The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 26, 1973 Page: 3 of 16
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Phi I pott resigns after fiye years as Baker master
by JOHN OSBORNE
Five years of invaluable serv-
ice will come to an end this
semester with the resignation
of Professo* Charles W. Phil-
pott as Master of Baker Col-
lege.
Dr. Philpott, of the Biology
Department, was appointed to
the post at Baker in 1968 and
became possibly the most pop-
ular and sucessful Master in
the history of the Rice college
system.
Citing personal reasons as
the reason for hins resignation,
Dr. Philpott plans to devote
more time now to his family
and his teaching post.
A strong believer in the role
of student responsibility, an
enthusiastic leader and partici-
pant in college affairs, and a
highly sucesful personal coun-
selor, he has been, in the opin-
ion of most Baker members,
greatly responsible for the
growth of Baker as a "strong"
college.
Doctor Philpott served as
Chairman of the Committee of
the College Masters this year
and played a leading role in the
plan to include female member-
ship in Baker and Hanszen
Colleges next year.
The most remarkable fact
about the Master and his wife
is the immense popularity they
have enjoyed among the mem-
bers of Baker College.
Baker members will testify
that they have never heard a
single derogatory remark about
either of the Philpotts during
four years in the college.
Both Dr. and Mrs. Philpott,
gave five years of their full-
est energies to Baker College,
energies which need no descrip-
tion to anyone who knew Baker
College during their term. They
will be missed and they will be
remembered.
* * * *
The appointment of a suc-
cessor to Dr. Philpott as Mas-
ter of Baker College yill be
announced shortly by President
Hackerman. Names under con-
sideration, for the post include
Dr. Frank M. Fisher, Jr. of
the Biology Department, Dr.
Lor en D. Lutes of the Depart-
ment of Civil Engineering, and
Dr. Edward L. Minter of the
English Department.
TSU graduate to join psyc faculty
Dr. and Mrs. Philpott.
Dr. Robert L. Bell, Jr., a 1953
graduate of Texas Southern
University, will join the Rice
University faculty September
1 as professor of psychology
and. director of student advis-
ing.
Dr. Bell's teaching duties at
Ilice will include child psy-
chology, personality, and group
processes. In the area of stu-
dent advising, Dr. Bell will be
working with the chairmen
of IIice's various academic de-
partments and the college
masters.
Senate approves budget, by-law changes
by CARL TRELEAVEN
Among the major business
discussed at Monday night's SA
Senate meeting was the matter
of the SA budget for next year.
The proposed budget was in-
troduced last week by Secre-
tary-Treasurer Katie Dressner.
Members of the Senate were
given a week to make sugges-
tions and comments on it. The
only major criticism wasflyoiced
by JiiSteve Jackson. JUfckson felt
that the Senate ought not to
appropriate money to send a
representative to the Southwest
Conference Sportsmanship Com-
m i 11 e e . Jackson represented
Rice at the last meeting and
told the Senate that it was
"worthless." Internal Affairs
Vice President Scott Thurston
moved that the Senate approve
the proposed budget without
amendment. The Senate pro-
ceded to do so by a vote of
12-0-1. President Doug Appling,
as is his custom, abstained.
Thresher Editor Steve Jack-
son and Business Manager Mal-
colm Waddell asked the Senate
to change the By-Laws of the
paper. Currently, only the edi-
tor and the business manager
receive any compensation for
working on the paper. The pro-
posal would allow other, in
words of Waddell, "very dedi-
cated" Thresher staff workers
to receive compensation also.
The proposal would set salaries
for those staff members who
spend substantial amounts of
time working each week. These
salaries will be based on the
average size of the newspaper.
It would also base the editor's
and business manager's salaries
on paper size, instead of on
profits earned.
Waddell thinks the proposal
has the added advantage of
guaranteeing a large Thresher.
He explained the method by
which the editor decided the
length of the paper each week
—it is based on the amount of
advertising space sold. Jackson
hinted that staffs in the past
have intentially made the
Thresher small (4-6 pages) to
increase the income of the edi-
tor and the business manager.
The proposal put before the
Senate, said Jackson and Wad-
dell, will prevent this; staff
members will not make much
money unless the paper is large
(10-12 pages) and money saved
by putting out small papers
will only go into the reserve
fund. Paying such staff mem-
bers as the assistant editors,
assistant business manager
head photographer, and calen-
dar editor, they argued, is not
only more equitable but will
also help to guarantee a larger
paper and one of better quali-
tv.
Off-Campus Senator Cathy
Keneda urged the Senate to
approve the By-Law change.
Ed Barnum, External-Afairs
Vice President, questioned the
wisdom of the proposal, holding
that it would go against, in his
words, the "spirit of volunteer-
ism." Ramsey Elder also ques-
tioned the idea, feeling it would
set a precedent for other school
organizations to request the
same. The original proposal
called for the change to be re-
troactive, meaning that the As-
sistant Editors and several oth-
ers would be paid for this year.
Barnum offered an amendment
that would make Jackson's and
Waddell's proposal not retro-
active. The amendment caused
a certain amount of confusion
and Senate Parliamentarian
Barry Dale, was consulted on
certain procedural matters.
Barnum's amendment was re-
jected by Senate members. The
Senate then proceeded to vote
1.2-0-1 to pass the By-Law
change.
The other major matter of
concern to the Senate was the
nominations of students to the
various Standing Committees.
This was taken up in closed
sesion.
Dr. Bell served here between
1970 and 1972 as a part-time
psychological consultant with
the University's tutorial pro-
gram. He is returning to Rice
from the counseling center of
Vassar College in Poughkeep-
sie, New York, where he served
as clinical psychologist.
In addition to this TSU de-
gree, Dr. Bell holds master's
and Ph.D. degrees from the
University of Texas. He is cer-
tified and licensed by the Tex-
as State Board of Examiners
of Psychologists.
Since 1961 Dr. Bell has held
positions with Veterans Admin-
istration Hospitals in Waco and
Houston and with the drug
abuse program at Riverlside
General Hospital in Houston. In
addition to his previous posi-
tion at Rice, Dr. Bell has served
on the faculties of Baylor Uni-
versity and TSU.
In the Psychology Depart-
ment Dr. Bell will replace Dr.
Douglass Price - Williams who
joined the faculty of the Uni-
versity of California at Los An-
geles two years ago. As direc-
tor of student advising Dr. Bell
will succeed Dr. John E. Parish,
professor of English, who had
requested to return to fulltime
teaching.
Student electoral behavior studied
A recent study conducted by
political science students here
seems to indicate that Rice stu-
dents are less apathetic and
more conservative than is gen-
erally believed.
The students of Dr. John
Deegan's class on Electoral Be-
havior after surveying the field
and, later, doing individual pro-
jects, cooperated in putting to-
gether a questionnaire that was
given to a reasonable sampling
here. Some results:
1. Rice students are not ap-
athetic. This is attested to by
the 85% turnout in the -'72
election, far higher than normal
for this age-group.
2. Rice students have a good
deal of faith in government,
perhaps to the point of naivete.
3. Academs tend to feel that
thir voice is heard whereas
SE's (who are more authorita-
rian) tend to feel ineffective.
4. Rice women are, in gen-
eral, more cynical towards
government than men, and to
feel stifled by "the system."
5. Students at Rice are more
conservative than their coun-
terparts elsewhere. Fifty-four
percent voted for Nixon. Forty-
two percent identified with the
Republican party; another 42%
favoring the Democrats. The
usual ratio is 40 to 60% among
those who identify with one
party at all. One might suspect
that Rice students, although
more liberal than average,
may be rather conservative
when compared with most other
students.
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Jackson, Steve. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 26, 1973, newspaper, April 26, 1973; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245165/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.