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Election
Coverage
Volume 53—Number 22
RICE UNIVERSITY HOUSTON, TEXAS 77001
THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1966
Jones Girl Helps
Police To Snare
'Mystery Caller'
By SUE McNAIR
The "mystery caller" who has
been plaguing Rice coeds for
about two weeks has at last
been identified.
The caller was identified
M^pday at the Police Station
by a Rice graduate student who
had received the usual call last
weekend asking her to "guess
who" the caller, supposedly a
relative, was. The caller, who
said his car was stalled, asked
her to pick up a friend of his
who was waiting for him.
The student picked the man
up and brought him to her
apartment. No violence was at-
tempted and her only report
was that he was "a very good
actor." After he left, the stu-
dent reported the incident to
the police.
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Hafter Heads Rice SA,
Coyner Elected Editor
In yesterday's Student Asso- Coy, and David Ehvonger. Bell
Photo by lSursress
THE WINNERS—Student Association officials have been
chosen for 1966-67. Three of the winners in yesterday's election
are, left to right, Jenny McCravey, Campanile editor; Jerry Hafter,
SA President; and Sandy Coyner, Thresher editor. Miss McCravey
and Hafter were unopposed.
INTENSE REAPPRAISAL
Math Committee Studies Courses
By GARY SHAPIRO
Thresher Reporter
The structure and orientation
of applied mathematics at Rice
is currently undergoing an in-
tensive reappraisal by the mem-
bers of Dean of Engineering
Franz Brotzen's Committee on
Applied Mathematics.
At the present stage of inves-
tigation, the committee is await-
ing a report from Electrical En-
gineering Professor Henry
Bourne's Subcommittee on Dif-
ferential Equations, which is
expected to report back at the
end of March. The subcommit-
tee is now waiting on an outline
of the various department's es-
timations of material needed
from math courses above the
200 level.
The initial investigation was
prompted by the number of
failures in an upper level math
course, Math 300, and the sub-
sequent discovery that most of
these were in the engineering
departments. According to Dr.
Bourne, the committee is basing
its examination on the philoso-
phy that "some consideration
must be given to the students in
view of the needs of the various
departments."
Replacement 372
In what was termed by its
n e w professor, Dr. Harry
Deans, as "a possible over-reac-
tion to the situation," Engineer-
ing 372 was created as a "tem-
porary, interim course" to fin-
ish Math 300's second semester
for those students who made
5's and, in some cases, 4's in it
the first semester.
Dr. Deans emphasized that
he felt that "the Math Depart-
ment should continue teaching
mathematics to engineers, but
only up to a certain point, pos-
sibly through the middle of the
second year." Then the Engi-
neering Department should take
over with application.
Application Course
Dr. Deans explained that En-
gineering 372 is strictly an ap-
plication course. "We're hoping
that our students get enough
out of the textbook they used in
Math 300 to fill in what I'm
doing in class. The idea is to
take a qualitative statement
and, by reducing it to a partial
differential equation, get a ma-
thematical solution and apply
it.
"The problem is that the Math
Department hasn't realized the
changes that are necessary in
orientation."
ciation election Jerry Hafter
was elected Student Association
President in an uncontested
race, while James Doyle was
chosen SA Vice-President by a
margin of 534 to Roy Meals'
403.
Barney Giesen won the office
of SA Treasurer from Barrett
Lambert by 733 to 200, and in
the race for SA Secretary Sher-
ry Ragan won 532 votes to Rick
Gilpin's 242.
In a close race for Council-
man-at-Large Mike Jones won
a plurality of 425 votes to
Chris Curran's 413, while Peddie
Frazier garnered 2-17 votes.
Ken Kennedy was elected Off-
Campus Representative with
603 votes; Charles Jastre polled
154 votes and Ralph Neumann,
130.
Coyner Elected
In the race for Thresher Edi-
tor, Sandy Coyner won by 675
votes to Charles Lanford's 257.
Bob Easton ran unopposed for
Thresher Business Manager, and
in other uncontested races Jenny
McCravey and Mike Frazier
were elected Editor and Busi-
ness Manager, respectively, of
the Campanile.
Cheerleaders elected in yes-
terday's vote were Bill Leeman,
with G21 votes; Joe Nelson, 541;
Kathy Childers, 575; and Car-
olyn Haefer, 478.
Other vote totals in the cheer-
leader race were: Mike Journey,
4G3; Bob LaChance, 168; Dor-
othy French, 318; Beth Will-
iams, 257; Linda Clarke, 2:.!;
and Marylyn Ford, 23.
Andy Rooker was chosen
president of the Senior Class,
defeating three other candi-
date.--, Larrv Bell, Barnev Mc-
was the second highest vote-get-
ter.
LaNelle Fortune ran unop-
posed for Senior Vice-President,
and Bert Moser was unopposed
for the class Secretary-Treas-
urer.
Honor Members
Senior Class Honor Council
members elected were Eileen
Doyle, Chuck Latourette, Bob
Tinrme, and Steve Wood. Other
candidates were Mickey Guiber-
teau, Tom Watkins, Bobby Wil-
liams, Barbara Manroe, and
Peddie Frazier.
David Anderson won over
Richard Brown for the office of
Junior Class President. Doug
Riden was elected the class
Vice-President over Chip Novot-
ing and James Levering.
Ray Young was not opposed
for Junior Class S e c r e t a r y-
Treasurer. Junior Class Honor
Council members chosen were
Chris Gever, Bill Heaps, and
Craig Davis. Guy Rollins also
ran.
Eophomores Elect
Elected Sophomore Class
President was Mike Herman in
a race with Chuck Bracht and
Robert Vanzant. Sophomore
Vice-Pr«®'d* pt was Kerry Van-
dell, who beat David Roberts.
Robin Walker defeated Bob
Ross for Sophomore Secretary-
Treasurer.
Syj)homore Honor Council
members elected were Karen
Sagsietter and Dan Van Win-
kle. Others running were Allen
Spend r, Larry Flournoy. Wil-
liam 1 )aul>:n. and Clark Cham-
berla in.
Barry I
Farmer were
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Administrators Continue Forum Series On Rice's Future
^ j \j-. "school of maintained excel-
, \ lence, but a school deliberately
small," said Chancellor Carey
Croneis in the second of a
series of open forums concern-
ed with "Rice's Future as a
University." The forum was
held Tuesday night in the
Physics Amphitheater.
By BILL SCHNITT
Threshrer Reporter
In ten years Rice will be a
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The discussion, sponsored by
the Student Association and the
Forum Committee, featured a
panel of Afour men who are
closely associated with the Uni-
versity: Mr. Herbert Allen,
Trustee on the Board of Gov-
ernors; Carey Croneis, Chancel-
lor; Michael V. McEnany, Dean
of Undergraduate Affairs; and
William H. Masterson, Profes-
sor of History and Master of
Hanszen College.
Noting the proposed growth
~ of Rice's graduate division,
<' moderator Bill Broyles asked
* ^ -/J if undergraduates will "suffer"
because of the "chasm" which
Y \ separates the goals of under-
V> M \ graduates from those of grad-
uates, who are primarily in-
terested in ^'specialization."
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On this matter, Dean Mc-
Enany feared that we might
"talk ourselves" into believing
that the two programs can-
not be reconciled with the
highest academic standards.
"We must remember," he said,
"that strong graduate and un-
dergraduate programs are com-
patible with excellence."
Chancellor Croneis was also
forced to "take issue on this
score." He recognized no "sharp
difference" between undergrad-
uate and graduate students, ob-
serving that many gifted un-
dergraduates are doing grad-
uate-level work.
University's Reputation
The final measure of Rice's
"success" at the undergraduate
level, according to Chancellor
Croneis, is the University's rep-
utation among students. He
noted statistics from the Na-
tional Merit Scholarship Board
which ranked third in the na-
tion, in terms of the college pre-
ference of high school students.
Dr. Masterson, who is Presi-
dent-elect of the University of
Chattanooga, recognized that
Rice is faced with "complicated
choices" regarding the ./'soph*-
isticatecl problem" of education.
"The time hase come right now
—not in ten years—for Rice to
make some decisions about the
curriculum . . . which will de-
termine the nature of the Uni-
versity," he said.
Other Institutions
He also felt that it is mis-
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SS Exams
The Selective Service has
released a list of prescribed
procedures for those students
interested in taking the Col-
lege Qualification Test. The
steps are:
1. Go to any Selective Serv-
ice Local Board for a bulletin
of information, an applica-
tion, and a mailing envelope.
2. Follow instructions in the
bulletin carefully and com-
pletely.
3. Fill out your application
and mail it in the envelope
provided.
4. Consult your local board
or any local board for addi-
tional information.
Deadline for applications is
April 23, 1966.
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leading to compare Rice with
other institutions, since Rice has
developed in its own unique
fashion, and seeks goals quite
different from Cal Tech or MIT
—which "aren't universities."
"Rice cannot be compared to
Princeton," he said, "because
the ratio of science to human-
ities students isn't the same."
Dean McEnany noted that
more must be done to help stu-
dents, especially first semester
freshmen, to adjust to Univer-
sity life.
On this point, Dr. Masterson
observed that "proper orienta-
tion" requires many people de-
voting considerable time. He
felt that pai-t of the counsel-
ling could be handled by the
individual college, and that the
success of such programs would
depend upon the relation of the
faculty to the college.
Course Reduction
Broyles noted the goal of the
Ten Year Plan—to provide a
curriculum which "reconciles
discipline with creativity." He
felt that Rice had "achieved
discipline," but at the expense
of creativity. A reduction of the
student's course load, he said,
would remove maiiy of the re-
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straints which are hindering thf
individual's personality develop-
ment.
Chancellor Croneis a g r e e d
that it would be desirable for
freshmen to study "three or
four courses in depth. They
would have more love for the
University and a better educa-
tion," he added.
Athletics Question
One student wished to know
"how the Administration can
reconcile continued participa-
tion in Southwest Conference
athletics with serious attempts
to have a good University."
Mr. Allen l-eplied that "a
place like Rice . . . needs to be
satisfying to the whole indivi-
dual. There is no satisfaction
in saying that Rice is a sterile
academic place . . . where peo-
ple struggle upward."
Dean McEnany concurred: "It
is wrong to assume that you
can't have a good University
with good sports teams.
Same Process
"The Administration uses the
same selective admissions pro-
cess with athletes as with reg-
ular students. Athletes are
chosen from the top ten per
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Durham, John. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 24, 1966, newspaper, March 24, 1966; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth244969/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.