The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, January 15, 1954 Page: 1 of 8
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AN EDITORIAL
Individual Honor
* Midterm examinations begin a week from next Mon-
day. Throughout the semester, there having been no
Honor Council trials for violations of the Honor System,
we are faced with two alternate realizations. Either the
Honor , System has been so perfected as to be a complete
success in eradicating all violations, or the system is fail-
ing in the prominent aspect of apprehending violations.
Neglecting the first view and concentrating upon the
more practical, the difficulty may be traced to the failure
in the reporting of violations. If the pledge signed at the
end of each examination read, "On my honor, I have
neither received nor given any aid on this examination,
nor have I seen anyone else receive or give any aid," would
there be more consideration concerning this point? No
doubt there would be, but the system instrinsically as-
sumes this phase as an indispensable instrument of the
Honor System at Rice and all students should recognize the
sensitiveness of the system to this vital point. Should
this instrument in the system collaptee, the Honor System
will become a farce, and eventually as a result, a Rice tradi-
tion will be non-existent.
Only the students as individuals know if the System is
failing, and only each student as an individual can secure
a well-functioning Honor System. Only a well-functioning
Honor System can benefit the student and the student
body. b.s.
'Gertie'- Here Today
And Gone Tomorrow
The controversial piece of sculpture, Head of Gert-
rude Stein, has caused more furor aroond the campus the
past week than the approaching final exams and all the
other more serious matters put together.
Following a disappearance that preceded an appear-
ance put down at the Houston Police Station by the sculp-
ture, and other sufferings and abuses at the hands of
pranksters while it sat in the library vestibule, the bust
dissolved into thin air again Tuesday night.
A thorough search of the campus was initiated be-
fore someone thought of lifting the pedestal on which the
bust had been placed. It was then that it was discovered
that the pranksters had placed the sculpture beneath the
hollow pedestal.
The bust of Stein, a sculpture by Jacques Lipchitz,
was recently presented to Rice by Mrs. Kenneth Dale
Owen, noted Houston patron of the
arts. The gift was made in memory
of Mrs. Owen's father, Robert Lee
Blaffer, a former member of the
Board of Trustees of the Rice Insti-
tute.
Lipchitz is one of the world's
most prominent living sculptors.
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He was born in Latvia in 1891,
and later naturalized a citizen of
France.
While studying in Paris he be-
came an early member of the cub-
ist group, and pioneered in the
field of pierced sculpture. His
works are owned by such museums
as the Mus'ee de L'Art Moderne in
Paris, the Museum of Modern Art
and the Metropolitan Museum, both
in New York City, and the Phila-
delphia Museum of Art.
A plaster model for this sculp-
ture was made in Paris, shortly sculptor and Miss Stein.
before Miss Stein's death in 1946.
Mrs. Owen later commissioned the
sculptor to make a bronze casting
of the head and then destroy the
original plaster model. The head
was finally cast in 1953 and after
being exhibited in the Allied Art
Festival's sculpture exhibit this
fall, was presented to Rice.
This sculpture is more realistic
than much of Lipchitz's work. It
is said to show the fully developed
artistic power and scope of both the
VOLUME 41—NUMBER 14
HOUSTON, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1954
SC Reverses Stand
On Cheerleader Issue
By FOREST RALPH
The Student Council changed its
collective mind last Wednesday on
the cheerleader problem. The Coun-
cil finally, after much wrangling,
passed a by-law which will limit
the number to four, two of which
must be boys. The events leading up
to the passage of this new by-law
are interesting and bear reporting.
It was found that the motion
passed the previous meeting was in-
valid, as it was not in the form of
a by-law. Therefore a new. motion,
in the form of a by-law, was sub-
mitted. This new by-law stated that
there would be four boy cheerlead-
ers but that this by-law would not
effect the eligibility of any cheer-
leaders running for re-election.
After much discussion and soul-
searching, the Council defeated
this motion overwhelmingly. A
motion was passed to limit the
number to four.
After many pleas to let the stu-
dents as a whole vote on this mat-
ter, a motion in this form was sub-
mitted; a straw vote would be tak-
en of the student body upon which
they could vote whether to have any
girls or not. If a voter wished to
have girls, he was then given a
choice as to the combination of
boys and girls. It was after the de-
feat of the straw-vote motion that
final by-law was adopted.
" Many people seem to be confused
as to why the Council is acting at
all on this matter. The main reason
for the council's acting is that the
cheerleaders came to the council
NEON HOURS
'City At Night' Is Setting For
1954 Archi-Arts Costume Ball
The mystery, the fascination, the
excitement of metropolitan night-
life will be the setting for the 1954
Archi-Arts Ball as announced today
by the Architectural Society. "The
Neon Hours" will be the title of the
25th annual Archi-Arts,* to be held
at the City Auditorium on February
20 from 8:30 pm to 1:00 am.
The work and the planning for
this dance, ldhg a favorite of Rice
students, was initiated* by the Arch-,
itectural Society two jnonthfe ago.
Since then nine committees have
been working on the dance, a dance
that promises to be one of the most
unusual and spectacular in the long
line the Society's costume balls.
In choosing the City, Auditorium
for urns year's dance, the Society
will not only have an excellent op-
portunity to tie in the location with
the theme, but the size of the audi-
torium should alleviate the condi-
tion that resulted last year when a
l-ecord number turned out for the
dance.
The music for this year's ball will
be supplied by Tony Martin and his
Orchestra.
The choice of the theme, after
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and asked it to solve the problem.
They felt that six was too many
and that only one of the three pos-
sibilities of all of one sex or two of
each would work. They further stat-
ed that the duties of the office are
such that there must be some boys
in the group.
If part of the student body is dis-
satisfied with the action of the
Council, they can get up a petition
to call for a vote of the entire stu-
dent body.
'54 Charity Drive
To Aid Children
With a number of revisions and
streamlined plans, the annual Rice
Charity Drive is being scheduled
for Feb. 16-17, to benefit local chil-
dren's foundations, Qharles Tap-
ley, chairman of the drive announc-
ed today.
The heretofore unsuccessful
system of "bottle collections,"
dances and football games are all
being done away with for the
quicker, easier, and more personal
method of class room contribu-
tions that will be taken during
the two days of the actual drive.
The unprecedented move for
streamlining the drive has been
done to prevent lagging disinterest.
"By going into the classrooms and
offering personal contact to the con-
tributors, the charity committee
Dr. Carey Croneis, former president of Beloit University, arrived
recently to fill in the positions of Rice Provost and Wiess Professor
of Geology. Story on page 3.
feels that students will be more wil-
ling to donate," Tapley said. "The
administration has promised com-
plete cooperation in seeking the
class room donations, and we feel
that all the faculty will help us,"
he said.
Financial losses on the dance
and "football game" held last
year depleted' the gross take of
the charity drive from $1,100 to
less than $700 and prevented the
drive from meeting its quota. No
Rice charity drive has ever suc-
ceeded.
"The charity committee decided
on benefitting a local children's
group because there are many new-
ly founded foundations here in
Houston that are making research
history, working with deaf and
dumb children, spastics, and those
that are mentally retarded," Tap-
ley said. "Their work is advanced
though unrecognized by the gener-
ous philanthropists of the area, and
we believe its a wonderful cause to
benefit."
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Junior Prom To Be
Tomorrow Night
Maynard Gimble's orchestra will
play for the traditionally semi-for-
mal Junior Prom to be held tomor-
row night, January 16, at the Hous-
ton Club. The dance begins at 9,
ends at 1; admission is $2.75 drag,
$2.50 stag.
Brad Thompson is in charge of
the intermission program, which
will feature various skits including
humor ,the singing of Gretchen
Ferris and Btsity Belsher and Com-
pany. The queen of the Junior Prom
and her two princesses will also be
presented at this time by Thad Put-
nam, class president.
Each dance ticket will entitle the
purchaser to a vote in the queen
election. All junior girls will be eli-
gible, and each voter will include
three names on his ballot.
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