WWCollegian - 1945 July 13

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EDUCATORS
From the Washington State Cur­riculum
Journal comes a sketch of
Edward €r. Olsen, recently appoint­ed
director of School and Commun­ity
Relations on the staff of the
State Superintendent of Public In­struction.
Dr. Olsen is well known at WWC.
He was a speaker at the Annual
Summer Conference, and he is co­ordinator
of the Bremerton Work­shop.
After earning his master's and
doctor's degrees in education at
Columbia, Dr. Olsen has done much
research and teaching of the inter­relationship
between school and in­structional
programs and commun­ity
life needs. He taught at Col­gate
University, Russell Sage Col­lege,
Georgia Teachers College, and
University of Washington. He was
staff consultant at Philadelphia
Teachers Workshop. He has also
been at College of William and
Mary, stud the Russell Sage Adult
Education program on "Commun­ity
Study Techniques for Teachers."
His book, published January 1945,
entitled "School and Community"
treats off the philosophy, proce­dures,
and problems of community
study and service through schools
and colleges.
Several of Dr. Olsen's articles
have been published in the Ency­clopedia
of Modern Education, num­erous
educational journals, textbooks
and yearbooks, as he is a recognized
authority in the field of school-community
education.
cYTcm
Dr. Charles A. Fisher, former
president of this institution, has
been appointed business manager of
the Washington state school for the
deaf and blind, at Vancouver, Wash.
This was announced recently by
director of state finance, budget
and business, Rogan Jones.
The decisions which leaders in
the home economics field make
within the very near future will
determine t h e contribution we
should be able to make in the edu­cational
program of our nation, a o
cording to Rena L. Hodgen, state
supervisor, home economics, Illinois
Board for Vocational Education in
the June Forecast.
"Since we believe that education
has the power to change people's
lives, then the chief function of our
home making program should be to
help people achieve a more satis­fying
life in terms of better health
through improved nutrition and
living habits, better appearance,
good family relationships, more ade­quate
housing, better planned sav­ing
and spending, and healthier,
happier children.
FACULTY FEVERED WITH
THE SUNSET
Faculty members, their families,
and friends enjoyed a delightful
cruise Thursday evening on the
Activian, Sea Scout ship. Leaving
from the Citizen' Dock when as
soon after 3:20 classes were dis­missed
as was humanly possible,
the pestered pedegogues went a-sailing
to Deepwater Bay for a pic­nic
dinner, and thence wherever
their pilot's fancy took them, re­turning
at 10 p. m.
Those whd went down to the sea
in the ship may be easily identified
today by the characteristically sun­burned
skin of the typical saltwater
sailor.
Dr. Moyle F. Cederstrom was
chairman of the excursion.
Vol! XLI11—No. 38 Western Washington College, Bellingham, Washington Friday, July 13, 1945
Wing Ding At
PE Building
Trip Through Pulp M i l l and
Alcohol Plant Planned for
Tuesday Afternoon
The industrial trip originally
scheduled for July 10 will take place
on Tuesday afternoon, July 17. This
trip, though of interest especially to
science and industrial arts majors,
is of value to every student. If
enough students sign up early a
special bus will be chartered to take
them directly to the pulp mill and
alcohol plant. They will leave the
PE building at 2 o'clock and Miss
Elizabeth Hopper, bureau of ap­pointments
secretary, who h as
charge of the trip, has estimated
it will take two hours or possibly
less.
The evening of the industrial
trip there will be a shindig for
students in the PE building.
This is the big party of the
quarter, where square dances,
games, and other recreation
highlight the evening. M i ss
Carol Cornish, PE instructor
and director of the shindig has •
requested that students watch
the bulletin board for further
directions.
To residents of the Northwest, the
pulp mill has more than a passing
significance. In addition to its gen­eral
interest as a local industry and
its academic interest to chemists,
foresters, and industrial arts ma­jors,
it signifies the future of this
area.
The pulp mill and its companion
industry, the alcohol plant, take up
in local business where the big lum­ber
mills left off. '
The only mill of its kind in the
United States, the plant for con­verting
waste pulp materials into
industrial alcohol will, it is believed,
be the salvation of lumber commun­ities,
now facing death with the end
of the big timber era.
DELTA KAPPA GAMMA MEETS
Members of all chapters of the
women's education honorary were
invited to a tea last Wednesday,
July 11, 3:30 to 4:30. The tea was
at the home of Miss Elsie Wendling,
WWC supervisor,, at 605 Garden
street.
Delta Kappa Gammas from many
sections attended the affair.
CALENDAR
Monday, July 16, 4:30-5:30—Open
Swim for Men.
Tuesday, July 17—Assembly, Vio­linist
Jean deRumanaczy. .
Tuesday, July 17, 4:30-5:30—Open
Swim for Women.
Wednesday, July 18, 3:30 p. m.—
Story Hour, KVOS.
Wednesday, July 18, 4:30-5:30—
Faculty Recreation.
Thursday, July 19, 4:45 p. m.—Col­lege
Week in Review, KVOS.
Thursday, July 19, 4:30-5:30—Soft­ball
and Basketball.
Thursday, July 19, 7:30-9:30—Rec­reation
in Gym and Pool.
Friday, July 20— Assembly, Soprano,
Hortense Yule Harrington.
Cancelled
BADMINTON AND TENNIS
TOURNAMENTS CANCELLED
DUE TO LACK OF SIGNERS
Cancelled
Bremerton Unit
Shapes Up
The first organizational meeting
of the Bremerton workshop took
place last week in Bremerton. Prom
WWC Miss Pearl .Merriman, Miss
Mira Booth, and Miss Vivian John­son,
who will be staff members, at­tended.
This was the first time
staff members had met together
with teachers of the Kitsap county
: and Bremerton area, who will com­prise
the group.
From the state office came Dr.
Edward G. Olson, who will be Work­shop
coordinator, and Mr. Gordon
Rutherford, who will also be on the
staff. Mrs. Muretta Gordon, Bu­reau
of Special Services, Bremerton
schools, has replaced Miss Mabel
Hickson on the staff.
This two weeks extension course
will be held in Bremerton immedi­ately
after the end of the first half
here. .Dr. Paul R. Grim, Campus
school director, did much of pre­liminary
planning for the Workshop,
which grew out of "in service" work
done by Miss Merriman and Miss
Johnson.
Also assisting with the organiza­tion
of the Workshop were Mr. Vern
Watson, Kitsap county superinten­dent,
and Mr. Don Patterson, Cur­riculum
director, Bremerton.
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Art Prof Hurt
Catching her toe, Miss Hazel
Breakey, art instructor, fell and
fractured her right wrist Wed­nesday
afternoon. She had just
started up the stairs in the
south wing to the second floor
when; the accident occurred.
Miss Hopper helped her down to
Miss Mead's office, then to a
doctor's' office.
ACE MEETS
Members of ^ the Association for
Childhood Education from branches
all over the state who are on the
campus this summer met Thursday
for a luncheon meeting at Edens
hall. Miss Sylva Nicol told the
group about the national meeting
which she attended in Washington,
D. C, this spring. Miss Nicol has
just completed her two year term
of office as president of the Wash­ington
State Association of ACE.
Representatives of various branches
of the organization brought greet­ings
from their clubs to the group
and there was discussion of some
of the activities of ACE groups.
ENROLLMENT UP .
Enrollment figures for next fall
term are up 10% above last year
at this time, according to Dr. Merle
Kuder, registrar.
This demonstrates substantially
the upward trend in enrollment that
has started" stated President W. W.
Haggard, though he pointed out it
is as yet too early to give accurate
predictions as to next year's exact
enrollment.
2 Cruises
Cancelled
An overnight trip to Orcas island
and Mt. Constitution is scheduled
for Saturday, July 14. Campers
will leave on the Osage from the
Municipal dock at 7 o'clock Satur­day
mornmg. Getting off the boat
Cancelled
at Olga, they will then go to Cas­cade
lake, where the camp is to be
set up. The committee, Miss Carol
Cornish and Miss Marjorie Muffly,
of the PE department, Miss Anna
Ullin, foreign language instructor,
and Mr. Sam Buchanan, accountant,
has recommended thta those plan-
Cancelled
ning to go take with them the fol­lowing:
trail lunch, eating utensils—
plate, knife, fork, spoon, and metal
or enamel cup—blankets or sleep­ing
bag, toilet articles, dark glasses,
sunburn lotion, insect repellent,
Cancelled
clothing and shoes suitable for hik­ing,
and, if desired, a bathing suit.
Those not wishing to climb Mt.
Constitution may swim in either
fresh or salt water, or choose any
of the other recreational features
available on the island.
At 9 a. m. Sunday anether group
Cancelled
will board the same boat that was
chartered for the July 4 cruise at the
Citizens' dock. Children may ac­company
students on this trip.
Those going should bring all of their
noon lunch and enough for supper
Cancelled
to supplement the weiners, buns,
and coffee to be furnished by the
committee. The committee has also
asked that all of those not living
at Edens hall bring four red ration
points if they are going on the
Cancelled
overnight trip and two points if they
are going on the overnight trip and
two points if they are going only
on Sunday. The two groups will
meet at Olga and from there will go
to Cypress island for the picnic.
This cruise follows, a different *
course than has been covered in
other boat trips this quarter, so
students will have an opportunity
to visit more of the islands. Dead­line
for purchasing tickets f^pr the
Sunday cruise is Friday, July 13, at
4 p. m. They are on sale in the
recreational headquarters, room 116.
Dr. Wilbur Dutton, instructor of
psychology, will have charge of this
excursion. •
TRUSTEES CONVENE
ON ORCAS
Mrs. Violet Boede will be hostess
at her Orcas island home for the
Board of Trustees July meeting. The
meeting will take place next Wed­nesday
at the Boede home at Mo-
.ran State Park, Orcas Island. Vern,
Branigin, chairman, has invited the
other members to make the trip
from LaConner to the island on his
boat.
. Several important items are on
the agenda.
Remedial Profs
Featured At
Table Today
Tea in Campus School Dining
Room to Wind Up Meet On
Problems of Teachers
This afternoon's round-table dis­cussion
dealing with the "Place of
the Classroom Teacher in Meeting
the Problems of the Exceptional
Child" ,is expected to center around
problems pertinent to every class­room
teacher. The discussion in
the Campus school auditorium this
afternoon at 1:30 p. m. will close
the business part of the Conference
on the Education for the Exceptional
Child.
Members of the roundtable will
discuss such problems as: Where
can the classroom teacher seek help
in dealing with problems of the ex­ceptional
child, as well as, How
much cooperation can the classroom
teacher expect from other sources?
Questions pertaining to the rela­tionship
of speech defects and the
exceptional child will also be topics
for group consideration. Discussion
is expected to center around such
topics as: What is the relationship*
of speech difficulties and reading
difficulties? What is the relation­ship
between intelligence and speech
defects? The classroom teacher
with her problem of "doing some­thing"
about exceptional children
when she has 40 children in her
room will be answered partly in the
discussion concerning "How far
can we go to correct speech in the
classroom," and "What can the
classroom teacher do for serious
speech defects?"
Some attention will center about
the things which the classroom
teacher can do for the hard of
hearing or for the partially seeing
child. It is expected also that the
responsibilities of the administrator
to the exceptional child will be con­sidered.
Round-table members will spend
some time considering the problem,
"When should the classroom teach­er
seek the help of^the remedial
teacher in dealing with the excep­tional
child?" Also, "which excep­tional
children are the responsibility
of the public schools rather than
institutions.
Mr. Paul W. Pinckney, Director
of Secondary Educatidn, Portland,
Oregon, will serve as chairman of
the group. Other members are Dr.
Ramona Messerschmidt, State Con­sulting
Psychologist, Olympia: Miss
Lelia Russell, Speech Correctionist,
Tacoma. Classroom teachers who
are members of the round-table
group are Mrs. Hilda Buchanan,
Vancouver; Mrs. Frances Gladwin,
Lower Skokomish School, Mason
C o u n t y ; Miss Natalie DuBois,
Shoreline district, Lake City School,
Seattle; Mrs. Mary Pattison, Shel-ton;
and Mrs. Vera Snyder, Cath-cart
School, Everett.
The tea which is scheduled for
3:00 p. m. in the Campus school
dining room will close the confer­ence.
Varied Media For
Crayon Featured
Use of a variety of, mediums with
crayon is the theme of this week's
display in the halls of the art de­partment.
The pictures include
drawings by college students and
Campus 'school children, and some
by the instructors.
Emphasis is on the many effects
that can be obtained by different
crayon techniques and using several"
different types of paper.
Combination with watercblor, use
of a warm iron, rubbing Jghe crayon
sidewise, scratch, etc.„ are illustrated
Backgrounds utilized are manila,
tissue, plywood, white water color,
unbleached muslin, and drawing
over corrugated piper.