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"Volume 51—Number 4 HOUSTON, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2, 1963 SCHOLARSHIP RETURNED Out Exceeds In: Charter Intervention University Budget Draws Alum Protest Fails To Balance The interveners in the Uni- learned of the efforts of Mr. The financial report of Rice versity's suit asking permission Coffee and Mr. Billups "to pre- University, released Monday to integrate and charge tuition vent integration at Rice." He and published as required by EIGHT STORIES TALL—Rising out of the trees at received a protest last summer in stated that "My feelings are that law, revealed a deficit of the north end of the campus, the eight-story tower which the form of a check and a letter you are wrong in this matter. $150,127 in the operations of will house the new Margarett Root Brown College will be from Mr. James L. Aronson, a Any man who can qualify on his the University during the year east of of Jones (foreground) and adjacent to Sunset 1959 gi*aduate of Rice. ability for entrance to Rice is a ending June 30, 1963. Boulevard (left) and Main Street. Addressing his protest to Mr. top quality man, regardless of his This was confirmed by L. John B. Coffee, one of the two race, and I would be happy to as- S. Shamblin, treasurer and men who filed a countersuit sociate with him. To deny that business manager, and Howard against the University, Aronson man an opportunity for a Rice A. Thompson, Director of De- New Women's College Will Tower objected to the obstruction of in- education is selfishly cruel; in velopment. The added expen- tegration at Rice, informing Mr. denying that opportunity it is diture was blamed by Thomp- Coffee that "legally you may be also an admission of one's own son on the rising costs of ed- right, but morally you are not." sense of possible inferiority. Eight Floors Above Main Street ucation. MR. ARONSON returned to "RICE IS a great university; Preliminary plans for the new mons, recreation room, and a EXPENSES FOR the year the University the sum of $100 it has no business belonging to Margaret Root Brown College Master's residence. amounted to $5,200,524, total which he had received as John this undignified policy. call for an eight-story high-rise TH K BROWN & ROOT archi - income to $4,913,029. The bulk B. Coffee Scholar in Geology in "I can even less afford $100.00 structure to be built between the tect displayed a whole sheaf of of the income was from in- 1958-59 with the request to Presi- today than I could in 1958," Aron- present Jones plant and the main special perspectives showing the vestments. Income in the form dent Pitzer that the award be son said. "As a peaceable protest University entrance. appearance of the eight-story of gifts and grants totaled stricken from his record. to your action I am returning Albert E. Sheppard, A.T.A., building from various vantage $431,904. (The Thresher learned of the this money to Rice, and asking chief architect for Brown & Root, points. Over half the expenses were protest when the editor and a that the John B. Coffee Scholar said the high-rise plan was adop- The top several stories will be listed as instructional, amount- staff member heard Rabbi Rob- in Geology award be removed ted "to conserve valuable ground visible from Main Street and ing to $2,604,050. ert I. Kahn of Temple Emmanuel from my record." area" in the .Tones corner of the most other campus points. It will THIS IS the first time in the say in his sermon at last Friday's ARONSON, A MEMBER of campus. not, however, approach the height history of the University that services that a countersuit biled Will Rice College and the Honor HE INDICATED that *plans of the old Campanile, by far the there has been a deficit. In by a businessman against a Uni- Council while at Rice, has been were considered which placed the ! tallest structure on campus. connection with the deficit, versity in this state, which has a graduate student at the Cali- new college west of Jones, but I HE SHE east >f J'ones also Thompson predicted "inten- filed suit for permission to inte- fornia Institute of Technology that this idea was rejected in I was )icked because it was land sification of attempts to get grate, had been dropped. The for the past four years, has re- view of expansion needs in the "which could not have been other- further financial support from Rabbi used no names. ceived a Masters degree, and is engineering neighborhood adja- wise used." Every attempt was alumni, corporations, and the made, the architect said, to "pre- The suit had been dropped, said working on a doctorate. His pres- cent to Jones. like." serve the park-like area around Rabbi Kahn, because of a protest ent inclination is to go into re- The college, financed by the When asked if the Univer- the college. Very few trees will by a, recipient of a scholarship search and teaching, but he says Brown Foundation, is scheduled sity had. any sort of "backup be displaced." §4ven by the businessman. All but that his plans are not definite. to open in the fall of 1965.'Shep- fund" to cover the deficit, the crucial point of the story, Aronson was notified of the pard said that the new college The tentative plans reveal that Thompson said, "This has not the dismissaj of the suit, proved countersuit against the Univer- would include the usual complex the tower will be arranged in an been answered as yet." upon investigation by the Thresh- sity by a clipping sent him from i of facilities including a corn- "H" pattern, giving the illusion er to be true, and to concern Rice. his father in Dallas. When inter- of twin towers on the side eleva- The Rabbi told the Thresher viewed via telephone by the tion. This configuration was se- that he had heard the story as a Thresher, he stated that he felt lected both for architectural ef- rumor and had purposely avoid- that he had found this summer Senate Withdraws Concert Support, fect and the utilitarian aspect of ed the use of any names.) a "rare opportunity" to ifiform I placing a I! the service facilities IX HIS LETTER of July 12 to the interviewers that there is a Votes Money For Janus Publication j on top of each other al a cent rui I local ion. Mr. Coffee, Mr. Aronson thanked proportion of the alumni, pos- By G RETCH EN VIC office supply give-away busi- Mr. Coffee for the award, saying sibly large, that favors integra- It was decided to give $125.00 ness. | The exact local ion ol the ' "'in- that the award "certainly helped tion. He stated that he had re- unqualified assistance to Janus BECAUSE OF unrest among j mons and Master's House for i new college has not yet been me financially to complete my ceived a "gentlemanly reaction this year to indicate the Senate's the alumni, the New Song (to the | determined. undergraduate education at Rice." from Mr. Coffee." support of this magazine. tune of Finlandia) will be called He then stated that he had just (Continued on Page G) Support of the Josh White con- "The School Song" until further cert for November 24 has been notice, and "Rice's Honor" will withdrawn by the Student Sen- still be called the Alma Mater. Last Dates Close ate last night because of the "The School Song" will be play- Colleges Set Budgets proximity of a Peter, Paul, and ed at all Alma Mater-like occa- For Fellowships, "Let's loosen up and get THE SOCIAL BUDGET for Mary concert to be held in Hous- sions, and the Alma Mater will something done," reads a mar- Jones, Wiess, Baker and Hans- ton on the twenty-second. A be a part of the band's collection Graduate Awards ginal note on a copy of one of zen have been around $1,100- later date is being sought by the of school songs. A variety of graduate scholar- last year's college budgets. $1,200 during the last tw-o Student Center Board. It will be played at least once every game, even if as a fight ships for study in both the sci- "We are only limited by funds years. This heading is gen- S. A. President Mike Jaffe song. ences and the humanities in the and imagination." erally assumed to cover all ac- pointed out that the Unutt'rsity tivities of a "party" nature. U.S. and abroad are available for Working on this premise, the of Houston has promised to sup- the informed and qualified stu- five college cabinets have re- The one prominent exception port the Josh White concert with Beer Flow Slows in this list is Will Rice. In dent cently completed work on their us by advertising it through their Rice is one of the 20 U. S. aca- budget^, for the coming year. '61-'62, the allocation was $900," radio and television stations and in '62-'63 only $800 and in As Parties Quiet demic institutions chosen * to Most are hopeful at best that newspaper, and by selling tickets award Churchill Scholarships the end of the year will find '63-'64, a healthy $1,250. on their campus. UNDER THE heading De- given by Churchill College of actual expenditures coming In what was a nearly-record After LCB Raid velopment and Permanent Im- Cambridge University. Each De- reasonably close to fund allo- breaking short meeting, the provements, Will Rice has set By LYN MARTIN partment nominates candidates, cations. "New Dynamic Student Senate" aside during the three years As last Saturday night brought which are then screened by a fac- also considered its estimated bud- A COMPARISON of the beginning with '61-'62 $4,655 the first round of parties held ulty committee. get for the coming year. Fol- budgets shows that the col- for its basement improvement under the new regime, students The nominationss must be in lowing the example of more ex- leges have a set of common in- project. Other colleges are in- noted a pronounced change in at- the Dean of Students office by tensive governmental operations, terests about which the fiscal volved in similar projects. Ba- mosphere. The LCB sent no per- October 31; applicants should in- the Estimated Financial State- thinking is much the same. ker has allocated a total of sonal representative to any of the clude their Graduate Record Ex- ment of the Student Association Most of the colleges support $1,600 in two years, Hanszen parties, but there is little doubt am Scores. of the Rice University showed a a meal subsidy program in $2,000 for the period '62-'64, that they dominated in spirit. DANFORTH ..SCHOLARSHIP deficit of $217.00. which off-campus students are Wiess $1,700 and Jones $250 "NO RUM, by gum, the song applicants are also faculty nom- given a reduction in prices sev- for this year. THE MOST-DISCUSSED items •of the Liquor Control Board," inated; leters should reach Dean eral times a week. The result- $1,075 is to be spent this were the Discretionary Expenses also became the theme song of Higgenbotham by f> pm October ing loss is absorbed by the year by Jones, Will Rice, which included projected losses the Hanszen party as the college 21. Applicants should be male colleges. Wiess and Hanszen on their of $200.00 on Homecoming and folk singing group entertained seniors and graduates of U. S. $100.13 on the Austin party and colleges and should not have had For this purpose, Baker has college libraries. with a song satirizing what they allotments to Janus, Josh White, graduate study prior to the allocated $350, Jones $300, The bulk of college incomes considered rather puritanical at- and a Student Conference to be grant; the age limit 'is 30. They Wiess $250 and Will Rice, come from the $10 college fee titudes toward drinking. held later this yeai*. 1 should take the Graduate Record $200. Hanszen has discontin- paid by each resident and non- 'The consensus at all three par- Exam on or before November 16, ued the program in view of the resident member and from To cut office expenses, a di- ties held last weekend was that 1963. campus-wide reduction in meal commissions on vending ma- rective will be issued to all stu- a calmer and less boisterous at- rates. chines and laundry operations. dent organizations to the effect mosphere prevailed. There were Stipends, awarded in any field that the Senate is now out of the (Continued on Page 4) (Continued on Page 8) $ ^ <•

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In six years of life, the colleges have undergone or other commercial sources by reason of official an almost constant reshaping of their activities, University policy, besides the very good reason invariably in the direction of more breadth and that, without visible assets or even legal existence, scope. Things have come to the point that the nobody would lend to them anyway. This leaves colleges are expected to provide, in some way or but one possible source: the University. another, a host of special facilities usually headed The cost of setting up an FHA-type fund from by a demand for libraries or study—this in which the colleges could borrow would be min- addition to the usual offerings of cultural, social iscule; the benefit to the colleges, immense. and athletic programs. H* H* It has been argued that the University should Six years ago, rooms stood empty in every shoulder most of the really expensive projects. college. This year, occupancy stands at more than Perhaps so. But such aid does not seem forth- 1 00 % and there are long waiting lists. coming. It would be absurd to suppose that there has In lieu of University support, the various col- been a sudden surge of interest in un-aircondition- lege governments have taken to building up "hope ed, cramped and often gloomy, old-fashioned chests" earmarked for various uses. For they have rooms. Or that Rice students have suddenly taken found that although their short-term resources are a shine to commons food or room rates which are very adequate, their finances for large-scale all out of line with reality and the local rent capital expenditures are definitely shaky. market. But the "hope chest" method is a maze of The relatively small outlays by the University Seen In Passing inadequacies. 1 he burden of payment falls on for the colleges over the cost of dorms have paid the "generations ' of college members who do not off. The colleges may not be an oil well, but it (The following excerpts are taken from "The All-Star College Primer," ($1.50) and reprinted by permission of the publisher, The "live" to enjoy their sacrifice. 1 he improve- should not take a Jay Gould to see that a strong Grooves of Academe Press, Exaxston, Illinois. Any similarity between ment and its concomitant benefits are delayed committment, financial and otherwise, to the Col- these characters and campus figures is surely coincidental.—Ed.) Meet the Dean of Students. He is posting- some more in direct proportion to its cost. If several items lege System, pays off in high occupancy rates. regulations. He is the official who welcomes freshmen to the aie needed, they must be taken up one-by-one Add to this the benefits of the College System clolege family. Guess who dad is. or almost indefinitely put off. And there is always to the education and overall intellectual growth cf His job is to help mold students into mature adults who the danger that an impatient Cabinet somewhere the student. This, after all, is the business and are ready to assume responsibility and leadership in modern along the line will convert the funds to some raison d'etre of this and any University. Even society. That line is from his annual orientation speech on College: "A Preparation for Life." oilier use or else spend the money on the project if the Colleges were a dead loss financially, the i>elore there is enough to do a full-scale job. University would do well to commit itself whole- HERE'S HOW THE dean helps prepare students to fit the modern mold: 1 he logical way for the colleges to finance long- heartedly to them. By providing advice to the student publications commit- term permanent improvements is by borrowing. At present, the Colleges are a dormitory plus tee in order to save the editors from themselves. 1 hat way the delay would be avoided, and those a little; what they need to be is a lot plus a dor- By dropping in on political rallies to give students the who use and enjoy the improvements would also mitory. The difference is made up in things that benefit of his views. loot the bill. 1 he resources of the colleges are a dormitory does not have. Some of these cost By joining in student council meetings to guard the mote than adequate tor paying off notes, cer- money, money the colleges presently cannot reach. council from conflicting with college policies. Garland the dean's bulletin board \\( year's Thresher. With ihe reservations noted at the end. it continues to he relevant, anil we run it as the demand loyalty from their non-residents if they not teaching his specialty. '.hint in a series of editorials on student government at offer him no reason to be loyal, lo expect the The assistant professor lectures at 8:30 am and conducts Hire.—I'.d.) a quiz section at 9:30. He corrects quiz papers from 10:30 to non-resident to feel obligated to eat regularly in When a freshman enters Rice, be is assigned 12:30. Then he eats lunch at the office desk he shares with the college commons, even at reduced rates, is a bv a process never made clear to him to one of five other assistant professors. He advises students between mistake. Poor food and strained silence are high 1:30 and 3:30. At 3:30 he has another quiz session. live residential colleges, ii he is a non-resident and prices to pay for a college membership that is BECAUSE OF his attention to the students, the assist- a I all perceptive, he quickly leali/es two important otherwise meaningless. Yet this is as far as most ant professor will be (check the most likely result): 1) Pro- facts of student life: that his position is ambiguous of the colleges have seemed willing to go. moted; 2) Paid a higher salary; 3) Provided with a graduate at best in a system designed primarily for resi- assistant; 4) Pooped. Each college needs to establish a set of service dents and that the colleges are at the center of Assistant professors sit up half the night preparing the for all its members, in addition to those which cater campus social and organizational life. next day's lecture, correcting more quiz papers, and talking to the special interests of its various groups. 1 hese with other assistant professors about the deadwood in their It is difficult if not impossible for the non- activities — not elaborate social functions or departments. resident to find a place in such a system, and his poorly-publicized meal subsidies—will draw the Deadwood is academese for full professors. position is. hardly helped by the college's seeming non-resident to the college. What is needed, in mdiference to it. short, is some continuing activity that will sustain Here is a Full Professor. He knows everything. i In? is. in fact, the center of the Non-Resident permanent interest. A proessor spends most of his time at interdepartmental Pioblcin, since the non-resident has no real reason •v. •?. -v- committee meetings and in writing proposals for research to develop an interest in or a Royalty to a college grants. These activities are hygienic because they help im- which he did not choose and which does not We do not begin to have the full answer to the munize him from underclassmen. He views too close a con- tact with them as a threat to his mental health. seem to want him. non-resident problem, and we do not pretend to, IF A PROFESSOR obtains a grant he takes a leave of It is obvious, for example, that the non-resident but we do think we see the problem. The non- absence. This is one reason why some of the college's courses interested in participating in student government resident will make the extra efforts necessary for exist only in the college bulletin. Another reason is that if finds it next to impossible to secure a meaningful him to participate in his college's activities only he doesn't get a grant he goes away anyhow to be a con- position in his college. Normally, the best he can when he feels that effort is justified by the value sultant on something somewhere. hope for is a frustrating term as off-campus repre- of the activities and the sincerity of the college's When full professors are on the campus they sit up half sentative. It is symptomatic of the problem that interest in him. For him, loyalty and participation the night talking with other full professors about the hare- brained malcontents in their departments. the colleges regard these officers as their repre- are matters of choice, not obligation or necessity. Harebrained malcontents is academese for assistant pro- sentative to the non-resident, not the non-resident's 1 o attract him, college programming must in- fessors. representative to them. Ideally, the college cabinet dicate every reason why that choice is a wise one. * * * serves all of its members; in practice, the cabinets As so many college officers are ready to admit, Do you know why all these faculty members are gath- principal concern is with the resident, and the non- the failure to provide for the non-resident is ered in a hotel lobby? THEY ARE AT a slave market. Slave market is aca- resident representative is left to deal with his con- equivalent to admitting a basic failure in the demese for a National Meeting of a learned society. It is stituents as best he can. college system itself. If the problem is anything where deadwood and harebrained malcontents assemble to 1 he specific answer to the problems may well more than a lack of publicity—and we think it bargain about switching jobs and trading graduate students.* he in the hazy field of college personality. The is—then the failure of the non-resident to choose Everyone knows everything. But everyone doesn't know non-resident is interested in the college to which the colleges is an indication that the college's pro- that everyone else already knows everything. That is why the association's members read research reports to one an- lie is loyal; he is loyal to the college of which he grams are not sufficient to justify the effort. other. is proud; he is proud of the college which merits There are some notable exceptions to what we WHEN A REPORT confirms the beliefs of the directors his pride. And yet this is by no means clear to have said, and we do not include them in our of the associationTt is printed in the society's professional many college officers; their inability to recognize criticism, but this reservation constitutes no waiver house organ. The author receives prints to give to his family it might account as well for the large number of of responsibility for those colleges whose total con- and friends and the college's dean of faculties. upperclassmen who choose to leave the campus. tribution to the non-residents is obvious by their Reprints are like green stamps. When an assistant pro- fessor's file in the dean's office is filled with the proper The problem, by its very nature, offers no pat presence, its failure by their absence. number of reprints, he is promoted. solution, but the primary requirement is the proper EJK WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2, 1963 THE THRESHER Three 'Pllllll THRESHING-IT-OUT- SIGHTS- (President Defends Senate Set-up) Marsak Reconciles 'Cultures', aid SOUNDS fin Student Government Argument) By CHARLES DEMITZ H I read with no small amount of interest the editorial in last |g Calls For More Understanding jjweek's Thresher entitled, "The Student Senate." The argument to j To the Editor That these values are intrinsic to While watching the Horde in- ^redesign the representation of the Student Senate was basedg There was much talk on cam- science and contribute to its mor- ter the defunct Bandits Saturday gupon an assumption set forth in the third paragraph: ". . . Theg pus last year about the two cul- al meaning was clear to Francis (yo ho ho and a pound of flesh), gpurpose of the senators is centered around their colleges ... §} tures at Rice, and I note that it Bacon and to his followers in the our fancy lightly turned to other H IT IS WITH this basic premiss—or underlying assumption—1| is beginning again this year. It humanist tradition of the Renais- burning issues of the moment. Ijthat one must take issue. If, in fact, the Senators are so single-§§ is time to call a halt to such mis- sance. gminded, there is little or no hope for the future of the Senate.§| taken meanderings. There is a LEONARD M. MARSAK Will the SA President foil the |jHowever, such is not the case. §j problem of science in our time, Department of History knavish plot to turn the Cam- |f All but one of the Senators is elected specifically to serveg but C. P. Snow sees it only dim- -— o panile into cheese? Should the gas a representative to the Senate—a body structured to concern!! ly. Administration censor freshman gitself with the various campus issues and affairs that transverse^ The problem of science may be Jones President letters home? Is the catapult in gthe bounds of the semi-autonomous residential colleges. fff defined in terms of its enormous the architecture lab really a de- jjg IN ONE SENSE the "allegiance of the Senators is split; they§ growth and bureaucratization, Claims Primacy, fensive measure? §§are 1) to represent the interests of one body in another, and 2) top to the loss of other pursuits and jjserve this latter body. This split is meaningful, intentional andj§ WITH THE FINAL gun, we to the detriment of science it- Praises Hanszen Jjdesirable. It makes the Senate a body representative of signifi-g} decided that these are questions self. C. P. Snow has given the gjcant and varied interests ... a body that is in fact, a Senate, g To the Editor: with which our generation must problem its popular exposition g However, to approach the problem from the other end of the ,§§ Hanszen College's "new and es- ever grapple. Quamquam horrens, in his famous "Two Cultures and gspectrum, proceed for a moment—as last week's editorial did—onjjj sentially different program of or "in study there is fear." the Scientific Revolution." De- faculty advisor counseling" may gthe assumption that the split exists for no good—that it under-§j scribing the present conflict be- be new and essentially different As ever before, all cultural grnines the efforts of the Senate—that it has a thorn in the Sen-gj tween science and the arts, Sir for Hanszen College but it is cer- Houston rises to console us in gate's side. M Charles considers the victory of tainly not new and essentially our quandary. The Houston Grand g THE READY SOLUTION is to change the way that theH science a foregone conclusion. different for this campus. The Opera Association will offer § Senators are selected, e.g. to choose them by academic major des-g Prudently he laments the failure program as described is quite "Barber of Seville" as its opener gignation. The question that must be asked, however, is, "what! of communication between artist similar to the plan which has in Cullen Auditorium Friday gsignificance would such a group have?" The answer is, "none all and scientists, the more so that been in operation for three years through Sunday. The Hamlet Ca- jail." | each could benefit from the oth- at Jones College. baret people conspire in "Do You g How many people in the Rice community identify themselves§§ er. ALREADY THIS YEAR each Know the Milky Way?" a sort of gby their chosen fields of academic endeavor? What relationship!! reverse Yossarian via West Ger- sexists between academic major designation and the concerns ot'H HOWEVER, to talk as he Jones freshman has received a many. gstudent government? p does of two distinct and alien private interview with her facul- ty advisor as well as several H ARE THERE OTHER significant and functional divisions ol'p cultures —the scientific looking CIN EM A TIC A LL Y, actio n- small group meetings with her gthe Rice community that could be formed into a unit to deal withp to the future, the literary to the starved bennies will derive vicar- advisor. Jones senior advisors gmatters of an all-school nature? We might consider a S'-nati-g past—is to mistate the problem. ious thrills from "Mondo Cane," are also the liason between the selected from the various curricula of the University, elect h. if ones We need to remember that sci- a bit of aesthetic flypaper on faculty assocoate and a group of gSenator per 100 students. Or perhaps a Senate could he ".!• ny-|§ ence and the humanities have show at the Alabama. The Alray approximately ten students just prigged" on the basis of class affiliation. These divisions are r.-r-g been parts of one culture in our casts a sop to russophiles with as Hanszen intends to begin us- gtainly no more meaningful than that of academic ma j..r fh-s!gna-f§ past and that the achievements "Battleship Potemkim," one of ing its senior advisors. pt ion. p of each have been reflected in Einsenstein's best. those of the other . Jones College commends Hans- p The simple fact is that the solution t<> the |U'>«i>!^in en alingg pa working and effective, all-school legi.-datiuv right under ourg If there are two cultures to- zen College on its recognition of 'in the French Style" starts = collective noses , . . the solution is the Student Senate as wop day, then they may be listed as the worth of such a system of Thursday at the River Oaks. See |now know it. §§ the earlier humanist - scientific faculty-student relationships and Jean Seberg play herself. Lurk- 1 V MIKE JAFFE 1 one, characterized by an empha- .suggests that it is certainly time ing Friday at the Metropolitan | S. A. President p sis on rationality, universalism, for a Hanszen .freshman to will be "The Haunting," familiar fllllllll!lll!llllllllllll!llllll!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!lllll!lll!llll!!:ill|ll!llllllll!|||Hlilll!llli!lll!i!llll!l!llllllllllll!!l!lllllllll!llllllllllllllilillllil!llillhf individualism, and meliorism, and "know that someone really does but divertingly directed. the more recent pragmatic one care about him." MEANWHILE, back in the whose measure of truth is prac- NANCY STOOKSBERRY Museum of Fine Arts, the Junior tical results. Jones '64 The Rodney Man On Campus Gallery sketches out an artistic OUR HISTORY makes it abun- 0 beachhead with its new exhibit, dantly clear that science and the "The Versatile Shell." Rodney's Trophy Room where the humanities share the same val- Rader Criticizes ues. The quest for knowledge ,be Then there's always the RMC. well-dressed university men shop it that of the physicist or the Rule Restricting poet, implies a commitment to Hours At Jones ~\ truth rather than falsehood and a LANIK REALTY CO. responsibility that cannot be es- To the Editor: caped. There are some humanists It is interesting that the RENTALS "random inconveniences" caused who fail to recognize this ele- We Rent to Rice Students mentary fact of ethics, but "there by the raid last week elicited also are scientists who fail to do such heavy editorial comment JA 2-2711 2001 Colquitt To compliment l he so in their lives and work, as from the Thresher, while the college man's ward- recent events demonstrate. wholesale inconveniences regular- I In reality what worries C. P. ly imposed on a significant por- robe---3 piece Suit; Snow is that our political lead- tion of the Rice population re- DROMGOOLE'S ers, who have had their educa- mains unnoticed, or at least un- Dress Black or casual tion in the older disciplines, must commented-on. \ make fateful decisions without I am speaking of the hours \ TYPEWRITER! Blue - Olive understanding the new science restrictions placed by "the admin- \ that has shaped our environment. istration" on the residence of i SHOP IN0. Nevertheless, the decisions they Jones College.. This is an arbi- i In the Village make remain primarily political trary and anachronistic monstro- i $39.95 anj not scientific. sit ywhich has no validity in Typewriters . Calculators Of course it is important for modem America and in modern I Adding Machines . Repairs ! our leaders to have some scientif- Rice. i Rentals . Sales j ic information, but it is more im- THE RULE SEEMS arbitrary i Other Fine Lines | J A 2-1.323 2182 Bolsover i portant for them to be men of because it discriminates very dis- Include: good will and intelligence who tinctly against women. It is pre- h.i.s have some understanding of the posterous to assert that men are ! Two doors from Post Office? UNIVERSITY'SUIT I . Stanley Blacker Blazers place of science in society and of mature, or responsible, enough to its social uses. decide when to return to their . Hap'gar Slacks TO ACT WISELY in matters domiciles, while women of the . London Fog Rainwear of science we must know that sci- same age, intelligence, and up- ence is more than a technique and bringing are not. But this is Two Barber Shops . Gant Shirts a set of practical results; it is an precisely what the administra- . Gold Cup Socks integral part of our culture tion is asserting in restricting Serving' Rice which expresses our best aspira- the freedom of the Jones Girls. tions —rationality and altruism. (Continued on Page 4) SOUTH MAIN ! 4 BARBERS SPECIAL MONDAY PRICES O'BANION'S DEAN'S COLLEGE STUDENTS ONLY GROCERETTE 6626 S. Mailt JA 8-8118 JA 6-4461 ^ LAUNDRY TIMES IN THE VILLAGE CLEANING Southgate & Travis TIMES Two Blocks West of Rice Stadium BEER COIN OP "In the Village" POST OAK AT WESTHEIMER ICE FLAT TOP SPECIALTY LATERN LANE ON MEMORIAL 5215 KIRBY SOFT DRINKS 2434 Times JA 8-9440 Bill Rogdc BA '38 Four THE THRESHER WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2, 1963 Library Exhibit Features Rouault, PARTIES- THRESHING-IT-OUT- (Continued from Page 1) (Continued from Page 3) Now of course we realize that those who appreciated the novel- Or is it? A more insidious way Jess Neely is entirely too crafty Informs Student About Facilities ty of a quiet party, but a more to look., at the question would be a coach to let an authority like typical reaction was voiced by a to interpret the restrictions as a Burka escape. We suspect that To complement the visit to the the year. Planned for later in sophomore who attended the Will statement that something Bad Burka has been added to the campus of Georges Rouault's the year is a student-faculty art Rice party: "crummy — really, (shudder!) would happen if the "House of Neely." What a mag- "The Passion," the library has show, as well as displays on such really dull." restrictions were lifted. This nificent addition to the coaching been running an exhibit of the subjects as French and architec- "ONLY THE FINKS were doesn't put our Yellow Roses in staff he must be; this is truly life and works of Rouault. This ture. there," she continued, "Everyone a very flattering light. one of Neely's greatest moves exhibit, set up at the request of THE LIBRARY has also plan- else went somewhere they could (it's got it all over his "daring Mr. Roland Pomerat, assistant di- OR IS IT that "they" think ned to engage a number of trav- drink." the girls are basically wickeder gamble" shift of Parry from end rector of the RMC, is on the elling exhibits on various sub- to tailback. second floor of the Fondren Li- Will Rice held the only party than boys, to be penned up at jects, though the number of these where there was no drinking n;ght like potentially dangerous WE SUSPECT that Burka has brary. It will run for about one is limited by a shortage of avail- more week. whatsoever. Baker and Hanszen animals? Or is it that they want not been given a definite assign- able funds. made it very clear to their mem- the girls out of the way during ment since his talents and knowl- T h e display includes several If enough students express in- bers, however, that any drinking the time when most boys are just edge of the game are far too standard art reference works and terest, the library will put up an was to be only under the provis- beginning to study for the night? perceptive to be wasted on one many demonstrations and criti- exhibit on almost any subject. An ions of that now familiar Ai-ticle None of these explanations position. With his excellent anal- cisms of Rouault's major paint- exhibit generally lasts two weeks. 1, Section 17(14) of the Texas make any sense, and I believe ysis of Rice's line weakness, Bur- ings. In the alumni cases downstairs, Liquor Control Act. the real one would make no more. ka must be of inestimable value THE PURPOSE of the display a display may run as long as ATTENDANCE AT the par- Perhaps the restrictions are a to line coach Joe Davis. And his nC hooks and folders, according two months. ties may have been down some- tradition from the more puritan assertion that Rice doesn't hit to Mrs. Ola Zachery Moore, ex- what, but not radically. A com- past, or merely a salve to par- hard must warm the heart of end hibits assistant at Fondren, is ment from the Baker party was ents' consciences. In any event, I coach Red Bale. to hotter acquaint the Rice stu- Nasty Ads, No! that a high percentage of seniors think the rules could well stand But if Burka does have a spe- and fifth year students were dent with the library facilities Tom Soars was authorized an objective evaluation. cialty it must be his knowledge there, but the younger members at his disposal. by unanimous vote of the Stu- Perhaps the Thresher would of cliches and the Southwest Con- of the college celebrated the Rice dent Senate September 25 to like to take a poll? ference. We suspect that it is According to Mrs. Moore ,the victory elsewhere. "pen" the following resolution: here that Neely is putting Burka library dees not have the staff The Will Rice party may have BOB RADER WHEREAS, the themes and to great use as a scout for fu- u> permit indiscriminant brows- suffered somewhat from its be- Will Rice '66 advertising of extra-curricular The Jones College Cabinet did take ture Owl oponents. ing in the rave book room. As a ing on campus. Commented Mor- result, must students are unaware functions sponsored by campus n poll, Mr. Rader. By unanimous vote of BUT OUT OF that great store- ris Davis, "Nobody in their right the Cabinet, curfews were not only re- "f the large number of rare bind- organizations have on occa- house of football knowledge, we mind would go to a party on tained, but shortened by a half hour sian in the past been unneces- have found a flaw in the knowl- ings in the library's collection. campus." over last year's deadline. Find an The exhibit should help counter- sarily vulgar, explanation for that if you can. We edge of Burka. "Have you ever- FOLLOWING THE "Flush" act this situation. BE IT RESOLVED: that the can't.—Ed. seen an Arkansas back fall back- fiasco, Dean Higginbotham turn- themes and advertising of all wards?" asks Burka. Enclosed HIM ROUAULT display is but ed investigation of the drinking such functions henceforth be please find a picture of the "no of many exhibits which the situation over to the Intercollege within the bounds of decency. Burka Lingering? Hogg's Billy Moore falling back Fondren staff has planned forr i Court and an SA. committee un- five yards when hit in the Sugar der Bill Randol. I Bowl this year by Old Miss' Buck As a result of their investiga- Robbins, Holmes Randall. HERMANN PROFESSIONAL BLDG. tion, the Court recommended to BARBER SHOP Of course we realize that the Senate that it "require all Voice Suspicions Burka has already analyzed all UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT student organizations planning the Ole Miss flaws what with of social functions to inform the To the Editor: the Rebels tie by Memphis State, < 'iarence Ledbetter & Ralph Lopez Councilman-at-large of specific How lucky can we get? Just but we just thought he and your Open Monday precautions being taken to in- when we thought Rice's foremost readers might want to see this • All haircuts same price sure that state laws be obeyed." sports authority had deserted the picture. Closed 2:00 Saturday The Rice Players, completely Owls for the Land of the Long- WILL F. HOLMES * Appointments (no charge) oblivious to impending doom, held horn, we found, at lohg last, on Notre Dame '59 "Your Barber Across Main Street" their customary, distinctive cast the pages of the Thresher the j JOHN B. ROBINS J A 2-5311 6419 MAIN party after the play. Nonlollipops 1963 Football Preview a la Paul Hampden-Sydney College '60 and non-soft drinks were served. Burkq® The picture, clipped from a newspaper dated January 2, 1963, is too faded to to print. It is posted on the Thresher bulletin board.—Ed. the o space-age FIVE Stokes Points Out musical Gold Medals won by U.S. Economic Factor Olympic oarsmen John Say re by PETER HOWARD ' In No-Beer Rule and ANTHONY HOWARD and Rusty Wailes who star in I this Fabulous Musical! To the Editor: T. G. in his "Perspective: our Phantom Competence" leaves us with considerably less choice than one might think. FOUR! The first section invokes us to Scots Highland Dancers (and maintain our somewhat strained relations on the grounds that we piper) are part of the colorful have no recourse. It laments the cast from 17 nations! ludicrous situation, but it says there is no other way. He says 4 it best, "an absurd system, but "j we can live with it." THE MAIN MESSAGE of the THREE! second part is that our social conventions which we are lb hot times the excitment, energy for defending really leave some- and entertainment! us for something over which our control is somewhat limited (and rightly so, according to him). The fact is that in Will Rice College last year, the social cal- TWO! endar underwent agonizing re- World Giants race for the view in open session. But, it is still true that economics— not Starring: moon! intention—dictates the type of Cecil Broadhurst party a~college can have and re- liene Godfrey, Leland Holland main solvent (that is with the two givens: no liquor in commons, no astronauts, cosmonauts and all—and featuring ONE parties in rooms). Richard "Rusty" Wailes and John Sayre Mr. G. is consistent through- U.S. Olympic Gold Medal Winners of the most fantastic shows cut. His summation to the first "startling . . . clever . . . music a real toe-tapper."—Boston Traveller part is fine for the second, "An ever to come to Houston absurd system, but we can live with it." The absurd part is that MUSIC HALL we can live with the system, but under it we lack the opportuni- TUES. & WED. —OCT. 8-9 at 8:30 PM ties to give the type of enter- Boxes $6.00 Mezzanine $4.50 tainment we can socially defend. Orchestra $4.50 —• $4.00 $3.50 Balcony $2.50 — $1.50 TROY STOKES Will Rice '66 WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2, 1963 THE THRESHER Five

Will 'Sammy's' Be For Students? Players' Readings Cambridge Differs From Rice In Readings for parts in the three one-act plays to be pro- freedom, Responsibility, Alcohol Group To Evaluate, Plan Reforms duced by the Rice Players will By JEAN SMITH After visiting the Brass Rail be held tonight and tomorrow As an undergraduate mem- The change is hinted in the at the new Humble building last night at 7:30 in Hamman Hall. ber of one of, the 40 odd col- terms used. For example at Extensive change in the set-up weekend, the committee was so leges that comprise the Uni- Rice one "majors in history," at Sammy's should occur in the impressed they are seriously con- GIN NY STURGIS, co-or- versities of Oxford and Cam- but in Cambridge oen "reads near future, Tom Sears told the sidering the possibilities for hir- dinating producer for the plays bridge, I faced a considex-able history." The difference is im- Thresher early this week. Sears ing the Brass Rail catering serv- which will be produced on No- restriction on the hours of mense. is chairman of a committee re- ice. vember l(/2, and 3, has an- my comings and goings. The colleges, rather than the cently formed to investigate "The nounced the directors. Lawson There is some variation, but University, bear entire respon- Sammy Question." HOPING TO DISPEL the "air- Taite, Baker sophomore, will normally one must be in the sibility for teaching. I had two Expressions of dissatisfaction plane hanger'' atmosphere, the direct a play by either Ionesco college after twelve pm and supervisors (in Oxford they over unreasonable closing hours, committee is also giving thought or Beckett; Fred Roberts, Will until six am. are called tutors—same system unaesthetic decor, unfriendly ma- to Sammy's interior decoration. Rice sophomore, will present AS RICE'S Abraham Ex- except that there are only two chines, and long, slow, food lines A balcony, mezzanine or some Edward Albee's "The Ameri- change Scholar at Trinity Col- tests) whom I saw for an hour have been strongly voiced in the other device to "lower the ceil- can Dream"; and Phyllis Moore, lege, Cambridge, I lived with each in alternate weeks to past year. ing" might be a worthwhile ad- Rice graduate and former Play- this system for a year. It was discuss essays I had written WORKING WITH Sears on the dition to the lunch room, said ers Co-ordinator, will direct soon apparent that, in other on subjects and material sug- committee are Carol Howell, Anne Sears. Christopher Fry's "Phoenix Too ways, the freedom a student getecl at the previous meeting. Lassiter and Larry Yeatman. The Sears states the aim of the Frequent." enjoys in Cambridge is much THE ACADEMIC year con- committee's advisor is Dr. J. R. committee as the "evolution of Those interested in the tech- Sims, University Business Man- greater than in an American sists of three eight week a student center which will serve nical side of production are university. ager. terms. There are two month the student in his best interest" welcome to come and talk with For example, the drinking Elimination of that long lunch long vacations. Thus I wrote and predicts that results will the directors. age in England is eighteen. So line is presently the chief object twenty four essays on various soon be forthcoming. the University need not pro- topics in British and Modern of the committee. According to hibit drinking by undergrad- European History. These were Sears, replacement of the present uates. Beer is sold to those designed to prepare me for the cafeteria set-up by a short-order who desire it with their meals test questions. The supervis- lunch counter would solve the NOLEN'S problem. in hall (although rumor has it ors suggested certain lectures, Charm 6c Jewelry that this is to take one's mind but these were optional. Full course meals would neces- off the food which is bad with sarily be eliminated, but sand- This is a very bare outline Headquarters an unbelievable consistency). wiches, po-boys, hamburgers, and but some of its implications MOST STUDENTS keep al- salads would be substituted. est Collection of Sterling should be clear. There is much Houston coholic beverages of some sort Fountain service for sundaes and Silver and KT Cold Charms more freedom as far as one's pecial Charms and School Jewelry in their rooms for entertaining sodas would also be provided. Can He* Mack To Order at Nolen'f approach to the work, alloca- purposes. The concentration of Under this system less help tion of time, etc.—but a great- liirt Inlay: <; radii at ion pubs in the center of Cam- would be needed at one time and School Anniversary HF.LI Sweet heart Coins Steady er responsibility to do it well If SiNGS bridge (where most of the thus the hours during which Hol.hie Mother and thoroughly since the Holidays colleges are) is one of the Sammy's is open could be extend- Sport chance that the lecturers one highest in the country. The ed. Two shifts would be cm- hears will either set or grade pecial Kasy I'avmenl PT-IC.". Union (the nearest thing to a ployed to serve late users of the Jewelers Cor Hons! the exams. Student Center although still library. And for haters of auto- very different) has a bar and NOR IS THE system quite mation, the machines would dis- a good wine list in'its restaur- as narrow as it might seem. appear. DIPLOMA^ ant. 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inmuttll VILLAGE SPORTING GOODS 2412 TIMES BLVD. (2 Blks. West of Stadium JA 9-8767 Six THE THRESHER WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2, 1963 Executives Defend CHAPEL ACTIVE Presentational 'J. B' Free Enterprise Rice Offers Religious Freedom Impresses Audiences Tomorrow Night By LINDA WALSH ly sturdy and effective arena. Plus Opportunity To Worship Movement in this arena was The first offering of the Fo- Presentational theater, that an- excellent in its flow and variety. rum Committee will be present- It has ever been the hope of cient cart worthy of being drawn By RICHARD BEST Mike Cox (Nickles) had the best ed tomorrow night at 7:30 in the the Rev. Lane Denson, the Epis- by Aeschylus and Shakespeare, is During the half-century of command of the space and form Fonclren Lecture Lounge. copal Chaplain, that St. Bede's at last being renovated by modern this university's existence, of the stage. Claudie Pettigrew The program will consist of a Chaepl in the Autry House (lo- dramatists and directors for a established religion in Texas has (Sarah) did some very profes- panel of business executives rep- cated across Main Street from public weary of pseudo-Ibsenism. often been viewed by students as sional upstaging that was the pri- resenting the Texas Manufactur- Will Rice College) will become •'J.B.," performed last week by inevitably playing the role of a mary marring factor in an other- ers Association who have been a campus pulpit where various the Rice Players, was successful burner of books, a supressor of wise good performance. Mike stumping the state in behalf of local clergymen of many de- because it "presented" and did not liberty, in short, an agent of Cooper. (Second Roustabout) free enterprise. nominations can address a col- "represent" man's search for intellectual and political reaction. however, used a too dramatic pos- The panel has already appeared legiate congregation on issues meaning. It is therefore not unusual that ture and gave little expression at Baylor and the University of relevant to this academic situa- "J.B." audiences held mixed re- Rice students frequently reject to some very rich language. Houston, where they "were well tion, JA 4-3168. actions and interpi'etations, but religious faith. Indeed, if the received" according to Forum none who saw the play could de- THE ACTING was, on the existence of God is held to mean FATHER JOUBERT, the di- Chairman Jack Beaird. ny that it was a tremendous ac- whole, quite polished and effec- that one must not enjoy a cold rector of St. Mary's Chapel and Fred L. Van Osdell, one of the complishment for the Players, tive. Mike Holmes was very good Student Center at 1703 Bolsover, members of the panel, has claim- beer on a hot afternoon, or a and that it introduced an inter- as J.B., struggling at times, with attempts to provide a vigorous ed for the free enterprise sys- play depicting a serious author's esting new face for theater as inadequate dialogue and an ex- liturgical an dtheological pro- tem "the greatest motivation and spiritual malaise, then most in- a whole. Director David Dannen- acting role, yet giving an admi- gram for the intellectual heirs of incentive ever developed by any tellectuals would think Him an baum and designer Joseph K. Ri- rable interpretation. All Worked St. Thomas, JA 6-3809. governmental, industrial, or com- absurd and irrelevant Diety. der created an excellent produc- well together and compensated mercial leaders," in regard to in- NEVERTHELESS the Rice The Wesley Foundation meets tion of Archibald MacLeish's for a few weak spots with some dustry. community is often accused of weekly for Communion and study Pulitzer Prize-winning play. outstanding performances. Beaird especially invited the committing a reverse provincial- in the Autry House. The Rev. LIFE IS A spinning joke, a "liberal" elements of the com- ism by insisting on seeing all LIGHTING AND SOUND, al- Fred Holt is the dynamic leader top on a dung heap, unless man munity to put in an appearance religion as rurally Texan, almost though very good, did not quite of the Methodist group, JA 4- can find purpose in its seeming at the meeting. He promised a as if Barth and Bonhoeffer, reach the level of the movement. 3168. meaningless self-justification for "lively" discussion, describing the Maritain and Montini, Buber and Too often were eyes and facial his existence—love in his pile of TMA panelists as "well qualified Berdyaev never existed. Despite THE REV. Earl Mulley, a expressions poorly illustrated for excrement. The modem Job and able to state and defend specialist on Christian views con- no apparent reason, and there the near heroic efforts of Chapel whose "lucky story" twists into iheir views." cerning nuclear warfare, leads seemed to be too much unneces- preachers, campus clergymen, and tragedy, J. B., has to question Sunday evening discussions for sary volume. Because we Were others, religious faith usually himself and his God, must make the Presbyterian Student Asso- without light, we had to rely on remains i'utilely peripheral to the contact with humanity, or "drown WHAT'S ciation, again in the Autry House, voices for the main medium of intellectual concerns of the Uni- in ordure." versity. J A 4-3168. expression. From the beginning, NEW J.B. and Sarah, their children the vocal level was so high that Rice may not be Harvard: to The Baptists have a new, and their lives, are shattered and it often strained itself in attempt-.. IX THE OCTOBER an even greater extent Houston well-equipped student center on broken by Fortune's cruel impar- ing to reach an apogee. is not Cambridge. Yet opportun- Fannin Street, a successful choir, tiality. A previously overly-pious ATLANTIC? Presentational theater was ities do exist for mature? worship and the Rev. Vernon Davis as Sarah chooses to "curse God and "Speed .ind Women": While cunva- hard for many "J.B." viewers to r .'in;; from 111 v. accident, Stirling and serious religious study. their able Chaplain, MO 5-4730. die," rather than stay with her accept because it is new to a mod- !*", iependnry racing driver, spent THE RICE Chapel will this husband, who remains "groveling id tr.y hours with Ken W. Purdy. In this THE DISCIPLES Student Fel- ern public and it demands so • x< iting Atlantic F.xir.', the twe taiK year present a number of highly in the revolting excrement, eating lowship meets at 5 pm Sundays much of an audience. This should nbuiil some ot the tea's, problems ana significant lectures. In the past it." She returns at last for love t rnptatiens tint beset a ra er. at the First Christian Church, however, stimulate both spectat- men of the caliber of Paul Tillich, of man and regeneration, not for ALSO just north of the campus. The or and Player to demand more Vance Packard; Mr. Packard lot usees Hans Kung, and Eugene Carson love of existence and God. a dramatic improvement in TV fart, due Rev. Ben Fordham is the new such productions and further ex- Blake have addressed the Uni- When J.B. at last begins to lo new cable TV, pay IV, tape TV to chaplain, JA 6-2561. perimentation. "J.B." is a hard buy or vent, anci other n.ew techniques. versity on the religious crises of question existence, he realizes act to follow. "Britain's Policy if Labour Wins": our age. The Hillel organization en- that the true comfort in ris de- I ahor l arty leader Harold Wilson tells deavors to help the Jewish stu- v.iiat Britain's new foreign policy would spair is not the twisted words of 0 hr- under „ Labor prime Minister. COMPLETE dent to understand his tradition. science, religion, or any "—ism," Poetry: by Kobert Graves. Tin The President is Barry Gaines, elli I-, I an ley Ku it is the gift of misery not his M e a n RIB-EYE DINNER PA 3-1440. aying What 98^ own. The old women who "gave ARONSON- t..rK to! their misery to keep (him) Orders To Go THE MISSOURI Synod Luth- (Continued from Page 1) erans meet at St. Matthew's warm" made him transcend self Church, 5300 South Main at 7 and make contact with humanity. W H E N INTERVIEWED by QUALITY pm Sundays. Chaplain is the SATAN DOES NOT believe the Thresher, Mr. Coffee stated Job could bear to live after his • ",c -iiid enuvi Rev. Milton Mayer, who can sup- that lie does not want to make • And w Steak House ply details at RE 3-3344. suffering: "To take up planting a statement," and that he only nesc; CX pi ! ssi. the world again—Job could not wanted what he felt "was the .:!•- o till:' 3506 Bissonnet The Christian Science organ- rose or pm .'i ry MO 7-2582 bear it twice over." But, God re- best for Rice." He said that the •r ficlion. Hey ,i,- ization meets occasionally in the minds him, "it i s borne over petition he filed with Mr. Billups i y s attam i re- 11ll4 S. Post Oak Autry House. Virginia Rainbow ii.itKanly inF.h level PA 3-6234 again, every generation." J.B. "spoke for itself." ; I m .nl e m n. vaioe is their student president. vows, "but he slay me, yet I will As stated in the petition, the nid literary interest, 6224 Westheimer Further information is avail- ike room in your trust in him, yet I will maintain objection of the intervenors to SU 2-4002 able concerning all groups at the : for I he Atlantic. NOW mine own ways before him." the University's suit is that it Get a copy today, „ 12448 Memorial Drive Autry House, JA 4-3168. Perhaps just as interesting or seeks a "complete abrogation and more so than the play itself were abandonment of the indenture" the technical aspects. Director which founded the University. Dannenbaum explains, "We were When interviewed, President blatantly theatrical with this play Pitzer stated only that "we had . . . perhaps Americans are get- hoped that the suit might have SOUTH MAIN BOOK STORE ting so tired of realistic stage been "brought to a conclusion that they are desiring a stage about this time, but with the in- 6624 Main (I Blk. Tidelands - Shamrock) JA 4-5517 that puts more of the actor in tervention, it is now impossible the audience." to make any prediction as to when J.n presentational theater, the the action will be completed." Open 10 a.m. -6 p.m. actor, not the set designer, sets PITZER DID indicate, how- the time and place. Mi*. Rider ever, that Mr. Aronson's action seated the audience in a circus was not the only express approval tent where they watched a three- of the Board's action in pressing ring show, heaven and hell to the suit: "Contributions to the stage left and right and earth in University have come in with cov- 10% Discount to Rice Students the center ring. Using a blood- ering letters that indicated that bath as the backdrop and the the contributions were inspired On Books & Caedmon Records in our Regular Stock viewer's imagination as the cur- by the Board's action with re- tain, he constructed a marvelous- spect to integration."

BREAK THE STUDY HABIT Books of all kinds for Adults and Children WITH A SNACK AT DUTCH KETTLE FINE PAPERBACKS HERMANN PROFESSIONAL BLDG. ' BREAKFAST — LUNCH — DINNER CHARCOAL BROILER STEAKS — HAMBURGERS — HOME MADE PIES Art Prints • Caedmon Records of Poetry & Drama OPEN 24 HOURS SHORT ORDERS TO GO JA 8-9121 WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2, 1963 THE THRESHER Seven Dr. Philips Discusses Research •HONEST TO GOD' In First Of Physics Seminars Controversial Volume By SHIRLEY JONES Nobody seemed to mind missing THE "Fundamental Research in some of dinner because the phys- Subject Of Discussion "Honest To God" has been var- Physics at Rice" was Dr. G. C. ics department had thoughtfully By RICHARD BEST BRANDING provided tea and cookies be- iously seen as a renunciation of Phillips' topic Wednesday at the "Honest to God," the small vol- forehand. After this, however the Christ, as a harmless work stress- physics colloquim. About sixty ume which set off a monstrous IRON program will end at 5:30, and ing some orthodoxies at the ex- people heard the traditional top- squabble in the grand Anglican those who wish to attend the pense of others, and as an apolo- ic given by the department chair- tradition, will be the subject of quarter-hour tea time must be getic masterpiece. Yet it may be man at the first gathering of discussion this Thursday in the JA 8-1741 in Physics Lab 210 at 4:15. said that the book does deal with the year. Rice Chapel at 7:30 pm. The meaningful questions; the furor There are five areas of re- speaker is the Rev. Ian Hunt, a 0 it raised is the surest certifica- search in physics at Rice: solid- recent graduate of Chichester tion of its relevancy. state, low temperature, nuclear, Seminary, and a protege of the atomic, and theoretical. "Al- Rice Prof's Novel, tract's author, Bishop Robinson though Rice is a small school, we of Woolwich. have a very productive depart- with ment," Dr. Phillips began. 'Leaving Cheyenne' THE BOOK set out to intro- OTHER THAN Duke Univer- duce British university students On Campos MaxShulman to the major ideas of modem sity, Rice has the largest phys- Is Second Effort (liy tin' Author of "Rail// Round the Fla/j, lion#!" ami, ics department in the South, in theologians. Instead, it imme- " lint r foot Hoi/ Willi Cheel:.") By CHUCK KING terms of output. During the past diately became a cause celebre five years the department has Larry McMurtry, Instructor calling forth charges of heresy. of English at Rice, published his One fusty, but highly-placed pre- had a 20 per cent growth in WORDS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE size; there are now thirteen pro- second novel, "Leaving Chey- late found "no Gospel in this fessors and 56' graduate stu- enne," last week. McMurtry has book." A book answering this Today let us take up the subject of etymology (or entomology, dents. received acclaim as the author of charge, entitled, "For Christ's as it is sometimes called) which is the study of word origins In solid-state and low temper- "Horseman Pass By," his first Sake," has also been written. (or insects, as they are sometimes called). ature experimentation, Drs. novel, and the subject matter for In "Honest To God" Woolwich Where are word origins (insects) to be found? Well sir, some- Houston, Rorschach, Donoho and a widely admired movie. first dismisses any conception of times words are proper names which have passed into the Okimura study, such problems as "Leaving Cheyenne" deals with a God "up there" or "out there"; language. Take, for instance, the words used in elect ri<• ity : the magnetic susceptibility of a long relationship between two for him the "skies are empty." ampere was named after its discoverer, the Frenchman Andre Marie Ampere (177">-1830); similarly, ohm was named alter Helium-3 at low temperatures. men and a woman in western set- God is not a "deus ex machina," a the derman d.S. Ohm (1781-1854), vaH after the Scof James Large electromagnets and a Col- ting. The book was published by supernatural being, but rather the Watt (1730-1819), and bulb after the American Fred d. Bulb Harper and Row and will soon "beyond in the midst of life," lins liquifier are some of the (1843-1012). equipment used for this purpose. be available in the Campus Store. the "reality undergirding . . . There is, incidentally, quite a poignant little story about, "Leaving Cheyenne" has received creation." If one believes that What happens when a super- TvIr. Bull). Until Bulb's invention, all illumination was pro- favorable local reviews. life has significance then, ipso conductor is rotated is another vided by gas, which was named after its inventor .Milton T. das question studied in this field. A McMURTRY IS teaching at facto, he believes in God. third project is investigating the Rice on a one year appointment THE BISHOP then elaborates transition between atomic energy and will probably return to full- on the German martyr-theologian levels. The material used for the time creative writing at the end Bonhoeffer's conception of a re- latter is a chromium ion found of this academic year. He is cur- ligionless Christianity consisting in the ruby. High-frequency son- rently an instructor in English of faith stripped of prayer and ic equipment is one means used 100 and 240. mysticism. This doctrine is, ac- to gather data. Expressing satisfaction over cording to Bishop Robinson, a THE THEORETICAL physi- the treatment of "Hud" as a call for participation in the "pow- cists use only paper and pencils, motion picture, McMurtry term- erlessness of God in the world." and blackboards and chalk to ex- ed it, "well handled and perhaps Curiously, once he says that plore quantum mechanics and even better than the book." God no longer exists in any tra- meson-field theory. Dr. George McMurtry attended Rice as a ditional sense, Woolwich goes no Trammell is studying a third freshman and sophomore in 1954- further than implying that tra- area, the magnetism of rare 1955, and as a graduate student ditional Anglican formularies .earths. in English from 1958 to 1960. ought to be seen in a slightly new WW (is \iiun4wtf k.'retell hjvrtf Modern atomic physics is be- Commenting on the alleged in- light. feriority of the liberal arts pro- ing investigated at Rice virtually THE COMMUNION matters who, strange to tell, had been Bulb's roommate at dal Tech! gram at Rice, he said, "The hu- for the first time this year. An as much as ever; but the priest In fact, strange to tell, the third man -haring the room with manities were never particularly on-line computer, and two Van should stand behind the altar. Bulb and (las was also one whose name burn- bright in the slighted at Rice. In fact, I have de Graaf generators capable of Premarital sex is as naughty as annals of illumination - Walter dandle! noticed no general change in Rice producing about twenty million before; "true" love doesn't per- The three roommates were inseparable companion.- in col- at all since 1954." volts when connected together mit that sort of thing. lege. After graduation all three did research in the problems will be of great help. HIS NOVELS reflect his West of artificial light, which at this time did not exist. All America THROUGH THE years we Texas background. McMurtry used to go to bed with the chickens, and many fine citizen.- wore, have chosen easy problems in grew up in Archer City, a small alas, severely injured falling off the roost. this field, such as extracting town 20 miles south of Wichita Well sir, the three comrades —Bulb, das, and Candle- phase shifts in scattering proces- Falls, Texas. His writing cap- promised to be friends forever when they left school, but ses," Dr. Phillips said. The decay tures the empty panorama of init Man success, alas, spoiled all that. First dandle invented the can- modes of Nitrogen-14 are sub- twentieth century existence in the dle, got rich, and forgot his old friends. Then (las invented gas, jects for testing the cluster model West. got rich, bankrupted dandle, and forgot his old friends. Then. of the nucleus and the theory of McMurtry was a frequent con- Car Bulb invented the bulb, got rich, bankrupted das, and forget; resonating group structure. A tributor to "Janus," the Rice lit- Ilis old friends. new project involves optical erary magazine, before coming America's Finest dandle and Clas, bitter and impoverished at the ages respec- pumping on plasmas of HeliUm-3 to Rice as a faculty member. tively of 75 and 71, went to sea as respectively the world's gas. His critique on Miss Vassar Mil- Car Washing oldest and second oldest cabin boy. Bulb, rich and grand, also went to sea, but he went in style—as a first-class passenger on The last of forty slides Dr. ler, a Houston poetess, appeared luxury liners. Phillip had was shown at 6:00. in the last published issue. 5001 S. MAIN Well sir, strange to tell, all three were aboard the ill-fated Lusitania when she was sunk in the North Atlantic. And 6900 HARRISBURG strange to tell, when they were swimming for their lives after the shipwreck, all three clambered aboard the same dinghy! R M C Continues Sunday Series; $1 with Rice ID Well sir, chastened and made wiser by their brush with peril, they fell into each other's arms and wept and exchanged for- giveness and became fast friends all over again. 1 'Desire Under The Elms' To Be Next For three years they drifted in the dinghy, shaking hands and singing the dal Tech rouser all the while. Then, at long Oedipus theme (more recent en- FOREIGN FILMS By MARK MONTGOMERY last, they spiccl a passing liner and were taken aboard. tries — "Hud" and "Phaedra"). 5006 FULTON After cancelling the cinema- They remained fast friends for the rest of their days, which, This time the sotting is rural scope film, "The Three Faces of I regret to report, were not many, because the liner which picked New England before the Civil Eve," (no more cinemascope un- them up was the Titanic. War. Tony Perkins, Sophia Lor- P0TEMKIN til February) and further jostl- What a pity that Marlboros were not invented during the en, and Burl Ives are the players ing its schedule for Josh White, BATTLESHIP lifetimes of Bulb, das, and dandle. Had there been Marlboros, in O'Neill's Freudian game, v the Student Center Board im- these three friends never wotdd have grown apart because they Some critics have maintained A Russian Classic proved on its spotty debut, "The would have realized how much, despite their differences, they that the film, although faithful By Young Lions," by flawlessly reel- still had in common. I mean to say that Marlboros can be lit by to the stage play, has lost some Sergei Eisenstein ing of "The Lavender Hill Mob" candle, by gas, and by electricity, and no matter how you of its dark emotional pressure to an appreciative mob of 150 Plus 2nd Russian light them, you always get a lot to like—a. filter, a flavor, a under the cruel objectivity of Sunday night. Film . . . "The Colt" pack or box that makes anyone—including Bulb, das, and dan- the camera. "O'Neill set out to dle—settle back and forswear pettiness and smile the sweet NEXT WEEK the screen ver- write a Yankee 'Oedipus Rex,' THIS AD WILL ADMIT ONE smile of friendship on all who pass! sion of Eugene O'Neill's success- but what came out might more fclCE STUDENT FREE WITH (£} 1003 Max Shulmaa ful play (1924-25) "Desire Under appropriately have been titled * ONE PAID ADMISSION . . the Elms" will be shown. Based 'Sex Rex'," accoi'ding to "Time's" on a screenplay that O'Neill him- extreme view. With Sophia under (Thursday, Oct. 3 Only) Etymology is riftt the business of the makers of Marlboro Cigarettes, who sponsor this column. We deal in rich to- self wrote thirty years ago, the the elms, most won't care any- NEXT: "HAMLET" film is another treatment of the way. baccos and fine filters. Try a pack soon. {flight THE THRESHER WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2, 1963 White Approved The Student Board met Wed- Magazines Often Examine Rice; Scholarships Subsidize nesday and gave primary at- tention to the proposed appear- ance of Josh White on Novem- Studies Of Graduates ber 24. A unanimous resolu- Some Have Published, Others Not (Continued from Page 1) I ships should see Dr. O'Grady in tion, with Gary Hanovich ab- common in an undergraduate col- 312 Anderson as soon as possible. staining', was passed to co-spon- Rice University has been host The different magazines use lege, are $1500 for single men Applications are due for these sor the concert with the Stu- to reporters from many major various methods to gather their and $2000 for married students, programs by October 22 and 31 dent Senate at $1.50 a ticket. magazines in recent years. Life, material. Life and Look photogra- plus dependency allowance for respectively. The Marshall is for A Peter, Paul and Mary con- Look, Holiday, Time, Seventeen, phers collect an excess number of up to three children, with all re- men and women interested in cert is scheduled for November and Escapade have all attempt- stories for each one printed, Holi- quired tuition and fees paid by studying in the United Kingdom; 22, however, and it is possible ed to expose us for what we are— day magazine, on the other hand, the foundation. These grants are the Rhodes Scholarship is re- that all plans will be cancelled. prodigies, beer-drinkers, or stu- has a story written, then sends for prospective college teachers. stricted to Oxford University and Students will be responsible dents at one of the nation's most out its cameramen. Seventeen APPLICATIONS FOR Ful- is for men between ages 18 and as of the first of next week for richly endowed schools. Only the too has a story on the newstands bright Grants are due in the 24. o0 7" of repair or replacement' latter three magazines have, which was handled entirely by Dean of Students' office by Oc- of game materials used in the Marshall applicants must have however, seen fit so far to put mail, with the Development Of- tober 31. Eligible persons are U. Student Center. Also a possible a degree from a U.S. university their insights into print. fice providing the information S. citizens with a B.A. degree or and be less than 26 years old; cinemascope screen for the Stu- equivalent professional training, Howard Thompson, Director of and a staff member of the mag- Oxford scholars must be candi- dent Center was discussed. All preferably under thirty-five years Development of the University, azine doing the writing. dates for a degree. These pro- efforts for renovation of the of age. They must also have good makes it clear that Rice welcomes grams offer study in all fields, Student Center basement await LAST YEAR'S "Time" story health and language ability com- any mention in national media. not just the Humanities. plans from Mr. Elliot, super- was characterized by Thompson mensurate with the study pro- It is part of his job to see that MARSHALL SCHOLARS re- intendent of building and as being an "extremely good posed. grounds. the reporters get the full coop- story." Reporter Mark Sullivan ceive a stipend of $1540 for the !:: eration necessarv for their work. Under this program, one may year plus tuition and a book al- 'I!!! !!!!ii!llll!!l!!lllll!!!!llllll spent about a week on campus gathering information. obtain a full grant from the U. lowance; married men receive an S. for graduate study abroad, a extra $560 for the year. Rhodes WHEN MONEY MATTERS Although "Time" implied that joint grant from the U.S. and Scholars get $1560 per year. the University was financially se- one of the other countries par- National Science Foundation cure, due to a large endowment, ticipating, or a travel-only grant grants are available for study in one man immediately bequeathed SEE from the U.S. Interested students the physical, biological, and so- a substantial sum to Rice in should see the various depart- cial sciences, in math and in the his will. Because of the "Time" Texas National ment heads for countries offer- history and philosophy of science. article, he became aware for the Bank. ing courses in particular fields. The program is open to men and OP HOUSTON first time of the University's T HOSE INTERESTED in women who are U.S. citizens and Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation existence. Marshall and Rhodes Scholar- seniors in college. RICE STUDENTS who wish to apply for graduate work un- Progress in the Bell System... der the NSF at Rice should ob- tain an application from Dean Richter, complete it and return it to him by November 1. Those who wish to study elsewhere should write the NSF office at Washington 25, D.C., and return * the completed application by January 3, 1964. The stipends award are $2400 for the first year, $2600 for the second and third years, and $'2800 SWIMS ORBITS.. for the final year. NSF scholars also receive $500 per year for each dependent. / SUMMER FELLOWSHIP for •~:f % Rice students who have had teach- ing assistantships are also avail- BEAMS... able. These are for the summer of 1964, and carry a stipend of $85 per week. Their purpose is to make assistantships more at- tractive to high-quality potential teachers. The Woodrow Wilson Founda- tion awards 1000 fellowships for first year graduate study lead- PUSHES. ing to careers in college teach- ing. Candidates are nominated by a faculty member and screened PULSES... by a faculty committee; nomina- TALKS. tions should be in Dean Higgen- botham's office by October 31. -Men and women who are gradu- ates and seniors not registered in graduate school are eligible; they must also be U. S. or Ca- nadian citizens.

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'•< Nittany Lions Have Size, Strength, i J SECTION TWO Feature Fine Short-Passing Game By GERRY URBACH have proved more than adequate. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2, 1963 THE THRESHER The Owls' opponents for this PENN. STATE IS RANKED week are the rugged, well-coach- among the nation's top fifteen, ed Nittany Lions of Pensylvailia defeating Oregon and the re- State University who are threat- nowned Mel Renfro 17-7 and ening to capture their third last week nipping U.C.L.A. 17- straight Lambert Trophy, em- 14. In the Oregon clash the Lions blematic of Eastern gridiron from Mount Nittany unveiled a supremacy. Rip Engle, head new slot-T offense in which they coach at Penn State, one of the moved a back to an open end most well-respected in the busi- position, split the end, and made ness and has been marshalling a tackle eligible for pass re- the Lions' football forces for the ceptions. Rice's best hope lies past fourteen seasons. in Walter McReynold's strong- THIS YEAR'S STATE squad right arm as Penn. State proved is more dependent on sophomores vulnerable to the U.C.L.A. pass- (for depth) than any in quite ing attack last Saturday. a while, but the first unit is of the caliber that annually boosts Penn. State to high national Tourneys Started rank. The strong suit of the Lions is at the man under position In Touch Football, where Pete Liske ranks as pro- •• v'\- bably the most adept short-pass phenom in the East while being Girls' Volleyball ranked second only to Navy's Jul- I By JOHN DURHAM ly Roger Staubach in all-around ; Intramural warfare for the efficiency. Backing him up at the | pseudo-jocks of Rice began Mon- \' quarterback spot- is Ron C'oates, j ? •••... c w day afternoon as the first touch the field goal specialist and also ! football games were played in a skilled passer and master of the ! the Monday League. roll-out play. EARLY POWER—Sophomore Guard Ronnie Qlbrich and Junior Fullback Russell Wayt clear a THERE ARE THREE upper- path for Sophomore Back Gene Walker in an eaily foray around the Bengal flank. Rice's first-quaiter P.S.L. AGAIN has a strong! class leagues of five teams each attack netted one TD and threatened two more. Plays like this helped account for 133 yards rush- i line anchored by All-American ; Freshmen are playing in two ing and the first touchdown scored on the ground against LSU in two years. The Owls won con- Harrison Rosdahl and the team ! leagues of four and three teams, vincingly 21-12, not permitting the Cajuns to score until Rice held a formidable 21-0 advantage. captain, All-East center, Ralph respectively. All leagues wtil Baker. The backfield is. young j play a round-robin schedule, e\ and has so far justified the ob- j copt the three-team Freshman servation of one national pig- j League, which will play a double OWLOOK skin publication that Penn State's j round-robin. football fortune would depend on i League champions will be n-1<- OwSs Sport New Confident Look; uated backfield stars of a year I record. The league .-ban.: s will ao. So far Junior Powell, Dave I then play for the in: samurai Urbanik, and Garv Kiingensmith . championship. The leftovers, led Should Contend For SWC Crown j by Greg Holland, are the defend- ing champions. The inescapable conclusion of anyone attending the '63 edition of Neely's legions if the squad THE GIRLS' VOLLEYBALL the Saturday night cakewalk at Rice Stadium is doesn't become just a "big game" team. Gym Too Public: tournament also got under way that the "Owlook" is rosy. It is our impression that the Owls were not this week with the first games For the third consecutive year the Owls polished particularly fired up for L.S.U. If this is the case Freshmen Dress being played Tuesday. There a re off their feline neighbors from Baton Rouge the obvious conclusion is that Rice was just a two volleyball leagues with five (counting last year's moral victory.) This was a superior outfit and may be the steady, "play 'em teams in each league. L< ague Rice team that was sure of itself, able, and one at a time" aggregation that can be a serious While Ice champions will be di-termilied by aggressive. challenger to the long-dominant Hogs and Tea- Night-iimc gym patrons were round-robin tournament - The sips. greeted by an unusual sight yes- league winners will piny i > - Mm IT APPEARS THAT Jess Neely has concocted terday in the form of the Wiess ; championship. A BRIEF SCANNING of the Southwest Con- the best-balanced, most diversified offense that the College polar hear race complete Plav is scheduh• ference early season results reveals the probable Owls have unleashed in recent years. With Mc- with thinly-clad freshmen. I members of the league's upper division: Texas, Reynold's pinpoint passing to a bevy of glue- To some, however, -the fresh- - next w eel-: ,n both m- Arkansas, T.C.U., and Rice (not necessarily in fingered receivers, and Wayt Walker, and com- men were too thinly clad. A coin- i women's tennis I on i namein - that order) are more closely matched than pre- pany pounding the line, opposing defenses will be plaint from the gym on the "in- : Twenty-five single.- cmmm?..'• season pundits forecast. gasping for that fifth timeout per half swept away decent exposure" of some par- i and twel\ < doubles t,-am.- : • • by the Rules Committee. Texas has been impressive but against decidedly ticipants resulted in a brief pit ! entered in the men's ;••>. ; an i ment. Three girls will fieri it i: -. at This was a squad that played alert, smart de- weak opposition. Arkansas has disappointed us but- stop while the racers were re- Frank Broyles can be relied on to bring the clothed. •for the female championj-iep, fense until the brief late fourth quarter letdown. ! In our estimation this is a team that can match Porkers around by November. Unfortunately, he The polar bear race consists of illlllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllliil'lllliiill'e:. •'. ;,!!'!! any Southwest Conference eleven in every category had better work his magic before then or else lays on a rapidly melting block I 'Mural Deadlines except perhaps speed. Saturday night's joust with greatly improved freshmen teams competing in ro- T.C.U. could turn into the long awaited Hog of ice. j The Physical Education De- RICE'Ss BALANCED ATTACK (133 yards rush- barbecue. Wiess is the only college to • partment reminds all interest- ing and 192 through the air) accounted for 20 hold its race on the gym sidewalk. | eel students of the following THE FROGS are beginning to look frightening- first downs, an incredible total against the de- Hanszen and Baker utilized the j deadlines for winter intiamm- ly similar to the Purple Behemoths who crunch- fense-mmdecl Bengals. The defense rose to the concourses of their respective col- | a Is. ed their way through the conference iit the late occasion, staving off L.S.U. when the chips were leges and maintained their own j .MEN'S INTRAMURALS 50's. down, on two vital occasions with the score a standards of respectability. I November 2: Basketball (fol- still narrow 7-0. Rice will give everyone trouble; and barring lowed by College Consola- The Owl line yielded to none and linebackers serious injury, particularly to the vital man under tion). Russell Wayt, Malcolm Walker, and Ronnie Ul- spot, the boys from South Main should make a Handball Singles t novi- and brich diagnosed plays consistently all night with strong bid to spend New Year's Day in Dallas. regular). Wayt personally breaking the back of two Cajun THE LEAGUE'S second division is considerably Badminton Singles. scoring efforts. weaker with the possible offensive team, whose Table Tennis Sinybs and defense will betray it often enough to keep the I >c rul.iles. FIRST VICTORY OPTIMISM must be tempered, Bruins from title contention. | January 11: Handball bumb- however, with a realistic appraisal of some weak les (novice and regular e spots. The lateral speed of the offensive line left At any rate the early prognostications of "circle • Volleyball (followed by C„ b something to be desired and forced sophomore- October 19th," the day Texas and Arkansas clash lege Consolation), sensation Gene Walker into some ticklish situa- in the Ozarks, may well have to be amended to j Badminton Doubles, tions, such as end runs squarely into the teeth include the dates that the Pigs and Steers tangle i Squash. of the Tiger defense. with TCU and Rice. An early appraisal of com- parative strength can be made after this week's ! \> OMEN S INTRAMl UALS The punting seemed weak and must be improved crucial TCU-Arkansas encounter at Fayetteville. I November 2: Volleyball (.fol- or the Owls could find themselves battling to ON THE CRYSTAL BALL side for the week- lowed by College tbm.selat- regain field position all season. The pass defense Texas will use just enough of its vast manpower : tion). on short flares and look-ins appeared weak, but to defeat Oklahoma State; the Texas Aggies Badminton Singles ami Doub- this may be deceptive. should win against demoralized Texas Tech. (if les. THE RICE SECONDARY proved tough when the Farmers can manage to hit paydirt at all!); j February 1: Basketball (fol- the heat was on. Witness Screen's zero first-half Air Foi-ce should rocket past S.M.U.'s slowly- ! lowed by College Consola- completions; he elected to run time and again. learning Ponies; Oregon State will derail Baylor; i tion). Judgment will be reserved on short pass coverage and Rice, consistent in '63, wTill defeat Penn. State. NEELY TO McREYNOLDS— Table Tenuis Singles and until it meets its: test of fire this week against In the week's blue-plate special, Arkansas over "Nowali Waltuh, 7-0 is no lead Doubles. one of the nation's finest short distance chunkers, T.C.U., but solely on the home field advantage in against Cajuns. I waant yuh to All entries are due at 4 p.m. Penn. State's Pete Liske. a game that could go either way. hit Fleming down the right side on the date of the deadline. At this point the prospects appear bright for GERRY URBACH line and get us a little cushion." (3c. Ten THE THRESHER WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2, 1963 Bearden Cites Aim, Value Of Physical Education BILINGUAL LECTURES As colleges and universities examine their are the components of an educated person?" Spanish Philosophers places in the structure of American life, they The answers usually include the intellectual, emphasize their dual role of meeting the con- the social, the moral, and the physical. These tinuous need for broadening the individual, at the factors differ in relative importance from one Termed 'Existential' losopher's search is for the suit- same time preparing him professionally for period of life to another, depending upon vary- By ROBERT ZELENKA useful service to mankind. ing individual roles and responsibilities. able method by which life may But in Some of the experiences within a university every par1 t of life, each of these fac- Wednesday evening, September be known. == w*. niv. wimill a uiiAveiaity * --*-7 —— — -— = ar< 25, Dr. Julian Marias, Professor | are designed to impart knowledge, some empha- tors is important for effective living. Fitness g Unamuno insisted upon an im- size ^ ; ___ for of Philosophy at the University g size its use and interpretation, but others deal living rests first of all upon a solid founda- gj aginative reality. His novels and more with thejife of the student himself. Physi- tion of basie g°od health. It implies freedom of Madrid gave a lecture on the plays dealt with the existential cal education serves this last function. from disease, enough strength, agility, endur- backgrounds of contemporary ance and skiH to meet the demands of dail problem of life, whose resolution ADMITTEDLY IT does not operate in every ' y Spanish philosophy. He followed livin : reserves 1 respect as other courses. It is nonetheless aca- " sufficient to withstand ordinary | Wednesday's lecture with a semi- was to be found in intuition and stl esses 1 demic. There is nothing in any definition of the ' without strain; and mental and emo- | nar conducted Thursday after- direct experience, rather than in tional adjustment appropriate to the maturity term which would categorize a modern program noon, and gave his concluding rational analysis. of physical education as non-academic. of the individual. lecture in Spanish on Friday The laboratories, the play fields, gymnasium, PHYSICAL FITNESS is but one element in Man is not a thing; piiplosophy evening. and pools are not laboratories where bridges total fitness. The top limits one can achieve in errs when it asks "What is are planned, or formulas tested. No do we seek fitness are determined largely by heredity. How- "There is> no formal Philosophi- man?" The question, "Who is in them new strains of bacteria or new spectral ever, the extent to which the individual develops cal School of Madrid," said Dr. his man?" should be asked. This phenomena. They are laboratories where changes Potential is dependent upon his daily living Marias, "nor is there a con- question is answerable in terms in human personality take place, where human Practices, including exercise habits. tinuous sequence of philosophical of man's creative capacity, and resources are cultivated. Changes have taken place in modern living, movements." Rather, there ap- THE AVAILABILITY of the Physical Educa- including increased availability of easy modes of pear individual philosophers, such can be answered by each man, tion Department—its staff, facilities, and pro- transportation and labor-saving machinery. As as Ortega y Gasset and Unamuno only for himself. a result, more and more persons have tended gram and its congenial atmosphere attracts y Jugo, each with his own, re- toward a sedentary existence. From time to time ORTEGA CONTINUED the students. They mingle and they learn from each latively self-contained philosophi- in emergencies of various types, sudden and un- task of understanding initiated other. If Henry Steele Commager, the historian, cal system. usual physical demands may be laid upon indi- by Unamuno. Writing up into the is correct when he says that much of education viduals and groups. middle part of this century, takes place in the association of students, then THE IMPORTANT creative Ortega is perhaps the most im- the program is significant in offering this kind THE POSSESSION of physical strength, agil- genius of the early part of this portant of all Spanish philoso- iif opportunity. This is why we say we try to edu- ity, and endurance may enable the individual century was Unamuno. Though phers. He approaches a "radical cate through the physical and not of the physi- or group to survive, while the lack of fitness not a technical philosopher him- may spell catastrophe. self, his ideas on reality are reality" independent of the ob- server's previous conceptions, yet 1' si.• a 1 education experiences are develop- For the most part, we at Rice do not try to intimately involved in the exist- dependent on his momentary ob- l —not remedial. There are some who be- duplicate high school activities. No student is entialist structure, which char- servations of objects and ideas. that physicalli l education ai the college level overlooked and none is ignored. To the "star" acterizes modern Spanish philoso- ke remedial mathematics—good only for :Ukl the "dud" alike the Department extends its phy. For Unamuno the task of "The radical reality," states 1 vim have not had it in high school or who attention, offers its instruction, counsel, and philosophy was to investigate life Marias, is "I and my circum- it c'lly for some therapeutic type of physi- iacuities. and history, and not engage in am doing something with things; evelopment. This view is largely inaccurate. Our purpose is to see in the students con- the explanation and reduction of thus life is taken in a biographi- t: • developmental needs of college students struetive changes in personality, solution of first principles, since that is the cal rather than in a biological real and continuous. They are manifest Personal problems, improved physical develop- task of science. When science sense." nient and i.u< not just a few. These needs do - acquisition of social, creative, and begins to resolve the patterns of Reason is bound to life, bind- apstear with age. To remove such a pro- recreational skills useful to the individual stu- _ behavior, the object itself is often ( ing the moment/ of life to one I grain from t Fie schedules of the vast majority 'ent now and in the years after college. M lost. another. The mechanism of life I of <-o!lege students would remove a part of ex*' FRANK W. BEARDEN M Like Bergson, Unamuno be- is to think a child, or a madman | p"' i"iice needed for best development.. Assoc. Prof, of M borrows reason from others; | I HAVE OFTEN asked my students, "What Physical Education jj lieved that reaso« is useless in knowing what life is. The phi- they cannot live by themselves. ^IIIIIII!l!:iliilli!lli:i!i:illlllllllll!:!!lll!lillllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllll!llllllllllllllllllllllllllllliiil||||||||llllllllllllll!l!!llll!ll!lllllllllllllll||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||i||||||||H When a people stops thinking its life becoes narrow, and the : COCA-COLA COMPANY, people dies. 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CokTRADE*MARK® e "AMERICA'S MOST BEAUTIFUL BILLIARD CLUB" Bottled under the authority of Membership to Rice Students and Faculty — only $1.00 The Coca-Cola Company by: OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK TO 2:00 A.M. 2438 RICE BLVD. IN THE VILLAGE PHONE JA 4-9253 HOUSTON COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2, 1963 THE THRESHER Eleven STUDENT TEACHERS University Is Source More Grads Instruct Frosh, Gifts To Weat- Of Fifteen Publications Easily Mailed Anywhere! By BOB EASTON ANOTHER SIMILAR journal Increase Relatively Small The Rice campus has been dis- is "Studies in English Litera- A Thresher survey of the His- GRADUATE STUDENTS have covered to be a publishing center. ture," edited by Dr. Camden with tory, Mathematics and English handled Math 100 tutorials in .the On investigation one can find as the assistance of Marian Carter Departments indicates that grad- past, but the break-up of the many as fifteen separate publica- and Mitzi Myers. "Studies" has uate students ax-e sharing little large lecture sections in the other tions which are written, edited, one issue each year in four fields, more of the teaching load than two courses brought about an in- % In The Village ! or published on campus. the English Renaissance, Eliza- they have borne in the past. creased use of student assistants. 2519 University Blvd. I bethan Drama, Restoration and Setting the Thresher and the The History Department has Four out of 22 freshman Eng- JA 8-1509 j Campanile into separate classifi- Eighteenth Century English lit- added one teaching graduate stu- lish sections are taught by grad- Also Bellaire: MO 5-5557 f cations, these various publica- erature, and Nineteenth Century dent to the four it used last year. uate students. Other graduate tions can be divided into two English literature. At present, five are conducting students serve as assistants to general categories; scholarly and Critical essays in these fields once-a-week tutorials in History full-time faculty members. informative. are submitted to Dr. Camden and 110, with one of them handling a IN THE SCHOLARLY cate- his editorial board, which is com- History 100 section as well. gory fall such journals as the posed of experts in each field in EXAMINATIONS from some LaFORCE CLINIC Journal of Southern History ed- the United States and England. of the sections of the two fi-esh- According to late research supplementation does help exam ited by Dr. Philip Detweiler in the About one-third of those sub- man courses are graded by a grades. Consultation on the proper requirements for YOU. Fondren Library. This journal mitted are ever published. group of graduate and under- Vitaminology — Nutrition — Physical Therapy was founded by the Southern His- A third journal, similar to the graduate students. This has been Relaxo-Tension —• Mover Therapy — Reducing torical Society in 1935, and in above two, is the Journal of Aus- a practice of the department for February, 1959 its editorial of- trian History, edited by Dr. Rath, a number of years. fice was moved to the Rice Cam- the new head of the History De- Three graduate students are pus. partment. teaching Math 101 classes, while The Journal itself is composed RICE UNIVERSITY Studies, eight others conduct tutorials in of articles and reports submit- formerly the "Rice Pamphlet", is Math 100 and Math 200. Other ted by historians from all over graduate students maintain of- initiative: a quarterly journal publishing the United States, articles, of scholarly and scientific writings fice hours to give extra attention If you had the time—you could do the compu- course, dealing with Southern in all fields. It is mainly com- to students who request it. tations which the biggest data processing sys- history. Dr. Detweiler and his posed of lectures and writings by T~wTpicl^^ editorial board, which includes Rice professors or presented on tems do. I But they do them at electronic such noted historians as T. Harry the Rice campus. The journal is Village Cleaners speed and without tiring. B It calls for constant Williams, who spoke on campus sponsored by the University un- & Laundromat initiative to make them work better for us. 1 last year, choose the best articles der the editorship of Dr. Norbeck Discount to Rice Students You needn't know anything about them to start for publication. The Journal ap- of the Anthropology Department. I J A 8-9113 2528 Rice Blvd. with. I IBM has an education program for pears quarterly. An index of all past issues of continued training. I the Pamphlet published this year I Ask your college placement officer for our bro- is available from the same com- j One Day Service Houston Symphony mittee. Complete Cleaning chures—and for an appointment when the IBM The "Rice Engineer" is a semi- i Laundry Service representative is interviewing on campus. 8 And Wagner Mark cholarly magazine publisheds j In by 9 Out by 5 IBM is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 1 monthly by engineering students. If you cannot attend the interview, write: 1 It includes articles of interest to Manager of College Relations, I IBM Corp., Two Anniversaries upperclass S. E.'s, games, puz- iLipp's Cleaners! By ROBERT ZELENKA 590 Madison Avenue, New York 22, N. Y. I zles, and cartoons. This year marks the 50th anni- Finally in the scholarly cate- I & Laundr* ' y i' MOVE AHEAD: SEE versary of the Houston Sym- | OCT. 29 & 30 gory is "Janus," a student-pub- i 1706 Sunset JA 4-7648 I phony. Sixteen pairs of concerts lished literary magazine, former- will be presented this season, of Checks Cashed IBM ly published at irregular inter- which twelve will be conducted by vals and composed of student con- Sir John Barbirolli. Guest con- tributions. This year it will be ductors will include Carlos Cha- edited by Doug Harlan on funds vez, Georges Tzipine, Frederick granted by the Administration. Fennel 1 and Charles Munch. The first pair of concerts of There are also the various in- the season will be on October 21 formal, ice publications on campus. and 22. Music by Elgar, Ravel, The Development Office has and Richard Strauss will be play- three publications under this ed, with' Beethoven's Seventh heading. The "Weekly Calendar of Events," distributed through it's Symphony concluding the even- ing. Tickets for the opening con- the Registrar's Office, is merely certs will not go on sale before a weekly schedule of upcoming October 19, although season tick- events on the Rice campus. The ets may be purchased now. "Research Directory" is a bian- nual index of the various re- SEASON TICKETS for fully search projects on campus. accredited students range from invisible, $7.50 to $22.50, half the normal' "THE RICE REPORT" is a price. Tickets may be purchased quarterly newsletter sent by the at Rice from the following Development Office to alumni people: Jim Crawford and Mike and parents of Rice students to McGoodwin, 130 Hanszen Col- keep them abreast of important lege, J A 4-6623, and Fat Mac- happenings on campus." man! Namara, 420 Jones South. Choice Alumni news is handled by seats will be awarded on a first- Mrs. Menefee in the Alumni Of- It's incredible, ///comparable, infallible! Code 10 for men, the new come, first-served basis. fice. Since December, 1962, she has almost • single-handedly put kind of hairdressing from Colgate-Palmolive. The new ///visible way Among the many high quality out the quarterly "Rice Alumni works to be featured in the com- to groom a man's hair all day. Non-greasy Code 10 disappears in your Magazine," and in months when ing season are: Symphony No. 5 the magazine does not appear she hair, gives it the clean, manly look that ///flames women, infuriates and the Concerto for Cello by edits the "Sallyport," the alumni Shostakovitch, Symphony No. 3 inferior men. Be in. ^ newspaper. and 4, and the First Piano Con- Get the n on-greasy certo by Brahms, Bach's Third "THE SEXTANT" is the Navy m Brandenburg Concerto and the ROTC newspaper edited by John hairdressing, Code 10. [ MINT®!*® Third Piano Concerto by Bee- Aymond. In addition to editing It's invisible, man! thoven. "Rice University Studies," Dr. as SOLOISTS WILL include Hen- Norbeck also edits the "Flyleaf," ryk Szeryng (violin), Leonard a small quarterly newsletter sent Rose (cello), and Rudolf Serkin to the Friends of Fondren Li- Now you don 1 (piano). As a matter of special brary to keep them abreast of rt$ibly! interest, the fifth pair of con- library developments. certs, on November 18 and 19, will Finally, "Architecture at Rice" feature exclusively the music of is published by Miss Carol Jones Richard Wagner, commemorating in the Architecture Department the 150th anniversary of the com- whenever there is any architec- poser's birth. tural news worth noting.

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