Western Viking - 1938 July 8

              VOL. XXXVII—NO. 36] WESTERN WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Friday, July 8, 1938
By Chris
"CHIEF BREAD GIVER"
Foci St James, B. C.—July 6
Again our ex-President has re­ceived
recognition. For twenty-one
years (a fortnite come next Michael­mas)
the Stuart Lake Indians have
been longing to tell Herbert Hoover
what a really thorough job he did
during the World war.
The ex-President was attired for
the simple but impressive ceremony
in a business suit and a buckskin
headdress adorned with eagle feath­ers.
Chief Louis Billy thoughtfully
replaced Hoover's shoes with mocca­sins.
Accompanied only by a British
Canadian police officer, a Royal
Canadian Mounted police officer,
and 18 members of the Canadian
Legion, Hoover (who only Wanted
to fish) was escorted to the throne
chair and welcomed as Chief Bread
Giver into the tribe. The welcome
speech was given in the native In­dian
language but as he. Was born
in indian territory it's probably le
gal
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"BE WITH US YET"
Gettysburg—July 3 .
A monument to "peace eternal'
was dedicated by President Roose­velt
at Gettysburg. It certainly
sounds simple doesn't it?
A veteran of the Blue and a
veteran of the Cray unveiled the
new flame-crowned granite monu
ment on the Gettysburg field. (It
seems it is the seventy-fifth anniver
sary of the battle and a special cele
bration was indicated.)
President Roosevelt harked back
most inspiringly to Lincoln's Gettys­burg
address.
Two More Hikes
For Quarter
Church Mountain Climb Satur­day;
Three-Day Mount Baker
Trip Event Next Week-End
MORE ROUTINE
Paris—July 5
In an undoubted and obvious ef
fort to further world peace, France
decided it would be well for her to
occupy the strategically located Par-acel
islands in the South China
seas.
It is thought that Japan may pro­test
as she claims it is indelicate of
France to seize these islands. They
belong to China, says Japan.
I shudder protractedly as France
points out that it is just routine.
o
OUR INFANT PRODIGIES
Hollywood—July 4
You may be interested to know
that Jane Withers was one of the
first victims of firecracker burns
(on one hand) and that dear cute
Curley Dimple, I mean Shirley
Temple, who is touring our national
capitol, seized the opportunity to ex­plain
to President Roosevelt how
she lost a tooth while eating a sand­wich.
Isn't she cunning?
That is all.
—_PATRONIZE VIKING ADVERTISERS
Instructor's Wife Home
From Hospital
Mrs. Irving E. Miller, who has
been at St. Joseph's hos­pital
with pneumonia for the past
three weeks, is now at her home at
711 Sixteenth street. Mrs. Miller
hopes to receive the many friends
who wish to call on her within two
weeks when her lung has healed
completely,
Completing the hiking schedule
for the first half of the summer
quarter will be the Church Moun­tain
climb on Saturday, July 9 and
the Mount Baker climb on July 15,
16 and 17.
Church Mountain is located five
miles above Glacier; is has an ele­vation
of 6,500 feet which offers an
opportunity for an excellent view.
Tickets for the climb are 75c; this
includes food and transportation.
The cars will leave from in front of
the P. E. building at 7:30 Saturday
morning.
The main trip of the year, the
Mount Baker trip, will start from
in front of the P. E. building Friday,
July 15. The hikers will take the
stage from Bellingham to Glacier,
from which point they will hike
10% miles to Kulshan cabin. After
spending the night there, the party
will leave at 5 a. m. Saturday to fin­ish
the 10,750 foot climb. Saturday
night will also be (spent at Kulshan
cabin then the party will return to
Bellingham on Sunday. Equipment
for the trip must include a pair of
colored glasses, an alpine stock and
a pair of well calked boots. All
those planning on making the trip
are to meet at the recreation head­quarters
on Wednesday, July 13, at
12:30. Tickets are on sale at the
Co-op for $4.50.
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Illustrated Lecture
Coming Tuesday
IRC Plan Future
Meetings
For Summer Term
At the first summer quarter meet­ing
of the International Relations
club last Wednesday, June 29, re­cent
actions of, the state department
were discussed. David Osterberg
compared late State department ut­terances
with those immediately
preceding the World war. Various
allied topics such as World Court,
League of Nations, and enforcement
or embargoes were thoroughly dis­cussed
in conjunction with the main
subjects.
The meeting witnessed the return
of several former members of the
club. At the close it was decided
that individual chairmen should ar­range
programs for the remaining
meetings of the quarter. Bob Mc-
Connell was chosen chairman for
the next meeting which will be
held Wednesday, July 13.
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Summer Play Cast
Working Hard
John Claire Monteith will present
an illustrated lecture, entitled "Des­erts
of the Southwest," in next
Tuesday's assembly, July 12. Mr.
Monteith, concert baritone singer,
will interpret in music many of his
scenes. He will be accompanied at
the piano by Nils Boson.
Mr. Monteith will present phases
of desert beauty found in the arid
regions of the West and South in
pictorial form.
His foremost critics say that he has
a most unique combination of story,
song, and picture. It is also known
that he is a ready speaker with a
fine sense of humor who presents
illuminating discussions of the des­ert's
unusual formations, flowers,
and characteristic animals.
There will be no assembly Friday,
July 15.
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"I believe I have a touch of fever!"
is a remark made by Dascom Dins-more
to Kimo, his Eskimo man ser­vant,
during the action of "Petticoat
Fever," a play written by Mark
Reed. Dinsmore, a radio operator
of the Far North, is played by TOm
Evans, and Hollis Stoddard takes the
part of Kimo.
The rest of the cast includes: Sir
James Fenton, a member of the
Parliament in Ottawa, played by
Charles Meredith; Ethel Campion,
fiancee of Fenton, Frances Evans;
Rev. Arthur Shapman, Douglas Lin-ce;
Clara Wilson, a socialite of
Montreal, Winifred Kreiter; Little
Seal and Snowbird, two little Es­kimo
girls, are played by Mary Chi-con
and Marydal Conrad, respec­tively.
Robert McConnell takes the
part of Captain Landry and Hurley
Boggess interprets the role of Scot-ty.
The assistant director is Helen
Scott, an4 Hurley Boggess is stage
technician.
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Dance in Gym Tonight;
Music by Curtis
Petitions For Initiative 135 Well
Supported Throughout State
Board of Control
Lengthens
Viking Publication
Dance? There will be a regular
rec hour Friday night from 9 to 11
in the Elementary School gym. Jay
Curtis and his orchestra will supply
the music. Dancing will be contin­uous,
without the regular intermis­sion.
It will be necessary to present
either an actitvity card or a guest
ticket. Guest tickets will be avail­able
in the Dean of Women's office
Friday afternoon.
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Permission to extend publication
of the Western Viking through the
second half of summer quarter was
granted Editor Rex Rolle by the
Board of Control at a meeting called
Wednesday, July 6, by President
Don Wilson. This decision was due
to the large enrollment which is ex­pected
for the second half and the
willingness of the editor and his
staff.
Other business included passing
the summer quarter budget, and,
since no permanent rec hour chair­man
has been named, the appoint­ing
of Bud Neil and Dale Courtney
to act with Don Wilson as student
sponsors of the dance for Friday
night.
Sitting with the Board were Gor­don
Millikin and Beverly Holliday
who have been appointed to serve
for the quarter in the absence of
regular members.
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Siegfried Discussed
At Vanadis Bragi
Kuder Interested In Higher Education
Centering Around Student
By Louden
"I am impressed with the fact
that most higher education centers
around the student rather than
around methods. This is a good
sign of educational progress," says
Dr. Kuder, Registrar. He attended
the meeting pertaining to higher
education at the University of
Washington last week. All colleges
in Idaho, Oregon and Washington
were included.
Dr. Kuder was most interested in
the question of the exceptional stu­dent,
one who is a good scholar and
shows evidence in leadership. He
says, "The methods of discovering
the students are not very exact.
How to discover him and what to do
with him is the problem. Some ex
ceptional students are inclined to
be lazy and need to be discovered
Comprehension examinations and
special courses for exceptional stu­dents
were discussed at the meet­ing."
Another of Dr. Kuder's reasons
for attending the meeting was to
have a conference with the Western
Personnel Service, which is a service
organization to help students dis­cover
occupational. opportunities.
President Fisher expects this insti­tution
to become affiliated with the
Western Personnel Service.
With the Siegfried story as the
theme, Vanadis Bragi held its first
meeting of summer quarter Tuesday
evening, July 5, in the Edens Hall
Club room. Various club members
reported on the different phases of
the story.
Jeanne Richards, vice-president of
the club, spoke briefly on the sub­ject,
"Poetic Edda." Other reports
included "Nibelungenlied," by Mrs.
Evelyn Peterson, Morris's "Fall of
Volsung" by Una Clibon, and Wag­ner's
version of "The Ring of the
Niblungs" by Bertha Hall.
Vanadis Bragi meets every first
and third Monday of each month
during summer quarter and is open
to all students interested in reading,
Because of examinations, there will
be no regular meeting Monday, July
18.
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Placements Announced
By Bureau
According to Miss Elizabeth Hop­per
of the Appointment Bureau,
several positions have been secured
by WWC graduates during the past
week. Oswald Hall will occupy the
position of upper grades' instructor
and coach at the Maple Leaf school
next year. -
Jean Hatch will teach the third
and fourth grades at Lake Stevens
and Marian Little will have the
third and fourth grades at Nook-sack.
The position of kindergarten
and special reading teacher at Kent
will be filled by Lillian Larsen.
Other placements which have been
reported are James Hansen, grades
five to eight, Kendall; Agnes Heat-on,
grades.three and four, Wagner
school
Bellingham 1,000 Over Popula­tion
Percentage of Washington;
Hicks Makes Press Statement
Approximately 2,500 persons had
signed local petitions favoring Init­iative
No. 135 by the close of the
campaign at 10 o'clock last night.
Although an accurate check could
not be made so soon after the close
of the campaign, leaders throughout
the state generally felt that the goal
of 75,000 signatures had been at­tained.
"We have every reason to believe
that Initiative No. 135 will be assur­ed
a place on the ballot and will
compete with No. 129 in November,"
stated Dr. A. C. Hicks, Whatcom
County chairman, in an interview
yesterday afternoon.
Strenuous activity was apparent
in all parts of the state during the
few days before the deadline. Un­der
the leadership of the WWC fac­ulty,
headed by Dr. Hicks, Whatcom
county showed up well in compari­son
with many other counties. Bel­lingham
itself went 1,000 sginatures
over its population quota, figured on
a percentage basis with the rest of
the state.
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Blue Triangle Members
Cruise Sucia Island
Moon-lit waters and lapping
waves—the South Sea islanders will
have nothing on the members of the
Blue Triangle club when they re­turn
from the Sucia island cruise
Sunday night—providing the weath­er
man is in a good mood.
Dr. Erb's yacht, the Thetis, has
been chartered for the day, and will
sail from the Log Patrol float at
8:30 Sunday morning, July 10, with
fifty Blue Triangle club members
aboard. Alice Siemons is in charge
of the cruise, which is to be an all-day
affair.
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0* The Hort*°n
Friday, July 8
This week and next—Art ex­hibit,
work of Vanessa Hel-der,
Rooms 304 and 305.
9 p. m.—Rec Hour, Big gym.
Saturday, July 9
7:30 a. m.—Climb to Church
Mountain; leave from P.
E. building.
Sunday, July 10
,8:30 a. m. — Blue Triangle
sailing trip to Sucia isl­and;
leave from log patrol
float, South Bellingham.
Tuesday, July 12
11 a. m. — Assembly; John
Claire Monteith, illustrat­ed
lecture on the Desert of
the Southwest.
7:30-9 p. m. — Art exhibit,
work of Vanessa Helder,
Rooms 304 and 305.
Wednesday, July 13
7:30-9 p. m. —- Art exhibit,
continued.
7.30 p. m.—International Re-,
lations club meeting, Edens
Hall club room.
Friday, July 15
No assei