Western Washington Collegian - 1954 January 22

              COLLEGIAN
Vol. XLVI - No. 14 Western Washington College, Bellingham, Washington Jan. 11, 1954
Material Low
For Writer;
Due February I
Mike O'Sammon, editor of the
student creative publication, '"The
Writer," has made a request for
more material. The number of short
stories turned in, according to
O'Sammon, is very low. Hardly any
poetry and only one essay have been
contributed.
Ten days remain until February
1, the- deadline for all copy which
will be used for the winter quarter
issue of the publication. This dead­line
must be met so WWC's graphic
arts department can begin printing
the lithographed editions of the
magazine.
"Material lying: in drawers at
home will not help "The Writer,"
said O'Sammon. "Students have an
opportunity of winning cash awards
for'works they turn in."
Prizes, which will be awarded in
the spring quarter, will be given to
authors of material judged first and
second best in three categories, the
short story, essay, and poem. First
prize for the short story will be $25
while the top prizes in the other
divisions will be $15. All second
prizes will be $10. Judging will be
done at the University of Washing­ton.
Any Western student may enter
the contest.
Students may discuss their works
and read them aloud at informal
meetings of the Writer staff. These
meetings will be held Monday nights
at 4 p. m. in the student lounge.
Works contributed are to be typed
and double-spaced and should ap­pear
on one side of the sheet only.
The student must sign his name
and write an estimate of the num­ber
of words in the story.
.Copy may be turned in to one of
three places, a Box in the Collegian
office in the main building, t room
38^ of "Old Main" or Mr. Hovde's
office in the annex.
Date ImL e...
Friday, January 22 — AWS and
Norsemen assemblies, 10 a. m.
^Basketball game, UBC vs. West­ern,
here. ASB rec hour, spon­sored
by Valkyrief following game.
Mrs. Deane Dickason with film,
i"India: Land of . Paradox" at
(8:15 p. m. in the college auditor­ium.
Saturday, January 23 — Basketball
game at UBC. Volleyball sports
day for Northwest Washington
colleges to be held here, starting
at 9:30 a. m.
Monday, January 25-^FTA. banquet,
Edens hall Blue room, f
Tuesday, January 26 --.Assembly,
Artists and Lecture series, 10 a. m.
John Langstaff, baritone, will
sing. Blue Barnacles splash party
will be held from 7 to 9:30 p. m.
Thursday, January 28—CCF meet­ing,
A-M 101, at 12:20 p. m.
Friday, January 29—WSSF assem­bly,
sponsored by USCF, 10 a. m.
Edens hall rec hour. Basketball
game, Western vs. Eastern, there.
DEVOTO GIVES-OPINION—Last Tuesday, when interviewed by Sandee
Bartee, Collegian reporter, Bernard DeVoto indicated that he was no
longer "down on teacher-ed schools." DeVoto, an authority on Mark
Twain, discloses observations and reflections on his early life in Bartee's
story on page 3.
Morning Assembly
Opensi|WUS Drive
Western's student-faculty assemb
ly will be held January 29. The
primary purpose of the show will
be to acquaint students with the
World's University Service fund.
June Lamoureaux is in charge
of the planning of the assembly
and the publicity, while Ron Cam-field
is arranging the talent. This
show will be the high point in
Western's drive to raise funds for
World's University Service fund.
At the assembly students will get
the chance to learn something
about the organization and its pur­poses.
During the week of January
29 through February 5 the drive for
funds will continue.
HELPS FOREIGN SCHOOLS
World's University Service fund,
a nation wide organization, con­cerns
itself with raising money to
rehabilitate foreign universities.
The war left many foreign institu­tions
without books, laboratory sup­plies,
and ample materials needed
for education. WUS is attempting
to help the foreigners' rehabilitation
program with money and supplies
collected in the United States. It is
through contributions from institu­tions
like Western that the goals
of this organization are realized.
For the past few weeks everyone
has been conscious of the drive,
sponsored here by the USCF.
Through posters, pamphlets and
world news students should realize
the need. The world situation is well
known. This nation offers as many
privileges, as many benefits and
freedoms as any nation in the
world. These advantages are offered
to the general public. The U. S. has
the. facilities—teachers, books, build­ings,
equipment—to educate its citi­zens.
Many other nations do not.
PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS
WUS provides for scholarships
and loans to any university in the
world. It provides for health facili-
Western Welcomes Dickason> Langstaff in A 6* L
Deane Dickason's untimely death
in Hong Kong in November, 1952,
brought to an end a career of color­ful
pagentry and exciting adventure.
Since 1923 he had circled the globe
twenty-two times.
Mrs. Dickason will appear at 8:15
tonight in the A-M building to pre­sent
one of Mr., Dickason's pro­grams,
"The Land of Paradox."
At 23 Dickason was the nation's
youngest city editor. He began his
career of globe trotting first 'on
World and Pacific cruises. In the
30's he produced his famous "Port
o'Call travelogs, and during World
War II he broadcast "Closeups of
Our Fighting Fronts" from San
Francisco. It became one of the
most informative war programs on
radio.
After the war Dickason left for
the Far East and filmed his classic
"There Is No India." His favorite
description of India was "the great­est
show on earth" and no one was
better qualified to reproduce this
greatest show.
During his last trip Dickason met
and filmed several prominent In­dian
personalities. Among them
were the late Mohammed Ali Jin-nah
and Jawharlal Nehru, India's
present prime minister.
India is heralded as the most
fascinating of all countries. . Its
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JOHN LANGSTAFF
MRS. DEANE DICKASON
John Langstaff, baritone, will ap­pear
in a concert in the college
auditorium Tuesday, January 26, at
10 a. m.
Langstaff's assembly program will
be divided into three parts, songs
from the old masters of Europe,
songs by American composers, and
traditional American folk songs.
Among trie tunes to be sung are
the Aria from "Scipio," by Handel;
"L'Amour de Moi," arranged by
Tiersot, and "An Sylvia", by Schu­bert.
Other selections to be sung by
Longstaff include "Velvet Shoes,"
by Thompson; "The Daisies," by
Barber, and T h e Ghost Song," from
the Gilbert and Sullivan opdra,
"Ruddigore."
The singer will also conduct two
clinic^ for WWC voice students dur­ing
his two-day stay in Bellingham.
The first clinic will'be held the
afternoon of Monday, January 25,
in Room 15 of the A-M building.
Vocal techniques will be discussed,
and a question and answer period
will follow the lecture. The second
clinic will be conducted at 1 p. m.
on Tuesday, January 25, also in
Room 15. This discussion will con­cern
vocal materials.
The public is cordially invited to
the clinics, as well as the concert.
ties, especially tuberculosis sani­tariums,
and for student hostels.
The amount borrowed is later re­turned
to the fund. For now, how­ever,
the fund must grow.
According to Camfield, the tal­ent
for the show is nearly set. Both
faculty and students will entertain.
The gatherers of talent are trying
to get up a faculty jazz band. Don
Walter, music, will play the saxo­phone,
while Dr. M. F. Cederstrom,
English, will accompany on the.
banjo. The organizers of the show
are trying to get Dr. William Budd,
education, to play the. guitar and
Charles Rice, industrial arts, to beat
the drums for the improvised
group. Dr. Don Blood, education,
will sing with the band. Dr. Arthur
Hicks, English, will entertain with a
classical number on the piano.
Laurence Brewster, speech, will give
a recitation. This is tentatively the
faculty part of the talent show.
For the students, Carol Kanpuse
will start things off wijth an ac­cordion
solo. Jim Young will play
the drums for his part in the show.
Floyd Abernathy and Dot Flora grill
do a dance number. Nancy * Turk
rounds out the program to, be pre­sented
by the students, with a song.
Camfield said, "There will be a
rehearsal Thursday night and the
exact program. will be made up
then."
Fellowships For
Physics Majors
Graduate fellowships in radio­logical
physics are being offered by
the Atomic Energy Commission for
the 1954-55 school year. College sen­iors
majoring in chemistry, phy­sics,
or engineering are eligible to
apply.
Radiological physics is a new and
expanding field of science. It is
concerned with the use of radio­isotopes
or the release of nuclear
energy. Radiation monitoring and
control, radioisotope measurement,
and health physics are'some of the
specific activities associated with
radiological physics.
The fellowship entails nine months
of course work at one of three uni­versities.
Three months of addition­al
study and field training at the
cooperating AEC installations fol­lows
the university study. ^One of
the programs is operated at the
University of Washington and the
Hanford Works of the AEC, anoth­er
by the University of Rochester
and Brookhaven National laboratory
and the third by Vanderbilt Univer­sity
and the Oak Ridge National
laboratory.
As many as 75 fellowships may
be awarded. The basic award for
fellows is $1600 per year, with an
allowance of $350 if married and
$350 for each dependent child. Uni­versity
tuition and required fees
will be paid by the Oak Ridge In­stitute
of Nuclear Studies, which
administers the program for the
AEC.
The program is accredited for
graduate level training leading to­ward
an advanced degree.
Additional information concern­ing
the program may be obtained
by writing the University Relations
Division of the Oak Ridge Institute
of Nuclear Studies, P. O. Box 117,
Oak Ridge, Tennessee.