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Next Week
VOL. XXXVII—NO. II. WESTERN WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Friday, December 10, 1937
Live ^
and
^ Learn
By Evan Hill"
WAR
The closeness of the United
States to war and the probability
of our being drawn into it is not
taken very seriously by the average
college student, but he, in the event
that the U. S. IS drawn into the
Jap-Sino struggle, will be the one
who will receive a conscription
card. But, on the other hand if he
DID take it very seriously, thinking
about it and discussing it, what
would be the result? He would
.STILL receive a conscription card,
would he not?
BETTER
"High school games are more in­teresting
than college games be­cause
the players play harder."
We've all heard something like that
at one time or another. The reason
is that the high school athlete is
a fool. He plays harder and faster,
malting a much more interesting
game for the spectator, but he
doesnt think of the bodily harm
he does to himself when he plays
a hard spectacular game. College
players don't take chances. They're
smart. And their games are more
skillfully played—more works oi
art—and not so many broken bones,
or kidneys to be removed.
BIG SHOT
Now is the time of the year when
all good columnists pick the "man
of the year"—the person who has
done the most influential things.
And I being no exception have
called for nominations. All of next
week's column (if it still exists
then) will be devoted to him, her,
or it. Many names have been
turned in, including those from
Sasha Pasha, to Bxey, the rat. Al­most
was I decided to write up Key,
but Don Gooding's had his name
in this paper too much as it is, so,
it will not be. More nominations,
please.
POLL
At a faculty meeting Tuesday ev­ening
the subject of a constructive
reformative poll for professors and
teachers at WWC was broached.
Similar to a poll at U. of W., exams
would be given to each class in the
absence of the professor. These
exams would be the students' op­portunity
to list the faults of the
course and the professor and tell
what good (if any) either had done
the student. It would be interest­ing
to see how the students would
receive such an opportunity to
"pan" their profs. Previous Viking
polls have not been taken very ser­iously—
most of the comments were
crude attempts at wisecracking.
PROFS.
But how Would the profs take
it? Would they take it as the
students wish to dish il out? Some
would undoubtedly accept it as
helpful constructive criticism and
would be reformed at least partial­ly—
and for a while. But others
probably Would fly into a rage and,
throw the report into the Waste-basket
after reading only part of
it—Incidentally, the profs would­n't
gel the exams from their class­es;
a report would be made from
all the exams, and. the points taken
from them and tabulated before the
profs got them.
SILK STOCKING
Excited college students blurb
about a boycott against Japan, say
no Japanese made goods should be
bought, that Japan should suffer
through her trade to alleviate her
injustices to China. How many
pairs of silk stockings are either
made in Japan or manufactured
from Japanese silk? How many
Japanese silk stocking clad Ameri­can
college women would sacrifice
pretty legs to help China? How
many would wear cotton stockings?
Symphony Here Tuesday
Markgraf New
Viking Manager
Soukup Reappointed Editor;
Osterberg Rec Hour Doorman;
President Proposes Amendment
For the first time in many a day
the Board of Control held its week­ly
Wednesday meeting with every
member present. Among the first
items on the unusually long docket
was the reading of applications for
the positions of editor and business
manager of the Western Viking, and
doorman for rec hours. David Os­terberg
was reappointed to fill the
position of doorman. Clarence
Soukup was chosen to continue as
editor of the Viking and Gustav
Markgraf was selected to succeed
Earl Eckert as business manager.
Assistant Asked for
Mrs. Ruth Burnet appeared be­fore
the board and suggested that
an additional allowance be given
the business manager of the Viking
for services of an assistant, but the
board did not see its way clear to
granting this. Editor Soukup and
Mrs. Burnet both spoke in the in­terest
of a seven-column paper for
the remainder of the year, but it
was decided there were not suffi­cient
funds for such an allotment.
Then it was Mrs. Burnet's proposal
that when the budget is made up
spring quarter a sufficient sum be
alloted the Viking for a seven-col­umn
paper starting next year. This
was considered as probable.
The president of the board pro­posed
an amendment which would
make the elections of this school
conform to the procedure used in
other similar institutions. Accord-
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Swedish Christmas
Festival, Theme
Of WAA Banquet
Featuring the theme of a "Swed­ish
Christmas Festival", the WAA
held its annual fall banquet last
night at 6:15 in the Edens hall
dining room. All-star players in
hockey and volleyball were an­nounced
at that occasion, and let­ters
awarded to all active partici­pants
in sports during this quarter.
Tables were arranged around a
Christmas tree in the center. In­cluded
on the program were the
two Swedish folk dances "Blek-ing,"
a Swedish square dance, and
"Tantoli". These were performed
around the Christmas tree. Swed­ish
caps were given to all guests.
The menu was a typical Swedish
dinner consisting of kott bullar,
vispad potatis, bruna bonor, rod-betor,
lingon sylt, kardemumma
bullar, gram, socker kaka, and kaf
fe.
Isabelle Fisher was general chair­man
of the banquet. Special com
mittee chairman included: dinner,
Lila Hart; decorations, Dorothy
Fowler; program, Shirley Rogers;
clean-up, Terry Gookins; publicity,
Eleanor Wicklund; tickets, Ruth
Martinson; and invitations, Alice
Siemons.
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Caesar As Fascist
In New Production
Summaries?
Reasoner Defends Senior
Writeups for Klipsun
Because many of the stu­dents
have criticised the use of
summaries in the senior panel
of the Klipsun, Eleanor Rea­soner,
editor, wishes to clarify
ideas concerning this.
'We are striving to win the
Ail-American rating for our
Klipsun this year," says Miss
Reasoner, "and the senior sum­maries
improve . the book a
great deal as they are import­ant
as records. Although pro­tests
have been heard declar­ing
this as a high school idea,
it is not, for the colleges orig­inated
this and it was later
adopted by other schools."
Slips to be filled out by the
students will be passed out at a
future assembly and will act
as an aid in obtaining the
necessary information. The
seniors will be allowed a maxi­mum
of three activities in
their summaries . but if they
have more, they choose those
which they consider the most
outstanding.
New Pins Awarded
By Editor
To Staff Members
Gold "W" With Chain & Guard
Presented to
Four Quarter Viking Students
A gold "W" with Viking printed
on it, and a chain and a guard—a
slanting '37—is the style of the pin
which was awarded last Tuesday to
four members of the Western Vi­king
staff who have worked on the
paper for four quarters. The pins
were presented to:
Dick Fowler, this quarter's feature
editor, who was also a member of
last spring's tennis team.
Pat Green, author and originator
of the column Pat's Prattles, a
lively, charming writer.
Jack Carver, the present sports
editor, a writer on the Bellingham
Herald, and an extra in the "Bar­rier."
Don Gooding, the notorious "Don­ald
Duck" whose signs about the
school helped to advertise the O-so-
Peachy booklets.
The four quarters work for which
the pins were given has just recent­ly
been changed. Henceforth, stu­dents
will have to spend five quar­ters
working on the Viking in order
to merit a pin.
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County Delegate
Summer Quarter
Shorter
Periods Lengthened
Ten Minutes;
Session Starts Late
Following the example set by the
University of Washington, the
summer quarter at WWC will be
shortened two weeks, making it nine
instead.of the former eleven weeks,
according to results of a recent fac­ulty
meeting released by President
Fisher.
Monday, June 20, and Friday,
August 19, will be the opening and
closing dates, the quarter starting
a week later and ending a week
earlier. The first half of the ses­sion
will end on Wednesday, July
20.
A change in the length of the
periods from fifty to sixty minutes
will be necessitated, says President
Fisher, because of the shorter quar­ter
and so the first class will begin
at 7:30 and the last class at 3:20.
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Students Since 1916
Donate Silver
For College Use
Rural Life Club, Extinct Since
1926, and Vanadis Bragi
Give Seventeen Piece Service
Winter quarter is rapidly ap­proaching
with the drama hit of the
season. Shakespeare's "Julius Cae­sar"
will be presented by the Di­vision
of Drama. The classic Eliza­bethan
tragedy is interpreted as a
struggle between dictatorship and
liberalism with Caesar and his
party costumed in Fascist uniform
with the swastika in the fore­ground.
The words of the text will remain
unchanged but will be read in mod­ern
colloquial style, and the set­ting,
costuming and properties will
be in the twentieth century manner.
' Tryouts for this play will occur
the beginning of the second week of
winter quarter. As this will be an
unusually interesting experiment,
Division of Drama hopes that many
students will be re-reading "Julius
Caesar" and will come to the try-out
conferences.
MARY KNIBBS
Mary Knibbs, one of two dele­gates
from Whatcom county, left
for Chicago on Thanksgiving day
to attend the national Four-H con­gress
and International Livestock
exposition.
While in Chicago she met with
representatives from every state in
the union except California; also
delegates from Ontario and Hawaii.
Miss Knibbs has been a member
of Four-H for seven years and has
attained a position' of leadership.
She is also prominent in school
activities, holding the position of
secretary of the WAA •
A silver service of seventeen
pieces, a present to the faculty and
students of WWC, will be used for
the first time at the annual Christ­mas
tea at Edens hall Sunday, De­cember
12, at 5:30. The service,
valued at about $185, is a present of
the Rural Life club of 1916 to 1926
and the members of the Vanadis
Bragi from 1926 to 1934.
The Rural Life club, the name of
which was changed to Vanadis
Bragi in 1926 when the sponsorship
was transferred from the hands of
Miss Delia Keeler to Miss Emma
Erickson, had for years been ac­cumulating
a fund which was ori­ginally
intended to be spent for a
mountain cabin, but with the estab­lishment
of several out-of-door
places about the county, the plan
was abandoned and the fund was
kept and grew with compound in­terest.
When Miss Keeler passed the
sponsorship to Miss Erickson, the
former left approximately $100 to
the club in trust with Miss Erickson,
with the stipulation that the money
was to be spent by the club for
something that would benefit ths
whole school. Many times, accord­ing
to Miss Erickson, the money
was in danger of being spent for
something that would not benefit
en diligently accumulated since
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Noted
Concert
Director
Mary McCormic, Noted Soprano
Of Concert and Opera
To Accompany Kryl Symphony
BOHUMIR KRyfc.
Conductor Kryl Symphony Orchestra
Klipsun Staff
To Appoint
New Members
Staff Additions Needed for
Winter Quarter; Meeting
Called to Discuss Plans
Several new members will be ad­ded
to the Klipsun staff to work
on the annual during the winter
quarter, according to Eleanor Reas­oner,
editor. Students who are in­terested
are asked to see Miss
easoner or call at the Klip­sun
office as soon as possible as the
appointments will be announced at
the beginning of the next term.
The Klipsun staff is to have a
meeting in the Associated Student
Body room after school Tuesday,
December 14. The purpose of the
meeting is to discuss and outline the
work for the coming quarter and
complete the plan for the year book.
The snapshot ^campaign is still
in progress and various stunts will
be used to make the students con­scious
of the fact and create an
interest in taking pictures which
^Dangerous Corner'
Now Playing
Guild Scores Again in Mystery
Drama; Action Takes Place
In English Country Home
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pleted during the next few days.
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Jan Piemiavsky, Distinguished Pianist,
'Mobbed' By Elementary Students
By Bill Fowler
Jan CherMavsky stood backstage,
surrounded Ly eager training school
students, an& goodnaturedly signed
programs aft»- his recital in Tues­day's
assembll. The applause had
scarcely died! down before the
swarming yourljsters "mobbed" him
in quest of atitcgraphs.
Cherniavsky, Who made a hit
here last year, again proved popu­lar,
his brilliaut interpretations
drawing surprised applause from
the audience. •
The Russian pianist participates
in several sports, stating that while
music is good mental recreation,
everyone should also exercise the
body. He's a devout golfer and
"racqueteer," and ipso indulges in a
bit of billiards, cards, and chess.
Cherniavsky displayed a hearty,i
sincere disposition,' and showed an i
easy familiarity with sports terms |
in illustrating his comments.
The "poet of the piano" had plen­ty
of praise for the school's new pi­ano,
inferring that it is vastly su­perior
to the old instrument. He
was particularly impressed with its
tone and the way it filled the audi-torium.
'Of course the pianist is
the main thing," he said, "but a
good piano is like a good glove to a
ball player."
"The secret of success in playing
the piano is the same as in golf or
tennis, namely 'swing,' or rhythm,"
explained Chernviasky. "The same
principle which allows a small man
to drive a golf ball 300 yards or
'smack' a tennis ball, applies to mu­sic."
An interesting possession of the
Russian is his collapsible piano
chair, which fits into a small case,
gaily bedecked with labels from all
py^£ the world. He plans to leave
f^Europe soon to perform in Lonr
don, Russia, Austria, and Hungary.
He will be gone eighteen months.
Proving as popular as its laugh
provoking antecedent, "Cappy
Ricks," the powerful psychological
drama "Dangerous Corner" is now
playing at the theatre guild. J. B
Priestley's great play has been
staged all over the world, and was
the first production in which Fran­ces
Parmer starred, when she was
an undergraduate at the University
of Washington.
The title is based upon the state­ment
by one of ;the characters that
"telling the truth about one's life is
as healthy as skidding around a
corner at sixty."
Milton Clarke and Norman Bur-chette
are co-directors of the
play and Werner Klein is stage
manager. The action takes place in
an English country house, and the
characters are fashionable English­men
whose parts in the death of a
man are slowly revealed. Clarke
is cast in the role of" Robert Chat
field, a young emotional person
whose wife Freda (Winona Pendle­ton)
is unhappily married.
Francis Berry plays the part of
Stanton, the sinister influence, to
perfection. Carol Hughes and Geo.
Harrison are another unhappily
married couple.
The drama made its debut Wed­nesday
and has been playing night­ly.
Tomorrow night is its last show­ing.
The presentation is not recom­mended
for children, but is fine en­tertainment
for older persons, in­cluding
college students.
On T> tfof tzon
Monday, December 13
7:30 p. m.— Alkisiah club
meeting, Edens Hall Club
room.
Tuesday, December 14
2:30 p. m.—Kryl Symphony
orchestra, American the­atre.
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7:30 p. mi-r^Biue Triangle
meeting, Blue Triangle club
house. V
8:15 p. nt—Kryl Symphony
orchestra, American the­atre.
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Wednesday, December 15
4:00 p. m— Christmas vaca­tion
begins, quarter ends.
Orchestra To Play Two
Performances
In Afternoon and Evening
Children To Attend
If American opera is to recover
from the heavy blow struck by the
depression—in the opinion of Mary
McCormic, one of the most widely
known lyric sopranos of the day-it
must doff the traditional silk hat
and go to the people.
Miss McCormic is now on the
coast-to-coast tour of the United
States, singing with the Kryl Sym­phony
orchestra- and will appear
here on Tuesday, December 14, at
the American theatre under the
auspices of the Western Washing­ton
college.
Opera for everybody is advocated
by Miss McCormic, who believes
that small mobile opera companies
will possibly be formed and will tour
the states so they can be heard by
everybody at reasonable prices. "I
definitely believe," Miss McCormio
said, "that the day has passed when
opera will last only a few months in
New York and Chicago, at steep
prices for the carriage trade."
Miss McCormic has been a mem­ber
of the Paris and Chicago opera
companies and was formerly the
wife of Prince Mdi'vani.
Bohurnir Kryl, conductor of the
symphony^ orchestra, „was once a
cornet soloist with the famous John
Philip Sousa. He also served an ap­prenticeship
under Saunders, the
noted English sculptor. He has
been touring this country for the
past thirty-two years. He was also
•commissioned to direct and train
the United States army bands.
Two performances will be given.
The.matinee has been especially ar­ranged
for grade school children
and Mr. kryl will have the various
instruments demonstrated for them.
WWC students who have made
reservations will be admitted to the
evening performance on presenta­tion
of their student body tickets.
Dormitory Gals
Carol Sweetly
Sunday Morning
Carols, breakfast, and tea will be
the features of Sunday, December
12, for Edens hall girls. Arising at
4:30 a. m., the girls will be served
hot chocolate before leaving to carol
around to the different organized
houses, and faculty homes. The
freshman girls will remain in the
dormitory to prepare breakfast for
the upper classmen upon their re­turn
at 8:00 a. m.
The annual Christmas tea will be
held Sunday, December 12, in the
Blue room of Edens hall. All the
members of the faculty and then-wives
have been invited and each
dorm girl is acting as hostess to one
member of the faculty. - The Edens
hall choir, directed by Miss Myra
Booth, will be presented. The chorus
will sing several well known Christ­mas
carols. Christmas tea is held
each fall quarter and is classed as
the most popular social function
given by the girls of Edens hall.
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Rec Hour Doomed
By Closed Week-end
As exam week is nearing, there
will be no rec hour tonight. Prev­iously
the closed session began two
weeks before the last week of school,
but due to recent change it now
starts the Monday before the last
week of the quarter, allowing an
extra week-end of freedom before
cramming for examinations.
The quarter ends Friday, Decem­ber
17, 1937, and the week-end
before that no extra curricular ac­tivities
are held, and for dormitory
girls and those in the organized
houses no special permissions are
granted. Because of these regula­tions,
this period of time has been
termed closed week-end.
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