Western Washington Collegian - 1953 April 10

              •LoungeMural Contest
Won by Fagerson
t Mary Lou Fagerson, Western junior and one of the debaters to make
the trip to Kalamazoo, Michigan, for the national competitions, has come
out first prize winner in the mural contest.
Fagerson, who won the $5 award, wrote the following suggestion:
"My idea for a mural in the lounged—: : —"—
would be a series of animal carica
Freshman Sponsor
Rec Mixer Tonight
Tonight's mixer will be sponsored
by the freshman class. Dancing will
be from 8:30 p. m. to 11:30 p. m.
in the Rec hall.
All are urged to attend. Live mu­sic
will be furnished by Ken Tink-ham
and his band. -
tures depicting life in the lounge
r menagerie. Beginning with the girl
(giraffe) looking around the lounge
for someone or anyone, then a tur­tle
pulling in his neck whispering
'Yaf to the other turtle crowd.
"The bear dumping a stack of
books on a table full of coffee cups,
*• ash trays and dishes saying- or ex­pressing
the idea *I just gotta study
tonight, fellows.' A walrus', reporter
on the paper and school 'big wheel'
executing in general. Guppy blow­ing
smoke rings. Fox swiping chairs,
centipede table hopping.
'• "Octopus for waitress who swipes
coffee cups before the coffee is out
and the ash tray just when you go
to flick a cigarette. Owls (whole
table) faculty. Horse (obviously
clothes horse). Any other animals
can be added as desired. Possibility
• done in blue and white. Very rough
idea. Will be glad to explain further
details."
Fagerson's idea will be incorpor­ated
into the mural in the artist's
own way, "preferably more than a
mere cartoon" as the Board of Con­trol
put it Wednesday night.
Dick Stewart and Joan Rineholt,
chairmen of the mural contest, also
submitted three other ideas to the
Board for consideration. All three
will receive second prize of $3.
Wes Martinson's idea which took
one of the second prize spots is
written as follows: "A series of
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'Writer1 Editor
Is Dave Gay; -
Lit Deadline Set
Organization for the 1953 Spring
quarter "Writer" got underway ac­tively
Wednesday night with elec­tion
of officers and setting of the
deadline for material.
Elected editor for the publica­tion
was David Gay. Caroline Keene
was elected editor for the story
section, Janet Sutherland was voted
editor for the essay section, and
E. S. Laird received top spot in the
poetry division.
May 8 was set as the deadline for
all material submitted to the pub­lication.
This gives writers only four
weeks to get their manuscripts in,
and a chance at the prizes offered
in the various divisions. The early
deadline will enable the Writer
staff to turn the magazine out fair3
ly early, thus making it possible to
award the prizes not too late in the
quarter.
Any style of writing is permissible,
as are lengths up to 10,000 words in
essay and short story. Long poetry
is also acceptable. Gay also aslcs
that contributors whose material
was not used in the Winter quarter
edition be submitted for reconsider­ation,
with or without revisions.
The staff also set the date of
Wednesday, April 22, for the staff
party to be held in room 101 of the
A-M building. Mrs. Ruth Tabrah,
Bellingham author of t h e novel
"Pulaski Place," will be the guest
speaker.
COLLEGIAN
Opera Costumes for 'Martha1
Now Under Construction;
More Student Help Needed
; ; Costume construction for "Martha" is now underway! Three-hundred
and fifty yards of cloth plus 120 yards of lace have been purchased and
are being converted ,into costumes for this opera which is a joint
production of the speech and music departments.
.-• •-•••'•• _.$. Mark W. Flanders, speech de­partment,
states that 50 costumes
Vol. XLVH - No. 25 Western Washington Collegian, Bellingham, Washington April 10, 1953
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NEW CAR FOR DRIVING CLASS—Dr. Alan Pawelek (left) and Washington State Association for Driver
Education and Training organizer Don Moore stand against-the new 1953 Chevrolet donated for the use of
Western's driver education classes by Wallace Chevrolet company of Bellingham.
Items Wanted
For Navigator
Arlene McKinney, Navigator edit­or,
wishes to remind the clubs that
they have only one week left in
which to turn in any changes for
the yearly club calendar, if it is to
be printed in the Navigator.
Mark Hardie said, "I am hoping
the various club will rewrite their
stories explaining their purpose, for
this new issue of the Navigator."
The Industrial Arts club has al­ready
submitted its story to McKin­ney.
She can be reached in the public
information office daily anytime
after noon. Information can be
placed in the drawer marked NAVI­GATOR
in the Collegian office.
Positions Available
Any male students interested in
the possibility of cannery employ­ment
in Eastern Washington be­tween
June 16 and the end of July
at a wage rate of $1.21 per hour,
please report to the Office of Stu­dent
Personnel services where more
details are available.
- There are also opportunities for
employment with the Blister Rust
control program conducted by the
Department of Agriculture. The
wage scale is $1.50 per hour, with
a 48-hour work week, and overtime
for all time over 40-hours a week.
Datelmi e
April 10 — AWS-Norseman assem­blies,
10 a. m. Mixer, sponsored
by the freshman class.
April 11—Ski club overnight trip.
April 12—Ski trip, continued. Stu­dent
Wives tea for faculty wives,
Edens hall Blue room, 2-4 p. m.
April 13—Virgil Fox, organist; even­ing
performance.
April 16—Mixed recreation night.
April 17—Mixer sponsored by the
sophomore class.
Vet Administration
Changes Policy
Veterans' administration has re­cently
made an important change
in its policy regarding the stated
objective of graduate students in
education.
It is now possible for a veteran
teacher to pursue a course during
successive summers which leads to
the fulfillment of state requirements
for a teaching certificate or cre­dential.
Previously such opportunity
was available only to candidates for
a master's degree.
Any veteran student concerned
can obtain further information on
this matter from the Office of Stu­dent
Personnel services. Very def­inite
procedures in establishing one's
eligibility or transfer from a mas­ter's
degree program are prescribed.
Artist Meeting
To be Here
Washington Art association h as
scheduled many events for its thir­teenth
annual convention which, will
be April 23 through the 25. Miriam
Peck, assistant professor of art, is
in charge of publicity.
The "no host" dinner will take
place April 23, 6:15 p. m., in the
Bellingham hotel. There will be a
coffee hour and business meeting
8:30 a. m., April 24, in the Arts
building. The same day, a luncheon
will be served in Edens hall, 11:30
a. m.
Such topics as "What is Our State
Program"for WAA?" will be discuss­ed.
There will be films, speeches and
exhibitions at various times through­out
the convention.
A round table discussion on the
"Correlation of. Art and Industrial
Art" will be held at 4 p. m. in the
Arts building workshops, April 24.
There will be a musical presenta­tion
by the music department of
Western, 8:45 a. _m. in the A-M
building, April 25.
A demonstration and participa­tion
in demonstration by all visit­ors
to the WAA convention is plan­ned
for 3:30 p. m., April 25, at the
Campus school.
Programs giving complete listing
of events will be available to the
public soon.
will be needed and that all these
costumes w i l l be constructed on
campus. Cost of materials has ex­ceeded
$200 and Is expected to reach
$325, but this figure is contrasted
with a minimum charge of $500 if
the costumes were rented, "and we
get to keep the costumes this way,"
added Mr. Flanders. "We're sure
the-cqstumes will fit well/"
"The department sewing machine
has more than paid for itself al­ready,"
said Mr. Flanders, "as Mary
Delrick, Western student, has fin­ished
a complete set of black cur­tains
for the stage. These curtains
will be used for the first time in
'Martha'."
Mr. Flanders pointed out that one
of the big jobs will be making cos­tumes
for the 18 choir girls who
make three changes during t he
course of the opera.
These costumes are patterned
after those worn in Queen Anne's
time, or about 1810. With the aid
of his wife, Mr. Flanders designed
all the costumes himself. Together
they hunted through pattern books
and upon finding commercial pat­terns
similar to those needed, they
molded their own requirements us­ing
these as a guide.
Many more students are needed to
assist in the construction of th«
costumes- which in" all will, take a
minimum of 750 hours of student
work. All interested students who
are free at any time from 1 p. m.
to 5 p. m. are asked to report to
the dressing rooms beneath the
stage In the -Auditorium-Music
building.
Students who have been work­ing
on the costumes to date are:
Jacqueline Bonamy, student in
r-harge, Nancy Finch, Beverly Gray,
Maxine King, Jean Landahl, and
Jean Rogers. Other assistance comes
from students taking the costum­ing
course.
Moore Wins Office
Don Moore, Western student much
interested in driver education, was
recently elected organizing chair­man
for the Washington State Asso­ciation
for Driver Education alid
Training in High Schools. The in­fant
organization, formed in Decem­ber,
1952, has 25 members over the
state.
As expressed in its constitution,
the objects of the organization is to
"foster high standards . . . and im­prove
the techniques of driver edu­cation
and training among its mem­bers,"
and ". . . in the interest of
greater traffic safety, more driv­ing
pleasure, and finer citizens in
this state."
Membership requirements are (1)
Successful completion of a recog­nized
college course in driver educa­tion
and training, or its equivalent,
and (2) A record of not less than
two school years of satisfactory
experience in teaching driver educa­tion
Including at least one year of
behind - the - wheel instruction, as
well as interest in the objectives of
the association.
Persons who have an interest in
the objectives may attain the classi­fication
of "affiliate" member with­out
the first two requirements.