The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, February 15, 1957 Page: 5 of 16
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, .1957
THE TH*B8HBB
Five
Student Oouncil
HELL WEEK BURIED,
RICE FOR SCHOLARS
BY ERLENE HUBLY
"Rice is for scholars only. .
thus the Student Council meet-
ing Wednesday night began on a
note of optimism. The discussion
centered around the administra?
tion's attitude toward campus ac-
tivities, i.e. the late Hell Wek
so recently buried. Several mem-
bers of the administration justi-
fied their action on the grounds
that the dignity of the Institute
should not be impaired and that
scholarship should be emphasized
. . . Informal "reports" from
Dave Willis, Wes Pittman, and
Jack Holland (with prompting
from "Henry Gissel) informed the
Council of several last minute ef-
forts to get some reconciliation
for "our loss"... yet feeling ran
discouragingly high that a long
standing tradition had been
struck from our present and fu-
ture records . . . with little hope
for revival. . .
Membership in TISA
The Council then moved . . .
into a discussion, pro and con,
of membership in TISA. Many
Council members felt the values
gained by attending the annual
TISA convention were negative—
that the convention was just a
place of dirty politics, drinking,
and was of no value to Rice as
"our school is like no other
school in Texas."
However, Miss Sick brought
out the point that we owe the
other schools something—if they
can't help us directly, maybe we
Visiting Professor
Compares Rice,,
Eastern Schools
BY MARC SMITH
Dr. E. Harris Harbison from
Princeton University, is the M. D.
Anderson Professor of History
for* the second semester. He is
teaching History 350, Main Cur-
rents in Modern European
Thought.
Dr. Harbison got his B.A. from
Princeton and did his graduate
work at Harvard. He is a good
friend of Dr. T. M. Greene of
Yale, who was the M. D. Ander- |
son visiting professor in 1954.
He joined the staff at Prince-
ton in 1933 and was appointed to
a full professor of history in
1945. His special field of study is
the Renaissance and the Reform-
ation, and he has written Rival
Ambassadors in the Court of
Queen Mary, 1553-1557, and The
Christian Scholar in the Age of
the Reformation.
When asked to compare Rice
with Princeton, Dr. Harbison said
that both schools had a common
object in "qualitative" education
instead of "quantitative."
Rice students, he said, are
"slower to rise to the bait of dis-
cussion" than Eastern students,
but they are "more serious and
conscientious."
At Princeton he is the chair-
man of a co-operation course in
Western Tradition. This course
is taught by several professors,
including Dr. Harbison, who plans
and directs it.
He was chosen by the Ford
Foundation as a member of a
committee studying the problem
of students who are not chal-
lenged by college when they start.
This committee dealt with East-
ern prep-school students who en-
tered Ivy-league schools, and, be-
cause of their background, found
no challenge there.
could benefit them in some way
. . .the Council voted to attend
the convention, held late in
March. . . \
Constitutional Changes
The main portion of the meet-
ing centered on constitutional
changes and additions for the
proposed Student Menlorial Cen-
ter, Intercollege Committe . . .
and revisions of the council's time
worn constitution. Altho the
Council didn't finish "hearings"
of their 31 page constitution,
there was a trend to cut out many
parts which were steeped in jar-
gon . . . Capitalists Restrained:
one interesting addition to the
constitution was the clause per-
taining to reviews given by stu-
dents — future reviews will be
possible only through authoriza-
tion of the involved department
. . . thus eliminating much of the
"free enterprise" now related to
reviews . . .
. . . the Council, who had been
stuffed in an airless vacuum—
the projection room — for 2 Mr
hours, could stand it no longer
and so adjourned . . .
HELL WEEK...
(Continued from Page 1)
suppressed by a list of restric-
tions that would have to be strict-
ly followed. In its place, the com-
mittee followed a suggestion by
Dean McBride and designed a
freshman-sophomore field day.
Athletic Contest
This field day is to be one
athletic contest, from 2:00 to 4:00
p.m. the Saturday of the Sopho-
more Dance. It would be held on
a field 100 yards by 200 yards.
Its purpose would be for one of
the classes to push a large ball
over the opposing class's goal.
This ball would be made of can-
vas, filled with hay, and should
be between G and 8 feet in di-
ameter.
After either the ball has pas-
sed over a goal, or the time limit
has expired, the president of the
losing class would be handed over
to the winning class and all
hostilities would cease. Hoohahl
Passed Council
The Student Council passed this
recommendation and it was placed
before Dr. Houston, Dean Richter,
and Dean McBride. At time of
writing, there has been no de-
finite decision on the part of the
Administration.
Symphony-Goers Walk
Out On Stravinsky Piece
BY HELEN MORRIS
Stravinsky's "The Rite of
Spring" after 44 years of per-
formance still proved to be "mod-
ern music," last Tuesday night
at the Music Hall. Some twenty
people left the Symphony.
Probably Stravinsky's most
well-known work, "Le Sacre du
Printemps," was written as a bal-
let piece. It is dissonant, unmelo-
dious, and hammering, with tre-
mendous dynamics. The Orches-
tra reached magnificent heights
in volume, which was unneces-
sary to produce contrast for the
extremely quiet passages.
Audience Outraged
At the original performance
in 1913, in Paris, the audience
was outraged that Stravinski con-
sidered such dissonance, music.
There were no catcalls nor jeers
from the audience last Tuesday,
but it was obvious that many
people were unable to accept "The
Rite of Spring." The reviewer
thoroughly enjoyed it, although
he felt it could have been better
defined.
Maurice Bonney, as guest con-
ductor, led the Orchestra force-
fully with dynamic gesticulation.
Surprisingly enough, he did not
exact from the musicians the
clean-cut performance we usual-
ly see.
Tragic Overture
Brahms, "The Tragic Over
ture," was first on the program.
Starting off competently, it co-
caine a little mushy and ill-de-
fined.
Isaac Stern was guest artist
for the second number, Brahms'
"Concerto for Violin and Orches-
tra in D Major." A truly accomp-
lished violinist, Mr. Stern's per-
formance was precise and def-
inite, as well as inspired with vi-
tality. When I say the orchestra
in accompaniment was not as ex-
cellent as Mr. Stern, I cast no
reflection on the Orchestra, but
rather, further applaud Mr.
Stern.
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others.
—George Orwell,
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