Western Viking - 1937 June 4

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VOL. XXXVI—NO. W) WESTERN WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Friday, June 4, 1937
* Live
And
^ Learn
By Henry Francis
What with all the last week's ex­citement
and stviS can't decide
whether I'm exh. . ^ted over the
forthcoming vacation or depressed
about those nightmarish ordeals
that mark the day of reckoning. As
long as we are living in the middle
of a streamlined age it seems as
though a little modernization of
tests wouldn't be amiss. Ought to
be very simple to remake the finals
into snappy little numbers that
could be breezed right through.
HEEBIE JEEBIES
Cornell university has bought a
100-acre farm to further its practice
of producing' nervous breakdowns on
pigs and goats. This is an innova­tion
in the scientific world to find
the cause and effects of nervous dis­orders.
It may be new to science
but the training school has been at
it «nscientifically for quite some
time; in lieu of goats, however, they
have student teachers, or is there
any difference? .Anyhow the re­sults
are the same.
WOO IN A PEW
Doc McKesver's brainchild, the
Lovers' church, is going full blast
down in Oklahoma City. They
seem to have' a grand old time
- pitching the woo around those stiff-backed
benches. Wonder if the good
Doctor is figuring on any of it
sloshing around the pulpit? His lat­est
hue and cry was raised in lam­pooning
the school boards for not
allowing what he calls "these beau­tiful
motherly women" teachers to
be married. Guess he didn't realize
that they couldn't get a husband or
they wouldn't be teaching.
COPY CATS
Uncle Sam,got more than he bar­gained
for with the unconstitutional
AAA, and it's not over yet. It
took a couple years for the idea to
sink in but the Brazilian government
finally got it. Now they have de-
Tided to make a bonfire out of 70
per cent of their coffel crop to keep
us rich Americans (who drink half
of it) from getting it too cheap.
That, after inveigling the Secretary
of Stale to leave coffee on the free
list of imports.
Wait till people start dunking
their doughnuts in milk or some­thing
as distasteful, Brazil will find
it's another matter to tamper with
our religion; besides it was our idea,
the old copy cats. „
ON CONSISTENCY
A staunch friend of the rubber
stamp industry rose up in righteous
indignation and stamped his foot
down not long ago. The reason for
his wrath was that well known term,
"rubber stamp congress," as applied
to our present solons. Here are the
pros and cons in a nutshell.
Rubber stamps and congressmen
Are very wear resistant;
Bat congressmen flit to and fro
While stamps are so consistent.
SWEET AND SHY
Guess everyone had Wallis Simp­son
, Windsor all wrong, at least
that's what a "we're just sisters un­der
the skin," female newspaper cor­respondent
'•• writes from Prance.
Shown up in her true lights at last,
it reveals her as just a little home
body who really hates all this terri­ble
publicity.
Wally, according to the journalist,
hasn't had a decent thing to wear in
ages and ages and just because she
orders two or three simple little
things all the old meanies in town
started tush, tushing at her extrava­gance.
Probably true. All it needs
now to make it perfect is to hear her
explaining to the Duke how her oth­er
husbands misunderstood the poor
little girl.
RESTING
Spent a couple of hours trying to
find a position in a library chair so
I could rest and study simultaneous­ly
but had to gbe up. If I rested I
could'nl study and if I studied I
coudn't rest—so I rested. That
wasn't too good though. Suppose
these chairs weren't made for rest-ingi
so have to go find a bed. See
you next fall.
Board Elects
Officers In
Final Session
Summer Recreation Program Varied;
Main Features Include
Cruises, Hikes, Picnics, Sports
Closed Week Again
Viking Positions Filled
Soupkup, Hinchcliffe Selected
New Editors; Band Uniforms
To Be Purchased
An intensive session of business
concerning fulfillment of positions
on the school paper, passage of the
budget, and publication of the Blue
Book marked the final spring quar­ter
Board of Control meeting last
Wednesday.
Appointments were made for edi­tor
and business manager of the
Western Viking for summer and fall
quarters. Sele'ctions were as follows:
summer quarter, Sybil Hinchliffe,
editor; Rex Rolle, business manager;
fall quarter, Clarence Soukup,' edi­tor;
Earl Eckert, business manager.
BUDGET PASSED
Appointment of similar positions
on the 1938 Klipsun was deferred
until next fall..
The Board voted final passage of
the budget for the coming fiscal
year in which was included an ap­propriation
of funds for the pur­chase
of band uniforms.. Florence
Lund was granted the editorship
of the Blue Book for the second suc­cessive
year.. Miss Lund promised
that several changes would be made
in the publication.
NEIL REPORTS
A report on Campus day was sub­mitted
by Ralph Neil, chairman of
the event. Neil suggested that
henceforth Campus day be always
held late in May. As President Don
Zylstra will not be attending school
this summer, he was granted a
leave of absence until the fall quar­ter.
It was announced at the adjourn­ment
of the meeting that the Board
of Control picnic will be held this
evening at Lakewood.
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Funds Granted for
Athletic Field
President Fisher announced Wed­nesday
that Governor Martin had
honored a request for $3000.00 from
the WWC trustees to finish the new
athletic field.
Work on the new field has been
progressing slowly, since the project
is large and only two men have been
employed to level the top soil. The
new appropriation- is expected to
make it possible to have the job
completed by next fall.
Since the site of the field was
once a swamp, the black top soil
sank in many places the last year,
necessitating the leveling process.
Although much dirt is being trim­med
from the sides and higher levels
of the field and dumped into the
hollows, it will be necessary to haul
many additional yards of soil to put
the field in suitable condition for
seeding.
W*»en completed the new athletic
field, together with the new gym­nasium,
will give WWC one of the
finest athletic departments in the
state. The football and baseball
fields will be separate and present
plans call for three new tennis
courts just back of the gymnasium.
When plans are completed, provi­sions
will be made for minor and
intramural sports as well.
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Boat trips, play hours, hikes, picnics, water sports, and excursions con­stitute
the summer recreational program.. The expense of this program has
been fixed at the lowest possible cost with the hope that it will be within
the reach of every student
First on the program comes the 8 miles climb up Chuckanut ridge on
June 19. All students wishing to climb Skyline ridge on the following
Saturday, June 26, must practice on
this one.
On June 22 there will be an all
school picnic and salmon bake at
the Rocks Tuesday, June 29, every­one
is invited to go for a swim at
Toad lake, which is accessible by
streetcar. July 6, is the date of an­other
streetcar excursion to What­com
Falls park.
VISIT VICTORIA
The main excursion of the sum­mer,
that to Victoria, will be held on
Saturday, July 10. A CPR boat has
been engaged for this trip. The price
will be $2.00 for adults and $1.00
for children under twelve.
July 13, |.here is to be a supper
at Galbraith's lumber camp, with a
hike along the new Samish highway.
The week-end Mount Baker trip
will be on July 16, 17, and 18, the
round trip costing about $4.00..
There will be a bus trip to Van­couver,
B. C, to visit the Beleek
shop, linen shops, Chinatown, and
Stanley Park and continue on £o
Horseshoe Bay. The fare will be
around $1.00..
LOCAL MILLS ON LIST
On July there will be an inspect
tion trip to the Bellingham Pulp and
Paper mills which will take two
hours. The" trip to Skagit over Sat­urday
and Sunday is an unexcelled
trip on up to Rockport to the hydro­electric
station. This will cost about
$2.50, and will be held on July 24
and 25. This completes the sched­ule
for the first term.
The second term starts out with
a trip to Hannegan pass July 30
and 31 which will cost about $3.50.
Next will be the sailing trip to Cy­press
island, an evening sail on
August 3. The climb up Mount
Constitution will be held August 7.
The All School picnic at Lakewood
will come on August 10. This term
closes .with an excursion to Friday
Harbor to visit the Oceanographic
station, a trip costing about $1.00.
Medical examination will be re­quired
of all hikers..
Klipsun Released
Tuesday, 7,
Thon Announces
Margaret Thon, editor of the
Klipsun, has set the date for its re­lease.
Annual Klipsuns will be
ready for all students on Tuesday,
June 8, at the associated students
office. "Come early and avoid the
rush," is Tony's parting advice.
By delaying the Klipsun a few
days a page of Campus day snap­shots
could be included. These.will
add humor to the book.
KLIPSUN MAKEUP NEW
Klipsun staff members have work­ed
to complete 96 pages of school
life. This includes their specialty
of eight pages of candid campus
shots.
The makeup will be different from
any that has been used in former
Klipsuns, Editor Thon tells of the
mystery connected. The theme and
cover of the book will be revealed
when Tuesday arrives for the an­nual's
release.
RUMMAGE SALE
ANNOUNCED
This year a rummage sale will be
sponsored by the Klipsun staff to
sell all snap shots which were taken
for the Klipsun. A very small fee
permits them to be carried away.
Photography expenses will be paid
out of the funds made. All men's
and women's sports, clubs, snap­shots,
and class pictures will be sold
at 10 and 25 cents.
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Hot Little Girls Return
Slowly From Sunset
Prexy Commends
Cooperation of
Students, Faculty
Assemblies Make Fine Record;
PE Building Great Asset
Different Examination Schedule
Tried Out
"Oh, I . really would just
o-o-o-ve to go, but, gee, it's
impossible! This is closed
week."
Apologetic gushings similar
to this will be in order start­ing
this evening and continu­ing
until Monday as the dread
zero hour approaches when
quarter exams are given to
WWC students, and evenings
are devoted to sweating knowl­edge
from books instead of per­spiration
from dancers.
The examination schedule
adopted for this quarter avoids
the possibility of two succes­sive
tests for any one student.
Any heavy tests loads are to
be reported to Miss Cummins
for revision.
Classes meeting at nine,
eleven, and two o'clock re­ceive
their tests on Wednes­day;
classes meeting eight,
ten, one, and three o'clock get
theirs on Tuesday.
School corridors are expect­ed
to be barren^ of bustling
students the latter portion of
next week, as practically all
work for the quarter will be
concluded by Wednesday af­ternoon
with the exception of
about a half dozen classes held
over until Friday.
Grads Prepare
For 1937
Commencement
Alumni Program Next
Baccalaureate Services Next Sun­day;
Followed by Faculty Re­ception;
Kenna Officiates
Jeanne Richards Cops
Scholarship Award
Goodbye kids.
This year's winner oi>the scholas­tic
award for the freshman class is
Jeanne Richards.
Since 1931 this has been an an­nual
custom for the third quarter
freshman with the highest scholas­tic
standard. The winner is pre­sented
with a silver cup with her
name and the year engraved upon
it.
"It was a complete surprise to
me, as I never dreamed of getting
any award," Miss Richards ex­claimed.
Miss Richards graduated from
Bellview high school in Seattle last
year. She is 19 years old, has brown
hair and blue eyes. Her ambition
is to be a primary teacher, although
all her time is not devoted to study­ing.
"My favorite hobby is photo­graphy,"
she explained with an in­fectious
laugh. Among her other
outside activities are the Glee club,
Vanadis Bragi, and the Newman
club.
Hot, a little sun-burned, and very
tired, 15 Blue Triangle club mem­bers
and their guests plodded slowly
homeward last Tuesday, apparently
in a happy mood as the result of an
evening picnic on Sunset Heights.
The picnic, which was entirely a
social gathering, was the final Blue
Triangle meeting of this quarter and
climaxed a quarter full of numerous
activities. No business was discus­sed
and some members sat around
talking together informally while
others engaged in a peppy game of
baseball.
All of the girls gathered around a
large open bonfire and roasted
weiners, while the club's special
dessert, made of oranges and pep­permint
sticks, topped off the out­door
menu.
Florence Johnson and Ruth-Piatt
were the faculty advisors for the af­fair.
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Bright Mountain Goat;
Deserts Track Wars
"I think it has been an unusually
fine and active year," President
Fisher said Wednesday in comment­ing
on the past school year.
"Also an outstanding one," he con­tinued,
"in respect to the close co­operation
between the faculty,, stud­ents,
and administration of the
school. In the comprehensive ex­ams,
which were in the nature of
an experiment, the faculty feels that
they received all the cooperation
that could possibly be desired from
the students."
GOOD RECORD
In regard to the past year's assem­blies,,
President Fisher stated that
he thought there had been a better
record made with them than has
been made in a long time..
It was learned that the faculty
had voted overwhelmingly for con­tinuation
of the faculty chats on a
more informal and social basis, with
the students expressing what sub­jects
they wanted discussed and by
whom..
P. E. BUILDING ASSET
"We've used the new PE building
since November," President Fisher
said,, "and I think both the faculty
and students have gotten a great
deal of pleasure from it. It is a
great asset to the college as a whole
and we wonder now how we could
have gotten along without it. So
far, from our experience with it we
have found no shortcomings in the
plan of the building."
President Fisher also stated that
he expected the new bleachers and
lockers to be in by fall and that
the new athletic field would then
be completed and ready for use.
Norman Bright, former WWC
track star and present holder of the
American indoor and outdoor rec­ords
for the 5000 meter run, will be
one of the party of four young men
who will attempt to climb the un­sealed
heights of Mt. Lucania in the
Yukon territory early1 this summer.
The party, led by Bradford Wash­burn,
America's number 1 junior
explorer, will leave Saturday, June 5.
Comfrp UP
Saturday, June 5
Alumni Day
7:00 p. m. Alumni banquet
Bellingham Hotel
Sunday, June 6
4:00 p. m.. Baccalaureate
WWC auditorium
5:00 p. m. President's tea
Edens Hall blue room
Tuesday, June 8
8:00 a. m. Final exams begin
Wednesday, June 9
4:00 p. m: Final exams end.
School's out!
8:30 pjn. Faculty Reception
to graduates
Edens Hall blue room
Thursday, June 10
10:00 a. m. Commencement
exercises
Monday, June 14
8:00 a: m. Registration day
for slimmer quarter
Tuesday, June 15
8:00 a. m. Summer classes
begin.
Appointment Bureau
Places Many
For Next Year
Twenty-two additional members
of this year's graduating class have
attached their names to teaching
contracts for the ensuing year.
Evelyn- Martin will have the 6
grade and teach music at Golden-dale.
Florence Lund has. been signed
for Montesano where she will teach
English and girls' physical educa­tion
in the 8 grade. Dorothy Evans
will have the 3 grade and library in
Hoquiam. Maynard Ponko has been
signed to teach literature and music
in the 7 and 8 grades at Olympia.
KANE, VICKERY TO SHELTON
Margaret Kane will teach in the 5
grade and Deborah Vickery in the 1
at Shelton. At Sedro-Woolley will
be .Maxine Wade and Cecelia North
in the primary grades; Ruth Loreen
has also been placed in Sedro-Wool­ley
to teach in the intermediate de­partment.
Helen Williams will go
to the junior high school in Anacor-tes.
Frances Mayhew has been
signed to Ferndale where she will
teach library and girls' physical edu­cation.
ALEXANDER, HICKS TO
MOUNTAINVD3W
Kathryn Alexander . and Alfred
Hicks have signed their contracts
for Mountain View. Florence Sieg-ler
will teach 1-4 grades at Timon.
Going to Aberdeen will be Louisette
Bergeron, where she will teach girls'
physical education in the 6 grade.
Ruth Morley will be at Pe Ell teach­ing
in the 3 grade; Rita Kralman at
Grandview in the 2 grade; and Theo­dore
Abner will have the 6 grade
and principalship at Tenino.
ULLEVIG SIGNED FOR
EVERETT ^
Helen Ulfevig will be teaching in
the primary grades at Everett. To
Bethel will go June Weckworth,
where she will teach in the inter­mediate
department. Marie Wold
will be helping in Snohomish county
remedial department under the di­rection
of Mr. C. C. Carpenter,
county superintendent.
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Saturday, June 5, the program for
graduating students of WWC will
start with the traditional Alumni
ham Hotel at 7:00 p. m.. This^ ban­quet
is given by the alumni with
all graduates as guests. The fol­lowing
speakers will represent the
previous graduating classes: Mrs.
May Gilligan Carr, 1902; Mr. Wal­ter
Nichols, 1907; Lois Pebley, 1912;
Bertram Foster, 1917; G. Mason
Hall, 1922; Mamie Hicks Thompson,
1927; Gertrude Handkamp, 1932.
Florence Lund will be the repre­sentative
for the class of 1937. Dr.
W. .D. .Kirkpatrick, President of
the Board of Trustees, will speak.
KENNA TO SPEAK
Baccalaureate will be in the audi­torium
at 4:00 p. m., Sunday, June
6. The Reverend James Brette
Kenna will deliver the main address
with the Reverend Edward A.
Wolfe giving the invocation..
Wednesday, June 9. at 7:30 p. m.,
the Faculty Reception will take
place in the Eden's hall club room.
All the faculty have been urged to
attend and be hosts to the grad­uates.
All graduates are invited.
The graduation exercises Thurs­day
morning, June 10, at 10:00
a. m.., will climax the events for
the punior-seniors. Dr. Norman
Coleman, professor of English at
Reed college, Oregon, will deliver
the commencement address. The
Reverend Dwight C. Smith will give
the invocation..
DIPLOMAS HANDED OUT
Afterthe class has been presented
by President C. H. Fisher they will
receive their diplomas from Dr. W.
D. Kirkpatrick.
They, the class of 1937, will then
be ready and qualified to go out
and teach school in any grade or
junior high school in the State of
Washington.
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Siemons Elected
ICC President
Ran
Baton
Wilde To Let
Fall
Although the curtain won't rise
the doors will open when it comes
time for Rah Wilde to let his baton
fall, thereby setting his band into
action. Ran Wilde is scheduled to
appear at the Bellingham armory
next Monday in order to let the
folks of Bellingham know what real
music is when it is played in the
Wilde style..
Wilded is reputed to have one of
the highest class orchestras in the
business, similar to that of Paul
Pendarvis. He has filled engage­ments
at Oakland Athens Athletic
club, and has furnished the Hotel
St. Francis patrons in San Francisco
with a few variations. He has also
catered to the midnight parlor dan­cers
by playing over thei! NBC net­work.
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Alice Siemons is the new presi­dent
of the Interclub Council. She
was elected at a meeting held in
room 208 at 4:00 p. m. last Wednes­day
afternoon. Miss Siemons, who
represents the Blue Triangle club,
will take office with the beginning
of school next fall.
Other officers elected were: vice-president,
Betty Swisher; recording
secretary^Nina Mae Pickett, and
corresponding secretary, Helen Da­vis.
Each of the newly elected of­ficers
has recently been elected
president of one of the school clubs,
thereby receiving the privilege of
representing her club at the Inter­club
Council meetings. ,
FRESHMEN REINSTATED
At the request of Lillian Pierson,
epresenting the freshmen, the fresh­man
class was reinstated in the
Council. They were dropped at a
previous meeting for having not
been represented for three succes­sive
meetings.
FALL ACTIVITIES PLANNED
Looking far ahead, plans were laid
for events to be sponsored by the
Council next fall. They will have
their first meeting on September
29, the first Wednesday of the 1937-
38 term. Thursday, September 30,
is the date set for the club rally,
an affair designed to renew enthus­iasm
and club allegiance. It is open
to club members only. Then, for
the purpose of acquainting fresh­men
and other newcomers with the
various clubs and their activities,
the Council will have charge of the
assembly on Friday, October 1.
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Dean Johnson Pours Tea
At Closing Socials
Girls of Edens hall were the spon­sors
of the final Women's League tea
of this quarter held in the league
room yesterday afternoon from 2:30
until ] 3:30. Betty Howell, social;
chairman, who was in charge of pre
parations, was assisted by Maureen
McClelland. Miss Florence Johnson;
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