Western Washington Collegian - 1949 September 23

              ' • •• MIXER TO WELCOME NEW STUDENTS
Gym Scene of First
Mixer of '49 Season
Werf&ui
COLLEGIAN
Vol. XLVIH—No. 1 Western Washington College, Bellingham, Washington Friday, Sept. 23,1949
President Haggard Greets Frosh
Extending a hearty welcome to
new:: students is always a pleasure.
Words, however, do . not mean as
;>uch as actions. But I know that
our committees have made every
^possible provision for your pleasant
ici profitable beginning at the
ifestera. Washington College of Ed­ucation.
You will find that both
orientation and recreation have been
planned thoroughly.
I have some hopes I want to con­vey
to you. In so far as possible,
I cherish the hope that you as indi­viduals
have clearly defined pur­poses
in going to college. Also, I
trust that you and the College may
cooperate to the fullest in the real­ization
of these purposes. Why not
let the College do its best for you at
all times?
I hope to get acquainted with as
many of you as possible.
W. W. HAGGARD, President.
Dateline .
j Friday, Sept. 23—Opening assembly,
** 9:00 .a. m. in the auditorium. Eng-h.
lish. placement tests, 9:45 a. m.
t < Tests continue, 1:15 p. m. Assem-
I My, 2:30 p. m. in the auditorium.
| 'Group conferences and campus
f*s„:tours, 2:45 p. m. Jaycee sponsored
automobile tours of Bellingham,
4:00 p. m. Newcomers' Mixer and
Dance, 8:30 p. m. in the gym.
Saturday, Sept. 24—Assembly, 9:00
a. m. in the auditorium. Pre-registration
advisement, 10:30-4:30
N p. m. Physical education orienta­tion,
10:30-4:30 p. m. Mixed Rec
in the gym and lounge, 8:00 p. m.
Sunday, Sept. 25—Open for church
•' attendance. Faculty-student so­cials
as arranged.
Monday, Sept. 26—Final registration
gv for all students, 8:00-4:30 p. m. in
the library.
y, Sept. 27—Open house for
. .' i all students (AWS sponsored),
' ! 2:30-4:00, room 213 of the main
,/ | bunding*
mmi dn esday, Sept. 28 — Fireside for •-,- ^ new students and local church
V ^representatives, 8:00-9:30 in the
Edens Hall Blue Boom.
Thursday, Sept. 29—Classes suspend
^ ); ed. Beturning students.will have
] | physical exams by appointment. (' N ew students; post-registra,tlon
advisement by appointment.
Enrollment Up
Upon completion of final reg­istration
on Monday the largest
enrollment in the history of the
college will have taken place.
President W. W. Haggard expects
that this year's total enrollment
will exceed last fall's by about
200.
Returning students will register
on Monday from 8 to 4:30 in the
library. Regular classes will be­gin
Tuesday.
Churches Sponsor
Frosh Activities
During the next few days two im­portant
events will occur and all
freshmen and transfer students are
urged to attend these social hours as
it will give them an opportunity
to become acquainted with both the
faculty and ministers of their faith.
Sunday afternoon members of the
faculty will invite to their homes
counselees who have been assigned
to them. Throughout the freshman
year the counselee may go to his
jadviser if any problems-should oc­cur.
^.
Arrangements have also been
made to introduce newcomers to
ministers of all the churches in
town. This church social gathering
will be held Wednesday evening.
Administrators Add
Five Instructors
To Complete Staff
Announcement of five new faculty
members has been made by the ad­ministration
of Western Washing­ton
College. Two additions have
been made in the education depart­ment,
two in the industrial arts de­partment
and one in the depart­ment
of English.
Norman E. Gronlund, education,
is from the University of Michigan
where he completed his require­ments
this summer for his doctorate
of philosophy.
Dorothy Ramsland, home eco­nomics,
late of Central Michigan
College of Education took graduate
work at the University of Wiscon­sin
preparatory to her position on
the staff of WWC.
David J. Burrell, industrial arts,
was chairman of industrial arts for
Queen Anne high school and curricuT
lum consultant for Seattle schools.
Ray Schwaln, industrial arts, was
a student instructor and candidate
for Ph. D. at Oregon State College.
Halldor Karason, English, former
ASB president has been taking grad­uate
work at the University of Wash­ington
and will substitute for James
O'Brien who is now taking graduate
work.
Registration was just the beginning of a busy day for the lowly fresh-?
men. If they aren't beat right down to their socks now, they will be by
the time the mixer is over tonight, for Zona Daverin and Ralph Brown,
co-chairmen of the affair have planned a full evening of entertainment
for all who attend. ^ '
"We're trying to make this dance, the first for freshmen, a mixer, so
•they'll have a chance to get to know
eacn other and feel that they are
being included in school functions.
We hope that this dance will serve
as a spring board into the swing of
activities that are yet to come," said
chairman Daverin.
Dancing will begin in the gym­nasium
at 8:30 p. m. Music will be
furnished by Bruce Gillett's orches­tra.
When Phyllis Armstrong, one of
the co-chairmen of decorations, was
interviewed she stated, ,"Our
theme is to follow the usual state
of confusion that a frosh finds him-,
self in during the first few days
here at Western-"
One wall of the gym will be done
in murals. They will be a calendar,
of events depicting, the important
happenings in the freshman year of
college life. Because little is known
of the off-campus property; one wall
will be decorated with sketches' of
Lakewood, Viqueen lodge and Kul-shan
cabin at Mount Baker.
Vic the Vik will make his first ap-
WWC Opens
Doors for
New Freshmen
New students enrolling at WWC
for this fall quarter will undergo a
concentrated course of indoctrina­tion
and orientation designed to
acquaint them with the working
(and playing) procedures of the col­lege.
To offset the tedious registration
work, a program of social activities
has been worked out in which all
new students are invited to partici­pate.
WONDERFUL LIFE SHOWN
Opening the program, a party was
held for the new enrollees last night
at the Campus school auditorium.
The movie, "It's a Wonderful Life,"
was shown, and refreshments were
served. Approximately 250 prospec­tive'students
attended. Robin Geske
and Cliff McCullem were co-chair­men
on the committee.
Future 'freshmen and other new
students arriving by bus or train
Thursday and today were met at the
depots and driven to the campus in
decorated cars supplied by the USPC
Charles Messinger was chairman of
the transportation committee.
J. C. C. TOURS CITY
The Junior Chamber of Commerce
is sponsoring a tour of the city for
the new arrivals. This will begin at
4:00 p. m. today. Chairman of the
tour is Harold Colvin.
Friday night, a dance and mixer
will be held for the newcomers in
the main gymnasium. Music will be
furnished by Bruce Gillett, and re­freshments
will be served.
Zona Daverin and-Ralph Brown
are co-chairmen of the dance com­mittee.
Co-chairmen of the decora­tion
committee are Phyllis Arm­strong
and Grover Ledbetter. Other
committee chairmen are: music,
Jerry Waddel; check room, Cec
Hannen; refreshments, Donielle Mo-sier,
Charmaine Wing, Fred Clog-stoh;
clean-up, John Pill.
Special assemblies will be held in
the auditorium at 9:00 a. m. and
2:30 p. m. Friday, and 9:00- a. m.
Saturday.
HOEDOWN AT REC
Mixed recreation is scheduled for
Saturday night beginning at 8:00
p. m. in the gymnasium building
and lounge. Donald Irish, of the
WWC sociology department, will be
the caller for some old-time square-dancing
in the lounge. This will last
for about one hour, followed by social
dancing.
Coffee and coke will be served in
the lounge during the mixed recre­ation.
VIC THE VIK
pearance of the year to help wel­come
the freshmen to WWCE. Vic
is the mascot made by members of
last year's junior class and present­ed
to the entire student body at the
Homecoming assembly by Barbara
Cozza. -.• ..vv'...
Committees working under t h e
leadership of Zona Daverin a nd
Ralph Brown are Phyllis Armstrong
and Grover Ledbetter, decorations;
Jerry Waddell, music; Cece Hannan,
check-room; Donelle Mosier, Char­maine
Wing, and Fred Clogston, re­freshments;
John Pill, clean-up. All
students, who are here for opening
week activities will help in t h e
decoration of the gym. ::::<AH
It is hopted that all new students
will take cttvantage of this oppor­tunity
to net acquainted and that