The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 1975 Page: 1 of 12
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1975 Brown Teaching Prize goes to Martin
William C. Martin, Associate
Professor of Sociology, is the
197 5 winner of the $4000
George R. Brown Prize for Ex-
cellence in Teaching.
The winners of the six $1000
George R. Brown Awards for
Superior Teaching are Stewart
A. Baker, Associate Professor of
English, C. Sidney Burrus, Pro-
fessor of Electrical Engineering,
Gilbert M. Cuthbertson, Asso-
ciate Professor of Political
Science, Allen J. Matusow,
Professor of Political Science,
Charles R. Stewart, Associate
Professor of Biology and Frank
E. Vandiver, and Harris Master-
son, Jr., Professors of History.
Martin was the winner of a
Brown superior teaching award
in 1974. Burrus has previously
received two Brown Awards for
Superior Teaching, one in 1969
and one in 1974; Matusow won
the Brown Prize , for Excellence
in 1973 and Awards for Superior
Teaching in 1969 and 1970. This
is the first Brown award for the
other four winners.
Funds for the awards were
made available in 1967 by the
Brown Foundation at the Direc-
tion of George R. Brown.
This year the awards were
based on voting by alumni who
received four year bachelor's
degrees in 1973 and 1970. Each
qualified alumnus was asked to
vote in preferential order for the
three Rice faculty whom he
remembered, over the perspec-
tive of two or five years, as parti-
cularly outstanding or effective
teachers. Participation in the
voting has risen over the last two
years. This spring 345 students
named 185 out of a total of 381
this
year's
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faculty. Although faculty mem-
bers must be currently teaching
in order to qualify for one of the
awards, 44 faculty who are de-
ceased, retired, or no longer at
Rice were also named. Many of
the ballots included comments
of high praise and appreciation.
According to the rules gov-
erning the awards, which were
altered last year, a faculty
member who wins the Prize for
Excellence becomes ineligible to
receive it again for five years.
Likewise, a faculty member may
win the Brown Award for
Superior Teaching three times
after which he becomes
ineligible to win an Award again
for five years.
Presentation of this year's
Brown Teaching Awards will be
made at the Commencement
exercise, May 10, 1975.
Cheerleader elections thrown out; next step-?
by GARY BREWTON
The Senate spent more than
an hour Monday night debating
cheerleader elections, and even-
tually threw out the ones held
just this spring. New elections
have been scheduled for the
third Tuesday of classes next
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fall.
However, a move may come
to abolish cheerleader elections
altogether in favor of some alter-
nate method of selection.
It was the second, time this
year that the Senate had become
preoccupied with cheerleader
questions.. Last fall, after long
debate, the Senate endorsed
Steve Allen's legitimacy as a
cheerleader when Athletic Direc-
tor A.M. "Red" Bale refused to
let Allen on the field. Allen
eventually resigned, suggesting
that the Athletic Department
choose its own cheerleaders in
the future.
Monday's meeting centered
around a University Court rec-
ommendation (unofficial) that
the elections be thrown out.
This action was based on the
apparent conflict between the
Election Rules (which call for
preferential voting) and the
By-Laws (which call for non-
preferential voting in multi-
office races) and on numerous
alleged campaign poster and
finance violations.
The first motion, however,
was to approve the elections
with a reprimand to the Elec-
tions Committee for its failure
to check up on campaign viola-
tions. This approval was denied,
7-10, with 4 abstaining.
Then the long debate began.
Some Senators argued that since
the election had not been for-
mally and correctly contested,
the elections should be accepted.
Others countered that the elec-
tions had been contested accord-
ing to the spirit rather than the
letter of the law; furthermore,
two of the candidates received
incorrect information from the
Elections Committee about the
proper method to challenge an
election. The question of undue
hardships for the cheerleaders
desiring to go to summer camp
was also raised. However, in the
end the Senate voted 11-6-4 to
disapprove the elections, but
with no censure of the Elections
Committee.
A third motion, to reschedule
cheerleader elections for next
fall, was also approved 14-0-7.
During the discussion the
Senate's newly-imposed ten min-
ute limit on debate on any issue
was lifted several times. After
the third vote to reschedule elec-
tions, the Senate refused to
extend debate any longer, and
the issue was closed.
Meanwhile, many of the col-
lege presidents and college sena-
tors hrad begun to drift away.
Three quorum counts were
called as discussion proceeded
on next year's budget and fund-
ing to attend the National ,Stu-
dent Association convention this
summer. On the third call, at
11:53, the lack of a quorum (15
voting members) was discovered,
and the Senate recessed until
midnight to try to locate mem-
bers so the meeting could con-
tinue. This search was unsuccess-
ful, and the Senate called a
recess unttt 7pm Wednesday
night. That meeting was still
scheduled at press time
Named Acting Master at Lovett
Kiineberg seeks college involvement
by EMILY COFFMAN
Associate Professor of Socio-
logy Stephen Kiineberg has been
selected Acting Master of Lovett
College while Sidney Burrus goes
on sabbatical next year.
Kiineberg and his family are
excited and feel honored to have
been chosen for the position.
Though they would have had
strong hesitations about making
a five-year commitment, the
temporary position will allow
Dr. Kiineberg to become active
in the college at Rice, as he has
been at other colleges.
Kiineberg was working on his
Ph. D. at Harvard when he be-
came resident associate of
Quincy House. After he moved
to Princeton to accept a teaching
position there, Kiineberg worked
with the newly-opened Steven-
son Hall to insure that it would
not become just an "Eating
Club," Princeton's term for col-
lege. He wanted the hall to de-
velop along the lines of a college
system.
After coming to Rice three
years ago, Kiineberg was selected
an associate of Lovett. Still, he
feels he has not been as active in
the college as he was at Harvard.
There, University life is directed
towards the college; here activi-
ties are directed outwards,
toward the city. For Rice,
Houston is definitely not a col-
lege town.
This year as Master, though,
will allow him to experiment
House cuts funds
with ways to get faculty in-
volved in the college. He would
like to see stronger student
faculty associate relations.
Though his job will be merely
that of "facilitator, catalyst", he
will be working with the stu-
dents to affect both university
and community relations,
(continued on page 6)
Still hope for TEG
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Soon, soon
-doug peck
by CARL TRELEAVEN
In a surprise move, the
Appropriations Committee of
the Texas House of Representa-
tives voted 8-6 Tuesday night to
end all funding of the Tuition
Equalisation Grant program for
students in private colleges and
universities. Supporters had been
seeking $23.2 million for the
next two years.
The vote came about because
seven of the committee's 21
members were absent. Most of
the seven had indicated they
would support the TEG pro-
gram.
However, Robert Hunter,
vice-president of the Indepen-
dent Colleges and Universities of
Texas (ICUT) and chief lobbyist
for the measure, says that the
program can still be saved. A
"motion to reconsider" may be
introduced in committee before
the entire Appropriations bill is
reported to the full House on
Friday. However, the motion to
reconsider must come before
Friday.
Hunter says that it is vital
that the legislators on the com-
mittee be contacted immediately
urge reconsideration. He sug-
gests sending telegrams or
making phone calls.
Anyone may send a 15-word
or less telegram to a legislator
for $2. The telegram can be
placed by tailing
1-800-325-5300 (toll free) 24
hours a day. The telegram may
be billed to a phone; however, it
must be specified that it is a
"personal opinion message" to
qualify for the low rates.
Below are listed the commit-
tee members (with their Austin
phone numbers, area code 512)
who voted to keep the program
and the seven who were absent:
Those who voted FOR the
program: Fred Agnich, Dallas —
475-2636; Gonzalo Barrientos.
Austin — -175-3072; Ed Harris,
Galveston - 475-4329; Chris
Semos, Dallas — 475-2095;
Lerov Wieting. Portland —
475-4383; G. J. Sutton, San
Antonio — 175-4152.
Those who were absent: Car!
Parker, Port Arthur — 475-3078;
John Whit mi re, Houston —
475-5931; Mickey Leland. Hous-
ton — 475-3267; Jon Newton,
Beeville - 475-5943; W. S. (Bill)
Heatley, Paducah — 475-2192;
Richard Slack, Pecos —
475-3434.
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Brewton, Gary. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 1975, newspaper, April 24, 1975; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245240/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.