WWCollegian - 1948 February 13

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P o l i t i c a l P o t DOlls . . . campus clans congregate
to study methods of enhancing their Board of Control aspirants
chances for elections. Candidates are listed on page 1.
Minor Sports Program Shelved .. Page 1
. page 2 . . . page 4 . . . have combined talents to give
you information on the progress of a minor sports program
expansion.
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Vol. XLVI —No. 18 Western Washington College of Education, Bellingham, Washington Friday, February. 13; 1948
Numerous remarks have
reached Vern Dale's ears
to the effect that his re­marks
about "short change
artists in the WRA being
out to relieve unwary males
of excess change at t he
carnival last Friday" were
not appreciated. For this
remark he apologizes and
assures everyone that the
carnival was enjoyed by all*
and wishes to state that
the WRA gals a r e n ot
"short change artists." He
caught one.
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HOT HOUSE . . . no wall
flowers will be able to sur­vive
the congenial warmth
circulating around Daniels
hall tonight when they toss
an ember into the fireplace
to get the evening rolling.
Also on the agenda for this
evening's social whirl is the
Sophomore class sponsored
rec in the Junior high gym.
Tomorrow evening the Off-campus
girls move on cam­pus
to hold their Valentine
Tolo in the Edens H a ll
Blue room.
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The Seattle clink was the
scene of a jolly homecom­ing
crowd last Saturday
when members of a WWC
Sociology class visited that
institution of correctional
education. O n e s m a ll
chuckle was enjoyed when
they popped into the "In­vestigation"
depart m e n t
and found just that going
on . . . between a cute of­fice
helper and an investi­gator.
And they draw pay
for THAT.
WHEN T H E C A T 'S
AWAY . . . the students
win play. What we want to
knew is who dispenses
justice when the chief dis­penser
is on a trip East­ward?
Or is justice merely
dispensed with?
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THANKS, READERS . . .
for your opinions and an­swers
to the recent WW
Collegian questionnaire. To
one reader who wrote the
following on the back of
his page, "Your paper has
no backbone. I t gives in to
old outdated traditions and
the whims of the faculty
regardless of the value of
the issue at stake. If Hag­gard
said go jump In the
lake the entire staff would
probably break their necks
getting out to Whatcom
. . ."Vern Dale says, "what
you say may be true . . .
but we made Dr.. Haggard
promise that he wouldn't
make such a request until
the weather clears up con­siderably."
"Of course a person is
entitled to his own beliefs,
but it would be much more
diplomatic if you would all
agree with me," the small
college professor told h i s
pupils.
Dateline
Friday, February 13—10 a.
m., Doris Easton Mason,
sculptress. 8:30 p. m.,
Sophomore r e c h o u r,
junior high gym. 8:30
p. m., Daniels hall fire­side.
Vikings vs. Eastern,
there.
Saturday, F e b r u a r y 14—
Off-campus girls Valen­tine
dance, Edens Hall
Blue. room. Vikings vs.
Eastern, there.' -
Tuesday, February 17 —10
a. m., Student assembly,
elections. 7 p. m., AWS
commission meeting.
Friday, February 29—10 a.
' m., AWS and Norsemen's
assemblies. Vikings v s.
Central, there.
Saturday, February 28 —
Publications Prom.
Investigation of Minor Sports Program Begun
Mount Baker Invites Patronage
j i i i i i l l l
Radio Members Further PI«ns_For
»/. n Anniversary Film
View Program Reyea|ed By Rrm
Photos by Gene Curtis
Appearing as a background for Bunny tow on 'Peanut hill, Mount Baker rears its lofty, head and peers
protectively down on infinitesimal humans enjoying themselves on its friendly slopes. Bunny tow is one of
the novice skiers favorite rendevous. Meanwhile Dolores Christensen, left background, and Nancy Mer­rick,
appear interested in seeing Phyllis Armstrong, hiding behind sun eradicators, tear herself away from
the Lodge.
Superstition To
Prevail Tonite
"Sophomore Superstitious Stomp"
mixer sponsored by the Sophomore
class will be held in the Junior High
gym tonight starting at 8:30 p. m.
Johnny Whitsell and his band will
furnish the music for the affair.
The theme of decoration will take
on a superstitious pattern in accord­ance
with Friday the 13th.
John Griffith, sophomore, is gen­eral
chairman for the mixer. Jess
Winders, Mimi Anderson, Shirley
Lindstrom and Meridith Hess are
in charge of decorations; Roger
Hubbard, music; Dorothy McLane,
refreshments; Betty Jane Christie,
publicity; and Dorothy Young is in
charge of the check room.
Patrons and patronesses for the
evening will be Mrs. M. L. Bettman
Dr. Keith Murray, Herbert Hearsey,
Don C. Walters and Miss Georgie P.
Gragg.
Accepting the invitation to visit
Seattle radio station KOMO, four
members of the radio broadcasting
class traveled southward Monday
evening, February 9. Hal Gronseth,
Fred Weirauch, Molly Harrison, and
Rosalyn Roberts comprised t he
group.
The delegation representing West­ern
Washington College witnessed
an amateur program at the station.
The trip to Seattle represented part
of the training offered by the radio
class under the direction of Sene
Carlile. The broadcasting group has
charge of a weekly program which is
beamed out by the local radio sta­tion.
KVOS.
Members of WWC's fiftieth anni­versary
movie committee this week
viewed a rough draft of the script
to be used in making the 10-minute
short which is to appear early in
1949.
Further plans for getting under
way the actual filming of the movie
were also announced when Jack
Shallow, Jr., and Charles G. Hord.
of Western Advertising, Inc., the
firm making the movie, appeared
on the campus Wednesday afternoon
consultation on the project.
Photos of Prom Contestants
Completed and On Way to
Carroll For Final Judgement
Haroldine Ruthruff, Jo Knowles, Lois King, Helen Johnson, Lee Eby,
Dorothy Dahl, Bernice Chatterton, Gloria Carey, Mary Lou Borchardt and
Mimi Anderson were selected 1948 prom princess candidates by a board of
three judges in Tuesday's assembly. Judges were Jack Carver, Herald
photographer; J. W. Sandison, local studio owner; and Mrs. EdLane
Brinson.
Other lovely candidates included Phyllis Armstrong, June Danielson,
Ilene Blankenship, Ruby Johnson,
Alice Robbins, Joyce Ruthruff, Jo
Ann Wear, Eleanor Willbanks, Claire
Wilson and Pat Bornstein.
Photographs of the remaining ten
candidates have been sent to a final
judge, Earl Carroll, of Hollywood.
Whom he selects as Prom Princess
will not be revealed until intermis­sion
the night of February 28.
Valentine Background
Stepping from a large valentine
background to be escorted across the
stage by tuxedo-clad Glen Wolf and
Paul Zorotovich, the twenty co-eds
were presented to the student body
and the local judges before any
actual judging took place.
The remainder of the assembly in­cluded
solos by Pat Wright and Bar­bara
Shields. Klipsun editor^Betty
McLeod spoke briefly about the
prom. Narrator was Keith Stearns.
In charge of the assembly were
George Dowd, Charlotte Ellis, Jo
Ann Wear and Madelyn House.
Gordy Downs to Play
Music chairman Gene Curtis re­ports
that Gordy Downs and his
12-piece orchestra will play for the
evening. Tickets, which are $1.50 per
couple, will be on sale again a week
prior to the prom.
Invitations to high school publi­cation
workers and newspaper edi­tors,
in the county have all been
extended, and it is anticipated that
a large number of those invited will
attend.
Investigation of
Costs Slows
Down Program
By GEORGE DOWD
Taking action upon the petition
signed by 335 members of the stu­dent
body which asked support for.,
an organized ski team at Western
Washington College, the Board of
Control, meeting Wednesdays Febru­ary
13, asked Charles Lappenbusch,
director of athletics, to make an in­vestigation
into the costs of a minor
sports program.
The possibility of an entirely new
minor sports program was discussed
at length by the Board with skiing
occupying the immediate spotlight.
Lappenbusch leaves Tuesday, Feb­ruary
17, for Yakima where he will
present Western's desire to make
skiing an organized competitive
sport among the tri-state confer­ence.
This question will also be taken
before the Winco conference which
meets in March.
Committee Report Submitted
Dr. Keith Murray reported to the
Board on the findings of the faculty
athletic committee which held a
meeting at the request of the Board.
It was reported that Seattle College
is the only smaller college in the
area that supports a ski team and
that the subsidies appropriated for
this sport were small.
"I think minor sports are definite­ly
coming—as the college grows, so
will its program of minor sports,"
declared Lappenbusch. The question
was brought up for discussion con­cerning
whether skiing would ben­efit
a majority of the student body.
Another factor debated by the Board
was whether skiing could be fi­nanced.
Lappenbusch declared that
he thought it would be a mistake
to discourage skiing because of a
poor start. An estimated cost of
$1500 for a twenty man team for a
twenty week season was presented
by John Peters, Collegian sports
editor, who presented the petition
to the Board.
Intramural Status Suggested
I t was suggested several times
during the meeting that skiing be
accorded a trial test by giving it an
intramural status. With this idea in
mind, it was suggested that perhaps
closer schools (St. Martins and Pac­ific
Lutheran) could be challenged
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Candidates Ready As
Primary Draws Near
Primary Election Set For Wednesday;
Two Board Positions Will Be Filled
Candidates have been selected for the two Board of'Control positions
by the various clubs and organizations in the school. Their names will
appear on the ballot in the primary election to be held Wednesday, Febru­ary
18, in room 112.
For the positions of four quarter man or woman, the following have
been nominated: Bob Bain, Gus Pagels, Art Brune, Margery Traulsen,
Rosemary Provost, Jerry Karnofski, Jim Beasley, Dorothy McLane, J.
Wendel Brown, and Laverne Brockmier.
The candidates named for the other office, four quarter woman, are:
Arlene Swanson, Berdell Smith, Beverlee Burnaby, Bessie James, Esther
Mjoen, Betty McLeod, Barbara Mclnnes, Harriet Lang, Ruth Soderstrom,
and Ann Theg.
I n an assembly to be held Tuesday, February 17, at 10:00 a. m., the
nominees will be introduced by Bob Dickson, ASB vice-president, and asked
to say a few words. From the student balloting on Wednesday, three can­didates
for each office will be selected. Their names will appear on the
ballot for the general election to be held the following Wednesday, Febru­ary
25. The week between the two elections. will be devoted to the cam­paigns
of these six candidates, including short talks at a special student
assembly.
Any of the nominees, whose names appear above, who will not be able
to serve on the Board of Control, has been asked to declare in writing
that he wishes to decline the nomination and submit it to the Dean of
Women's office not later than noon on Monday, February 16. Each club
has submitted the name of an alternate, which will be used should any
candidate be unable to serve or fail to qualify.
Dickson stated that voting machines will be used for the balloting. He
said, "All students should be sure to attend the assembly on Tuesday so
they may know the candidates and vote intelligently at the election."
Mason Honored At
Thursday Dinner
Honoring Doris Eaton Mason, an
informal dinner was held in Edens
hafl Thursday evening. Reservations
were available to college and town
faculty members. Washington art
association members, and interested
townspeople. The dinner was sched­uled
especially to give Campus
school and city teachers a chance to
meet Mrs. Mason.
An informal discussion was led by
Mrs. Mason during the dinner, after
which many of the group accom­panied
her to the Campus school
where she gave a talk on different
phases of sculpturing.
DR. RENSHAW ATTENDING
FUNERAL OF FATHER
Dr. Morton Renshaw, research de­partment,
left last Monday, by plane,
for Denver. Colorado, on being noti­fied
of the death of his father,
Samuel E. Renshaw.
Soc. Members
Begin Visits
Sociology classes will begin1 a s e r ­ies
of visits to Sedro-Woolley this
week when a group of 20 students
leave tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.
m. The visits are to be concluded in
the following two weeks with trips
planned for February 21 and 28.
There will be limited room for
those not enrolled in Sociology and
anyone wishing to go should contact
Donald Irish immediately.
Sixteen members of the -Social
Disorganization class spent last Sat­urday
in Seattle touring the Public
Safety building which houses the
police headquarters.
Part of the group attended court
trials in the morning andl were
joined by the rest of the class to
visit the Detective bureau, Photog­raphy
department, Radio room, Jail
and kitchen.
There Is A Prom Princess In Here Someplace
Science Study Club
Hears Knapman
After giving a lecture on the Soc­ial
Implications of Atomic Energy,
Fred Knapman, science instructor,
led the group discussion on atomic
energy at the Wednesday night
meeting of the Social Science Study
and Action club.
Two movies were shown at the
meeting of the newly organized
club.' One was a March of Time
film and the other, .One World or
None, presented the great need tor
international control of the atomic
bomb.
Doug Bailey was appointed as
publicity chairman and an increased
drive for more members was dis­cussed.
Fred Gaboury, the club's
president, said that he hoped many
new members would be present at
the next meeting of this "lively dis­cussion
group." The subject for that
meeting, to be held February 25, is
universal military training. Special
speakers are included.
MERRIMAN APPOINTED
TO YEARBOOK COMMITTEE
Pearl Merriman, instructor at the
Campus school, has been recently
appointed to membership on the
yearbook committee of the Associa­tion
for Student Teaching.
Herald Staff Photo
To one of the--above^bevy'bfcampus.Jovelies..^wi^g6:'the honor of reigning supreme over the ninth annual Publications Prom, Febru­ary
28. Earl Carroll, Hollywood night club entrepreneur, will select the Prom Princess from individual photographs. Posing on. the.auditorium
stage where they were presented to local judges, are the ten candidates selected from 20 aspirants. They are, left to right, Helen Johnson,
Lee Eby, Bernice Chatterton, Mary Lou Borchardt Gloria Carey Haroldine Ruthruff, Joann Knowles, Lois King, Dorothy Dahl and Mimi Anderson.