WWCollegian - 1948 February 20

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C a n d i d a t e s Ready . . . Statements of platforms
and ideas are set forth by Board of Control candidates on Page
1. Look them over . . . get acquainted . . . VOTE WEDNESDAY
IN THE GENERAL ELECTION.
Winko Conference Rites ... page 4 win give
you the sordid details on the death of an old faithful . . . and
Hie rebirth of a bigger and more powerful league to take its
place. Vol. XLVI— No. 19 Western Washington College of Education, Bellingham, Washington Friday, February 20, 1948
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Candidates Selected; General Wednesday
8AME SONG . . . SAME
VERSE . . . only DIFFER­ENT
TUNE . . .
For years and years news
reporters a n d interested
students have butted their
heads up against the solid
wall of indifference erected
by other students as assur­ance
t h a t nothing but
choice bits of gossip or
o t h e r minor trivialities
should manage to eke into
their vacuumized spheres
of influence. The boun­daries
of said isolated area
including only two ears top
of the head, and chin. This
election week once again
their assurances paid off
Not a thought s e e p ed
through the hard packed
pores of 95a students con­cerning
Wednesday's elec­tion.
Simultaneous with this
announcement we see jubi­lant
headlines in the New
York Daily Worker, offi­cial
Communist organ,
broadcasting the victory of
third party supported Leo
Isacson from the Bronx
24th district to Congress.
Isaacson polled more votes
than his three opponents
combined.
One stupid remark picked
up last week to the effect
that ". . . the polls are so
crooked anyway and any­one
can control the elec­tion
. . . so why should I
concern myself with voting
. . . " only illustrates too
well the basic reason for
Isacson's easy victory His
w o r k e r s and supporters
made sure that every mem­ber
of his party put in an
appearance at the polls.
They were willing to go to
a little extra work and
thought in order to get the
vote out. The other two
staid, stable parties were
content to let come what
may, and to rest on their
laurels. They like un-inter-ested
WWC students will
be resting on something
besides their laurels unless
they shake off the mental
lethargy that is becoming
ingrained in their systems.
Habits picked up in college
days are top easily and too
often carried into later life.
Make regular voting habits
one of your regular habits.
But why waste paper,
time, ribbon, printer's ef­forts
and space for some­thing
that is of no value
or interest to three-fourths
of the student body anyway.
Go on . . . turn the page
to the gossip columns . . .
Candidates Are
Selected As
General Nears
Arlene Swanson, Bessie James and
Betty McLeod were chosen as can­didates
for the office of four quar­ter
woman and Gus Pagels, Jerry
Karnofski, Bob Bain and Rosemary
Provost were selected as candidates
for four quarter man and woman in
Wednesday's primary election for
Board of Control offices.
The vote was described as being
very small by election officials, since
only 292 students from an enroll­ment
of nearly 1200 cast their bal­lots.
The largest vote for any one
candidate was 69. Because there was
a tie vote for the third place in the
four quarter man or woman posi­tion,
the names of four candidates
will appear on the ballot for that
office in the general election to be
held Wednesday, February 25.
A student assembly was held Tues­day
morning' to introduce the nom­inees
to the student body. The at­tendance
at this assembly was esti­mated
by observers to be between 80
and 100.
Nominees eliminated in Wednes­day's
voting for four quarter woman
were: Berdell Smith, Beverlee Burn-aby,
Esther Mjoen, Barbara Mcln-nes,
Harriet Lang, Ruth Sodcrstrom
and Ann Theg.
Jim Beasley, Margery Traulsen,
Dorothy McLane, J. Wendel' Brown
and LaVerne Brockmier were de­feated
in the race for the four quar­ter
man or woman office.
Field Trip Planned
By Shutter Fiends
A field trip to Mount Baker is
planned by the Camera club for
February 29. The cost for transpor­tation
will be $2.00 if 25 people sign
to go. Coffee will be furnished by
the club, but all those going must
bring their own lunch. ,
Camera club members and others
desiring to go are asked to contact
Merle Bunn in the Camera club
darkroom (off the lounge entry
way> before February 24.
At the last Camera club meet­ing
E. I. Jacobson, of the Jacobson
studios, discussed portrait lighting
and different kinds of light. Talks
of this kind are planned for other
meetings this year.
Election Lacks Spirit Of Yesteryear
Last Wednesday's polling booth had a deserted look in comparison with last spring's heated ASB elec­tion,
pictured above. Some of the students who are shown crowding into that presidential slugfest failed to
vote in Wednesday's primary. However, it is expected that Don Brown, 1947 election officer, Tom Orphan,
Glenn Wolf, Roma Still, Ruth Vandenberg and Dave Quam will be on hand to exercise their franchise in the
coming general election.
Band Performs
For Schools
WWC's 55-piece band is sched­uled
for guest appearances at Mount
Vernon and Burlington High school
student assemblies on March 3, ac-carding
to plans announced recently
by director Don C. Walter.
Traveling by bus the band will
spend the morning and lunch hour
at Mount Vernon, journeying to
Burlington for the afternoon. Wal­ter
will precede the group to Mount
Vernon where he will conduct a re­hearsal
of the high school band be­fore
the college band appearance.
Final rehearsals for the trip are
now taking place with a variety of
band and some specialty numbers
included on the tentative program.
This is the first year that the
WWC band has participated in tours
of this type. It is hoped that the
band will be able to give concerts at
high schools throughout the state
later in the quarter.
Datelimi e . . .
Friday, February 20 — 10
a. m., AWS and Norse­men's
assemblies. Vik­ings
vs. Central, there.
Monday, February 23—
Holiday.
Tuesday, February 24-^10
a: m., student assembly,
final campaign speeches.
7:30 p. m., CCF, room
241. Vikings vs. Seattle
College, there.
Wednesday February 25—
Student elections, room
112. 7:30 p. m., Social
Science Study and Ac­tion
club, room 30. ;
Thursday, February 26 —
7:30 p. m., WRA sports
party.
Friday, February 27—WRA
basketball play day, 10
a. m. to 5 p. m. 10 a. m.,
Pascal quartet. , '
Saturday, February 28—
Publications Prom.
State Colleges Sponsor New
Literary Publication Soon
A new, state-wide, literary magazine, sponsored by 16 leading colleges
in the State of Washington will be launched this April, according to a
report of the organizing committee. The 1948 issue, a trial balloon to test
the interest in a magazine of this type, will appear as a forty page mime­ographed
publication.
The organizing committee, composed of Dr. M. F. Cederstrom, and J. H.
O'Brien of WWC; and Mark Harris and Grant Redford of the University
of Washington, queried all colleges
in the state last fail to determine . f*f r\ I A I
interest in this venture. The sixteen I \ \ \ ^ L / 6 l 6 Q d C 6 S A SK
colleges participating are: Gonzaga — . —. . .
University, College of Puget Sound, I T i p r © r m i S S I O fl
Wenatchee Junior College, Olympia ->> f* •• *%
Junior College, St. Martin's College, I o College Congress
Everett Junior College, Pacific Luth­eran
College, Eastern Washington
College, Walla Walla College, Lower
Columbia Junior College, Washing­ton
State College, Mt. Vernon Junior
College, Clark Junior College, Grays
Harbor College, the University of
Washington, and Western Washing­ton
College.
Selecting the short s';ories, essays,
and poetry has been delegated to
three colleges: College of Puget
Sound, Everett Junior College, and
Western Washington College. Ac­cording
to present arrangements,
each school may submit three prose
manuscripts and six poems. These
will be shipped in triplicate to Harris
at the University of Washington,
who will distribute a copy of the
entries to the editing schools. The
name of the writer and his college
will not be known to those making
the selections.
Writer Editors to Edit
At Bellingham, this editing com­mittee
will consist of the present
Continued on Page Three.
If Bob Ingersoll and Gorden San-stad
are approved as delegates to
the Pacific Northwest College con­gress
to be held on the Whitman
college campus March 3-6, they will
hear Charles Leigh Wheeler, guest
speaker who is the executive vice-president
of the McCormack Steam­ship
company.
The International Relations club
elected the two representatives at
an earlier meeting, but the appoint­ment
is subject to the approval of
the Board of Control. Sixteen col­leges
have notified Whitwbrth col­lege
of their intention to send dele­gates.
Rcc Hour to be Attempted
Many methods of raising funds
for the World Student Service fund
were discussed by the club at a
meeting held Wednesday, February
18. It was decided that an attempt
would be made to sponsor a rec hour
in the near future.
Following the business meeting,
the group witnessed a film concern­ing
the monetary situation in the
United States.
Geo. Washington's
Birthday Monday;
Students Vacation
In observance of Washington's
birthday no classes will be sched­uled
for WWC Monday, February 23.
Minor changes will be in effect in
the dining rooms of campus resi­dence,
halls. Only two meals will be
served daily. Breakfast will be at
10:00 a, m., and dinner will be
served at 5:00 p. m. These hours
will be in effect for Saturday, Sun­day
and Monday only.
Library hours will be from 2 until
6 p. m., on Saturday and Sunday.
The Library will be closed all day
Monday.
Board of Control To
Erect Bulletin As
Stimulus For Voters
Results of the primary election
left Arlene Swanson, Bessie James,
and Betty McLeod as candidates for
the four quarter position and Gus
Pagels, Jerry Karnofski, Bob Bain
and Rosemary Provost as candi­dates
for the four quarter man or
woman position. Because of lack ol
interest shown in the primary, the
Board of Control, meeting Febru­ary
18, discussed ways of turning
out a larger vote in the general elec­tion.
Out of a possible 1200 votes, 292
students exercised their democratic
rights and voted, thus giving a per­centage
of approximately 25 per
cent having voted. The Board de­cided
to erect a bulletin containing
the pictures and platform of each
candidate in the main hall.
The point was made that with a
small turnout, it would be compar-
, atively simple for'an otherwise min­ority
group to elect the candidate
of its choice. A concerted effort will
be made to create student interest in
the'general election to b& held next
Wednesday.
Skiing; Topic Renewed
Skiing reared its head again with
the revelation that the Shussken
Ski club had not been the instigator
of the ski team petition. .It was
pointed out that the club has only
fifteen members and there is no
apparent interest in it. The question
was immediately raised, "If the col­lege
cannot support an active ski
club—can it support a ski team?" ,
A suggestion was made that per­haps
skiing as a recreational sport
could be subsidized by the Board.
Instead of the $2 round trip fare
to Mount Baker, the suggestion
called for the Board to pay one-half
of the cost for one bus each week­end
during the season.
1,158 Enroll In
Day Classes
According to figures released this
week by Donald A. Ferris, registrar,
1,439 students are regularly enrolled
for standard residence credits dur­ing
the present quarter here at
Western Washington College.
Of the 1,158 students taking their
college work in the daytime classes,
492 "fire veterans; 251 are men in
other classifications; and 415 are
women. On the campus for evening
classes are 281 students, many of
whom are earning college credits
after a day's work in business, in­dustry
or teaching.
A number of enrollees drive from
10 to 60 miles to take advantage of
the evening offerings in audio-vis­ual
work, sociology, literature, pho­tography,
and mental hygiene.
The evening courses are equivalent
in every respect to the traditional
daytime class work, with the same
instructors, credits, and general
standards.
Election Ready For Students;
Speakers Announce Platforms
By LAVERNE BROCKMIER
Wednesday, February 28, is the date for the final election of officers
for the Board of Control. A student assembly is planned for Tuesday, Feb­ruary
27, at 10 a. m., so students may hear the campaign speeches of the
candidates.
To help acquaint voters with the students who have been selected for
this final balloting, each one was asked for a statement about the nomina­tion.
These interviews revealed the following information;
ARLENE SWANSON, a junior from Bellingham, is a graduate of. Mount
Baker high school. She has been active in school affairs in her three years
at WWC and has held the offices of vice-president in the Valkyrie and
AWS clubs. She said, "I wish to thank those who have nominated me and,
if elected/ I will be always willing to bring up your problems before the
Board and thus fulfill the confidence you have shown in me."
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BOB BAIN, a World War II veteran, who is following a teaching cur-
' riculum, expressed his thanks for the nomination. "If elected, I will en­deavor
to voice the opinions of those I represent in a most alert and con­scientious
manner," promised Bain. Since he entered WWC in 1946,
Bain has served on several committees and has shown interest in school
affairs. *.
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"I deeply appreciate the confidence shown me by. the vote. which I
received," commented BESSIE JAMES. She is a sophomore, froin Belling­ham,
taking a teacher-training course. She said, "My only: campaign
promise is to represent you, the students, as I would want you to represent
me." '
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ROSEMARY PROVOST, a third quarter freshman f rom JSellingham
stated in an interview that she would like to see a more liberal Board of
Control. "I think the Board should be more closely united with title student
body," she said. Although she has been at the college a shqrtt|tixne, Miss
Provost has been active on committees for her class and other/organizations.
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BETTY McLEOD, is a sophomore from Bellingham. She is the editor
of the '48 Klipsun and has held several responsible positions since, her
entrance here in 1946. Miss McLeod stated, "I guess every Board "hope­ful"
has world-shaking plans and so are mine—a total school program that
will more closely fit the needs of a changed and somewhat older student
body—not just the "Royal Minority.'';
The president of scholarship society, GUERD ..?G!US? ;jPAfSEI.S,^said
that he realized the office he had been nominated for is/a ivery•• responsible
position. "I am doing my best to acquaint myself tnroroughly with all the
problems before the Board at present and those that are likely to' occur
in the future. If I am elected I will try to fulfill all- myS duties Con­scientiously
" promised Pagels. ; -" • • .
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A veteran of the Air Corps, JERRY KARNOFSKI, comes ffbm^ Long-view,
Washington. He is a junior and has played football arid|baseball
at WWC. After expressing his thanks for the nomination, Karnofski said,
"This school lacks spirit. If elected, I will do my utmost to try•'•''to'Mid ways
of developing a more spirited student body:" He further stated -that he
thought the athletic program should be backed to the fullest extent r
U. OF B. C. HISTORY PROF.
DELIVERS FORUM TALK
Speaking on the "Strength and
Weaknesses of the United Nations,"
Professor Frederick H. Soward, of
the University of British Columbia
History department, lectured the
Bellingham Public Forum last Wed­nesday.
Invitation Responses Pour In For Prom
Tickets As Deadline Draws Near
By ARLENE SLOTEMAKER
"Plans for this ninth annual Publications Prom are rapidly progres­sing,"
revealed co-chairman of the affair, Betty McLeod. "Responses to
invitations are pouring into the Collegian office from alumni and special
guests. We're expecting the largest Prom crowd WWC has ever seen!"
she concluded.
According to Business Manager, Nancy Merrick, the ticket booth will
open next Tuesday and will remain
open until Friday afternoon, 4:00
p.m.
To settle the flower question, Vern
Matthews stated, "Corsages are op­tional,
but formats and dark suits
are in order."
Supporting the "Skyline Room"
theme, the famed New York sky line
will dominate two walls of the gym.
"Balloons, a huge champagne glass
and streamers are also included to
support the theme," Bettyjane Chris­tie,
chairman of decorations, re­ported
today.
Highlight of Prom night will be
the 11:00 to 11:15 p. m. broadcast
over KVOS. Announcer Hal Gron-seth
will open the letter from Earl
Carroll which will divulge the name
of the Prom' Princess. The an­nouncement
will be followed by the
Princess Promenade.
WWC students will use the east
entrance of the physical education
building to enter the dance. For ad­mission
ASB cards will be required
along with prom tickets.
Choir P||i|^
South T^iip
WWC's a cappela choir left this
morning for Everett on the second
of their series of trips. Bernard Re-gier,
director of the choir, will pre­sent
his musical programs at Ever­ett
and Snohomish schools. Their
first appearance at Everett high is
scheduled for 10 a. m. They will
finish the tour by singing at Sno­homish
before returning to Belling­ham
this evening.
Soloists making the trip are:
Duane Lewis, Pat Paul, Lynn'At-wood
and Janet Harrists. Accom­panists
for the soloists are Marjorie
Westerlund and Roxie Klock.
Pascal Quartet Appears
Appearing on the Artist and Lec­ture
Series program, February 27,
is the Pascal String Quartet, com­posed
of Jacques Dumont, first vio­lin;
Maurice Crut, second 'violin;
Leon Pascal, viola; and Robert Sal-'
les, cello.
Considered to be one of Europe's
finest quartets, having toured the
continent many times, the; Pascal
quartet made its initial bow into
America in 1946. Within three weeks
of its introductory tour, the quartet
experienced great success in New -
England andNthe Easljj_:'•'.' V