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Entered as second class mailing matter, October 17. 1916. at the Post Office, Houston, under the act of March 3, 1879.
Volume Forty, No. Thirty-Nine
HOUSTON, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1953
Distinguished Men
To Speak At Rice's
Final Ceremonies
341 degrees will be awarded
at the fortieth commencement
which will be held in the Lovett
Parking lot on Friday, June 5.
Dean Roger McCutcheon of
Tulane will be the speaker. His sub-
ject has not yet been announced.
Dean Merriman Cuningin of the
Perkins School of Theology at SMU
will speak at the Baccalaureate
ceremonies, the preceding evening
Thursday, June 4.
The academic procession both
evenings will begin at 6:30. Mr. J.
D. Thomas is chief marshal.
Dean McCuthceon is a graduate
of West Virginia University. He
received his Litt. D. and MA from
Wake Forest College, In 1912 Dean
McCutcheon was awarded a PhD
from Harvard. The author of sev-
eral English texts, the doctor has
held many important professor-
ships and has been active in nation-
al associations and conferences
dealing with scholastic work.
The Baccalaureate speaker, Dean
Cunningin is a 1931 graduate from
Vanderbuilt. In 1933 he received
his MA from Duke and in 1935 was
a Rhodes scholar at Oxford. Yale
awarded Dean Cuningin a PhD in
1941. The SMU professor is the
author of The College Seeks Reli-
gion.
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Fourteen PhD's, 20 Masters
degrees, and 307 bachelors de-
grees will be awarded at Com-
mencement June 5.
213 BA's and 86 BS's will be
awarded. The BS degree will be
given to 14 PS's, 23 ChE's, 6
CE's and 11 EE's, 15 ME's and
17 Architects.
Twelve MA's will be awarded'
at this time, 2 masters in archi-
tecture and 6 MS's. One MS will"
be given in ChE, one in EE and
4 in ME.
Student Approval
Asked On Co-op
Expansion Plans
How many times have you walked
into'the Co-op and heard the words:
I didn't know you sold this here!
Well, .maybe you haven't heard
them. But did you know that the
Co-op sells all kinds of electrical
appliances at a 20% discount? Not
only that, but personalized book-
plates, wrist watches, magazine sub-
scriptions, and many other things.
You may wonder what the point
is in explaining all this. It's simple
—the Co-op is desperately in need
of more space to show its wares. If
you walk into the store during the
time of day when business is just
average, you find that it ia crowded
with people buying or browsing.
Usually, anything you want is
jammed onto a shelf with a million
other small necessities of school life.
And quite often an item is not in
the same place as it was a week be-
fore due to the urgent need for
room.
' The manctger of the Co-op, Mr.
Kennedy, is limited in his addition
of new articles to the store's pres-
ent stock. For instance, if space
permitted, there would be an in-
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BURSAR
Mr. McCants Retires;
43 Years At Rice
After forty-three years of service to the .Rice Institute, Mr.
J. T. McCants is retiring as Bursar.
Mr. McCants is one of the founders of the Institute. In
1910, he cam§ o!l the invitation of President Lovett to serve as
his secretary and to work with him in organizing and establish-
ing Ridie. Until 1912, when the
Institute opened, he and Presi-
dent Lovett constituted the
entire staff.
Nielsen, Lear To Fill
Newly Endowed Chairs
President William V. Houston announced today the estab-
lishment of the J. Newton Rayzor Chair of Philosophy and
Religious Thought and the Harris Masterson Professorship in
History at the Rice Institute. The first incumbent of the
Chair of Philosophy and Religious Thought will be Dr. Niels C.
Nielson, Jr., who will be known
as the J. Newton Rayzor As-
sistant Professor of Philosophy
When Rice opened on "September
23, 1912, Mr. McCants became an
Instructor in English. During World
War I, his interests shifted from
English to economics, and in 1919
he became Bursar and taught Ac-
counting and Money and Banking.
Later on, he dropped Accounting,
and devoted his time to Money and
Banking, which is now known as
Economics 300.
In 1943, when the Navy V-12 unit
occupied all quarters in the resi-
dence halls, a new teaching sched-
ule was arranged which required a
teaching program of twelve months
a year. Because of the pressure of
his increased duties as Bursar, Mr.
McCants had to give up teaching.
, During the years that Mr. Mc-
Cants has been at Rice, he has made
collections of Rice programs, invi-
tations, yearbooks, and many other
things of significance in the growth
of the Institute. Some of these
he keeps on. display in a unique
cabinet in his office. The cabinet
was originally donated by William
Marsh Rice's nephew as a trophy
case, and Mr. McCants invites all
students interested Jn seeing it to do
so.
Although Mr. McCants is retir-
ing, he still plans to be on the cam-
pus next year, and will have a study
in Fondren.
'54 Rice Review
Staff Announced
By Sundemeyer
Tentative plans have been set up
for the biennial Rice Review of
Arts and Sciences to be held next
spring. Albert Sundermeyer, Gen-
eral Manager of the 1954 show, has
indicated that the show probably
will be staged on April 2-3 of next
year. The staff is planning more
publicity to arouse greater inter-
est among residents of this area
in the show, as well as expanding
the scope and improving the quali-
ty of the exhibits.
The Executive Committee of the
14th Biennial Review has been set
up and includes, Bill Lee, Assist-
ant General Manager; Dick Thom-
as, Finance Manager; Harold Lacy,
Publicity Manager; Tom Taylor,
Advertising Manager; Howard
Martin, Program Manager; Bill
Rapson, Display Manager; Miles
Julian, Traffic Manager; Byron
James, Arrangements Manager;
and Paul Cochran, Photography
Manager. The Executive Commit-
tee will also include chairmen of
the various departmental exhibits.
Chairmep appointed to date are
Bur Peiper, Civil Engineering;
Claud Sellars, Electrical Engineer-
ing; Scott Dennison, Mechanical
Engineering; Georges' Staten, Archi-
testure; and Bill Agosta, Biology.
Swenson Heads
Forum Committee;
10 Members Added
At its last business meeting for
this school year, the Rice Forum
Committee took in ten new student
members and elected Lloyd Swenson
as its new chairman. Annot Millwee
w a s re-elected as secretary, and
both Drs. Wann and Parrish will be
back next year as faculty advisors, i
Next year's committee will choose j
two more faculty advisors at its i
first business meeting.
-Jerry O'Keefe, this year's chair-
man, gave a brief review of the
Foru m Programs presented this
year; the two outstanding programs
being the Sunday afternoon discus*-
sion by six of Rice's best scholars
on the topic "What Ar,;e Some of the
M a j o r Failings of Contemporary
Western Civilization ?". and that un-
forgettable program on "Intellec-
tual Freedom in America Today."
In the latter program, a Houston
businessman and a Minute Woman
matched vfits with Dr; Tsanoff and
Dr. Craig, with each side being aid-
ed by a very capable Rice student.
Swenson, next year's chairman
and also one of the star performers
on this year's "Intellectual Free-
dom" program, has promised to
keep alive the tradition of top qual-
ity programs held by the six-year-
old Rice Forum Committee.
The ten new student members
are: Bill Allen, Coley Carlson, Bill
Gordon, Walker Jordan, Dick Karig,
Terry Maltsburger, Jim O'Brien,
Fred Roehr, and James Thomas.
Old "members who will be back next
year are Lamar Cecil, Herman La-
pin, and Jerry Logan.
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Engineering Society
Elects Sledge,
At Last Meeting
. Bob Sledge was voted president
of the Engineering Society at the
last regular meeting of thfe year.
Stanley Daniels was elected vice-
president, Bert Schoelkopf, treasur-
er, Gale Nevill, Secretary, and Aus-
ten Bland, executive committeeman.
Keys were awarded to Walter D.
Carraway, Scott C. Dennison, Bill
F. Fowler, Don H. Gauche, Fred
E. Gibbs, Floyd A. Henehan, David
W. Lewis, W. Bernard Pieper, John
L. Reeves, and Robert R. Spencer.
Plans were made for the banquet.
A drive to increase the active mem-
bership was set for next fall.
A sundae party honoring two
CRLS seniors and June .brides,
Marjory Kroup and Edwina
Blankenship, will be given Sat-
urday afternoon in the home of
Jean Donaldson.0
and Religious Thought. The first
Harris Masterson Professor in His-
tory will be Dr. Floyd S. Lear.
Chairman of the History Depart-
ment of the Institute,
The Chair of Philosophy and Re-
ligious Thought was established
through the generosity of Mr. and
Mrs. J. Newton Rayzor because of
their interest in theeducation of
college men and women in the fun-
damental subject of religious
thought.
The Harris Masterson Professor-
ship in History is made possible by
a bequest to the Rice Institute in
the will of the late Harris Master-
son, Jr.
In announcing the establishment
of these two positions on the facul-
ty of the Institute. Dr. Houston
said, "The strong interest of the
Rice students in the subjects of
philosophy and religion has been
manifested in many active religious
groups on the campus and especial-
ly by the very effective Religious
Emphasis Week conducted this year
by those student groups. The es-
tablishment of the J. Newton Ray-
zor Chair of Philosophy and Reli-
gious Thought is a splendid recog-
nition of and support to this inter-
est. The Harris Masterson Profes-
sorship in History serves also to
strengthen and develop the pro-
gram of the liberal arts at the In-
stitute. Reverend Masterson's long
association, not only with Antry
House, but with many of tlio fin-
est activities and citizens of Hous-
ton, makes entirely appropriate
this fitting .>memorial to his mem-
ory."
Phi Lambda Upsilon
Initiates, Honors
Eight New Members
Rice's chapter of Phi Lambda Up-
silon, national honorary chemical
society, has announced the names of
eight new members initiated in for-
mal ceremtmies Saturday afternoon
in the Chemistry Lecture Hall.
Charles E. Boozer, chapter presi-
dent, was in charge. The new mem-
bers are: Robert F. Curl, David F.
Griffin, Miles F. Julian, Robert R.
Spencer, Bobby L. Sledge, Ulrich R.
Wolff, Calvin M. Coppinger, E.
Flynt Kennedy. They were honored
after the initiation with a dinner at
Cousins' Restaurant. Dr. Roy V.
Talmadge was the guest speaker.
Ronald Darby and Richard H.
Stanford, Jr., have also completed
the membership requirements but
have not been initiated.
Phi LamHa Upsilon was the first
national honorary society estab-
lished on the Rice campus. Election
is on the basis of scholarship and
character. Initiates must -complete
a special organic preparation, and
obtain signatures of all the mem-
bers on a twentf-inch sheet of filter
paper.
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