WWC Collegian - 1939 January 27

              Our Popularity Choice
See This Page.
Paper Gets New Tide
See This Page.
NewshouncTs Newscast
See Thii Page.
Ski Meet On Sunday
See Sports Page.
Costume Party Given
See This Page.
Fun, Gist of Carnival
See Page Three.
Dancers Visit WWCE
See Picture.
See Foreigners
See Sports Page.
By Charles Kilbourne
MARCH TO T H E SEA
The Spanish rebel army is once again on the verge of
victory. Tnis isn't the first time it ha's happened that
Franco has spoken of the "final victory,"
and usually he has been wrong. It
might happen the same way once again,
but we are inclined to believe that this
time the Spanish omelet is about ready to
fold. The boys on the insurgent side
ought to be getting somewhere by now
what with half of Italy in there helping.
It is estimated that the Italians actually
outnumbered the natives at one time re­cently.
Mussolini would keep his agree­ment
with England by withdrawing one
shipload of soldiers a day and sending
two loads back. Time and time again
however, Franco's brave lads reached
the Mediterranean. Then the tide goes out.
POPULARITY
Another popularity contest has drawn to a close. Two
more students have had their names placed in WWC's
mythical hall of fame. Ah, the glamour of it all! What
more could a person ask than to be allowed to win a con­test
such as this. Why, just think! It would mean being
set up for life. There is just one thought in the minds of
all males when someone mentions so-and-so as the girl
who won the popularity contest . . . you guess what that is.
There is a fly in the ointment, though. A well-known
watcher of the Hollywood trend has this to say: "The
glamour girl is definitely on the way out, yes, but defin­itely."
But be that as it may, walk, men, don't run to the
nearest exit.
APPEASEMENT
Well, we see that Herr Hitler has adopted our sug­gestion
of two weeks ago that he should give Goebbels the
boot. We feel much honored—or do we? It is felt in
many sections that the recent cabinet shifts in Germany
mean that a policy of soft pedaling has been adopted by
the government. They will have to go some to out .soft
pedal the British. About all we get out of appeasement
is good old Neville going up to Hitler and telling him in
no uncertain terms. All the same, though, it isn't such a
bad idea to appease Adolph. While the democracies are
adopting a sterner policy they shouldn't take any chances
of inflaming him. A Hitler beside himself would be two
Hitlers—a dreadful thought, you must admit.
FREE HINTS
Always ready and willing to be of service to our dear
readers, we herewith present two hot tips to those whose
secret ambition is to cop a prize at the Junior-Senior party
tomorrow night. As you probably are aware by now, the
affair is to be one of those costume things. Everybody is
supposed to go as a song title, such as the "Lost Chord."
(Say, whatever did become of Rex Richards?) Any­way
here are our tips: (1) Procure a baby doll from
one of your younger gal friends and wrap it snugly in a
small blanket. Next get a hand bell, such as the elite
use in calling the maid to the table. Carry both with you
to the dance, ringing the bell as you go. You will then
be known as a "Ding Dong Daddy." (2) From the
industrial arts department secure a stick of good old Eng­lish
oak about a foot and a half long. Tote this in on
your shoulder and if anybody thinks of asking what you
think you are, just say, in a meek voice, "Carioca." Draw
two! •
Streamlined Viking Has
New Type Dress
The WWC Collegian presents a new typographical
dress to its readers. Streamlined — it is the last
word from typographer's beauty shop and this newbpaper
hopes you approve of it.
The heads are from the modern Gothic family and de­signed
to enhance legibility. If white space results—so
much the better. Air—white space—is restful to the eye
and aids in the reading of the page.
The new typographical dress is termed streamlined be­cause
it has simplicity and grace; because it eliminates all
obstacles to legibility in the heads; and because it repre­sents
the last word from type foundries of the land.
This type is similar to that used in the Los Angeles
Times, the Vancouver Sun, the Picton Times of Ontario,
Canada, and other up-todate newspapers.
The WWC Collegian also has a new name and new
column widths. There have been seveal names for
the paper since it was first published as the Messenger
from 1899 to 1902, a quarterly publication. In 1902 it be­came
The Normal Messenger, a monthly, and remained so
until 1916. It then became The Weekly Messenger, a week­ly
paper and remains a weekly tip to the present. From
1928 to 1936 it was The Northwest Viking and the Western
Viking to the present date.
The present changes have been in progress for the past
three months and represent an experiment which will be
continued by the editor and staff until a satisfactory
format has been evolved.
WWC Collegian
VOL. XXXyiH-^-NO. 16 WESTERN WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Friday, January 27, 1939
Library Is
RatedHigh
Student Loan Fund Among
Largest in Teachers' Colleges;
Faculty Well Prepared
That the new WWC library
contains more. books than 90 per
cent of the accredited teachers' col­leges
was revealed in a report re­ceived
last week. An advance in
the standing of the faculty prepar­ation
in relation to the other schools
was also noted.
Based on an extensive report sent
in every year from the college, a
summary comparing WWC with 150
other accredited teachers' institu­tions
was made by the American
Association of Teachers Colleges
and returned to the school.
Faculty Banks High
The most outstanding improve­ment
this year was the improve­ment
in the ranking of the faculty's
preparation, vln 1935-36 WWC
placed among the lowest, 10%. Last
year the amount of preparation was
still a little under average, despite
a large advance, but this year the
report showed that WWC's faculty
is better prepared than that of 65%
of the schools judged.
Over two-fifths" of the instructors
have preparation amounting to one
year graduate study above the
master's degree. Fourteen faculty
members have the doctor's degree
or an equivalent. The college was
rated average in the number of
class periods taught by each in­structor.
Large Loan Fund
The amount of the student loan
fund and the loans actually made
placed in the upper 10%. Student
fees were classed as only average,
while cost per student for operat­ing
the college is higher than at
most teachers colleges.
Although WWC placed high in
the number of books in the library
the amount of money.spent for new
books and periodicals this year was
only average.
Klipsun Stages
Barn*Dance
Swing your partner, circle to the
left, all hands around, grand right
and left.
Sponsored by the Klipsun staff, a
barn dance is to be held Saturday,
February 4, in the training school
gym.
According to Don Wilson, chair­man
of the shindig, costumes are
very desirable as a prize is to be
given for the most hay-seedy farm­er
and farmerette.
No modern dances will be played
by Jay Curtis' Cornfed sextette. The
program is to consist of waltzes,
polkas, two-steps, rye waltzes, tux­edos,
and schottishes.
"We are planning a novel floor
show and refreshment scheme,"
stated Wilson. "And we also are
going to demonstrate some of the
dances in assembly."
Alkisiah" Initiates
New Girls
Candle-light provided the setting
for the. Alkisiah club's formal init­iation
for new members held last
Tuesday evening in the Edens hall
club room. Those initiated were'
Marcia Kimble, Frances Neevel,
Dorothy Becker, Velma Hilsenberg,
Margaret Jones, Beatrice Hart, Ce­cilia
Kalsch, Margaret Rabb, and
Mina Stallard.
The ceremony was ollowed by a
short business meeting. Plans were
made for a Valentine Banquet to be
held February 11, at the Hotel
Leopold. The chairmen of the
committees in charge are: decora­tion,
Kathryn Newell; program,
Bertha Hall; tickets and publicity,
Ruth Marie Greely.
An interesting program was pro­vided
by the chairman, Margaret
Rabb, on the subject of drama.
Algene Schold; and . invitations,
Marion Peters gave a reading; El­sie
Harlow spoke on the stage man-,
agers job; Terry Gookins told of
the life of actors and actresses; and
Margaret Rabb finished by talking
on the work of directors.
MARTINSON, MOSES MOST POPULAR
Betty Co-ed
Ruth Martinson
HELP GIVEN
STUDENTS
Special Service Bulletins
Will Be Posted on Board
For Non-Diploma Students
As an added service to non-di­ploma
students who are undecided
about their future career plans,
WWC has recently become affiliat­ed
with the Western Personnel
Service which is located in Pasa­dena,
California. In discussing
this new service. Dr. Kuder empha­sized
the fact that students are al­ways
welcome to come and talk
over their educational and voca­tional
plans with him.
The Western Personnel Service en­deavors
to promote errective stu­dent
personnel work in the col­leges
of the west coast and to help
students achieve more intelligent
career planning. For this purpose it
sends out two publications which
will be posted on a special section
of the bulletin board as they are
received.
One of these publications, the
Occupational News bulletin, con­tains
brief digest of occupational
news of interest to western college
students; they attempt to open new
lines of thought about occupations
in the West by using many differ­ent
avenues of approach to stimu­late
the imaginations of students
in finding new occupational fron­tiers.
An occupational interpreta­tion
of the news, information about
highly specialized occupations, al­ternative
employment for persons
receiving training in over-crowded
fields, employment requirements,
laws about occupations, and eval­uation
of training facilities- are in­cluded.
See Bulletin Board
For World News
Busy students please note. All
required to take comprehensive tests
in the spring take heed. Every
week the International Relations
club is presenting the news of the
world in brief on their club bulletin
board. One of the comprehensives
deal with international affairs;
many college people have little time
nor inclination to read the news­papers
enough to keep posted; con­sequently,
let no one fail to avail
himself of this opportunity to get
the news on the run. See who's who
at a glance. Further details will
be found in your local newspapers.
Both Winners
Are Athletes
Contestants Win Close Race;
Poll Selects Representative
Man and Woman Students
Joe Moses and Ruth Martinson
are to be WWC's Joe College and
Betty Co-Ed during the year 1939,
according to the vote taken by the
Klipsun in their annual contest held
last Friday in assembly.
The ballots showed the contest
for both the boy and the girl to be
close ones. The Betty Co-ed contest
was especially close. A Klipsun of­ficer
disclosed that after the last
ballots had been counted it was
discovered the winner had slipped
over with a mere lead of 14 votes.
In regard to the nature of the
contest, Alice Molenkamp, chairman
of the popularity contest, said, "This
years contest officials tried to
avoid too much of the popularity
angle and attempted to play up
those students who have been par­ticularly
active in student affairs.
Closely connected with the pop­ularity
runoff is the choosing of
WWC's ten outstanding students by
the Klipsun staff and a faculty
committee composed of acting chair­man,
Dr. M. F. Cederstrom; Pres­ident
C. H. Fisher; Dr. M. S. Kuder;
Florence E. Johnson; Charlotte B.
Richardson; and Mary E. Rich.
The Klipsun staff first picked
twenty-four candidates. The list
of these candidates were then
turned over to the faculty commit­tee
which decided upon the ones
to compose the big ten.* Their
choice for the five boys were: Bob
White, Don Wilson, Bud Neil, Har­old
Nelson, and Dale Courtney; and
the five girls they picked: Helen
Masters, Alice Seimons, Margaret
Schold, Virginia Neuerburg, and
Frances Daley.
Attendance at Social
Teas Urged
"We really wish the new students
would take advantage of the Wom­en's
league teas, on Thursday after­noons,"
said Dorothy Fuller, chair­man
of teas, "because it is the most
informal way to form new friend­ships
and really get acquainted."
Each Thursday afternoon between
2:30 and 3:30 a club oT house on
the campus sponsors a tea under the
auspices of the Women's league, for
the purpose of encouraging friend­liness
among the students, and to
acquaint the students with their
organizations. These teas are held
in the Women's League room, next
to the office of the Dean of Wom­en.
Moonlight Sonata
To Be Offered
To raise money for their biennial
music scholarship the Women's
Music club is sponsoring "Moon­light
Sonata," which features Ig-nace
Paderewski; said by many to
be the greatest living pianist, at the
Mount Baker theater January 31
and February 1 and 2. Accom­panying
the picture will be "Dra­matic
School," starring an academy
award winner, Luise Rainer.
Four of the five music scholar­ships
were given to WWC students.
Last year's winner was Maxine
Moldrem, a college violinist. Other
winners, Christine Albers, Helen
Griffith, and Jean Philippe, were
pianists and students of Miss
Strange, of the WWC faculty. $300
is given to the person winning the
award. •
Joe (College)
Former Student Tells of Trip
To Unalakleet, Alaska
Many students will remember Eun­ice
Buck, a graduate of WWC last
June. Recently Mrs. Lovegren of
the mimeograph department received
a letter from Miss Buck telling of
her experience while traveling to her
school in Unalakleet, Alaska.
Miss Buck wrote that it took her
from August 7 to October 4 to reach
her destination. The weather from
Seattle was so "elegant" that one of
her friends on the boat got a sun­burn.
On her way north she visited
Ketchikan, Wrangle, Cordova, Ju­neau,
and Seward, also taking a side
trip to the Columbia glacier. The
ship rode as close as one quarter of a
mile from the iceberg and blew its
whistle. The reverberations caused
the ice along the edge to break and
make a deafening roar.
While sleeping on the train to An­chorage
she was awakened about 2
o'clock in the morning to see another
beautiful sight, the northern lights.
Miss Buck waited for a week at
Seward for the boat "Boxer," and
after a stormy and miserable trip she
arrived at her destination, Unalak­leet.
The whole town was out to see
the new teacher. Miss Buck express­ed
her feelings by saying; "I felt like a
monkey in a zoo!"
Joe Moses
HIT PARADE
FEATURED
Junior-Senior Class
Sponsors Rec Hour
Tomorrow Night
Anything from the UMBREL­LA
MAN to FRANKLIN D.
ROOSEVELT JONES goes Sat­urday
night at the Junior class
"Song Title Ball" in the training
school gym from 8 until 1 1. The
DARK TOWN STRUTTERS'
BALL takes a back seat as DIN­AH
and her SENTIMENTAL
GENTLEMAN L A M B E TH
WALK to Jay Curtis' orchestra,
pinch hitting for ALEXANDER'S
RAGTIME BAND.
Helen Boothe, the GIRL IN THE
LITTLE GREEN HAT, has • her
HEART AND SOUL wrapped up in
plans to make the party the HIT
PARADE of the year, but—IT ALL
DEPENDS ON YOU! EVERY­BODY'S
DOING IT at this party,
everybody's wearing a costume rep­resenting
a song title.
Helen Lindstrom is "TEMPTA­TION"
for the evening, Marie
Krause and Wilton Poolman por­tray
"TWO SLEEPY PEOPLE",
Bud Neil, carefully carrying an oak
log over his shoulder stages a come­back
for CARIOCA, while Harold
Nelson is the "KID IN THE THREE
CORNERED PANTS". A prize will
be given for the most original cos­tume.
Student Body cards will be your
ticket of admission. A limited
amount of guest tickets can be
secured in the Dean of Womens
office from two until four today.
Dr. and Mrs. Moyle Cederstrom,
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hoppe, Miss
Evalyn Odom. and Miss Charlotte
Richardson are the faculty guests.
Those assisting Helen Boothe to
'make this dance a big success are
the following committee chairmen:
Jean Spencer, faculty; Roland Van
Luvan, decorations; Mary Ellen
Jackson, refreshments, and Jane
MacWilliams, publicity.
LibraryiOrientation
Completed
The librarian has now completed
the program of giving orientation
library instruction this quarter to
new students and other students
who have not had this instruction
within the last ten years.
All students have now received
information by lecture and mime­ographed
material which will enable
them to use the major tools and or­ganizations
of the library effec­tively.
This information was given to the
students for two reasons. The first
is that this is a library-centered
institution. The second is that,
although a person may be in school
only a few years, this information
will be useful to him whenever he
uses a library.
"Although many colleges give
formal tests over the material pre­sented
in the lectures, we prefer
to observe the practical use which
the students make of the library
now that I have on record a tabu­lated
list of the students and the
extent of their attendance in these
library courses,' stated Miss Mabel
Zoe Wilson.
New Name
Unveiled
Board Chooses Collegian as
Name for Modernized Paper;
Pres. Fisher Telephones OK
Tentative choice of the name
WWC Collegian to supplant the
traditional Western Viking was
made Wednesday by the Board of
control. Because of possible
changes that may still be made the
winner of the Change-the-Name
Contest will not be announced till
next week.
The Board made its choice from
five names submitted by the five
judges, President C. H. Fisher, Dr.
M. F. Cederstrom, Mrs. Ruth A.
Burnet, Bud Neil, and Evan Hill,
who had first considered the 120
names turned in by students. Pres­ident
Fisher's choice was long dis­tanced
Wednesday from Olympia
where he was meeting with the
legislature.
Because the paper's deadline was
so near when the new name was
finally judged, it was found im­possible
to have a new name plate
engraved in time for this issue. The
name plate on this paper is there­for,
not in accordance with the
modern style of type which will be
used in next week's issue.
Collegian Gives
Newscast
Initiation of a series of weekly
news broadcasts along with many
other changes in the routine of the
paper took place yesterday after­noon
from 3.:45 to 4 p. m. The
broadcast yesterday, the first of the
series of newscasts, came over the
local broadcasting station, KVOS.
The program yesterday and those
to come in the future are depart­mentalized
into four groups;
straight news, men's sports, women's
sports, and society; all of which
are centered around the editor's
desk.
Radio announcers for the news
cast include: Abby Rodgers, Betty
Solibakke, Evan Hill, Smiley Hall,
Lyman Handy, Al Biggs, and Wal-ly
Leiser; all of whom are mem­bers
of the newspaper staff.
News for this broadcast is read
directly from the galley proofs of
the paper. The staff feels justi­fied
in its decision not to release
any scoop stories over the radio but
will instead let the paper get the
benefit of the exclusive stories.
Guild To Present
One Act Plays
Tonight and tomorrow night the
Theater Guild will present three
one-act plays for their January pro­duction.
The three plays are "The
Lamplighter," a farce by Charles
Dickens; "Three's a CrowuV' a
comedy by Sara S. McCarty and E.
Clayton McCarty; and "His Wife's,
First Husband," another comedy by
Ernest J. Sharpsteen.
On
The
Horizon
Friday, January 27
8 p. m.—Basketball .Univer­sity
of Mexico, new gym.
8 p. m.—Theater Guild plays,
120 Prospect street.
Saturday, January. 28
8 p. m.—Theater Guild play.
8 p. m.—Junior-Senior' party,
big gym.
Sunday, January 29 •
7 a. m.—Schusskens ski trip.
Monday, January 30
7:30 p. m. — Vanadis Bragi,
Edens hall club room.
Tuesday, January 31
11 a. m.—Assembly, Brayton
Eddy, scientist, illustrated
lectures on insects.
4 p. m.—Inter-club Council.
Thursday, February
8 p. m. — Basketball, EWCE
vs. WWCE, new gym.
Friday, February 3
U a. m.—Assembly, Associat­ed
Women and Norsemen's
club meetings and pro­grams.
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