Thresher Will they be the next to go? volume 64, number 45 thursday, aprii 28, 1977 Cuthbertson to receive Brown teaching award The $4000 George R. Brown Professor of Chemical Associate Professor of This year the awards were ballots included comments of Prize for Excellency in Engineering Biochemistry based on voting by alumni high praise and appreciation Teaching has been awarded to Dr. J. Dennis Huston, David Minter, Professor of who received four-year for the faculty named. Dr. Gilbert M. Cuthbertson, Associate Professor of English English. bachelor's degrees in 1972- Associate Professor of Dr. Neal F. Lane, Professor 1975. Each qualified alumnus According to the current Political Science. The winners of Physics Funds for the awards were was asked to vote in rules governing the awards, a of the $1000 George R. Brown Dr. William C. Martin, made available in 1967 by the preferential order for the three faculty member who wins the Awards for Superior Teaching Associate Professor of Brown Foundation at the Rice faculty whom he remem- Brown Prize for Excellency are: Sociology direction of Mr. George R. bered, over the perspective of becomes ineligible to receive it Dr. Harry A. Deans, Dr. Kathleen S. Matthews, Brown. two or five years, as again for five years. Likewise, particularly outstanding or a faculty member may win the effective teachers. This spring, Brown Award for Superior 347 students named 191 out of Teaching three times after China experts to speak at Baylor 422 faculty. Although faculty which he or she becomes by Jeanmarie Amend, Cooperation"; Professor Joyce China Council and the members must be currently ineligible to win an Award K. Kallgren, University of National Committee on US- teaching in order to qualify again for five years. Several leading China California, "Chinese Politics China Relations. She also has for one of the awards, 40 Presentation of this year's specialists will participate in a and Policy After Mao"; and acted as consultant to the faculty who are deceased, Brown Teaching Awards will panel discussion tonight at Dr. Robert Oxnam, program State Department. Dr. Oxnam emeriti, or no longer at Rice be made at the Commence- 8pm on ,the future of Sino- director of the national China specializes in early Ch'ing were also named. Many of the ment exercises, May 14, 1977. American relations. The Council, "Tlie Future of Sino- history, and authored articles program, "The United States American Relations in Light and books on twentieth and China: What Lies of the Past." century China. PBK honors Kurtzman Ahead?", will be presented Their discussion will be free of charge in the main Each guest has visited the followed by a question and Professor Jeff Kurtzman of the written, subjective auditorium of Baylor College People's Republic of China at answer session. the Music Department evaluations. To assure that a of Medicine, Texas Medical least once in recent years. Dr. Professor Richard Smith of recently named the first reci- representative sample of these Center. Cohen, director of East Asian the History department, will pient of the Phi Beta Kappa forms was available, eli- Panelists will briefly legal studies at Harvard, moderate the event, sponsored Teaching Award. gibility was also conditioned address the issue with commen- chairs the national China by the Texas China Council. The Rice University upon the candidate's having tary on their subject. Speakers Council. Dr. DeBakey, The Texas Council, a branch chapters of Phi Beta Kappa taught at least one course in and topics are: Professor renowned heart specialist and of the national China Council announced the creation of the the two previous semesters for Jerome A. Cohen, Harvard chairman of Baylor's of the Asia Society, is designed new teaching prize, which will which there were evaluations Law School, "Chinese Law department of surgery, has to promote public education on be formally presented for the from at least twenty students and Sino-American Rela- recently written "A Surgeon's Chinese affairs. The Society first time at this year's representing more than half of tions"; Dr. Michael E. Diary of a Visit to China," sponsors activities with focus commencement exercises. the total class enrollment. Debakey, Baylor College of based on his experiences there on modern Chinese history Eligibility for this award was In presenting this new Medicine, "Chinese Medicine in 1973. Professor Kallgren is and China's role in the restricted to assistant award, Phi Beta Kappa hopes and Sino-American Scientific a member of both the national contemporary world. professors, lecturers and to encourage excellence in The presentation this instructors who have taught teaching by junior faculty evening will precede the at Rice for at least three members, vvho seldom receive national meeting of the China semesters. The recipient was Brown teaching prizes and is Council, convening Friday in selected by the Phi Beta designed to reflect the RPC hosts final party Austin. Smith and three of the Kappa Senate based upon a judgment of graduates rather panelists will attend. screening of student course than current students. PBK is by Philip Parker work lining up freebies for The main auditorium is evaluations for the two currently seeking financial next year's coupon book. located off Fannin at the end previous semesters, with support to make this an To prepare everyone for the Anyone who plans to be in of M.D. Anderson Blvd. special consideration given to annual award. final crunch of dead week and Houston and would be exams, the RPC will sponsor interested helping on this one last round of dissipation project, contact Cissy Kraft at tomorrow beginning 3:30 at Brown College. the field adjacent to Virgin's Walk. (For you weiners, that's "We're very optimistic about near the President's abode and next year," said Roy Beller, the women's colleges.) new RPC President, "We have The affair will be a coordinated college activities, traditional, old fashioned so that there are only two TGI Friday and/or TG It's weekends that don't have an Over, starring beer, volleyball, all-cam pus activity planned." and more beer. All the colleges Also on the schedule for the are invited to bring their nets weekend of Sept. 30-0ct. 1 is an so the pseudo-jocks can set and event Beller describes as a spike to their heart's content "fall counter-part to Ron- or at least until 6pm. For those dolet." whose primary exercise is Two of next year's commit- lifting things to their mouth, tees remain unfilled, the con- there will be 15 plus kegs of cert/ pub entertainment and Coors on hand. the ticket committees. For obvious reasons, this Anyone interested in working will be the last RPC sponsored on these committees can beat event of the current season. next year's rush by contacting However, this summer the Roy Beller today. Sign up for council will be diligently at the RPC—it's a real carnival. Dead wee It'll getcha if you don't watch out. waftor underwood It has been a long standing ment of the paper—and no one else. tradition of this newspaper for the Let you and I be the input to that editor to have his/her final say in EDITORIAL editor. Not the Publications the last issue of the year—to point the true factors at hand. Many of about what happens to the Committee. to the achievements and attack the you, like myself, will think the Thresher or to the Senate. BUT maladies of the University. situation ridiculous and blown out WE SHOULD BE! While we're giving input to the Tradition, however, has had little of proportion. There will be some of Make no mistake. I assess no Thresher, let's not forget the influence in this year of who do not care about the situation blame for this fiasco of student Senate. They have recently set up controversy. Furthermore, with all or its outcome—to them the government. It is hard to declare a study committees. Did anyone ever due respect to the editors of the Thresher is a source of winner when the score is tied. I will ask you what problems you wanted past, this final editorial shall come Doonesbury and misclassifieds. leave the discussion of "who- studied? They certainly never from one who, though involved For those of you interested in one started-what" to those involved— asked for my input. with the Thresher, has viewed the person's analysis, allow me to they seem to be the only interested I am not a supporter of status year with perhaps a broader proceed. parties. Moreover, while the quo. I think there is always room perspective. The key in this "show of shows" discussion proceeds, let me hear no for improvement and change, but This year the Thresher has is the mind of the university cries of "No fair!" How does one this development within the been the focus of campus politico, in which resides an define "fair" in the political realm? Senate to control the Thresher, in attention—and little of that ongoing search for recognition, Let me turn to the crux of the any fashion beyond necessity, is attention, unfortunately, has been power, success—the all-important matter for you and me—the not an improvement. Let us make constructive. The paper has been reference on a transcript that students (ordinary students) of a concerted effort to get these under incredible scrutiny for "looks good." Superior to all of Rice University. This whole affair power groups back to their own possible wrongdoing. Yet those these goals, however, is security.