WWCollegian - 1939 May 12

              Now is the time . . .
when the elite of the institution begin to get the
jitters about the eventuality of spearing them­selves
a position educating the youth.of the na­tion.
It is indeed a pity that our budding young
teachers can't be assured a contract, but that
might rob these final school days of some of their
sparkle and zest. There is that inherent gam­bling
instinct prevalent in all young people which
enlivens this otherwise complacent thing we call
life. Life is as a game of poker-—when winning
is a certainty the winner relaxes, for the game
has ceased to be interesting. When there is yet
doubt as to the ultimate results he anxiously
puts forth their best efforts in order that an ulti­mate
goal may be reached.
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So it is with . . .
the Juniors and Seniors. Although they have
not yet affixed their name to the "all-important
line they still read avidly the list of those re­quested—
nay, allowed—to report to trie ap­pointment
bureau. They hurry home to see
what the postman has brought, they write let­ters,
they telephone. They take long excursions
into the hinterland to sell their services. And
yet they are not discouraged or downhearted.
They reason, and rightly so, that September is
stiH far in the distance and prospects are still
good.
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One of the most . . . . . .
poignantly whimsical happenings of the season
occurred at the Junior-Senior class meeting this
week. As usual the Alumni association invited
the. graduating class to be their guests at a ban­quet
to be held the week preceding graduation.
Prompted by some altrustic motive the alumni
decided to go the-whole way and make it a
banquet and a dance. The attendance was to
be confined strictly to graduate-alumni attend­ance.
The Seniors with their usual poise ac­cepted
most gracefully. But the Juniors!
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The Juniors . . .
were to put it frankly, suspicious of the whole
affair. Even when the matter was lucidly ex­plained
by two of the members of the faculty,
the three-year men were still skeptical. Tainted
money was hinted. With whom were they to
dance? Some, fearful of regimentation, wanted
to know why each person couldn't furnish his
own entertainment. No one, I am happy to re­late,
suggested that each bring his own lunch
or even demanded a prevue of the menu. The
whole thing smacks of education.-
Ruckmick Invention
Aids Transcription
A device facilitating speedy reproduction
of permanent record transcriptions has been
invented by H. C. Ruckmick, industrial arts
department instructor, for use in the registrar's
office. Permanent records, as their name indi­cates,
are the accounts of. student scholastic
activities kept by the school.
Desiring a quicker means of reproducing
copies of permanent records, the project was
submitted to Mr. Ruckmick two months ago by
the office. He designed the entire thing, experi­menting
upon it from time to time. Students in
I. A. 62 constructed it under his supervision.
A demonstration of the invention took place
in Dr. Kuder's office on Tuesday afternoon. A
box-like affair, the device contains two powerful
lights, equivalent to 1800 candlepower. The per­manent
record is removed from the file, placed
on top of Ozalid paper (resembling blueprint
paper), and is exposed to the light in the box
for one-half minute. The Ozalid paper receives
the print during this time; it is then removed
from the box and placed in a developing ma­chine
containing cylinders with pans of am­monia
beneath them. The paper is placed in­side
a cylinder; the ammonia fumes develop the
transcript. Mr. Ruckmick discovered at the
demonstration that the process could be per­formed
in 1% minutes less than he expected.
Because it is dry and speedy—the product is
. finished in three minutes—this method has a
distinct advantage over the former wet, messy,
andllengthy blue-printing process. Three tran­scripts
can be made at once.
The device differs from other machines, Mr.'
Ruckmick stated. When asked if he would pat­ent
his invention, his response was negative; he
indicated that he already had plans for a new
machine whereby six copies could be produced
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Band To End Successful
Year With Concert
As the first spring quarter in which it has
been in existence, the band of WWC may round
out an extensive program for the year with a
possible Sunday afternoon concert at the Lar-rabee
state park.
It also will^play for the Memorial day as-
•sembly, May 86, and will assist in the Eagles'
and Merchant's Spring Festival to be held May
2.
According to Mr. Bushell, director, the WWC
hand has had about twenty-seven engagements
in the past year.
Rec Hour Tonight, 8:30
There will be a rec hour in the training school
•/ gym this evening at 8:30. Chuck Fisher's orches­tra
will isanjply the music.
VOL. XXXVIII—NO. 30
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Munkres, Letterman,
New ASB Prexy
Only Candidate To Receive
Majority; Final Election
Next Wednesday, May 17
By Doug Lince , .
Alfred , Munkres, 1718, Humboldt street, was
elected president of the, Associated ?Student
Body of WWC.at the annual election here Wed­nesday.
Two weeks before fait quarter, or about
September lii Munkres wii" assume his new du­ties.
He will replace Bud Neil, present ASB
head. Candidates were Munkres, Dale Court­ney,
and Mike Baker. .
No clear majority was cast for candidates for
vice president or Board of Control Next Wed­nesday
ASB voters will decide whether Frances
Daley or Joe Moses will be their vice-president,
Lela Kaufman or Shirley Shannon represent
them for women representative, and Eileen John­son
or Stewart McLeod for either man or wom­an
representative to the Board of Control.
Ill with Flu
Munkres, blonde 180-pound fullback and bas­ketball
guard, was in bed with the flu at his
home at 1718 Humboldt street when told he
was the new ASB prexy. He pulled some of
the sheets away from his chin and growled,
"Well! That is good news."
This is the first time Munkres was a candi­date
for any office at WWC. Entering as a dark
horse, on. a petition signed by friends, his elec­tion
came as a surprise to college political cir­cles.
Surprise to All
"Sure a surprise to me, too," Al grinned from
his bed. He says he has no intention of making
radical changes in thes Board of Control. "It
has got along pretty well without me, and I
guess the old members can teach me a lot," he
mused. The president is chairman of the Board
which meets once a week and makes appro­priations
for student activities.
Munkres played fullback at the old Fairhaven
high school and fullback at WWC, plays guard
in intramural basketball, plays every position
except pitcher in softball. He was president of
Fairhaven junior class and of the Boy's league,
made tenderfoot ranking in the Boy Scouts.
.Both.: his. .student, and degree—teaching- for.
science and mathematics major in junior high
school work will be done during term of office
next year.
He was asked if he planned to enter any
other field than teaching.
Big League Tops
"Always wanted to be a professional base­ball
player, but that is o u t . . . business? Hitler
is the only business man who is making money;
but then, I don't intend to follow in his foot­steps,"
Al said, grinned and settled back on his
pillow.
Louis Frazee To Be Guest
Vanadis Bragi Speaker
Louis Frazee, well known in Bellingham for
his portrayal of "Rip Van Winkle" in the guild
play by that name, will be guest speaker at the
Vanadis Bragi meeting Monday evening at 7:30.
The subject for discussion will be the poetry of
Vachel Lindsay. Mr. Frazee, a relative of Mr.
Lindsay, will speak on the life of the poet and
what he remembers of him. Dr. Arthur Hicks
will read perhaps the best known of the poet's
works, "Congo;" Other numbers planned for
the program are brief reviews of the poet and
some of his lesser known poems by Ethel
Schwartz and Helen Bodin.
Third Program in Series
This program will be the third in a series on
twentieth century American literature. The
first was given April 18 during which Ellen
Glasgow's "Vein of Iron" was discussed by Dor­othy
Schaus, Zugsmith's "The Time to Remem­ber"
by Betty Hoagg, and Edith Wharton's
"House of Mirth" by Jessie Bell. On April 25
Gene Voorhies and Lynette Albaugh led the dis^
cussion on short sotries and essays.
New Policy Adopted
The Vanadis Bragi club has adopted a new
policy in which a series of programs is given on
a certain period of literature instead of just one
evening devoted to a large general program. In
this way the members can go into more detail
and be able to get a deeper knowledge of liter­ary
figures instead of a wider less-detailed ex­perience.
Another new feature is the discussion
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Board Votes Down
Collegian Scoop
Upsetting the plans of the WWColleg-ian
to scoop the Wednesday presidential elec­tion,
the board voted against the idea. It was
doubted that at any time in the future would;
the paper be allowed to scoop an election.
.The board appointed Katheine Newell as
board member of the Klipsun committee which
gives out the Klipsun pins. The Blue Triangle
requested and received $45 for expenses for a
conference to be held at Seabeck.
WESTERN WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, Friday, May 12, 1939
'It': ampus /Eagerly
Shout Event Chairmen
Resting before the fashion tea, Betty-Jane Linney, and Jane MacWilliams, student models,
laugh and relax. Miss Linney is wearing a knitted sports dress, while Miss MacWilliams models
a cap and gown for coming commencement day exercises. v.
Modeling sport dresses in pastel shades, six­teen
girls showed the graduating seniors appro­priate
apparel for baccalaureate and com­mencement
exercises at the annual AWS Spring
Fashion tea which was held in the Blue Room
of Edens hall Thursday afternoon. The room
was effectively decorated with tulips and lilacs.
Tea was served to over two hundred guests,
including faculty members, wives of faculty
members, house mothers, and students. Pouring
were Miss Florence Johnson, Mrs. Vike, presi­dent
of the house mother's club; Coral Harris,
new AWS president; Shirley Rogers, out-going
president.
A program of incidental music was furnished
by a string quartette consisting of Marian Pet­ers,
Leslie Hampton, Shirley Shannon, and
Marie Armstrong. Shirley Hatfield played vio­lin
selections accompanied by Thera Strang, and
Eleanor Hall and Cecelia Schwald played piano
numbers while the models' paraded for the
guests'approval.
Year Book Distribution
Scheduled May 31
Distribution of the 1939 Klipsun to the student
body is scheduled for May 31. Since more than
half of the pages have already been printed and
the final copy was sent to the printer this week,
deUvery;bn tune1 is assured.
From among the snapshots submitted for the
student life section, the. winning one or ones
will be chosen and the owner announced-next
week.
Pins have been ordered for qualified Klipsun
members and the staff will conclude the yean
with a banquet at a downtown hotel the evening
before the annuals are released.
According to Frances Daley, editor, any stu­dent
who has not paidthe full $3.00 Klipsun fee,
may have an annual by paying the reinainder
otthe fee.:
Teacher's Council Elects
Kangley President s
Dr. Lucy Kangley, WWC English, instructor,
was elected president of the Puget Sound coun­cil
of English Teachers at a meeting held Satur­day
in Seattle. While there she took part in
panel discussion "Problems of Reading from the
Beginning."
The meeting is held frequently for the teachers
in Western Washington. Six attended from the
Bellingham school system, but only Dr. Kang­ley
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Orchestra To Play June 9
In the Commencement exercises to be held
Friday, June 9, in the college auditorium, the
orchestra of WWC under the direction of Mr.
Donald Bushell will play the "Rosamunde Over­ture"
(Franz Schubert), and the processional
march.
Outstanding among the garments shown was
a rose beige creation of spun rayon with a panel
of tiny pleats in front and the same small pleats
from a yoke to the waist in back worn by Vir­ginia
Fegley. This dress had a wide belt with
an ox blood patent leather trim.
Another interesting outfit was a lime and
brown cotton print selected by Jane Templin.
The neckline was accented by a row of small,
brown bone buttons. A cap and gown was shown
especially for those who are receiving degrees.
Miss Johnson described each garment as it was
modeled.
The proper white shoes for graduation—spec­tators
and shoes with a medium heel, were dis­played
on tables, and other dresses were placed
on racks for inspection.
The clothing and shoes were furnished
through the courtesy and cooperation of the fol­lowing
down town stores: Wahl's, Horn-Whit-son,
Newton's, Mallahan's, Dyson's, Martinson's,
Penney's, Hilton's, Rathman's, Fashion Bootery.
Clubs and Organized Houses
Working Hand in Hand With
Committees; Things in Readiness
With each club and organized house work­ing
with the committees in charge, the final
plans for Campus day are rounding into or­ganization,
reports Mike Baker, head of the
event the coming Tuesday, May 16.
"We have had such fine cooperation from all
sides that I feel that everything will go over
from, the initial assembly in the morning to the
evening dance," said Baker. "We have made
some adjustments over last year's day, and the
new features will add to the interest of each in­dividual
and to the success of the whole."
A tug-of-war will replace the usual boxing
bouts. Organized houses are urged to see Bob
Bean for details. Lou Carroll and Gage Chet-wood
have arranged for a diving exhibition and
special swimming events besides the usual swim­ming
races.
The big feature, the bathing beauty contest,
has been developed by Bill Schweingruber, and
will attract the attention of everyone present at
the lake. About twelve men will be used. The
men to be chosen will be dressed either in
shorts or in dresses and will be judged by six
girls chosen out at the lake. Any boy interested
in the contest is urged to join and is confined in
no way from doing any stunt he may do in or­der
to create laughs and general entertainment.
The assembly committee has planned an un­usual
evening, featuring the anniversary of the
school as their assembly theme. Houses and
clubs will present stunts and entertainment fol­lowing
this theme of "Now—and Then." Arlene
Dickinson has chosen Dale Courtney, Echo Ox­ford,
Carmen Ek and Walt Germain as a com­mittee
to plan organization of the assembly.
Ticket sales, the report of that committee,
are promising a, bigger sales than that of any
previous Campus day. Charles Durr, chairman
of the committee, reports that the tickets were
sold before they were off the presses.
About forty cars have been Obtained for trans­portation
but more are needed. Anyone who
has a car or~can have one-i^urg^-to seeGlen
Smith or Stan Lapinski and make arrangements
to transport the student body out to Lakewood.
The Norsemen have taken charge of equip­ment
to be transported to the lake and will also
serve the lunch at noon.
Houses,Cjub Present
Zestful Asserribly
The fortieth anniversary of the school will
be celebrated in the Campus day assembly,
May 16. Significant events will be portrayed
and a sketch of the school then and now.
There will be one theme throughout the
program with different clubs and houses
brought in at needed intervals. Those organ­izations
on the program are the Valkyries pre­senting
a Floradora act assisted by Edwards
hall, Viking Manor with a featured orchestra
and also the Dorm girls, Hunts hall and the
Kitchen Krew. School institutions will be
talked about and how they had their begin­nings.
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Collegian Broadcast:
Staff Chosen
As a result of careful selection over an ex­tended
period of time, the following staff has
been chosen for the Collegian broadcasts: Shir-lee
Cratsenberg, Walter. Germain, Evan Hill,
Marylou Plumb, and Bill Tiffany. The program'
of dramatized news goes on the air ovef KV08
at 4:15 every Friday afternoon.
Coming events, noteworthy happenings, and
various activities, all pertaining to WWC col­lege
life, are enacted. The program, begun in
1939 at the request of Rogan Jones, KVOS
owner, strives to present news which is of
interest to both faculty and students.
"As this undertaking is a comparatively hew
and untried one, any constructive criticism or
comments would be greatly appreciated by all
staff members," commented program manager
Evan Hill.
Dateli me
Friday May 12 ^
Music Education club picnic, Birch bay.
8:30 to 11:30—Rec hour, training school gym.
Monday, May 15
4:00—Valkyrie meeting, room 108.
7:30—Vanadis Bragi, Edens hall club room. •
Tuesday, May 16 -", '';'••'.;""•
. CAMPUS DAY. (
Wednesday, May 17 /;/ .
7:30—international Relations meeting, Edens
hall club room. ~:zf-;. A\
Thursday, May 18
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Friday, May 19 <L.-'-€&
11:00—Women's league assembly. • •: *'£&
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