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THE THRESHER
FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1956
7 he Charitable Council
In a sincere but misguided effort to promote goodwill
in Africa, a large part of the Student Council seems ready
to donate the proceeds of the Charity Drive to provide un-
named and unknown African students an education in un-
known and unnamed African schools. This is an excellent
example of the ridiculous and unrealistic actions into which
the Council sometimes leaps.
Houston has unlimited and crying needs which remain
unanswered despite superficial prosperity. Two excellent
suggestions were offered: scholarships to teach indigent
blind children to lead normal lives and assistance to a local
men's group in giving fatherless boys a genuine camping
experience. These were brushed aside in the rush to edu-
cate the heathen. Fortunately, action was postponed until
the next meeting.
The belief that the expenditure of Rice's $1500 can
save Africa from communism, relieve the "white man's
burden," and give Rice nation wide publicity may be par-
tially correct, but such aims are a perversion and frustra-
tion of our one drive to do some practical and constructive
good for Houston's needs.
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TISA Questioned
This week-end six Rice representatives are attending
the annual TISA convention at Abilene as official represen-
tatives of the Rice Student Association. We are interested
in what these representatives bring back to our Student
Council.
We've been watching the activities of the Texas Inter-
collegiate Student Association for the past few years, and
frankly, we aren't too impressed. The associations which
TISA provides with other schools are doubtlessly of some
value, but we wonder if the gains of the individual council
members are translated into a better Student Council here
at Rice.
If TISA is a good idea, we ought to devote our time
and energy to it; if it is not, we should consider dropping
our affiliation^rth the organization.. Next week .when the
representatives report to the council there should be some
serious consideration of the above issues.
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Registrar's Folly
One of our very first editorials of the year was on the
"new registration system" of the Registrar's office, and
from time to time we have made a comment or so raising
an objection to that office and its function,^but now that!
.
its almost time to fill in the numerous useless carbon paper
cards for next year's classes, we believe it is time to seri-j
ously appraise the office's function.
In the first place, it seems to us that there is no cam-1
pus group which even approaches the Registrar's office
in its constant disregard for the students. We realize that
their job is a hard one, but students are more than forms,
and their problems cannot be solved adequately within the
framework of a few promulgated regulations.
The "carbon paper" system, or Rice's own answer to
efficiency, is about as efficient as a cardboard ax. Both
we and the office have spent more time playing with the
new cards, and the results are both slower and less accur-
ate than usual.
Grades came out later than usual, and many students
received the wrong slips of paper; now we learn that the
Dean's list won't be out for several weeks. After all, the
new semester is only a month old!
The Rice Catalogue which has recently been published
is already wrong. We realize how hard it is to publish some-
thing without any mistakes at all, but the material errors
in the Catalogue could have been easily omitted. Finally,
the office itself admits that the courses as listed in the
catalogue are incomplete and inaccurate.
We're not certain of the solution to the problem, but
we ought to either move the office to the Roost, or at least
put the coffee machine in the Sallyport. ' *
7&3
111 HE
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published during holidays afid examination weeks. The views presented are
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Rice Institute.
Rice Invited To
Foreign Affairs
Conclave In Mo.
By Bob Saldich
If you are interested in For-
eign Policy and would like to
take a trip to St. Louis, please
keep reading.
An invitation has been extend-
ed by the Principia College of
Liberal Arts near St. Louis for
the Rice Institute to send dele-
gates to their 18th Annual Pub-
lic Affairs Conference to be held
April 12, 13, and 14th. The top-
ic to be discussed is, "A Prob-
lem in U. S. Foreign Policy —
The USSR." Several outstanding
people will serve as speakers and
consultants for the conference.
This conference is very simi-
lar to the recent Student Con-
ference on National Affairs held
at Texas A & M which was at-
tended by four delegates from
Rice, and which proved extreme-
ly valuable and interesting.
Unfortunately, the Student
Council and the Administration
both foel incapable of supplying
funds for this trip. Round trip
coach fare to St. Louis is $44.50.
A fee of $12.50 covering housing
and meals will be paid by the
Institute.
If you are interested in at-
tending this conference or would
like more information, you are
strongly urged to contact Dean
McBride as soon os possible.
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Religious
- Activities
by Polly Benoit
"If you are good-natured, peo-
ple will step all over you!"—This
often heard remark is the cap-
tion of one of William Steig's
cartoons from The Lonely Ones.
It will be the first of a series
of programs on Steig's cartoons
to begin next week's MSM meet-
ings. Herman Will of the Board
of World Peace will present the
first of the series.
Yesterday an unusual worship
service was held by the Methodist
Student Movement in which the
center of the program was a
scene from Felicia Komai's verse
adaptation of Cry, The Belovecl
Country.
Christian Science
What does Christian Science
teach about Man's Ability? Mi*.
James Harry McReynolds, C. S.
B., of Dallas, Texas will explain
this and many other points about
Christian Science in his lecture
at 8:00 P.M., this Sunday, March
4, in the-Rice Lecture Lounge.
The lecture, entitled "Chris-
tian Science: "It's Revelation of
Man's God-Given Ability," is
sponsored by the Christian Sci-
ence Organization at Rice. This
lecture is open to the public, and
the students and facult yare cor-
dially invited to attend.
B.S.U.
It's time for another B.S.U.
party, and this time it looks like
it will be a Hayride. . . Baptist
students, watch for announce-
ment of the time, place, and date.
Southwestern Seminary in Ft.
Worth will be the scene of a For-
eign Missions conference to be
held.for Baptist stvWents all over
the state of Texas. Conferences,
tours, programs, inspirational
speakprs,' and counciling have
been planned for the interest of
those who would like to attend
this meeting. Reservations Must
be in by March 13 as the con-
ference date is March 16-17.
UTTU MAN ON CAMPUS
by Dick Btbter
I HELPED HIM WITH HIS fMEtVQRK-DlDNT KNOW HFMS APEtffyLSTuDEtff
Milling Around
Ghost Miller Re
Next Ye ars Co
views
urses
While xve tvere out milling
around a ghost writer descended
on our column. Libelous remarks
and fear of unemployment have
forced us to protect our guest
ghost's guise.
Since Rice has again published
"Its""biehnuar GeneFaT""Xrinounce-
ments, and since this publication
is fundamental to student life
at Rice, we feel it only approp-
riate in this column to give a
general review of the catalogue,
with special at-
tention to the
new courses
? which will be
offered by the
English De^
partment. The
course is Eng-
I lish 330.45, and
entitled Crea-
tive Epigrams.
The course is designed for stu-
dents with poetic talent, but is
especially recommended for stu-
dents who intend to become poli-
tical satirists or demagogues. We
should like to warn prospective
Epigrammers that they consider
the teachers political affiliations
and their own l#fore embarking
on this course, as W relies heav-
ily on content of the epigram
as well as their poetic beauty. .
Read It All
As a companion course to
Philosophy 100, the Institute is
also going to offer a somewhat
select group of students a sur-
vey course in Recondite Knowl-
edge 100 a companion course to
English 295. This course will in-
clude a rapid reading of the En-
Cyclopedia Britannica, with the
instructor for the course lectur-
ing 'on topics not covered in the
text book. Some of the topics
to receive special emphasis, will
be the "Care and Feeding of
Anteaters, their Mating Habits,
and Humanitarian Tendencies."
Also, the instructor will devote
time to the "Development of the
Cowboy as a Metaphysical Con-
cept During the Middle Ages,
and the Role of the American
Indian in the European Renais-
sance."
A third course which comes
to our attention is not new to
Riceites, but it has been altered
slightly. We understand that an
experimental lab has been added
to the philosophy course in the
Problem of Evil. This lab will
it wijl include frequent field
meets from 3:30 A.M. to 6:30
A.M. on Saturday mornings, and
trips. The Philosophy Depart-
ment is quite happy that they
have been able to expand the
course in this way, as they feel
that there is no substitute for
primary source material in un-
derstanding all of the ramifica-
tions to evil. The course will be
open only to students showing
a decided interest in the course
accompanied by a note from
Dean McBride vouching for the
students' aptitude for it. This
note will be based on the infor-
mation found in the Dean's fil-
ing Cabinet.
Bookmaking
A new Accounting Course has
also been added to the B. A.
Department. This course is B.
A. 201, and it is entitled "Book-
making." It will be a companion
course to Economices 355, Bus-
iness Finance, and students de-
siring to take B. A. 201 will be
obligated to enroll in the Eco-
nomics course at the same time.
This new course will also fea*
ture a lab together with field
trips to Kentucky.
We have noticed the passing
of Chem 100, and feel moved to
add our voice to the voices of-
others who sincerely regret its
passing. Chem 100 is an institu-
tion at Rice, and we can feel
that with its discontinuance, a
course of intrinsic value has
•been lost. It was a course loved
by all Academs, and the substi-
tution of it by a Science course
will be sincerely regretted by
incoming students.
Finally, we have noticed that
a new Diplomatic History course,
History 483, is going to be of-
fered. This will be a course in
the "Foreign Relations of the
Foreign Minister to Guatemala,
1901-1927." We understand that
the teacher will place primary
emphasis on the social back-
grounds playing a vital part in*
the foreign relations of the for-
eign minister,
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