The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 16, 1965 Page: 9 of 10
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fleeted knowledge of the sub*
ject. Many commented on the
tetts being too long. Some felt
the grading was a little too
hard.
A few felt that since theory
was stressed in their classes
and yet was deemphasized on
the tests—the tests were ne-
gating the class importance.
Half the people who made
other comments said something
to the effect that Math 100
was JtOo theoretical and that
they would rather have taken
a math course, not terminal,
concentrating more on problem
solving with the tool of calcu-
lus.
Some felt that three days a
week would be enough and it
was mentioned that smaller
classes would make it easier to
Work out problems. Some felt
that entering freshmen should
be advised to study some cal-
culus ahead of time, and others
felt that the ones who had tak-
en calculus before had too
much of an advantage.
Chemistry 120
I. Material: The universal
opinion seems to be bad. The
major complaints are the ex-
treme difficulty and the rapid
and sketchy coverage of the
material. Several complaints
were also made about Dr. Sals-
buirg.
Several people also com-
plained about their lack of high
school preparation. The gripes
about the lack of preparation
are ridiculous; nobody was pre-
pared for thermodynamics.
Salsburg and Margrave know
this.
II. Assignments: Most people
are satisfied. The most frequent
complaints are the difficulty of
assignments, the excess of time
required to do them, the fact
that they are not wholly re-
lated to class material.
People also objected to un-
clear questions with insufficient
background in the text. An in-
teresting suggestion was to
stagger the due dates for Chem.
and Physics assignments.
III. Labs: The general atti-
tude was one of vague satis-
faction. The major complaint
about Chem. Lab is its lack of
coordination with the course.
There were complaints about
the "cookbook" lab experi-
ments, but apparently they fail
to -understand that a certain
amount of cookbooking is ne-
* cessary.
There were also complaints
about Brooks and his finicky
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suggested, since four hours is
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IV. Classes: Class attendance
is generally considered essen-
tial. Comments about the diffi-
culty of the lectures and of
their value were present in
about the same quantity.
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The major complaints were
the amount of time spent on
specifics, the lack of coordina-
tion to the text, and the com-
plexity of the material pre-
sented. Many, many complaints
were lodged against Dr. Sals
burg's lectures.
V. Grading: The major com-
plaint about grading is the
large amount of the total grade
which depends on lab grades,
especially since the tests , grades
are so low. Thefe seems to be
no general agreement on other
aspects of the grading.
VI. Other Comments: Appar-
ently this course has killed off
a lot of prospective chem. ma-
jors, which is probably good for
them, for Rice, and for the
world.
BULLDOGS-
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will provide Rice with a passing
threat.
Facing our untried Q.B.'s will
be Tedi's superb passing star,
Billy Laird. The rules at Tech
allow four years of intercolle-
giate eligibility, so Laird is
coming to Houston with an im-
pressive record. In the three
years he completed passes for
3000 yards, last season Laird
radked up 1,361 yards on 106
completions for 9 touchdowns!
Hot Runners
The Tech Bulldogs have a
lightning running game also.
No less than three of their backs
have been officially timed under
10 flat. These speed backs, Bru-
net, Golman, and Butch Dan-
iels combined with a thrower
like Laird, will give the Owl
defense trouble all day.
If the Tech backs do not scare
the confidence of Rice, look at
the line. All eight tackles range
from 225 to 250 lbs. and five
guards are 215 or better. This
probably is the biggest line Rice
will meet all year.
THE LIGHT SIDE
It seems that in the Will Rice
Commons the tables are num-
bered with both letters and
numbers: A-l, B-3, C-5, etc.
Monday night WRC President
Rick Heidner was assigned
tables in 'the Commons for
discussion groups.
He had progressed through
the A's and was in the middle
of the B's when he called out
"Mr. Cuthbei'tson, B-5."
One freshman's quite audible
reply was, "Bingo!"
* * *
The Jones College printed
schedule for Freshman Week
listed on Wednesday night
"Baseball Game with Hanszen."
While discussing the plans ear-
lier this week, one freshman
turned to her advisor and com-
plained, "But I don't know how
to play baseball."
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And when Wednesday night
finally came, Hanszen escorted
Jones to the Astrodome, while
And Bingo
Wiess accompanied Brown to
the same destination.
■Those who had not seen Roy's
Pleasure Dome were duly im-
pressed, especially when the
world's largest ticker tape,
wMch poses as a scoreboard un-
der the Dome, welcomed their
groups to the Astrodome.
The scoreboard is not infall-
ible, however. It spelled Hanszen
and Wiess "Hanzen" and
"Weiss," respectively.
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Kelly, Hugh Rice. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 16, 1965, newspaper, September 16, 1965; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth244948/m1/9/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.