Western Washington Collegian - 1957 August 9

              COLLEGIAN
Vol. XLIX, No. 28 WESTERN WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, BELL1NGHAAA WASHINGTON August 9, 1957
24 Win Highest WWCE Degree
College Recommends //6 Grads
Certificates
To Be Granted
Western Washington College of
Education will recommend 116 fifth
year students for the Standard Gen­eral
Certificate at the end of the
summer session.
To be eligible a student must have
completed one year of teaching ex­perience,
be the holder of a Pro­visional
General Certificate, and
have completed at least 45 credit
hours in a planned fifth year course
of study. The fifth year of study is
ordinarily planned on the basis of
demonstrated student needs during
the initial year of teaching.
Those recommended for the Gen­eral
Certificate (awarded by the
Washington State Department of
Public Instruction) are: Richard M.
Abrams, Norma J. All, Robert C.
Amberson, Dwight A. Andrus, Wesley
Bailey, Delbert L. Bargewell, Dee G.
Barton, Duane L. Berentson, Richard
D. Brock, Charles H. Brown, Joan
L. Brown, Ronald G. Buehler, John
F. Burrell.
Raymond B. Chapman, Beulah P.
Cheever, Robert L. Cline, George H.
Cole, Helen M. Cole, Allan D. Cor-nett,
John W. Crooks, Don P. Dake,
Richard E„ Dale, Ralph M. De-
Bruler, William DeHoog, Murella J.
DeVries, Virginia H. Doles, John L.
Donahue.
Alice B. Eager, Eugene Edwards,
Alma T. Elkins, Carol I Ericsson,
Charles B. Estes, Hubert R. Forester,
Paul H. Forsell, Martha M. Glanz,
Helen B. F. Glines, Joe M. Gloman,
William R. Gourley, Magnus Gud-
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H. C. Plans
Set Up for
November
The Homecoming Alumni Coffee
Hour, scheduled for Saturday, Nov.
2, will take on new "atmosphere"
this year. The site for the tradition­al
event has been shifted from the
student lounge in the Auditorium-
Music Building to the recently com­pleted
social room of Highland Hall,
situated on the hill above MRH.
The affair, to which all graduates
of WWCE are invited, is planned as
a time when alumni can meet their
old acquaintances in a social situa­tion.
Free coffee and doughnuts
will be served between the hours of
10 and 11 a. m., according to Marilyn
Almgren, chairman.
Highlights of the day will be the
football game in the afternoon be­tween
Western and Pacific Lutheran
College, the smorgasbord at Edens
Hall, and the Queen's Ball in the
Armory.
Old Main
May Bust
Its Seams
The Big Squeeze is on. This is
the opinion of Western's admin­istration
following announce
ments of increased enrollment
and the hiring of 24 additional
faculty this fall.
According to figures released
by college president, Dr. W. W.
Haggard, enrollment this fall
quarter is expected to go over
the 2,200 mark. Last fall enroll­ment
hit 2,000, but dropped off
again during the year.
Breakdown of the expected en­rollment
is as follows: 1,248 of the
enrollees will be returnees; 302 will
be transfer students; and 649 will be
freshmen.
To find room for students and
faculty, $25,000 will be spent on con­struction
and renovation. The lock­ers
in the basement will be moved
into the corridors, and the rooms
they now occupy will be made into
faculty offices. Likewise, three fac­ulty
offices will be constructed over'
the business office vault. Construc­tion
is also due to begin on the roof
between the domes in the science
department to provide other quar­ters
for faculty. Office rearrange­ments
will take place near the pro­fessional
library during vacation.
Commenting on this summer's
school, Dr. Haggard said, "We have
had the largest enrollment this sum­mer
of any summer, session ever held
here. We had a total of 1582 stu­dents
attending. 510 of them were
here for the six-week session, 903
were here for nine weeks, and 179
are in attendance at the three-week
workshops."
• • •
Dr Smith Tells
Of Education
In Far Lands
BY MARILYN ALMGREN
"A nation's program of education
is rooted and grounded in its cul­tural
traditions" — this statement
keynoted Dr. Dora V. Smith's ad­dress
on the topic, "Ventures in Ed­ucation
Around the World," given to
a large group of Kappa Delta Pi
members and guests Monday even­ing.
DR. SMITH SPEAKS
The evening's speaker, who is pro­fessor
of English education at the
University of Minnesota, based much
of her talk on concepts derived dur­ing
a year's tour of the world which
began in June, 1955. Prom a sum­mer
session of teaching at the Uni­versity
of Hawaii, she advanced to
the Orient, the Philippines, Indo­nesia,
India, the Arabic world and
Europe.
BOOKS IMPORTANT
According to Miss Smith one of
the chief reasons for the United
States being superior in the educa­tion
field is attributed to the recog­nition
that it gives to books in the
academic program. In the Orient
and the Arab world just a few books
are found from which children can
formulate ideas.
LANGUAGE BARRIER
She said that language imposes a
barrier for many countries; for ex­ample
there is very little material
to be read in Indonesia because all
of the available books are in Dutch,
but at the present time the country
has begun printing books in their
own language.
TEXT COSTS 17c
In Egypt, Dr. Smith stated, peo­ple
speaking contemporary Arabic
EDITORIAL
Master of Education
To Be Granted Here
Western Washington College of Education's highest academic
degree, Master of Education, will be granted to 20 Washington
state and four out-of-state students at the close of the summer
session, August 16, 1957.
The Master's degree culminates at least five years of college
study for the candidates. In addition, each must have taught in the
public schools for at least one year before undertaking the final
year of the degree program.
must study ancient Arabic so that
they can read their classics. One
interesting aspect about Egypt is its
"a children's book for the price of
a loaf of bread" (about 17 cents).
These meager reading materials in
cheap paper-covered editions are
printed in quantity and distributed
throughout the Arab nations. One
of these books is Hans Christian
Anderson's "Ugly Duckling."
IN GREECE—HEROES!
Children of Greece find very little
material other than Greek fairy
tales and hero legends. Dr. Smith
emphasized the severe lack of stories
about contemporary Europe found
in the nations of that continent.
NO UNION WITH ANGELS
Although Spain has some excellent
historical books, the speaker added,
the government, which controls the
contents of literary works, has im­posed
25 regulations for an author to
follow in order for his book to re­ceive
the stamp of approval. This
rigid control has resulted in a flood
of highly "moralistic" books for
young people. For example, books
must not contain stories about a
married minister, nor collections
which feature both fairies and an­gels.
A 15-YEAR-OLD TEACHER
Indonesia's struggle for an ade­quate
elementary education system
is attested by the following example:
A 15-year-old student teacher pre­sided
over a class of 80 students of
the fourth grade level. This illus-
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• • •
So Long It's Been Good...
With this issue of the Collegian the summer publication period comes to a close. Looking back-it
appears that some very important things have been accomplished in the student government and
academic worlds of Western.
During this session the Board of Control moved to prevent its being, literally, "sold down the
river" by a minority of ardent, but misguided non compos menti. It may be. that representative
student government will continue to flourish here—every quarter of the school year.
Prominent educators have visited our campus and talked zuith summer students. Sometimes
they have had little to say but on occasion they have presented a message that set the wheels of
thought in motion within their listeners.
The College has committed itself to a new type of program in the summer. The six week-nine
week programs have resulted in a great increase in total credit hour enrollment and, therefore, to a
greater benefit to the summer'students.
The weather has been nice—on various occasions—/ think!
With the printing of this issue the summer editor leaves Westerns scenic campus for more
distant, but hardly greener,, pastures. It is rqrely that a departing student gets the opportunity to
say "goodbye—it's been good to know ya," to a college. But if my former journalism teacher, my
staff, and my innate "meekness" zvill allow, I will say just that, "Goodbye . . . IT HAS BEEN
GOOD TO KNOW YA!"
Those from Washington re­ceiving
the degree are: Whatcom
county—Sterling Brand, Fern-dale;
Terence McCormick, Wal-bert
S. Peterson, and Rolf W.
Valum, all from Bellingham.
Skagit county—Robert N. Larson,
Mt. Vernon.
Island county—Harold E. Rama-ley,
Oak Harbor.
Snohomish county—B e u 1 a h P.
Cheever and James E. Patterson,
East Stanwood; and Allen C. Porter,
Mountlake Terrace.
King County—Maurice W. Bright,
Carnation; Gerald Hester, George
Moscrip, Earl N. Myre, all from
Bellevue.
Clallam county—Ronald C. Bueh­ler,
George J. Ellis, and David A.
Langdon, all Port Angeles residents.
Kitsap county—Robert D. Ingman,
Bremerton.
Lewis county—James W. Kent,
Centralia.
Spokane county—Letha M. Ras-tede,
Spokane.
The four out-of-state students re­ceiving
the Master of Education de­gree
are: California—Kenneth V.
Crow, Stockton; and Jack LaShell,
Escondido.
Alaska—Lester E. Wolfley.
Canada—David E. Kaye, Victoria,
British Columbia.
Fall May See
Noted Author
At Western
Western may have a literary fea­ther
for its cap this fall. Archie
Binns, foremost historian and nov­elist
in the Pacific Northwest, has
indicated a desire to do part-time
teaching at WWCE.
Dr. Haggard, college president, in­dicated
in an interview Wednesday
that Binns would be welcomed on
campus, providing the Board of
Trustees at its next meeting ap­proves.
He said that Binns would be
valuable to the institution for his
knowledge of Pacific Northwest his­tory
as well as for his abilities as a
teacher of creative writing. Dr. Hag­gard
also expressed a desire to see
Binns teach an extension course for
the benefit of townspeople.
Binns, who has recently taken up
residence on Lopez Island, has writ­ten
novels which include, "The Land
Is Bright," "Mighty Mountain," and
"Evergreen Land."