1963_05 The Daily Collegian May 1963

              The Collegian office had another unusual visitor last week
Addison Smirk, sponsor, chairman, and brains behind "Student-
Apnthy-ln-LIfo Week."
"I alone am responsible!" he crowed. "I did It all with my own
.little yawn." He demonstrated an absolutely bored gspe, fluttering,
his eyelids.
"It's taken hard work, but I've made my program Into a major
Issue on campus.    Every candidate in the last election devoted
part of bis campaign to promising to wipe me out.    But that would
be Impossible."
Smirk explained that instead of spending all their energy on
one function, he and his followers had declared every week Apsthy-
ln-Lire Week, giving apathy a continuity unshared by more colorful
campus act l Titles.
"As a matter of fact, our group is the largest unorganliation
on campus, which helps my scheme a lot," he declared. "There are
no dues, no meetings, nor requirements, and no rules to speak of.
Most especially, there is no pledge period.
"I did mention rules, didn't IT The first Is that we never read
the newspaper, although If anyone makes a point of asking about It,
we say It stinks. That makes It easier for us to avoid all college-
sponsored activities.    In fact, we can even pretend there aren't any."
Smirk agreed to reveal the secret hand-sbake of the group. He
held his hand out limply and half-yawned.
"That's it," he said. "We also have an apathy sneer, which
put on whenever anyone mentions the school."
'"If you're so against the school, why don't you quit?" I asked.
"Hell, no." Smirk responded. "We're preparing for life. Thla
country's supply of apathetic citizens lias to come rrom somewhere.
He went on. "A lot of the misguided people working against us
think this condition has come about naturally. They don't realise
that this bas been a very carefully planned program. I can only tell
about It now because apathy has really caught on.
"You'll notice that  most of the dances are backwards these
days.    That's a result of Apathy-In-Life.    We've got the guys
apathetic they won't even get their own dates.    Seen the girls with
bushman   hairdos?  Too apathetic  to comb it.    Noticed  how many
people wear iorls?   Too apathetic to put on shoes.
"Did you see how many people were on the Dean's List? Thai's
the^type of person who Is too apathetic to think up anything more
active than studying.    On the other hand, nil the students who'
dropped out were too apathetic to study."
I asked how the conceited character could claim a victory for
apathy right after such a heated campus election. Surely the contest
showed that a lot of students still eared.
"Absolutely not! A lot of people think the agitators and movers
known as Greeks are the strongest holdouts against apathy, but my
staff psychologists have proven that many of the Greeks are really
Just as apathetic as everyone else—they were too apathetic to make
a name for I homsel v-T-s on their own.
"Soon the Apathy-in-LIfe people will triumph!" Smirk shouted,
getting rather excited and knocking over a chair. "The Greek row
will be dark, the library will be silent, the fountain will cease to
flow. (We already have partial control over the fountain. You know
It only runs half tho time now — that shows you how far we've
gotten.)
—-^ I've got to admit that a lot of our support comes from students
who don't even realize our objectives or that we've organized. We
know who they are. though, even \l they don't know us. They're the
fine, upstanding, intelligent students who don't have a single hole
punched in their student body cards."
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Rodeo Club Plans Fall
Campus Wide Playday
The college Rodeo .Club will
discuss plans for an alt school
play-day next semester at tomor¬
row's meeting at 7:30 PM In
Agriculture 114.
Plans will also be discussed for
a dance and auction.
DRIVE    SAFELY!
THATS LIFE — In case you can't read the note, it says:
"Hi—, I'm a bird. My owner will be back at 12:30 to get me.
Don't let me bother you." This picture was taken in one of
the women's rest rooms in the Business building.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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portunl'.y to express1 my sincere
thank-' tu al] those who supported
me and worked on the campaign.
Every nemom-' efforts are deeply
appreciated and, as indicated by
he close returns, were needed.
To mention nil those who hclp-
'd would be Impossible here. I
hlnk. however, that certnln In¬
dividuals, Dick Crossman nnd
Tom Leigh from Homan, Dee
Mosier from Graves, Kay Smith
i Baker,*and Mike Fulk from
Theta Chi. deserve special credit
for ttieir efforts. These people
were at the heart of the cam¬
paign from beginning to end, con¬
tributing Invaluably to Its success.
To them I express special thanks.
As I look to next year I have
only one hope, that I will be able
to perform up to the expectations
of my supporters nnd the college,
—Dale  Weidmer
I would especially like to thank
Herm Howerton for pledging me
his active support and Terry Den¬
netts for doing a .wonderful Job
as   my campaign   manager.
—Wayne   Ginsburg
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Board Gives 13
Leadership, 38
Service Awards
(Continued from Page I)
Pommittee; Tommy Doyel snd
Patricia Green. Student court
justices; Tom Sommers, Junior
Disss president, and Jerry Em-
bree, Senior Class president.
Service awards recognise out¬
standing service to the college.
They will be presented by Tahaj¬
ian during the annual President's
Reception, held at 6:30 PM, May
10, In tbe staff dining room.
Service awards were given to
Susan Houser, AWS President;
Carl Kimball, Board of Fine Arts;
Shirley Burns, - Dennis Curtin
and Donald Jones. Campus: Marl*
lyn Cancltnl. Louie Galvan, And¬
rea Lanfranco, Jack McCleneghan,
and Doreen Sayier, The Collegian.
Also, Dale Weidmer, concert com¬
mittee chairman; Lynne Enders
and Ed Manning, date committee
cochtiirinun: Ginger Cordray, Laura
Perry and Cheryl Welner, elec-
tlon committee; Sandra Girts
•arsd Douglas WIrks. leadership
camp; Myron Lee Gallaher and
Marjorle Hansen, new student
orientation    committee    co-chair-
Also, Adrian Fad en and David
Stover, rally committee; Rod Hot-
comb and Melanle Putnam. Serv-
Ice-To-In tern a tl on al Students com¬
mittee; Michael Somdal, Fresh¬
man Class President; Ronald S-"--
tlgian, Sophomore Class Presi¬
dent: Herman Howerton. Sopho¬
more Class; Leonore Glglto,
Amanda Hickman. Delma Jones,
John -Nerseslan, Uette Pappa.
Marilyn Popn and Barbara Vin-
zant, Junior Class; and Tom
Oliver. William Passons, Sandra
Scully   and    Roy   Sordl.      Senior
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For '64 Brawl
A tlgn-up list for tho Frosh-
Soph Brawl committee has been
posted In tbe student body presi¬
dent's office.
Tho sign-up is open to both
classes, sccordlng to John Staley,
next year's committee chairman.
"It has* been a conspicuous fact
that there Is little Interest dis¬
played by the sophomore class in
the brawl," he said. "As far as I
can discover, they haven't won a
brawl in some years. I believe
tbat If we can get some of the
present freshmen on the commit¬
tee, they will carry the enthusi¬
asm to tbe sophomores next fall."
Applicants for the brawl com¬
mittee, a nub-commit too or the
new Student Orientation com mi t-
tee headed by Nancy Tumey,
must have a 2.00 grade point
average.
Union Plans Started
(Continued from Page I)
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