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VfM XXXVIIlr-^NO. 13 WESTERN WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Friday, January] 6, 1939
and
By Charles Kilbonrne
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Well, here we are back again
from the Christmas vacation, or are
we ? The Yuletide shoppers have
s a v e d business
once again* and
the only glut on
the m a r k e t is
the. vast number
of horrible gift
ties and shirts be­ing
returned post
haste by the re­cipients.
T h e n
there are e v en
more that aren't
b e i n g returned,
and neither are
they being worn. The average ex­cuse
being offered this year is that
they are too nice to wear. Accord­ing
to a dispatch from Texarkana,
Texas, one of the local gentry solv­ed
the problem very nicely when he
found he could not return any of his
numerous Christmas ties. Using a
purple polka dot one with an or­ange
field, he hanged himself from
a rafter in his basement.
EPSOM DERBY
Things seem to have quieted
down somewhat in the McKesson-
Robbins drug scandal. The rea­son
seems to be that nobody new
has turned out to be a Musica for
several' hours now. Since learning
of the practice of shipping muni-tioBS
to Spain in crates labeled as
containing milk of magnesia and
other such drugs, it is possible to
understand the reports emanating
from the battlefront concerning the
Spanish "Epsom Derby." ' It
seems that the rebels are wont to
gather up a few captives, line them
up, tell them to start running, and
thea see how close they could come
to hitting their heels with Papa
Coster's .44-calibre milk of mag­nesia.
At any rate the substituted
contents of the drug crates seem to
have had the same effect as was
intended for the original.
CHOO-CHOO
Bellingham's new bus system,
which somehow contrived to miss
WWC, "now seems to be getting
down to a point that approaches
smooth running. The new five-cent
night rate is a boon to students wish­ing
to return to the college at night
to study or to visit the dorm girls.
The drivers are pretty well pleased
'with the new gas buggies, now that
they are getting used to them. Only
the buses are taking a beating. It
was just seventeen days after they
started operating that oil. smoke was
noticed coming out the exhaust. In
the words of the immortals, "It
won't be long now!" Anyway
they are doing better than the
street cars, which in common with
their cousins, the railroads, were
rapidly losing out in a financial
way. A Tennessee mountaineer
once told a feature-story writer that
he had never heard of a railroad
train. We understand that he is
greatly envied by a number of rail­road
officials.
B-Z-Z-Z-Z!
We witnessed a little scene the
other day that convinced us that
times certainly are changing around
this school. A male member of a
science class dashed breathlessly into
the room about five minutes before
the final bell rang, sat down at a
table reserved for the contempla­tion
of biological specimens, pulled
an electric razor out of his hip-pocket,
and proceeded to shave him­self.
Henceforth, it is rumored,
all 8 o'clock classes will have
plug-in sockets installed for the
benefit of late risers. While we are
on the subject it might be approp­riate
to mention that if placed end
to end, the hairs grown by an av­erage^
man in one year would equal
4,703 feet. The catch is, ofcourse,
to get thtttri to grow end to- encLy \
cGee Replaces D^n Marquis
III At May? Clink
Dean W. J. Marquis
Mrs. Thomas F. Hunt
Passes Away
Eldora F. Hunt, wife of Thomas
P. Hunt, WWC History instructor,
died Saturday, December 17. The
service took place at Sacred
Heart church the following Mon­day
at 9:00 a. m., with burial at
Bay View cemetery.
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Ski Club Plans
Big Season;
Trip This Sunday
Deah of Men
Takes Leave
Marquis Undergoes Operation;
To Return for Spring Quarter;
McGee arid Poole Replace Him
W. J. Marquis, dean of men and
instructor in the department of edu­cation,
left Bellfngham on the even­ing
of December 24 for the Mayo
clinic in Rochester, Minnesota". Dean
Marquis was accompanied by- Mrs.
Marquis. Mr. Marquis was not very
well during the fall quarter and on
the advice of his physician decided
to go to the Mayo clinic for an op­eration.
Word was received yester­day
from Mrs. Marquis that Mr.
Marquis underwent an operation on
December 30 at the Colonial hos­pital
in Rochester, Minn., and that
he was doing very well. Mr. Mar­quis
expects to take up his duties in
the. spring quarter.
During the winter quarter L. A.
McGee of the physical education de­partment
will act as dean of men
in Mr. Marquis' absence.
C. P. Poole will teach Mr. Mar­quis'
classes during this present
quarter. Mr. Poole comes to WWC
from the University of Washington
[ where he is completing his work for
the Ph. D. degree, which degree will
be conferred upon him in June of.
this year. Mr. Poole's most recent
Temporary Dean
Loye A. McGee
Wilson, WWC Printer
Returns To Faculty
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Carl F. Gould Passes
After Illness
Enthusiastically
pushed by Prexy Dick Hudson, the
ski club is rapidly expanding into
one of the major clubs of the insti-tion.
Boasting of nearly 150 mem­bers
at present, it is expected more
will enroll later in the year.
Plans to have a bus, as well as
.private parties take ski fans up the
mountain have been completed and
will go into effect next week-end.
As a special feature all those from
the school that go up the first Sun­day,
January 15, will be entitled to
free instructions in the art of ma­neuvering
the skis. Pictures will be
taken that will later appear in the
Western Viking and the Klipsun.
Club members have been taking
adventage of the free lectures and
moving pictures.shown by Granville
Jenson at the Whatcom junior high
and at the. Larrabee school. These
lectures are free to the public, and
anyone interested is urged to 8t-tend.
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One of Best Known Architects
In U.S.; Designed P E and
Library Buildings at WWC
Carl P.. Gould, designer, and arch­itect,
died Wednesday afternoon .at
the Seattle Swedish hospital after
an illness of about two months.
Mr. Gould, one. of the best, known
architects in the country, designed
the building plans for the PE build­ing
and the library at WWC. A
short time before his illness, Mr.
Gould visited the college with de­signs
for the new Campus Elemen­tary
school building. He completed
the plans before his death.
After many years of training, Mr.
Gould, in 1914, associated himself
with Charles H. Bebb,' arid the
firm of Bebb and Gould has had
an important part hi the erection
of many beautiful'buildings in the
Northwest.-
Miss Anne Gould, his daughter,
arrived in Seattle but a few days
ago to take over her father's work
in the architectural firm of Bebb
and Gould.
The state ^capitol group in Olym-pia,
the Everett General hospital,
the two buildings at WWC, the
buildings at the University of
Washington and many others will
remain as monuments to the mem­ory
of Carl F. Gould.
Swiss Performer Explains Yodeling;
Te lls of Instruments; U.S. Trip
"Yodel—why yes everyone yodels
in Switzerland," said Joseph Stu-der
in answer to a question regard­ing
the most interesting Swiss cus­tom.
Joseph Studer was the mas­ter
of ceremonies and general
spokesman for the three Swiss ar­tists
who appeared in last Tuesday's
assembly. :•*,
Mr. Studer went on to say that to
Swiss people yodeling is much the
same as singing is to' us. There are
also the same limitations to yodel­ing
as there are to singing; that is,
some can and some just can't. For­tunately,
the Studers. could. Mr.
Studer told briefly the'history and
background of yodeling and explain­ed
that it is used in the same man­ner
as our singing. They yodel for
public entertainment, they yodel to
call one another, and they yodel
when they—well—when they have
nothing else .to do.
After this Mr. Studer introduced
his companion performers who were,
his brother, Louis Studer, who was
the one who quite outdid even Ben­ny
Goodman on the clarinet, and
his cousin, Fritz Studer, who really
made the accordion and the bass
viol talk.
Fritz then explained about the
tiny accordion which he played. "T^t
is about thirty-five or forty years
old but still plays as well as it ever
did,'' he said in his jovial; obliging
&£&
After a year's leave of absence,
R. D. Wilson, printer, has returned
to the faculty. Leaving at the be­ginning
of the winter quarter last
year because of ill health, Mr. Wil­son
spent eleven months in the hos­pital
at the Home of the Typo­graphical
union in Colorado Springs,
Colo. Franklin Shaver has been in
charge of the print shop for the past
year.
The.Printers Home, maintained by
the International Typographical
union, is the only establishment of
its kind in the United States. Mr.
Wilson is a member of this union;
all members are entitled- to either
the excellent hospital facilities of
the home or to residence there after
reaching the age of 60.
Takes Stage
Lines Remain Identical With
Play of Old; Present Costume
Replaces Elizabethan Dress
Last winter a large
WWC audience applauded .tre­mendously
a somewhat modernized
production of William Shakes­peare's
"Julius Caesar." Present
day military uniforms replaced the
long, flowing mantles of the Shakes­pearean
era and the clashing of the
swords, mpst familiar sound in the
battles of the Elizabethan period
gave way to the. staccato of ma­chine-
gun fire——the result, amaz­ingly
different style yet a great suc­cess.
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Again this winter, Victor H. Hop-pe,
director, of dramatics, will at­tempt
lb reach a new high in mod­ernization
by reconstructing another
great Shakespearean play. This time
he will present a super streamlined
version of "Hamlet.".Action, impli­cations,
and costumes will undergo
great alteration; the characters will
be wearing modern European court
apparel in court scenes and khaki
and business clothes in others. A
rather militaristic style will pre­dominate.
Although Elizabethan
references are omitted, the lines of
the play remain identical to those
scrolled by the mighty pen of
Shakespeare over 300 years ago.
The basic point of this, play is the
bewilderment of modern man. This
is stressed by the soft-peddling of
the ghosts and spooks.
"The 1939 version of 'Hamlet',"
stated Mr. Hoppe, "should prove an
interesting experiment, as the lines
will not be altered, the plot will re­main
identically the same, and thus
comparing of William Shakespeare's
strength and force of imagination
as a literary genius to that of mod­ern
authors' and playwrights can
well be done."
Recently in New York city a well-known
playwright was severely lee
tured by a group of Shakespearean
ege Receives Library Funds
From Cam
Lecturer Interprets
Subject Of
German Nazism
Renowned Authority Speaks
Mind; Nazism vs. Democracy
Subject for Academic Debate
(Continued on Page Three)
School YWCA Organization To Hold
Bible Institute In Edens Hall
Beginning Thursday noon, Janu- their friends are invited to attend.
ary 12, and lasting through Sunday,
January 15, the YWCA organ­ization
of the school will hold a
Bible institute in the Edens hall club
room. Noon, afternoon, and evening-meetings
will be in the charge of
prominent speakers, and all stu­dents,
both men and women, and
Reporter Encounters
Surgeon's Scalpel
manner. He also pointed out the
difference between, the Swiss .ac­cordions
which they played and'the
kind we are used to seeing.
"The main difference is that where
you have keys similar to a piano
keyboard we have buttons; however,
much the same effect is produced.
Naturally all of the men ski but
they have not as yet tried any of our
American 'snowf ields. However, be­fore
they, return to their native
country they hope to see some of
our ski resorts.
Though they all talk with an ac­cent
they are fun to talk to and un­usually
easily understood. From the
examples in assembly one could eas­ily
say the "Swiss family Studer"
is very good looking and all have
personalities to match. For all the
hard work they have been doing
the three are apparently tireless,
judging from the hustle and bustle
of packing and the interest they
took in answering questions at the
same time.
Joseph Studer went on to say in
his clipped accent that for two and
a half years they have been in the
United States and liked it very
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"We have ''• driven.approximately
50,000 miles in pur Chevrolet and
hope to go many more; At present
we are heading south down,the
Following an acute attack of ap­pendicitis
Douglas Lince, WWC stu­dent,
was operated on at the St.
Luke's hospital on Sunday, January
1. .
Lince, who. is a reporter for the
Viking, had liad a mild attack in
the latter part of last year, but did
not realize- that he was subject to
the ailment. He stayed in the col­lege
infirmary for several days after
his first attack.
Although he is doing as well as
can be expected, Lince" can have no
visitors as yet.
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Norseman Begin Quarter
With Plans .'/!.;••
The opening meeting of the insti­tute
will be held Thursday noon,
and the second meeting will be
Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Three meetings, will be held Friday:
at noon, at 4 oclock, and after din­ner
in the evening. The Saturday
afternoon meeting will be" followed
by a tea and social time; the closing
meeting will be held Sunday after­noon.
Programs will be printed soon
and further information regarding
the meetings will be posted on the
YWCA bulletin board. .
The first Bible institute sponsor­ed
-by • the YWCA organization
was held in 1907 and it has only
been omitted once since that time,
making this year's institute the 30th
one to be held. The institute began
with the co-operation of the Bel-lingham
ministers and has always
had this co-operation. During the
30 years the organization has had
many very excellent speakers from
various parts of the United States
and also several from foreign coun­tries.
Included among these speak­ers
have been missionaries, minis­ters,
and eminent students of the
Bible.
Hitler over Europe? - - -..--•?•-'
Recognized as a renowned author­ity
on central Europe, Dr. William.
Landeen of Walla Walla college, ap­peared
in; the assembly today. He
spoke on the subject of "Nazism
versus Democracy." ' ' .
Dr. Landeen is well-known as a
scholar, educator, world-traveler,
and lecturer who has chosen the
subject, "Middle Europe" as his life
study. He has been an eyewitness,
of many of the incidents which
brought Adolf Hitler to supreme
power in Germany—the chapter, of
world history which rivals the Na­poleonic
era.
The description of the struggle be­tween
Democracy and Naziism was
given. Landeen spent months in
post-war Germany, has a fluent
command of the German language,
an insight into German character,
morals and German political ideol­ogy,
and has had opportunities to
see firsthand the events which led
to the Nazi hegemony over Central
Europe.
Landeen has stated that "Nazi-ism
versus Democracy" is the issue
which confronts the world today. It
is no longer merely a subject for
academic debate, but a live, vital
issue which is going to play a tre­mendously
important role in Ameri­can
politics.
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Guild To Present-
Famous Drauna
Of Modern Ideas
$9,000 Appropriated to Buy
More Books WWC Library;
$3,000 To Be Given Annually
Nine thousand dollars have been
granted to WWC to be used for pur­chasing
books of permanent value
for the library by the Carnegie cor­poration
of New York. The money
:will be available.' at the. rate of
$3,000 a. year for three years. This
.gift came as a Christmas present to
the school, as notification was re­ceived
by President Fisher just a
few days before Christmas.
Twenty-nine teachers'' colleges in
the United States were granted
funds amounting to a total of $180,-
000. The minimum amount of any
grant was $3,000. Western Wash­ington
college was the only one of
the teachers colleges west of the
Rockies to receive a grant.
Late during last spring quarter a
representative of the Carnegie cor­poration
of New York visited the
college library and gathered consid­erable
data for his investigation of
teachers colleges' libraries. During
the summer a formal application
was made, accompanied by a state­ment
of the needs of the library and
how an appropriation would be spent
if it were granted.
Over a period of three years this
fund will provide for some defic­iencies
in the collection of WWC's
library and will put the book col­lection
in first class condition.
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Dance Instructors To
Be Accepted
Carver and Courtney Appointed
Co-Chairmen of Rec Hours for
Winter Quarter, Says Bud Neil,
Rehearsals for the
Bellingfyam Theatre "Guild's "R.
U. R." production, by the late
distinguished Czeck playwright,
Karel Capek, are now in full
swing, according to Dr. Hicks,
popular president of the guild.
"R. U. R.," Capek's best known
work, presents the new and unusual
in modernplays. It is a robot play
of famous modern drama of ideas.
Popular opinion concedes that "R.
U. R." is the greatest robot drama
oh the present day stage. Incident-ly
the famed Capek died just last
Christmas day at the still young
writing age of 48.
Following "R. U. R." the Guild
will present three one-act plays,
"The Lamplighter," by Charles
Dickens; "The Boor," written by
the Russian realist, Anton Chekhov;
arid "Three's a Crowd," a delightful
modern American comedy by Sue
McCarty.
Glenmore Jones, skillful amateur
actor, is in general charge of "R. U.
R." while the three one-;act plays
are capably handled by Norman
Burchette, Denton Hatfield, Fred
Wolfe, and Mary Kathleen Mura:
As Bellingham audiences are get­ting
more and more stage-conscious
—tiring somewhat of the continuous
run of all-alike movies—it is predict­ed
the forthcoming Theatre Guild
plays will surpass former perform­ances.
It is believed the relation­ship
built up between actor and
audience which is wanting in the
celluloid of the cinema will be large­ly
responsible for this change.
Appointing Jean Carver and
Dale Courtney co-chairmen pi:rec
hours for .winter^quarter^ and. an­nouncing
that applications for a
man and a woman, dance instruc­tor
for dance classes will be ac­cepted
into next Wednesday, the
Board of Control presided over by
Student Prexy_ Ralph Neil swung
into action on the winter quarter
business of the Associated Students
at their meeting on January 4.
Other business included the read­ing
of the final financial report for
homecoming and a discussion of the
administration of rec hours.to the
effect that the chairman of any
class party should first confer with
the co-chairman of rec hours be­fore
taking any action toward or­ganizing
the party.
Also, it was suggested that the
attention of students be drawn to
the new rec hour furniture pur­chased
last quarter as contrasted
to that used previously, and to re­quest
cooperation from students iri.
keeping this new furniture in good
'condition.
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Klipsun Sponsors -
Popularity Polls
Starting the social events of the
Winter quarter the Norsemen's club
will sponsor an informal, which will
be held on Saturday, January 21, in
the Crystal ballroom of the Leopold
hotel. This is the first dance given
by the club since they have organ­ized
and "they hope for a very suc­cessful
evening.
Doug Lince, chairman of the so­cial
committee for the club, will
have charge of plans for the affair.
Stewart McLeod and Charles Dun-are
assisting him by handling the
publicity, decorations and programs.
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First Rec Hour of Quarter
Held Tonight in Gym
- Dancing will be from 8 to 11 in
the training school gym. Music
will be furnished by Jay Curtis arid
his orchestra. , r^'-.:';'
;'-i3tudeni?vbo^::;iteketeT-;are^.rie^r
sary for admission.. ^ •'* -/-- -•: 't-
Swiss Family Studer Yodel Here
See this: Page.
Marquis III; McGee New Dean
See this Page.
$9,000 Granted To WWC Library
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Streamlined Viking Coming; Watch!
No Stoiy. ;•.'".'•;.-* ;--.-.V'. '•'•'
Assembly Situation Arouses Ire
See Edit Column.•;.••-[~~: ,.•••' ':;:'••••:''•': '•• :
Coeds Reveal All; Gifts Described
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Coming Intra-Mural Schedule Printed
With the heaviest part of its
work just starting, • the Klipsun
staff announces its annual contest
to-choose the most popular man and
woman on the campus will take
place during the next two weeks.
"Start thinking of your choice for
the popularity contest," warns Edi­tor
Prances Daley. "Balloting will
be two weeks from today in assem­bly"
Scores in the National Scholastic
Press association judging have been
announced with the 1938 Klipsun
receiving second class rating. Out
of the 213 books rated this year,
only*five received the supreme grade
of Pacemaker. .r Annuals from col­leges
and junior colleges all over
the country are "sent to be graded.
The Klipsun was one of eighteen
to receive second class in the group ,
of schools of 500 to 1,000. students. /
On -The tfoti
Friday,, January 6
8-11 p.m.—Rec hour, train­ing
school gym.
Saturday, January 7, y'
1 p; m.-WM hike, Lake
'.-.. Padden. "
Tuesday, January 10
•11;. sv mr--Assembly. >; > " J
4 p.im.—Interclub council.
Wednesday, •|iM»Bi^^i:^:;v^V>C
7:30 p. m.--Bcholarship soci-
: ety, Edens hall clubroom.