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volume 58, number 11
the rice thresher
rice university, houston, texas
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thursday, november 19, 1970
Masters suggest coed college proponents try again
By MIKE SMITH
Meeting last night, the Com-
mittee of College Masters and
Presidents declined to endorse
the report of the Coed Colleges
Committee which was circulated
last Friday. The general reac-
tion was that the report was
non - objective, insufficiently
documented, and not yet clearly
supported by enough students,
reported Hanszen President
Tom Blocher. WRC President
Dan King indicated that Dean
McEnany said he would oppose
coed colleges if any attempt
were made to "sell the propos-
al," to coerce students into
acquiescing to coed colleges.
The Masters did not make any
formal suggestion, but appar-
ently left it to the Coed Col-
leges Committee to prepare an-
other report.
The group did schedule a poll
for Wednesday, December 2 to
determine student opinion on
coed colleges. Blocher empha-
sized that nearly complete stu-
dent participation in that poll
would be essential if the Mas-
ters are to take any action on
a coed college proposal.
Bond to rap after turkey break
Julian Bond, the first Negro
to be elected to the Georgia
state legislature since Recon-
struction, will speak to Rice
students in Hamman Hall on
Wednesday, December 2, 1970,
at 8:15 p.m. Admission will be
$1.00. The event, which will be
open to the general public, is
likely to be sold out, but Rice
people will be given first pri-
ority on ticket sales. Tickets
will be offered in the individ-
ual colleges at dinner on No-
vember 30 and December 1, and
they will be on sale at the door
(first come, first served). The
event is sponsored jointly by
Jones and Hanszen Colleges.
In April, 1960, Bond helped
to found the Student Nonviolent
Co-ordinating Committee
(SNCC). He left college in 1961
to join the staff of SNCC as
Communications Director, a
position he held until Septem-
ber, 1966. While with SNCC,
Bond directed the organiza-
tion's photography, printing,
and publicity departments. His
work with SNCC took him to
civil rights drives and voter
registration campaigns in Geor-
gia, Alabama, Mississippi, and
Arkansas.
He was first elected to a seat
created by reapportionment in
the Georgia House of Repre-
sentatives in 1965, but was pre-
vented from taking office in
January, 1966, by members of
the legislature who objected to
his statements about the war in
Viet Nam. After winning a sec-
ond election in February, 1966
— to fill his vacant seat — a
special House Committee again
voted to bar him from membor-
ship in the legislature.
Mr. Bond won 'a third election
in November, 1966, and in De-
cember, 1966, the United States
Supreme Court ruled unani-
mously that the Georgia House
had erred in refusing him his
seat. On January 9, 1967, he
took the Oath of Office and be-
came a member of the Georgia
House of Representatives.
^ Bond was a strong supporter
of Eugene McCarthy's candi-
dacy for the Democratic Presi-
dential nomination in 1968, and
he seconded McCarthy's bid at
the Chicago convention. Al-
though he was only 28 at the
time, the Georgian was pre-
sented as a Vice-Presidential
nominee.
Playboy magazine describes
Bond: "It is not so much that
Bond has made things happen
as that things have happened—
and continue to happen — to
him, and that includes the fame-
making* events at the Chicago
convention. If he is a radical,
then he is the most conserva-
tive, cautious radical in the na-
tion.
Today, he stands as one of the
best-known Southern blacks.
Yet he is not quite Southern.
But he's black, just barely . . .
Julian Bond is not what he ap-
pears to be. He's more — and
less. Bond does not think of
himself as a natural leader; yet,
somehow, he always ends up
leading."
African filmmakers bring flicks
Seven African filmmakers, on
a tour of American cities spon-
sored by the U. S. State De-
partment, will be guests of the
Institute for the Arts at Rice
University Friday and Satur-
day, November 20 and 21.
The group will show 15 films,
both documentaries and feature-
length dramatic movies, at 8
p.m. Friday, November 20, in
the Media Building, University
Boulevard and Stockton Street,
and again at 2 and 8 p.m. Sat-
urday. For" persons other than
members of tlhe Rice Commu-
nity, there will be a $1 charge
for one screening or $2.50 for
the three-part series.
David MacDougall, Visiting-
Assistant Professor of film at
Rice, considers the group to in-
clude most of the major French-
speaking African filmmakers.
"The exciting thing about the
program," says MacDougall, "is
this unique opportunity to wit-
ness what may be the birth of
an important new movement in
world cinema."
Some of the films to be
shown are: "The Return of an
Adventurer," a feature in color
by Moustapha Allassane, Min-
ister of Education in the Re-
public of Niger; "Black Africa
on the Track," a documentary
on African athletes; "Return to
the Sources," a short filjm on
African sculpture by Yves Di-
agne, Director of Senegalese
Educational Television; "Cab-
ascabo," a feature by Oumarou
Ganda from Niger; and "La
Femme au Couteau," by Bas-
sori Timite from the Ivory
Coast, a story about a young-
African who feels he is caught
between the western and tradi-
tional African worlds.
For further information about
the program, contact 528-4141,
Ext. 1396.
In meetings earlier this week,
the Coed Colleges Comm. Re-
port or the particular proposal
to make all eight colleges coed
was endorsed by the govern-
ments of Baker, Jones, Brown,
Hanszen, and Lovett. The
Weiss Cabinet discussed but did
not act on the report, and the
Will Rice Diet did not meet, al-
though they have previously in-
dicated general approval of
coed colleges.
The idea of coed colleges at
Rice arose last year when it
occurred to SA President Lee
Horstman that making the col-
leges coed would be a great way
to fill the vacancies in the men's
colleges with spare girls living
in the women's colleges and off-
campus. A poll taken in Brown
showed the residents there to
be overwhelmingly willing to
move into a coed college, and
presently a section of Hanszen
men volunteered to trade places
with a floor's-worth of Brown
women. A committee was or-
ganized with representatives
from each college and chaired
by Christy Oliver. They pro-
duced a "Housing Proposal"
which delineated several al-
ternate proposals for coed col-
leges. A general poll was then
conducted, and all of the col-
leges except Weiss and Jones
were favorable. Then a counter-
proposal was offered to make
Sid Richardson an experimental
coed college whenever it opened.
All of the various coed pro-
posals went to a committee of
four masters and four presi-
dents where it apparently faded
into oblivion sometime early
this year. A group of interested
students led by Blocher then
assumed the project. They did
additional research and com-
posed the written report which
was released last Friday.
That report notes that the
male-female ratio at Rice has
shifted from about 65-35 to 75-
25 over the last few years due
to the addition of two men's
colleges. Advantages in the
residential college system are
observed, but the report finds
"deficiencies in relation to the
social and educational environ-
ment" in the colleges. Regard-
ing the social situation of many
college members, it is noted
that they "can find a certain
anonymous security in the sex-
ually segregated colleges" but
"unfortunately, the security
they achieve is often little more
than a fellowship of misery."
Four particular proposals are
outlined in the report, and it is
concluded that the institution
of coed colleges would enhance
both the academic and the so-
cial functions of the colleges.
Copies of the report are
available for reading from the
college presidents or at the Re-
serve Reading Room in P'on-
dren.
Band Boys won
By CHUCK SADLER
Despite complaints from the Gay Liberation
Front, Jones presses on, and justifiably it would
seem. The result: Janice Beeson's production of
The Boys in The Band. It shows great promise.
I say promise because it still has rought spots—
missed cues, dropped lines, etc. Nothing major,
r-but enough minor problems to detract from an
otherwise excellent production. The direction is
good, but contradicts what the director says
about the play. The play comes across as a gen-
eral look (almost condemnation—but not quite)
at gay life. Miss Beeson refers to it as a play
"about nine people" and implies it refers to no
group. But don't take my word, use your own
mind. Nevertheless, the play is good—as is. The
portrayals of Emory, Michael, Harold and Hank
are of a quality that, unfortunately, overshadows
some very competent acting on. the, part of the
other players. These four, however, manage to
really unify the whole play. The first dance
scene has an unsurpassable spontaneous char-
acter. This effectiveness gets carried too far—
if you don't enjoy getting involved in a play up
to your elbows. A build-up of intensity from lie-
ginning to end relentlessly sucks your soul up to
the stage. At about the point that Harold's birth-
day party breaks into a cat fight, your mind has
gotten so involved with the play that you really
feel the cuts and barbs which iiy leit and right.
And if your eyes aren't moist at the end. you
just haven't been paying attention—if that's
possible.
By the way, just as a warning: if you're de-
pressed, in a blue funk, or whatever, don't go
alone. Take the one person you think you really
love. You will need him.
New rating system for courses
The Committee on Undergrad-
uate Teaching, at the request of
President Hackerman and the
Faculty Council, has prepared a
questionnaire for a student eval-
uation of undergraduate courses.
This evaluation will replace the
SCEP program which has been
operated by the Student Associ-
ation, and will be carried out
each semester starting this year.
The questionnaii-e contains
three parts: I. Evaluation of the
instructor; II Evaluation of the
course; III. Written comments
on the instructor and course.
Since it is important that all
students submit their evalua-
tions, class time in every course
will be allotted during the week
of December 6-10 for completing
them.
The Committee on Under-
graduate Teaching will have
Parlts I and II computer an-
alyzed. The results, for all
courses, will be made available
to President Hackerman, the
Faculty Council, departmental
chairmen, faculty, and students.
The questionnaires, including
Part III, together with a tabula-
tion of responses, to Parts I and
II will be returned to depart-
mental office for the use of
the instructors.
So that both students and
faculty will have time to con-
sider Ithe content of this survey,
a listing of the questionnaire
follows:
I. Evaluation of the instructor
The responses will be (1)
outstanding, (2) good, (•!) fair,
(4) poor, (5) does not apply.
1. Made clear what he ex-
pected in assignments, papers,
and examinations.
2. Presented material in a
clear, well-organized manner.
3. Presented and interpreted
abstract ideas and theories
clearly.
4. Inspired my confidence in
his knowledge of ihe subject.
5. Caused me to want to study
his subject.
6. Broadened my point of
view.
I. Was available for discus-
sion outside class.
8. Was receptive to differing
opinions presented by students.
9. In comparison to all other
faculty you have had at Rice,
how would you rate the instruc-
tor in this course ?
II. Evaluation of the course
The second part will be a
multiple choice section on the
evaluation of the course.
10. The lecture subject matter
was: very interesting, moderate-
ly interesting, or not very in-
teresting.
11. The texts and reading as-
signments were: complimentary
to the lectures, repetitions of the
lectures, or irrelevant to the lec-
tures.
12. The pace of presentation
of the material was: too fast,
about right, or too slow.
13. The amount of required
work was: excessive, reasonable,
or insufficient.
14. Papers or problem'assign-
ments helped to develop my
understanding of the subject: a
great deal, somewhat, or not at:
all.
15. Examinations were useful
as learning devices: a great deal,
somewhat, or not at all.
16. The standards used for
grading papers, assignments,
and examinations on the whole
were: fair, unfair, or unclear.
17. The grading of papers,
assignments, and examinations
on the whole was: very prompt,
satisfactory, or too late to be of
use.
18. Taken as a whole, would
you recommend this course to
another student with similar in-
terests? yes or no.
19. Reason for enrollment: re-
quired, strongly advised by de-
partmental advisor, or elective.
20. Estimate the percentage
of classes which you attended.
III. Written Evaluation of
Instructor and Course
1. What has your instructor
done especially well in his teach-
ing of this course ?
2. What should your instruc-
tor do to improve his teaching
of this course?
3. In what way or ways did
this course meet or fail to meet
your expectations for it?
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Mauldin, John. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 19, 1970, newspaper, November 19, 1970; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245093/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.