The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 21, 1974 Page: 3 of 8
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Senate fills Council post, discusses summer president
by CARL TRELEAVEN
Jim McGinness, a fifth year
Civil Engineering major from
Wiess, has been appointed by
the Student Association Senate
to fill the vacancy on the Honor
Council left by Ed Barnum. Mc-
Ginness ran unsuccessfully last
spring for a position on Honor
Council. He will serve for the
remainder of the year.
Because of the amount of
work involved in his job, the
SA President needs to stay in
Houston over the summer. SA
President Doug Appling says
the President usually has about
two hours of work per day.
Recently, a proposal was made
to pay the SA President a
summer salary to meet the costs
of staying in Houston. As an
alternative to the salary idea, a
proposal to provide a room on
campus for the President was
developed.
Monday night, Appling re-
ported to the Senate that
Buildings and Grounds would
not give the SA President a
room for less than the going
rate. Dean Wierum, however,
may be able to get the room
for a lesser rate, according to
Appling.
Most members of the Senate
were upset with the "grossly
unfair" Buildings and Grounds
offer. Several pointed out
that SA Presidents at other
Yale
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has been so successful that
there are now plans to reduce
the number of courses required
still further, to 33.
College money not spent on
Sims ....
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This sum was insufficient to
allow the complete installa-
tion of the large scale struc-
tural testing facility for the
center bay of that building, so
in this sense the building is
incomplete. We have many en-
gineering graduates who are
now in management positions
with firms who can benefit
from a novel test facility lo-
cated in Houston. I am confi-
dent that they will Help us,
and I want to see the building
completed."
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universities commonly receive
such assistance. In addition,
many receive salaries and othef
benefits.
Appling said the problem
would receive further investiga-
tion.
Sid Richardson Master J.V.
Leeds has introduced a pro-
posal to the Committee on Ex-
aminations and Standing that
would significantly change the
procedure for taking finals.
Among other things, the Leeds
proposal would make all exams
self-scheduled or take-home
and also allow students to take
exams during dead-week. There
are several other proposals,
too.
Ray Bowen, chairman of the
Committee on E&S, asked the
Student Senate for its opinion
of Leeds' proposal. Senate
members had a varied reaction
to the proposal. Larry Gross
of Will Rice reported that the *
WRC Diet had already discus- ,
sed the idea and voted to sup- i
port it. |
Members were concerned J
about a number of problems j
they felt would arise under the j
proposed system. Kent Biringer ?
of Hanszen questioned the
wisdom of putting the exams of >
large classes on a self-sched- .
uled basis. For one thing, he ,
noted, with so many people tak-
ing the same exam over a two 1
social activities goes to im-
prove the musical groups and
other organizations, college
papers, librari.es, recreation
rooms, and chapels. These are
maintained in excellent condi-
tion and frequently used.
In short, Yale's system seems
to have expanded with the
needs of the university and its
students, whereas Rice main-
tains a system good at its con-
ception but lacking the scope
for the expansion needed in
1974. It will cost every student
to improve the college system,
but it might be worth it. Any-
one for a fireplace?
week period, there would exist
a greater chance of Honor Code
violations, especially inadver-
tent ones.
Joe Crites feared the prob-
lem of Freshman mis-sched-
uling their exams — many
might not properly space them
over the exam period and find
themselves in binds.
Phil Watson, representing
Sid Richardson, pointed out
that the Registrar opposed the
Leeds proposal because it would
place an unbearable load on
the Registrar's office staff.
Senate members, in the
course of the discussion, pro-
posed a number of their own
ideas as alternatives to the
Leed's proposal. One idea put
forth was that the exams of
large classes, especially fresh-
men ones, be placed early in
the exam week. A major criti-
cism of the current system, one
that apparently helped prompt
the Leeds proposal, is that
many people are forced to stay
longer than necessary because
they have a scheduled exam
near the end of the exam
period.
Another idea put foi'th by
Senate members was to allow
self-scheduled exams for dead
week. Many people would like
to get exams out of the way
and dislike having to wait five
days before getting started.
Individual members of the
Senate will present written pro-
posals and comments about the
Leeds proposal to the Com-
mittee on Examinations and
Standing. The Committee will
then make the decision.
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Jackson, Steve. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 21, 1974, newspaper, February 21, 1974; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245187/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.