The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, February 23, 1962 Page: 4 of 10
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THE THRESHER
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 23. 1962
Faculty Group Picks Oshman
As Outstanding Rice Engineer
Malin Kenneth Oshman, 21, a
fourth-year student in electrical
engineering, has been selected as
the year's Outstanding Student
Engineer at Rice University.
He was a guest of honor at a
luncheon in the Rice Faculty
Club Wednesday, during which
he was presented a desk pen set.
OSHMAN WILL also be pre-
sented an award certificate Fri-
day night at the annual banquet
of the San Jacinto Chapter, Tex-
as Society of Professional Engi-
neers.
The banquet is part of the
Houston observance of National
Engineers' Week, which is con-
ducted every year during the
week of George Washington's
birthday to call attention to the
engineering profession.
Presenting the award to Osh-
man Wednesday, and to his coun-
terpart from the University of
Houston, was Dr. J. R. Sims,
chairman of the Rice Civil Engi-
neering Department and presi-
dent of the San Jacinto Chapter,
TSPE.
Oshman was selected by a fac-
ulty committee headed by A. P.
McDonald, assistant professor of
Engineering Drawing. Mr. Mc-
Donald is also co-chairman of the
student activities committee for
Engineers' Week in Houston.
THE SELECTION was made
on the basis of scholastic achieve-
ment, extracurricular activities
and leadership abilities.
Oshman, born in Kansas City,
Missouri, and now residing in
Rosenberg, is a graduate of La-
mar Consolidated High School.
At Rice he has won the Superior
Oil and Blanche White scholar-
ships and has become a member
of Phi Beta Kappa and Tau Beta
Pi. He has also worked enough
to earn 70 per cent of his col-
lege expenses.
IS IT SQUARE
A Munich songfest, a London theatre party,
the Lido Club in Paris, the Student Inn in
Heidelberg—all are part of American Ex-
press' 1962 Student Tours.
This year, American Express will take students to a Bavarian
songfest in Munich; a party at the famous Student Inn in Hei-
delberg; on a gondola tour of Venice by night; a theatre party in
London; a "Sound and Light" spectacular at the Roman Forum;
open-air opera and concerts in Rome, Verona and Salzburg; a
Swiss fondue dinner; on a visit to the Flea Market, and to din-
ner and show at the Lido Club in Paris. Does that sound square?
There will be ten student tours in all. These tours are priced
from $1132 up, including transportation. Details are arranged
by a regular tour escort. You needn't fuss over timetables and
road maps. You'll have more time to team, to see things, make
friends and have fun.
The tours will leave New York June 8 through July 12 and re
turn July 26-Sept. 5. They last from 6 to 10y2 weeks. Six tours
feature transportation on the new S.S. France. In addition to
Western Europe, itineraries include Russia, the Scandinavian
countries and Israel.
Each tour will be led by one or more faculty members from
Yale, Harvard, Brown, Briarcliff, Radeliffe, Smith, Simmons,
Notre Dame or Southern Methodist.
If you'd like full information—itineraries, prices, departure and
arrival dates—on all ten 1962 American Express StudentTours,
mail in the coupon below.
American Express Co., 1314 Main Street, Houston, Texas
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AMERICAN EXPRESS
KENNY OSHMAN
Outstanding Engineer
Texan Writer
Claims all Men
Now On Trial
(ACP)—In the courtroom of
Israel, not only Eichmann was
the defendant, says Margret Hof-
man of the University of Texas.
"All mankind \\*as on trial."
In a DAILY TEXAN column,
she lists the following as rea-
sons:
"Some of us for permitting
Eichmann to happen while' look-
ing the other way, or for refus-
ing, being 'too busy,' to protest;
"Some of us for not coming to
terms with our own prejudices
and for allowing to consider our-
selves superior to members of
other races;
"Most of us for readily accept-
ing propaganda without making
an attempt to investigate the
facts;
"Again, most of us for paying
for, without protest, even without
moral indignation, and approving
of the production of instruments
of mass murder, yet condemning
Eichmann without recognizing
this discrepancy;
"Those of us who have survived
bombs and trenches, yet are
building bombs and digging
trenches again;
"Those who fight cancer but
encourage the testing of bombs;
"All of us who condemn the
system that brought Eichmann
about, yet cannot see the parallel
between the type of murder which
he committed, and the type of
(Continued on Page 7)
Rice Official Explains
Alumni Lecture Policy
An administration spokesman
Thursday clarified Rice Univer-
sity's position in regard to an
incident in which several Ne-
groes from Texas Southern Uni-
versity were refused admission to
the Alumni Association-sponsored
lecture in Hamman Hall Wednes-
day night, pointing out a distinc-
tion between University and
Alumni policy.
Dr. William V. Houston, Honor-
ary Chancellor of Rice, spoke on
"Understanding the Physical
World." The TSU students who
sought admission were honor stu-
dents in science.
THE UNIVERSITY spokesman
said, "The Alumni lecture on
Wednesday evening was held un-
der the auspices of the Alumni
Association and was an invita-
tion affair only, not open to the
public. Thus, only those invited
were permitted to attend."
All Rice students and facul-
ty, he said, are implicitly invited
to any function in Hamman Hall.
Invitations were also issued to
some Houston high school stu-
dents and teachers and to Univer-
sity of Houston instructors.
THE SPOKESMAN continued
that, through an unfortunate mis-
understanding, the TSU students
were under the impression that
they had been invited, when in
U. of Wis. Rejects
Conditional Bequest
?ACP) — Gifts with strings
attached concerning race, color,
or creed will no longer be ac-
cepted by the University of
Wisconsin.
The decision by university
regents came after nine
months of consideration trig-
gered by a bequest last spring
of $100,000 to aid worthy and
"needy Gentile Protestant stu-
dents."
The regents' statement de-
clared: ". . . the availability of
funds from any source cannot
be permitted to outweigh edu-
cational considerations . . . nor
should the University accept
gifts which call for its depart-
ure from its traditional concern
for human rights."
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fact this was not the case.
In separating Rice policy from
that of the Alumni Association,
the University source said,
"Throughout the year various
functions, lectures, and sympo-
sia are held on the campus under
the auspices of the University and
are open to the public.
"It is the policy of the ad-
ministration to admit any of the
public who might benefit by at-
tending, whether or not they are
Negro."
Williams To Lead
'Book-a-Semes+er'
Mr. George Williams of the
Rice English Department will
lead the next session of the Book-
of-the-Semester program at 4:00
p.m. on Wednesday afternoon,
February 28, in Fondren Lecture
Lounge. The discussion will con-
cern chapters 4 and 5 of "The
House of Intellect."
LAUIIENS L. HENDER-
SON, JR., career counselor
foi; the internationally known
postgraduate school for young
college graduates interested in
a career abroad with U.S.
business or government—The
American Institute for Foreign
Trade, Phoenix, Arizona—will
visit the campus on Monday,
February 26. He will call on
deans, department chairmen,
and professors.
He will be available for con-
sultation to interested students
through the placement office.
Henderson, a former assist-
ant attorney general of 8ie
State of Arizona and a grad-
uate of The American Insti-
tute, has recently returned
from a tour of duty as an
executive with the Brazilian
subsidiary of a prominent U.S.
oil corporation. (Adv.)
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