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Election
Thursday
The Rice Thresher
AN ALL-STUDENT NEWSPAPER FOR 51 YEARS
Candidates
Listed—page 3
Volume 54—Number 22
RICE UNIVERSITY, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77001
THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1967
Hafter and Lamb win Marshalls;
Danforth presented to Eva Wydra
Rice students Jerry Hatter
and Don Lamb have won two
of the four prestigious Mar-
shall Scholarships allocated to
the entire Southern region of
the United States, and Eva Wy-
dra has been honored with a
Danforth Fellowship.
Hafter is a member of Hans-
zen College and the President
of the Rice University Student
Association. A history and po-
litical science major, he will
attend the University of Oxford
on his Marshall Scholarship to
seek a BA degree in Philosophy,
Politics and Economics.
After England
Hafter is also the recipient
of a Woodrow Wilson Fellow-
ship, and plans to study law
after completion of his studies
in England.
Don Lamb, the President of
, Wiess College, is a physics ma-
jor and the president of the
Rice chapter of the American
Institute of Physics.
As a Marshall Scholar he will
study for a Master of Science
degree in Physics at the Uni-
versity of Liverpool, and may
continue to study in England
for a PhD. He also has won a
Woodrow Wilson Fellowship.
Eva W^dra is Rice's sole
Danforth Fellowship recipient.
A member of Jones College,
Miss Wydra will use her Dan-
forth grant along with a Wood-
dow Wilson Fellowship for
graduate study in English.
Only Texan Winner
Miss Wydra is the only stu-
dent enrolled in a Texas Uni-
versity to receive the recogni-
tion, which provides tuition
and living expenses for four
years of study in preparation
for a career of college teach-
ing.
The
Marshall Scholarships
NSF names 17
Rice students to
67-8 Fellowships
Seventeen Rice students have
received National Science Foun-
dation Fellowships for graduate
study in 1967-G8.
The fellowship winners are:
Frederick M. Brasch, Electri-
cal Engineering
George W. Bright, Mathemat-
ics
Michael D. Cochran, Geophys-
ics
William D. Eads, Electrical En-
gineering
Robert S. Eanes, Wiess, Elec-
trical Engineering
William A. Gale, Physics
Frank E. Gerth, Wiess, Mathe-
matics
Thomas Hammerstrom, Mathe-
matics
Ronald M. Hays, Jr., Baker,
Electrical Engineering
John C. Heideman, Mechanical
Engineering
Raymond L. Johnson, Mathe-
matics
William P. Leeman, Wiess, Ge-
ology
Robert E. Savoie, Hanszen,
Electrical Engineering
David C. Shreve, Mathematics
Monty J. Strauss, Baker, Math-
ematics
Howard Weinert, Baker, Elec-
trical Engineering
Clarence Wilkerson, Mathemat-
ics
were established by Great Brit-
ain in 1953 as an expression of
gratitude to the United States
for aid rendered under the
Marshall Plan, and are valued
at $5,000 each.
The grant provides for two
years of studies at British Uni-
versities, transportation, tui-
tion and living allowances,
Twenty-four scholarships are
awarded in the United States
each year.
Was O'Grady fired?
THUBTEN JIGME NORBU
Dalai Lama's Brother
ROBERT Y. EKVALL
Expert on Orient
Faculty's contract criteria queried
By DOUG McNEAL
Thresher Reporter
Tuesday night the Student
Senate, swollen by dutiful new-
ly-elected representatives, con-
sidered faculty hiring, the Inter-
College Court constitution, and
SCEP publication.
The most important feature
of new business was the ap-
proval of Charlie Shanor's let-
ter asking point by point for
a clarification of the specific
policies followed in renewing
faculty contracts, with specific
reference to the priorities plac-
ed on such factors as teaching,
research and scholarship, ex-
tracurricular university service,
and personal compatibility.
This letter will be sent to
President Pitzer and the deans.
O'Grady Fired?
Hafter read another state-
ment emphasizing the priority
the student body places on
teaching ability in determining
the worth of a professor and
asking for a public inquiry into
the justification for not re-
newing professor Gerald O'-
Grady's contract for next year.
This statement was put aside
for further consideration.
Under old business, Hafter
announced that the Develop-
ment Office is enthusiastic
about publishing a special edi-
tion of the ''Thresher" 011 the
general subject "Life at Rice."
This will be distributed to all
undergraduates, their parents,
and all alumni, a total of about
12,000 copies, in the hope of im-
proving communication be-
tween tiie university and its
graduates.
New ICC Constitution
Mickey Guiberteau, chairman
of the Inter-college Court, pre-
sented a new constitution for
that body. The constitution will
be voted on in the up-coming
all-school election. The pro-
posed version differs from the
present one chiefly in the in-
clusion of provisions for hear-
ing civil cases.
Additional changes include
providing for replacing the col-
lege chief justices if they are
inactive as associate justices
on the Inter-college Court, and
making elective the office of
chairman of the Court.
Several amendments were
proposed b y quick-thinking
senators. Diane Dodson ques-
tioned granting the college
courts choice of jurisdiction in
all cases involving individual
college members; she cited the
tenuous connection of off-cam-
pus students with their col-
leges and the difficulties in
reporting offenses at such
events as all-school parties.
Rule Enforcement
When Ken Kennedy pointed
out that "the colleges are the
basic judicial units at Rice" and
were originally created for dis-
ciplinary purposes, the general
question was raised as to wheth-
er or not the colleges, or even
the SA, should enforce Univer-
sity rules.
Hafter suggested that the
ideal would be for the students
to have control of making rules.
Miss Dodson successfully
moved to amend the election
procedure for candidates for
Inter-college Court chairman so
that the usual pattern is adopt-
ed, with the additional stipu-
lation that one of the members
of the current Court must sign
each petition.
Court Amendment
The Senate was given the
power to decide the means of
filling a vacancy in the chair-
manship of the Court in an-
other amendment. The last
change eliminated the require-
ment for Court approval of any
amendments to its constitution.
Peter HoIIings, chairman of
SCEP, asked the Senate to de-
cide among three possible ways
to publish the- course reviews
The Senate reached a consensus
to publishing the course reviews
in full in loose leaf form for
the college libraries and per-
haps book form for individual
purchase.
This decision commits SCEP
to reviewing courses for the
next several years, instead of
evaluating., whole departments
or major requirements, as has
been done in the past.
University Policy Report
The President's office is now
preparing compilations of ail
memoranda pertaining to uni-
versity policies toward under-
graduate students, graduate stu-
dents, and the residential col-
legeis, Hafter reported. Miss Dod-
son moved to request the Un-
dergraduate Affairs Committee
to request the publication of
the three reports during the
summer. The motion passed.
Charles Schade reported that
a Rondelet queen was elected
at the last balloting. Though
the name was kept secret, the
report was accepted, raising
fears in certain quarters that
the Senate has accepted a queen
in a poke.
In addition, Schade pointed
out that several of the petitions
submitted to the election com-
mittee are invalid in their
present form and must be cor-
rected. Failure to include a
statement that they have read
the SA constitution or that of
the Honor Council if it is re-
quired, and failure to pay the
50c filing fee are the reasons
for invalidation.
TISA
Under committee business,
Hafter announced the TISA
state convention April 5th
through 8th at Pan American
College in Edinburg Texas. Rice
must fill the position of chair-
man of district 3.
The experience is most help-
ful to in-coming rather that
out-going members of the Sen-
ate, he said. There will be a
college and business symposium
in San Antonio on April 11th,
sponsored by the executive com-
mittee of; the US Chambers of
Commerce.
James Doyle could not re-
port on the blood drive because
iie was absent.
Payola Tabled
The Senate sent back to the
committe of out-going college
and SA presidents a proposal
for granting financial compen-
sation to student government
officers.
The Senate also delayed until
next week consideration of an
increase in the SA blanket tax.
Charlie Myers ended the
meeting on a graceful note with
his proposal to commend the
University of Houston and SMI!
on their recent successes in
national basketball competition.
Asian scholar to
delineate Tibetan
culture in series
By BILL KENNEDY
Thresher Reporter
Thubten Jigme Norbu, the
brother of the exiled Dalai
Lama of Tibet, will speak on
the culture and customs of Ti-
bet and show a short document-
ary film tonight at 7:15 at the
Chapel.
Norbu is now an American
citizen and a member of the
faculty of Indiana University.
In addition to being the eldest
brother of the supreme spirit-
ual leader of the country, Norbu
was the abbot of one of Tibet's
most important monasteries be-
fore the Red Chinese take-over
of his country.
His first-hand descriptions of
ceremonies and customs provide
one of the best-existing records
of the inner workings of Tibet-
an Buddhism.
Before his escape, Norbu was
imprisoned by the Red Chinese.
The Chinese attempted to bribe
him into overthrowing his
brother and becoming puppet
ruler of Tibet under Red Dom-
ination. Norbu managed to es-
cape from the Chinese and went
into exile in India. Since his
escape, he has worked hard in
behalf of Tibetan refugees.
After his lectrue Norbu will
participate in a dialogue with
Robert Ekvall, a leading au-
thority on the Far East. Ekvall
will also speak tomorrow night,
Friday, March 31st at 8 pm at
Hamman Hall, on "China Now."
Ekvall has recently returned
from Switzerland where he con-
ducted research with, refugees
from Tibet.
Ekvall was born in China
and has lived in the Far Eas:
for much of his life. He speaks
fluent Chinese and Tibetan aim
served as an interpreter dunn;;
the Korean truce negotiation.-.
Honor Council \
In recent Honor touncd !
proceedings, a student was J
found guilty of viola'i i .. j
the Honor Code. Me uas sn>- j
pended from the I nhcrsiiy j
until the 1967 fall semester, j
Basketball, carnival, dance planned
for Wednesday charity drive here
A student-faculty basketball
game, a carnival, and an all-
school dance will be features
of this year's Student Associ-
ation charity drive to be held
next Wednesday night, April 5.
according to Mike Wood, chair-
man of the event.
The basketball game, due to
begin at 6:45 pm, will pit such
old-timers as Dean of Students
Paul Pfeiffer; Ronald Sass,
Master of Hanszen; and Tren-
ton Wann, Master of Jones,
against hardy young under-
graduates from the men's col-
leges.
The carnival will begin in the
quadrangle immediately after
the game and include a number
of midway booths sponsored by
the colleges, the literary soci-
eties, and the Rally Club.
Two bands are scheduled for
the dance, which will begin in
the RMC about 9:30 or 10:00
pm. Admission is 25 cents for
both the dance and the game.
The funds raised by the drive
will be divided between the
large-scale World University
Services and the local Project
Bootstrap.
World University Services,
sponsored by American colleges
and universities, provides fin-
ancial assistance to projects
that benefit students in other
countries.
Health services and scholar-
ships, for example, are being
offered in such countries as
Pakistan, South Vietnam, Tan-
zania, and Chile.
Project Bootstrap is a self-
help organization working in
the fifth ward of Houston to
improve homes, public facilities,
and buildings and develop com-
munity organization and spirit.
Robert Olason, a Rice be-
havioral sciences graduate stu-
dent, is heading the organiza-
tion which plans to build a
small park or library in the
area.
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Coyner, Sandy. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 30, 1967, newspaper, March 30, 1967; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth244997/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.