WWCollegian - 1942 October 16

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Neal Big Boss For '42 Homecoming
Wildcat Battle Mairr Event
Saturday, November 6
VOL. XLII—NO. 3 Western Washington College, Bellingham, Washington Friday, October 1.6, 1942
Douglas, Barron Chosen To Lea
Hoppe s 'Male Animal'
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Men Overshadow Women 8-5 in Recently Chosen Penthouse
Drama Cast Scheduled for December 3, 4, 5.
• Elizabeth Douglas and Declan Barron have been chosen as the leads
in "The Male Animal," the comedy of college life written by James Thurber
and Elliot Nugent, which will be given December 3, 4, and 5.
The cast of eight men and five women were announced by Victor H.
Hoppe of the Western Washington college division of drama, and the first
rehearsal was held Wednesday afternoon.
Included in the cast are: Ellen Turner, Elizabeth Douglas, a junior
from Seattle; Tommy Turner, Declan Barron, junior from Stanwood; Joe
Ferguson, Don Neal, junior from Bellingham; Patricia Stanley, Jean Knud-son,
freshman from Stanwood; Michael Barnes, John Smith, freshman
from Longview.
Ed Keller, Blaine Madden, 3rd, quarter freshman from Winthrop; Cleota,
Ethel Martinson, freshman from Blaine; Dean Frederick Damon, Bob Stu­art,
junior from Bellingham; Wtally Myers, Jack Thompson, junior from
Everson; Myrtle Keller, Jeanette Bright, sophomore from Renton; and
"Nutsy" Miller, Ed Prince, senior from Onalaska, Washington.
New Staff Member
Assists Skagit
Project Workers
• Dr. Aubrey Haan, along with
many^ other teachers of-this col-_^
iegef has 'beerT working" on "an
educational survey called the Se-dro-
Woolley project. The object of
this project is to study the re­sources,
economic, and sociological
data of Skagit county from the
survey that was taken of Skagit
county.
The heads of the project ap­pealed
to Dr. W. W. Haggard for
assistance and he referred them to
Dr Haan who has in the past been
active in this type of work.
They have found that rapid tech­nological
changes, 1929-1939 depres-"
sion and the present world war,
have created imperative demands
for readjustment in the economic
life of this region and of the entire
world.
It is the object of the school board
to insert into the elementary schools
and high schools a program that
will teach the students the neces­sities
of conservation and the ways
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Annual Awarded
Honor Rating
• That the 1942 Klipsun has been
awarded first-class honor rating, by
the National Scholastic Press was
announced Thursday by Mrs. Ruth
A. Burnet, publications adviser.
Qut of forty yearbooks entered
in the small college class of under
five hundred enrollment, seventeen
were'given the excellent or first-class
honor rating. • , ~ . '
The yearbook was rated high in
content, oii^nization, and physical
and artistic appearance but was
criticised on the quality of the pic­tures.
The opening section and in­formal
captionsacross the page tops
and also the green coloring used
wererwell-liked;
"Your campus and nature theme
is certainly appropriate to .your
beautiful location," was one of the;
remarks made in the yearbook
^oreBook.
^Suggestions for improvement of
riext year's annual will go to Hazel
Anderson, 1943 Klipsun editor.
'A Tough Life
Says Yale Grad
By Pat Scott
• When he stepped up to the
-speaker's •" stand~^and^-'8miled7"^vhis
audience was with him.. He was
tall and tanned with an outdoor
look yet his presence was one of
dignity and reserve. It was the
Reverend W. Carl Calhoun of the
Bellingham Congregational church
and a graduate of Yale Divinity
school, about to introduce the sub­ject,
"This Is a Tough i World" to
the student body assembly, Tues­day,
October 13.
In his opinion, we must use
"courage, ingenuity, and resource­fulness"
to transform physical en­ergy
into culture, for, as he ex­plained,
"The only things that will
endure beyond the decade in which
we are living are the things that
are tough."
Reverend Calhoun developed the
idea that because we feel., that we
must be ruthless in order to over­come
the enemy, we may destroy
in ourselves the very things which
we have feared our enemies would
destroy.
Growing Points Soft
His comments stressed that we
needn't relinquish the necessary
fineness of life so that, we may ac-
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Klipsun Chief Editor
Announces Staff
• Hazel Anderson, editor of this
year's Klipsun, announced her staff
at the meeting last Thursday. They
are as follows: Joy Hatt, business
manager, Gloria Campbell, associ­ate
editor; Ellen Van Wieringen,
art director; Bernice Elenbaas, wo­men's
sports editor; Warren Bee-croft,
men's sports editor; Sheila
Moore and Gloria Campbell, picture
staff; and Georgina Voris, Dawn
Griffith, Lorraine McConnell, Julia
Klann, John Dorcy, writers.
Sandison's studio was chosen as
the photographer for this year's
Klipsun,
Concert Ten
Here Soon
or
"Every year should gain by the
preceeding year and therefore be a
little bit better," . remarked Don
Neal, the newly chosen Homecom­ing
chairman. Don has appointed
no committees as yet; but is busily
arranging a wartime program for
this year's reunion.
"As always, the biggest event on
the bill will be the football game
with Central Washington College,
on Battersby field, at 2 o'clock," re­minded
the boss-man.
Because of the order issued by
the civilian council of defense, there
will be no bonfire preceeding the
pep rally Friday night, November
5. However, Don is planning to
keep up the traditional outdoor ral­ly
and parade "even if it is neces­sary
to carry fireflies on our coat
lapels." "' '
The pep rally is scheduled f.of
Friday night at 8 o'clock in the
college auditorium. Alumni will
convene inEdens hall dining room
at 11:45 Saturday, November 6, for
the annual alumni luncheon.
Other festivities of Homecoming
will move steadily forward to the
concluding dance to be held Sat­urday
night from 9 to 12 In the
"little gym."
JAN PEERCE
"~li'Jair'?M.rc(SrtiOT6r'orMelro-"
politan Opera- Company/'.will be
presented in the first of-the Civic
Music Concerts Friday evening,
October 23, in Bellingham High
School auditorium at 8:00. He has
been for four years an artist on
the radio, singing with the Radio
City program on Sunday.
This will be the first of a series
of five concerts to be given under
the auspices of the Civic Music
association. Besides radio and op­era
work, Mr. Peerce has man­aged
to present: concerts in dif­ferent
parts of the country.
In order to attend the concert.,
students may obtain reservations
in room 245, starting next week
from Monday through Thursday,
upon presentation of a student
body card.
John Cornwell
Wins Wings
• John D. Cornwell, son of H. L.
Cornwell of Kelso, won his Navy
"Wings of Gold" and was com­missioned
an Ensign in the Naval
Reserve this week following com­pletion
of the prescribed flight
training course at the U. S. Naval
Air Station, Pensacola, Fla., the.
"Annapolis of the Air.'
Prior to entering the Naval ser­vice,
Ensign Cornwell attended
Western Washington college for
three years, and piayed on the var­sity
football, squad. . .
He began preliminary training at
the U. S. Naval Reserve Aviation
base, Sand Point,, Seattle, the last
of March, and successfully complet­ed
his course- the middle of. May,
before going to Pensacola for basic
and advanced training.
Having been designated a Naval
Aviator, Ensign Cornwell will go on
active duty at one *bf toe Navy's air
operational training centers before.,
being assigned to a combat zone.
Departments Assist
Control Board
To Balance Budget
• Balancing the budget was the
topic of discussion at the evening
meeting of the Board of Control,
Monday, October 5, in the AWS
room. President W. W. Haggard
and the heads of various depart­ments
attended the meeting.
A tentative budget for the 1942-
43 school year was presented to
those present by Art Clark, student
body president. It was found that
the sum of student activity fees
will not balance the scale of ac­tivities.
Reductions were made in
the amount to be alloted to the
different departments and sugges­tions
were made for covering the
pecuniary shortage.
" Each siudeiit at the' discussion
expressed the belief that W1WC stu­dents
would rather raise the tra­ditionally
low activity fee, during
the emergency, than cut down the
College's equally traditional activ­ity
program;
Why The Mystery?
• What's., so., mysterious
..about the big rec hour to­night?
The only thing that
can be found out about it is
that the interclub council's
going to be the sponsor and
that they nave as their chair­man
Ozella True, junior.
No doubt therell be some
form of decorations—at any
rate there's a decorating com­mittee
composed of the club
presidents in the school.
As for music, there's bound
to be some, in spite of all the
secretiveness of Lois Jo Smith;
the council president. »
It's hard telling what or­chestra
well be dancing to
(Albin Erickson's been buzzing
around with lists of some
"super" pieces—some connec­tion,
maybe (?) but everybody's
sure to be there out of pure
curiosity, so it ought to be
fun!
Colonel Don Bushed
Drafts Musicians
• Donald Bushell will open a re­cruiting
station in room 239 to any--
one who wishes to join the band.
It seems that at the present time,
there are only 19 members, in
eluding three high school students,
two professionals, and one ..faculty
member. The biggest aim of the
band this year is to get through
t^e football season before they lose
many members to the armed forces
and defense work. At the close of
the football seia&>n, toey are mak­ing
tentative plans to; give a con­cert.
Split Assembly
Feature
• First AWS assembly was pre­sented
to women students today..
The assembly included a business
meeting, introduction of the com-.
mission members by President Eliz­abeth
Douglas, and moving pictures
shown by Miss Ruth Weythman,
women's physical education instruc­tor.
( There was also a registration
of activity preferences.
At the same time, toe men met
for a business meeting , of toe
Norsemen's club. "The idea of this
meeting was to better acquaint men
students with the club," says Don
Neal. president.
Next Tuesdays' assembly will
feature. Miss ./Peggy- TunUey, Eng­lish
soprano," who was liere last"
summer.
Library Staff
Travels South
• Members of the library staff:
Miss Lillian George, Herbert R.
Hearsey, Miss Miriam B. Snow, Miss
Pearl Reese, and Miss Mabel Zoe
Wilson will attend the Northwest
District Library association confer­ence
to be heid at Anacortes, Sat-^
urday, October 17. '
Among other speakers they will
hear, Mrs. Gretchen Schenk, new
state librarian, and ^Mrs. Pearl
Wanamaker, state superintendent
of schools.
J{ Dateline
Friday. October 16—•. >rs
Club Crescendo, 8:30-11:30 p. m.
Training school gym. , • v
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Saturday, October 17— ; ;:;
Football game with St. Martins,
2 p. m., Battersby field.
Wednesday, October 21— •*• ?
Terminal Tests.
CCF meeting, 12:20, room 226. 'J;
Thursday, October 22—
"Terminal tests. v^
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