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Playboy's Gone
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Ten Pages
This Week
CELEBRATING THE THRESHER'S 50TH YEAR
Volume 53—Number 6
HOUSTON, TEXAS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1965
Reports On Food,
By FOLLY HINDS
Thresher Reporter
The creation of a University
Food Committee composed of
representatives from each of
the colleges was reported to the
October 19 meeting of the Stu-
dent Senate by Jerry Hafter.
The committee, set up at the
request of Dr. J. R. Sims, Cam-
pus Business Manager, after a
meeting with the college mas-
ters last' week, will deal with
problems of serving and meal
timing and will be a means of
communication between the stu-
dent body and the Food Ser-
vice.
Food Allotment
Hafter stated that the Food
Service realizes its inefficiency
in some respects, but feels that
such things as providing hot
rolls are worth it. This week a
CPA is studying food allotment
among the colleges so that al-
lotment may be made correct-
ly.
Bill Broyles, SA President,
reported that at the last meet-
ing of the Undergraduate Af-
fairs Committee further action
to clarify the role of the com-
mittee was taken.
The committee will act on
student and college procedure
only when this procedure seems
to be in conflict with Universi-
ty policy, Broyles stated.
In case of conflict both the
practice and the University pol-
cy in question will be received
to determine a means of resol-
ving the conflict.
Wiess Rules Tabled
Discussion of the Wiess rules
was tabled pending clarifica-
tion of the effects of the am-
mended Texas Liquor Control
Law.
Dean of Students Paul E.
Pfeiffer will discuss the legal
aspects involved with members
See SENATE on Page 5
Dies Harangues 'Front' Groups
In Will Rice Debate On HUAC
Photo by Burgess
DEBATE—Former Representative Martin Dies, from Lufkin,
Texas, debated with Dale Gronemeier in the Will Rice commons
Thursday night on -whether the House Un-American Activities
Committee should be abolished. Dies was the first chairman
of the HUAC. Gronemeier is a regional chairman for the Com-
mittee to Abolish HUAC.
The House Un-American Ac-
tivities Committee should be
abolished because it has the
power to investigate but not to
legislate, according to Dale
Gronemeier, who participated in
a debate last Thursday night in
the Will Rice Commons.
Gronemeier, regional chair-
man of the National Committee
to Abolish HUAC, was matched
against former Representative
Martin Dies of Lufkin, Texas,
who was the first chairman of
the HUAC.
Dies defended the actions of
the committee by pointing out
that in the years of his chair-
manship, from 1938-44, more
than 100 Communist-dominated
organizations were uncovered.
Gronemeier charged that HU-
AC did not perform any legis-
lative function, but merely at-
tacked "ideas, associations, and
political activities."
'Kangaroo Court'
"It does not have the safe-
guards of a court of law," he
said. "It is nothing but a kan-
-garoo court."
The former Congressman said
that he wanted people to be
public about their convictions.
"If anybody speaks for Commu-
nism, I'll stand up for him, but
LIBERAL SYMPOSIUM
Viet Nam War Called 'Immoral'
BY JOHN EARLY
"The war in Viet Nam is a
new type of guerilla warfare
which is quite different from
most other wars." This was the
central argument posed by Dr.
John Ambler of the Rice Politi-
cal Science Department, Friday,
October 15.
Dr. Ambler was one of six
Yale To Consider Teaching Ability;
Students Rate Faculty For Tenure
Yale University has taken
the first step in trying to
abolish the "publish or perish"
system.
University authorities an-
nounced Thursday, October 14,
that it would invite academic-
ally high-ranking students to
submit a "written appraisal of
the strengths and weaknesses"
of their educational experience
in lectures, discussions, and
seminars.
The statement does not rep-
resent a surrender to those who
oppose the publishing and re-
search requirements for perma-
nent appointments. The new
policy is to "publish and teach
—or perish."
The policy makes it clear
that publication and original
scholarship remain a vital re-
quirement. It concedes, however,
that a faculty member whose
publication list may not be as
extensive and impressive as his
See BEST on Page 7
PBK Takes Thirteen New Members
The Rice chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, Beta of Texas,
• has elected its first contingent of members for 1965-66.
Thirteen members of the senioiv,class were chosen.
The new members, their major and college affiliation
are Boyd Allen Blackburn, Jr., political science, Wiess;
Fred Jopling Connell, mathematics, Hanszen; Allan Coff-
man Cummings, physics, Wiess; Mrs. Carol Lynn Van Atta
Drinnan, biology, Jones; and Miss Karen Eugenia Joijes,
philosophy, Brown.
Also elected were John Thomas Kemper, mathemat-
ics, Hanszen; Kenneth Wade Kennedy, mathematics,
Hanszen; James Douglas McDonald, chemistry, Wiess;
John Calhoun Martin III, mathematics, Will Rice; and
Robert Hugh Sanders, physics, Hanszen.
Also Victor Kapt^on Sapojnikoff, mathematics, Wiess;
Miss Susan Margaret Scales, biology, Jones; and Michael
Parks Windham, mathematics, Will Rice.
participants in a symposium on
the war in Viet Nam, held in
the Chemistry Lecture Hall and
sponsored by the Rice Associa-
tion of Liberal Students in co-
operation with the Houston Cit-
izens for Action on Viet Nam.
The audience, consisting of
approximately three hundred
persons, remained respectfully
quiet and polite throughout the
symposium. Similar attempts in
othel- parts of the country have
been met often with extreme
harrassment by one or both
sides.
Heard Both Sides
The pane!, moderated by Wil-
liam Hughes, a local business-
man, included three members
in support of the administra-
tion policy and three in opposi-
tion to it. Each one gave a ten
to fifteen minute speech on the
topic, with speakers alternating
for each side.
Attorney William B. Dazey
was the lead-off man for the
supporters of the administra-
tion. Mr. Dazey, whose work is
in international law, drew most
of his speech from what he call-
ed his "personal observation of
the situation in that part of the
world."
He claimed that as a disillu-
sioned liberal he had supported
the settlement in Laos, but has
seen that it does, not work. He
then observed that he had seen
the United States emerge from
the occupation of Japan as a
"loved and respected friend."
He saw no reason why a similar
feat could not be accomplished
in Viet Nam.
Killing Civilians
Ezra Young, a member of the
American Friends Service Com-
mittee, was the first speaker
for the opposition to the admin-
istration's policy. He cited a re-
port delivered by three Ameri-
can Quakers who had visited
Viet Nam.
This report emphasized the
destruction of human life, es-
pecially of women and children,
that the war has brought in its
wake. He doubted "whether we
have the moral right to continue
killing women and children in
a war that is not of their mak-
ing."
He then proposed a cease-fire
plan which consisted essential-
ly of the introduction of a
United Nations peace-keeping
mission into the war-torn area.
Post ion At Stake
Dean Kenneth Tollett of the
Texas Southern Law School,
supported the administration in
what he described as a "prag-
matic manner." His argument
was that as a matter of world
power politics, we have no other
alternative than to remain and
fight the war in Viet Nam.
He contended that the pro-
priety of the original commit-
ment is not at issue, but rather
the question is how shall we
fulfill our present obligation.
He considers the war to be the
theater for the confrontation
of the major powers, and the
United States can hot affort to
leave without sei-iously damag-
ing its position in the world
confrontation.
He argued that now is no time
for us to leave since we are be-
ginning to win the war.
Desertions Rising
We are winning major bat-
tles; the Viet Cong's desertion
rate is rising faster than the
South Vietnamese regular army
rate, and all this "during the
monsoon season when the Viet
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I want'a man to stand up and
be counted."
Dies also said that he believed
in the right of any American to
work for Communism, Social-
ism, or Facism "if he wants to,"
but only as a political support-
er, not as a conspirator.
Gronemeier said that any
necessary functions which the
HUAC served could and should
be handled by the House Judi-
ciary Committee.
Dies supported the continued
existence of the HUAC by
pointing out that every Con-
gress and President since the
founding of the committee had
supported it. "We haven't found
a better way within the frame-
work of the Constitution to do
the job it must do," he said.
Unheeded Rules
Both of the participants fre-
quent 1 y strayed from the
agreed-on rules of the debate
regarding time limits, questions,
answers, and statements.
At times the debate turned
into a battle of wits, and Dies
got one of the biggest laughs
of the evening by saying that
Gronemeier's arguing reminded
him of a religious cult he had
heard of.
"The shortest sentence in the
Bible says, '.Jesus wept,' so all
these people do is sit around
weeping." he said.
Dr. Alan Matusow of the Rice
History Department, who was
the moderator, had to interrupt
Dies at the end of the sched-
uled time period. Dies responded
with "Oh, I'm sorry. I'm just
an old politician."
One Wiess senior remarked
after the debate, "It was like
Don Quixote trying to fight the
windmill with the lance of rea-
son."
Sidewalks Filled
To Stop Buckling
The sidewalks around the Rice
campus have been buckling. Mud
is being inserted underneath the
sidewalks through holes drilled
into them to correct this con-
dition, according to Mr. Justin
Elliott, campus Buildings and
Grounds Supervisor.
Elliott said that the ground
around the campus has been
shifting, causing some of the
gravel sidewalks to crack and
buckle.
This creates a potentially haz-
ardous situation, according to
Elliott, because some adjacent
sections of walk wind up at dif-
ferent levels.
The process of levelling the
sidewalks is known as "mud
jacking." After the walks have
been leveled, the holes in them
will be plugged up.
Elliott said that the buckling
has not been concentrated in
any particular spot around the
campus, but has occurred "here
and there." He reported that his
department is trying to catch
the worst spots.
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