Western Washington Collegian - 1958 November 7

              Elections Monday:
Five Seek Crown of 'Dixieland'
western Washington
COLLEGIAN
Sixteen Join in Race
For Princess Honor
By BRENDA LINDSLEY
WHO* WILL WEAR Queen Sigrid's
glittering new rhihestone crown
during Western's "Dixieland Jubi­lee"
Homecoming celebration next
weekend will be determined in an
election Monday. Also to be chosen
are four class princesses who will
help the queen reign over the
southern inspired festivities.
FIVE SENIOR GIRLS ARE
LISTED AS CANDIDATES
FOR THE HONOR OF QUEEN ,
SIGKXD XXI. THEY WERE
NOMINATED BY PETITION
WHILE THE FOUR GIRLS
RUNNING FOR P R I N C E SS
FROM EACH CLASS WERE
CHOSEN IN SPECIAL CLASS
MEETINGS.
THE HOMECOMING COURT will
be in for a busy week. Next Friday
morning at a coronation assembly,
the election results will be announc­ed
and Queen Sigrid and her court
will take over their official djjjfcies.
They will reign over the bonfire and
pep rally, skits, and sock hop Fri­day
evening; the alumni coffee
hour, parade, Western-CPS foot­ball
game, smorgasbord and Queen's
Ball Saturday.
QUEEN CANDIDATES are
Jean Hansen, Gloria Nunn, El-mira
Rockey, Helen Smith, and
Gail Tuninga.
Jean Hansen, Bellingham senior,
lists art, social studies, and profes-seional
as her study areas. The tall,
brown-haired, brown-eyed candi­date
expresses an interest in music
and is active in the college choir,
and the Student Facilities Com­mittee.
A physical education major,
Gloria Nunn come from Everett.
She is 5'5]/£" and has brown
hair and blue eyes. She is a
member of ,WRA, Blue Bar­nacles,
Orchesis, and Valkyrie-
Sports are her main hobbies.
AUBURN senior Elmira Rockey
is the third queen candidate. Her
three minors are English, art, and
professional subject matter. Helms­men,
Valkyrie, and ASB secretary
are activities of this brown-haired,
brown-eyed, queen aspirant.
Petite Helen Ann Smith has
dark brown hair and eyes. At
Western she is majoring in soci­ology-
anthropology, and swims
with Blue Barnacles, ponolulu,
Hawaii, is her home and her
interests center in surfing, snow
and water skiing, and horseback
riding.
TALL, SLENDER Gail Tuninga, is
the final throne seeker. From Se­attle,
this brown-haired, brown-eyed
Miss, is majoring in physical
education. She is active in student
government, women's sports, Val­kyrie,
and is currently senior class
secretary. Her h o b b i e s include
swimming, dancing, camping, skiing,
and bridge.
Seeking the honor of senior
class princess are Barbara Bos,
Elizabeth Jones, Joyce Pietila,
and Martha Whitney.
BARBARA BOS claims Everett
Western Washington College, Bellingham, Washington Vol. LI, No. 6-November 7, 1958
IT WAS ALL FUN AND FROLIC this week as preparations for Homecoming rolled on. Above, Edens
Hall girls make their bid for a spot on the Skit Nite program. (Ted Johnson Photo)
as her home town. An English major
and a French minor, she is active
in "Valkyrie, the ASB Legislature,
and is Social Calendar chairman.
She enjoys summer sports and
leisure reading.
Brown-haired, blue-eyed Eli
Jones is concentrating on phy­sical
education, social studies,
and professional. Her activities
include Blue Barnacles, Valky­rie,
Helmsmen, Orchesis, ACE,
and WRA. She is from Bellevue.
*
Summer Surplus Held
BATTLEGROUND is the home of
Joyce Pietila, who is majoring in
English and social studies. Her
special hobbies are sports, and on
campus she is active in the Student
Union Committee and ACE.
Final senior princess candi­date
is Bellingham's Martha
Whitney. Martha claims music
and water skiing as her main
hobby interests, and she is a
member of the college choir.
She is minoring in English,
music, and professional subject
matter.
JUNIOR PRINCESS candidates
are Kareri Brunstrom, Gail Cooper,
Varian Keller, and Carole Stubbs.
Karen Brunstrom is a newcomer
to WWCE this year, transfering
from Grays Harbor Junior College.
She lists her home town as Hoquiam
and is a home economics major
and a language arts minor. Cloth­ing
design and swimming are her
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PE Denies ASB Use of
Gym for Extra Mixers
'DARK. OF THE MOON,' the fall-quarter drama department pre­sentation,
began the first stages of production this week as Tom
Aston, Parti Epping and Jan Bates, above, fried out for parts
with Dr. Gregory, director.
By LARRY McCORD
ASB Legislator
"MR. CHAIRMAN, do we have a
qudrum?" Dave Amos com­mented,
and the Student Legislature
rolled into action once again. a
In the opening minutes, Miss
Joanne Matthews, ASB Finance
Board Chairman, gave the Fi­nancial
report of the Summer
Board of Control submitted by
Bob Dunlap. The Legislature
was informed that a surplus of
$1,416.73 was left from last sum­mer.
Acting upon the recom­mendation
of Dunlap, this sum
of money will be held as a sur­plus
for the Summer BOC.
DAVE LASTER, Student Union
Committee Chairman, reported that
only 300 working days remain.
Final Construction Go-Ahead Received
A GO-AHEAD to begin construc­tion
on a Student Union Building
at Western was issued by architect
Fred Bassetti to contractors Hebb
an Narodick Monday, Nov. 3
"This means that the build­ing
should be ready for furnish­ing
by next Sept. 1," Harold
Goltz, director of student ac­tivities
at the College, explain­ed
jubilantly. 300 calendar days
have been allotted for construc­tion.
ONLY LAST FRIDAY digging be­gan
at the site of the College's
Science Building. Construction of
the Student Union Building, how­ever,
is expected to be completed
first.
Trustees have already decided
on Nov. 19 as the date for sell­ing
of the $475,000 bond, which
has been approved by the Fed­eral
Housing and Home Fi­nance
Agency. • Other contrac­tors
beside the Seattle firm of
Hebb and Narodick are Mills
Electric and Haskell Plumbing
and Heating, both of Belling­ham.
before completion of the Student
Union Building. Laster reviewed the
recent trip of the SUB Committee
to obtain information on how to
set up a union governing board and
how to open the building.
The Physical Education 'De­partment
ultimatum in refer­ence
to using the main gymna­sium
for ASB Mixers, was de­livered
in the form of a written
letter from Miss Ruth Weyth-man.
Dennis Fish (reading her
letter to the Legislature) stated
that three mixers have been
granted for this quarter. The
MRH Mixer scheduled for this
Friday evening will not, how­ever,
be one of the three and
will have to be held in the Rec
Hall. Quoting from Miss Weyth-man's
letter, "He (Ray Ciszek)
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