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INAUGURATION, TOO
Plans Well Under Way
For Semi • Centennial
By ANITA JONES
"The Board of Governors has approved a generous
financial allotment (the exact amount was not released)
for the Semi-Centennial Year," announced Dr. Carey
Croneis, Chancellor and executive director for the celebra-
tion activities.
Special ceremonies will take place on October 10, 11,
and 12, in 1962. Alumni,
in
faculty and a student com-
mittee have already been
organized to plan the special ac-
tivities.
THE CEREMONIES will begin
on Thursday, October 10, with
the formal inauguration of Dr.
Kenneth Pitzer as President of
the University. In the evening
there will be a banquet at the
Rice Hotel, which an estimated
1200 people will attend.
A nationally or internationally
known figure will give one of the
major addresses of the celebra-
tion on Thursday morning. And
that afternoon and on October 12,
individual speakers and panels,
cho&en by the departments of hu-
manities, science, and engineer-
ing, will speak.
Dr. Croneis stressed that the
atudants are an integral part of
these activities and are expected
to participate as much as pos-
sible.
THE PURPOSE of the Semi-
centennial, as released by the
Board of Governors, is not just
to commemorate the first fifty
years of Rice University, but to
"recreate the international aca-
demic enthusiasm engendered by
the cpening ceremonies in the
Fall of 1912, and to* present tot
the world at large, plans and
project? whose fruition will make
secure the place of Rice Univer-
sity in the forefront of the
world's distinguished institutions
of higher learning."
At the dedication ceremonies
in 1912, distinguished academic
figures from all over the world
wei-e present. To recreate the en-
thusiasm which surrounded the
beginning days at Rice, the de-
partments of science, humanities
and engineering have been asked
to submit a list of national or
international scholars who might
be invited to take part in the
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THE REV. J. N. HARTT
Rockwell Lecturer
71, 6-
e.)
1961 Rockwell Lecture Series
Sees Yale's Harftt 3 Nights
Julian N. Hartt, Yale professor, will deliver the 1961
Rockwell Lecture Series. The lectures will be delivered
October 17, 18, and 19, each beginning at 8:15 p.m. in
Hamman Hall.
Reverend Hartt is Noah Porter Professor of Philo->
sophical Theology at Yale
Divinity School and Chair-
man of the Department of
Religion in Yale College. He has
been a member of the Yale fac-
ulty since 1943.
THE SUBJECTS of the three,
lecture series will be "The Shat-
tered Dream of Innocence—Some
Thoughts About William Faulk-
The
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HOUSTON, TEXAS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1961
Ford Foundation Gives $236,000
To Improve Graduate Program
By HARVEY POLLARD
Rice University has recently re-
ceived $236,000 from the Ford
Foundation for improvement of
the graduate program. Dr. Will-
iam H. Masterson, Dean of Hu-
A list of candidates for B.A.
and B.S. degrees has been
posted in the Student Center
and in the Registrar's Of-
fice. Please check your name
carefully it will appear on the
degree as it appears on this
list. If your name has been
omitted or some correction
needs to be made, please noti-
fy Mrs. Reynolds in the Reg-
trar's office.
3 Houston Editors Defend
Respective News Policies
<*■ By BILL LIEBLICH *
Editors of the three Houston
newspapers discussed editorial
policy Wednesday night in the
sparsely-populated Grand Hall of
the Rice Memorial Center.
George Carmack, of the Hous-
ton Press, Everett Collier, of the
Houston Chronicle, and William
P. Hobby, Jr., of the Houston
Post, opened the first Forum pro-
gram of the year by giving their
ideas on the philosophy behind
the basic policy of their respec-
tive newspapers.
Mr. Carmack cited the first
purpose of a newspaper as carry-
ing the news to the people and
letting them know what is hap-
pening, whether it is good or
bad, sad or happy, pleasant or
discomfiting. The news, he said,
should be presented in as direct
a manner as possible.-
THE EDITOR also said that
existence of too much crime in
Houston "explains the existence
of so much crime news in his
paper.
Nevertheless, the publication of
crime news is of benefit to the
people, he explained, because it
defends the people from secret
arrest an,d other similar abuses.
Mr. Collier, of the Chronicle,
stated that papers are intended
to inform the readers of all news
events in an objective and inter-
esting manner, giving background
material and both sides of any
questions. The Chronicle, he said,
accomplishes this all with the aid
of a large library and nine news
services.
Mr. Collier characterized the
Chronicle as adhering to "a con-
servatism of rational conviction,
not convenience."
THE POST'S managing editor,
Mr. Hobby, explained that, to-
day's newspaper is heir to a con-
tinuing struggle for freedom of
the press. He cited two examples
of early colonial suppi'ession of
newspapers dut to criticisms
printed by those papers of the
government of the day.
He also told of the case which
started the process of reform
which culminated, in the provis-
ion in the Bill of Rights for free-
dom of the press.
In the question-and-answer per-
iod which followed, the three edi-
tors handled queries posed to
them by members of the audi-
ence, concerning such matters as
government suppression of infor-
mation, policy toward certain
political races and pending legis-
lation, and the handling by the
papers of the Archi-Arts and
Rondelet beer-bike race of last
spring.
inanities, announced that the pro- Doctoral exams in these fields
gram would allow students in
most humanities departments, as
well as some sciences, to get the
Master of Arts degree in five
years.
Dr. Masterson commented that
the program might get started
next year with about 50 fresh-
men. He mentioned also that
there might be a Chance that
some of this year's freshmen as
well as a few sophomores might
be able to take advantage of the
program.
SCIENCES given the top
chances for entering the program
in its first year are biology and
physics, #?hilqigeology might en-
ter in the second year.
In discussing the program as
a whole, Dr. Masterson said the
purpose of the program was to
"contribute to a sensible grad-
uate program—not a life-long
ritual." Curriculum change s,
whfce hoped to be slight, Will'
probably consist of greater con-
centration in languages, so that
would be complete, as well as sev-
eral summers of course work dur-
ing the five year period.
Dr. Masterson added that the
summer course work would stop
the beneficiaries of the program
from becoming "learned idiots."
THE MONEY, to be met with
a lesser amount on the part of
the university, will be spread
over a five year period, osten-
sibly renewable. Most of the
funds will go for "released time"
and promotion. Funds for "re-
leased time" go to pay for new
teachers' to replace those whose
time is taken up with the pro-
gram.
APPLICATION for the grant
was made last February by a
committee composed of Doctors
Dowdeh, Vandiver, and Edwards.
Dr. Masterson, who will head the
faculty committee administering
the program, said that these per-
sons and several others from the
staff would become members of
the permanent committee.
Will Rice
College Is
Beer Ruckus,
Still Buying
By CHARLES PATTERSON
"Let's drink!" Hearkening back
to these words from their prize-
winning medley at last year's
Rondelet songfest, members of
Will Rice College approved the
continued purchase of alcoholic
beverages by the college in a
special referendum October 4.
Ironically, it was a beer party
in connection with the same Ron-
delet week-jpnd which first called
the attention of the Will' Rice
Diet to the question of college-
sponsored beer parties. At that
time a student was involved in
an auto accident after the beer
party in Hermann Park.
TAKING UP the question of
the beer parties, which involved
both college responsibility for
them, and the use of college
funds for the purchase of alco-
holic beverages, the diet passed
a motion to end collegit-sponsored
beer parties.
The members of the diet felt
the college was liable for any
such incidents and! that this lia-
bility was too great for a func-
tion enoyed by only 25% of the
College membership, the usual at-
tendance at the beer parties.
At that" time, the Diet still
hoped to organize such parties,
but with only one college mem-
ber buying the beer, thus re-
lieving the collage itself of the
responsibility.
ALL OF THIS preceded the
ruling by Dr. S. W. Higginboth-
am, Dean of Students, outlaw-
ing student-sponsored beer par-
ties in public. When asked if any
outside pressure was brought up-
on the Diet to pass such a mo-
tion, Allan Nilsson, college sec-
retary, stated "No, none at all."
That was the situation at the
beginning of this year when a
petition in Will' Rice College
forced a referendum on the ques-
tion' of beer parties to be spon-
sored by the college.
After one vote which was de-
clared invalid because of techni-
calities, the college voted 120 to
91 in favor of' the beer parties.
As of this time, the college
f>
ner;" "The Predicament of the
Erotic Man — Some Thoughts
About D. H, Lawrence, Lawrenc1
Durrcll, and William Styron;"
and "Will Not Day Come Soon?
Some Thoughts About Arthur
Koestlor, Albert Gamus, and
Alan Paton."
Professor Hartt was born in
Selby, South Dakota, and receiv-
ed his Bachelor of Arts degree
from Dakota Wesleyan Univer-
sity in 1932. He received his
Bachelor of Divinity degree from
Garett Biblical Institute in 1937,
his M.A. degree from Northwest-
ern University in 1938, and his
Ph.D. from Yale in 1940. He is
a Fellow of the National Council
on Religion in Higher Education.
PROFESSOR Hartt's field is
Christian Theology and particu-
larly the philosophical aspects of
theology. In recent years he has
lectuerd in colleges and in
churches on religious aspects of
contemporary culture.
He is the author of two books:
"Towards a Theology of Evan-
gelism/' and "Being Known and
Being Revealed," and co-author
of the book, "Humanism Versus
Theism." He has also written nu-
merous articles, both for techni-
cal journals and for popular ones.
Dr. Hartt is the editor of a
forthcoming series of books on
Christianity and Contemporary
art.
tentatively ' plans a
pai'ty," in a private
the Texas Tech game.
"listening
place, for
Slimes To Parade
SMU Game. Eve;
Guidance Ending
Plans have* been completed for
the Slime Parade, Rice's oldest
tradition of Freshman Guidance.
The 'annual snake-dance will
take place Friday, October 20, the
night before Rice meets SMU.
Pafama-clad freshmen will wind
their way down South Main to the
Shamrock—the same route as
that followed in recent years—
where the cheerleaders will hold
an all-school pep rally.
Preceding the Parade, Jones
College will stage a skit in the
Grand Hall of the KMC. And for
the first time in years, a His-
tory 1.10 test is not scheduled to
follow at 8 a.m. Saturday.
ALL COLLEGES have short-
ened their guidance programs
this year: tjie Slime Parade sig-
i
nals the finale to the formal pro-
grams in the men's colleges,
while Joij.es concludes,.their guid-
ance today with the annual Pow-
der-puff Football game. (In the
past, some colleges had continued
guidance until Thanksgiving.)
Freshmen will march in for-
mation to the stadium for the
Florida and SMU games. Owl-
bowing, a tradition at Rice for
more than twenty years, was
dropped by each of the colleges
acting independently last spring.
"Guards" are still stationed to
protect Sammy during the game,
however.
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