WWCollegian - 1945 December 14

              Wolld Tleivs
oi the Week
By JESS BAILEY
ROAD BACK FROM WAR
President Truman has asked for
strike, legislation because a major
attempt by the labor-management
conference failed to bring labor
peace. President Truman said,
" I t becomes the duty of the gov­ernment
to act on its own initia-
. tive." He, therefore, proposed
that congress pass legislation,
similar in principle to the con-gressionally
inspired Railway Labor
,Act of 1926, for the settlement
of all important disputes in na­tionwide
industries. He hoped
congress would refrain from adop­ting
"repressive or coercive meas­ures
against either side," and
added: "A free American labor
and a free American private en­terprise
are essentia! to our free
democratic system."
TRUMAN SAYS
"Total employment," he said,
"has returned to the V-J day level.
Unemployment so far is less than
• had been expected. Reconversion
of war plants is virtually com­pleted;
most wartime controls
have been lifted. Business activity
continues good, and most peace­time
products are already in pro­duction
or ready to roll. Finally,
the cost of living has declined
slightly, although inflation is still
a menace.
WINNERS TRUST
The (United States control has
covered more territory than any
country in history. One American
army is in German y, one in
China, and excluding Russia the
United States monopoly of power
is very evident.
The cost of world power in Ger­many
and China has been discov­ered
by the American people, so
the American people are asking
about our foreign policy. The
Potsdam declaration is f a I I i n-g
apart and will be revised, accord­ing
to President Truman.
CHINA
A large storm is gathering over
C h i n a . America's ambassador,
Maj. Gen. Patrick Hurley, said
that another world war is begin­ning
to rise on the horizon.
FRANCE *
The most distressing problem
of winter months ahead is the
coal shortage for .the French pop­ulation.
Much suffering is pre­dicted.
The de Gaulle govern­ment
is stronger now-after the
crisis of tf|e last few days.
NUREMBERG SHOW
A picture of all of the atrocities
.of the German War staff was
shown to them in the trial at
Nuremberg. The pictures of blind­ed
men caused by eye-gouging
torture, and charred and gangren­ous
semi-skeletons contorted in
horrible death, cannibalism as a
last resort from starvation, arid
bulldozer burials of millions of in­nocent
victims .were the main pic­tures
shown.
Hjallmar Schact, Rudolf Hess
and Reichsmarshal Goring were
all there, as bloodthirsty as ever,
but did show signs of breaking
down in the last scenes of the
show.' Goring said that if he were
given another. chance, he would
do i't all over again."
Student: Lounge To
Open If Students
Will Pledge Support
A special committee appointed by
Beverly McNally, acting student
body president, has been investi­gating
the possibility of having the
Student Lounge open one night a
week. June White and Beverly
Morgan are on this committee.
The committee has reported that
if enough students wish to see the
Lounge open, it can be arranged.
A sufficient number of students
must show interest before it will be
opened, however' and must state
their preference as to the night they
would like to be able to use the
Lounge.
The Lounge can be opened every
Saturday night, every other Satur­day
night, or only after games, de­pending
upon the wishes of the
student body.
A list is posted on the bulletin
board now for all those to sign who
are in favor of having the Lounge
open on some night. Students are
asked to sign only if they plan to
visit the Lounge frequently.
Leon Fleisher
Plays Tonight
Leon Fleisher will be featured by
the Civic Music association at the
Bellingham high school auditorium
tonight.
Leon Fleisher, 17-year-old concert
pianist, made his official debut with
the New York Philharmonic or­chestra
a year ago.and was acclaim­ed
"pianistic find of the century".
Fleisher started laking lessons at
the age of four and first appeared
in public in a San Francisco con­cert
at seven years. When 10, he
was a student for a year at Lake
Como, Italy, under Dr. Artur Sch-nabel.
In 1943 he played as guest
pianist with the San Francisco
symphony orchestra a n d critics
called him the "young Rachmanin­off",
describing his concert "as the
biggest thrill since the discovery of
Yehudi Menuhin.
His concert Friday night is for
Civic Music members only, admis­sion
by membership card. The stu­dents
of WWC will be admitted
upon showing their student activity
card. The concert starts at 8:15.
Clothes Drive
Race Rages
H e a d i n g the A WS-sponsored
clothes drive for WWC is Virginia
Pendleton, junior, who is working
under the title of war activities
chairman for this purpose. Class
competition is the method in which
the drive is being put into action.
Three boxes, labeled "Frosh, Sophs,
and Jr.-Sr." are on the second floor
of the main hall, and the response
is not up to committee expectations.
The drive will last through the
Christmas vacation, when it will
go under the auspices of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce. The Jaycees
are,, also planning a drive and when
they are ready to ship their material
to Europe, they will include the
clothes WWC has gathered in their
shipment. There will be .a ther­mometer
in the hall showing the
rise or ebb of student response.
WW\
Vol. XLIV — No. 11 ' Western Washington College, Bellingham, Washington Friday, December 14, 1945
Klipsun Staff
Keeps Busy
"Have you had your picture
taken?" was the question t h at
echoed up and down the hall last
Friday, December 7, as freshman
and sophomore pictures were taken
for the Klipsun. J. W. Sandison of
Sandison's Studio was doing the
honors at the camera and by noon
on Friday all but 50 of the lower
classmen had been corraled and
^posed for pictures.
The Klipsun party was held at
the home of Mrs. Ruth A. Burnet,
adviser, last week. Special guests
at the party were Mr. K. Miller and
Mr. P. Cannon of Western Engrav­ing
Company at Seattle. Mr. Miller
and Mr. Cannon talked with the
staff regarding covers for the year­book,
and they gave many helpful
suggestions. Mr. Miller left several
sample yearbooks from various col­leges
and universities to be analyzed
by the staff.
On Saturday, December 21, the
entire Klipsun staff will make a
trip to Seattle to visit the Western
Engraving Company, and learn by
witnessing, the procedure of mount­ing
for the annual. The members
will be given helpful suggestions
on the art of mounting, and at a
luncheon party, they will discuss
points learned at the printing of­fice.
The purpose of the trip is to
give each member of the Klipsun
staff a first-hand view of the mount­ing
and printing for the construc­tion
of a yearbook.
Rise In Registration
Expected By Staff
Winter registration-at WWCE will
be the largest in several years, ac­cording
to reports from the reg­istrar's
office. Pre-nursing stu­dents
number 35. The largest regis-stration,
however, comes from the
non-diploma group.
A large enrollment of returning
veterans, of whom many have pre­viously
attended WWCE, is expect­ed.
Some, taking advantage of the
G. I. Bill of Rights, are planning
to finish their college education.
Others are just starting /college,
while some are finishing up their
high school credits. Abput twenty
of the veterans are married and are
looking for homes for themselves
and their families.
Many Upper Class
Students Will Do
Teaching Next Term
Student teaching winter quarter
will-be a large group of juniors and
some senior students at WWC.
Among the juniors who will be de­voting
their full days to the Campus
school are Margaret Rutledge, Vir­ginia
Pendleton, Sigrid Johnson,
Barbara Caldwell, Nell Kosola,
Elerine Shannon, Peggy Elefson,
Lloyd Jones, Beverly McNally and
Charlotte Samples.
Others who plan to teach are
Helen Landers, Eleanor Harring­ton,
and Edith Cohen. Four stu­dents
are doing their degree teach­ing,
and they are Martha "Graves,
Zella McMannama, Marion Miller
and Louis Geri.
Those' planning to do this work
winter quarter have not as yet been
assigned to which grade they will
teach, but arrangements are now
being completed in that field.
Five Earn B. A.
Degrees Soon
Leaving at the end of the quarter
to start their careers are Mrs.
Matilda C a r e y , Helen Darrah,
James Gilday, Marilyn Johnson
and Mrs. E l l e n M e r r y m a n.
-They will receive their teaching
certificates and B. A. degree at that
time.
Of the five graduates, three have
made definite plans as to where
they are going to teach. Marilyn
Johnson will teach in Mount Vern­on,
and James Gilday is striking
out for WSC. Mrs. Merryman is
going to Hawaii, and the other two
have not as yet made final plans.
Carol Next Week
Do you like to sing carols? If
so, don't forget that there will be
caroling in the Student Lounge
during the lunch hour next week.
The caroling will begin at ap­proximately
12:30 and end about
1:00. It is urged that all stu­dents
turn out for this worth­while
endeavor to make the
Christmas season stand out as
one that will be continued and
remembered in the years to come.
Terrific Ties Take Tops In Contest;
Wilson And Dr. Bond Win Awards
Attention!
Students: Examination sched­ules
are now posted. To avoid
confusion make a note of the
schedule of your tests.
By BARBARA COZZA
"Weren't they absolutely hor­rible?"
"I've never seen anything
like it before in my young life."
"You can't be too hard on them,
after all". Okay, so you don't know
what we're talking about . . . well,
to elucidate.
These were just a few of the. com­ments
heard around the halls the
day of the big contest. Which con­test?
Wise up, Jack, it was the
contest sponsored by the Manca
club in connection with National
Tie Week.
All the fellows were supposed to
dig out their flashiest neckpieces
and sport them ; around school the
other day. Heaven only knows
where some of the things came
from, but it was guessed the boys
took people at their word and did
dig them up.
Coming in a winner for the fac­ulty
was Dr. Bond. The members of
the judging committee had a pretty
hard time trying to figure out the
student winner, „ but they finally
came up and named Wally Wilson
at the head of the list.
Here we quote Al Cochran, Manca
club prexy: "They were given the
most atrocious, fantastic, gosh-aw-ful
ties you ever saw as prizes."
And by now everyone in school
must have seen these talked-about
creations, because the winners had
to wear them for three consecutive
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Collegian To Be
Six Columns
A six-column WWCollegian will
be published every week starting
with the winter quarter, according
to Catherine Anderson, Collegian
editor. This larger paper will re­place
the present five-column sheet.
During peacetime a seven-column
newspaper is published by the staff,
but it was decided by members
that the paper should work up grad­ually
to its pre-war size in consid­eration
of both the budget and the
size of the present staff.
The proposed new budget was
made up by Collegian editor Ander­son
and business manager Louise
. Mosher, and was approved by the
Board of Control at a recent meet­ing.
"We hope that this will really
start the Collegian rolling back to
its original size," they said, "and
maybe by sometime next year it will
be possible to have the seven-column
paper once again."
Housing Project Now
Being Considered
Western Washington College of
Education is now considering a
temporary housing project for re­turning
servicemen who are enter­ing
or re-entering college. Dr. Wil­liam
Wade' Haggard revealed the
housing program before the monthly
meeting of the Municipal Park
board at the city hall, Friday even­ing,
December 7.
Under consideration, Dr. Haggard
told the board, is a plan to lease
from the government some 25 trail­er
house units. The units are at
Forks on the Olympia peninsula.
The idea is to move the structures
from there to Bellingham.
Dr. Haggard told the board mem­bers
that the present plan is to
place the trailer homes on state-owned
property on level ground at
the entrance of Sehome hill park.
With adequate places to live an
increase in enrollment is. expected.
Lounge to Have
New Furniture
It was learned from Bob Searl,
Lounge manager, that the rumor
about new furniture for the Student
Lounge has become a reality.
"We are getting love-seats for
two. There will be one for each
end of the Lounge and they will be
hand made of brown leatherette,"'
said Bob. At a cost of $88 apiece,
the seats are being made especially
for WWC by the Bellingham Up­holstering
Co., and will have new
smoke stands at each side.
These novel additions to the
Lounge will be ready for the
winter quarter.
Faculty Men Play
Bernard Regier will be bass soloist
at the Christmas program to be
presented Sunday, December 16, at
the Presbyterian church.
Dr. Frank D'Andrea of the music:
department will take part in th&
Christmas program of the Garden.
Street Methodist church to be
held Sunday, December 16. He will,
play a violin solo, "Pastoral Sym­phony."