Collegian - 1966 November 11

              Dr. Paul Woodring, distinguished service professor of the
college, predicted that in 15 years Western will have uni­versity
status, academic specialization, higher salaries for
faculty members and continued parking problems. Wood-ring
addressed the Long-Range Planning Council last week.
(Photo by J im Hinds)
Western of '80 predicted;
causes cited by Woodring
By SHELLY KEEPERS
V Collegian Staff Reporter „. ..
Western will probably- bes called
a university by 1980, predicted Dr.
Paul Woodring in his speech to West­ern's
Long-Range planning council
Nov. 2. , ;'.;': " • : '"V
"Whatever it is called," Woodring
said, "it will be in fact something
less than a full-fledged uniyersity
but 'something considerably more
than a single college.
"It is not "likely 'to have colleges
of law or medicine but it will prin
bably enroll many graduate students
including some working for Ph.D.'s,"
he added. ~" :
Woodring predicts that Western's
make-up in -1980 will depend upon
these conditions:
—that there will be no war in the
next 20 years. .
—that there will be no major de­pression.
—that the birthrate, which was very
high in the fifties but has declined
sharply since 1960 (due to the pill),
will continue to decline. .
; From these assumptions, he con­cluded
that Western's future, will be
influencedby forces beyond the fac­ulty's,
control. .... • . _ \ .
Woodring also believes that the
shifting demand for employees ed­ucated'
in different, ways, .the n>
fluence of support from the Federal
government r and private foundations
arid ' dhanging . academic traditions
throughout the western world will
affect Western's development.
"Internally, the development of the
college is influenced by many groups
who'do riot always see eye to eye-f
students, "alumni,~faculty, the ad-ministration,
the board of trustees,
arid "the state legislature;
"But any one of these groups can
increase its influence if it is willing
to give time and thought to careful
planning. Such is one of the proper
responsibilities of the faculty," he
said.
He also predicted that the faculty
of 1980, numbering from 500 to 700
members, will be made up in largo
part of academic specialists whose
range of, interests and fields of re­search
will be even more narrowly
specialized than those of today'*
faculty.
These individuals will be identt
fied with the various academic de­partments
and will teach upper divfc
sipn and graduate courses. ~ ''.';
They will be highly competent ia
their specialities but will have little
interest in teaching anyone, except
students majoring in their own fields,
Departments will split because of
this- specialization, according to
iWdodririg.
- "A smallet number of. faculty
members will be interested in the
broader" aspects of scholarship: Their
responsibilities, in words of: a re­cently
published Berkeley Report,
will be 'to study, teach, and write
on the interrelation and general
human significance of the results of
scholarship,' " Woodring explained.
See "WESTERN 1980" Page Z
T i l t WESTERN WASHINGTON STATE C0UE6E HMUBFN
fc Vol. LIX, No. 8 Bellingham, Washington Friday, Nov. 1 1, 1966'
lean Mac addresses Collegian staff;
sks for humility front reporters
Collegian reporters should ap-oach
their jobs with more humii-yt
said Dean of Men Clyde Mc-onald.
McDonald talked with Collegian
aff members during their schedul-class
period in the Collegian of-e
Friday.
"Student publications should be
countable to their readers. Al-ough
minority opinion should not
suppressed, it also should not
ways take precedence over ma-rity
opinion," McDonald said.
He admitted that a newspaper
hich is simply a compilation of the
daily bulletin is uninteresting, but
that a happy medium must be struck
between editorializing and the
straight reporting of news.
TOO MUCH CONTROVERSY
"Certainly the job of the press is
to stimulate controversy, but not for
controversy's sake alone," he said.
McDonald added that complete
freedom of the press would incur a
greater danger of libel cases against
the college.
"It is impossible to have com­plete
freedom of the press unless
an independent company is formed
separate from the college," he said.
Following his comments on the
press, McDonald was questioned
about the college disciplinary board.
He said that disciplinary board is
misunderstood because of its infre­quent
use. He added that the board
considers about 15 cases a year and
of those an average, of four result
in students being suspended from
school. v, • '
McDonald defended! the board's
work by revealing thaf since he has
been at Western, three; persons who
left the college because of disciplin­ary
action-returned later to eventual­ly
become student body presidents.
Charter amendments
approved by Blazers
>t
A constitutional amendment limit-
_ the powers of the Associated Stu­nts
president was passed by the
gislature Monday.
The amendment states that ap-intments
made by the president
:ll be valid unless the Legislature
sapproves by a vote of Vs plus one-le
vote must be taken at the same
eeting in which the president an-unces
his appointments.
The amendment was proposed by
n Fredrickson. While giving the
sgislature the power to nullify
esidential appointments, it does
make it necessary for that body
consider every placement.
TWO MORE PASSED
'wo other proposed constitutional
endments were approved unani-usly
by the legislature.
ne prohibits students from hold-two
concurrent offices, either
active or appointive, or running
two offices.
The other provides that referen-ms
and initiatives be presented
ectly to the elections board chair-in,
who will then be responsible
including them on the ballot in
i next general election.
^ motion proposed by Sandy Hay-den
that students active in. student
government receive credit through
the political science department has
been referred to committee for con­sideration.
"Students who participate in plays,
debate squad and some of the ath­letic
activities are given credit.
Legislators and others active in stu­dent
government put in as many
hours as they do and also get educa­tional
benefits," remarked Miss Hay-den.
I Collegian errs; |
I Profile not free |
I The campus directory went |
I on sale today at 10 cents per |
I copy. The Collegian earlier |
I reported that the-, directory I
c would be free of charge this 5
I year, based on a statement |
I made by James Mulligan, di- |
| rector of the office of Public c
I Information. I
* "The 10-cent fee was agreed f
| oonn bbyy tthhee lleeg, islature last year. |
Legislative policy
rejected by board
A recommendation from the As­sociated
Students Legislature ran in­to
opposition Tuesday when it was
submitted for faculty approval. The
suggestion from student government
to remove Collegian editorial grade
requirements, was sent before'. the
student-faculty committee on student
publications where: it was defeated
four to-one. " . x
Submitting the policy statement
from the Legislature, Don Duncan
gave reasons why the legislators
had endorsed the idea. He pointed
out that the Collegian is the only
accredited class that requires a
special grade average.
Two student members of the com­mittee
on publications, Byron Smith
aad Dale Gruver, both voted against
the suggestion.'
_ Legislator.Al Donaldson.spoke,.to
the pub board as one of the members
of the legislative committee that
originaly considered the motion, in­dicating
that the committee made a
strong recommendation to drop; the
idea.
After failure of the recommenda­tion,
Dale Gruver moved that all
Collegian editorials be signed in the
future. The motion was tabled.
College considering
completed drug policy
A policy on the unauthorized usage
of drugs on campus has passed
through a committee and is now be­fore
the administration.
r Due to recent controversy dealing
with the' usage and possession of
hallucinogens and similar drugs, a
committee was formed last month
to determine college policy on the
subject: "*!" r~" ":** •'":r""'"""~v' •""T"~'r"
The policy as proposed by the
committee was sent to President
Harvey C. Bunke's office for ap­proval.
" I feel generally bound by the
recommendations of this committe
said Bunke.
The proposal is now before Dean
of Students Merle Kuder.
Kuder and a committee of student
legislators are revising and inte­grating
the new policy for inclusion
in the Navigator.
The proposed school policy on
drugs is as follows:
DRUG EDUCATION PROGRAM
"The college entirely disapproves
of, and cannot in any way condone,
the uncontrolled use of these drugs
by students. Given this attitude, one
which the college believes to be ful­ly
justified, the college further be­lieves
that the enlightened way to
successfully and efficiently discour­age
the uncontrolled use of such
drugs is by means of an educational
program. To this end, the college
will make extensive efforts to ini­tiate
and maintain a high quality
educational program relative to the
use of these drugs.
POLICY EXPLAINED
"However, it should be understood
that when a student possesses, man*
ufactures, sells or causes someone
else to use these drugs on college
property, in college residence halls*
or college-inspected off-campus nous*
es, or at college-sponsored functions,
either on-campus of off-campus, or
when a student appears on campus
or at college-sponsored functions aa
a * c o M i t i b ' f f ' l i r b l^
the deliberate use of these, drugs
that clearly brings discredit to the
individual or the college, he be­comes
subject to disciplinary ac­tion."
Debate Club l
car destroyed
A car was totally demolished out*
side the Student Co-op last week,
resulting in injuries to two sledge
hammers'.
The hammers are presently re*
covering from broken handles.
The car was destroyed in a cat
smash sponsored by Pi Kappa Delta,
national forensics honorary, to raise
money for travel expenses to the na*
tional debate finals in Whitewater
Wis.
The wreck received over 250 blawl
before the event ended, some el
them from President Harvey (SL
Bunke and assistant speech professor
Loren Webb.
The car was donated by Gundie'j
Auto Wrecking and was towed inte
place by Horton's towing.. .
Bunke's performance is a smash