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Show November 23, 1955 THE PARSON PAGE TWO Penalties For Absences??? . THE CAMPUS CREEP by Jud Farmer On Tuesday morning recently, as I entered the door of Dick Proctor ELKINS, W. VA. (I.P. The he Editor gym to attend Chapel, I noticed severl chairs lying on Associate Editor --Keith Waggoner faculty of Davis and ElkiAs ColI observed that they had been put there, to cover floor. the Jeanine Goodwin lege has adopted new Business Manager- student absences from some freshly painted lines. I therefore made my way around Glen Kilpatrick Sports Editor l and Assemblies. The fac- hem to my usual comer and settle back to watch the rest .Charlotte Kay classesacted Feature Editor favorably upon a re- of the student body trail in. t .Bill Fong, Jim Ross ulty submitted, Photographers after I And more saw was what a little study, port long than Out amusing. Art Work .Marjorie Nault a of the Admin- of about 150 people who came across that section of the floor, .Joanne Hotchkiss by Circulation Manager. istrative Committee. The new 10 saw the chairs. All the rest either walked over about only Reporters Jud Fanner, Jerry Mercer, Don Coleman, rules are: them without seeing them, or stumbled over them and said, Joanne Grantham, Tom Madrass, Doug Pender, (1) Excessive absences shall be what the are those doing there? I will not point Nathan Anderson, Carol Jean Malascon. defined as one or more absences out obvious the conclusion, but I make this general obserin excess of thVsumber of hours The Parson is published every two weeks by the vation: What if there had been a 40 foot pit in the floor? Associated Students of Westminster College, Salt Lake credit given in me course. Upon After ' Chapel, I went to my closet, found the biggest sleeve exceeding by one the legal num-e- r City, Utah. All rights reserved. I had and smiled broadly up it. of absences a student may, at Member Intercollegiate Press and. Associated Collegiate If you had walked into a certain speech class on a day of be the le option instructor, Press. so a from not course with the dropped long ago, you would have observed the following, (if inal grade of F. you didnt stumble over it). Lying flat on his back on the (2) However, there shall be no floor was Jerry Mercer. On their knees beside him, with HOW ABOUT CAMPUS ETTIQUETTE unexcused absences without pen- their collective hands pressing hard on poor Jerrys chest waa approved and (ED NOTE: Thi letter wee written by Donna Edmondson andwith or for transfer for alty freshmen, and writer the whole and Miss stomach were We aree Peteler and big Don Farnsworth, Council. heartedly endorsed by the Student students with less than 24 semes-e- r and both were would like to see some articles or letters to the editor on this matter). shouting INHALE. Then they proceeded hours of credit, except that to Have you ever seen things like this: A Professor cross the campus. several pile ponderous volumes on top o Jerry and Her arms are loaded with books; and she carries a large brown reshmen and transfer students shout I dont know what they were tryINHALE. brief case as well. She approaches the steps of the main Building. holding honorable discharge from again A swarm of students rush by her late to class, again! She ascends the armed forces of the U. S. A., ing to prove, but I hope they got it across, because if one the steps carefully and gets to the door that has swung open? She may be exempt from this rule. The has to go through all that just to learn to breathe, it hardly hastens her steps to make the open door. Wham! The door closes and penalty for each violation of this seems worth it especially if youve ever had Big Don she is left standing. Another student quickly executes a beautiful rule shall be a fine of one dollar. lean on you. flings the door open, and charges to class. The (3) For sophomores and upper (I was going to tell a joke in here, but the editor didnt Prof, is still outside. She manages to classmen there shall be a fine of think it. was dear, sweet, and funny, so all you get is filler.) catch the door with her foot. Taking a large breath, she heaves one dollar for each excessive abI will tell though: A Sunday School teacher one Heres the foot into action and swings; the door opens, just in time for another sence. once asked a small boy what he wanted to be when he got student to finish the split-delayed, line buck, and closes again. (4) When any student is absent to Heaven. The lad replied gravely that he wanted to be a Whos Gus? Oh, hes my more than ttoelv&f and Hi, Gus? Monologue No, 2: The amazed teacher asked the reason for this of Paleontology at College.. er cent of the scheduled meet-ng-s unusal desire. Said the boy, Because . . . Jesus wants unOf course, this doesnt, happen here. But on the campus of The of the class, excused or Slobbovia. Lower Feeble in me and a for Sunbeam. College of Indigent, excused, he shall automatically I want to nominate Jan Miller' as Miss Liquid of 1955. F in the course. ui( 'f. ! imagine by this time, the point is clear. Stemming from a receive an discussion by Professor A. W. Bosch and Mr. Tom Sheldon at the Such grade shall be changed only She always looks like shes been poured into her clothes. r Campus Club of the Y, a number of conclusions were drawn about )y action of the Administrative Written down here on my list of things to include in .this problem on Westminsters Campus. It was thought that Com- - Committee of the Faculty upon the is the name of Sherry Dunham. But for the column mon Campus Courtesies ' to professors and students alike might personal appeal of the student. my life of me, I cant remember what I was going to say about of the schedreally be at the root of this problem. At Westminster College, the The term 12 Vi her. Maybe it will come to me for next time. Im sure it for our common uled meetings shall normally speakers felt that we might not be was good enough that it will keep. In the meantime, perAs a follow up, it might be well to establish a mean that the student is in viola-ioIpampus courtesies. while on of here. 5th rule absence all students the the sort of etiquiette for haps some of you would be kind enough to suggest to me ablike in a two this: 7th be hour the courtesies This course; something "might something I could say about her. Anything at all will do, threl Student and sence a in the of hour and Body I need to fill space, and she .. . . well, never mind. College Course; (1) Observe all general regulations in absence in 9th the a and four hour of wholesomeness constructiveness, with an attitude One of the most noteworthy recent events was the course.) other words, try to be ladies and gentlemen. Foster Dance. This is the annual affair (5) A fine of one dollar per ab- where men are men and women are! (2) Respect the Administrators and Professors of the College with For this dance, appropriate titles in respect of their educational and academic sence shall 'he imposed upon stu--j women dress up in their formals, and men dress dents who are absent from Assem-)l- y up in their accomplishments. usual new was added this year. A apparel. Something more than four times in one (3) Respect the Upperclassmen and Fellowclassmen with the ordi mustache beard sevandor semester. However, upon a growing contest. I think this was a nary courtesies befitting College students. absence to because the enth the courtesies from it common of these good violations Assembly thing, all 4)' Report proved to the girls that they were open must the student before and consideration it must have been comforting to some of Council for their appear persual. Student wrong. Besides; CommitAdministrative sometimes and so to seems the they obvious, yet, Faculty find out they could. As for those who did not . To say these things boys get neglected. The speakers seemed to fel that they were bgmning tee to show cause why the Com- participate in the contest, the question remains of whether to incrase and are becoming more of a problem. How about some- mute should not recommend his they didnt want to, or whether thing like this being adopted, not as written law, but simply a code immediate disnissal from the In case anyone is waiting anxiously for me to say somecollege. for campus courtesy. about our recent discussion on Free-LovI have three (6) No absences are permitted, thing comments. 1.' I want to thank Prof. for bona fide Uemura, he laughed except emergency -reasons cleared by the Deans of- in all the right places . . . just like we rehearsed it. 2. Kathy fice, from classes or Assembly Farikoff said she was pro, so I consider the effort well worth series ly big problem, the problem (ED. NOTE: This Is (he first in during the two days immediately while. 3. Someone told me my name would go down in ef articles on the United Nations by relations, international proper Leon Johnson) preceding and following the Christthe far distant past, when nations mas and spring vocations and the history. (Probably for the count.) Footnote: Roberta and of thousands I didnt have to hop the plane after all. ago Many years were small and isolated, they The penalThanksgiving holiday. there was a hunter named Ug could avoid I close with this thought: Winter is here, and once petty irritations by ty for violating this rule shall be Lug. One day while he was on a we become Gods frozen people. each do with to a fine of for each class or again, he met a hunter having nothing EDITORIAL STAFF rules-governin- -- g sub-commit- tee i -- . Tommy-IIarma- n, loaded-dow- n , T . one-ha- lf mix-maste- r. - Foot-Loos- e, , : -- i real-famo- us n ; - ' Hall-Cowboy-La- dy v , 1 . m e, United Nations Today , hunting foray, from the neighboring tribe, whose At first they name was Lug-U..were a little shy of each other, for meeting strangers was not a com-- . mon occurence in those days. Fin-,all- y they succeeded in breaking ..down social barriers, and the up-- , ing shot of the matter was tribe over for a vited Lug-Ug- s On the surface, little the party seemed a success, but after they dispersed, each trie 'began to discuss, the other. The tribe said, people of 'What a. crude, benighted people, i They have such oor table man- ners. They even burp, during meals. And did you hear what . ' one of them said to Glug-Mug- ? He said he had a big nose. Why, everyone of them have big noses. Lug-Ug- s tribesmen said, What a crude, benighted people. They are more concerned about keep- ing themselves clean than enjoy- -' ring their meals. Not a burp out of them. And they are so sens- told one of them itive. Mug-Glua he had big nose, and they al most deqlare war. Is not a big nose a sign of beauty? And with that, relations between the two : ..'.tribes ceased. . , of this amusing-littlstory is to introduce a serious- . g. Ug-Lu- get-togeth- -- Ug-Lu- g The-purpos- e e other. Or if they came to blows the fight was purely local. Today we are neither small nor isolated We trade abroad, make invest ments abroad, have relatives in foreign nations, and depend on al lies to help preserve the peace Little wonder we are concerned with international relations " The problem had existed for some time. One of the. first solu tiorts was to establish order on the basis of force, under a super-stat- e This solution had the beauty o being simple and straightforward but it didnt work. A new system was worked ou in Europe which has since become world wide; the system of profes sional Previously diplomacy. wars had been fought for the same reason football games are fough today, for honor and prestige Eventually it downed on men tha this was a costly way of gettin tha something so. ephemeral, more solid gains could be had by more economical means. Why no bargain instead of fight? So repre were sent to reside sentatives in foreign courts, with permanetly a twofold purpose; to preserve the peace, and to gain advantages for their sovereign. This system was a ramshackle edifice. It had no centralization Assembly missed (7) Class work and the account ing of class absences shall begin in on the first scheduled meetings of classes at the beginning of each semester. If a student registers late, he is nonetheless responsible for absences occurring before his registration. Payment of a late registration fee shall not excuse a student from absences incurrec prior to higistration. However, the student will not be chargee with absences resulting from legitimate changes in schedule. (8) Deans List students shoulc be exempt from rules number 1, 3 and 4; however, this exemption shall not be interpreted to relieve the student of his, responsibility for all assigned work. and sometimes the desire for advantages outweighted the desire for peace. Often it broke down completely. But at least it was a system, and that was an improvement on what had been before., In 1920 the League of Nations was born, and shortly after died a permature death. In 1945 the United Nations had its inception. In the following series of articles I will discuss tne U. N.; what it is, what it has done, and how it came ' ' into being. DO YOU KNOW? In 1939 there were 1,228. Hat cleaning establishments the United States. f Q J0fflok The ... SWEATER a Lord Jeff Classic Here is the kind of sweater classic a man wont part with for the world. Its two-pl- y I M pure Australian wool in a rugged interlock knit that wears and wears. And Lord Jeff gives it everything a fine sweater should have- -f ashionably narrow double-ribbe- d reinforced shoulders-a- nd real casual comfort. In distinguished solid colors. V-ne- ck |
