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The
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Thresher
An all-student newspaper for 44 years
VOL. 48, NO. 29
HOUSTON, TEXAS
FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1961
Higginbotham New
Dean; Replaces Sims
Dr. Sanford W. Higginbotham, a 1934 graduate of
Rice University, will return to his alma mater July 1 as
Dean of Students and Assistant to the President, holding
the rank of Professor of History, according to an an-
nouncement by Dr. Carey Croneis, Acting President of
Rice.
Dr. James R. Sims, who
has been Advisor to Men
for the past three years, will de-
vote his full time as Professor
and Chairman of the Department
of Civil Engineering.
DR.HIGGINBOTHAM has been
the Director of the Bureau of
Research, Publications and Rec-
ords of the Pennsylvania His-
toricaland Museum Commission
in Harrisburg, Pa., since 1960.
He received his Master's degree
at Louisiana State University
and his PhD from the University
of Pennsylvania for graduate
work in history.
A teaching assistant at LSU
and Pennsylvania,. Dr. Higgin-
botham lectured in history at the
Atlantic City Center of Rutgers
University before joining the fac-
ulty of the University of Mis-
sissippi in 1947. When he left
Mississippi in 1956, he was Uni-
versity Editor as well as Pro-
fessor of History.
HE IS THE author of The
Keystone in the Democratic Arch:
Pennsylvania Politics, 1800-1816,
and of historical articles and book
reviews. He has been an edi-
torial assistant on the Journal
of Southern History, editor of the
Journal of Mississippi History
and more recently, associate edi-
tor of Pennsylvania History.
A native of Fordyce, Arkansas,
Dr. Higginbotham is a member
Fulbright Awarded
To Diana Thomas
Diana Thomas, senior foreign
languages major from Mexico
City, has been awarded a 1961-
62 Fulbright Scholarship for
graduate study in German litera-
ture at the University of Bonn.
She is one of approximately
nine hundred students selected
for the honor by the Board of
Foreign Scholarships, the mem-
bers of which are appointed by
the President of the United
States.
MISS THOMAS, one of the
ten outstanding members of the
class of 1961, has served as sec-
retary of the Honor Council and
president of PALS. Elected to
Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Delta Phi,
'and Delta Phi Alpha, she has
been on the Dean's List every
semester and has been an hon-
oree at many campus events.
She is a member of the Rice
Players, Eulenspiegel, and the
Publications Board and has
"served on ' several class and
Jones College committees.
The international educational
exchange^ program, operated
under the Fulbright Act, is de-
signed to promote better under-
standing between United States
citizens and people of other
countries. The program also
provides for foreign1 nationals to
study in American colleges and
universities, and for an inter-
national exchange of teachers,
lecturers, and research scholars.
of Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa
Phi, the Americal Historical As-
sociation, the Mississippi Valley
Historical Association, the Penn-
sylvania Historical Association,
and the American Association for
State and Local History.
He served as a ground officer
in Marine Corps Aviation both in
World War II and the Korean
campaign.
DR. S. W. HIGGINBOTHAM
New Dean of Students «
GRADUAL CHANGE
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Sci-Engineers Not Planning
Drastic Overhaul Next Year
By STEPHEN McCLEARY
Science and engineering de-
partments plan several important
changes for next year, although
there is to be no such drastic
overhauling of curricula as in
some of the humanities depart-
ments.
The changes affect individual
courses only. The policy of the
science and engineering sections
is to px*oceed with continuous,
gradual change instead of
occasional giant steps. The way
for gradual change was paved
by the flexibility in modifying
requirements which these depart-
ments received last year. An-
other reason for the paucity of
changes is that quite a few
changes were made at that time.
TWO IMPORTANT changes
have been made in mathematics.
Academic Math 100 has been
eliminated. Math 101 and sci-
ence-engineering Math 100 are
now the only freshman courses.
RACE BLAMED FOR RIOTS
Bale er Tak es Be er - Bike Cr own /
Hanszen Rider Sets New Record
By DOUG JOHNSON
Undaunted cby storms from
nature and the Houston public,
the third annual Rice University
intercollege beer-bike race was
held last Saturday, before a hot
but enthusiastic crowd . of stu-
dents, faculty, and other sports-
fans.
With the temperature and
humidity in the upper eighties,
the bikemen set a grueling pace
on the .88 mile campus loop,
breaking both records and sta-
mina. Ron Keating of Hanszen
set the fastest lap time (1.59.8
min.), though it was the con-
sistent team from Baker College
that finally captured the champ-
ionship from Will Rice to win
the day.
THE BEER-DRINKING was
not officially timed, but several
of the beermen approached or
sui-passed four seconds in guzzl-
ing the 24 ounces of warm
"liquid."
From the moment of the start-
ing pistol's "click," the outcome
of the race was ^anyone's guess,
though Will Rice,' Hanszen, and
Baker Initiates
Mentor Program
Twelve seniors and juniors will
serve as counselors to the fresh-
men of Baker College next year.
Chosen were seniors John Fal-
lon, Charles Giraud, Dewey Ker-
bow, Charles Kipple, Larry
Moore, Gene Richeson, Jack
Schwade, Roy Seaberg, and Dick
Viebig, and juniors George Mar-
tinez, Art Slaughter, and Frank
Jones.
These advisors, to be called
Mentors, were selected by a spe-
cial committee of the Baker
Cabinet from many candidates
who took interest in the college
and demonstrated qualities of in-
tellect and character which would
make them both liked and re-
spected by freshmen.
While high academic stand-
ards were desirable, the Mentors
were chosen to be counselors in
all respects, and the Mentor pro-
gram was not intended to grant
recognition solely on academic
performance.
Baker soon became the serious
contenders. Hanszen's bike broke
down in the seventh lap, leaving
Will Rice and Baker to battle it
out. It looked as if Will Rice
was going to win when their
bike had a blowout in the last
lap; the Baker cyclist passed it
to take first place, to the dis-
heartenment of the determined
faction from Will Rice.
THE RACE BROUGHT com«
ments frorir a variety of sources.
An Amarillo mother whose
junior-high-age son was hoping
someday to come to Rice inform-
ed a Rice tdministrator long dis-
tance that the race was the causo
of the Splash Day riots in Gal-
veston which occurred a week
earlier.
The Houston Chronicle in-
formed their vast reading public
of the degeneracy of Rice stu-
dents in an editorial (see The
Thresher, May 5, 1961), and
irate Houstonians soon responded
with letters to the editor and
to the University administration.
One writer reasoned that Rice
students must have the wrong
leadership, seeing as how it
"pours beer and whiskey into
their veins and warps their minds
with unbelief in God."
ACTUALLY, THE marathon
(Continued on P;K?ex6)
Very regrettable is the aboli-
tion of Math 310 (advanced jun-
ior calculus), but the slack may
be partially taken up by addition
of new material to Math 300.
Also, Math 310 may return in
the future. Nevertheless, this
year's 210 students will not be
able to take the intended sequel
to 210. Incidentally, 210 will be
retained. 1
Several faculty changes have
been made. Di\ A. J. Lohwater
will leave permanently and Dr.
Johnson for a year. Dr. Richard
O'Neill, from De Paul Univer-
sity, has been added to the staff.
CHEMISTRY'S BIG change
affects next year's sophomores.
Chemistry 300 (organic) will be
taken by sophomore chemistry
and chemical engineering majors
as chemistry 200. For those who
want to take organic as an ad-
vanced course, the number will
still be 300.
Chemistry 220 (quantitative
analysis) and 230 (instrumental
analysis) will both be one-sem-
ester coui'ses.
It is hoped that pre-meds,
many of whom have carefully
avoided the year-long 220 course
in the past by taking quantitative
analysis in summer school, will
(Continued on Page 4)
Faculty Committee
Soon Wili Direct
Religious Activities
For the purpose of a clearer
definition
responsibility
The Time Has Come . . .
The traditional worried little man who has appeared on the
front pages of Dead Week Threshers as long as there have been
dead weeks comes again to spread cheer. Only egiht days left until
final exams, and only twenty-two days until Commencement.
administration of the University
announced this week a reorgan-
ization of the direction of re-
ligious activities on the campus.
These new arrangements will
become effective June 1, 1961,
and will supersede .all existing
arrangements.
The responsibility for the di-
rection of all religious activities
connected with the University
will henceforth rest with the
Faculty Religious Committee. In
addition to its general super-
visory role, the Committee will
als<> organize a student chapel
committee made up of repres-
entatives of the colleges to which
will be added - appointed mem-
bers to insure a balance between
the different religious groups.
THIS STUDENT CHAP E L
committee, under the Faculty Re-
ligious Committee, will have re-
sponsibility for arranging and
conducting the chapel programs.
The student chapel committee re-
places the present religious
council as the student agency for
campus religious activities.
Members of the denomination-
al association who wish to work
on the chapel program are re-
quested to give their names to
the Faculty Religious Committee
through the chapel library re-
ceptionist.
The third function of the
Faculty Religious Committee
will be to co-ordinate and advise
concerning the activities of the
various denominational clubs, re-
(Continued on Page 5)
Dr. Carey Croneis will speak
to the Senior Class on "The
State of the University — Its
Relation to the Alumni," in
Ham man Hall on Monday, May
15 at 1:00 pm.
Mr. Willoughby Williams,,
President-Elect of the Rice
Alumni, will speak for that
organization.
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