Western Front - 1968 November 19

              "*w* °* aJfcn<e the western front Byrds play here Nov. 25
The Byrds, a popular rock
group has been scheduled toper-form
in concert at 8:15 p.m.
Nov. 25, in the Carver Gym.
Ticket prices will be listed on
posters around campus.
New loans offered
Any student with a temporary
but real need for money to meet
necessary college expenses can
apply for a short-term loan in
the financial aids office at any
time during the school year.
Up to $200 can be borrowed
for a six month period at 5
per cent interest. A co-signer
is required.
Students may make applica­tions
to Mrs. Barbara Carlson
in the financial aids office.
The money comes from a re­volving
fund and is available to
students as older loans are paid
back into the fund.
William Hatch, financial aids
director, emphasized the impor­tance
of applying for these loans
only in extreme circumstances.
The funds are limited, and
unnecessary borrowing could
cause hardships on students with
genuine need, he said.
Western feature
The Sunday Seattle Times fea­tured
Western and all the state
colleges in an article dealing
with the proposal for a student
on the board of trustees.
Western's trustee chairman
David Sprague has approved the
idea which was originated by
Western's student body presi­dent
., in council with his coun­terparts
from other schools.
New Party meets
The Western chapter of the
New Party will meet at 7 p.m.
tonight in VU 11-A to assess the
meaning of the recent elections,
to plan strategy for the next sev­eral
months, and to elect ofEU
cers. The meeting is open to all
students and faculty interested in
the political alternative offered
to the two major parties, ac­cording
to Charles Richards and
De Ann Clayton, temporary co-chairmen
of the group.
Dr. Bernard Weiner, a mem­ber
of the State Executive Com­mittee
of the New Party, will
discuss state and national plans.
Alpha wins contest
Alphie the Dragon won first
place honors for Ridge way Alpha
in the dorm decorating contest
during last week's Homecoming.
The front of Alpha was deco­rated
like the face of a dragon
and the porch was his mouth.
Inside the lobby was the drag­on's
brain, the small lounge was
his heart and the main lounge
was his stomach.
Second place went to Ridge-way
Delta and third place was
won by the trailer court, Hidden
Valley.
Playmate coming
A Playboy Playmate will visit
Western Dec. 6, pending con­firmation
by Playboy magazine,
announced Forrest Anderson,
president of Associated Men Stu­dents
(AMS).
AMS is sponsoring the Play­mate
visit . ,. , .
Any men interested in helping
with these events can contact
Anderson from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
daily in VU-1.
Prof denies claim
Do PE teachers grade on ap­pearance,
or length ,of hair?
"Absolutely not. I never have,
don't now, and never will," Stan­ley
Le Protti, men's PE teacher,
said.
Le Protti was accused, earlier
this week, of giving extra points
in his classes for each haircut
a student received.
"Evidently some student mis-?
understood me," Le Protti said.
Irwin art show
An exhibition of paintings by
Robert Irwin, recently referred
to by Time magazine as the
"Guru" of the Los Angeles art
scene, is being presented by the
Western Gallery.
The exhibition will be open
from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. today
through November 22.
Irwin, an innovative artist, has
turned away from the traditional
idea of painting as pigment ap­plied
to a rectangular surface.
In his works, the wall behind
and around the painting is incor­porated
as an active element in
the composition.
Saga head to leave
Vince Gallagher, manager of
the Viking Commons dining hall,
will succeed Brad Wright as
Food Service Director at West­ern.
Wright is being transferred to
the Saga Food Service home of­fice.
Gallagher is a graduate of
Penn State University and has
been at Western since this past
summer.
Paul Swimelar, present Coffee
Shop manager, will become man­ager
of the Commons Dining
Hall.
Jerry Danburg will replace
Swimelar in the Coffee Shop.
Danburg is a graduate of the
University of South Dakota and
has just completed the Saga
Training Program at Lewis and
Clark College, Portland.
Honors adds 3
The honors board has expand­ed
to nine people, three more
than last year.
The new members are: Dr.
Stanley M. Dougert, professor
of philosophy and chairman of
the department; Dr. Andrew J.
Frank, professor of chemistry
and chairman of the department;
and Dr. J. Kaye Faulkner, as­sistant
professor of economics.
The remaining members from
last year are: Dr. Angelo Anas-tasio,
professor of anthropology
and sociology; Dr. A. Carter
Broad, professor of biology and
chairman of the deparment; Dr.
William C. Keep, assistant pro­fessor
of English; Dr. Samuel P.
Kelly, associate professor of
education and director of the
honors program; Dr. Charles
Ross, professor of geology; and
Homer Weiner, professor
of art.
Vol. LXI No. 8 Western Washington State College, Bellingham, Wn. 98225
Tuesday, November 19, 1968 10e Per Copy
Plan inaugural activities
Charles J. Flora is being in­augurated
president of
Western on Wednesday and
Thursday. See pages 6 and 7
for full details.
—Russ Gift photo
The following is a schedule of
events for the inauguration of
President Charles J. Flora. For
a complete story, please turn to
page 6.
Wednesday, prelude to the
Inauguration:
REGISTRATION 1 to 5 p.m.,
lobby, Viking Union.
SPEAKER 1:00 p.m., College
Auditorium, Dr. Paul Ehrlich,
Dept. of Biological Sciences,
Stanford University.
PANEL DISCUSSION: 2:30
p.m., College Auditorium, "Pol­itics,
Population and the World's
Future," Dr. Ehrlich; Dr. Franx
Schurmann. Departments of So­ciology
and History, University
of California at Berkeley; and
Dr. Herbert C. Taylor, Depart­ment
of Anthropology, Western
Washington State College. Dr.
Thaddeus Spratlen, WWSC, mod­erator.
TEA: 4:30 p.m., Viking Union,
Kaufman speaks
about democracy
by JIM AUSTIN
Front staff
One of the best things that has happened in the past four years
is that people have seen the defects of the American democratic
system and are doing something about it, Dr. Arnold Kaufman said
in a speech last Thursday.
Kaufman, associate professor of philosophy at the University of
Michigan, told about 300 student that the democratic system has
three main functions: to attempt to produce national stability; to
produce correct and just policies, and develop human personality.
Kaufman was one of the founders of the teach-in movement to
protest the war in Vietnam.
"We in the movement were offended by President Lyndon B.
Johnson's betrayal of his 1964 mandate," Kaufman said.
He later became instrumental in the move to "dump Johnson,"
which culminated in the candidacies of Sen. Eugene McCarthy and
the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, according to Kaufman.
Also according to Kaufman, John Bailey, Democratic National
Chairman, sent a letter to all state and county party chairmen last
year stating mat Johnson would be the nominee.
"We in the movement did not go along with Bailey's state­ment,"
Kaufman said.
sponsored by the Associated
Students.
CULTURE IN CHANGE:
8 p.m., Viking Union, a program
of music, dance and ritual from
a variety of cultures.
Thursday, The Inauguration
REGISTRATION: 8 a.m. to 2
p.m., Viking Union*
SPEAKER: 9 a.m., College
Auditorium, Dr. Franz Schur-mann,
INVITATIONAL SEMINARS:
10:30 a.m., Dr. Schurmann, Mr.
George Drake, Mr. Arthur Boyd.
Dr. David Clarke, Dr. Richara
Feringer, Dr. Charles Moffett.
LUNCHEON: 12:30 p.m.,
Ridgeway Dining Hall.
THE INAUGURATION: 2
p.m., Carver,
There will be folk singing and
other entertainment at 4 p.m.
Thursday in the VU Lounge.
SOCIAL HOUR: 6 p.m., Leo­pold
Inn„
BANQUET: Faculty and In­vited
Guests, 7:30 p.m., Leo­pold
Inn.
The "Whitehearts" will play
at a dance to be held from 9 p.m.
until midnight in the VU Lounge
on Friday.
Club 515 will present a trio
from 9 p.m. until midnight The
"Classics," a jazz trio, will en­tertain.
The theme for the eve­ning,
is "Graffiti and Jazz."
Apple cider and pumpkin pie
will be served. Admission will
be 25 cents.
INSIDE YOU'LL FIND
Homecoming 2
Western Front Editor Open 2
Freshman on AS Cabinet 2
Bitch-in Continues Today 3
How to Begin a Club 4
Letters, Editorials 4, 5
Flora's Inauguration 6, 7
New Campus Judiciary 8
Art Club Forms 9
Sports, AMS 10, 11
Also-
Last Week's Conference
Speakers 1,3,8
Students ask for representation,
•SSSSISSSL band together in Silent Majority More than 60 scholarships are
being offered to American stu­dents
for graduate study in the
Asian-pacific area at the Uni­versity
of Hawaii.
The area of study includes
social sciences and humanities,
and pure and applied sciences.
The scholarships, which cover
17 to 19 months of study, include
travel expenses to and from Ha­waii,
tuition fees, housing and
books.
Applications can be sent to the
Institute for Student Interchange,
East-West Center. 1777 East-
West Road, Honolulu, Hawaii,
96822.
Detrekoy featured
in vielin concert
Bela Detrekoy, concert violin­ist
and associate professor of
music at Western, will present
the fourth in a series of faculty
recitals tonight at 8:15 in L-4.
Detrekoy will be assisted by
Dr. Edwin LaBounty, pianist, in
a program featuring the famous
Chacconne of Vitali, the G Major
Sonata of Beethoven, the "Un­accompanied
Sonata for Violin"
by the 20th century Hungarian
composer, Bela Bartok, and "La
Campanella" by Paganini.
A public reception will follow
the program.
Admission is free.
More than 30 students attended the first mass
meeting of the Silent Majority in L-2 last Wednes­day.
Chairman Lynn Osier told the group that the
basic concept of the group was: "We feel that the
majority of students on this campus cannot as­sociate
with the present organized student groups
on this campus."
Osier, along with other steering committee
members Tom Wyngard, Forrest Miller and Allen
Rech, said that the group was not political or reac­tionary,
and not just in opposition to the Radical
Coalition.
"All we are is students, we are reacting to
the whole campus spectrum."
Osier stated that the group had received sur­prising
"unquotable support" from some adminis­trators
and faculty who agreed with what they were
doing. They too have to be silent, because they
can't take a stand on student groups.
The Silent Majority is not, Osier said, in
alliance with any other group of students, although
they have talked to leaders of other groups,
including the Students for Responsible Expression,
some of whose leaders addressed the meeting.
Osier also stated that certain people on campus
had told them they do not deserve to be here.
When questioned about this, he stated that these
people did not include anyone in authority or student
government.
He also stated that people had told him that it
would never get off the ground and if it did, it
would never last. To this, Osier replied: "We
can't be strong until we have the majority we're
after, which is not 3,501 — just enough to be
strong enough to represent the majority of the
students."
Also attending the meeting were AS President
Noel Bourasaw, AS Vice President Dave Davis and
Administrative Assistant, Bob Partlow. All took
issue with various points raised by the group.
Bourasaw chastized the leaders, "for not doing
your homework." He stated that they had been
misinformed about such issues as the calendar,
the Radical Coalition and military recruitment on
campus because they had not attended any of the
public meetings concerning these issues.
When questioned about his relationship to the
Radical Coalition, Bourasaw stated that he was
not a member, and that student government and the
Radical Coalition are two separate organizations.
"I am President of the AS, not the Radical
Coalition," he said.
Partlow added that the doors of student govern­ment
were always open to them or any group who
wanted to get started. He also stated that money
was just as available to the Silent Majority as to
the Radical Coalition to bring speakers here.
Davis, Bourasaw and Partlow all agreed that
it was good to see the group going and stated that
they would be glad to help get them involved.
Bourasaw passed around a.list of committee posi­tions
available on campus-wide decision-making
bodies.
When asked what the group hoped to accom­plish,
it was stated that: 1. It will get apathetic
people to become involved, and 2. take the concern
of the left-out students and take stands on issues
representing this majority.
Osier stated that they had been attacked because
of the colors of their badges. The reason they
were chosen was because "they are easily identi­fiable
and pleasant to look at"
The mass meeting planned to break up into
closed small committees, one of which would draw
up a platform.
Another mass meeting has not yet been an­nounced.