Collegian - 1963 May 3

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VOL. LV, No. 23 Bellingham, Washington Friday, May 3, 1963
ROOM 208 REGISTERED the highest temperature ever recorded on campus when Neil Murray pro­p
o s e d by-Taw^^^ would institute the office of Legislative Chairman. ^..*Z**™
would have file legislative duties that the president currentlyhas, ^ b l f e th« ^ ^ ^ S S ^
Wanted an executive veto. The AS Legislature above, known foivits c am and cool deliberation on
student matters a«_ for its short meetings, sits in Judgment of Murray's revision and many other
amendments. —
Viking Ruggers May Lose
in Sport Budget Battle
By Dick Simmons
If funds don't allow, rug­b
y will be t h e first i t em de­l
e t e d from t h e physical ed­u
c a t i o n budget next year.
I n an effort to s t em the
growing animosity to rugby with­in
the PE Department itself, the
rugby teim submitted a resolu­tion
to tie AS Legislature Mon­day.
Tie resolution • was present­ed
in the form pi a plea to all
departments involved with inter­collegiate
athletics, and urged
these departments to delete only
items from the sports budgets
that would not endanger the ex­istence
of any sport itself.
AFTER 45 MINUTES of closed
debate the Legislature passed the
"resolution but many board mem­bers
felt that the' plea wouldn't
stand a chance when it came to
budget cutting time.
When asked io comment
on the Rugby situation.
P r e s i d e n t Jarrett stated
t h r o u g h his s e c r e t a r y that
. h e h a d n o comment to make
at this time.
Opposition to rugby comes pri­marily
from the PE Department
itself.
"I am strongly apposed to rugr
by for the mere fact that rugby
players don't train," Dr. James
Lounsberry, head football coach
noted. "If funds don't allow, then
rugby will be the first to go."
Lounsberry felt that any student
at Western on a football scholar­ship
shouldn't jeopardize his abil­ity
by playing rugby. Many foot­ballers
play rugby to keep in
shape over the winter months.
"ONE OF MY BEST ends a few
years ago got clipped in a rugby
game and was useless during the
fall football season," Lounsberry
said.
Coach Lounsberry also noted
that many rugby players pick up
bad habits by playing rugby that
hurt them during football season.
Charles C. Lappenbusch, direc­tor
of athletics, is in favor of
keeping rugby here at Western.
"There is a lot of student inter­est
in rugby at Western and I
think the sport should be retained
on a varsity basis." •- -.
. When asked if funds were a de­termining"
factor in rugby's fu­ture,
Lappenbusch noted that
funds had been kept to a bare
minimum.
"I ASKED FOR $3,200 for rug­by
this year but we only got?
$1800. We were extremely fortun­ate
in having ilay Morland as a
coach. He spirited the team and
he managed to keep costs down
to a bare $1600." ''
Lappenbusch also noted that an
estimated 2000 fans were out to
see the last rugby game and that
Western is a respected team in
the recently formed Northwest
Intercollegiate Rugby Conference.
The conference includes Univer­sity
of Oregon, Oregon State, Uni-versitv
of Washington University
of B. C. and Victoria.
"My job as athletic director is
to see that these sports get a
chance, especially if the students
want them," Lappenbusch added.
Acting chairman of the Physical
Education Department, Dr. Wil­liam
Tomaras, took a stand
against rugby because he feds
that the sport does not aid in the
teacher education program at
Western. '
Temper Temper
Murray's Plan Raises
Steam In Room 208
Discussion of the proposed amendments to the AS .
Constitution aroused heated and widely varied opinions
from Viking student legislators Monday at their weekly
meeting.
LEADING SUPPORT for the amendments was
their author, AS President-Elect Neil Murray, who de­clared
his chief purpose in drawing them up was "to
free the Legislature from influence by the executive
officers, and thus create a more efficient and indepen­dent
body." . *
TO DO THIS, he proposed the creation of an ex­ecutive
branch which would be composed of the presi­dent
and his two vice-presidents. This branch would
have no voting power in the Legislature, but the presi­dent,-
with the support of at least one of the other offi­cers,
would veto any legislative action. This veto could
be overridden only by the approval of seven of the 12
legislators. . , , * . , ' _ -•
To replace the president as head of the Legislature;
Murray proposed that a chairman be elected from the
council whose sole purpose would be to act as its mod­erator.
, , _ ! • ' __
Opponents to the amendments centered their objec­tions
on this chairman. _
Expressing this objection most clearly was Dr.
Lawrence Brewster, one of the faculty advisors, who
noted "To add another individual doesn't seem desir­able
or neeessary. He could do just as much as the pre*
ent presiding officer can in influencing opinion. You
wouldn't accomplish anything by him, J n fact, it seems
like you'd be adding another president, and youve al­ready
got three!" _
IN SUPPORT OF'Dr. Brewster's comments, AS
President Mike Hyatt added, "I fear that a legislative
chairman may become another officer. Not only that
his presence would not create independence, since he
would be but a mouthpiece for the president andsmce
the legislators would still be influenced by the president
throueh his veto power." ,
^MURRAY'S ANSWER to this, which was backed
by both the current and future ^ecutive vice-pres*
dents Gary Beeman and Terry Gallagher was We
wTuld beUcting a legislative man to hold a l ^ a t a g j
nosition and not an executive officer-to do so In doing
Fhfs we would secure separation of P ^ e r s and keep the
executive officers in their proper place (in a separate
branchof government) while preserving legislative
" ^ Gerhard, program vice-president, then entered
See "Steam" Page 2
Vik Hot Springs
Are A Real Gas
Contrary to popular belief, the
"Viking Hot Springs" will not be
open to tourists until at least one
year from now.
Most of us are by now familiar
with the steam belching from the
earth in front of the Viking Union:
ACCORDING TO A RELIABLE
SOURCE, the steam is caused by
spring water from Sehorne Hill
coming in contact with the main
steam pipe outside the VU. This
story, however, is in conflict with
the one which says (again a re­liable
source) that a group of stu­dents
are operating a still be­neath
the VU.
After much investigation, it was
learned that Western will stop
operating as a College next year.
It will, instead, make its debut
in the tourist business, and take
its place with the great resorts
of the world.
HAVir YOU SEEN THE'HOLE? It's just outside the VU. S<M»fft
^ ? s a ii»t brings while others are content with just be«ei£*
wis> n?w excavation for another outhouse on campus. Mervro
Fuwter's only comment: "Who needs it.'