The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 14, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 10, 1962 Page: 4 of 10
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TBE THRESHER
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 10, IMS
MORE ABOUT NASA
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Space Gtoup Seeks Knowledge
"This country must be vigorous
in probing into the major fields
today if it wants to lead in world
science," Dr. Homer E. Newell
told a large crowd of faculty,
students, and representatives
from industry attending the
Forum December 19.
Dr. Newell, Director of the
Office of Space Sciences, NASA,
was at Rice to explain some of
the broader aspects of NASA's
program and in particular some
of the implications it might have
for Rice through the Apollo space
project.
DR. NEWELL NOTED that
since NASA's founding in 1958,
it has worked in aeronautics and
life sciences and has now taken on
the assignment of getting man
to the moon. Its main objective
is extension of scientific knowl-
edge.
Pointing out that some ob-
jections have been voiced about
the tremendous amounts of money
being "sent to the moon," he
explained that the money put into
the program provides new jobs
and projects for industry.
the NASA official reviewed
the space probes which have
taken place already and briefly
explained the areas of study in
which satellites are used. Val-
uable information about the size,
shape, and origins of the earth
and the possibility of life on
other planets is the principal dis-
covery of the satellites.
As for the future, Dr. Newell
presented slides showing future
satellites and space probes which
are planned. Because of the
tremendous expense involved with
each launching, emphasis is
changing from the small, spe-
cialized satellites to the larger,
more complex observatory type.
RU Hosts LAQ
The third of a series of
Chamber Music concerts will
be held in Hamman Hall Audi-
torium on Friday evening, Jan-
uary 12th, 1962, at 8:15 p.m.
This concert will be played
by the Lyric Art Quartet assist-
ed by Byron Hester and Klaus
Speer on the flute and harpsi-
chord, playing the premier of a
Suite for Flute, Cello and
Harpsichord by the writer. Miss
Davies will play the cello part.
The program also includes
works by Schubert and Sme-
tana.
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Check your opinions against CM's Camjms Opinio Poll *16
6 How would you spend a $5000 inheritance?
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□ 'more education □ European tour
□ stocks
□ sports car
0 Should the faculty
have the power to
censor campus
newspapers?
6 What's your favorite
time for smoking?
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□ Yes
□ during bull sessions
□ while studying
□ during a date
□ anytime there's stress & strain
Expect more, get more, from
There's actually more
rich-flavor leaf in L&M
than even in some un-
filtered cigarettes.You
get more body in the
blend, more flavor in
the smoke, more taste
through the filter. So
get Lots More from
filter smoking with
L&M ... the cigarette
that smokes heartier
as it draws freely
through the pure-
white, modern filter.
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Bourgeois Says
He Likes Prof
To the editor;
I do not intend to extend the
polemic started by the Student
Senate's resolution on segrega-
tion. I just want to mention how
amused I was at the rabid howl
raised by my letter protesting
the wording of the resolution.
Since the Thresher usually
publishes nothing but the things
they like to see in print, all of
the supposed to be liberals on the
campus applaud; but let some-
one on the other side of the
fence have enough courage to
state h i s convictions, they
shriek with pain!
. Since professor Josephson
took what I said about his letter
concerning "big time football"
(which I helped to bring to this
campus when, at a Faculty,
meeting around 1929, I voted in
favor of giving athletic scholar-
ships) as an expression of per-
sonal dislike, I wish to state
that I like him personally, but
do not like his views about the
football situation.
ANDRE BOURGEOIS
Professor of French
The Thresher prints both sides of
any issue, not simply "what they like
to see in print." We regret that yon
view the paper in this light.—Ed.
* # #
Butler Lauds Last
Threshing-It-Out
To the Editor:
My congratulations to you and
your staff, to the Student Senate,
and to those students and faculty
who produced the last "Thresh-
ing-it-out." In that issue Rice
began to sound just a little like
a university .1 cannot recall when
both students and faculty ever
before became excited in print
about the same topic at the same
time. More! More! etc.
Mr. Jaschke's criticisms about
the method and philosophy of
teaching at Rice were well-taken
and often too accurate. There is
indeed too much drudging grind
L&M's the filter cigarette for people who really like to smoke
which serves no purpose exeept
absorption of time. But I have
heard too many students com-
plain about their courses simply
because they were not interesting
all the time.
THESE PEOPLE have not
realized yet that knowledge is
not pursued effectively in a con-
tinuous state of enraptured in-
toxication. Worthwhile knowledge
is hard to make your own; much
of it has to be acquired by pur-
poseful grinding, with occasional
welling excitement to relieve the
boredom.
This grinding is discipline,
which is intimately tied to the
"academic freedom" which we all
yearn for so around Rice. Free-
dom has never, must never, mean
license. The self discipline re-
quired in the free pursuit of true
knowledge is no less, and per-
haps greater, than discipline im-
posed by external authority. Some
of that which the students bear
serves no purpose.
BUT SULLEN resentment
against faculty and administra-
tion is no way to convince them
to change anything. The students,
as individuals and as groups,
must show Those Above us that
we can responsibly use more
freedom than they have been
willing to grant us. Student
apathy as Rice is not entirely
due to Those Above. Mr. Bour-
geois need not worry much about *
inflamatory crusaders here; most
are too bu^r bitching to risk
doing anything about their sad
state.
THE NUMBER of pointless
grind assignments, of lectures
which teach sterile facts or no-
thing at all, and of lecture! ex
tempore suggest that some of
our esteemed faculty are not
spending much, more if than the
minimum nine hours per week
at their teaching. Are they
publishing? Very often not. Then
just what are they doing in the
way of academic endeavor ? A bit
too much furious activity in the
rare upper reaches seems directed
toward attaining (or maintain-
ing) power or position.
Shame, sirs! Most faculty can
honestly pass over this with an
impatient snort. For those who
cannot, may I suggest that you
return to your work? For there
are many changes and much
work to be done before Rice can
live up to its newly acquired title.
THORPE BUTLER
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