The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, April 12, 1957 Page: 5 of 10
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FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1957
THE THRESHER
Five
Oriental Splendor
h Rondelet Theme
Oriental splendor will be the
keynote for this year's Ronde-
let pageant and dance on May 4
as the weekend adopts its theme
library One Of
Last With Open
Stack System
Almost $78 yearly is spent per
student to maintain and equip
the Fondren Library, according
to figures announced this week.
Students pay a $25 library fee,
but actual per capita expensesi
amount to $102.98. The $25 is
just a drop in the bucket, as far
as expenditures are concerned.
According to national College
University Library Statistics,
Rice spends about $184,000 per
year for maintenance and op-
erating expenses. The ration of
library expenses to total operat-
ing expenses at Rice is rated as
2J2% better than at Harvard.
Fondren Library is one of the
examples of the vanishing "open-
stack" system left in American
universities. To the student, this
Is .quite obviously a decided ad-
vantage.
Music room facilities are an-
other example of specialized ser-
vices available to students.
Asbeck's Garage
2601 BISSONNET
— JA 2-8052 —
from "The King and. I". The vi-
brant shades of tu^ffoise and
rose will blend into an exotic
background of Siamese arches,
full skirted formals and children
dressed in the traditional Siamese
manner.
The queen and her princesses
will wear crowns patterned after
that of Siamese royalty and will
be attended by the court carrying
their flowers on Oriental fans.
Music from the score of the
movie "The King and I" will be
used during the pageant. Dick
Audrain and Bob Harris promise
a backdrop for the pageant that
surpasses all others from pre-
vious years.
Faculty children will serve as
pages and are yet to be selected.
They are to be dressed in the Sia-
mese "pantaloons" and top-knots
to carry out the theme.
Rondelet colors of turquoise
and rose are to be carried over to
the dance that night at Lakeside
Country Club where Ed Gerlach
and his band will play from 9-1.
A secret added attraction is plan-
ned for the dance but will not be
made public until the dance.
Honorees from neighboring
schools will be px-esent for the
weekend activities which prom-
ise to be some of the best of the
spring semester.,
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$1.50 dues to the College, which
will be used to meet expenses in
the College for the remainder of
the year.
These dues should be paid in
the Baker College lounge, in the
lounge of the library, or in room
345 Baker College.
Dues which are not paid before
Easter will be collected through
the Cashier's office with an ad-
ditional charge of $.50.
Will Rice College
Will Rice College held its first
College night meeting last Tues-
day night at the Commons. Dr.
and Mrs. Houston, and Mr. and
Mrs. McBride were guests of the
College at the evening meal. Mas-
ters from the other Colleges were
also present as guests of Will
Rice.
Dr. Houston spoke to the Col-
lege on the goals of the College
system and wished the College
ithe best of luck in their future
plans. George Mcllheran, presi-
dent of Will Rice, also1-spoke at
the combined meeting of both
resident and non-resident mem-
bers.
Will Rice will hold its second
dance of the year next Saturday,
April 13, in the Will Rice Com-
mons at 8:30 P.M. The dance will
be semi-formal and music will be
provided by a combo from the
Ed Gerlach Band.
Threshing-It-Out
To the Editor:
The freshman guidance com-
mittee, which gave its report last
Wednesday night at the Student
Council meeting, is to be con-
gratulated on its work. The com-
mittee has obviously given long
and serious effort to the creation
of a workable guidance program
satisfying the needs of the Rice
freshmen. Especially worthwhile
are the suggestions to include all
students in the administration of
guidance and the freshman camp.
However, there are a few points
which I feel have-not been given
sufficient consideration. One is
the apparent interpretation of the
excellent definition of hazing.
The prohibition of physical vio-
lence surely does not also mean
the abandonment of such worth-
while events as the greased pole
contest or the slime parade, which
in every respect are compatible
with the "new guidance."
Another is the insufficient at-
tention given to the organization
of the freshmen before their class
elections. The old section-type
organization has proven work-
able in the past, and ought to
prove so in the future with
some changes. For instance,
the section leaders could be re-
liable upperclassmen or interested
faculty members assigned to each
section as an adviser or coun-
selor.
There appears to be little or
no choice of activities for the
freshmen, a defect carried over
from older programs. Guidance is
for the benefit of freshmen, and
it is not asking too much to let
them have a hand in planning
their own schedule. A list of ac-
ceptable activities could be pre-
pared and explained to the fresh-
men on their pre-school caml>,
and they could then choose the
activities that suited them best.
Kespectfully.
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The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, April 12, 1957, newspaper, April 12, 1957; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth231056/m1/5/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.