WWCollegian - 1942 November 13

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Assembly Features Chinese
Scholar On Students' Day
Homer Loh, War Refuge Student, To Discuss Intercollegiate
Happenings in War Torn Chinese Colleges
• Homer Loh, formerly student counselor at the Peiping college of Fi­nance
in China^ will be the main speaker at the regular assembly Tuesday,
November 17. Mr. Loh comes to Western Washington College on the day
designated as International Students day in the interests of the World
Student Service fund.
Colleges and Universities all over the world will observe this day, the
purpose of which is to commemorate the closing of the Cech universities
and the brutal murder of over 160 Czech students by the Nazis in Prague
on November 17, 1939. Reports of American observances will be. broadcast
by short-wave to all occupied countries.
Blue Triangle and International Relations club members will assist in
the assembly and care for Mr. Loh during his stay on the campus. He will
arrive in Bellingham Monday night and will be met by members of these
clubs. Tuesday morning, the Chinese scholar will hold conferences with
anyone who would like to discuss his experiences as a war refuge student.
After the assembly period, a tfay luncheon in Edens hall will offer further
opportunity for WWC students to profit by Loh's knowledge and inter­pretation
of Chinese students to their fellow-students in this country. All
students who wish may attend the luncheon.
War-Time Courses
Offered Women
• Anticipating a bigger demand
for women in war work, .the curric­ulum
committee is making a study
of war time courses to be offered
winter quarter.
Although one of the biggest needs
is for teachers, with only 13.75% of
the freshmen women enrolled as
diploma students, the others are
urged to prepare themselves for a
job that will contribute to the war
effort. So said Dr. Merle Kuder
when he addressed the freshmen
women in the college problems
class.
Some of the courses now offered
or to be offered winter quarter
are. College Algebra, Applied Phys-ict,
Physiology, Zoology; Dietetics,
First Aid, Nutrition; Shorthand,
Typings- Mechanical- Drawing-, Wood..
working, Blueprint Reading, Metal
Working.. Evening classes offered
are: Occupational therapy, techni­cal
radio and photography.
November 30, is the date for pre
registration for winter quarter. Stu­dents
are asked to examine tltiese
classes.
Black Cat Day!
• "Today is Friday the Thir­teenth"—
these words have the odd­est
effect on students and makes
them do some of the queerest
things: Such silly things as walk
around ladders, avoid black cats,
take umbrellas outside to open
them, and throw salt across their
left shoulders. Superstitions like
these have been in vogue for many
years. Even educated students of
WWC avoid black cats!
Jim Junkin Marine
Corps Candidate
• Dr. W. W. Haggard announced
that he had received a letter from
Jim Junkin, former student of
WWC, whq is how a student in
the candidate's class for the Marine
Corps in Virginia.
Some of Junkin's comment con­cerning
his life in the marinfs are
"Our" daily program is earned on
a little bit differently than college.
We all get up at the same time,
and we all have the same program.
We are not allowed to skip classes.
The material we have is tough,.and
we have very little time to master
it."
He feels the war is going to make
a great difference in this genera­tion
of young people for he says:
"I can't help but wonder-what-this
rworld will he like after the war.
Prom .my view It looks as if we
will have a lot of old young people
—by that I mean 1ellows, Bfee my­self,
young in years hut old in^ex-
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Ballet Receives
Student Praise
By JEAN ELAINE MULVANBY
• San Francisco Opera Ballet
members were greeted in the Bel­lingham
High auditorium last night
by a capacity crowd. The first
number performed was the ballet
"Swan Lake." A scenic lake was
used as a background and the ballet
was performed upon the so-called
shore. Here Miss Onna White dis­played
her talent as a graceful and
agile swan. The next ballet "Win­ter
Carnival" completely captivated
the audience. Ic was Gone in color­ful,
costumes and with much style
and expression. Miss Alice Kotchik,
as mother of the skating star, and
Mr"."Earl'"Biggins"'as" the ~ visiting
general received an uproar of laugh­ter
as they went through their
skating antics. Completing the pro­gram
was the ballet "Amor Espan-ol."
sThis was a Spanish Ballet with
comic characters. Competing in a
funny, yet fascinating, manner for
the attentions of a popular mata­dor,
were the two fire tempered
ladies Elena Imaz and* Maclavia
Ruiz.
Some of the comments heard
upon leaving the concert were:
. Art Reilly and Mary Ann McLeod
—"We found it very interesting."
Myrtle Lueken—"I hope'the bal­let
comes back again next year."
Lloyd Johnson—"I thought the
costumes were colorful and the co­ordination
of the dancers fascinat­ing."
Valk Club Members
Vote 'No Brawl'
Cancellation of the Valkyrie dance
was announced by Norma Stangle,
Valk president. It was mutually
.agreed by all Valks that because
of the nearness of the AWS infor­mal
the Valkyrie brawl would be
too much of a good thing. If pos­sible
it will be given either during
the winter or spring quarter.
-Jf Dateline . . •
Friday, November 13 .
Stocking dance, Training school
gym, 8:30-11:30.
Saturday, November 14—
Football , CPS.l Battersby field,
1:30 p.m.'
Monday, November 16—
Student forum, Edens Hall -Club
room, 7:30 p. m.
Tuesday; November 13—
International Students' Day, reg--
ular assembly, Homer Loh.
Wednesday, November 18—-.-
CCF meeting, isom .22$, 12:30 pan.
VOL XLII—NO. 7 Western Washington College; Bellingham, Washington .-. Friday, November 13, 1942
TurkeyVacation Stuffed Ballot Box
Lets School Out *•+ • •-• ,.
Cancels tlection
Student Government Throws Out Board of Control Election
>' Votes; New CastingATo Be Made
• Election results for board of control members have been "thrown out"
according to Art Clarke, president of the associated student body. It seems
that some one or more students were overly anxious for their favorite to
win and consequently "stuffed" the ballot box.
in
• "Thanksgiving vacation will
start Wednesday afternoon, No-,
vember 25," according to Presi­dent
W. W. Haggard. "At this
time, there will be much excite­ment
and enthusiasm, as many of
the students from out of town
are planning to spend the vaca­tion
at home*
As in the past, the WWColleg-ian
will furnish free ad space in
a-"going home?" column for any
student wising to advertise for a
ride home. The only stipulation
is that requests be brought to the
WWCollegian office before Wed­nesday
noorij November 18. Peo­ple
having cWs, also may draft
riders in this manner.
meeting
Called Off
• Lack of transportation faculties
caused a cancellation and indefinite
postponement for the third meeting
of the Winco press conference
scheduled for Lacey, Washington,
home of St. Martins college, this
week-end.
Kay Franzen, president of the as­sociation
and editor or the Eastern
Washington College yearbook, was
in charge of the plans for the meet
and expressed hope that it would be
possible to get together later on this
year.
First meeting of the Winco press
association was at Western Wash­ington
last year. Since then there
have been two meetings held in
Ellensburg.
Representatives of the yearbooks
and papers attend these conferences
to pool their ideas and discuss prob­lems
of publication. Definite rules
on editorial policy have been drawn
up and are backed by the associa­tion.
Students Organize
School Forum
• In response to suggestions at
the club rally a student forum has
ben organized. At the Ponim, stu­dents
are to be given opporunity
to discuss • current problems with
classmates and faculty members.
The meetings are. held on an in­formal
basis with ho recognized
membership nor dues required. All
students and faculty members who
are interested are cordially urged
ito "attend. /
The first meeting of the forum
-wiH be the Edens Hall clubroom
Monday, November 16, at 7:30 p. m.
Students working on this com-mitte
are Declan Barron, Bill
Hatch, Don Neal, Jean Pratt, Nor­ma
Stangle, and Bill Wilder.
Due precaution was taken
crossing off names of persons bal­loting;
but those in charge deemed
it unnecessary to place guards over
the voting machine. Western Wash­ington
College always has prided
itself on being not only a demo­cratic
school in name, but one in
which democratic freedoms were
Radio Discussions
Held by Faculty
• Based on the general theme of
"The War and the Peace" and with
Dr. Arthur Hicks and Miss Nora B.
Cummins of the faculty acting as
co-chairmen, a series of round table
discussions are being held over radio
station' KVOS every Sunday aft­ernoon
at 4:30.
"We are living through one of
the most crucial periods of history,"
said Dr. Hicks, "and I feel that ev-eryone_
should take an active inter­est
in the problems of this period."
These programs are part of an
educational program for a post­war
world.
Three broadcasts have been given.
They were titled /'Lessons of Last .
Time," "The Pour Freedoms," and
"The Atlantic Charter." Next Sun­day's
discussion will be on "World
Federation."
Besides Dr. Hicks and Miss Cum­mins,
other members of the faculty
have been or will be presented. Her­bert
Ruckmick, of the Industrial
Arts department, already has ap­peared
while Herbert Hearsey, ref­erence
librarian, will be a guest next
Sunday, November 15. Edward
Arntzen, now on leave from the so­cial
science department, is sched­uled
to appear on a later broadcast
as well as members of the clergy,
local business men, teachers in the,
city schools, and housewives.
Many favorable comments have
been heard, according to Dr. Hicks,
and it is planned to continue the
series indefinitely.
Analyst of World
Affairs to Speak
• Adolf Hitler's prediction of
his rise to power was heard by the
man who will speak in next Fri­day's
assembly, Howard Pierce Dav­is,
observer and analyst of world af- •
fairs.
Davis has been where things have
been happening since Hitler became
Germany's dictator. Through his
editorials, radio broadcasts, and ex­tensive
lecture tours, Davis has
gained a reputation among the
world-conscious public of the Unitr
ed States. r
Showing and explaining colored
motion pictures oh; Alaska's Inter­national
Highway Tuesday in as­sembly
was Alfred Millotte, aviation
photographer for the U.S. govern- \
ment. The film revealed the scenic
wilderness trails and proved to
he timely in content
practiced. No one keeps • students
from talking, acting, or voting in
a, democratic way. The students
have always acknowledged and
boasted of the fact that they were
a part of the American system, a
system that calls for honor, and
sportsmanship.
A loss of time, expense, and face
will be suffered by the Associated
students in holding another board
of control election. However, it is
urged that all students turn out
for the new election and vote-^
once. '
College Profs
Problems Told
• "The Male Animal' is a play
that could have been written only
in America about the great system
of colleges in our jcountjry," remark­ed
V. H. Hoppe, director of the fall
quarter play. "About half of the
story is devoted to the problem of
the rights of a college professor to
use material in his classes' against
the wishes of the board of trustees
of the college, and the rest portrays
the amusing changes in the old
grads who have come back to their
old school for its Homecoming," Mr.
Hoppe went on. • ' ....
The New York Times made the
following"statement about the play:
"James Thurber and Elliot Nugent
have had the goodness to write
The Male Animal' and to let an
audience see it—Imagine one of Mr.
Thurber's limp cartoons translated
into three acts of insane hubbub
and you have a fair idea of the lark
Mr. Nugent and he. have pushed
on the stage. It dismisses you from
the theatre in a spirit, of dazed hi­larity.
For the authors have treat­ed
an ordinary uproar in a pro*
fessor's domestic life in the anti-heroic
style of Mr. Thurber's solemn
drawings and crack-brained literary
style. ;— •
'There is some sense mixed up
here and there in a crisis about
academic freedom. But Mr. Thurs-ber
and Mr. Nugent complicate it
foolishly and the tone of the acting
is as broad as a dray: There is
•more than meets the funny bone in
this scrawled lampoon on the civ­ilized
male at bay."
Frosh Party Rules
Out Former Plans
• Tonight's rec hour will be
sponsored by the freshmen instead
of the junior-senior class, as pre­viously
scheduled. Each class, at
some time during the year, takes on
the responsibility of planning the
dance. This week the upperclass-men
have given way to thei freshr
man "stocking dance" and will plan
their party in January at the time
originally reserved for the fresh*-
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