Collegian - 1965 April 23

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| H Vol. LVII, No. 21 Bellingham, Washington Friday, April 23, 1965
TUITION HIKE MIGHT PASS
WITH SENATE AMENDMENT
Trustees Will
Set Amount
OLYMPIA—The State Legislature is expected to
okay a bill today establishing maximum ceilings for
tuition levels at the state colleges and universities.
The House should rush through Senate Bill 552 as
amended by the Senate.
200 Participated
In Peace Protest
By Vernon Giesbrecht
. Collegian Staff Reporter
An orderly group of
about 200 demonstrators
marched through down­town
Bellingham Saturday
to protest the U.S. position
in Viet Nam.
This "protest walk," sponsored
by the American Friends Ser­vice
Committee, the Bellingham
Easter Peace Witness. Committee,
and the campus chapter of the
Student Non-Violent Coordinating
Committee (SNCC) was the, sec
ond peace march this year.
• The marchers assembled oh
Indian Street, betWee^^yrlf|!
and Laurel, where the leaders
explained the purpose of the
march and gave instructions. Dr.
Fred Ellis, a faculty member, at
Western, Said there was "no
moral justification for physical
violence" in Viet Nam.
- At about 1:00 p. m., the march­ers
started down Indian Street,
walking two abreast on the side­walk.
Numerous signs were held
aloft—"War is the Enemy NOT
People," "End 24 Years of War
in Viet Nam!" "Negotiation Not
Napalm." Supporters of the
march mingled with the onlook­ers,
distributing leaflets entitled
"Some Facts About Viet Nam."
THE MARCHERS were a
heterogeneous group of college
students, young children, profes­sors,
middle-agied and elderly
folk. Western students were join­ed
by others from state colleges
and universities, as well as a
few high' schoolers, but the stu­dents
comprised less than a
quarter of the marchers.
In contrast to February's
march, the police were strangely
absent Saturday. .
As the marchers wended their
way downtown, stopping for
red lights, cars with opposing
signs (Stay in Viet Nam; Better
Here than There: Fight!) cruised
slowly alongside, circled the
block and came past again.
The demonstrators reached the
Federal Building shortly after
1:30 p. m., via Holly, State and
Magnolia, They held a 20 minute
"silent vigil," drawing numerous
stares from curious shoppers.
Meanwhile a group supporting
the U. S. stand was being inter­viewed
by KVOS-TV in front of
the building.
Copies of a Communist maga­zine,
"The Workers World," were
passed out to onlookers by sev­eral
unidentified men.
From the Federal Building, the
peace marchers moved on to the
Leopold Hotel Convention Rooms,
where a rally was planned. As
they walked through Bellingham'?
See 'MARCHERS' Page 3
An original bill submitted by
Senator Frank Foley (D-Vancou­ver)
would have placed manda­tory
tuition increases in effect at
state-supported colleges across
the state as:high as fifty per cent
perquarter.
The bill now provides for the
boards of trustees at the individ­ual
schools to decide whether or
not a tuition increase is neces­sary.
This takes tire decisioir'tmt passed by~the time readers pick
"NEVER FEAR TO NEGOTIATE; NEVER NEGO­TIATE
OUT OF FEAR." —President John F. Kennedy
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WIATHER
Weekend weather calls for pos­sible.
showers with a fair chance
of brief sunny skies in the after­noons.
Highs in the 60's, lows in
the 40's. Skiing at Mt. Baker
should be good again. Tows and
chairs open.
ON STAGE TONIGHT
The popular Paul Winter Sex­tet
will play in concert to­night
at 8. in the.Auditorium.
Admission is free.
AS Program Vice President
Tony Tinsley reported that
there was enough money on
hand to sufficiently cover the
Sextet's $1000 fee without charg­ing
admission.
of the hands of politicians and in­to
the hands of educators.
This means that if Western's
trustees so deem necessary, the
tuition levels could be jacked-up.
THE BILL merely estaiished
ceilings of $88 per quarter for in­state
students per quarter and
$157 per quarter for out-of-state
students. This doesn't obligate
the trustees to raise the levels
this much however.
Harold. A. Goltz, assistant to
College President Harvey, Bunke,
commented in Olympia Wednes­day
afternoon before the -bill was
passed that he would expect a
raise in tuition from the trustees
but not as much as previously
sought by the original bill.
"The trustees might possibly
withhold increasing fees on camp­us
until after the next biennium."
Goltz said.
He added that a tuition raise
is likely for the future though.
GOLTZ EXPLAINED that under
the amended bill all revenue
raised by tuition increases would
be returned to the college's gen­eral
fund, instead of going to the
Governor's statewide budget
AS President Ralph Munro, who
helped kick off a massive pro­test
movement to the original
mandatory increase bill, express­ed
his satisfaction:
"The bill is a happy compro­mise.
We've got everything we­'
ve asked for,." Munro said.
Over 3,000 signatures were gar­nered
for a protest petition de­livered
to Olympia several times
with campus student lobby groups
to help influence legislators.
MUNRO ALSO instigated a let­ter
writing campaign to assure
that irrate parents notified their
senators and representatives of
their dissaisfactionr.with the bill.
The student movement operated
on the belief that many students
couldn't stand a mandatory, large
increase in tuitions.
Western how has its money for
capital construction — totalling
nearly five million dollars for
the next couple years. . . ..
The bill, labeled Senate Bill
552, might possibly have been
up this issue. Its prospects look
very good at press time.
The. House, jalso gave the green,
light Wednesday to a bill that
Will raise tuitions in the state's
junior colleges.
Dean Mac Cites
Rise In Thefts
There is a rising rash of
thefts on Western's campus
and Dean of Men Clyde
MacDonald is getting con­cerned.
"What distresses me in par­ticular
is that students are hurt­ing
each other by stealing," Dean
Mac said.
There has been a definite up­swing
in the theft of books, cloth­ing
and other personal articles
on campus recently. Experts
blame lack of funds at this time
of the year as the cause.
'/Students with financial diffi­culty
who cannot afford to buy
a ,book need to seek assistance
from the dean or the Financial
Aids Office," Dean McDonald
remarked.
HE ADDED, that losses could!
be cut somewhat if students re­port
all thefts to the Viking Un­ion
desk, Co-Op Bookstore, or
one of the deans.
McDonald pointed out that
when the enrollment on campus
was much smaller, all losses
were reported and the College
was able to return most of the
stolen or misplaced goods.
"If the students do their duty
it could happen again," Dean
McDonald commented.
Peace Photos
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