The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 13, 1972 Page: 2 of 4
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editorial
For some, Perm State's victory over Texas in the
Cotton Bowl was an upset. It was typical, however, of
Penn's consistent success under Coach Joe Patemo. His
attitude toward football is refreshingly unique and his
record demonstrates that good guys do win. He and his
brand of football provide an interesting and somewhat
direct contrast to that we have been used to here at
Rice. We quote from an article concerning Paterno's phi-
losophy which appeared in the January 1, 1972 Saturday
Review*:
Football My Way ... is one sports book in
these pre-Bowl days that not only throws rocks at
jocks but also gives the Joe College rah-rah alumni
something to think—if they will pardon the expres-
sion—about. This is because Mr. Patemo, the bespec-
tacled, Brooklyn-born, ex-Brown-quarterback coach
of Penn State is more than just an outspoken man. He
is also a well-spoken one and a coach whose teams
have had records second to none — including winning
streaks of thirty-one and fifteen games.
"Two years ago," Paterno told us, "when they
came to see me about the book, I tried to talk them
out of it. I said there's got to be better things to
write about than me. Also they wanted to get into con-
troversial things, and at that time, with the Pitts-
burgh thing and all (Paterno was offered the job of
head coach with the Pittsburgh Steelers), I didn't
want to do it. But the more I saw of what was going
on in college football, the more I decided what the
hell. If you believe in something, you might as well
go ahead and shoot your mouth off.
"I knew when I did the book," he continued,
"that people would say, 'Well, there goes another big-
mouth who is just trying to run down something that's
been good to him.' But at the same time some awful
good things have happened—particularly as we've
had such a successful season. Many people from other
schools have told me that if Penn State can do what
we do without doing things that are repugnant, then
maybe they ought to try it, too.
"Take recruiting. The first thing I would do is
get the NCAA to organize a group of people to check
recruiting. What they need are investigators. Now
the only time they investigate is when someone turns
in a school. Damn it all, nobody does. People don't
like to be informers.
"Next take scholastic requirements. They do have
rules now, but in a lot of these schools the 'student
athlete' just has to get in by them; he doesn't have to
make any kind of progress from then on."
Paterno started moving downfield. "I like the
idea of Saturday morning classes." he said. "It takes
their minds off football. I tell the kids, 'Enjoy your-
self.' There's so much besides football. Art, history,
literature, music, politics, the changing society. I con-
sider football just another extracurricular activity,
like debating, the band, or anything else on campus.
It should never be taken out of that context. When a
kid takes a look around Penn State and says, 'Gee,
there's nothing to do,' I tell him I suppose there was
nothing for the Romantic poets to do in the Lake
Country of England" . . .
Unlike the late Vince Lombardi, Paterno says he
does not believe that winning is everything, and we
had a chance to confirm this when we talked to him
after the Tennessee game. He was just the same as
he had been before it.
"Texas will be even tougher than Tennessee," he
said. "But what the hell. If you lose, you lose. It isn't
the end of the world. Some of my boys are pretty
emotional. But I don't want 'em crying. I try to snap
'em out of it. And I want every man walking out of
that locker room with his head up." . . .
There are many good people associated with foot-
ball; A1 Conover appears to be one of them. And Rice's
receipt of the SWC Sportsmanship Award indicates that
if our athletes are not all scholars they are at least
gentlemen.
Conover's comments on page 1 indicate that he
will hasten the move away from Petersonian overem-
phasis toward a more balanced and reasonable approach
to college athletics. We hope that his appointment as
head coach is the result of a re-evaluation of university
priorities.
"from Trade Winds, by Cleveland Amory, copyright 1971 by the
Saturday Review, Inc.
RPC pleads for Yea to increase
To the editor:
The Rice Program Council originally scheduled
a blanket tax increase referendum for December
3 of last semester. However, we were removed
from the ballot. Consequently, a blanket tax
increase referendum concerning the RPC fund-
ings has been scheduled for Monday, January
24. We have attempted to anticipate any quest-
ions concerning our request by explaining our
present situation.
1. Limited revenues mean a limited program:
Right now the RPC receives a $1 blanket tax
each from the defunct SA Forum Committee
and the Student Center Board. To present any
decent kind of speaker, film, or social program
we need more money. One speaker like Arthur
C. Clarke costs the RPC $2000. A film pro-
gram costs about $2100. A campus-wide social
function like the Christmas Party costs $800.
Any speaker, or film, or dance worth going to
costs money. To give you the best, means
that the RPC needs more funds.
2. What about the Subscription Drive and the
$500 College Loan?
When the RPC was created last year, no pro-
vi si oils were made for adequate funding. More-
over, $1100 usually budgeted to the Social
Committee (now a committee of the RPC)
was reabsorbed by the SA Senate. In an ef-
fort to increase revenues, we offered a sub-
scription series of 2 speakers and 9 films
which received a good response, but barely
enough for one year's operating costs. We
asked the colleges to lend us money as pro-
tection against bankruptcy. But, NONE of
the college money has been used by the RPC.
In other words, the total subscription drive
and blanket tax monies enabled us to present
this year's program of events. They are a
temporary financial measure. But next year
it's not going to work. Thta's part of the
reason why we need to ask for the blanket
tax increase this semester: to provide the
RPC with a budget for the 1972-73 academic
year.
3. What about this year?
The RPC has 8 working committees: Forum,
Social, Student Center, Fine Ai'ts, Student
Services, Concerts, Publicity, and Films.
What we've done as of this week:
a. Organized and sponsored Rondelet, the
beginning-of-year-all-school-mixer, the
after-USC game party, the pre-UH game
party, the Christmas Dance, and the
Used Book Fair.
b. Organized and sponsored student art
exhibitions in the RMC, Lobby, Archi
Cultural debate
Fairs in the RMC Grand Hall, the Sticks
Bicycle Tour to Huntsville, the telephone
service 528-0WLS (in cooperation with
KTRU and the SA Off-Campus Senator),
the monthly Calendar of Events for stu-
dents, the Bulletin Board at the corner
of Fondren and Anderson, the ICU Tour-
naments, student discounts to concerts
and plays, and bicycle ramps to be in-
stalled by Buildings & Grounds.
c. Organized and sponsored the appearance
at Rice of speakers Arthur C. Clarke,
Norman Mailer, Robert Lifton, Edgar
Snow, Debbie Leonard (socialist Party
candidate for Mayor), Mr. and Mrs. Uldis
Kruz (China Scholars), and Sister Eliza-
beth McAllister (radical nun and friend
of the Berrigans). We're also sponsoring
the films The Sterile Cuckoo, The Col-
lector, Start the Revolution Without Me,
Diary Of A Mad Housewife, Psycho,
The Taming Of The Shrew, Closely
Watched Trains, They Shoot Horses,
Don't They?, and Rachel, Rachel.
4. What about next year?
A subscription series is highly impractical
because it is extremely difficult to contact
speakers, films, dances, or anything else with-
out knowing your revenues beforehand. The
college loans are for one year only and if
drawn upon, must be paid back by this year.
And we can't borrow from the colleges in-
definitely. All this means that next year
without adequate funding, without the $2
blanket tax increase, the RPC will become just
another ineffective student organization, in-
capable of functioning as a programming
body.
5. What about my $2 ?
Witli the $2 blanket tax increase, the RPC
can continue to expand its program of dis-
tinguished speakers and films, sponsor parties
on a campus-wide level, offer student services,
and function as an effective organization of
students who want to do something by and
for students. The important thing to remember
is that with the blanket tax increase, there
will be no $5 subscription series, i.e., the RPC
will then present speakers, films and other
events as a service to Rice Students. We need
your help January 24. Vote for the RPC pro-
posal. Help us so we can help you.
Leighton Turner, President
George Bo-Linn, Vice-President
Dana Whitledge, Secretary-Treasurer
To the editor:
If McCabe and Mrs. Miller
were such a rare film, I would
be overjoyed because then I
would not have to worry about
Wasting my money on poor
movies nearly so much.
Though I will conceed that
the "color and composition of
the filming" was deserving of
compilements, this alone cannot
•make a movie.
The movie was in no way
"important"; vit is undoubtedly
the most pointless, shallow, ri-
diculously absurd, worthless,
"plotless" movie I have ever
seen.
"If they were giving away
ten dollar bills on the other side
of town," you really got taken
by this film.
Dorothy Lancaster
Brown Colllege, '72
Andy Hurley replies:
Ms. Lancaster makes dis-
putation look easy, casting all
those aspersions in such a brief
letter. Perhaps she can profit
(if that is the word) by a re-
minder that if ia movie is worth
$'10 to a viewer, he can't have
gotten taken by spending (or
losing) that much on it.
Since there's nothing else in
the letter to respond to except
that pointless, shallow, worth-
less third paragraph, I will
"conceed" her the victory. You
sure have a way with words,
ma'am.
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Freed, DeBow. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 13, 1972, newspaper, January 13, 1972; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245121/m1/2/: accessed May 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.