1958-10-31

              ILLINOIS WESLEYAN
I would rather sit on a pump-kin,
and have it all to myself,
than to be crowded on a velvet
cushion.
-- HENRY DAVID THOREAU
UNIVERSITY
Vol. 65 Bloomington, Illinois, Friday, October 31, 1958
President Outlines
No. 8
Financial Plans
Sigma Kappa, Sigma Chi Receive
Honors In 1958 Homecoming Parade
By TOM SHIELDS
At ten o'clock Saturday morn
ing, October 25, the Homecom
ing parade started on East Uni
versity street and traveled down
Main street to Front, then turner
on East and went to the Sta
dium.
The American Legion colo
guard from Bloomington led the
parade and was followed by
clown, who set the mood of thf
parade. Next came the Wesleyar
band followed by the President'.
car.
The first float was Southwest
Hall's "A Toast To The Big Top.'
A large pink champagne glass
stood in the center with some of
the characters from the circus
toasting to the "Big Top."
Miss Independent, Janel
Thompson, candidate for the
Queen, drove past next.
A large traveling cage with a
long necked giraffe bobbing in
and out was the Indee Women's
Float, drawn by two small ponies.
Theta Chi's offering, "Almost
Under the Big Top," depicted a
policeman watching a young boy
trying to sneak under the red
and orange tent, which revolved
to show the boy inside and two
seals bouncing a ball.
Homecoming Queen, Joan Cut-ter
from SAI, looked petite atop
her convertible in front of the
SAI float "Pack Your Trunk,
Elmhurst." The SAI's decorated'
their float with a white elephant
and a small grey mouse who
prodded the elephant on with a
large silver poker.
Jan Steider, DO queen candi-date,
was also chairman of the
Homecoming parade committee.
the North Pole."
A clown scooting along on his
big red wagon was the TKE con-tribution
to the parade.
Connie Popovich, KD queen
candidate, was next in her con-vertible.
The KD's accomplished an un-usual
handling of materials.
Their float, "Scene Stealer," con-sisted
of a large yellow and
brown lion inside a gigantic cage
pulled by two horses. Inside the
cage was also\a smaller lion sit-ting
on the football.
Acacia's red and white clown
tivirling three hula hoops came
down the street next. The clown
was covered with large red polka
dots. Acacia received second
place from the judges.
Sherrill Cordts, SK candidate,
preceded the first place Sigma
Kappa float, "Dumbo," the large
ear-flapping elephant. This float
had a personality all its own.
Phi Mu Alpha's sleek white
rocket was next.
Activity Ticket Needed
Students planning to attend
- the Millikin game tomorrow
n afternoon must show their ac-d
tivity tickets if they wish to be
- charged the student price of
$.75. Admission will otherwise
r be $1.50. Game time is 1i30
e p.m.
a
e Margi Hill, KKG queen candi.
a date, waved to the crowd next.
s Kappa's immense black seal
the third place float in the fe-t
male division, followed Miss Hill
' The seal flapped its tail and flip-s
pers while balancing a red foot-f
ball.
s The Pontiac band followed the
KKG float, adding to the parade
t feeling.
A huge Bluejay under a spin-ning
top holding a Wesleyan
tfootball player was the Sigma
Chi addition. The judges gave it
first prize in the men's division.
Striking Sharon Smith was the
AGD queen candidate. Sharon
also played a major part in the
Homecoming play.
Originality was the keynote of
the AGD caterpillar which took
second place. A long, woman-powered
green, yellow, and red
wiggly, wobbly worm contained
most of the Alpha Gams under-neath,
wearing red stockings and
white sneakers.
'The unusual color handling of
the Phi Gain float depicting a
large popcorn popper and vendor
added to the iparade's variation.
Phi Gam received third place.
On the last convertible sat Ka-ron
Brickey, AOPi candidate for
Queen.
The AOPi float's pastel shades
presented a swami of India
charming a large snake. The
over-all color was a pale blue ac-cented
by the Swami's jacket.
The Nautilus' journey on the
top of the world was the theme
of the Indee Men's self-propelled
float. It consisted of a submarine
partially submerged in a ton of
water covered by "a portion of
the North Pole."
Conclusion? A wonderful pa-rade!
Library Hours Change
Buck Library will be open Sun-day
from 2-5 pm. and from 7-10
p.m., beginning November 2. Be-cause
of budgetary limitations,
however, the library will close at
2 p.m. on Friday afternoons.
Whether the library keeps its
Sunday evening hours or discon-tinues
them depends on the num-ber
of students who take advan-tage
of the additional hours.
Apply Now For Homecoming Dance
Graduate Awards Climaxes Activities
Illinois Wesleyan's 1958 Home-
Could you believe that many coming activities concluded with
rgarnagdiunagt e frosmch o$la20rs0h-$ip10 ,00a0w ahradds the dance at Memorial Center,
gone begging in former years be- where alumni and students
cause qualified applicants did not danced to the music of Dale
know about them? Hamilton's orchestra.
cmiaeTln hteo rIgAnasdntviitzauanttceieo, mn ae nthtn aotan n-chdo amsP lmarecener--- sbtruiTgffhheetdl y C aenncitmoerlao lrwse,ad s w dhbeiacclohlor aogtneasdv e watinhthde
dered advisory service in the ed- daned an authentic atmosphere
rueclaetaisoend fainel da nfnour ayl edairrse, cthoarsy gjuivs-t of the "Big Topp."
ing. not only details about re- The Keg was awarded to Sigma
quirements for applications for Chi for the best float in the
the award programs but also ad- men's division, and Sigma Kappa
dresses of the institutions and received the women's division
the foundations. The Institute Keg. The Sweepstakes award of
announced that even many for- the In terfraternity Council was
eign universities have many given to Phi Gamma Delta and
awards. Sigma Chi as co-winners.
The second volume of the
World Wide Graduate Award Di- Announcement
rectory costs $3. You may order
your copy from The Advance- The Argus picture for the
ment and Placement Inst., Box Wesleyana will be taken at The
99H, Greenpoint Station, Brook- Argus meeting 4 p.m. Wednes-lyn
22, N.Y. day. Please be prompt.
Senate Disqualifies
Prize-Winning Sig
Float By 14-4 Vote
Sigma Chi fraternity's Home- pledges?
coming float was disqualified be- 'Bob Cougill, campus decora-cause
of height specifications by tions chairman, stated that the
a 14-4 vote of the Student Sen- wire and sign had not been
ate Monday afternoon. Well over erected as a height control. He
100 spectators turned out to set added that it had been measured
the largest attendance record for that morning at fifteen feet four
any Senate meeting this year.
When Roger Colton called for
new business, Sue McCollough
raised her hand and said, "I
move, on behalf of Acacia fra-ternity,
that the Sigma Chi float
be disqualified from Homecom-ing
because it did not meet the
Homecoming rules, height in
particular." John Edwards sec-onded
the motion.
Suddenly Homecoming wasn't
as over as Howard Fricke had
thought. Just before Sue's mo-tion,
he said "Homecoming is
over. I thought it went very
well." The crowd laughed.
"I'm speaking as a member of
the Homecoming Committee, and
not as a member of a so-called
fraternity down here," he has-tened
to add.
THE QUESTION
The question under' discussion
was: Did the Sigma Chi float
pass under the sign and wire over
the west gate of the campus
without the wire being lifted up
by poles manned by Sigma Chi
inches from the ground.
Local police officials had stat-ed
that Wesleyan could have a
parade if no float exceeded fif-teen
feet in height so that it
could pass under utility wires.
Jan Steider; parade chairman,
said that this was then incor-porated
into the campus Home-coming
rules.
Bob Andruczk pointed out that
the Sigma Chi float was forty-five
minutes late in arriving for
position. He added that they
weren't penalized for this.
WOULD BE LATE
Howard Fricke declared that
the Independent Men and Sigma
Chi notified him that they would
be late in arriving. "Perhaps they
should have been disqualified,"
he said. But he added that he
didn't think this was the spirit
of Homecoming.
Steve Ashmore said that he
vwas walking with other Sigma
Chi pledges who were carrying
the boards, but that the boards
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The money saved by no longer
needing to take student activity
costs out of tuition payments as
well as the revenue to be raised
by increased tuition for new stu-dents
will be used to raise teach-ers'
salaries, according to Presi-lent
Bertholf.
TUITION PROTECTION
Effective next fall, Wesleyan
will underwrite a plan to waive
the payment of tuition for full-time
members of its student
body in the event of the death
)r permanent disability of the
person legally responsible for the
student's support. Tuition will be
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THE
i Tuition Going Up;
.Activity Fee Set
President Lloyd M. Bertholf
announced at the All-University
Council meeting Monday night
that the Board of Trustees is be-ing
asked to raise tuition for all
new students next year $50, and
to add a $25 per semester ac-tivity
fee to the bill of all stu-dents.
This recommendation was
approved Tuesday by the Board
of Trustees.
SENATE CONTROL
Some $18,000 of the approxi-mately
$55,000 to be raised by
this student activity fee will be
put under the financial adminis-tration
of the Student Senate.
Having student control over
some activities is new at Wes-leyan
and is President Bertholf's
idea.
The Senate would allocate this
money to the various activities
placed under their control. Ten-tatively
included in this list are
The Argus, Wesleyana, convoca-tions,
social events, and Student
Senate. Other activities may be
added later.
STUDENT INITIATIVE
In the future, if students wish
additional funds for student ac-tivities,
they will ask the Board
of Trustees to raise the activity
fee. A $4 increase would give over
$4400 additional revenue, based
on present enrollment.
As a first step toward imple-menting
this program, the Exec-utive
Committee of the Student
Senate will meet with the Presi-dent's
Council to determine ex-actly
which activities the Stu-dent
Senate wishes to assume
budgetary responsibility for at
this time.
After the activities have been
selected, those activities will sub-mit
a budget for 1959-1960. These
budgets will be compared with
income to be available, and ei-ther
the budgets will be reduced
or the activity fee will be raised
enough to get the funds neces-sary
to finance the program out-lined.
TEACHERS' SALARIES