What Do You Really Know About Rice?

Rice mourns the passing of one of its at Chicago, he also served as a member most dedicated educators, Dr. Carey of the National Defense Research Council Croneis, chancellor emeritus, who died on and as director of the Hall of Science for January 22 after a long illness. Croneis, the Chicago World's Fair in 1934. (3A Denison University, 1922; MS Univer- He left Chicago in 1944 to become the sity of Kansas at Lawrence, 1923; PhD fifth president of Beloit College in Wiscon- Harvard, 1928) designed and implemented sin. the nationally-known Geology Department When he left Beloit in 1954 he took with at Rice. him a blueprint for a Geology Department More than the honors and recognition he at Rice which he had drawn up while he brought to himself and to Rice, the campus was president of the American Geology community will miss his warmth, his wit Institute the year before. During his first and his guidance. years at Rice he served as provost and, He taught at the University of Arkansas in 1960, was named acting president until and at the University of Chicago where he Kenneth Pitzer took office. He was created the geology section of the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. While Continued on page 11 1915 Robert Granville Caldwell, who 1942 During the war years Lear ran the studied under the renowned Professor E. S. department by himself. Katherine Fischer Drew, What do you Corwin at Princeton, started the history depart- class of 1945 and one of his graduate students ment at Rice and later became the first dean of (and today, chairman of the department), did really the Institute. Albert L. Gueraud, the first chair- her first lecturing in 1945 when Lear was ill for know man of the Department of Romance Languages, a month or so. During this time, Lear, a medi- taught French History until 1925. evalist, had to organize and teach courses in about Rice? 1918 S. G. McCann received one of the American History, Naval History and Foreign first graduate degrees at Rice in 1917. He stayed Policy. "A wonderful experience," Lear recalls. on to teach History 200(later 310), Jurisprudence 1946 C. M.(Hank) Hudspeth, class of 1940, 300 (now called Law and Society) and the lineal took over McCann's course in government and ancestor of the present Political Science 210, Hardin Craig, Jr. came in Contemporary and the oldest Rice course given continUously. Maritime History. Craig was University Librarian 1919 Curtis Howe Walker came, with a for 15 years. This was the beginning of the PhD from Yale, to teach English and European department's expansion and by 1950 the nucleus History. His departure in 1927 left a gap in the of the present department was formed. study of early Europe. "He was an extremely 1948 W. H. Masterson, class of 1935, came good medievalist," said Lear. to teach American History. He later became Dean of Humanities. 1949 Ed Phillips joined the American His- tory staff. 1955 Frank Vandiver, who is now provost a Rice is 4.800 trees and 42 buildings on 367 of the University, brought Southern and Military e„res south of downtown Houston. History into the curriculum. He was followed by Nice is 40 administrators and 860 staff Andrew Forrest Muir, an alumnus and "an Members. outstanding authority on Texas History." f Rice is 30 academic departments with 350 1956 Edmund Peckham in American His- r,l.cultY members: 120 professors, 72 associate tory and William H. Nelson in English History, 'tr c'tessors, 103 assistant professors, 12 instruc- were hired. °ts.and 35 lecturers. 1959 Francis L. Loewenheim joined the „RIce is 18,225 alumni, 2,465 undergraduates staff in German and Diplomatic European 656 graduate students. History. w And, beneath the surface of figures and facts, 1960 Nelson took over the department's hat else do you know about Rice today? chairmanship from Lear. 1961 Sanford W. Higginbotham, another chlo see how Rice Institute/University has alumnus, 1934, returned from the University of v2rIged over the years, one must look into the Mississippi to teach American and Southern :rY core of the living community—the academic 1927 Harry Lee Bowen, a Modern Euro- History. `sIe)l.artments. This article marks the first in a pean scholar from Johns Hopkins, was brought 1962 Nelson and President Pitzer dis- w,erie,s of perspectives on the strengths and in to replace Walker in European History. He agreed over the role of graduate studies at Rice th'aKhesses of education at Rice, as seen helped to develop the department's national and Nelson moved to the University of Toronto. r°1-1gh the eyes of the professors. reputation. About this time, Professor Austin Vandiver was chairman for a short time and then Marden, a somewhat eccentric, yet brilliant turned it over to Drew, who held the position Cambridge man, came to teach English History. during the Semicentennial. 1932 Bowen left to be replaced by Lynn M. 1963 R. John Rath came from UT to History Department Case who taught Modern European and Ameri- assume the chairmanship, bringing with him the can History. He, also, lent prestige to the study of Austrian History and later the Austrian :iie rhe history department was extremely priv- department and was responsible for much of History Yearbook. 9ed to have its character molded by such Rice's early reputation in Modern European preat men as Lear, Case and Potter," said Dr. History. He later returned to the University of Departmental expansion toank Vandiver, professor of history. Referring Pennsylvania. During the last 10 years the history depart- Dr. Floyd S. Lear, he said, "the presence of a 1933 Dr. Caldwell left to become President ment has reflected the phenomenal growth in rn eat scholar imposes a challenge on the other Roosevelt's American minister to Portugal and humanities at Rice. The department now has e me hibers of his discipline." Dr. Lear took over as department chairman. 11 faculty members in addition to Lear, Drew, torLear, Trustee Distinguished Professor of His- Barnes Lathrop, a Rice alumnus, 1930, taught Vandiver, Higginbotham, Loewenheim and Rath, came7 from Harvard in 1925 and is one of the American History after Dr. Caldwell left. Dr. for a total of seven full professors, three me f,'est and most respected members of the Rice Lathrop later became chairman of the history associate professors, six assistant professors gcUlty. department at UT. and one instructor. Rice funds support thirteen Although Greek his area of research and teaching is 1938 David M. Potter came from the Uni- of them and there are four endowed chairs. and Roman History, he also taught Amer- versity of Mississippi to teach American and There has been a broadening of the depart- w'In ment from an emphasis of American History to me History for 10 years and, during the Second Southern History. A most distinguished pro- (3,1 r.lci War, was Rice's only history professor. fessor, he later taught at Yale and Stanford and a more balanced course offering. to;118 sharp memory skims quickly over the his- became the president of the American Historical of his department: Association. Continued on page 6 me December 1971 January 1972 Sallyport president; W. V. Ballew, Jr. '40, past president; Margaret Sallyport Heinzerling '34, first vice president; Juanita McG inty second vice president; Walter D. Murphy '48, treasurer Frank L. Dent '59, executive director Publications Committee Karyn L. Callaway, editor David Farnsworth '42, chairman; Marjorie Arsht '33, W. V. Ballew, Jr. '40, Dr. Sid Burrus '58, Karyn L. Callaway, President Norman Hackerman, Jerlyn Mardis '71, Roy Sallyport is published bi-monthly by the Association of Nolen '61, Dr. Charles Philpott, Dr. Paul Pfeiffer '38, Rice Alumni. Subscription rate, $3 per year, $.50 per issue. Betsy Winslow '62. Mailed without charge to all members of the Association, senior class, faculty and staff of Rice University. Editorial Standing Committee Chairmen offices, second floor, Rice Memorial Center. Address Neal Lacey '52, admissions; T. Frank Glass, Jr. '39, are all correspondence to: Alumni Publications Office, Rice clubs; Cape DeWitt '39, athletics; Walter D. Murphy '48; University, P. 0. Box 1892, Houston, Texas 77001. budget; James Bernhard '59, classes and reunions; Bill Collins '52 education; Roy Shaw '61, membership; Officers George Pierce '42, nominations for Alumni-Governor; John F. Heard '40, president; Gus Schill, Jr. '55, incoming Harry Reasoner '60, nominations for executive board. recognition of graduate students who current students. Reverberations complete all work for their PhD except February the dissertation. I did courses, languages, 3• 13• 72 N I oral and written prelims, and all I have "Strains and Opportunities in U S -China to indicate my work is a BA. There should Relations," a lecture by Dr. Robert KapP; 0 be a preliminary degree such as Doctor assistant professor of history, in the Socierl Stadium club room: more no votes of Arts or Doctor of English Literature. 21 171 72 of Rice Women Seminar Series. Admissior Can't the alumni association lobby a bit The Chapel Lecture Series presents the $3. 12:30 p.m. Biology Lecture Hall 131. We wish to add our names to the list to bring Rice into the contemporary Rice Chorale singing Thomas Avinger's of those opposed to the spending of world in this area? ... "Sorrow and Joy." The chorale will be di- 3 I 141 72 I $350,000 for construction of a club room rected by Donald Strong and accompanied Concert by classical pianists Gold and in the Rice Stadium (see letters by Randall Ackley by eight instruments from the Houston Fizdale with a slide presentation in con- Messrs.

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