The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, April 18, 1958 Page: 4 of 6
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THE THRESHER
FRIDAY, APRIL 18,1958
A.
'Savings Bond Scheme' tHRESHIK)
Violation Of U.S. Law it out
A new chain-letter-type "savings bond" scheme,
which seyeral Rice students have been contacted to
participate in, is illegal, The Thresher learned Thurs-
day.
In a telephone interview with U. S. Postal In-
spector L. G. Hoppe, The Thresher was told that any
endless chain scheme of this type, involving the use
of U. S. mails in any way, is a violation of the federal
Postal Lottery and Fraud laws.
In makes no difference whether the actual lists
of the participants are sent through the mails or
circulated hand-to-hand. As long as the bonds them-
selves are sent through the mails, there is a violation
of the law.
Violators are subject to prosecution, with penalties
ranging up to five years in prison and a $1000 fine.
It is also evident that a majority of the parti-
cipants in these schemes will lose a good bit of money.
The Post Office Department wishes to warn those
yho may not be aware of this federal law that the
scheme is illegal.
The Thresher urges any Rice students who may
be contacted to participate to keep this warning in
mind.
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Honored And Sung
The Rice Institute Service Award is (next to those
degrees the seniors hope to get) the highest award the
Rice Institute can bestow on students and former stu-
dents.
It is given sparingly for exceptional services per-
formed for the Student Body and the Institute as a
whole. Some years it is not given at all.
This year, the Student Council has nominated
eight persons to be considered by the Award Commit-
tee, composed of students, faculty, and administration.
This committee has the right of original nomination
also.
The Council's eight nominees are Joan Feild, Wes
Pittman, Matt Gorges, Park Weaver, Harvin Moore Sr.,
Gene Antill, Steve Shapiro, and Nancy Head.
The Committee may itself nominate others.
To those already nominated and to those who may
yet be nominated, The Thresher offers its salute.
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tute and the colleges; and shack
runs.
At this point Dr. Class inter-
rupted witih: "Excuse me, what
is a shack run? It sounds almost
immoral."
No Return
Dr. Fulton stated that he
tnought that the problem con-
cerning freshmen could be solved
without a return, in essence, of
the old system which the admin-
istration disapproves. He ques-
tioned why the constructive ele-
ments of the program outlined
could not be extended to every-
one in the college.
THRE
The Rice Thresher, written and edited by students of the Rice Institute,
m published weekly in Houston, except in the summer, during holidays, and
in examination weeks. The views expressed are those of the student writers
and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the administration of the Rice
Institute.
Member of the Associated Collegiate Press.
JIM BERNHARD „ STEVE WILLIAMS
E(jitor Business Manager
GINGER PURINGTON JIM MILLS
Assistant Editor Assistant Bus. Mgr.
FRED ERISMAN MIKE REYNOLDS
Manasin* Editor News Editor
Department Editors
Jim Bower and Bob Malinak •'..^.Spttfts
. u n.~t. Features
Ann M. Davis
Marc Smith
Margie Moore
Phil Barber J*
Don Payne . College
Staff
Frank Dent, Don Coney, David Raah. Ed Sammers, Harriet Hokanaon.
Eileen O'Leary. Jarrene Mangden, Mary Anno Boone, Maureen 0'Leary/-
Franji Honsley, Baddy Hen, Gary Webb. Heotor Pinko, Meyer Nathan. Paw
Hoffman, Mike McNeil, Frank Van Orden, Phyrne Y. Marquees, Ray Rahlen,
Robert K. Hinton, David Lodge, Aim Bartlett, Hugh Hadeen, Claire Plan,
gaian, Ann Krtegel, Skippy Johnson, Katharine Kelly, Bob Durst, Perttn
Virtanen, Hardee Kilgere, Leslie Arnold, Kami Olson.
Dansby Offers
Critical Word
To the Editor:
There are certain advantages
to being unaffiliated. Of course,
nobody really is, but the degree
of relative lack of affiliation can
afford an irresponsibility not al-
ways undesirable. It is for this
reason that I'm willing to disre-
gard the "rules of the game" and
blatantly do what you aren't sup-
posed to do.
This letter will come as no sur-
prise. This is a delicate matter.
Some are going to object. Some
are going to be offended; some
perhaps made uneasy. It is not
the purpose of this letter to make
anyone uneasy but if that is one
of its results, so be it.
. 10 Seniors
This paper announced last
week Ten Outstanding Seniors.
This is done every year. Some
of those selected are surprised,
others are perhaps disappointed.
These things are the inevitable as
no perfect selective system could
be devised.
I do not believe that anyone
would seriously contend that
€l\ose selected are not outstanding
seniorsNEhey are. . . . the most
that I'm implying here is that
some others should have been in-
cluded.
Look Over List
Look over your list of seniors
again. You will find1 that you
made an oversight. You did not
err in selecting those you did
but you made an oversight in not
selecting a few others.
Maybe some senior classes have
more or fewer outstanding stu-
dents than others. It would not
detract one iota from any per-
son selected to be one of eleven—
or fifteen—instead of one of ten.
In fact, it detracts from those
selected for some who should be
among them to be absent. It is, if
anything, a compliment to that
particular senior class to have
more than ten outstanding sen-
iors. «.
Nothing Unreasonable
I ffhd nothing unreasonable in
suggesting a program flexible
enough to meet conditions as they
change. If the quality of the sen-
ior class changes, then let the
number selected change. What is
so sacred about the number ten?
Nothing if we are thinking of
individuals.
The Rice Institute—society it-
self—can afford least of all to
fail to give credit where credit is
due. It is a serious matter be-
cause life has meaning as so-
ciety recognizes the accomplish-
ments of its members. This is no
less true at the Rice Institute
with its senior students than it
lis at Geneva with its Nobel
Prizes.
Foolish
If this problem is a serious one
and if it consists*, of thinking in-.
dividual s( who are in a symbolic
sense rewarded for strengths of
action worthy of reward, then it
is foolish even to have to consider
the idea of one of ten as compar-
ed' to one of the necessary num-
ber.
This is'kll I have to say except
that if next year, there are eleven
outstanding seniors or only five,
let's recognize eleven or five . . .
or none at all.
GERALD DANSBY
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SEASONED WITH GINGER
It's Prof-Rating Time:
How Do They Score?
By GINGER PURINGTON
This is rating-sheet week. Since the Council has undertaken
the task of providing the student with a means of pre-
senting his impressions of the type of instruction he has
received in specific courses at The Rice Institute, we are going to
undertake the same—but in shorter words.
The sole purpose of our rating sheet is to assist the student to
assist the professor to assist . . . never mind.
* * *
Additional remarks must not be written on the back of the
sheet. This is sneaky. They must be said to the profes-
sor's face.
1. Does his class appear to be planned? (Does he remember
what time it meets and occasionally appear with a handful of blue
books ?)
2. Can he write, and if so, is, it legible?
3. Are his explanations clear? (Can he talk?)-
4. Are his assignments long? (Does it take two semesters to do
one of his term papers?)*
5. Does he take too long to return test papers? (Can you re-
member having taken them? Do you get them back before final
grades are in?)
6. Do you feel free to consult him after class hours? (Does, he
tell you to come right up and see him in his sixth-floor library car-
rell? Is he a Master?)
7. Do you benefit from his lectures? (Does he give lectures?)
8. How do you rate his class discipline? (Is there a class? How
many bridge games in the back of the room has he interrupted? Is
he rude to people who are napping?)
9. Does he have any irritating mannerisms? (Does he come to
fclass? Does he give exams? Does he lecture?)
10. Will you have to 'spend the week after Commencement
writing his papers ?
11. Make any remarks you like about the professor's clothes,
hairdo', mental capacity, comic strip preferences, or snarbiness that
you feel he would like to hear . . . provided you don't need his course
to graduate.
How Does So-Called 'Recession'
Affect Average Rice Student?
By PHIL BARBER
The Rice Placement" Service has
as yet no summer jobs for Rice
students, although certain efforts
are being made to have alumni
secure employment for students
in their respective home towns.
It is still somewhat too early for
companies to begin summer
hiring, but it is advisable to
apply early.
The recession and unemploy-
ment in Texas, and particularly
in the Houston area, are much
less severe than in most parts
of the nation. Nonetheless, Hous-
ton business and commercial men
are worried enough about the
slump to see that the newspapers
are daily chock-full of encourag-
ing news about new jobs and
to sponsor a completely absurd
"you-auto-buy-now" campaign.
But the situation is still mild
enough in Texas to make Messrs.
Rayburn and Johnson Curiously
apathetic about national depres-
sion.
Only the oil drilling industry
seems to be severely distressed
in Texas, and the worst effect
of the recession could be the
drastic curtailment of foreign oil
imports to the detriment of our
reciprocal trade policy.
Morgan J. Davis, President of
Humble Oil, pointed out to the
Railroad Commission that im-
mediate ceasing of all oil im-
ports would raise Texas produc-
tion only two days, because of the
glutted domestic oil market.
Our oil imports come mostly
from Canada, our biggest export
customer, Venezuela, another big
customer, ind the Negr East, an
area strategically vital in the
struggle against Communism.
Refusing to trade with these
nations because of unemployment
at home, even considering that
many Rice students . . depended
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The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, April 18, 1958, newspaper, April 18, 1958; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth231087/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.