Western Washington Collegian - 1957 April 26

              In This Week's C o l l e g i a n . . ..
. . . Are athletic scholarships really necessary at Western?
Coaches and Athletic Director Charles Lappenbusch comment on
the scholarship situation (page 4)
. . . Athletics—should it get the lion's share of the budget?
(See editorial page 5)
W6STGRN WASHINGTON
+ + tan Western Washington College, Bellingham, Washington Vol. XIX, No. 15 - April 26, 1957
SSI Week Away
Band Picked
For Informal
By MARILYN ALMGREN
Attention of Western students
next week will be focused on Bill
Karwacki, Gary Radliff, Bruce Ran­dall
and Rod Schott, as the four
important sports personalities vie
for the college title of 1957 Athlete
of the Year.
The winner of the Athlete of the
Year contest and the Sam E. Carver
athletic trophy will be publicly an­nounced
Friday evening, May 3, at
the Spring Sports Informal spon­sored
by Helmsmen.
SI THE SPRING A YOUNG MAN'S FANCY turns to thoughts of . . ., but it appears as if the attention
f the four 1957 Athlete of the Year candidates is directed elsewhere as they reach for the Sam
. Carver athletic trophy which will be presented to one of them during intermission of Helms-len's
Spring Sports Informal set for May 3. Bill Karwacki, Rod Schott, Bruce Randall and Gary
adliff are clustered around the guardian of the trophy, "Bunnie, the Bloomer Girl," (Charlotte
olie) a sweet miss all decked out to take a swim in the fashion of the "Gay Nineties," the influ-nce
of which will be seen in the theme of the fourth annual S.S.I, in the Holiday Ballroom.
(Chuck Stutz Photo)
The Ramage Dance Band of
Seattle has been secured to play
for the fourth annual S.S.I. The
five-piece musical ensemble re­cently
played for Seattle Uni­versity's
Junior Prom and also
has appeared at several fratern­ity
and sorrity dances at the
University of Washington.
Amelia Bellotti, under whose gen­eral
chairmanship dance plans have
crystallized, has announced the
Holiday Ballroom, south of Belling­ham
on Highway 99, will be decor
ated in a "Gay Nineties
the occasion. Old-fashioned sports
figures and flowers carrying out
the color scheme of brown, yellow,
red-orange and chartreuse will be
featured.
HOURS FOR DANCING HAVE
BEEN SET from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.,
and dress will be semi-formal, with
cocktail or dressy cotton dresses
being in order for the girls and ties
with business or sports suits being
appropriate for their dates. Cor­sages
are optional.
Helmsmen Club has invited as its
guests of honor, Dr. and Mrs. W.W.
Haggard and Ted Whan, the re­cipient
of the 1956 Athlete ol the
Year honor. Selected to chaperone
the forthcoming affair are Dr. and
Mrs. August Radke, Dr. and Mrs.
James O'Brien, Mr. and Mrs. Ray­mond
Ciszek, Mr. and Mrs. Jack'
M. Hubbard, Mr. and Mrs. John A.
Kulbitski, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert
L. Monahan.
Elections for the Athlete of
the Year will be conducted May
2 and 3 on the landing in Old
Main. AH WWCE students will
have an opportunity to vote for
the candidate of their choice
under the direction of the ASB
election committee and Helms- -
men. Tickets for the S.S.I, will
be placed on sale next Tuesday
at the Old Main landing and
will be available throughout the
week. Programs will cost $1.50
a couple.
'Desert Song'
On Saturday
Movie Bill
'DESERT SONG" is the ASB
movie to be shown tomorrow even-theme
for I ing at 8 in the auditorium. The box
office opens at 7:30.
Gordon MacRae portrays a mild
mannered, intellectual Frenchman
with old-world ideas of romance,
who is also the fiery Robin Hood-type
leader of an Arab band—the
Riffs. Kathryn Grayson is the beau­tiful,
adventure-seeking daughter of
a French general. Together they,
with choruses of French women, sol­diers
and Arabs, sing the familiar
songs of Sigmund Romberg.
There will be a record dance in
the Lounge following the movie.
IT HAPPENS EVERY SPRING is
the final film scheduled for this
quarter and will be shown Saturday,
May 4.
Dver 2,500 High Schoolers Here Today
Music Contests Draw 2500
MORE THAN 2,500 High School
lusicians will fill the Western air'
'ith music today and tomorrow, as
ands, orchestras, and choirs from
Whatcom, Skagit and Island Coun-es
meet in the College Auditorium
competition for ratings.
The competition is the final event
I a three-phase annual Northwest
[usic Festival series that began
[arch 2 with solo and small en-mble
competitions.
Groups will be assigned rat­ings
of 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5, according
to Dr. Don Walter of Western's
music faculty, festival director.
These correspond to superior,
excellent, good, average and
fair.
Judging is based on such factors
as tone, interpretation, intonation,
technic, stage deportment and gen­eral
effect.
Some 21 bands, six orchestras, and
15 choirs will be entered in the two-day
competitive event.
WRA Invites 2QO Girls for Playday at Western
APPROXIMATELY 200 HIGH
SCHOOL GIRLS are taking part in
the annual high school playday
sponsored by the Women's Recre­ation
Association today.
The girls are divided into twelve
teams with all the schools repre­sented
on each team. The teams
are named for various comic charac­ters
to carry out the theme of "Dis­ney
Daze."
This morning's program included
registration and a tour of the cam­pus.
After the teams were made,
a "get acquainted game" was played
to start the day.
The modern dance club, head­ed
by Miss Kilby, of the Wo­men's
Physical Education De-
. partment, demonstrated tech­niques
used in modern dance.
The girls were taught simple
folk dances from various coun­tries
by students in the depart­ment.
A picnic style lunch was served.
A program followed with Barbara
Arnot, president of W.R.A., giving
the welcome address. Virginia Gil-son,
president-elect, told about her
recent trip with Miss Arnot to
Lincoln, Nebraska, where they at­tended
the National Athletic Fed­eration.
Another highlight of the
lunch program was teachers' stunts
and relays.
Barbara. Arnot, W.R.A. president,
stated that she wished to express
her thanks to all the committees
and clubs. She also hoped that all
the guests had a profitable and en­joyable
time.