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Initial Program
Qf Orchestra
Next Tuesday
VOL XXXL—NO. 10
Arthur Hicks To Be Featured
As Piano Soloist;
Donald Bushell To Conduct
Making its initial appearance,
the newly organized Western Wash­ington
Symphony orchestra will be
presented in concert Tuesday, De­cember
10, at 8:15 in the College
auditorium.
Dr. Arthur O.1 Hicks, pianist, in
his fifth annual appearance with .... . '•; •'• .. •
the orchestra, will play an arrange- ^ S 5 e m £ / / e S Feature
..._, — _— — ment of the "Concerto No. 2 in C • • •#*>» * •
be on the black-list this Minor" by Rachmaninoff, for piano ^ WS, Norsemen
week. We salute them, and orchestra. The orchestra will
With the Editor
Guess it really doesn't
make any difference. Last
week we printed a list of
those who didn't vote
in the hope of shock­ing
them out of their
lethargy. For some piti­fully
few people, it work­ed.
They announced, as
they cast their ballot,
that they didn't want to
Western Washington College of Education, Bellingham; Washington Friday, December 6, 1940
RUSHER, JUNKIN WIN ELECTION
MEMORIAL WORK GOES ON
and express the hope that
they wHI continue voting
in future elections.
But for the other su­premely
indifferent os­triches,
heads buried
hopelessly in a sand of
unconcern, we have noth­ing
but deepest con­tempt.
You, collectively,
aren't worth the cost of
the lead we'd waste in
printing your names.
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It all adds up to the
same thing. School spir­it.
The same unconcern
was exhibited well at the
football games this. fall.
It probably will be much
in evidence at the bas­ketball
games this winter.
It seems to us that there
are three attitudes pre­valent:
1. I transferred up here
from the University of
Washington where I was
a big shot, and why
should I waste my talents
on this school?
2. I'm only going to
WWC for a short time
until my folks can afford
to transfer me to a real
school like the University
or Pullman.
3. I just don't give a
darn.
You make me tired.
play the ''Euryanthe Overture"
(Weber); Siegfried Idyll" (Wag­ner);
and "Polovetzian Dances"
(Borodin).
Alumni Members
The 50-piece orchestra, under the
direction of Donald Bushell, is com­posed
of 30 students of the college,
public school music superintendents
from Whatcom and Skagit counties,
\and townspeople. Among the music
teachers from other towns are Rob­ert
Chisholm, Lynden; Nonie Or-vis,
Sumas; John Monroe, Ferndale;
Clayton Knittel, East Stanwood;
and Erling Hansen, Stanwood.
Orchestra members are:
Violin: Mrs. Marie Armstrong,
Aileen Baker, Robert Chisholm,
Mrs. Carol Crook, Edith Gunderson,
Eva Heinemann, Bettie Hender-shott,
Kathryn Lien, Merle Massar,
Myrtle Melland, Shirley Morrison,
Mrs. Dwight Nelson, Marian Peters,
Ed Rawlinson, Betty Anne Sease,
Mrs. Joanna Ullstrom, DeLayne
Walton, Rosemary Watts, Jack Wil­lis,
and Pauline York.
Viola: Joan Burton, Betty Gilbert,
Lesley Hampton, John Monroe, Fred
Muhleman; cello; Jack Arvidson,
Vivian McGrath, Una Palmer, Shir­ley
Shannon; bass: Clarence Chase,
Boyd Spees; flute: Anne Bateman,
Mary Esther Tucker; oboe: Nonie
Orvis; clarinet: Erling Hanson, Ce­cil
Johnson, Clayton Knittel; bas- .
soon: Ed Prince; horn: Genevieve
Elliot, Robert Erickson, Norman
Funk, and Robert Huot.
Trumpet: Robert Moblo, Albert
Stewart; trombone: Arthur Clark,
James Gilday, Jack Thompson;
tuba; Robert Hart, and tympani. E.
C. Holt Jr.
Walter Baker Expresses Sorrow
On Leaving WWC Halls
Walter Baker, Western college track star, who is a member of
the 13th district US Naval reserve and is being called to the
colors, stated in a recent interview with your reporter that he
will leave January 2 for Los Angeles, Calif., for a year's training
with Uncle Sam's fleet.
Young Baker, who is a sophomore in college, will attend school
at the California city for a period of six months. He will study
navigation for a reserve commission which he will receive in the
near future. *
When asked-* how he felt about leaving WWC and dear old
Marietta for awhile, Walt stood before me with a glum look and
replied, that he doesn't like the idea of leaving college and his
home town of Marietta. The 19-year-old student went on to say
that a year with the navy would be very interesting and exciting.
Upon completion of his year's training he plans 'to return to
WWC for further study toward his teaching degree.
WWC wishes Walt a bon-voyage and the best of luck dur­ing
his stay, with the navy.
la place of the WWC orchestra
performance originally scheduled
for the Tuesday, December 10, as­sembly,
the Women's league and
Men's club will present the program.
The orchestra, with Donald Bushell
as conductor,, and Dr. Arthur C
Hicks of the English department as
guest soloist, will give its program
Tuesday night at 8 p. m. in the Col­lege
auditorium.
The band, also under Bushell's
baton, will be heard in its first full
concert of the season at the assem­bly
Friday, December 13.
' A regular AWS business meeting
will begin the assembly, presided
over by Betty Jean Bayly, AWS
. president.
Caroling Jamboree
Set for Wednesday
Shirley Shannon, president of
Western college's new Music Edu­cation
club wishes to extend an in­vitation
to all WWC students to
come to an all-school carol singing
jamboree which will be held in
room 120, Wednesday, December 11.
If there is a good turnout, the
club plans to make this event an
annual affair'. Faculty members
who are interested in the club's ac­tivities
are also invited.
Diploma Freshmen
Study Technique
.Diploma students of the college
problems class will study training
school technique for the next week
in the Training school. Dr. Merle S.
Kuder, registrar, explained that each
student has been scheduled for a
conference with the instructor of
the class that the student will ob­serve
the following day.
"This will help the diploma stu­dents
to decide at which level to
teach," Dr. Kuder said. Approxi­mately
150 diploma students and
other freshmen interested in teach­ing
work will attend primary, ele­mentary
or junior high classes. A
complete schedule of conferences
has been posted on the bulletin
board. Conferences and observation
classes will begin Monday.
Tryouts for Debate
Held Tuesday
Situated between the Science wing of the main building and Edens hall
this memorial is a fitting tribute to the WWC students who died on .Mount
Baker in 1938. It is being constructed of materials native to'the area where
the tragedy occurred during the annual climb of the mountain.
Mount Baker Knoll
Memorial Work
Nears Completion
Dry-walls for the Mount Baker
knoll are now being built, as work
progresses on the memorial for the
WWC students who died on Mount
Baker two years ago. The knoll is
located on the path going up Se-home
hill between the main build­ing
and Edens hall, and will consist
of a grouping of alpine plants
around a central motif of basaltic
rock from the Mount Baker region.
The central motif of basaltic rock
columns on which is to be placed a
bronze placque, is now completed.
The bronze placque will contain the
names, Vene Fisher, Julius Dorn-blut,
Alice James, Beulah Lindberg,
Maynard Howatt, and Hope Weit-man,
all of whom died in the Mount
Baker disaster.
S. A. Howatt, father of Maynard
Howatt, is contributing the plaque,
while money for the rest of the
work was raised through contribu­tions
from the student body, alumni
and friends of. the six students.
When completed, the knoll will be
a beauty spot on the campus. The
outer edge of the knoll will be a
rock1 bench 18 inches high while
the walk-way up to the. knoll will be
grass.
BAKER SNOW
CONDITIONS
Snow falling this morn­ing.
Light southerly winds.'
Temperature, 30°. 11 inch­es
of new snow to make a
total of 40 inches.
Dateli me
Saturday,, December 7
Basketball with CPS
here, 8 p. m.; prelim­inary
game, Super-var­sity
vs. Tacoma Inter-
Truck, 7 p. m.
Monday, December 9
Alkisiah Christmas par­ty,
Edens Hall Club
room, 7:30-10 p. m.
Closed week.
Tuesday, December 10
Assembly, Women's
league-Norsmen.
WWC orchestra concert,
"" featuring Dr. Arthur
... C. Hicks, pianist, Col­lege
auditorium, 8:15
p. m.
Wednesday, December 11
College Christian fellow­ship,
room 226, 12:20
p. m.
Thursday, December 12 '
College News Week in
Review, KVOS, 9:45 p.
m.
ACE ., Christmas party,
kindergarten room, ,
7:30 p. m.'
Friday* December 13
Assembly, WWC band.
Only 10 more study days
this quarter.
DICKENS' GRASSHOPPER
ON HOT SPOT
PRESENTED BY GUILD
Under the direction of Frank Bur­net,
Dicken's "The Cricket on the
Hearth," latest Theatre Guild pro­duction,
will open at the Civic play­house
on Prospect street, Thursday,
December 11, at 8:15 p. m. The
play will run four consecutive
nights.
G. B. Chichester, who is known
for his performances in many Guild
plays, will tell the story of the play.
Carolyn Kuhn and Pat Pelegren,
WWC students, and Maurice Nel­son,
who received his bachelor of
arts degree from WWC, are includ­ed
in the cast.
In the first act of the play, the
audience is introduced to a seem­ingly
simple story * of old English
life; however, before the end of the
play, powerful drama is brought into
the picture.
"The Cricket on the Hearth" has
played on the legitimate stage for
over a half century. Joseph Jeffer­son,
in the role of Caleb Plummer
made the play famous.
Student tickets for either the
Wednesday or Thursday perform­ances
may be obtained at the Co-op
for 25 cents.
COLLEGE TRUSTEES MEET
Presidents and trustees of the
three colleges of education in the
state of Washington met in Seattle
last Thursday and Friday to discuss
mutual problems of the three col­leges.
President W. W. Haggard,
Dr. W. D. Kirkpatrick, chairman of
.the Board of Trustees, Verne Brani-gan
and Steve Saunders, members
of the Trustee board, represented
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Tryouts for positions on the col­lege
debate teams will be held next
Tuesday at 4 o'clock in room 308,
announced Victor H. Hoppe of the
Speech department. The tryouts
will be open to everyone regardless
of whether or not he is enrolled in
a speech course. Those who try
out should be prepared to give _ . . —+
short, three-minute, extemporaneous C u m C U l u m WTOUD
speeches on some debatable prob­lem.
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The two teams will be composed
of four men and four women stu­dents
and will debate according to
the new system used now by the
University of Washington. Under
the new system, each member takes
his own point of view and develops
it by the problem-solving method
rather than the old affirmative-negative
type of solution.
Membership on the debate team
will be considered a regular curricu-lar
activity but, as yet, the amount
of credit to be given has nbt been
decided.
Hoppe hopes to have the teams
ready to accept engagements by the
first of the year.
CUMMINS WILL ADVISE
PDK PUBLICATION
To act in the capacity of social
science adviser for publication of
an educational dictionary, Miss Nora
B. Cummins of the Social Science
department has been appointed by*
the National Phi Den)a Kappa or­ganization.
Serving with her will
be four other members from var­ious
colleges of the United States.
Miss Cummins received her ap­pointment,
by mail from the Na­tional
Council for Social Studies in
Washington, D. C.
The letter sent to Miss Cummins
stated in part: "It's the duty of this
committee, not to write the terms
and definitions but to read, criticize
and correct them."
Wilbur F. Murra is the executive
secretary of the council. Dr. Carter
V. Good of the University of Cin­cinnati
is editor-in-chief of the pub­lication.
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Headed by Grim
With Dr. Paul R. Grim, Campus
school ninth grade teacher, as gen-eral
chairman, the Northwest Re­gional
Curriculum Study group, in­cluding
a large number of WWC in­structors,
will meet at the Burling­ton
high school Saturday,'December
ML". S
Dr. Grim will open the conference
at 9:30 a. m. with a discussion of
organization and general plans for
the rest of the school year.
The principal speaker of the day.
will be W. Virgil Smith, assistant
superintendent of schools in Seattle.
His subject is, "Using Regional Re­sources
Materials in the Classroom."
Following this address, a film,
"Northwest Regional Resources,"
taken at the University of Wash­ington
this last summer, will be
shown, with Dr. Edgar M. Draper,
director of the Resources workshop
at the university, as commentator.
Organization of sectional groups
for the year will be another activity
of the meetings, with chairmen to
be elected to head the divisions of
language, arts, social studies, sci­ence,
mathematics, and possibly
music and fine arts, physical educa­tion,
and other interest groups.
A luncheon and informal round-table
discussion of the Northwest
Resources Workshops of 1940, led by
Draper, Smith, and class-room
teachers who were participants at
the workshops, will conclude the
convention.
NASTY FLU BUG KIBOSHES
ANOTHER REC HOUR
Because of the prevalent epi­demic
of flu, the Rec hour original­ly
scheduled for tonight has been
postponed. May Mead, school nurse,
definitely clamped down on the ev­ening's
dancing which was to have
featured the music of the very
popular Chuck Sudduth and his
orchestra.
There will be no more Rec hours
this quarter, as next week-end her­alds
the opening of closed week, the
tradition which darkens social ac­tivities
every quarter.
Upshall Completes
Grade Research
Dr. C. C. Upshall, of the Research
bureau, has completed a study of
the correlation between the stu­dent's
entrance and mid-term ex- .
amination grades and their likeli­hood
of success in college. The pur­pose
of the study was to aid in the
guidance of entering students.
During the fall of 1939, there were ,
64 students who were in the lowest
15 per cent on the college aptitude
examination. Of the 64, there were
40 who received a D or F at mid­term.
In the 40'there were only oix
to receive a grade point average of
2.0 or better at the end of the first
quarter.
, From the 40 who were in the low­est
15 per cent and had received a
D or F at mid-term, only 15 were
enrolled during' the fall quarter,
1940. Of the 15, there were none
who received a grade point average
of 2.0' or better for the first year
and there were only four who were
close enough to 2.0 to have much
possibility of ever achieving the
scholarship standard required for
entrance to the Training school.
Dr: Upshall concluded, "In the
light of the above analysis, students
who fall in the lowest 15 per cent
and who are also mentioned as
doing D or F work in one or more
classes at mid-term of their first
quarter should be given much more
guidance than they received at pres­ent.
In most cases, this guidance
should take the form of helping
them find some other occupation
PRESS CLUB PLANS
FIRST SOCIAL
Planning their first party of the
year, the newly organized Press club
held its last meeting of the fall
quarter Tuesday night in the Col­legian
office. It was decided that
an informal party for club members
and their invited guests-will be held
Thursday, December 12, at a place
not yet decided upon. Arrange­ments
for the party are being made
by Margare| Dwelle and Neila' Can­non.
The constitution committee, head­ed
by Jerry Snow, submitted the re­vised
constitution and reported pro­gress
on the by-laws. The next
meeting will be held the second
Tuesday in January at the home of
Mrs. Ruth Burnet, 407 Fifteenth
street. All persons interested uv
journalism are invited to attend.
Choir Will Present
Christmas Program
Members of the Aftermath club
were entertained by the WWC
A Capella choir last Monday after­noon
at the Aftermath clubhouse.
The choir, under the direction of
Nils Boson, gave a part of their
scheduled Christmas program which
is to be presented in the Library of
WWC, Sunday afternoon, December
15. • ' *
Selections were: Chorales, "How
Bright Appears the Morning Star"
(Bach) and "Praise God, The Lord,
Ye Sons of Men" (Bacli); French
carols, "Neighbors," (Gevaert),
"Whence Comes That Fragrance"
(arr. by Kitson), "Master All" (arr.
by Whitehead); a duet, "It Came
Upon a Midnight Clear" (arr. by
Dunhill) by Douglas Bird and El­mer
Lindquist; "The Three Ships"
^Colin Taylor); a Negro spiritual,
"De New Born Baby" (arr. by N.
Cain); and the English carols,
"Wassail Song" (traditional) and
"Good Tidings" (Gloucestershire).
UNCLE SAM SNATCHES
SAD SAM BAKER
Answering a call to the colors
January 2 will be Walt Baker,
WWC sophomore who will report
for naval reserve duty for one year
at Los Angeles, California.
Baker will attend ^school and
study navigation for a forthcoming
commission. After completing his
studies he will be stationed on one
of the navy's battleships *which may -
take him to theHawaiian islands.
HIGH RATING INSPIRES
KLIPSUN STAFF
TO BETTER 1940 WORK
Inspired by the high rating
achieved by last year's annual edited
by Douglas Lince, the Klipsun staff
of 1941 met together Tuesday after­noon
and discussed the arrange­ment
and make-up of this year's
book.
.Pictures and photography were
discussed and it was decided that
one more photographer would be
added to the staff to take candid
shots."
Audrene Feldt, art editor, and
Dorothy Hubert, associate art edi­tor,
were appointed to take the first
group of words, which include the
faculty photos, to the Western En­graving
company in Seattle tomor­row.
The staff also decided which pic­tures
would be included in the op­ening
section of the book. hTfs
section is a review of a student's
four years at WWC*.
UNGLUE YOUR EARS: 9:45
If you had your ear eagerly glued
to your radio set,every Thursday at
9:30 p. m., and have wondered why
you did not near the regular edi­tion
of the CoUege-News-Week-in-
Review, you are invited to listen to"
a Radio department announcement:
"Your college newscast will hence­forth
be heard at a new time every
Thursday evening. The new time
will be 9:45 pjjtt" ^ .
Defeat Easley,
Hamilton
On Tuesday
Only 58 Per Cent of Enrollment
Turn Out for Balloting
At Quarterly General Election
BETTY RUSHEiR, Bremer­ton
sophomore, and BILL JUN­KIN,
Chehalis student, were elect­ed
representatives to the Board of
Control at the fall ASB general
election held Tuesday, December
3, in room 112.
Miss Rusher defeated Jane Ham­ilton,
Stanwood co-ed, for four
quarters women's representative
while Junkin out-polled Marie Eas­ley,
Oregon sophomore, for the one
quarter men's or women's/post.
Fifty-eight per cent of the student
body, a total of 522 people, went to
the polls to vote. This was 7 per
cent or 60 more students than voted
in last week's primary. Of the total
number votfoir"212:"br"67 "per cent
of the male enrollmest voted; 310
or 58.8 per cent of the women cast
their ballots.
Junkin and Miss Rusher, along
with Bill Tiffany, who received a
majority vote for four quarters
men's or women's representative in
the primary election, will take of­fice
at the beginning of winter
quarter* in January.
Fifth Grade Studies
Fossil Formations
Construction of the new Training
school building is providing an im­petus
for numerous activities in the
Campus school grades. One of these,
a study of fossils, is being carried oh
by the fifth grade under the direc­tion
of Miss Edna Channer, fifth
grade'supervisor..
The fifth graders, on one of their
inspection trips to the site of the
new building, found fossil forms and
coal specimens which formed the
basis of their current geology unit.
They are studying the formation
and composition of the earth. Their
original collection of fossils and
minerals has been increased by ad­ditional
field trips to the campus
and Sehome hill: > "
Junior High Newspaper
Another activity of interest in the
Campus schools last week was the
. initial publication of the Junior high
shebol bi-weekly, the Junior Beacon
Miss Ruth Melendy, eighth grade
supervisor, is general adviser of the
publication. Students in charge of
. the paper include: editor, Jean Bur­net;
assistant editor, John Slater;
business manager, Jack van de Wet>
ering; and assistant business man­ager,
Erling Johnson.
Stories for the Beacon are writ­ten
by Junior high school pupils on
subjects generally of •> their own
choosing. Cuts are used at present
and will be used more liberally to il­lustrate
the paper in the future;
TAYLOR WILL HEA9 F 0 R UM
An AUW forum will be held on
Friday, December 13, when Dr. Geo.
-Edward Taylor, head of Oriental
Studies, department at the Univer­sity
pf Washington will conduct the
discussion. Dr. Taylor spent some
time in China as foreign correspoh-dent
for the Manchester Guardian.
BLUE TRIANGLE CLUB HOLDS
CHRISTMAS MEETING
Winding up the quarter's activ­ities,
the Blue Triangle club held
their Christmas meeting Tuesday
December 3, in the club house at
7:30 p. m.; A Christmas reading
was given by Donna Hammond, and
Miss Mir§ Booth, one of the club
advisers and music instructor in the
Campus school, led the girls in car­ols^,;-:;:.;
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During the business meeting, a
summary of the accomplishments of
the quarter was given. Among the ;
projects thatf were proclajm^^suc-:!
cessful -were toe sale of pom-poms U$
« ^ the brunch
Homecoming, the ThiuilKgivteg bas­ket
for a needy family, the splash
party and finally the collection of
Christmas gifts for needy children.