The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, April 13, 1962 Page: 3 of 8
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FRIDAY, APRIL IS, 1962
THE THRESHER
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AN OPEN LETTER TO THE RICE STUDENT BODY:
Perhaps the best honor system is the least conspicuous. Cer-
tainly your Honor Council has always operated on the assumption
that the students will most appreciate a system with a minimum
of worrisome rules, and with the maximum reliance on student
responsibility for applying the general spirit of the system to a
concrete situation.
Consequently we are always reluctant to divert "reminders"
to the students. When we do so it is usually because we have
found that serious misunderstandings have hamstrung the honor
system in some situation. ,
IT IS IMPORTANT, for example, that students feel free to
approach an honor council member. We wish to emphasize here that
not all accusations result automatically in a trial. You will never
be forced to make a formal, written accusation. But unless you
discuss possible violation with a council member, we cannot do
our job, which is to correct awkward conditions and careless
behavior in the exam room.
The honor council can often correct thoughtless conduct or
poor exam conditions, but only if the students report suspicious
behavior. Honor Council investigations of such reports are thorough,
and often it is found that a trial, or even a formal hearing are
unnecessary.
SECOND, it is clear that some confusion has risen over just
what kinds of work are covered by this system. Homework has
never been considered under the system, while take home tests
clearly require the pledge.
All major academic projects, however, are also included within
the spirit of the honor system. It is as dishonest to plagiarize
k theme as to copy an answer from someone else's test booklet.
Consequently, credit should be given to the author of material that
you quote or closely paraphrase in a paper.
Lab reports may also be placed under the honor system.
THIRD, there are several common-sense procedures that
should be followed. People who study together would do well not
to sit together at an exam. When you discuss the subject matter
of a test while the test is still in progress, you are playing with
fire.
And in a lab practical, when students are milling around tables,
it is downwright foolish to talk very-much at all.
The student has every right to leave an exam room and chat
with his friends at a coke machine. But he also has enough good
judgment to know that innocent chatter in an exam room is no
less rattling to other people just because it is innocent, and that
such talking in the exam room can backfire.
—THE HONOR COUNCIL
RONDELET-
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many events of thjs action-
packed weekend which begins
Friday evening with the Song
Fest, featuring the Fabulous Five
(Colleges).
IMMEDIATELY following will
be an informal dance in the Rice
Memorial Center—music provided
by M. L. Martin and his legend-
ary Loveboys.
Activities resume Saturday af-
ternoon with the b b race
(we hesitate to be moi-e specific
because ).
All will be climaxed with the
Rondelet Ball that night at the
Houston Executive Club.
THE MANAGEMENT has as-
sured us that they have held the
University of Houston Homecom-
ing Dance there for several years
for upwards of 1000 people. (We
expect 600-750, so there will be
no danger of crushed bodies, suf-
focation, etc.)
Tickets for the week end's
events will go on sale right af-
ter*, the Easter vacation. For ad-
mission to the Song Fest and the
Friday night dance the tickets
will be punched—without a ticket,
$1.00 per person.
Agamemnon: "1 must rush over
to Jones to get my date!"
Oedipus; "I wonder if Mother
has a date yet."
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-SENATE REPORT-
The King Is Dead, Etc.; New Senate
Studies Mailboxes, Janus, By Laws
By GRIFFIN SMITH
After presenting Bob Clarke
a picture of gubernatorial candi-
date John Connally—"a person
you can support without hesita-
tion"—S. A. President Reed Mar-
tin closed the business of the
1961-62 Student Senate.
Clarke, new President, re-
ceived the traditional gavel (and
picture) with thanks, and com-
pleted the agenda of Wednes-
day's Senate meeting.
HIGHLIGHT OF the evening
was a brief talk by K. S. Pitzer,
President of Rice. He told the
Senate that student government
is "an important component of
your educational experience."
He observed, "the Board of
Governors holds me x-esponsible
for the things that go on out
here—at least for the results. So
a long as the results are good
this is just fine."
MARTIN'S SENATE had main-
ly concerned itself with tying up
loose ends of old business; they
did, however, impose a set of
restrictions on Campanile selec-
tion of favorites and beauties.
The finance subcommittee rules
were amended to stipulate that
no Campanile copy can be sent
to the printer's unless sufficient
advertising funds are available
to cover the cost at the time it
is sent.
The old Senate also unani-
mously amended the By-Laws to
prohibit the holding of more
than one referendum on the same
topic during any one senate's
term of office. It was felt that
this might somehow be a useful
rule in the future.
THE PRINCIPAL order of
business Wednesday night in the
1962-63 Senate was committee
organization. Several committees
were suggested, including one to
compile a handbook describing
briefly the interests and research
of each professor, a Judicial and
Disciplinary Procedure Commit-
tee, and a Student Committee on
Educational Policy which would
evaluate curriculum.
A SUGGESTION was made
that the social committee be re-
organized to remove the provision
requiring: the councilman - at -
large of each college to be a
member of the group. This will
be brought up at the next Senate
meeting for final action.
No committees were formally
organized at the Wednesday
meeting; any students interested
in serving on one of the special
or standing S. A. committees
can obtain a list or file his ap-
plication with Clarke, preferably
this week end.
TIM MOCK, senator from
Wiess College, proposed that the
non-resident mail boxes planned
for the student center be placed
in the respective colleges in-
stead. He explained that such a
change would integrate the off-
campus members into the col-
leges, while to place the boxes in
the student center would simply
encourage the non-residents to
avoid the colleges and continue
to make the RMC the focal point
of campus activity.
If the administration has not
already started work on the stu-
dent center boxes, Mock's sug-
gestion will be acted on at the
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The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, April 13, 1962, newspaper, April 13, 1962; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth231207/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.