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Trustees Set
1965 Tuition
The Rice Thresher ™veja9"
This Week
AN ALL-STUDENT ftEWSPAPER FOR 49 YEARS
Volume 52—Number 2
HOUSTON, TEXAS
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1964
Wiess Wing And
Library Aided
By $25,000 Gift
Wiess College received a gift
of $25,000 last June which,
coupled with the $200,000 new
wing completed in August has
enabled thfe college to meet its
most pressing needs "and then
some," according to Wiess Vice-
president Charles Upton.
The gift, sent to 'the college by
Mrs. Harry C. Wiess, following
the publication of the Wiess
program ("Plan and Perspec-
tive") is being used to furnish
and equip the new wing, includ-
ing stocking the library, which
now has about 1500 volumes.
3,000 Volume Library
Upton reported that $11,000
will be devoted to furnishing the
four new public rooms, which
will include twenty custom-
made carrels in the basement li-
brary, a color TV set (being
constructed by two college EE
students), a stereo set with pho-
nograph, multiplex radio and
tape deck, furniture and sports
equipment including a regula-
tion pool table.
Of the remainder, $8,000 is al-
located to acquisitions for the
library which Upton 'says should
reach 3000 volumes by the end
of the semester. An additional
$6,000* is allocated to ~a contin-
gency fund. Most of this amount
should end up in the library
budget, the Wiess vice-president
said.
New Growth Ahead
Upton characterized the col-
lege as being in a transition
stage; "We are meeting our ba-
sic needs now, and are moving
into a new stage of growth. The
first move into these new areas
is indicated by our library in-
vestments."
With college funds relieved of
the basic demands, he indicated
that these could be applied to
other less developed areas of
college effort, especially with
regard to the big-name speaker
programs such as the one which
brought Sociologist David Ries-
man to Hanszen for a week last
year.
Library Speeds
Book Check-Out
BY CHARLES LANFORD
Thresher Editorial Staff
Beginning with the first week
in October, the circulation desk
of the Fondren Library will be
automated.
Mr. Fred Ruecking, library
circulation head, said that bor-
rowers "will-no longer need to
write-out cards for each item.
This will speed up the check-
ing-out procedure from about
one minute per item to about
fifteen seconds per item."
In place of the handwritten
old method, the borrower merely
will hand the attendant a plas-
tic card which is coded to iden-
tify him. The IBM Data Col-
lection System will read the
card and check out the book to
the borrower in about three sec-
onds.
(Continued On Page 8)
FRESHMAN WEEK 1964—The week is over but Guid-
ance is just beginning for the last free-tuition class to enter
Rice. The week featured no sweeping innovations, but seemed
at least as successful as previous Freshman Week pro-
grams to most of those involved. The above shot was taken
at the president's reception last Saturday. See story, page
four.
COLLEGE BOARDS UP
Frosh Post Records
The Freshman Class was of-
ficially informed of its place in
the ever-growing maze of Rice
statistics last Saturday night by
Chancellor Carey Croneis at the
annual Chancellor's Dinner in
the RMC.
Dr. Croneis, quoting' from sta-
tistics compiled by Director of
Admissions Bernard Giles, con-
gratulated the class on estab-
lishing- a new record on the
College Board test scores—688,
which erased the old mark of
687 set last year.
Noting that the class was
made up of 29'/'. women and
71 '/c men, the Chancellor re-
vealed that there were 93 vale-
dictorians and 31 salutatorians
who had been admitted. This is
a record number of first and
second ranked high- school grad-
uates.
Merit Scholars
Croneis remarked that the
only area in which the Class
of 1968 did not top all of its
predecessors was in National
Merit Scholars. Last year's
freshmen included a record
number of 55 Merit Scholars,
which placed it at the top of the
nation, percentage-wise.
There were 38 National Merit
Scholars in the group this year.
Other information released by
Giles reflects the weighing of
Texas applicants, as required by
the University Charter. Forty-
eight per cent of all applicants
to Rice this year were from
Texas, with 52% out-of-state.
70% Texans
Seventy per cent of those
freshmen who finally enrolled
this fall were from Texas. The
xy o ,i ■ ;-v
average CEEB test score of the
Texas freshmen was 683. The
out-of-state average was 701.
The Texas women compiled
lower average scores than the
men in the Academic (679-667)
and Science-Engineering (695-
674) divisions. Male and female
Texas Architects had identical
646 averages.
The out-of-state women fared
somewhat better in comparison
with their male cohorts. Out-of-
state female Academs and Ar-
chitects outscored the men 699-
695 and 689-641 respectively.
The S-E men and women wound
up in a dead heat at 713.
Vandiver Named
Brown Master
Frank E. Vandiver, professor
of History and a noted writer
and lecturer, will serve as
Master of Margaret Root
Brown College when the college
opens in fall of 1965.
The eight-story college, now
under construction on the north-
east corner of the campus, will
house approximately 200 wom-
en at its opening next fall.
Dr. Vandiver, one of the more
popular members of the faculty,
returned recently from a stay
in England where he was the
Harmsworth Professor of Amer-
ican History at Oxford.
Assisting Dr. Vandiver will
be his wife, a PBK graduate of
Newcombe College and SMU in
History. The Vandivers have
three children, Nita, 8; Nancy>
5; and Frank, five months.
Class Of 1969 Faces
$1200 Tuition Charge
Following the favorable de-
cision on the Trustees' charter
suit last March, the Board of
Governors has announced plans
to charge a $1200 tuition fee to
students entering in September,
1965.
Simultaneously, however, the
Board authorized over one mil-
lion dollars in new scholarships
for almost 60'/(, of the entering
freshman class.
The tuition charge will only
partly cover per-student outlay
which has increased by over
.$2000 per student, or more than
one thousand per cent since
1910. The tuition of $1200 will
cover 40',; of the $2950 the Uni-
versity now pays per student
enrolled.
Rice currently awards ap-
proximately $50,000 in scholar-
ships each year, in addition to
the athletic program. The mil-
lion dollars of new scholarships
will be in addition to the pro-
gram already in existence.
Scholarships Available
New scholarships will be of
three types. William Marsh Rice
Scholarships ($720,000) will be
awarded to students from Hous-
ton and Texas showing financial
need. University Scholarships
($300,000) will be granted to
students regardless of residence.
Prize Scholarships ($48,000)
will be awarded without regard
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to residence and without regard
to financial need to the most ex-
ceptional candidates.
The new program will pro-
vide .185 full-tuition four-year
scholarships and 75 four-year
partial-tuition scholarships.
A study of tuition charged at
schools comparable to Rice in
academic character reveals that
in 1965 costs will range from
$1400 to $1800 or more. In the
South and Southeast the range
will be SHOO to $1500.
Four-year scholarships will
continue unless a student goes
on academic probation for a
second time. They will be ex-
tended to a fifth year for archi-
tects and engineers.
Undergraduate students cur-
rently enrolled at Rice will not
be subject to tuition unless they
leave the school and return.
Graduate students will be charg-
ed a tuition of $1500 effective
September, 1965.
Financial Aid
Students will be admitted
solely on an academic basis as
in the past. President Pitzer
stated: "No qualified student
will be denied admission because
of inability to pay tuition. . .
the student will be admitted
first and the financial need will
be determined second."
The Committee on Scholar-
ships and Awards will deter-
mine a candidate's need and
award scholarships using the
College Scholarship Service's
Parents' Confidential State-
ment.
Policy concerning tuition and
scholarships is still in the plan-
ning stages, and some questions
remain unsettled. M. L. Wilkens
has been appointed Financial
Aid Officer. A publication ex-
plaining procedure for scholar-
ship application is being print-
ed tor prospective candidates.
The University has also re-
cently announced an Early "De-
cision Plan similar to that em-
ployed by many schools. A high
school student whose first choice
is Rice may apply in October of
his senior year and receive ear-
ly notification of acceptance. Tf
not accepted, students may still
apply under the reyu'nr pro-
cedure.
McEnany Appointed To New Post,
Will Coordinate Undergrad Affairs
M. V. McEnany, Professor of
Electrical Engineering, has been
named to the newly created post
of Dean of Undergraduate
Affairs.
J. C. Morehead, Professor of
Architecture, has been appoint-
ed Registrar to fill the vacancy
caused by Dean McEnany's
appointment.
In his new post, Mr. Mc-
Enany will eo-orc^nate the
activities of the Admissions Of-
fice, Registrar's Office, and
Financial Aid Office. He plans
to investigate the academic and
professional counseling services
offered through the colleges, to
find ways of extending the
effectiveness of this program.
Less Red Tape
Well known to the students as
a maker and cutter of red tape,
academic guardian, administra-
tor of library fines, Registrar,
and member of nearly half the
University's committees, Dean
McEnany views his appointment
as a move to move the admin-
istration of the university closer
to the student body.
M. V. McEXANY
Undergraduate Affairs Dean
Before moving into his of-
fices formerly occupied by the
Dean of Students Office on the
second floor of Lovett Hall, he
attempted to find office space
on the first floor, expressing
concern that the students "won't
climb the stairs to come and
see me."
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