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9:35 a. m.—25 min­utes
to press time and
still no material for a
column—such is the life
of a newspaper man.
Speaking of newspapers
and newspaper men—we
were, weren't we?—last
nite a certain group of
people decided to tell me
what was wrong with the
WWCollegian. For about
an hour six or seven up-perclassmen
interrogated
me. Why didn't we run
this story that week and
why didn't we run this
one another week; why
didn't the WWCollegian
run a column like this
and another one like
that? I had an answer
for everyone of them.
Well, nearly everyone of
them. (Honestly, I'm not
bragging—just explain­ing—
as if I should have
to) I concluded the lop­sided
discussion with this
little number, quote: I
wish that every student
in the school could visit
the WWCollegian office
and follow the writing,
the make up, and all the
other things that happen
during the few days be­tween
Monday morning
and Friday noon. So, here
is an invitation to all to
come and find out how
your newspaper is pub­lished.
By the way, may­be
you'd better give us
fair warning as to when
you are coming.
Another plug for us!
George Boynton, ace
WWCollegian humorist,
swept all contestants, in­cluding
several other
Continued l\i picas
due south.
TRACK
Winter wanes on Mount Baker.
The total snow depth is down to
73 inches and fading fast, with a
light rain and abetting the advent
of spring. The wind is swinging
southerly and the sky is overcast
with California sunshine.
The temperature is 42 with a
maximum of 44 and a minimum of
34 degrees. The barometer is low
with the hint of more unsettled
weather in the next two days.
There is snow on the road for
five miles east of Shuksan. The
state highway department advises
that chains be carried.
VOL XL—NO. 25 Westefn W&bington Coltesggfof Education, Bellingham, Washington Friday; April 11, 1941
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W Club Dance
Tickets Sell
Sports Clothes Are in Order;
Corsages Emphatically Out;
Transportation Provided
Spring quarter's first big dance is
the W club's sport dance scheduled
for Friday, April 18, at the Leopold
hotel.
Sport dance,, according to Alick
Mitchell, means short skirts for the
girls and long pants for the boys.
And it emphatically means "no
corsages." Assisting Mitchell as co-chairman
of the dance is Ken Mc-
Aulay. Bill Windsheimer and Paul
Glenn are in charge of publicity arid
programs, respectively. Music will
be furnished for the 16 dances on
' the program by Chuck Suddith.
Tickets may be purchased today
and most of next week from the,
booth in the main hall or from any
of the following W club men:-Nor­man
Dahl, Norman Nelson, John
Lund, Anor Buswell, Joe Moses, Pete
Gudyka, Stan Targus, John Thom-masen,
Cliff Webster, BUI Ropes.
Bob Smith, Warren Ritchey, Dick
Dombroski, or Lyle Pettyjohn.
Men with transportation problems
should consult the man from whom
they buy their tickets. "The W
club will do its best to see that cars
are provided," says Mitchell.
Merritt Imported
For Rec Hour
Johnny Merritt, a new name in
Bellingham dance bands, will make
his initial appearance at WWC
when he and his five music makers
furnish the music for the Rec hour
tomorrow evening.
Merritt is a local musician and
was formerly a member of Chuck
Sudduth's organization. He spec­ializes
on the trumpet. Jim Junkin,
Rec hour chairman, stated that he
hopes the change in bands will
bring about a variety in the type
of dance music offered at Rec
hours.
The junior class is sponsoring this ^
Rec hour with dancing from 8:30
till 11:30. Guest tickets will be
available in the ASB office from 2
till 4 this afternoon, on presenta­tion
of student body tickets and 30
cents.
CLUB HEARS DEBATERS
Tuesday, April 15, the WWC De­bate
team consisting of Russell
Jackson, Jay Flanagan and Declan
Barron will debate on the subject,
"Defending the United States," be­fore
the Bellingham Kiwanis\club.
Trustees
Of Facu
Vote to Adopt Plan
Ity Retirement
WWC students, off the
board last nite to take
top honors in the KVOS
quiz program "That
Made the News." Ac­cording
to Brooke Tem­ple,
KVOS announcer,
Brother Geo. won most
of his points on answers
relating to the funny
papers.
- What constitutes a
dictatorship? It means a
standing army of unpre­cedented
strength.' It
means the right to pro­hibit
labor to demand
what they consider their
rights. It means the
power to seize the chat­tels
and possessions of
other nations and hold
them for future use un­der
the vague excuse of
sabotage. It means the
right to risk the lives
and mechanical equip­ment
of a nation in an
unnecessary foreign war.
It means the curtailment
of the time-honored priv­ileges,
nay rights of free
men to free speech, free
press, and the right of
lawful assembly.
It means, to sum it all
up, what might happen,
what is happening and
what is going to happen
to these free people, the
citizens of the United
States of America.
Dateli ine ..... •
Saturday, April 12
WRA Easter Egg Hunt,
PE building 10 a. m.
Rec Hour, Johnny Mer-ritt's
band, Training
school gym, 8:30 to
11:30.
Monday, April 14
Vanadts Bragi, Edens
Hall Club room, 7:30
p. m.
Tuesday, April 15
Assmbly, class meeting,
11 a. m.
Wednesday, April 16
Softball game, Mer-chanetes
vs. Collegian,
here, 5:30 p. m.
Thursday, April 17
ACE, Edens Hall Club
room, 4 p. m.
CCF, room 226, 12:20 p.
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Plan Gets Underway
After Fiscal Year
Decision Affects Admiinistrafor
Faculty Members, Employees
Of College; Maybe Provisions
At their March meeting held just
before vacation, the trustees of
WWC voted to adopt a retirement
plan for all administrators, faculty
members, and other employees of
the college.
Beginning, with the end of the
1941-42 school year, staff members
will be automatically retired ac-cording
to the following plan: 1942
at the age of 70 years; 1943 at the
age of 69 years; 1944 at the age of
68 years; 1945 at the age of 67
years; and thereafter at the age of
67 years, PROVIDED, however, that
the trustees may, after such auto­matic
retirement, invite any admin­istrator,
faculty member, or other
employee to continue service with
the college upon such terms and
under such conditions as agreed
upon by all parties concerned.
This plan was recommended by
the presidents and trustees of the
colleges of education at their fall
joint meeting.
Tegenfeldt Elected
Vallcyrie Vice-Pres.
Quarterly officers and three new
members were elected at a special
meeting of Valkyrie, Friday, April
4. in room 208. The officers elected
are: vice-president, Marie Tegen­feldt;
secretary-treasurer, Jo Dan­iels;
and reporter, Elizabeth Doug­las.
The office of president, held
by Lois Heaton, is retained for a
year. New members chosen are
Ruth Krause, Hazel Anderson, and
Lois Lowery.
Initiation of new members will be
held Friday, April 15, at Lake
Whatcom. The committee in charge
is: Eileen Reilly, chairman, Rose­mary
Bolster, and Jo Daniels. The
committee appointed to write a for­mal
initiation is: Elizabeth Doug­las,
chairman, Lois Ifflby, Shirley
Heaton, and Margaret Dwelle.
KUDER VISITS SPOKANE
Attending the Northwest Associ­ation
of Secondary and Higher
Schools and /the Inland Empire
Teacher's association meeting,.Dr.
Merle S. Kuder is in Spokane this
week»~ • • '• •
Dr. Kuder left last Monday and
will return Monday, April 14.
New Guild Play
In Rehearsal
"An Enemy of the People" has al­ready
gone into rehearsal at the
Civic playhouse on Prospect street.
This play, by Henrik Ibsen, is a
stirring defense of minority rights
in a democracy. The Theatre guild
production will run from May 7 to
10, with Victor H. Hoppe of the
WWC Speech department as direct­or.
In the leading role of Dr.
Thomas Stockmann will be an ex-student
of WWC, J. Marshall Bac­on.
In important parts will appear
Victor H. Hoppe as Peter Stock­mann
and Dr. Jack C. Cotton act­ing
the part of Hovstad. Margaret
Dwelle, WWC freshman, will play
the part of Petra. /
Cub Initiates Feast
Upon Paste, Ink
Have you ever eaten paste and
washed it down with printers' ink?
It really isn't the acme of all that
is savory. This was only one form
of punishment that was inflicted
on the Collegian cub reporters last
Friday at the Miller & Sutherlen
print shop.
After the feed (?) the cubSv were
blindfolded and led down a corridor
to a "kiss in the dark." As a finale
each cub had a piece of adhesive
put on his forehead with the words,
"WWCollegian cub," on it. Along
with the adhesive came the warn­ing,
"Don't remove this until 6
o'clock Saturday night-^-or else," as
one was brave enough to remove
the tape, only the veterans know
what the "or else" meant.
Cub reporters this quarter are:
Fontelle King, Norma Palling, Con­stance
Fjellman, Bernice Shellham-er,
Lucille Allert, Orville Brownlee,
Harry Kalsbeek, Edward Olson, Jim
Rinehart, and John Dorcy.
DANCE FESTIVAL PLANS
IN WORKING ORDER
"Casting for the Dance festival
to be presented May 21 has been
completed and the various groups
are now working on Latin-Amer­ican
and modern steps," Miss Vir­ginia
Hawke, adviser, reports.
Jackie Griffith,.chairman of the
Dance Club Open house, has ap­pointed
chairmen for publicity and
Campus Frolic
Heads Meet
; McClellan Hopes to Have Plans
For Campus Day Complete '
By May 5; Autos Big Worry
Further plans for the May 13
celebration of Campus day were
made last Monday afternoon at a
meeting "of. all xt«amitteemen. Mau­rice
McClellan, head of Campus
day festivities:,, expressed the hope
that alL committees would have
their plans completed by May 5.
In this way, the last week could '
then be used for finishing up de­tails.?
Discussion at the committee
meeting included feasible transpor­tation
facilities to the Campus'day
site, Lakewood, the renting c of"
boats, and the pros and cons of
the evening dance being held "oh.
the tennis courts.' - I
The traditional Whiskereenq, in;
which the male contingent of the
college gets a two-weeks rest from,
the razor, was also discussed. It
was the general opinion of the
committeemen that - the beard-growing
contest should be includ­ed
in the events, in spite of the
fact that the Valkyrie club is spon­soring
a dance the Saturday be­fore
final judging.
Drama Club Goes
'On The Road' v
Play Will Be Shown WWC
Studes After Hi School
Tour of Neighboring Towns
Drama takes to the road next
week ' with Glenn Hughes' one-act
play, "The Eve in Evelyn," under
the sponsorship of the Drama club.
The first stop 'for the hilarious
comedy of entanglements will be
April 18 at Sedro-Woolley high
school, followed, by Mount Vernon
high school on April 25. Then come
more local high schools including
Bellingham and a finishing up by
presentation of the play in the as-
, sembly at WWC.
"The Eve in Evelyn" is the first
in the series of projects to be car­ried
out this quarter by the Drama
club. Eileen Fry's student teaching,
Paul Glenn's tennis, and Bill Leek's
nightly practices at the Theatre
guild have all been impediments in
the progress of play practice.
The play presents the elopement
of Evelyn and Roger, played by
Margaret Dwelle and Paul Glenn,
with Evelyn's enraged parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Pratt (Art Brock and Ei­leen
Fry) in pursuit. The trail leads
to Twin Falls Inn where Innkeeper
Sams (Bill Leek) tries to help the
newlyweds.
Directors for the play are Polly
Ann Phillips and Rosemary Bol­ster.
Ed Olsen is stage manager.
Siestaland Dissected
By ACE Club
Mexico is the topic to be discussed
by Miss Pearl Merriman, fourth
grade Campus school instructor, at
the first spring quarter meeting of
the ACE, Thursday, April 17, at 4
p. m. in the Edens Hall Club room.
Miss Merriman will stress points of
educational interest gained from
her experiences while visiting Mex­ico
last summer. .'•"• ^
Students interested in Elementary
education (primary and intermed­iate)
are invited to join. New mem­bers
will be received into the club
at this meeting.
Old members are requested by
Georgie Bright, chairman of the^
Home-School Co-operation commit-,
tee, to *rlng in all results of parent
interviews at this meeting.. Extra
interview sheets are .available in
Miss Irene H., EUiott's. office, room
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Friday
PUNDIT
Irwin
Renowned Correspondent
And Writer to Speak on
"Propaganda In the News"
Will Irwin, internationally-known
correspondent, will speak rat the
Friday, April 18, assembly on the
subject, "Propaganda in the NTews."
Irwin has recently published, a book
with this same title. As organizer
of the foreign propaigarida service in
1918, Irwin gainedValuable back­ground
e^>erienceiorhte writing
and lectures. . • ~ :
Calling himself.,"just an all-around
writer," Irwin, in 30 years
of authorship has published almost
every sort of literary composition.
These include: novels, innumerable
short stories, and a^bopk of verses.
Irwin is best known, for his maga­zine
andjiewspaper feature articles.
As a reporter he knows every cor­ner
of the United States and al­most
every important center in Eur­ope.
He: has an acquaintance rang­ing
from, heads Of-governments and
noblemen to crooks and confidence
men.-. ":'-,.:;-:-':- -.';V-Glass
meetings will be the princi­pal
function of the assembly sched­uled5
for Tue^sday, April 15.
Will Irwin
Internationally known correspon­dent
and writer, Will Irwin, will
make an appearance in assembly
on April 18. Irwin has been in the
foreign news service. since 1918 and
has been chiefly associated with
propaganda. He has written num­erous
books and articles.
Board Rejects
Invitation
'Shortage of Funds Prohibits
Participation in Meeting
To Be Held in San Francisco
That WWC would not} bejrepre-sented
at this year's annuat.Co-op-erative
Bookstore convention was
unanimously decided at the weekly
Board of Control meeting Wednes­day
afternoon. It has been the
custom in recent years for the
manager of the WWC. Co-op to
journey to the convention; but be­cause
of the distance of this year's
meeting, to be. held in San Fran­cisco,
and because of the drop in
enrollment, it is financially impos­sible
for him to do so this spring.<•-
Bernice Monson, chairman of the
Co-op board, announced that al^-
though the Co^op showed a profit
of several hundred dollars fall quar­ter,
the drop in enrollment and the
usual spring slump would make all
unnecessary expenditures prohibi­tive.
Since last year the college bookT
store has been run on a co-opera­tive
basis and any profits shown at
the end of the school year will be
apportioned to the students of
WWC according to purchases shown
by their sales slips.
The final report on the Publica­tions
prom was presented to the
board by Shirlee Cratsenberg at
Wednesday's meeting. The report
was accepted.
WWC Faculty Members Attend
Inland Empire Convention
Drama Club
Elects Leek
At the last meeting of the Drama
club, April 8, the following officers
and. committees were elected: vice-president,
Bill Leek; -secretary-treasurer,
Kathleen Smith; Inter-club
council representative, Rose­mary
Bolster; assembly committee
chairman, Kathleen Smith, assisted
by Hazel Anderson, Mary Pirrung,
Elizabeth Douglas, and Art Brock.
At the club's next meeting Rudo
L. Fromme, well-known make-up
artist, will give a demonstration be­fore
the club.
Lib Features
Special Day
In honor of Pan-American day,
the Library is featuring two dis­plays.
The week-end shelf near the
circulation desk contains recent
books of various types describing
the different Latin American coun­tries.
In an exhibit case in the
first floor hallway is an exhibit of
recent reference books, travel pam­phlets
and other miscellaneous lit­erature
about Mexico and the coun­tries
of South America.
Pan-American \ day originated
when James G. Blaine, Secretary of
State in the cabinet of President
Harrison, called a conference which
passed a resolution, April 14, 1890,
joining the Pan-American Union
of the Republics in North, Central,
and South America. ~- .
Andrew, Carnegie, philanthropist
and patron saint of public li­braries
and other worthy institu­tions,
generously donated funds for
the erection of a handsome head­quarters
building, in Washington,
D. C. It was. not until 1930 that
the union adopted a resolution to
observe Pan-American day in all
of the American republics.
NURSING ASSOCIATION
MEETS APRIL 17, 18
Sponsored by Districts 1 and 16,
Western States Nursing association
conference is being held Thursday
and Friday, April 17 and 18, in the
Bellingham hotel.
Talks will be given by several,
speakers both Thursday and Fri­day.
Dr. Paul D. Woodring of
Western Washington college will
talk on "Significant .Personality
Deviations in Children" Friday at
3 o'clock.
Annual Conference
Beckons Many
Upshall, Arntzen, Grim, Serve
As Discussion Group Heads
At Spokane's State-wide Meet
Participants in the Inland Em­pire
Education Association confer­ence
which ends today in Spokane,
included several WWC faculty
members. Dr. C. C. Upshall of the
Research department, Edward Arnt­zen
of the History department, and
Dr. ^aul Grim, ninth grade sup­ervisor,
have served as chairmen of
conference discussion groups.
Other faculty members who have
attended and taken part in the
meetings are Lyle Brewer, Miss
Ruth Melendy, Miss Mary E. Rich,
Dr. W. W. Haggard, Dr. Merle Ku­der,
Herbert C. Ruckmick, and Dr.
Irving E. Miller.
General meetings of the con­ference,
which began Wednesday,
have featured prominent speakers,
including Carl J. Hambro, past-president
of the Norwegian parlia­ment
and the League of Nations
asseinbly; Josephine Roche, for­mer
assistant secretary of the
United States treasury; Karl W.
Bigelow, of the American Council
on Education at Washington, D. C;
David Custiman Coyle, author, and
others.
Western Washington college
maintained a placement bureau at
the Davenport hotel in Spokane
during the convention to further
placement of WWC graduates in
the eastern countries.
Another feature, the Bellingham
Alumni tea, held at the hotel
Thursday afternoon, served as a
get-together for ~ former students
and friends of the college. v
LOCAL BROKERS NAMED
INSURANCE AGENTS
Because the WWC insurance
contracts expired April 5, the Board
of Trustees selected Smith, Livesey,
and' Wright company as the col­lege's
insurance brokers. ' A total
of $422,000 is carried on the admin­istration
building, Edens hall, and
the president's home on Oak street.
Since the Physical Education
and Library buildings are fireproof,
no insurance is .carried on them.
However, the board decided that if
the state insurance appropriation
will permit, a small coverage will
ie placed on these twox structures
A inodern fire alarm system will
be installed At WWC in order to
give the school a direct contact
with the City Fire department.
Spring Informal
Drafts Men
Just because you didn't take her
to see "Gone With the Wind,"
men, doesnt mean you re not going
to get caught in the drafts Yes, .
your time has come, the girls of
WWC are going to see that you
are registered and put into active^
service.
The AWS Spring informal is
to have "Conscription Capers" as
. its theme. The committee in charge
has announced that the dance will
be held at the Leopold hotel, April
26. Dancing will be from 9 till 12. /
There will be a further notice an­nouncing
when girh may register.
A list will be posted on the A WS
bulletin board' soon.
Graduates Honored
Oh May Day
Virginia Bell was chosen chairman
of the graduation tea, given for the
- graduating women students May 1,
at the AWS commission meeting
last Tuesday. May day will be the
theme throughout the tea which
will also feature a fashion show of
clothes appropriate for graduation
exercises.
April 29 was chosen as the date
for the election of AWS of fleers for v
next year. Candidates areV nomin­ated
by the commission and by pe­tition
from the members of the
AWS. These petitions will be posted
soon on the AWS bulletin board in
the main hall and girls may nomin-
. ate students for the of f ices of presi­dent,
vice-president, secretary, and
treasurer.
Voting will be done by ballot in a
regular AWS assembly April 20.
COTTON, TIFFANY, PICTURE
SPEECH DEPARTMENT
Dr. Jack Cotton, speech instruc­tor,
and Bill Tiff any, WWC junior,
have recently been taking pictures,
of/the booth system, radio and
other facilities of the Speech de- ,
partment. These pictures will aid ^/
Dr. Cotton in his talk on the use ;
of laboratory methods in teaching
speech at the Washington State'
•. Speech association to be held in
Yakima, April 25 and 26.
Victor H. Hoppe, also of they ^
"Speech department, is president of ^ i
the association;
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