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VOLUME THIRTY-SIX
No. FIFTY EIGHT
7MESNE*
HOUSTON, TEXAS, SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1949
By-Law Referendum Slated Monday
Petition Opposes Physical
Hazing and Humiliation
In response to a petition handed to Ben Hammond last
Sunday the Student Association will vote Monday on the re-
cently-passed Freshman Guidance By-Law. Polls will be located
outside of Anderson Hall and outside of Abercrombie Labs, and
wi}l be open from 8 until 1. All students are eligible to vote.
'Physical Hazing' Condemned;
But 'Humiliation' is Debated
by Brady Tyson
A resolution condemning physical hazing, and pledging
the Student Council not to "condone or allow in so far as it
is able" such actions "by any group organized under the Stu-
dent Association constitution" was passed by the Student Coun-
cil Thursday. By a narrow vote the Council eliminated from
the resolution a phrase also con- *
demning "personal humilia-
tion."
The resolution 'was introduced by
Farrell Fulton, who made a 25 min-
ute prepared speech on behalf of
his motion. Fulton's original reso-
lution was amended to delete the
phrase "personal humiliation" by a
vote of 9 to 6 before the final vote
was taken on the resolution.
Jim Kelley made the motion to
amend by deletion the original reso-
lution proposed by Fulton. When
questioned by Sophomore represent-
ative Raymond Lankford on the rea-
sons for the amendment Kelley said:
"Frankly, I approve of most of the
activities of the Freshman Guidance
Committee in their Monday night
Prayer Meetings. I do object, how-
ever, to blooming because I believe
brooming is not always necessary to
build up the leadership of the So-
phomore class. I frankly am against
"the brooming aspect of it. However
Freshmen enjoy other activities—
such as molasses which wag branded
as personal humiliation and I'm in
favor of keeping molasses." Kelley
was referring to the activities this
year that consisted of blindfolded
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Dr. Lear Selected
Honor Group Head
The Rice chapter of Phi Beta
Kappa elected new officers and a
new Senate at its last meeting which
was held, Tuesday, May 10.
Di\ Floyd S. Lear, Professor of
History, was elected President of
the Rice chapter; Dr. James S.
Fulton, Associate Professor of Phi-
losophy, was elected Vice President;
Dr. Andrew Louis, Assistant Pi-ofes-
sor of German, was elected Secre-
tary; and Dr. Winfred 0. Milligan,
Associate Professor of Chemistry,
was elected Treasurer.
The newly elected members of
the Senate are as follows: Dr. Tom
W. Bonner, Professor of Physics;
Dr. Hubert E. Bray, Professor of
Mathematics; and Dr. George H.
Richter, Professor of Chemistry.
Dr. Louis was named delegate to
the Triennium of the Grand Chap-
ter to be held in Madison, Wiscon-
sin, September 1-3, 1949.
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The Navy Glee Club will sing
Sunday over KTRH from 12:30 to
1:00.
Rostrum Wins Two of Two;
Plans Return Meet With A&M
In two debates held simultaneously Tuesday night in An-
derson Hall, teams from the Rice Rostrum, newly organized
speech club on the campus, took both decisions from visiting
Texas A. & M. debaters. One debate the Aggies lost to Rice
by a 2-1 judgment, and the other went to Rice by a 3-0 decision.
The resolution for the evening
was on annual grants by the
Federal Government to equalize
education opportunities.
The A. & M. affirmative team,
Larry Goodwyn and Jimmy Stevens,
Student Council
Names Committees
Student Association Committees
were announced Thursday in Stu-
dent Council meeting by Student As-
sociation President Ben Hammond.
Larry Westkaemper, recently elec-
ted Parliamentarian of the Student
Council, was named to head the Con-
stitutional Committee consisting of
Raymond Lankford, Martel Bryant,
and Farrell Fulton.
Jim Kelley will, head the Election
Committee consisting of Ralph At-
mar and Charlie Wolf. Tommy Ad-
kins, who is Councilman-at-large of
the new Council, will head a Student
Lounge Committee with Earl Yan-
cey and J. S. Binford as his assis-
tants. Dean Hugh S. Cameron is also
a member of this committee.
Irving Sehweppe was named
chairman of the Publications Com-
mittee. The other members of this
group are Tom Eubank and Martin
Haest.
Eugenia Harris and Lee Duggan
will be co-chairmen of the Orienta-
tion Committee. Other members of
this group are Tom Eubank, Betty
Keyser, Farrell Fulton and Carolyn
Douglas.
In addition to these regular com-
mittees the Student Council ap-
nointed a student Advisory Com-
mittee to work with Dr. William S.
Dix, Librarian, in connection with
the running of the new Library next
vear. Dr. Dix had asked that the
Student Council recommend to him
four students, one from each class.
J. S. Binford was named to repre-
sent next year's Senior class, Dan
Bloxsom to represent the Juniors,
and Bill Armstrong was named to
represent next year's Sophomores.
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Review Heads to Meet
There will be a meeting of the
officers and department managers
of the Rice Institute Review of
Science and Art at noon Monday.
All persons interested in the Re-
view are invited to attend the
meeting in 207 M.L. Building.
Lit Council Articles
Pass Council Intact
The Student Council Thursday ap-
proved the constitution of the Lite-
rary Council without a proposed by-
law which would enable the Student
Council to control the rushing pro-
cedures of the Societies. Larry West-
kaemper, head of the Council Con-
stitutional Committee, believed there
was no need for the Student Coun-
cil to govern rushing procedure, for
once the Council started controlling
the Literary Societies in this re-
gard they would have to continue.
Charlie Wolf, a sophomore rep-
resentative, disagreed, stating that
the Council was here to quibble over
details if necessary, and it would be
to the interest of the student body
for the Council to supervise the
admittance of new members into the
Literary Societies.
Ralph Atmar, senior Student
Council Member, rose and denounced
a Thresher article' which stated
that the Literary Societies were the
center of social life off and on the
campus. Atmar continued. "Why
should male students tell female
students how to select their mem-
bers?"
The constitution was voted on and
passed.
Tickets tor ALL Senior activi-
ties are now on sale in the Stu-
dent lounge. Tickets MUST be
obtained in advance for these
functions. The last day of the
sale will he Thursday. May 20.
After this date no tickets will be
sold.' Get yours now or miss your
class activities.
both seniors, were challenged by the
Rice negative team composed of
Raymond Lankford and Jack Lapin.
Judges for the contest were Dr.
Hardin S. Craig, Dr. F. S. Lear, and
a lawyer from downtown Houston
who rendered a 3-0 verdict.
For the other debate, the Rostrum
affirmative team of Rush Moody and
Gail Mount met the Aggie negative
team, Jimmy Farmer and George
Gruppe. Both of the A. & M. speak-
ers are freshmen and will have the
opportunity to lock horns with Rice
next year. The debate was judged
by Dr. W. S. Dix, Mr. F. J. Pe-
quigny, and another lawyer from
Houston. The Rostrum speakers
Were given the decision by a 2-1
vote.
These were the first intercollegi-
ate debates the Rostrum has parti-
The "Review" Is an Outgrowth
Of Famed Engineering Shows
by Finis Cowan
most universities Rice In-
suffered several setbacks
One of the Rice
was temporarily
the Engineering
Like
stitute
during the war.
traditions which
abandoned was
Show.
Next year for the first time since
1940, Rice Institute will hold an all-
school open house displaying ex-
hibits and projects from all depart-
ments. The name of the display will
be "The Rice^ Institute Review of
Science and Art."
In 1940, 50,000 people from all
parts of the State attended the Rice
Engineering Show to see exhibits
from almost every department. Next
year, there are hopes that the "Re-
view" will be good enough to attract
100,000 visitors.
Many students are still ignorant
cipated in, and the first ones which of the purpose, nature, and plans
Rice has had sinc4 the Debate So- for next year's "Review."
ciety was dissolved a number of Purpose
years ago< * The purpose of the show was apt-
ly expressed in the 1928 Campanile:
"It is the purpose of the show to
bring about a feeling of friendship,
interest and understanding between
Rice and the public, and to let those
outside of Rice know what takes
place at the Institute."
The nature of the "Review" can
best be determined by looking at the
history of its predecessor, the old
Engineering Show.
The first Engineering Show was
held in 1920, eight years after the
doors of Rice opened. The show lived
up to its name in 1920 and consisted
of displays concerning nothing but
engineering subjects. There were
displays by the Electrical Engineer-
ing, Mechanical Engineering, Chem-
ical Engineering, Physics, and
Chemistry Departments. The shows
continued at two year intervals un-
til 1940. Work was started on a
show for 1942, but was interrupted
by the war. * ^
Through these years the En-
gineering Show became more than
a display of the Engineering de-
partments and became a Rice-size
world's fair with displays in all but
the strictly academic departments.
This change in the nature of the
show—away from strictly Engi-
neering display and approaching
an all school exhibit—is respon-
sible for the new name of the
show. The 1949 show is to be an
extension and expansion of the
Engineering Show; it is to be a
"Review of Science and Art."
Show Grows
One feature of the Engineering
Show has been its constant growth.
The number and quality of exhibits
increased constantly. In the 4th Bi-
ennial Show in 192§, a non-Engi-
neering display was presented for
the first time. The Biology Depart-
ment presented an extensive series
of exhibits, including the beating
hearts of a turtle and a frog, "out-
continued on Page 5)
The petition handed Ham-
mond stated: "We, the under-
signed, wish to express our objec-
tion to a Freshman Guidance Pro-
gram established by our Student
Council, that fails to condemn phy-
sical hazing and physical humilia-
tion in the name of the Rice Student
Association or any group operat-
ing under its constitution. We do
further exercise our rights as Rice
Students and demand a referendum
vote on the By-Law in question be-
fore further actions on it are al-
lowed."'
Students will be offered three
choices on the ballot Monday. They
are as follows:
"I approve the Guidance By-Law
as passed by the Student Council.
"I disapprove the Guidance By-
Law^ passed by the Student Coun-
cil.
"No Vote."
A three-fourths vote in favor of
the petition, and against the By-
Law as passed by the Student Coun-
cil, is necessary to override the ac-
tion of the Council. The votes will
be counted Monday afternoon, and
reported to the Student Council at
a special meeting- Tuesday noon in
A.H. 108.
1 he issue in question has been
discussed in the editorial and letters
to the editor columns of the Thresh-
er for the past few weeks. In this
issue there is an editorial and sev-
eral letters to the editor on the
subject. An extensive debate on the
subject took place Thursday at Stu-
dent Council meeting. At the end of
the discussion the Student Council
adopted a resolution condemning
Physical hazing. The debate and the
final resolution passed are in an-
other story on this page. The com-
plete By-Law in question is printed
elsewhere in this issue.
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Dean Calls Meeting
For Student Officers
There will be an important
meeting of all student organiza-
tion officers (next year's) at
7:30 Wednesday in the Physics
Amphitheater. Dean Hugh S.
Cameron has called the meeting
with the purpose of' addressing
the officers. It is expected he
will explain his duties, and will
set forth the various rules con-
cerning club financial matters
that the administration en-
forces.
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Staff Members Asked
Wednesday noon tnere will be a
special meeting of all students in-
terested in working on the Thresher
next year in the newspaper's office
in the basement of Fondren Library.
Plans for the paper next year will
be briefly discussed.
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