musically poor and were telligence estimates in Septem- Member Associated Collegiate Press, United States Student Frees policy of massive retaliation. It entirely too raucous for a semi- Association. ber 1961 indicates that the So- holds that by being able to fight formal dance. Ray Sharp him- viet Union had but 3.5% of and "win" a central war we will self displayed an uncooperative Telephone JA 8-4141 extension 221. Stories may be submitted by phone or the number of ICBM's which in perstn at the Thresher offices, second floor of Rice Memorial Center. be able to deter meso-scale levr attitude in response to requests. After-hours advertising: phone JA 8-7478. December 1959 estimates had els of aggression. To meet Also deplorable is the fact After-hours news stories: phone JA 4-5875. accredited them. How many smaller scale aggression Ken- that Friend (as he admitted) EDITORIAL STAFF missiles this represents was not nedy has increased the size of knew the Ray Sharp band was EDITOR GRIFFIN SMITH disclosed but estimates have the army to a million men and strictly a rock-and-roll group ASSOCIATE EDITOR EUGENE KEILIN run from 35 to 75. Their "Long Managing Editor Fryar Calhoun Senate Shirley Jonei has, recently, ordered a 400% when he signed the contract, News Editor Gary Hanovich Sights & Sounds ... Stefan Offenbach Range Air Armies" probably do increase in our "counter-insur- and did not publicize the fact. Editorial Asssitant Bill Lieblich Eng. & Science Bob Hayes not have more than 300 air- gency" capability. Many people has assumed that Editorial Assistant ...Debby Romotsky Religion Richard Best craft (20% of the December '59 To ascertain how useful a the dance would be of the tra- Sports Editor ... Paul "Sleepy" Burka Faculty Advisor Dr. Donald Mackenzie estimates). counterforce policy is vis-a-vis Special Assistants Jim Zimmerman, Linda Walsh, ditional homecoming caliber and Richard Darilek, Jim Hargrove, Joy Oppenheim, Ray Needham, Charlyn THE SOVIETS are probably one of limited deterrence ,let's were disappointed. It seems that Ellison. strongest in their intermediate examine its effectiveness in the in Mr. Friend's mind, there is Sports Staff Stuart Glass, Mark Payne Montgomery, Jerry HanBon range missiles which appear to following four situations. no difference between a twist- BUSINESS STAFF be of high quality. Newspapers (1) DETERRENCE of all-out fest and a semi-formal dance. BUSINESS MANAGER DAN TOMPKINS credit them with 300 to 500 of Assistant Business Manager Jim Treybig nuclear attack on the United It is of primary importance to Advertising Manfger John Brennan these weapons, Clearly we have States or Western Europe. Here choose a band suitable to the Circulation Manager Dub Val« an overwhelming strategic su- (Continued on Page 10) (Continued on Page 10) WED„ NOVEMBER 28, 1962 THE THRESHER Three (P TST AT THE STUDENT SENATE• WIESS PRESIDENT Cfarke Reports On Integration By SHIRLEY JONES proposal for an Inter-College en office can be obtained before On The Student Center "The Board of Governors has Court. While some Senators con- the filing deadline from the Stu- approved integration at Rice," re- tinued to haggle over the word- dent Senate members. ported SA President Bob Clarke, ing, Mel Lack noted that "a con- As a follow-up on the Dallas at the November 14 Senate meet- stitution can be amended and By MEL LACK and chairs from the grand ball dance fiasco the Senate had writing. Any change would require can therefore be perfected The task of writing this ar room. The second and more in- ten a letter of complaint to the altering the school's charter, how- through use." ticle was handed to me several finitely difficult barrier to over- Holiday Inn. The reply received ever—a court action which Clarke weeks ago and since that time come is the problem of the old The Senate then voted to sub- was, in the words of Dale Friend, speculated might take a year. At I've been pondering over the sub- "long green" (i.e., $$$$$). Of mit the proposed court structure "a series of lies." the same time the Charter might ject of my little ditty. I thought course, if more students were at- to the sudent body on December be amended to permit the charg- CLARKE SUGGESTED that about writing on the government- tracted to the RMC, mox-e profit 11, the date of the freshmen elec- ing of tuition. Legal action would Rice send a letter to conclude al bodies of the school but this is would be made on the greater tions. make integration and the charg- the matter to the national office, by now a rather well-hashed and volume of business . . .! REVISIONS IN election pro- ing of tuition possible, but would recognizing the fact that it is 'abused subject. As long as the cedure by-laws were presented by SA-sponsored dances and par- not detail the methods of carry- their word against ours. mode of the day was "to look" Stan Winter. In the future, write- ties are good—and a lot of fun. ing them out. Tommy Trump reported two at things, I considered doing They should be held more often, in candidates will be elibigle for tentative alternatives for a new "THE UNIVERSITY is inter- "Profiles of Other College Presi- making them an integral part office if they have not violated alma mater. The theme from ested in knowing what students dents at SA Meetings." How- of campus life; the more informal any of the general rules that "Finlandia" and the Rice Hymn think along these lines," Clarke ever, word got to them and then the affair, the more pai-ticipation regular candidates must follow. are being considered. Commis- added. word from them got back to me on the part of the students. This In addition, the names of candi- sioning a professional songwriter and then . . .! All that was (Continued on Page 10) Tim Mock presented a revised dates who have filed for any giv- was thought to be too expensive. left as an idea was a story on "My Thanksgiving Holidays," but IN OTHER busi ness, the Sen- I intend to save that for my ate approved the formation of a Memoirs. Ex-Cuba Resident Says Missle Removal new student organization, the Rice University Student Educa- Finally I decided to write about tion Association. the Student Center and why it is Also announced during the not. Wishing to include a wide Not Enough To Curtail Communist Tide meeting was the need of the Na- range of views in the article I By MALCOLM TODD sured Khrushchev that, once the this is beside the point. Com- tional Student Association's Ed- sought other people's opinions: The writer of this article is the sun missiles were out, no move would munist revolutions have never ucational Travel Service for a "What do you think of the Stu- of a former Cuban newsman, Carlos be made against Cuba; and hoped been great mass upheavals. Dur- representative on campus. Per- dent Center as a whole?" "It is!" Todd, who was political editor for the ing the first, in Russia, as dur- sons interested in working for a was the answer usually given. Havana Times. He has seen both the' that the nations of the OAS Batista era, and two years of the WOuld "be disposed to proceed ing the latest, in Cuba, a small, commission s h o u 1 d see Bob The general consensus was that Castro regime, after which his family in the same manner." tightly organized group has suc- Clarke. the RMC is for the Bursar's bene- was forced to escape to avoid arrest. WHAT HAPPENED before the ceeded in gaining power by fit and not for ours. He is now a sophomore at Rice.—Ed. AAA/SAAAAAAAAAAAA/WVN/VAAAA/VSAAArf Bay of Pigs invasion has taken means of cunning timing and au- What should a student center The Administration has replace again: when the Red gov- dacity. It was after gaining pow- provide for the students? Well, ceived a sharp stare of alarm from the Latin American nations; ernment in Cuba has been in er that they used their marvel- KAY'S LOUNGE obviously, in a system such as grave danger of being crushed, ous talents for propaganda to ours, it should provide the mem- and for good reasons. Dean Rusk powerful forces have mobilized unite the population behind them, JANELLE BLACK bers of the various colleges, both recently had to outdo himself to themselves in order to make it until they could spring shut their o'n-and-off-campus, with a place calm several ambassadors from 2324 BISSONNET hold. steel trap. and opportunity for meeting in- the nations of the Organization formally — a neutral gathering of American States. On Oct. 27, For a brief moment, the Unit- WE MIGHT AS well fSalize place, so to speak. Mr. Kennedy replied to an un- ed States had assumed the lead- that if you are a Communist in publicized note from Khrushchev, ership of the hemisphere, and all the U.S., you are declaring your- TO AN extent ft does this for In Person regarding Cuba. o the Latin nations hurried under self to be at the service of your the off-campus people and has He stated that if the missiles its newly opened protective um- country's mortal enemy. Ameri- been for many years a "home THE were removed, the United States: brella. Then suddenly, somehow, cans do not ignore their tradi- away from home." Some refer to would be prepared to end the that protective' umbrella snapped tion of shunning totalitarian gov- it as the off-campus college. The blockade, and, that it would gua- shut. The fact is, that although ernment; and they are not wholly LIMELITERS colleges are, however, pulling rantee to take no invasion action the immediate military threat ignorant of Communism's bestial more and more of the non-resi- ! America's Most Exciting • rgainst Cuba. may have been eradicated, the nature. dents iri'to the college, especially Folk Trio political menace of the Caribbean Yet, in other countries, this is with their own broader programs. MR. KENNEDY added, "I an* satellite remains as it was be- not necessarily the case. If, for The RMC offers the on-campus confident that the other nations fore, a status quo now ensured instance, you are a Communist in j Music Hall people a place for coffee breaks of the Western Hemisphere will by the U.S., to its own detriment, Bolivia, you are simply a Com- and for walking through on their be disposed to proceed in the { Friday, Nov. 30 by its promise to leave Cuba munist. Not a traitor, nor a here- i way to the Campus Store. Many same manner." Just exactly what, alone. tic, nor an advocate of tyranny. people who don't wish to be the Latin American gentlemen | 8:15 P.M. Why has this happened? The groupy prefer to go to the col- were asking themselves, does this BEYOND THIS, there are the blockade is not nearly enough. It ( Tickets on sale at lege for coffee, crumpets, and mean ? stark realities of power politics. is: a foregone conclusion that the companionship—just as good (?) It may not be apparent to many j Bonds Ever since the San Jose Con- Red flag- will sprout from every and cheaper, too. Some have com- of us living in the ideological I Moses Melody Shop ference of the OAS in 1960, the nation on Latin soil, unless the plained that the RMC has no swaddles of the New Frontier, Discount Record Shop U.S. had been vainly trying to U.S. does something to stop it. place" for private or semi-private but the. U.S. has really done little l line up solid Latin American sup- The Communists cannot be stop- 'Palms Center Records conversations. Sammy's is noisy, in this past crisis, in view of the port for collective action against ped by protests and anguished I crowded . . . and there's a juke anticlimax. the Cuban Communist regime. State Department white papers | Tickets as low as $1.50 box. Other locations are either The Latin Americans will be This country had tried by every saying that Castro betrayed the overwhelmingly large or in the very clear on this. They are small j One Night Only means, from the succulent prom- revolution. They cannot be stop- center of a thoroughfare. (Continued on Page 8) ises of the Alliance for Progress ped by an isolated action like the i A MAJOR complaint has been to diplomatic pressures. This blockade. the lack of recreational facilities country had gotten nowhere; and at the RMC. The colleges can and suddenly it received decisive sup- WE MIGHT THINK that Ken- have duplicated the few that are port. nedy's great leap forward has offered: pool, ping pong, and TV. put the initiative with the U.S. THE SIGN TO i BUILD The juke box has also been the ON OCTOBER 23, after a It might have, but it has not. It subject of discussion since we re- short and urgent session, the has ended in a shabby deal. We YOUR FUTURE ON ! cently spent over $1500 for sound OAS voted unanimously to do have taken another sleeping pill. equipment which produces music that which the U.S. had long But let us not fool ourselves. you don't have to talk above. been after: to use collective ac- What have these missiles to The basement, of course, is the tion, including the use of armed do with whether Brazil goes principal area for which physical force, to eradicate the threat to Red? You might hear someone development is needed, or even the peace and security of the say that the Castro image will possible. In our grubby hole, hemisphere that the arrogant in- yose some of its luster, for the many improvements have been trusion of Soviet imperialism had masses of South America. Well, UNIVERSITY suggested: an enclosed, refur- posed. maybe so, and maybe not. No bished TV room; a furnished And now, with the situation one has proved that it holds lounge and card-playing area or *in hand, President Kennedy as- much luster now anyway, but a decent dance area. This would SAVINGS require a new floor, the juke box BREJLK THE STUDY HABIT could be moved down there as well as our new and beautiful vend- WITH A SNACK AT ing machines — make the basement an after-hours Sammy's. DUTCH KETTLE The project is being .currently HERMANN PROFESSIONAL BLDG. investigated by the Student Cen- BREAKFAST — LUNCH — DINNER ter Board and an organized plan CHARCOAL BROILER for improvement will be presented STEAKS — HAMBURGERS — HOME MADE PIES to the administration. Several barriers do exist. First, OPEN 24 HOURS the basement is being used for SHORT ORDERS TO GO JA 8-9121 6135 KIRBY DRIVE 5225 BELLAIRE BLVD. storing equipment such as tables Four THE THRESHER WED, NOVEMBER 28,1962 Chem. Building; To Be Remodeled FIFTEEN VOLUMES With $300,000 N.S.F. Assistance By BOB HAYES are being improved to a consid- Chicago Press To Publish Dr. Kenneth S. Pitzer an- erable degree, the cost of which nounced recently that Rice Uni- will be borne entirely by Rice. Semicentennial Proceedings versity has received a grant from THIS NEW expansion pro- the National Science Foundation gram is to be under the direction By LYN MARTIN stated, "These Semicentennial as the one growing out of the in^e amount of $300,000. .These of Dr. Richard B. Turner, Chair- Through an agreement with publications will make a very sub- Fast Neutron Conference, the funds have been granted express- man of the Department of Chem- the University of Chicago Press, stantial contribution of Rice Uni- anthropology symposium, and ly for the strengthening of re- istry, and will take approximately Rice University will make avail- versity to these fields of study. the series of economics lectures, search and graduate studies in two years to complete. It is to be able this year approximately fif- We confidently expect that they will unquetionably support them- chemistry at Rice. the most extensive program of teen volumes covering Semicen- will redound to our credit and to selves. Both Dr. Croneis and Dr. IN PARTICULAR, the Univer- its kind since the Chemistry tennial proceedings. the credit of the editors and auth- Higginbotham pointed out that sity intends to match the grant Building was constructed in Although plans are still some- ors involved." the University of Chicago Press in equal amount and to then 1924-25. what fluid, it is certain that the THE JACKET of the books has was extremely excited at the apply the resulting capital to- volumes will include one of Presi- been designed in blue and gray prospect of publishing Semicen- ward ^renovation and expansion Dr. Pitzer explained that while dent Pitzer's inauguration and with the Rice emblem and title tennial proceedings. of research facilities in chemistry. over the years continuous modi- fications have been made in both other Semicentennial ceremonies, of the book on the spine. With AS CHAIRMAN of the inaugu- At the same time, the under- a volume of the lectures given the exception of the architecture graduate chemistry laboratories facilities and laboratory instruc- ral committee, Dr. Higginbotham tion programs to keep pace with during the Academic Festival, volume, the books will be of is editor of the Semicentennial advances in chemistry, the Uni- and individual volumes on the standard format and style. ceremonies volume and of the various symposiums and series of versity had reached the point Dean of Students S. W. Hig- speeches of the Academic Festi- where a major renovation was lectures being sponsored by the Dr. Marcus Bloch, L-Hy. ginbotham explains that the val. These two volumes along necessary in order to employ the different departments. with Prehistoric Man in the New President books can thus be used as a set, use of the most modern instru- ALSO INCLUDED in the Sem- although each will stand on its World, edited by Dr. Edward Nor- ments in the teaching programs. icentennial publications will be a own and involve an individual beck, will be among the first to EASTERN MAGICAL ^AAAAA/WWAAAAAAAAAAAA/WSAAAAA^ commemorative volume dedicated contract. The volume on Semicen- appear, possibly at the beginning SOCIETY to Dr. Alan McKillop of the Eng- tennial ceremonies will be pri- of next year. BERNARD GOLD lish department. This particular marily for distribution to the Other volumes involving timely 240 Rivington Street Dispensing Optician book will be made up of contribu- delegates and speakers who at- "Contact Lenses" scientific information will be New York 2, N. Y. tions written by Dr. McKillop's tended. Rice expects to buy all of 2525 Rice Blvd. published within 90 days after the colleagues. these volumes. JA 4-3676 symposium. The volume on envir- Chancellor Carey *C r o n e i s Other volumes, however, such onmental radiation will be a volume of this type. It will be jointly edited by Dr. Adams and the THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANIES Atomic Energy Commission. "The possibility of what can be SALUTE: BILL TYLER done with these volumes is enor- mous," said Dr. Croneis. "It is Bill Tyler (B.S.E.E., 1958) is an Engineer with Southern he taught a magnetics theory course to high school science very likely that many of them Bell in Louisville. His specialty is telephone power equip- teachers. After hours, Bill j oins othej telephone people in will be used as textbooks not only ment. Recently he engineered power plant replacements fixing "Talking Machines" for the blind. in the United States but through- valued at nearly $300,000. Bill Tyler and other young engineers like him in Bell out the World." Previously, Bill was an Equipment Engineer. In that job Telephone Companies throughout the country help bring he prepared specs for power, carrier and repeater, tele- the finest communications service in the world to the homes typewriter and other equipment. On a special assignment, and businesses of a growing America. Hancock Directs, BELL TELEPHONE COMPANIES Play

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Freund Mirks Anniversary 'Holiday' At flice CD Shelter Assignments, Rice University has once again fallen under the studied As Doctor Of Philosophy eyes of the professional shut- Attack hstracticns Issued By DOUG HARLAN translator, critical editor, or- terbug. Carrying through on plans for Class I Graduates; Class III ganizer of foreign language "SHOOTING" the campus the safety of Rice students, staff, Graduates; Faculty, Employees, Dr. Max Freund, Rice pro- clubs, and as a frequent public during "non-Homecoming" was and faculty in a national em- and Staff; and Miscellaneous. fessor-emeritus of German, speaker in German, French, and Robert Phillips, photographer ergency, President Pitzer has Any member of the Rice stu- celebrated Thanksgiving in the English. Not only does he have for Holiday magazine. Mr. issued a detailed list of fall-out dent body or staff may leam his usual manner — with turkey and perfect command of these three Phillips' photographs will ac- shelter assignments. emergency destination by refer- dressing and the fellowship of languages, but he also has a company an article on Rice PITZER ASKED that those ring to the memorandum on the friends — and did not realize knowledge of twelve other lan- written by former student John who choose to use these non- subject currently being circulated. until later that Thanksgiving guages, ancient and modern, in- Graves, class of '30. obligatory facilities go to the Day had been a day of more cluding Greek and Latin. "It's a nostalgic piece called than customary significance. It "The Pangs of Change'," Phil- special area assigned and, once marked his Diamond Anniversary Before coming to Rice, Dr. lips explained. there, cooperate with shelter of- as a Doctor of Philosophy. Sixty Freund held positions at Uni- HOLIDAY magazine cov- ficials. years before, to the day, Mr. versity College, Liverpool, ers one university a year. The In case of expected attack, the FOR THE BEST: j Freund received his doctorate Queen's University of Belfast in article will appear in the spring steam whistle, at the Powerhouse from the University of Leipzig. Ireland (where he was appointed and the student can look for will give the following signals: by King Edward III and at 24 Friedrich Ernst Max Freund some interesting shots. Attack Alert, a three-to-five- was the youngest full professor HI Fl was born at Hainichen in the Mr. Phillips is noted for his minute steady blast; Take-Cover- in the British Empire), and at the Kingdom of Saxony on February unusual camera work. Immediately, three-to-f i v e-min- University of Manchester, Eng- 27, 1879. He matriculated at the ute series of short, intermittent, land, where he was an extern "We try to express an opin- University of Leipzig in 1898 or staccato blasts. When the STEREO i examiner. ion in our photographs," he a where he concentrated on Ger- commented. Take-Cover-Immediately signal is man, French, and English phi- HE WAS ELECTED a govern- heard, all the instructions as to lolgy and literature. or of Linen Hall Library and col- assigned area should be ignored FM HE ALSO studied at the Sor- laborated in publishing a Cata- and the nearest shelter should be •i bonne of the University of logue of Books of the Foreign used. Literature Section. Clarke And Paine Paris. He took his doctorate, A shelter commander and staff TAPE however, at- Leipzig on Novem- With the outbreak of World will be attached to each area, ber 22, 1902, with a dissertation War I, Dr. Freund, the "distin- Are Winners Of and the whole will be coordi- in the field of comparative guished foreigner," became Dr. nated from the Central Command literature entitled "Die Moralis- Freund, the "enenjy alien," and Military Awards Post in the Mechanical Labora- chen Erzaehlungen Marmontels." he lost his position at Belfast tory directed by the President. audio Dr. Freund, spry and remark- while visiting his family in Ger- Bob Clarke and Steven Paine SHELTER assignments have ably young for his 83 years, saw many. were recently named Distinguish- been made under the following- active service as a professor for AFTER LEAVING Belfast, he ed Military Students for the cur- general categories: Undergrad- 44 years—22 in the Old World went to the University of Gies- rent academic year by President uates and Class II Graduates; and 22 in the New. sen before he was drafted into K. S. Pitzer and Colonel L. B. center HE DISTINGUISHED himself the German army and sent to the Wilby, Professor of Military ^DROMGOOLE^S as a research scholar, literary Eastern front — much to his de- Science. light, for he did not wish to fight PROMOTED TO the rank of TYPEWRITER his English and French friends. Cadet Major was Bill Loesch, who inc His military career was ended will serve as Battalion Com- SHOP abruptly when he was felled by mander. Sights a Russian rifle shot—and his life In the Village 1424 Westheimer was further altered while con- Commanding the two compan- Typewriters . Calculators ies in the battalion will be Cadet valescing in a German hospital Adding Machines . Repairs Captains Bob Clarke and Douglas -And Sounds where he met the future Mrs. Rentals . Sales • JA 6-2166 Johnstone. Stephen Paine and JA 2-4323 2454 Bolsover By STBFAN OFFENBACH Freund. Continuing events: To help Riceites Ron Keating have been designated JA 9-9226 get back in the swing of loafing after In 1925 his international ex- Battalion Executive Officers and Two doors from Post Office a hard Thanksgiving vacation, the perience brough him an invita- will head two cadet staffs that movie theaters are holding over the tion to come to Rice Institute will alternate planning and con- most of their production. "Gigot," starring Jackie Gleason, will remain at the as professor of German and head ducting the weekly drill priod. of the department. He remained River Oaks; the Metropolitan will prob- Other recent promotions to the ably continue with "What Ever Hap- at Rice until retiring in 1947 as CHARM rank of Cadet Captain are Car- pened to Baby Jane," starring Betty the result of failing eyesight Davis and Joan Crawford; and the lin Johnston and Cordell Green, Headquarters Delunan - will probably hold over Jules brought about by uninterrupted who will serve as battalion opera- Houston's Largest Collection of Dassin's "Phaedra," starring Melina teaching and examining activi- Sterling Silver & 14Kt Gold Charms. Mercouri. The Tower has the longest tions officers on the two staffs. ties. At Nolen's in the Village you will movie, "The Longest Day," starring Darryl F. Zanuck. DR. FREUND is a member of find Charms for all occasions Birthdays Graduation Wednesday, November 28, Alley many outstanding scholastic so- i Sweethearts Anniversaries Theatre will oper* their production of cieties: Delta Phi Alpha, the School Going Steady a RINGS Brenan Behan's "The Hostage." The plot American Modern Language As-, DEAN'S Hobbies Mother is the story of a young British soldier sociation, American Association Sports Holidays held captive in a Dublin lodging house Special Charms and School Jewelry as hostage for the life of a cond#mn- of University Professors, and the GROCERETTE can be made up at Nolens—Jewelers _ ed Irish patriot. This comedy stars Peter Texas Historical Association to for Houston since 1918. Duryea and Ginger Wright and other mention but a few. members of the Alley Resident Com- Southgate & Travis pany. Pianist John Bell will provide the His most recent and most re- music for this John Wylie production. knowned writing, "Gustav Dre- BEER •IPLOMV The action starts at 8 p.m. opening sel's Houston Journal," publish- . - ICE night, 8:30 for the remainder of the ed in 1954, was hailed by the three-week run. "IN THE VILLAGE" German Ambassador as a "harb- SOFT DRINKS Thursday, November 2ft, the Houston i NOLEN 2529 University Blvd. Grand Opera Association will present inger of the restored friendship their version of Verdi's "II Trovatore." between the USA and Germany." It will star Flaviano Labo as Manrico, EACH YEAR the Max Freund Elinor Ross as Leonora, Irene Krama- Prize is presented to the best rich as Azucena, and Enzo Sordello as A THE &uu(Might, emulation, £ ... Count di Luna. The plot is the story Rice student in his junior year a jjivta, cojjffn Uj, tkt ruuxl Coflikou4e of a gypsy's revenge, of love, of battle, of the study of German. The Vwddiixcyi... ^(^udMtsL p

o Six THE THRESHES WED. NOVEMBER 28. 1963 New Professor 'University Studies' To Be Co-Editor, History Lecturer Succeeds Pamphlet By ALBERT LOWEY-BALL which will appear on a quarterly June will see a change in the basis, have come out this year. History department with the The Rice University Studies is A faculty group, the Rice arrival of Dr. Phillip F. Det- the title given to a new Rice Studies Committee, composed of weiler, who will replace Dr. Wil- publication which has come out Professors Norbeck (chairman), liam W» Abbot as Associate Pro- this year. Busch, Enders, and Williams, di- fessor of History and Editor of The new magazine is a suc- the Journal of Southern History. rects the operation of the mag- cessor to The Rice Pamphlet, a azine with Norbeck as editor and DR. ABBOT is going to Wil- publication which the Institute Mrs. Hardin Craig as assistant liam and Mary to be Editor of began in 1912 as a quarterly editor. the William and Mary Quarterly. journal devoted to scholarly THREE ISSUES have already He will also direct a graduate studies. Gradually the publica- been planned for 1963, the first program. Dr. Abbot, who came to tion of the pamphlet became more of these being a mathematical Rice in 1961, will take up his and more irregular, and it study entitled, "Asymptomatic new post in February, eventually changed into a kind Values of Holomorphic Func- of service magazine and bulletin Professor Detweiler is pres- tions," by Professor Gerald R. for the administration. ently on the faculty at Tulane MacLane; the second issue will University and is editor of the THIS YEAR, the title and feature an article on the eco- Mississippi Valley Historical Re- format of the publication were nomics of the oil industry by Dr. view. The Review has lost its radically changed, and once again Henry B. Steele. support at Tulane and will move its main line is scholarly and Dr. Norbeck explained that the to Indiana when Dr. Detweiler scientific research. Three num- journal will consider works of comes to Rice. bers of the new publication, "scholarly and scientific value" THE PERIOD of the Young from any one connected with Republic (i.e. 1776-1829) is Dr. Rice: faculty, graduate students, Detweiler's field of specialization, PRINCESS FRED fights sleep in this scene from the Director Speaks and perhaps even precocious thus he will probably participate Elizabeth Baldwin Literary Society melodrama "Once undergraduates. Before publica- in the History 110 tutorial pro- tion, each work is evaluated by gram. Upon a Mattress, which will be presented Friday and Sat- To Rice Students urday, November 30 and December 1, at 8 pm in Hamman an appropriate committee of ex- The Spring issue of the Journal On Peace Corps perts from each field. Each num- of Southern History will be com- Hall. ber will contain only articles con- pleted before Dr. Abbot leaves Featured in the presentation will be Anne d'Olier BY JOHN HAMILTON cerning a single, general sub- Rice, and his History 100 sec- (above), John Blinn, Carole Riggs, and Freddie White as A one-man ad campaign for the ject. For longer articles, the tions will be assumed by other publication will run a separate, members of the department. the members of a royal family in a kingdom noted for Peace Corps in the person of Mr. palace intrigue and court flirtation. Harry R. Van Cleve, Director of irregular and supplementary series of publications. Tickets are on sale every day this week in the Student Training, descended on the Uni- versity November 14. Most of his —o- Sabin Vaccine Center and every evening in the mens' colleges; they'may activities were directed at ans- Polio vaccine of the Sabin also be purchased from any member of the society." The wering questions student about variety (oral), type 2 (3rd in price is 85 cents per ticket. the Corps. the series), will be offered all Methodist Expert Rice students, faculty, staff and Many of the questions asked dependents on Sunday, Decem- Mr. Van Cleve concerned college On Coptic Church Pitzer Sees Basic Disciplines As students, in the Peace Corps. He ber 2nd, from 2:00 p.m. until Arrives For Talks 6:00 p.m. It will be given at the stated that most of the volunteers had some college training student, health service in Hans- Bridges To New Understanding Dr. Otto Meinardus, Associate although it is not required. zen college. BY EUGENE KEILIN point" that "scientists and pro- Professor of Religion at the MANY STUDENTS join in or- fessionals in humanities don't un- American University of Cairo, Admitting that there was some der to get away from the pres- derstand each other well." Egypt, will speak in the Rice difficulty in the communication sures of school and family be- PRESIDENT Pitzer acknowl- Chapel Thursday evening at 7:15 among specialists in different fore making the important de- edged that the basic division is pm. He will discuss the meeting disciplines, Rice President K. S. cisions of their lives. "formally recognized in the ad- of Eastern and Western cultures. Pitzer suggested that the "best The qualifications, he pointed LAMAR LANES we can do"is for everyone to learn misisons quotas at Rice. I doubt MEINARDUS, who has studied if it is feasible to keep all stu- out, are very loose. An applicant in Germany, England, and the enough in his own principal field must be over eighteen years, a 2727 TIMMONS to be able to communicate with dents together under one pro- United States, is recognized as a gram past the high school level. citizen, in good health and with- leading authority on the Coptic At 3600 Block the others. out dependents outside the Corps. "Our only hope," he continued", Church, a Christian body in of Westheimer Discussing the problem posed The selection of members is made "is that a reasonable portion of Egypt which traces its origin to MO 4-1454 by C. P. Snow in his book, "The to meet the needs: of the country the student's time will be spent the Apostle Mark and which sep- Two Cultures," President Pitzer requesting aid. "Where Intramural in other disciplines." arated from Orthodoxy in a dis- told an Autry-House audience The key to bridging the under- MOST OFTEN requested are pute concerning the natures of Bowling Is Held" on November 18 that "there is a standing gap, the President arg- teachers of language, science, and Christ. good deal of truth in Snow's ued, was to recognize certain dis- math and advisors in agriculture, The 37-year-old professor and ciplines as more basic than oth- engineering, banking, and mark- ordained minister of the Metho- ers. Our own language, foreign eting. dist Church will be on the Rice languages and mathematics, the The normal term of service is campus for two weeks to speak language of science, are exam- two years with one month vaca- in chapel and lecture in some ples. tion each year. During this time classes. He has made several ex- military deferment is given, al- "WITHOUT THIS," he contin- peditions in Egypt, one of them though no permanent exemption ued, "it is almost impossible to in 1951, which retraced the steps can be promised. achieve communication, particu- of the Holy Family in the Delta larly with scientists." VAN CLEVE expressed the and Valley of the Nile. For these reasons the Rice hope that by next year the Corps would have 10,000 members. This President advised avoiding spe- FREE PROFESSIONAL cial courses aimed at students not is probably a maximum because planning to specialize in the dis- of financial limitations. Some of TRAVEL SERVICE cipline. these volunteers will be in particularly hostile nations such as Call If courses are organized so Guinea and Ghana. Marilyn "Bootsie" Cope that the general principles; are Your Travel Consultant presented in the first course with Mr. Van Cleve sees the Corps the specifics saved for later, as an important branch of Amer- "specialists and other students ican foreign policy, demonstrat- HOLIDAY can be kept together." ing the "best spirit of the United TRAVEL AGENCY President Pitzer observed that States" and at the same time as 2131 Westhekner JA 6-1187 this should lead to better teach- a broadening and enlightening ing because the principle of gen- experience for the volunteers. eral interest will be emphasized, leaving the tools for more ad- W. HOLCOMBE vanced courses. The President was referring .to ONE HOUR MARTINIZING the kind of introductory courses normally taught at Rice, although Our Clever Cleaners Clean Clothes Carefully he pointed out that some schools, UNIVERSITY BLVD. such as the University of Califor- Don't be a meat-head! Get Vitalis with V-7. 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'{ WED., NOVEMBER 28, 1962 THE THRESHER Seven OHIO STATE WITHDRAWS the vote was close. The vote breakdown showed that the Prognosticators Tie "Greeks" voted almost solidly •First prize winners in the "no," while the "Quads," home Fourth Viceroy football contest of the "hierarchy," and of the were Mark Reese and Ed Snow, Schools Question NSA Affiliation vast majority of students at who will each receive a $63 BY HARVEY POLLARD he thought that the vote was attitudes, leaving Vanderbilt with Michigan, swung the vote to the award. The National Student Associa- largely the result of misunder- no companions but "ole Miss." "yes" column. Additional checks for $10 tion, which Rice joined last standing the role of a national THE UNIVERSITY of Michi- were won by Charles J. Ander- March, has received a disaffilia- student union. gan's joust with NSA was pro- son, Ricky Blume, Richard tion notice from Ohio State Uni- At OSU, the vote was 4859 to moted by what the Michigan Gifts To Wear Fowler, Cordell Hayman, Alvin versity, and narrowly survived 2607, about 20% of the eligible Daily called the "Inter-

Students Attracted To 'Finlandia' The Complete Poop On Fellowships A comprehensive catalog describing fellowships in the Arts and Sciences for 1962-63 ihas been made available for Rice stu- As Alternative To 'Rice's Honor' dents by Dr. W. H. Masterson, Dean of Humanities. THE CATALOG, prepared by the American Council on Edu- By JOHN BEHRMAN hastily by the Thresher tended to A committee has been estab- cation, contains information of interest to both S-E and Academic At the A&M game a week ago, favor a new alma mater and, of lished by the Student Association majors, Dean Masterson said. "It will help students to locate at least some Rice students and the two choices, seemed to prefer to select an alma mater to re- easily all scholarships for which they are eligible," he added. faculty were able to hear and Included in the 100-page booklet are predoctoral fellowships, "Finlandia." place "Rice's Honor." Upon adop- appraise two suggested alterna- postdoctoral fellowships, and loans for graduate, summer, and tion of a new song, "Rice's Hon- tives to the alma mater. These ONE STUDENT found "Fin- overseas study. or" would be used as a fight two were the long-standing but landia" "exultant" while the other Dean Masterson said that the booklet would be placed on obscure "Rice Hymn" and the seemed "a trite composite of song. The committee members reserve in his office, 236 Rayzor Hall, for any interested students. theme from "Finlandia," a tone a half dozen popular school are: Tommy Trump, James Lit- poem by Sibelius. songs." What dissatisfaction that tle, Paul Noble, Robert Zelenka, The music was played by the was expressed with "Finlandia" Tom L. Wilson, Patricia Ready, Latin America Will Go With Winner; Rice band prior to the game and was primarily with the words. and Jim New. the words were distributed to the students as they took their seats. Communists Picture Declining U.S. To the theme from Finlandia: (Continued from Page 3) It is sadly true, that if this A STUDENT assessment of nations, and cannot afford the country is to remain the one each song's merit was hampered This is our home, wherever we may wander, luxury of deceiving themselves:. white hope of humanity, if it is They realize they are no match by the fact that "Finlandia" was Dispersed in life, though we may always be. to preserve its freedom, it will played while most of the male for Soviet Russia. They have to have to act. There are no ifs or students were on the field and To Rice we sing, in fellowship and honor, sniff the winds, and then deter- buts; we must act, and the sooner the "Rice Hymn" was drowned We live with hope, with heart and reason free. mine policy. An those winds are the better. out by delegates to a farm bureau blowing ill, for the United States. To Rice we sing, with lasting pride, forever; The time is past when we can convention excited at the picture sit silently by and wring our ON THE MAINLAND itself, of thirty-odd Future Farmers And time cannot efface her memory. hands and issue white papers, as Soviets paint in brilliant coloi-s trotting onto the pasture. the State Department did, and the picture of a declining United say things like "Castro betrayed As far as they were able to The Rice Hymn: States, enervated, paralyzed, rob assess them, the students polled the revolution." Let Honor be your watchword; bed of the ability to act. This country worries: about popularity NONSENSE. How can we say Let Courage be your shield; ADMISSIONS- —about what the other fellow that a Communist betrayed a Let Pride and Glory follow will say—in a world that couldn't successful Communist revolu- (Continued from Page 7) care less. "You are with Commun- Your achievement in the field; tion? Cuba is a Communist coun- are supplying manpower for Pro- ism or against it!" This has be- try. Castro led a successful Com- ject Hospitality. Class officers In years to come you'll treasure her, come the cry in all of Latin munist revolution in Cuba. urged anyone interested in help- For she was once your home; America. And never forget that Yet, that is what the State De- ing with the project to contact people always wish to be on the And let this be your hymn to Rice partment said 4n its white paper Mis? Anna Byrne or Miss Wendy winning side. So far, the United Castro betrayed the revolution. Stern. Wherever you may roam. States is losing. . Do these gentlemen of the State Department not understand what Communism is all about? Do they not understand the dialec- tics and semantics and the upside- down language — war is peace, black is white, negotiations meaning an extension or an in- strument of war? I do not know why we insist that this situation does not re- i quire measures of the utmost rig- or; I merely note that we do. We had better remember the classic definition of Communism, given by a Latin diplomat: "Com- jm munism is the product of the apathy of the. many, and the au- dacity of the few." IN THE PAST, this country never wavered, never hesitated, never counted the risks, never considered the odds— and it won. Now, it cannot allow its precious heritage of freedom t o b e de- stroyed. The fate of the entire world is at stake. America holds; too much of the future of mankind to allow it to slip so heart-rend- ingly from its hands. o PITZER- (Continued from Page 6) part of the author's thesis that insists an art's culture, composed of members of the government and the estalishment, educated in the humanities, are not doing Hungry well at running the country and that a scientist's culture could for flavor? Tonytofi do better. "Science is not useful in pre- TareytorCs dicting the reactions of a single w individual in a whole complex of circumstances," the President got it! said, "although the whole safety o f a country may depend o n proper analysis." As an illustration, Dr. Pitzer referred to the need for President "Tareyton's Dual Filter in duas partes divisa est!" Kennedy to be able to predict the reactions o f Soviet Premier says Titus (The Chisel) Aurelius, Ars '63 B.C. "'0 temporal O mores!', I used to wail," says The Chisel, Khruschev. "where today can you get a filter cigarette with some flavor? Then I discovered Tareyton—the magnum opus in • SCIENCE IS, of course, a part ' cigarettes. Put a pack in your toga and enjoy de gustibus / p* |api|pv^^ of the culture. Within the culture N you never thought you'd get from any filter cigarette" (J Bill itself, there is a continuing pro- J cess involving the movement of Dual Filter makes the difference people with intensive scientific training into positions of wide DUAL FiLTEnTareyton responsibility. These people bring fniad ef « .J their experience into the estab-

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(They centennial medallion from the college age, will meet at the First the value of counterforce is might also be required as insur- Dean of Students' office begin- Unitarian Church, 5210 Fannin, For One-Aet Play marginal. The major deterring ance against the possibility of ning Friday. To receive the med- for supper and discussion. factor is the certainty that we war.) I hope that I am listing al, students must sign a state- Will Harris will present as the Would you like to make will destroy a large percentage this possibility merely for the ment declaring that they took topic for discusion on "The Im- twenty-five quick dollars in your of the Soviet Union's wealth sake of completeness. part in the processions. plicatons of Scientific Analysis." spare time? Write a play! and population, if we are at- (Continued next week) Medallions are available for All are invited. The Rice Players are conduct- tacked. There will clearly be non-senior members of the band * * * ing a one-act play writing con- and chorus, as well as those who test with a prize of $25 for the more deterrent if we are cap- November Grades — Non-resi- able of "winning" the war, but MEL LACK- received special invitations to the best entry. the amount is more likely to be evening festivities. dent Freshmen and sophomores Plays should have a production small. (Continued from Page 3) • * * may receive their November time of approximately thirty grades from the Master of their (2) DETERRENCE of major would involve a campaign of en- French Film—The French Film minutes; otherwise there is no non-nuclear provocation, such as couragement and advertisement. college this week. restrictions on characters, sets, Club, Les Hiboux, will present * # * an all-out conventional attack Movies are enjoyed by everyone Jean-Paul Sartre's "Les Mains staging or any other facet of the on Western Europe. In "The who attends, and the quality has Sales" tonight at 8:00 in Ham- Journal Editor—A Rice Uni- entries. Uncertain Trumpet" Gen. M. D. been exceptional. I don't know man Hall. Admission is free to versity graduate has been named Taylor argues that NATO could whether we've repaid the debt THE INTENTION is that one members. editor of the Journal of the or more of the entries will be defend Europe against such an * * * from the Johnny Flash concert American Chemical Society, con- attack by conventional methods acted and directed by Rice stu- yet, but we'll all be glad when sidered to be the top editorship or with the use of tactical nu- Chemical Grant—Gifts to Texas dents for the one-act play work- the price is again 9c like in the in American chemistry. c 1 e a r weapons. Counterforce, good ol' days. colleges of $11,000 were an- shop performance in March; the Dr. Marshall D. Gates, Profes- winning play will, of course, be again, adds a marginal deter- Another worthwhile project nounced this week by E. S. Roth- sor of Chemistry at the Univer- given top consideration. rence. which the RMC board might un- rock, General Manager and Ex- ecutive Vice-President of the sity of Rochester, received his (3) DETERRENCE of limited dertake is the providing of a bet- Manuscripts are to be turned Consolidated Chemical Division Bachelor's and Master's degree at war. The best deterrent to lim- ter means of communication for in to Mr. Jim Heath, Players' of Stauffer Chemical Company. Rice before he received a Ph. D. ited wars is to plan far enough use by all student organizations. sponsor, either in his office, 101 Included was a donation of in organic chemistry in 1941 into the future to be able to avoid Instead of a few tripod stands Rayzor Hall, or in care of the them. Granted the impossibility $5,000 to Rice University. from Harvard University. clothed in multicolored announce- Si! * * Department of -Foreign Lan- of that, the next best way to ments, why not a calendar? The Dr. Gates has been assistant guages, 220 Rayzor Hall. Religious Liberals—At 6:00 pm deter them is to be able to fight monthly calendar would have editor of the Journal of the effectively and win them. Clear- spaces for each day large enough American Chemical Society since THE PLAYS will be judged ly this does not involve the use 1049. by Carl Benson of the Alley for all events to be listed. Each # * * of intercontinental delivery sys- organization could write in the Theatre, Dr. Gerald O'Grady of tems and megaton weapons. various information on its sched- Parachute Pro Janus Deadline—Creative con- the English Department, and an- (1) A SITUATION in which uled events, thus keeping the tributions for Janus should be other Rice Professor not yet de- the U. S. plans to strike first students constantly informed of turned in by the end of next week signated. Further information (i.e., "preventive" war or pre- everything which is to happen. To Lecture At at 340 Fondren Library or 181 may be obtained from James An- emptive war). A counterforce The posters with additional Baker College. derson, co-ordinator in charge of capability is clearly essential in blurb would be posted on the Hanszen College * * * the contest, 6206 Grand, Apt. 20, this case. In order to minimize bulletin board surrounding the How does it feel to fall at 120 RI-7-5732.' the effects of the enemy's sui'- Informal College Night—Wiess calendar. miles per hour? What does the The Players reserve the right viving forces extensive active and opening shock of a parachute College will present backfield There are, I am sure, many to awjEyrd no prize if no play of passive (civil) defense capabili- feel like? How hard do you Fand coach Bo Hagan in an informal other opinions, both praise and sufficient merit is submitted. criticism, beside's mine and the with a parachute ? college night "tomorrow night. He people with whom I talked. We QUESTIONS such as these will will show films of the LSIT, Texas, and Arkansas games. All have a student center board which probably be answered Monday THRESHING- are invited to the informal talk (Continued from Page 2) provides us with a liaison to the night, December 3, at 6:30 pm when Hanszen College will pre- at 6:45 in the college commons. occasion. Next time let's elect administration and there should * * * Staff Scientists someone who has enough good not have to be a liaison between sent Carlos Wallace, the general manager of the Parachuting Cen- judgment to make such a suit- the students and the Student Cen- The contract for the publish- ter of Houston, Inc. To Read Papers able choice, and who will repre- ter board. We need to make the ing of the 1963 Campanile has sent the entire student body. Rice Memorial Center into a Mr. Wallace, holder of a piass been let -to Taylor Publishing D Parachuting license (the high- At Annual Meet R. A. HAYES Student Center, or else rent it out Company of Dallas, Texas. est license obtainable) has made Hanszen '63 to Loew's State. The Campaftile Committee, By MIMI MUNSON 700 jumps and is an instructor composed of the Dean of Stu- in the sport of skydiving. dents, the President and Treasur- The National Academy of Sci- WHEN MONEY MATTERS Mr. Wallace will have with him er of the Student Asociation, and ence's autumn meeting will be a film taken during a minute and the Editor and the Business Man- held from November 29 to De- ten second free-fall by three sky- ager of the Campanile, awarded cember 1 at the University of divers in the Houston area. He SEE TNB the contract after hearing two Texas and will be attended by will also have several slides and presentations from the companies representatives from thirty col- various parachuting equipment. submitting bids. leges, research laboratories, and Texas National FIVE MEMBERS of Hanszen government agencies. Bank. College have already made their OP HOUSTON The purpose of the meeting is Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation first jump in this new growing sport. the reading of fifty-seven sci- QEAN- entific papers by members of the Academy and by other sci- 1 (Continued from Page 1) entists sponsored by members. concerned and obviously moved by Both of Rice's Academy mem- the two suicides of Rice students bers, President Pitzer and Dr. BILL WILLIAMS Houston, will be present. in the last two years. "We have had some very shocking things The twenty-one papers to be recently," he said. 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