Collegian - 1963 May 17

              IBB WESTERN WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE
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Vol. LV, No. 25 Bellingham, Washington ; F r i d a y , May 17, 1963
'Anchors Aweigh'
Pinafore' Crew Battens —
Down For Opening Night
By Bob Graham
"We sail t h e ocean blue
. . . .," and t h e delightful
songs of Gilbert arid Sulli­v
a n continue to echo
t h r o u g h t h e A u d i t o r i u m -
Music Building as "H.M.S.
P i n a f o r e " nears its final
week of rehearsals.
The "Pinafore," a combined
effort of the Music and Speech De­partments,
will "heave to" in the
Auditorium this Thursday night,
and will continue through May 25.
Show time each night is 8:15.
.SOME TIME before, the show
opens, Ralph Rackstraw, a com­mon
seaman, has fallen in love
with Josephine, the daughter of
CAROL FERCH hints at a dark secret as Don
Richter looks on puzzled in t h e combined speech and
d r a m a production of H.M.S. Pinafore slated for.
Thursday, F r i d a y and S a t u r d a y in the auditorium.
Reserved seat tickets go on sale Monday in the box
office. Admission is 25 cents with ASB card.
Fallout Found In
lake Whatcom
By Ray Burke
"According to t h e Atomic E n e r g y Commission, ' t he
radiological fallout particles found in Lake Whatcom
a p p e a r to be fission p r o d u c t s stemming.-.from Russian
thermo-huclear tesjdiig d u r i n g ^ I ) e e e m b e r 16, 1962-,"
s t a t e d Dr. Charles JFlora; Biology Professor and co-di­r
e c t o r f o r t h e L a k e ^ v ^ a t c om Study^ -
THE FACT THAT thesepar­ticle^
are* in* ^akie ^natcdih ^fe
interesting, but the amounts are
not large. They are almost in­finitesimal,"
he reassured. "How­ever,
what will have happened
10 years from how?" he ques­tioned.
After water samples have been
taken from Lake Whatcom, the
20-gallon samples are transported
to the laboratory, located in th^
former food preparation center
in the Women'sResTdence' Hail;"
In the laboratory, the: water in
the 20-gallon plastic - 'garbage-can-
type" containers is evapor­ated
in smaller pans placed in
the oven.
After four days of evaporation
the residue from a 20-gallon sam­ple
is approximately 4.5 grams.
This sample is sent to the Uni­versity
of Washington's radiology
S e e " F A L L O U T ' rP3
his commanding, officer, Captain
Corcorcan.. Little . Buttercup, a
buxom peddler-woman, has, in
turn, fallen-in love with the cap­tain.
Class pride, however, sep­arates
the natural inclinations of
both couples. In the meantime, the
captain has arranged for Jose­phine
to marry Sir Joseph" Porter,
First Lord of the Admiralty,
Act I begins on the quarter-deck
of H.M.S. Pinafore with
the crew in preparation for the ar­rival
of Sir Joseph. The merry
atmosphere is broken only by
Buttercup's hints of a dark se­cret,
Dick Deadeye's misanthrop­ic
grumblings, and .the lovelorn
plaints of Ralph and Josephine.
WHEN SIR JOSEPH comes on
board, accompanied by -his sis­ters,
cousins, and aunts, Josephine
finds him nauseating. Ralph
makes one final plea for his suit,
arid when he attempts suicide, she
agrees to-elope. - ~ :
In Act II, Dick Deadeye warns
Captain Corcorcan of the planned
^ejopem^nk^e.,capfeun catches
the lovers attempting to "steal
ashore" and -is so furious, he
swears.., Sir Joseph overhears the
foul word and sends him to the
dungeon. He then finds out that
his beloved Josephine loves: a
common seaman, and orders
Ralph to the dungeon, also.
LITTLE BUTTERCUP then re­veals
her secret. It ^seems that
when she was "young and charm-
See "PINAFORE" P 3
Tickets On Sale Tuesday
For Josh While Concert
J o s h White, w h o h a s been
acclaimed as the greatest
folk singer of our time, will
appear at 8 p . m. May 26 in
t h e Auditorium.
White, who was born in the
South, learned his art from the
early street singers, among them
Blind Blake, Blind Lemon Jef­ferson
and Blind Joe Taggart.
WHEN WHITE was 11, he play­ed
second guitar with Taggart in
Chicago. Three years later a rec­ord
scout offered him $100 to go
to New York for a recording ses­sion.
He went, under his mother's
stipulation that he sing only
spirituals, no blues (to religious
southern people, blues were sin­ful).
However, White soon ran
out of spirituals and sang a few
blues under the pseudo-name,
Pine Wood Tom. Church groups
praised his spirituals, but blues
records established his reputa­tion
as a singer.
Just after White launched his
career, he cut his right hand on
a milk bottle and was advised to
have three fingers amputated. He
refused, took a job operating an
elevator, and nursed his nearly
paralyzed hand back to health.
After four years he landed a
part in a Broadway show, "John
Henry" and the critics applaud­ed
his .art. Engagements in
Greenwich Village and smart
east side supper clubs followed.
Franklin D. Roosevelt heard
one of White's record albums and
invited him to the White House to
sing many times, including presi­dential
inauguration ceremonies,
WHITE ACCOMPANIED Mrs.
Roosevelt, as her protege, on a
concert tour of Europe. He.sang
to sell-out crowds in England,
Norway, Sweden, Denmark and
Scotland.
When White returned to the
States, he made three movies,
"The Walking Hills," "All that
Time Is Running
Out For Seniors
Commencement is i n the
air, as more t h a n 350 sen­iors
p r e p a r e for graduation
J u n e 14.
This year's program will again
feature the traditional "Walk"
down Memory Lane, and a spe­cial
tri-faith Baccalaureate.
Prior to commencement activ-
See "SENIORS" P 3
Money Can Buy," and "Crimson
Canary."
White received an honorary
Doctor of Folk Lore degree from
Fisk University in Tennessee for
his scholarly research into the
origin and development of folk
songs.
WHEN THE HOUSE of Repre-resentatives
Un-American Activ­ities
Committee began casting a
suspicious eye on the loyalties
of folk singers, White went before
it in Washington and spoke, for
40 minutes. He told the commit­tee,
"Better than most people in
this room I know the blemishes
on American civilization. But a
folk singer, it seems to me, is the
voice and conscience of his time
and audience He tries to put into
words and music what those
around him feel. This I shall con­tinue
to do, with God's help, as
long as there is suffering and
discrimination around me and
freedom and equality to be won.
But that's not Communism, even
if Communists try to use it for
their own foul ends."
Tickets for White's concert will
go on sale Tuesday in the Vik­ing
Auditorium for $1.25 with
AS card. There will be no re­served
seats.
JOSH WHITE, acclaimed the greatest folk singer of
our time, will appear at 8 p. m. May 26 in the audi­torium.
Tickets go on sale Tuesday for $1.25 w i t h AS
cards. White, who was born in the South, has per­formed
all through the United States and in England,
Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Scotland.