WWCollegian - 1939 November 3

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Philbert J. Grimch was born of poor
parents who eked a meagre existence from
':^jee';very^qctioe:piyw;dls.:.He Was reared
amulst the squalor and strife that accpm-
'•; ponies poverty. At •'^i$c;^::;l4'-Ae.'|*«1^:
to I work. He later became so enamored
With the boss'daughter that he. married'
[her and now is vice president of Schumfels
Drop Forge & Steel company. He has
never heard of WWC, (I had the wrong
Philberl; I don't know what I was think­ing
of!} •...-,..•
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SADIE HAWKINS DAI?
It is an age-old custom for the girls to reverse the usual proced­ure
of courtship and propose once every four years. Now along
comes SadieHawkins, a figment of Al Capp's imagination, who
would change all that and have one day a year set aside for this
feminine domination. AlCapp is the creator of the L'U Abner
comic strip. This "fad" is sweeping the country like wMffce.
Philadelphia is celebrating their Sadie Hawkins day, November
17, and the festivities are to be broadcast over the NBC radio net­work.
'• v'.. % *' •
I think that it is high time we had some "innovation" such as
this; what do you think, you big ragged males? (Excuse me, boys,
that was a mistake, I meant rugged.) '
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ERUDITE VACUITIES
The world-wide city, limits of Los Angeles are to extend to the
Belgian Congo—an American-maintained leper colony will bear
the name Los Angeles. . .' . Dean of Men McGee went fishing Tues­day
and snagged several blind salmon that were floundering about.
It is reported that woman has a cleaner mind than man—she
ought to, she changes it enough. . . . Our words of wisdom for the
week! quote, '?Two-thirds of promotion is motion."
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A CONFESSION '
After reading through this column I sometimes wonder why I
don't go craiy. Maybe I am crazy. Then I wonder why I don't
get sane. Anyway I wonder why. What's that on your sweater?
-^—Hove You Read Philbert's Phoolosophy?
Dynamic Erika Mann Fortells
Defeat Of Germans
By §hirlee Cratsenberg
Of such stuff as those who build kingdoms and revolutionize
worlds, is dynamic Erika Mann, who crusaded for democracy at
WWC Tuesday.
Dark-eyes glowing with the spirit of the freedom for which she
is fighting, Miss Mann reaffirmed in personal interview her belief
that Germany can only, lose the war it has begun.
She does not travel and lecture to antagonize the American
populace. "Oh, no," says she, "I believe the country is well
aware of Hitler and his dangers; I lecture that I may present the
facts behind the Hitler regime, that the citizens of die United
States may discern for themselves the appearance of Fascism in
. their country and combat it! Fascism," she stated, "is indicated
when such things as the "Ham and Eggs" plan, now current in
California; arise! '
Talking smoothly, but forever restless with her slender hands.
Miss Mann spoke keenly of the young people in Germany. In
the youth of our age she believes the salvation of Germany lies, for
'tis they who, becoming bored by the monotonous repetition of am­biguous
knowledge, will make the break. Youth, she intimates,
will "have it out" with Hitler.
Privately, she worries about Stalin. It is not for Hitler that
he works* she is certain, but she believes that Russia's assistance to
Germany is dangerous.
Miss Mann spoke briefly of the book she is now writing. It
concerns the average German people, and probably will be en­titled
either "Lights Go Down" or "Middleton, Nazi Version."
Her father has just completed a hovel on Goethe.
Comprehensible to everyone, the intense Miss Mann displayed
few of the "genius" characteristics so often expected of such as
she; her manner of presentation was factual, her ideas were clear,
and her personality was penetrating and straight-forward.
—^Get a Hold on Yourself. Nob Philbert-
Tennist Budge Pays Visit
By Paul Glenn
Donald Budge, of world-wide tennis fame, visited Bellingham
for five days, last Week. The purpose of his trip was to see the
scenery hereabouts, which consisted mainly of a fortunate member
of bur student body, Patricia Donovan.
A very interesting description of Budge was given by Miss
Donovan who said, "Six feet, two inches . . .weight, 180 pounds
. . . the most gorgeous and intoxicating wavy red hair . . . a swell
dancer." She gushed on and on with a dreamy look on her
face until she was brought back to earth with another question.
Budge is a very modest person and one would never know that
he is the tennis world's perfect man. He played several sets of
tennis in Seattle with Hank Pruso^f and then paired up .with him
and played some doubles with Dick Bennett and Mel Dranga.
He plays the drums and is crazy about swing. New York will
be his winter home where he will work with the Wilson Sporting
Goods company, after he has taken his country-wide drive in his
' 3 9 Lincoln Zephyr. While in N e w York he plans to take piano
under Joe Sullivan so that his swing technique can be improved.
He spoke little about tennis unless he was asked; and he was not
sure whether or not he would go on a professional tennis tour
/ o f the country next summer. He is truly modest for so great a
personage.
— G e t a Hold on Yourself. Nob Philberr
Guild Cuts Student Rate
By Guild Reporter
Offering the students of WWC an excellent opportunity to
see good drama at popular prices, the Bellingham Theater
Guild Wednesday anonunced a special student rate of twenty-five
tents plus tax for future performance of six-night runs. First
chance for. students to use this new rate will come on successive
week-end productions of the popular "Accent on Youth," on
November 16i 17, and 18 and repeated on November 23, 24,
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••;'', Starringthe perennial guild favorite, G. Bernard Chichester,
veteran of innumerable playhouse hits, Samson Raphaelson's "Ac­cent
on Youthr' will present a sterling cast in what should be one of
the JiigMig^
Exceptionally reasonable royalty quotations have made possible
.: i the extended six showings of the present offering. Provided such
economical r o y a^
HiclU, of the English department and president of
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CHUCK SUDDUTH
Bandsmen Plan
Gala Evening
Promising one of the most gala
informals of informal history for
WWC socialites, the Bandsmen are
rapidly completing decorations and
program highlights for their annual
informal this evening in the Crystal
ballroom, Hotel Loepold.
Procrastinating males who have
not as yet secured their ticket and
program are advised by the dancing
musicians that time still remains to
do so. They may be obtained any
time J h i s afternoon from the blue-uniformed
salesmen in the main
hall. As a last resort, ducats may
be secured at the door tonight.
Music will be furnished by Chuck
Sudduth, rising young orchestra
leader, who presents his orchestra
in their debut before WWC social
circles tonight. Sudduth's smooth
seven-man band features seventeen
instruments that combines to form
a varied program of swaying swing.
-There's o Nut Loose-
Ma and Pa Set
Tea Invites
Invitations were sent this week to
the parents of all incoming fresh­men
for the Parents' day tea, to be
held at the college November 19.
The program will start at 2:00 p.
m. in the library, where the parents
will meet the faculty members who
teach freshman subjects. Follow­ing
this period, there will be a musi­cal
program by the a cappella choir
directed by Nils Boson, and an ad­dress
by President W. W. Haggard.
The program in the library will be
followed by a tour of the campus,
conducted by freshmen hosts. Con-^
eluding the afternoon event will be
a reception and tea in the Edens
hall Blue room, where Miss Hazel
Plympton and Dr. C. C. Upshall will
head the receiving line at the r e ­ception.
The committee in charge of the
event are: Dr. Merle Kuder, chair­man;
Miss Florence Johnson, Dean
Loye McGee, Miss Hazel Plympton,
Mrs. Ruth Burnet, Dr. Arthur Hicks,
Miss Mary Rich, and Don Bushell.
Philbert's a 'Loose' Nut
Bureau Announces 84.3 Percent
Of Lost Year's Graduates
Are Working; Many Teach
Figures released T>y the appoint­ment
bureau, Wednesday, revealed
that the college has succeeded in
placing 72.9 per cent of the grad­uates
applying for teaching posi­tions
at the close of. last term. Of
the graduates, both three-year and
degrees, 84.3 per cent are teach­ing,
attending school, or working
in occupations other than teaching.
Three hundred six students re­ceived
diplomas this year. Of these:
208 are in teaching positions; 25 are
attending school to secure a degree;
21 had other plans and were not in­terested
in teaching. Of the 177
students who applied: for, place­ment,
the appointment bureau: has
placed 129.
Primary Demand Greatest
Miss Elizabeth M. Hopper of the
bureau further' revealed that the
demand for teachers was largest in
the primary field. Of the 255 po­sitions
reported to Miss Hopper's
office, 98 were in the primary de­partment,
61 in the intermediate,
and 56 in the upper grades and
junior high school division! The
other positions were" in rural, ad­ministration,
and other depart­ments.
Jobs Scattered
In order, the positions open were
most numerous in King, Grays Har­bor,
and Snohomish counties.: Ten
were reported from Alaska, and
three came from Oregon and Mon­tana.
Of the thirteen out of state
positions reported, WWC filled one
in Alaska.
There was a marked preference
among future employers for stu­dents
with special music ability.
A half of the positions open for
men required students capable of
playground' supervision"or grade
school, even high school athletic
coaching.
—What's the Gag——
Outstanding Prints
For Exhibit
A collection of fifty outstanding
prints has been selected by Otto
Torrington, of Kennedy & Company,
New York, a distinguished firm deal­ing
with prints, for the Museum of
Arts exhibit at WWC to be opened
Friday evening, November 10. This
collection includes etchings, litho­graphs,
and line engravings. All
these prints are also included in the
1 New York fair exhibit.
Some of the well known artists
whose works will be represented in
the exhibit are: John Taylor Arms,
' who has his most recent prints in
- .this exhibit; Frank W. Benson, well
known for his hunting pictures; and
a Washington artist, Thomas Hand-forth,
of Tacoma, Other well-known
artists represented are: Ely
Kerr, Gordon Grant, Ernst Roth,
Stow Wengroth, and Martin Lew.
-a^j-There's a Nut Loose——
Building Committee
Gets Started
The student union committee met
Tuesday to discuss questions regard­ing
finance, supervision, and loca­tion
of the proposed student union
building. The committee, consisting
of Coral Harris, Dorothy Schaus,
Stan Lapinski, and Dale Courtney,
met in the Dean of Men's office with
Dean Loye A. McGee.
Also at the meeting were Bill Rid-der
and Stewart McLeod, of the Col­legian
staff; who were asked to give
additional ideas., The joint group
appointed sub-committees to seek
advice from local business men and
thus benefit from their experience.
• .v —^-What's the Gag——
Kuder Takes Over
College Problems
Dr. Merle Kuder, registrar, has
taken over .the College; Problems-classes
this week for t h e balance of
the quarter. Dean Loye; McGee and'
Dean Florence Johnson ^
pleted their part of the course c o it
cerning social standards. (
Dr. Kuder will stress career plan­ning
and the?choi^
Students wUl :fill out ^voca^ie^-to:-
teJcest blanks! wWch are s ^
Stanford universityto be scored^ ^
Dr: Paul Wooth*jng-will; ctmtiriu^
with the^ classes one^datf ifcyeek. oil
study; h a ^ J a ^ adjustanen^
Board Members
Nominated
Members of the WWC Board of
Control were nominated Tuesday,
October 31, by the nominating, con­vention,
composed of two delegates
from each club in the college. Re­sults
are as follows: Four-quarter
representative, man or woman, Al
Biggs, Jim Junkin, Alick Mitchell;
four-quarter representative, woman,
Jacqueline Griffith, Shirley Shan­non,
Jean Christopher; one-quarter
representative, woman, Jo Jeffers,
Maxine Balch, Francelia Smitti.
At the student election to be held
next Wednesday, November 8, three
members will be elected to the board
from the above nominees. All stu­dents
arei; requested to cast their
votes at this time.
- ^ P h i l b j e i t f s a^
Publication Board
Parleys on Plan
Questions concerning pictorial ad­vertising
in the ^
brought up at.the Board of P^bUca-tibns
n ^ t i i ^ in
room 205 ^
er of the^eM-i^
Miss Daley said that she would re­port
student opinionbefore the next
meeting to ascertain if advertising
is- walnted>by!s
cof^advertateemtt^
something new and is being used
Hawaii calls you to the AWS in-/,
formal, November 11, not at Bali
Bali, but in the Crystal ballroom in
the Leopold hotel from 9 to 12
o'clock. Dance to the strains of lilt-
*'ing Hawaiian love songs under the
swinging sway of the native palm
trees. •••-•'
Faculty guests invited to be pat­rons
and patronesses at the affair
are Dr. and Mrs. W- W. Haggard,
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Brewer, Miss
Virginia Hawk, Henry E. Ctolerrian,'
Miss Florence Johnson, and Miss /
Linda Countryman.
If a girl signs her name on the
permanent' list, she has the privil­ege
of taking it off before 4:00
o'clock, Wednesday, November 8, but
if she neglects to.do so she will be
responsible for one ticket;. Corsages
are in order! v
— W h a t ' s the G a g—
Wom^priiing Heads l^a^
Gala Plans For 18th
Young A^ipliriist
Here *Tw
Father Put Bow in Hand at 5;
Likes Glenn Miller's Swing;.
Supt. Shangle to Talk Friday
Fritz Siegal, who at 22 years is the
concert master of the Seattle Sym­phony
orchestra, will present a vio­lin
program on Tuesday, November
7. . , . - , , . . , ••
. Siegal is the son of a Bohemian
mother and a Russian violinist who
found sausage manufacturing more
profitable than music when he came
to America.
Heralded as a young concert.mas­ter
with an "amazing" repertoire of
classical music, Siegal, a native of
Vienna,' in what used to be Austria,
likes swing. His idea of a good
"gate" is Glenn Miller, who suc­ceeded
Artie Shaw in his affections
about a year ago. Time was when
Siegal had an ambition to direct a
swing band of his own, and really
"jive" for relaxation, but he gave up
that ambition.
.At only 19 Siegal was concert mas­ter
for the Illinois Symphony or­chestra.
He also was concert mas­ter
for the Chicago Civic orchestra,
and for the past year has been staff
violinist for the National Broadcast­ing
company in Chicago.
Siegal learned what he knows
from but two teachers other than
his father, who put a bow in the
boy's band when he was five.
As next week is American Educa­tion
week, C. Payne Shangle, super­intendent
of the Bellingham public
schools, will be the main speaker at
the'assembly Friday, November 10.
The a cappella choir, directed by
Nils -Boson, will present a musical
program. Victor H. Hoppe will pre­side.
Philbert's a 'Loose' Nut——
Faculty Journeys
To Ellensburg
Attending the dedication service
of the new CWC training school at
Ellensburg, tonight, will be twenty
members of the WWC faculty. Prin­cipal
speaker, scheduled . for the
event, is Governor Clarence D. Mar­tin.
President Haggard will carry
greetings from WWC. I
A session of classes demonstrat­ing
the new building is planned for
the visitors Saturday morning: At
noon the local faculty will be lunch­eon
guests of the CWC faculty. The
afternoon will be completed, with a
conference discussion of teacher
education problems.
In addition to President and Mrs.
Haggard and the entire training
school faculty, Misses Leona Sund-quist,
Mira E. Booth, Linda Coun­tryman,
and JAuth Weythman will
represent WWC at the dedication.
•—-Catch Philbert-—
Roundtable Session
On Air Monday
A round-table discussion concern­ing
National Education week, which
starts next Monday, will be broad­cast
over station KVOS Monday at
7:00 -p. m. William W Haggard,
president of Western Washington
college; C. Paine Shangle, city sup­erintendent
of schools of Bellingr
ham, and Henry Turner, Whatcom
county superintendent of schools,
will take part in this inaugural pro­gram.
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The broadcasting of jftii.:vit^ prb>i^
lems concerning the fac^ty or stu­dents
which might be ^f to
;;the:rpiib^^;is-:^y<^^
ture. Comtog dh-TOtly
lege_studio, it is hoped that^^^
programs will stimulate interest in
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Homecoming Healy
Murray Healy
Board Decides
For Displays
HOMECOMING displays wiil be
erected by various organized houses,
both men's and'women's, this year
as heretofore, was the decision of
tiie Board of Control at its last reg­ular
meeting on Wednesday. A1-,
though the housemothers have ex­pressed
a desire that displays be
erected without the idea of compe­tition
in view, i t was pointed out by
the board that houses do not have
to compete for Ahe cup which will
nevertheless be awarded the win­ning
display, but may merely plan
a display that will carry out the
idea of the HOMECOMING cele­bration
if they so desire.
A plan whereby cars of people
coming to se the displays will be
routed up Garden street for several
hours on Friday evening, when all
displays will be up, i s being consid­ered.
This will give those houses on
Garden street a better chance for
publicity and townspeople driving
up the hill will see their displays as
well as the ones on High street.
Chairman of the election commit­tee,
Frances Daley, reported that the
regular quarterly election will be
held next Wednesday and that nom­inees
be introduced in Friday's as­sembly.
—Philbert's a 'Loose' Nut-—-
Teachers' Banquet
Formal Occasion
To welcome officially, the new
members of the faculty, a banquet
will be held November 14 at t h e Leo­pold
hotel. This is the formal social
occasion of the year for the faculty.
Dr. Arthur C. Hicks has charge
of tiie arrangements, assisted by
Mrs. Ruth Burnet, Miss Hazel
Plympton, Miss Irene Elliott, Miss
Florence Johnson, and Donald Bush­ell.
•'
. The program will consist of sever­al
speeches including those of Presi­dent
W. W. Haggard and Stephen
Saunders of the board of trustees.
The music will be furnished by
Donald Bushell and Nan Dybdahl
Wiik. Nils Boson, Faculty Forum
president, will be the toastmaster.
-There's a Nut Loose-
College Job Seekers
Given Boost
R. V. Stewart, manager of the
Washington state employment serv­ice
invites all college men who are
members of the Men's Odd Jobs as­sociation
to register with the state
employment- service, it was . an-
,nounced by the Dean of Men, Loye
^A/McGee^ •, •'••:•'.; •"•,-,...
McGee also announced that he
was accompanying the football team
to Cheney and would be gone Thurs­day
and Friday, biit that the Dean
of Men's office would be open oh
both days.
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Frosli Class Elects
v president of the freshman class last
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beth Barnhart and Caroline Busch
2 i y ^ " e l ^ t ( ^ ^ as^aass1'
representatives to the AWS council.
'AlMunkres, student body president,
pireidded. Approximately; 100 fresh-pen
out of a class of 400 attended.
Faculty Comm ittee Discusses •:;;
Plans With Heah/s Herichmeii;
Lince Explains Qiieen^
Working hard "to make the -
HOMECOMING celebration of
1939 the greatest of all time, Mur­ray
Healy, chairman of sHOME-COMING
and his committee
chairmen, met Tuseday afternoon
in the AWS room with the faculty
committee, and discussed various
plans for making this an outstanding
celebration. Members of the faculty
committee are: Dr. Haggard, Djr.
Bond, L. A; Kibbe, Miss Geor-gia
Gragg, and Miss Linda Coun­tryman.
'
Doug Lince, editor of the Klipsun,
outlined his plans for the election of
the queen for HOMECOMING. Dur­ing
a student assembly Friday, at
which time the freshmen will re^
main in the auditorium, the sopho­mores
will go to room 209, and the"
juniors and seniors will meet in room
239, selection of candidates for queen
and princesses will take place. The
juniors and seniors will nominate
three girls for queen, final selection
to be made by the football team.
The girl who wins the election will
become queen, and the other /two
girls will automatically become prin­cesses.
Freshmen-;ahd;^sophomores
will nominate andje^t;ir^ princess
from, their respectifeTclasseBf!y';
Governor i Invited '."''•'-;1-•':•;;.
Speakers for t h e HOMECOMING
luncheon were discussed. An invi­tation
will be extended to Governor
Martin to attend. Dr. Haggard will
carry the; invitation•> to Governor
Martin at Ellensburg this Friday.
The HOMECOMING dance on
Saturday eveningiWill be held in the
Armory. Faculty J members will act
as patrons and patronesses. Only a
. few guest tickets will be distributed,
and the time in which to get them
will be limited. In order to obtain
a ticket, a personal interview with
the distributor will be necessary.
Invitation is extended to every
house to participate in making
HOMECOMING^ displays"Thtere!wffl
be no competition; according to the
request of the house-mothers.
—'—There's a Nut Loose-——-
DwightWaldo
Succumbs
, Dr. Dwight B. Waldo, president of
WWC seventeen years ago, died at
his Kalamazoo, Michigan, home,
Sunday night. Word was received
in Bellingham by Walter B. tVnit-comb,
member of tiie board of teus-tees
during Dr. Waldo's regiine. Dr.
Waldo'during his brief term here in
1922-23 was considered by his col­leagues
a n outstanding educator and
adrninistrator.
Dr. Waldo had been ill for some
time and his condition ..was made
worse when""he fell about ten
months ago and broke his hip. Dr.
Waldo was the first principal of^jthe
Michigan State Normal school and
later became president of thefWest­ern
State Normal school at Kala­mazoo,
Michigan, where he return­ed
after presiding at Bellingham. He
was regarded as an authority on
American history/particularly, on
the Civil war period.
The former president was born in
Arcadia, New York, in 1864, graduat­ed
from Harvard, and also attended
Michigan colleges. In 1936 he was
made president emeritus of the
Western State Teachers college.
Philbert's a 'Loose' Nut—-
Dateline
Friday, November 3
9:00 p..m.-—Bandsmen Infor­mal.
Crystal ballroom,
Hotel Leopold. i
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.Junior Music club presents,
the motion picture, "They
Shall Have Music." Ad-mission,
30 cents. 1
Saturday, November 4
4:00..p.•"va.-rrWAA and;Norse-r;
men mixed hike. Meet and
leave from mam building.
Monday, November 6
7:30 p. nt^-General Alkisiah
: meeting in Edens hall club
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