The Exponent, 1968-09-19

              Vol. 67, No. 2 Northern State College — Aberdeen, South Dakota 57401 September 19, 1968
'NORTHERN'S STUDENT VOICE'
Gypsy Day Committee
organizes plans
After controversial reign
The Gypsy Day committee leans a tired hand on Gigi's Gypsy
Day date. The committee, pausing in the midst of busy preparations
are Mike Babcock, Huron junior, assistant chairman; Corinne Aaker,
Redfield junior, assistant business manager! Joanne Glasow Walz,
Aberdeen senior, business manager; and Steve McBride, Watertown
senior, chairman.
Moulton resigns University position;
accepts executive post at Ohio State
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Vets Club holds The Northern State Vets Club set up shop
in the Student Union and sold used books to
the students during registration last week. They
used book sale aclso used books that the students ould
toocko
contact
listings
Pthoemselves. This is the second
consecutive year that the Vets Club offered
this service.
Candidates eye positions
in Student Senate race
TOMORROW marks the deadline
for filing Student Senate petitions.
Campaign plans are geared for an all
campus election Wednesday, Sept. 25.
Student Senate executive officers have
scheduled two sound-offs before the
students cast their ballot for 16 Stu-dent
Senators.
S.-nate petitions must be in the Sti-dent
Personnel Office by 3 p.m. to-morrow
with 75 stu leLt signatu-es be-fore
the petitioner qualifies for Senator
candidacy.
Students may vote upon presenta-tion
of their activity ticket at the polls
between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5
p.m. Voting will take place in the
Union Ballroom.
Two sound-offs are slated before the
polls open. The sound-offs will be held
during sixth hour on Monday and Tues-day,
Sept. 23 and 24, in the Union
Ballroom. The sound-offs are open to
the entire student body. Candidates are
given the opportunity to make state-ments
on their own behalf, and stu-dents
are afforded the chance to ques-tion
them about their qualifications
and plans as candidates for office.
To date, 29 students have obtained
petitions for the 16 available positions
in the governing body of the Student
Association. The candidates, their
hometown, and class are: Joseph Wolf,
Aberdeen freshman; Mike Sweeny,
Aberdeen senior; Keaton Barnes, Wash-ington,
D. C. senior; Jerry McNeary,
Aberdeen junior; Kathy Gross, Pierre
sophomore; and Jerry Bartels, Onida
freshman.
THE PARADE is the "thing" in
this year's Gypsy Day activities. Stu-dents
in all campus organizations are
urged to do their "thing" by contribut-ing
their ideas, talents, and time to
their respective groups' float project.
Steve McBride, Gypsy Day chairman,
Drama club meets
for play discussion
MASQUER'S Club will hold its first
meeting tonight at 6:30 p.m. in S-105.
Stephen Hotchner, assistant professor
of speech and drama and Masquer's
Club's advisor, will lead an informal
discussion on playwriting.
Masquer's Club is for anybody who
is interested in any aspect of drama.
Members of the club work with the
plays in some function. There is room
for anyone who is interested in acting.
Men, especially, are encouraged to try
out for the plays.
Keaton Rames, Washington D.C. sen-ior
and chairman of the club's board
of directors, emphasises that having cre-dits
in drama is not a prerequisite for
membership.
Plans for the coming year include
having students direct one or two full-length
plays. For those students who
are interested in acting in smaller pro-ductions,
the directing class will pro-duce
one-act plays.
Dr. Kraft to accept
spring applications
in student teaching
APPLICATIONS for student teach-ing
for the spring semester of 1968-69
will be taken Sept. 23, 24, and 25.
The times set for the applications are
the same for all three days: 8 a.m.
until 11:45 a.m. and from 1 p.m. until
4:45 p.m. in MJ-337.
Dr. Dennis Kraft, director of student
teaching, indicated that all students
desiring to student teach during the
spring semester must apply at the
stated times. Full time student teachers
in elementary and secondary education
must have their observational require-ments
completed.
In order to be eligible for applica-tion,
students must have been accepted
into teacher education. Applicants must
also present their cards indicating ac-ceptance
into the teacher education
program.
Elementary and secondary education
full time or part time applicants will
report first to Mrs. Holm in MJ-212,
and then to Dr. Kraft in MJ-337.
Dennis Helms, Clark senior; Barry
Huitema, Yankton junior; Bob Olson,
Sioux Falls senior; Donald Kom, Mo-bridge
senior; Mary Gottsleben, Mont-rose
senior; Mike McHugh, Aberdeen
junior; Ted Gerriets, Webster junior;
Roger Ingelbritson, Aberdeen freshman.
Jerry Beckler, Bath sophomore; Ray
Engebretson, Webster junior; Steve
McBride, Watertown senior; Linda
Aasby, Highmore junior; Wayne
Schlekeway, Lake City junior; Bar-bara
Rose, Huron sophomore; Jim
Cramer, Aberdeen senior; Dave Hilge-mann,
Aberdeen senior; Julie Gilbert-son,
Hudson junior; and Kathie Fox,
Canton junior.
A five man slate has filed for office
under the title of the "Student Voice
Party." The five candidates are Pat
Carey, Sioux Falls senior; Dennis
Lucky, Huron senior; Ron Merkel,
Aberdeen junior; Bill Molseed, Aber-deen
junior; and Allan Mathews, Aber-deen
junior.
The Student Voice Party is offering
the voting students a platform consist-ing
of six planks. The planks are: 1)
abolish mandatory membership in
AWS; 2) modify dorm hours; 3) end
censorship of the Exponent; 4) end
mandatory class attendance; 5 abolish
dress code; 6) lengthen library hours.
The 1968-69 edition of the Northern
State College Student Senate will con-vene
for its first weekly meeting on
Tuesday, Oct. 1. The meetings are
open to the student body and faculty.
Meetings are held in the Senate Room
of the Memorial Union at 6:30.
believes that one of the weaker areas
in the Gypsy Day events in past years
has been the parade. H" points out
that the parade is probably viewed by
more people than any other single
event.
"You don't have to spend $250 on a
float either," he stated. All that is
needed, according to McBride, is
"some original thinking."
The gypsy parade will follow a new
route this year, beginning on Third
Ave. N., and continuing down Main
St. to Sixth Ave. There the parade will
proceed to Arch St., where it will dis-band.
State St. will serve as an exit
for traffic. The 26 high school bands
which will march will also disband at
that point.
A "float board," located in the Union,
will be available for all organizations.
Places and times for float work-sessions
may be posted on this board.
"The Gypsy Caravan" theme pro-mises
to be a success if the parade is
supported by each individual Northern
student.
and secretary of the board of trustees.
Moulton assumed the USD presidential
duties in July of 1966.
Moulton's resignation reportedly
came as a surprise to the Board of
Regents. Charles Burke, president of
the South Dakota Board of Regents,
announced that an acting president
would be appointed before the resig-nation
date.
Moulton's stint at the helm of USD
was controversial. John Penne, South
Dakota State Auditor, cited 29 criti-cisms
of USD fiscal policy in March
of 1968. The Regents reviewed the au-dit
and received a motion by Dona
LAST YEAR the Committee on Un-dergraduate
English Curriculum investi-gated
the feasibility of revising all
aspects of Northern's English program.
The results of their investigation and
proposals for revision were evident to
the majority of English majors and
minors during this fall registration.
Dr. James Pruitt, chairman of the
department of English, outlined the
major changes under the new curricu-lum.
An English major now requires
the completion of 32 rather than 30
hours with the elimination of Speech
10 and Sophomore Literature from the
program. In addition, English majors
are required to take General Semantics,
Advanced Composition, Comparative
Grammar, and Principles of Literary
Criticism.
Pruitt stressed that all English stu-dents
who have not yet officially de-clared
their major and minor with the
Admissions Office will complete their
Brown of Huron not to rehire Moulton
beyond July 1. After a withdrawal of
the motion due to the absence of
a board memi,er, the motion was rein-troduced
at a later meeting.
Some 1,800 USD students and fa-culty
demonstrated in support of Moul-ton.
After suggestions to reconsider the
motion, the Board voted to rehire
Moulton for one year at an Aberdeen
meeting. The vote was 4-3. During
Moulton's term of office USD tem-porarily
lost preliminary accreditation
of its doctoral program. The Regents
stated the temporary accreditation loss
in no way reflected on Dr. Moulton.
program under the new curriculum.
However, he feels all sophomores un-der
the old program should carefully
study the new curriculum.
The new English program was put
into effect after approval of Northern's
faculty committee, department chair-men,
a committee of all state college
Presidents, and the South Dakota
Board of Regents.
Curriculum revisions came after the
recognition by the Committee of Un-dergraduate
English Curriculum of
several problems hindering the effec-tiveness
of the former program. Eng-lish
students were burdened with an
overload of preparations and classes
resulting from the abundance of two
hour classes. Survey courses dominated
the literature department.
In commenting on the revision,
Pruitt stated that he felt the changes
would give the English students more
freedom along with a more compre-hensive
background.
DR. EDWARD Q. MOULTON
formally announced his resignation as
president of the University of South
Dakota before a USD faculty meeting
Sept. 12. The resignation will be ef-fective
Nov. 21.
Moulton will leave his $26,500 posi-tion
returning to Ohio State University
as executive assistant to the president
McBride encourages students
to support Gypsy Day parade
Credit hours increased
English curriculum revisions
approved for NSC students