WWCollegian - 1943 December 3

              VOL. XLLI—NO. 10 Western Washington College, Bellingham, Washington Friday, December 3, 1943
ime Presents Dance Drama ^opli 'flask I
MIRIAM MARMEIN
Blackface Show
Rated Success
By LORNA JEAN BOORAS
• Blackfaced ringers and dancers
strutted a cakewalk down the aisles
of the auditorium and onto the
stage Tuesday evening to open their
darktown minstrel show and put
over what practically everyone pre&-
ent was heard to agree to be "the
most hilarious show to hit WWC."
Brightly costumed in true darkle
style, a cast of 30 students, main-ly
freshmen, and eight faculty
members faced a capacity audience
and raised funds to buy-new fur­niture
for the student lounge.
Minstrel in Three Parts
The modern minstrel was present­ed
in three parts; the first featuring
songs and dances, the second op­ening
with doll dances and starring
the Hospice Inn boys in "Dangerous
Dan McGrew," arid the third part
presenting the faculty in scenes
from "Uncle Tom's Cabin." The
curtain closed on a finale of the
entire chorus singing "You're a
Grand Old Mag," to end the per­formance
that has had the cast re­hearsing
for two months.
Students and Faculty Praised
Not only should the students be
praised for their hit-performances
and the faculty be thanked for
their dramatic contribution to the
program, but credit goes to the
backstage crew who wrote the
script, directed the acts, set the
stage, and advertised the show.
..Bob De Pastel and Glenn Burgess
not only starred in the show but
were the instigators who first pre­sented
the idea of giving a minstrel
show. Lorraine McConnell, the un­sung
heroine, remained backstage
as student director.
That the show uncovered hidden
talent is not merely an editorialized
fact but the opinion of everyone
present, and, as one of the audience
was heard commenting as they
came out the door, "I'll remember
this show a long time—there wasn't
a dull moment."
DIRECTOR MEETS
• Dr. Paul Grim, director of
Campus schools, represented this
college at the State Coordinating
committee meeting held last Mon­day
in the Olympic Hotel in Seat­tle.
The group included regional
curriculum chairmen, chairmen of
state-wide educational committees,
aiid curriculum consultants to the
X committeefrom every college In the
Miriam Marmein Presents Suite,
"Behold the Glory" in Assembly
• Miriam Marmein, American
mime and dancer, presented her
dramatic Biblical suite "Behold the
Glory," today in assembly.
Miss Marmein performed her
most ambitious work, in which close
adherence to. the Bible text is fol­lowed.
Critics everywhere have
given high credit for the beauty,
reverence, and human appeal of
the pantomime which vividly por­trays
Mary the Mother of Jesus^
Mary the Magdaline, Judas, the
Angel of Light, and other charac­ters
prominent in the life of the
Great Master. Music especially
adapted from compositions by
Bach, Brahms, and Halst accom­panied
the national drama. Pro­gram
rites were taken from the
books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and
John. . •'•'-.
Mary Louise Strange, New York
pianist, accompanied her, and all
the costumes and action were the
creative work of Miriam Marmein.
Collegian Receives
Excellent Rating
• Bernice Shellhamer, WWCol-legian
editor 1942-43, and her last
year's staff recently received from
the All-American Critical Service
the rating of first class or excel­lent
for the WWC publication dur­ing
the winter and spring quarters.
This criticism service is rendered
by the National Scholastic Press
Association and the Associated Col­legiate
Press which is located at
the University of Minnesota, Min­neapolis.
College papers from all
over the United States belong to
the CPS.
The ratings given, according to
the scorebook are: All-American,
superior; first class, excellent; sec­ond
class, good;' third class, fair;
and fourth class, no honors. The
papers are judged on coverage, bal­ance,
vitality, and originality.
The pape*. did not enter competi­tion
the fall quarter.
"The Viking Five Sweetheart*'
has been chosen as the title
of the sophomore co-ed to be
honored during the activities
planned by her class to boost
the Viking-Husky basketball
conflict, January 14.
But mystery shrouds the or­igin
of the name. As the dead*
line for sophs to hand in
suggestions for the co-ed'sname
was 2 p. m. yesterday, the
committee of judges gathered
together the names which they
had received at that time and
proceeded to search for the
one that seemed to click. The
class had decided that their
honored woman should be giv­en
a novel name, not queen or
princess, and a prize was of­fered
to the author of the
best suggestion. The judges
selected, "Viking Fife Sweet­heart."
But now they're puz­zled.
The author is anony­mous
and the committee can't
quite decide what to do with
the prize.
T-B Seals On Sale
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Tuutcmosis
• A volunteer
army is preparing
for an all-out
fight against tu­berculosis
through
the annual sale of
Christmas S e a Is,
which began here
November 22 and
will continue thru
•OT mi OSE Christmas Eve.
Cbrisbns Sufc - T h i s year' s seal-pictured
here, is a symbol, calling
to mind the .fact that tuberculosis
is still the leading cause of death
in the most productive years of
life, and through the sale, the fight
against this enemy can be carried
on.
Christmas seals can be purchased
under the direction of the What­com
County Tuberculosis league,
Post Office Box 628, City, at one
dollar per sheet. This year is the
thirty-seventh Christmas seal sale,
and is under the local direction of
Mrs. S. C. Roland.
Pianist Performs Before Civic Music
• The career of E. Robert
Schmitz, pianist, who will appear in
a Civic Music concert Wednesday,
December 8, explains his eminence
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E.: ROBERT SCHMITZ
in the world of music. Beginning as
a choir boy, he later studied violin
and piano at the Paris Conserva­tory,
winning many high distinc­tions
and awards. Leaving the con­servatory,
he toured Europe as a
concert pianist. During various
phases of his career, he has been
violinist, pianist, accompanist, con­ductor,
teacher, lecturer, sometimes
more than one at a time, as demon­strated
by an occasion in Paris
when he was lecturer, conductor,
and piano soloist all on the same
program.
His association of long years
with many of the outstanding mod­ern
composers (Debussy and Ravel
were particularly close friends of
his) bespeak his thorough under­standing
of contemporary• music: A
student of the classics, as well, he
is rioted for his playing of Bach
and has made a special study of
Chopin.
Typical of the reaction to his
every performance is the following
comment made by one critic: "—a
delight to the mind and to the
auditory nerves... a mastery of tone
and technique unequalled, to my
knowledge, by any living pianist."
Mr. Schmitz will give the third
concert? in the Civic Music Series
on Wednesday evening. Students
may make reservations on Monday,
Tuesday, arid Wednesday: of next
week.. ;
Davis Next Speaker Sophs Sponsor
First Maple
Court Contest
Sophomore Plans Include Pep
Rally and Banquet;
Honored Co-ed To Rule
• That the sophomore class will
sponsor the basketball game be­tween
the VUdngs and the Univer­sity
of Washington Huskies, Friday,
January 14, was the decision reach­ed
at the Sophomore meeting Tues-.
day morning. The Board of Con­trol
met Wednesday afternoon and
approved the sponsorship. With
Cale Campbell, sophomore prexy,
presiding over the class meeting,
advance publicity ideas were formu­lated,
Beginning with a pep rally
Thursday night, plans include a
banquet Friday afternoon, and the
selection of a co-ed to reign over
the affair. The WRA is sponsoring
a carnival following the game.
Heading all arrangements will be
co-chairmen Vincella Zankich and
Georgia Driver. Other committee
chairman appointed were: ticket
sales, Mary Louise Burke, Zosia
Nowagrowski; ticket booth down­town,
Crystal Ackerman; queen
committee, Margaret Johnson, Mary
Ann McLeod; Frances" Benson;, band
and half time entertainment, Mary
Aldrich, Maryanhe Golley; poster?
and handbills, Cale Campbell; yell
leaders, Pat Bellingham; publicity,
Pat Scott, Jean Mulvaney; banquet,
Jean Borchardt, Ivaloe Stillman;
novelties, Jean Knudsen, Harriet
Clow.
WSS Contributions
Still Welcomed
• Although the, public drive to
raise funds for the WSSF has been
discontinued for the present time,
it will again be instituted during
the next quarter. Contributions are
still being accepted by the com­mittee
although the booth has been
removed from the hall..
At present, a total of $70 has
been received but the goal which
was set for WWC is $250. Accord­ing
to WSSF heads, the need for
funds to use in the World Student
Service is even greater this year
than in former years, for student
captives in Germany, China, Greece
and Poland are already receiving
aid from this organization.
HAGGARD EXTENDS
CONGRATULATIONS
. • Extending, a message of best:
wishes from WWC to Dr. S. C.
Eastbold, the new president of Pa­cific
Lutheran College, Dr. W.W.
Haggard spoke at the college in
* Parkland last Sunday afternoon.'
The close contact between WWC
and PLC is a result of the WINC6
sports league. Before- the war,; ia-terschool
competition was carried
on between the three colleges of
education, St. Martins College and
Pacific Lutheran College, under the
name of WTNCO league,
A Winco Press association, spon­sored
by the same colleges, was
organized in 1941, and held several
inter college meetings until forced1
to suspend for the duration of the
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HOWARD PIERCE DAVIS
Howard Pierce Davis will bring
his convictions as to how to sal­vage
and extend world Democracy
to the students Tuesday morning,'
December 1, in the last assembly
of the fall quarter.
News Analyst
TaHcs Tuesday
• Wherever hot spots have de­veloped
in Europe for the past few
years, Howard Pierce Davis has had
a; ring-side seat next to the men
who have been making history, and
will narrate his global experiences
to WWC students Tuesday, Decem­ber
7, when he speaks in assembly.
A popular lecturer all along the
West coast, Davis has stirred audi­ences
here in previous years with
his stimulating talks and his analy­sis
of world affairs. His lecture
tours have living data behind them,
for he has traced political patterns
in Europe, he«was in the conference
decades ago when Hitler predicted
his rise to power, and he has haunt4
ed the foreign offices for his ma­terial.
Not only is Howard Pierce
Davis famous for his lectures, but
he is popular for his editorials and
radio broadcasts. People who have
heard him are impressed with the
fact that he knows what he wants
to say and how to say it.
Supervisors Visit
Campus School
• Dr. Esther Harris, director of
the University of Washington Nurs­ery
school, and Miss Ethel Wright,
worker in the new in-service train­ing
program, spent today visiting
local nursery schools and the Cam­pus
Elementary school. Miss Wright
has been loaned to the state of
Washington by Winnetka, Illinois,
to work in the in-service training
of nursery school teachers in the
present war emergency program".
Also visiting the Campus schools
this week have been the four sup­ervisors
of the State Department of
Education, including Miss Marcella
Lawler, high school supervisor; Miss
Susan Lacey, newly appointed Pri­mary
supervisor; J. Guy Rowland,
junior high, Elementary and Trans­portation
supervisor; and Gerald W.
Van Horn, Supervisor of Indian
Education and Legal consultant.
Their visit was held prtoarily in
order ot study the new elementary
building. ^ T;
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