The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 8, 1965 Page: 4 of 8
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Fondren Adds 500,000th Volime,
Displays Rice Professors' Works
Fondren Library's book col- millionth book would be "The
ON MARGRAVE QUESTIONNAIRE
lection has now reached more
than half a million volumes,
according to Head Librarian
Hardin Craig, Jr.
Dr. Craig reported that "by
fortunate coincidence," the 500,-
000th book was written by a
Rice professor. The book, "A
New View of Chaucer" by Pro-
fessor George Williams of the
English Department was pub-
lished by the Duke University
Press.
It had been expected, Dr.
Craig revealed, that the half-
Freedom of Reason" by Profes-
sor Konstantin Kolenda of the
Department of Philosophy. How-
ever, Dr. Kolenda's book turned
out to be 499,999th, when the
books completed the catalogu-
ing process.
These volumes, along with
several other recently published
books by Rice professors, in-
cluding Dr. Francis L. Loewen-
heim's "Peace or Appeasement?
Hitler, Chamberlain and the
Munich Crisis," will be on dis-
play in the library.
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Students Endorse Most Proposals
By RICHARD BEST
Thresher Editorial Staff
A questionnaire on curricu-
lum problems and rules which
Professor John L. Margrave
circulated last semester to the
faculty and students resulted
in a number of the important
changes in course requirements
made last Friday by the Rice
Faculty.
The questionnaire began with
the assumption that "the Rice
faculty is undoubtedly unified in
its desire to provide the . . .
students . . . with a unique ed-
ucational experience which al-
lows maximum intellectual de-
velopment and to indoctrinate
the students with an apprecia-
tion of scholarly activities . . ."
When asked if full-year cours-
es and a final year grade were
preferable to two semester
courses graded separately, 62 r/c
of the students chose the latter
alternative on the grounds that
the change would make it pos-
sible to avoid being stuck in a
boring class.
Ease Grading
This advantage, it was felt,
over-rides the impossibility un-
der the changed set-up of re-
ceiving credit for both semes-
ters by pulling up a first se-
mester 5 with a 4 or 3.
Queried about the possibility
of a "skewed" grading system
at Rice, an overwhelming 90%
of the students replied in the
affirmative.
The difficulties of competing
with students in less competi-
tive institutions for fellow-
ships was cited as a principal
disadvantage of the present
system.
Many students indicated that
a 2- average should be main-
tained in all courses. A small
minority stated, on the other
hand, that Rice should weed out
those who will probably not be
outstanding successes in gradu-
ate schools.
For varying reasons most
students disapproved of an un-
graded freshman year. The
main difficulty was felt to be
the possibility of not knowing
one's academic standing.
'Honors University'
One person suggested an un-
graded senior year, consisting
largely of independent work.
Others felt that the chief fail-
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On the question concerning
the six-course load of the soph-
omore S-E, opinion was evenly
split between those who felt
that the sixth course is either
"too much" or a superficial crib
and those who maintained that
the extra work "weeded out"
the less industrious scholars.
Concerning the possibility of
an Honors Program, a small
majority favored the proposal,
while a significant minority
felt that Rice is an "honors
university" and that such a
system would institute an un-
warranted distinction and would
also provide an easy way out
of general curriculum overhaul.
Kelly To Appeal
To Pitzer Again;
File Whole Brief
Suspended Thresher Editor
Hugh Rice Kelly will file his
second appeal with University
President K. S. Pitzer following
the Easter vacation.
"This appeal will include a
full appendix of supporting doc-
uments and affidavits support-
ing my case, material the Presi-
dent predicted—sight unseen—
would be irrelevant," Kelly said
Wednesday.
Kelly, who has said he will
appeal his case through every
possible University channel, in-
dicated that large sections of
his brief will not be released
for publication.
Weiss senior Eugene Keilin
and Economics graduate student
Edwin T. Burton are serving as
counsel in the drafting of the
appeal.
"My sole hope in re-filing this
appeal is that the President may
refer the matter to an impartial
hearing board," Kelly said.
Kelly was placed on discip-
linary probation March 13 for
allegedly "flouting the author-
ity of the University" by ignor-
ing a series of telephone calls
and summons from the Dean of
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Durham, John. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 8, 1965, newspaper, April 8, 1965; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth244944/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.