Western Washington University Western CEDAR Western Reports and Résumé Western Publications 11-1964 Western Reports, November, 1964, Volume 14, Issue 01 James Mulligan Western Washington University Follow this and additional works at: https://cedar.wwu.edu/alumni_reports Part of the Higher Education Commons Recommended Citation Mulligan, James, "Western Reports, November, 1964, Volume 14, Issue 01" (1964). Western Reports and Résumé. 26. https://cedar.wwu.edu/alumni_reports/26 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Western Publications at Western CEDAR. It has been accepted for inclusion in Western Reports and Résumé by an authorized administrator of Western CEDAR. For more information, please contact [email protected]. V I t 1 <♦ I i a t O I {) i ) t y* f ^ W* ^'( 'I 1 •f \ 'i f' m^ ;I I 'i' i (%.' r r ^ ^. i f*) V c f V f‘ f»' V f- \S' \' •> V DR. HARVEY C. BUNKE ¥ i( V V 7 ♦I m( )‘ ■ ^ f U ' V ■ ^ -«) f \\ y '■ A <■ > WESTERN WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE ALUMNI MAGAZINE NOVEMBER, 1964 WESTERN 3 REPORTS P WESTERN REPORTS WESTERN WASHINGTON sy STATE COLLEGE 1/ (/ ■t Recently I have been making a study of the changes that have^ occurred at Western over the past ten years. Two things impres;^,; THE PRESIDENT me. first, the fact that the changes have been dramatic, second, that the developments of the past decade have been built upon REPORTS stable foundation that was established many years ago by students ^ who now are alumni and faculty members now on the emeritus Dr. Paul Woodring list. ] Interim President The most obvious change is in the size of the college—the'I '' enrollment has grown from 1,470 in the fall of 1954 to more tharl' 4,400 this fall. And this increase will continue—we expect to havq, ^ Vol. XIV November, 1964 No. 1 more than 5,000 students in 1966 and nearly 6,000 by 1970. The(' > faculty has grown from 102 in 1954 to 270 today. By 1970 it will/ number 400 or more. But, because the size of a college tells little! ' Western Reports is published semi­ about its quality, the more important fact is that the growth of oun' ,, annually for the alumni, former college has been accompanied by a steady improvement in tht^^ students and friends of Western quality of education that it offers to students. | y Improvement in quality is hard to demonstrate because qualit}^-' Washington State College, does not lend itself to precise measurement. But the evidence ma^*^ ^ Bellingham, Washington. be seen in student records, including scores on standardized tests, m the achievements of faculty and alumni, in program develapmentf' and in new facilities of the kind that make for educational excellence. v *r ALUMNI BOARD MEMBERS Ten years ago we had our share of bright students but we alsd‘' Fred Boede, Seattle admitted many who were not well qualified for college work. As q, ^ result, attrition rates were high during the freshman year. Now we ^ Harvey Culbertson, Longview admit only students whose records give evidence of ability to succeeck' Morton Gronseth, Centralia in college. Consequently, attrition rates are much lower. This. ^ coupled with the fact that we now enroll many students transferring Norm Hash, Renton from junior colleges, has altered the structure of college classes—(> Eric Hoglund, Port Townsend this fall nearly half our students are juniors and seniors. i ^ Louis Lallas, Bellingham It is important to note that Western has changed from ^ teachers college to a college that educates teachers. The chang(t> Loren Rankin, Seattle IS subtle but significant. During the past decade, teachers colleges Art Runestrand, Bellingham as single purpose institutions have been disappearing in all partT Chet Ullin, Bremerton of the nation as teacher education has been merged into the mainf, ^ stream of higher education in America. Here at Western, where' r George Fallis, Tacoma we have been granting the liberal arts degree since 1947, the numbei< ' Frank Punches, WWSC of students who have goals other than teaching has grown steadily , ^ and now numbers nearly a third of the student body. As a liberal * arts college. Western is larger than most of the private colleges in*' the state and we have good reason to be proud of the quality ot^ ALUMNI OFFICERS our program. But the education of teachers remains our primary responsi-^ George Fallis, President bility. Last year we graduated more teachers than ever before—f, Morton Gronseth, Secretary 539 of our 798 graduates received the Bachelor of Arts m Education f degree and 60 received the Master of Education degree. Two thirdfD of the students now on our campus look forward to careers irj^ teaching, and we are determined that they shall have the best^ PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE preparation that we know how to provide. v Dr. Paul Woodring For thirty years or more, our faculty has been convinced that everv teacher, whatever subiect and whatever grade he chooses td"^ teach, should first of all be a liberally educated person. The«j expansion of our faculty has made it possible to offer improved COLLEGE-ALUMNI RELATIONS programs m all academic areas as well as strong interdisciplinary''' courses. But there has been no neglect of professional education.^ Frank Punches During the past decade our department of education has grown from 27 to 42 members. The student teaching requirement has been > reduced somewhat, but we still require a minimum of 16 hours— substantially more than the national averaee and more than iT' EDITOR required in most of the colleges and universities in Washington. ,y James Mulligan I think that alumni will agree that Western’s faculty has alwavs r included some excellent teachers—scholarly men and women whd' possess the special talents required in teaching undergraduates. I^,^ ^ still does. But now the faculty also includes productive scholars in ^ THE COVER: Dr. Harvey C. Bunke many fields including some of national and international reputation^; was named president of Western Each year many of them turn down attractive offers from major ^ this fall. He replaces Dr. James L. universities. Thev choose to stay with us for a variety of reasons—(X not the least of which is a conviction that this college has an excellent Jarrett who resigned last January. future. We know that our alumni share that conviction. 7 t '■) WESTERN 2 A REPORTS J ;Iowa Economics Professor Campus Is Named New President News ^ ' A State University of Iowa profes- thought and social values (the real the other three classes. ^sor was appointed the new president and ideal) are not two distinct realms ^^Today, with more selective admis­ r of the college by the Board of Trustees at all, but are combined in the power­ sion standards, attrition rates are S'n late September. ful ideology of capitalism. lower. More of our students are able t He is Dr. Harvey C. Bunke, 42- Before going to the University of to continue through college. year-old professor and chairman of Iowa in 1953, Bunke taught at the “The large number of transfers , the Department of Economics at Iowa. University of Tennessee for a year from junior colleges who now enter 'Bunke will take over as the seventh and was Senior Price Economist in the Western cause our junior and senior president of the college Feb. 1 replac- Office of Price Stabil ization in Seattle classes to be even larger than the ing interim president Paul Woodring. prior to that. He served in the Air sophomore class. As a result, we must Woodring, education editor of the Force during the war and received now give more attention to upper Saturday Review and distinguished his Ph.D., M.A., and B.S. from the division classes which are more highly 9 service professor at Western, was given University of Illinois in 1951. specialized than those designed for The assignment August 1 when the He was married in 1947 and has freshmen and sophomores.” 3oard failed to turn up a replacement three children: Marty, 12, Ricky, 9, Of the 1,102 freshmen accepted for Dr. James L. Jarrett. and Chris, 8. for admission, 700 are women and 402 Jarrett resigned as president last are men. However, the imbalance is ^January to accept a position as assoc- offset by the 579 transfer students, of jate dean of the School of Education Top Freshman Class which more than two-thirds are men. c at the University of California in In the total student body, the number 'Berkeley. He left Western the end of Western has on hand the brightest . July. of men and of women remains about Bunke was one of a dozen candi- and best qualified crop of freshmen equal. f dates brought to the campus for an it has ever admitted. Acting President The college has an enrollment of ^ interview by Board and faculty mem­ Paul Woodring told the college Board about 4,400 this year. bers. More than 250 applications were of Trustees at a recent meeting. ^ screened before the Board offered the More than half of the 1,150 fresh­ f job to the Iowa professor. men accepted for admission were in Faculty Numbers 261 '' Applications began coming in last the upper quarter of their high school ^ February and were still arriving in classes. All but a few—less than 5 per The faculty numbers 261 with September. cent—were in the upper half. Those 56 of them new to the campus <. ' ‘T am delighted that Dr. Bunke few. Woodring said, have shown some this year. Of these, 21 are additions 'has been selected as our next presi- additional evidence of their capacity made necessary by the expansion of ^ scjent,” Woodring remarked, ‘‘He is a to do college level work.