The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 28, 1968 Page: 5 of 8
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Mead urges grounding ethics in human reality
By LEE HORSTMAN
TJjrgsher Reporter
Margaret Mead, the keynote
speaker for a conference on
Ethics in Medicine and Tech-
nology, sponsored by the Texas
Medical Center and Rice Uni-
versity, offered some diverse*
observations on today's culture
to an overflow audience at Rice
last week.
Mead suggested that ethics be
seen as responses to basic hu-
man concerns. She pointed out
that every society has demand-
ed that sex, child-bearing, mur-
der, and the individual's pri-
vacy exist in some sort of ethi-
cal framework.
She lauded the medical pro-
fession's Hippocratic oath. The
ethical strength of this profes-
sion's dedication to life is en-
dangered by laws that infringe
on the physician's personal re-
sponsibility to this ethic, she
said.
There should be no abortion
laws, pro or con; let physicians
and their patients decide when
the greatest merits of life lie
in each case.
Let Catholics go to Catholic
hospitals, and let Protestants
have abortions, if their physi-
cians agree. Laws should in-
fringe as little as possible on
the individual's right to exer-
cise his personal ethics about
such personal matters.
The "new morality" must not
be seen as "no morality," accord-
ing to Mead. It is an effort by
dynamic and sensitive people to
replace old standards with new
ones.
Pre-marital sex and extra-
marital sex should not be wink-
ed at, their existence should be
legally and institutionally ac-
knowledged.
Although moralities m a y
change with time, "situational
ethics" are dangerous. Any
tampering with human life and
environment should not be look-
ed at in hindsight, but debated
well in advance, she noted.
Modern technology is com-
notes and notices
Major — The last day for
sophomores to file an applica-
tion for a major was March 27.
However, sophomores who have
not filed an application with
the Registrar's Office may do
so this week. Any sophomore
who does not have a major ap-
proval will not receive regis-
tration materials for 1968-69.
* $ *
Band—The Rice Owl Band,
under the direction of Mr. Bert
Roth, will present its Annual
Spring Concert at 7:30 pm Mon-
day, April 1, at the RMC. The
program will include selections
by Vivaldi, Brubeck, and Gould.
Admission is free.
* * *
Art—The University of St.
Thomas Art Department will
begin on March 21 a series of
four evening lectures on the
rise and development of Cubism
in 20th century art. The series,
which is being held in conjunc-
tion with the University's ex-
hibition of cubist paintings and
sculptures, "Look Back," will
continue through April.
# * *
Peace—Citizen's for Disen-
gagement in Viet Nam will
present Sol Friedman, Washing-
ton correspondent for the De-
troit Free Press, speaking on
"Peace Scene" at 8 pm on Sun-
day, March 31, at Autry House.
Friedman at one time worked
for the Houston Chronicle, un-
til his liberal views made him
persona non grata with the con-
servative establishment of the
paper.
:Je jjc #
Crises—Three experts in the
field of Human Rights will be
coming to Houston from Mon-
treal, where they will be par-
ticipating in preparation of the
' agenda for the International
Convocation on Human Rights
being held in Tehran in April.
Sessions will be held on Thurs-
day, March 28, at 8 pm in the
Rice Hotel ("New Crises in
Human Rights"), for $1; on
Friday, March 29, at 9:45 am
("Exploding Populations and
Diminishing Human Rights"),
free; and on Friday, March 29,
at <12 noon (Human Rights in
the New Scientific and Techno-
logical Age"), for $4.25.
* * *
WX-1—Worship, Experimen-
tal One, an informal experi-
mental worship service, will be
held in the Grand Ballroom of
the RMC at 7:30 pm on Wed-
nesday, April 3. It will be under
a traditional format of a serv-
ice in four acts.
* * *
Beach Boys—Tickets for the
April 21 concert featuring The
Beach Boys, the Buffalo Spring-
f i e 1 d, and the Strawberry
Alarm Clock at the Coliseum,
are available at Center Services,
H&H Music, and Houston Tic-
ket Service. The tickets will be
priced at $3 for students, and
$3-4-5 for the general public.
The concert is being sponsored
by Rice, University of Houston,
and KNUZ.
=* *
Beer—Will Rice College will
present W. C. Fields' immortal
classic, "The Fatal Glass of
Beer" at 7:30 pm this Sunday
in their Commons. Also shown
will be Rene Clair's "The Crazy
Ray." Admission is a quarter,
WRC members free.
* * *
Baroque — The Niggemann
Chamber Ensemble of Stutt-
gart, Germany,* will perform a
concert of baroque compositions
at 8:30 pm Wednesday, April 3,
in Hamman Hall. The concert
is open to the public without
charge. The group, professors
at the State University for
Music in Stuttgart, will perform
works by Teleman, Bach,
Quantz, Pepusch, and L'Oeillet.
Sailing — The Rice Sailing
Club is having a sailing outing
this Saturday. For $1 (mem-
bers) or $'2 (non-members),
you can have boats, beer and
fun. For details, come to the
club meeting at 9 pm tonight
in Will Rice commons, or call
Ronnie Dutcher, Steve Smoot,
John Caldwell, or Greg Whit^
M-6-M mams h PESIBER6-SEAI0N PtODUCTIOKn
JAMES GARNER EVA MARIE SAINT
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PAMAVISI0N®
RMC, Sunday, March 31
7:30 pm
Admission 50c I
parable to "a second loss of in-
nocence," for modern man has
both safeguarded and imperiled
himself on a world scale as ne-
ver before.
Many cultures, each with
"different access to the past,"
learn of world events. Perhaps
this process will serve to homo-
genize world culture.
If so decisions about moralit-
ies and the protection of basic
ethics will become all the more
dificult, she commented.
Rice Students
Haircut $1.75
with ID card
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1012 Lyndon at Fannin
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THE
BEACH BOYS
ARE COMING
APRIL 21 - 7:30
with
BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD
STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK
SAM HOUSTON COLISEUM
Special Student Tickets $3 Until April 5
O •' *-
Available Daily At The Campus Store
Sponsored By Rice SCB and
UH Program Council
Arranged By Budd Filippo
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Garon, Phil. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 28, 1968, newspaper, March 28, 1968; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245026/m1/5/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.