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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2, 1963
THE THRESHER
Three
THRESHING-IT-OUT-
Marsak Reconciles 'Cultures',
Calls For More Understanding
To the Editor
There was much talk on cam-
pus last year about the two cul-
tures at Rice, and I note that it
is beginning again this year. It
is time to call a halt to such mis-
taken meanderings. There is a
problem of science in our time,
but C. P. Snow sees it only dim-
ly.
The problem of science may be
defined in terms of its enormous
growth and bureaucratization,
to the loss of other pursuits and
to the detriment of science it-
self. C. P. Snow has given the
problem its popular exposition
in his famous "Two Cultures and
the Scientific Revolution." De-
scribing the present conflict be-
tween science and the arts, Sir
Charles considers the victory of
science a foregone conclusion.
Prudently he laments the failure
of communication between artist
and scientists, the more so that
each could benefit from the oth-
er.
HOWEVER, to talk as he
does of two distinct and alien
cultures —the scientific looking
to the future, the literary to the
past—is to mistate the problem.
We need to remember that sci-
ence and the humanities have
been parts of one culture in our
past and that the achievements
of each have been reflected in
those of the other .
If there are two cultures to-
day, then they may be listed as
the earlier humanist - scientific
one, characterized by an empha-
sis on rationality, universalism,
individualism, and meliorism, and
the more recent pragmatic one
whose measure of truth is prac-
tical results.
OUR HISTORY makes it abun-
dantly clear that science and the
humanities share the same val-
ues. The quest for knowledge ,be
it that of the physicist or the
poet, implies a commitment to
truth rather than falsehood and a
responsibility that cannot be es-
caped. There are some humanists
who fail to recognize this ele-
mentary fact of ethics, but "there
also are scientists who fail to do
so in their lives and work, as
recent events demonstrate.
In reality what worries C. P.
Snow is that our political lead-
ers, who have had their educa-
tion in the older disciplines, must
make fateful decisions without
understanding the new science
that has shaped our environment.
Nevertheless, the decisions they
make remain primarily political
anj not scientific.
Of course it is important for
our leaders to have some scientif-
ic information, but it is more im-
portant for them to be men of
good will and intelligence who
have some understanding of the
place of science in society and of
its social uses.
TO ACT WISELY in matters
of science we must know that sci-
ence is more than a technique and
a set of practical results; it is an
integral part of our culture
which expresses our best aspira-
tions —rationality and altruism.
O'BANION'S
LAUNDRY
CLEANING
COIN OP
5215 KIRBY
That these values are intrinsic to
science and contribute to its mor-
al meaning was clear to Francis
Bacon and to his followers in the
humanist tradition of the Renais-
sance.
LEONARD M. MARSAK
Department of History
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Jones President
Claims Primacy,
Praises Hanszen
To the Editor:
Hanszen College's "new and es-
sentially different program of
faculty advisor counseling" may
be new and essentially different
for Hanszen College but it is cer-
tainly not new and essentially
different for this campus. The
program as described is quite
similar to the plan which has
been in operation for three years
at Jones College.
ALREADY THIS YEAR each
Jones freshman has received a
private interview with her facul-
ty advisor as well as several
small group meetings with her
advisor. Jones senior advisors
are also the liason between the
faculty assocoate and a group of
approximately ten students just
as Hanszen intends to begin us-
ing its senior advisors.
Jones College commends Hans-
zen College on its recognition of
the worth of such a system of
faculty-student relationships and
.suggests that it is certainly time
for a Hanszen .freshman to
"know that someone really does
care about him."
NANCY STOOKSBERRY
Jones '64
0
Rader Criticizes
Rule Restricting
Hours At Jones
To the Editor:
It is interesting that the
"random inconveniences" caused
by the raid last week elicited
such heavy editorial comment
from the Thresher, while the
wholesale inconveniences regular-
ly imposed on a significant por-
tion of the Rice population re-
mains unnoticed, or at least un-
commented-on.
I am speaking of the hours
restrictions placed by "the admin-
istration" on the residence of
Jones College.. This is an arbi-
trary and anachronistic monstro-
sit ywhich has no validity in
modem America and in modern
Rice.
THE RULE SEEMS arbitrary
because it discriminates very dis-
tinctly against women. It is pre-
posterous to assert that men are
mature, or responsible, enough to
decide when to return to their
domiciles, while women of the
same age, intelligence, and up-
bringing are not. But this is
precisely what the administra-
tion is asserting in restricting
the freedom of the Jones Girls.
(Continued on Page 4)
DEAN'S
GROCERETTE
Southgate & Travis
BEER
ICE
SOFT DRINKS
!
SIGHTS-
aid SOUNDS
By CHARLES DEMITZ
While watching the Horde in-
ter the defunct Bandits Saturday
(yo ho ho and a pound of flesh),
our fancy lightly turned to other
burning issues of the moment.
Will the SA President foil the
knavish plot to turn the Cam-
panile into cheese? Should the
Administration censor freshman
letters home? Is the catapult in
the architecture lab really a de-
fensive measure?
WITH THE FINAL gun, we
decided that these are questions
with which our generation must
ever grapple. Quamquam horrens,
or "in study there is fear."
As ever before, all cultural
Houston rises to console us in
our quandary. The Houston Grand
Opera Association will offer
"Barber of Seville" as its opener
in Cullen Auditorium Friday
through Sunday. The Hamlet Ca-
baret people conspire in "Do You
Know the Milky Way?" a sort of
reverse Yossarian via West Ger-
many.
CIN EM A TIC A LL Y, actio n-
starved bennies will derive vicar-
ious thrills from "Mondo Cane,"
a bit of aesthetic flypaper on
show at the Alabama. The Alray
casts a sop to russophiles with
"Battleship Potemkim," one of
Einsenstein's best.
'in the French Style" starts
Thursday at the River Oaks. See
Jean Seberg play herself. Lurk-
ing Friday at the Metropolitan
will be "The Haunting," familiar
but divertingly directed.
MEANWHILE, back in the
Museum of Fine Arts, the Junior
Gallery sketches out an artistic
beachhead with its new exhibit,
"The Versatile Shell."
Then there's always the RMC.
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(President Defends Senate Set-up)
fin Student Government Argument)
H I read with no small amount of interest the editorial in last |g
jjweek's Thresher entitled, "The Student Senate." The argument to j
^redesign the representation of the Student Senate was basedg
gupon an assumption set forth in the third paragraph: ". . . Theg
gpurpose of the senators is centered around their colleges ... §}
H IT IS WITH this basic premiss—or underlying assumption—1|
Ijthat one must take issue. If, in fact, the Senators are so single-§§
gminded, there is little or no hope for the future of the Senate.§|
|jHowever, such is not the case. §j
|f All but one of the Senators is elected specifically to serveg
gas a representative to the Senate—a body structured to concern!!
gitself with the various campus issues and affairs that transverse^
gthe bounds of the semi-autonomous residential colleges. fff
jjg IN ONE SENSE the "allegiance of the Senators is split; they§
§§are 1) to represent the interests of one body in another, and 2) top
jjserve this latter body. This split is meaningful, intentional andj§
Jjdesirable. It makes the Senate a body representative of signifi-g}
gjcant and varied interests ... a body that is in fact, a Senate, g
g However, to approach the problem from the other end of the ,§§
gspectrum, proceed for a moment—as last week's editorial did—onjjj
gthe assumption that the split exists for no good—that it under-§j
grnines the efforts of the Senate—that it has a thorn in the Sen-gj
gate's side. M
g THE READY SOLUTION is to change the way that theH
§ Senators are selected, e.g. to choose them by academic major des-g
gignation. The question that must be asked, however, is, "what!
gsignificance would such a group have?" The answer is, "none all
jail." |
g How many people in the Rice community identify themselves§§
gby their chosen fields of academic endeavor? What relationship!!
sexists between academic major designation and the concerns ot'H
gstudent government? p
H ARE THERE OTHER significant and functional divisions ol'p
gthe Rice community that could be formed into a unit to deal withp
gmatters of an all-school nature? We might consider a S'-nati-g
selected from the various curricula of the University, elect h. if ones
gSenator per 100 students. Or perhaps a Senate could he ".!• ny-|§
prigged" on the basis of class affiliation. These divisions are r.-r-g
gtainly no more meaningful than that of academic ma j..r fh-s!gna-f§
pt ion. p
p The simple fact is that the solution t<> the |U'>«i>!^in en alingg
pa working and effective, all-school legi.-datiuv right under ourg
= collective noses , . . the solution is the Student Senate as wop
|now know it. §§
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Keilin, Eugene. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 4, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 2, 1963, newspaper, October 2, 1963; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth244893/m1/3/: accessed May 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.