Western Washington Collegian - 1950 June 2

              COLLEGIAN
Vol. XLVI — No. 34 Western Washington College, Bellingham, Wash. Friday, June 2, 1950
Test Time
Schedules
The approved schedule for this
quarter's final examinations has
been completed and is listed below:
Ten o'clock classes and all classes
"meeting once or twice weekly, hold
examinations in the last scheduled
period. (This will be Monday for
the 10 o'clock classes.)
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7
9:00 o'clock classes at 8:00 a. m.
11:00 o'clock classes at 10:00 a. m.
2:00 o'clock classes at 1:00 p. m.
THURSDAY, JUNE 8
8:00 o'clock classes at 8:00 a. m.
1:00 o'clock classes at 1:00 p. m.
3:00 o'clock classes at 10:00 a. m.
Final grades are due in the regis­trar's
office, Monday, June 12, at
9:00 a. m.
Seniors Plan
For Class Day
"Senior class day will be held
at 2 p. m. next Tuesday, June 6,
in the auditorium.
"All students are welcome to
attend the class day program. It
may be the lower-classmen's only
chance to see the seniors in caps
and gowns, as seating space is
very limited at commencement,"
announced Art Runestrand, sen­ior
class president.
Presentation of awards will take
place at the assembly. Among the
awards made will be the freshman
cup, to the freshman who Mas re­ceived
the highest grade point
average throughout the year, the
Collegian, Klipsun, Who's Who,
Board of Control, and Chess club
awards.
Following the program in the
auditorium the class will file out
to the lawn, where members of the
audience may follow. A ceremony
will take place outside which in­cludes
a reading by Phil Hansen.
The band and chorus will be among
the pageantry which takes place
out-of-doors.
: Art Runestrand will present the
book and key to next year's senior
class president, Dave Grocott.
Alumni to Hear Tacoma Schoql
Leader at Tomorrow's Banquet
Western's 1950 graduates will be guests of the Alumni associa­tion
at the annual banquet tomorrow evening in Edens hall for
which Dr. Alden Blankenship, superintendent of Tacoma schools,
has been named principal speaker. .
The alumni banquet will Wegin at 5:30 o'clock. Trygve Blix, alumni
president and principal of Washington school, Tacoma, will preside.
A Western alumnus, Dr. Blankenship left here after completion of ar
: -«Hwo-year course in 1930 to obtain'
Western's Class of 1950 To
Graduate Friday, June 9,
10 am in 51st Commencement
Exercises to Begin With Outdoor Processional
The class of 1950 will graduate at 10 a. m., Friday, June 9. Graduation will be in the gym,
with guests being admitted by invitation only. . .
The fifty-first annual-commencement will begin with an outdoor processional from the library
to the physical education building. The college band will play the "Tannhauser March" by Wagner
which will be directed by Don C. Walter. The processional will be played by the college orchestra
under the direction of Frank L. D'Andrea. "Pomp and Circumstance" by Elger will be the music
The opening music in the gym will be "The Star Spangled Banner", which will be sung by the
audience. The invocation will be given by the Reverend Clarence Haugen, minister of Our Saviour's
Lutheran church in Bellingham. The college orchestra will play the andante from "Symphony No.
5" by Schubert. ' *
The main address will be given by Wilson Compton, president of
Washington State College. Next on the program will be the singing of
"America the Beautiful" by the audience.
Awarding of diplomas and conrerring of degrees will be done by
President W. W. Haggard and Joseph T. Pemberton, chairman of the
his B.A. degree from the University
of Washington. Work on his dbcP
torate was completed at Columbja
university. ; i
The well-rounded program 'will in­clude
numbers by the VocoUegians;
directed by Bernard Regier, vioHn
selections by Klara Maier, and show­ing
of the golden anniversary film,
"Forward with Western," during
visitation period.
The banquet is planned for the
main dining room of the hall. PoK
lowing the program, alumni, fac^
ulty and graduates will be provided
with a visitation period.
DR. MURRAY TO SPEAK ^
Dr. Keith Murray flew to Friday
Harbor today to present an address'
at the high school commencement
exercises.
In a brief session Wednesday
afternoon, the Board of Control:
Received a report from Miss Mil­dred
Herrick concerning the present
condition of Kulshan cabin \ on
Mount Baker. It was reported that
the roof of the cabin has fallen in
and that the cabin is now leaning
hiore than it ever has before.
: Refused a request from the choir
Jor^$75,00 for a choir picnic.
Norm Hash suggested that the
coUtege^ take steps to erect a neon
sighM Highway 99 indicating the
lc^udto of the college. He reported
"p^plit^^t^ef colleges in> tiie
ALDEN BLANKENSHIP DR. CECIL RISTOW
Board of Trustees. The benediction will be offered by Reverend Clarence
Haugen. "March Hongroise" by Berlioz will be played j>y fthe college or­chestra
for the recessonal. '
The following people's names appear in the graduation files for June
and August of 1950:
Joseph Allen Borek, Hoquiam " '
Bernice Jacqueline Borgen, Poulsbo •_•
Howard M. Bradwell, Port Orchard •
Edward J. Brown, Bellingham
George Robert Brown, Port Orchard
Frederick C. Bruns, Ferndale
Charles Raymond Bryant, Ridgefield
Garth Buchanan, Deming
Joseph Thomas Bulmer, Seattle '
August P. Burger, Bellingham
Beverlee" L. Burnaby. Seattle
Lyle Burton Buss, Port Orchard
Dorothly Deerwester Button, Bellingham
Jane Smart Cammon, Yoman
Russell E. Cammon, Yoman
Doris M. Campbell, SedroWoolley
Robert Richard Campbell, Ogden, Utah
Marvin Louis Capps, Tacoma
Alvin W. Carr, Bellingham
Paul de Laurier Cheriette, Vancouver, B.C.
Alfred P. Christ, Lakewood, Colo.
Patricia Kathleen Christenson, Everett
Betty Jane Christie, Bellingham
(Continued on Page 5)
John Abrams, Jr., Tacoma
Frank William Adams, Bellingham
Thelma Allen, Bellingham
Harold Eugene Allgire, Mt. Vernon
Clarence Eugene Anderson, Tenino
Helen J. Anderson, Kelso
Robert Murray Anderson, Bellingham
Phyllis Ruth Armstrong, Seattle
Ruth W. Atkinson, Tacoma
Douglas W. Bailey, Port Angeles
Robert M. Bain, Bellingham
Paul Marenus Bajema, Bellingham
Carroll James Baker, Bellingham
Neal Alton Bartlett, Marysville
Emma L. Baxter, Kent
James- R. Beasley. Lyman
Alastair Douglas Bennett, Bellingham
Dorothy M. Berg, Kent
Glenn Russell Bergh, Ferndale
Byron Dwain Blauman, Seattle
Charles Emery Boden, Bellingham
Arthur Bogen, Centralia
Charles Raymond Bprden, Montesano
Dateline...
Friday, June 2—Publications ban­quet,
6:30. Fisherman's Cove.
Camp craft overnight trip.
Saturday, June 3—Camp craft over-,
night trip. Alumni day banquet.
Sunday, Jane 4—Baccalaureate.
Wednesday, June 7—Lady Lions
convention.
Thursday, June 8—Faculty recep­tion
for graduates. Quarter ends.
Friday, June 9^omencement, big
fj"t '•' : . ' ' ' ' ' ' • - •'
Sautrday, June It—Vacation begins.
Program Given For
51st Baccalaureate
Fifty-first annual Baccalaureate service takes place Sunday after­noon,
June ,4 at 4 p. m. in the auditorium. The Rev. Cecil F.Ris-tow,
minister of the Univerity Methodist temple, Seattle, is to:
deliver the adtiress and the Rev. Harold Penhalurick, the mvoea~
Under the direction of Bernard Regier. the college a cappella choir
will make its last performance of the quarter. Darlene Heller is accompan­ist
for the group. •
"This is the last time at Western that Baccalaureate services, will be
held in the Administration building," President Haggard told the Col*
legian this week. "All those in the future are scheduled for the new;
Music-Auditorium building.
BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM
Procession Hymn—Warren College Choir and Audience
"God of Our Fathers"
Invocation The Rev. Harold Penhalurcik
Anthem—Lunde • •• • .v--jf?W
"Praise Be Unto Thee"
Scripture Reading. .President W. W. Haggard
Prayer The Rev. Cecil Ristow
Hymn—Giardini. ...Choir and Audience
"Come Thou Almighty King"
Address ...............l.-The Rev. CecU Ristow
Anthem—Lewandowski ..:...:............ Choir
v "Psalm 150"
Benediction The Rev. Harold Penliahuiok
Choral Response - - •' •—•^Choir
"Four-Fold Amen"
Recessional Hymn-^Hatton. ..Choir and Aiidjenee
Oh God, Beneath Thy Guiding Hand" ; . v .v
All Library Books
Due Next Week
All library books in general cir­culation
are due on Tuesday, June 6,
and a $1.00 clearance fee will be
charged for all such books hot re­turned
by the time the library closes
at 9:30 a. m. Reserve books and
books charged for the quarter are
due at 9:60 a. m. on Wednesday,
June 7. List price will be charged for
all books not returned by TTiursday,
June'isV X-^:.'.''
Publications Dinner
Tonight at Cove
Present and past members of the
publications staffs of Western Wash,
ington college and honored guests
will meet tonight at 6:30 at Fish­erman's
Cove for the annual Pub­lications
banquet.
Highlights of the evening will in­clude
the awarding of pins and tro­phies
by Bob Safsten, Klipsun editr
or, and Cecil Thomas, Collegian
editor. Speakers for the evening
will include Dr. W. W. Haggard,
Dick Cox, of Cox Brothers & Wil­liams,
Inc., Bill Jones, ASB presi­dent,
and Eddie Hickenbottom, ASB
president-elect.
Guests planning on attending the
banquet are reminded that* they
should declare their intentions of
doing so to Shirley Sharpe, Collegian
office,ttoisi aflwi^n, if they have
not already done so;
Summer Quarter
Pre-Registratjoii
Closes Next
Summer quarter pre-registratioh
for students how- attending Western
may be completed on M6hoay(and
Tuesday of next week. ^Prograrfl"
changes will also be mitiited «i»u%
the two-day period, a release^ frbrtL
the registrar announced. : : ; X'7;
Monday, June,; 19, . h a s_ hwn^
scheduled as R^Mration ;d^^- -'
Persons placing,sunu^q^te|i
attendance, and jiot :;cun^^r^ii>
residence, are pre-registejrlng" "by;
mail; Saturday, June •;10iXhM|bejN»j:
set as a deadline for assurance ^t
gettuig^ihto desiredclassfe.---'--;;^j|X
Classes are scheduled" to'!bCRtrii;
officially on Tuesday, ^^d^X^ftfj
7:30 aim. • The quar^^en^^da^