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Politics
Round 3
The Rice Thresher
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AN ALL-STUDENT NEWSPAPER FOR 51 YEARS
A bark,
not an echo
Volume 54—Number 8
RICE UNIVERSITY, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77001
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1966
Court supports tuition, integration;
alumni will file appeal of decision
The ruling that Rice Univer-
sity may charge tuition and
admit Negro students has been
upheld again in court, in the
most recent legal clash between
the Board of Trustees and two
Rice alumni.
The first court of civil ap-
peals ruled Thursday that these
actions, although contrary to
the terms of William Marsh
Rice's will, are necessary if the
University is to maintain its
status as a "first class institu-
tion."
The court released its unani-
mous verdict in a 30 page opin-
ion written by Associate Justice
Tom F. Coleman, which includ-
ed:
"The judgment entered by
the trial court is supported by
our construction of the trust
instruments, the evidence, the
facts found by the jury and
the applicable rules of law. It
is, therefoi*e, affirmed."
Interpretation
This is the most recent court
action taken in a dispute which
has dated back to a 1964 deci-
sion by District Judge William
M. Hollan. The two alumni,
John B. Coffee and Val T. Bil-
lups, have objected to integra-
tion and tuition because Rice's
will contains clauses which say
that the school should be open
to "white inhabitants of Hous-
ton and Texas" with "free tui-
tion."
In 1965 an appeal by the two
men was dismissed by the first
civil court of appeals. They then
appealed the decision to the
Texas Supreme Court, which
ordered last spring that the
case should be heard by the
first court of civil appeals.
Appeal
William K. Wilde, the at-
torney for the alumni, will file
a motion for a rehearing of the
trial to the latter court. If this
is denied, an appeal will be made
to the Texas Supreme Court.
The verdict handed down this
week noted that Rice "intended
that the funds given the insti-
tute be used for the instruction
and improvement of white in-
habitants only, but that it is
impossible or impracticable un-
der present conditions to carry
out said intent."
DR. MARGARET MEAD
Speaks Saturday
Honor Council
Two students have been
placed on disciplinary proba-
tion for Honor Council Viola-
tions for the remainder of
the fall semester ending
January, 1967, Dean Pfeiffer
has announced.
Alexander Defense Committee
Lee to offer critique of apartheid
By PHIL GARON
Thresher Editorial Staff
Franz J. T. Lee, a South
African Freedom fighter and
one of the founders of the Alex-
ander Defense Committee which
aids victims of oppression in
South Africa, will speak in the
Hanszen Commons on Wednes- sabotage. The charge was levied
FRANZ J. T. LEE
Speaks Wednesday
day, November 9, at 7 pm.
Lee will discuss "Apartheid
Policy in South Africa," and
he will include observations on
the roots of apartheid and its
human cost; on the implications
of the recent assassination of
South African President Hen-
drik Verwoerd; and on the
growing mass movement for
liberation.
Political Persecution
The Alexander Defense Com-
mittee is an international or-
ganization formed to provide
aid for Dr. Neville Alexander
and other victims of political
persecution in South African
concentration camps.
Dr. Alexander, a non-white
South African who holds a PhD
in German literature, was one
of 11 men arrested in 1963 and
held eight months in solitary
confinement on charges of
because the men had formed
study groups to consider various
methods of conducting the
struggle against apartheid. Dr.
Alxeander is now serving a
sentence of "indefinite length."
Committee Founder
Mr. Lee has recently ap-
peared before the United Na-
tions Committee on Apartheid.
In 1965 he became the Euro-
pean Representative of the
African Peoples Democratic
Union of Southern Africa, as
he was a doctoral candidate
at the University of Frankfort,
Germany.
While in Germany he formed
the Alexander Defense Commit-
tee and lectured extensively on
African affairs.
Dr. Lee's speech is being
sponsored under the joint au-
spices of Brown, Hanszen, and
Wiess Colleges.
Rice sponsors personality series;
Margaret Mead concludes Saturday
Dr. Margaret Mead, noted
cultural anthropologist and so-
ciologist, will be one of a vast
member of noted scholars on
the Rice campus Friday and
Saturday of this week for a
symposium on "The Study of
Personality."
Dr. Mead, Curator of Eth-
nology at the American Mu-
seum of Natural History, and
Adjunct Professor of Anthro-
pology at Columbia University,
will deliver the closing address
of the symposium, entitled
"Problems and Progress," at
2 pm Saturday afternoon.
Sponsored by Rice with a
grant from the National Science
Foundation, the symposium will
explore human personality from
the combined standpoints of
psychology, anthropology and
sociology. Dr. Edward Norbeck,
Dean of Humanities and Chair-
man of the Department of An-
thropology and Sociolgy, is di-
rector.
Capacity Crowds
Two thousand people are ex-
pected to attend the conference
to hear talks by noted scholars
from throughout the nation.
The symposium is scheduled for
Hamman Hall, but attendance
is expected to excede its seating
capacity, especially for Dr.
Mead's session. If the Hamman
Hall capacity is reached, the
program will be moved to the
Grand Ballroom of the RMC.
In the event of further over-
flow, those unable to be seated
in the Grand Hall, may see and
hear the program in Hamman
Hall, via a special wide-screen,
closed-circuit television.
Friday 3-5
In the opening session be-
tween 3-5 pm Friday, Novem-
ber 4 speakers will discuss
"Concepts of Personality and
Its Formation." Lectures will
include:
"Psychological Views and
Contributions" — Dr. Gardner
Murphy, Director of Research
for the Menninger Foundation.
"Anthropological Views and
Contributions" — Dr. Anthony
F. C. Walace, Professor of An-
thropology and Chairman of the
Department of Anthropology,
University of Pennsylvania.
"Sociological Views and Con-
tributions" — Dr. Anselm L.
Strauss, Professor of Sociolo-
gy at the University of Cali-
foi-nia Medical Center in San
Francisco.
Friday Eve
The Friday evening session
betwen 8-10 pm will be devoted
to "Components of Personali-
ty." Lectures will include:
"Personality and the Biolog-
ical Nature of Man"—Dr. Irven
DeVore, Associate Professor of
Anthoropology at Harvard Uni-
versity.
"Physiological Influences on
Personality" — Dr. Karl Prib-
ram, U. S. Public Health Ser-
vice Research in the Depart-
ments of Psychiatry and Psy-
chology at Stanford University.
"Individual Genetic Influen-
ces on Personality"—Dr. W. R.
Thompson, Chairman of the
Department of Psychology at
Queen's University, Kingston,
Ontario.
"Influences of Childhood and
Adolescence"—Dr. Mary Ellen
Goodman, Proffessor of An-
thropology, Rice University.
"Personality Changes in Mid-
dle and Old Age"—Dr. William
E. Henry, Professor of Psy-
chology and Chairman of the
Committee on Human Develop-
ment at the University of Chi-
cago.
"The Self and Adult Sociali-
zation"—Dr. Howard S. Becker,
Professor o f Sociology a t
Northwestern University.
Saturday 10-12
The Saturday morning ses-
sion between 10 and 12 pm will
continue "Components of Per-
sonality" and "Special Sub-
jects." Lectures will include:
"Group Membership and Per-
sonality"—Dr. August B. Hol-
lingshead, William Graham
Sumner Professor of Sociology
at Yale University.
"Personality From a Psy-
choanalytic, Viewpoint" — Dr.
Weston LaBarre, Professor of
Anthropo 1 ogy at Duke Univers-
it y.
"Language, Culture, and Per-
sonality"—Dr. Richard A. Die-
bold, Jr., Associate Professor
See PERSONALITY (in page t>
Architects confer with students on plans for new
By RICK HERR
The architects for the new
men's college now being
planned heard proposals Mon-
day that the college should
contain vast common facilities,
including seminar rooms for
classes, a roof penthouse for
the master, a theater, an amphi- •
theater, and devious hallways.
The meeting was held at the
West Alabama offices of archi-
tects Wilson, Crane, Morris,
and Anderson. The participants
were two fifth year architects,
Dave Richardson and Paul Far-
mer; two college presidents,
Carolyn Porter and Rick Herr;
and the senior partner of the
firm, Talbott Wilson.
The plans for the college are
still in a very nebulous stage
and along with the advice of
members of the faculty, admin-
istration, board and masters,
Wilson wished to have a sample
of student opinion about what
the new building should be.
'College' Part
Richardson asserted that the
present men's college buildings
fail to serve the purpose for
which they were designed be-
cause they lack a central focus,
a feeling that there is a definite
spot where one could say,
"Now I'm in the college."
He said that not only was
it easy to consider the present
facilities simply living quarters
connected to a dining hall, but
.that it was difficult not to do
A- ' i-
so. Wilson could understand the
problem, and he asked what the
students thought could be done
about it. Farmer responded
that there were several things
that could be done. The student
should be forced to go through
the "college" part of the build-
ing to get to his room. This
"college" part should not only
include the lounge and the pro-
posed library, but the study
room, game room, tv room,
music room, and others that the
present colleges have found to
be an essential part of them-
selves.
The importance of defining
an entrance, a definition that
neither Will Rice nor Hanszen
now have, was mentioned, with
the hope that the new one will
not be so lacking.
Sooner or later all such meet-
ings get down to the real nitty-
gritty and take on the well-
worn task of telling what a
college should be. Herr prompt-
ly stated that he thought a
college should be an important
educational branch of the uni-
versity, and that the building
should be designed to further
this end.
Perhaps more faculty living
quarters should be planned for,
and offices in the college might
be a good idea. But even more
important, the group stressed
the need for spaces which
could be used for informal
seminar classes, student dis-
cusions, and small special-
interest lectures.
Singles
But the need for private and
semi-private spaces was empha-
sized strongly. Richardson
claimed that the two-man bed-
rooms opening onto the living-
study room of the new dorm
quads were absolutely unwork-
able.
All four students agreed that
the new building should have
a higher percentage of singles
than any of the present college
dormitories—perhaps all sing-
les, in groups of three or four
off larger rooms designed ex-
plicitly for socializing.
Wilson questioned the validity
of providing rooms for "nothing
but socializing" in an educa-
tional building, but the students
emphatically let him know that
this is a worthwhile, even
essential part of a Rice college
education.
Another essential part of a
college is the sense of commun-
ity and fellowship, which the
students felt is lacking in the
present colleges. This sense can
best be brought about by forc-
ing the college members to
mingle in a common area, such
as any of the "college" rooms.,
mentioned.
Interior halls are important
for this reason, Miss Porter,
Farmer, and Herr felt, but the
halls should not open into either
bedrooms or study rooms. The
male students, speaking from
experience, cautioned against
long straight halls, as they often
degenerate into bowling alleys,
See NEW COLLEGE on page 8
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Coyner, Sandy. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 3, 1966, newspaper, November 3, 1966; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth244983/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.