Western Washington Collegian - 1954 February 12

              Thirteen Students File For BOC
'Be Your Age'
Here Monday
Monday evening at 8:15 the stu­dents
of Western will have the op­portunity
to see another of the pres­entations
of the New York Theatre
Guild players.
ROMANTIC SHENANIGANS
"Be Your Age," a modern teen
age comedy, will be presented at
the college auditorium under the
auspices of the Bellingham Junior
Chamber of Commerce. This play,
which has received excellent no­tices
in the East, is concerned with
the activities of a teen-age girl
who sheds her teen-age boy friend
in favor of one of her father's old
college chums. Needless to say, fath­er
is somewhat perturbed at these
shenanigans and much of the story
centers around his attempts to
break up this romance. Father is
spurred on by his remembrances of
his friend's frequent successful ro­mantic
activities when they were
both in college.
"Be Your Age" has a cast of ex­perienced
professional players. Many
of these have long and varied ca­reers
on the stage in New York and
have played with many of the great
names in show business.
College students are offered a
special price of 75c. Regular admis­sion
to the general' public is $1.25.
Tickets are available in Western's
Co-op store.
On March 15, "Mr. Roberts" will
be presented in Bellingham by the
same company—but with a different
cast. Student prices will prevail
here too, but it was suggested by
Harry Pagels of the Bellingham
JC's that tickets be ordered in ad­vance
for this performance. "A
heavy attendance is anticipated and
ticket purchased in advance would
insure good seats," said Pagels.
COLLEGIAN
Vol. XLVI - No. 17 Western Washington College, Bellingham, Washington Feb. 12, 1954
THE NEW YORK THEATRE GUILD will present a modern teen-age
comedy "Be Your Age," next Monday, 8:15 p. m. College students are
extended a special price of s 75c as compared to the regular admission price
of $1.25. Tickets are available in Western's Co-op store.
I-A to Wash Cars
Western's I^A club will wash
cars toworrow and a week from
tomorrow. They will wash the
cars behind the Arts building
from approximately 10 a. m. to
4 p. m. The charge for the car
wash will be one dollar. The tires
will be rotated for an extra dol-ar.
The money will be used to
send a delegate to the I-A con­vention
in Los Angeles.
Curtain Goes Up On 'Liliom
Soon; Rehearsals Under Way
Rehearsals for Western's division'
of drama's Winter quarter play,
'Liliom," are under way, pointing
towards production just two weeks
away.
The story of a bully and finally
i criminal of Budapest, Liliom, or
'the Lily," the play is directed by
Laurence Brewster, speech, and
scenery is under the direction oi
Mark Fanders, speech.
Of "Liliom," the New York Trib­une
says: "Again Molnar is signifi­cantly
successful in finding ro­mance
where few playwrites would
have the sense to seek it. He makes
the symbol of romance for. Liliom
something as simple and as close
to home as the merry-go-round."
The Nation says: "A scrupulous
respect for reality is combined in
Liliom" with a strong and sober
imaginative sense."
The play carries Liliom from a
rowdy merry-go-round barker who
bilks young servant girls of their
money with his charm, to a high­way
man who loses in his first at­tempt,
and commits suicide.
At this point the play changes
scenes from earth to the courts
of justice on high.
Addition to the cast announced
last week are: Sandra Paul, Louise;
Dorothy Flora, Joy Kephart, Rob­erta
Roberts and Donna Godfrey,
servant girls.
Gordon Pfister has been recast
as Ficsur and Jack Rose has taken
Pfister's place as the policeman.
Production dates for the play are
Friday, February 26, and Satruday,
February 27.
Datelmii e.
Friday, February 12—High School
Leaders conference. Basketball,
College of Puget Sound here, fol­lowed
by Arion-sponsored rec
hour.
Saturday, February 13—CCF ban­quet
a Ted's 99 Club. Game with
CWC here. WUS square dance in
rec hall, following game.
Sunday, February 14—USCF break­fast,
8 a. m. Edens hall open
house.
Tuesday, February 16—Student pri­mary
election. WWC band con­cert,
college auditorium, at 8:15
p. m., with Ralphael Mendez,
trumpeter, as guest soloist.
Wednesday, February 17 — Student
primary elections, final day. Sen­ior
class banquet, Leopold hotel.
Friday, February 19—Basketball, Pa­cific
Lutheran College, there.
Mendez Will be
Soloist on
A<&*L Series
Raphael Mendez, acclaimed as
virtuoso and world master of articu­lation,
will appear as guest soloist
with the WWC band February 16,
8:15 p. m., in the auditorium.
Mendez will be on campus Monday
and Tuesday for a special clinic,
scheduled at 1:30 p. m., February
16, and for rehearsal with the band.
Top musicians in the Northwest
including Ken Cloud and Robert
Brown, along with high school mu­sicians
from 25 schools in Whatcom,
Skagit and Island counties, will at­tend
the clinic. The purpose of this
clinic is to observe and discuss mu­sical
techniques with Mendez.
During his brilliant career, Men­dez
has made records for Decca
and Coast records. His radio appear­ances
have been with such renown­ed
stars as Bing Crosby and Red
Skelton. He has appeared on TV
shows with Milton Berle and Fran­ces
Langford. His motion picture
career includes "Holiday in Mexi­co"
and "Fiesta" among others.
With his sons, Robert and Ralph,
Mendez has made a series of TV
shows in Mexico City and has ap­peared
with the Mexico City Sym­phony
orchestra. He has performed
in the Hollywood Bowl and with
the Denver and Bakersfield Sym­phonies
and at New York Para­mount
and Chicago theaters.
Mendez was a member of a musi­cal
family of 15 performers. When
Pancho Villa visited the village, he
and his father and five brothers
and sisters played for him. The
general liked the music so well that
the whole group was taken to his
camp as his personal and private
musicians. Young Raphel was kept
on with the general after the rest
of the family was sent home.
2,648 Students by
'66, Griswold Says
An enrollment of 1,380 next fall
and an enrollment twice that figure
in 1966 were predicted for Western
Washington college by Dr. Manzer
J. Griswold, sociology.
To get the projected enrollment
figures for Western, Griswold found
the number of high school graduates
for the last few years and, using the
average percentage of increase for
the last six years, he estimated the
number of students that would an­nually
graduate from high school
until 1966.
He then compared the number
of students that attended Western
in the past six years, found the per­centage
increase, and compared it
with that of the high school grads.
Basing his survey on these increases,
he made his predictions.
Griswold predicted 1,301 students
would enroll at Western the fall
quarter of 1953. The actual figure
was 1,288, a one per cent error. When
he looked at his Western enrollment
prediction for 1966, which was 2,648,
the sociology instructor said, "I
wouldn't bet a nickel on getting the
precise figure for 1966 but I bet a
dime I'll come within 15 per cent
of it."
Griswold explained that any dras­tic
change of trend in population
would damage the accuracy of his
figures.
Nineteen File
For Various
ASB Positions
Nineteen students have filed for
various positions on the Board of
Control. Three students filed for
the position of ASB president, three
for ASB vice president, and thirteen
have filed for two board represen­tative
positions.
The three men running for the
president's office, with active terms
beginning Fall quarter 1954, are
juniors Ray Cohrs and Allen Evans
and sophomore Norman Richardson.
There are also three men, juniors
Ivan Hickenbottom, Jim Simon, and
Rey Sundal, seeking the position of
ASB vice president.
Students elected as representa­tives
will begin serving their terms
this coming Spring quarter.
One senior, Carlin Freeberg, is
applying for a position on the Board.
The six juniors seeking the posi­tion
are Ron Camfield, Margaret
Salisbury, Chuck LeWarne, Jerry
Anderson, Diane Folk, and Mary
Hansen.
Wilfred "Bill" Johnson, Roland
Sayler, David Northrup, David Gay,
and Larry Renner are the five
sophomores running for the repre­sentative
positions. Bob Dunlap is
the lone freshman seeking an office
on the BOC.
The primary election will be held
Tuesday and Wednesday, February
16 and 17 in the main hall. In the
election, six representatives will be
chosen to run in the final election,
which will be held the ninth week
of this quarter. The candidates
running for the positions of presi­dent
and vice president will not be
voted upon until the general elec­tion.
RAPHAEL MENDEZ will appear as guest soloist, with the WWC band
February 16, 8:15 p. m., in the auditorium. Mendez, along with Ken Cloud
and Robert Brown will be on campus for a special clinic Monday and
Tuesday. He will also appear on the evening program.