Western Washington Collegian - 1953 February 13

              Principals on Campus
To View Activities
Students and faculty of Western are playing host to 29 principals
of Kitsap, Snohomish, and King counties today. The purpose of their
visit is threefold:
1. To exchange ideas with members of the college staff, and
discuss common interests.
2. To get a clear idea of Western's total program. (This includes
student teaching and extra-curricu-*
lar activities.)
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3. To see their own students.
The committee, consisting of
Prank Punches, Miss Lorraine Pow­ers,
Dr. Alan Pawelek, and Dr.
Prank D'Andrea, has arranged the
day's activities.
The guests will be served coffee
at 9:30 a. m. at MRH. At 10 a. m.
the Campus school will be visited. A
campus tour will be taken at 11:15
a. m., and entertainment by the
Vocollegians will be followed by a
visit to the classes at 1:15 p. m.
Those who do not wish to visit the
classes will have a chance to visit
the residence halls.
From 2 p. m. to 3 p. m. the prin­cipals
will confer with members of
the personnel staff after which they
will confer with -their own graduates.
The day will conclude with a tea
in the foyer of the AM building.
The list of principals include:
George Rutherford, Federal Way
high school, Redondo; Leonard F.
Johnson, Highline high school, Se­attle;
Alfred F. Bennest, Vashon
high school, Burton; Stanley I.
Thompson, Renton high school;
Harold H. Heidenreich, Bellevue
high school.
Harold Best, Foster high school,
Seattle; Paul McCurdy, Auburn high
school; Oren C. Jensen, Maple Val­ley
high school; Edward W. Beamer,
Mount Si high school, Snoqualmie;
Harry Peterson, Tolt high school,
Cairnation; Bert Dahl, Issaquah
high school.
Dan W. Shovlin, Lake Washing­ton
high school, Kirkland; George
M. Eisentrout, Enumclaw h i gh
school; Melvin Olene, Buckley high
school; Fred Graham, Bremerton
high school; Robert Kidder, Bain-bridge
high school, Winslow; M. D.
Meek, North Kitsap high school,
Poulsbo; James H. Huey, Central
Kitsap high school, Silverdale.
Elmer Isvick, South Kitsap high
school, Port Orchard; Bert Vander-wilt,
Everett high school; G. Mason
Hall, Edmonds high school; John
Danubio, Arlington high school;
Stan Bates, Snohomish high school;
Dwight H. Newell, Marysville high
school.
Cedric Lewis, Darrington high
school; John E. Corbally, Jr., Twin
City high school, Stanwood; D. D.
Oates, Lake Stevens high school;
and William Beard, Kent-Meridian
high school, Kent.
Datelmh e
February 13 — Class meetings, 10
a. m. Dance at Whidbey Island
Naval base. Basketball game with
UBC at Vancouver. College play,
"Two Blind Mice."
February 14—Basketball game here
with UBC. College play. WRA
carnival.
February 17—Artiste and Lecturers
series, Vivienne Bennett, actress,
scenes from classic comedies, 10
a. m.
February 18—Senior class banquet
at Leopold hotel, 6:30 p. m.
February 20—High School Leaders
conference. Basketball game with
CPS here.
COLLEGIAN
Defunct Office Run by
Two Blind Mice'
Anyone can just sit on the sidelines and laugh or jibe at a situation,
but to get the true meaning of something, one person must be in the
center of the situation.
That's exactly how Samuel Spewack got the know-how for writing
his play, "Two Blind Mice." During World War II. He worked in a gov­ernment
bureau.
• . —* The play being presented here to­night
and tomorrow night, is chief -
Vol. XLVII - No. 18 Western Washington College, Bellingham, Washington Feb. 13,1953
—Cut Courtesy Bellingham Herald
Georgine Hayward, Henry Howe, Donna Wray and Floyd Jackson on the set of "Two Blind Mice" discuss
the merits of the play. They are members of the cast, of the winter quarter drama, directed by Laurence
Brewster. According to all reports the preducation is a sure-fire hit.
Actress to Present Assembly
Vivienne Bennett, England's lead­ing
actress, will appear at Western
Washington college during her secr
ond consecutive tour ofthe United
States. She will perform in the
auditorium in the Artists and Lec­turers
series Tuesday.
Her first appearance on stage was
as a dancer at the age of fifteen.
A year later she played Puck in "A
Midsummer Night's Dream," at
Stratford on Avon. Later she studied
ballet and theater.
. She managed a school of ballet
and was a well known director of
the Sadler's Wells company. Miss
Sr. Banquet Soon
Annual senior banquet will be
February 18, at 6:30 p. m. in the
Crystal ballroom of the Leopold
hotel. Tickets are on sale in the
main hall.
Following dinner there will be
dancing to the music of Al Men-denhall's
orchestra.. Attire will be
suits for men and cocktail dresses
for women.
" "Tickets should be purchased
soon so plans may progress," stated
Jerry Royal, senior class vice-presi­dent
and chairman for the banquet.
Along the entertainment line
Jeannie Roger will sing and Helen
Barton will play a piano solo.
Bennett has wide dramatic experi­ence
and is an avid student of clas­sical
as well as modern theater.
She has played virtually all of
Shakespear's heroines, includinge
Desdemona in "Othello," Rosalind
in "As You Like It," and Lady Mac­beth.
Besides directing her own com­pany
of players, Miss Bennett has
performed throughout Britain and
toured France, Holland, Germany,
and Greece, and played opposite
many leading actors.
Her program, includes recitals
from Shakespeare and excerpts from
some of the Restoration comedies
and modern plays. Critics have
universally hailed her performances
as lively and imaginative, and her
acting as extremely versatile.
Filing Slow for
ASB Offices;
Primary Soon
Government by the people, of
the people and for the people is the
U.'S. heritage, and a wonderful one^
But unless there are representatives
for the people, the government will
degenerate, Mark Hardie, ASB pres-r
ident, said today.
That is just what the situation
in student government at Western
may become. Lethargy abounds.
Up to 10:30 a. m. Bob Porter and
Phyllis Skinner had filed for presi­dent
of the ASB. No one had filed
for vice-president, nor for either
of the two spots open on the Board
of Control.
Today is the last day to file, and
to have a decent primary election,
more candidates are needed.
To keep a democratic system
working, some people must sacri­fice
something, and the officials
must do the sacrificing.
Somebody must represent the stu­dents.
Hardie asks: Why not you?
Nancy Jo Roberts reports that
the election ballots will be in the
lounge instead of the student cen­ter.
ly about "The Office of Seeds and
Standards," a theoretically defunct
bureau, which in actuality is not.
Taking it from there, Spewack un­rolls
a hilarious story, which on.
second look, isn't too unbelievable.
It migh be remembered that in
1947 "The U. S. Spruce Production
Agency," organized in 1918 to pro­cure
spruce for war planes, was
still functioning. It's usefulness had
been outlived within months after
it was founded.
Likewise, in 1949, Prencinradio,
Inc., was finally dissolved after
three years of death throes. Found­ed
in 1942, no one was really sure
what's its purpose was, or if it had
done anything.
"Two Blind Mice" plays tonight
at 8:15 p. m., unravelling after
the opening gun, Spewack's gath­ering
of experiences in Washing­ton,
D. C.
Admission is free for students.
'Seeds Bureau'
In Confusion;
Comedy Rules
Reviewed by DAVE GAY
If Washington is like this, we
need more than a change in ad­ministration!
"Two Blind Mice" opens on cam­pus
tonight at 8:15 p. m. and should
be a must on everyone's calendar.
Essentially; a tale of two prim
little old ladies running a defunct
governmental bureau, and a nimble-witted
young newspaperman and
their antics, the tale is good for
scores of laughs, although it moves
a little slowly at times.
Alice-Jean Davis quietly portrays
the prim Letitia, one of the old lad­ies,
while Georgine Hayward as the
other, is the ecstatically scatter­brained
Crystal.
The scheming newspaper man.
Tommy. Thurston, is presented ably
and enthusiastically, as well as a
little artificially at times by Henry
Howe.
Around this trio revolves the rest
of the cast as well as the action of
the play.
Karen, Letitia's niece and Thurs­ton's
disgusted ex-wife, is well
played by Donna Wray. Floyd Jack­son
is her bewildered fiancee, Dr.
Henry McGill.
Able assists are also registered by
others of the cast: Wayne Bitter-man
as Wilbur F. Threadwaite,
state department, and definitely up
on protocol; Gordon Pfister as the
harried Major Pohn Groh, USA;
playful Colonel Robbins, USAF,
played by Jack Rose; and dyspep­sia
ridden Commander Jellico pre­sented
by Paul Dodsworth.
Bob Solberg portrays a distraught
colleague of Thurston's; Jim Simon
is the very pompous and blustery
Senator Kruger; Dick Dey, a resign­ed
old tailor; Shirley Clay, Miss
Johnson, the rhumba teacher; Lew
Wilson, the mailman; Ron Coots, a
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