Rice legal counsel OK's liquor license for student pub by STEVE GOLVACH In a letter, dated April 19, to ning four major legal questions: pub once it is open? beer-wine facility is understood The University Pub for the Dean of Students Fred A. Wier- (1) Who should actually hold the and closely followed. basement of Sammy's came one um, the law firm reported that, license? (2) What exi The report could find no legal The report also said that step closer to reality this week "Rice should not be greatly af- abilities would the university P barriers to the opening of the "There is no sustainable argu- after Baker & Botts, the Univer- fected from a. legal standpoint cur as a result pub, but did urge caution to ment that the property would sity's law firm, returned a favor- by the operation of a Wine and Would theri e sure that the university has become part of the public do- able opinion on several legal Beer Retailer's Permit [sic]." change in fficient liability insurance co- main ... by merely opening the questions which had halted the status? The letter presented a sum- unive rage and that the complex set facility for the sale of beer." project temporarily. „ mary of relevant statutes concer- tain coni f rules regarding operation of a Both Dean Wierum and the Pub Committee members inter- preted the letter with great op- It's not over. timism. The Pub Committee is sche- duled to meet again this Friday to discuss the immediate future of the proposed pub. Items to be discussed include summer con- 11® struction plans and selection of pub management.

The Board of Governors should have a chance to review the pub proposals and the long- It's just started. awaited legal opinions at their meeting this month. Passage of the proposal is anticipated. volume 61, number 30 thursday, april 25, 1974 The lawyers' findings should also help solve Valhalla's (the graduate students lounge's) li- Men's colleges face severe overcrowding censing problems. After talking ,-

The 1974 winners of the an- ther four faculty members equally, ratherb than being nual George R. Brown awards named. Of the seven winners, weighted in favor of the earlier for outstanding teaching among three are from Science and En- class as was previously done. Rice faculty have been announ- gineering and four from the Hu- The two alumni groups polled ced. The $4000 George R. manities and Social Sciences. were the class of 1969 and the Brown Prize for Excellency in Funds for the annual awards class of 1972. The ballots were Teaching has been awarded to were made available in 1967 by accompanied by letters from Dr. Harry A. Deans, Professor of the Brown Foundation at the di- President Hackerman and from Chemical Engineering. Dr. rection of Mr. George R. Brown. SA President Steve Golvach, and Deans, who in 1970 received the each qualified alumnus was Brown Award for Superior Tea- Procedure and eligibility rules asked to vote in preferential or- ching, is. the first member of the governing the Prize for Excellen- der for three Rice Faculty whom engineering faculty to win the cy and the six Awards for Super- he found to be particularly out- top prize. ior Teaching were modified this standing or effective as teachers. past winter. Ballots were mailed From both classes, 265 students The six winners of George R. to the recipients of four- responded, naming 155 from a Brown Awards for Superior Tea- bachelor's degrees of two and total of 421 faculty. Although ching, each of which is for five years past rather than three faculty must be currently teach- $1000, aredDr. C. Sidney Burrus, and eight years past. ing in order to qualify for one of Associate Professor of Electrical This year, the votes from the (Continued on page 7) Engineering; Dr. Charles Garside, two alumni classes were counted Jr., Associate Professor of His- tory; Dr. Neal E. Lane, Professor CommeBcement set for May 11 of Physics and Space Physics and Astronomy; Dr. William C. Mar- The 61st Commencement at Rice -University will be tin, Associate Professor of Socio- held Saturday, May 11, on the East Lawn of Lovett Hall. logy, and Dr. David Minter, As- Approximately 575 bachelor's, 85 master's, and 245 sociate Professor of English. graduate degrees will be awarded. t» Commencement activities will include the presentation Two of the six have each re- of University prizes and awards at 10am at Cohen House, ceived a previous Award for Su- perior ^Teaching, Dr. Burrus in the ROTC commissioning ceremony at 2pm at Hamman 1969 and Dr. Garside last year. Hall, and President and Mrs. Hackerman's reception for degree candidates immediately after the Commencement This is the first award for the o- ceremonies, also at Cohen House. editorial In a couple of weeks, we'll all be leaving Rice. And a lot threshlng-lt-out of us won't be back. Some hocus-pocus with a piece of sheepskin at Commencement, and we're no longer stu- Thresher, Jackson praised dents; we've made it. We're graduates. Alumni. To the editor: change during what is supposed much improved status and for gi- One of the primary effects of graduation is that you're The Rice Thresher has come a to be a lethargic second semester ving it the future potential to freed from the bounds of the hedges. Indeed, you no lon- long way in the last two years of his senior year points out so continue that improvement in ger have to have anything whatsoever to do with Rice. under the leadership and direc- clearly Steve's unselfish devotion the years to come. Some people think this is just fine. Some, indeed, have tion of its editor Steve Jackson. to and pride in his work which As an associate and a friend, I have been ever-present during would personally like to say waited for years for just this moment, but some alumni, During his two-year term as ed- itor, Steve has brought the the last two years. I think the thanks, Steve, for all the time, whether from gratitude, nostalgia, or sheer perversity, Hiresher from an average 5-page Rice community, especially the effort and prices of paper. would rather not sever all their connections with Rice. letterpress publication to a six- undergraduate student body, is Sincerely, Which is why the Association of Rice Alumni exists. teen-page off-set newspaper. O- indebted to Steve for bringing Malcolm Waddell All alumni are automatically members of the Associa- ver this same period, many let- the Thresher to its present, SRC '74 tion: not just the 18,713 who have received Rice degrees ters-to-the-e"ditor have been writ- the last 60 years, but the 7,949 others who attended Rice ten criticizing Steve's work, u- for a year or more. There are no dues, no obligations, and sually his editorials. I feel it only Honor Council ombudsmen named several distinct advantages. fitting that in this his 60th and The Alumni Association is funded by the University. last issue as editor of the Hire- To the Rice community: In derman (Lovett), Tim Jacquet sher, Steve Jackson should be About half of its $98,000 budget goes for staff salaries; the the Student Association (Wiess), and Rob Sisk (Richard- commended and thanked for his elections last February, the stu- son) were selected as alternates. rest is spent on various alumni services and activities. Not- excellent and hard work. able among these, of course is each year's Homecoming, dent body approved the trial in- The ombudsmen will serve a The successful switch-over stitution of an ombudsman as an one year term of office. Their when alums on campus outnumber even the birds. from letterpress to IBM offset addition to the Honor System role is to serve as an independent Another alumni project is the Sallyport, the official stands out as the ultimate a- of Rice University. Accordingly, third party observer at all inves- publication of the Association of Rice Alumni. For $3.50 chievement among his many ac- a committee consisting of the tigations, hearings, and trials and a year, Sallyport subscribers get a we 11-written, attractive complishments as editor. To in- chief justices of the colleges and to bring to the attention of the oi-monthly publication with in-depth coverage of campus stitute change at any time is a a member of the GSA interview- Honor Council any occurence of events as well as extraneous beyond-the-hedges material difficult task indeed, for it is so ed the applicants. An overwhel- procedural error. written by members of the Rice community. An extensive much easier and simpler to let ming response from the student I would like to thank the Class Notes section lets alums keep in touch with friends things slide, to get by with what body produced 42 interested in- committee for donating the im- and foes It's a good paper, and getting better. one already has, overlooking the dividuals from which the com- mense quantity of time necessa- fact that this status-quo policy mittee selected three* ombuds- There are other Association activities. Chief among ry to conduct the interviews. leads to financial inefficiency. men, Wayne Hale (Hanszen), these are the Alumni Institute, which offers various sem- Sincerely, But to ii^iate such a delicate, Ron O'Gorman (Will Rice), and Barry Dale inars to let alums bring themselves up-to-date in assorted difficult and time-consuming Frank Zimba (Baker)i. Bud Wie- Vice-Chairman, Honor Council fields; REAP, the Rice Employment by Alumni Program; and a wide assortment of tours hosted by faculty mem- bers. There are more: it's worth looking into. shootiir blind Furthermore, Alumni committees are influential in Uni- versity affairs. Alumni were responsible for the recent legal Cleaning out the desk aid proposal, and co-operated in the attempt to get student representation on the Board of Governors. by STEVE JACKSON Then he started putting in more fine arts person, Dave has been a Well, here it is. After two One function of the Association will appeal especially than two hours a week. Now we frustrating, complaining, nitpick- years of building: twenty pa- have dialogues like this: "Steve, to those who continue to identify"with the students. ("I'm ing nuisance. If he wasn't indis- ges and color. And it's good. we can go twenty pages this pensable, I would have fired the not an alumnus! I'm not old..."). Each year, the alumni And that means I can clean week." "WHAT?" "Twenty guy. elect one of their number to Rice's Board of Governors. out my de^k and leave. I'm pages. We're going to have 600 Dave has worked for the This may be as close as we come, for some time, to getting ready to go. I'd like another inches of ads." "Oh, my God. Thresher since he was a fresh- a student on the Board. It's worth thinking about. year or so — but I wouldn't Everybody start writing." man. He couldn't write worth a Six members of the Alumni Executive Board are also live. damn, then. There are those who Before I take off, though, a elected each year. This year's candidates include four re- That's what happened this say he still can't. There are those few comments about the paper cent graduates — three of whom are competing for the week. (We probably could have who say the earth is flat, too. I and some of the people who same position. George Greanias (Wiess '70), Thomas gone 24. But why push it?) don't understand how, but he made it. Greene (Baker '71) and Lew Hancock (Baker '72) are all gets things done. Dave would Of course, neither of these -have made a good editor. running for Position 5. Leighton Read (Baker '73) is also a A very large part of the credit two really did any work. Neither candidate, for Position 6. Any of these recent grads would for the Thresher's improvement did I. Now it can be revealed: Forrest Johnson didn't come should go to the business staff. to the Thresher until the middle serve the board well. c/or a year and a half, we were all For those who don't intend to forget Rice as quickly as You can't run a paper without figureheads for the person who .of last year. He learned very fast; possible, the Alumni Association provides a good way to ads. And the more ads you have, did all the work, stopped all the that's why he's an assistant ed- keep in touch. Not only that: through the Alumni Associa- the bigger the operation gets, fights, and still had time for itor. Evidently he likes it; he's and the harder it is to keep the tion, an ex-student can sometimes influence the University everyone. going to study journalism. He's income and outgo straight. probably the best writer on the much more than Ite did while he was here. Last year's business manager Virginia Jee's official title was staff. If you like Rice — if you spent part of your time here was Malcolm Waddell. Mai took ad manager. Actually, she was A few others, who deserve a trying to make it better — don't quit now. The Alumni on an insolvent non-organization secretary, typist, housemother, page each and get less: Bill Bell, Association can use you. And vice versa. and put it on a business footing. driver, daiquiri mixer, psycholo- the PBK sports editor, and his — steve jackson By setting up a system and gist, and the indispensable one schizoid sidekick, Hal (T.G. who always knew where every- STEVE JACKSON making it work, he made the Kahuna) Morris; Sue Galyean, Thresher's jump in size possible. thing was. More fiercely devoted alias "Legs", alias "How to run Editor to the Thresher than anyone, she WINTON W. BUCKLEY III Malcolm has written a letter the ad department on five min- •m (it's around here somewhere) in worked incredibly long hours, utes a week"; Dorothy Read, thres Business Manager just for love. Just to make sure H. David Danglo Managing Editor Bill Bell Sports Editor which he makes a number of ex-SA secretary, whom we miss Forrest Johnson Assistant Editor Bill Fulton Head Photographer the paper came out. When Jenny Gary Brewton Assistant Editor Steve Allen & Rod Rich ... Circulation scandalous allegations about me. muchly; Ralph Umbarger, vet- Ralph Umbarger Calendar Editor Sue Galyean Advertising Manager left, something went out of the Unfortunately, they are all quite eran calendar editor and nut; Editorial Staff: Jim Asker, Dana Blankenhom, Forest Davenport, Linda paper. Stephens. Nancy Taubenslag, Tom Whittaker. true. So I shall revenge myself Ornish, Fulton, Flash, Lansdall, Business: Bill Cameron, Barry Dale, Kathy Ford, Frank Presler, Carl Treleaven, No matter how good the Malcolm Waddell, Doug Welty. by omitting any mention here of Sowers, Treleaven,-Hurley . . . News: John Anderson, Dana Blankenhorn, Rick Brown, Judy Craft, Leta Dunn. the superhuman job Mai did this backup, though, it's the writers Too many to name. Read the Tricia Regan, Lee Sowers, Linda Stephens, Nancy Taubenslag, Carl and editors that make the paper. Treleaven. year, having sold out the masthead. , Fine Arts: Alexi Bonifield, Edsel Hungerfraud, Kate Jones, Don Shewey, Nancy Thresher to take over the RPC. There have been a lot. Most of I haven't mentioned my suc- Taubenslag, Thomas Zimmerman. them are staying on, but there Si'Orta: John Anderson, Dana Blankenhorn, "Goose" Buenger, Cheryl Hein, T. G. cessor. No need to. GWB can do are three you won't be seeing Kahuna, Hal Morris, Gaurang Vyas, Tom Whittaker. With Malcolm gone, we need- the work. And although most of Photography: James Aronovaky, Steve Cole, Jim Caldwell, John Cook, Danny any more. Cecil, Lauri Laufman, Mickey Meier, Shannon Vale, Roland P. Wong. ed a new business manager. the senior staff is graduating, an Jay Young. incredible number of freshmen Production : Cyndy Douglas, Susie Fields, Cathy Ford, Lois Hejtmancik, Jack Kent Winton Buckley came highly re- One name most Rice people Mark Linimon, Martha Mayberry, Dan Miller, Terry Trant, Nancy Taub- have joined this year. They're commended; Malcolm said he have heard is that of H. David enslag, Irene Walker, Tom Whittaker. good. It's disgusting. The Rice Thresher, official atudent newspaper of Rice University, is pub* was OK. At first, Win was disap- Danglo. It's an easy one to re- Ushed weekly on Thursday except during holidays and examination periods by pointing; we weren't making any member. As assistant editor, students of Rice University, Houston, Texas 77001, telephone 628-4141 X22f »r I think next year the Thre- 645. The opinions herein are not necessarily those of anyone except the writers. more than we had last year. managing editor, and perpetual Obviously. sher will be all right. the rice thresher, april 25, 1974—page 2 threshlng-lt-out Rice Democratic Caucus endorses Farenthold To the Rice Community: embodied in the question of desire for individual prestige as voting tend to be more "liberal" difference. May 4 will evidence whether the people really want governor. They also indicate in than in the past. So it will be a whether we decided to do so. Two years ago, Francis Far- four more years of a governor urban areas that those actually close race and we can make the Rice Democratic Caucus enthold announced for governor who gives lip service to issues because of the corrupt political and says what "is popular and Commentary situation that existed. In doing the people want to hear" accord- so, she said, "I choose to chal- ing to polls, but who is indiffer- J. Kent Hackleman fights the odds lenge, so that we can create our ent to inequality in public by JOHN ANDERSON own political realities rather school financing, who is opposed "It's Neanderthalic thinking for Casey to vote than sit on the sidelines, belabor- to utility regulation, and whose J. Kent Hackleman is fighting against the odds, for the SST twice and then say that funds for ing the insufferable political con- style of government represents and he knows it. He is a candidate for Congress, an family assistance are inflationary," Hackleman ar- dition of our state." Again, this the same lobby-oriented decis- inexperienced liberal without much formal finan- gues. "Bob Casey is two degrees to the left of year Sissy announced in her nor- ion-making process. Sounds sim- cial backing who is running against an eight-term Genghis Khan." mal last-minute fashion, because plistic, but it isn't. One can veteran with a large staff and a full campaign Hackleman likes to cite Casey's score on what she believed Texas could not af- name the needs for mass transit, chest. Common Cause has called the 23 Critical People's ford four more years of avoiding a comprehensive agricultural pol- Hackleman, or just "J. Kent" as most people Issues. "23 out of 23. Perfect." crucial decisions which face gov- icy, public health care, welfare seem to call him, gave up a successful career as a Casey, Hackleman charges, is "Nixon's silent sup- ernment, of four more years of a overhaul, more student financial well-known Houston radio personality to challenge porter." Hackleman claims that Casey has voted "no-record, do-nothing caretaker aid and private and public univ- incumbent conservative Bob Casey in the May 4 with Nixon on over 60% of the legislation in Con- government that perpetuates ersity funding, prison reform, Democratic primary. The seat at stake is the 22nd gress. "I think I'm the only Democrat in this what we hoped to change." consumer safeguards, responsible Congressional District, which includes the Rice race," he adds. On Richard Nixon and Watergate: TTiis could have been a hard- big business, pollution abate- area. "It isn't the Presidency that's on trial. It isn't the hitting campaign but instead it ment - all for which Texas has Hackleman will point to a poll and tell you that President who's wrong. It's Richard Nixon." done nothing. One may detail has been dulland quiet, typified his chances are about 40-60 now. "But they're im- Hackleman sprinkles his talks with anecdotes. He the present process by which dis- by occasional press notice. It proving daily," he'll add quickly. Those odds are has the flair for the good story that seems to char- charge permits are issued, utility seems everyone is put out with not impossible; but they are formidable. So why acterize so many of our Southern politicians and rates increased, money wasted, government and the political abandon the job security gained from ten years on writers. His best one concerns Preston Smith, gov- etc., but is this necessary to ar- process and for rightful reasons. the air? ernor of Texas at the time of the Sharpstown ouse the supposedly informed el- But in the apathy toward the "I was tired of the cynicism in politics," Hackle- Scandals. Characterized by Texas journalist Molly ite of Rice? campaign, we are indeed sitting man explains. "And the caliber of people running Ivins as "Pop" (that's for "Poor ol' Preston"), on the sidelines belaboring our Name the issue and "despite for office was depressing...Watergate was the clin- Smith was best known for a) Sharpstown b) his sorry political institutions and her sex" the really experienced cher." ever-present polka dot bow ties c) his, ah...non-in- allowing them to fester. lawyer and involved person Ms. Still, why run against Bob Casey? "Bob Casey tellectual stance. Anyway, as Hackleman tells it, Briscoe's strategy has been Farenthold is will demonstrate represents the interests of the very few to the det- Smith was asked what it takes to be a successful that because of his safe incum- her knowledge and objective riment of the many." Hackleman stresses Casey's politician in the Lone Star State. His quick reply: bent status,he can afford to ig- get-the- job-done approach. Her voting record: against the Consumer Protection "It takes a tough hide and no conscience to run nore the election except for car- experience with governmental a- Agency, against minimum wage once, for Congres- for office in Texas. Er ah, I mean..." When he tells rying on an expensive media gencies, elective bodies and com- sional pay raises, against "every civil rights legisla- the story, Hackleman's eyes brighten and he chuc- campaign which echoes suppos- munity programs and her legalis- tion in Congress for 16 years," and in favor of kles. You know he caught the political fever long ed contentment for things as tic, detail oriented style is reflec- so-called "no-knock" laws. ago. they are and denotes unknown ted in her concerned determinat- "kept" promises. Sissy, again ion to beat the odds and make without monetary support and new political realities. If this isn't crazy, it'll do ... because of the present apathetic The question remains: Are we by JIM ASKER watch — and elected him Vice President. atmosphere, with little overt going to do something? Do we He has made "mother" a dirty word. And manpower, has travelled the want government to do some- "Journalism is to literature as more -recently he has sponsored a national state talking with the people and thing? Can we make a differ- whoring is to love." —I. F. Stone hitting the issues only to be qui- ence? Actually there is reason organization dedicated to "ugly libera- etly ignored by the press. (Texas for optimism. Polls show Sissy The nation is going crazy. Maybe crazier tion." political news is not "in news" has made inroads with the rural is more accurate. A few examples: Even the American dream has gone cra- these days.) The outcome and populace because of Briscoe's Starting at the top, President Nixon vi- zy. No longer is the Horatio Alger mystique importance of this campaign is do- nothingism and to them, his sited Paris last week for the memorial ser- of one man, through his own ingenuity and vices for Georges Pompidou and declared it hard work, becoming rich relevant. Rather, was "a great day for France." Their Presi- books like the best seller You Can Profit DKA protests slanderous story dent had just died and Nixon tells them it From a Monetary Crisis tells us how we can is great. Crazy. Apparently what had hap- get rich if the nation's economy collapses. To the editor: pened was that Dick was so elated to see Each of us can do something to help It has come to our attention lots of beer; goin' to Sammy's crowds greet him sans signs calling for his drive America crazy. Mrs. Robert Zako that certain individuals purport- and drinkin' lots of coke, eatin' impeachment that he forgot it was a natio- (yes, that is her real name) of Detroit whis- ing to be DKA members have lots of hamburgers and meetin' nal day of mourning. pered "MCSP 227" to one of Nixon's ad- been fabricating vicious rumors lots of friends; helpin' preserve Continuing to demonstrate his insanity, vance men in Michigan last week and was and heinous distortions regard- our hallowed traditions at Will Nixon later said howdy to British Prime Mi- allowed to kiss the President. Mrs. Zako, ing our purposes and activities. Rice College; and beatin' up nister Harold Wilson by grabbing both his you are crazy. In reality, DKA is a service org- commies on the third floor. jowls like your Aunt Hilda probably still Historians have yet to recognize crazi- anization whose activities in- Respectfully yours, likes to do to you when she sees you. No- ness as a significant current in American clude goin' to Kay's and drinkin' Buddy Grazioli, president body except the one who grabs enjoys that history, but this does not mean that it is --O \ \ \ l ' / / stuff. Needless to say, Wilson was not amu- not valid. It merely confirms that histor- I uNEMPiaYflENTf sed. But then, the British never did have a ians, too, are crazy. The time will come sense of humor. when we will note with pride that our na- Always the astute politician, Nixon real- tion, born in the Age of Reason, has risen izes that if America is going crazy, he must to be truly crazy. A land that has given the •VPH.'«. lead the way. Accordingly, our President world Andy Warhol, the Symbionese Liber- I< n I'' n n pulled off an unprecedented third blunder ation Army, Texas A&M, and the American UP in one foreign visit. Spotting Wilson's pri- Opinion bookstore cannot be stopped. vate secretary, Marcia Williams, who has In my padded cell, I wait for the nasty been implicated in a land speculation scan- letters from the Aggies to arrive, comforted dal, "Britain's own Watergate," Nixon by the thought that I am crazy because I pointed and asked "Is that the one we've love my country. been hearing about?" Time magazine equa- I have tried to do my bit. 1 went to a ted it to Wilson pointing to Rosemary friend's apartment the other day, arriving \ Woods and inquiring "Is that the one who dressed only in a pair of socks, a garter, and erased the tape?" a knapsack. My "friend greeted my at the But let us not dwell on our leader. The door stark naked. It is little surprises like average Joe, the crazy man in the street, is this that give me confidence. It's not just doing his part. He bought the Spiro Agnew our leaders. We're all going crazy.

GRADUATION — THE 6TAIKWAY TO HEAVEN the rice thresher, april 25, 1974—page 3 Safety Committee report shows fire hazards remain locate someone who knew the by LEE SOWERS hazards. Results of the inspect- ual outside exits and are general- First, there exists no proper ion showed that the fire alarms ly well designed. means of warning the residents; location of the alarm box and In response to safety prob- in the residential colleges are in- second, there is no efficient could activate the system or tum The older sections of the lems in the Residential Colleges, adequate and that egress from means of escaping from the col- it off after it had been activated. three original colleges, Hanszen, a special subcommittee of the the colleges in case of fire would leges. In the old wings of the One final problem was en- Baker and Will Rice, present Campus Safety Committee was be difficult if not impossible. original colleges there exists but countered in the older buildings. problems. Although they are formed last December. The task The newer colleges, Brown, two methods for leaving the The general level of maintenance constructed of 'fire-resistant' of this committee was to inspect Jones and Sid Richardson were building. First, by means of the and housekeeping was so low materials, the possibility of a each of the colleges for safety found to be well designed with large stairwells, second, the only that the many broken fixtures, large, but contained, fire exists. regards to fire and smoke haz- alternative is by fire-escapes at- the debris and obstacles blocking The open stairwells in these buil- ards. They have several means of tached to the outside of the buil- passageways and the useless mat- dings would permit fire and Huser's Jewelry properly designed egrss from ding. Hie large stairwells are the erial stored in basements and Diamonds — Watches each floor and installed fire al- smoke to spread rapidly to many same areas which would serve as storage areas, create a generally Jewelry arm systems. Lovett, Wiess and sections of the college. Smoke is conduits for fire and smoke dur- unsafe situation. 2409 Rice Blvd. 528-4413 the new wings of Baker, Hanszen as dangerous as fire. ing an emergency. The fault with The subcommittee presented artd Will Rice also have individ- The subcommittee concluded the fire escapes lies in the fact a list of recommendations which that a non-trivial fire hazard ex- that access to them from hall- follow: isted in these colleges. The prot- ways is through locked rooms In general, the fire situation in EARN EXTRA CASH ection for residents was not suf- only. the colleges is fairly good. There ficient to meet these hazards. In some cases the location of are certain areas and situations Two main problems are res- the exterior escapes is also poor. however which should be im- FOR YOURSELF, FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION ponsible for these shortcomings. porved. A summary of the rec- EARN UP TO $50 A MONTH Some exit from only one end of DONATE BLOOD PLASMA a long hall, were the hall to be ommendations given in this rep- TO HELP MAKE LIFE-SAVING DRUGS blocked the residents would be ort is listed below, in our order FOR SUPER trapped. TTiere are no alternate of priority. Commercial and Fine means of escape. The marking of 1. Internal fire alarm systems UNITED BIOLOGICS fire exiits is also very poor, it be- should be installed in all college ART SUPPLIES ing difficult in many instances to units. These should be connect- 1520 Capitol Street In Southwest Houston tell which door leads to the ex- ed to Campus Security. terior escapes. Exit from a burn- 2. All doors between fire es- Houston, Texas Monday thru Friday CANARY HILL ing college is also hindered be- cape exits and any part of a Phone 225-9177 GALLERIES cause the older residences have common area of a college (e.g. Hours 6:30am-2:30pm no emergency lighting. hallways, etc.) should be ren- 3033 Fountainview Dr. dered unlockable. 783-8990 Only three of the colleges Group Donations after 2:30 by appointment 3. The marking system for fire now have an alarm system. exits should be upgraded and There is a steam whistle, located maintained at an effective level; near Will Rice, that may be ac- 4. A regular schedule of fire tivated by Security in case of inspections of the college living fire. The subcommittee asked units should be initiated and that it be tested. It was sounded mainatined. within 30 seconds, but was only 5. A policy of rapid removal just audible inside Will Rice. of dangerous obstructions Those college members that should be established for the heard the alarm did not recog- custodial staff of each college. why does a man nize it as such, and went calmly 6. Fire drills and fire safety about their business. procedures should be practiced. The buildings with internal al- Along with the specific rec- arm systems also have problems. ommendations made above, we There is no uniform exit proced- also feel that there is a need for ure to be followed when the al- a more general philosophical join Maryknoll ? change on the part of both the arm is sounded. The alarms are often activated by playful stud- residents of the colleges, as well as the administrative personnel There are probably as many answers and power to an excessive degree. ents, and are therefore ignored responsible for life in the col- as there are individual Maryknoll Others look to learn from peoples as a rule. In one college it took priests and Brothers. Some men are who have grown up with a different the subcommittee a half-hour to leges. .deeply move J when they hear of mentality than that which is theirs. babies dying in their mother's arms All feel that the only solution to the Honor Code exam guidelines because of hunger or disease. Others crises that threaten to split men are distressed by the growing antag- asunder is the love of God as shown Here are some suggestions that will help everyone enjoy the onism and separation between the in the life of His Son, Jesus Christ. advantages of the Honor System: » rich and the poor nations. More are This love of God urges men to go concerned about the great injustices forward and be missioners so men • It is the student's responsibility to know the rules for each that have been inflicted upon the can love one another. 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State. Zip_ I do want to Beethoven-Bach & Booze do something. Tffatfaetu* 4618 Feagan 2:30 p.m.-2j a.m. off of Shepherd & Memorial 861-4030 the rice thresher, april 25, 1974—page 4 Dr. Stewart Baker appointed new Weiss College Master "I was talking to someone, not otherwise might not be helping by DANA BLANKENHORN compasses approximately 2,000 satisfactory to most all, looks in- Dr. Stewart Baker, an English students. Secondly, incoming stead towards the bright future. connected with Rice, just recent- this University. The way to professor of ten years standing students are admitted through "One thing I would like to do is ly. The conversation wasn't growth is to increase the spec- and a former performer for the colleges, rather than through to move out of the management about Rice, but suddenly he trum in the use of donors." Wiess's Tabletop, has been the University as a whole. Third, function and into more of a de- asked, in connection with my As the new Master sat down appointed to succeed Dr. M. Lea the UCSD colleges each have a velopment function." Incom- being head of jpne of the to another Wiess lunch, he exp- Rudee as Master of the College slightly different slant towards plete facilities limit the function colleges, 'when can we come lained: "Up to a point everyone beginning this coming year. core curriculum Dr. Rudee's of each college, and detract from by?' Interest among friends to- had high expectations for the Fourth College "will have a pre- Dr. Rudee will be leaving identity. As he explained:" the ward the colleges is there, and if College System. As the system -professional emphasis", for ex- Rice, and Houston, for the University should invest money we can tap it, we can make the has evolved, some people have ample. This is not exclusionary, University of California at San in the colleges in order to im- system even more of a success been disappointed. I'm optomis- Diego, where he will serve as it rather serves in pointing the prove physical facilities. We than it is now. Not only finan- tic." Dr. Baker, outfitted in an Provost of their new "Fourth college in a certain general di- want to make college living as at- College". As Dr. Rudee explains rection according to the make- cially, but in terms of people orange Mexican shirt, turned to the new position, "it's like a -up of its membership. tractive as possible." coming down, advising and attack the room problem at combination College Master and Dr. Baker enters at the height Going back to the Develop- working with us. We ought to be hand. The baton pass slowly Dean." UCSD (not to be con- of Wiess College's biggest hassle ment sphere, Dr. Baker related: open, that way, to people who began. fused with San Diego State) has in many years a room draw something akin to our College where the college finds itself System, with a few major dif- twenty beds short. However, Dr. ferences. First, each college en- Baker, confident of a resolution Overcrowding ... (Continued from page 1) not consider such a proposal un- until Dean Brown contacted him til the three year trial co-ed peri- Wednesday afternoon to discuss od was over. a meeting Dean Brown had just Should more than expected ac- had with a group from Wiess. cept admission, then the crow- Giles explained that last year ding situation could be even the ratio of entering males/ worse. females was 79/21, and that this At present, with the 32 Lo- ratio had caused overcrowding in vett and Wiess upperclassmen be- the men's colleges and under- ing disposed of, there is room crowding in the women's col- for approximately 360-370 leges. This ratio had been freshmen in the men's colleges. changed this year to 65/35 in re- Mr. Giles anticipates about 400 cognition of the problem. entering male freshmen. In light Giles further explained that of the problem, few males on —frank brevoort no one can accurately predict the waiting list are likely to be Dr. Stewart Baker donates blood during the Pre-Med Society drive. how many, of the students of- accepted. fered admission will accept. An immediate solution to this problem would be the conver- Theatre, sundeck proposed for SRC Hie Sid Richardson Council sion of one wing of Jones to a The total project will cost a- berfest, is well suited to theatri- A number of Richardson has passed a proposal to add a men's section. Mr. Giles said that bout $1500 and will include a- cal performances. Two Food members have expressed interest theatre and other improvements he would support such a recom- coustical modifications, a de- Service dressing rooms adjacent in forming an acting group; it is to the SRC basement. mendation . Several other mountable 12' x 24' stage, a to the large hall can be conver- hoped that other college groups The proposal includes var- groups, including the Masters lighting system composed of ted to actors' rooms. Complete in need of acting space can use ious acoustical improvements Committee, have already made homemade and used equipment, sets can be built without distur- the hall. Even greater use can be making the basement suitable such a suggestion, but were flat- and basic stage equipment. The bing commons space, still leaving made of the basement for dances for films, concerts, and dances as ly rejected by President Hacker- project will rely upon work by the majority of the basement well as drama. and concerts. man. He claimed that he would Richardson members, particular- hall open for general use. ly the resident EE's who will Rice prof to study heart therapy construct most of the electrical system. A Rice physical education for a research project in cardiac The idea of developing the professor has received a grant to rehabilitation. largely unused large hall of the study methods which he hopes The project will focus on the SRC basement has been under will speed recovery of heart at- use of scientifically-designed ex- consideration for several tack patients. ercise programs in the rehabilita- months. The proposal was made tion of coronary patients. the Joint effort by Mike Smith and Jack Kent of Major health care centers Richardson with the assistance St. Joseph Hospital Foun- throughout the country are de- of Kim Hanson, off-campus Ri- dation has awarded $58,639 to veloping similar exercise rehabili- chardson and director of such Dale W. Spence, associate pro- tation programs which appear to plays as last semester's Rosen- fessor of health and physical ed- have promise not only for the re- rice crantz and Guildenstern are ucation and director of the exer- covery of coronary patients, but Dead. cise performance laboratory at also in relieving debilitation as- Rice, and Herbert L. Fred, Dir- sociated with other heart prob- The basement hall, previously ector of Medical Education at lems. used only for the annual Okto- St. Joseph Hospital. The grant thresher will be used to establish and has positions open on next year's staff for: equip a laboratory at St. Joseph Mama Blacklight writers & The Stash Bag photographers WE CAN HELP Let Vi Take the Straggle office peopie (secretarial work) oat of Study Do you really know how to study? layout and graphics artists Find out the bent method for your- GiftsBoutiques self. Blacklights, Waterbeds & Papers typists Learning is easy if you know how. 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the rice thresher, april 25, 1974—page 5 Beyond the hedges Houston hurricanes and constitutional beards by GARY BREWTON was merely to the effect that patterns in Houston, in particu- sides causing unusual radiation the local area whenever the game The Texas Supreme Court has they feared, without detailing lar increased rainfall on the west effects. was sold out 72 hours in ad- ruled that school districts may the facts, experience or opinions side of town. The three factors Bye, bye, blackout vance. not enforce dress code require- of others on which such fears he believes responsible for these Last Thursday the FCC re- You are what you eat... ments until it shows that a viola- were based, that the wearing of changes are the increasing num- leased a report showing that lift- A possible connection bet- tion has been disruptive. The the beard by Ball would cause ber of tall buildings, air pollu- ing the TV blackout "appears to ween diet and cancer preven- court ruled in favor of a math distraction among the students." tion, and increasing amount of have had minimal impact on the tion? Dr. Ernest Wynder is not 26 member teams of the Nation- teacher, Bene Ball, who was dis- Storm warnings land being covered with con- the first to observe the correla- missed by the Kerrville school crete. Tall buildings change wind al Football League in its first tion between a low-fat diet and district because he refused to University of St. Thomas' Insti- patterns, air pollution causes season of operation." Congress low cancer risks, but in his role shave off his beard. The court tute for Storm Research says seeding of rain clouds, and large passed a law just before the as head of the nonprofit Ameri- ruling stated that, "At best, the that Houston's rapid growth is areas of concrete prevent.rainfall 1973 season began requiring the can Health Foundation, he's out testimony of the administrators responsible for changing climate from soaking into the ground be- NFL to televise home games in to spread the gospel of a prudent diet. In a recent American Can- cer Society seminar Wynder pointed out that the residents of Japan, who have a low-fat diet, rarely contract cancer of the lower bowel. However, Japanese who migrate to Hawaii and are brought up on the fat-rich American diet have a much high- er incidence of cancer. 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the rice thresher, april 25, 1974—page 6 Rice Design Alliance to host rapid transit symposium

by TRICIA REGAN transit system, MARTAMART A. Massell tant Director of the Rice Center the RDA. Its main function is to conference came an orgorganizatios n will speak on his experience in for Community Design and Re- show the people of Houston the working on soon to be an- Practical problems of a mass bringing commitments to fi- search. possibilities for making a better nounced long-range plans for transit system for Houston will nance and build the MARTA The RDA, sponsored, by the city and a better place to live. Houston. be the subject of the -Rice Design system. School of Architecture, is not Last fall the RDA sponsored Persons interested in atten- Alliance's spring symposium en- Their speeches will set the primarily for any one type of a symposium entitled "Machin- ding the symposium should titled ."Mass Transit — Who stage of a candid discussion of person. It seeks to promote ery and Planning: the Once and write to Rice Design Alliance, P. Pays?" It will be held in the the important local issues. Com- interaction and cooperation be- Future City." Panelists and par- O. Box 1892, Houston, Texas Grand Hall of the RMC Wednes- missioner Tom Bass of Harris tween everyone concerned with ticipants discussed problems 77001, or call ext. 1397. day, May 1, beginning with County will address the issues the future of Houston, as well as caused in urban areas by lack of lunch at noon, and concluding at from the viewpoint of the coun- attempting to involve the School planning. A conference in Febru- TIMES 5pm, with a cocktail hour after- ty. Mayor Fred Hofheinz, or his of Architecture in community ary resulted from this symposi- ward. representative, will speak from affairs. This purpose has been ac- um, with representatives from all BARBER SHOP RDA has assembled a group the city's point of view. complished by various confer- segments of Houston attending. 2423 Times 528-9440 of national and local experts to They talked about what could Haircuts — $2.50 Moderator for the afternoon ences, lectures, and symposiums with student I.D. serve as panelists. Dr. Joe Malo- will be Mr. Carl Sharpe, Assis- which have been sponsored by be done for Houston. From this ney, Director of the University of Lewisville Institute of Com- munity Development, Professor of Political Science, and former Executive Director of the Mas- sachusetts Mass Transportation WE REALLY MOVE Commission, will speak on the dilemma facing many cities con- cerning declining bus companies. Mr. Glen Fqrd, Regional Repre- OUR TAIL AND YOURS sentative of the Urban Mass Transportation Administration will focus on national and state policy issues. Mr. Sam Massell, President of Allan-Grayson De- TO MIAMI velopment Associates in Atlanta, iSc.the former mayor of Atlanta who is generally credited with the success of Atlanta's mass FOR'75. ($10 less than anybody's Coach fare) Awards. • • (continued from page 1) the awards, 61 names of faculty deceased, emeriti, or no longer at Rice were also named in ap- preciation of their teaching. Under the new rules, a facul- ty member who has received the Brown Prize for Excellency thereafter becomes ineligible to receive it again until five years have elapsed, A faculty member who has won the Brown Award for Superior Teaching 3 times likewise becomes ineligible to re- ceive the Award for five years, after which he may receive one Award and becomes ineligible a- gain for five years. Presentation of this year's ho- We also have the only non-stop or direct nors will be made at the Com- Economy service to mencement exercises on May 11. SEATTLE $134 SAVE $15 EL PASO $ 58 SAVE $ 7 Economy service to LOS ANGELES $104 SAVE $ 9 PHOENIX $ 81 SAVE $ 9 And the only Economy service to DENVER $ 71 SAVE $10 ALBUQUERQUE $ 64 SAVE $ 7 We're the only airline to offer Economy fares throughout our route system. So depending where home is, it may cost you less to fly Continental. So call your travel agent, our partner in getting things done, or Continental at 524-4711. We can probably get you where you live—for less. Fares include tax. \Afe really move our tail for you CONTINENTAL AIRLINES The Proud Bird with the Golden "Tail.

the rice thresher, april 25, 1974—page 7 Owls split A&M series; still hoping for conference 3rd by GAURANG VYAS weakly, the Aggies nicked Hen- their bats for the remainder of Mike Pettit set a record for and Brice Henley are all seniors College Station, Texas. As ley for four straight hits. First the contest. most wins in a season by an Owl However, presently the Owls someone once said a few years baseman Jim Bratsen capped the Larry Reneau's record drop- with nine. He pitched a total of are on cloud nine. TTiey have ago, going there is like going to rally with his eighth round-trip- ped to 4—6, while David Lockett 92 innings, struck out 85, walk- the end of the world. ended a very successful season, per of the season, a three run picked up the win for the Ag- ed only 30, while sporting and astounding even the experts who Well, the 1974 Rice Owls cul- gies. ERA of 2.62. minated their season in Aggie- shot. picked them to finish seventh Second baseman Ted Nowak This might have been head inthe conference. land. The pesky Owls were try- At this point, Tommy Smart wound up the season as the lead- coach Doug Osburn's last season If the Mustangs can beat TCli ing desperately to finish the sea- relieved Henley. He was almost ing hitter for the Owls. He fin- at Rice University. Rumors have twice this weekend, and the Red son in third place, while the Ag- untouchable the rest of the way, ished the season at .301; .299 in been flying that he has been of- Raiders can do the same to the gies were striving to stay on the as he surrendered only 2 hits the Southwest Conference. fered a similar position at UH, Baylor Bears, the Owls would heels of the pace-setting Texas over a 3 2/3 inning span. The leaders in the other offen- replacing retired Lovette Hill. Longhorns. Bruce Henley saw his record finish behind only Texas and sive departments for the Owls Rice will lose several good Texas A&M in the conference. If In the opener of the series on drop to 5-3, while A&M starter were: Mike Macha in homeruns men through graduation: Ted Friday, the Owls built a quick Clint Thomas upped his mark to TCU or Baylor win two of their and RBI's, with 9 and 24 respec- Nowak, leftfielder John Jacob- three games, then the Owls 3-0 lead, aided by some slop- 7-2. tively; Joe Zylka in triples with sen, Joe Zylka, first baseman would finish in fifth place, py A&M fielding. "Despite cloudy skies which five; and John Jacobsen in stolen Tracy Terry, utility man Mark behind Texas, Texas A&M, TCU A walk, and two Aggie eirors threatened to put a damper on bases with sixteen. Rooker, and pitchers Mike Pettit and Baylor. on sacrifice attempts, loaded the Saturday's doubleheader, ap- bases with one out. After a brief proximately 1,500 spectators rain delay, centerfielder Joe witnessed the twin-bill. Zylka pounded a double to score The Owls won the opener 6-4 Rugby: a short guide to the game two runs. behind home runs by Joe Zylka by BILL BELL In rugby a team may advance the ball ir. Rice apparently scored three and Mike Macha. Rugby has been described as tackle-the- two ways — by running or kicking the ball. on the play. However, an alert Ted Nowak, Zylka, and Phil man-with-the-ball played in a pigsty. The Lateral passes are allowed but throwing or Jim Hacker, the A&M third base- Costa also banged out three hits implications are that the game has little or- even fumbling the ball forward is illegal. I- man, spied Phil Costa missing apiece for the offensive-minded ganization and is played only on muddy deally the team forms a staggered line and third base. The umpire called Owls. fields. In fact, neither view is true, especial- runs the ball forward. When this offensive Costa out on the appeal. Macha's home run, his ninth ly the former. If anything, rugby has an ov- line comes into contact of the defensive Mike Macha's eighth homer of of the year, came after a brief erabundance of rules that have been added scuffle with Aggie shortstop line, the offensive player can either kick the season put the Owls ahead on since the first frustrated soccer jock de- 3-0 in the fourth inning. The Fred Russ earlier. Russ slid hard the ball past, run past, or lateral the ball to outlook appeared rosy for the into third base upending Macha, cided to run with the ball. another player. Owls as Bruce Henley was sailing who came up swinging. The pair This fast, hardhitting game provides all Play is opened by a kickoff. The kick is along with relative ease. was quickly separated by the the thrills of football without the intermin- a free ball as soon as it travels the required However, the volatile Aggie umpires before any serious dam- able huddles, halftime, and timeouts — and 10 yards. Play proceeds until a player is bats struck quickly in the bot- age was sone. it's still a truly amateur sport. tackled, knocks the ball forward, commits tom of the fourth, after the first Mike Pettit- picked up his Each rugby team consists of 15 players a penalty, or kicks or runs the ball out of two batters had bounced out ninth win of the season despite — 8 forwards and 7 backs. During a game, bounds. If tackled, the player must release surrendering 12 hits. Tommy which consists of two 40-minute halves Smart once again looked sharp the ball immediately. At this point chaos WANTED: An apartment with a 5-minute intermission, no substi- starts. If more than 2 people are "bound in relief as he picked up the save. tutes or time-outs are allowed. In the case near Med. Center, downtown, Jim Wallace was the loser for in" around the ball, a "ruck" is called. or Montrose. 1 bedroom, Texas A&M. of injury, the team is given two minutes to Once a ruck forms, no one can touch the unfurnished. Call 621—5634. After jumping out to a quick either revive the victim or remove him from ball except with their feet. Both sets of for- 2-0 lead in the first inning of the the field. If the injured person cannot play, wards push on the ruck from their respec- nightcap, the Owls blew the the team has to continue with only 14 tive sides and attempt to heel the ball back game 7-4. players...or 13, or 12 or even fewer on a to their own set of backs. FOR SALE: After being staked to the particularly bad day. If the ball gets caught in the ruck, or if a Wurlitzer Electric Piano cushion in the first inning, Rice knock-on (knocking the ball forward) oc- Good condition, $3 50 starter Larry Reneau walked curs, a set scrum is called by the referee. In Call Carole, 946—9144 himself into a jam in the third. He walked the first two men this case both sets of forwards join together on base. Tommy Hawthorne, into a centipede of people that must be m »*« »*« »*• r« •*« »*« •% »*« »*« »% Jim Hacker, and A1 Thurmond seen to be believed. These two sets join to- gether and push while the scrum half • NEED EXTRA followed with run-scoring singles • to put theAggies ahead 3-2. throws the ball into the middle of the pack. * MONEY? Texas A&M put the game out Here1 the hookers try to hook the ball back of reach in the fourth inning through their scrum to their own backs. £ Sir George's Royal Buffet •> when they padded their lead by The 15 players on the team have an in- If the beill goes out of bounds, a line out * needs part-time waitresses, scoring thrice. Paul Miller's triple teresting and varied assortment of names. is called. In this case the two sets of for- * bus, kitchen, & dishroom drove in two runs, and Haw- wards form two parallel lines a yard apart, help. thorne singled home the other. The 8 forwards (or scrum) consist of 1 *:* Can work around your hooker, 2 props, 2 second-row, 2 wing- five yards back, and perpendicular to the | schedule. After the Owls cut the lead to sideline. One player then throws the ball 7—4, Jimmy Juhl, the pitching forwards, and 1 lock (or no. 8). The 7 * 5935 Kirby In the Village hero of the first game of the backs are the scrum-half, fly-half or stand- down the middle of the lineout and both series for the Aggies, silenced off, inside and outside centers, left and* teams attempt to jump up, grab the ball, right wings, and fullback. and pass it back to their backs. FREE Slimmer STORAGE The point of the game is to score more These are the basic formations of Rugby COLLEGIATE CLEANERS points than the opponent. The two me- football. Beyond these basics, are several thods of scoring are the same as football. A points of play that remain to be described. 2430 Rice Blvd. 523-5887 touchdown is called a try, but the ball must Offsides, drop-outs, penalty kicks, and 10% discount on regular dry cleaning service actually be touched down by the scorer. A marks are important, but harder to explain try is worth 4 points. The extra point at- than the 1040. The best way to understand tempt must be taken at a point at least 10 the game is to go watch and ask someone yards behind the goal line and opposite the 526-3781 2502 TANGLEY to explain the action. Better yet, come on point where the ball was touched — value 2 out next year and learn the game from the points. A drop kick or penalty kick Rice Rugby Club — they're looking for new Demo's Auto Service through the uprights is worth 3 points. players.

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Alan, in his sin- evading the cellar in one of the where Buddy Briscoe was our prises. of last week, and the tennis play- gles play, reached the third toughest fields of the year, the only winner with a discus throw In tennis, although Rice lost ers are forced to compete in a round. AAII at Atascocita. Ernie of 175'2". Ken Stadel competed spring SWC tournament after all 6-1 to the University of Hous- Meanwhile, in SWC golf act- Danner's four-round score of in the prestigious Kansas Relays the races have .been decided. ton, Emilio Montano upset UH's ion. Ernie Danner once more Ross Walker in straight sets at 310 kept Rice ahead of Arizona, at Lawrence. Play becomes, at best, lackluster. helped keep Rice our of the cel- first singles. UH is ranked third Arkansas, and Baylor in the SWC tourneys Bruce Alexander fell victim in lar, and aspiring towards the in the nation presently, and four-ball competition. Ernie's The SWC tourneys in golf and first-round tennis action, and dizzying heights of mediocrity. drubbed SMU by an identical strong showing also kept us out tennis might be known these Emilio Montano followed soon 6-1 count a few weeks ago. As a of Baylor's cellar with a total matter of fact, their 46-3 record team score of 1299-1306. This breaks the 45-4 mark set by last week, the golfers will be faced Pro Profs nail down softball title by TOM WHITTAKER year's SMU squad. On Monday with tha SWC championships at characterized many of their op- keeper, and owner of the balls Monday afternoon the Pro ponents. and bats "Boogie" Bob Bland. Profs won their first softball The outfield, Bucky Alls- Next year the Pro Profs will owlook league championship since 1957, house in right, Tim Miller, team return with practically the same thoroughly trouncing a sleepy leading hitter in center, Gary lineup, and if they keep up the Ice Nine team 8-1. Using a shift Hampton in left, and Don Kno- type of performance with which that put short fielder Don Kno- Business as usual del in short, complemented the they beat the Ice Nine, they'll be del on the left field side of the infield with their strong precise repeat champions. Another year has passed, and the position of Rice infield and shortstop Jim Char- Athletics remains the same. Our teams performed as they arms constantly holding runners. acklis in the hole, the faculty Checks Cashed for have over the last five years, a few bright spots on a gener- The two versatile utility players, team effectively shut out the McCoy McLemore and Jimmy Rice Students ally mediocre record. The football team finished a miracu- Nine's usually active bats. The Disch, added strength and confi- lous third in the SWC. The basketball team avoided the cel- Jackson Lee Nine's only run came on a home dence with their own unique abi- Exxon Service lar — barely. The tennis team sank from national fame to run hit down the line into the lities. The center of attention at obscurity. The baseball team actually won over 20 games, bushes by the gym. Left fielder 2361 Rice — JA 8-0148 every game, though, was always Mechanic On Duty but a poor team attitude stifled its true potential. The de- Gary Hampton gave it a good captain, coach, manager, score- partment weathered massive absenteeism at basketball chase, but ended up taking off games, Don Knodel's resignation, and the dismissal of Ed his glove and diving into the Collins from the football team. bushes for the ball. On the brighter side, the basketball team picked up a Pitcher Robert "Boogie" TRAVEL UNLIMITED, INC. potentially excellent coach in Bob Polk. Popular assistants Bland was backed up by a really tight infield featuring Rudy McCoy McLemore and Greg Williams were retained. Coach Nydegger and James Castaneda 2452 Bolsover Dr. 526-3164 Conover made the most of his talent in football, and can at first, Greg Williams at second, promise better teams in the future. Finally, the Super Jim Characklis at short, Dennis "In the Village" Bowl kept the Athletic Department in the black. Huston at third, and Brian Curry Nevertheless, the major problems between the Univer- at-catcher. Constantly chattering sity and the Athletic Department remained unresolved. Es- and calling the play, the infield Complete Travel Service sentially the problems boil down to the fact that the two would succumb to physical er- bodies are separate and, often, conflicting. This was rors, never the mental ones that brought to the fore in the recent hiring of Bob Polk. Red Bale not only snubbed, but misinformed, the faculty's In- tercollegiate Athletic Committee, Bale gave them no word on the hiring and told them on Tuesday afternoon that no decision on the new basketball coach had been reached. $$$ Full time work this summer $$$ Somehow, later that same night, the press release on Polk's hiring was distributed to local news reporters to be releas- Pleasant work in the sales promotion field. ed on Wednesday morning. Plenty of time for parties, sports, etc. True, the I AC has no written authority over such hir- ings, but the Athletic Department's handling reflected the bifurcation between the University and the Department. $125 per week—$550 per month President Hackerman still sees Athletics as a means — for advertising Rice University — and not as an end — amateur Work full time this summer—continue part athletic competition. time this fall if you wish when you return to Sadly, Hackerman is right. Rice does need the advertise- school. ment, but the commercials catch the student-athlete in the we will train you middle. Athletes are recruited without reasonable guaran- No experience necessary tees tHat they are able to compete academically. At Rice, at our expense. the divided loyalties of the Athletic Department and the University estrange the jocks from some of the student Interviews are being held the next three body. The present situation is pragmatic, but morally dis- Thursdays at 10:30am sharp. You will start tasteful. if accepted the first Thursday following your final exams. Still, compared with other athletic programs, Rice is clean. Only those idealists who see Rice as different from This is a business interview, so please dress the run-of-the-mill school can talk of reform. The Athletic accordingly. Please call Mr. Singer, Department will continue to play with a budget that 224—9000 for appointment: Mon-Tue-Wed dwarfs that of the Health & P. E. Department. For the lpm—5pm, Thur-Fri 9am—5pm. sake of insuring alumni support, the 10% minority with athletic scholarships will be pampered, while the 90% re- maining will compete in substandard facilities. Unfortun- World Wide Systems, Inc. ately, even the needs of the athlete will be subservient to the organizational necessities of the Rice-Athletic Depart- 705 MAIN STREET ment complex. Perhaps the situation can be saved by reform. To do KRESS BLDG., SUITE 629 this, the Athletic Department would have to surrender some authority to the faculty and the students. More like- (Downtown) ly the present situation will exist, unless some crisis forces a solution. But, then, that's the American way. Houston, Texas —bill bell the rice thresher, april 25, 1974—page 9 Hanszen holds off Lovett to take track intramurals by TOM WHITTAKER sprint medley (which Hanszen Stroud and Winzenreid finished long with Ed Collins of Will shotput thudding to 52'9'/2" put. Last Saturday afternoon, the won in 1:42.7) and placing in 1—2. Will Rice got into it when Rice, took a strong second in the And it was Sykes' tum for the Hanszen track team held off a the triple jump. Due entirely to Barry Dale, in the mile run, put 330 intermediates, and Bergfield 220. This time with the wind in strong challenge by Lovett, nar- Culpepper's early victories in the 20 yards between himself and easily flew to a 5'11' victory in his face, Sykes turned in a 23.1, rowly winning the intramural hurdles, Hanszen had jumped the pack, and cruised to a res- the high jump. again with only sneakers. out to an early lead. Their lead pectable 4:40.8 victory. Again in track meet. Weiss challenges Hanszen took first place in was reinforced with a command- the 880, Dale jumped out, rabbit Hie mile relay looked to be a five events, relying heavily on ing victory in the 440 relay by style and stayed out in front, It was Wiess' tum when they repeat of the 440 dash with Lo- the talents of star Mike Culpep- Keith Austin, Chris Mangold, placing first with a 2:05.6. brought out the blocks for the vett taking it on the strength of per. Of the five events Hanszen Shawn Logan, and Ardie Segars. 100-yard dash. Wearing only Stroud and Winzenreid. It won, Culpepper participated in Richardson hung in there sneakers and surviving several seemed only Hanszen could pos- four, winning the 60 yard low However, the other men's col- with a second in the 440 relay false starts, James Sykes literally sibly compete with them. Lovett hurdles in 7.35, the 330-yard in- leges soon started closing the and strong efforts by Robert shot out of the blocks and, aided held on to win in 3:45.1. termediate hurdles in 40.6, the gap. Lovett a competent third in Cunningham and Kevin Berg- by a gusting tailwind, zipped to field. Cunningham who gave Cul- As the events proceeded, a long jump with a leap of 21' the 440 relay, dominated the an incredible 9.9 victory. 440 dash as quarter-milers pepper his only competition a - foreshadowing of what was to IV2", helping on one leg of the Paul Guillory of Wiess took the come appeared in the sprint medley relay. Hanszen Rad jum- ped out to an early lead but Lo- Brown wins easily in women's division vett was right there. In the final dash, it was Shawn Logan of by CHERYL HEIN took first in the 440 dash and 3:19.3 with a time of 2:46.7. Ti- shotput with 29'8". She also Hanszen against Lovett's Stroud. Brown College won the wo- 60 yard low hurdles. Baker's Ka- na Tomsen of Baker placed se- threw the Softball 193' for a first In the final straightaway, Stroud men's division of the 1974 Intra- thy Freeman won the 220-yard cond in the 880, also breaking place and a new record. Bev Al- closed on Logan and it looked mural Track and Field Meet with dash; Katy Ross of Brown won the previous record with a time len of Baker took second place like Lovett might take it. Neck 67 points. Jones and Baker took the 100-yard dash. of 3:16.7. with another record breaking and neck in a dead heat, Logan second and third place with 37 First in the 880-yard run was Field events were also record softball throw of 174'. finally got a step on Stroud and and 32 points respectively. C. C. Sharpe of Brown. She breakers. Anne Ketterer of Judy Baker from Brown took out-lunged him at the tape. Janice Hartrich from Jones broke the previous record of Brown College took first place in first in the long jump with 14'9V4" and first in the triple So, going into the triple jump jump with 30'3 3/4". with all other events decided, it In the Women's Intramural was Lovett 47, Hanszen 46V2. Softball Competition, Pat McGo- But Randy Culpepper, by pla- PIZZA HUT vern's RH Factors captured first cing in the triple jump gave his place. The Sock Jocks, Jones college the necessary points and 2400 W. Holcombe Jocks, and Biodegradables com- Hanszen became the new cham- pleted the list of spring softball pion. teams. JOCK NOTES Except for the big Southwest The Rice Spring Sports Ban- Conference Track Meet on May quet at the College INN on April 18 at the Rice Track, the 1973-74 29 willofficially end its sports sports year is just about over. year. Spring letters will be aw- Tickets for the meet are present- arded to players, and A1 Conover ly on sale at the Athletic Office. and Bob Polk will announce the MENU Hie final major, event of the new football and basketball re- regular season is the Drake Rel- cruits. Hie Bob Quin, Dell Mor- Sm. Lg. ays at Des Moines, Iowa on Frid- gan and Emmett Brunson awards ay and Saturday. Coach Augie will also be presented. The func- Mozzarella Cheese 1.50 2.40 tion starts at 6:30pm. Green Pepper 1.80 2.85 Erfurth plans to take on about Oniom 1.75 2.75 fourteen entries. Houston, Texas Sausage 1.95 3.15 A&M and Rice will leave for Des Mushroom 1.95 3.15 Moines via a chartered flight on Rugby Clob Pepperoni 1.95 3.15 Thursday. Ken Stadel will close Anchovy 1.95 3.15 out his career there as he at- Hamburger 1.95 3.15 tempts to become the first four- season ends Pizza Supreme 2.35 3.70 time discus champion. Jalapeno Pepper 1.75 2.85 The only tennis action rem- with victory Canadian Bacon 1.95 3.15 aining for the Owls is the NCAA 3.15 The Rice Rugby Club closed Black Olive 1.95 championships in Los Angeles in out its 1974 season with a 14-3 % Cheese - % Sausage 1.75 2.80 June. The home season ended .30 victory over Baylor last Sunday. Added Ingredients 20 yesterday with the finals of the Hie victory left the team 7-5 for Southwest Conference Tennis the season, with a 4-3 record in Championships. the Lone Star Rugby Union Although the UH has made an (Southern Division). attractive offer to head baseball Rice opened the scoring with coach Doug Osburn, he most 11// A III I I \ K I >1 K\ I I ) \()ll a dash by the left winger, Dave likely will return to Rice next THE PIZZA HUT OF HOUSTON Mutt. The kick after was no « L* year. He likes the people here good and the 4-0 score stood un- and feels Rice's baseball fortunes til halftime. 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the rice thresher, april 25, 1974—page 10 Curing the munchies: a guide to the all-night restaurants It's finals time • that twice- foam cups leak. *** Denny's (3137 S.W. Free- ** Methodist Hospital Automat, cently. Other food is OK, and -yearly period when no Rice stu- *Vz Dobbs House (Steak and way) is pretty much like Charlie like others in the Med Center; prices are fair. But the place is dent worthy of the name keeps Egg) (2 locations: 4321 Mont- Brown's, but tends to be desert- has an assortment of coin mach- cold, the service slow and any sort of regular hours. The rose and 2317 W. Holcombe) ed late at night. They're both ines. You can get not only Coke, grouchy, and the clientele inter- midnight oil bums fiercely, as al- candy, sandwiches, ice cream, Bad food, good jukebox. Small franchise ops. esting at best, obnoxious at ternate spells of studying and etc., but also hot soup, dips for worst. and too expensive. crashing debilitate the people of **>/ Jack in the Box (all over your potato chips, and other the Marsh. 2 * Smiles (4201 Bellaire Blvd.) town) serves decent hamburgers, goodies. They also have a micro- One small, but crippling, in- It's dark, gloomy, and too exp- Daniel Boone fries, and other franchise foods. wave oven which heats your convenience of Finals Week is ensive. If their overcooked ham- You may have a long wait in sandwiches. And it's close. Cycles the complaint colloquially term- burgers don't get to you, the line, but the service is quick. ** International House of Pan- just through Hermann Park ed the "munchies". When it's smiling face on the wall will. Some Jacks, get your order right cakes (2412 W. Holcombe). All DAN & JOY 3am and one is starving, and Their coffee is OK, but their 5318 Crawford 528-7109 at least half the time. Strong kinds of pancakes, cooked de- there is nothing better to eat men have gone insane, though, than coin-machine fare, that's Are you rejecting the possibility of graduate school for fear the problems when, after they ordered a four- the munchies. They can be ter- are old hat and boring?Then consider BIOPHYSICS. We offer some of the -course meal, Jack queried "How minal. most fascinating problems going: Muscle, membranes, and mind. Good about some fries?" Avoid the students of chemistry, physics, biological sciences and applied mathematics Therefore, as a public service, Breakfast Jack. are urged to check it out. Write Robert M. Dowben, M.D., Chairman, the Thresher is pleased to pre- Department of Biophysics, Southwestern Medical School, 5323 Harry Hines Not all Jacks stay open all sent How to Cure the Munchies: Blvd., Dallas, Texas 75235 A midnight Cordon Bleu, or, A night, but enough do. Guide to the All- Night Rest- aurants. While this listing is in no way complete, it does cover, with reasonable accuracy, most BRAZOS of the night-owl roosts. BOOKSTORE MAIN POINT PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS **** Marriott coffeehouse: Greenbriar and Braeswood. Ex- OPENING TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1974 pensive: malts around 75 cents, burgers $1. Limited menu, but FICTION FILM good: sandwiches, ice cream, POETRY PSYCHOLOGY etc. Try their Black Forest Cake. LITERARY CRITICISM *** Charlie Brown's (Kirby at S.W. Freeway) has lights, people, Saturday and OK food 24 hours a day. Monday-Friday Prices about what you'd expect. 10am-8pm 10am-5pm Some people hate it, but it's worth checking. 2314 Bissonnet 523-0701

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WITH ROBERT L. SHORT AUTHOR OF THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO PEANUTS THE PARABLES OF PEANUTS 1916 1974 A TIME TO BE BORN... A TIME TO DIE Friday - "The Gospel According To Peanuts" - 8:00 pm Saturday - "The Parables of Peanuts" - 8:00 pm Tickets $1.00 each performance Sunday - "A Time To Be Born...A Time To Die" - 9:30 am Sunday - "Jules Feiffer Cartoon Theology" - 8:30 pm Seniors: You have completed the obstacle course component of the Rice Experience. Starling stains every spring, weight loss and grey hairs every exam week, commons ROBERT SHORT AND I ARE REAU.Y QUITE ALIKE food and concommitant results — all behind you now. What remains, begins is your WARM, UilTTY, PERCEPTIVE....APEAL HU/VWN BEIN6' long-term reaction with the institution. Starting May 2nd in the RMC courtyard, the rights and privileges of a Rice education become entirely voluntary. Choose from *SI 0H^ among alumni programs already extant, or design and help implement others you ACTIVITIES want. The Alumni Association is in business to insure that the largest segment of the BUILDING Rice community remains a vital force. If you did not like this place, work to help change it; if you love it, help it. We welcome you into our membership. No dues and PUBLIC SOUTH MAIN no secret handshake. INVITED BAPTIST CHURCH 4100 S MAIN You are one of us now. PHONE: 529-4167 The 19,603 members of The Association of Rice Alumni

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1801 Main, Houston, Texas 77002 224-4600 Member F.D.I.C. This offer is limited to college and university students, faculty and staff. Retrospective concert to mark Hall's retirement "An Arthur Hall Retrospec- Meanwhile, he studied for came a full professor in 1969, twice (1936,1938). concert will be the Lyric Art tive " will be held by the Rice two years at the summer school and was chairman of the School "The Sounds of Christmas," a String Quartet with members University Shepherd School of of Colorado College and another of Music from 1953—1973. composition for symphony and Fredell Lack and Albert Muen- Music at 8:30pm, Saturday, two years at Baylor University A number of Hall's composi- chorus, and "The Week," a suite zer (violins), Wayne Crouse (vio- April 27, in Hamman Hall. The before he was awarded an M.M. tions have been ' published by for chamber orchestra in six la) and Shirley Trepel (cello); concert of compositions by in 1949. Schrmer, H.W. Gray and Galaxy movements, are among several oboist Barbara Hester; pianist Arthur Hall, professor of music, Hall came to Rice in 1953 as Music. He has won the Houston works which earned Hall five Drusilla Huffmaster, and the is being performed in his honor the University's first music in- Symphony Award (1953), the American Society of Composers, Rice Chamber Orchestra cond- on the occasion of his retirement structor and subsequently be- Charles Ives Award (1959) and Authors and Publishers' awards. ucted by Klaus-Christhart Krat- after 21 years at Rice. The con- came associate professor. He be- Yale University's Vernon Prize Performing at the honorary zenstein. cert will be followed by a re- ception in the Hamman Hall up- per lobby. • • CAPSULES * • Hall received a Mus. B. from DANGLO Show Biz: Theater is strong duction of a half-hour film treat- Nominations (with winners in Yale University (1924). For the What's Happening, Major and in Houston as we head toward ing the Astrodome as a 20th cen- boldface) are listed below: next four years he was music minor: Black Oak Arkansas and summer. Count Dracula will tury folk theater; and in the Pil- Best Play: The Disintegration master at Westminster School in Jo Jo Gunne play Hofheinz this play another few weeks at the ot Programs category, Scott of James Cherry (Players); The Simsbury, Conn., before study- Friday night... Alley; then the resident cast ret- Thomas, a graduate student in Importance of Being Earnest ing at Juilliard Institute of Mus- Chicago and Grand Funk Rail- ires to make way for five new architecture and fine arts here, (Baker); A Man For All Seasons ical Art in 1929. road play Houston May 4 and faces in the season's last produc- received $11,100 for a 16mm (Players); Rosencrantz and Guil- From 1930 until 1943, when May 18, respectively ... the Mus- tion, The Decline and Fall of the color film to be made in Hous- denstern Are Dead (Wiess); The he joined the USO for overseas ic Hall will host flamenco guitar- Entire World as Seen Through ton called Architecture in the Tempest (Baker). service during the war, he was ist Carlos Montoya this Saturday the Eyes of Cole Porter to open Petroleum Age (6 grants in cat- Best Musical: Man of La Man- associate director of the Yale night ... Ray Charles will appear in the middle of May ... The Tro- egory) ... cha (Wiess); Zorba! (Players). Glee Club, and when the war at Jones Hall May 18 ... and jan Women by that old favorite „ * * * Best Director: Jack Dean ended he settled in Houston as Wayne Cochran and the C. C. Euripides, recently opened at Awardsville: Nominations for (M an of La Mancha); Martin organist and music director for Riders do La Bastille through Reunion Theater, and will play the Play-Off Awards for best Grace (The Tempest); Kim Han- Christ Episcopal Cathedral. April 27 ... there weekends through the mid- achievements in Rice theatrics son (Rosencrantz and Guilden- dle of May ... Theater Under the were announced last week, and stern Are Dead); Neil Havens (A Stars has announced two plays the winners were named yester- Man For All Seasons); Neil Hav- for free production at Miller day. A Man For All Seasons ens (Zorba!). with this coupon Theater this summer. Oliver! will picked up six awards, including Best Actress: Alexi Bonifield $2.00 off and Rice I.D. open June 20 and-play a week; Best Play and Director to Neil (Man of La Mancha), Elaine Bo- Hie Most Happy Fella will be on Havens. Donna Yeager got Best nilla (Adaptation), Teveia (Tem- Fred and Pierre's Hair Styling stage sometime in August (audi- Actress for her multi-role in A* pest), Donna Yeager (Adaptat- For Men and Women daptation, and John Merkling ion). at the Warwick Hotel tions April 26, 7:30pm at 1999 West Gray) ... continuing its run and Joe Crites tied for Best Ac- B est Actor: Bob Anderson at the Wonderland Theater in tor (in Seasons and Rosen- (Zorba!), Joe Crites (Rosen- For Appointment: the River Oaks Shopping Center crantz and Guildenstern Are crantz), Shawn Logan (Disinteg- 528-2435 or is Alice and Wonderland ... Dead, respectively). Special r a t i on), John Merkling (Seas- 526-1991, ext 6 Good through April Dinner theater fans can take awards included "Grandmother ons). Robert Ritner (Tempest), their pick (and pick their teeth). of the Year" to Jean Morris in Cash Til ton (Rosencrantz). Bob Crane (Hogan's Heroes) The Disintegration of James Best Supporting Actress: stars in Beginner's Luck at the Cherry and "Special Effects" to Jeanne Fagin (La Mancha), Paula Baker's Hie Tempest. Windmill; the Dean Goss Dinner (Continued on page 17) Theater has "revived" its prod- uction of Woody Allen's Don't tTHE MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMPANY j Drink the Water; and Galveston's trashy Balinese Dinner Theater Plastic sculptor appears at Rice has Blood, Sweat and Stanley Sculptor Richard Van Buren and overlap, resulting in numer- Poole ... will do an outdoor piece on the ous combinations of opacity * * * Rice campus during the week of and translucency. This complex- JlHOUSTONS NEWEST AND MOST UNIQUE .. 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the rice thresher, april 25, 1974—page 14 Houston Grand Opera glitters with 's 'Mefistofele' by THOMAS ZIMMERMAN ated a score equal in many res- operas in one. Faust and Mefis- 3; the HGO production apparen- the pit of Jones Hall, the Hou- The Houston Grand Opera pects to the mature Verdi. Of tofeles dominate virtually the tly combines the original 4 acts ton Symphony Orchestra was brought their 1973-74 season to course the work has never lost whole of the work, and in the into three with Prologue and Ep- unable to muster at full strength. a glittering conclusion this week favor in Italy, and some of the role of the former, tenor John ilogue. Miss Shade is also heard Under these difficult circumstan- with three performances of Ar- major European festivals revive Alexander demonstrated once in the brief role of Elena. Mezzo ces, Julius Rudel did as well as rigo Boito's Mefistofele. It is it now and then. again that he is one of the more Kay Creed (who appeared in Ro- could be expected, and the or- worth mentioning that until re- With sets and costumes bor- reliable singing actors to be meo and Juliet last season) and chestra is due special congratu- cently Boito was remembered, if rowed from the New York City found anywhere. tenor David Hall complete the lations for making, as Sir Tho- at all, as the librettist for two of Opera, HGO went one step fur- Soprano Nancy Shade makes cast, also in dual roles respective- mas Beecham was wont to say, a Verdi's greatest works, Otello ther: they also obtained the ser- her HGO debut in the difficult ly of Martha/Pan talis and Wag- 'hell of a row' in the Epilogue. and Falstaff. All this changed in vices of the leading interpretor (and somewhat incidental) role ner/Nereiis. One assumes that Rudel is also due praise for ma- 1969, when the New York City of the title role, Norman Treigle, of Margherita, portraying her this was done for reasons of eco- naging to keep the musical line Opera mounted a lavish new pro- and the conductor of the revival, tragic plight in a most moving nomy, and both singers rose to alive in the last half, where Boi- duction of Mephistofele, (the o- Julius Rudel (Who is also Music way, particularly in the touching the occasion with acceptable but to's literary inspiration failed pera had not been presented at Director and Administrator of aria from scene 3, 'L'altra notte'. not outstanding results. him. The chorus (and the off- the Met for more than 40 years) the New York company). Boito This scene is referred to in the Norman Treigle has become stage Rice Chorale) were effect- and ended up with a resounding (unlike Gounod) based his libret- present production as being so identified with the role of Me- ive throughout. hit on their hands, and opera lo- to on the whole of Faust, thus, from Act 2, but in Boito's score, fistofeles that it is difficult to re- '74-'75 offerings vers realized that Boito had cre- is a very real sense, making two it is placed as the opening of Act call his success in such contrast- ing roles as Boris, Faust, Don Gi- HGO has announced that ovanni, and so on. If he lacks the their 1974-75 winter season will New Riders: more than just rock dark, rich quality that Boris include • Alban Berg's Lulu and Christoff brought to Boito's de- Richard Strauss' Der Rosenkava- like "Hello Mary Lou" and Kansas is the name of a band by DON SHEWEY vil, he is at least as terrifying in lier in addition to four other "Dead Flowers," that they and an album (Kirshner Rec- Every time I listen to the new his overview of such an evil pre- works. The outstanding young should have been done better, ords), a fairly average rock re- live New Riders of the Purple sence as the only other competi- Dutch conductor Edo de Waart. and that Marmaduke is getting lease which manages to distin- Sage LP Home Home on the tion before the public — Cesare will make his Houston debut as downright wimpy. guish itself from others in a cou- Road (Columbia Records) I have Siepi. Treigle's 'Ave Signor' conductor of Rosenkavalier, as Finally, I realize that I was ple of important ways. First, the a different opinion of it. First, I came off superbly, and his acting among the great soloists for this being overly critical and, trying decided that the New Riders are vocals are exceptional and stand lived up to advance expectat- upcoming 20th season will be to forget that they ever played essentially one a a bunch of fair- out as an unusually prominent ions. Evelyn Lear, Walter Berry, Joan with the Grateful Dead, I decid- ly indistinguishable country rock driving force. ("Can I Tell You," Sutherland, Donald Gramm, and ed that the New Riders really do bands who are much less signifi- the opening track, is a stunning Due to space limitations in Martin Arroyo. play very well on Home Home cant individually than the genre 3'A minute powerdrive.) on the Road. 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the rice thresher, april 25, 1974—page 15 SA approves NSA plans, bike lockers in final meeting The SA voted to allow install- by LETA DUNN Carl Treleaven, Lolly Prestridge) after some debate, SA benefits protection from wind, rain and ment of the lockers at strategic water balloons. Sid Rich presi- Mpnday saw the last of this to St. Louis this summer to at- gained from last year's attend- points around campus. The cost dent Billy Collier quickly reques- year's SA meetings, with the tend the NSA convention. Sup- ance couldn't be pinpointed. to rent a locker would be 25 ted lockers for his college. main discussion centering on the posedly, this would be a bene- The proposal finally passed, af- cents daily, $1.00 weekly or National Student Association ficial action for the SA, enabling ter much nitpicking about the The '74-75 budget for the SA $16.00 a semester. The lockers (NSA) Convention in St. Louis. those who attend to meet new procedural process. was adopted, as well as that of are somehow anchored to the the RPC. RPC president Rick This concerned sending three people as well as visiting the pro- Bike lockers seem to be the ground and would be a Schecter was present to clarify a representatives (Steve Golvach, fessional workshops. However, newest fad around the campus. misunderstanding concerning SRC films, that had cropped up during the last meeting. After some discussion and argument, Dr. Curtis presented a report on BUDGET TAPES & RECORDS the new Rice journal, "Patterns and Perspectives," to come out within the week. The journal, fi- nanced by the Admissions Of- fice, is an interdisciplinary study Weekly Specials on New Releases of student work. $2.99 LP's $3.99 Tapes A complaint was brought up Regular Prices: $3.99 LP's and $4.99 Tapes concerning high school students using the RMC basement. During summer school last year, the stu- dents damaged many of the PROFESSIONAL PRIVATE TUTORING games and equipment, which had to be replaced with univer- IF SOCRATES WERE ALIVE TODAY — sity funds. The situation will be HE WOULD WORK FOR US. looked into. Like-Socrates, we believe in education, and we go about it in the Complete paraphernalia live in all stores This ended the spring semes- finest way known — we tutor all our students. Full-time students: Primary and Secondary, varied curricula. ter meetings of the SA Senate. Part-time students: One or more courses, all subjects, all levels, classes are coordinated with full-time school. EUROPE - ISRAEL Testing: Locates strengths and weaknesses. AFRICA Reading: Reading and other special courses available. Travel discounts All Instruction—One Teacher-One Student year-round ALEXANDER - SMITH ACADEMY Student Air Travel Exocutivo Mom, Suit* 195 14524 Memorial at Dairy-Ashford 4645 SovthwMt Fracway Agency, Inc. Houston, Toxin 77037 4765 Bissonet—near 610 South 201 Allen Rd. Suite 410, 621-6550 1218 Westheimer—near Towere Theater Atlanta, GA. 30328 Est. 1968 (404) 256-4258

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"The Virginity" by DougCrowell less' 'Chuang-Tzu's Butterfly'is a 'medit- Poems, short stories and even heavy end the light does disappear, not only for is a direct, almost word-for-word takeoff ation' on personality theory, using the ex- critical essays by Rice people have their the narrator, but for the reader as well. pressions of a variety of writers - Chinese, day in the first annual Rice Literary Rev- Anderson's prose approaches poetry, but on Russian author Nicolai Gogol's "The Hindu and Christian. iew, heading for an auspicious debut next she is equally skillful in her handling of Nose," which was much more effective week. Literary magazines on this campus, dialogue and the overall narrative frame- and substantial • surely the Review could 'Once upon a time, I, Chang-Tzu, however, still have a long way to go. work. A beautiful story. have done without sixteen pages of word dreamt I was a butterfly ... suddenly I substitution. Both stories are enjoyable, The fact that even a few of the twenty awaked ... Now I do not know whether I surely, but Gogol did do it first. "The Review pieces do merit general attention Rothko Chapel is paid its due in Gary was then a man dreaming I was a butter- is a credit to editors WilliamHarmless and Thompson's "Rothko", an imagic presen- Playground" by Richard Atlee blends fly, or whether I am now a butterfly Augustine Martinez, whose final collect- tation of the reveries evoked upon a visit children's games, rhymes, etc. to good ef- dreaming I am a man.' Such a challenge ion displays a good deal of discretion and through that 'last orifice of the brick and fect in its exploration of youthful interac- to the grasp of the rational mind joins broadmindedness. Subject matter ranges concrete.' The description of the paint- tion, and "Dry Run" reads pretty much others and are discussed thoroughly in from neighborhood chapels to animal tor- ings and their relationship to sunlight is like its title. Harmless' essay. Martin Sosland's piece ture; quality ranges from excellent to rather striking. "Paralyzed" by Susan Most of the critical articles read like on Albert Camus is a not unordinary, mediocre; and the readability scale hits Wood dishes out that sinking feeling as it impositions: they are long, verbose and comprehensive philosophical treatise on both the top and the bottom. There's compares immobility to a semi-drowned undeniably intelligent, but with only four freedom and justice and the way they are nothing really poor in the Review but state; "Erosion" by Wyn Bullock is an ex- examples the scope is extemely limited. juxtaposed in Camus' works. there are some things one might find dif- istential view of earth's age. Spanish rom- Joseph Martinez' "The Lower Nature?" is ficult to start, let alone finish. anticism contributes to the Review's op- probably the most amenable selection; its Hopefully, no one will react in the On the brightest side are a poem and a ener, "Senor Lorguilla" by Pater Kahn, scientific language belies its humanist same way as another to the selections in story which show two totally different and artistic and literary allusions play a concerns with the plight of experimental the Rice Literary Review; as expressed by frames of mind but stand out equally as major role in Donald Lewin's "Homage to animals in psychological studies (and I Gary Thompson in "Rothko," "There's highly talented works. Polly Morrice's J.M.W. Turner" and "Spenserian Stanzas bet you didn't know pigeons could com- nothing to be seen here/ But what you poem "The Egoist" is sharp, incisive and for Barbara L." not to mention in the mit suicide). All of these essays demon- yourself bring." Don't take this to mean demanding, with the staccato rhythms of concluding poem by T.D. Kelly called strate a wealth of knowledge and back- that you're stupid if you can't appreciate a Sylvia Plath. Subtle rhyming patterns "Boethius: Quaenam discors foedora ground on the appropriate subject matter, the work in the Review; but personal are upstaged by a forceful, compelling rerum for Paul Reichardt." and an equal amount of skill in organizing tastes will determine the degree of appre- development; the ending is an incantation relevant perception on paper, but the deg- ciation. that echoes in your mind. The poem sim- Of the other short stories, "Soliloquy" ree of complexity will undoubtedly be o- In its first edition, the Review has ply works, and works well (you'll probab- by Tom R. Sanchez uses a stream- of-con- ver the heads of most readers. "The Myth demonstrated a definite potential; room ly read it more than once). sciousness technique and a variety of odd of the White Indian" by Nancy Conrad for improvement is great, and for the sake "The Disappearance of Light" by Hel- references to reduce a small section of a explores the 'Indianization' of three of of literary endeavor at Rice, we should en Anderson weaves music and madness university experience. It's fairly enjoyable James Fenimore Cooper's European-in-In- hope that development in the area con- in a sad, sensitive story of a mother and to read, but someone should be thanked dian-land characters - Natty Bumppo, tinues to be positive. CAPSULES • • * • BRAZOS (continued from page 14) Best Costume Design: Bar- Best Set Design: John Merk- Fenster (Earnest), Jan Forney bara Lamb (The Importance of ling (The Importance of Being (Disintegration), Joan Rea Green Being Earnest), Sara Jane Millig- Earnest), John Merkling (A Man BOOKSTORE For All Seasons). 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The displays, or "studios," were criticized by a jury of distin- The archis' fanciful wooden chairs probably won't replace the desks in Anderson Hall, but guished professional architects and interested Houstonians. they must be comfortable... photos by ed Williams. Architecture students display a year's work

by CARL TRELEAVEN Besides being on display to that respect this year. Among its represent solutions to many Freeway. actual design problems. Each One of the projects was even the Rice community and the those serving were four outstan- class of students undertook a closer to home. To help meet a Rice's architecture students general public, the works of un ding leaders in the profession: specific problem area. displayed much of their year's Kenneth Frampton, a Loeb Fel- pressing need at Rice, one of the dergraduate and graduate work this week in varied and in- low at Harvard; Craig Hodgetts, One studio involved a pro- designs involve® - providing low students, and also faculty, were posed social services center for teresting exhibits in thy Grand the former Dean of the Design and middle-cost housing for stu- reviewed by a distinguished jury. the City of Houston. Another in- Hall of the RMC, Anderson Hall, School at California Institute of dents at Rice and Baylor. Oddly In Cannady's words, the jury volved a natural resources pro- and in the basement of the Fon- the Arts; George Anselevicius, enough, this would hinge upon served as a "sounding board" for ject proposed for Chambers dren library. The displays, called Chairman of Architecture at the County, located between Hou- greater use of the stadium park- "studios," were part of Jury the School. Each studio was pre- Harvard Graduate School of De- ston and Beaumont. A model ing lot. One reason for the high Week, sponsored by the School sented both visually and verbally sign; and John Gallery, Associate housing project for Houston was cost of multiple-unit housing in of Architecture. to the jury for criticism. Their Dean and Head of Planning at the product of another team of the area, is the ordinance govern- comments, plus the comments One of the organizers of Jury the University of Texas at archis. ing parking. Because land around of people in the School of Archi- Week, Architecture Professor Austin. Because much 'of the Several of the studios in- Rice is valuable, these parking tecture about their colleague's William Cannady, sees it as more work involved the city and sur- volved proposed projects for the requirements make only high- works, will serve as "feedback." than just an exhibition. It also rounding area, a number of Hou- area surrounding Rice, demon- cost housing feasible in the area. Specifically, Cannady said that served as a "constructive plan- stonians also served on the jury. strating that college education Under the plan the stadium ning tool" for students and fac- what is learned during the Week Those having the opportunity can be "relevant" and useful. A parking lot, used only a few ulty in the School. will be used in faculty and stu- to view the exhibits were treated number of graduate students de- times a year at present, would be Jury Week has been held six dent-faculty discussions to help to a wide variety of work. The signed a transit linkage system used to meet these parking re- or seven times previously; it has improve teaching methods at the projects represent fare more for Rice, the Medical Center, quirements. This would enable not been held the past two School. than simply exercises in architec- and the Village. Eventually, it is the construction of lower-cost years. According to Cannady, One of the keys, Cannady tural creativity. Since the School hoped such a system can be built student housing. The Jury this was due to a lack of organi- said, is getting a good jury. The of Architecture does a good deal and linked with the proposed Week exhibits will be displayed zation and funding. School was quite fortunate in of planning research, the exhib- transit system for the Southwest in Anderson Hall through May.

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the rice thresher, april 25, 1974—page 18 Droppa Kappa Acid: banana in every pot, or vice versa by FORREST JOHNSON My Heart in San Banana and did Man," for example, "is very tall, ker Commons and through var- tial DKA event there are a half a Opinion in Will Rice is divid- a tribute to "Guru Mahara Bana- wears a white lab coat, has a tin ious bars. dozen "planned" events. ("We ed: is the DKA (Droppa Kappa na." Some Arkansas fans took face and tin gloves, and wears a On the political side, many try not to plan things," says Dan Acid) a bunch of ordinary odd- offense. A radio announcer black bowler hat with a DKA DKA members fought against Weisman.) DKA members are balls, or are they a new and in- called it "an insult to the state crown (an inside-out Burger Freshman waiting in Will Rice, lackadaisically considering mak- novative species of freaks pre- of Arkansas." "Well, if they King crown) on top." "1 don't finally winning by electing a ma- ing the adventures of Tin Man viously unknown to authorities want to do things like that, why think he photographs. You can't jority of comrades and fellow into a photo-comic book, star- on oddballness? DKA, informed don't they go to Stanford or see him in a mirror, we've tried travellers to the Will Rice Diet. ting a radio station, putting 011 a sources allege, is an anarchistic Harvard?" said an Arkansas root- that." "Tin Man is ever searching An attempt at secession from play, and holding cockroach ra- organization associated with the er, "I don't know why they're for danger and whenever he sees Will Rice also involved DKA ces. abolishment of freshman wait- here." danger he runs away." "Black members. The insurrection en- According to Weisman, the ing, an attempted secession from Next, the DKA went formal. Avenger", a comrade of "Tin ded when the rebels' demands DKA is still looking for "a real WRC, liberalism in general, bana- They held a croquet game at Man," is dressed all in black, (mostly for more money for college in which to live. As yet, nas, Daniel Weisman, and the 2am in front of Lovett Hall. Ca- with a black mask. "Duffy," DKA-approved activities) were we haven't found one...We're third floor of the old wing, but viar and champagne were served wears a brown beret and doesn't met. thinking of joining Baker. mostly with a series of antics as refreshments. do much but steal signs. The "A- What will the DKA do next? They're pretty wierd over wild enough to attract attention Costumes are an important bortion" wears his pants over his Hard to say. For every substan- there..." even at Rice. At various times part of DKA, and costume head, and his shoes on his hands. they have catered caviar and -personalities are an important These monsters have paraded at champagne parties, thrown bana- part of the bull sessions. "Tin parties, movie lines, through Ba- nas at cheering crowds, and non -plussed the line at The Exorcist by walking past with their heads ROf/ANDOS in their pants. The group was conceived dur- EUTHANASIA, INC. ing a late-night bull session (stan- dard DKA forum) early last se- L. Mortez mester. WRer Buddy Grazioli Proprietor OI r'c was complaining to some friends that there were no fraternities at Rice. "We decided we'd form a fraternity for Buddy," says Kyle Johnson. "The next night we in- vited him to address the crowd. He stood on the trash can by Halsey Taylor (WRese for water fountain) and gave k very good lecture on fraternities." _ They immediately sat down and planned the new fraternity's Tired of the weanie life? Sick of studying and a stagnant first party, scheduled for Hallo- atmosphere? Ready to give it all up? We can help. At RoUttOc'* DRIVE TH^U K ween. The party "somehow Euthanasia, we've had over 40 years' experience helping LOADING DOCK FACILITIES backfired into a University ev- people with your special problem. For a reasonable fee, we ATfclMtf FACTORY ONLY* ent." "All sorts of people" will help you plan all the details of your last hours — from just showed up — "all those outsiders a short goodbye note to the special event of the season. If you 2902 Kirby (Between Alabama & Westheimer) — undesirables, malcontents, act quickly in signing up before the rush, you'll get our Rice 11AM-11PM—llAM-Midnite FRI. & Sat. drug addicts and so forth." Student Discount. Call 522—8463 and ask for one of our 914 Alabama (Just a few steps off Montrose) The second major DKA festi- consultants. 528-8794 vity was Banana Day, on the day 11AM-1AM EVERYDAY of the Arkansas game. The frat 30c Beer—Wine Coolers marched out carrying a 10-foot Charcoal Burgers & Spaghetti cloth banana. They pelted the "You May Be Losing Your Life, FOOSBALL & PONG GOOD MUSIC fans with hundreds of pounds of But You're Gaining Your Freedom. Pitcher of Beer $1.40 the fruit, led the band in I Left

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Friday the twenty-sixth. son members celebrate Weanie the in 1703. 8am Last day of classes begins, prosecutor (Watergate) Archibald Thursday June thirteenth. Night Out Party. lpm Cullen Aud. Treasure Island. Cox speaks — tickets in SA of- 12n Fifth annual Words worthless egg Saturday August tenth. 8pm Media Center Calcutta. Free This production is a play. fice. $15. fry. 3:27pm Monsoon season ends. 8:30pm Hamman. An Arthur Hall 5pm RMC patio — RPC's Last Day Retrospective. Wednesday the eighth. Monday July eighth. Monday August twenty-sixth. of Classes Dance, party. Finals end. 12:35pm Promised raise fell through. 8am Classes resume. 7:30pm 223 HB. Rice Christian Sunday the twenty-eighth. Community meets. 11:30pm K101. NatLamp Comedy Saturday the eleventh. 7:30pm Sewall Courtyard. Hidden Hour — or "Why didn't I study 7pm Lovett lawn — commencement. Manna concert. instead?" 8pm Lovett commons Dumbo Free. And, as we see it: 8pm Media Center. The Music Monday the twenty-ninth. Room. 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There is no Don't forget the variety of Rice memorabilia admission charge. we offer you to remember ftice University * * * Signatures — The Black Student Union, in cooperation with KYOK radio, is sponsoring a drive on Rice campus to ob- The Rest of You: tain signatures to make Martin Luther King's birthday a lo- cal, state, and national holi- Stay tuned next year for all your intellectual needs day. All interested students should contact a member of the BSU in their college. We sincerely appreciated your business this year Needed Immediately: and welcome, your suggestions on improving Eight Typists our services to you. Thank you. Ten Clerical Seven Messengers Mon—Fri 8am—5pm Sat 8am—12:30pm Victor 223-3184 627-0910 the rice thresher, april 25, 1974—page 20