WWCollegian - 1944 November 17

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VOL'XLIII-r-NO; 8
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Service Men and Women
Western Washington College of Educatjgr^eH.ingham, Washington Friday, November; 11, 1944
Home Front Revives Past Events
Jl else Queen Sigrid VII and Hpme Front Princesses
. Tloies
By Walt Baker
WELCOME, SONS AND DAUGHTERS:
This weekend is Western Washington's second annual
HOMEFRONT celebration. The combined talents of co-chair­men
HERB WITT and BARBARA te HENNEPE with their
committee heads and members, have turned all their efforts
toward the one objective of welcoming back the graduated
sons and daughters of our fine school. Although a good many
graduates will not be here today or tomorrow, our thoughts
are with them, and we especially carry on for those Viking
sons who have given their last measure so that we may have
the solemn right of free men and women to carry on and enjoy
traditions they so fervently loved and so nobly died for. To
these men, and to the thousands more, both men and women,
fighting the fight for freedom, fighting so that the future
Western Washington sons may celebrate weekends such as
this, in traditional HOME COMING fashion, we dedicate all
the 1944 HOMEFRONT activities.
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YESTERYEAR MEMORIES:
HOMEFRONT WEEKEND, as most of you know, is a sub­stitute
for the former pre-war homecoming events of not so
many years back. Homecoming, or Homefront, as it is known
for the duration, is an annual and traditional affair at most
schools. Because of the war, much of the color and festive
atmosphere of former homecomings is missing, but the glory
of. those days and of those traditions will always live in our
hearts. Here at Western Washington we do not boast a
gigantic alumni association," but many who have attended the
college on the hill look forward to this week as a time when
they can show Junior the kind of a time Daddy's college puts
on for the bio" timers": To "them, Homefornt is the week tney
come in contact with old classmates or pals and a time when
they have an opportunity to say hello to faculty members. All
, in all, it's a friendly sort of a weekend, when students both
past and present, no matter where they are, will either con­gregate
here on the campus or send best wishes.
•
FORMER BIG BUGS:
Some of the Homecoming chairmen of yesteryear that we
will see today or tomorrow will include such known person­alities
as DAN'BIEGHLE of the Mr. Baker High school staff
at Deminq; ALVIN. "SWEDE" ANDERSON, former Belling­ham
high coach; CLARENCE THUE, LADD SHANGLE, HAR­OLD
NELSON, FRANK TUCKER, DON NEAL, and last years
first Homefront chairmen—WALT BAKER and JEANETTE
BRIGHT DIEDE.
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ROYAL COURT:
From an innocent bystander's observation we will attempt to
deduce, from a meager acquaintance with the Homefront
court and from their pictures, some of the personal char­acteristics
that they may or may not have.
First off, Queen of the big weekend, Miss Marjorie SIN­NETT.
It's the eyes in this case and the flow of that long
beautiful.hair. She looks extremely tender and docile; if she
should shoot a hypodermic needle into a tender portion of
your anatomy you'd ask her to do it all over again just so
she'd stay by your bedside a little longer. Her mouth shows
that she is intelligent and a smile might pop out any minute.
' Cute little MARJORIE is a senior and claims both Mount
Vernon and Seattle as her home. She is peaches and cream
to a handsome chap, who is the' wearer of the Navy blues.
We students and Homefront patrons salute you, QUEEN SIG­RID
VII.
Princess MARGIE MOYER looks as though she's the "life
of the party" tvpe. Her picture indicates that while taking out
your appendix she'd tell you a side splitting joke. Her eyes
show cleverness and originality. We'd take her down to the
corner drugstore for a "coke" or to a basketball game. Some­thing
informal—a good sport, Margie, an Edens hall resident
while" attending school, hangs her hat in a spacious Anacortes
home. She also is the dream girl of a white-hatted service
man with the Navy.
•Princess GLENN IS SUNDBERG is the type of gal we'd take
to some high class night spot, or to the Metropolitan Opera .
in New York, where they charge you to breathe the air.
Imagine her in a long white formal and a wreath of green
orchids in her hair. All she'd have to do for our money is sit
around and looked bored. (Just like a Camay advertisement.)
We'd have fun watching the other fellows wrangle invitations
from us.
Princess BARBARA te HENNEPE, known as "Babs" to her
collegaues, is a captivating, likeable person with easy to look
at features, and the type' you'd enjoy watching swimming and
hiking with. And the kind you'd like to take home to dinner.
Princess Babs is a physical education major and hails from
Ridgefield, Washington. The sophs did themselves proud by
electing Barbara as their representative in the Royal Court.
Princess BERN ICE CHATTERTON. ' Not much is known
about this bundle of beauty from the frosh ranks. As she
walks by the halls and as you study her picture, you feel your­self
being floated away into a dreamy world, with just you
and Princess Bernice. She 'is endowed with big possibilities
in her remaining collegiate years and you'll be hearing and
seeing a lot of this scintillating blue-eyed dream girl.
' W e l l , there it is, gals. Don't be angry if we made a mistake
...WeVe proud of you a l l . .:
pictured above are the queen and four princesses of the Home Front Weekend, who are reigning over
all the festivities now in progress. From left to right they are: Glennis Sundberg, senior from Bremerton;
Barbara te Hennepe, sophomore from Ridgefield; Marjorie Sinnett (Queen Sigrid VII), senior from Seattle;
Margie Moyer, senior from Anacortes; and~Bernice Chatterton,freshman from Bellingham.
AWS Sponsors
li X5ras
Toss Your Troubles To The
Winds—Get On The Beam;
Attend Tuesday's Big Festival
By Margaretta Leen
Gayety and color will be the
theme of the AWS Mardi Gras next
Tuesday evening in the student
lounge. Your 5 cent ticket will give
you $5.00 worth of fun and laugh­ter,
to say nothing of the door prize
which will go to the holder of the
lucky ticket drawn during the fes­tivities.
- Are you worried about your de­ficient
subjects? Do you wonder
if that man in the service is true
to you? Consult the mysterious
fortune teller who will attend the
Mardi Gras. She will help you
with your problems and give you
advice on your current heart-throb.
If you are too shy to ask that
sweet young thing for a dance at
the Mardi Gras, send her a tele­gram
from one of the booths. For
a nickel you can hire a John Alden
to sing her a love^-song. Or if you
have long been tortured by a sup­pressed
desire to gamble, try the
penny-toss, a game which' might
give you that warm jingling feeling
in your pockets. Almost every
booth will have a-prize—bingo, fishr
pond, and dart-throwing.
Serpentines and confetti will
whirl you into a mood of exhilira-tion.
Laughing faces will make
your spirits soar. Yet all these
pleasures will not be empty, for
every nickel you spend will send
WWCollegians overseas to the form­er
students who are now in the
front lines. Remember the slogan,
"Empty your purses and fill their
loneliness."
Studes Stage Rally
With a Serpentine and a fresh
laid bonfire, WWCE studes will
stage a pep rally on Saturday night
at 6:15 at the intersection of the
infirmary and the Sehome road.
"Some of the best school spirit
will be shown as the yell leaders
lead the rooters into some dynamic
yells. Coaches and Captains of
both teams will be there to stir up
some pep," said Cale Campbell,
chairman of the rally.
A parade will lead rooters from
the bonfire through town and back
in time for the game.
Home Front Issue Honors Hill
By Walt Baker
Thewar;'ta many of us/stilr seems distant; somewhat unreal: More
and more frequently, however, it is striking close to home and we are
made to realize that it is our own boys from this very campus/who are
helping to bear the brunt of the world-wide conflict.
* 4 ^ « ^ Not so many days ago, or so it
i s | | p l i | | | | seems, we had in our midst a
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blonde-thatched fellow who prob­ably
is a stranger to most of you.
His name is Evan Hill, the first
WWCollegian editor in this war
to feel the sting of enemy bullets.
Evan, wounded in action in France,
in September, is having a slow
convalenscence now in an allied
hospital in the European area.
To Evan, we the present staff
of the WWCollegian, dedicate
this Home Front issue, in the hope
that he will be entertained and
perhaps pleased. We thank God
that he still lives to join with us
in a future homecoming celebra­tion.
To Evan, then, and to the many
other hundreds of Viking greats, both men and women, we wish God­speed.
To those who represent those gold stars on the service flag in
the Main Building, we say with deep gratitude, "You gave your all."
We, the students who are taking your places on this campus, ap­preciate
and commemorate the unselfish contributions you all have
made and are making to the future of this country. We promise to
join you in the responsibility of making sure that your efforts shall not
have been put forth in vain.
Service Stars
Number 788
By Joan Haggard
Many of the old grads coming
back today will notice the service
flag in the main hall. The number,
788, signifies the men and women
from this college who are now in
the armed forces.
Gold stars are many, too. WWC
seems to have had more than its
share of casualties. It seems hard
to believe that these former stu­dents
* who were so prominent and
liked so well are gone. Even thought
they can't be here with us for our
Homecomings they will never be
forgotten.
Those listed as missing or dead
are: Raymond Barnes, Joe Dwel-ley,
Jack Jensen, Harold Jevning,
William McNeill, Chester Orloff,
Edgar Slentz, Charles Starkovitch,
Arthur Toothman, Pete Gudyka,
Harold Nelson, Vernon Smith, Ed
Muscutt, John Schubergr Matt
Wheeler, Gage Chetwood, John Nix,
Eugene Garst, Jeff Tesreali/ Rich­ard
Mock, Jim Junkin and Harold
Johnson. Clinta Campbell, who
was a Wave, is the only WWC wo­man
known to have lost her life
in the line of duty. •- .•- ••'•.-•
Radio Class Gives
Two Broadcasts
Every Wednesday morning at
10:15, a group of girls present fairy
tales, and stories for children over
KVOS. This was mainly started
for children in the Orthopedic ward
of St. Joseph's hospital.
"The College Newsweek In Re­view"
is a program given every
Thursday afternoon at 4:49*. Each
week a student editor is appointed
and it is his or her duty to find
material, give assignments, and have
the program ready to broadcast on
Thursday. This is a program to
tell the people in Bellingham and
vicinity just what is going on up
here at the college on the hill.
Visitors On Campus
Inspecting the campus school
last Monday were Mr. Watt Long,
assistant superintendent of schools,
Dr. Vernon Anderson, director of
curriculum, and Mr. Paul Pinckney,
director of secondary education, all
from the Portland school system.
Following their tour, the men had
tea with the faculty of the college.
Game Climaxes
Vi^s Oppose
Drama Presentation
'Junior Miss'
Featured Attraction
Margaret Keehn Plays Lead;
Large Supporting Cast
"jM*or Miss,"' the Division of
Drama penthouse play, will be pre­sented
tonight and tomorrow af­ternoon
in the Edens Hall Blue
room. The play, one of the fea­tured
attractions of Home Front
Weekend, was given for the first
time last night. <• '
Margaret Keehn, freshman, plays
the leading role of "Judy" in the
play, and the rest of the cast-is as
follows: "Harry Graves," the fath­er,
Pitt White; "Grace Graves,"
the mother, Marilyn Manuel Wike;
"Lois Graves," their 16-year old
daughter, Persis Reynolds; "Hilda,"
the maid, Ethel Martispn; Puf­fy,"
Judy's best friend, Patsy Coop­er;
"J. B. Curtis," a family friend,
Don Neal; "Ellen," his daughter,
JoAnn Elwell; "Willis Reynolds,"
Bob Searl; "Barlow Adams," Alfred
Clement; "Merrill Feurbach,' Mer­lin
Reeck; "Tommy Arbuckle," Cur­tis
Borchers; and "Haskell Cum-mings,"
Lloyd Jones.
V. H. Hoppe, dramatic coach, is
director of the play, and the stu­dent
director assisting him is
Shirley Olsen.
Edens Sponsor
Open House
-This year the girls at Edens
Hall are sponsoring not only their
annual Christmas Tea, but also
open house for service men, which
is called "Fireside for Service Men."
There was a debate as to whether
they should have open house or
the Tea, so' in conclusion they com­promised
and decided to have both.
The Tea is to be held December
3, in the Blue room. This affair
being traditional will be very for­mal.
The Edens hall choir will
sing and there will be a piano solo
by Dr. Arthur Hicks.
Tea and cakes will be served
during , the evening. Co-chairmen
are Shirley Olson and June Shom-shok.
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Fireside will be held December
10, in the club room, which will
be decorated to carry out the il­lusion
of Christmas at home. "It
is to be an informal affair with
games and songs," announced Glen­nis
Sundberg, co-chairman, "and
things the boys* want to do."
Posters will be made and invita­tions
sent to the Chaplain for the
men at Ault Field, Oak Harbor, and
other near bases. Co-chairman are
Peggy Custer and Glennis Sund­berg.
Coronation Climaxes
Morning Assembly
With the crowning of Queen Sig­rid
VTI as the climax to this morn­ing's
assembly, the Home Front
program has really started. Marjo­rie
Sinnett, reigning over the week­ends
activities with her princesses.
The remainder of the assembly
hour was taken up by the various
skits from school clubs and sur­rounding
houses on the campus.
These annual skits included ones
from Edens Hall, which showed a
scene on the front steps; Alkisiah,
with ghosts as their theme; the
WWCollegian, putting out their
weekly paper; WRA, a barnyard:
scene; AWS, with the title of "Man­ners
for Millions of Modest Maid­ens,"
shows how the girls should
act when they take the boys out; .
Daniels Hall, with the UBC game
in view; and Vanadis Bragi, Hos­pice
Inn, and Blue Triangle, all
-.with Home Front themes.
Second Day;
Foster To Captain Vikings
To Probable Victory
Over Strong Canadian Team
Basketball will take over this
year as the climax to Home Front
week, with the Blue and White op­posing
the strong UBC quintet Sat­urday
at 8:00 p. m;
Football has always been the big
game in the past, and will be
greatly'missed by all the old grads,
both at home and in the service.
Last year there wasn't a home­coming
game and it just didn't
seem like college. The Vikings
will really have to play ball to dump
the thunderbirds as they a boast a
very rangy and experienced squad.
UBC beat the Vikings by two
points last year arid they have all
but one of their men back this
year. Lappy's straight line de-
. fense will probably give the Cana­dians
plenty of trouble and may
mean victory for the hilltoppers.
Paul Foster, diminutive guard, will
captain the Blue and White.
Luncheon Highlights
Saturday Activities
The second big day of the Home
Front Weekend will get off to a -
start by a luncheon in the Edens
Hall dining room tomorrow at 12
oclock. Individual place cards will
simplify the seating arrangement
for the many guests who- are plan­ning
to attend.
Presiding over the: fdrinsl :Kmchr
eon will be Doris Tedford,, ASB
prexy, dietUllin, of the Seattle
public school system a^d popiilar
former student ok WWC* .wltt^ leadv;^
the guests in community singing.
The main address will be given
by Frank. M. Brock, assistant super­intendent
of the Seattle schools
Stanley I. Thompson, principal of
the Junior Chamber of Commerce,
and Mary Bond Lash, president of
the Alumni Association, will also
speak.
Marge Sinnett, Home Front queen,
will present a gift to the oldest
graduate present at the luncheon.
Tickets have been on sale all week
in the main hall. Sales close on /
Thursday.
The hall will be decorated in
true WWC colors and style, with
flowers and blue and white stream­ers
adorning the room.
Dance In Lounge
Ends Activities
To wind up a full day of Home
Front activities there will be a
dance in the Student lounge Sat­urday
night following the basket­ball
game. With new records, cakes
served throughout the entire even­ing,
and a home coming and Viking
theme, everyone is urged to come
over from the gym to end up the
evening with a bang!
Dancing will begin immediately
following the game and continue
until 12 o'clock. Co-chairmen for
the affair are Marilyn Anderson
and Murray Stanley. Others on
the committee are Marilyn Booras,
Walt Baker, Vivian Cvetich and
Gordon Boney.
It Dateline
Friday, November 17
"Junior Miss," drama produc­tion,
Edens Hall Blue room, 8 p. m.
Saturday, November 18
Home Front Luncheon, Edens N
Hall 12 noon.
"Junior Miss" matinee, Edens Hall
Blue room, 2:30 p. m.
Basketball game, PE building,
8:15 p. m.
Serpentnie and Bonfire, 6:15 p. m.
Home Front Dance , Student
Lounge, 10 p. m.
Wednesday, November 22 V
Vacation from 12 noon to Monday
morning,' November 27.v ;
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