WWCollegian - 1940 December 19

              With the Editor
I hope we whip the sox
off them. Them is the
high and mighty Huskies
from the University of
Washington who show
here Saturday night in -
one of the outstanding
basketball attraction? of
.thei xurrent yean y^etn
Aa^ been making very
disparaging remarks in
the columns of the Daily
anent t ti e University
scheduling games with
such small fry as Bd-lingham
Normal, (thafs
what they called us), Pa­cific
Lutheran, and in­dependent
quintets like
Savidges. Even Royal
Royal Brougham said in
essence the same thing.
The poor deluded fish
seem to have forgotten '
so soon t h e narrow
squeak the Husky five
had in eking out a meag­er
four point victory last
year. Hec Edmundsen
swallowed at least four
packages of gum in the
course of the evening
and at least eight neck­laces
of beads crowned
his forehead.
Anyway, the Vikings
will take the floor against
them Huskies determin­ed
to wipe the floor with
them. And here is a
hunch that says we will.
Christmas, 1940, will
see a strange world. Miss­ing
all over the globe are
the traditions of peace on
earth, good will to men.
Tnsteaffna^ibhs are fever-"
ishly engaged in slaugh­tering
other nations, or
arming madly for that
purpose. The only stars
seen this Christmas in
London, Berlin, Rome, and
other cities of the world
are the flares droppedv
from airplanes to search
out more humanity to de­stroy.
Civilization is rapidly
becoming like the boa-constrictor
who swallowed
his own tail. It's con­suming
itself with its own
m e c h anical perfection.
Great men, scientists,
geniuses, 'are inventing
many boons to mankind,
but also they are con­structing
some of the
most diabolical machines
to destroy their fellow
creatures civilization has
ever known.
London, buildings built
many centuries ago, are
now being leveled flat in
the time it takes a ton of
concentrated destruction
to fall a thousand feet
from a hurtling dive-bomber.
Paris, Berlin,
Rome, all ancient cities,
are filled with people liv­ing
underground like rats
in sewers.
Civilized warfare is ex­tremely
fair — it kills
everybody. No longer is
the soldier casualty list
highest, but the women,
- children, and old people
take their share of killing.
And those it doesn't, kill,
i t destroys with disease.
Christmas toys, too,
will reflect the trend. All
young America will be
playing with replicas of
death-dealing airplanes,
battleships, submarines,
and other dread instru­ments
of war. *
Word lias beam i*^
Saturday night's game with the
University of Washington Huskies
will be broadcast over the lanes of
the Mutual Braodcasting system in
a state-wide, hookup, beginning
promptly at 8 o'clock.
Because of' this, the preliminary
will start at 6:45 so that it will give
the varsity teams time to warm up
before game time. VOL. XXXL-^NO. 12 Western Washington College of Educdtion, Bellingham, Washington Thursday/ December -J9, T94Q
State Patrol Issues
To Drive Carefully
trig Vikings :T$ngle;^ith UW Huslcfes
OLYMPIA, Dec. 18^With > daifterous snow and^ce condUtioiK prevailing
on many highways and numerous fender smashings and other/accidents
reported, Chief Harry C. Huse of the Washington State patrol today warn­ed
motorists to drive slowly and take practical safety precautions against
the weather.
"While new snow is fairly slippery and hard to get through when it's
deep, the real skidding danger is hard-packed snow or underlying ice," said
Chief Huse.
"Research of accident records and comprehensive tests by the National
Safety council has shown inadequate traction and obscured vision are, re­spectively,
the main causes of winter accidents. So, as sure as an ounce of
prevention is worth a pound of cure, a set of tire chains on the rear wheels
when needed (not just in rear com- ~" —— —
partment when conditions are bad)
will help cut down the higher acci­dent
rate due to winter weather.
Likewise drivers should be sure their
lights are adequate, windshield wip­ers
and defrosters are in working
order to provide clear vision when
needed during a storm or severe
cold," Chief Huse declared.
"These precautions are particu­larly
important." Huse said, "dur­ing
storms and until the highway
department has had opportunity for
snow removal."
Several Tips
Other cold weather safety tips in­clude:
Turn on headlights during a
heavy snowstorm; keep more room
between you and the car ahead and
allow more distance for stopping.
Chains enable you to get through
and help stopping very appreciably
on both snow* and ice but should not
be expected to duplicate normal
stopping ability of dry pavement;
pump the brakes to keep wheels
s from loclang completely, as it helps
prevent side skids and maintain di­rectional
control; don't pass cars on
hills and curves; open cowl ventil­ator
for fresh air, particularly in
old cars;, ^try out brakes occasionally
to get the "feel" of the road sur­face.
We
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As Scrooge said, ''Mer­ry
Christmas, indeed.
Bah! Humbug!?
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Nasty Old 'Flu Bug'
Now on Wane
This week's influenza absences
are slightly less than last week's ac­cording
to Miss May Mead, school
nurse. Flu cases rose from 53 Mon­day,
December 9, to the epidemic's
high of 57 on Tuesday, necessi­tating
the installation of two extra
beds in the seven-bed infirmary.
Miss Mead reports that the res­piratory
type of influenza, -char­acterized
by chills, high fever, and
a "tight feeling" in the chest, is
most prevalent. So far only one
case of stomach flu has been report­ed.
"Anyone who feels ill should
go to bed and notify the nurse's of­fice,"
.advised Miss Mead.
Bellingham city schools were clos­ed
last Friday by the school and
health boards because of th.e ab­sence
of approximately 20 per cent
of the enrolled students. Figures
released by C. M. Iddins, school
board secretary, revealed that there
were 988 children absent Friday
morning and that this figure passed
the i.OOO mark later in the day. The
city schools will open December 30.
Fatal Date Decided
When Grades Out
It will be a sleepless Joe and Betty
College who meet the postman, as
few will enjoy Christmas with
grades not being mailed out until,
December 26. ' +
The first important dates for the
new year's school calendar are Jan­uary
6 and 1< 19*1- These two days
have been set aside, for paying fees
at the Business office and for com­pleting
winter quarter registration.
Anyone who fails to pay his fees by
the deadline will be charged $1 late-registration
fee.
Of interest to the survivors who
manage to live through both grade-receiving
and fee-paying is the>n-nouncement
of. the all-college mixer
which will be held Friday, January
10. Other important events of the
year include the WAA carnival, Jan­uary
17, and the Norsemen's, infor­mal,
Saturday, January 18.
Uf§<ALL JOURNEYS EAST
Dr. C. C. Upshall will journey to
Yakima December 27 to e an
honored iguest at the dedication of
the J. M. Perry Technical school, a
new, half-million aoilajrv stnicture.
Dr. Upshall will represent WWC
at thededication ceren&ohies of the
TOW buil4tag house a
i school that teachesi machine shop
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Cricket Leaves Spot
For Pelegren
Attractive WWC Co-ed Ignites
Self on Gas Burner; Suffers
Painful Burns; Show Goes On
The cricket on the hearth didn't
get burned Saturday night but a
Western coilege- student did. Pa­tricia
Pelegren, attractive WWC
freshman and member of the Drama
club, was about to go on stage for
her part in the second act of the
Theater Guild play, "Cricket on the
Hearth," when it happened. As
Pat leaned over to pick up a comb,
she ignited her hoop skirt on a gas
heater and was immediately envel­oped
in flames.
Francis Wilson and Guild Presi­dent
Rudo Fromme dashed to the
rescue. Fromme tore off the dress
and beat out the flames with his
bare hands. In the rush to extin­guish
the blaze, Wilson fell down a
flight of stairs, pulling Pat with
him." By that time the flames were
out.
Unphazed by the backstage ex- '
citement, the Guild players ad-libbed
like yeterajtts_around. Pajt!s^part ,inv
the second act. in spite of % burns
on her hands and under the left
arm, she appeared in the third act
to complete her role in the play.
Interviewed by a Collegian re­porter
today, Miss Pelegren observ­ed,
"It was certainly a harrowing
experience; however, I feel no ill-effects
except for the rather painful
burns under my shoulder."
EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION
WILL HOLD MEETING
Administrators of the Washington
Educational association will hold
their annual meeting in Olympia
December 26 and 27. The con­vention
will include superintendents,
principals and other administrators
from the state of Washington.
Among those expecting to attend
from WWC are Dr. W. W. Haggard,
Dr. Irving Miller, and Miss Eliza­beth
M. Hopper, as well as several
other members of the faculty.
CAA Pilot Course
Again Offered
Enrollment To Be Enlarged;
All Airminded Students
Interested, Apply At Once
Winter quarter will signal the be­ginning
of another CAA pilot train­ing
course at WWC. This will be
the third course offered here and
will be open to 20 students if that
many can be picked from the ap­plicants.
Anyone interested in fly­ing
is asked to apply.
The only requirements for this
training are that the applicants be
enrolled- in-this college -.and- be-abte-to
pass the physical requirements.
Those who are not enrolled in col­lege
and want to take the course
may do so provided that they have
completed two years of college work.
There also is a nominal fee of $25
which will be used for insurance,
health examinations, and other de­tails.
The government bears the
remainder of the costs. The course
will include six weeks of ground
school and 35 hours of flying time.
The present CAA trainees have
completed their ground school ex­aminations
and are on the final •
part of the course. Upon the com­pletion
of the required 35 hours in
the air, they will take their final ex­amination
from a U. S. Aeronautics
inspector. When the students com­plete
the course, they will receive
their pilots' licenses.
The students at present are train­ing
in a seaplane at Lake Whatcom
and it is expected that the ]
course also will use a seaplane.
Holiday Advice
So-long, everybody... Have a
good time this Christmas and
don't eat too much. Have a
good time New Year's Eve, and
don't, period. But, anyway, have
a good time.
We'll see you next year. Of
course you'U be imbued with
that old fire to study. Of course.
Biggs and Montes
and the staff
next
National Labor Breach Soon To Be
Bridged, Says Collegiate Press
By Associated "Collegiate Press
America's college newspapers saw little hope late last spring for union
of the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Or­ganizations.
But swift-moving events have changed the view. The con­census
of undergraduate writers now is nojt only that prosects are good for
ending factionalism, but that a truce in the near future is imperative.
Commenting on the resignation of CIO resident. John L. Lewis, the
Cornell Daily Sun says that "the next move necessary to the unreserved
cooperation of the nation in the rearedness rogram is th unqualified uni­fication
of the forces of labor. With therworkers of the nation split into
two camps, it is impossible that the program can go forward with the best
operation."
In the opinion of the Michigan Daily, President Roosevelt's, victory and
John L. Lewis' defeat gave rise to one of the brightest hopes for labor
unity in the last years. The mass of both organizations have common
interests and are desirous of uniting them; • Iii many cities there are joint
journals and joint strikes when
necessary. Consciously and uncon­sciously
the workers in both organi­zations
have been united in politi­cal
action. That the CIO and AFL
are not joined in an effective union
today is an indictment of the dem­ocratic
processes within the organ­izations
that allow the leaden to
block the will of the members."
The Amherst Student joint in
the view that "any move toward
union could not appear at a better
time. Yet opportune as a combi­nation
now of the opposing camps
might be and ridiculous as their
struggle seems, there is more con­cerned
in their continued separa­tion
than the mere personalities of
Lewis and Gfeen. The whole or­ganizations
of the two unions dif­fer;
one has herded unskilled work­ers
together the other skilled-work­ers;
One represents the pholetariat
of labor, the other the aristocracy.
But although the difficulties are
TownrStudesrGiveri
Chances to Step
Of current interest to all college
students will be the Christmas and
New Year's dances to be held dur­ing"
the next two weeks. •
Tomorrow, December 20, the Sue
cess Business college is giving a
dance at the Bellingham hotel with
Brooke Temple's orchestra from 9
to 12 o'clock. Everyone is invited
and the dance is semi-formal.
The Revellers are playing at
the Chuckanut Shell Christmas
night for the Theta Rho Girls' In­formal
Christmas dance. It is to be
held from 9 to 12 o'clock. Special
feature will be an exhibition dance
by De Cecilito.
The Rainbow Girls' Christmas
dance will be informal and will be
held in the Crystal ballroom at the
Hotel Leopold on December 27, the
Friday after Christmas, from 9 to 12
o'clock. Music will be furnished by
Chuck Sudduth. AH college stu-«
dents and their friends are invited.
The Junior Orthopedic guild is
sponsoring a New Year's Eve dance
at the Crystal ballroom with danc­ing
from 10 to 1 o'clock. Chuck
Sudduth wilTplay and the dance is
informal.
These dancing parties of the holi­day
season are designed
young people of the\city
home from school.
for the
who are
BAKER SKI PATROL
IN HERO ROLE
With a back injury as their most
serious case. the. Mount Baker Ski
Patrol has already given first aid
to several early season ski enthus­iasts.
The patrol occupies quarters
in the old lodge which, along with a
room in the new lodge for patients,
has been donated by the Mount
Baker Development company. The
United States Forest Service is sup­plying
most of the first aid equip­ment.
r;
WWC students in the patrol are:
Walt Germain, Frank Lampman,
and George Boynton. Dave Jenkins,
patrol president, Is a former stu^j
dent ^ A f l ^ ^ ^
Et ..fit Jeiiiidns ofctjiie bellingham fire
department will begin this Friday.
CHURCH CHOIRS PRESENT
CHRISTMAS ORATORIO
"The Messiah," Handel's Christ­mas
oratorio, will be presented again
next Sunday at 7:30 p. m., in the
Garden Street Methodist church by
the combined choirs of the First
Presbyterian and Garden Street
Methodist churches, singers from the
Lynden Choral society, and the Or­pheus
Boys' choir.
Among the other special programs
planned for the Christmas holidays
is the concert ;by the choir of Our
Savior's Lutheran church, Sunday,
December 22, at 8 o'clock.
The regular Sunday .'masses will
be presented at the Assumption
church Christmas day. The masses
will be at 6:30, 8, 9:30, and 11 a. m.
DIRECTORS VISIT
The State Association of School
Directors' will meet in bellingham
on February 5, 6 *nd 7: Among the
speakers for the meeting will be
Dr; Haggard of WWC; It Is ex>v
pected that' members of the associa­tion
will -visit^the college during
their convention.
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Chamberlin, Hopman, Dahl,
Moses, Harris To Open
Against Edmundson's Five
Weakened by the "flu-bug," the
Hilltop quintet will face the fast-moving,
sharp-shooting University
of Washington Huskies on home
grounds Saturday evening, at 8:30
o'clock for the annual University-
Western college tussle. Lappy's
probable starting five will be Hank
Chamberlain, Wes Hopman, recently
acquired Everson boy; Boots Harris,
Joe Moses, and Norm Dahl.
The Huskies, under the capable
coaching of veteran "Hec" Edmund-son,
will sport a speedy squad with
plenty of reserves to fill in the
rough spots. Bobby Lindh and
Norm Dahlthrop, forwards, are ex­pected
to score high for the Purple
and Gold. Captain Bob Voelker
will receive the call at the center
slot with Brother Jack and Bill Mor­ris
in the guard positions.
Practically all of the Viking var­sity
have been touched with colds or
flu within the past two weeks. Lap-py
said that the varsity has never
been in worse physical shape. Bill
Ropes and Bob Schnee, super-var­sity
hot shots, may be shoved into
the first ten list for the Saturday
game. Cliff Gaffney, Berwin Ny-berg,
and Bob Whitney will com­plete
the reserve call for the Blue
and White.
Donovan Will Snap
Klipsun Pictures
Arnold Donovan, local amateur
photographer, is taking pictures this
week that, with the junior and sen-x
for,,pictures,_will.complete the -first -
33 pages of the Klipsun.
In order to meet the first dead­line,
December 24, the art staff will
mount the finished pictures during
Christmas vacation.
Anyone interested in taking pic­tures
for the Klipsun winter quar­ter
should leave his application in
the Klipsun office.
AWS High Schobl
Girls' Conference ;
Held in February
Polly Phelps has been appointed
chairman of the AWS high school
girls conference to be held February
14. The conference is held an­nually
by the Associated Women
^students who have as their guests
the high school leaders of What­com
and Skagit counties. It is an­ticipated
that the conference will be
enlarged to include several other
counties this year; with each school
sending two girls and an adviser..
The girls attending the conference
will be registered in the morning;
they will then attend the.regular
assembly and a luncheon at noon.
Discussion groups on topics that
will help the high school leaders in
their own clubs, and a fashion show
and tea will close the conference.
Committees to work on the con­ference
will be chosen from those
who sign the list now posted on
the AWS bulletin board and will be
announced at the beginning of next
quarter.
Kelly, New Science
Instructor, Due
Clinton M. Kelly, University of
Washington Ph.D. candidate, will
substitute for H. C. Philippi in the
Science department of WWC next
quarter.
A Cum Laude graduate of Oregon
State college, Kelly has. been an
assistant in the university departs
niehtof science while he has been
working for his doctor's degree; he
has completed all but the oral ex­amination
for the degree.
Mr. Philippi, who has . been ill
since the end of summer quarter,
finds that he will be unable to re­turn
to his post until spring.
Campus School Christmas Activities
Reach Vacation Climax
Christmas activities in the Train­ing
school, which have, been pro­gressing
in all grades for the past
several weeks, will reach a climax
as Campus school pupils make final
preparations before leaving for the
holiday vacation tomorrow.
The Christmas spirit of giving has
been encouraged by making it pos­sible
for the children to help others
less fortunate than they: The jun­ior
high school grades have been
most active in this type of activity.
Both of the city junior high schools,
in which Western Washington col-
ORTHOPEDIC GUILD PLANS
NEW YEAR'S DANCE
Plans for Sigma Phi Orthopedic
dance on New Year's Eve were
completed at the regular November
meeting held last Friday at Margar­et
Haggard's home. This annual
affair is to be held in the Crystal
ballroom of the Leopold hotel as in
former years. Chuck Sudduth's or­chestra
will furnish the music for
dancing from 10 to 1 o'clock. Bal­loons
*and crepe paper in bright col­ors
will decorate the ballroom.
Tickets have been distributed
among the members of the jguild
and are now on sale. This is hot a
tolo dance as are the other vaca­tion
dances. i
Committee chairmen appointed by
Margaret Dwelle, general chairman,
are: decorations, Pat Machemer;
publicity, Emmy Earlywine; patrons
and patronesses, Margaret Hag­gard;
finance, Neila Cannon.
SUNDAY HERALD FEATURES
YULETIDE ACTIVITIES
Christmas activities of the var­ious
clubs, dormitories, and organ­ized
houses will appear in the
Christinas issue, Tuesday- December,: •>
24 of the Bellingham Herald. Ben
Sefrit, Herald photographer, has
been taking the pictures during the
past week.
Copies of The Herald Sunday edi­tion
of December 22 will be avail­able
at The Herald circulation of­fice
Monday. Mailing orders will
be accepted at the office for the
issue that contains a page of WWC
pre-Christmas actvitles. \::yy 'X ^
lege students are student-teaching,
used the idea of making large, col­orfully
decorated Christmas boxes
to hold food and other gifts
which will be distributed later to
needy families.
Ninth Grade Project
In the Campus sctiool ninth grade,
a class project has centered around
providing a family's Christmas, with
committees having been chosen to"
shop, compare prices, and plan what
articles of clothing in addition to
canned fruits and vegetables and re­paired
toys should go in the Christ­mas
basket.
Gift making has been a promi­nent
Training school activity lately,
with all rooms turned into work­shops.
In the Campus as well as
city schools, emphasis has been on
useful gifts. Wood and clay have
been the favored media. Children
have been making their own Christ­mas
wrapping paper too; finger
painting it, or as the fourth.grade
did, block printing tissue paper. .
Booms Decorated
Attractively decorated are the
Campus school rooms, with each
grade having a Christmas tree of
its own, and arranging the other
decorations. A look in at the sev­enth
grade room would show cello­phane
"stained-glass windows"
which have been made by the boys
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COLLEGE PROBLEMS CLASS
VISITS TRAINING SCHOOL
Through the co-operation of Miss
Mary E. Rich, director of the Train-;
ing school, diploma students of the
college problems class have, been
able to attend daily classes and
conferences in primary, intermed­iate
and'junior high grades. This
opportunity is offered/to these pros­pective'
teachers to give them an
idea of teaching as a prof essioh.
Each student alternates bjitweeii
attending conferences with 'a-Train-^
>tog school teacher and visiting
classes. :'•-'•';. ::y:j ::%'y^/y^';^-;>-]:;,h.:
vThe diploma studente are also re­quired
to read a book which deals
with the problems M.%-jSdiii^^'fiv'
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