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Semicentennial nHlo r\
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Thresher
Celebrating Rice's Semicentennial Year
Harlan Vs. Jaffa
Page Twelve
Volume 50—Number IX
HOUSTON, TEXAS
WED., DECEMBER 5, 1962
Bern ha rd Jletu rns
To Star In Players
Latest Production
Tomorrow night "Galileo"
opens in Hamman Hall.
A spokesman for the Rice
Players commented that the di-
rector, John Hancock, "has not
only injected depth of feeling
into each role but has polished
the entire play to a high lus-
ture." Costumes, makeup, props,
and sets, as well as acting, are
being handled on a scale even
larger than most Shakespeare
Festivals have been.
JIM BERNHARD, a Rice alum-
nus and former Player, plays the
title role. His daughter Virginia
is played by Beverly Wehking;
her sweetheart, Ludovico, by Roy
James. Lyn Magaziner, seen at
Rice in "Five Finger Exercise,"
plays the part of his housekeep-
er, Mrs. Sarti, and Danny Speer
and Charlie Demitz play her son
as a boy and as an adult.
Galielo's assistants, the mathe-
matician Federzoni and the little
monk Fulganzio, are played b^
J. Jones and Dennis Kear, res-
pectively.
FAVORITES among members
of the cast and crew are the
stuffy, reactionary philosopher
who likes to spout off in Latin,
played by James Heath, Classics
instructor and Players sponsor,
and the t excitable old .cardinal,
interpreted with verve by Dr.
J. I. Davies, professor biology.
Of special interest is a musical
scene which takes place on All
Fool's Day and features a ballad
sung by Phil Hoffman and April
Parsons.
THE CURTAIN will go up for
"Galileo" December 6th and 7th
at 8:15 p.m., December 8th at
2:30 and 8:15 p.m., and December
9th at 2:30 and 7:15 p.m.
Tickets (reserved seats only)
are on sale for $1 to Rice stu-
dents, faculty, administration,
and staff, in the RMC from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. or may be reserved
by calling extension 502. Season
ticket holders must pick up tick-
ets or call in reservations.
"HOLY ARISTOTLE—They never bothered to check
up on him." Dennis Kear as Fulganzio, Charles Demitz as
Andrea, Jim Bernhard as Galileo, and J. Jones as Feder-
zoni are puzzled as they investigate the laws of floating
bodies (sans costumes) in this scene from 'Galileo.'
President's First Report
Spotlights Technology, NASA
By RICHARD DARILEK
It was with pleasure that self-styled "freshman" col-
lege president Kenneth Sanborn Pitzer submitted his first
annual report to the Rice University Board of Trustees
for the year 1961-62.
In the form of a 34 page printed booklet, "The Report
of the President" is a recent addition to the swelling bibli-
ography of Rice University publications. The work pre-
sents a factual, interpretive coverage of the activities and
events which marked Dr. Pitzer's first year as Rice's
chief executive.
Thorium Discovery Brings
National Attention To Rice
By SHIRLEY JONES
Geologists at Rice University have discovered a de-
posit of atomic fuel that doubles the previously-known
amount in the United States. The new supply is thorium
ore, a material that has never been used much in reactors
because it has been quite rare.
Df. Carey Croneis said during a press conference Mon-
day that many scientists think* a thorium reactor has ad-
vantages over ja uranium reactor, but they hav« not yet
investigated fully its potentialities and drawbacks.
Now that thorium breeder re-
reactor research to the develop-
Energy Commission is diverting
Clarke Requests
Sammy's Finances
For Evaluation
BY DEBBY ROMOTSKY
Another chapter in the RMC
vending machine controversy
opened last Tuesday when Stu-
dent Association president Bob
Clarke requested a copy of the
expenses of the night-time opera-
tion of Sammy's. As of Monday,
however, bursar Lucian Wilkens
had not obtained the necessary
figures.
The SA is attempting to col-
lect information on the budgets
of Sammy's, the Student Center,
and the college food service in
order to offer suggestions for
their more economical adminis-
tration.
CLARKE INTENDS to inves-
tigate the possibility of using
student help to lower operating
costs, and to organize a commit-
tee to study current expenditures
for labpr, food and overhead. He
hopes to be able to develop a
plan which will enable Sammy's
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actor research to the develop-
ment of thorium reactors.
"THE DISCOVERY is impor-
tant to Rice," Dr. John A. S.
Adams said, "in that it will at-
tract graduate students, enabling
us to advance our work—you
might call this too a breeder re-
action." .
No additional financial "grants
have as yet been made, "but we
have been encouraged to con-
tinue our work," Dr. Adams re-
marked.
The Rice research team that
found the deposit'is composed of
Dr. Adams (chairman of the
Geology Dapartment), Keith A.
Richardson, Mary Cornelia Kline,
and Dr. John J. W. Rogers.
THEY DISCOVERED the thor-
ium supply in the White Moun-
tain Range in New Hampshire.
Dr. Rogers speculated that this
area migh be the only major
source of thorium in the United
States.
"We have thorium analyses
DR. JOHN A. S.ADAMS
Led Research Team
from countries all over the Unit-
ed States," Dr. Rogers said.
"Sands on the Oregon coast have
some thorium, but it is a negiligi-
ble amount. Idaho has a deposit
of high-gi-ade thorium, but it has
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HE BEGINS with a statement
that "Rice University has reach-
ed a threshold of new challenges
and new opportunities in scholar-
ly and scientific endeavor," and
that as "1961-62 unfolded, the im-
pact of Rice's position as the
leading independent university in
the southwest spelled out what
some of those clallenges and re-
sponsibilities would be."
Prominent among his examples
was the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration — the
mutual significance of Rice to
NASA and of NASA to Rice.
FURTHER outlining the key
events of last year, Dr. Pitzer
cited other much-publicized acti-
vities; for example| Rice's partici-
pation in the National Science
Foundation's Mohole project, Dr.
Edward Teller's November visit,
the Ryon laboratory.
Going into the toj)ic of teach-
ing, the president covered the
general accomplishments in this
field and added a significant pol-
icy statement; namely, "that our
affiliations with the space pro-
gram will tend further to em-
phasis (sic) the physical sciences
and engineering, but we are de-
termined to give full attention to
(Continued on Page 8)
Debaters Open
SWC Tournament
On Campus Friday
For the first time in many
years, all eight member schools
will be participants when the
Rice Debate Council hosts the
1962 Southwest Conference De-
bate tournament this Friday and
Saturday.
The two-day, round-robin tour-
nament will find affirmative and
negative teams from each South-
west Conference school debating
the national collegiate debate
proposition, Resolved: That the
non-Communist nations of the
world should establish an econom-
ic community.
EACH SCHOOL will enter
two teams, one affirmative and
one negative, which will debate
representatives from every other
school. The schools will be com-
peting for the traveling trophy
awarded to the four man team
with the best over-all record as
well as special trophies for the
best affirmative and negative
teams.
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Vote Scheduled Tuesday For
Frosh Officers, New Judiciary
By HARVEY POLLARD
Tuesday, December 11, is the
date of the all-school referendum
for approval of the inter-college
court. Freshmen will vote the
same day for class officers.
THE INTER-COLLEGE Court
idea stems from what the consti-
tution's chief author, Tim Mock,
calls a need to strengthen the
Student Association judiciary
function, as well as a need to
coordinate the various college
judiciaries.
The new Court Would have
power over student organiza-
tions:, now subject only to the
Dean of Students ,as well as of-
fenses of all-school importance
by students of more than one
college.
The court would be limited in
that it would not be a court of
appeals from college judiciaries,
nor would it intrude on areas re-
served to the college judicial bod-
ieSt *
RECOMMENDATIONS for ac-
tion would be sent to the Dean
of Students, the College Govern-
ments, or the Student Senate.
On the other part of the ballot,
candidates for the presidency of
the Class of '66 include Steve
Garner and John Kemper, Hans-
zen; Joe Kennedy and Jeff Paine,
Wiess; Jay Baily and Troy
Stokes, Will Rice; and Ron Green,
Baker.
OFFICE-SEEKERS for the
post of vice-president include
Brenda Barry, Nancy Henderson,
Anne. Holland, Alice Rudolph, and
Linda Walsh.
Greg Curtis, Hanszen; Stan
Dozier, Weiss, Chrfs Grigassy,
Will Rice; and Bob Easton, Bak-
er, are aspirants for the post of
secretary-treasurer.
A run-off election in the fresh-
man race will be held Wednes-
day, December 12, if it is need-
ed.
ONWARD AND UPWARD—With that politician's
gleam in their eyes, six of the seven candidates for fresh-
man president look forward to Tuesday's vote. They are,
front row: Ron Green, Joe Kennedy, and Jeff Paine. Back
row: Troy Stokes, Steve Garner, John Kemper. Absent
was Jay Baily.
- photo by Bruce Herron
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