Vandiver sees continued progress as chief responsibility By DENNIS BAHLER Although Vandiver called the ident of the University must therefore, in the best interests "has recuperated so completely Dr. Frank Everson Vandiver, arrangement "a temporary one" go forward in a deliberate and of Rice University, with an ad- as to be able to expand his ac- Professor of History and Chair- in a letter to the faculty, Board unhurried fashion. even temporarily, with an ad- tivities." man of the Department, was Chairman H. Malcolm Lovett "Because of recent events on named Acting President of the said in making the announce- c a m p u s," Lovett continued, ministrative structure that will With the creation of the new University by the Board of Gov- ment, "The Governors recognize "this search may cover an un- ensure the institution's unham- structure, the Campus Ex- ernors last Friday. that the search for a new pres- forseeable period of time. It is, pered progress toward its es- ecutive Committee, which had T'! tablished goals." consisted of Gordon, Sims, To- Positive effort pazio, and Croneis, was dis- The Board "believes this to be solved. a constructive move in provid- The move was apparently cal- ing for the administration of culated as a demotion for Gor- the University's academic af- don, who under the old plan fairs pending the appointment was Chief Executive Officer of of the president," he said. the University. Describing Gor- Vandiver, according to Lovett, don's new post, Lovett revealed will have all the duties and that Gordon "will have primary authority of the president of responsibility for the direction the University under its By- of the departments heretofore laws and in keeping with the subject to his direction as Dean directions given from time to of Science and Engineering," time by the Board of Gov- Gordon's position before his ap- ernors." pointment to the Executive Both Lovett and Vandiver Committee last fall. declared that the Board, Progress imperative Richard Sawyer, Jim Hokansou through its committee charged Vandiver, who said lie accept- License plate of Dr. Frank Vandiver, professor of history and newly appointed temporary presi- with selection of a permanent ed the Board's offer "because dent of Rice, reflects his interest in southern history and the Civil War. president, will ask the Student- of my respect for the faculty Faculty Advisory Committee on and students and the Universi- Presidential Selection to con- ty," asked "the aid and wis- tinue its functions. The Board dom of faculty, students, and "will welcome the advice and staff to keep this University suggestions of the committee," moving forward as it must." the rice thresher said Lovett. vol. 56 no. 25 rice university houston, texas thurs., march 27, 1969 He has served on the Rice Four vice-presidencies faculty for 15 years, and has In urban design The Board also announced it been Harris Masterson, Jr. Pro- had created four vice-presi- fessor of History since 1965. In dencies to supplement the Van- addition to serving as Chair- diver appointment. Dr. Alan man of the History Department New archy grad course instituted Chapman, head of the Depart- since last summer, he was also ment of Mechanical and Aero- master of Brown College during The Rice School of Architec- or complexes with the concerns studio directed by the urban space Engineering and Mater- the academic year 1965-66. He ture will begin a new two-year of the city planner for land design faculty and selected visi- was previously chairman of the use and transportation plans ials Science and a member of graduate program in urban de- tors, with seminar courses com- department from June to Sep- for cities. the Advisory Committee, will sign in the Fall of 1969. tember, 1962. The urban designer must find plementing studio work. become vice-president for Ad- The program will lead to the •means for coordination of pub- An interdisciplinary faculty ministration. Dr. James Sims, Vandiver's academic specialty degree of Master of Architec- lic and private sectors in the from economics, sociology, en- campus business manager, will is the history of the south and ture in Urban Design, and will building or rebuilding process gineering, and law will support become vice-president for Cam- the Civil War. He has been be open to candidates who hold of cities. He must have an in- the core studies. The program pus Business Affairs. Dr. Vir- president of the Jefferson Da- the degree of Bachelor of Ar- depth background in the be- will utilize resources from the gil Topazio, Professor of French vis Association since 1963, and chitecture and demonstrate a havioral sciences, political sci- Houston area such as local and also a member of the Ad- is the author of the best-selling high level of skill in design. ence, and economics. planning agencies, the South- visory Committee, will become "Mighty Stonewall," as well as The Rice program will pro- At Rice, the urban design west Center for Urban Re- vice-president and Dean of Hu- numerous other works, most duce graduates who should be program will consist of four se- search, and NASA. The city of manities. Dr. W. E. Gordon will dealing with the Confederacy capable of linking the concerns mesters of academic work. The Houston will serve as a labor- become vice-president and Dean and the War Between the of designing individual buildings core of the program will be the atory for study. of Science and Engineering. Dr. States. Carey C-roneis, newly recovered Financial aid in the form of He was Harmsworth Profes- scholarships and fellowships from open heart surgery, will sor of American History at Ox- Grad students vote next week on will be available to qualified continue as Chancellor. Croneis, ford University in England in proposed constitution of grad SA students, who demonstrate need. according to reliable reports, 1963-64. Graduate students will vote students, social affairs, and in- next week on a proposed consti- terdepartjnental relations, ac- tution, which would establish a cording to a spokesman. Graduate Student Association. The constitution has been The constitution providesor written by many of the students a Graduate Council, with one who represented their depart- representative from each gradu- ments last fall in choosing a ate department, which would graduate representative to the represent the grad students to advisory committee on presiden- the faculty, administration, and tial selection. groups such as the Student As- Ballots for the election will sociation. be distributed by the depart- The Grad Council would ad- mental representatives or de- dress itself to such topics as a partmental secretaries, and graduate student lounge on should be returned to them by campus, a graduate college and Wednesday, April 2. Copies of other on-campus housing, ori- the constitution are posted on entation for incoming graduate bulletin boards around campus. Urban Futures USA This is the schedule of remaining events for the "Urban Futures USA" conference: THURSDAY 8 pm Third General Session. Harvey Perloff, Edward Logue, and Nathaniel Owings—Hamman Hall. §8 fc FRIDAY 2 pm Fourth General Session. William Ewald, Paul Ru- Ifr dolph—Hamman Hall. "Rotozaza," French artist Jean Tinguely's statement on the modern world of overproduction, 4 pm Discussion group meetings—Anderson Hall. conspicuous consumption, and planned obsolescence, is a machine that has to eat up its own output 8 pm Fifth General Session. Donald Michael, Leonard in order to continue producing. "Rotozaza" is one of the several hundred works of art which make Duhl, William Gorham—Hamman Hall. up "The Machine As Seen at the End of the Mechanical Age," on view at the temporary exhibition SATURDAY hall near the old stadium until May 18. Assembled by K. G. Pontus Hulten, the show opened in 2 pm Sixth General Session. Charles Abrams, presenta- November at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and will be seen in only one other city— tion of discussion group statements, and approval of con- San Francisco—after it leaves Rice. Installation of the show was designed by Mrs. John DeMenil, ference statement—Hamman Hall. director of the Institute for the Arts. "The Machine" will be on display from 10 am to 6 pm daily, including weekends, and from 10 am to 10 pm Thursdays. editorial Statements from the candidates l9t€w6, l^udd and t&e t*t£cUa Campaign Mark Rudd's clash with the media who were present in Hamraan Hall to cover his talk Friday is an example of a growing national phenomenon. Everywhere, it seems, newsmen are subject to cries of slanted coverage, incorrect and incomplete reporting, and bias in favor of the sensational and the negative. The attacks and president affronts now being suffered by the press come from people and groups of widely disparate political opinions. Newsmen covering the demonstrations during the Democratic Convention were singled out for violent and brutal attack by the Chicago cops; reporters from most commercial papers, the wire services, and the Johnstone: self-determinism The recent presidential encounter has ment with student initative, perhaps TV networks were excluded from the national SDS convention last year in Denver; given Rice a sense of community and bringing in its own guest professors. and few latter-day politicians have been as bitterly critical of the press as Richard self-determination. This experience can This self-determination can be ex- Nixon in 1962. tended beyond the area of curriculum. be expanded to many more areas. Self- I would like to see the Senate consider Rudd did not want TV and radio coverage of his talk because he felt the electronic determination can be practiced on the students' rights. Should there be due media are "all too willing to take out of context" his remarks, besides causing their level of the community acting in unity process for dismissal from the univer- own brand of disruptive activity with their intrusive lights, mikes, and cameras. as well as all levels, including that of sity, and what constitutes interruption After much huddling and discussion among Rudd, representatives of the organiza- the individual. of the normal functioning of the univer- tions which invited him, and the University officials who invited the newsmen, the Self - determination must begin with sity? To what extent can the students legislate their own social norms? reporters left, trailing their equipmet behind them. self-evaluation. To the extent that the entire community changes itself, that The Senate would hardly be involving To an extent greater than is usually recognized, complete "fairness and ob- change will be meaningful. It is neces- itself in student questions if it did jectivity" in news coverage, where every remark is "in context" and no "opinions" sary to have a committee on undergrad- not become a forum and a means of are implicitly or explicitly expressed, is simply impossible. Selectivity is the essence uate evaluation in order to obtain a action concerning black admissions, CIA
the rice thresher, march 27, 1969—page 3 Cheerleader tryouts for the Craig Roberts Ted Farmer candidates in the April 2 SA Roy Turner Gay Grant General Election will be held on SENATOR-AT-LARGE Tom Greene Mother Blues Monday, March 31, at 5 pm. Joe Graves Mike Hawkins Cindy Wooldridge THE UPTIGHT, OUT OF SIGHT, Following is a list of those Richard Lemuth SOUL-ROCK-RHYTHM & BLUES SHOWPLACE Ann Olsen Ross SENIOR HONOR COUNCIL who have filed for the respec- REPRESENTATIVE " tive offices. James Whisenant THRESHER EDITOR (vote for four) CURRENT ATTRACTION PRESIDENT Liza Broudy No one has filed for Thresher Don Johnstone Mary Burton Editor. Petitions for this office Charles Lee Horstman Joan Foster will be accepted by any member EXTERNAL AFFAIRS Leah Rae Miron THE PACESETTERS of the SA election committee VICE PRESIDENT Whitney Reader • Dancing John Birotte until noon Thursday, April 3. Jim Rollins Jeff Cox THRESHER BUSINESS Chini Streitweiser • Flor Show Dasha Jitkoff MANAGER Vivian Vahlberg • Beer, Setups, Wine UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS Mike Walker Greg White VICE-PRESIDENT CAMPANILE EDITOR 5th-YEAR HONOR COUNCIL Barry Kaplan Paul Hester REPRESENTATIVE SHOWS AND DANCING NIGHTLY FROM 7 P.M. Christopher "Turque" (vote for two) 809 Congress Reservations, 227-4641 CAMPANILE BUSINESS Tomlinson MANAGER Ed Douglas Bruce Williams Lee Strauss CHEERLEADERS STUDENT AFFAIRS SOPHOMORE HONOR (vote for six) VICE-PRESIDENT COUNCIL David Ammerman Jeffery Anderson REPRESENTATIVE Bill Bartlett Rod Crowl (vote for two) Vicky Douglas HAVE YOUR SHEEPSKIN DIPLOMA Bennett K. Falk Clay Boyd Andrew Hagan Charles Szalkowski Alfred Gengnagel Pam Haltom SECRETARY Colleen Jennings Ken Holder EXPERTLY FRAMED Carol Thompson Hortense Jones Debbie Kaiser TREASURER JUNIOR HONOR COUNCIL Larry Parker Joan Foster Loni Rose by REPRESENTATIVE OFF-CAMPUS SENATOR (vote for three) Christi Thomas Bill Muller Mandy Doolittle Sheila Weinmann Wellhausen's Picture Frame Shop
Half Century In Houston fine arts In The Village Amphitryon 38tabletop triumph 2427 Rice Blvd. JA2-5166 By GORDON BRADEN Giraudoux' play into the best self with excellent voice and The routines were already old comedy production I have seen authority and above all a sense when Plautus "wrote "Amphi- at Rice or anywhere else for of the ridiculous close enough tryon 1" some twenty-five hun- quite some time. to the surface to be seen but dred years ago. By the time There is little point in telling far enough recessed not to get Jean Giraudoux wrote number the plot and no point in re- in his way. Stewart Baker 38, the story had become as vealing the jokes (they are (footnote: we would like to see seasoned and polished as a many and beautiful and not to more faculty participating in brook pebble, a definitive para- be spoiled in advance); enough things like this) does Mercury digm of the meeting of divinity to say that it involves Jupiter's with a boyish feyness just this and mortality and the middle infatuation with a mortal wom- side of overmuch, and the effect class vision of contentment that an whom he discovers to be is marvelous; he even manages contains both. the vehicle of an uncomfortably to look casual in an absolutely And the Wiess Tabletop powerful force of Cosmic Con- lidiculous costume, and his by- Players, under the direction of nubiality. His epic grandeur re- play twirling his phallic cadu- Alan Roberts, have turned fuses to mix with her house- ceus makes for some interesting wife ' s satisfaction until a punctuation of the action. 1 strangely touching scene in A v e r i 1 Strauss' lascivously StWi Fulton which each gently, and without dignified Leda is beyond de- OX 7-8781 capitulation, touches the other's Directed ty D'NEI IISI scription, and I would rather MERACLE mode of existence. not try, beyond indicating that OF urg of \:-i CRIME The play is too enjoyable to she does something remarkable n.AUDIM Al NO MANFR make any claims outside its with "zenith," "syntax," and a TOT O funniest retb«rf of !ht cinturr own borders; it is, like that final few other previously innocent BILLY LIAR Tom CourtenaV 7:45 Only encounter, a marvelous small words. balance of tact. Quintessence Lightness But the weight of things" I would not have thought such SINGLE usually falls on Sharon Parten a play could be done at Rice at as Alkmena, and she repeated- ADULTS all, much less as well as Rob- ly does almost everything right: 3Icct Your Match Through erts and his group have done at the play!s exact center she it, but they have honestly RATA-DATA becomes the quintessential mid- Dating By Computer brought it off. Four of the ma- dle-class housewife, without jor parts are pegged with real- ONLY 85 blandness or sarcasm. The rest For FREE Application ly superb performances, and almost look opportunistic be- Phone 926-3-115 none of the rest fall below a side her, for she pulls it off JULIUS WECHTER and or Write to comfortable level of effective- without tricks but with a rather RATA-DATA, Box 26752 ness. One or two of the scenes competent job of real, honest- THE BAJA MARIMBA BAND . bog, but on the whole things are to-goodness acting. carried with an amazing light- VIVA! The Baja Marimba strikes again. South of the ness unlike anything I can re- The other roles are not quite Border renditions ot practically everything, in a style half way The member seeing Rice people so comfortably assumed as between Marlachi and Magic. The Baja is back, for three Experimental Underground manage: the best comic effects these four, except perhaps for performances guaranteed to shed new light on the subject Flicks Are Shown around here usually seem to Connie McCorkle and Maria de of music. at the come, as in last season's "Hello, Lourdes Cisneros as a pair of PERFORMANCES AND PRICES: Hamlet," from calculated ex- surreal maidservants, and the tangential climax of Bill Blan- Friday, March 28 8:30 PM ROWS cess. I am told the group more ton's war oration. But nothing Saturday, March 29 6:00 PM 1-8 9-12 13-16 17-20 ALRAY or less improvised its own Eng- really sours, and the produc- Every Saturday Night lish version: it shows, for the and 9:30 PM $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 $3.00 tion stands as a refreshingly by the lines (for once!) come out beau- Extra: delicate miracle among Rice New American Cinema tifully free for translationese. Direct from NBC's Laugh-in Show.ComicsMcCall and Brill. student theater; I hope there 5006 Fulton Phallic ceduceus are more where this came from. HOUSTON MUSIC Roberts plays Jupiter him-
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New Mexico 87701 Phone: 425-7511 Ext. 350 the rice thresher, march 27, 1969—page 4 SDS requests injunction in UT facilities denial decision By BILL FREELAND green hill country of central could lead to the organization's A number of speakers took address by a Ku Klux Klan AUSTIN, Tex. (CPS)—Stu- Texas. Members of the local being prevented from holding issue with the administration Grand Dragon in 1966 and the dents for a Democratic Society SDS chapter have spent the future national conferences on claim that there was question- use of the university gym last have filed suit in Federal Dis- last few days in a desperate other campuses. able educational value in per- year for a birthday celebration trict Court seeking an injunc- search for an alternative site Local SDS members protested mitting the conference to take for Gov. John B. Connally. tion to force the University of in the city, without success, the cancellation at a noon rally place, pointing to university ap- Texas to allow it to hold a na- SDS was given permission March 18, attended by about proval of such past events as an GRAD STUDENTS tional conference on the campus for the use of the university's 1,000 students. For more than See us before you March 28-30. main ballroom on Feb. 3 by a two hours, SDS-s ponsored start your The suit was initiated by the part-time employee in the ab- speakers joined with representa- THESIS SDS national office after a sence of student union director tives of a number of campus Harold's Garage K & R REPRODUCTIONS surprise decision Saturday by Jack Steele. Later, however, organizations supporting SDS's HENRY J. ENGEL, Owner 2400 Dunstan — JA 3-3436 the University Board of Reg- Steele realized that on the dates right to use university facili- ents, overturning an agreement requested, March 28-30, the uni- ties. ^ Automatic Transmissions versity had planned some main- with the Student Union Board Rostam Kavoussi, president •fo Paint & Body Shop tenance work on the auditorium VENETIAN VILLAGE made nearly six weeks ago of the Students' Association, -fa Air Conditioning which granted use of campus and cancelled permission. Lasagna—Pizza—Ravioli and a member of the Student •fe Wrecker Service Real Italian Food facilities to SDS. Representatives of SDS, how- Union Board which initially Explaining the ban, Universi- ever, appeared before a meeting 10% OFF with RICE ID granted permission, said, "The 2431 Dunstan JT 8-5323 ty President Dr. Norman Hack- of the student union's admin- Frank Laratta—RI 8-9779 Regents did not even consult 7029 Fannin St. erman said, "It is clear through istration board on Feb. 26 ask- us about' our decision. They rules of the university that ap- ing that the repair work be didn't give us the opportunity proval of such a request would postponed. The board approved to, defend our decision." In an make the university a co-spon- that request and signed a con- earlier statement, he declared, sor of the meeting. The uni- tract assuring the organization "The administration and the versity will not enter into joint that the facilities would be regents have used their veto B0KAY SHOP sponsorship of any program or available. Students were con- power over the Union Board's Village Florist activity in which the education- centrating on setting up hous- decision as a censorship device." ing facilities for the conference al implications are not self- Roger Shattuck, a professor YOUR ALL OCCASION when the announcement came evident and which does not of English and French, who that the university had cancel- FLORIST directly supplement the educa- failed to get the faculty council led the arrangements. tional purposes of the univer- to approve a resolution asking sity." $10,000 suit the administration to reconsider Charge Accounts for Students No alternate site Work was begun immediately its decision, said, "The point is 2406 Rice Blvd. JA 8-4466 Meanwhile, some of the 1,200 on the court suit, which claims not whether you agree with people expected for the confer- $'10,000 in damages. Many SDS what SDS says. 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the rice thresher, march 27, 19(>9—page 5 Graduate students get fellowships owlook Ronald E. Plasek, a graduate have been awarded research student, has been named an fellowships by the National In- Atomic Energy Commission stitute of General Medical Sci- Rice sophs shine, but lose net cup Special Fellow in Nuclear Sci- ences. By PHIL SNYDER Pierce Kelley of Tulane. He advanced into the ence and Engineering. They are Jane Anne Starling, finals with straight set victories over Karl Plasek is one of 109 first-year who received her B.A. from Rice Mike Estep, the scrambling sophomore from Coombes (OCU), Frank Conner (Trinity), and graduates across the country se- last year, and Thomas Fairchild Dallas, upset Zan Guerry, top seed in the Rice McKinley. lected for AEC special fellow- Brownscombe, who holds a B.S. Invitational Collegiate Tennis Toux*nament, for ships in either nuclear science from MIT. the singles crown, 6-1, 4-6, 13-11, in a wind- Tico Carrero and Mike Hamilton, the other and engineering or health phys- Miss Starling's area of prin- harried three-hour match at the Rice courts two members of the Rice team, did not fare quite ics. The two programs are ad- cipal research is "Contributions Monday. Yet the win proved to be an anticlimax as well, Carrero losing in the third round to ministered for the Commission of Symbiotic Algae to Host Ac- to Sunday's doubles play when Dick Stockton and seventh-seeded Humphrey Hose (UCC), and by Oak Ridge Associated Uni- tinians." Brownscombe will Bob McKinley, Trinity freshmen, toppled the two Hamilton falling to Stockton in the second versities, an educational and study "Vinyl Aziridine Rear- Rice singles finalists, 6-1, 3-6, 7-5, for the team round. They also dropped their first doubles research corporation of 41 rangements." championship, enabling Trinity to edge Rice in match to Fikes-Hickey (Aggies), 6-2, 7-9, 9-7. .Southern universities and col- The fellowships were award- total points, 19-18. Controversy arose in the final set when the leges. ed in a national competition Aggies, disturbed by the close calls of the Rice Estep appeared to be heading for a runaway team, deliberately miscalled a crucial shot by Plasek received a B.A. from and followed review by two with the crown by breaking Guerry's service Hamilton. The point was replayed and the Rice in 1968. groups of distinguslied consult- three times. But Guerry, relying on a strong Aggies took the match. Two Rice graduate students ants. serve in spite of a 30-mph wind, and an excellent forehand, scored the deciding service break to Further controversy arose in the doubles semi- Close to the Heart Checks Cashed for even the match. Both players broke service in finals when the Texas Tech team of Mike Beene- of the Campus! Rice Students the final set, each having the opportunity to Rusty Powell, under threat of rain and darkness, Aaron Lee cash in at match point several times. decided to default to Stockton-McKinley, even though the Tech duo needed only to hold service Enco Service Estep and Guerry came from behind Sunday to even the sets at 1-1. 2361 Rice — JA 8-0148 in doubles to even the match with Trinity, but Mechanic On Duty the first-seeded doubles team broke service in If the tournament was any indication of things I^W\AAA/VA/VSAA/WWWS/\/SA/\A/V\AAA/V the twelfth and deciding game to take home to come in the Southwest Conference competi- «««««««4«««««<«4««««««<4<^ the Guernsey-Hess Challenge Trophy, prize of tion, the future looks very bright for Rice's A the tournament. second undefeated dual-match season. Baylor, ± Typing : Term papers, theses.^ TCU, SMU, Tech, and A&M together scored only ± Experienced typist with de-^ Estep made it to the finals with early round 16 points, two less than the four-man Rice team. In Bellaire - 5105 Bellaire $ gree in English. Electric^ victories over Craig Parsons (SMU), Marc Boulle Discounting Arkansas, the University of Texas the Village - 2519 University i typewriter. 771-4125. 5 (University of Corpus Christi), Gerry Perry was the only conference team who chose not to ± " Z (Oklahoma), sixth-seeded Colin Robertson (Okla- »••>•>»>••••>•••••••••••••••••••>>••••••>••• play with the big boys. (Note: one can never be homa City University), and second-seeded Vi- sure whether Arkansas will field a "team" this cente Zarazua (UCC). Estep and Zarazua, who year or not.) now stand 2-2 in match play, have turned in the Bernard Gold Dispensing Optician most exciting competition in the tournament for All in all, the tournament was an excellent Hypo-Allergenic Cosmetics the past two years. display of the best tennis in the Southwest and Created Especially For The Contact Lens Wearer some of the best in the nation. For those who Independent Guerry scored his first-round win over Rico Serving Houston Since 1952 Casperis of Pan American before losing his first missed it, the only disappointments were the Prescriptions, Repairs, Replacements set of the season in a 6-8, 6-3, 7-5 match with wind, the line judges, and, of course, the Aggies. Eyewear & Contact Lenses Fellow In International Academy of Opticianry American Board of Opticianry "In The Village" gandalf and the invasion force 2525 Times Blvd. JA 4-3676 Stonedhenge
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the rice thresher, march 27, 1969—page 6 notes and notices Q The University—Jones Col- present a concert in Jones Hall Seminar, 140 West SJth street, lege is offering a college course downtown Friday, April 4, in New York, N. Y. 10019. next year on "The University." preparation for the choir's tour • * * of Europe in August. Tickets, According to Nancy Dietz, wh'<5* Graduates — Dean Richter's SOUTH TEXAS available at the Jones Hall box helped design it, possible topics office, 202 Chemistry Building, office, at $1 for students. of study include the values and has a copy of the eleven-volume * * * ends of university education, "Patterson's Annual Guides to NOW!—Dick Gregory, noted how the concept of the univer- Graduate Study." The series has VENDORS black comedian, actor, civil sity is affected by the political the up-to-date, relevant infor- rights leader, and recently-in- mation on over 13,000 graduate and educational systems, wheth- augurated U. S. 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the rice thresher, march 27, 1969—page 7 From occupation to personality Status transition vital to preservation of urban socities By LEE HORSTMAN social innovation. of age and intelligence distri- the side effects of any one tech- tional planning, as well as more In our second installment, we Ultimately, a transition of butions. nology by further recourse to scientific management and cash focused upon central city prob- such profound dimensions would It is the abuse of any one of that same technology within than even a national financier 1 e m s—environmental brutish- require a world consensus in these technologies, then, that our traditional value system. might hope to possess. ness and worsening slums—as favor of arms control, popula- becomes so lethal as to force us There must be a total approach, signals of our society's growth tion control, and universal wel- towards a new world view and using new values and attitudes. Not all administrative func- pains in the course of replacing fare (basic sustenance plus edu- a new morality. tions should shift to national Without fresh viewpoints, institutions of government, of America's urban social future course. We must encourage the must remain grim, for the fu- more individual-responsive local ture is only as much as all our communities to develop wide dreams. differences in social and phys- ical character if they wish, Many people suspect an in- while ensuring every citizen a tellectual elite of articulating free choice amongst them. the "common good" selfishly. John Gardner seeks to correct Nation of communities such views when he argues that In immediate terms, nearly a worship of philosophers and everyone who has examined the a disdain of plumbers can mean situation has concluded that in neither our theories nor our America, local city governments pipes will hold water. If a cannot handle their financial "pluralist meritocracy" were problems, and other local gov- our goal, every individual could ernments cannot or will not he socially appreciated on his help them. own merits. Thus, there must be a nation- We referred last week to the alization specifically in terms need for a community involve- of financial assistance to the ment in such a transition to a poor, and to our cities for the learning society, and to the need founding of "knowledge indus- for federal support in coordinat- tries" as the focus of the new ing and financing urban im- integral settlements. provement programs. These steps are part of a basic trend Insofar as there will remain in which our public sector is a need for face-to-face con- both growing and consolidating frontation between people, high- as a response to the technolog- density urban centers are likely to persist, although probably • Paul Hester ical systems which vastly im- prove our individual lives, but not on their impersonal, indus- industrial settlements with "in- rational opportunity) as soon What shall we do about world which are as complex and in- trial city scale. If we succeed in tegral" ones (these being the as possible. These three great holocaust, aimless leisure, and terwoven as they are costly. moving towards a learning soc- last two of four historic urban issues are, in fact critical to overpopulation ? Stalemating They cannot be managed piece- iety, their role might shrink to levels described in the first the quality and the very future total war by a "power balance" meal. that of cultural exchange points installment). In this third and existence of America's highly is a basically unstable solution, —learning centers which be- concluding segment we shall re- urbanized society. as is stalemating the potential Growing public sector come focused on various inter- view some basic concepts re- However costly this transi- for goal-less leisure by creating Every colonial village could ests—centers for music, phys- garding America's evolution to- tion may be in terms of money more automated industries and vote a charter for its own ical training, recreational activ- wards the "integral"settlement. and social discord, it seems consuming more of their prod- stagecoach express and candle- ity, etc). There would probably Basically, urbanization is not vital. If our mushrooming pop- ucts; also, stalemating over- stick shop to any common-sense be a great deal of personal the clumping of people; it has ulation begins to exhaust our population by "genes control" is local businessman. But jetports mobility and communication been a process whereby increas- natural resources, or if our a hazardous solution. and hydroelectric station s— links between such centers, as ingly, human societies abstract, slums continue to worsen, or if Creating the future and, one might add, university well as the suburb-density "urb- accelerate and diversify their we insist upon a weapons econ- In essence, we cannot vitiate centers—demand long-range na- an corridors." ways of exchanging goods and omy instead of a welfare and services, friendships and ideas, learning economy, then we may fn view of this, America seems be without any urban society to have the option—and per- at all by A.D. 2000. haps the duty—of leading the New prosperity problems world toward the institutions and ethics (and the integral It is difficult for us to im- settlements) of a postindustrial agine a -world free from basic "iearning society." physical deprivation, yet our emerging media-knit society, What's so special about Social transition using its technical skills, could The production and exchange make this situation real in Am- of knowledge becomes the pri- erica on fairly short notice. mary activity; the production Within thirty years, our major and exchange of goods and problem could be not one of Beechwood Ageing? services becomes automated and physical want, but one of aim- secondary (there is already a less leisure. small "lead'' trend towards ren- tal of cars and homes, and less In rapid summary, we might We must be bragging too much about let Budweis&r ferment a second time. "emotional" attachment to ma- view the pattern as follows. In- Beechwood Ageing. (Most brewers quit after one fermen- terial goods). As a consequence, novative education and a pros- Because we're starting to get some tation. We don't.) the determinants of status may perous. nation have widened the shift from occupations to per- number of persons participating flak about it. Like, "Beechwood, These beechwood strips offer extra sonality traits. Changes such as in the production of knowledge Beechwood . . . big deal." And "If surface area for tiny yeast particles these would represent a major through scientific inquiry. More Beechwood Ageing is so hot, to cling to, helping clarify knowledge, combined with an industrious national character, why don't you tell every- the beer. And since these have yielded still better tech- body what it is?" strips are also porous, they ENTERED AS nologies. So we will. help absorb beer's natural FIRST CLASS POSTAGE One new technology is that First, it isn't big wooden "edge," giving Budweiser of high-energy devices like las- casks that we age Budweiser its finished taste. Or in other ers and nuclear reactors. In malign hands, they could de- in. words, "a taste, a smooth- stroy our physical world of be- But it is a layer of thin ness and a drinkability you nign nature. ^Udweise* will find in no other beer at wood strips from the beech LAOER DEL* Another, newer technology is tree (what else?) laid down r, T* Jfj any price." Br that of automative devices like in a dense lattice on the _EWEO AND CANNED B* computers and sensing systems, Ah yes, drinkability. That's yet their assistance might upset bottom of our glass-lined what's so special about our emotional world of virtuous and stainless steel lagering TIP • Beechwood Ageing. labor. A third technology—the tanks. 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