Western Viking - 1938 November 4

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Shoot Your Friends;
Wfa Klipsun Prize
With Tour Trusty Brownie
VOL. XXXIII—NO. 6 WESTERN WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Friday, November 4, 1938
By Charles Kilbourne
STYMIED
Certain groups and individuals,
including ourselves, have been taping
for HOMECOM­ING.
It was a
great idea. The
citizens of Taco-ma
did it' on
wholesale scale
They declared a
^ civic holiday.
T h i r t e e n old
streetcars, the
sky, and many of
the local gentry
were lit up. A
grand time was
had by all. We planned to do
the same thing here. Fill the trol
ley with boxes, oil and other com
bustibles; light a match to it, and
we would really have something.
There was, or is, just one fly in the
ointment. In Tacoma the street­cars
were made out of wood; in the
fair city of Bellingham, they are
made out of iron.
BOGEY! BOGEY!
The war scare in Europe seems
to be over for the present, at leasL
on the surface. But the population
of the world still has a bad case of
the jitters. If it isn't worrying about
war, it's worrying about business
As for business, things seem to be
going from bad. to Worse. The poor
railroads know not which Way to
turn. The pessimists are all Work­ing
overtime. The groaners are
running full blast. But that is
about all. The skeptics society
meets this week to compare a repre­sentative
collection of the more start­ling
Hallowe'en masks with the
business outlook.
B-B-B-BUT!
Doctor Cotton of the speech de­partment
took time out from his
labors last week to attend the Frosh
party. Bystanders noted that he
belongs to the good old-fashioned
swing school. One young hopeful
was heard to remark that the per­son,
whom he did not know was
Doc Cotton, "was pretty daring to
dance like that in front of the fac­ulty."
Be that as it may, he is no
slouch when it comes to remedial
speech, diction, or what have you.
Among other things, Doc says that
six times as many men as women
stutter. The explanation lies in the
fact that men form the habit of
stuttering in trying to break into
women's conversations.
PASS
Playing card manufacturers in
the East dropped over one hundred
thousand dollars on five-suit bridge
decks. It seems that the fad was
short-lived because nobody could
keep track.of the extra suit. Neith­er
could they agree on a name for it.
Some suggested were: Eagles,
Snakes, Beetles, Mickey Mouse.
Also there seemed to be consider­able
difficulty in making the pack
of sixty-five cards come out even
for four players. English aristoc­racy
is reportedly going for it in a
big way, though. And speaking of
the English, always that old war
debt matter rears its ugly head at
4he wrong time. Now the tactless
ask why Britain is to send over
the King and Queen and no jack.
PANIC
Several different brands of trouble
are still brewing for the-instigators
of last Sunday's dramatization of
E G . Wells' "War of the Worlds."
The play was so realistic that panic
and hysteria were widespread in this
country for some time. We got the
laugh on several BelHnghamites and
Vikings over the matter. One co-ed
residing at Edens hall started to
pack her belongings, one of the
Beanery boys started for the hois,
another girl is reported to have
fainted when she saw some of the
Martian's black poison gas. Upon
her revival, the girl was told that
it was nothing but oil smoke from
Buthelen Garvin's V-8.
RANDOM THOUGHTS
Since the Queen Mary docked i>\
New York without the aid of lugs,
we look for the skipper of the rival
Normdndie to bring her in no-hands.
. . . . Under closer scrutiny, will the
charter for a new "Europe drawn up
at Munich turn out to be nothing
but a rain-check? ... .We will sug­gest
another use for the^vice-presi-dent.
lie should occupy the White
House in the president'* ah-*nr»
thus getting ql full-time job at last.
Daley Gives Prizes
For Snapshots
Prizes for the snapshot contest
featured by Klipsun have been an­nounced
by Frances Daley* editor
The snapshots will be divided into
three different divisions, and the
prizes will be distributed as follows:
one for the most comical shot of
some member or members of the
student body or faculty; another
prize is for the most beautiful cam­pus
scene, with or without a WWC
student in evidence and a third for
the most interesting women's sports
picture. ., ^
The comical pictures as well as
the scenic snaps will be due not
later than December 7, while the
women's sports pictures are due
November 21.
JU1 should be interested in the
fact that the Klipsun staff will
arrange to develop all rolls of films
and make prints of all the snaps
they can use. Rolls of films for the
contest are to be placed iri the Klip
sun box on the main staircase.
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Dorm Dirls Deliver
Devils Dance
As the motif for the dance at the
Edens hall Blue room Saturday
night, November 5, at 9 o'clock, will
be Hades, the Blue room will be
transformed into an inferno. The
room will be decorated in red with a
devil's caldron in the center of the
floor. The programs will be red,
decorated with yellow flames.
General chairman for the dance
is Pauline Barnes. The decoration
committee is composed of Joan Por­ter
chairman, Josephine Jeffers,
Jean Crawford, Betsy Kennedy, and
Ruth Schuman. Refreshment com­mittee:
Rita Hansell chairman, Isa­bel
Gill, and Harriet Markley. En­tertainment
committee: Betty Lucid
chairman, Frances Bigelow, and Ed­na
Walker. Arleen Foster will sing
several songs during the dance.
The girls have decided there will
be no corsages.'
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'Christopher Bean'
To Be Given
The Penthouse Players of the Uni­versity
of Washington will present
in penthouse style the comedy
drama, "The Late Christopher
"Bean." The time, November 5, at 8
p. m. The place, the lounge room of
the Bellingham hotel. The price is
only 65c, tax included.
The play is to be sponsored vy the
Kiwanis clubhand the Y's Mens club.
The proceeds will go to help devel­op
a boys' camp at Baker lake for
the benefit of the under-privileged
children.
This performance is familiar to
many of the students as V. H. Hoppe
instructor at WWC, presented the
play here two years ago in the
Edens hall Blue room. Mr. Hoppe
also presented the play in penthouse
style.
F L A S H !
Millions Panic Stricken;
WWC Faces Doom /
Panic sweeps over WWC. Un­countable
millions run panic
stricken from halls at mon-.._
..ster's descent upon peaceful..
..tranquility..... Curiosity., takes..
..large toll as thousands scream..
.."WHAT IS rr." Villian ter­rorizes
assembly, then runs .
amuck through fleeing vic­tims.
Worst catastrophe since
Martian invasion of air waves
Sunday.
Instructors threaten resigna­tion
as curiosity quells educa­tion.
Concentration impossible
with screams of unfortunate
ringing in refugee's ears. Num- N
ber of shock deaths unable to
be estimated as quota swells
with passing seconds of mys­tery.
Terror to continue as perpe­trators
promise no letup. More
scourges to be released, no end
in sight.. Absolute secrecy re­garding
movements makes de­tection
of "WHAT IS IT?" im­possible.
Even those respon­sible
can see no reason for their
actions. G-men may be sum-moned.
Prosecution certain
with ring leaders to get Umit.
German spy actions hinted.
Nails have nothing to say.
Local populace wondering
-WHAT i s r r r Weil, -WHAT
Photographer
Hsward GlMysf <
Cleaves Presents
'Night Life
Motion Pictures Accompany
Friday's Assembly Lecture;
Movies of National Interest
Howard Cleaves was presented zi
the regular assembly today at 11
o'clock. Motion pictures illus­trated
his lecture, "Night Movies
in the Wilds," which *s attracting
widespread interest from natural­ists
and the general public through­out
America.
Mr. Cleaves is the originator of a
new method of taking motion pic­tures
of wild animals. His work is
done at night showing what goes on
in the wilderness at night, and
where some of the daytime crea­tures
spend the hours of darkness.
True,, you have seen pictures of
such objects, but hot movies. A
flash light picture'made at night
with a still camera is one thing.
A night movie is something else.
To make a still picture the pho­tographer
sets off a single charge
of flash powder or a flash bulb pro­ducing
an almost instantaneous
burst of blinding light and ONE
picture. To take moving pictures
at night the light must not only be
bright, but must be sustained. How
can such a light be had in the
depths of a swamp, along the shores
of a lake, in the woods, miles from
electrical transmission lines? That
is a major question that Mr. Cleaves
answered in his speech today.
Afternoon Dance
Approved
Alberg Gives Homecoming
Report; Klipsun Pictures of
Student Solons Taken by Nims
Deciding that there should be a
rec hour this aternoon, and that
the typewriter desk in the Associat­ed
Students office should be repair­ed,
the Board of Control met with
all members present on Wednesday,
November 2.
Wayne Weber vice-president of
the Associated Students reported
that the details concerning the com­ing!
election for two four-quarter
representatives to the board were,
taken care of and that voting ma­chines
will be on hand for the oc­casion.
Reporting on the progress of the
various HOMECOMING committees,
General Chairman Adrian Alberg in­formed
board members that plans
are moving smoothly and that a
•more complete report will be in
order for the next meeting.
Following adjournment of the
meeting, Klipsun pictures of various
members of the board were taken
by Staff Photographer Prank Nims.
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Comic Drama
Presented
By Abby Rodgers
"Mr. Pirn Passes By," the second
play in the series of plays to be pre-sented
by the Theatre Guild will
open Wednesday night, November
9, at 8:15. "Mr. Pirn Passes By" is
one of the best loved of modern
comedies and has been a special
favorite of the so-called "little thea­ters"
in both America and England.
An inimitably forgetful Mr. Pirn
throws a bombshell into a quiet and
conservative English household by
resurrecting from the dead the first-husband
of his charming hostess, to
the great dismay^of her extremely
moral and respectable second hus­band.
The play will be presented Wed­nesday,
Thursday, Friday and Sat­urday
nights. Wednesday and
Thursday nights student rates of 25
cents will be allowed all college stu­dents
with the regular adult price
of 50 cents Friday and Saturday
nights. Wednesday night the Al-kisiah
club will attend the play en
masse.
Regional Alumni
Meeting Successful
Each one of the faculty members
who attended the regional alumni
meetings at Wenatchee, Yakima,
Tacoma, Centralia, and Longview
reported successful gatherings. The
alumni were interested in the col­lege's
improvements, plans for the
future, and they were especially
eager for news concerning the fac­ulty.
These meetings give to the fac­ulty
and alumni contacts that are
enjoyed very much. President Fish­er
feels that* it is an inspiration to
meet the graduates and to report
to them affairs of the college. The
faculty were especially glad to see
those teachers who graduated last
spring and were teaching for the
first time. At each one of the
meeting places a luncheon was giv­en
and a great deal of spirit mani­fested.
At the meeting in Longview at­tended
by President Fisher, very
unique decorations were used
which had been designed by Phil
Sisk. The tables were covered with
manila paper,on which were writ­ten
in blue pencil sayings and rem­iniscences
of the faculty. There
were also imitations of state man­ual,
history, science, and technique
text books set up about the tables.
"The many courtesies that were ex­tended
to our faculty delegates by
the alumni were especially apprec­iated
and enjoyed," said President
Fisher.
Supervisor Discusses
Teaching Problems
Say Ah-h-h~h, Please
inm
Vocally Deficient Students Aided
By Cotton's Speech Clinic
"We believe that all elementary
teachers should have a good speech
and pleasant voice," stated Dr. Jack
Cotton in connection with his
speech clinical laboratory.
With this in mind, Dr. Cotton
and a staff of assistants have, in
the last year, built a speech clin­ical
laboratory on the top floor of
the main building—the only one
of its kind outside of Ohio State
university. Dr. Ctotton already has
built a speech clinical laboratory
at Ohio State, where he obtained
his doctor's degree.
The speech clinic is not yet com­plete
but Dr. Cotton and assistants
Don Wilson, Jayne Hall, Pave Go*
heen, and John Englebretsen are
helping to complete the laboratory
in their spare time.
The present laboratory consists
of a classroom containing 24 com­partments,
each equipped with a
mirror, earphones, and electricity.
Adjoining the classroom is an audi­ometer
room, two conference rooms,
a repair and construction shop, and
a central control room.
Six practice booths were built re
centhr by the college carpenter but
these are not yet complete.. When
these Txwths axe equipped with
sound, any person in the central
control room may "tune in" any
booth and issue instructions or sug­gest
improvement to a student
practicing speech, 'r
Miss Mary L. Hagist, supervisor of
Elementary schools of King county,
was the guest speaker at the faculty
forum held Tuesday evening at
Edens hall. Miss Hagist discussed
the problems of a beginning teach­er.
One of the, main, problems of
teachers is finding a comfortable,
satisfactory place in which to live.
Inasmuch as many districts desire
to have the teachers live in the dis­tricts
Miss Hagist feels that the
school directors and women of the
district should do something to rem­edy
the situation.
Another point brought out by Miss
Hagist was that the majority of new
teachers often fail to provide
enough work to keep the students
busy. This is the main cause of
problems in discipline.
That teachers should know how to
play the piano, especially in the pri­mary
grades was another point; and
that all teachers should know some­thing
about the teaching of read­ing
were two ideas also brought out
in the meeting.
A lively discussion followed the
speech with Miss Hagist willing to
answer all questions. The meeting
was preceded by dinner in the club
room.
Biggest And Best Homecoming
School Has Ever Had,
Plan of Homecoming Committee
Committees Hope for Good Weather;
Aiding Suggestions Are Welcome;
Football Game to Highlight Affair
Homecoming Head
Kuder's Offer Spurned
By Faculty Members
Kuder doesn't want it—the
faculty doesn't want it—who
does want it?
Apparently Sarah Elizabeth
has made one too many mouths
for Dr. Kuder to feed. No, he
hasn't decided to give away
his baby but he would like to
give somebody one of his dogs.
He has offered members of the
faculty ajsix-months-old brown
water spaniel puppy, but thus
far they haven't shown very
much interest. He is now mak­ing
the same offer to any stu-
, dent who will give the pup a.
good home. Who wants "a dog?
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Arirustice Day Brings
Welcome Holiday
? Had you noticed? Unless the cal­endar
is suddenly revised, next *Fri
day will be November 11, Armistice
day. Since Armistice day is a legal
holiday the entire student body will
be expected to be any place but at
school. With good tucic the Western
Viking will be deposited on your
doorstep a day earlier for your
week-end reading.
Friday will be the twentieth anni­versary
of the conclusion of the
World war. Those of us who were
too young to remember the last war
can appreciate better title signifi­cance
of the holiday since our nar­row
escape from the Mars invaders
early this'week. .?;
Phial warning! Don't come to
school next Friday! '; ;"s.
"Oh weatherman, be good!" pray the HOMECOMING com­mittees,
who are preparing for the biggest and best HOMECOMING
ever. November 18-19 will be the big days for this annual affair, the
social highlight of the fall quarter.
"All committee chairmen and their respective committees," remark­ed
Adrian-Alberg, chairman of HOMECOMING, "are doing their
best to make this HOMECOMING one which will be long remembered
by the students and alumni. The
committees will appreciate any sug­gestions
that will aid in the success
of HOMECOMING."
An assembly of skits, solos, and
group performances will comprise
the entertainment for the opening
of this gala HOMECOMING week­end.
Friday evening's pep rally,
which starts at 7:15 includes a ser­pentine
from school downtown ac­companied
by the band, led by the
W club and Norsemen and escorted
by the local police force.
The Freshman bonfire will be
burned near the campus upon the
return of the serpentine to the
school. A rec. hour will be held in
the campus gym to climax the even­ing.
Organized houses who want to be
represented in the HOMECOMING
assembly are requested to see Ber­tha
Hall, assembly chairman not
later than today. The deadline for
all HOMECOMING house displays
is Monday, November 6, since they
must.be approved by a special.com­mittee
at that time. The presidents
of the organized houses are to give
these plans to Marian Clarke, house
display chairman, before then.
The highlight of HOMECOMING
will be the Saturday afternoon foot­ball
game at Battersby field be­tween
the Cheney Savages and
WWC's hitherto undefeated Vikings.
As the grand finale, the alumni,
students, and faculty will gather at
the armory for the HOMECOMING
dance, from 9 till 12. With the se­lection
of Jay Curtis and his twelve-piece
band, the dance committee
now has everything in good shape
and a wonderful evening is prom­ised.
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Friday Aftenoon Date
Set for Rec Hour
ADRIAN ALBERG
Collegiate Play
Makes Debut
In keeping with the spirit and
theme of the HOMECOMING;
"Spring Dance," the annual fall
quarter play, will be produced in
collegiate style on November 16,
17, 18, in Edens Hall Blue room.
The play concerns itself with
Alex Benson (Virgie Boal) who likes
Sani Thatcher (Don Wilson) from
Yale. Sam is at the moment very
much set on going to Russia and
China to see what the revolution
looks like from a close-up. Alex is
determined to keep him in the U.
S., preferably nearrby, but she
hasn't the brains to cope with the
lures of distant revolutions. Her
sisters of the campus vow among
themselves to help Alex. As the
Lippincot (Bob McConnell) would
say the "young boas begin to con­strict."
Girls Conquer Sam
Kate McKim (Carmen Ek), who
is like a big sister to Alex; Mady
Piatt (Frances Evans), the comed­ian
of the house; Sally Prescott
(Barbara Boothe) the prom-trotter;
and Prances Fenn (Mary Frances
Henriot), who is somewhat on the
dumb side, are the ladies who aid
the damsel in distress. The result
is a complete victory for Alex, a
rout for the U.S.S.R., and the sur
render of Sam, who believes him­self
the victim of a "dirty capi
talistic female plot."
Helping in the plot are Much Bu­chanan
(Earl Eckert) and Doc
Boyd (Wilton Poolman) who come
from Princeton to the "Spring
Dance." John Hatton (Clarence
Soukup) is the "lady-killer" and
flirt of the production. The elder
element is represented by Miss Rit­chie
(Sybil Hincliffe), the house­mother;
Mildred (Meryl Winship)
the housemaid; and Walter Beckett
(Coston Crouse), the professor in
the cast.
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Burnham Vacationing
In California
Miss Myrtle C. Burnham, record­er,
is finishing her last year's vaca­tion
and has been touring Califor­nia
during the past week. She is ac­companied
by Miss Jimmy Williams
assistant registrar of Washington
State college.
Miss Burnham and Miss Williams
will spend most of their time in San
Francisco, Los Angeles, and Holly­wood,
but they may go on into Mex­ico.
Miss Burnham will visit hex
father in Vancouver, Washington
during the latter part of her vaca
tion and will return to her desk in
the registrar's of f ice in about a
'week;.:' •.?:. '••' /'-;'%>;-j:^.;
Rec hour is scheduled for this
afternoon from 4 to 6 because of the
Edens hall informal tomorrow. Harry
Wellman's orchestra will play; as
usual, student body tickets are the
means of admittance.
It is the policy of WWC not to
have two consecutive evening
dances.
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On The Ho**0*
Friday, November 4
4 to 6 p. m.—Afternoon rec
hour.
8:15 p. m.—Peter J. Bardon,
lyric tenor concert, college
Auditorium.
Saturday, November 5
Football—Gladiators vs. Vik­ings,
Pacific Lutheran col­lege,
Tacoma.
9 to 12—Edens hall informal,
Blue Room.
Monday, November 7
4 p.: m.—Ski club meeting,..
Room 108.
7 p. m. — Vanadis Bragi,
Edens hall club room.
Tuesday, November 8
11 a. m.—Assembly. Welsh
Imperial Singers.
Wednesday, November 9
8:30 to .4—Student elections,
Men's club room.
8:15 p. m.-rJ"Mr. Pirn Passes
By," /Theatre, Guild Play-
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Thursday, November 10
8:15 p; m r - l i r . Pirn Kpases
By," Theatre Guild Play-
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