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Volume Forty-Four—Number 14
Student Council
HOUSTON, TEXAS
"bET
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1956
Over Tower'
Is Continued
BY ERLENE HUBLY
Once again the council meet-
ing centered around its powers,
real and imaginary . . . and its
relationship to the Student Ac-
- tivities Committee—a committee
made up of 9 faculty and 5 stu-
dent members.
Jack started the fire-ball roll-
ing when he said that at the last
S.A.C. meeting, it was discussed
Ed. Note: It is unfortunate
that the Student Council was in-
censed by ill-timed misinforma-
' tion. The Student Activities Com-
mittee Resolution was based on
the understanding that the Stu-
dent Council should retain re-
sponsibility for the activities of
Guidance. The proposed commit-
tee, backed * by President Jack
Holland, would be composed of
Student Council members, other
responsible students, and faculty
members. The committee was
proposed in Dean McBride's ab-
sence and would be formed at
his discretion. The findings of
this committee would have to be
approved by the Student Council
to be put into effect.
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3 Modern Plays
Set By Players
BY PAM HOFFMAN
Drama, as interpreted by the Rice Players in the form
of three one-act plays, will be presented this weekend when
the Autry House curtain is raised on a two-night run of
"The Death of Odyseus," "Chee-Chee," and "Bolshevik
Empress," Sunday and Monday, December 16 and 17.
' i At 8:15 the entertainment
JIM SMITH GINGER PURINGTON
"TELEMACHUS, YOU CANNOT GO TO BATTLE, Penelope
warns her son in this scene from "The Death of Odysseus," one of
the three one-act plays to be presented Sunday and Monday nights.
(Photo by Russel Brown)
to appoint a new committee to*
reorganize frosh guidance for
next year. Then the proverbial
roof blew off—it was brought out
that this would be taking away
the power of guidance, which
once belonged to the Student
Council (and which power it was
understood should be RETURN-
ED to the council).
Bob Fri theij introduced a reso-
lution of which he was co-author
with Wes Pittman . . . resolution
setting up a joint subcommittee
composed of members of bqth
the SAC and the Student Council,
this subcommittee to discuss the
problems pertaining to both
groups ... a committee in "good
faith"—with no policy making
(Continued on Page 3)
Freshman Offices
Decided In Runoff
Runoff voting for the top three
freshman offices Wednesday
placed Jim Gunn in the office of
president, with 175 of 281 votes,
l^argie Moore as vice-president,
with 171 votes, and James Li An-
derson as secretary-treasurer
with 149 votes.
Student Council representa-
tives for the freshman class,
elected Monday, are Art Foust,
Wayne Hanson, and Harvey
Hoffman. There Was no runoff in
this race.
Jingle Ball Belle
Elected Tonight
The Canterbury CluJ) has an-
nounced the beauty nominees
from each literary society for
the Jingle Ball. Representing
their respective literary societies,
the girls are: Jean Gowan of the
O.K.L.S., Phyllis Phair of the
S.L.L.S., Nancy Head of the
E.B.L.S., Doris Winans of the
O.W.L.S., Vicki Cole' of the
V.C.L.S., Cathy Wunsch, Carol
Gillespie, and Nancy Mauney re-
present vthe C.R.L.S., M.E.L.S.,
and P.A.L.S., respectively. The
"Belle of the Jingle Ball" will
be selected from these nominees.
The Jingle Ball is to be an all-
school charity Christmas Dance.
The admission will be a date and
one toy or, for stags, twt toys.
The toys for admission will be
given to the Goodfellows for dis-
tribution to needy children. The
dance will be held at Autry
House at 8:00 p.m. tonight.
Speakers Chosen
For RE Week
The 1957 Religious Emphasis
Week is beyond its embryonic
stage as it draws closer to its
^calendared date: February 25
through Februauy 28. Joe Key,
Publicity Chairman, announces
ithat the following colnmittee
chairmen have been named:: Fi-
nance, Scott Middleton; Program
Commfttee, Steve Shapiro; Ar-
rangements, Ken Peden; and
Evaluation, Meyer Proler.
From Florida, Oklahoma, Ill-
inois, and even Texas tyill come
the learned speakers. They in-
clude Mrs. Mildred Morgan (Pro-
fessor of Home and Family Life,
Florida State University); Rabbi
Norbert Rosenthal from Tulsa;
Rev. Edward J. Duncan (Chap-
lain to Catholic Students, -Uni-
versity of Illinois); Dr. Jack Kil-
gore (Department of Philosophy,
Baylor) ^ Thom Hunter (Presby-
terian Chaplain at Texas Univer-
sity); and Joseph Sitler, (Chi-
cago Lutheran Seminary), the
main speaker.
The Religious Council at Rice
sponsors Religious Emphasis
Week on alternate years with the
Exposition. That week (or four
days) includes a series of re-
ligious discussions and group
meetings with noted speakers
from universities and colleges
all over the nation. (Kot only the
so-called spiritually-satisfied but
the inquiring as well as the
doubting minds turn out for these
services, and from past reports,
all have benefitted.
Monday's election also placed
into effect the amendment to Ar-
ticle VI of the Honor- Council
constitution. This amendment
changes the article to read, "Two
freshman advisors . . . will serve
merely in advisory capacity and
may attend trials and hearings,
but may not vote."
This motion was recommended
by the Honor Council, which feels
that the motion will allow the
freshman advisors to obtain more
accurate information concerning
the functions and actions of the
Honor' Council for the freshman
class.
In the past, freshman advisors
to the Honor Council have been
barred from both trials and
hearings. The amendment will
give the freshmen opportunity to
become competent in the func-
tions of the Council, especially in
such things as the handling of
evidence.
Students May
Be Excused From
$5 If Working
The Student Activities Com-
mittee, at the request of the Stu-
dent Council reversed a former
decision on five dollar days Mon-
day. At a previous meeting the
Student Activities Committee
voted that five dollar days
should be enforced without ex-
ception. This decision was con-
trary to the policy of former
years by which Dean McBride
allowed students who needed to
work during the holidays to be
excused from the five dollar fine.
The Student Council sent a
resolution to the Student Activi-
ties Committee requesting 'that j Shaw's "Bolshevik Empress.'
the latter group reconsider its j Art Mouser .will direct the cast
action, as many students depend- I of Claire Plunguian as Grand
ed on the money earned during j Duchess, Arnold Lesikar as Gen-
the holidays to pay school ex-1 eral Strammfest, Mike Bennett
penses. ias General Schneidekind, and
Student Council President Jack j Graham Campbell and Ben Har-
Holland then made a motion in vey as soldiers.
the Student Activities Committee j The Players are sponsored in
that Students who needed to ; their winter offering by the Olga
work be excused from the fine. Keith Literary Society. Tickets
In the discussion that followed j are priced at a low $.75 and will
it was pointed out that the mo-, be on sale in the lounge, also at
tion was not to be interpreted! the door before performances,
that students be excused from1 The plays provide an unusual
the work in classes missed. * ! (Continued on Page 2)
Rather than issuing a blanket j 0
approval of work absenses the
Activities Committee passed \he j
amended motion which read "Stu- j
(Continued on Page 3)
will begin with a delightful
Italian hoax, "Chee-Chee,"
by Luigi Pirandelo, Celemene
Thorp directing. Portraying the
rogue, Chee-Chee will be Frank
Dent, Nada is Joan Feild, and
Squatriglia is the role of Mar-
tin McClain.
Next on the bill is Lionel
Abel's "The Death of Odysseus,"
under the direction of Thad
Marsh. Featuring a new twist
of the old story, the cast in-
cludes Harrison Wagner as Odys-
seus, Ginger Purington as Pene-
lope, Herbert Simons in the role
of captain, Marcus Smith, the
deserter, Jim Smith as Telema-
chus, Graham Campbell and Ben
Harvey are cast as soldiers.
Rounding out the evening's
entertainment is George Bernard
BISHOP CLEMENTS
CHRISTMAS SPEAKER
The annual all school Christ-
mas Service will be held on De-
cember twentieth at the Palmer
Memorial Episcopal C h u rc h.
Special Christmas music and
community singing will begin the
service at 12:15. This year's fea-
tured speaker is Bishop James
Clements of the Episcopal
Church. /
Bishop Clements was elected
last spring to the office of^Suf-
fraghan Bishop of the Diocese of
Texas, Episcopal Church. Before
his election he served as rector
of St. Mark's E^iscop&l Church.
He is a former Eminent Grand
Prelate of Knights Templar and
Grand Comandre of Texas (Ma-
sonic). During World War Two,
he was a senior wing chaplain
with the first Marine Flight
Wing.
He has also served as Warden
of the College of Preachers in
the Washington, D.C.,* National
Cathedral, after which he was
offered the chair of Homiletics
of the Virginia Theological Sem-
inary and elected Bishop Suffra-
ghan of Minnesota, which he de-
clined.
As is made evident by all these
accomplishments, Bishop Clem-
ents is a truly outstanding fig-
ure throughout the Episcopal
Church, and Rice Institute is very
fortunate to ha^e him as the
speaker for this Christmas Ser-
vice.
BISHOP JAMES P. CLEMENTS
Prelate is Christmas Speaker
Pianist Hirsh To
Perform Tonight
A string quartet composed of
members of the Houston Sym-
phony Orchestra will present a
chamber music concert tonight in
the Fondren Library Lecture
Lounge at 8:15 pm.
Pianist Albei't Hirsh will be
an assisting artist. The quartet
will include VioMnist Fredell Lack
Eichorn and Geox-ge BemyettJ
Violinist Wayne Crouse, and Cell-
ist Marion Davies.
The program will include
Franz Schubert's "Quartet in A
Minor, Opus *29," Bela Bartok's
"Quartet' No. 5," and Johannes
Brahm's "Quintet** in F Minor,
Opus 34," with Mr. Hirsh at the
piano.
The concert will be held under
the auspices of the Shepherd
School of Music at Rice.
Other programs in the series
will be presented by the Lyric
Art Quartet on February 21 and
April 4. March 22 the annual
Bartlett Series concert will fea-
ture artists of Houston's Cham-
ber Music Guild.
No admission will be charged.
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