The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, November 4, 1955 Page: 3 of 10
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NOVEMBER 4, 1955
THE THRBSHER
Three
Dorms To Have Face Lifting
As Part Of College System
With he completion of Rice's
proposed building program ad-
ditions are to be made to the
existing dormitory facilities so
that each of the existing halls
will be converted into a residen-
tial college accommodating 220
men.
Residential colleges were plan-
ned for Rice in the beginning
but were never established. The
projected "college system" has
been worked out after a tho-
rough study of similar facilities
in operation on other college
campuses by the Committee
on Student Housing (a student
faculty group) to bring this
original plan to fruition.
The colleges are to be separ-
ate entities. Each will have its
own student government, dining
and lounge facilities, and coun-
selor or Master. The Master will
be the head of the college and
will reside with his family in the
immediate proximity of the col-
lege.
Alterations
Alterations as follows will be
made to the present halls; WIESS
HALL, wich already accommo-
dates 220 students, will gain
a dining hall which is to be at-
tached to the present lounge ex-
tending toward the library.
EAST HALL will have an-
other wing added to increase its
present capacity to the desired
220. The present commons and
Sepior commons will be remod-
eled for dining and lounge fa-
cilities for East College.
SOUTH and WEST HALLS
each gain a dinig hall, lounge
facilities and an additional res-
idential wing.
Kitchen
The four college dining halls
will be served by a central kit- >
en remodeled from the present
commons kitchen.
Masters' residences will be
built along the street between
the present dormitories, paired
two at each end, and adequate
parking facilities are planned
near each of the colleges.
2 Story New Dorm
Has Lounge Area
The administration has releas-
ed to the press a preview of
the long-awaited girls dormi-
tories.
The preview consisted of arc-
hitectural blue-prints of the in-
terior, of the dorms.
The dorms will- be two-story
and each dorm will house ap-
proximately 33 girls, plus a
house mother. They will open
to an adjacent dining hall.
Students will not room on the
ground floor. On this floor there
will be a spacious lounge, and
a large recreation room. Adja-
cent to these will be four date
rooms, a small kitchen, a mail
desk, a quiet room, plus living
and sleeping quarters for the
housemother.
The second floor will have
double rooms, and singles. These
will be on opposite sides of the
hall. There will also be a lounge,
a small kitchen and laundry, and
a large central toilet.
The exterior of the dorms is
open to conjecture as no per-
spective was available.
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STUDENT UNION
(Continued from Page 1)
of J. Newton Rayzor of the Class
of '17 and his wife, Eugenia Por-
ter Rayzor, is to be an important
and integral part of the Memor-
ial Center and is to be used gen-
erally by the faculty, student
body, and friends in line with
the Institute's policy of encour-
aging and developing religious
thought on the Rice campus. The
Chapel will be joined to the re-
mainder of the building by a
Cloister with a garden between
the two wings of the building.
Representatives of the Class of
1955, which lost eleven of its
members in a naval airplane
crash in 1953, have indicated
their especial interest in this me-
morial, and expect the members
of that class will take responsi-
bility for provision of some fea-
tures of the Center. The Asso-
ciation of Rice Alumni has under-
taken to make a major contribu-
tion to the funds for both the
construction and operation of the
building. Others associated with
former Rice students killed in the
two World Wars will be given
an opportunity to become asso-
ciated in the erection and per-
petuation of the memorial.
Architectural plans have been
prepared by Harvin Moore, a
graduate of the Rice Department
of Architecture, who has made a
special effort to adapt the new
structure to the traditional pat-
tern of Rice's older buildings.
At the present time, plans as
to the maintenance of the build-
ing are incomplete. A student tax
or an increase in C6-op profits
are methods under consideration
for meeting the costs.
The whole center is expected
to contribute much to the etxra-
curricular activities and the
campus spirit of Rice students.
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Excessive speed was the prin-
cipal cause of traffic accidents in
1954.
Dorm Life To Have Overhaul
With College System Advent
by Walt Silvus
Another Rice tradition is
rapidly slipping away . . . dorm
life on the campus. With the
advent of the College System,
life in the dorms will undergo a
complete overhaul.
The College System in its ideal
offers two innovations to the
campus: intellectual stimulation
for the student and an aware-
ness of social responsibility, on
his part. If this system is suc-
cessfully adapted here at Rice,
Dorms to Feature
Outer Entrances,
Quiet Study Area
The new dormitories soon to
be built on the Rice campus will
feature a separate outside en-
trance for each suite of eight
boys. The suites will be in two
separate units adjoined by a
bath with complete facilities.
Each half-suite of four boys
will be composed of three rooms,
two bedrooms and one large
study room for all four students.
In each bedroom will be twin
beds, two chests, and two closets.
A door wlil open into the study
which will be provided with four
desks, chairs, and lamps. The
rooms will be well ventilated
with plenty of windows, and those
occupying a suite may arrange
the furniture any way in which
they desire.
The walls of the room will be
of unfinished brick. This cuts
down considerably on the noise
coming from the various rooms,
and the separate study room will
allow those who wish to study
to do so in peace while the bed-
rooms will serve as hangouts for
those not interested in pursing (
knowlege or lessons.
it could mean the disappearance
of "the spirit of apathy" so
characteristic of many Rice stu-
goals of this system.
The new system offers a vital
challenge to the dormitory stu-
dents. Perhaps this is one of the
dents in its adaption. Gone will
be the carefree, irresponsible
days of the present. Instead,
there will be community living
at the college level, closer fel-
owship with the faculty as rep-
resented in the Master, the re-
sponsibilities of local self-gov-
tegrating the frehmen into the
new system each fall, and more
intense competition of the col-
leges both on the playing field
and at the polls.
But in the long run the really
crucial issue is the selection of
the four Masters. The College
System can attain its goal only
under the leadership of a com-
petent Master. The System
stands or falls on his abilities.
Though there are certainly four
such qualified men on the Rice
campus, the crucial question re-
mains: will four men of this
high type make the sacrifice of
time and energy and provacy
to return permanently to the
campus in order to make the
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The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, November 4, 1955, newspaper, November 4, 1955; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth231008/m1/3/: accessed July 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.