The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 14, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 18, 1963 Page: 8 of 10
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THE THRESHER
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 18, 19*3
ITHRESHING-IT-OUT
(Library Journals Now
fUsable, Says Gibbon
To The Editor:
I would like to report that a partial lifting of the
restriction on circulation of technical journals has been
granted to the personnel of the Geology Department.
The purpose of my previous letter was exactly this.
Unfortunately it was pub-
lished after the situation had
already been corrected.
Apparently satirical criticism
is not in order in cases such as
this. No malignment or pei'tur-
bation of the library staff was in-
tended.
DONALD L. GIBBON
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Lehnerf Satirizes
Gibbon's Comment
And Journal Issue
To the Editor:
Mr. Gibbon tells us (Threshing
It Out, Dec. 4, 1963, p. 7) that
the use of current journals is the
means of making contact with
the outside scientific world,
the source of data, the means of
correspondence with the scientific
community." Excellent I never
thought of that; neither, I am
sure, did the librai-ians.
STILL BETTER is his idea of
having empty shelves in the li-
brary. That is what a library is
for. Only he does not go far
enough.
Borrowers, especially outside
borrowers from industry, should
be encouraged to keep journals in
their offices and laboratories
long enough for students to find
out where they are.
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that they can keep journals lock-
ed up too.
As a result, no enlargement of
the library would be necessary,
and the student's time will be
used more effectively than ever
before in his traveling from lab
to lab, from office to office, in
order to find quiet places where
he really can read his material
instead of merely talking in the
library's reading rooms or jump-
ing from the balcony.
This, then, will establish a
truly scientific community "where
coffee breaks are entirely elimi-
nated. The only thing I do not
understand is why Mr. Gibbon
hates Xerox stock owners so
much.
HERBERT LEHNERT
Dept of Foreign Languages
Doyle Gives Nod
To Student Group
For Finals Plans
To the Editor:
I wish to clai'ify an article
about a proposal that would al-
low students to design their own
final examination schedule, re-
ported in the Thresher of Decem-
ber 4.
The article states that the Hon-
or Council has reccommended
such a proposal. This should have
been qualified. The Honor Coun-
cil did not originate the proposal.
Credit for it should go to an
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ad hoc student committee formed
by Mr. Osa Harris. The commit
tee submitted its proposal to the
Committee on Examinations and
Standings, which in,torn forward-
ed it to the Honor Council.
The Council considered the
proposal only with regard to its
possible effects on the-principles
and operation of the Honor Sys-
tem, and its report should be in-
terpreted in this light.
The Honor Council
JIM DOYLE
Chairman,
Soph Asks Why
Tragedy Ignored;
Trivia Fills Paper
To the Editor:
A Rice student dies, and the
Thresher does not consider trag-
ic event worthy of mention. But
the trivia gets full coverage.
VICTOR SAPOJNIKOFF
Wiess, 66
Your criticism is fully justified.
In the case of an oversight or omission
from the paper, the Thresher customarily
issues a simple mea culpa and makes
the correction.
But since this is an exceptional case,
an explanation seems in order:
Shortly before press time Wednesday,
the Thresher received a technical "bomtn
shell" which forced major surgery cn
the paper. The page which carried the
story (with picture) in question plus one
other had to be entirely eliminated and
the remaining eight completely rejuggled.
Within an hour of press time a news-
paper is hardly a plastic substance:
changes can be made not on the basis
of value but in terms of what can be
done given the nature of the printers'
craft.
A choice had to be made between re-
legating the story to one of the small
"boxes" scattered through the paper
or holding it a week when it could be
done full-scale in a manner befitting;
the subject matter. For better or' for
worse, the latter course was chosen.
See story on Page three.—Ed.
Juday Best Birdie
Basher; Baker In
Football Cellar
In the only intramural cham-
pionship decided last week, Rich-
ard Juday won the badminton
singles title with a 15-9, 15-1
victory over Jim Wakeley.
The oft-post-poned college foot-
ball game for third place was fi-
nally played Monday afternoon.
Wiesg defeated Baker by a score
of 20-0.
All regular league basketball
action will be completed this
week. The play-off games and
college tournament will be held
after finals. The league leaders
have been well-established. The
Pathetics, Petunias, and Kay's
Crew all had 4-0 records going
into this week and led the Mon-
day, Tuesday, and Thursday
Leagues respectively. The Will
Rice Jocks were in front of the
Friday League with a 3-0 slate.
Frank Pickins of the Petunias
continues to lead scorers with
26.2 average. Jim Redford is sec-
ond with 24.6, and Ken Balacek
of the Geo Jox and Ben McCal-
lum of the Neo-Malthusians have
16.2 averages.
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in prospect for Rice next year.
Jaffe also announced that a
letter is being sent to NSA noti-
fying them of Rice's withdrawal.
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suggested that the members make
themselves known in the Colleges
to receive student suggestions
and complaints.
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Keilin, Eugene. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 14, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 18, 1963, newspaper, December 18, 1963; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth244903/m1/8/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.