The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 12, 1957 Page: 3 of 6
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1M7
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THE THRESHER
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MARq SMITH
T V And Wrestling
In the past, I have often heard
persons lament Houston's
lack of cultural activities,
and among the students the
"Rice Renaissance" is a tradi-
tional joke. At times, itL seems
^he only way to attract a sell-out
crowd in Houston is to present
a bit of "Americana"—such as a
certain sneering, pompadoured
lad, lacking much pelvic support
(whose name I will nat mention
since THIS IS a respectable col-
umn), or hauling a couple of
sweaty tumblers onto a groaning
mat.
I believe Houston does suffer
from a cultural lag—it has grown
too fast. But also, I believe this
gap is being filled rapidly. Two
full-time, professional theatres, a
musical theatre, a respected sym-
phony, two or three museums,
plus many small societies and
organizations, are working earn-
estly to supply the people of
Houston with the music, drama,
and art they are demanding in
place of TV and wrestling.
"Critic" Feared
Fine Arts or Drama Critic is
the title which I believe was giv-
en to me when I got this job. I
fear the name critic. If critics
had been the absolute arbiters
of art, it would probably have
died a quiet death before men
began to walk upright and whis-
tle at blondes on windy days.
"From the beginning, critics have
been famous for their, monstrous
blunders—a critic's lasting fame
can be guaranteed by his con-
demnation of a Joyce or Melville
to the literary junk-pile.
Because I do not desire a crit-
ic's "fame," I will try this year
to refrain from unfair judgments
in this column. I feel that the pur-
pose of the Fine Arts column is
to arouse in some of the Rice
students an interest in some of
Pa; _ "It'js two o'clock—about
time Sally's college friend went
home."
Ma: "Now, John, remember
how we used to court."
Pa: "That settles it. Out he
goes!" .
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Punctuality is the art of wast-
ing only your own time ...
—Franklin P. Jones
the cultural activities of the In-
stitute and Houston.
. Interest In Students
The people and organizations
who are striving to bolster Hous-
ton's level of appreciation of the
arts have already shown an in-
terest in the students. Most
theatres, and the Symphony Of-
fer special rates to Rice students.
Also there are many things each
month which are free, suh as the
art museums, music recitals, and
readings. Houston is visited sev-
eral times a year by New York
road shows, ballet companies, and
operas (not to mention its local
operatic productions).
On the campus, drama is pre-
sented over the school year by
the Rice Players, who are pre-
senting scenes from Shakes-
peare's Henry IV, Part I, this
Saturday evening at the Fresh-
man picnic at the H & H, Ranch.
Jim Bernhard plays the principal
role, Falstaff, assisted by Pert
Virtanen, Martin McClain, and
Harrison Wagner, Frank Dent,
and Mike Horwitz
Great Opportunity
Everyone, I believe, should try
to cultivate in himself, while at
Rice, an appreciation and liking
for music, painting and drama—
this is probably the greatest op-
portunity any of us will have to
do so, and while most of us will
leave Rice in four years (or
sooner) these acquired pleasures
will last much longer.
Freshmen to Get
Rush Rules Poop
All freshman girls will meet
in the South Wing of Jones Col-
lege at 7 p.m. Thursday and Fri-
day for an explanation of this
year's rush rules. Members of
the Qommittee on Literary So-
cieties will have an informal pan-
el discussion on the rules Thurs-
day and will answer any ques-
tions from the freshmen.
At the Friday meeting the
freshmen will be divided into
small groups with two committee
members to a group, and the
members will clarify any misun-
derstandings concerning rush for
1957.
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By ED SUMMERS
It 1b difficult to tell whether
during the last part of May the
students or their professors are
the most anxious to leave the In-
stitute. Whatever case may be
the truth, it cannot be denied that
very many of the faculty and
staff take long and refreshing
journeys during the torrid months
of the year.
Miss Sarah Lane, Head of the
Circulation Department, returned
recently from a sixty-day trip in
the company of Mrs. Dow War-
ren to Turkey. Coming and going
they also visited Greece, Turkey,
England, and Italy.
Dr. Lester Mansfield, Associ-
ate Professor of French, visited
the European Continent and the
British Isles.
Lewis on Sabbatical
Dr. Edward S. Lewis, Associ-
ate Professor of Chemistry, has
been away on Sabbatical (this
means he gets every seventh
year to either teach or go to class
at a place other than Rice) leave
and taught during the spring
term at an English university,
and also visited Greece.
Dr. William H. Master son, Pro-
fessor of History, has been teach-
ing at the University of Wiscon-
sin.
Dr. Carl Wischmeyer, Associ-
ate Professor of Electrical En-
gineering, and his family made
a brief trip to the cool climate of
Colorado during the latter part
pf the summer.
At Organ Institute
Arthur Hall, Assistant Profes-
sor of Music, has been at the
Organ Institute, in Andover,
Massachusetts, since shortly aft-
er school let out.
Dr. Jack Conner, Assistant
Professor of English, has been at
the University of Michigan, at
Ann Arbor, Michigan, most of the
summer.
Most of them are back by now.
Freshmen will find it out any-
way, so we might as well tell
them now: these good people talk
for hours, even their morning
hours with your class, about their
summer vacations. But the exams
go on just the same.
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Associates For
Colleges Named
Resident associates of each of
the four men's colleges have been
named, according to an announce-
ment from the Administration.
The resident associates will
live at the college and will serve
as more or less "assistant mas-
ters."
Dr. Niels Nielsen, on leave dur-
ing 1357-58, Dr. Floyd Ulrich,
and Edmund Kaminski will join
Dr. Carl Wischmeyer's Baker
College.
Marvin J. Barron and Dr. John
E. Plapp will be the associates
of Dr. W. H. Masterson's Hans-
zen College.
Kerby D. Backus and Dr. John
Parish are the associates in Wiess
College, headed by Dr. Roy V.
Talmadge.
Dr. Street Fulton will be
joined in Will Rice College by
Dr. Z. W. Salsburg and Dr. Kon-
stantin Kolenda.
In' addition to these "associ-
ates" each of the men's colleges
and Jones College will announce
a group of non-resident associ-
ates as soon as the list is com-
plete.
0
People who worry about what
friends think of..them might be
surprised to find out how seldom
friends do.
dent and coney
By FRANK DENT and
DON CONEY
Have you looked around you
lately? Do you miss "certain"
faces? Have you suddenly ob-
served many vacancies in dif-
ferent offices of this grundy
instution? THERE IS A REA-
SON.
M the finish (literally) of
school last spring, the admini-
stration suddenly noticed a vio-
lent outbreak of Asiatic flu and
very speedily quarantined the
most outstanding cases. So if
you would like to fill one of these
vacated offices, then write your
name on a slip of paper and mail
it to Lovett Hall together with
an empty can of Blitz and the
following signed statement: "On
my honor I drank this beer in my
dorm room in the presence of
three female witnesses." You
and three girls sign it. All names
gathered will be put into a cool-
er and empty offices will be fill-
ed by a large drawing.
Attention! Jones College and
the four male colleges are laying
Players Sponsor
$50 Play Contest
For the second time, the Rice
Players are sponsoring a one-act
play contest. The play will be
judged on the basis of its
literary merit and also on its
adaptability to Player staging
facilities.
A $50 prize will be offered to
the winning playwright. Judges
will be Player co-ordinators Joan
Feild, Pert Virtanen, and Jim
Bernhard, Faculty Sponsor T.N.
Marsh, and Creative Writing
Professor George Williams.
The play will be presented in
February with an evening of one-
act plays. The corftest deadline
will be early in January.
Other Player newis includes
the performance of scenes from
Shakespeare's "Henry IV, Part
I," for the freshman orientation
picnic this1 Saturday. The cast
will include Jim Bernhard, Pert
Virtanen, Phil Martin, Frank
Dent, Martin McClain, Marc
Smith, Harrison Wagner, and
Mike Horwitz.
The Player's season will also
include a three-act comedy in
November, a reading by a well-
known author in December, and
of course, the annual Shakes-
pearean Festival in May.
extensive plans for an Exchange
Students Program. Live abroad
a month! New Experiences!
Thrills!
NEW ADMINISTRATION
POLICY.
This is am open letter to all
Rice students:
"Greetings! We regret to in-
form you that in accordance with
our plans for remodeling the
entire campus we did not make
allowances for a student body.
Therefore you will be unable to
attend school this year. Fees
however are still due and you
will be held responsible for care
of three and one-half pats of St.
Augustine grass. Any student
seen on campus will be ground up
and used for fertilizer."
Rice is also to be transformed
into a museum of natural history.
All alums and students who wish
to graduate must sign a bond
giving their body to the insti-
tute immediately after gradua-
tion. The bodies will be stuffed,
plasticized and placed in lifelike
positions around campus. A
slight admission fee will be
charged to see this life size model
of a university.
Here are several new college
rules: Windows are NOT to be
opened. (They were painted' shut
and must remain that way.)
'Showers can be used from 7:00
to 7:01 only. Toilets cannot be
flushed. There is to be no furni-
ture placed in the rooms. Rooms
will be searched regularly for
intoxicants, firearms^ books not
connected with the Institute and
any thought provoking literature.
We urge you to comply with
these rules. Violators will be
thrown into the crocodile pits
now under construction around
Jones College.
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FACULTY...
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Krahl in civil engineering, Dr.,
Henry B. Steele in economics;
and Dr. William Tobocman in
physics
New instructors are Robert
Goodhand, who received his M.A,
at Rice in 1956, in the French
department; Dean E. Griffith,
who was a graduate assistant in
1956-57, in chemical engineering;
Price Edwin Harrison, Jr. in
physical education.
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The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 12, 1957, newspaper, September 12, 1957; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth231061/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.