Western Washington Collegian - 1954 February 5

              Board Methods Are Criticized
COLLEGIAN
ACTORS REHEARSE—Bill Elwood, 7 Mary Jane Bradley, Jackie Kitner, and Carole Smith act out a scene
of the Winter quarter play, "Lilliom" which will be presented in the auditorium February 26 and 27. The play
centers about a repenting robber and his sentence On High. Laurence Brewster will direct the play.
Filing For BOC Offices Ends Today, 4 p.m.
WWC Enrollment 1,312 This Quarter,
Reports Assistant Registrar O'Neil
Vol. XLVI - No. 16 Western Washington College, Bellingham, Washington Feb. 5, 1954
Play Centers
About Criminal
Who Repents
"Liliom" is now in rehearsal for
its February 26, 27 run for Western
audiences.
The story of the play is about
Liliom, a shiftless young ne'er-do-well
and bully of Budapest. He
works intermittently as a barker
for a merry-go-round and many
servant girls fall victim to his
charms. Among these girls is Julie,
whom he eventually marries.
Learning that he is about to be­come
a father, Liliom participates
in a highway robbery in order to
enhance his fortune. But he is
caught in the act and stabs him­self
rather than submit to arrest.
He is tried in the Magistrate's
Court On High but they see through
him there. They knew how he came
to beat that girl whom he married
down below, how he came,to plan
the robbery, how he came to kill
himself. They know what repent-ence
is in his heart though his is
much too cocky to admit it or make
any plea for himself.
He is sentenced to a term of years
in the purifying fires of the peni­tential
plains with the promise that
after that sentence has been served
he can go back to earth with a
chance to do one good deed there.
Material Selected
For Winter'Writer'
Material that will appear in the
winter edition of the student cre­ative
writing magazine, "The Writ­er,"
has been selected by the edi­torial
committee of the publication.
Material that was not picked for
this issue of "The Writer," will be
considered for publication in the
spring edition of the magazine.
The names of the selections which
will appear in "The Writer" issue
for this quarter will not be released
until the Friday previous to the sale
of the publication. Sale dates are
expected to fall in the latter part
of this quarter.
The magazine will be in litho­graphed
form, in a book of approxi­mately
48 pages. The~ book will
measure nine inches by six inches.
Cost will be 20 cents.
Ross New Member
Of Fed. Commission
Dr. Alan Ross, education, has
been selected to be a member of a
Federal commission.
The purpose of the commission
is to study the long range plant
needs of school in cooperation with
the state department of public in­struction
and the federal govern­ment.
The commission will meet in
Everett on February 5, 6, 7, and 8.
Western's total enrollment this
quarter is 1,312, according to Wil­liam
J. O'Neil, assistant registrar.
This figure is a decrease of 32 from
the tabulations for the fall quarter.
BOYS AHEAD
The number of men registered
again exceeds the number of women
student enrolled. The males lead
746 to 566.
803 students are enrolled inv the
teacher education field, 274 are in
the junior college division, and 235
are in-arts and sciences.
The freshman class is the largest
in school again. They lead with an
enrollment of 453, and are followed
by the sophomore class, which has
293 students. There are 218 juniors,
200 seniors, 32 graduates, and 60
special students.
Twenty-six of Washington's 39
counties are represented in the
WWC enrollment. Here are the
names of the counties and the num­ber
of students from them enrolled
at WWC this quarter: Chelan, 8;
Clallam, 26; Clark, 19; and Cowlitz,
18.
Douglas, 2; Grays Harbor, 23;
Island, 17; Jefferson, 8; King (Seat­tle),
162; Kitsap, 27; Klickitat, 2;
Lewis, 12; Mason, 17; Okanogan, 4;
Pacific, 6; and Pierce (Tacoma), 41.
San Juan county sends 11 stu­dents,
Skagit has 99, Skamania, 2;
Snohomish (Everett), 120; Spokane,
3; Thurston, 14; Wahkiakum, 1;
Walla Walla, 4; Whatcom, 558; and
Yakima, 8. The total from Wash­ington
state is 1,212.
Sixty students are from 25 of the
other 47 states. Oregon sends 14,
California is represented by seven,
and North Dakota and South Da­kota
contribute four each. The re­maining
states send three students
or less.
40 Western students live out­side
the continental United States.
Western has 25 Canadian students,
10 Alaskans, and 2 Hawiians. Greece,
India, and Argentina contribute one
person each.
Night school registration is 56.
Nicanor Zabaleta, Harpist,
Acclaimed 'Rarity' by Time'
This week's Artist and Lecture
series bring Nicanor Zabaleta, to
Western Washington on Friday,
February 12, at 10 a. m.
Acclaimed as one of the best con­temporary
harpists, Zabaleta has
performed with such famous orch­estras
as the New York Philhar­monic
Symphony, the Philadelphia
Symphony orchestra, and the Phil­harmonic
orchestras "of Madrid and
Mexico. Many well known composers
of Europe and America have writ­ten
special works for him.
Zabaleta began his musical career
at the age of seven in his birth
place, San Sebastian, Spain. His
first public appearance was at the
age of nine. After finishing his
studies, he then went • to Paris to
perfect himself, and has since then
given recitals in Madrid, Paris, New
York, Washington, PhiladelpRia,
Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, arid
other cities.
Time magazine (Dec. 14, 1953)'
says of the composer "Zabaleta is a
rarity in the field of harpists, he
Students Urged to Attend Board
Meetings, View Procedures
By BOB DUNLAP
Campus politics and college politics. That is the main object in the
foreground of the college scene this week.
Have you ever been to a Board of Control meeting? Now, I'm not
saying you should, but, if you really want to get an insight into the
reasons why there is a turnout of less than half of the student voters at
-•ASB elections, you should go.
I went last Wednesday. I saw
our "representative" government in
action. It, most of the time, re­sembled
a blind man in a dark
room seeking a light switch. They
didn't appear to know in which
direction to move, what they were
doing, or why.
Some exceptions to the fumbling
procedures were shown by those
few members of the, BOC who dis­play
the intelligence to learn legis­lative
procedures and the goal
of these procedures. They were all
but submerged by the mental slow­ness
or indifference of some of the
other board members. See it for
yourself. Believe me, it's worth the
effort.
An example: Brought" up during
the meeting, although I don't think
it was officially on the agenda, was
the question, "Should the Board
help school spirit by giving stu­dent
funds to the Pep committee
for a campaign they (the Pep com­mittee)
had in mind?" There is
the question. The definite plans
were not known. There was no re­presentative
of the Pep committee
present. What was to be done and
how it was to be accomplished, or
how much it was to cost was com­pletely
unknown. What would you
do in a situation like that? I'd say,
bring in the information and we'd
act on it. OK. Say we don't do this
but instead say that we have $162.00
in another fund that isn't being
utilized. Why not give the Pep com­mittee
this money? That's the mo­tion
that was made by one of our
"representatives." Give them the
money. Don't know where, how, or
for what it's being spent. But give
them the money because school
spirit is a good thing and we need
more of it at Western. The? rJseudo-logical
reasoning behind some of
this was that the money wasn't be­ing
used in the other fund so we
might as well spend it. A wonderful
conception of economy to be sure.
The only catch is that the money
involved belongs to the students—
yours, mine—money that would be
disbursed with no control as to its
end.
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The offices of president and vice
president are now open on the
Board of Control. Two vacancies
for BOC representative are a l so
open. Filing is open up until 4 p. m.
today.
Requirements for the office of
president are five quarters of resi­dence
work at WWC and a 2.3 grade
point. The vice president require­ments
are the same. For BOC posi­tions,
two complete quarters of
resident work are required and a
2.3 grade point.
specializes in neatness arid detail."
Zabaleta's program includes such
works as "Three Etudes," by Bochsa;
"Variations on a Swiss Theme," by
Beethoven, and '"Jazz Band," by
Tournier.
Harwood Granted
Ph.D. From U. of W.
Assistant professor of psychology
at WWC, Charles W. Harwood, has
been granted the degree of Doctor
of Philosophy by the University of
Washington.
Dr. Harwood, new to Western's
faculty, did research for his degree
in laboratory work at the university.
Title of his doctoral thesis is
"Vasomotor Conditioning in Hum­an
Subjects." »
The study was concerned w i th
learned emotional responses in
human smooth muscles, particularly
those of the skin. This study has
possible applications in the field of
pyschosomatic illness, where t he
emotions play an important part.
Datelimi e
Friday, February 5—10 a. m., class
meetings. Basketball game, West­ern
vs. Seattle Pacific, here, fol­lowed
by WRA Carnival.
Saturday, February 6—Game with
Pacific Lutheran college, here.
Tuesday, February 9—10 a. m., as­sembly,
ASB candidates and tal­ent
show.
Wednesday, February 10—Faculty
party.
Thursday, February 11—CCF meet­ing,
room 101, A-M building, at
12:20 p.m.
Friday, February 12—High School
Leaders conference. 10 a. m., as­sembly,
A & L series, Nicanor Za­baleta,
harpist. Colheconomist
club will hold its waffle supper.