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Show Investiture Combine for Academic Tradition by Tammy Armantrout Gou-lart- Westminster College will be a scene of academic pageantry on the morning of Oct. 19, when Charles H. Dick is formally invested as the schools president. Festivities will begin on the night before with an 8 p.m concert, given by the Murray Symphony Orchestra in Dicks honor. Dick is the orchestras principal flutist and will be performing with them, said Dana Tumpowsky, director of public affairs at Westminster, She added that the concert w ill be followed by a reception. The Investiture ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. in the Payne Gymnasium where, Tumpowsky said, several speakers wiil welcome Dick to the college and the community. These speakers will be: Utah State Gov. Norman H. Bangerter, Salt Lake City Mayor Dick feels that these .types of traditional things help instill a sense of school spirit. He adds that they are relatively inexpensive. Another precedence that Dick hopes to set at Westminster is one of better relations with its alumni. This is the main reason that the investiture is scheduled during Homecoming Week. In the Sept. 27 issues of the Forum, Dick said. Westminster has not provided the kind of service and communication to the alumni that it should have." He later added. 1 feel that combining the Investiture with the Homecoming is an opportunity to start developing the kind of closeness Im talking about." Palmer DePaulis, President of the Associated Students of Westminster College David Chair of the Faculty Ray Ownbey, and Westminster College Alumni Association President Debbie Rocha. A new' tradition will begin for the college with this ceremony, according to Dick. At his suggestion the college is having a medal of office made. The medallion will have Dicks name and those of the 13 presidents who preceeded him engraved on its back and each succeeding presidents name will be added. Dick said that he wanted the medal of office to help begin the kind of academic traditions that he has found lacking at the college. Fve been a little surprised at the lack of academic tradition here. said Dick. He is also investigating having a mace and a school flag made. e. Tumpowsky adds that presidents of all of Utahs colleges and universities have been invited to be members of the processional for a hich the Salt Lake Scots Bag Pipe Band will play. The University of Utahs ROTC color guard will present the colors, the Reverend Doctor Albert J. Colton will give the Invocation, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees. Robert F. Weyher. Sr., will give the welcoming remarks. Stirling McMurrin. distinguished professor of history and philosophy at the University of Utah, will give the introduction of the president. The Investiture itself will be given by Robert N. Pratt, who is a member of the Board of Trustees and w as chairman of the presidential By now, all students should have received a personal invitation from Dick to the Investiture ceremony. He feels that its a colorful event and he would like to involve as many of the academic community as possible. search committee. The M u r ray Symphony Orchestra, cond ucted by Robert L, Lentz, will play accompanying music. President Fields Students Questions, Explains Priorities at Forum by Mike Moser At a student forum with President Charles Dick held on Oct. 2. in Syme Lounge, Dick outlined his six priorities for Westminster College and students voiced concern over the consolidation of the dormitories, the proposed capital fundraising program, the status of in- tercollegiate sports and enrollment at Westminster. Dick stated that his priorities for West minster are: to maintain academic excellence by establishing an honors program and investigating the addition of some academic programs; realizing that there will only be modest increases in traditional student enrollment; attempting to recruit more students; adding additional masters degree programs, such as a masters of accounting degree; initiating a capital fune draising program; and preparing know so where that well strategic planning were going during the next five to ten years." long-rang- , Mike Moser, Forum reporter, asks question at the President and Deans forum. Oblique Games Replace by Trent Atcey The Oblique Censored Games, this years answer to the All Class larty, took place on Sept. 28. The problem arose, explains Rick Andrae, ASWC vice president, when the State of Utah put into effect a law requiring any organization planning to have alcoholic beverages to obtain a liquor license at the cost of $100 and to be bonded by an insurance company fur another $50. Andrae said there wasnt enough time to obtain the bonding before the scheduled dateor to find an appropriate site. Andrae emphasizes the inadequacy of the city and county parks because they allow either amplified music or liquor, but not both. off-camp- off-camp- $3." The games were the creative solution of Dave Coularte. student body president; Rick Andrae. ASWC vice president; Leslie Bennett, Shaw Center Board chair; Kathy Schultz, judiciary chief justice; Tammy Hopkins, speaker of the legislative assembly; Noertker; Cary Fitzer. dean of students; and Eric Krenz. intramural coordinator. out-of-sta- A Look Inside CSSO Space Shuttle Project New Phone Service President Needs Support page 3 Reviewed page 3 Ducks in Dane Hansen? page 4 Baar Interview page 6 The Ehin Story page 6 1 off-camp- New Faculty Faces . . page 7 Heath: Counseling and Careers page 7 college. Concerning the games, Noertker states that Fall page page 2 Cartoons Andrae hopes ASWc will get bonding and licensing for the Spring Fling. We will have plenty of lime to work on it." According to Fitzer there is also the problem of the no alcohol col lege policy. A committee w ill be apixiinted to research the problem. We need to know the percentage of 21 year old resident students and the percentage of 2 year old commuting students to properly evaluate the situation." 'Without full institutional support. Fitzer would not be in favor of aleohol function. He being present at an B YOB situation would sanction an because it carries fewer liabilities for the See page 2 Governor Speaks for Series page 2 Party All-Cla- ss According to Doug Nocrtker, director of campus life, the State Fairgrounds were considered as a possible site because they allow both amplified music and beer, but dont have the facilities for the games and activities. An site was cost prohibitive. adds Andrae. We would have been $500 over budget. Tickets would have cost $9 rather than it back," he said, referring to the colleges 1979 decision to drop intercollegiate basketball. Dick emphasized the fact that there were no plans to drop the soccer program if basketball returns. When asked what was being done to increase enrollment, Dick replied that a consulting firm has been hired to assist with student recruitment and that most future student recruitment will be consentrated within the state of Utah because of the high costs associated with recruiting. Most of the questions at the forum centered around the proposed consolidation of the dormitories. Dick said that a task force is studying the possibility of consolidation of the dormitories in an attempt to save money and provide additional classroom and conference area space, but stressed that a proposal has not yet been made. He said that the difference between a consolidated dormitory and a coeducational dormitory is that in a consolidated dormitory there would be a wing or floor for one specific sex. Dick said that the college loses $35,000 to $40,000 each year by operating two dormito-- ! ries as neither is occupied near their capacities. The final decision on consolidation will have to be made by the Board of Trustees, he added. Dick said that within the next 12 to 18 months he would like to begin a capital fun- d raising program at Westminster which he hopes will raise between $5 million and $10 million. The money raised would be used for a variety of programs and improvements the restoration of Ferry Hall and increasing the colleges endowment You have to have a tremendous shopping list of areas in need of support available when you go out asking for support," he said. On the subject of intercollegiate sports, Dick stated that he would like to see a basketball program return to Westminster but it would probably take three years to do so. Its easier to delete a program than it is to bring 2 Bemis-Prioriti- es ... page 8 J |