Western Washington Collegian - 1951 February 16

              Ped&rsen, Grocott,
Gillie, French
Elected to Board
Dick Pedersen; Stanwood junior, piled up a 52 vote lead to
capture a seat on the Board of Control in Tuesday and Wednes­day's
student body elections. Pedersen's total was 250 votes.
Also elected to office on the four-quarter man-or-womari ticket
were Betty Grocott with 198 votes and Paul Gillie,,, whose total
was 174.
Lois French was elected as four-quarter woman, with 223 votes.
A quiet campaign was eon-* -
ducted, with fevp posters appear­ing
in the halt£ Most of the 12
finalists spoke- at an election
assembly Tuesday morning. The
total vote cas£was approximate­ly
500.
The newly elected board mem­bers
will take office at the be­ginning
of spring quarter, re­placing
Norm Hash, Slats Sals-giver,
Dave Grocott, and Mary
Pagels.
Woman Author
To Speak
Here Tuesday
"ParisViAgain* will be the subject
of the E*xt Artist-Lecture assembly.
Emily Kimbrough, renowned author,
will •speak to the student body Tues­day
moYning, February 20, at 10 in
the co'.ege auditorium.
Miss Kimbrough, author of "It
Gives Me Great Pleasure," "How
Dear to My Heart," "We Followed
Our Hearts to Hollywood," and "Our
Hearts Were Young and Gay" (writ­ten
in collaboration with Cornelia
Otis Skinner), is well-known for her
sparkling wit and genial satire.
She maintains that the'chances
for success in any work are in direct
ratio to the fun in it, and.-she
speaks with authority, having been
an editor, author, screen writer and
lecturer. As editor of Marshall Fields'
"Fashions of the Hour," fashion ed­itor
and later managing editor of
Ladies' Home Journal, Miss Kim­brough
became known not only for
her good humor but also for her un­conventional
habits such as inspect­ing
fashion sketches on the flopiV
flat on her back with the ske|cli^
held at arm's length. ;
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Mrs. Wrench, as she is khoyrn^--in
private life, resigned her position
with Ladies' Home Journal to be­come
the mother of twin daughters,
whom she named, with characteristic
humor, A and B.
Cornelia Otis Skinner, her life­long
friend, says "Emily is a living
magnet for high adventure and mad
disaster and from all her experiences
emerges triumphant and more en­tertaining
than ever. The things that
happen to her could never happen
to anyone else.
New Building
Ready in June
Although the new Auditorium-
Music building will not be dedicated
until the spring of 1952 it will be
ready for occupancy during summer
quarter.
Work has begun on the painting
and finishing of -the interior. The
vestibule will be finished in green
marble as will the stringers on the
stairways. The steps will be of a
lighter green terrazzo. The foyer and
the stairway leading to the balcony
are done in oak paneling.
Walls of the auditorium are a
gray-green with the lower portion
done in oak paneling. The ceiling is
a coral red. Class rooms will be in
different shades of green and yel­low.
Colors for the lounge have not
been decided upon as yet, Cliff Bold-man,
foreman of the painters, an­nounced.
The building will have a three-manual
Moller pipe organ, in mem­ory
of students killed or missing in
World War II,6new student lounge
and an auditorium with a seating ca­pacity
of 1200. There are also 11
soundproof practice rooms.
The first planned program in the
auditorium will be held on June 2
when an organ recital will be given
for alumni. All commencement ac­tivities,
beginning with baccalaureate
on June 3, will be held in the new
auditorium.
Race for Royalty Begins
Eight candidates f o r Junior
prom prince and princess were
introduced to the student body
at a special assembly this morn­ing,
after which voting began on
the selection of Prom royalty.
Voting will continue today and
resume Monday. Ballot boxes
are located on the main landing
between the first and second
floors.
Results of the election will be­come
a carefully guarded secret and
will not be announcd until inter­mission
time at the Prom, which
takes place March 3.
Beverly Carlson, Millie Peter,
Lois French, and Betty Bruseth are
the four girls contesting for honor
of ruling as Prom princess. The four
prince candidates are Arnie Klug,
Pat Clyde, Dick Pedersen, and Tom
Springer.
Bev Carlson is a 19-year-old
brunette from Hoquiam, and a grad­uate
of Grays Harbor JC. She en­tered
Western last fall, was elected
song leader and is an active mem­ber
of the Pep committee and WRA.
Millie Peter, a pert little blonde
of 20 years, graduated from Belling-ham
high school and was 1950 jun­ior
Homecoming princess. She's also
Men Warned
Western men planning to at­tend
the year's big dance are
warned of two essential steps
that must be taken before the
March 3 date rolls around: get­ting
a date and getting a ticket.
While prom planners are leav­ing
the acquisition of dates to
the individual, they will oblige
all ticket seekers. Tickets, selling
at the rate of $1.75, will go on
sale Monday in the main halL
Mert Perkins* orchestra will
play for the affair, which is to
be held in the college gymnasium.
secretary of the junior class and a
member of Valkyrie.
Another Bellingham high school
graduate is 20-year-old Lois French,
who is student-teaching this quarter.
She's AWS secretary and president
of Valkyrie.
Betty .Bruseth is a 20-year-old
junior from Darrington. She's also
student-teaching and is a member
of Valkyrie and WRA.
Arnie Klug calls Battleground his
home and is a graduate of Clark
JC. He's 21 years old and lives at
Hospice inn, playing on their intra­mural
basketball team.
Pat Clyde comes from Langley,
Whidbey island. He's also 21 and
plays pro-baseball under contract
to the Boston Red Sox.
Dick Pederson of Stanwood is a
graduate of Twin City high school.
Being president of the junior class,
ICC president, singing in the choir,
and playing baseball for WWC takes
up most of his time around school.
Tom Springer, a 20-year-old from
Lynden, lives at MRH and is stu­dent-
teaching this quarter. He's
chairman of the Prom / chaperone
committee, a member of the Norse­men
commission, and plays basket­ball
for the G-Men in the City
league.
COLLEGIAN
Vol. XLVII — No. 20 Western Washington College, Bellingham, Washington February '16, 1951
Bloodmobile Visit
Postponed
Because of the press of emer­gency
work, the Red Cross has
postponed the visit of the blood-mobile
for one week, William
Kearns a n n o u n c e d early this
week.
The unit, scheduled to be hi
Bellingham February 13-16, will
be in the vacant store at the
Mount Baker theater building
from Tuesday, February 20, to
Friday, February 23.
Debate Team Takes
Honors at Meet
Surpassing 19 colleges at the 16th annual College of Puget Sound
Tyro Forensic tournament last week, Western's 22-member debate
squad took third place in the sweepstakes and two first place
trophies. Pacific Lutheran won the sweepstakes cup from defend­ing
champion Linfield with Ore-*
gon State a close second
Paul Herbold received a trophy
by taking a first in men's oratory.
Kathie Niemela placed first in
THESE eight students are candidates for Junior Prom
royalty. Candidates for prince are, top row, left to
right: Dick Pedersen, Pat Clyde, Tom Springer, and
Arnie Klug. Candidates for princess, bottom row, left
to right: Beverly Carlson, Lois French, Betty Bruseth,
and Millie Peter.
women's impromptu speaking, also
winning a cup. Awarded third place
in women's interpretative reading
was Mary Lou Faegerson.
Six different squad members
reached the finals in six events:
Herbold in oratory, extemporaneous,
speaking, taking fourth place with
Larry Fosmo in junior division de­bate
against tough competition;
Mary Lou Faegerson in women's
impromptu and interpretative read­ing;
Kathie Niemela and Jack
Headlee in impromptu; and Chuck
Messinger in after-dinner speaking.
The only senior division debate
team from Western1, Roy Carson
and Jim Bemis, tied for third place.
TARDY AWARD RECEIVED
The morning of the first day of
the CPS tourney, debate c o a ch
Sene Carlile received a letter from
Seattle Pacific college explaining
that a mistake had been made in
the Lincoln-Douglas or two-man
debate ratings at their tournament
January 5 and 6. First place, in­stead
of second, along with West­ern's
fourth trophy, was awarded
Creigh Campbell, a beginner in that
field.
Other forensic enthusiasts mak­ing
a showing in the different events
were: Phyllis Lee Skinner, R i ta
Goldade, Virginia Willemsen, Jean
Olson, Marleen MacDonald, Donna
Fee, Glen Carson, Floyd Jackson,
Paul Estle, John Wilson, John Sulli­van,
Bob King and Jim Dennis.
Parker Dyer and Ernest Benner ac­companied
the group as student
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