Collegian - 1966 April 8

              LOVE IT
The sun was unusually generous this week as Westernites everywhere bared them- discovered that the classes start thinning out as the afternoon progresses. Oh
selves to the rare exhibition of good weather. Garden Street began looking like well, in Bellingham it is said that April showers bring May showers so we migfit
Miami Beach as everyone decided it was more fun to study outside in a prone as well enjoy it while we can.
position than in the miserable indoors. Cries of "To the beach," echoed and profs
WESTERN
18E WESTERN WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE
Vol. LVIII No. 23 Bellingham, Washington . Friday, April 8, 1966
HOW TO SKI
Half the fun of being a skier is not skiing. The Snow Festival was
a roaring success as people tanned, burned and danced themselves
into happy oblivion far after the skies were taken off.
ASB nominees
to be chosen
The political promises will start
early this year when the spring
quarter elections convention opens
Thursday and Friday in the Viking
Union.
"Usually the elections are held in
the eighth week of spring quarter,"
claims Associated Student President
Blair Paul, "but this year we
thought we would have them early in
the quarter so that people wouldn't
have to worry about mid-terms or
finals.
Delegates to the convention will
come from both off-campus housing
and dorms. 340 delegates will come
from off-campus and 166 will rep­resent
the dorms. ,Representation
is based on a ratio of one person
for every 10 people.
The delegates will nominate three
candidates for each of the eight
offices open. Beside the president
and vice president posts, hopefuls
will run for four legislator-at-large
positions, Associated Men Student's
President and Associated Women
Student's president.
The first night of the convention
will be used for determining the
election rules and nomination of the
candidates. Initiating the occasion,
Richard Reynolds, director of stu­dent
activities, will present the key­note
speech.
The second night will consist of
rallies, demonstrations and other
preliminaries concerned with the
election. "Due to the little time left
before the convention, I suggest
that all prospective candidates begin
preparing in earnest immediately for
the convention," stated Paul.
'April' story fools
students and faculty
By MARY MAGNUSON
Collegian Staff Reporter
Despite Western's high academic rating, a recent sur­vey
revealed that the majority of the students h e r e are
(April) fools.
S t u d e n t s and faculty alike fell for the April Fools
"scoop" on Western's achieving university status. Many
found themselves in embarrassing predicaments because
t h e y had hot t a k e n t h e time to r e a d t h e e n t i r e article.
One co-ed, having read only the "*
first few paragraphs, excitedly tele
phoned her father long-distance, col­lect,
to tell him the news. Her
father refused to believe that Wes­tern
was to become a university.
"I've got the story right here!"
she exclaimed. "I'll read it to you"
. . . and she did.
Several professors discussed the
coming change in status with their
classes, mentioning that they "had
seen it coming." A few gullible
freshmen were overheard talking
about the event as late as Monday
afternoon.
NEW STATIONERY?
The joke also- caused some excite­ment
in administrative departments.
Hirt hurts Clark
Al Hirt, the heavyweight trumpet­er
of the world, smashed Viking
Union night manager Clark Drum-mond's
foot, while both were riding
from the New Orleans airport to
downtown New Orleans, March 20.
Hirt and Drummond were stuffed
into the airport's limousine, with
Hirt and his 300 pounds sprawled
all over the car. Drummond manag­ed
to salvage most of his body, ex-
Elections are scheduled for April I cept for his foot.
26. I Clark's comment;' "Aggggggh!"
SNOW FESTIVAL!
PAGE 9
One secretary, about to mail an
order for more letterheads, re­ceived
an urgent call early Friday
morning.
"Cancel that order!" the official
said frantically. "We're going to.
have all new stationery by Sept. 1.
Western's to be a university!"
He called back ten minutes later,
after finishing the article, and sheep­ishly
cancelled his cancellation of
the order.
Even Dean of Men Clyde Mo-
Donald was taken in by the story.
"I realized something was fishy
when I read my own 'quotation,' "
he chuckled.
SOME CAUGHT IT
Although most students admitted
they had been fooled, at least until
they read the last line, one or tw«
claimed they knew it was a joke as
soon as they started reading the
story.
"It was all so ridiculous I knevr
it couldn't be true," one commented.
For some, however, even the
"April Fool" at the end was not
enough.
"I thought the Collegian editor
was trying to fool us into thinking
the story was a joke," one student
said.
But those who laughed loudest at
the idea of our becoming a univer­sity
may not be laughing for long.
Several faculty members expressed
the opinion that Western will be­come
a university within a few
years.