Southwestern College - Moundbuilder Yearbook (Winfield, KS)

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College Concerns: The Budget in a recent Student Council meeting, some questions were raised concerning budget alloca- tions to the various departments at Southwestern. Upon request, Bill Stephens, athletic director, and Earl Spidel, our business manager and a member of the Budget Committee, presented a breakdown ot the total athletic budget for 1972- 73. The facts and figures they revealed have since generated some student interest and inquiry into the matter of budget-making and spending at 80. , Four members make up the Budget Commit- tee: Dean Barton, Mrs. Schwantes tComptrolleD, Spidel, and Dr. Ruthenberg. At present there are no students or faculty onthe committee, and this tact brought questions trom the members of StuCo. Is it possible for students to work effec- tively together with faculty and administration to determine where our priorities lie? As students of a liberal arts college, should we or should we not expect a steady input of students, whether fresh- men or transfer, from a wide range of interests? May students be enlightened of budget facts, proceed to draw objective conclusions, and finally initiate creditable change, which would better serve students at Southwestern? As a result of lengthy discussions of budget ii Student CounCil ttriggered by a comparison ol the athletic and fine arts budgetst, the matter was forwarded to the College Concerns Commit- tee for research and consideration This commit- tee serves as the ear for student verbalization of DIVISION DEPARTMENT Language English 392 3t Drama Speech Forensics Language Division office Biology Chemistry Math Physics Health 8t P.E. Home Economics Division office Business Economics Education Literature Natural Science 755.5 Social Science STUDENTS questions, gripes, ideas, and suggestions. They have met with the Budget Committee in an effort to voice the responses and reactions of students. The present budget we are operating on was prepared during Orville Strohlls presidency and cannot be changed tor this year. Similarly, according to Spidel, it is unlikely that the budget will undergo any significant Changes in the upcoming year, unless additional funds become available. He added that the possibility of decreasing the budget ot one division in order to increase another is neither feasible or justifiable. Since there are no excess tunds, to increase one area requires a decrease or deletion of another. Budgets are uniquely complicated; ours is no different. The following figures have been extracted from the total 1972-73 budget. In order to accurately and realistically interpret tigures and dollar signs, many things must be consid- ered. The number of students accommodated by or participating in a department, as well as the number of faculty and staff members salaried in a division must be noted when comparing budg- ets between ditterent divisions. The number of students listed represent the number of students Served in Classes in the particular-division. Each student in each class represents a certain unit of cost to the college. These figures show the tota. amount of money allocated to each of the four divisions and varsity athletics, and include faculty salaries and equipment necessary to that divi- sion, COURSE HOURS FACULTY BUDGET PER STUDENT 37.9 10 $110,377 $281.57 44.5 14 $175,804 $232.70 48.5 14 $159,129 $204.01

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30 October 1972 Dear People, I really flipped out when I saw the maiden issue of ABRAXAS. For one who gets about half his information about the outside world from Hsiick magazines like ttlntelieotual Digest? ttPsychology Today't and HTimef I really took to the new magazine. And I got the kind of information i as an alumnus of Southwest- ern want to know. Instead of finding out what this months events and athletic iaureis were, i found out what is making the school tick - where the ferment that is so vital to an educational institution is taking place. The things that I remember most about my four years at Southwestern, and where the most sig- nificant learning took place and what has crystallized my subsequent education in theology schooD are those events and ideas that pushed me out onto areas i didn't know about and made me think and feel and grow. When an institution begins to become aware of its own movement and growth and its role in effect- ing Change in society, that excites me. Only under such conditions can a col- lege, or any institution, move out and grow. The kind of change talked about in Number t of ABRAXAS moves in the direction of maximizing human beings by equipping them to maintain their humanity in a time when change inundates us all. by giving them a vision of what might be and the tools to achieve it. l'm looking forward to subsequent issues of ABRAXAS. You say a lot by what you are, as well as by what you say e and the fact that what you are saying and what you are doing are in time with each other and with me makes me feel that just maybe Southwestern College is out there leading, rather than running to catch up with the rest of society. Cordially, WWiJW Rev. Dennis R. Hett former editor SC Collegian. Minister intern, Old West Church, Boston, Ma.

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Psychology Religion 8 Philosophy History Sociology 8 Anthropology Division office Fine Arts Music Art Division office Athletics Football Basketball Track Cross Country Golf Tennis Womean Tennis No division office ATHLETIC BUDGET FOOTBALL Equ1pment 4,806.90 Travel 2,497.60 Officials 880.00 Pre-season, pre-game meals 2,092.50 Laundry 800.00 First aid supplies 1,276.31 Other Scouting e filming parking - poticing - awards e- washers and dryers repairs - assistance 3 629.00 15,416.11 BASKETBALL Equipment 1,144.35 Travet 3,238.00 Officials 1,125.00 Pre-game vacation meals 561.00 Laundry 300.00 First Aid Supplies 843.00 Other: These figures present only a broad and gen- eral picture of the division and athletic budgets. A departmental breakdown of division budgets, as is shown in the athletic budget, would be more realistic in presenting detailed facts and fig- ures of spending for studentst consideration. According to the 1972-73 Southwestern cata- logue, student tuition comprises 562; of the budget, We as students should have knowledge 298.4 32.2 8 $ 85,705 $287.22 $ 51 ,300M $312.80 1 calculated as number of students receiving credit m rtlncludes partial salaries of coaches Scouting, tilming, police parking, awards 1 146.67 TRACK 8,355.67 Cross Country tFaID Travel 330.00 Equipment 300.00 Laundry 204.00 SPRING Travel 1,515.73 Equipment 1 ,83100 Other: assistant coaches - 445 00 entry fees, repair work , 4,628.38 TENNIS Travel 153213988 E ui ment ; q p 906.00 GOLF Travel 470.00 Equipment 387.00 857.00 $30,163.11 of the ways in which our dollars are allocated and spent. Because students have begun to question pri- orities and have identified atledged inequities in budget spending, the College Concerns Commit- tee has begun inquiry into the issue. The com- mittee, as well as Student Council, welcomes responsible feedback and discussion.