The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 29, 1971 Page: 2 of 6
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editorial
It is time for Rice University to re-evaluate itself.
Three years ago a convocation of the entire University
took place; ideas from every segment of the Rice popula-
tion were discussed and from these ideas, goals were
made.
Since that time Rice has seen local, national and
international changes. Masterson, Freeman, Hoffman,
Kent State, and Cambodia are but a few. Rice has a new
President, and with him, a new philosophy of leadership.
A new consciousness is growing, one that is radically
different from that of our parents.
As an institution in the midst of these changes, Rice
should again meet to decide how it is to respond to these
changes. How does Rice and how should Rice relate to the
.student and to the community?
Over the summer, a group of people will be work-
ing on ways for Rice to meet the challenge of these
times. It will be a different kind of "convocation." Hope-
fully it will give meaning to the word "education."
This week in Washington, D.C., the Mayday dem-
onstrations will begin. The people who gather in Wash-
ington know that they will probably be arrested at the
very least, and perhaps sustain physical danger. The
people who have organized the demonstrations have taken
elaborate preparations to keep the demonstrations from
becoming violent.
Their purpose is announced, and plain. The govern-
ment will stop the war, or they will stop the government
through non-violent civil disobedience. These people are
willing to disrupt their lives and futures because of their
belief in this cause.
The people obviously do not believe that Congress
will be forced in to stopping the war. But they hope the
Congress will see the extent and the seriousness of the
opposition to the war. Would that we all cared this much.
mauldin
Equalize tuition or 'fcy private U's
Dr. Hackerman honored by NAS
To the Editor:
The fate of Senate Bill 5G in
the Texas House of Representa-
tives will have a great effect
otv the character of higher edu-
cation in this state. The Senate
passed this bill which would
authorize a Student Tuition
Equalization Program.. SB 56
will make available to Texas
students, based on need, tui-
tion grants of up to $600 a year
for use at private colleges and
universities in this state.
It will help close the large
■gap between the costs of tui-
tion in public and private
schools thereby giving the stu-
dents a choice between the two
sectors. Legislation much like
this has been enacted already
in seven states. This is becom-
ing increasingly necessary as
the current financial trends in
U.S. higher education point to-
ward crisis. Average tuition at
Texas' private institutions has
risen 40% in the last three
years. In contrast with taxpay-
ers picking up more of the real
cost of education, the state col-
lege tuition is still $100 per
year and has been since 1957.
It is not surprising to find that
enrollment at private schools in
Texas has actually declined in
this period while the public
school's lion's share of the total
student population has ris risen
from 79 f/> to 83%. Nineteen
of the 28 private institutions
were in the red last year to-
thres
Charles Szalkowski Editor-at-Larg«
Marty Belasco Sports Ed.
Mike Smith Associate Editor
Dr. Norman Hackerman was
elected Tuesday to the National
Academy of Sciences in Wash-
ington, D.C. Hackerman was
one of only 50 American scien-
tists elected by their peers this
year to the highly-coveted
Academy membership, now
numbering 900. His researcfh
has dealt principally with the
chemlistry and physics of sur-
faces, especially as they relate
to metal corrosion.
An internationally - known
chemist, Hackerman becomes
the fourth member of the cur-
rent Rice University faculty to
be elected to the Academy. The
other three are: Dr. Salomon
Bochner, Edgar Odell Lovett
Professor of Mathematics; Dr.
William E. Gordon, Vice Presi-
dent and Dean of Science and
Engineering; and Dr. Richard
B. Turner, Professor of Chem-
istry.
Established by President
Lincoln in 1863, the Academy's
general purpose is. the advance-
ment of science. It is also an
official yet independent adviser
to the federal government.
In 1968 President Johnson ap-
pointed Hackerman to a six-
year term on the National Sci-
ence Board. In October 1970 he
was elected to a second term as
Chairman of the Board of Trus-
tees of the Argonne Universi-
ties Association, a ground of
30 universities that helps for-
mulate policies of the Argonne
National Laboratory of the
Atomic Energy Commission. He
is author or co-author of more
than 140 publications.
Hackerman received the Whit-
ney Award of the National As-
sociation of Corrosion Engineers
in 1956 for his contributions to-
ward the advancement of cor-
rosion science. In 1964 he de-
livered the 16th Joseph L. Mat-
tiello Memorial Lecture in
Chemistry in Chicago. The Elec-
trochemical Society named him
as iits 1956 Palladium Medalist.
He also received the 1965 South-
west Regional Award of the
American Chemical Society.
Since 1950, Hackerman has
been a consultant and advisor on
various aspects of the atomic
energy program at Oak Ridge
and Argonne National Labora-
tory. He was also a member
of the National Science Foun-
dation's advisory committee on
mathematics and physical sci-
ences.
Ogorzaly thanks Converse, invites Shelton
Dear Mr. Converse:
I wanted to thank you once
again for accepting our invita-
tion to speak at Rice. You cor-
rected a lot of preconceived no-
tions many of us had about the
United Klan.
After hearing your speech, I
am convinced that there is hope
for a united country. I believe
that the radicals and the con-
servatives in the country have
enough in common while still
having enough divergent views
to keep this country strong and
continually progressing.
Our policy next year will be
to invite speakers from both
the right wing and the left wing
and some middle-of-the-road if
we can find any. Baker College
extends ian open invitation for
you and Robert Shelton, the
Grand Imperial Wizard, for
next year.
ROBERT S. OGORZALY
Cultural Vice President
Baker College
College courses called success
tilling more than $5 million.
What is happening is that
the publicly subsidized educa-
tional system is running the
private schools out of business
by out-competing them for stu-
dents and faculty. Even ignor-
ing all of the benefits of a
pluralistic system of education,
this is financial cretinism. It
would cost the state $411 mil-
lion to educate the 75,000 stu-
dents now in private institu-
tions, according to the Indepen-
dent Colleges (and Universities
of Texas (ICUT), an organiza-
tion of all the major private
schools in the state. They re-
port 16,000 vacancies now in
the private sector which could
be filled at a savings to the
taxpayer of $"1,200 per student.
Tuition Equalization is not the
whole answer to filling these
places or solving all the finan-
cial problems, but for the $8
million it would cost in the next
biennium, it's a bargain. (Un-
fortunately, the current pro-
posal would not apply to stu-
dents currently in school). The
question that ICUT poses is,
"Will Texas continue to have
private colleges - and universi-
ties or will it be forced to pay
enormous costs to establish a
virtual, government monopoly in
higher education?" Some time
in the next few days, our rep-
resentatives will take a major
step in answering this question.
LEIGHTON READ
External Affairs UP
JOHN MAULDIN
Editor-in-Chief
RICK GRIDER
Business Manager
DeBow Freed Managing Ed.
Jack Murray Senior Editoi
Gary Rachlin Sports Ed.
The College Course plan,
called a "gratifying success"
by Dean of Undergraduate Af-
fairs M. V. McEnany in a three-
year review of its operations,
was given a new lease on life
at a meeting of the faculty in
Hamman Auditorium on Mon-
day afternoon, April 19, 1971.
A slightly modified version of
the plan was approved unan-
imously on first reading. Furth-
er changes may be proposed by
the College Masters when it
comes up for final reading and
permanent adoption at the last
faculty meeting of the year on
May 21, but no opposition to the
basic nature of the plan was
voiced.
The proposals drafted by the
U ndergraduate Curriculum
Committee, and accepted by the
faculty, were mainly for the
purpose of making more pre-
cise in statement the guidelines
within which the plan actually
has -operated. Some restrictions
are being relaxed: for instance,
the former requirement that no
course may be given for fewer
than eight students. The proviso
that no faculty member may
supervise more than two courses
in any four consecutive semes-
ters has. afiso been set. aside. In
some limited circumstances, a
College Course may hereafter be
acceptable as a "distribution re-
quirement."
As before, proposed courses
will be subject to review and
approval by the Faculty Asso-
ciates of the sponsoring Col-
lege, and plans and evidence
of approval and of faculty com-
mitment must be in the Reg-
istrar's Office by the middle of
the semester preceding that in
which the course is to be of-
fered.
Plans announced for freshmen
By KELLY HILL
On Monday, August 23, 1971,
hundreds of bright, shining, and
comparatively hairless pre-
Freshman will move into their
new homes. According to the
colleges' tentative schedules the
newcomers will be finished
moving in by that night in time
for a meeting with their ad-
visors.
Tuesday morning, they will
be greeted with the matricula-
tion address and welcomed by
the President. Surprisingly,
most of the new arrivals seem
to attend this introduction to
the lecture system, and the at-
tendance of this even is the
largest of any other lecture,
despite the large percentage
who still don't know where
Hamman Hall is. For those with
the energy and the inclination,
the various participating de-
partments will be holding "Open
House," some complete with
cakes, cokes, and a thinly dis-
guised attempt by the less pop-
ular departments to pirate
prospective majors. New Brown-
ies will be invited to a mural
painting party in the Brown
basement.
On Wednesday, the new
freshmen have their ID pic-
tures taken, receive inspiring
instructions on waiting tables,
and hear the Honor Council
lecture.
Thursday is registration time,
funnsies even for the upper-
classmen with years of form
filling and filing experience.
For Sidizens, Thursday is the
day of the picnic dinner. At the
same meal, Jones will have a
graduate dinner, whatever that
is.
Friday will be the day for
the honor exam, followed by
an afternoon "blow-out" and
that beloved event, the annual
Freshman Dance.
That leaves Saturday for
all of the off-campus people
to move out of their cozy holes
and go wherever it is they be-
long.
Love Story
A chicken-fat-on-cake sandwich
Staff: Susan Bielsteln, Stanley Brown, Jeff Crews, H. David Danglo, Emily
DeWitt, Kelly Hill, Andy Hurley, Bertty Hurst, Steve Jackson, Virginia Jee,
l'eter Jordan, Charles Maynard.
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and are not necessarily those of Rice University, its administrators or
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By ANDY HURLEY
I know how Stanley Kauf-
mann, a really fine movie re-
viewer who used to do reviews
for The New Republic, must
have felt when Tom Jones be-
came the big grosser (no par-
ticular pun intended) of 1963
in spite of the fact that Kauf-
mann considered it a rot-
ten movie. You see, I've just
now seen Love Story. And
I'm appalled, America. That
movie is a chicken-fat-on-cake
sandwich. How could you (and
now, thanks to my $2.50, we)
have done it? Or maybe Sam
Clemens or somebody was right
(could lhave been Otto Premin-
ger, now that I think of it)
when he said, "Never try to
underestimate the taste of the
American public. Can't be
clone."
Those who know me will
know that for months I've been
fulminating against this piece
of schlock, and will probably
want to accuse me of the car-
dinal sin of the critic — pre-
judging. Well, let's set that
straight. A man I respect said
the movie was well-made, very
slick, very professional, and
therefore had been able, by
marshalling all 'kinds of cine-
' matic troops, to tur£ out to be
an affecting movie. A young
woman I respect said she cried.
I assumed she cried because
the movie touched her. So, re-
spectful of those opinions, I
tried to find something to like,
something to get all worked up
over so I could at least discover
a lump in my throat if not tears
in my eyes. No luck. No luck
a-tall. It's well,, made only if
pretty shots (part of the stand-
ard repertoire of tricks these
days) of snow counts as being
well made. Lots of people I saw
were crying, but for the life of
me I couldn't understand why.
It's an execrable movie. Not as
bad, perhaps, as Two Mules for
Sister Sara or C.C. and Com-
pany, but then the head of the
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