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VOL. XXXVII—NO. 16 WESTERN WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF EDUCATION. BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Friday, January 21, 1938
Wilson Sweeps Rousing Election In Record Vote
Klipsun Names
Ten WWC
Big Shots
Outstanding Personalities
Chosen in Annual Selection,
Five Males and Five Coeds
All Junior-Senior Class
Under the sponsorship of the
Klipsun, the ten outstanding Jun­ior-
Seniors of the college were se­lected
by a committee of seven.
The five men chosen are: Don
Zylstra, Bob White, Clarence Sou-kup,
Harold Nelson, and Clayton
Knittle. The women are: Eleanor
Reasoner, Kathryn Hatch, Virgie
Boal, Betty Swisher, and Clara
VanderGriend.
The "big shots" were chosen not
only because of their activities, but
also with an eye on personality
and scholarship. However, most of
the winners are very active in
school affairs.
The women's division afforded
less trouble than the men's. There
was little argument about the out­standing
girls. ELEANOR REA­SONER,
editor of the Klipsun and
Valkyrie member, is a local girl, be­ing
graduated from Pairhaven high
school. BETTY SWISHER, an­other
former Pairhavenite, is prom­inent
in club work, and carries the
maximum activity points every
quarter. KATHRYN HATCH is
an extremely well liked Junior
from Bellevue. Dramatics is her
main forte. She also helps write
"Dear Mama." CLARA VANDER­GRIEND,
from Lynden, is a well
known musician who ran for stu­dent
body president last year.
VIRGIE BOAL, from Pairhaven, is
also very active, and a member of
the Valkyrie club.
Competition among the men was
staffer, and it took much debate,
discussion, argument, and checking
io reduce the list of eligibles to
five. CLARENCE SOUKUP, editor
of the Western Viking and mem­ber
of the Kitchen Krew, is a dra­matist
of note as well as being
sports editor of the Klipsun. Sou-kup
is from Edmonds. HAROLD
NELSON, the basketball and track
star, was Homecoming chair­man
this fall. BOB WHITE, from
Seattle, is co-author of "Dear Ma­ma"
and a popular and likeable
member of the Board. DON 2LY-STRA,
finishing the job of student
body prexy. is another drama star.
Believed Safe Barnhart Seen
In Chehalis
By Principal
Believed Headed South;
President Fisher Satisfied
That No Foul Play Involved
Robert Barnhart, missing since
January 8, was seen in Chehalis
by Theodore Adener, former WWC
student now teaching at Tenino.
That Barnhart is safe and probably
in California was the belief ex­pressed
by President Fisher.
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Popular Students
Chosen
Large Percentage Votes
In Wednesday's Election
Winners Well Liked
Continued on Page Three
Valkyries Come
To Life
Tuesday Night
"The Valkyrie send-off banquet
just before the Globe-Trotter game
proved itself a tremendous success
in backing our basketball team",
stated Martha Lou Pulver, president
ot the Valkyrie club, in a recent in­terview.
After the banquet, the Valkyrie
girls, still in their club sweaters
and skirts, attended the basketball
game, where they sat in their re­served
section. Miss Pulver reports
that throughout the season, the club
will support the team by continuing
to show the same spirit of last
Tuesday night.
The new members chosen by the
club this quarter and initiated at
the banquet are: Clara Oberleitner,
Muriel Ferguson, Virginia Fegley,
Helen Lindstrom and Ruth Tveten.
Phyllis McNamee, who was ill last
initiation time, was also initiated.
Committee chairmen responsible
for the banquet were: Jean Car­ver;
financial secretary, Pauline
Barnes; initiation, Virgie Boal;
program, Virginia Helms; table
decorations, Echo Oxford.
Table decorations included blue
and white chrysanthemums while
the favors were in the form of bas­ketball
men, Globe-Trotters and
Vikings.
Maxine Moldrem and Prank Chor-vat
have been elected the most rep­resentative
woman and man on the
campus of WWC. The election,
which was held in the Men's club
room, is sponsored yearly by WWC's
annual, the Klipsun. A large per­centage
of the student body polled
its votes.
Miss Moldrem, a small blonde
with a vivid personality, has been
outstanding in student life through­out
her attendance at WWC. Her
cheerfulness and friendliness has
won her many friends both on and
off the campus. She is an excel­lent
musician, having taken violin
lessons since she was four. Miss
Moldrem has the honor of being
president of the Women's League
this year.
Chorvat is also a well round­ed
individual. He was captain
of the football team last year.
Chorvat's term as vice-president of
the Associated Student Body and as
an active member on the Board of
Control will soon be terminated.
His work has been greatly appre­ciated.
The women candidates were:
Maxine Moldrem, Virgie Boal, and
Clara VanderGriend. The men
candidates were: Fritz Chorvat,
Harold Nelson, and Bud Neil. The
winners will be presented small en­graved
cups and their pictures will
be featured in the Klipsun.
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Flu Epidemic
Search Continued
Suspicion of foul play in the
Barnhart disappearance was elinv
inated last Tuesday with the infor­mation
that Robert Barnhart, for­mer
WWC student and Seattle pub­lic
school teacher, who has been
missing since January 8, was seen
in a bus station in Chehalis, Wash­ington,
on that date.
Evasive
He was seen by T. R. Adener, Te­nino,
Washington, school principal
who knew Barnhart well. Adener
said that Barnhart was evasive and
did not want to talk to him. He
was also seen at the bus station
at Longview Junction by Mrs. W.
D. Cartright.
California Bound
Indications show that Barnhart
was dissatisfied with his teaching
job in Seattle and was determined
to leave and try again some other
place. It is thought that he will
stop to settle in California, and
that his relatives will hear from
him there.
President C. H. Fisher said yes­terday
that he was satisfied that
Barnhart had not met with foul
play and because of an unsettled,
dissatisfied mind had gone south,
instead of north as commonly ex­pected.
Zylstra Bids Adieu
To Board
Zylstra Recommends That
Board Book Be Bought
Up To Date
Molenkamp, Kidder go Into Finals
In Vice-President Race;
Six Others Come Through
Three For Price
Of One At
Civic Playhouse
Well Known Disease
Threatens Campus
As John Solomon would sing
it, "Beware! take care! the
green-eyed dragon by the name
of flu is out again." This dra­gon
hasn't really gotten a good
hold on the student body yet,
there being only a few scat­tered
cases reported. However,
his little brother (common cold
to you) by working overtime is
more than making up for any
lack of interest on the dragon's
part.
In spite of this fact,, the in­firmary
has been getting a
much needed rest with no pa­tients
this week, Miss Mead re­ported.
She added that this is
very unusual for this time of
the year.
The skating rink took its toll
last Saturday night at the
WAA party with Carmen Ek
and Myrtle Anderson both re­ceiving
fractured wrists.
Winding up a two-night run at
the Civic Playhouse, the Bellingham
Theatre Guild will present three
one-act plays at 8:15 this evening,
for the very reasonable price of 20
cents plus tax.
Entertainment is widely diversi­fied,
with humor and realism effec­tively
portrayed. Glenmore Jones
is director of the two comedies, "A
Marriage Proposal", and "Comes
Now the Farmer's Daughter." The
third play, "King. Row," is direct­ed
by Lewis H. Frazee.
Plenty of Laughs
"A Marriage Proposal" was writ­ten
by Anton Chekhov, and is one
of the great Russian realist's lighter
successes. It deals with the practi­cal
side of a country romance.
"Comes Now the Farmer's Daugh­ter",
by guildsman Francis Berry,
is a comedy of a different type, be­ing
more subtle and sophisticated.
"King Row", by H. E. Mansfield,
is a mixture of tragic and comic
elements, and deals with rural life.
In the play a good for nothing son
deserts his poor family and runs off
with a dancer.
By Bob White
As his final official act as presi­dent
of the Associated Student body,
Don Zylstra appointed a committee
to bring the Board of Control hand­book
up to date so that the incom­ing
officers will have no difficulty
in taking over their several duties.
Zylstra submitted several memo­randa
as suggested to this hand­book,
and recommended that the
committee have the material ready
to submit to the incoming presi­dent,
Don Wilson, at the next
board meeting.
Retiring vice-president Frank
Chorvat reported to the board on
the returns of the primary student
election, stating that Don Wilson
had been elected by the necessary
majority, and that the other offi­cers
will be decided next Wednes­day.
Reporting for the committee on
constitution revision, Ralph Neil
stated that upon investigation the
committee had found the by-laws
regarding the procedure followed at
nominating conventions needed no
revision, but recommended that
section of the board handbook deal­ing
with such conventions be check­ed
with the Blue book for possible
discrepancies.
President Zylstra reported to the
board, relative to his retirement,
that everything is in order for the
new president, and recommended
that new division leaves be pur­chased
for the official^ files.
"A date was. set for the annual
board banquet, at which the new
members are officially introduced
to those already in office. Clara
VanderGriend was named as chair­man
of the committee to arrange
for the banquet.
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Freshmen Throw
Party Tomorrow
Winner
549 Students Go to Polls;
Close Votes
Featured in All Positions
Don Wilson, selected by the stu­dents
as the new head of the West­ern
Washington College student
body. Wilson won earlier fame as
a member of the Board of Control,
and as the male lead in "Much
Ado About Nothing", presented last
year. The newly elected president
will take office immediately, re­placing
Don Zylstra, retiring offi­cer.
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Klipsun Inhibits
Wrecking Hour
Faculty in Close Race
PRESIDENT—Don Wilson.
VICE-PRESIDENT—Alice Molen­kamp
and Phil Kidder.
FOUR-QUARTER WOMEN'S.REP­RESENTATIVE—
Pauline Barnes,
Ruth Martinsen.
FOUR-QUARTER REPRESENTA­TIVE—
Shirley Rogers, Dale
Courtney.
FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE —
Dr. Cederstrom, Paul Grim.
Costumes Representing Hidden
Desires Featured; Novel Floor
Show at Intermission
The first freshman party of the
quarter and one of the few night
dances given the remainder of the
present quarter will be given Sat­urday,
January 22, in the train­ing
school gymnasium from 8 to
11 p. m.
In the absence of Mike Zylstra,
freshman president, Evan Hill, vice-president,
took over the duties of
the president, and appointed the
committees for the dance. At the
head of the decoration committee,
which will decorate Saturday morn­ing,
is Bill Fowler; heading the re­freshment
committee is Melba Noo-nan,
who claims to be working out
some original plan of refreshing the
dancers. Barbara Boothe is head of
the reception committee.
"Though not notified of the date
of the party until late in the week,
I think the Freshman party will be
as usual—the best of the year,"
stated the new Erosh president.
Ellsworth Vines, Bellingham Lad, Would
Rather Golf; Perry is Humorist
Vines Beats Perry on WWC Gym Floor Wednesday;
English Ace Tells All to College Reporters •
By Walt Skinner
"I think tennis is a swell game,
but I believe I would rather play
a good game of golf." That is a
typical matter-of-fact statement by
a young gentleman named Ells­worth
Vines. Mr. Vines had just
finished unleashing the most pow­erful
all-around game in modem
tennis against Fred J. Perry of Eng­land
to beat him 6-2, 6-4. When
asked what he considered to be the
toughest match he had ever played,
the greatest tennis player of all
times mentioned his match against
the old master, William T. "Big
Bill" Tilden, in Los Angeles at the
beginning of their 1934 professional
tour. The match, which lasted for
(Continued on Pace Three)
By Bill Fowler
Frederick John Perry, perhaps
the greatest tennis player in the
world, sat beside me in the front
seat of the car I was driving, and
nonchalantly conversed about this
and that.
The man who. won the Davis Cup
for England and kept it there for
three years proved to be "quite a
guy." His well known humor was
in evidence and he talked with
friendly ease. In grey coat and
trousers, with a sweater under­neath,
he looked more like a movie
hero than a net star.
Drives Group From. Seattle
It was my privilege to drive one
of two Buicks commissioned to
(Continued on Page Three)
"You can say no, no, honey, that's
all right, but I'll get even NEXT
FRIDAY NIGHT at Klipsun's Inhi­bition
Hop!"
And that's what WWC'rs can
threaten this next week, for Fri­day
night, January 28, the klipsun
staff is sponsoring the last night
rec hour of the winter quarter, in
the gym from 8:00 until 11:00.
It is to be a costume affair, every­one
coming dressed as some person
or some thing that he has always
wanted to be, but for some reason
has inhibited himself from being
it.
Rumors Float Around
"We'd like to see all the day
dreams, life-long ambitions, and
secret longings come to life at the
dance", says Fat Green, who is gen­eral
chairman of the hop. "Every­one
had such a, good time dressing-up
and letting go at the barn dance
last year, and so many students
have asked for another costume
dance, that the staff hopes you'll
come through again and have a
grand evening's fun", Miss Green
concluded.
During intermission, Klipsun staff
members will present an amateur
floor show and it's been rumored
that a special exhibition of the
Big Apple may headline it.
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Music for Rec Hour
By New Orchestra
In a record splurge of voting Don
Wilson, college Thespian, romped
home first by a wide margin Wed­nesday
in the last winter quarter
presidential election, and will be
student body president of WWC un­til
fall quarter.
All four other offices were dead­locked
J by close balloting and an­other
vote will take place next
Wednesday to run off these less-than-
majority ties.
Alice Molenkamp will again con­test
Phil Kidder for the vice-presi­dentship,
Pauline Barnes will op­pose
Ruth Martinsen for women's
representativce, Shirley Rogers will
oppose Dale Courtney, for represen­tative,
and M. F. Cederstrom will
run against Paul Grim for faculty
representative. With the exception
of the BarneVMartuisenTrace,these
candidates polled almost equal
votes.
Big Turnout
Out of the 752 students enrolled
at the present an enormous crowd
of 549 kept the voting machines
humming all day Wednesday. This
is 73 per cent of the total, the larg­est
number in at least the last six
or eight years.
Wilson will make his initial Board
of Control appearance next week,
when he will replace retiring presi­dent
Don Zylstra. The winners on
Wednesday will start their terms
also the following week.
No small part of the enthusiasm
stirred up this election was due,
the election committee declared
after the count, to the Interclub
Council's idea of the "I've Voted,
Have You" tags. The candidate,
posters were also the most numer­ous
for a long time, due mainly to
zealous Viking electioneers.
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"It is worth two hours of your
time to hear our new Randy
Fisher orchestra," announces Helen
Masters, general manager of rec
hours for the winter quarter. Tins
orchestra, which played for the
dance last week, has proved itself
very satisfactory for such a new or­ganization.
Three of its members
are WWC students.
Today from 4:00 to 6:00 is the
time and.the training school gym
is the place for this week's rec hour.
The student sponsor is Wini­fred
Krieter and the faculty guests
are VMiss Gertrude Longley, Miss
^ona Su^dquist and Mr. Sam Car­ver."
Student activities tickets ad­mit.
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O* The Hon^
Friday, January 21
4:00-6:00 p. m.—Rec hour,
training school gym.
8:00 p. m—Basketball game,
WWC vs. Pacific Luther­an
college.
8:15 p. m.—Theatre Guild
presents 3 one-act plays.
Civic Playhouse.
Saturday, January 22
1:00 p. m.—WAA hike to
Mount Chuckanut, meet in
front of main building.
8:00 p. m.—Freshman party,
training school gym.
Monday, January 24
7:30 p. m—Alkisiah club
meeting, Edens Hall Club
room.
Tuesday, January 25
11:00 a. m.-^Assembly, by
the students.
Wednesday, January 26
4:00 p. m.—Inter-club Coun­cil
meeting, room 208.
January 26*29
Basketball trip, Linfield,
Oregon, Albany Normal,
Willamette, Oregon.
' Friday, Jenuary 28 '•'•[
11:00 a. m.—Assembly, Lu­ther
King, Negro tenor.
8:00 p. m.—Inhibition hop,
sponsored by the Klipsun
staff, training-school gym.