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Tight Calendars
Mark First Week
Of New Students
Mass lectures countered by
small discussion groups domi-
nated the printed schedule for
freshman week, but impromptu
activities also filled the fresh-
men's time in the fourth year of
the new orientation week.
Conscientious upperclassmen
introduced their charges to Kay's
and George Lounges. Unsched-
uled football games abounded.
And bull sessions took place
everywhere, though bridge-
playing was notable by its
absence.
Create Universe
Central to the week's sched-
ule were lectures presenting dif-
ierent disciplines on campus. Dr.
Grob spoke Tuesday on "Free-
dom and the Modern Poet." He
noted that as intellectual free-
dom expands and traditional
mythology declines it becomes
necessary for each poet to create
a universe of his> own.
Dr. Paslay of the Mechanical
Engineering Department follow-
ed \\ ednesday. fie emphasized
the attempt made at Rice to
give engineers a basic back-
ground in "engineering science" '
r.s compared to simple technical
ability.
Anti-Intellectuals
Wednesday's lecture was by
Dr. Head oi the Biology Depart-
ment who challenged regional
sentiments by speaking on anti-
intellectualism in the South-
west.
I'r. Rose finished the series
.Friday with a lecture on modern
art. Unfortunately the slide
projector broke down and the
body of the lecture was spent
on the last slide shown, Da
Vinci's "The- Last^Supperr" * •••
Each day after the speech
ihe freshmen met in their col-
leges to discuss the idee.s pres-
ented and the reading they had
been assigned over the sum-
mer.
College Activities
In the effort to fulfill election
promises of making orientation
better than ever, each college
added innovations. Baker pub-
ABCHITECTS IN CHILE
m
imam
Project Accelerated
ON THE BEACH—two freshmen at Sunday's Baker beach
party. Jones was regaled in turn by each of the men's colleges,
leaving little free time for their own program.
lished a weighty handbook and
took the freshmen to see the
"Music Man" at Theater Incorp-
orated.
Hanszen had the Bellaire
service organization over to
supplement their Jones mixer.
Jones' obligations to the men's
colleges left them little time for
extra activities, but they did
work in a tour of the Houston
Museum of Fine Arts. One
freshman girl put it succinctly
"I wish there weren't so many
mixers or that the lectures were
later in the morning."
First And Ten
Wiess treated their freshmen
to a sample college night with
Dr. Croneis as guest speaker.
They also claim to have helped
the Colts win their game with
the Phillies. The freshmen pick-
ed out an unpromising Colt
fielder and urged him on with
football cheers. H a 1 f w a y
through the game their selection
hit the run that put the Colts
in the lead. The Colts won by
one point 6-5.
Will Rice even discovered a
way to make orientation mixers
different. They staged a Christ-
mas party complete with Santa
Claus.
Tradition, Indoctrination
All the freshmen attended the
traditional Matriculation Ad-
dress and the reception at the
home of Dr. and Mrs. Pitzer.
After the reception Friday, the
Chancellor's Dinner and a dance
were held in the Memorial
Center.
During the week the freshmen
sat through presentations by all
campus organizations and in-
stitutions. The .SA held an as-
sembly the1 Honor Council gave
its test. The Athletic Depart-
ment, the ROTC groups, the
Ford Program and the Health
Service all had their blocks of
time on the schedules.
BY RON WEBB
Thresher Staff Reporter
Earlier this month in Santia-
go, Eduardo Frei and his Chris-
tian Democratic Party defeated
the Marxist-Fidelist candidate
Salvador Allende to win the
Presidency of the Chilean Re-
public. In a post' election speech
Frei termed his 400,000 to
970,000 victory at the polls "a
victory for all Chileans."
According to Charles B.
Thomsen of the Rice Architec-
ture Department it was also a
victory for Rice University. Mr.
Thomsen and his associates have
been involved in the Chilean
Community Facilities Planning
and Action Program.
Said Thomsen: "The election
of Frei will accelerate the Pro-
gram in the near future." The
election of the Marxist candi-
date could have ended the pro-
gram.
Rice-Harvard Nexus
The goal of the Program is to
"stimulate social and economic
development of Chilean com-
munities through construction
. Student Sanity
The Chapel lecture program
for this academic year will be
initiated Thursday evening at
7:15 with an adress by Sew-
ard Hiltner, Professor of The-
ology and Personality at Prin-
ceton.
Hiltner, a Columbia PhD,
has taught both in universi-
ties and theological schools
on the relation of religion to
mental health. Recently he
co-authored with Karl Men-
ninger a work entitled. "Con-
structive Aspects of Anxi-
ety."
Hiltner's address at Rice
will concern psyfchology and
religion as "Resources for
Student Sanity."
of social, educational and recre-
ational facilities as well as long-
range national and regional
plans."
The Chilean Government is
collaborating with Rice and
Harvard Universities on a pro-
ject which may include 70 mill-
ion dollars in construction "to
increase, through education, the
abilities of the Chileans to im-
prove their own communities."
The benefits from the Project
are mutual. President Pitzer
stated, "Rice's Department of
Architecture will also benefit
from the cross-fertilization of
ideas . . . We feel this is a
unique opportunity for our
graduate students. . ."
With, Not For
As Chuck Redmon, one of
Rice's two architecture students
to participate, puts it, "I'm go-
ing down there to represent
Rice . . . (but) we're working
with them, not for them."
Andy Belschner, Rice's other
student to go to Chile, contin-
ues this thought: "I'm interest-
ed in the interdisciplinary na-
ture of the Program; working
with sociologists, planners and
economists—Chilean and Amer-
ican experts." Andy plans to
return next summer and write
his thesis on the architecture of
community development.
Chileans To Arrive
In return for Redmon and
Belschner, Rice will receive two
Chilean students, Tadashi Asahi
and Leopoldo Benitey, next
week. Two additional students
will arrive next semester. They
will study technique here to ap-
ply in their native country.
Jeanne Williams, ex-Rice co-
ed turned Project secretary, ex-
plained that over 100 projects
would be under construction by
1965. The goal will be increased
by Frei's election and the en-
deavors of those working on lo-
cation with Rice's Professor
Kennon.
Rice Prof Heads U of H Program;
Honors Classes Offered Freshmen
The University of Houston
has selected Dr. Mary Ellen
(ioodman of the Rice Anthro-
pology and Sociology Depart-
ment. to direct a new UH honors
program.
According to Dr. Philip G.
Hoffman, president of the ex-
panding University of Houston,
"A university is too big when
its students are treated like sta-
tistics instead of individuals."
The purpose of the UH honors
program is to prevent such
over-growth.
Past Program Expanded
For several years the Univer-
sity has had forms of honors
work. In several classes there
are honors sections much like
the division of Freshman Chem-
istry here at Rice. Students in
some fields are allowed to re-
ceive credit hours for indepen-
dent Senior Honors Theses
which Dr. Goodman described
as "a junirtr grade masters."
And select students participate
in evening colloquims.
The new program under Dr.
Goodman's guidance begins this
year with 32 freshmen. For the
first year they will attend spec-
ial classes in English, history
and philosophy. As sophomores
they will add political science to
the English and history. In their
junior and senior years they
will attend seminars.
Select Students Honored
The^ group of scholars will not
only study together, but will
have their own club, conduct
their own social affairs, and
participate in campus activities
as a group. Their diploma will
note their participation in the
program.
In line with President Hoff-
man's statement, Dr. Goodman
noted that "the University's
concern is to make the school
attractive to the able student
and to provide to the greatest
extent possible individualized
education."
Small Size Key
"The Honors students know
that they are at liberty to bring
any problem into my office."
Dr. Goodman stated that she
had wondered about the advis-
ability of introducing such an
honors program at Rice. She
concluded that "being small and
excellent I don't believe that
there is a need to transfer a
four year honors program to
Rice."
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