The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 9, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 6, 1963 Page: 1 of 16
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Thresher
An All-Student Newspaper For 47 Years
Volume 51—Number 9
HOUSTON, TEXAS
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 6, 1963
Homecoming Returns
In Traditional Form
By MIMI MUNSON
Homecoming, altered last year
because of the Semi-Centennial
celebration, will return this week-
end in its traditional form. Alum-
ni and students, separately and
together, will take part in many
varied activities.
Friday night the Bonfire and
the famed Hanszen Minstrel will
begin the weekend for the stu-
Integration Group
Sets Organization;
Formulates Policy
Forty-five students crowded
into the first meeting of a new
Rice group whose aim is to pro-
mote integration. The meeting
was held last Friday at the off-
campus home of its faculty spon-
sor.
One member described the at-
mosphere of the meeting as "mod-
erate but purposeful."
THE GROUP, as yet unnamed,
moved quickly to elect officers
and appoint committees to draft
a constutution and study affilia-
tion with various national groups
active in the field.
Each of the committees prom-
ised reports at a meeting sched-
uled for tomorrow night at 8:30.
The'group wilt seek Senate rec-
ognition when its constitution,
drafted eary this week, is ap-
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dents, while the Alumni will be
feted at the Annual Homecoming
Dinner.
THE BONFIRE, a Rally Club
project, will be held on the
practice field next to the gym.
Any help with building the Bon-
fire Thursday and Friday after-
noons, or with guarding it Thurs-
day night would be appreciated.
The Minstrel will be held after
the Bonfire, at 8 pm in Hamman
Hall, and the Hansizen boys have
promised an entirely new innova-
tion—a clean show. The dazzling
array of talent that always
characterizes the Minstrel can
be expected.
SATURDAY MORNING the
Alumni will meet for a pre-game
brunch. At two o'clock all will
gather al the Stadium for the
Rice-Arkansas game and the
crowning of the Homecoming
Queen. Following the game, an
Alumni recreation will be held
in the Memorial Center.
The H o m e c o m i n.g Dance,
featuring music by the South
Coasters and an Ed Gerlach band,
will be held at the Sheraton-
Lincoln from 9-1 Saturday night.
Tickets are $5 a couple and
should be bought in advance so
that long waiting lines can be
avoided at the dance.
Regardless of age, no one will
be permitted to bring any
alcoholic beverages to the dance,
as both spirited and non-spirited
refreshments will be provided.
Every couple must present a Rice
identification card at the door.
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Campanile Proofs
In response to several com-
plaints that the Campanile has
not provided adequate oppor-
tunity for off-campus students
to pick up the proofs of their
yearbook pictures, the follow-
ing provisions are again being
announced:
The photographer will show
proofs Monday through Thurs-
day nights from 7 to 10 in the
college which was photograph-
ed the previous week; in addi-
tion to this, proofs will be
shown weekdays from 11 to 1
in the RMC.
All proofs can be seen during
any of these hours. If these
hours are inconvenient, proofs
can be seen at Paul's Photog-
raphy, 2413 Times, in the vil-
age.
Unprecedented Capital Fund Drive
Now Under Trustee Consideration
An unprecedented multi-million
dollar fund-raising program may
be sponsored by the Board of Di-
rectors in the near future.
When asked by the Thresher to
affirm or deny rumors of such
a program, President K. S. Pitzer
said that plans were "being dis-
cussfed.",,
"The Board has discussed cap-
ital campaigning on the level of
a few tens of millions of dol-
lars," said Pitzer, "and has stud-
ied methods by which such cam-
paigning has been carried on at
similar universities."
SUCH PROGRAMS at Prince-
ton and Stanford in the past few
years have involved the adminis-
trative assistance of an outside
agency, but the program has been
controlled by the usual officials
within the University.
Concerning any such campaign,
Pitzer said that "It was felt that
policy questions related to the
Charter (the integration and tui-
tion suit) should be at least an-
nounced as they have been, and
preferably settled if such a cam-
paign were undertaken."
Senate Defeats Intercollege Plan,
Refuses To Take Prairie View Vote
CREDIT HOURS TO BE LESS
Bourne Made New EE Chairman;
To Revise Department Program
By SHIRLEY JONES
Dr. Henry C. Bourne Jr., from
the University of California at
Berkley, has been appointed
chairman of the' Electrical Engi-
neering Department. "In two
years w<? will have ,a whole new
program in effect, and we'll £tart
putting it in operation next fall,"
Dr. Bourne told the Thresher.
Credit hours will be lowered
from a present average load of
twenty-one to about seventeen per
semester. "We'll also drop some
formal requirements so that the
students can have more freedom
in their education; perhaps they
can spend more time in the li-
brary and in doing reading on
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DR. HENRY BOURNE, JR.
From Berkley
their own," said Dr. Bourne.
"THIS IS A revision of the
framework," Dr. Bourne contin-
ued. "Actual course revision will
be done by the individual profes-
sors." So far plans include
changes in eight semester courses,
elimination of thirteen courses
and addition of ten.
On the sophomore level there
will be a laboratory course in
analogue and digital computers,
open to prospective mechanical
civil, and electrical engineers and
to anyone else who is interested.
To make it more general it is to
be separated from the semes-
ter engineering mechanics lecture
course with which it has been
associated. Both Engineering
Mechanics 211 and 212 are being
extensively revised to make them
"attractive and exciting."
"WE MIGHT point out," Dr.
Bourne added, "that people who
do not take these courses in the
sophomore year can still be Jn
the engineering program as jun-
iors. They would suffer very little
handicap because they could take
the 200-level engineering me-
chanics in place of their free
elective."
Dr. Bourne approves of the gen-
eral education plan at Rice. He
regards the extra year that Rice
engineering graduates receive as
containing the equivalent to a se-
mester of graduate work at any
of the top schools, plus a semes-
ter of socio-humanistic courses.
(Continued on Page 3)
A motion to form a committee
to write up a constitution for
an Intercollege Council to replace
the present Student Senate was
almost unanimously defeated at
this week's S.A. meeting.
THE PROPOSAL, as present-
by Jones President Nancy Stooks-
berry, called for a college repre-
sentative body "to take over Sen-
ate functions by dividing spon-
sorship of activities among the
colleges and -v setting questions
from a college point of view to
promote more enthusiasm.
It was pointed out that such
an organization would not bind
its members and colleges could
withdraw from actions which
they did not approve, thus weak-
ening the structure.
S. A. PRESIDENT Mike Jaffe,
speaking from the floor, stated
that the S.A., by representing
members of a student body rath-
er than college representatives,
can more effectively do every-
thing an Intercollege Council
Wiess Will Host
University Board
For College Talk
A College Night featuring
members of the Board of Trus-
tees and Administration will be
held next Tuesday night in the
Wiess College Commons after the
evening meal. The night will be
highlighted by a short lecture by
Vice-Chairman of the Board J.
Newton Rayzor on the Rice Col-
lege System.
Wiess President Jan Lodal em-
phasises that the Trustee had ex-
pressed "a strong interest" in
speaking to the students and an-
swering specific questions about
the College System.
Off-campus Wiess members are
advised that to" secure reserva-
tions for the Tuesday night din-
ner they must contact Headwaiter
Dean Harris in person or call the
Wiess kitchens (ext. 375) by Sat-
urday.
The dress will be the customary
coat and tie.
The discussion is open to the
public and Lodal invited all who
plan to attend the program to be
present in the Commons by 6:45
pm.
could do in addition to other stu-
dent-oriented affairs.
Anne Lassiter suggested that a
committee be formed to study
problems within the present Sen-
ate and propose revisions to the
present structure, but no action
was taken along these lines.
Blake Touchstone presented a
petition with 271 signatures re-
questing a referendum on Rice's
membership in N.S-A.
President Jaffe ruled that the
petition was not in order because
it did not question the payment
of dues this year, which was the
motion passed by the Senate last
week. The Parliamentarian ruled
that the petition was in order be-
cause it dealt with the question
of membership, which was the
central issue.
JAFFE SAID that the dues
had been paid, or would be be-
fore a referendum could be held.
A motion was passed to suspend
payment of the dues until after
the referendum, which will be
held within thirty days.
The responsibility of making
this a "live issue" so that the
referendum vote would be mean-
ingful was placed on the Sena-
tors.
In spite of the Executive Com-
mittee's feeling that Blake
Touchstone's letter to N.SA. and
the University of Illinois ex-
pressing disapproval of their ac-
tion on recent civil rights issues
went beyond the feeling expres-
sed on the question by the S.A.
it was decided by the Senators to
send the letter as written.
DISCUSSION OF action re-
garding a new Committee on In-
tegration was ended when it was
discovered that the By-laws do
not allow a club to use the name
of the University except in con-
nection with the official name of
their organization. Whether the
Riot Act specifically implies that
such a group cannnot demon-
strate was discused but no ac-
tion was taken.
A resolution to commend Prai-
rie View A & M's civil rights and
academic freedom stand was tab-
led indefinitely after a brief dis-
cussion.
The Constitution of the Rice
University Student Chapter of the
Association for Computing Ma-
chinery was accepted unanimous-
ly.
WHEN ASKED how the addi-
tional funds would be used, Pit-
zer .replied that "Funds gathered
in any such campaign would be
used for capital purposes—build-
ings, equipment, library collec-
tions, and endowment for gen-
eral income."
"The humanities area would re-
ceive particular attention with
respect to additional income and
facilities which would thereby be-
come available."
Faculty Committee
Submits Report
On Building Plans
, The faculty Committee on Res-
idential Colleges has submitted a
requested report on buildings to
President K. S. Pitzer, the
Thresher learned Monday.
Soon after the construction of
Margarett Root Brown College
was announced, Dr. J. S. Fulton,
the Chairman of the committee,
was asked to prepare a report
embodying any suggestions his
committee might have that would
influence the design of the col-
lege.
THIS PAPER has been receiv-
ed, and, according to Pitzer, "con-
tains a number of items, with
those concerning adequate library
space and study space of par-
ticular importance.
Since the report was received,
there have been a number of
conferences in which architects
working on Margaret Root Brown
College and those doing more
preliminary studies of a new
men's college have discussed with
Dr. Fulton and others the var-
ious features recommended."
ALL PLANS under considera-
tion have been included as far
as cost will allow. He indicated
that more specific information
must await announcement; of the
architect's plans.
Civil Rights Topic
Prompts Debate
By Political Union
By DAVID PACE
The Rice Political Union, which
was inactive last year, will hold
its first meting in Fondrcn Li-
brary Lecture Lounge tomorrow
night at 7. The topic of discus-
sion will be "Resolved: That this
house support _ President Ken-
nedy's Civil Rights Bill."
The Political Union holds open
debates concerning politics, school
policies, or any topic of interest.
The room is divided like the Brit-
ish House of Comons between
the advocates of each position.
THE LEAD speaker on each
side gives a five minute speech,
and the floor is then thrown
open for discusym. Each person
present is allowed to make a
three minute speech.
As the debate proceeds, t h e
participants may change sides if
they are convinced of their error.
Gentlemanly demonstr at i o n s
(booing, hissing and other tra-
ditional Rice expressions) are not
prohibited. After an hour or more,
a vote is taken to determine the
winning side.
The Political Union hopes to
hold regular meetings this year
every other week.
The Homecoming Royalty
election will be rerun on Thurs-
day, November 7. An ineligible
candidate appeared on the Tues-
day ballot.
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Keilin, Eugene. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 9, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 6, 1963, newspaper, November 6, 1963; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth244898/m1/1/?rotate=90: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.