The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 34, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 16, 1949 Page: 3 of 4
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THE THRESHER
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The University of Caen in Caen, France
Rice Students Will Help Rebuild Caen,
A University with A Glorious History
by Finis Cowan
The Rice student body has decided to promote one charity
drive a year and to aid the University of Caen in Caen, France.
In the middle of the fifteenth century, Henry VI of England
founded the University of Caen in Normandy, which was then
under English rule. Through 500 years, Caen developed into
one of the finest universities in —
the world. Like all French uni-
versities, it is a purely graduate
school and has been chiefly not-
ed for the study of English lit-
erature.
Through the years when Norman-
dy was a battleground for the
French and the English, through the
great French upheaval and the
founding of the French republic,
and through the economic, political,
and military strife of the 19th cen-
tury, Caen developed slowly and
painfully into a renowned university
boasting one of the finest libraries
and one of the most scholarly fac-
ulties in Europe.
In 1944 it seemed that the pro-
gress of 500 years was to be wiped
out at one stroke. When British
troops moved into Caen one July
morning they saw no university. The
night before, an allied bomb had
struck the library, and fire had de-
stroyed the buildings. The pride of
Normandy, the 500-year-old Uni-
versity of Caen had vanished.
The rector (the president) had
been wounded. Scores of professors
and students had been killed. But
that fj|U professors reopened classes
in the town's normal school, in ga-
rages, cellars, attics, ^wherever four
walls and a ceiling could be found.
Students made benches and desks
from crates and rubble, plugged up
windows with rags, and ignored the
cold and discomfort.
For the rest of the war, with
hardly a textbook, little paper, and
no typewriters, professors lectured
and gave examinations just as be-
fore. "We felt that if we could hold
out for two or three years," explain-
ed one professor, "the university
would be saved."
This university which had an
enrollment of 5000 students before
the war, has four faculties—Letters,
Science, Law, and Medicine. The
faculties of Letters and Law have
been aided generously by gifts of
books from American and British
universities, but the faculties of
Science and Medicine are desperate-
ly short of scientific equipment.
Last fall the committee appointed
the student council to administer
the policy in the general election
asked Mr. Pierre Girard, Rice pro-
fessor of French, to wile the dean
and faculty of the University of
Caen and to determine what form
of aid would do the most good. Mr.
Girard has received several answers
informing him that the greatest
need is for scientific equipment and
including a suggested list of mater-
ials.
The drive to obtain funds will take
the first week of March.
Honor Council Trial
The Honor Council conducted a
trial on February 11th and 12th, A
verdict of guilty was i-endered. The
penalty was suspension from school
for more than one year.
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Pre-Meds to Meet Thursday
The Pre-Med Society announces
that it will accept prospective mem-
bers as pledges at the meeting to
be held on Thursday, February 18th
at 7:30 PM in P.L. 212. Later in the
evening Dr. Keith Bradford, promi-
nent local surgeon, will speak on
phases of "Brain Surgery." All those
interested are invited to attend.
NOTICE
#> Any student interested in aid-
ing the Caen aid Fund drive should
contact Ernie Maas at J8-7505 be-
fore Saturday. The drive is sched-
uled for the first week in March.
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The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 34, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 16, 1949, newspaper, February 16, 1949; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth230789/m1/3/: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.