The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 12, 1956 Page: 1 of 6
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Orientation
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Freshman
Orientation
Issue
Volume Forty-Four—Number 1
Houston, texas
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 12, 1956
TO HEAR DR. HOUSTON
Frosh Have Big Day
In Store For Them
$225,000 PLEDGED Rice Begins Husre
FOR CENTER n „ °n w
Building Program
Over $225,000 for the Rice Me-1
morial Student Center has been '
pleged by alumni, according to
BY HARRIET HOKANSON
the official publication of the
Saturday, September 15, will be a busy day for new j Alumni Association.
BY DONNA PAUL MARTIN
Work is in progress on many of the construction proj-
D. , , , . , . i Of this amount, $82,0-19.86 has! ects planned for the Rice campus. Alterations being made
V" *?" e , Orientation Program been received in cash. This spec- on the men's dormitories are expected to be completed by
are scheduled to make Saturday a full day of indoctrina- j iai fund will be applied toward
tion into campus customs and activities. j construction of the new building.
Groups Open
To Freshmen
President W. V. Houston will deliver an address to the
, incoming students in the
Physics Amphitheater at
9 a.m., Saturday. Student
Association President Jack Hol-
land will present a welcoming
speech and introduce the Presi-
dent. Guided tours of the camp-
up, conducted by several upper-
classmen, will follow the pro-
gram.
Picnic Scheduled
A picnic is scheduled for the
afternoon and evening. Chartered
buses will leave the gym at 1
p.m. to take the students to the
picnic area. Most of the time will
be spent becoming acquainted
with the 400 members of the
Freshmen group, as well as swim-
ming and other sports. A picnic
supper will also be served after i
which various upper class stu-
dents will provide entertainment.
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Although Rice students do not
declare their majors until their
sophomore year, Rice's several
engineering societies welcome
freshmen students into their
ranks. Most of the groups have
not yet assembled for the fall
semester, but meeting dates and
places will be posted "soon in
prominent places and listed in
the Calendar. A brief rundown of
the groups and their activities
follows.*
Regular Meetings
The Engineering Society ac-
cepts all prospective engineers at
Rice. Regular meetings are held.
The organization's' purpose is
threefold—to hold social gather-
ings, to acquaint members with
the latest engineering develop-
ments, and to sponsor the bian-
nual Rice Review.
More specialized is the Amer-
ican Institute of Electrical En-
gineers which has a student
branch at Rice. Regular meetings
are both socially entertaining and
intellectually stimulating. The
American Society of Civil En-
gineers strives to keep its mem-
bers abreast with C. E. progress
through regular meetings and
tours of appropriate areas.
For Frosh
Although the American Insti-
tute of Chemical Engineers does
not encourage freshmen to join it,
the less, exclusive Student Af-
filiates of the American Chem-
ical Society welcomes them and
offers guest speakers and close
ties with the parent organiza-
tion, the ACS. The American So-
ciety of Mechanical Engineers
accepts frosh as associate mem-
bers who may become full mem-
bers after two years.
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Important News
For Men Students
All men students should come
to the Office of the Registrar
(Class A graduates to the Office
of the President) and request-cer-
tification to their draft boards
that they are currently register-
ed for a fulltime course of study.
This must be done at the begin-
ning of each school year, regard-
less of what information hat been
previously sent to their draft
boards.
In addition to this Mr. and Mrs.
J. Newton Rayzor have contrib-
uted a "gift to be used for the
construction, furniture, fixtures
and an organ for the chapel—to
be built a? part of the Center.
spring and they definitely will be occupied during the
school year of 1957-58. Alterations include an air-condi-
— tioned dining hall for each of
the colleges served by a cen-
Mansfield Namedtra' kitchen remodeled from
Rice Publications
Offer Fun, Work
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Have you ever worked on a j
publication? Or have you always!
wondered just what went on be- j
hind journalistic doors?
Either way, Rice's publications
—the Thresher and the Campan-
ile—need you and want you on
their staffs. ■ -
If your bent is weekly news-
paper work, the Thresher's just
Language Head
Dr. Lester Mansfield, associa-
te professor of French at Rice,
has b< en named acting chairman
of the Romance languages de-
partment.
Dr. Mansfield replaces Dr.
Marcel Moraud, former chairman,!
who retired from the Institute J
this year.
The new chairman received his
first degree from City College
of New York. He is a graduate of
the Ecole Superieur de Profes-
the place. Whether you're inter-; sears de Fiancais at the Sor-
Campus Groups
Begin Activities
Bass-drum playing, poetry
reading, philosophical debates,
and a wide range of other ac-
tivities are covered by the var-
ious organizations at Rice.
For those interested in philos-
ophy there is the Agora, a- group
which meets on Tuesdays at noon
to have informal discussions and
hear philosophy papers presented
by members. Faculty and stu-
dents are invited to come and
argue or just listen. Time and
place of the first meeting will
be announced later by the presi-
dent of the club, Meyer Proler.
Pre-medical students will be
interested in the Pre-Med So-
ciety which meets once a month
for movies, discussions, and
speakers in that field. Freshmen
are especially invited to attend
the meeting although they are
not eligible for membership un-
til the second semester. There
will be a table in the library dur-
ing registration so that those
interested may leave their names
or talk to C. A. Van Wart, the
president.
The musically inclined may join
the Rice Band, which will hold
-pre-season rehearsals in the Sen-
ior Commons Wednesday, Thurs-
day, and Friday of this week
from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. The band's
first performance will be for the
Blue-Gray game on September
15th. Regular rehearsals are held
each Tuesday, Wednesday, and
Friday from04:30 to 6:00 p.m.
during football season. For fur-
ther details students may see the
band's president, James Alexan-
der.
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ested in reporting and writing
news, features, or sports—or in
doing dummying, copyediting
and make-up—there's a spot for
you.
If you'd like to become a part
of the, Thresher organization, see
Donna Paul Martin, editor, in the j
bonne, and holds a doctorate from
the University of Paris.
During this summej* Dr. Mans-
field has been in France doing
research on the French poet Paul<
Valery. !
Dr. Mansfield has been at Rice j
offices in the lounge, room B-45 j for several years, having spent f
The Campanile ,Rice's year- ! most summers on additional j
book, sends a special Invitation ' study -in Paris. Last summer he j
(Continued on Page 6) studied the poet Paul Valery.
the present Commons kitch-
en.
The addition of rooms, lounge
and recreation facilities to East,
South and West Halls is now un-
derway. Masters' residences are
now being built along the street
between the present dormitories,
and dormitory parking facilities
will be provided.
Cohen House
Cohen House, the faculty club
may be remodeled in the near fu-
ture. The donor, Mr. Cohen, has
commissioned an architect to
study the possibility of increasing
the dining facilities.
The girls' dormitories, donated
last fall by Mr. Jassc .1'sne«, «v*it
be ready for occupancy next fall.
Located near the president's
house on Rice Boulevard they
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Honor Council
Guards System
FACULTY SUMMERS
The Honor Council is composed
j of eleven members elected by the
! student body and two freshmen
j advisers elected by the Council
i after mid-term grades are re-
j leased.
The eleven members of the
i 195'i-')7 body are David Simpson
I and Bob Smouse. Class B grads:
: Joe Brown, Rex Martin, Newland
: Oldham, and C. A. Van Wait
BY JOAN FIELD The McKillops met English j J ®n [o r s Jim E>'a"kS' S.COtt
The faces that welcome stu- j prof. Thad Marsh and his wife:, 1 e am ian Jan> Jun"
-r j i_ . j lors; and two sophomores, Mar-
dents to class this September! in London—where the two cou-; . ' , ' , „ ,'
. i i ij. j j * n-c! vm Moore and Hugh Rucker.
will be a bit cheerier, perhaps. j pies attended a performance of:
Many of the illustrious members j Sheridan's "The Rivals."
of the Rice tutorial staff have en-
joyed quite a summer trotting
here and there over the globe.
Di*. Alan Dugald McKillop,
McKilhp Is Sleuth
At 'Rare Book' Show
chairman of the English depart-
ment, has been in Europe this
summer attending the opening of
the National Library of Scotland
in Edinburg. Later in August he
visited the conference of Inter-
national Association of Univer-
sity Professors of English at
Cambridge. While at Cambridge
The activities of the Council
Mr. Marsh was atOrford dor-infovminK students about
ing the early summer Shere hei?'«s h""01' syst"1' '*">!"«
received a B. Litt. degree. *0
Dowden Homesteads i sl"'e continued effective opera
i tion of the system, and holding
I trials for accused violators of the
code.
Dr. Wilfred S. Dowden and
Mrs. Dowden enjoyed a foui--day
stay at the "Homestead" in Hot
Springs, where they attended the
conference of Advisers for Un-
ion Carbide" scholars.
Dr. Niels Nielsen of the philos-
ophy department toured the Or-
ient, gathering information on re-
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Dr. McKillop had lunch with Sir j ligions of the East.
John Shepherd, noted classical j Dr. Allen Chapman, chairman
scholar, who will be guest lectur- j of the department of mechan-
er at- Rice this semester while I ical engineering, attended the an-
Dr. McKillop is away.
McKillop Plays Detective
Dr. McKillop played detective
while at the. National Library in
Scotland. When the library fea-
tured in its HARE books collec-
tion two volumes signed by Lady
Mary Wortley Montague, Dr. Mc-
Killop did a bit of research—and
uncovered numerous books not
only with Lady Mary's signature
in them, but written by t"he good
lady herself! Leave it to a Rice
man! <
nual meeting of the British As-
sociation for the Advancement of
Science, at Sheffield, England.
From S^pt. 4 to Sept 12 he at-
tended the Ninth International
Congress ' of - Applied Mechanics
meeting at Brussels, Belgium.
Mansfield'&gJVhirl
Dr. Lester Mansfield, new
chairman of the Romance lan-
guages department, found time
to do research at the National
Library and at the Sorbonne in
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Student Council to
Meet Wednesday,
Next Wednesday night at 7:00
o'clock in the Fondren Exam
Room (adjacent to the Student
Lofcnge) President Jack Holland
will call the fall term's first
Student Council meeting to or-
der.
The Council is composed of 23.
members: the president, vice-
president, secretary, treasurer,
an,d .councilmen-at-large of the-
S. A., and 18 class representa-
tives (2 class B grads, 4 seniors
5 juniors, 4 sophomores, and 3
freshmen).^All these positions
except those of the freshmen?
were filled in the regular elee-
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