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Volume Forty, Number Thirty
HOUSTON, TEXAS,
FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1953
Greene Well Known
To Yale Undergrade
Popular Professor
By NIELS NIELSON
T. M. Greene, Master of Silli-
man College at Yale, is well
known to most New Haven un-
dergraduates. Indeed, he is
among the first faculty that
they meet on the Yale campus:
Greene often speaks to the fresh-
man assembly in Woolsey Hall and
introduces the class to their new
college surroundings. He is remem-
bered subsequently,, for his straight-
forward, frank comments as well as
his unique interest in all type.s of
campus activities. Most students
have seen the large black and white
sketch of Greene by A1 Capp, which
hangs in the Master's room at Silli-
man. They know, too, of his partici-
pation in Life magazine's round table
on the pursuit of happiness and boast
that he was the only member of the
panel who lasted through all three
rounds of the discussion.
Among Greene's major books is
The Arts and the Art of £riticism,
a, text which is used ♦ widely
throughout the country, ts illustra-
tions are reminiscent of Greene's
own collection of paintings in Silli-
man, which the visitor always ob-
serves, whether he.calls for pleas-
ure or business. The Master of a
Yale College "has responsibility for
the cultural and social life of its'
members. Greene's concern for stu-
dent life is well known. If anyone
is in trouble, officially or unofficial-
ly, they are likely to look up the
Master at any hour of the day or
night. Silliman has more than five
hundred resident students, as well
as some forty or fifty faculty fel-
lows.
Greene was born in Turkey and
studied first at Amherst and then
with Norman Kemp Smith in Edin-
burgh. He enjoys telling of his first
teaching days in India when he had
Sikhs, Hindus and Moslems among
his" students. He was "professor of
philosophy at Princeton before he
moved to Yale to succeed F.S.C.
Northrop as Master of Silliman Col-
lege.
Students are asked to notice
that the discussion groups listed
in the schedule are non-
restricted. Any student may at-
tend any discussion group.
Religious Group
Activities Slowed
By RE Week
By JO-ANNE HICKMAN
The Hillel Society has been in-
vited by the '"University of, Houston
Hillel Society t* attend an inform-
al dance on Sunday, March 15, at
8 PM, at the Jewish Communtiy
Center. Maynard Gimble and his or-
chestra will provide the music; re-r
freshments will be served. Admis-
sion charge is $1.50.
Tfle Canterbuiy Club elected
Earle Williams as the new vice
president. The next meeting of the
(Continued on Page 8)
For further information on
REW activities see page 2
REW Schedule
Monday, March 16
10:00 AM—General Assembly: Dr.
Greene—Commons
12:10 PM—Discussion Group: Mr.
Hardin—A-House
12:15 PM—Luncheon — Sr. Com-
mons
1:00 PM—Lits meet with Miss Ann
Shaw, open discussion — Lecture
Lounge
4:30 PM—Discussion: "What is
True Faith and by What Stand-
ards Shall We Measure it?": Mr.
Tate — Lecture Lounge; Rabbi
Malev—Music Room
6:30 PM—"Men-Women Relation-
ships": Mr. Tate—North Hall;
Mr. Hardin—South Hall; Mr.
Hirst—West Hall; Rabbi Malev—
East Hall
7:30 PM—"Planning for a Success-
ful Marriage": Miss Ann Shaw—
Girls Dorm
Tuesday, March 17
10:00 AM—General Assembly: Dr.
"Greene—Commons
12:10 PM—Discussion Group: Mr.
Tate—A-House
12:15 PM — Luncheon—Sr. Com-
mons m
1:15 PM—Lits meet with Miss Ann
Shaw, to discuss Men-Women Re-
lationships—Lecture Lounge
4:30 PM—Discussion: "Does College
Strengthen or Weaken Religious
Faith?": Mr. Hirst — Lecture
Lounge; Rabbi Malev — NROTC
Building; Mr. Hardin — Music
Room
6:30 PM—Planning for a successful
Marriage": Mr. Hardin — South
Hall; Mr. Tate—North Hall; Rab-
bi Malev—East Hall
"Do Science * and Religion Con-
flict?": Mr. Hirst—West Hall
7:30 PM—Miss Ann Shaw: "What
is Sin; What Principles Should I
Consider in Deciding Right from
Wrong VJ—Girls Dorm
Wednesday, March 18
9:00 AM—General Assembly: Dr.
Greene—Commons
12:10 PM—Discussion: Rabbi Mal-
ev—A-House
12:15 PM—Luncheon — Sr. Corfir-
rhons
1:15 PM—Lit meeting with Hardin:
"What Should I Get out of Four
Years of College?" — Lecture
Lounge
4:30 PM—"What Should I Get out
of Four Years of College?": Mr.
Hirst—Exam Room; Miss Ann
Shaw—Music Room; Mr. Tate—
North Hall Lounge
6:30 PM—"Do Science and Religion
Conflict?": Mr. Tate — North
Hall; Mr. Hardin — South Hall;
"Planning for a Successful Mar-
riage": Mr; Hirst—West Hall
"What is True Faith and by what
Standards do We Measure it?":
Rabbi Malev—East Hall
7:30 PM—"What is a Successful
Life?": Miss Ann Shaw—Girls
Dorm
Rockwell Lecturer, Greene Heads RE Speakers
T. M. Green, Professor of
Philosophy at Yale University,
and well known authority on
the philosophies of religion, art,
and education, will speak at
Rice in the Rockwell Lecture Series.
The Series is entitled, La<nd of the
Free; Professor Green will deliver
three lectures: "Our Inherited
Freedoms," "Faith of a Liberal,"
and "Our Institutional Ramparts."
The lectures will take place March
17, 18, and 19 at 8:15 in the Lec-
ture Lounge. As all other Rockwell
lectures, it will be open to the pub-
lic.
Dr. Green will be the featured
speaker for Religious Emphasis
Week, at which time he will address
the students at 10 AM on Monday
and Tuesday, and at 9 AM on Wed-
nesday, March 16, 17, and 18, in the
Commons. Classes will be dismissed
for these lectures.
Professor Green was born in Con-
stantinople, Turkey, where his par-
ents were American missionaries.
He received his BA from Amherst
College. He had been connected
with Forman Christian College of
the University of Punjab, in India,
Princeton, Stanford, and Yale. He
received his Ph.D. from the Uni-
versity of Edinburgh.
-O-
DR. GREENE
President Cites
Student Planning
OnREWeek
The Religious Emphasis
Week which begins on Sunday,
March 15, is a result of student
interest and planning.
The Rice Institute was establish-
ed specifically as a non-sectarian
institution. It has never been irre-
.. . , ,
Jigious or non-religious. For many
years the student religious organi-
zations have expressed the student
body interest and activity in this
field. Similarly, the study of the
place of religion in 4pur culture and
civilization has been prominent in
the work of the Philosophy De-
partment and has become more so
with the appointment of an Assist-
ant Professor of Philosophy and
Religious Thought.
For u number of years the Rock-
well Lectures presented at the Rice
Institute each spring have been on
philosophical and religious subjects,
and this year the Rockwell Lec-
turer, Dr. Theodore M. Greene,
is also the principal speaker for
the meetings organized? by the stu-
dent groups during the first part
of the week. Dr. Greene is widely
known as a stimulating speaker,
and it is my hope that his addresses
on Monday and Tuesday mornings,
as well as his Rockwell Lectures
on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thurs-
day evenings, may be well attended,
for I am sure they will be of-in-
terest and value to the audience.
—W. V. Houston
. All students are invited to a
reception for Dr. Greene and the
leaders of Religious Emphasis
week, Sunday, 4-6 at Cohen
House.
Sex Beats Sin
In Interest Locater
Tabulation
The tally for the REW "Interest
Locaters" distributed to members of
the Rice student body by the Rice
YMCA last week has been reported
to the Thresher by Bill Lee, Publi-
city Chairman for the religious pro-
gram. The purpose of tht' question-
naires was to spot potential inter-
est points; discussion topics have
been selected in the light of the re-
sults the forms provided.
The subject which excited most
interest was "Planning for a Suc-
cessful Marriage.." The fact that
"Men-Women Relationships" was
alsoC^idely checked indicates that
inter-personal questions are con-
cerning Rice students more than
"What Is Sin?" or "What Is a Suc-
cessful Life?"
Questionnaire results from the
dormitories were relatively homo-
geneous. Dormitory residents gener-
ally reflect the interests shown by
the student body as a whole. Many
checked the subject "Do Science and
Religion Conflict?"
Town residents also reflected the
overall opinion's.
The topics which attracted least
interest were "Are Drinking and
Gambling Sinful?", "Can The Sol-
dier be Religious?", and "Has Re-
ligion Anything for the Normal
College Man?"
Pictured are the REW discussion leaders—Messers Hirst, Tate, and Malev in the usual order.
S
Religious Emphasis week
is scheduled at the Rice In-
stitute March 16-18. There
will be three all-school as-
semblies in the Commons:
Monday at 10 AM, Tuesday
at 10 AM," and Wednesday
at 9 AMt*According to the
vote of the faculty, all
classes are to be dismissed
at these hours.
G. T. McBRIDE, JR.
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