The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 57, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 11, 1949 Page: 2 of 4
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THE THRESHER
Petition Is Significant
Open and free discussion has always been the best way for any
group of individuals to solve a controversial issue, but in a large
group, some sort of voting procedure is necessary to determine the
majority resolution. If the new Student Council thinks it proper, the
petition calling for a referendum vote on the recently passed Freshman
Guidance By-Law will afford the student body opportunity to express
its majority decision on this question.
More than the required number of students signed the petition
in protest of the former Council's refusal to incorporate clauses
specifying voluntary participation and outlawing physical abuse or
humiliation in the By-Law establishing the Freshman Guidance Com-
mttee. I hese students feel, with justification, that the By-Law as
it now stands, gives tacit approval to hazing as a part of a guidance
program which is under the jurisdiction of the Student Council.
Unless the new Council shows more courage tomorrow than its
predecessor did, the students will have every justification for setting
aside or amending the Guidance By-Law. The belief in voluntary
methods and the affirmation of the principles of human dignity must
be staunchly defended and instantly expounded if we are ever to
achieve a higher level of social development among the students at
Rice.
Two groups are opposed to the proposed amendments to the
Guidance By-Law: one group insists that hazing is a necessary binding
or driving force for the program; the other is opposed on the basis that
the Council does not have police powers, which they feel necessary
for enforcement of such amendments. There is a likeness in both
these arguments since they base participation on force or threat; both
are untenable in a democratic society.
The first argument may be refuted by pointing out that if the
Freshman Guidance program is a healthy and interesting one, stu-
dents will want to take part in it; there should be, however, a guaran-
tee to the right of voluntary participation. «
I he second argument is answered by an examination of the
Student Association constitution (Article V. Section I. A. "Impeach-
ment and Removal from Office) and the Guidance By-Law. Two
of the members of the Guidance Committee are class officers and auto-
matically under the jurisdiction of this article, the others are anointed
with the approval of the Student Council and subject to removal at
its discretion. The Freshman Guidance program must be approved
by the Student Council and any violations of it or unauthorized addi-
tions to it would be the responsibility "of the Committee which in turn
is subject to the jurisdicial powers of the Council. This simply means
that the Council already has the necessary powers to see that its ap-
proved program is carried out by its approved committee. If the
committee does not perform its duty, it can be removed through exist-
ing means.
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Lits By -pass Council
One By-Law in the proposed Literary Council constitution
warrants the attention of the student body as a whole because it
removes "rushing" rules from the majority control. Specific reference
here is made to Article I. d: "This program (to be followed by the
Literary Societies for the taking in of new members) shall be approved
by the Dean of Women, the Dean of Students, and the Student
Activities Committee." This is a significant absence of the phrase:
"and the Student Council"!
J he Literary Societies are the centers of social activities on
and off the campus, yet they have persisted in their efforts to side-step
and evade the jurisdiction of the Students' elected representative body.
1 his is another example of these evasive tactics: the Literary Societies
want to maintain their positions of controlling extra-curricular life,
but they refuse to submit themselvfe toalhe legislation "of the student
body whenever they can find some means of avoiding it.
Lntil the Literary Council Constitution and By-Laws guarantee
the student body a voice in regulations which are so integral in its
activities, the constitution should not be approved.
WEDNESDAY EDITION
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Sallyport Architecture Characteristic of
Lombard Churches of Milan and Pavia
Editor's Note: This is the
second in a series of articles on
the architecture of the Rice In-
stitute. The last article outlined
the selection of the firm of archi-
tects for the work, and the rela-
tion of the architecture of Rice to
that of the city of Ravenna. The
form of the Lovett Hall cloisters
was also described and the names
of the men who are represented on
the columns.
The most elaborate of the sculp-
ture is to be found around the main
entrance to Lovett Hall (Sallyport).
This structure is characteristic of
Lombard architecture. This delicate
design is of the same general type
as found on many facades of Lom-
bard churches in Milan and Pavia.
The evolution of these rich door-
ways is somewhat difficult to trace
in detail, although the general
course of development is clear
enough. To the simple, primitive
openings of early churches were
first applied the multiple orders.
Above the square lintel which in
many cases surmounted such door-
ways was built a relieving arch to
take the weight of the superincum-
bent wall from the architrave. This
relieving arch became a characteris-
tic feature of the developed portal.
The extra orders were carried
around it, and the lintel became
merely a subsidiary division.
A. K. Porter believes that the next
step must have been the introduc-
tion of the roll-moulding, and prob-
ably as early as the third quarter
of the XI century. This moulding
often was supported by a shaft with
capital and base. It was riot until
the end of the XII century that the
mouldings were were cut to any
great extent, but the motif, once
discovered, spread rapidly. This type
portal was carried to its highest de-
velopment by Benedetto at Borgo
S. Donnino.
There was another Lombard dec-
oration which seems to have origi-
nated in Verona; this is the so-called
Verona porch, one of the most pe-
culiar features of Lombard archi-
tecture. On the Rice campus there
is a fine example of a Verona porch
at the rear entrance' of the Chem-
istry Lecture Hall. This particular
porch is a great deal like that on the
facade of S. Zeno, Verona.
The brickwork of the Lovett Hall
shows the Italian interest in brick
as a pattern material as well as a
structural material. There is not' a
definite brick pattern, but they are
laid with thick slabs of mortar, cre-
ating in effect, a slight -band de-
sign. This is little more than the
Italian manner of laying brick, yet
there is a. decided resemblance to
some of the brickwork found in the
vici'nity of Ravenna. This (latter de-
sign was used to a much greater
extent in fourteenth-century Gothic
church of S. Ferno'Maggoriore, Ve-
rona; but the basic resemblance be-
tween the two resultant patterns can
be seen.
In addition to the designs created
by the brickwork there is a great
use of glazed, iridescent tiles, and
green bronze for decorative pur-
poses. These tile are laid in geomet-
ric patterns with no artistic attempt
other than of regularity of design
and brilliance of color. Although
these are a far cry from the early
exquisite mosaics of the Byzantine
and Lombard structures they have
a great deal in common. They are
of course, decorative elements, used
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as contrast against the rose colored
brick; this is equally true of a
great deal of the early mosaics. The
fact that one type was pure design,
without figures, relates this tile-
work, at least in character, to the
earlier decoration. The mosaics of
course were solid designs of marble,
Girard —
while the tile designs here being
discussed are set in mortar. Never-
theless, the tile designs and the
patterns on the pavement of the
cloisters of Lovett Hall are reminis-
cent of the beautiful mosaic work
which reached its height in the Lom-
bard school of architecture.
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off reality," explained M. Girard.
Adam, incidentally, is just as fa-
mous an actor in France as he is a
playwright. "Sylvie" is his first
play; so his desire to keep it as he
wrote it may be understood.
rIn the play there is a count who
wants to give his romantic daughter
a birthday present. And she wants
nothing in the world so much as a
haunted chateau. Haunted chateaus
are few in France, so the count buys
just a .plain castle and hires three
boys to haunt it for Sylvie's birth-
day party. Sylvie falls in love with
one of the boys, and in the end she's
very glad to know that he isn't a
spirit. But there is a real ghost in
the play after all.
Because of his familiarity with
the play, Ralph Meade, director of
the Little Theatre, asked M. Girard
to co-direct it to preserve its Gallic
touch for sure. M. Girard directed it
once before with his amateur group
in Burgandy. "But we did the play
as Adam wanted it done," he main-
tains.
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