Western Viking - 1938 March 4

              Donft Miss the Big
"W" d u b Smoker
Saturday Night
VOL. XXXVII—NO. 20
WESTERN WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Friday, March 4, 1938
'W Club Smoker Coming Off
Tomorrow Night;
Red Hot Matches On Card
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Don Wilson Battles Krejg
In Main Event;
Phair Challenged by J. Moses
Stuart Versus Stuart
By Bill Fowler
"With Joe Moses and Bob Phair
unable to come to terms it looks
like the card announced last week
will stand" stated that blushing
daffodil, M. T. Nelson, promoter of
the "W" club smoker tomorrow
evening from 7:00 to 8:30 in the
small gym.
"Despite the fact that no one
dares to go into the ring with me,"
modestly continued the handsome
l.ugosi, "I feel assured that the af­fair
will be a success. The young
gentlemen have given me their word
that they will produce what you
Americans call 'a good show'."
"Iron Man" Hank
Lanky Maynard Howatt, the
brain trust of Edwards hall, opens
the smoker against a house-mate,
"Smokey" Stover, followed by Lau­rie
Klein and Hank Francis, who is
so far out of shape that the boys
around the Viking office are giving
even money that the sound of the
bell knocks him out.
Prank Anderson tries his luck
against that fighting machine from
Puyallup, Johnny Valenta. Then
comes the fraternal fight between
Bob and Gail Stuart. From this
corner it looks like a dead heat, al­though
Bob has more experience.
Main Event
Orville Richards and Les Jones
tangle in the semi-final in a poten­tially
sensational bout. The main
event features Don .Wilson and
Johnny Krieg. Krieg is given a
slight edge over the blond prexy,
but anything.can.and probably.will
happen.
The faculty sponsors for the brawl
are Sam Ford and Doc Cederstrom,
due to the absence of Sam Carver
and "Fibber" McGee, who are at­tending
a physical education con­ference.
Admission is still 15 cents.
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WWC Boys Shout
For Joy;
ROTC Can't Come
The Reserve Officers Training
Corps dance, which was scheduled
for Saturday night, has been un­avoidably
cancelled but a regular
rec hour will be held in its place.
In a letter received by President
Fisher last week-end, G. M. Ravens-croft,
captain of the United States
navy at the University of Washing­ton,
expressed his regrets that the
ROTC trip has been postponed.
Their boat, the Eagle No. 57, is be­ing
overhauled in the Navy Yard
and cannot possibly be ready for
the cruise which was to be made
March 5. Mr. Ravenscroft said,
"The boys were disappointed that
they couldn't come because they
had such a good time last year, and
wish me to express their apprecia­tion
of the dance being planned for
them."
Mel McKee's orchestra will play
for the rec hour, which will be held
from 9:00 to 11:00 o'clock, after the
Smoker. Helen Lindstrom will be
general chairman for the Valkyrie
club, which is sponsoring the dance.
Faculty sponsors will be Dr. M. S.
Kuder, Paul R. Grim, of the train­ing
school, Miss Florence Johnson,
and W. J. Marquis.
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Hicks Plays With
WWC Orchestra
One of the unusual features of
the WWC orchestra concert which
is scheduled for March 15 will be
"The Triangle Concerto", for piano
and orchestra, by Liszt, in which Dr.
Arthur C. Hicks will play the piano.
Among Its other numbers, the or­chestra
will also play the first
movement from*Schubert's "Unfin­ished
Symphony", which has never
been attempted before in this
school.
This quarterly concert will be pre­sented
in the regular assembly hour.
Masked Marvel
This lad is not really masked
nor is he a marvel, but it's typical
of what you will see at the "W"
club smoker Saturday night.
Reserve Bookroom
May Be Abolished
Board Discusses
Applications
Entries for Editor and
Business Manager of Vking
To Be Submitted to Adviser
By Board Correspondent
As a result of a discussion on
the acceptance of applications for
editor and business manager of the
Western Viking for next quarter,
the board voted that all such appli-,,
cations will in the future be sub­mitted
by the board to Mrs. Ruth
Burnet, journalism instructor and
Viking supervisor, for approval be­fore
definite action is taken by the
board.
The method followed in the past,
that of requiring applicants to se­cure
a recommendation from the
Viking administration to be submit­ted
with applications, has proved
unsatisfactory, and need for the
new policy was pointed out prior
to the discussion which resulted in
the change.
Speaking as a representative of
the Inter-club Council, Clara Van-der
Griend placed before the board
a request from that organization
that any member of the Inter-club
Council who completes four quar­ters
of active service, receives an
award in the form of a pin. Defi­nite
action in the matter was de­ferred
until a later date.
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Boston Tea Party
Feud Renewed;
British Lose Again
John Charles
Thomas
Baritone
Thomas Gives Only Concert
Of Northwest Tour
At High School Tonight
Students May Rent Books from
Ford's Co-op at One-fourth
Present Retail Price
WWC students may have to rent
their reserve books from the Coop
starting spring quarter, according to
a report received from the faculty
textbook committee last Thursday.
Because of the present congestion
in the reserve book room both stu­dents
and library staff are in­convenienced.
A special commit­tee
headed by Arthur Hicks was ap­pointed
by President C. H. Fisher
to formulate some plan to avoid the
present condition which makes it
difficult for students to get outside
reading done.
Sam Ford, of the college Co-op,
has given a tentative rental price
for books to be rented. Books that
are to be used for six quarters may
be rented for one-fourth of the re­tail
price but texts to be used for
less than six quarters, will have
rental prices slightly higher.
The system submitted involves
the cooperation of the faculty for
the return of the rented books. No
deposit will be made but the class
grade card will be withheld if the
rented book is not returned. In
order to help carry the cost of be­ginning
a rental system, the Li-ibrary
will turn the present supply
of reserved books on hand to the
Co-op.
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Review by Dr. Upshall
To Be Printed in June
"Applications of Tests of Non-in­tellectual
Functions" is the title of
the article by Dr. C. C. Upshall
which will appear in the June num­ber
of the quarterly "Review of Ed­ucational
Research." He will re­view
all that has been printed on
the subject during the years 1935,
1936, and 1937. ,
Dr. Upshall has been working
steadily on the 6300-word article for
the last two months. It requires
endless checking to see that every
reference is exact. Some of the
non-intellectual functions covered
are: tests of personality, vocational
fitness, and problems in educational
guidance.
Making the old Boston Tea Party
look like a ladies' aid society in
contrast, the most spectacular tea
ever to float down WWC gullets was
poured last Thursday by the West­ern
Viking.
This high'society'affair "was at­tended
by all of the greats and
most of the littles of the 'illtop's ho's
'ho. Don Gooding, who was dug up
from a local dive to dish out the
colored water, did a truly wonderful
job, in spite of the uncooperative ef­forts
of the Viking faculty advisor
and the copy editor, both of whom
attempted to put the skids under
him and pour the tea in a more dig­nified
manner.
Restaurant Service Given
Between these two sabotagers and
fellows like Carver and Vogel, who
ate their breakfast and lunch at the
tea, and big shots like Blueroom,
who brought his family along for a
square meal, disaster threatened to
break up the meeting. Only when
Gooding left did peace come again.
Long before the last finger was
washed in the soupy tea, and ere the
final slurp was slurped, the food
began to run out For the next
three days a number of people still
showed their appreciation of the
feast by chawing on the vanished
tidbits. "The next Viking tea," de
clared editor Soukup afterwards,
"will be served by an automat in­stead
of Gooding and Fowler and
the rest. They looked too well fed."
They were.
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Edens Hall To Give
Dinner Dance
On next Wednesday evening,
March 9, Edens hall will be the
scene of a gala dinner dance. This
dinner dance is to be given instead
of the informal which is usually
planned for this time.
A St. Patrick theme is being car­ried
out, and the Dorm girls are
inviting outside guests. The high­light
of the evening will be the
films which Herbert C. Ruckmick
is going to present. These films will
show various campus scenes, and
also the pictures he took of the
choir that sang at the last Christ­mas
tea.
Phyllis McNamee is general chair­man
of the dinner dance and Betty
Franklin is co-chairman.
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Showcases Planned ...
Students And Faculty Give Comments
On Production Of 'Julius Caesar'
Guild Presentation,
The Old Soak'
Is Produced Soon
Comments on "Julius Caesar" gathered from enthusiastic students and
impressed faculty members who attended the performance of the play
last week revealed the general favorable opinion of the production.
, LELA KAUFMAN, freshman and budding young poet, said, "It was
better comedy than tragedy. I was especially amused when the crowd
roared at the triple suicide."
In ELVINA SPANGLER'S opin­ion,
the performance was very
good, but Mark Antony stole the
whole show.
•TOM EVANS, himself an actor,
stated.. "The play was well cast. I
particularly enjoyed Boyd Swan-son
as "Antony". It was certainly
professional. The whole perform­ance
constituted a feather in
WWC's bonnet."
"I thought 'Julius Caesar' was
very successful," was the opinion
given by RUTH BENNINGTON. "I
enjoyed the entire show. It appeal­ed
to me much more in modern
dress than in the traditional
Shakespearean costumes."
MISS LUCY KANGLEY, when
asked for her opinion said, "I thor­oughly
enjoyed Mr. Hoppe's produc­tion
of 'Julius Caesar.' Within the
limitations inevitably faced by any
amateur group, they did marvels. I
found myself completely absorbed.
I do not think our students, at their
best, need fear comparison with the
current Orson Welles production."
MR. KIBBE thought that it was
beautifully done, a unique interpre­tation,
and that the characters
were well chosen.
Western Washington college pa­trons
of the drama will have the
opportunity next week to see M. S.
Kuder cast in the deep, dark role
of a villain. As Banker Parsons in
the theatre guild's production, "The
Old Soak," Dr. Kuder will be given
In order to display a larger ex­hibit
of stuffed animals, John Rin-dall,
the school carpenter, is build­ing
six new showcases. These will
be placed on stands in the hall on
the second floor.
M. S. Kuder
an opportunity to wax his mous­tache,
figuratively speaking.
Don Marquis' famous play is a
plea for tolerant judgment of Clem
Hawley, the old soak himself, and
others of his type. Hawley, played
by Lewis Frazee, is at least more
admirable than his cousin, Banker
Parsons.
The plot concerns mainly some
stolen stock and its connection with
the old soak's family. Clem Haw­ley,
Jr., played by Cecil Bacon, gets
into trouble over a girl, Ina Heaton,
a toe dancing gold digger, and is
also involved to the stock.
Much of the comedy relief is pro­vided
by a duo of young Clem's
shady companions, Al, the bootleg­ger,
and Nellie, the hired girl.
. Glerimore Jones is director of the
play and Werner Klein is stage
manager.
O* fh< tfo**°n
Friday, March 4
8:15 p. m.—John Charles
Thomas, baritone, Bell-ingham
high school audi­torium.
Saturday, March 5
1:00 p. m.—WAA mystery
hike, meet in front of
main building.
7:00 p. m.—-Boxing match,
College gym.
9:00 p. m.—School dance,
campus school gym.
Monday, March 7
7:30 p. m.—Vanadis Bragi
meeting, Edens hall club
room.
Tuesday, March 8
il:00 a. m.—Assembly, Wom­en's
League.
Friday, March 11
Student Assembly.
Distinguished Artist Received
Education While Traveling;
Comes From Talented Family
CMA Sponsors Recital
Appearing for the second time in
Bellingham, John Charles Thomas
will be heard tonight at the new
Bellingham high school in a concert
sponsored by the Civic Music asso­ciation.
This performance is to be
the only one made by Mr. Thomas
in his present tour of the north­west.
Mr. Thomas has spent his entire
life in the atmosphere of musical
art; therefore, it is as much a part
of himself as his mother tongue.
In Myersdale, Pa., where he was
born, his father was a Methodist
preacher, his mother a singer. • The
three constituted a vocal trio, parti-pating
in the;, camp meetings at
which his father preached. The
young man sang everything from
tenor to bass and while he did not
become a preacher himself he did
awaken the artistic muse in his
soul which, later, was' destined to
control his decision as to a career.
While his duties required con­stant
traveling, his education was
not neglected. His preparatory
schooling was received in the various
towns in the states which his fam­ily
visited. It might perhaps have
been more complete had he been
permitted to pursue a regular course
in a particular place. However, his
intellectual capacity and alert men­tality
enabled him to surmount this
handicap.
Commenting on his program for
the current season, Mr. Thomas
said, "I'm going; to attempt to glori­fy
the music teacher, the song writ­er,
and the poet in these concerts.
Too" little attention has been given
to them, for if it weren't for the
people who write songs, where
would the singers be? We may
have forgotten the persons who
started us out in the music world,
but they haven't forgotten us; and.
•I'm going to try to do something to
prove that a man named Thomas
hasn't forgotten them."
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Reasoner, Templin
To Receive
Junior Award Pins
Jane Templin, newly appointed
assistant editor of the Klipsun
staff, will be given the Junior
Award pin this year. The Western
Engraving Company awards the pin
annually to the editor of the pub­lication,
and one staff member who
has done outstanding work.
"Miss Templin was selected for
the position of assistant editor and
the winner of the award pin, be­cause
of her shown ability as an
executive as well as a staff mem­ber,"
stated Eleanor Reasoner when
interviewed.
The other Klipsun staff mem­bers
are busy writing undercuts,
copy, and the like. Although then-pencils
are being put to hard use
the staff, still finds time to schedule
pictures. During the past week the
pictures of "The Big Ten", "The
Popular", and "The Smart", were
taken.
While speaking of pictures, the
Klipsun snap shot contest is draw­ing
to a close. So hurry and turn
in your campi snaps before next
Tuesday, March 8. Perhaps your
name will be among the winners
announced in a future edition of
this paper.
Viking Staff Plans
Newspaper Display
WWC students, you are cordially
invited to look over the quarterly
newspaper display which will be
shown in the Viking off ice begin­ning
next Wednesday. Everything
of interest in the newspaper line
will be included—unusual papers,
old papers, small town weeklies,
school papers, foreign papers and
what have you. A committee head­ed
by Louise Shrum and including
Reda Eaton Lela Kaufman, and
Art Mickle is in charge of the col­lection.
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