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Rice Plays The Palace
The trio above are only a small part of the gigantic cast for
this weekend's Senior Follies. Left to right are George Spence,
president of the Senior Class and in charge of sets and acts;
Pat Jones, as "Little Mary Sunshine," who is also assistant
director; and Pat Piper, in charge of the music and arranging.
Barry Moore, director, was too busy to get into the picture.
The Follies are tonight, tomorrow night, and Sunday night in
Hamman Hall at 8 p.m. (Photo by John Reavis.)
Players Cancel One - Act Plays;
Next Castings To Be Posted Soon
* The Rice Players' one-act plays
scheduled for December 15 and
16 have^been canceled.
This decision has been reached
in a joint meeting of the coor-
dinators and the directors.
Among the reasons for this can-
cellation ai*e; lack of rehearsal
time on stage and a seeming
lack of interest in the one-acts.
CASTINGS FOR the next
three act play will be held at the
end of next week, probably Fri-
day, December 15, and/or Sunday
afternoon, December 17.
Notices as to the exact time
and place will be posted in the
colleges and on the bulletin
boards in Anderson Hall.
The next play will be a Restor-
ation or an Eighteenth Century
comedy.
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Thresher
An All-Student Newspaper for 45 Year*
Volume 49—Number 12
HOUSTON, TEXAS
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1961
ON FACULTY SINCE 1936
Dr. Bonner Dies In Sleep
Wednesday; Services Today
Dr. Tom W. Bonner, professor
of physics and chairman of the
department, died in his sleep
early Wednesday morning. He
was 51 October 19.
Dr. Bonner received his B.S.
from SMU in 1931 and his Ph.D.
from Rice in 1934. He has been
a member of the Rice faculty
since 1936.
A FELLOW OF the American
Physical Society, American As
sociation for the Advancement of
Science, American Nuclear So-
ciety, the Physical Society of
London, the Dutch Physical So-
ciety, and the Japanese Physical
Society, Dr. Bonner was made a
Fellow of the National Academy
of Science in 1959.
In addition to publications in
the field of nuclear physics, Dr.
Boone Frosh President/
Wins In Thursday Vote
Garrett Boone was elected pres-
ident of the Freshman class in
yesterday's balloting, as the ap-
proaching December 18 class-
government referendum cast
doubt on the future of the office.
Boone defeated Larry Burrow,
117-89.
James Payne won the Secre-
tary Treasurer's spot, 116-91,
over James Price.
Ann Pierce, Jones College
freshman from Houston, was
elected to the vice-presidency in
the primary election held Mon-
day. In the two-girl contest,
Pierce polled 166 votes to Betty
Ridley's 89.
BOONE, WITH 71 votes, and
Burrow, with 56, secured places
in the run-off for the presidency.
The other candidates were Doug
Harlan, Hanszen freshman from
San Antonio, 42 votes; Ted Lit-
ton, Wiess College entry from
Stanford, Conneticut, 32; Scott
Whitaker, an Olney, Texas, native
from Will Rice, 26; and John Val
Thomas, Wiess College fresh-
man from Amarillo, 25
Payne and Price, with 111 and
96 votes respectively, made the
run-off in the three-man Secre-
tary-Treasurer race. John Rash,
Baker freshman, took third place
with 46 votes.
o
Alley Lowers Prices
For Rice Students
Rice students can now get
special prices on tickets to plays
at the Alley Theater, 709 Berry.
The colleges plan to organize
theater parties for preview
nights, with a minimum of fifteen
per college, and students will ob-
tain the regular $3.00 admission
for oply §1.50.
OTHER NIGHTS, tickets will
be available for $1.75, but reser-
vations can not be made until
after 6:30 p.m.
The arrangement is essentially
the European plan of giving spec-
ial prices to students for late
seats.
Bonner served as associate editor
of the "Review of Scientific In-
struments" and the "Physical Re-
view."
HE HAS BEEN a Guggenheim
Fellow at Cambridge, a con-
sultant to the Los Alamos Sci-
entific Laboratory, a member of
the council, Oak Ridge Institute
of Nuclear Studies and a mem-
ber of the Nuclear Cross Sections
Advisory Group to the A.E.C.
Memorial services for Dr. Bon-
ner will be held Friday, Decem-
ber 8, at 3:00 p.m. in the Rice
Chapel. Dr. H. F. Westwood and
Dr. Street Fulton will conduct
the service.
There will be no funeral serv-
ices and friends are requested to
send no flowers.
Dr. Bonner is survived by his
mother, his wife, a daughter and
two sons.
DR. TOM BONNER
Renowned Phvsicist
Class Government At Rice
The Pros ...
By MARK BOWDEN
President of the Junior Class
* Oft December 18 the student body will vote on a resolution to
abolish the class system. Your vote will affect not only the class
system but also the future of the college system and life here at
Rice.
AS A RESIDENT member of a college, I cannot and would not
deny the feeling of loyalty I have toward my college and its mem-
bers.
On the other hand, I realize that Rice University is a school
where it is desirable, even necessary, to gain as varied an education
as possible. This should include the meeting and knowing of people
in all areas of school life. With an enrollment of slightly less than
two thousand Rice is a small school. In short, we are isolated enough
as it is. I must ask why we should promote this isolation.
WHAT IS BEING 'done to correct it ^ Some people feel that
the colleges will break out of their social shells and bring everyone
into a single happy family. The past weekend certainly casts a
dark shadow on their hopes. Three colleges held separate social
functions, each of which would, have provided a fine evening for
anyone. The tremendous consultation between social committees
is overwhelming.
THERE IS clearly a need for communication among the men's
colleges. Jones is, of cpurse, in the unique position of having no
trouble here. As one Jones officer pointed out, "The girls will go
to the parties no matter who gives them."
Let us focus our attention upon the men's colleges. What hap-
pens at a joint college function? In most cases, there is a division
between the participating colleges similar to the- way third §rade
boys and girls get together at a birthday party. <*
THE COLLEGES and the Student Senate have offered to solve
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The Student Senate has
voted unanimously to submit
a referendum December 18
to the student body at Rice
concerning- the future of
class government.
The change, if approved
by 3/4 of the students vot-
ing, would abolish class of-
ficers for the three lower
classes, and assign their only
special function (the Jun-
iors' Parent - Orientation
Day) to the colleges. A
freshman representative
would be elected to sit on
the Senate.
The Senior Class officers
would be replaced by a
steering committee, elected
at the end of the junior
year, to handle the Follies
and graduation details.
In the. hqpe of clarifying
the effect of the referendum
and the issues involved, The
Thresher offers the accom-
panying "pros" and "cons"
on the past achievements
and future potential of class
government.
. . . And Cons
By JIM BOB DOTY
President of Wiess College
We are concerned here with the wisdom of retaining the present
class organization. The question as it will be considered in a refer-
denum on December 18 deserves some serious thought, because at
stake is the' existence of a rather large superstructure of student
officers and a set of organizations that no longer serve any unique
end. My purpose in this article is to consider three aspects of the
problem which have not yet been in The Thresher.
FIRST, there are the constructive aspects of the Senate pro-
posal. At present, neither the Freshman nor the Sophomore class
performs any particular function on campus. The Freshman presi-
dent does sit on the Senate, and the proposal would provide for a
Freshman representative to the Senate, perhaps to be elected earlier
in the year.
More important, the permanent officers of your class are nom-
inated from the floor of the senior prom and elected by a show of
somewhat unsteady hands. It is not unusual for these officers to
disappear silently from the scene, never to be heard from by their
fellow alumni—or there have been cases of two people claiming
the high office 25 years later, when no one remembers who won the
struggle for power.
THE SENATE proposes to replace this spontaneous but inef-
fective system with an-elected committee for the Senioi* Cflass, c6nf-
posed of a permanent President, Class Recorder, and Class Agent.
These officers will be elected at the end of the junior year to handle
the graduation details and the follies.
SECOND, something should be said about this matter of class
unity. At the outset, I think that those who worry most about it
have not attempted, at least in print, to intimate what they mean
and to show how the Senate proposal is injurious to it. Class unity
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