The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 5, 1964 Page: 3 of 8
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Rice In The Nudie
(The following item was
left by persons unknown at
the Thresher Office.—Ed.)
"Passion in the Sun," a "nu-
die" motion picture which had
its world premier this week at
the Paris Theater, apparently
involved a few Houston people
in its production. As police
were about to capture a crim-
inal cornered in the Houston
International Airport, the man
grabbed an innocent bystand-
er (who just happened to be
a stripper) as a hostage and
jumped into a waiting con-
vertible driven by his accom-
plice.
As the car sped away, with
the crook in the back seat
struggling with his hostage,
the camera moved in on a
closeup of the driver through
the windshield of the convert-
ible, upon which was a small
sticker which could be read
clearly enough by those to
whom it is familiar: "Student
- Parking, Rice University."
LAST LECTURE TOMORROW
Is Dead But Maguire Says Nan Can Live On
By RICHARD BEST
Thresher Religion Editor
Wesleyen University's John
David Maguire presented his
first Religious Emphasis Week
lecture in Hamman Hall Wed-
nesday morning. Excused from
classes fox* the occasion, the
audience listened enthusiastical-
ly as the young theologian, with
a curious combination of Ivy
League apparel and Southern
accent, expounded his ideas for
life in a culture whose god has
died.
Regardless of the individual's:
belief, "God is dead, culturally
speaking." This assumption un-
derlay Maguire's attempt to
discover a modus vivendi, or as
he put it, "a certain style," by
which men can fashion a mean-
ingful existence when they are
no longer conscious: of "cosmic
superintendance."
Esthetes Escape
Maguire mentioned three
principal "styles" prevelant in
Hugo Survives Great Inquisition;
King Sneaks '93' Through Senate
BY KENNETH L. ANTHONY
Thresher Staff Reporter
The campus has been satur-
ated within the last week with
ubiquitous posters bearing the
cryptic number "Ninety-Three."
Steve King, Baker '65, who ad-
mits to posting all the signs, ex-
plains that the number refers
to "Ninety-Three," by Victor
Hugo, a novel set in the France
of 1793.
The signs suggest that "Nine-
ty-Three" is the Book of the
Semester, and the book is avail-
in the Rice Campus Store as
such. However, Bill Timme, Stu-
dent Association President, said
"This is not the official Book of
the Semester as sanctioned by
the Student Senate."
Late Recognition
At its meeting Wednesday,
the SA belatedly recognized
King's effort, appointing him
chairman.
The Book of the Semester is
normally chosen by a Book of
the Semester Committee ap-
pointed by the Student Senate,
this choice is approved by the
Senate, and the books are or-
dered.
Students who read the book
then meet regularly to discuss
the work, being led by a dif-
ferent faculty member each
meeting. Last semester, 'however
the meetings were attended
mainly by the faculty, with only
two or three students partici-
pating in most of the meetings.
Due to the lack of student en-
thusiasm, no official Book of the
Semester had been chosen.
Free Enterprise
There being no official book
of the semester, Mr. King, a
"staunch believer" in the Amer-
ican free enterprise system, se-
lected his own book of the se-
mester, the heavily advertised
"Ninety-Three," persuaded Eng-
lish professor Dr. Gerald O'Gra-
dy to act as faculty advisor, and
somehow got the bookstore to
order a hundred of the books.
Forty have been bought at last
count by those who have' seen
all those little signs. The first
discussion has been scheduled
for November 10 in the Fon-
dren Lecture Lounge.
The Student Senate had nei-
ther sanctioned nor discouraged
the book as Book of the Se-
mester. But SA or no, Steve
King will be leading the first
discussion Tuesday afternoon,
and if "Ninety-Three" is not the
book of the semester, it is a
book which will get a lot of dis-
cussion this semester, both in-
side and outside Mr. King's
meetings.
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current intellectual life. The
esthetic way, or the life of
art for art's sake, has become
attractive in a distasteful world.
The esthete tries to transcend
life by shifting into another
realm. This trend, as exemplified
by Joyce and John Updike, can
evolve into an utterly self-
centered isolation.
A way popular in theological
circles is that of the victim—
the ability to "take" all the
suffering that life can inflict.
The victim glories in endurance
and! martyrdom. Maguire noted
that this mode is adopted by
many college students who are
content to be buffetted about
like "ping-pong balls: in a
mountain stream." Yet victim-
age can lead to a type of
homosexuality and to suicide.
The victim is "filled without
being fulfilled."
Aggressors' Way
Finally there is the way of
the agressor. Agression is ob-
vious among militant civil
rights workers fed up with the
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The reception of the talk
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Kelly, Hugh Rice. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 5, 1964, newspaper, November 5, 1964; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth244926/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.