The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 17, Ed. 1 Monday, January 6, 1975 Page: 4 of 8
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5th year engineering program...
(continued from page 1)
Graduate Council takes over
In 1974, the university
administration gave responsibil-
ity for overseeing the fifth year
engineering program to the
Graduate Council, the organiza-
tion which is the counterpart of
the Committee on Examinations
and Standings for graduate stu-
dents, and handles students in
fifth year programs other than
engineering.
This action was debated in
subsequent meetings of the engi-
neering faculty, with particular
emphasis being given to the pos-
sible implications of the new
classification on accreditation,
financial aid, residency in the
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colleges, and the long term
future of the program. At a
meeting on 10 December 1974
(which, according to one source,
almost erupted in a fistfight),
the engineering faculty passed
the following motion:
"Moved that, with regard to
the Professional Masters Degree
Program in Engineering:
(1) The Examinations and
Standing Committee remain as
the governing body of this pro-
gram.
(2) The Engineering Commit-
tee on Professional Masters
Degrees continue to evaluate and
screen both Rice and non-Rice
applicants to this program and
make recommendations to the
Examinations and Standing
Committee.
(3) The students in this pro-
gram remain eligible for financial
support as in the past, through
the Financial Aid Office and the
Brown Engineering Committee.
(4) The status of those stu-
dents in the Colleges who are
enrolled in the Fifth Year Engi-
neering Program remain the
same as it was this past academic
year."
Financial aid to continue
The administration has given
repeated assurances that the
level of financial aid will be
maintained for fifth year engi-
neering students, at least until
those students who are now
freshmen have completed the
program. On 3 January, they
released the following state-
ment:
"In 1974-75, 28 of 64 fifth-
year engineering students have
received financial aid totalling
$63,500. Of the total aid, as of
28 October 1974, $34,000 was
in Rice tuition grants, $20,000
was in Rice loans, grants and
scholarships, and the remainder
was from external (including
federal) sources.
"For the academic year
1975-76, the fifth year engineer-
ing students will continue to be
served by the Financial Aid
Office as in the past. If in the
future the fifth year engineering
program is supported by the
graduate resources, rather than
the undergraduate resources, of
the University, the bulk of the
support would continue to come
from the University (with some
internal adjustments) and the
remainder from external sources
(again with some adjustments).
"The University's income from
tuition less the University's con-
tribution to the program based
on student need is anticipated to
continue at about the present
level, reflecting an increasing
interest in the professional engi-
neering program and increasing
student needs."
At the present time, the
administration is reviewing other
aspects of the motion presented
by the engineering faculty.
Admission into the fifth year
program, nearly automatic for
Rice students, was under the
supervision of the Committee on
Examinations and Standings,
which acted ordinarily on the
recommendations of the individ-
ual student's department. This
committee serves the undergrad-
uate population of the univer-
sity.
Indian village site studied
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Rice anthropology grad stu-
dent Barbara Burger has taken
up residence in Galveston,
directing work upon a piece of
land, 600 by 150 yards, which
will be the subject of her doc-
toral dissertation. Assisted by
members of the Houston Arche-
ological Society (HAS) and by
various Rice students who
elected to thereby satisfy part of
the requirements for their
anthro class, Burger is probing
into the former site of a Karan-
kawa Indian village.
The Karankawas comprised a
loose federation of tribes ranging
from Galveston southward to
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Corpus Christi. Impressively tall
and fierce, these Indians lived a
marginal existence even before
the advent of the white men
who managed to totally wipe
out the tribe by the mid-1800's.
Burger is hopeful that the new
site may prove to be that of the
village to which Cabeza de Vaca
was taken when he was
marooned on Galveston Island in
1528.
The Karankawas spent the
winters on the barrier islands,
living a more nomadic scaveng-
ing life on the mainland during
the rest of the year. They very
likely returned to the same win-
ter homes year after year. Thus
it is possible that the upper lay-
ers of this site might provide evi-
dence that it was also the village
which the pirate Jean Lafitte
encountered in the early 1800's.
No firm evidence to support
either speculation has yet been
found, however, and dating by
carbon-14 or other means has
not- yet been accomplished.
Nevertheless, the size of the dig
and the shell floors of huts will
make this an important find in a
rather archeologically barren
area.
Anyone interested in spend-
ing a few serious weekends at
Galveston, learning archeological
techniques and helping at the
dig, should contact John Her-
bert, president of the HAS,
723-0296, or Lou Fullen, past
president, 479-3748.
Committee interviews set
The process for selecting
student members of the Univer-
sity Standing Committees begins
this week.
According to the new guide-
lines established this fall,
applications for interviews as
well as detailed information on
each Standing Committee will be
available this week in the college
offices and in the SA office,
second floor RMC. Deadline for
the applications is January 24.
Beginning January 27, inter-
views for each committee will be
conducted by the current under-
graduate member(s) and two
senators assigned to the
committee.
After the interviews are
completed about February 10,
the Senate will evaluate each
applicate and select the top-
ranking candidates whose names
will be submitted to President
Hackerman. He will make the
final decision based on
commentary provided by the
Senate. The members should be
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The Standing Committees on
which undergraduate members
serve are the committees on
Admissions, Affirmative Action,
Campus Safety, Computers,
Examinations and Standings,
Intercollegiate Athletics,
Library, Public Lectures,
Religious Activities, ROTC,
Student Financial Aid, Student
Health, Undergraduate
Curriculum, and Undergraduate
Teaching; plus the University
Review Board.
Anyone with questions may
contact Marty Sosland at x320
or 526-6709.
Student files...
waiver signed by the student
would concern only those mate-
rials specified in the document
and would not apply to future
information.
One further change would
permit schools to give out direc-
tory information (name, address,
telephone, birth date, major, stu-
dent activities, dates of atten-
dance, and degrees received) to
anyone requesting such informa-
tion, without prior student con-
sent. Any university printing
such information must first
inform the student so that he
may request that his name be
removed from the list.
Dean of Undergraduate
Affairs Katherine Brown's office
is formulating Rice's policy to
comply with the law and the
new amendments and will
release a statement sometime
this week.
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Brewton, Gary. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 17, Ed. 1 Monday, January 6, 1975, newspaper, January 6, 1975; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245212/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.