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Vol. XLIII—No. 39 Western Washington College, Bellingham, Washington Friday, July.20, 1945
Education . . . Top Health Ed ^E*D**
. . . Digest Speaker To Be
Next Assembly
Saturday, July 31—Hike to Glen
Echo. Catch 11:45 Sumas bus. ,
EDUCATORS
Following is an "In Acceptance"
written by Dr. Raymond Hawk upon
his election to the presidency of
the WEA in 1941. It was published
in the December issue of WEA Jour­nal
for that year.
"We (teachers) are as a body uni­fied
in our devotion to the task of
building in the minds and hearts
.of boys and girls an undying love
for those ways of living which we
are wont to call a democratic way
of life. We are in the business not
alone for the immediate, but per­haps
more especially for the prepa­ration
of the next, generation of
adult citizens, who will determine
more than we will be able to wheth­er
or not our world will continue to
believe in principles of freedom.
"One of our major tasks . . . is to
clarify and unify our own profes­sional
viewpoints, gearing them to
the times in which we live arid the
problems which we have to solve."
Monday, July 23,
Swim for Men.
4:30-5:30—Open
Head football and track coach at
Central Washington College, Ellens-burg,
for next year will be Jerome
C. Lillie, former Grant high school
coach.
Because CWC will not field a
football team this year he will be
loaned to Ellensburg high to coach
football and basketball, then take
.over at the college in track season
next spring. _
Capt. John M. Fox, Seattle, was
appointed a member of the uni­versity
board of regents this week.
A former member of the War Labor
Board and business manager of an
AFL local, as well as president of
a CIO union, Fox succeeds Werner
Rupp of Aberdeen.
EDUCATION
The navy has disclosed a plan for
development of reserve officers
training units at 52 existing colleges
and universities. This will provide
a necessary reservoir of professional
officer personnel for a post war
navy, thus quenching the hopes of
certain Western congressmen for the
establishment of additional naval
schools on the West coast.
On June 30, 1945, Washington had
p e r m a n e n t educational funds
amounting to $48,361,360.10, of which
$35,890,202.93 was in the permanent
school fund.
Singer Delights
Returning to Western Washing­ton
college in. this morning's as­sembly
was Mrs. Hortense Yule
Harrington, a former graduate of
this institution. Mrs. Harrington,
a most talented singer, presented a
delightful program of folk songs,
Italian songs, and modern English
melodies. She has appeared at the
college at previous times and it was
with considerable enjoyment that
she was received again. Miss Edith
Strange accompanied Mrs. Harring­ton
during the program.
Mrs. Harrington has just com­pleted
a very successful series of
concerts in and near New York City.
She will remain in Bellingham for
the summer while visiting friends
and relatives.
The college is very fortunate in
having as its speaker for Tuesday's
assembly Mrs. Kathleen Wilkinson
Wooten. Mrs. Wooten, who comes
from Milledgeville, Georgia, is an
outstanding figure • in the field of
health education, and is working
with the Washington Tuberculosis
Association. She has been conduct­ing
classes in health education at
the State College at Pullman during
the summer session.
Mrs. Wooten will bring to the col­lege
a lecture including a^rief sur­vey
of the field of health education,
teaching techniques and materials.
Mrs. Wooten has received much
honor and recognition of her fine
work in health and education. In
addition to these accomplishments,
Mrs. Wooten has a sparkling,
charming personality which makes
her lectures an enjoyable and in­teresting
experience.
There will be no assembly
next Friday.
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For all those interested in tu­berculosis
and public health
problems, a tray luncheon will
take place at Edens hall after
the assembly. Mrs. Wooten will
be present and an interesting
discussion is hoped for.
Mrs. Wooten, who is professor of
health at Georgia State college for
women, is conducting a course on
health education this summer at
the s t a t e college in Pullman
through the cooperation of the
Washington Tuberculosis Associa
tion and the college.
At the conclusion of the Pullman
course, one day regional institutes
are being arranged for Mrs. Wooten
at other educational centers in coop­eration
with Mrs. Pearl Wanamaker,
State Superintendent of Public In­struction
and the State Department'
of Health.
The schedule is as follows: July
23, University of Washington, topic:
"Trends in Public School Health
Education."
July 24, Western Washington Col­lege",
Bellingham, general assembly
at 11 a. m. Luncheon and discus­sion
at 12:15 p. m.
July 25, ' University of Washing­ton,
topic: "Curriculum Improve­ment
in Health Education." Con­ference,
curriculum committee,
King county.
July 26, CWC, Ellensburg, general
assembly, luncheon discussion, ad­dress
to health class.
Tuesday, July 24—Assembly, Health
Education Lecture. Mrs. Kathleen
Wooten. 12:15 —Luncheon and
Discussion, Edens Hall.
Tuesday, July 24, 4 p. m.—Industrial
Trip Through Plywood Plant.
Tuesday, July 24, 4:30-5:30—Open
Swim for Women.
Tuesday, July 24, 8 p. m.—Shindig
in PE building.
Wednesday, July 25, 12; 15 — CCF
Luncheon in Edens Hall.
Wednesday, July 25, 4:30-5:30—Fac­ulty
Recreation.
Thursday, July 26, 4:30-5:30—Soft­ball
and Basketball.
Thursday, July 26, 7:30-9:30—Recre­ation
in Gym and Pool.
fe rim At WWC
Dr. Paul R. Grim completed an
eight year tenure as a member of"
the WWC faculty when his resigna­tion
became effective last Wednes­day.
Grim came to WWC in 1937 as a
social studies teacher when the
ninth grade was added to the Cam­pus
school.
A graduate of Ohio State Uni­versity
Grim received his BA de­gree
in education and his MA in'
history. He completed the work
for his doctorate.at Ohio the sum­mer
after coming to WWC. While at
Ohio State he worked in the Bu­reau
of Educational Research do­ing
social studies experiments.
Upon the resignation of Miss
Mary Rich in June 1942, Grim was
appointed director of the Campus
elementary and junior high school.
This took place soon after the open­ing
of the new Campus school build­ing.
Dr. Grim leaves Bellingham to
take up his new duties as an assist­ant
professor in the Department
of Education at Washington Uni­versity,
St. Louis, Missouri.
New Staff Members
Are Named By Prexy
Both Dr. Raymond F. Hawk, new
director of the campus school and
Dr. Irwin A. Hammer, newly, ap­pointed
to the education depart­ment,
are outstanding men in their
fields.
Dr. Hawk received his bachelor's
from DePauw University in Indiana,
his master's from Stanford, and his
doctor's degree from Washington
State College.
He was director of research and
assistant professor of education and
psychology at Eastern Washington
College, Cheney, for a number of
years. There he was familiar with
the problems of campus school ad­ministration.
Soon after the start of the war
he accepted a position as director of
research and principal of an ele­mentary
school of 35 teachers at
Vanport, Oregon. This is the Kai­ser
shipyard school system, which
attracted, much attention for its
unique features which Dr. Hawk
helped to organize.
The new Campus school director
comes to WWC from the Oregon
State Teachers Association where
he was in charge of research and
field service.
Dr. Hawk was president of the
Washington Educational Associa­tion
from October, 1941, until Octo­ber,
1942. In the WEA Journal he
conducted an interesting and timely
column entitled The President
Speaks, well remembered by many
teachers.
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Dr. Irwin A. Hammer will be pro­fessor
of education and acting
chairman of the department of edu­cation,
taking the place of Dr. Dut-ton.
The chairman of the depart­ment,
Dr. Upshall is on active duty
with the armed forces.
Dr. Hammer comes here from
Troy, Alabama, where he was head
of the department of education at
the State Teachers College.
He received his doctor's degree in
education at Teachers College, Co­lumbia
University.
An important figure in education
in Alabama, he participated in the
five year teacher education study
conducted by the American Council
on Education.
Hike To Glen Echo
Scheduled Next
A recreation-industrial hike to
Glen Echo coal mines is scheduled
for Saturday, June 21. Students will
meet at the North Coast bus terminal
at State and Magnolia, and will catch
the 11:45 Sumas bus. Round trip
fare is 50c. Those going on the hike
should wear old clothes or slacks
and flat heeled shoes. As it is a
2% mile hike from the highway to
the mine, the King Mountain part
of the trip will be omitted. Every­one
is to bring his own lunch, and
the hiking party will picnic some­where
along the path. All those
planning to go are asked to sign
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WWC Campus School To Have New Director
Several important changes in
faculty personnel announced after
the trustees meeting Wednesday
night.
Dr. Raymond F. Hawk, of Port­land,
.Oregon, well known in^educa-tion
circles in this area, has been
appointed to fill the vacancy left* by
Dr. Paul R. Grim's resignation. Dr.
Hawk will assume his directorship
of the campus schools at the open-?
ing of fall term.
The resignation of Dr. Wilbur
Dutton, acting chairman of the edu­cation
department, was accepted,
effective the end of the summer
term. Dr. Dutton will become chair­man
of the education department,
Whittier College, near Los Angeles,
Calif.
To take the place of Dr. Dutton,
Dr. Irwin A. Hammer will come
from the State Teachers college,
Troy, Alabama.
The resignation of Margaret Mc-
Gee, nurse at the campus school
and instructor in pre-nursing, was
also announced. Mrs. Florence
Johnson Kirkpatrick will continue
to teach the pre-nursing classes as
she has this summer. No new nurse
for the elementary school • has been
selected yet.
A. J. Blythe Plumbing and Heat­ing
Co.. submitted the lower of two
bids for the installation of water
pipes in Edens hall. The work will
begin immediately on the $3,500 job.
(Continued on Page Three)
Hicks Edits
Shelley
First copies have been received on
the campus this week of "A Stage
Version of Shelley's Cenci" by Ar­thur
C. Hicks, chairman of the Eng­lish
department, WWC, and R. Mil­ton
Clarke, former outstanding
member of the Bellingham Theatre
Guild.
Finished over a year ago, the
book's publication was delayed by
the paper shortage. Caxton Print­ers,
Ltd., Caldwell, Idaho, printed
the volume.
The book is a tribute to the acu­men
of Dr. Hicks, who persisted in
his contention that the Cenci was
practical for the dramatic stage
until he finally won over to his
view the play selection'committee
of the Bellingham Little Theatre
group.
Written in 1819, The Cenci has
had only five performances prior
to the staging described in this book,
as the subject matter was long
judged unfit for presentation, the
mood too unrelievedly emotional,
and the actual mechanics difficult
to stage and act.
This book is at once a history of
the attempts to present the play, a
discussion of the play as a vehicle
for acting, and as a dramatic spec­tacle,
and an analysis of the struc­ture
of the play. Problems and
their solution by the Bellingham
thespians are given detailed expla­nation.
The latter half of the book
is devoted to the play itself, giving
both Shelley's stage directions, and
the augmented directions worked
out by Play Director Milton Clarke
and members of the cast.
The Bellingham Theatre Guild
produced the tragedy on March 7-9
and 12, 1940, with Dr. Hicks and
Miss Katherine Bowden in the leads.
It was an outstanding success. "It
is our hope that before very long
many other producing groups, both,
professional and noft-professionai,
will engage in the enthralling ad­venture
of staging The Cenci/'
says the editor in one section of the
book. ' . - . .•