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THE THRESHER
FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 19*1
The Image Makers
From the editorial page of The Chicago Tribune recently:
RICE'S MUSCLEMEN
"Rice university, which is primarily an engineering school
and one of the nation's toughest academically, has established
a commerce major, mostly for the benefit of its athletes and
as an alternative to physical education courses. Dr. Carey
Croneis, acting president, explained that most athletes, dis-
daining physical education, sign up for engineering and science
courses, only to find the laboratory work involved takes too
much of their time. The athletes then switch to humanities, but
find these courses do not 'equip them for their business life.'
" 'I deny any reports Rice is going soft,' Croneis said. 'We
are simply providing the training needed by a segment of our
students. We are trying to give athletes a place to go.'
"We suppose, on the theory that 'all work and no play
makes Jack a dull boy,' the gladiators find that P. Ed. does
tend to pall. Same old grind: from the gym to the playing
field to build up the Rice box office, then back to the gym and
the playing field to build up the athlete's credits, so that he
may remain in good academic standing to return to the gym
and playing field to build up the box office.
"We would be the last to suggest that the school of com-
merce would have an inescapable attraction for these ama-
teurs."
* * *
From The Dallas Morning News, January 21, 1961, an interview
with Dr. Albert C. Outler, renowned Professor of Theology at
Southern Methodist University, on his hopes for SMU's second
fifty years:
" 'Yale and Princeton changed the intellectual atmosphere
of the east,' says Dr. Outler. SMU can do the same for this
region, he believes.
"Why SMU instead of some other university?
" 'I don't believe a state university ever quite exercises a
transforming leverage on culture. Because it serves the tax-
payers, a state school is more sensitive to prejudices and cur-
rent pressures.
" 'SMU is denominational but in a less restrictive fashion
than Baylor or Texas Christian University. And Rice has com-
mitted itself to science . . .' "
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Seniors Urged
To Check List
The new and final list of
candidates for degrees is now
posted in the Memorial Center,
The Registrar's Office, Ander-
son Hall, and Abercrombie Lab.
Candidates for B.A. and B.S.
degrees: are urged to check
their names for correct spell-
ing.
The name on the degree will
appear exactly as it is on this
list, which will be sent to the
printers on March 24. Note
this date, and please check the
list before that time. If there
is an error in spelling, report
immediately to Mrs. Reynolds
in the Registrar's Office.
PERSPECTIVE . . .
JFK Studies, Analyzes, Evaluates
Nature And Duties Of The Presidency
Consent Of The Governed
If Rice tradition is maintained, less than half of the
school's eligible student voters will vote in Monday's all-school
election. The officers who are elected will thus face the diffi-
cult task of attempting constructive action in the face of al-
most total student indifference. Their performances in these
positions must be weighed as much against this consideration
as against their own abilities. A vigorous student body compels
even the laziest of student governments to take needed action,
but the most energetic officer will find it difficult if not im-
possible to overcome the inertia created by a permanently
lethargic mass. The motion must be generated largely from
within or not at all.
It is in the nature of a university that its student body
takes an active part in the formation and support of all-school
activities such as forums, debates, curriculum evaluations, and
political discussions. While it is true that interest has focused
on the activities of the college cabinet, student enthusiasm
should maintain or inaugurate the kind of all-school planning
which, in a true university, supplements and expands the ac-
tivities bounded by the necessary limitations of college pro-
gramming.
It is partially a result of this student disinterest that so
fed candidates have filed for this school's highest student of-
fices and that so many qualified individuals have chosen to
seek positions of honor instead of positions of responsibility.
It is even more unfortunate that those capable students who
have braved indifference to run for office will find their cour-
age and talent wasted unless they are given a large vote of
confidence in Monday's balloting.
Student government derives its powers from the consent
of the students it governs, but if the students, by not voting or
taking an active interest in the campaign and its issues, refuse
to consent to that government's continued existence, those
powers will be few indeed.—E. K.
The Thresher
An all-student newspaper for 44 years
The Rice Thresher, the official student newspaper of Rice University,
is published weekly from September to June, except during holiday recesses
and examination periods, and when unusual circumstances warrant a special
issue. The opinions expressed are those of the student staff and do not
necessarily reflect the views of the Rice University administration.
News contributions may be submitted and advertising information pro-
cured at the Thresher offices on the second floor of the Rice Student
Memorial Center or by telephone at JAckson 8-4141, ext. 221.
Entered as second class matter, October 17, 1917, at the post office
in Houston, Texas, under the act of March 3, 1870.
BILL DELANEY • DICK VIEBIG
Editor Business Manager
MARJORIE TRULAN MILTON NIRKEN
Associate Editor Advertising Manager
GRIFFIN SMITH BURTON SILVERMAN
Managing Editor Circulation Director
EM LINDAMOOD BILL FANNILL
News Editor Editorial Assistant
DEPARTMENT EDITORS
Colleges I'hil Kusnetzky
Sports Chuck Yingling
Social Activities Evelyn Thomas
Entertainment Fran Murphy
Religious Activities Neal Holifield
Photography Scott Morris, Bob Warren
Cartoons Charles Dent, John Fowler
REPORTERS £
Judi Travis, Reed Martin, Anita Jones, Harvey Pollard, Louis Smifh, Syd
Nathans, Melvin Buck, Anne Watts, Lawrence Ellzey, Bill Pannill, Sue
Burton, Carol Mason, Bill Furey.
By EUGENE KEILIN
Much has been written in re-
cent weeks about the vigor and
energy which characterize almost
everything President Kennedy
says and does. His vitality and
determination are contagious, in-
fecting members of his staff and
oficials at all levels of Washing-
ton.
Hopefully, the President's en-
thusiam will extend far beyond
the bureau chiefs and file clerks
who operate the country's admin-
istrative machinery. It is Ken-
nedy's contention that Amei-ica
has for eight yeai-s been broad-
casting an image of lethargy and
apathy to the world. The impres-
sion thus created is depressing to
those of our allies who look to
us for leadership and discourag-
ing to those of the uncommitted
peoples who are seeking a source
of order in a chaotic world. Ken-
nedy abstained from direct crit-
icism of President Eisenhower
during the recent campaign, but
if he doesn't blame the past ad-
ministration directly, he does be-
lieve that the new administration
can do something about it.
IN THUS attempting to "get
this country moving," the Presi-
dent has had to make an evalua-
tion of the nature of the office
he holds. Kennedy obviously be-
lieves that the Presidency is nei-
ther more nor less than what the
President makes of it: a strong
President can lead, a weak one
will be led. Kennedy does not in-
tend to be led anywhere. He
wants to meet each crisis before
it happ'ens, prepared for any
eventuality. But to be prepared in
advance to deal with such situa-
tions, the President must work in
advance. He mus stop strikes be-
fore they cause harm, prime the
economy before it hits bottom,
and meet the Russians before
they advance.
This kind of thinking generates
a good press and a vigorous im-
age, but it generates opposition
as well. The Republicans in con-
gress protest that the President's
programs are rash and unwise.
They expect the economy to turn
upward before the summer and
hope to embarrass the President
by a demonstration that his eco-
nomic proposals are unnecessary.
Kennedy faces the opposition of
professional soldiers in his fight
for military reorganization, the
opposition of labor in his fight
to cut down on strikes, and the
opposition of management in his
fight for public welfare. He faces
the uncomfortable fact that no
man can singlehandedly move the
wheels of government much fast-
er than they are accustomed to
moving, and, most important, he
faces the opposition of a sluggish
public unwilling to move as rap-
idly as he wants it to move. The
President knows that his own vi-
gor can create an image of
strength, but that much must be
done if the image is to be any
more than mere illusion.
DURING THE campaign, Can-
didate Kennedy could be satis-
fied with determination, rapid
movement, and few specific pro-
posals. Now that he's been elect-
ed, the new President seems the
first to realize specific action
must have priority. In the weeks
following the ^inauguration the
President has sent to congress a
long list of legislative requests
and has indicated his willingness
to use any form of pressure avail-
able to his office to see that they
are passed. For the most part, he
has requested short-range pol-
icies in response to what he con-
siders to be immediately critical
problems. Kennedy has made pro-
gress through extensive use of
executive orders and Presiden-
tial prestige, but the bulk of his
program will have to gain con-
gressional approval.
THE PRESIDENT faces two
specific dangers as a result of
the legislature program he has
submitted. He risks the initial
possibility that his proposals may
fail to secure congressional ap-
proval and that his activities may
fail to impress or persuade the
public. Short-range programs sel-
dom please everyone, and the
President has already come under
heavy attack from organized la-
bor and congressional liberals for
being too moderate and from
Republicans and conservative
Democrats for being too radical.
His popularity with the public is
higher now than was that of his
predecessor eight years ago, and
it is to the public that the Presi-
dent will appeal if the going gets
rough.
But even if Kennedy's initial
requests do become law, and it
is probable that many of them
will, the.President still must face
the need for thoughtful, long-
range planning. In this task, the
ability to make rapid decisions is
not always an asset, and may
even become a liability: tem-
porary programs have a strange
way of becoming permanent.
Thoughtful critics of the new
administration are hopeful that
Kennedy's actions now can es-
tablish the kind of climate in
which such lasting decisions can
be made with a concern for the
future which is neither harrassed
by crisis nor clouded by con-
fusion.
Pre-Meds To Meet
The Pre-Med Society will
hear noted brain surgeon Dr.
James Greenwood speak on the
exciting prospects and demand-
ing requirements of neuro-sur-
gery. A film and slides will
illustrate the talk.
The cluj) will also discuss the
possible initiation of the hon-
orary pre-medical fraternity
Alpha Epsilon Delta as a part
of the Rice Pre-Med Society.
The meeting will be held in
120 Biology Building on March
23 at 7:00 pm.
Rice Students Chosen
For Mock U.N. Meeting
Five Rice students have been
chosen to represent the school
at the Mock United Nations
meeting at the University of
Texas, March 24 and 25. Rice
University will go as the coun-
try of Tunisia.
The five delegates, selected
from applicants by the execu-
tive committee of the Student
Association, are Ben Alexander,
Jim Rhodes:, Charles Kipple,
Lerma Engberg, and Tess Lind-
sey.
MOST OF THE major col-
leges in the South are to be
represented at the meeting,
according to Kipple. The pur-
pose is to acquaint the repres-
entatives with the methods of
operation of the United Nations,
and to give them an insight in-
to the everyday happenings.
Each delegation is to vote the
way the country they are re-
presenting has voted in the past
at the actual United Nations.
The sponsoring organization
is the Mock United Nations
committee at the University of
Texas, composed of students, in
conjunction with the YMCA of
Texas.
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