Western Washington Collegian - 1953 October 23

              COLLEGIAN
Vol. XLVII-No. 5 Western Washington College, Bellingham, Washington Oct. 23, 1953
Welcome Home, Grads, To Homecoming Fiesta!
Gala Kickoff Tonight;
Busy Weekend Ahead
By MIKE O'SAMMON
Queen Sigrid XVI has been crowned and the 1953 Homecoming is
officially in swing. A Latin American atmosphere has enveloped the
campus and until the last note of music of the Queen's ball has been
played, faculty, alumni and students will be kept in a festive mood. A
colorful and fast-moving schedule of events will provide entertainment,
relaxation and gaiety to all who attend.
: «3« Joan Rhineholt and Marylin
Young, house and window display
committee chairmen, announced
that the above will be judged this
afternoon at 12:30. They also urged
that representatoves of the house
displays be on hand when the judg­ing
takes place.
RALLY BEHIND MRH
The bonfire and pep rally will
take place behind MRH at 6:30'to­night,
announced Carol Resner and
Don Wallace, co-chairmen. Follow­ing
the bonfire will be the parade
through downtown Bellingham. The
floats and cars will line up in front
of the Music building at 7.
After the parade the Homecoming
skits will be presented to faculty,
alumni, and students in the audi­torium
at 8:15.
The evening will be completed by
the sock-dance in the big gym and
the Student Wives coffee hour in
room- 101 in the music buHding.
Tomorrow at 2 p. m. the Vikings
will battle the Whitworth Pirates at
Battersby field in the traditional
Homecoming game/
Anne Kohler, chairman of the
smorgasbord, announced that the
tables will be spread with an abund­ance
of food for the annual Edens
hall feast, between 5 and 7 p. nt.
Dancing to the music of Ken
Cloud and his orchestra will take
place at the Queen's ball which
will be held at the Armory, located
at State and Pine, from 9 p. m. to
2 a. m.
'Skitos Pocos'
After Parade
Taking place at 6:30 p. m. in the
parking lot behind MRH, the bon­fire
is first on the list of Homecom­ing
activities for Friday night. Im­mediately
after the bonfire, the
parade will form in front of the
A-M building. All houses and clubs
entering floats are urged to be in
line and ready to go promptly at
7 p. m.
Following the parade, at 8:15, the
various skits, otherwise known as
Los Skitos Grandos, will be pre­sented
in the auditorium. Floyd
Jackson, chairman of the affair,
urges all those participating in
either the skits or in between acts,
to have all properties, etc. ready to
go by 8:15 p. m. Prizes will be
awarded to the best skits and in
between acts. Judges will be fac­ulty
members chosen from the au­dience.
Clubs and! houses entered in the
Los Skitos Grandos competition are
MRH, Senior hall, Spencer hall,
Edens hall, USCF, Arion club,
Square and Circle club, Rheba D.
Nickerson, Daniels hall, Mathes
hall, Forensic club, Drama club and
Harbor View hall. Entered in the
Los Skitos Pocos division are the
Kyle Westland trio, Sad Sack Sis­ters,
and Omega house. Other en­tries
will be announced tonight.
—Cut Courtesy Bellingham HeraltL"
WESTERN BEAUTIES PICTURED—The queen and h3r court are pictured here as they get ready to rule
over Western's Homecoming. Right to left are: Susan Knox, sophomore princess; Lorrene Bergmann, junior
princess; Carolyn Crook, queen; Betty Foss, senior princess; and Carole Hall, freshman princess. "These girls
will reign over the many activities of the Western Fiesta. The royal court was elected last Wednesday in
student elections after being nominated during class meetings.
Deficiency Reports
To Be Sent Out
After Examinations
Mid-term examinations will be
held the week of November 1 to 5,
according to Registrar Donald Fer­ris.
Exams will be held only in those
classes where the instructors sched­ule
them, Ferris added.
Closed week will not be observed
at the time. "Closed week" means
out-of-town students living on or
off campus are not allowed to re­turn
home on week ends preceding
exams.
Mid-term deficiency reports
also come out during the first
week in November. Any student
with a "D" or "F" average in his
classes will be informed by the in­structor.
The pupil will then counsel
with the instructor in an attempt
to improve the situation.
Annual Parents Day Will Bring
Visitors to WWC Campus
Parents and students will congregate on Western's campus Sunday,
when the annual coHege sponsored Parents day is scheduled. Freshmen
and new students will introduce their parents to college life at this time.
Assistant Registrar William O'NeiK-is
in charge of the afternoon's ar-
Joyce Cary, English Novelist, Will Be Guest Lecturer
On Artists and Lecturer's Circuit Next Tuesday
Joyce Cary, English novelist, who
will be the guest lecturer on Tues­day,
October 27, at 10 a, m., has
something very different to say.
And what he has to say has not
been said in such an original and
delightful way since Dickens. In
this lecture the distinguished au­thor
gives voice to some of his per­sonal
experiences in writing and
the art of living.
CRITICS HAIL
Critics in Britain and America
have long hailed him as one of
the major novelists of our time,
however recognition came late to
Joyce Cary.
The brilliant English novelist was
so little known in this country be­fore
publication of his best seller,
"The Horse's Mouth," that he was
often referred to as "she'
"one of the best of the
English novelists." He is in his six­ties
and has produced some fifteen
novels, several political treatisies,
and many poems. He was forty-three
years old before his first
novel was published.
Joyce Cary writes his books in
pieces. He may drop one section to
tackle another, or even put aside
the whole thing to work on some­thing
else. It is a seemingly waste­ful
method, as . he always throws
away thousands of words, but it is
one that suits him. By the time he
is ready to write, he has the looks
of the locale, studies of the his­torical
background, and even plans
of the houses.
He has schemes for at least eight
more novels, all of which, his read­ers
and admirers are confident, will
add new lustre to the Cary tradi­tion
of richness and brilliance.
rahgements. He announced that the
informal get-together between par­ents,
students, counselors and fac­ulty
members will take place be­tween
1:30 and 4 p. m.
A forty-five minute program in
the Auditorium-Music building will
begin the day's activities. Featured
will be selections by David Schaub,
college organist, and the a cappella
wil11 choir under the direction of Ber­nard
W. Regier, music instructor.
Merle S. Kuder, student personnel
director, is scheduled to open the
program with greetings. Dr. W. W.
Haggard, president, will give a short
speech of welcome.
Mr. Schaub's selections will in­clude
the organ prelude, "Air From
Suite in D," by Bach. Other num­bers
are "Jesus, Joy of Man's De­siring,"
by Bach, and "Trumpet
Voluntary," by Purcell. The post-lude
will be "Toccata" by Boellman.
The choir will sing "Once More,
My Soul," an American folk hymn
by Shute; "O Lovely Heart," by
Robertson; and "Great GetthV Up
MornuV "by Stanton. A spiritual
arrangement, "Sometimes I Feel
Like a Motherless Child," by Ring-wald
will complete the choir's per­formance.
'
Students will then host their par­ents
on campus tours. The day's
schedule will end with a coffee hour
to be held in one of three places
between 2:30 and 4 p. m. These
will include Mens Residence hall,
Edens hall and the Industrial Arts
building. At which of these places
certain faculty members and coun­sels
can be found will be made,
known by a directory on the back^
of the program.
Manuscript
Collection
On Campus
The Magic Carpet on Wheels is
at Western this week with its col­lection
of rare books and manu­scripts.
These rare books and man­uscripts
date back to 3,500 years
before Christ. According to Dr. W.
W. Haggard, president, the exhibi­tion
will be open to the public to­day
from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m.
EFFORTS EXHIBITED
Many examples of the history of
man's efforts to record his progress
in writing and printing are con­tained
in the exhibit. The exhibit
is being shown on the campus of
WWC, at the south end of the
Main building.
Some of the oldest items in the
display are cuneiform writings on
clay. These writings record the deeds
of sale and royal decrees from an­cient
Babylon and Sumeria. An
expert in the history of the rare
books and manuscripts will accom­pany
the exhibit. He will explain
the significance of the items to the
visitors. The exhibit is free to the
public.
Two trailers, sent out by t he
Grolier Society, Inc., are currently
touring the country. During recent
months more than 100,000 people
have seen one or the other of the
exhibits. They were collected in
commemoration of the 500th anni­versary
of the first use of the move­able
type invented by Johann Gut­enberg.