WWCollegian - 1939 April 7

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By Hank Francis
II; SEEMS THAT WHAT , . .
this school needs is three assemblies per week. One fcp;
the masters, one for the dames, and one for the little guys
who have to mess around. Of course there may be a
reason for them to act as if they were pirates pouring oyer
the gunwale of a shipload of migrating nudists instead of
cultured men and women attending a musicale. Maybe
their clothes don't fit, maybe they still cling to the out­moded
idea that they are rugged individualists which-of,
i course implies the right to do as their aboriginal forebears
Wid whenever they felt the urge. If one wants to turn
handsprings at a concert,' let him. If one wants to pop
gum at a funeral, then let him. By all means do not stifle
him for who knows he may someday be the world's great­est
teacher I Of course, it may be an awful waste of
seventeenth and eighteenth century Stradivari! and it may
even increase the, splendid position of esthetic disrepute in
which this college now basks but it will never be said that
we stifled individuality—Blessed Individuality!—in whose
name a multitude of sins are committed. And so let us
have three assemblies weekly—one for the enjoyment of
artistry, one for student activities, and one for the preser­vation
of our moronic ego.
NEW R A G NEEDED
The Stars and Stripes that flutter; so bravely over the
campus of this democratic institution have bravely with­stood
many a raging battle of the elements. It seems by
this time it would be appropriate to substitute it with a new
one (also Stars and Stripes), let it be said that the
tattered edges are casting subversive intimations that some
of the decrepit reactionaries are fluttering their last flutter.
WITH THE RE-LIGHTING
of the Library, the lighting situation in general is brought
before the judges and found lacking. In the most pro­gressive
teacher training institution in the West, students
must study in their school approved living quarters that do
not in a single case meet the prescribed minimum require­ment
of ten foot-candles of light on the study surface. In
most cases the lighting consists of one bare bulb on the
ceiling in the center of the room. Besides supplying an
insufficient amount of illumination the method is the worst,
that can be recorded on the annals of Eyesight Protection.
Housemothers seem to be of the aggregate opinion that 60-
watt bulbs afford all the light necessary and all that is
demanded. There are in this school no fixed requirements
for lighting. If the room has one window and one light
bulb (size is*not important), approval is given and unsus­pecting
potential Braille readers file up the stairs.
Over 70 per cent of the enrolled students wear glasses
and we have no lighting regulations in our houses.
Local Labor Settlement
In Science Monitor
Recent peaceful elections between the CIO and the
AFL in Bellingham was the subject of an article in the
Christian Science Monitor for March 25.
A resume of labor conditions for the past year was
given and the situation explained fully. "Because the
Bloedel Donovan plant is one* of the oldest and largest in
the state, and maintains this city's largest payroll, its clos­ing
and labor disputes have been of intense community in��terest"
was a statement revealing the importance of the
disagreement in this-community.
Interest in the agreement has been felt down the west
coast because it climaxes a series of events in other lumber
centers. Two prominent examples are the mills at Bend, #
Ore., and Westwood, Calif.
The peaceful settlement of this controversy between the
rival labor unions has brought wide attention to Belling­ham.
WWC Co-eds Homely;
Need Makeup—Texan
WWC women need pep, make-up, and don't seem to
care whether or not they ever get a date, according to a
letter received by the Collegian from Pat Daniels, editor
of the Daily Texan, student paper of the University of
Texas.
Writing in reply to a letter sent by the Collegian to him
commenting on the beautiful Texas women pictured in the
Texas university's annual, Daniels criticized pictures of
WWO women which he saw in the 1938 Klipsun.
Women Lack Life
". . . The girls, most of them, look like they don't give a
darn about having a • date, anyway," wrote Daniels. "In
other words, they don't show much life in the pictures.
They seem to need make-up, if I may be so rash as to say
that. Men like a little pep, and your girls seem to need
it."
June McKenzie Number One
Asked to pick the women most beautiful in his opinion,
as did the Collegian letter, Daniels named sixteen WWC
co-eds as "queens." "As Number 1, I would place McKen­zie,
the freshman. She has a beautiful face, nice-looking
eyes, and from all appearances, has a neat figure. Thank- •
fully, she can smile, and exhibits thereby nice teeth. I
can imagine that she is sweet but fickle, likes a good time,
but can be serious when the occasion warrants."
The Texas editor continued with doubts on his own abil­ity.
"I would absolutely refuse to make any more com-'
ments about any of the other girls, or rank them in order.
But these, to me, seem about the cream of the crop: H.
Cariyle, Reva Barr, Betty Shay, Rosemary Bolster, Bar­bara
Bowdish, Marian Clarke, Beverly Prederickson, Melba
Noonan, Marjorie Meyer, Catherine Hatch, Beatrice Arm­strong,
Jean Carver, Nona Dunn, Virginia Neurerberg, and
Marjorie Sonneland," Daniels continued, "and I know that
I've missed in several places. But, by the way, you did, too,
on some of your selections."
Daniels agreed with the Collegian letter which said that
Texas had many beautiful women, but said that the writer
was much more enthusiastic about them than are Texas
men, and explained that there are 7,000 men and only 3,000
women enrolled at Texas; He criticized the arrangement
of the class groups in the Klipsun, complaining that he
could tell very little about the people in the pictures
lis article, prepared by Sam Ford, has been writr
ten for the purpose of explaining to the students the West­ern
Washington College Book Store, and to give a com-vprehensive
review of the policies, history, and progress
of the organization since its beginning.)
WHYt CO-OP ORGANIZED
With the establishment of the college, students were
forced to buy through downtown stores, paper, books and materials needed in the courses. It
soon became apparent that it would be impossible to continue in this manner as these stores were
unable to supply the demand for the numerous books which teachers demanded of their classes.
Thus the desire to own and control the textbook situation arose. President Mathes of the
Bellngham State Normal school gave permission to a Mr. Wilson to organize and run such a
store that would provide students a means tq obtain textbooks. Books were bought and sold
to students through this organization.
Mr. Wilson was succeeded by C. C. Baughman who ran the store until 1927 when Mr.
Ford took over.
PROGRESS OF THE STORE
Among many things," such articles as clothing, candy, and of late, the new ski department
was added to the material and goods sold at the store. *
The greatest progress came with the establishment of national credit throughout the United
States. Through this organization students are assured of permanent assets upon which to draw.
This may be used in many ways; e. g., should the store wish to buy some football equipment,
it could order from a house which it had never done business with before. By belonging "to
this organization it is possible to have merchandise shipped without the establishment of a credit
NOTE: This fat the first of a series of editorial comments written
by student and^faculty on subjects and problems pertinent and in­teresting
to the students at large... While most of the articles win
be written by guest writers who have been asked to write on cer­tain
subjects, comments are welcomed by the Collegian from any
reader. If any prove worthy of type, they will appear in tins po­sition
in future issues of the Collegian.
rate beforehand.
WHAT TO EXPECT OF A CO-OP ^ ^ f
The Co-op should be a central place for students to
get together, to buy essentials for college courses and
living conditions, to return such books as can be returned,
and to receive back that which is justifiable to the store's
income.
This would result in a healthy Co-op, patronized by all students, which in turn would return
largest dividends in the form of book returns or other dividends. (Cash dividends according
to sales slips returned at the end of the quarter.)
It has not been the good fortune of the Co-op to secure a 100 per cent patronage due to the
fact that many students have been educated in their early days towards "chain store" move­ments
which, of course", mean that they buy from ten cent stores rather than from their own.
According to Mrr Ford, if a summary were taken they would find that they have profited very
little from such purchases and have lost much in the form of book returns.
The Book Store has a rather fixed operating cost arid the dividends above such costs go back
directly to the students in the form of book returns.
Mr. Ford'said in winding up the interview, "It has been my privilege in office to maintain a
two-thirds "buy back" scale for eleven years. Depresson came, and as a result, students
turned to the ten cent stores. The result was the droppng of returns to 50 per/cent, or one-half.
I am sincerely hoping that students will see the light and will make the Co-op their own
place to trade. In this way the store will become of greater advantage and profit to them.
"You have put nothing into the Co-op in the form of dollars for stock, but you have much
to gain from the Co-op by lending it your good will and patronage."
VOL. XXXVIII—NO. 25 WESTERN WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Friday, April 7, 1939
Inland Empire
Draws Many
WWC Faculty
Faculty members of WWC who
are attending the Inland Empire
meetings are: President C. H. Fish­er,
Dr. C. C. Upshall, and Miss
Elizabeth Hopper. Miss Mary E.
Rich, Miss Pearl Merriman, Miss
Wilma Trent, and Mr. Herbert
Ruckmick are attending the meet­ings
as representatives of the Cam­pus
elementary school. The latter
faculty members met with the fac­ulty
at the laboratory school in
Cheney before going on to Spokane.
The Progressive Education con­ference
that met in Portland this
week was attended by Dr. Paul
Grim, Miss Ruth Van Pelt, Miss
Emma Erickson, and Miss Elsie
Wendling of the Campus Elemen­tary
school.
Farm Expert
In Assembly
J. O. CHRIST//WSOAT
"Dealing in Futures," is the lec­ture
topic of Dr. John O. Christian-son,
superintendent of the depart­ment
of. agriculture, University of
Minnesota, who will speak in as­sembly
Tuesday, April I 1. Dr.
Christianson advocates a policy of
sane living and common sense for
all of America.
Born of Swedish parents on a
farm in South Dakota in 1898, his
early education was obtained in
public schools of that state after
which he attended the. University
of Minnesota. There he majored
in rural sociology, economics, his­tory,
and political science. He has
taught at his Alma Mater for eigh­teen
years and for the past nine
years has been head of agricultural
division. His ability to interpret the
future of agricultural problems in a
thrilling manner to the city dwell­er,
teacher, business and profes­sional
man, and farmer alike, is out­standing.
Dateli me
Friday, April 7—
7 p. m.—Scholarship society forum
meeting at Laxewood, Lela
Kaufman.
Saturday, April 8—
8:30 p. m.—Rec Hour, little gym.
Monday, April 10—
7:30 p. m.—Alkisiah meeting, Ed-ens
hall club room.
Tuesday, April 11—
11 a. m.—Assembly, Dr. John O.
Christianson, lecture.
7:30 p. m—Scepter and Shield,
Edens hall club room.
Thursday, April 13—
4 p. m.—YWCA, room 208.
Friday, April 14
11 a. m.—Assembly, Dr. Luther
Gable, lecturer on radium.
WA Delegates
Plan Trip
Four WAA delegates, Edith
Meenk, Margaret Greer, Lila Hart,
and Melba Mayhew, will attend
the national conference of the Amer­ican
Federation of College Women,
to be held at the University of Cali­fornia
at Berkeley on April 12, 13,
and 14.
A trip to the International Expo­sition
on Treasure Island will be in­cluded
on the delegates' tours, be­sides
a water pageant, a horse show,
a trip to the Mills college campus,
and a formal banquet, at which Mrs.
Herbert Hoover will be the principal
speaker. The members will also
attend panel discussions, committee
meetings, general sessions, lunch­eons,
teas, and participate in rec­reation.
Panel discussions will be held on
"Women's Athletic Standards and
Ways of Promoting These Standards
Among College Women," and "The
Responsibility of College Women in
Community Athletics and Recrea-ion."
A problem hour will be held
on one afternoon of the convention.
The WWC delegates were elected
at the genefal WAA meeting on
March 29. They will leave by train
Monday, to be gone a week.
College Co-eds
Choose Head
Edith Meenk was chosen WAA
president for the next year at the
election of officers last Wednesday,
March 29, in room 239.
Other officers elected were: gen-.-
_eral sports manager, Melba Mayhew;
vice-president, Shirley Shannon;
secretary, Dorothy Hubert; treasurer,
Julia Cole; usher chairman, Phyllis
Jenkins; and Associated Women
Students representative, Mildred
Twedt.
These people, who will attend cab­inet
meetings this spring in an un­official
capacity, will take office
next fall. The* election was held
early this quarter so that the new
president might be sent to the
American Federation of College
Women's convention, being held in
Berkeley, California, next week.
Dance Instruction
To Continue
Free dancing instruction, never
before offered for two consecutive
quarters, will continue for the third
term this year.
"The class has been quite suc­cessful
and we want it to continue,"
said Don Bell, who with Elsie Carl­son,
instructs the class.
/Rabbit Hop' Dance
Held by Juniors
Featuring an Easter theme and
possibiltiies for a "Rabbit Hop,"
plans were completed by the Junior
class for their spring dance to be held
this Saturday night in the campus
school gym from the hours 8:30 to
11:30.
Jay Curtis Will Play
Dale Courtney, president of the
class, would give out no details as to
special decorations or floor show
during the dance. "Announce to the
student body that we are planning a.
good time for all who attend," said
Courtney, "and all we ask is that,
each student present his student
body card at the door and come
ready to join in the fun." *
Quartet
Did Not
Walk Out
But Completed
Program
Stradivarius Quartet Accusation
Refuted by Wolfinsohn
Musician States That Program Completion
Accounts for Quartets' Departure; Not Deliberate
As Suggested by Statement in Bellingham Herald
Stradavarius Quartet
Engineer Undermines Campus;
Rubber Tennis Courts
Club Informal
Postponed
Postponed because of the coming
initiation dinner for new members,
the W club has set the date of their
annual Spring Informal ahead from
April 8 until May 1 3 . .
This announcement came at the
recent meeting of the club at which
the members decided that because
of the difficulty of planning such
an important affair so soon after
the spring vacation and the dinner,
it would be better for the students
if such a postponement took place.
Harold Nelson, president, an­nounced
the dance would be held at
the Chuckanut Shell but that no or­chestra
had definitely been engag­ed.
"Make a special announcement
though the Collegian about the W
club initiation banquet to be held
Thursday, April 13th, at the New
Strand Cafe," Nelson asked. "This
is something new and we hope to
make it an annual affair. Instead
of the usual torture initiation which
has been the custom during the
spring, the club feels that by this
get-together of old and new mem­bers
in such a function much more
of value will result."
The club members will pay for
then: own meals. The dinner is not
compulsory but every old and new
member is asked to attend and
checkup will be made at the dinner
of those present.
Students Organize
Quartet Here
On their own initiative, four music
lovers have organized a string quar­tet
at WWC. "These students," Mr. •
Bushell, music director, said, "have
done this all by themselves. They
told me that they can't get enough
music. They are really doing very
well."
The four students concerned are:
Marion Peters, first violin; Floyd
Witherow, second violin; Leslie
Hampton, viola; and Gene Olm-stead,
cello.
Wolfe Wolfinsohn's Stradivarius String Quartet did not walk out on
Tuesday's student assembly at WWC, according to a statement sent to the
Bellingham Herald late Tuesday by Mr. Wolfinsohn, director and first vio­linist
of the group. «
The statement, which was to cor­rect
a front page story in the Bel-,
lingham Herald about assembly
conduct at WWC, is printed below:
April 4
To the Editor of the Bellingham
Herald:
Dear Sir:-
I wish to draw attention to an er­roneous
statement which appeared
in this evening's paper. The Stradi­varius
quartet did not walk out on
the assembly this morning-—we com­pleted
our program in accordance
with our schedule.
Yours truly,
;;:".., ;,,,„ .WO|JPE,_WOPINSOHN.
Headlined "Quartet Walks Out on
Assembly," the newspaper article
condemned WWC's assembly eti­quette,
and said that because of a
noisy, inattentive audience, the as­sembly
artists left the stage unex­pectedly
and refused to return to
complete their program.
No Definite Program Arranged ,
Because the quartet wished to
play an informal recital, no definite
program was printed. Arrangements
were made by Nils Boson of the
music department for the artists to
play for approximately forty min­utes.
They played for thirty-five »
minutes, left the stage, and returned
to acknowledge the applause of the
students. President C. H. Fisher
then announced to the students that
the assembly was over.
Noisy Audience
The influx of adult guests
after the program had started and
the resulting exchanging of seats to
seat the outsiders in the packed
auditorium made considerable noise >
which disturbed the conductor and
prompted him to ask for quiet at
the end of the first number. Por­tions
of the student audience were
inattentive and .the crying of a
small child brought by a guest,
coupled with the inattention, cre­ated
a situation which bothered the
conductor.
Fisher Reached at Station
President Fisher was reached by
telephone at the railroad station just
before he left the city for Spokane
Tuesday evening and told about the
Herald article, which he had not
seen. He called it to the attention
of Mr. Wolfinsohn, who, with the
other members of the quartet were
leaving for Portland on the same
train. Mr. Wolfinsohn said that the
article was not true and hastily
wrote the above note to the editor
of the local paper.
The quartet played to several
smaller groups on both days they
were here and was pleased with
the 'attitude of the students. Mr.
Wolfinsohn stated to Mr. Boson that
they had not played in such a
pleasant atmosphere as they had on
Monday evening before an audience
of the faculty and friends and in­vited
parents who have children in
the Campus training school.
"No, Joe, those stakes driven all
over the campus are not part of a
WPA Chinese Checker game. Each
stake represents one of 247 pop-up
sprinkler heads." According to
President Fisher, the new sprink­ler
system to be finished within two
weeks will guarantee a green cam­pus
all summer. The old system
was worn out and inadequate.
One hundred large and about 150
small sprinklers, with radii of 105,
52, 35 and 21 feet, will be handled
"by twenty valves; dividing the camp­us,
from in front of Edens hall to
the back of the library, into twenty
sections. Each section will be un­derground,
fully automatic and the
campus may be watered a section at
a time or the entire campus at one
operation.
The Western Golf Course Supply
company of Portland and Seattle is.
installing the system. Their engin­eer
is supervising the work now.
Tennis Courts: No Glare, No Bumps
Behind the gym, tennis courts,
two of which are expected to be fin-*"
ished in a month, are to be built of
a material that has great resilience.
Players may pound flat feet with
greater safety than they now do on
the inflexible concrete courts.
When finished, the courts, dark
brown in color, will have no glare
and will be. soothing to the eyes.
President Fisher, who has inspected
courts all over the country, says
courts made of this.material are the
best to be found in the West.
Iian Radio
Continued by KVOS
"Tomorrow's News Today" is the
slogan of the Collegian's news serv­ice
oyer KVOS this quarter.
Evan Hill, Doug Lince, Marylou
Plumb, Jean Weber,, and Bill Tif­fany
composed the staff for the op­ening
broadcast of the quarter yes­terday
at 3:45 p. m., which is to be
the regular time of the service.
Changes or additions may be made
in the radio force later.
New Deal Exchange
To Operate Again
Audrey Smith, of Wenatchee, for­mer
WWC student, is the new acting
partner of Dale Ingalls, founder of
the New Deal Book Exchange.
"We are very pleased > i th results
and plan to open again next quar­ter,"
smiled Miss Smith, ingalls has
enrolled at the University of Wash­ington
and will major in business
administration.
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