WWCollegian - 1948 May 21

              HEALTHY SIGNS: Must
be something in what those
dairy advertisements s ay
. . about ice cream being
an energy building food . . .
saw exactly 42 ice cream
bar sticks lying within a
foot of the sidewalk be­tween
here and the gym.
* * *
But then on the other
hand as we were coming
up the steps it was impos­sible
to ignore the 18 ciga­rette
butts scattered about.
I t looks like it would be
just as easy to flip them
over the sides and out of
sight . . . until the admin­istration
gets the needed
sandboxes installed.
« * *
And a bouquet of sun­beams
to old Sol who
graced ; our Campus day
tete-tete with his' warm­hearted
blessing*.
TERM PAPER TIME . . .
Don't like to be a kill joy
but it is getting along to­ward
that time of the term
again. J u s t a reminder
(paid adv.)
ROUNDHOUSE BLUES:
Both Stassen and Dewey,
would run themselves to
death if they ever tried to
corner one another in a
round house. On second
thought, after their Mon­day
debate, we must con­cede
that they are quite
able corner dodgers.
if * *
At the rate the old fa­miliar
smoke stack is dis­appearing
it may be neces­sary
to build a fire under
it this winter . . . to keep
the workers warm.
* s *
There is many a faculty
member nursing aching
joints and limbs since last
Wednesday's w o r k o u t.
Seems good to realize they
are human too.
Campus Day, according
to Dr. Haggard, used to be
a day set aside to pluck
dandelions from the non­existent
grass. We have
long since graduated from
that class . . . It would be
well if we all thought twice
when confronted with a
scrap of paper in our hands
and no place to put it. We
may not pick weeds from
the grass now, but, this is
no indication that we won't
be out cleaning the campus
in years to come. Give
the gardeners a break.
Schools Accept
48 Graduates
For Positions
Approximately 48 graduates have
accepted teaching positions in vari­ous
schools oh the coast. These posi­tions
have been procured through
the WWC Placement Bureau.
These people and their positions
are:
Diiranceau, Jack, Shoreline School
District, Intermediate; Northcutt,
Dan, Shoreline School District, Inter,
mediate; Haggard, Wade, Shoreline
School District, Intermediate; But­ler,
Betty, Shelton, Primary; Mes-singer,
Lyle, WWCE, Junior High
School Science; Burton, George, Ho-quiam,
6th and Playground Super­visor;
Monaghan, Martha, Vancouv­er,
Primary; Simpson, Robert, Van­couver,
Intermediate; Woodward,
Geraldine, Vancouver, Primary; Ver-rill,
Richard, Vancouver, Intermedi­ate;
Johnson, Carl, Vancouver, In­termediate;
Gerry, Ross, Vancouver,
Intermediate; Stockton, Barbara,
San Carlos, Californiajntermediate.
'••- Travenshek, Jean, Everett, Prir
rriary; Gray,' Mar jorie/-Seattle^ In­termediate;
Chatterton, B e r n i c e ,
Ferndale, Primary; Dickson, Robert,
Bellinghara, Intermediate; Hender­son,
Clarence, Bellingham, Inter­mediate;
Barnhill, Donelda, Bell­ingham,
Primary; Thon, Allan, Bell­ingham,
Intermediate; Clark, John,
South Kitsap District, Intermediate;
Wilson, Claire, Sunnyside, Primary;
Broad, Howard, Port Townsend,
Junior High School; Smith, Leslie,
LaCenter, 8th and High School
Coach;' Kilbourne, Charles, Chehalis,
Vice-principal.
Cameron, Beverly, Tacoma, Primary;
Hooper, Gladys, Tacoma, Primary;
McKelvey, Jean, Tacoma, Primary;
Smith. Berdell, Mt. Baker District-
Harmony School, Primary; Stillman,
Ivaloe, Everett, Primary; Reigers,
Ray, Everett, Intermediate; Hills,
Harriet, Marysville, Intermediate;
Prazier, Robert, Mount Vernon, Jun­ior
H i g h School and Assistant
Coach; Thompson, Douglas, Con­crete.
Junior High School and As-continued
on Page 4)
BHS Grads Plan
'46 Class Reunion
Plans for a reunion of the '46
graduating class of Bellingham high
got underway when the alumni held
their first meeting last Monday. Ap­proximately
60 grads decided on
Calmor cove as the site for a picnic
and dance. A tentative date of June
19 has been set, but it is subject to
change.
General co-chairmen of the af­fair
are Bob Hughes and Lois Key-man.
Assistant chairmen are Whitey
Steiner and Betty Jane Christie.
They are assisted by Nancy Merrick,
publicity; Gordie DenAdel, Ray
Flcckoi, entertainment; Bill Dorsey,
Bernice Smith, dance and decora­tions;
and Ira Elerding, Bill Jury,
clean-up.
Students Enthusiastic Over
All Campus Day Events
By HARRY PAGELS
Rumor has it that Fred DeBruler is a man capable of mystic
powers. He not only prophesied beautiful weather for campus
day, he also promised it! This may account for the general en­thusiasm
of the crowded auditorium Wednesday morning when
Dr. W. W. Haggard proclaimed May 19, 1948 as a day of fun.
House skits opened the, assembly program as Edens hall, with
an original skit entitled "There'll be some changes made" nar­rowly
edged out Senior hall, last year's first-place winners. First
prize was $5. Senior hall, with an entertaining "Flicker Flash­backs"
took second prize for $3, and Hospice $2, for their presenta­tion
of "The_ shooting , of Dan McGrew." Other organizations
participating were Men's Residence hall, Daniels hall, and Off-
Campus girls.
Early arrivals at Whatcom Falls park quickly monopolized the
tennis courts, swings, teeter totters, and horseshoe courts. The
caravan, which stretched and wound for approximately a mile,
arrived at the park at 11:30. Students and faculty literally cov­ered
the green with football games, baseball, and volley ball. The
sun should account for all the "sunburned" noses.
CHOW CALL . . . AND RESPONSE
At 12:30 someone^ mentioned chow. Students and faculty
swarmed from the creek, the fish hatchery, the games, the swings,
teeters, and tennis courts. A double line had to be formed in
order to allow the chow line to move. Firecrackers were con­tinually
exploding just to keep the picnickers alert. Dr. Keith A.
Murray was handed the spongey-end of a local joke when he
was served a rubber hot-dog.
Jay Lapp presided as M.C. throughout all the contests, the
biggest of which was the beard-growing, trimming, and coloring.
Dr. Lucy Kangley and Mis/i Ruth Piatt, judges, were in constant
difficulty trying to distinguish one beard from another. Aided
by the on-lookers, the judges selected Ray Borden, sophomore, as
having the mostest and pinned on him the title of Mr. B. O.
Plenty, 1948. Bob Tesdall, freshman, was chosen as having the
technicolorest beard; Clifford McCullum, sophomore, the black­est
beard; Art Svidran, freshman, the trimmest. Contestants
turned out en masse for the honor of the "smoochiest." Judges
Joanne Knowles and Ellie Wilbanks, after eliminating many un-smoochy
beards, had to call on reserve forces Lois King and
Phyllis Armstrong to aid in the final selection. The bearded, lip-sticked,
perspiring face of ErnieyCallender, freshman, was award­ed
first place. .-•'
IRISH RUNS OFF WITH SACK
The next event, Slipper Kick, was captured by Susie Mbdisett
as her shoe soared into the air to out-distance an competitors.
(Continued on Page Two)
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Vol. XLVI—No. 29 Western Washington College of Education, Bellingham, Washington FridHMay 21, 1948
Choric Concert In Finale Wednesday Evening
Annual Musical Rings Down
Curtain for College Year
Western Washington's Music department will ring down the curtain
on its 1947-48 concert performances Wednesday evening with their annual
spring quarter Choric concert. The musical will begin at 8 a. n w n the
college auditorium with Bernard Regier directing.
The program is divided into five divisions, accordng to Regier. Mrs.
Sue Abrahamson and Carl Cary will be accompanist for the duets, quartet
and soloists offerings. •
Got a Whisker, Mister
The evenings schedule will get
underway , ,with tjhe choir , singing
'•'Out'' of the Silence" (Galbraith);
"Fog" (Christie); and "Mountains"
(Rasbach). Regier has designated
this section as Music Washingtonia.
Duane Lewis and Fred DeBruler
will open the second section of the
program with "O Mimi, To Piu Non
Torni" (La Boheme-Puccini). Janet
Harris, soprano, will offer "Sequi-dilla"
(Carmen-Bizet), and Patricia
Paull, and Roxie Bergh, sopranos,
will sing "Sous Le Dome E'pais"
(Lakme-Delibes).
Choir Reappears
In the third section the a cappella
choir will sing "A Thing of Beauty"
(age); "The Bluebird" (Stanford);
and, "Say Thou Lovest Me" (Cain).
"One Kiss" (New Moon-Romberg)
will be Meredith Hess' opening num­ber
for the fourth section. Also in
that division the college quartet,
composed of Duane Lewis, Lyn Att-wood,
Fred DeBruler, and Don Fink,
will sing "I Got Plenty o' Nuthin'"
(Porky and Bess-Gershwin), and
"My Heart Stood Still" (A Connecti­cut
Yankee - Rodgers). P a t r i c ia
Wright will conclude the section
with "Romance" (Desert Song-
Romberg).
Spiritual and Work Songs
The a cappella choir will complete
the evening program with "The Erie
Canal) (arr. Scott), "Ohio River
Farewell Song" (arr. Gaul), Fred
DeBruler, soloist; "I'm a Poor Way­faring
Stranger" (arr. Scott), Pa­tricia
Paull, soloist; "Set Down Ser­vant"
(Arr. Shaw), Amy Porter and
Don Fink, soloists.
Tickets to the performance are
complimentary and may be had by
contacting any member of the choir
or through the Business office.
Memorial Day
Program Has
Musical Agenda
Memorial day will be recognized
at WWC by^a special program in
the college auditorium, Friday, May
28, during the regular assembly hour.
The musical assembly has been ar­ranged
by Dr. Frank D'Andrea.
Numbers consist of: "New Colonial
March" (Hall, and "American Pa­trol"
(Meachem), college band under
the direction of Don C. Walter;
"Trifolium," turmpet trio, Ross Mou-roy,
George Earle, Dale Vague;
"This Is My Country" (Ringwald),
male quartet, Lynn Attwood, Duane
Lewis, Fred DeBruler, and Donald
Fink; and ''There Is No Death,"
Patricia Paull, soprano, Roxie Bergh,
accompanist.
Further selections are: "Sere­nade"
(Mozart), and "Marche Mili-taire"
(Schubert), string quartet,
Norma Jean Swan, Virginia Pill,
Jeanne Hinthorne, and Dr. D'An­drea;
"Requiem" (Homer), Fred De­Bruler,
baritone, Sue Abrahamson,
accompanist; and, "Battle Hymn of
the Republic," and "Hymn to Hero"
- (Waring), -college a- cappella choir,
solo, Janet Harris, directed by Ber­nard
W. Regier.
Concluding number is Taps by
Ross Monroy.
There will be no classes held at
WWC, Monday, May 31.
An opportunity will be given to
students now in school to pre-register
for fall quarter oil June 2
and 3. The registration will take
place in the Junior High gym.
Classes will be held as usual and
students will be required to register
during free hours. All students will
be required to pay the usual fees
at the time of pre-registration.
Gladwin, Hardy Receive First
enior Salmon Bake M.A/s Conferred at Western
At Calmor Today
S
The senior class salmon bake
which takes place at Calmor cove oh
Lake Samish today, will feature bar­becued
salmon as well as salad, coke,
and coffee, in the way of chow.
For entertainment, there will be
boating, fishing, volley ball, horse­shoes,
and dancing. Every member
of the class may bring one guest.
Tickets are 25 cents each.
Transportation has been provided
with a bus leaving the gym at 4 and
returning at 8:30 p. m.
Chicken Dinner
Tops Menu
Gooseberry point will be the scene
of the Men's Residence hall picnic
tonight.
A chicken dinner, which will be
. served at Fishermen's cove, has been
planned. The convoy of cars will
leave the dorm about 4 p. m.; a
truck will also be provided for those
who are unable to find other trans­portation.
In the house meeting last Tues­day
night it was decided that only
those men who have paid two quar­ters
dues would be permitted to go.
It was also decided that the men
will be permitted to take a guest.
Dateliiin e . . .
Friday, May 21: Senior class salmon
bake at Calmor cove. Off-campus
girls hike. Baseball, Viks vs. PLC,
there, 2 p . m .
Saturday, May 22: Edens hall in­formal.
King of Spring elected.
Sunday, May 23: Attend the church
of your choice. Norsemen's cruise.
Tuesday, May 25(: Sports banquet.
Wednesday, Mayi26: Choric concert
in auditorium at 8 p. m. Senior
hall picnic. Blue Triangle. picnic.
Friday, May 28: (Memorial day as­sembly.
By VERN D.
Two FIRSTS that most college
students would give their wisdom
teeth for are written in non-erasable '
registrar's ink on Mrs. Frances
Gladwin's 46-year-old college rec­ords.
In 1933 Mrs. Gladwin was a mem­ber
of the FIRST class ever to re­ceive
the B. A. in Education from
Western Washington college. Just
15 years later this same lady is
eligible for the FIRST M. A. in Edu­cation
that WWC is permitted to
confer under laws enacted by the
1946 legislature.
Any further educational plans
that this matronly candidate may
have are known only to herself.
Mrs. Gladwin retired from active
teaching service two years ago and
when the June graduation days con­fer
their newest honors on her she
will again retire to her Hoods canal
home at Belfair. Retire is hardly
the proper word to use, however, for
such an ambitious educator. In
reality, she will re-open her sum­mer
school camp which she conducts
at her home for remedial service to
elementary grade students.
Mrs. Gladwin's first nibble at
higher education was taken at Alle­gheny
college in 1902. From there
she took a bite at what Cornell
university had to offer. The ever
potent love bug took a bite at her
then and she retired to being a wife
i>f a Cornell faculty member. (This
was in the days when regulations
forbade a married woman to earn
credit for courses taken.) While at
Cornell the indefatigable scholar
studied under Dr. Edward Titch-enor,
father of experimental psy­chology.
Following the death of her
husband she settled in Missouri and
taught in private schools for five
years.
With her Missouri experiences be­hind
her, she later settled in Cali­fornia
and immediately* began ex­tension
work with the University
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If there was any lack of interest in Campus Day activities, the fault can
in no way be attributed to publicity agents Phyllis Armstrong and Art
Runestrand. Miss Armstrong, with the assistance of several artists
kept interest at an all time high with her timely and attractive illus­trations
depicting the heralded events. —Photo by Bernie Lepeska.
FALL REGISTRATION DATA
Seniors Select
Bain President
Bob Bain, 37 year old veteran cam­paigner
from Bellingham, was elect­ed
to the presidency of the 1948-49.
senior class last Friday. Wally
Keehr, Seattle, was named vice-president,
and Arlene Swanson was
elected secretary-treasurer of the
class.
The sophomore class elected Art
Runestrand, 21, Bellingham, to the
position of president of the 1948 jun­ior
class. Cliff McCullem,, Port
Townsend, and Esther Mjoen, East
Stanwood. were named vice-presi­dent
and secretary-treasurer, re­spectively.
Norsemen Schedule
Cruise Sunday
Another cruise around Bellingham
bay, and among the islands, is in
store for Norsemen and friends Sun­day.
The "Osage" will shove off
from Citizen's dock at 9 a. m.
Ticket sales are limited to 30
couples, according to Don Minahan,
chairman of that committee. The
tariff is $1.50 per couple.
Faculty Enjoys
Annual Picnic
Faculty members of WWC attend­ed
their* annual picnic at Larrabee
State, park Thursday. Among the
activities enjoyed by the educators
were: athletic events, under C. W.
McDonald; an initiation of Sene
Carlile, which demanded a camp fire
to be built with the use of wet
wood; and camp fire singing led by
Dr. Keith Murray.
A total of 165 attended the affair
which included the administrative
staff, members of Veterans Guid­ance,
and the buildings and grounds
staff.
Mrs. Bearnice Skeen, chairman
Avesta Word, food; George McMeen,
transportation; McDonald, ground
activities; and Mrs. Nell MacGreg-or,
invitations and reservations.
RICE ELECTED PRESIDENT
Charles Rice, WWC industrial arts
instructor, was elected president of
the Twentieth Century club, when
that group held their May meeting
Tuesday evening.
MATTHEWS
Candidate number two for the
Master's degree in Education is 34-
year-old, Seattle b o r n , Howard
Hardy. He is scheduled to complete
his work for the degree, with his
field of specialization in administra­tion
and supervision, in August.
Candidate Hardy will resume his
duties with the Seattle school sys­tem,
where he has taught one year,
when the fall session opens. He has
been on leave of absence for this
past college year.
The sun first reflected off Mount
Baker's glistening dome and into
the eyes of Hardy back in the war
jittery days of 1940. His previous
college work consisted of one quar­ter's
work in 1935 at the University
of Washington. The depression
days of the 30's resulted in a tempo­rary
abandonment of plans. After
a two year hitch with the army in
Honolulu he enrolled at WWC.
The M. A. candidate met and
married a WWC student. Joey Wel­lington,
in August of 1941.
"Then war broke out," smiled the
short-cropped intellectual, "I en­listed
in the navy and served in the
Caribbean and Pacific theaters with
a submarine chasing unit. Dr. M. S.
Kuder was a shipmate of mine while
training in Florida."
Hardy was discharged with the
rank of ensign in October of '45
and immediately resumed his edu­cation
at Western. He is still an ac­tive
reservist and works with Dr.
Alan Ross in Bellingham's organized
surface division.
"My education at WWC is far
from, being finished," the cool-eyed
veteran revealed. "I plan to con­tinue
summer quarter studying in
the fields of counseling, guidance,
and mental hygiene. I will be eligible
for my principal's credentials at the
end of one year of teaching."
An ardent golf enthusiast., Hardy
was a member of Western's 1946
golf team and helped blast them into
t h e i r 11th straight
championship.
conference
Board Slashes
$3,500 from
Athletic Budget
By GEORGE DOWD
Budgeting was definitely the order
of business for the Board of Control
in a special meeting, Thursday, May
20, when department budgets for
1948-49 were surveyed. The Board
authorized a $3,500 cut in. the ath­letics
budget, bringing the depart­ment's
total to $25,044.71.
The music department's budget
was trimmed by $2,920 but the re­quest
for additional instruments
will be met by a grant from the
reserve fund. The band will receive
$2,250 plus the $2,920 which will be
used to purchase, needed-equipment.
Total expenditures will: run $40,-
768.49. The Board deemed it advis­able
to set up an emergency re­serve
fund of approximately five
per cent of the total budget. Income
estimates for the year figure at
$43,458.
The Klipsun budget was tempo­rarily
laid aside because the Board
wanted to know if the Board of
Trustees would approve a 25 cents
per quarter raise in the Klipsun
frees which would take care of the
additional expense over and above
the present fees.
Other budgets approved as sub­mitted
were: WWCollegian, $6,251.33;
women's athletics, $1,137.45; drama,
$500; and administration, $1,790.
The-social budget was amended to
include a $50 per year grant to all
of the classes for their class activi­ties
and $75 for a Scholarship so­ciety
banquet.
Campus,Day Report
Fred DeBruler and Arlene Swan-son
were cited for their outstand­ing
work which made the Campus
Day celebration an overwhelming
success. The Board went on record
as commending the fine record of
the various committees that con­tributed
to the success of the picnic.
Working steadily, the Facilities
committee has secured permission
to open the starway to the lounge
for a trial period in which time it
will be found whether smoke es­capes
into the main building or not.
A sink will be installed in the store­room
to the right of the stairway
and as soon as tentative cost esti­mates
are in, the Board will approve
the report of the committee.
Former Student
Writes for Radio
A former business manager of the
WWCollegian, Marilyn Anderson, is
now employed by radio station
KBRC in Mount Vernon to cover
local news and to write advertising.
Miss Anderson handled the Col­legians
business affairs during
1944-45, and following two year's
work at Western Washington, she
graduated from the University of
Oregon's school of journalism.
Scholars Initiated
Into Society at
Annual Dinner Fete
Formal dinner was held by the
Scholarship society Tuesday night
at Fisherman's cove, when two new
members were initiated into the
organization.
At the completion of the dinner,
toastmaster Gus Pagels introduced
Leonard Hudson and Thomas Scott
to the society. Both initiates, after
giving biographical sketches, were
escorted from the room while Ed­ward
J. Arntzen, faculty adviser, ex­plained
the initiation process to the
group.- Hudson and Scott were then
interrogated on current world prob­lems
by the society, with Fred W.
Knapman acting as chief inquisitor.
Closing the ceremony with a brief
address, Arntzen recounted the in­auguration
and history of the Schoi-arship
society. Informal conversa­tion
monopolized the remainder of
the evening until the gathering dis­persed
near midnight.