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= With the filial rounds
of t h i s championship
match for the Presiden­tial
title i»f the United
States, including Alaska;
Guam, Hawaii, Phillipin-es,
Porto Rica, and the
Canal Zone, ready to ie
tolled up by the voting
machine gong, it looks
like the Champ has the
challenger on the ropes.
The last Gallup poll of
a cross section of the
box-office guessers gives
the Champ 453 votes to
78 for the shaggy hair^
ed contender from Indi­ana,
Wall Street, Com­monwealth
and South­ern..
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Using an unorthodox
s t y l e , the challenger
piled up dn early lead
in the opening rounds,
but the Champ, veteran
of the battles of 1932
and 1936, switched to a
special DEFENCE type
of offence which has
taken steam and fire
from the younger con­tender's
punches. The
Champ as yet refuses to
acknowledge the pres­ence
of the challenger in
the ring with him.
TTie contender's bicy­cling
from one corner of
the ring to the other is
now over and he has
been carrying the fight
to the Champ's own cor­ner.
Last round, the
backers arid managers
of the contender scream­ed
"Foul", but the refr
eree's decision on the
outcome of this move­ment
will come some
time later.
This next three week-long
rounds promise to
be the crucial ones for
the challenger. If his
fighting begins to clock
again and' if^fhe'Champ"
neglects to spring more
of his DEFENCE offence,
the challenger stands a
chance. In a title de­fence
of this kind, the
early round lead means
almost less than nothing.
It's the final decision of
the referees, all millions
of them /on November 5,
which decides who's the
champion and title-hold­er
for the next four
years, and that time is
only 24 days away. Any­way,
we wait with in­terest
the next poll, to
judge that for what it's
worth as a trend.
Haggard Speaks Concerning
New Training School; Kuder
Discusses Club Goals Pins
The Inter-Club council opened its
year of activities with an interest­ing,
well-attended rally held Mon­day
evening fa the Blue room of
Edens hall. ; In /addition to the
70 club officers and leaders pres­ent,
were faculty members, Dr. W.
W. Haggard, president of the col­lege;
Dr. Merle S.. Kuder, registrar;
and Loye McGee of the physical
education department. Each was a
speaker at the meeting.
Dr, Haggard spoke concerning the
new Training school,, erection of
• which was lately begun. Clubs and
clubwork in general, with a recom­mendation
that each club have a
definite goal toward which to work,
was discussed by Dr. Kuder.
Frank Shiers, ASB president, pre­sented
the Student union report
which a committee of seven stu-dentsvand
Mr. McGee, the faculty
adviser, assisted by Dr. Kuder, had
completed last April. Following this
there was- an open forum on the
possibility of having a Student
Union in the main building when
the Training school is completed.
After further discussion was held
concerning the coming ICC assem­bly
and Club Crescendo, the busi­ness
part of the meeting was closed
and entertainment was presented,
consisting of a guitar selection by
Jane Hamilton, a string quartet
number by Shirley Shannon, Lesley
Hampton, Marian Peters and Joan
Burton, and a tap dance by Beverly
Walker and Barbara Volk.
Rogan Jones Gives
Ten Radios
For the past few years, Rogan
Jones, owner of KVOS, has made
a practice of giving radios to various
schools in the county. Dr. Jack
Cotton, in a-recent visit to KVOS
happened to mention the lack of
radios in WWC. Presto, a couple
of days later, there were 10 radios
waiting for distribution in the
school.
These radios will be distributed to
the different grades of the Campus
school, so that the students of the
Campus school will have an oppor­tunity
to listen to the Don Lee
School of the Air which KVOS
plans to inaugurate over its local
..chanTHjjsjsppn._As.we.ll.as this, the
broadcasts emanating from the lo­cal
studio on the campus, featuring
college and junior high talent, will
be available to the Campus school
listeners.
VOL XL—NO. 2 .Western Washington Col lege -of. Education; BeUingham, Washington Friday, Ocdiber 11, 1940
We read somewhere of
a little note on the
progress of the mess in
Britain. When Hitler so
obligingly smashed Rot­terdam
to the ground,
he freed one Koene Par-mentier,
a Dutch flier,
of . the responsibility of
having a family back in
Holland to worry over.
Without the club over
his head of maltreat­ment
to his loved ones,
and feeling that there
was nothing to live for,
this Parmentier secured
a Dutch plane ana" a
supply of bombs and now
nightly rides the skyways
over his /homeland, and
bombs the Nazi - held
areas. He then drops a
note in Dutch warning
where he will strike next.
The N a z i authorities
have offered a reward of
$10,000 plunks for his
carcass, dead or alive as
the Westerners say. But
the • Avenger still rides
nightly somewhat in the
style of the Lone Rang­er.
H'tyoooo Silver!
Dateline . . .
Friday, October 11.
8:00—Theater Guild play
"Hack Finn" ,
8:00—Open house at all
churches
Saturday, October 12.
8:00—Football, WWC vs.
S i Martins.
8:00—Theater 'Guild play
^•Huck Finn/'
Tuesday, October 15. •
11:06—Awembly, Rever-end(
JWendeU Fif ield.
^?*%!2W!I1Q^^ Al1 Local,Churches Selective Draft
Registration
Captain' Sterling McPhail, Capt.
of Company I of the bellingham
contingent of the National Guard,
Who attempted suicide early yester­day,
is still in a critical condition.
Captain McPhail first. attended
WWC in 1919 and received his three
year certificate in 1935.
Kuder Outlines
Before Board
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Bond, Shiers, To Check
On School Expenditures;
Monson To Replace Booth.
At the first Board of Control
meeting of fall quarter, Dr. Merle S.
Kuder presented the proposition of
placing student photographs on as­sociated
student body cards. The
possibility of purchasing a photo­graph
machine was also brought up.
Miss Charlotte Richardson and Car­olyn
Bosch were appointed to in­vestigate
the proposed plan and re­port
their findings at the October 30
board meeting.
Dr. E. A. Bond and Prank Shiers
were appointed to work out a plan
by which a check could be kept on
all school expenditures. This check
would prevent any spending in ex­cess
of the 1940-41 budget.
Bernice Monson was appointed
Book store chairman replacing Har­old
Boothe, who is a member of the
Naval Reserve. Bill Hatch was ap­pointed
sub-chairman.
Jim Juhkins was reappointed Rec
hour chairman/ Ralph Nurmi, Lyle
Pettyjohn, and Joe Moses were
appointed as doormen for rec hours.
The price of guest tickets has risen
to 30 cents because of federal taxes.
Don Bell and Lucille Allert were
reappointed as dance instructors for
dancing classes. These will be held
for beginners only each Tuesday
and Thursday evening.
Written Jetterslromappjicante'for
the position of Board of Control sec­retary
were read. All applicants are
to appear for personal interviews at
the next Board meeting Wednes­day.
—AND CHAMBER TOURS 'EM
—COURTESY HERALD
Another group of frosh pause in front of Edens hall after taking the
Junior Chamber of Commerce tour of Bellingham. They were taken
through the industrial districts, city parks, and outlying districts.
Reddington's Only Regret Concerns Rain;
Can't Dash In Topless Buggy
"My only regret about Bellingham is that I can't ride with the top to
my car down," sighed Miss Claire Reddington, new physical education in­structor
as she sat in her car in the pouring rain and talked about her
first time in the northwest.
"I've always wanted to come west; it was one of those things I had been
always promising myself, but had never done. That was one of the reasons
why I took this position when it was offered."
Photography is one of Miss, Reddington's favorite hobbies, and she has
a great many. By combining her love of taking pictures with her intense
enjoyment of travel, she has managed to doubly enjoy the places that she
visits: once in person and again as she views the photographs that she has
taken.
"I just took some colored photographs of Mount Rainier, and I can
hardly wait to see ^them. Unlike many amateur photographers, I don't
do my own photo developing. I haven't gotten that far yet."
m her travels, Miss Reddington has usually stuck to the motto, "See
America First," but Ihe has made one trip to Europe. She visited Italy,
Austria, Germany anci France. "I certainly would hate to go back there
now, and see all the changes that have been made." •
"Maine is my maniaA she added. "I've done a lot of camp work there
and spend many of my
call my adopted home.'
Unlike many physical
among her-hobbies, cool
sub-let from Miss Ruth
spends much of her spare
itions in that state. It is really what you might
lucation instructors, Miss Reddington numbers
and knitting. In the apartment that she has
reythman in Miss Weythman's absence,she
le trying but new recipes.
Hbld..'..Open House
Rec Hour No Go;
Church Instead
According to Jim Junkin, rec hour
chairman, there will be no dance
held this week. This decision fol­lowed
an announcement that open
house will be held in the local
churches this week. The purpose
of open house, which is held every
year, is to introduce the students
of the college to the activities of the
community churches.
Upperclass Urged
To See Birdie
Klipsun Individual Shots
"'""' Due This Quarter.-Sign - - - --
Bulletin Board Appointment.
All juniors and seniors are being
asked to sign up as soon as possible
this quarter for their individual pic­tures
in the Klipsun. Appointment
sheets for the following day will be
posted daily on jthe main bulletin
board. The photos are being taken
at Sandison's studio next to Wool-worth's
on Holly street.
There is no charge unless the stu­dents
wish to buy graduation or ap­plication
pictures from them. These
pictures must be taken before
Thanksgiving and every upper-classman
must be represented. The
sooner the people cooperate by hav-
• ing this done the easier the work
will be for the Klipsun staff.
There are a few vacancies on the
annual staff open to freshmen, pre­ferably
with experience. Those in­terested
in applying are asked to
write a letter of application and
leave it in the Klipsun box in the
President's office.
The first meeting of the 1941 staff
was held on Monday, October 7, at 4
o'clock. Editor Shirlee Cratsenberg
explained the make-up of the book
and summarized the year's work.
She reported that the faculty pic­tures
are nearly completed, and that
the football players' pictures will be
taken next week. Candid camera
fiends are asked to start taking
snapshots early in order to have
» that section unusually good. The
staff plans to have the first section
of the book completed by the end of
fall quarter. '* .
Thinclads To Get
New Cinder Path
Next spring will see one of the
Northwest's finest running tracks
encricling Western college's South
field. Among its featured advan­tages
will be a 24-foot wide straight­away,
six lane oval, and a double
concrete ribbon running the length
of the track.
The new cinder path will be plac­ed
with the straightaway on the
west side of the field and will be far
enough away from the street to
make possible a separate intramur­al
field on the north side. ^Accord­ing
to George pack^ jwhooKgiirden-er,
upon completion of ttjetrack,
the enclosed field *rtll be i^sraded
and reseeded. . ;; ""
BROUGHAM TO 5PEAK;^ .
Royal Brougham, ace spiirtswrit-er
of the Northwest and conductor
of the Morning After column of
the P-I, will speak in Bellingham
Monday, October 21, at the Active
club banquet at the Bellingham
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—COURTESY HERALD
President Haggard is shown wel­coming
Roland Leidle, frosh from
North Dakota, on the steps of the
main building. Looking on are a
group of entering freshmen... The
picture was taken during fresh­men
week.
Bandsmen To Frolic
At Crystal Ball
Bandsmen give forth with a fan­fare
and announce the first infor­mal
dance of the school year. This
year's Bandsmen's Informal is to be
Saturday, October 26 in the Crystal
Ballroom of the Leopold hotel.
Dancing hours will be 9 to 12
o'clock.
Committee. Chairman-Betty. Jlustu_
er, has announced that the tickets
which will be $1, will be on sale by
Monday, October 21. According to
tentative plans, Chuck Fisher's or­chestra
of Seattle will furnish the
music.
Frosh, new students, old students,
avoid the rush—get your dates and
arrange your programs now.
Radio Plans Shift
Into High Gear
"Drama on the air from Western
College—." "We now present a
round table discussion on current
affairs from the campus studios—."
"Introducing another member of the
WWC faculty speaking to you to­night
jp-p"
Western college takes the air this
fail'looking forward to a year of
drama, forums, faculty chats, and
worthwhile music. The comprehen­sive
schedule of radio programs out­lined
by Instructor Ramon T.
George this week, includes as its
foremost feature many /first class
radi6 dramas. Said Mr. George,
"We hope to prepare something
above the ordinary level of the "Soap
Operas." He also announced that
tryouts for the dramatic broadcasts
are to be' announced soon.
With a goal Of giving experience
to as many students as possible, the
class in radio broadcasting is being
trained to process for radio, the
news which is gathered by the staff
of the Collegian. The "College
News Week in Review" is broad­cast
every Thursday evening at 9:30
over station KVOS,
APPOINTMENT RECEIVED
BY CAMPUS TEACHER
Miss Synva K. Nicol, Campus
school kindergarten teacher, was ad­vised
Monday that she had been ap­pointed
to the national music com­mittee
of the Association for Child­hood
Education.
The association is composed of
primary teachers throughout the
country. Other than that she will
serve two years, Miss Nicol has not
as yet been informed of her duties.
?&tf TRYOUTS TQDAY
Fmal tryouts for the fall quarter
piay productionof "Bachelor Born"
Witt be^heia^in room^308 today from
3 ^tocSr o'clock The^ play,^wrttten by
Iart^Hay/Sis theP story7 of"•English
schoolboy life.' ; ./ : *'
'•'•:••;:-^c|»tJaii^;:-o1ra%i director; says
that many^goOd parts are available
.; and he urges all stage-nunded.stu-dents
totry out.
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Entertainments Long Custom
To Acquaint College Students
With Respective Churches
."' Students of Western Washington
college are invited by the pastors
.and young peoples' societies of. Bel­lingham
churches to join them in
parties and socials tonight m their
respective churches. , .
Observing a custom long known
at-WWC, the church open house
night is held to acquaint the out-of-
town students with the churches
of their denomination in this city.
Among the churches putting on
entertainments especially for young
people of college age is the First
Baptist church young peoples'
group, at 8 p. m. They are
staging a party in the form of a
county fair to which all are cor­dially
invited, according to the
president;, Marguarite Winterhal-ter,
WWC alumna. The church
is located at Flora and Conimercial
streets.
Also holding open house are the
Wesley foundation of the Methodist
church, Garden and Magnolia
streets, and the Fjrst Presbyterian
church, Garden and Maple streets.
Both of these socials are to begin
at. 8 p. m.
Board Selects
CAA Flyers
Selection of students to receive
government flying training has now
been completed by a board consist­ing
of Dr. Merle Kuder, registrar;
Jack Griffith, ground school in­structor;
Gordon Miller, flight oper­ator;
and Herb Haley, flight in­structor.
Instruction will start as
soon as the physical examinations
are completed. Students selected
are: Stuart Currie, Don Bell, Marion
;Thdrntonr^Mark^G^ranamf--fiarley-'
Fixx, Virgil Heimberger, Kenneth
Johnson,. Robert Whitney, Thomas
Lund, and one girl, Pat Anderson.
The plane to be used is a 1940
model Taylorcraft, 65-horsepower,
and is to be kept at Lake Whatcom.
Students will receive 35 hours of
flying time, 17 of which will be dual,
the remainder to be solo.
Ground school will be held at the
college. The hour for it has not
yet been set. Upon completion of
the course the student receives his
private pilot's license. Thi§ will be
the second time such training has
been offered at WWC. Fifteen stu­dents
received instruction this sum­mer.
NYA Students Take
Allegiance Oath
By pledging their allegiance to
the constitution of the United
States, 71 WWC students were of­ficially
enrolled in college NYA
work last Monday. This was a re­quired
procedure as the workers
are regular government employees.
Under the NYA plan they will
work 37% hours each month with
special provisions for long vacation
periods, such as Christmas and Eas­ter.
Based on total enrollment and
congressional allotments, the total
number employed is a decrease of
12 over last year's 83.
Miss Nora. B. Cummins and Miss
Ethel Church were in charge of the
meeting, at which blanks were dis­tributed
to \ the students to send
home to their parents to" toe filled
out in regard to their income rec­ord.
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Registration Cdrried Out
At Nearest Polling Place
For Out-of-Town Students
, M Day is October16 and on that
date, the youth of the nation be­tween
the ages of 21 and 35, win
register for the selective draft,
which will choose soldiers for a
year's training in the regular army.
One hundred and.fifty-two students
of Western Washington college are
required to register next Tuesday,
there being that many of the male
gentry of the school over 21 by that
date.
Registration is to be carried out
at the nearest polling place, which
in the case of most of the out-of-town
students, will be the Sehome
school on High street. The town stu­dents,
of course, will register at
their neighborhood polling place.
The draft wfU not choose those
students now attending college,
President Roosevelt having gone on'
record as favoring the completion
of the school year, until July 1,1941,
and then only if their number is
drawn.
Youngest man eligible will be Jack
Hughes, sophomore,, who becomes
21 on October -16, 1940. Also el­igible
for registration are several
members of the faculty including
among others, Dr. Jack C Cotton,
Dr. Paul R. Grim, Dr. Merle S;
Kuder, Henry Coleman, and Ra­mon
A, George.
Clubs Show Wares
-At44e^fcrPanee~—
Students Must Receive
Three Punches In Order
To Enjoy Refreshments
During intermission at Rec hour
on October 18, various clubs on the
campus will take part in presenting
the annual Club Crescendo. At the
time the members of each club will
present demonstrations showing the
merits, advantages, and purpose of
their particular organization. This
will give new students the opportun­ity
to discover which clubs will
prove most advantageous for their
individual interests.
Each student,will be given a tick­et
which will be punched admitting
him to each demonstration. _, Upon
receiving three or more punches on
his card, he is entitled to refresh­ments
after which dancing will be
resumed in the Training school
gym.
The demonstrations will be held
in classrooms on the second floor
of the main building and all stu­dents
are urged to attend and help
to make this annual event a success.
For those who do not care to dance,
ping pong and other games will be
offered in the room just off the
Training school-gym. ~ '
Skits will be presented at the
regular Friday assembly for the pur­pose
of introducing the various,
clubs to the student body. The
chairmen in charge of the event
are: assembly, Irene Fyhn and Jac-quelyn
Griffith; demonstrations,.
Murray Healy; dance, Lois Heaton
and Jim Junkin; posters, Jane Ham­ilton
and Lesley Hampton.
Guild Presentation Relives Mark Twain;
Youngsters Give Fine Performance
In the opening night presentation by the Bellingham Theater Guild of
"Huck Finn," the Mark Twain characters of 1860, were brought to life i»
realistic and dramatic fashion. Despite the fact that only the last part
of the book is dealt with, and previous experiences of the characters arcs
narrated'In the dialogue, the fine performances turned in by the acton
prevents the show from dragging in any scene.
Especially fine were the performances turned in by the youngsters in
the cast, who gave promise that the Guild will not soon lack in talent.
Charles Robinette as "Huck" and Charles Jensen as "Tom" were notable,
as was Theresa Thai as the colored girl, Gee Gee.
Lorraine Parberry, a student of WWC; and a previous performer in Guild
shows, again exercises her ability as Aunt Sally Phelps. ^ <i 5
Probably the most amusing scene of Charles George's version of the Miark
Twain story is the one in which Tom and Huck try to get the escaping
''Nigger Jim" to sleep with snakes and rats, and to w r^
his own blood to make his escape more "elegant", after the. fashion ol
a prisoner in a story. The protesting Jim is played by Alva Po^
whose performance is even better than that which he turned m as '^004''
in ^"Uncle Tom's Cabin.^ ::- "• :;::.v:' .v,' Vv,;^;.-/-./, .,';V ^;',:;?>S(
Lenore WaUace, oUrector, and Alva Potter, stage manager, are deservta^
otablfe hand for thefrfto^
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