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Show i him (S wjs too- Iw isidlavs' By DOBY GILMORE Chronically Stiff Writer The Union Art Committee removed the Bored Regency from the Union foyer, foy-er, Tuesday, in a surprise action which drew heated criticism from three engineering engineer-ing colleges. In a meeting of the Executive Council Tuesday, John Finktree, student body president, explained the situation, saying Roid "The Boid" Derelick was seen Tuesday Tues-day morning flaunting himself before off-campus visitors while wading in the fish pond wearing Dickie polka-dot shorts, and holding an umbrella. "The Boid" is the chairman of the Bored Regency, and according to Finktree, Fink-tree, is a public servant, "a member of the community-at-large, a true reflection of University interests." In his defense, Derelick cited academic freedom and said, "This is supposed j to be a free campus," then added, "I don't see why I can't do my high dives off the I upper fountain here . . . it's an art." Finktree noted in a statement (actually written by Peerless Peary Soreson) that he had always believed academic freedom meant compliance with academic responsibility. re-sponsibility. "There's a place for this Finktree said, "we are not saying Royd can't swim on campus." Finktree noted that for instance Derelick could practice his dives in his "own bathtub," Other members of the Bored were removed from the fishpond for playing j Y" lrM, mobbed the Union I fcSSK defense of the I banned Bored Regency, who were removed from office after swimming in the fish pond. leap-frog. "I am only exercis- I ing my right as a citizen in a ; free-enterprise system," said Fitchell Freeleach, "and anyway j I don't see why the studentbody has to be so danged conservative conserva-tive about it." Apparently Pres. Finktree initiated ini-tiated the action in Executive Meeting, telling the council how to vote, then called in the ROTC to remove the Regency. Observ-erts Observ-erts hanging around the ASUU offices said they heard Carmen Boinkton, Finktree's wife, nagging nag-ging him for about an hour before the president called the executive council meeting. "I don't see why the Regency had to flaunt themselves before the visitors," said Finktree. The visitors he was referring to, came to see the debate be- tween J. D. Dillon, chief of the , Campus Red Conspiracy (CRC), and John H. Russleupalot, a for- ' mer legislator and head of the , Birch John Society and various j. splinter groups, and a full colonel colo-nel in the Woo-Woo Welches candybar company, a highly successful suc-cessful candy monopoly advocating advoca-ting free-enterprise. Visitors came from off campus to see the debate, which was held in the Union Ballroom, and had to walk by the fish pond to get to the ballroom. The Regency apparently were so happy at get-ting get-ting a good right wing speaker j . for a change that they could j ' not contain themselves and , plunged in. . ' . |
