Western Washington Collegian - 1953 October 2

              Britain Offers Awards Homecoming Has Latin Theme
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Scholarships to Go
To Graduates
Beginning in the acedemic year
1954-55, twelve Marshall scholar­ships
will be given to American
graduates who wish to study at Brit­ish
universities. The scholarships
are offered by the British govern­ment
as a gesture of thanks for
Marshall aid sent to Britain.
H Each scholarship will be granted
«for a two year period and may be
extended to three years. Eligible
for competition are U. S. citizens,
men or women under 28, and gradu­ates
of acredited U. S. colleges and
universities. The scholarships are
good at any British university.
Each award is valued at $1,540 a
year, with an extra $560 a year for
married men; This sum will easily
cover a year's study at a British
university as the living costs are
less than in the United States, the
British Information Service reports.
Transportation will be provided both
over and back.
Qualifications for the awards are
distinction of intellect and char­acter.
They will be judged on scho­lastic
attainment and other activi­ties
and achievements. Preference
will be given to candidates who have
high academic ability and also play
an active part at the university.
FOUR REGIONS IN U. S.
Each of the four regional commit­tees
in the United States will select
three candidates every year and
have three in reserve. The regional
committees as set up under the
terms of the awards are East, South,
Middle West, and Pacific. The
names selected by the regional com­mittees
will be forwarded for ap­proval
to the advisory council in
Washington. This Council will con­sist
of six distinguished Americans
who will assist the British Ambas­sador
in selecting the candidates.
Applications for the 1954-55 schol­arships
will be accepted until No­vember,
1953. For further informa­tion
prospective candidates should
write to British Information Service,
30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York 20,
N. Y. Applicants may apply either
in the region in which they live or
in the region which they have had
two year's college training.
Marine Team Here
Marine corps officer procurement
team will visit Western Washington
campus on Wednesday and Thurs­day,
October 7 and 8, C. W. Mc­Donald,
dean of men, announced
today.
Dean McDonald stated two pro­grams
are currently available to
undergraduates. Freshman, sopho­mores,
and juniors are eligible for
the Platoon Leaders class and sen­iors
are qualified for the Officer
Candidate course.
In order to enroll in the Platoon
Leaders class students must have
at least a "C" average and pass a
written mental test. Seniors inter­ested
in the Officer Candidate
course must graduate prior to
March, 1954, and also pass the
mental exam.
The Marine Corps team will be
located in Room 112, Main building,
during the visit.
Enrollment Up 4%
Enrollment is up at Western
about four per cent over last year
at a comparable time. Enrollment
is not yet complete and will con­tinue
for the next few days. The
final enrollment figure this year
is expected to exceed 1300.
COLLEGIAN
Vol. XLVII - No. 2 Western Washington College, BeHingham, Washington Oct. 2, 1953
Education Book
For Public
By Woodring
derstood, many citizens have enough
understanding to find them dis­quieting."
Several minor but still important
criticisms often seen in the press or
heard on the radio are also dis­cussed.
1. Without full public approval
public-education has extended it­self
to include many aspects not
formerly considered the province of
the school.
2. The total effect of the new
education is to leave the child, par­ticularly
the child of average or
less than average intelligence, with­out
a set of values.
3. Education has become anti-intellectual.
4. Education as represented . by
text books, particularly in social
studies, show a consistent political
list to the left.
5. It is widely believed that the
children of this generation have
failed to learn such basic skills as
(Continued on Page 4)
"Let's Talk Sense About Our
Schools," by Dr. Paul Woodring,
professor of psychology at Western
Washington College of Education,
came off the McGraw-Hill press in
New York City on September 30.
"An Open Letter to Teachers," by
Dr. Woodring, published by Har­per's
Magazine last spring, aroused
much editorial comment and "Let's
Talk Sense About Our Schools" is
an enlargement on the same theme.
"It is not a text book, but is in­tended
for the general public, school
board members, and for classroom
teachers," said Dr. Woodring. "It is
not a book giving the answers," he
commented, "but it tries to inter­pret
the school to the general pub­lic
and the criticism of the school to
the teacher."
He feels that much of the criti­cism
has been printed in the popu­lar
magazines whereas the answers
to these criticisms have been ap­pearing
in the professional jour­nals.
Thus, much of the general
public is not being given a fair pic­ture
of both sides.
Some of these criticisms are fair
and sound; others are not, and in
this book Dr. Woodring has tried
to explain and answer those criti­cisms.
He pointed out some of the
popular and professional misinter­pretations
of the aims of J o hn
Dewey, the progressive education
leader.
Dr. Woodring first considers two
major points of criticism: 1.
"Schools in a democracy belong to
the people, but interested citizens
feel they no longer have an ade­quate
part in establishment of basic
educational policies. 2. The philos­ophy
which underlies the new edu­cation
is unacceptable to a large
number of Americans. Although „,QO«TIC»
, ., . „TQll „„ kization will hold its first meeting
these philosophies are not well un- I*
—Cut Courtesy BeHingham Herald
WOODRING WRITES BOOK—Dr. Paul Woodring, professor of psychol­ogy
at Western, has his book, "Let's Talk Sense About Our Schools," on
sale at all bookstores. In the book Dr. Woodring tries to interpret the
school to the general public and the criticism of the school to the teacher.
The book is an enlargement on his magazine article of last spring "An
Open Letter to Teachers."
Student Wives Hold
First Meeting
Western's Student Wives organ-of
1953-54 next Wednesday, October
7, at 8 p. m. in Edens hall.
Scheduled as a "get-acquainted"
meeting, all wives of WWC stu­dents
are invited.
The Homecoming committee and
other committees wilL be appointed
at the meeting. Representatives will
be appointed to the board of the
organization and the annual fac­ulty
wives-student wives party will
be discussed.
Refreshments will be served.
Post-Registration
To Be Held
Freshmen and transfer stu­dents
are asked to keep their
appointments with their advis­ors
on Thursday, October 8. Each
student will be given an oppor­tunity
to discuss any problems
and changes which have arisen.
No regular classes will be held
on Thursday.
Datelimi e.
Friday, October 2—All-College mix­er,
sponsored by FTA, 8:30-11:30
p. m., gymnasium, PE building.
Saturday, October 3—Ski club out­ing,
Mount Baker. Football game,
evening.
Tuesday, October 6—House meeting
of all organized houses, 9:00 p. m.
Wednesday, October 7—Arion club
banquet, 7 p. m.
Thursday, October 8—Classes sus­pended
for the day, new students
assembly, 8:15 a. m., auditorium.
Club review. Post-registration ad-v
visement. College Aptitude tests.
Physicals for returning students.
Friday, October 9—Regular classes.
AWS and Norsemen assemblies,
10 a. m.
All-College Mixer
WWC's first all-college mixer will
be held in the gym, Friday night.
Dancing, featuring Ken Tinkham's
band, will be from 8:30 to 11:30.
School attire is in order. It is
sponsored by FTA. There will be
no admission charge. Refreshments
will be served.
"Co-Chairmen Are
Sundal, Norman
By MIKE O'SAMMON
Brush up on your Spanish, seno-ritas
and senors, because just three
weeks from today, on October 23,
Queen Sigrid XVI will be crowned
and the 1953 Homecoming will offi­cially
begin.
Toreadors Rey Sundal and Remo
Norman, co-chairmen of Homecom­ing,
announced that the Homecom­ing
theme is "Western Fiesta." Un­der
the pressure of time they have
been running around the campus
yelling, "Toro! Toro! and goring
fellow students into mucho commit­tee
chairmanships. "Considering
that we have been working only for
one week, we have accomplished a
great deal toward making this one
of the most outstanding Homecom­ings
WWC has ever had," Sundal
said Tuesday.
"Besides the theme, which is it­self
festive and offers possibilities
for gay decorations and house dis­plays,
music for the Queen's ball
will be played by a well known band,
a first for WWC Homecomings. In­formation
about the band is a top
secret and will be released at a
later date."
Residence houses and clubs are
urged to begin planning for both
the Homecoming skit assembly and
displays. Prizes will be awarded.
The Viking team will battle the
Whitworth Pirates at Battersby field
on October 24, at 2 p. m., before
Queen Sigrid XVI, her court, alumni,
faculty members and WWC stu­dents.
T h e Homecoming calendar is
crowded with thirteen action-packed
events which will vary from a sock-hop
dance to a smorgasbord. Here
is the schedule of events:
Kick-off assembly, October 6,
10 to 10:30 a. m.
Class meeting, October 6, 10:30
to 11 a. m. (Princesses and
Q u e e n nominations to be
made.
Queen candidates presentation,
October 13, 10 a. m. (Elections
following assembly.)
Class meeting, October 16, 10
a. m.
Pep rally, parade, bonfire, Octo­ber
23, 7 p.m.
Homecoming skits, October 23,
8:15 p. m.
Queen coronation, October 23,
10 a. m.
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Student Positions
Are Open
Western's student Board of
Control is accepting applications
for five positions in student gov­ernment
and apublications.
Due to the resignation of the
business manager of the Klipsun,
that position is now open. This
is a paying position.
Also open is the position of
secretary to the Board of Con­trol,
another paying position.
The other three positions to be
filled are posts on the Board of
Control.
Those persons applying for the
position should consult the con­stitution
of the Associated Stu­dent
Body to be sure that they
are able to satisfy the require­ments
of the positions. The con­stitution
may be found in the
back of the Navigator.
Deadline for filing applications
is 4 p. m., Wednesday, Oct. 7.