The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 10, 1974 Page: 1 of 12
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Main Street 74 to feature visual, performing arts
by GARY BREWTON
Main Street '74, opening this
Friday and running for three
days, offers Houstonians a wide-
range sampling of the visual and
performing arts, all within
walking distance from Rice.
The festival, with many activ-
ities planned for the great out-
doors, covers a square mile cen-
tered on the intersection of
Bissonnet and Main Street. The
(fferings include such diverse el-
ements as "street painting," a
new ballet based on the early life
in Houston, and a video self-
documentary of the whole
event.
Exhibits and displays will be
open from 11am to 10:30pm
October 12 and from 12:30pm
to 6pm October 13 (Sunday).
Mayor Fred Hofheinz will pre-
side at the formal opening cere-
monies in the new Sculpture
Garden at the Museum of Fine
Arts, unveiling the specially-
commissioned sculpture "Trojan
Bear," by Jim Love.
A portion of Bissonnet be-
tween Montrose and Main Street
has been closed to allow stu-
dents from the High School for
the Visual and Performing Arts
to design and execute a special
street painting in front of the
Museum of Fine Arts.
The special "12/Hexas" ex-
hibition now open at the Con-
temporary Arts Museum is also
part of the festival.
* "Splash," a light show, has
been ..scheduled for Friday at
8pm in the vicinity of the two
museums.
Saturday at 7:30pm in Miller
Theater brings performances by
the Houston Civic, Symphony,
the Houston Ballet, Theater Un-
der the Stars (TUTS) and the
Tidelanders.
The ballet is a special preview
of "Allen's Landing," an original
work by Fisher Tull, with chor-
eography by James Clouser. The
ballet is the first of a trilogy of
Texas ballets related to the bi-
centennial observation, the re-
maining two to be performed
over the next two years.
"Star of the West," an origin-
al musical by Pat Kadawallader,
is based of Jean Lafitte's adven-
tures on Galveston Island. The
special arrangement is by 18-
year-old Mark Holden, who has
also been commissioned to do^an
original musical work "Spliced
Image," a rock-oriented piece in
three parts commenting on a
Houston lifestyle. It will be per-
formed by a 25-piece orchestra
"Hespa," including strings, brass,
reeds, and rhythm.
From 2 to 6pm each day on
the two stages located in Sculp-
ture Park and at the Sam Hou-
ston Monument, continuous per-
formances by Sweet Adelines,
Inc., the Alabama Coushatta In-
dians, the Heartbeats, and the
Jack Yates High School Band are
planned.
Sunday's activities include an
interfaith religious service at Mil
ler Theater at 12:30pm. Several
groups are to perform, including
the Houston Jazz Ballet, Inter-
ethnic Gospel Singers, and Israeli
Dancers.
Other features of the festival
include Autorama, a display of
vintage, custom, classic and nov-
elty cars; Inflatables, a floating
Air Sculpture by David Sellers;
Video Park, a Main Street '74
self-documentary; Urban Crafts;
and Mile of Art, a tubular struc-
ture displaying three categories
of art: gallery, professional, and
amateur.
Admission to all events is free
and open to the public. A shut-
tle bus will run between the fes-
tival and parking areas in the
vicinity of the stadium.
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volume 62, number 9
thursday, october 10, 1974
Rice Telefund seeking student volunteers
by DEBBIE DA VIES
Student volunteers are neec.
ed to help with the annual Hous-
ton Area Telefund, to be held
between October 28 and Novem-
ber 14. Each college has been
assigned one night to work, with
two extra nights for students
who wish to serve but have
schedule conflicts. The drive will
be held on the third floor of the
Allen Center from 6:30 to 9:30
each night, prereeded by a short
orientation sessi jn.
All money pledged and re-
cieved will go into the Annual
Fund. According to Phyllis
Schrader of the Development
Office, who is in charge of this
year's drive, "Money obtained
from this campaign is used to de-
fer direct educational costs in-
curred by the University and not
covered by other sources. This
includes scholarships and sala-
ries."
Funds are also used for stu-
dent recruitment, public lec-
tures, intramural and intercol-
legiate sports, research, comput-
er operations, language labora-
tories and Fondren Library.
Even more important, how-
ever, is the indirect purpose
served by the Annual Fund. All
outside sources of funds, includ-
ing foundation grants and busi-
ness support, look to the Fund
to measure the strength and ded-
ication of alumni support. Rice
has approximately 20,000 alum-
ni, nearly one-fourth of whom
live in the Houston area and who
will be contacted by this drive.
Last year calls to these Houston
alumni accounted for 20 - 25%
of all contributors to the Fund.
The main criterion is number of
contributions, not amount. The
primary goal of the Telefund ]s
to contact new contributors—re-
cently graduated alumni and
those who have lately returned
to the Houston area.
The annual drive presents an
excellent opportunity for stu-
dents. Money is not the only
goal. Students will collect
information from alumni to up-
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MOB trip to Aggie game cut
by SHANNON VALE
Due to lack of available
funds, the MOB will not make
the trip to College Station for
the football game against Texas
A&M later this season. This deci-
sion came amidst widespread
rumors that the band would not
perform at the game due to fears
for the members' safety.
Reports that the MOB would
travel to A&M were based on the
reaction to last year's controver-
sial halftime show which satiri-
zed several Aggie traditions and
fueled the already "intense rivalry
between the two schools.
The heavily favored Aggies,
behind 17-0 at the half didn't
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Senate looks at Campanile plans
by RON MILLER
The SA Senate this week con-
ducted a short inquiry into the
new staff structure of the Cam-
panile. Concerned that the
college editors — the core of the
new system — will not be paid a
sufficient salary at the end of
the year, the Senate listened to
editor Susan Halter and business
manager Calvin Slater explain
their plans.
Halter said that in past years,
the yearbook was produced by a
small group of people. Since she
felt this did not accurately
depict the year at Rice, she
decided to give 48-page sections
to each college. The college
staffs would be responsible for
the entire production of their
sections, and she would do final
editing. Because this method of
production has not been used
before, there are no provisions
to pay the staff a guaranteed
wage. The editor is assured of a
$900 salary and the business
manager receives 20% of ad rev-
enues, if the Campanile makes a
sufficient profit.
Senators wanted to see the
college editors be promised a
salary. "The staff is going to be
doing a lot more work than in
the past," commented Scott
Davis (Will Rice). Halter said the
bylaws should not be changed
because future editors may not
want to use the present system.
Ray Pentecost (Lovett) then said
that the college editors were
aware, when they took on the
responsibilities of their posi-
tions, that there was no guaran-
teed monetary compensation.
Slater predicted that there is
an "80 % chance that the staff
will be paid." He expects the
Campanile to make about
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see the humour of it all and
screamed obscenities thoughout
the show. Two MOB members
were assaulted by fans as they
left the field and a high level of
tension was evident throughout
the game which ended in a 24-21
upset by Rice and knocked the
Aggies out of consideration for a
bowl invitation.
Howling, rampaging Aggies
besieged the MOB in the locker
room for two hours before Food
Service trucks backed up and
shuttled the band members to
their colleges under heavy police
escort.
According to MOB director
Bert Roth, the decision against
performing at A&M this year
was due to lack of funds, not
out of some concern for the
band's safety. "Our overnight
trip this year is to Dallas for the
SMU game, and will cost about
$5,000. Since we only have a
$4500 budget it's clear that we
can't handle another trip."
Dr. Samuel Jones of the
Shepherd School of Music was
responsible for vetoing the A&M
trip. This was the first decision
regarding the MOB since it was
placed under his authority re-
cently as a matter of "admini-
strative convenience." Roth,
who formerly was under the jur-
isdiction of the Athletic Depart-
ment feels that "This is the most
natural place for us."
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Brewton, Gary. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 10, 1974, newspaper, October 10, 1974; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245204/m1/1/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.