WWCollegian - 1939 February 3

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Page Robert Rlipl^! AH records^ at WWC haw
been shattered. Never before in the history of this col­lege
have the men butnumbered the wom­en
at a rec hour. Yes, it's true! At
the Junor-Sknior party last week every­one
was visibly astonished to see that
there were about fifty extra men that no­body
seemed to know what to do with.
It was paradise for the ladies present.
All available gals were snatched up so
fast in-between dances that.it made your
head swim. It just went to prove the
old adage about he who hesitates being
lost. Highlight of the affair occurred
when Ed Landon was carried out. Some­body
was heard to remark, "Oh, well anything for a
change!" —
DIFFICULTY
Asr you may or. may not have noticed, this column has
outdone the paper in the number of times-it has had its
name changed. Last week we thought we had the answer
in the elegant handle. "This Week," but just as we were
settling back in our easy chair, overcome with the exertion
of thinking it up, some killjoy blandly informed us that
the name was out. It would seem that a certain gentle­man
by the name of Damon Runyan, who is an insignifi­cant
columnist working for the Hearst papers, has the self­same
title on his-syndicated column, and what is more, he
had had the foresight to have it copyrighted. So here we
go again. And that reminds us that we have been re­quested
to announce that the We Girls club will meet next
Thursday in the Edens hall club room to take up the ques­tion:
What did Nelson Eddy see in that woman?
RESOLUTIONS .
Now is as good a time as any to remind you of all those
good resolutions that you made not so long ago, in fact
just a little more than a month ago. The theme song
of the resolutions should be "Have You Forgotten So
Soon?" We sure have. Remember that one about two
hours of uninterrupted study each night?. Remember that
one about putting a nickje in our bank every day? Re­member
that one about being late to classes, and that one
about being in bed by 10 o'clock? And speaking of
songs, we have just composed a new one that ought to take
the country by storm. It is called , "You Never Should
Have Done What You Did If You Did Mean to Do
What I Thought You Were Going to Do." The only
trouble that we have had so far is that we can't think of a
tune.
Safe Skiing Program
Planned By Patrol
"Prevention of accidents, rather than treatment of in­juries
is our aim," said Hank Reasoner, secretary-treasurer
of the Ski Patrol, last week at the regular ski patrol meet­ing.
^Numerous-safety,measures -.were,discussecl_lwo, o£
importance being the use of triangular orange flags to
designate dangerous slopes and obstructions and the im­portance
of replacing divots, sitzmarks, and bathtubs. The
last was considered most important by all the members or
the patrol. A skier is in very great danger of a serious
fall when he runs into snow pock-marked by the careless­ness
of thoughtless skiers. The proper procedure to be
followed in case of an accident was outlined by Ted
Young, vice president, as follows:
"If one of your party is injured go yourself to the near­est
patrolman. If it is more convenient to go to the lodge,
go there and report to the patrolman who will be on duty
at the lodge at all times. If you yourself are injured, stop
the first skier and have him contact the nearest patrol­man.
At least seven patrolmen will be on duty each week.
The patrolmen are distinguished by an orange shield
worn on the upper part of the left arm. A more distinc­tive
identification will probably be used later, consisting of
triangular orange pennants affixed to the ski poles of the
patrolmen.' •
The ski patrol movement was founded in the Lake
Placid region several years ago. Prom the beginning, the
idea was received with great favor and acclaim by ski
instructors and mountaineers who were well acquainted
with the dangers peculiar to skiing and. realized the need
for safer skiing conditions. The rapid growth of skiing as
a sport was equalled by the growth of ski patrols upon
practically all the major skiing areas in the United States,
m the past, the injuries were handled by the lodge person­nel
and the foresty service. Both factions were soon
swamped and the need for a patrol on Mount Baker was
demonstrated. In the few "short weeks since the patrol has
been organized, they have trained several members in com,-
plete first aid instruction, put on a dance, raised money
for supplies, first aid equipment, and sleeping bags, heat
pads, etc. They have also engineered transportation, lodg­ing,
cheaper meals, ski instruction, and recognition shields
for the patrolmen.
Colored Movies Tonight
• Your Student-Body Tickets Will Admit You
To the Pictures Shown by H. C. Ruckmick.
•.Scenes of Modern Mexico Will Be Shown
. '' .--. . See This Page
Ski Patrol Protects Skiers
Four Students of WWC Are On the Local
Mount Baker Ski Patrol . . . See This Page
Rangers Were Monday
Coach "Diamond Joe" Paglias* Boys to Dig Deep
Into Bag Full of Tricks to Amuse Local
Hoop-fans, Monday Nite—See Sports Page
Barn Dance Tomorrow
Klipsun Will Sponsor Annual Barn Dance;
Will Feature Genuine '-Jitterbug" Dances;;
From Away Backv. : See This Pijge
VOL. XXXVIII—NO, 17 WESTERN WASHINGTON COLLEGE^ Friday; February;:J£$9&&1
GPS C h ^ r a t^
Making their ninth tour of the northwestern states, the CPS Adelphian
Choral society, under the direction of John Paul Bennett, gave a concert at
the Garden Street Methodist church last Sunday-.evening. The perform­ance
was well attended; many in the audience were WWCE students. One
of trie students who attended stated, "On the whole they gave a good per­formance."
,
This choir will sing at the Northwest Music Teachers Institute in Tacoma
on April 1. WWCE a capella choir will also sing there on that date.
BlueTriangleTo
Hold Show
"An Old-Fashioned Movie" is
the theme of the Blue Triangle's
-winter-" show -which is- to- be held in-the
auditorium the evening of Feb­ruary
28. A popular comic strip
character, Ella Cinders, is to be
presented with the starring role
played by Colleen Moore. "tyie
picture was filmed in the 1920's.
Usherettes will follow the theme by
wearing costumes to represent Ella
Cinders. As an added feature dur­ing
the evening, a door prize will be
given away.
Myrtle Qribb is general chairman,
assisted by Carol Rosensweig and
Ruth Marie Greely. The only com­mittee
chosen as yet is the publicity
committee headed by Barbara
Boothe.
The price will be sixteen cents,
including tax.
Club Representatives
To Vote Feb. 7
That two representatives from
each club will be chosen to attend
the nomination convention Febru­ary
7 was mentioned by James Kemp
president of the Inter-Club council
at the meeting last Tuesday. -
The nomination convention will
vote for three people to fill the va­cancies
on the Board of Control.
Two of the three vacancies are to
be filled by a faculty member and
a woman student. The other posi­tion
may be held by either a wom­an
or a man student.
The Inter-Club council discussed
the desirability of changing the
meeting day, but no decision was
reached.
Class Party Makes
School History
Startling example of the new col­legiate
spirit at the Western Wash­ington
college was shown last Sat­urday
night at the Junior-Senior"
dance.
. "The party was a success," said
Helen Boothe, chairman. "However
twenty-seven men languished in the
stag line while the wall flowers were
nil." It marked a new era for the
college whose initial male popula­tion
in 1898 numbered only two.
The Junior-Senior dance has set
a new, precedent which has Only
been equaled by a summer rec hour
which boasted an even number of
males for the same quota of females.
Music Programs
Coming Soon
Bushell Compliments Trio
On Their Fine Attitude
Toward, Audience
• The Seattle Symphony Woodwind
Trio will entertain high school stu­dents
and students of WWC in as­sembly,
Friday, February 10. For
this reason the regular students' as­sembly
will be held Tuesday, Feb­ruary
7. The .Trio consists of Frank
Horsfall, wrioisthe first flutist in
the Seaatle Symphony orchestra;
Whitney Tustin who is the most.
brilliant oboe player in this country,
also teaches in the Lakeside school
for boys in Seattle and will solo with
the Seattle Symphony orchestra
March 10; Ronald Phillips who plays
the solo clarinet with the Seattle
Symphony. Gladys Bizeau Phil­lips
will play the piano as assisting
artist.
Broadcasts Give
Opportunities
.Under the sponsorship of station
KVOS the WWC Collegian
broadcasts every Thursday after­noon
from 3:45 to 4 o'clock.
Besides teaching the writing of
radio continuity station KVOS of­ficials
are searching for owners of
pleasing voices and personalities
who might be interested in making
radio their profession. .
New voices are tested each week
to,read from the galleys until satis­factory
sties are found to report
straight hews, sports, and society.
As yeV only two permanent, staff
members have been chosen.
When asked their opinions on this
new venture of the Collegian
many of the "faculty and students
were disappointed that they were
unable to hear the broadcast be­cause
of the inconvenience of the
time. •'
Metal Lathe
Purchased
t
For the first time last week, the.
South Bend metal working lathe,,
purchased last spring by the in­dustrial
arts department, was used
on a school job: The school engi­neering
; department used it to face
eighteen discs of hard rubber to fit
into steam pipes. The "facings'
used to be machined at a regular
shop at the cost of 15c per cut;
the job saved the school $2.70.
The purpose of the lathe is to
furnish fittings for the school pro­jects
which the campus school uses
in its shop-work classes. . The cam­pus
school classes in electricity for
instance, make electric soldering
irons. Some of the "crude" parts
making these irons are roughed out
on this lathe. It therefore makes
possible certain projects for eighth
and ninth grades which would oth­erwise
"be so costly.
Mr. Ruckmick says, "This could
be only the beginning of many such
jobs that, can be done for the
benefit of the school."
Ruckmick Film
To Be Seen
Colored movies of Mexico will be
shown this evening at 8 o'clock by
Herbert C. Ruckmick, photography
instructor, in the college auditorium.
Ruckmick will personally make ex­planations
and tell of his trip.
These pictures are of the interior
of Mexico and the life of the Mexi­can,
portraying his quaint and in­teresting
customs. Several hundred
feet of film showing the Pueblo and
Navajo Indian tribes was taken in
Southwestern United States. In ad­dition
to the movies there will be a
number of colored slides which were
taken on the trip. .^ ~
Students will be admitted upon
presentation of their student tickets.
Braxton Eddy Describes Only
Insect Zoo In America
"A graphic endeavor to portray
insects and animals that feed, upon
themi'' So^Brayton Eddy, scientist
and lecturer, describes his insect zoo,
the only one of its kind in America.
The collection, at Providence, R.
I., has over 600 insects, destruc­tive
and beneficial. Open to the
public,: each summer it has jieen
yieWed by seyeral hundred thousand
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Nearly all the insects in the zoo
are native; Jo Rhode Island; all have
an effect oh the people of that state.
Already in constant demand for na­ture
study by the schools, the ^^^
iectibir^
the farmers on insect identification
and purposes.
Eddy, who lectured on the subject,
"What Good Are Bisects?" in assem­bly
Tuesday, makes' his home in
Providence, R. I. Receiving a de­gree
of Ph.B." from Brown univer­sity
at the age of 20, he has since
studied at Cornell university and
the Cold Spring Harbor biological
laboratory. •••/.•^'"./•>'.:'l/./..-;V'r..: :;'V-'
Prominent as an author as weil as
a lecturer and naturalist, Brayton
Eddy ;'has written nxuneroiw playsV
; and /novels: S^ts; children'^ books,
and books on insects are among his
works as well as occasional maga­zine
articles and stories. ' ;• ;^. -St.
Hill Billy Swing
Klipsun Motif
Prizes Will Be Awarded
For Seediest Costumes;
Gym Decorated As Barn
With a barn dance theme, the
Klipsun staff is sponsoring tomor­row's
dance from 8 until 11 in the
training school gym.
There will be prizes for the best
costumes representing the seediest
farmer and farmerette. "Original­ity,
appropriateness, and the bam
yard characterizations," the costume
represents will all be taken into con­sideration
in the judging,' announc­ed
Helen Cory, prize chairman. She
went on to state* "Anyone coming
without costume may feel very
much out of place." Door prizes are
also to be awarded.
Al Biggs, gym decoration chair­man,
has been working on plans to
haye the refreshment bar, orchestra
pit, and faculty section in appropri­ate
barnyard setting. Plans are to
have Mrs. Ruth Burnet* Miss Anna
UHin, and Dr. and Mrs. Arthur C.
Hicks, who are scheduled to be the
faculty sponsors, .sit in a hay wagon
during the dance.
Jay Curtis is bringing his orches­tra
costumed to match the occasion.
The dance nurbers they: are to play
consist of waltzes, polkas,,two-steps,
rye waltzes, tuxedos, and schottisch-es.
"Dances will, however, not be so
extreme students will find difficul­ty
dancing them," explained Wanda
Barci, publicity chairman. A novel
floor show has been planned for
intermission.
Prexy Speaks
Luttchiedn
Fisher Answers Kaigler
On Charge of Radicalism
At Washington Club Today
: President C.H., Fisher, will an­swer
at the Washington club lunch­eon
today charges of radicalism in
the college and other accusations
made by William Kaigler, chairman
of the American Legion American­ism
program, at the club meeting
last week.
Luncheon Sponsored
By Foreign dub-
Initiation exercises were held-
Wednesday night at 7:3a ;ih; the
Edens hall ciubrcom by the Intier-national
Relation* cluo. V^e mem­bers,
old and new; engagedTh games!
discussion, and eating. Attention
was called to the 9 o'clock, closing
hour and the r matotenancegof the
bulletin board news sWv^w? ^ :^
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New College Threatened;
Petition May Prevent
Closing of Vital School
In an effort to keep open the
doors of New^college, part of thfe
Teachers College of Columbia imi-:
yersity, a petition is being circulated
among members of the faculty.
Since New college is conceded to
be an outstanding school for the
preparation of teachers, its future is
of vital interest to all American edu­cators.
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Despite the acclaim heaped upon
the school by college authorities, Co­lumbia
officials have decided to
close New college, stating that they
lack finances to continue operation^
The petition, sent to Presideht Fish­er
last week, asks for the support (if
the WWC faculty in a cooperative
plea from teachers colleges all over
the country for the continuance of
the school.
Touring abroad and working-on
farms, and in industrial districts are
all a part of the modern teacher's
training course at New college. The
prospective teachers hot only study
in collegiate centers, but they spend
a good deal of time studying the
workaday life abroad.
Training- Social
In the opinion of many school of-ficials
the average American student
is being prepared too much for col­lege
and not enough for citizenship.
Fulfilling this need and the need
expressed by President Fisher in
assembly last week, New college en­deavors
to prepare teachers who
will be qualified for leadership in
solving ' the social problems con-,
fronting the democracies today,,; .
The petition summarizes the pur­pose
of the college briefly: "New
college has consistently planned a
program which provides intimateac-
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everyday-life of home, school and
marketplace."
Valkyrie ShoWs
Fine Spirit
Soukup Praises Their
Good Support at Game;
Norsemen Save Section
"I was more pleased than surpris­ed
at the activity of. the Valkyrie
girls at the University of Mexico
basketball game. My only hope
is that the peppy spirit will prevail
throughout the year," said Clarence
Soukup, ex-Viking editor, who has
in the past been one of the most
forceful critics of the club.
The Norsemen are co-operating
with the Valkyries by roping off a
part of the bleachers for them at
the games so that they may turn
out en masse and present a solid
rooting section. In this way they
hope to be a stimulus to the student
body and induce more enthusiasm
at the games. •
The band's snappy uniforms and
stirring music, the Norsemen's blue
and white rooting caps, anaV'tne
Valkyrie girls' blue sweaters, lend a
colorful, and spectacular atmosphere
to WWC's athletic contests.
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Horizcwi
Friday, February 3
8' p. 'nv—Scholarship society meet­ing;
701 garden street. -\ • -
Saturday, February 4
8 p> in.—Klipsun bam dance,
• training-school gym. ^.,:
, Basketball — Seattle oollege vs.
WWC, there. _ ,;•" ::^^\^\
Sunday, February 5,/.-'
7:15 a. m.-WAA ski "trip,froiit of
:••'' Edens hall. . ^ ":::'v^:;;;v'
; Monday, February 6
4 p. m.—Valkyrie meeting, room
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7:30 p. m.—Vanadis Bragi, Edens
hall club room^ f
8 p. m.—Basketball, St. Martins
:••': .vs.. WWC, new gym.. ;•_ '••''. H^
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