The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 54, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 30, 1949 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME THIRTY-SIX
No. FIFTY-FOUR
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HOUSTON, TEXAS. SATURDAY. APRIL 30, 1949
Honor Council at
Open Meeting Sets
Up Orientation
The Honor Council in an open
meeting Wednesday outlined an
orientation program for next year.
The Program will be correlated with
an extensive general orientation
which is being worked out by a
committee at the present time.
As in the past, the Orientation
of the Freshmen will begin with a
letter introducing the individual to
his duties and responsibilities under
the Honor System. On Orientation
Day the chairman of the Honor
System will address the Freshmen.
In the first two weeks of school
each Freshman English 100 class
will be visited by two Honor Coun-
cil mmebers who will make a short
address and engaged in a bull ses-
sion in order to clear up any ques-
tions which might be bothering the
Freshmen. In addition, the English
Department will require every
freshman to write a theme on the
Honor System.
The most important innovation
of next year is that freshmen will
not sign cards pledging to support
the Honor System until they have
written their themes, heard the dis-
cussion of the Honor Council mem-
bers anfl had time to think carefully
of the responsibility which they ac-
cept when they sign * the pledge
agreeing to abide -by the respon-
sibilities of the Honor System.
Dr. Detler W. Bronk
To Deliver Address
At '49 Commencement
Dr. Detlev W. Bronk, newly elec-
ted president of Johns' Hopkins
University, will be the commence-
ment speaker for the class of 1949.
This last event for the seniors
will be lield June 3 at 6:30 p.m. in
the court of the Chemistry Build-
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Senior activities started back in
March when they ordered their
rings. Breaking precedent, the rings
were delivered before graduation—
in April. However each senior was
required to sign a pledge whereby
he promises to turn back the ring
in case he doesn't graduate.
Picnic And Dance
Tli'? senior picnic is the next event
on the full May calendar for the
graduating class. It will be held
May 13 at the Houston Country
Club. Then come the finals, start-
ing May 20 and continuing for a
week. The Saturday the finals are
over, May 28, the senior banquet
and dance will be held at the Hous-
ton Country Club. The speakers
lined up so far, said Class Presi-
dent Frank Bryan, include Dr.-Wil-
liam V. Houston, Dean Hugh S.
Cameron, S. G. McCann and J. T.
McCants. The Senior American, an-
nual tea dance, will take place May
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'49-'50 Dances to Be
Set-up by Committee
"The 1949-1950 Dance Committee
is now ready to set up next year's
dance schedule," said Jim Davis,
chairman of the Dance Committee.
Most Organizations have been noti-
fied by letter. Any organization
which has not been contacted should
get in touch with any member of
the Dance Committee. The meet-
ing to decide darice dates will be
held in AH 110 on May 11 at noon.
The dance committee must have a
statement before this meeting item-
izing the uses to which the expected
profits will be put.
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Rostrum Will Meet
Next Wednesday
The Rostrum will meet Wednes-
day noon in Anderson Hall, room
105, to elect officers for next year.
Members of the club and anyone
else who feels so inclined is cor-
dially invited to attend the meeting.
The club will also sponsor a de-
bate Wednesday night. The* speakers
will be Raymond Lankfotd, Jack
Lapin, Rush Moody, and Gail Mount.
These will be the same (speakers
who will take on A&M here on
May 11.
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New Concrete Walk
Promised by Willison
Raised concrete- walks and new
parking lots are due on the cattipus
soon according to a report by Char-
ley Wilson to the Student Council
Thursday. Wilson, head of a com-
mittee to investigate the possibility
of improving the walks and roads,
said that in a talk with Mr. N. S.
Willison of the school grounds de-
partment plans were revealed for
a number of projects. These include
a new 125 car parking lot for dorm
students and a 35 car lot behind the
library. Also planned is a walk from
the Chemistry Lecture Hall to the
Library and on through the dorms,
another walk around the Chemistry
Lecture Hall to the Library and a
walk from the Engineering Parking
lot to Abercrombie lab.
Wilson said that a cleaning of the
drainage system is on the schedule
also. When asked, about the roads,
Wilson replied that no work is con-
templated until N construction has
ceased.
Freshman Guidance Acted On,
At Student Council Meeting*
by David Braden
In a heated discussion Thursday members of the Student
Council and observers considered the Freshman Guidance Com-
mittee and its possible effects. Discussion was precipitated
by the reading of a proposed By-Law to the Student Association
Constitution which establishes a Guidance committee. The
By-Law would establish a com-
AIEE Hears Lecture
On Lighting Problems
Mr. H. G. Hrivnatz, a lighting
specialist, with the Houston Light
and Pofrer Company (Rice, 1934),
spoke to about 35 members of the
AIEE Wednesday night on night
lightnig^problems. A General Elec-
tric in technicolor, brought to Hous-
ton Tuesday morning, on lights and
their applications was shown and
discussed by Mr. Hrivnatz. '-f,
A talk comparing incandescent,
flourescent, and cold cathode light-
ing followed the meeting.
mittee to be headed by Sopho-
mores as President and Vice-
President; other members would be
named by these two, and approved
by the Student Council and the
Dean for Students. Members other
than the officers could belong to
any class, it was brought out. An
important part of the By-Law was
the clause stating that any program
be approved by the Student Coun-
cil and the Dean and that the Guid-
ance committee must work in close
co-op6ration with them for the dura-
tion of its activities.
Immediately after the reading of
the proposed By-Law Woods Martin,
Councilman-at-Large and Senior M.
E. student, stated that last October
there was no official recognition of
the Guidance Committee by the
Dean because of the hazing that
was connected with it. Martin urged
that the Student Council have no-
thing to do with the Guidance Com-
mittee if it would mean that the
Council would accept responsibility
for injuries incurred through hazing.
Tom Eubank, Parliamentarian and
Sophomore "pre-law student, replied
by reading part of the By-Law,
which said "The Aim of the Fresh-
man Guidance Committee^ shall be
to promote school spirit." Eubank
said "as far as I am concerned
there is no implication of hazing
there. The Freshman Guidance Com-
mittee shall be what the Student
Council and Dean want it to be."
Martin said "The Guidance Com-
mittee has always hazed. Dean
Cameron has passed the buck to us
and if someone is hurt after we
approve this By-Law then the Stu-
dent Council will be responsible."
Brady Tyson, Editor of the
Thresher, asked if Eubank would
insert a clause in the By-Law that
would state that participation in
the programs of the Freshman Guid-
ance would be on a voluntary basis.
Eubank replied that such a clause
had been considered when the By-
Law was being framed, and that the
people concerned, in this case the
present Guidance committee, should
be consulted.
J. D. Sugg said "No one can be
forced to do anything he does not
want to do. Such a proposed clause
might destroy the freshman Guid-
ance committee's ability to unify
the class." Larry Westkaemper, a
member of next year's Student
Council and a member of this year's
Freshman guidance committee, said
that he knew of a dorm student who
dropped out of the program volun-
tarily and was not allowed back in.
There had been no compulsion as
far as he had been concerned. When
asked what "the Program" consisted
of, and why the boy was not allowed
back in, Westkaemper replied that
the program included such things as
wearing slime hats and attending
prayer meetings. The boy was not
allowed back in because, Westkaem-
per said, "If you knew his person-'
ality it would be understandable."
Woods Martin said that the Fresh-
man Orientation Committee has al-
ways done a more beneficial serv-
ice for the Freshman than the
Guidance committee. He said that
he had personally witnessed hazing
in the dorms this year, and tha£
such things seemed completely un-
necessary to him.
•T. S. Binford, Junior member of
the Student Council, said that if the
situation was this ticklish the Stu-
dent Council should keep out of it.
Eubank stated that Dean" Cameron
would have to approve of the pro-
gram, and that it would be his re-
sponsibility to enforce its regula-
tions. The previous question was
moved and passed, an attempt to
table the By-Law was "defeated, and
the By-Law was approved by 10-4.
Tyson said, "I promise a referen-
dum on the By-Law." When ques-
tioned later as to the nature of the
referendum .Tyson said it would in-
clude two points: First, no student
would be forced to participate in
the programs of the Freshman
Guidance Committee; and second,
there would be no physical hazing
under the jurisdiction of the Fresh-
man Guidance committee, and it
would be the duty of this commit-
tee to report such hazing to the
Student Council and to the Dean for
Students.
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To put a question on a proposed
By-Law to a vote before the Student
body requires a petition signed by
fifty students, and handed to the
Student Council within ten days af-
ter the By-Law has been approved
and posted. Three-fourths of the
total number of votes cast by the
students must be in favor of the
referendum to pass it.
"Science and Religion"
To Be Emerson Topic
Father Norbert Ruth, bursar, pro-
fessor of physics, and head of the
Department of Science at St. Thom-
as University, will speak to the
Emerson Society on "Science and
Religion" at the home of Mr. Tur-
ner, 2626 Pemberton, at 6:30 Sunday
evening. The meeting will be fol-
lowed with refreshments, and is
open to anyone interested in hearing
the talk.
"Review" By-Laws Outlined
Next Year's Organization Set Up
The following by-laws were ap-
proved by a committee of the En-
gnieering Society. They set up the
general organization for the admin-
istration of the Rice Institute Bi-
ennial Review of Science and Art.
The all school show of the Rice
Institute shall be named "The Rice
Institute Review of Science and
Art." The scope of the show shall
consist of thq activities of the stu-
dents in all the departments by
means of displays and exhibits with
the faculty in an advisory capacity.
No commercial exhibits shall be per-
mitted. The show shall be held in
the spring of even numbered years
and the date shall be determined by
the Engineering Society.
The show shall be organized and
administered by a general manager,
his appointed assistant managers,
and the departmental managers,
known as the Executive Committee.
General Manager
The General Manager shall be a
member of the Engineering Society,
elected a year preceding the date
of the show, from nominees selec-
ted (one eag,h) from the student
branches of the AIChE, * AIEE,
ASCE, and ASME as well by floor
nominations, by the active members
of the Engineering Society. He shall
be responsible to the Engineering
Society, to the Faculty Advisory
Committee ( appointed by the Pres-
ident of the Rice Institute), and to
the Student Council. He shall be a
Senior or a graduate student of th£
year of the show. His appointments
shall be subject to the approval of
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Four Professors To Speak
On International Education
"International Education" will be discussed at the next
Forum, Thursday, May 5 at 8:00 p.m. in Anderson Hall 108
by four members of the Rice faculty.
Speakers will be: Pierre Girard, assistant professor of
French, who will speak on education in France; Vincente Car-
rison, assistant in romance lan-
guages, who will discuss educa-
tion in Mexico and South "America;
Ruben Weltsch, reference librarian,
who will comment on education in
Germany, Switzerland, and Russia;
and Sarel Henry Eimerl, assistant
in history, who will talk on educa-
tion in England.
The speakers will each be allot-
ted 15 minutes, and a question per-
iod will follow. The program should
bo authoritative as all of the speak-
ers are natives of the countries on
which they will speak. An attempt
wifi also be made to emphasize re-
cent trends in education.'
"This program which will trace
education around the world will be
very interesting, as all of the speak-
ers have had first hand information
on their subjects. Mr. Eimerl and
Mr. Girard, as well as Mr. Carrion,
have been in England, France, and
Mexico respectively with the last
year, and Mr. Weltsch is very well
informed about education in Europe,
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the Engineering Society.
The General Manager shall ap-
point the following assistant mana-
gers and any others deemed neces-
sary for the proper functioning of
the show; Assistant General Mana-
ger, Financial Manager, Publicity
Manager, Display Manager, Pro-
gram and Advertising Manager.
Safety and Utilities Manager, and
Traffic Manager.
The Assistant General Manager
shall assist the General Manager in
carrying out the duties of his office.
The financial Manager shall bflu
responsible for all receipts and dis-
burijjipptfits of funds. Any action
tatten shall be subject to the appro-
val of the Executive Committee and
the Bursar of the Rice Institute. He
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