Western Viking - 1938 November 10

              VOL. XXXIII-^NQ; 7
WESTERN WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Thursday, November 10, 1938
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More Vikings Must
Be Printed This Week
By Charles Kilbourne
POLITICS
The fantastic promises of some
WWC students running for office on
the board of control bring to mind
the story about a
staunch Democrat
in Skagit county
who finally turn­ed
against his
party. It seems
that the county
officials had re­peatedly
turned a
deaf ear to his
-pleas for a low
license plate num­ber.
Future cam­paigns
may see
this hint from Skagit county com­bined
with the familiar California
idea to make a perfect wow of a
vote-getting formula. Fifty dollars
and a license number under 100 for
everybody should get anyone elected
to anything. The $50 is easy, but
the low license numbers for a couple
of million auto owners is more of a
problem. Perhaps it could be solved
by using negative numbers.
HINT FOR CO-OP
This is a modern world, a chang­ing
world, and a world full of new
ideas. In order to do any business
or to get anywhere in business, it is
necessary to be incessently on ones
toes. That is why automobiles
come out each year with a lot of
new-fangled gadgets on them. That
is why the railroads have adopted
streamlining. That is why WWC
has new walks. And that is why
the Viking has a new car. All these
new developments have set us think­ing.
Why cant we do something
progressive? Why can t- we think
of some new gadget or idea? We
tried, but there was only one idea
forthcoming. Something new in
book merchandising. Why not a
colored tack with each atlas, to let
the customer keep up with the capi-tol
of China.
SOME YOKE!
Our rural correspondent, Lloyd
Nelson, tells us that it is now pos­sible
to have eggs with the yokes
any color desired. This is done
simply by feeding the hi *s harmless
vegetable dyes which do not in any
way affect the food value of the egg.
It is possible to have the eggs in
patriotic colors, such as red, white
and blue... On St. Patrick's day you
could have your eggs green... How­ever,
we fear that there is little fu­ture
in the colored egg business, be­cause
of its effect on people's
nerves. It is reported that several
persons have sworn off drinking af­ter
being served in a cafe with a
plate of scrambled green eggs.
COMMUNIST?
/ / the American people wish to
convert, their republic into some­thing
resembling the united Soviet
republics, we can stand it as Well
as the next one. What we oppose
are the underhanded, behind-the-door,
sneaking efforts to "socialize"
the United Stales. The idea that
organizations like the Nazi "Bund"
can be allowed to exist in this coun­try
is in itself appalling. The Dies
. committee is doing commendable
work in the face of much opposition
and smoke-screening towards clean­ing
this menace up. On the other
hand they are going to extremes in
some matters. Relics of an early
invasion are found in Michigan s
north peninsula. The attention of
the Dies committee should be di­verted
from the thought of a pos­sible
tie-up with Eric the Red.
RANDOM THOUGHTS
A halfback, dropped at Louisiana
State, says he did nothing but urge
the team to unionize. We must
watchfor that post-season classic—
N. L. R. B. vs. L. S. U. . . . Until the
atom-busters come out with a scien­tific
name for the pieces they crack
atoms into, we'll have to limp along
with, "smithereens" . . . A peasant
class would never do in this enlight­ened
land. If worst comes to worst,
though, it isn't as if the girls aren't
dressed for it. . . . A tale that the
Duke of Kent is being shipped to
Australia because he is a high-step­per
is being whispered. Maybe they
are sending him there because he
would be less noticeable among the
kangaroos.
You see, it was this way--I was
looking at my paper when Bill, he's
my lab partner, calls me over to ask
my advice. I look away for a sec­ond
and zingo! somebody swipes the
journal right but from under my
nose quicker than you can say *|-|M
A fine state of affairs, says I to
myself, and goes right up to the
Viking office. Holy mackerel, what
greets my eye but a tnrong of stu­dents
clamoring and battering
their way into the office, snouting
for justice and a copy of the Vi­king.
It only goes to show the tre­mendous
popularity of this news
sheet. One thousand copies gone
in the wink of an eye! I'd like to
catch that guy that swiped my pa­per.
o—' •——
Characters of Mr.|
Pirn'Varied
Colorado Pianist
Carraway Pirn/ who throws a
bombshell into a quiet and conser­vative
English household, is played
by Adolph Rank in A. A. Milne's
comedy, "Mr. Pirn Passes By." By
a lapse of memory, he tells of meet­ing
the first husband of his hostess
whom she thought dead for several
years.
Milton'Clarke adds his role of a
quiet conservative country gentle­man,
George Marden, to his many
other distinguished performances in
past Guild seasons.
Coming back after a season's ab­sence
from the Guild stage, Bess
Olson portrays his wife torn be­tween
a supposedly dead husband
and the husband she loves.
Dinah, his ward, Carol Hughes, is
about to marry a modernistic paint­er
who does not agree with George
Marden's views on politics and art.
Barry Miller, the modernistic
painter, is making his debut in "Mr.
Pirn Passes By."
Completing the cast are Mary
Mura as Aunt Julia, a sportswom­an,
and Anne, the maid, by Pat Ells-perman,
her second appearance on
the Guild* stage* .
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Andersons In Lead
Smiths Trail
James Sykes
Artist To Visit
Next Week
Hoppe Announces
Play Prices
Ex-Reporter Sponsors
Grade School Paper
Faculty Artist Exchange
Program One of a Series
Sponsored by Association
Is Johnson the most popular name
at WWC? No! Then do the Smiths
take firs't honors for cognomens?
Again an astounded no! The dark-horse
Andersons have slipped by on
the rail and lead the.pack with ten
adherents.
They are followed closely by the
Johnsons with nine and the Peter-sens
with eight. Could the Johnsons
but include the one Johansen they
would at least tie for their time-honored
numerical supremacy.
The lists compiled by the regis­trar's
office furnished the facts for
the above statements and the ones
to follow.
Western Washington college is
truly a Norsemen's school as the
Andersons Johnsons, Petersons, and
Olsons far oiM;number the other
names. The once numerous Smiths
have taken a back seat and now
stand fifth. . V
Every letter in the alphabet, ex­cept
X and Z, is represented. Car­men,
Ek has the shortest name and
William Schwsingruber claims the
longest.
Professions, represented include
Baker, Admirai, Cook, Miller, Por­ter,
Butler, and Carver, while White,
Green, Black, and Bright show you
a few of the colors abounding on the
campus.
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Watch the Papers For
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WATCH POH THE NEW
1939 "WHAT IS IT" ON
DISPLAY NEXT WEEK.
James Sykes, pianist and head of
the music department, Colorado col­lege,
will visit WWC November 14,
15 and 16. Don Bushell is supervising
the program. The plan is that an
artist from the faculty of one col­lege
visits other colleges for a period
of two and one-half days. He meets
informally with the faculties of the
several departments to discuss music
as it relates to their various sub­jects
and interests.
The program thus far outlined is
as follows:
Monday
12:00—Music Education club lunch­eon
at Edens hall; any in­terested
student is invited.
2:00—"Physics of the Piano," sub­ject
of talk by Sykes in Room
239.
..-4^0—S^s-'-wtti'-woWc -^with-tfee -• or-^
chestra.
7:45_The Alkisiah has invited the
Vanadis Bragi and Music
Education clubs to come and
listen to a talk by Sykes. The
subject will concern opera
and drama.
Tuesday
11:00—Piano concert, assembly.
12:15—The Music department will
sponsor a luncheon at which
Sykes will be present. Res­ervations
must be made.
3:30—Faculty tea, Edens Hall Blue
room.
7:30—Sykes meets with "In and
About Bellingham Music Sup­ervisors
club," in Room 120.
He will spend Wednesday morning
with interested piano students.
Sykes is a Princeton graduate in
law and history. He later special­ized
in music. He studied in Austria
and at Eastman school, Rochester,
New York. He has been soloist with
Los Angeles orchestras and many
others.
Prices were announced yesterday
Dy Victor Hoppe, director for thv.
fall quarter play, "Spring Dance."
Student, activity tickets will admit
students and tickets for townspeople
can be purchased for 35 cents plus
tax. Reservations may be made at
the business office next week by pre­senting
ASB cards.
Mr. Hoppe says, "Philip Barry
writes a very amusing play, full of
comedy and laughs provided by the
antics and slang of the modern col­lege
student. The cast has been
working hard to make the play a
success and they very aptly portray
college life in the East."
The schedule for the presentation
has been arranged so that the play
will be presented four times: three
evenings, November 16, 17, 18, at
8:15, and a matinee is to be given
Friday afternoon. r •
The play will be presented in
modern Penthouse style; a recent
trend inaugurated by the University
of Washington players. The acting
is done in an area in the center of
the Blue room with the audience
grouped on four sides. The players
play to all four sides and the prox­imity
of the audience makes for a
much more informal atmosphere.
The leads of "Spring Dance" are
taken by Don Wilson and Virgie
Boal, with a supporting cast com­posed
of Clarence Soukup, Bob Mc-
Connell, Earl Eckert, Wilton Pool-man,
Prances Evans, Mary Frances
Henriot, Carmen Ek, Coston Crouse,
Barbara Boothe, Sybil Hinchliffe,
and Meryl Winship, who also acts as
assistant director.
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Betty Shay Elected;
Howatt Ties Carver
Unique and interesting, the
Evergreen, a four-page grade
school newspaper received by
the Western Viking this week
from a former reporter now
teaching in Montana reveals
the thorough training the Vi­king
gives journalistic students.
The Evergreen, sponsored . by
Clara Louden, edited and print­ed
by her pupils, in make-up
and content is on a par with
many of the better high school
papers.
Miss Louden studied at WWC
last summer and was a versa­tile
writer and worker on the
Viking staff. She is teaching
near Kalispel, Montana, but
hopes to return for a full
year at WWC.
Flaming Torches Will Guide
Footsteps of Students
In the Homecoming Parade
Seven Beautiful Girls Chosen to Run for Queen;
Alumni Luncheon Expected to Enthuse Old Grads;
Homecoming Stage to Be Set by Radio Broadcast
Pep Clubs Hold
Joint Meeting
Plans for. Homecoming Made;
Valkyrie Girls to Have Special
Seats in Center of Card Section
Competing in excitement and
closeness in results with the state
eKctions" "the content Tor-TSdaYd- of
control vacancies closed last night
with these final results:
Representative Betty Shay
Men's or Women's
Representative, run off
next week between
- Maynard Howatt and Jean Carver
The election was held in room 112,
the men's club room, from 8:30 a. m.
to 4 p. m. and by 1 p. m., 450 stu­dents,
or nearly 50 per cent of the
student body had voted. Over 600
students cast their ballot in this
election. Because the state elec­tions
took place this week, no voting
machines were available, so the vot­ing
was done by hand ballot.
The candidates chosen by the
nominating committee were Eileen
Johnson, Helen Cory, and Betty
Shay for Women's Representative,
and Maynard Howatt, Jean Carver
and Glen Smith for 'Men or Worn
en's Representative. All students
were eligible and requested to vote.
Beautiful But Too Bright
(See editorial on feature page)
Built in Romanesque style, the library still remains one of the finest
buildings on the campus.
The building is a fireproof structure and consists of a basement and
two floors. An elevator and book lift serve each floor. In the basement
is the mechanical plant, a receiving jpom for books, a check room for
wraps, lavatory rooms for men and women and a rest room for women.
On the first floor is a children's reading room, a reserved book and per­iodical
room, a faculty reading room, a conference room, and. a staff rest
room. The stacks for books begin on the first floor and extend to $he $op
of the second floor. The library has a 100,000-volume capacity.
The building, a two-story brick and concrete steucture, was dedicated
June 5, 1928. It was erected at the cost of $260,000.
The construction of the library marked the first step in ,WWC's building
plan... This was followed by the erection of the PE building. Many more
additions to the^ampus are anticipated in the future.
Plans for HOMECOMING occu­pied
most of the time at a joint
meeting of the Valkyries' and Norse-mens
clubs, held last Tuesday in
the auditorium. The meeting was
presided over by Charles Durr and
Maynard Howatt as both the presi­dent
and vice-president were ab­sent.
Durr, who has been directing the
card stunts at the Viking games
here in Bellingham stated that with
the help of the two clubs the home­coming
game to be played next Sat­urday
night, could be made into an
occasion that would long be remem­bered
by the .students and visiting
alumni. He said that plans had
been made for the Valkyries to sit
in the center of the card section
where their blue club sweaters will
form an attractive nucleus around
which'the rest of the stude"fits"win
be seated. Several Norsemen will
see that outsiders don't sit in the
Valkyries' section.
The goalposts at Battersby Field
will receive a face-lifting prior to
next Saturday's game, according to
Howatt, who said that a committee
would be appointed to take care of
decorating them. He also revealed
that plans*are under way to culmin­ate
next Friday night's HOME­COMING
festivities with a Rec
hour to be held,from 9:30 to 12 p.
m.
Another joint meeting of the Val­kyries
and the Norsemen is to be
held Tuesday when they will prac­tice
cheering.
With flaming torches and a sparkling HOMECOMING queen to
lead the way, the serpentine from the school down town and back is
promised to be one of the most fascinating events of HOMECOMING,
which is now but one short week and a day away.
Seven beautiful girl candidates iare up for queen. They are: Cath­erine
Christy, Helen Masters, Betty Shay, Echo Oxford, Maty Henriot,
Virgie Boal, and Ialeen Allison. The girl elected queen will not only
rule over the HOMECOMING dance at the armory, but will also lead
the serpentine from the school and have the official honor of lighting the
Freshman bonfire by touching a flaming torch to it.
To set the stage for HOMECOM-Pictures
for Klipsun
Must Be Taken Early
"We wish to urge all juniors and
seniors to have their pictures for
the Klipsun taken at their earliest
possible opportunity," is the state­ment
made by Frances Daley, Klip­sun
editor. Stewart McLeod and Ar-lene
Dickinson, the staff members
in charge of the graduates' pictures,
will contact all students who have
not signed the appointment blanks.
If application pictures are desired,
a $1 deposit must be paid at time of
the sitting, and four proofs will be
shown, r However, if a picture for
the Klipsun is all the student de­sires,
there is no cost involved. De­gree
students will. have cap and
gown pictures for the annual, and
unless pictures are desired, other
than the Klipsun print, there will
be no cost.
Since proofs of all pictures to ap­pear
in the Klipsun must be return­ed
to Sandison's Studio by Novem­ber
21, it is pointed out that as
many people as possible go down
within the next several days to avoid
a last minute rush.
The Klipsun editor and her staff
are .making an effort to publish a
booK-"which wijn he~tepreserrtutive of
the student body, so. anyone having
a choice picture of a friend to liven
up the snapshot pages is asked to
place it in the Klipsun box.
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Miss Wilson to Serve
Campaign Committee
ING a radio rally over KVOS next
Tuesday evening from 9:00 to 9:30 is
planned. Jean Carver, Bill Fow­ler
and Ken Husfloen are to offi­ciate
and it is the plan to have
members of the band and consid­erable
talent participating in the
program.
Tentative plans are to again take
over the airways on the eve of
the HOMECOMING game at which
time the coaches and captains of
WWC Viking squad and the Chen­ey
Savages will be interviewed.
Something which will arouse
much interest among the alumni
will be the gift to the graduate rep­resenting
the oldest class at the
Alumni luncheon in Edens hall,
Saturday. The luncheon is sched­uled
to start at 12 noon and will
be -topped off by an interesting pro­gram
prepared by Beth Teichroew.
Bill Schweingruber, downtown
decoration chairman, would like to
remind the various downtown win­dow
display committees to have
their plans worked out beforehand
so the windows may be decorated
without any waste of time on Wed­nesday
evening of next week.
Adrian Alberg, the chairman of
HOMECOMING, states, "The vari­ous
committee reports indicate a
very successful HOMECOMING for
alumni and students, if old man
weather will only be kind."
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Literary Group Hears
Three Book Reviews
Miss Mabel Zoe Wilson, WWC's li­brarian
received appointment this
week to serve on the campaign com­mittee
in relation to the proposed
law for a state library commission.
The proposed law is sponsored by
the Washington Library associa­tion.
Nursing Instructor Self-Styled Jack
Of-All-Trades; Likes Hospitals
Folding Grade Cards
To Be Abolished
Making an emphatic statement that she believed in a liberal education
for all people, Miss Eva Sherwood smiled as she leaned over the apparatus
littered demonstration table in one of the science laboratories. The in­structor
of nursing, a new member of the faculty this fall, has had a
gret many different and versatile experiences, mainly in the field of
nursing and biology.
"Maybe you would call,me a Jack-of-all-Trades," she said, "but I'm not.
I have studied and worked in a great many different locales." And her
presence in the college may be attributed to that circumstance.
And for that determination we
may attribute her presence in the
science department.
"Hospitals have always fascinated
me," she said. "From early child­hood,
I have* longed to be a grad­uate
nurse." Since then she has
taken post-graduate courses at the
University of Washington division
of Harborview hospital in Seattle;
also studied at the State University
of Iowa, and one summer received
training at Bellevue hospital in New
York. One summer was spent at
the Puget Sound Biological Labora­tory
station at Friday Harbor.
Miss Sherwood's teaching expert
ience has been extremely wide and
varied. After working several years
in schools in Iowa, she taught biol­ogy
for several years at Spelman
college in Georgia; and received a
one-year graduate assistantship in
botany at the State University of.
Iowa. ,
Speaking about her earlier life,
Miss Sherwood said that she studied
voice, piano, and guitar. Inciden­tally,
she regards this part of her
life a tiny bit humorously. But
even so, at the present time, her
favorite recreation \ is attending
musical entertainments.
Thost familiar long cards will no
longer be used to fceep student per­manent
records. That is, not for
students who entered WWC this
quarter or later. A new system,
representing the latest thing in col­lege
record sheets, is being adopted
according to Dr. M. S. Kuder, reg­istrar.
Grades will now be kept on
large sheets of tracing., cloth in
looseleaf books.
Dr. Kuder states that the main
advantage of the more modern rec­ords
is the ease in copying by ex­posing
like a blueprint. Several
copies can be made at once so that
transcripts can now be made quick­ly
and inexpensively and records
can be transferred to other depart­ments
in the school without the
tedious labor necessary in the past.
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Exchange Papers
Many WWC students will be
interested in the exchange papers on
file in the Viking off ice/ At the
present time, more than thirty col­leges
throughout central arid west­ern
United States exchange school
papers with WWC.
In the Edens hall club room
Monday night, November 7, the
third meeting of the Vanadis Bragi
was called to order.
Hope Kingsley, club president, re­viewed
"Candida," by Voltaire. "The
Barber of Seville" by Beaumarchais,
was given by Marjorie Woods. An-toine
Prevost's "Manon Lescaut,"
was sketched by Jean Richards.
The business discussion was de­voted
to the question of required at­tendance
after a person had once
filled out an activity card for the
Registrar's office. Another matter
brought up was an invitation to
the Alkisiah meeting next Monday.
James Sykes, pianist, will be their
guest for the meeting.
Dr. Hicks gave a short review of
"Mr. Pirn Passes By," the current
Theatre Guild production.
L- fj«ttzon
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Thursday, November 10 .
8:15 p. m.—"Mr. Pirn Passes
By," Theatre Guild Play­house,
120 Prospect street.
Friday, November 11
HOLIDAY
8:15 p. m.—"Mr: Pim Passes
By," Theatre Guild Play­house.
Saturday, November 12
8:15 p. m.—"Mr. Pim Passes
By," Theatre Guild Play­house.
Monday, November 14
7 p. m.—Alkisiah—Edens hall
club room.
Tuesday, November 15
11 a. m—Assembly, James
Sykes, pianist.
Wednesday, November 16
7:30 p. m—International Re­lations
club, Edens hall
club room.
8:15 p. m— "Spring dance,"
penthouse play, >Edens hall
Blue room.
Thursday, November 17
8:15 p. hi.—'Spring Dance,"
Edens hall Blue room.
Friday, November 18
11a. m—HOMECOMING as­sembly.
Matinee and 8:15 •pl.'-m.-f -.
'..'Spring Dance," Edens hall
Blue room. ~
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