The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 12, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 12, 1962 Page: 4 of 12
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THE THRESHER
WED,, DECEMBER 12, 1962
Expansion Considered For Fine Arts
By GERRY URBACH
Expansion in the Departments
of Fine Arts and Music is ex-
tremely probable in the very near
future, in the opinion of both
Mr. David Parsons of the Fine
Arts Department and Dr. Arthur
Hall of the Music Department.
Parsons explained that expan-
sion of the Fine Arts Depart-
ment is already well along in the
planning stage and is only wait-
ing for reaccredation of the Uni-
versity's Architecture Department
for actualization.
PLANS ARE BEING made not
only for an increase in the num-
ber of fine arts electives but also
for a departmental major. This
proposed major would incorporate
the vocabularies of the fine arts,
including those of which no
courses are offered at the pres-
ent time.
Hall, while not quite as definite,
made it clear that the Rice Mu-
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sic Department is also in for con-
siderable expansion within the
next three to four years. The
funds are available at this time
for a new building to house a
fully expanded music department
with a greatly enlarged staff and
a variety of courses.
HALL EXPLAINED that at
the present time, however, the
situation is still nebulous, for
while changes have been planned
for the immediate future, the de-
tails are as yet incomplete.
Concerning certain current
problems related to their de-
partments, both men were very
explicit.
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various topics of widespread con-
temporary interest. Delegates
hear a series of major addresses
delivered by public figures of
national and international stat-
ure, then break up into round-
table discussion groups.
THIS YEAR, SCONA is con-
sidering the population problem,
economic problems, nationalistic
aspirations, the arms race and
the role of the United, Nations.
According to the pre-conference
brochure, "The Conference
studies the impact of world prob-
lems on the nation that has em-
erged as the leader of the Free
World. It makes no attempt at
solving these problems; rather,
it seeks to grasp their complex-
ity.
"By so doing," the brochure
continues, "it has a long-range
effect of promoting an enlight
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through the medium of free
discussion."
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Nightly Fare Of
Hamlet Theatre
By JOE PARSONS
The Hamlet Theater is a little
place on Richmond Avenue, so
little in fact that you'd miss it if
you weren't careful. Go in, and
your first impression is that it is
just one of the myriad lounges
that abound all over town with
candle-topped tables and a bar at,
one end. What sets it off is the
raised platform in the center of
the room and the props for the
play.
THE BILL advertised "Three
Wild Comedies," and that they
certainly were. The first one, a
piece by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
entitled "The Alligation," was a
delightful thing about a Southern
Lady who had a pet Alligator
named Shooky.
She treated Shooky like one
of the family, but it seems that
Shooky wanted more than that—
he wanted to be emancipated.
Such a situation could only lead
to bloodshed.
The second play, a fast, witty
one called "So Much a Month
Plus Utilities," was by Ned Bob-
koff (who, incidentally, is the
Managing Director of the Ham-
let). It dealt with a young ar-
tist (named Whistler?) and his
landlady-to-be who sat in a rock-
ing chair.
The play was full of sophisti-
cated barbs aimed at modern so-
ciety. Like "Alligation," it wasn't
meant to be uproarious, but ra-
ther subtly funny. It made the
grade, and was the best offering
of the evening.
THE LAST PIECE was a one-
act by Eugene Ionesco, "The New
Tenant." Its subject was a new-
ly-rented apartment in a large
English city, and its decidedly
odd new occupant. This was the
only play of the evening which
was less than pleasing. It was
meant, as they all were, to be a
highly sophisticated comedy.
The director, however, fell into
the temptation of trying to in-
troduce slapstick; the result was
a play which started out strong-
ly, but began to drag when the
pie-throwing started.
YOU NEtER know really what
any of the plays are about. All
three have essentially an unfa-
thomable quality. Their situations
are not simple, nor is anything
else simple about them. Their
strength lies not in the run-of-
the-mill funny situations, but ra-
ther in what the characters them-
selves are doing. You might not
like them at first, because they
are unusual; you might feel
cheated, because you feel like
you don't quite know what is go-
ing on.
But they are funny.
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The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 12, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 12, 1962, newspaper, December 12, 1962; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth231222/m1/4/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.