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an after-the-game kid party tonight. This is a swell
time for new students to get acquainted.
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Cossack Presentation Draws
Capacity Musical Audience
By Eric Phillips t
Presenting a concert full to overflowing.with the rich concert
and folk tunes of their native land, the Don Cossack chorus under
the able direction of Serge Jaroff, thrilled a capacity audience of
Civic Music patrons and college students last night in the spa­cious
Bellingham high school auditorium.
With the singing of the National anthem, "The Star Spangled
Banner," the Cossacks immediately worked themselves into the
hearts of their listeners—all this'with a Russian accent, sung as
only the Russians can sing them. The first was "The Creed,"
(Katalsky), followed by "Blessed Art Thou, O Lord," (Tchaikov­sky),
"Lord Have Mercy on Us," (Lovsky), "We Will Come to Our
Lady," (Arkhangelsky), and "The Lord's Name Be Blessed,"
(Achesnokoff). • ' '
Before presenting a series of lighter rolk songs and an old
American Negro favorite, "Swanee River," (Foster), the chorus
sang what was perhaps the mightiest work of the evening, "Rec­ollections
.of Tchaibovsky," (Arr.. by Shvedoff). This piece is
a combination of Tchaikovsky's most popular works as arranged
especially for the Don Cossack chorus; it is marked prominently
by a strong baritone solo in the fourth part. Jaroff's self-arranged
rendition of Foster's "Swanee River" follows closely the old Ne­gro
presentation, but—with a Russian accent.
At the end of their second section and also as the last number
on the program, two Russian dancers presented a ballet set with
the chorus as their musical background.
The last part of the program was significant particularly be­cause
of the "Evening Bells," (Arr. by Jaroff), and the famed,
dynamic "Don Cossack Song," (Arr. by Jaroff). A stirring tenor
solo, paced by the resonating dong of bells set the "Evening Bells"
off as a musical masterpiece. Also in this group was "The Cradle
Song," (Dunaevsky, Arr. by Jaroff) which featured a male-soprano
solo as the mother of the story.
This concert, somewhat more "highbrow" than the one pre­sented
by the chorus for the students two years ago, was especially
well-received by the older people; but in a less enthusiastic way
by the college members of the audience. Many students expressd
a desire to hear more of this, lively folk dances with special em­phasis
on the chorus' famed sword-dance. i
Sixty-three Per Cent of College
Students Favor Bombing Jap Cities
By JOE BELDEN. Editor .
Student Opinion Surveys of America
AUSTIN Texas, Jan. 8.-The great majority of American college
students is' ready for the U. S. air force to bomb Japanese cities,
the latest national poll of Student Opinion Surveys of America re­peals.
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Much was said, before World War II earnestly got underway,
about the advantages and disadvantages of dropping explosives
over civilian population cerfters, but events of recent months and
- weeks have shown that bombing of cities has become an integral
part of modern war strategy.
A few days before the Japanese bombed Manila after it had
been declared an open city Student Opinion Surveys completed
a poll in which more than nine out of every ten students inter­viewed
favored retaliation. No doubt feeling has flared still
higher since the attack on the Philippine capital.
Of those who answered in the affirmative, it is important to
point out, a little less than half specified that although they were
in favor of bombing Nipponese urban centers, our fliers should
make it a point to strike at military objectives only. This is how
opinion divides:
"Do you approve or disapprove of the U. S. air force
bombing Japanese cities?"
Approve 6 3%
Approve, but military objectives only 29
Disapprove 6 .
Undecided - 2
The problems involved in singling out military objectives, of the
geographical difficulties of attacking the Japanese islands from
the air, are, of course, not taken up in this survey. All that is r e ­flected
is the general attitude of college students, many of whom,
since the army and navy air corps prefer college-trained men,
are the potential pilots who will participate in the raids already
pomrised the Japanese.
I t is of interest to note a slight but significant difference of
opinion among college youth in the eastern and western parts of
the country. Perhaps it is the propinquity of the Pacific conflict
/ to westerners and realization of their own danger from the sky
that makes more of them say, "Bomb Jap cities, but not indis­criminately—
only military objectives:"
' East West
.„.- u. S. U. s.
Approve of bombing cities 65% 56%
Military objectives only 27 35
Disapprove 6 6
Undecided '. ... 2 3
• * * DATELINE
Friday, January 9—
Basketball with PLC, PE
" building, 7:30 p. m.
Freshman Rec Houiv Train­ing
school gym, 9:30-12 p.
m.
Saturday, January 10—
Basketball with PLC, PE
building', preliminaries a^ 7
Tuesday, January 13—
Tryouts for "The Barretts,"
3-5 p. m., room 308.
AWS Commission meeting, 7
Wednesday, January 14—
Tryouts for "The Barretts,"
3-5 p. m.. room 308.
College Christian Fellowship,
12:30 p. m., room 226.
Thursday, January 115—
College-News-Week in Re-
. view, KVOS, 7:45 p. m.
Friday, January 16—
Assembly lecture, by Edwin
Epsy, leader of World's
Student Christian Federa­tion,
auditorium. 11 a. m.
VOL. XLI—NO. 14 Western Washington College1 of Education, Bellingham, Washington Friday, January 9, 194r
ViUs Meet PLC In League Opener
Freshmen Hosts at Kid Party;
First Rec of Quarter Tonight
"Kiddywear" Costume Theme
Well Received By Civic Patrons
Johnny Merritt and Band
Will Play for Dancing;
Drawing Contests Planned
• "School daze" is the theme of
Winter quarter's first rec hour, the
freshman-sponsored kid party to­night
in the Training school gym.
WWC young uns must attend rec
hour dressed as children, according
to Dorothy Miller, chairman.
The bandstand will be the prover­bial
little red schoolhouse. Between
dances, a school bell will be rung.
There will be favors, and the fresh­men
promise a novel entrance.
Johnny Merritt and his six-piece
band will furnish the music. Danc­ing
will be from 9:30 to 12:00 p. m.,
following the PLC-WWC basketball
game.
The committee plans to conduct a
contest during intermission. Partic­ipants
will attempt to draw on
blackboards without the use of. eras­ers.
Prizes will be awarded for the
best drawings.
Winter quarter student body
cards are necessary for admittance.
Dressing in a manner appropriate to
the kid party theme is also neces­sary
for admittance, according to
Bill Wilder, freshman class presi­dent,
and Miss Miller.
Sub committee chairmen aret
decorations, Bob Rockriver and Don
Packard, co-chairmen; and public­ity,
Mary Alice Biggs, chairman.
Defense Program
Courses Offered
During Emergency
• Western Washington College,
as well as other colleges, has en­tered
into the national defense pro­gram,
and this quarter is offering
new courses to help in the emergen­cy.
Industrial Arts 77 is a special
course in blueprint reading. The
initial meeting of the class was a t ­tended
by eight regular students
for three hours credit and by nearly
25 people from off the campus.
Registration will be open until
Monday and a few more applica­tions
will be accepted from those
interested.
Beginning and advanced first aid
courses are also being taught. The
beginning course is taught in the
afternoon and on Tuesday evening
from 7 to 9 to accommodate town
people who wish this instruction.
College students receive two college
credits as well as a Red Cross first
aid certificate for completion of 20
hours instruction.
Also affiliated with the Red Cross
is a three credit course in Home
Nursing. This group meets at 11
a. m., Monday, Wednesday, and
Thursday.
A one credit course being offered
men students is fundamentals in
military tactics. All men students
are eligible for this training and
should register at once if interested.
The time for this instruction has
not yet been announced.
Health Exams Slated
For Newcomers
• According to Miss May Mead.
school nurse, new students will have
their health examinations begin­ning
January 15 in room 17. Further
notices regarding these health ex­aminations
will be listed on the
bulletin board. l
Miss Mead also reports that the
health and attendance for last
quarter was exceptionally good.
"There has been no influenza to
speak of, just the usual colds," Miss
Mead said.
Norsemen Plan
Annual Hop
For January l6
Joint W-Club, Norsemen's Dan
Slated for Crystal Ballroom,
Say Co-Chairman Lahti, Clark
• Friday, January 16 is the date
set for the Norsemen and W Club
informal to be held between 9 and
12:00 p. m., at the Crystal ballroom
of the Leopold hotel, co-chairman
Art Clark and Arnold Lahti an­nounced
Tuesday. At the present
time the orchestra has not been
chosen for the affair.
Last year the Norsemen went
"slightly in the hole" as a result of
poor attendance. The W Club was
unable to sell enough tickets to
their sports dance spring quarter
so it was called off; this year the
two clubs decided to sponsor one
informal.
Tickets will go on sale not later
than Wednesday, January 14. The
price will be $1.15 per couple.
Etching by Arms
Given to School
Art Department
"In Memorium," a print by John
Taylor Arms, will be presented to
the Art department at Western
Washington college at assembly
next Friday, January 16.
Afterwards it will be exhibited
along with other pieces in the
WWC collection for the benefit of
students and the people of Bel­lingham
according to Miss Hazel
Plympton of the Art department.
Arms, president of the Society of
American Etchers, gave this print
to WWC for two reasons: first, that
the college has done much for the
community in sponsoring and en­couraging
art exhibits, and second,
in order that a worthwhile collec­tion
of art may be begun. This
print of Chartres cathedral is said
by many to" be Arms' best work. It
took between 8 and 9 months to
execute after completion of pre­liminary
sketches.
Special exhibits of art have been
presented by the Art department
since 1934. During this time prac­tically
every variety of art work
has been shown, for instance, oil-painting,
tempera painting, water
color, children's work, and crafts of
various kinds.
New Course Offered
In Radio Operation
• Radio Operation, a new course
offered by the radio department,
will be taught three nights a week
for the rest of this quarter, an­nounced
Director Ramon George,
last Wednesday.
"The course will cover the techni­cal
phase of radio such as operating-theory,
code work, and other re­quirements
for an operator's license,"
George said, "and will be under the
supervision of Joseph Ernst, chief
engineer at KVOS."
Three hours credit will be offered
for the course, which will be given
starting next Monday, from 7 till
•9 p. m., on Monday, Wednesday,
and Thursday evenings. George de­clared
that there is a definite de­mand
for radio technicians both in
the military and civil fields at the
present time, and that very little
training is necessary to assure r e ­sults.
Anyone interested in the
course is invited to see him in
room 305.
•Presented by the Civic Music Association as the second
concert of the season, the famed Don Cossack chorus, from
the Cossack region of Russia, performed a varied program of
Russian hymns, folk songs, and dancing last night at the Bel­lingham
High school auditorium.
Student Christian Leader To Address
Assembly; Quarters Programs Given
"—" : • Edwin Espy of the World's
Student Christian Federation, will
speak at the next regular assembly,
Friday, January 16. Espy, a nat­ionally
known leader in the student
Christian movement, comes here
under the auspices of the Blue
Triangle club to further acquaint
the student body with work of the
Christian Federation, according to
Miss Ethel Church, secretary to the
president.
The following schedule has been
announced for the remaining as­semblies
of the quarter: Tuesday,
January 20, Mme. Genevieve Ta-bouis,
foreign correspondent; Fri­day,
January 23, Associated Women
Students and Norsemen; Tuesday,
January 27, Homer Flint Kellems,
noted Arctic explorer and lecturer.
Ski Expert To Show Pictures
Friday, February 6, Arthur B.
Moehlman, of the University of
Michigan; Tuesday,, February 10,
Sidney Shurcliff, noted ski expert,
with motion pictures of skiing; Fri­day,
February 13, William Primrose,
viola recital; Friday, November 20,
Rabbi Bernard Rosenberg of the
Jewish Chatauqua society; Friday,
February 27, Te Ata, Chickasaw I n ­dian
lore expert.
Musical Finale
Friday, March 6, Associated Wom­en
Students and Norsemen; Tues­day,
March 10, Hoyland Bettinger,
illustrated lecture on Guatemala;
, Friday, March 13, WWC band and
orchestra concert under the direc­tion
of Donald Bushell; and final­ly,
Tuesday, Marvh 17, the Virginia
Johnson dance group.
There are several open dates on
the calendar which may be filled at
a later date, occording to the offi­cial
communique. ,
Bellingham Elected
IRC Vice-Prexy
At Initial Meeting
• Mildred Bellingham, Glasgow,
Montana, junior, was elected vice-president
of the International Re­lations
club at their first meeting
of the quarter last Wednesday ev­ening
in Edens hall Club room.
Andrew Leiser, a Bellingham
sophomore, was unanimously chos­en
as secretary while Marian New­ell,
Selleck sophomore, was elected
to fill the position of treasurer. Gus
Carstenson, retiring vice-president,
presided in the absence of Presi­dent
Frank Shiers.
Leiser and Miss Newell succeed
Rosine Roper and Bill Young, re­spectively.
Red Cross Needs
$26,000 From -.
Whatcom County'
• Twenty-six thousand dollars is
the quota to be filled in Whatcom
county for the Red Cross war relief
fund drive, President W. W. Hag­gard,
head of the drive for the city
of Bellingham, has announced.
The drive started throughout the
United States soon after the attack
on Pearl Harbor and will close Jan­uary
15. Each city has a captain
appointed to solicit money for that
' community. There are 26 captains
in Whatcom county.
Dr. Haggard stressed that this is
not the Red Cross roll call, which
took place last month, but an emer-_
gency war relief fund drive.
Seventeen thousand dollars is re­quired
from the city of Bellingham.
and $50,000,000 is the quota for the
United States.
Students Asked to Help
A total of $300 to $400 is being
asked of students and faculty at
WWC. For the past two days there
has been a table in the main hall
where students may place their do­nations.
Board Again Cuts
Publications
•At the regular Board of Con­trol
meeting Wednesday, the Board
voted to again cut the size of t he
WWCbllegian to five columns. It
was also decided that the Klipsun
he instructed to publish a 75-page
book unless means other than stu­dent
funds be found to finance a
larger annual.
These decisions were made be­cause
of the decrease in enrollment.
This meeting marked the initial at­tendance
of the three members
elected in last quarter's election.
They are: Helen Jean Pratt, Art
Brock, and Art Clark. r f
Ellensburg Meeting
Attracts Leaders
• Mickey Smith, Norsemen's
president and representative to the
Board of. Control, and Eric Phil­lips,
WWCollegian editor, will rep­resent
Western Washington college
at a student leader conference at
Central college this Saturday and
Sunday, January 10, 11, according
to an announcement by ASB Pres­ident
Bill Hatch last Wednesday
evening.
Herb Legg, CWC Campus Crier
editor and in charge of the. con­ference,
has announced that dis­cussions
on student problems will
be conducted among the leaders
from several of the small colleges in
the state.
Besides the regular sessions, the
executive board of the recently
formed Winco Press conference will
meet to make plans for their spring
conference which is to be held at
Eastern Washington college in
Cheney. \
Title Chances
Of Both Clubs
To Be Prevued-
Lappenbusch Minus Chamberlin,
Other Stars of Yesteryear;
Lutes Plead Weakness
By Wayne Kotula
• Coach C. F . (Lappy) Lap­penbusch
will give the xurtain call
to his crew of net swishers in a
doubleheader contest at the local
gym tonight and tomorrow night.
This is the first league showing of
the Blue and White five and will
give the Norse rooters a chance to
see whether the inexperienced but
fiery Viks are of championship cal­ibre
or not.
Graduation Hurts
"Sure we've lost 'em, they've got
to graduate some time but we've
some good boys to replace them,"
mused Lappy. "We lost some good
boys, too, Hank Chamberlain for
one, Bob Whitney and Carl Bartlett
as well as the Moses brothers, Joe
and Ed.
But in regards to replacements,
wearing the Viking thins will be
the experienced Ludwick, Everett
product; Richardson and Kink. A
small but fast man is Jiggs Harkle-road
from Blaine who despite his
scarcity of stature is slated for plen­ty
of action. These new men plus
the returning veterans Pettyjohn,
Ropes, Munizza and Nyberg com­plete
a basketball unit capable of
unending drive and deadly accurate
shooting.
Lappy Suspicious
The vitamin man Lappenbusch is
ever suspicious of Luthesan tricks.
Last fall the Parkland communique
sent out funeral notices ere game
time. But by the start of the grid­iron
contest the sick had made a
remarkable recovery and it was t he
Vikings who were sick when the
Lutherans departed. \
And that brings up the point pre-
Continued on Page Three.
College Radio Show
To Be Broadcast
By Seattle Station
• Western Washington College
radio will invade the networks next
Friday when a "Whatcom County"
program will be broadcast from the
Edens hall blue room for transcrip­tion
and rebroadcast Saturday
morning over KIRO on the "This
Is Washington" program, according
to Ramon George, head of WWC
radio. The broadcast will feature
the Wtestern Washington Symphony
orchestra, made up of both college
and county musicians, and directed
by Donald Bushell, and the Bel­lingham"
high school chorus under
the leadership of J. Roy Williams.
The remainder of the half-hour
program will be a story of Belling-ham's
industry, historical back­ground,
and social organization.
Talent from all Whatcom county
will be dratfted for the program.
George and his assistant, Bill Tif­fany
will also journey to Lynden
to transcribe some information on
the butter industry for the program:
The Campus-news-week-in-review
opened campus radio activity with
its regular program last night.-Also
on tap for this quarter, according to
George, are two Red Cross pro­grams,-
and several dramatizations
of defense industry stories.
Registration Figures
Show Drop
Final enrollment figures were not
available at the time the WWCol­legian
went to press, but it has been
estimated v by the registrar's office
that when registration is completed,
there will be 523 students in school,.
At least 50 of this. number 'are
off-campus people who are enrolled
in several of the new courses of­fered
this quarter. Interest among;
college students is^also high to r e ^ ;
gard to the new^ courses being
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defense program, according to the
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