Masters Thanked, Colleges Organize

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by Don Payne

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The following article appeared in the March 1, 1957, issue of The Rice Thresher . It appears in its original grammatical form.

After the release of the College Assignments last Friday in The Thresher , approximately 1300 male students of the Rice Institute were questioning all their friends with a familiar song: "What College are you in?"

Almost everyone was pleased with his College assignment and his College-mates, and the general opinion on the campus was to vote the Masters a token of thanks for preparing so well the College rosters.

From now on the Colleges will not be considered as a group, but they now become individual organizations completely independent of each other. Their only connection will be working together on the Inter-College Committee of the Student Association.

Hanszen College

Hanszen College held its initial meeting last Saturday at which time Dr. Masterson announced a plan for the organization of the College. Approximately 300 Hanszanians sat on the floor of the F.L.L.L. while the following plan for the election of officers was announced.

The following officers will be elected now to serve the remaining part of the year: A President, Vice-President, Councilman, Secretary, Treasurer, and two representatives from each class. All candidates for office must have at least a "3" average.

Qualifications.

The President and the Vice-President and Councilman must be a resident Junior or Senior, while the Secretary must be either a resident or non-resident Sophomore, Junior or Senior. To serve on the College Cabinet there will be also one resident and one non-resident member from each class.

Petitions for all offices are due in the Office of the Masters by 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 2, and the election will be held on Saturday, March 9.

The next meeting of Hanszen College will be on Saturday, March 9, in the Fondren Library Lecture Lounge. Hanszen College members will probably move in around the 20th of March.

Baker College

Baker College planned to hold its initial meeting 6:30 Thursday night. At the time the Thresher went to press the plans had not been announced.

Wiess College

At the time the Thresher went to press Wiess College had not held its first meeting, but the plans for the organization of the College had been announced by the Master, Dr. Talmadge. Their first scheduled meeting was to have been on Thursday night.

A schedule of Inauguration Activities for Wiess College was announced as follows: Monday, noon, March 4 -- Nominations of Officer; Sunday, March 10 -- First meeting of the College Council. On Tuesday, March 12, Wiess College will hold its second meeting at which time the Officers will be installed and an open discussion will be held on the problems facing the College.

Unique Plan

A unique plan for the election of the Pro-Tem Officers and Cabinet will work as follows: The Senior or Class B Grad receiving the most votes will be the President, while the Senior or Class B Grad receiving the second number of votes will be the Vice-President. All must be resident members.

The Junior with the most votes will be Second Vice-President, and the Junior runner-up will be the Secretary. Two sophomores will be elected to the Cabinet and also two Freshmen. These, too, must all be resident members.

Two non-resident member will also be elected to the Cabinet, and they may be from any class.

Committees Formed

Committees will be formed to work on the problems of the College. They are as follows: Athletic Committee, Constitution Committee, Dining Room Committee, Election Committee, Faculty Participation Committee, Freshman Integration Committee, Housing Committee, Non-Resident Participation Committee, and the Social Committee.

The next meeting of Wiess College will be on the 12th of March, and Wiess College member are all expected to be moved in by April 1.

Will Rice College

Members of Will Rice College hold their first election this morning. The Election Committee of Will Rice maintain polling places neat the front of the Library from 8-12.

At this election members of the Will Rice College will elect an Executive Committee to supervise the transition into College life and to administer the College affairs until the regular election of the regular officers in April.

Nominees

Nominees for the Executive Committee are as follows: Chairman: Douglas Byrd, George Mc-McIlheran, Jr. Richard Stanford; Vice-Chairman: Jay Elston, Kip Murray, Ben Orman; Secretary, Calton Barnes; Member-At-Large; Harrington Wagner, Timothy W. Watson.

Senior Representative: John N. Chambless, Ben Harvey; Junior Representative: Elmo M. Johnson, Flem Smith; Sophomore Representative: Bill Buttelmann, Meyer Nathan, Grover A. Zinn; Freshman Representative: Nowton Burkett, Jr., Tim Hower, Charles Lewis Hull, and Paige West.

Members will also express today when they vote their preference of rooms, room-mates, and suite-mates, and the Executive Committee will try in every way to satisfy all room requests.

The next meeting of Will Rice College has not been announced as the Thresher goes to press. Will Rice College will probably open around March 11.

This item appeared in the Anniversary section of the March 29, 1996 issue.

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