The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, May 12, 1950 Page: 3 of 6
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gent and fluent as the rest of us—
and our prejudice dissolved.
The point here then, and it's
devastating, is this: does the Riee
Instfyggp dare eontend with the
very facts which it teaches in its
classrooms? Will it continue to
preach one thing in the psycho
class and to practice the opposite
in the registrar's office???
Third, regarding the only actual
obstacle to Negro entrance: the
school charter. First it appears that
the charter can be altered. Dean
Cameron once told me that the char-
ter rules out denominational meet-
ings on the campus: this year for
the first time such meeting have
been held. In short, is it not true
that the amendment idea is nearly
contemporaneous with the charter
idea ? ? (Ben Hammond or Finis
Cowan should be letter-writer here).
At any rate, the lawyers and trustees
are not going to be stifled by the
Rice charter any more than the
Supreme Court is by the U. S. Con-
stitution—unless of course they want
to be!
Last year Brady Tyson advo-
cated admittance of qualified Ne-
groes to the graduate school only.
A curt little letter from Dr. Hous-
ton soon squelched Tyson's agita-
tion. Well, Dr. Houston, the 'curt
little letter' method has seen its
last day: nor is there the slightest
disrespect for you connotated in
this remark. I mean merely that
the issue of the rightness of quali-
fied Negroes to' enter Rice shall
recur again and again until at
long last the principles of a cer-
tain dusty teacher from Galilee,
of democracy itself—yea of just
plain common sense and decency
—shall triumph. Those ideals sfiall
be brought down from their rosy
clouds and shall be imprinted up-
on the everyday life about us.
And I for one have enough school
spirit to hope that Rice will lead
the way in this matter of admitting
Negroes. I see no reason why we
cannot beat all the other schools in
Texas, perhaps in the South, to the
draw. The historian Arnold Toynbee
speaks often of the creative (think-
ing) minority that leads the think-
less mass of humanity onto progress.
I tell you sincerely, there is no other
school in this state better fitted to
be the creative minority for its sis-
ter universities than is our school.
Why must Rice be like all the rest
—segregated, prejudiced, retarded?
INSTITUTO
TECNOLOGICO
Summer Session
Monterrey, N. L. Mexico
The Institutio is situated on the Pan
Americai? Highway, one mile south
of the City of Monterrey. It is
146 miles south of the border
(Laredo) and 630 miles from Mex-
. ico City. It is at the head of the
beautiful Huajuco Canyon, and
faces the famous Saddle Mountain.
Effective and intensive SPANISH
COURSES where the language is
spoken. -
Also Spanish and Latin-American
Literature, History, Geography
and sociology, Government and
Business, Philosophy, Folklore,
Arts and Crafts, Education.
The University of Texas has given
recognition to the courses offered
in the Summer Session, and ac-
cepts them for credit when made
with grades C or better by stu-
dents satisfying the prerequisites
specified.
Living conditions excellent in the
Institute's dormitories, with meals
in the Instituto's restaurant, Mex-
ican and American style; modern
equipment, highest standard of
cleanliness and sanitation.
Teachers and college groups are
especially desired.
Send For Illustrated Catalogue
—Adr.
Why? By jove, friends, we deserve
something better! Or else we aren't
as superior a bunch of faculty and
students as we think we are. If
there is something 'extra' in the
quality of our minds and spirits,
then let's either show it or shut up.
Specifically what you and I can
do right now is to talk to Dr.
Houston and our professors, have
a Forum on the issue next Septem-
ber, and have the new Student
Council express our wishes for-
mally.
Of course it would be immeasur-
ably easier to remain indifferent.
Why should we care ? Win the South-
west conference, build a new stadium,
get elected to some student office,
chit-chat in the lounge, grab your
sheepskin and call it quits. How
quaint! How positively sweet! But
how lazy, how unChristian, how
downright cowardly. Ye, sissies, close
your eyes plug your ears and go
to sleep. Forget, ye snoozers, that
our brother stands outside our ivy-
cvoered gates yearning for the
knowledge and opportunities in
which we wallow. Forget that a man
of prayer once said "Father, now
my will, but thine be done." Forget
all this and we shall receive thfe
smiles of the crowd, and we shall
avoid stomach ulcers. But also our
life shall never have courage, worth,
or God. We shall remain what we
were born: a mere blob of proto-
plasm. The highest in us shall never
see the light of day. May I say it?
If too many of us take this easy,
lazy road out, if we turn our brains
and energies away from the wants
and issues which surround us, then
our civilization shall, and rightly so,
crash down upon our worthless
heads.
We need care not if our efforts
be no more than a ripple in the life
about us (I think they will count
for much more than that). For the
peint is, Better to be "true to the
truth and to human justice than have
our consciences damn us ever after
for our cowardice.
On that solid rock we must take
our stand. Nor shall the. clamorous
mouthings of the., tin-loving, ig-
norant mass prevail against us.
Qualified Negroes deserve to walk
the pathways of the Rice campus
and to listen to our professors as
much as we ourselves. As persons
who respect the facts, admire fair
play, and believe in brotherhood;
in short, as Christians, we have no
alternative.
—Farrell Fulton
(EDITOR'S NOTE: The follow-
ing note was written on the bottom
of the manuscript of the above let-
ter:
"Emmett and Ruey:
This was originally 9 pages;
has been cut to five plus. I can
do no more. PLEASE don't tam-
per with it! It will lose its elan
vital, or something!
Farrell
P. S. The BSU especially and
the Canterbury Club a little
bit are beginning to think some-
one on the "Thresher" staff is
discriminating against them—
due to refusal to print their
news articles. This kind of thing
could become very nasty if it
a'evelops. Further, please avoid
by printing this stuff. Thank
you.
Farrell")
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The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, May 12, 1950, newspaper, May 12, 1950; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth230843/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.