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VOLUME THIRTY-NINE — NUM BER ONE HOUSTON, TEXAS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1951
Dr. Houston
President Houston
Chosen Director
Of Oak Ridge
Rice President William V. Hous-
ton has been appointed by a unani-
mous vote to the governing board
of the Oak Ridge Institute of Nu-
clear Studies at Oak Ridge, Ten-
nessee.
Doctor Houston will serve a three
year term along with the other eight
directors. Rice's Dr. Tom W. Bonner,
professor of physics, is a member
of the council of the Institute.
The Oak Ridge Institute is made
up of 26 southern universities, or-
ganized to promote nuclear studies
among college faculty. Through the
facilities of the Institute, profes-
sors from the member universities
may research in the Oak Ridge lab-
oratories.
This summer one Rice professor,
Dr. Jurg Waser of the chemistry
department, is researching there. In
the past Rice physicists, biologists
and chemists have done work there.
Engineering ROTC
Unit Opens
On Rice Campus
New on Rice's campus are the
Army Engineers, offering training
for its future officers.
The army ROTC is a four year
course open to students in their
freshman through junior years. The
program also includes one six weeks
summer camp between the third and
fourth year at the principal army
engineering school in Port Belvoir,
Virginia.
The personnel of the unit include
Lt. Colonel Dillon, commanding of-
ficer, Maj. Fitzsimmons, command-
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Placement Office
Has Jobs Listed
For Students
All students needing part-time
jobs are urged to go to the Student
Placement Office in the Alumni Of-
fice in Lovett Hall.
Miss Carol Owen, director of the
*" Service, has listed jobs for students
and alumni of Rice both on and off
the campus. A Placement Service
Bulletin Board listing job opportun-
ities is located in the Student
Lounge.
Senior students should keep par-
ticularly close touch with the office
for job opportunities after gradua-
tion.
■ y ' A
An Open Letter
TO ALL RICE STUDENTS:
A Houston girl attending one of the State's larger Univer-
sities was well pleased over the fact that her high grade on a
History final gave her a 93 average for the semester. A week
later, she was disappointed to find that her 93 netted her only
a B— in the course. The simple answer was that the other
students in the class, aided by cheat sheets and a policy of
"cooperate and graduate," had set a class average of 95 on the
test.
That doesn't happen here.
I hope that each Freshman and each new student at Rice
has received by thite time the letter sent to him or her telling
about our Honor System and explaining its aims, operations,
and results.
But as a further word on this subject, let me review these
matters for the benefit of both Freshmen and upperclassmen.
Presupposing that Rice students are honorable people and
have the character and self-respect to want honest conduct of
their examinations, we sincerely believe that our Honor System
is the logical method to conduct those examinations.
It assumes that each of us is an adult, not a child to be
watched over or threatened. It assumes that we are honest,
and not petty thieves who would deliverately take from a
neighbor the written results of his thought and study. It
hardly seems necessary to point out that this amounts to
theft of another's property just as surely as does the theft
of money or goods. The moral issue is clear.
It assumes that we are proud to be in the only school in
the state that so demonstrates in trust and confidence in its
students, and where students can feel that they are living in
an atmosphere of mutual respect for individual abilities and
accomplishments.
What about the "weak sisters," the rare-but-occasionally-
present fellow who will' try to get by any way he can ? Can
we say,* "Well, I won't cheat but I won't tell on the fellow who
did"?
Emphatically, NO!
An Honor System is related to each student as (excuse
the trite simile) a chain is to each link. The person who expects
you to-tolerate his cheating shows very small respect for you.
LEE DUGGAN
' Chairman. The Honor Council
Special Scholarship Sallyport Stage
fo StmlJtZLe T# Open '&■ «
n Si,"kn'Lmnm With "Blithe Spirit"
Lovett Appointed
To Rice Board
Three appointments were made to Rice's governing bodies,
the Board of Trustees and the Board of Governors, over the
summer. Messrs. Malcolm Lovett, John S. Ivy, and Francis T.
Fendley are the appointees.
Mr. Lovett, Rice '21, son of the Institute's first president,
has been elected a member of
the Rice board of governors.
pendent oil man who was elected to
... , . ,, , ,. „ the board of governors last year,
"An admirable selection," was the , ... , ,
. , , , ,. was made a life member oi the board
comment accorded from longtime
Institute faculty members. "Not
only does it honor the deeds of the
father, it recognizes the qualifica-
tions of the son."
Mr. Lovett, a partner in the Hous-
ton law firm of Baker, Botts, An-
drews and Parish, graduated from
Harvard law school in '24, following
his BA from Rice. Born in Prince-
ton, New Jersey, he was educated
in public and private schools in
of trustees.
Mr. Ivy, who received his degree
in geology from the University of
Chicago, is also a member of the
board of trustees at Beloit College.
A director of Houston's City Na-
tional Bank, he served ten years as
a director of Kinkaid School in
Houston.
Francis T. Findley, Rice '17, was
re-elected to a four year term on
Houston. He has long been active the board.
in Houston civic and cultural af- Mr. Fendley, an architecture grad-
fairs, and is chairman of the board' "ate> >s head of the purchasing de-
of Faith Home. After the old members of the
John S. Ivy, geologist and inde' (Continued on Page 3)
O. T. KNIGHT
All scholarship announcements
and foreign student information will
be posted on the two bulletin boards
nearest door in the Lounge. These
boards are the property of the Of-
fice of the President and have been
placed in the Lounge to inform the
students of scholarship opportuni-
ties.
"Any student interested in any
form of scholarship either domestic
or foreign study, should see me at
once," stated Dr. Masterson. Stu-
dents interested in scholarships for
next year must begin to make ap-
plication now as the deadlines for
applicants are all dated between Oc-
tober-and March 15.
Fullbright scholarship blanks may
be obtained from the President's
secretary now. Deadline on these is
October 15. Information and dead-
lines for Rhodes scholar applicants
will be available in the next few
weeks.
Thresher Meeting
Of New Candidates
- A meeting for all students in-
terested in becoming candidates
for the "Thresher" staff will be
held in Room 108, Anderson Hall,
at 12:10, Monday. Openings exist
for students interested in all
phase's of journalistic work: writ-
ing (feature, news, and sports),
advertising, layout, and photogra-
phy.
Sallyport Stage will open its sec-
ond dramatic season with Noel Cow-
ard's "Blithe Spirit." The play will
be presented around the second week
in October.
The wires, frame, and curtains
which last year formed Rice's first
intimate theatre will go back in
place to change the great panelled
faculty chamber into a modern func-
tional theatre.
"This year, more than ever before,
our aim is to provide entertainment
for the students, faculty and friends
of Rice Institute," said Dean Hill,
Dramatic Club president. "In order
that more students may enjoy and
enter into the Rice Player produc-
tions, ticket prices for this year are
as follows: 60c per ticket for each
student with a blanket tax and that
student's date; $1.20 per ticket for
all persons without blanket taxes.
The Dramatic Club has planned
to present three three-act plays and
a musical comedy or variety show.
Students interested in acting or pro-
ducing should contact Dean Hill.
Thanksgiving
Rice will celebrate Thanksgiving
on Thursday, November 29, in ac-
cordance with a proclamation by
Governor Shivers. The Thanksgiv-
ing recess will begin at 6 pan.,
Wednesday, November 27, and end
at 8 a.m., Monday, .December 3.
Campanile Offers
Prize To Boost
"Sallyport" Section
Work is already underway on the
1952 yearbook, according to Editor
Bill Collins. A staff meeting Wed-
nesday started the ball rolling on
the new book, to be put under the
direction- of Collins and Business
Manager Ben Gantt.
Sallyport, the section devoted1 to
snapshots of campus activities, will
receive added emphasis in the 1951
"Campanile." Sallyport is composed
primarily of contributions from the
student body. In the past, however,
many students have been unaware
that they were entitled to enter their
own photographs in this section
merely by dropping them in the
Sallyport box, which is now located
in the student lounge, directly op-
posite the Student Association of-
fice. To boost interest in this sec-
tion, the "Campanile" will offer a
monthly prize this year of a case of
beer for the best photo — with ac-
companying caption — submitted
each month.
Appointments for class pictures
will be made in all registration lines.
All students who have pre-register-
ed, or who fail to make their ap-
pointments at the time of registra-
tion, may make appointments in the
"Campanile" office any time in the
next ten days.
RAYMOND C. JORDAN
Knight, Jordan
To Instruct ROTC's
In Naval Science
Captain L. S. Mewhinney, Rice
Professor of Naval Science, has an-
nounced the appointment of two
new members to the Department of
Naval Science.
Lieutenant Commander 0. T.
Knight, USN, will instruct in the
field of Naval History and Orienta-
tion while Lieutenant Raymond C.
Jordan will instruct Jn Naval Weap-
ons. Both hold the rank of Assistant
Professor.
Lieutenant Commander Knight, a
Navy flyer, is a graduate of Arizona
State College, receiving a bachelor
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Draft Board Forms
Awaited by Men
Previously Listed
All men students are advised by
the office of the Registrar to vv^it
for the Texas draft board communi-
cation, Form 109, which will be sent
to all men whose names were pre-
viously listed with the draft board
bv the school.
Out-of-state men should report to
the registrar's office next week for
a form certifying that they are in
school.
All candidates for MA or PhD de-
grees should see Dr. Masterson to
discuss their draft status.
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