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VOL. XXXIII—NO. 5 WESTERN WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON
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Friday, October 28, 1938
By Charles Kilbourne
ORCHIDS
Well, our little scheme worked!
At the last game, the Valkyries were
a '"howling" success, If we do say so
ourselves. At con­siderable
risk to
our person, we
managed to make
said club very
irate. This was
accomplished by
publishing a ques­tionnaire
last
week that reflect­ed
a hostile at­mosphere
on the
part of the stu­dent
body. Also,
various and sun­dry
remarks were let fall to the ef­fect
that the Valkyries were about
to be disbanded. The result was
most gratifying. The girls respond­ed
nobly in the face of much oppo­sition.
They were so mad that
practically every one of them came
to the game. They cooperated to
the nth degree with the newly form­ed
men's rooting section. More
power to the Valkyries! But be
that as it may, we'll never try an­other
plan like it again. Why?
Did any of you ever have thirty-five
angry females on your trail all
at once? 'Nuff said.
TICKLISH
What with the tugboat crews all
on strike in New York harbor last
week, some of the larger ships had
considerable difficulty getting to
their docks. The job of berthing
the mighty Queen Mary without
the aid of any tugboats must have
been quite a job. It is said that
one of the senior officers collapsed
after the ordeal. _ However, the
• maneuver was accomplished with­out
a hitch. If any of the calcula­tions
had gone astray, there would
have indeed been the devil to pay.
The great ship would have carried,
everything with it. Meanwhile the
striking tugboaters watched the pro­cess
and laid Wagers on the success
or failure of the outcome. With the
dispute finally ironed out it would
no longer be possible for one side to
say to the other, "Dont hand us
that line."
EYEFUL
In the East recently was an aged
farmer who was about to go blind.
For years his sight had been failing.
First one eye became useless, then
the other slowly began to reach the
same condition. The old man was
desperate. At long last he found a
doctor with a new idea that he wish­ed
to try. Accordingly an opera­tion
was performed in which the
eye of a rabbit was grafted to the
old man's failing optic. The opera­tion
was a success, as have been
• others tried since .that time. Doctors
contend that the same thing may be
possible with the eyes of other ani­mals.
There is only one thing that
we are worried about. Will the new
eye light up at the thought of let­tuce?
of a nice juicy bone? or a
saucer of milk? depending on its
point of origination?
SPIKED?
. The Bandsmen's Inferno was a
great success last week. The music
Was good. The night Was warm,
and the dancers likewise. When
the intermission arrived, everybody
rushed for the refreshment stand.
The rush was composed mainly of
ardent swains attempting to secure a
little dust settler for their gal friends.
However, it is to be noted that many
of the stalwart fellows paused to
lap up a few cupfuls for themselves
before heading back to the feminine
element. Now this is a particularly
unmannerly thing to do, what with
the little ladies waiting impatiently,
and such. We drank the first few
cups so fast that it Wasn't until We
went back and sat down that we
discovered the cider was slightly fer­mented.
It might "possibly have
been purely psychological, but We
seemed to feel livelier for the dur­ation
of the evening.
RANDOM THOUGHTS
WEA Regional Meet Brings
Northwestern Teachers
To Bellingham This Weekend
Norsemen Elect
Bob White
Glub President
r. Stanley Atwood, State School Superintendent,
Gives Keynote Address in Today's Session;
Out-of-State Speakers Present; Schools Have Holiday
About 800 teachers of Whatcom, Skagit, and San Juan counties tare
convening in Bellingham this week. The occasion is the combined annual
convention of the Washington Educational association and the teachers*
institute. With principal addresses in the auditorium and panel discus­sions
in the various rooms, all meetings are taking place at Bellingham
high school.
Open sessions began yesterday
with an invocation, musical selec­tions
by the Sedro-Woolley high
school band, and an initial address
by Mrs. Prances Reynolds, Vancou­ver,
Washington, president of the
WEA. Two prominent out-of-state
speakers on the morning program
were Dr. Ruth Alexander of Chica­go
and Dr. Rollo Reynolds, Colum­bia
university.
F. Stanley Atwood Speaks
With J. A.~ Reeves, president of
the Skagit Educational association,
presiding, the second general ses­sion
opened this morning. State
Superintendent of Schools P. Stan­ley
Atwood was keynote . speaker,
followed by Nathan Eckstein, a
member of the state planning coun­cil,
in an address on the educational
survey. Modern education was dis­cussed
at length by Dean Charles
E. McAllister ofx Spokane and Ray­mond
F. Hawk of Cheney.
This afternoon elementary sec­tional
meetings in separate rooms
will furnish program material.
Twelve of these dealing with as
many subjects, are planned.
Other items include election of
officers of the WEA department of
classroom teachers. At present Dr.
R. Canfield and Verna Eastman,
both of Yakima, are in the running
for president.
Special Group Meetings
The Washington state dairy coun­cil
is sponsoring an exhibit of free
health education material as a side­line,
while the NYA will have a rep­resentative
present on both days to
discuss NYA problems with school
heads.
The newly formed WEA division
of elementary principals will elect a
regional director Thursday while
the Industrial arts and vocational
teachers' group will hold its elec­tion
of officers Friday.
During the convention, city and
county elementary and high school
students are having a two-day va­cation.
College Students
Found Healthy
Tests Supervised by Miss Mead;
Retests Will Begin Immediately;
889 Students Take Examination
"This year's health examinations
revealed that the general health of
the students was so good, not one
student was excluded from school,"
stated Miss May Mead this week
concerning the health examinations.
Under Miss Mead's supervision,
the examinations, required of all
entering students, were completed
Thursday, October 13, in the PE
building.
There will be retests, as in pre­vious
years, for those who were
found to have defective eyes, heart
or other ailments. The test was
given to 534 women and 355 men
during the two weeks necessary to
complete the tests.
The doctors in charge were Dr.
J. C. Wiik; Dr. P. A. Wheaton; Dr.
B. J. Gilshannon; Dr. W. C. Moren,
and Dr. W. S. Moore. They were
assisted by Mrs. Rosellen Hanson,
matron of the WWC - infirmary;
Miss Helen Hostetter^ a former stu­dent
of WWC, and Mrs.. Maude Dol-henty.
The Wasserman blood test, blood
count, and urinalysis will be given
to all entering freshmen and trans­fer
students. Retests will be given
to those students who were found to
have a low blood count in last year's
tests. Students are asked to watch
the official bulletin for further de­tails.
You Guess
Lapinski, Gerry, Goheen,
Gooch Chosen as Other Officers;
Senior Commissioner Late,
Bob White was elected president
of the newly organized men's club,
the Norsemen, according to a late
report to the Viking last night af­ter
the elections. Stan Lapinski, vice
president; Ross Gerry, secretary-treasurer;
John Gooch and Jim Go­heen,
frosh commissioners, were the
other officers elected at the run­off
poll. Finals for senior commis­sioner,
that between Evan.Hill and
Prank Nimms, will be run next
week.
The new club is pledged to
"—carry the responsibilities for . . .
certain designated student activ­ities;
to stimulate good fellowship
and feeling of unity among men stu­dents;
to co-ordinate the efforts of
the organization with those of wom-ens
organizations in the best interest
of the student body as a whole."
Adoption of the Norsemen's con­stitution
was unanimously accepted
at a meeting of pledged members
Monday. When a preliminary elec­tion
gave no candidate a clear ma­jority
judges declared another elec­tion
and the finals were run off yes­terday.
In an interview the Norsemen's
president said "No, this is NOT the
reorganized men's club. That club
died because it had little reason to
exist. It is gone—buried with the
old Normal school, bur objectives
are definite: first and foremost,
perpetuation of a group that will
not only serve the men, but the col­lege
as a whole.
"The Norsemen have already shown
that they will make theirs the
most active club on the campus—
although the Valkyries are certainly
doing things this year. They were
very quick to respond to a challenge
and invitation; they co-operated
beautifully with our cheer unit last
Friday.
You Guess
Class Officers Chosen
By Frosh;
Kilbourne President
Reroute Busses!
Do YOU want\ the busses
to be installed on Twenty-First
street sometime in the not-too
distant future to come up High
and by the campus instead of
along Garden only? Remem­ber
those long steps up from
the street car line? Standing
down there in the drizzle wait­ing
for a car? And remember
peering out those wet street
car windows on dark nights'
and wondering where Western
Washington college could be
and sometimes you rode blocks
past?
The Viking and the Norse­men
are sponsoring a petition
to the bus company asking that
busses be routed up High and
by the college. On each bulle­tin
board is a petition. Sign it
today if you have not already
done so.
What Is It?
'Spring Dance'
Near Completion
Alberg Advances Tentative
Plans For Big
Homecoming Success
Complete Committees Chosen for Supervision of Coming Affair;
Record Crowd Anticipated for Pep Rally, Game, and Dance;
Serpentine to Downtown District Planned With Band Leading '
Local Tenor
Play Slated for Homecoming;
Pent House Style Is Promised;
Edens Hall Blue Room Is Scene
Cross, Gannon Also Elected to
Freshman Class Offices
With 235 Members Present
Ski Team Here
Slopes of Mt. Baker . .
to be the best in the world . .
WWC and eastern colleges.
skiers' paradise . . . claimed by Otto Lang
. scene of winter sports competition between
President........Charles Kilbourne
Vice-President. .Tom Cross
Secretary. .....Dorothy Gannon
These are the results of the fresh­man
election of class officers held
Monday, October 24, in the auditor­ium.
Bud Neal, ASB president, of­ficiated
at the meeting which had
been delayed to give frosh a chance
to get acquainted. Maynard Howatt
was secretary, assisted by Stewart
McLeod and Frank Anderson.
Loye McGee, PE coach, was chos­en
faculty adviser in another meet­ing
on Wednesday.
A complete list of nominees fol­lows:
President—Charles Kilbourne,
Jim Hall, Wesley Baker; vice-presi­dent—
Bill Stames, Tom Cross,
Richard Lindstrom, Betty Solibakke;
secretary—Ethel Sjostrom, Dorothy
Gannon, Everett Loomis, Henry
Chamberlin, Charles Horrel, Melba
Mayhjew.
Staging that there were too many
upforthe position of secretary, Miss
Mayhtew withdrew her nomination
in favor of Miss Gannon.
The ballots were counted after the
meeting by a committee consisting
of/tStewart McLeod, Abby Rodgers,
and Don King. '
We Can't Tell—
UBC Sponsors. Varsity
Conference at Firs
Rehearsing daily for the last two
weeks the cast of "Spring Dance" is
fast rounding into shape and will be
ready for presentation during Home­coming.
The scheduled dates are
November 16,17, and 18, with a mat­inee
on the eighteenth.
As usual the fall quarter play will
be presented in penthouse style,
sometimes referred to as drawing
room style which is similar to the
method used by the Penthouse Play­ers
of the University of Washington.
The Edens Hall Blue room will
be used as an improvised auditorium
and the actors will play in the cen­ter
of the room. Seated on four
sides of the acting area, the spec­tators
will be limited to 200 persons
at each performance. The actors
come down the aisle and take their
places in the center of the room,
playing in reference to all four sides
instead of-one. This creates a much
friendlier feeling between audience
and actors because of the intimate
relationship.
Mr. Hoppe says, "What we are
trying for in this drawing room
presentation is intimacy with the
audience. It does away with the
old stage traditions and formalities
—hence the acting is more natural
than in either stage or movie pro­duction."
We Can't Tell-
Library Meeting
Held Soon
Intensive" plans have already been started for what Adrian Alberg,
chairman of Homecoming, claims will b Vthe Homecoming to top all
Homecomings." This annual affair will be the social highlight of the
fall quarter and is to occupy the week-end of November 18-19.
The celebration will be off to a flying start on Friday, November 18,
with the regular assembly. Skits, solos, and group performances will com­prise
the entertainment. The present tentatyie plan for Friday evening is a
serpentine from school downtown
accompanied by the band, led by the
W club and Men's club, and es­corted
by the local police force.
Following the pep rally will be
the traditional Freshman bonfire to
be burned near the campus. "In or­der
to avoid any catastrophe, all
freshmen boys will be excused from
classes on Friday, November 18, in
order to build the bonfire for that
night, .instead of on Thursday as
has previously been the procedure,"
was the statement issued by Bud
Neil concerning the pep rally plans.
A rec hour will be held in the cam­pus
gym to climax the evening.
The spotlight of Homecoming will
be focused on the Saturday after­noon
football game at Battersby
field between the Cheney Savages
and WWC's hitherto undefeated
Vikings. Arrangements are being
made by Maynard Howatt for a
rooting section composed of stu­dents.
The finale will be staged Saturday
evening at the Armory when alumni,
students, and faculty gather for
the big Homecoming dance. At
present no orchestra has been se­lected,
but other plans for a highly
successful evening are underway ac­cording
to the Homecoming chair­man.
The committees that have been
appointed to supervise this affan-are:
Homecoming dance; Betty Shay,
chairman; Roland Van Luven, Ken
Harvey, and Jane Templin; pep
rally, Maynard Howatt, chairman,
Stewart McLeod, Smiley Hall, Stan
Lapinski, and Charles Durr; house
display, Marian Clarke, chairman,
Ingrid Selander, Beverly Fredrick-son,
Ernie Kvam,.and Wilton Pool-man;
assembly, Bertha Hall, chair­man,
Jean Carver, Walt Germain,
Cy Hogberg, and Marion Jones;
downtown decorations; BflTSchwein-gruber,
chairman, Frank Trotto,
Omar Lowell; publicity, Bill Fow­ler,
chairman, Bill Bidder, Vic Mol-lan,
Betty Lucid, Earl Eckert; and
luncheon, Eileen Johnson, chair­man.
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What Is It?-
PETER J. BARDON
Instructor Bardon
Gives Recital
Local Music Lovers Shall Have
Chance to Hear Accomplished
Vocalist in College Auditorium
Thirty-Five Initiated
Into Alkisiah Group
In Dorchester, Q?.$, a man pulled
down a six-room house in seven
days. Even then it was not clear
that he had found the sports sec­tion
of the newspaper. . . . There
seems to be more to solving the cot­ton
surplus than laying a thick com-ferif*
of same tat the top of each one
pound box of chocolates....
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Initiation of thirty-five new mem­bers
Monday evening started the
second meeting of the quarter of the
Alkisiah club. Dr. Arthur Hicks,
of the English department, told the
club about the next play to be pro­duced
by the Little Theater Guild.
The play, "Mr. Pirn Passes By," by
A. A. Milne, will be presented No­vember
9 to 12. November 9 is to
be Alkisiah night.
A short business meeting was held
after Dr. Hicks'talk. Marian Chap-pel
was put in charge of the Asso­ciated
Women Students' tea held
yesterday afternoon. Alkisiah plans
to sponsor a window display for
Homecoming. Lois Reid was made
chairman of this project.
What Is I t ? — — - -
Weythman Trailed
By Brunette
It has come to the notice of
the college public that Miss
Weythman of the Department
of Physical Education has a
follower, age 'unknown, with
black, curly hair, soulful brown
eyes, who is badly in need of a
shave plus a haircut. The sac­red
precincts of the class room,
namely the hockey field, hold
no terrors for him.
An essence of mystery per­meates
the atmosphere. '...- . .
His name is a dark secret. Ap­parently
no one knows it, but
he can be seen at any tune,
faithfully trailing his idol. The
next time you see Miss Weyth­man,
whistle.- With a "woof,
woof," her black scotty will
come ion a run.
Plans are now under way for the
Varsity Bible conference to be held
at the Firs on Lake Whatcom, No­vember
19-20. Students from the
University of British Columbia are
to be the hosts, and members of the
YWCA and .other students from
WWC, both men and women are in­vited
to attend. • Students from the
University of Washington and from
Seattle Pacific college will also be
invited.
The conference program will in­clude
inspirational talks by mission­aries
and other worthwhile speak­ers;
recreation on Saturday after­noon;
a banquet with talks, stunts
and skits from each student group;
a fireside meeting; and separate dis
cussion groups for men and women
with a joint discussion afterwards.
Charges for the conference will be
very reasonable; there will be plenty
of good food. For further informa­tics
watch tne 1TWCA bulletin
board. .
Bremerton will be the meeting
pladb on November 5, for the North­west
District Library association, so
that the delegates may see the new
public library, which has just re­cently
been finished. The follow­ing
schedule has been planned:
During the morning there will be
speakers from the State Library de­partment,
and some local author is
to be presented. The theme for the
afternoon is Adult Education in the
Public Schools. Miss Snow, who is
secretary-treasurer of this organiza­tion,
has charge of this part of the
program.
The first speaker is to be Miss
Frost, who has charge of adult edu­cation
in Seattle. Next Mr. Butler,
WWC reference librarian, will speak
on what definite help the American
Library association gives the librar­ian
in the way of printed material.
The book publishers will exhibit
their newest books. Also a skit is to
be presented by the Bremerton pub­lic
schools. This skit was planned
for Book Week, but is to be given
here first.
What Is It?-
Peter J. Bardon, instructor at
Fairhaven junior high school, who
has had wide experience as a vocal­ist,
will be heard in recital Friday,
November 4, 8:15 p. m., at Western
Washington college auditorium.
Mr. Bardon, who is the son of P.
J. Bardon, professor of history and
economics at Pacific Lutheran col
lege, is a Whatcom county product.
He graduated from Harmony high
school in 1925. Later he attended
Seattle Pacific college for two years,
taught one year at the University
of Washington and attended the
University of Minnesota in 1932-33.
In 1933-35 he attended the Uni­versity
of Washington where he
studied for his Ph.D. degree.
His activities in singing include
his membership in the University of
Washington varsity quartet for four
years during which he appeared in
some thirty concerts. For five years
he was staff tenor on radio station
KOMO in Seattle and while at the
University of Minnesota he had
leading roles in two light operas.
He also sang for four years at St.
James Cathedral, Seattle?
The recital here is looked forward
to with great interest by music-lov­ers
of Bellingham as Bardon has
met with wide enthusiasm by var
ious audiences who have heard him
here.
What Is It? —
Board Selects Ridder,
Hill To Publish
Homecoming Booklet
Gala Freshmen Party
Here Friday Night
Thrills, mystery and fun are
promised by the freshmen in
their first party given in the
training school gym on Friday
night, October 28, at 8 o'clock.
You can dance with a mys­tery
girl and win a prize, you
can get Hallowe'en favors, since
that is to be the theme of the
decorations, and you can do
the "lambeth" to your hearts'
content.
The freshmen ateo promise
to have something new for re­freshments.
New Staff Member Likes WWCE;
Discusses Interests Here
"To build up an awareness of the
value of books is the important
thing we want to accomplish,"
Charles E. Butler, new member of
the library staff, said in a recent
interview. \
Mr.-Butler, a graduate of the Uni­versity
of Denver, worked in dif­ferent
departments of the Denver
public library of that city. He at­tended
the University of Chicago
offices of the American library as­sociation.
He explained that his
chief interests were books and peo-n
pie.
When asksd about his nobby, Mr.
Butler said, "I like to spend my
spare time walking and mountain
climbing." However, he added that
he was limited to walking only,
while in Chicago. He expressed the
desire to learn how to ski and plans
to make many trips to Mt. Baker
this winter. "TYe never tried ski­ing
before," Mr. Butler went on to
say, "but I know Tm going to like
it very much.'*
In closing the adviser made this
statement, "One of the chief values
of ah.education/is the fact thai fit,
opens up avenues for continued edu­cation."
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Appointing Evan Hill and Bill
Bidder as editor and business man­ager,
respectively of the Homecom­ing
booklet, and discussing the pur­chasing
of sound equipment for rec
hours, the Board of Control met on
Wednesday, October 26.
The booklet, containing pictures
of both the Vikings and their op­ponents,
with each team's season
record, is published each fall by stu­dents
to be sold for Homecoming,
the cost being partially defrayed by
subscribed advertising from down­town
merchants.
It has been decreed by the board
that students must present their
student body cards for admittance
to any rec hour or class party.
Furniture to be used at rec hours
has been purchased, and will be in­itiated
at the Freshman party to­night.
The next meeting will be held oh
Wednesday, November 2, when Ad­rian
Alberg will report on the pro­gress
of Homecoming activities, and
pictures of the Board'will be taken
for the Klipsun.
What Is It?—
On The Horizon
Friday, October 28
8 p. m.—Freshman party, big
gym.
Saturday, October 29
Football game—Wildcats vs.
Vikings at EHensburg.
Monday, October 31
7 p. m. — Vanadis Bragi,
Edens hall club room.
Tuesday, November 1
11 aV m—Assembly, Dr. Ken­neth
Cote, U.S. Constitu-
12 p. m.—International Rela­tions
club luncheon for Dr.
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