Western Front - 1967 November 21

              ?ugby club growing
with game's tradition A decade has past since Rugby
ras first organized at Western
nd the fast action sport has
lade progress right along with
tie school.
Started as an intrumural sport
ID 1958 by Joe Davies, Rugby
irogressed into the secure
ramework of ,a varsity sport
1960, and remained one until
ast year.
Unable to function in the true
radition of the game under the
•uidance of the athletic depart-aent,
Dick Laysell picked the
port up and one of the schooft
aost flourishing clubs was
ounded.
As a club Rugby was able to
eturn to the informality it's
loted for, and wasn't tied down
y the stricter disciplinary poli­ces
of the athletic department.
The game itself is played with
XI the vigor and desire to win
s any contact sport is, but once
he game is over all personal
jiimosities are forgotten and
layers became congenial.
Instead of the usual gangway
the shower after a game as
American football, each team
n Rugby claps the other off the
ieldjCongratulating the opponent
for their efforts, win, lose or
draw.
It is this casualness and com­radeship
that keeps men playing
the game well into their 30s.
Enough clubs exist in Canada
and are sprouting up around the
United States to supply grown
men with some brisk weekend
recreation.
The schedule of games now
runs well into spring quarter
when the team is booked to travel
to Calgary, Alt. Also a full col­legiate
conference will be op­erating
again winter quarter.
Besides an expanded schedule,
two full teams are in operation,
making it possible for most
everyone to play full time.
Since the team has been op­erating
as a club, there is no
restrictive budget and expenses
must be paid by the players.
By sponsoring dances and selling
Rugby booster buttons, the club
has been able to expand.
Rugby action can sometimes resemble the caterpillar from
Alice in Wonderland. (FRONT Photo)
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Vol. LX, No. 10 Western Washington State College, Bellingham, Wash. 98225 Tuesday, Nov. 2 1 , 1967 Individual Copy 10c
'Uncle Vanya' will depict
Czarist Russian culture
Anton Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" will be pre­sented
by the Western Players in Old Main
Theatre, Nov. 30 to Dec. 3.
"The play is a conscious attempt to present
all the details in the everyday lives of normal
people," Dr. Thomas Napiecinski, director, said.
"Chekhov's characters are completely human
people who give the audience a better understand­ing
of other people and themselves."
"In 'Uncle Vanya'," Dr. Napiecinski said, "we
see the culture of Russia prior to the revolution.
"It is this sense of frustration and boredom
Hartley art exhibit
in campus gallery
Works by Marsden Hartley,
the "Marlon Brandon of art,"
are now on display at the West­ern
Art Gallery.
Hartley studied and worked in
France and Germany during the
early decades of the twentieth
century. He returned to the Unit-ed
States and created a distinctly
American variety of Expression­ism.
The exhibit includes paintings,
drawings and prints primarily
taken from his earlier work. It
will be shown until Nov. 24.
that we find in Chekhov that was in part the ferment
and frustration that caused the revolution."
Parts and actors include: Serebryakov, Gary
Ramey; Yelena, Judie Score; Sonya, Tina Collier;
and Marya, Wendy Frits.
Others are: Uncle Vanya, Vern Privitt; Astrov,
Vaughn Mitchell; Telyegin, Preston Boyd; Marina,
Betty Macaluso; and a laborer, Angus McLane.
Gayle Cornelison, children's theatre director,
is technical director, Don Adams is costumer
and Carlina Edger is assistant director.
Going up fast, the new Math-Computer Center approaches
the winter completion date. Several classes are scheduled
in the building next quarter. (Photo by Heitzman)
Trustees approve 'talent' scholarships
A check for $4,250 will be applied to the new plaza foun­tain,
a memorial to Dr. Charles Fisher, president of Western
from 1923 to 1939. Dr. Arthur Hicks, professor of English,
presented the check, obtained from nearly 300 contribu­tions,
to the Board of Trustees last week.
Next issue
December 5
The Western Front will not
appear Tuesday, Nov. 28, due
to Thanksgiving holiday.
The last scheduled issue fall
quarter will appear Tuesday,
Dec. 5.
A policy of giving scholarships on the basis of
alent in music, art, drama or athletics was
ipproved by the Board of Trustees last Tuesday
ight
The new policy, drawn up by Dean of Students
ames Hitchman, provides mat student aid from
rivate sources be divided equally between aca-emic
scholarships and talent grants.
Previously, scholarships have been given on
he basis of scholarship need and academic ability,
tow, only half of the aid money will go here, with
he other half being awarded in the four "talent"
reas.
The grants will be for no more than $264, or
tuition for a year. Apportionment of the talent
moneys will be athletics, 37% per cent; music and
jrama, 25 per cent each; and art, 12% per cent.
Hitchman said the talent scholarships will be
given after a student has applied for admission to
the college, has submitted the college scholarship
form and established a need, and has been recom­mended
by his "talent" department.
A student's need and recommendation would
then be matched up, said Hitchman, and the student
could receive a grant covering as much as full tui­tion.
He added that in extreme cases, the grant
could be "packaged" with federal moneys or loans.
The talent grants differ from scholarships,
Hitchman said, in that grade-point requirement for
transfer students receiving the award is 2.0, while
the scholarship requirement is 2.8.
William Hatch, director of financial aids; Ted
McQuary, director of development and public
information; Hitchman and the four department
chairmen for the "talent" areas will be campaign­ing
until June for $36,000 to divide between
scholarships and grants next year.