The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 9, 1967 Page: 4 of 12
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Haase defends Baker freshman gvidance program
To the Editor:
In the past two weeks the
Thresher has printed the two
letters of Stephen Fox condemn-
ing the guidance program for
freshmen at Baker College this
fall. Fox has a right to his own
opinion but the facts he pre-
sents and the allegations he
makes are untrue, in general
and in detail.
The facts are simple. The
Baker College freshman guid-
ance program consisted of all
the pep rallies, a broom race, the
torchlight parade, a tug-of-war,
bowing to the owl at football
games, a post-guidance party
this week, and wearing red
shirts on Fridays.
Any freshman that partici-
pated in these activities partici-
pated because he wanted to par-
ticipate. Fox's one example of
coercion against a freshman to
make him participate is ridicu-
lous and a farce of reason. The
only compulsory activity was
the torchlight parade which was
compulsory only by the fact that
it was a prerequisite for a fresh-
man to go to the end-of-guid-
ance party.
No physical force was ever
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involved. It might be noted that
many Baker freshmen, if they
chose, did not bow to the owl
and thus had more dates to the
football games than some of the
sophomore "intimidators."
The freshmen do not feel as
if they have been intimidated.
No freshman yet has told me he
approved of Fox's criticism of
guidance at Baker and, indeed,
many of Fox's own most ada-
mant critics have been Baker
freshmen. Baker did not have a
greased pole climb, heeding the
lesson of Wiess College's expe-
rience and seriously regarding
the safety of the freshmen.
Our guidance activities are
not designed to intimidate and
the Baker freshmen, unlike Fox,
have participated with spirit in
guidance this year.
Finally, Fox's generalization
that "this year the freshmen
at Baker are unruly. Last year
they were not" is ridiculous.
The Baker class of 1971 is not
unruly. I have been impressed
by the overall integrity and be-
havior of the men of the Class
of 1971. They have, in the fresh-
man activities, shown them-
selves to be for the most part
good students, good fellows and
firm supporters of their college
and university. This year's
freshmen definitely are fine
gentlemen.
In view of the facts, Fox's
contentions seem rather absurd.
Our guidance has been devoid
of "psychological subjugation.''*
"persecution," and "hazing and
intimidation." As a matter of
fact, the greatest intimidation
of the freshmen has been Fox's
letters of late.
This letter is not a rebuke of
Fox; this letter is, rather, an
exposition of the truth to assure
the continued fine reputation of
Baker College and its freshmen
and sophomore classes. Our
guidance program was under-
taken and successfully com-
pleted in a spirit of fellowship,
school involvement, good faith,
and respect for the men of the
Baker Class of 1971, who will
some day lead this university.
I hope that the guidance pro-
gram will be remembered in the
same spirit.
DAVID HAASE
Baker '70
Brown provides
explanation for
SA ticket dearth
To the editor:
This weekend the Student As-
sociation Homecoming Dance
will be held. Since for the first
time the number of available
tickets is limited, I feel an ex-
planation to the students is in
order.
At the time the Homecoming
weekend was selected by the
Alumni Association, the Conti-
nental Houston was the largest
place available at which the
dance could be held.
Considering that the maxi-
mum ballroom capacity of this
hotel is 550 and the average at-
tendance at Rice all-school par-
ties this year has been about
600, it is possible that some
people may not be able to obtain
tickets to the Homecoming
Dance.
' This is a regrettable situa-
tion, but is the natural result
of expanding enrollment.
RICHARD BROWN
Chairman
SA Social Committee
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Hancock, Darrell. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 9, 1967, newspaper, November 9, 1967; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245013/m1/4/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.