Western Front - 1967 October 17

              News
in brief
Parents due Sunday
Reversing the usual weekend
student pilgrimage, parents will
be coming to college Sunday
for the annual Parents Day.
The program will open at 1:30
p.m. in Carver Gymnasium
where introductions and musical
entertainment will be provided.
The program in the Gym will
end at 2:30 p.m., and parents
will be able to meet their son's
or daughter's faculty sponsors
until 5 p.m.
During this time, open houses
will be held in the residence
halls from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
and in the Viking Union from 2
to 4:30 p.m.
Education displays and exhibits
will be up" throughout the camp­us
from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.
First B0Q panel today
The first panel discussion of
'Quotations f r om Chairman
Mao-Tse Tung," fall Book of
the Quarter, will be at 4 p.m.
today in the Viking Union
Lounge.
The panel, moderated by Wm.
H. O. Scott, BOQ Chairman, in­cludes
James G. McAree, asso­ciate
professor of Hi story; Doug­las
S. Moser, instructor of an­thropology
and sociology; and
two students.
Carnival 515
Club 515 will present "Come
to the Carnival" from 9 p.m.
to midnight Friday in the Cof­fee
Shop.
For those who wonder, Club
515 was named for the address
of the Viking Union: 515 High
Street
Sponsored by the Activities
Commission, the activity was
started last year to present a
low-cost or free weekend enter­tainment
to students.
The theme for each Club 515
is chosen nearly three weeks
prior to the event. Arrangements
are made by the Activities Com­mission
Social Committee.
Past events have included a
Kentucky bluegrass band, with
peanuts, a jazz band and hooten-anny,
and a Dixieland band.
Other Club 515s this quarter
will be Nov. 17, Dec. 1 and
Dec. 9.
Student talent wanted
Persons with talent, especial­ly
guitar players and male dan­cers,
are being sought by the
Associated Students Talent
Agency for Royalty Review and
for community and campus book­ing.
Individual and group acts can
be registered with the Agency be­tween
3 and 5 p.m. daily in
Room 6 of the Viking Union.
Royalty Review will be staged
by dorm-sponsored acts and per­formances
registered with the
Talent Agency. Try-outs for the
Homecoming show will be held
a week prior to the event.
More information is available
in Room 6, Viking Union.
UGN to drive soon
Western's United Good Neigh­bors
drive chairman, Bob Part-low,
hopes this year's good
neighbor effort will top last
year's successful drive.
'We hope to kick off the drive
at the Homecoming game Nov.
4," said Partlow. "Helmsmen
took contributions at Homecom­ing
last year and gave the drive
a real boost."
Inter-dorm and inter-club com­petition
will follow for at least
one week. The winning dorm
and club will receive a trophy
or plaque.
Last year competition was be­tween
clubs only and the Deser-et
Club won the plaque.
Those who eat the Sunday brunch at Saga must now wear semi-formal attire.
Vote alone will not change
Sunday-dress rule at Saga
(Photo by Fin ley)
A student vote advocating the abolition of dress-up
rules for Sunday noon meals at Saga would be only a first
step toward changing the regulations, according to Dean
of Students James Hitchman.
Hitchman said in a FRONT interview that the most convenient
group for initiating dress rule change would be the Inter-Hall
Council (IHC), the group which originally recommended the dress
regulations.
Ray Fomine, director of residence hall programs, said in a
separate interview that IHC, which reviewed dining hall recommenda­tions
last spring quarter, did not discuss the Sunday noon regulations
at that time.
The 1967-68 "Navigator" states that "Sunday dinner will be
considered a dress-up affair for both men and women." It further
stipulates that men should wear suits or slacks and sport coat with
dress or sport shirt and tie, and that women should wear afternoon
dresses or suits.
The -issue came up a week and a half ago at an IHC meeting.
Some council members argued that since the Sunday noon meal had
been altered this quarter from a full-course dinner to a brunch,
with the larger meal being switched to the evening, semi-formal
dress should no longer be required at the noon meal.
Hitchman told the FRONT that he did "not consider it unrea­sonable
to ask that students dress up a little for one meal out of
twenty-one."
Romine concurred with Hitchman's opinion, but added that
"the occasion should fit the dress." He suggested that if semi-formal
dress were to be required, it should be accompanied by
such things as a special menu, soft music and appropriate decor.
Hitchman questioned the possibility of getting a student poll
that would accurately gauge student opinion on the dress subjeot,
but said that such a poll should be given to IHC and should be a major
determining factor in any decision IHC might come to on the subject.
Hitchman state that any IHC recommendation must be given to
him for apprdval. He added that if he and the Student Services Staff
did not agree with the IHC recommendation, Romine would work
with IHC toward a probable compromise.
Romine stated that if a student vote indicated that Saga diners
wished to do away with the Sunday dress regulations and IHC recom­mended
that the regulations be kept, the Student Services staff
would accept the IHC recommendation over the general student
vote. He added, however, that such a situation was highly
improbable.
the western front
Vol. LX, No. 5 Western Washington State College, Bellinghqm, Wash. 98:225 Tuesday, October 17, 1967 Individual Copy 10c
"Are you kidding—What election?" was Nancy Johnson's
reply to our photographer's question: "Are you voting on
Oct. 19?" Nancy and many other students apparently
feel the same way. A pass-fail poll will be on the ballot
Thursday. For the story, see Page 4. (Photo by Finley)
Raccoon coats in
at Homecoming
By SANDY UNTERWEGNER
Contributor
Shake your raccoon coat free from mothballs
and drag out the bathtub gin.
Western will be humming with the Charleston
when it welcomes alumni during Homecoming Week,
Oct. 30-Nov. 4.
The Roaring 20's is the central theme for
Homecoming this year. Scott Williams, Homecom­ing
Committee chairman, promises that there
will be more happening than ever before.
Ray Charles, jazz pianist, will be here for the
main event on Wednesday, Nov. 1, when he and the
Rayettes will play and sing in a two hour concert
starting at 8:30 p.m. in Carver Gymnasium.
A Field Day, including such events as egg
throwing contests, chariot races, pie eating, tug of
wars and root beer drinking contests, is tenta­tively
scheduled for Friday afternoon, Nov. 3.
Royalty Review, to be staged in the Auditorium
Tuesday, will introduce the Homecoming queen
candidates, as well as provide entertainment
by the "Sweet Adelines" and skits performed by
various halls, clubs and individuals.
Qmn election Nov. 1
Homecoming Queen elections will be held on
Wednesday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Coronation of the Homecoming queen and her
court will take place on Thursday, followed by a
reception in the Viking Union.
Judging of house displays will take place some­time
Thursday afternoon.
On Friday, the Field Day is scheduled for the
afternoon on the athletic field, and at 8 p.m. the
Pep Squad will set torches to the bonfire. An As­sociated
Students dance will begin at 9 p.m. with
a rock-and-roll band.
Saturday will be the day for alumni, starting
off with an alumni reception at 9:30 a.m.
The Homecoming Parade, sponsored by the
Helmsmen, will begin at 10:30 a.m.
The football game with the University of Puget
Sound Loggers starts at 1:30, Saturday after­noon.
Highlighting the entire Homecoming Week, the
Coronation Ball at 9 p.m. will end the week's fes­tivities,
and give everyone a chance to see the
queen and her court.
Awards for the housing displays will be given
during the ball, which lasts until 1 a.m.