The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, November 13, 1959 Page: 4 of 14
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THE THRESHER
NOVEMBER 13, 1959
BUDDY BROCK AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Will Play at Homecoming Dance Tomorrow Night
Mattox, Smith Honored
A rmyR.O.T.C. Names
Two Rice Seniors
Two fourth-year cadets have
been named Distinguished Mili-
tary Students in the Rice Army
R.O.T.C. unit one of the highest
honors which can be attained by
senior R.O.T.C. students.
Robert F. Mattox, Baton
Rouge, La., and Wantland .T.
Smith, Jr., Corpus Christi, were
named recipients of the honor in
a recent announcement by Lt
Col. Albert Homburg, professor
of military science and tactics.
Officer Potentiality
Winners of the awards are
chosen on the basis of officer po-
tentiality as shown through the
first three years of the R.O.T.C.
program and the cadets' record
in the annual engineers' camp at
Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo., last sum-
mer. The award is given with the
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concurrence of President Hous-
ton of Rice, on the basis of the
students' scholastic records at the
Institute.
Smith, Baker College senior
majoring in civil engineering, is
currently a cadet first lieutenant
and "blue" battalion training of-
ficer. Secretary of the Rice stu-
dent chapter, American Society of
Civil Engineers, he is also a mem-
ber of the Engineering Society,
the Chevron and the Canterbury
Association.
Baker Senior
Mattox, also a member of Ba-
ker College, is a senior archi-
tecture major. A cadet first lieu-
tenant, he is serving as com-
mander of Company A on the
"red" battalion staff. He is a
member of the Chevron and the
Architectural Society.
The Distinguished Military Stu-
dent award enables the cadets,
upon successful completion of the
R.O.T.C. course, to obtain sec-
ond lieutenants' commissions in
the Regular Army rather than
the Army Reserve.
THRESHING...
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tice has been one of man's main
problems. The questions of what
is just punishment for a crime
has been debated for centuries
and still remains a problem in
contemporary society.
Almost every new body that
has assumed judical powers has
gone through a period of strict
enforcement and stringent pen-
alities in beginning to exercise
these powers. There have often
been martyrs before the judical
system has had time to really
determine the degree to which
punishment should be meted out.
Punishment Too Severe
It is encouraging to see that
the colleges have accepted some
of the responsibility of admini-
stering punishment in the cases
of the five freshmen who invaded
Jones College; but it is appalling
and alarming to view the severity
of the punishment.
Perhaps this was inevitable in
the light of the Victorian attitude
of the administration of the In-
stitute and the largely untested
role of the colleges in handling
disciplinary matters; but it re-
mains that five freshmen have
been harshly penalized for doing
something that a really mature
academic community would ac-
cept as being a natural outlet
of college enthusiasm and would
discipline by a mild punishment
that would be fair to both the
offenders and the offended.
—Name withheld on Request
Baker to SMU:
Ed. Note—On request of the Bakei
College Committee on Correspondence,
The Thresher is publishing the letter
which this committee has sent to the
S.M.U. student body government in ref-
erence to Baker's mascot, stolen by
S.M.U. students at the Rice-S.M.U. game
(see Oct. 23 issue of The Thresher).
Dear Sirs:
On behalf of Baker College we
acknowledge the return of our
owl. mascot. We wish you to
know that we harbor no ill will
towards your school or student
body, for we feel the fault to be
ours.
We had assumed that students
of S.M.U. would have attained
sufficient maturity and integrity
to be treated with the courtesy
and hospitality due responsible
guests. When we host A. & M.
suitable precautions are taken on
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The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, November 13, 1959, newspaper, November 13, 1959; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth231130/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.