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Engaging
the rice thresher
Thoughts
volume 58, number 24
rice university, houston, texas
thursday, april 15, 1971
Hackerman gives major address
by JOHN MAULDIN
President Norman Hacker-
man, said in a major policy-
address last April 6 that the
present athletic program is "ex-
perimental" and that if after
fiye years the program has
been judged unsuccessful that
the university would have to
reconsider the role of the ath-
letic department at Rice. Hack-
erman, speaking after dinner at
Baker College for the Awards
Dinner, affirmed that he would
not establish athletic dorms.
"I really would like us to
have an athletic program of
same quality or not have one.
And I think that after fifty
years of it we have had evi-
dence, both good and bad, and
I would like to see us try it for
these five years, at least, for
Which Mr. Peterson has the
contract; and he understands
this. But I don't want to ham-
per him more than necessary.
"One of the things that we
want to do, within the con-
straints of the institution put
on by the academic groups
within the institution, is to
break even. And I think that
there is a fighting chance to
break even next year.
"Given the proposition that
we have athletics, then we ought
to have them right. The real
question is whether there should
be an intercollegiate athletic
program or not. If we recognize
our "constraints, and if we make
sure that we stay within them,
it is worth hav'ag a program
of this sort." Hackerman em-
phasized that if the program
was debilitory to the Univer-
sity that the program would be
excised.
Other problems
Hackerman spoke of what he
termed the other problems in
the university. Notinig the great
destire of the students to have
coed colleges he stated that the
colleges would be all right with
him as long as they are not
harmful to the University. He
suggested that the plans in-
corporate a inethod which
would allow for those who did
not want to live in co-ed dorms.
Emphasizing that he felt that
if there was an bias on the
('present committee to study coed
colleges it was toward coed
colleges, he urged students to
speak to the members of the
committee.
He noted that he felt a great
concern over the present state
of the health and psychiatric
services at Rice University. He
has been working on a project
to unite the centers of the near-
by schools (Baylor Med, TWU,
■etc.). He wishes to have a large
center with a large staff to
care for all the needs of the
close student community for a
reasonable cost. He said that
little progress has been made
because of the apparent non-
concern for the project. Stating
that he would continue work on
the project, Hackerman indi-
cated that the present situation
could perhaps be alleviated by
an insurance program of some
kind.
In regard to the speaker pol-
icy at Rice, he read an excerpt
from a tentative paper on the
scheduling of events: "The use
of University facilities is lim-
ited primarily by the necessity
to accommodate the needs of
the University and to insure the
safety and that of its members."
It doesn't say anything else. I
don't see how I could relinquish
my responsibility in terms of
the safety of members of the
University."
Concerning the new liquor
policy, he mentioned that he
did not feel that he had either
the time or the desire to police
the community at Rice, but men-
tioned that the rules that have
been made cannot openly flaunt
Texas laws. He left the impres-
sion that the status quo would
not be disturbed.
Financial Aid
The amount of financial aid
to students has increased, he re-
ported, and he told of the new
loan programs that the ad-
ministration was looking for.
He hoped to have loans for ev-
eryone at Rice at three percent.
Under the present National Stu-
dent Defense Loan Act as pass-
ed by the present Congress,
the upper limit on family in-
comes has decreased making the
number of people eligible for
loans at Rice smaller. While lie
remarked that loans do have to
be repaid, the program which he
hopes to implement would place
less of a burden on the students.
Hackerman emphasized the
need for more college courses
and said that after an analysis
of them he was for them. He
noted the possible conflict of
interests within the academic
areas, but intimated that more
relevant and contemporary
couses are always needed, and
that he was doing a study in
dome of the ways ooher uni-
sities are approaching the mat-
ter. Hackerman said that he
would urge the faculty to be-
come more involved in the col-
lege courses.
In the closing of his speech he
said, "Rice, among all the
schools that I know has the
greatest chance of being viable,
effective, and useful as any
school and more chance than
most."
President Hackerman speaking at Baker
Rondolet rocks out fhis weekend
The date is Friday, April 16th,
the time is 9 pm to 1 am for
this year's new revised version
of the Rondelet Dance. A So-
cial Committee sponsored con-
test failed to produce a clever
new name for the event, so the
name remains, but every thing
else is changed.
The once ultra-formal prim
and proper event has been
moved from its usual downtown
hotel location to the men's col-
leges. New Rice Program Coun-
cil Social Committee co-chair-
men Gail Goodrich and Jacque
Keller developed a scheme
which will put the action in
three different college commons
—with a different variety of en-
tertainment and a different at-
mosphere (hopefully) in each.
The Baker commons will fea-
ture Folk, as Rice's own Bill
Haymes teams up with Andy
Goodson and one of Houston's
most popular folk singer-yarn
spinners, Don Sanders. For
Rock, its Richardson: the cam-
pus' newest commons is to be
"broken in" for good by in-
toxicated revelers and Contra-
band, one of Austin's most ac-
tive rock groups. The group
performed at the "Wiess Col-
lege Spring Dance; it boasts
light show and female lead
singer. Swill Rice is Soul. The
group: The Soul Machine.
Unofficial results of the SA
election giving the top three
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Earth Week activities planned
Clark will lecture here April 23
Former Attorney General
Ramsey Clark, recently named
as a contender for the 1972
Democratic presidential nomina-
tion, will speak in the Rice Me-
morial Center on Friday, April
23 at 4 p.m. The lecture, open
to the public, is sponsored by
the Association of Rice Alumni.
Clark is noted for his at-
tacks on police excesses], gov-
ernmental invasion of privacy
and other encroachments on in-
dividual liberties. Since leaving
the government in 1968 he has
been a partner in the New York
City law firm of Paul, Weiss,
Goldberg, Rifkind, Warton and
Garrison and has written the
controversial best seller, "Crime
in America."
Lawyer, author, law instruc-
tor and college lecturer, his out-
spoken support for the rights
of free speech and assembly, for
gun control and his work
against organized crime and
wire tapping, have brought
criticism ffrom such officials
>as President Richard Nixon and
FBI Director, J. Edgar Hoover,
who has called him a "jellyfish"
and a "softie." New York Rep-
resentative Emanuel Celler how-
ever, said, "He's a man of great
stature."
"Clark's biggest handicap,"
said Time in 1968, "is that he
prefers the sociological ap-
proach at a time when the na-
tion seems to be demanding
more of the nightstick . .
Clark was born in Dallas and
received a BA from the Uni-
versity of Texas in 1949, MA
and JD degrees from the Uni-
versity of Chicago in 1950. He
practiced law with his father,
former Supreme Court Justice
Tom C. Clark, before joining
the Justice Department under
President John Kennedy in
1961. He headed the federal
civilian forces ait the Univer-
sity of Mississippi in 1962, di-
rected the desegregation of
Southern public schools in 19G3
and commanded the federal
forces at Selma and Watts in
1965. President Lyndon John-
son appointed him Attorney
General in 1966.
Clark will be available to talk
to graduating seniors at 3 pm,
an hour before his lecture. His
speech will be presented in con-
junction with an Alumni Asso-
ciation beer party honoring the
graduating class, of '71. The
party begins after the speech
in the courtyard between the
men's colleges. It should give
alumni an opportunity to meet
new members and to enjoy in-
formal discussion and lively stu-
dent entertainment. Picnic tick-
ets, $3 each, are free to sen-
iors and available only(?) to
Rice alumni, students, faculty,
staff and administration. Res-
ervations may be made at the
Alumni Association Office, ext.
217.
Earth Week 1971, co-spon-
sored by Rice and UH, will be
held April 17-25 on both cam-
puses and elsewhere in Houston.
Featured will be a number of
nationally prominent speakers.
Many of you will remember
Frank Herbert from last year
when he spoke at Chem. Let',
and know that, besides being an
excellent writer of science-fic-
tion (author of Dune and
others) , he is an honest, even
intimate speaker. We don't
know just what he will say in
Hermann Park on Saturday
(4:30) but it will most likely be
worthwhile. Preceding Herbert
at 4:00 will be Rex Braun, a
representative to the Texas
Legislature. He has been in-
volved in the struggle to get
several positive pieces of en-
vironmental legislation passed,
so his comments should touch
on the political aspects of eco-
logy. Following these two gen-
tlemen, Larry Silverman, a
member of Nader's Raiders,
will speak on that group's ef-
forts in the area of environmen-
tal protection. Silverman's work
S.A. ELECTION
There will be an election
for Thresher Business Man-
ager and Fifth Year Honor
Council on Thursday, April
22. Polls will be open from
9-2 in the RMC and Ander-
son Hall and from 11:30 to
1:00 in each college. Candi-
date for Thresher Business
Manager is David Ray Klein.
Candidates for the two Fifth
Year Honor Council positions
are Franklin Smoalc and Bill
Klein. Opportunity for write-
in candidates will be provided
on the ballot.
includes the co-authorship of
Vanishing Air with John Es-
posito, another Raider.
On Sunday here at Rice, along
with many local speakers, Cel-
este Trager will talk about the
nifty scientifically treated, pre-
served, artificially colored and
flavored food that we love to
eat. Miss Trager is a represent-
ative of the Ecological Food
Society of New York. The So-
ciety is a nationwide organiza-
tion (non-profit) which supplies
its members with reasonably
priced organic food and pro-
ducts.
'Next Tuesday, April 20, Dr.
John Hessel of Zero Popula-
tion Growth will speak on the
human population crisis in
Hamman Hall at 8:00 p.m. Dr.
Hessel is a biologist who has
done postdoctoral work in popu-
lation biology in association
with Professor Paul Ehrlich at
Stanford. Dr. Eisenberg's Bio
101 class should turn out en
mass to hear this.
At UH on Wednesday, an-
other speaker will deal with
the over-population problem.
Dr. Douglas Lafillette of the
University of Wisconsin will
speak on "Population anl Re-
sources" in Agnes Arnold
Auditorium at 7:30 pm.
We hope that all of these
speakers will be available for
discussion at various times
throughout the week. Mr. Sil-
verman and Miss Trager will
be in Will Rice Commons on
Saturday night about 8; pos-
sibly Frank Herbert and Rex
Braun too, if they don't have to
leave. Dr. Hessel will be in
Will Rice on Tuesday night
after his Hamman Hall appear-
ance. These locations might
change. Listen, we will an-
nounce where and when.
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Mauldin, John. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 15, 1971, newspaper, April 15, 1971; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245105/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.