The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 3, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 25, 1963 Page: 3 of 10
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WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 25, 1963
THE THRESHER
Three
The Test Ban Vs. National Attitude:
If Can Be Significant Development
By JOHN FRANKS
Yesterday the United States
Senate ratified the nuclear
test ban treaty by a substan-
tial margin. As a measure to
ease tensions in the cold war,
the treaty leaves a great deal
to be desired.
Hopes that it might slacken
the arms race have been con-
siderably dampened by the ar-
guments of both sides in the
debate over its ratification.
Those who opposed the treaty
did so primarily on the ground
that it would interfere with
the development of big'ger and
better weapons. One might
think that this is what a test
ban treaty is intended to do,
but supporters of the treaty
have assured us that it will in
no way hamper the arms race.
ALTHOUGH THE test ban
will have little or no effect
on the cold war, it is quite pos-
sibly one of the most signifi-
cant developments in world af-
fairs in this decade. The real
importance of the treaty is
that it was the first manifes-
tation of what appears to be
a marked change in Soviet
foreign policy. It could very
well be the first step toward
an East-West accord result-
ing in a far more stable world
order.
The treaty has also illus-
trated the greatest obstacle to
be overcome if we are to re-
spond in the most advantage-
ous way to the new Soviet at-
titude.
IN DEBATING the ratifica-
tion of the treaty, many have
assumed at the outset that the
Russians will cheat. Others
feel that the Soviet Union
would never have accepted the
treaty unless it was decidedly
to their advantage. Many
Americans have acquired such
•in anti-Soviet bias that they
.-of devious ulterior motives in
every Soviet proposal.
These suspicions are not
only largely unfounded, but
quite dangerous at the pres-
ent time. It is essential that
we be open-minded in consid-
ering Soviet proposals and
sufficiently flexible in our pol-
icy to make the most of the
opportunities available.
A failure to achieve positive
steps toward disarmament be-
cause of prejudice would be
disastrous. The continued ex-
istence of an East-West stale-
mate seems inevitable, but it
need not be enforced by the
threat of mutual annihilation.
THRESHIN G-IT-OUT-
SE Scores Test Timing,
Cites Effect On Study
To the Editor:
It is generally acknowledged
that the freshmen SE courses,
math, physics, and chemistry, are
difficult. They require consider-
able time to prepare adequately
for exams in them.
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It is also generally acknowl-
edged that Rice students are at
Rice to get an education.
ON THE basis of these two
general acknowledgements, i t
seems to me that the present
system of having exams come in
bunches is not good. It tends to
make one study too superficially,
or even to cram. It leads to mem-
orization of plugs without any
real knoAvledge at all about what
they mean. And, incidentally, I
think it leads to lower grades.
THEREFORE, I feel it would
be fitting and proper for the ex-
ams in those three subjects to be
staggered; perhaps one per week
in rotation on a regular schedule.
The exact scheme is irrelevant;
the point is that there is a need
for more time between exams in
the different subjects through-
out the semester. It doesn't seem
as if there would need to be an
inordinate amount of co-opera-
tion among the several professors
to accomplish this, and the re-
JR
25, 26 & 27
SEPTEMBER
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sultant rise in understanding of
material might prove a pleasant
surprise to everyone.
BOB RADER
Will Rice '66
Students Object
To Buying Their
Language Tapes
To the Editor:
It was brought to our atten-
tion today, th'at in addition to
paying the usual $20.00 for a
laboratory course, we are re-
quired to buy our own recording
tape for use in language labs.
Why should this be necessary?
Since most beginning language
students will have no use for
this tape once they finish the
course, it is an imposition for
them to buy it. The long life of
modern recording tape should
enable the language department
to get much more use "from a
tape than an individual student
in comparison to the cost. Fin-
ally, if the language departments
wanted students to buy their own
tape, why did they not buy tape
in bulk during the summer and
sell it at cost to the students?
JOHNNY TRUMP
J. N. TAYLOR
—Wiess '64
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SIGHTS -
and SOUNDS
By CHARLES DEMITZ
Yea, though you walk in the
valley of the cottontongue, you
will fear no evil. For the Texas
Liquor Control Board is your
witness, and the Park Place Po-
lice Station your shield. And al-
ways let your conscience be your
guide. Now that all those nasty,
beery parties have been wiped off
the Rice social calendar, the fun-
loving Swamper is faced with
thwarted urges and creeping en-
nui.
WE SUGGEST some defensive
measures: inveterate board-tread-
ers may gorge this week. Their
fare-cheesecake, "Gentlemen Pre-
fer Blondes" and cotton candy at
Theatre, Inc. Ask any freshman.
The Rice 1' 1 a y e r s contrast
"Blondes" with Archibald Mac-
Leish's "J. B.," a drama which
has yet to misfire in any shape
or form; performances Wednes-
day through Friday. Go.
Surveying the film scene, we
find hope. Playing Atlas this
week is "8Va," Fellini's do-it-
yourself venture in psychother-
apy, now at the River Oaks. "The
Caretakers," at Loew's, presents
Robert Stack as an analyst minus
his Thompson.
A MEDAL to the Alray Thea-
tre, which will carry this week
"Seventh, Seal" (Wednesday),
"Jules and Jim" (Thursday-Fri-
day), and "Last Year at Marien-
bad" (Saturday). Oh yes—Liz
and Dick make nocturnal asps of
themselves at the Tower in some-
thing called "Cleopatra."
Of interest at the Contempor-
ary Arts Museum is the Icon-
ographic Expressions Exhibit,
which lays claim to being the
target of popless pop art. On
view in the Museum of Fine
Arts is an unusual display of
primitive art—-"The Olmec Tra-
dition." Most impressive piece is
the 16-ton stone head straight
from the jungle. See it now, be-
fore the customs men take it back
home.
Senate Cuts Nasty Ads,
Discusses Beer, Janus
By GRETCHEN YIC
In reference to future parties,
the Student Senate last night
moved to "pen a resolution" to
the effect that the themes and
advertising of same should be in
good taste, i.e., not vulgar or
obscene, whether or not this is
done for the sake of Rice's per-
haps unusual sense of humor. •'
The Administration's directive
regarding drinking at Rice par-
ties was announced, pointing out
that the Regulations of Student
Organizations do not alter the
Texas Liquor Laws.
In further business, the "new,
dynamic Rice Student Senate"
approved Thresher officers, mov-
ed to sell Campaniles unclaimed
before the beginning of the new
semester to parties who have ex-
pressed interest in them, and of-
fered an indefinite amount of
support to "Janus."
Volunteers were asked for a
committee to investigate the pos-
sibility of extending Dead Week
and. or the reading period for
one or both finals sessions this
year, and a new committee was
announced to study the possibil-
ity of moving the machines in
Sammy's to the basement after
the remodeling is completed.
The proposed Student Confer-
ence on a topic such as nuclear
disarmament or morality was ten-
tatively set for March.
Blake Touchstone will pen a
letter to NSA taking exception
to their release requesting a daily
vigil in reference to the church
bombing in Alabama and a boy-
cott of the ten firms that employ
35% of the Birmingham popu-
lation because the latter request
seems somewhat irrelevant.
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Keilin, Eugene. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 3, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 25, 1963, newspaper, September 25, 1963; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth244892/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.