Western Viking - 1938 February 4

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Swfaff Th6 Big
Apple With the
Women Tomorrow Nite
Send for Your
Baby Picture; The
Viking Needs It
VOL. XXXVII—NO. 16 WESTERN WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON __ Friday, February 4, 1938
Women Make
Big Apple
Their Theme
Ez, Partington's Orchestra
From Seattle Plays; Record
Crowd Expected to Attend
Colorful Decorations
"Big Apple" is to be the main at­traction
of the Women's League
quarterly Informal to be held to­morrow
night at the Crystal ball­room
of the Leopold hotel. The
decorations will carry out the gen­eral
motif, and according to the
decoration committee, the ballroom
will present a' colorful picture to
entering couples. Dancing will be
from 9:00 to 12:00 to the strains of
Ez Partington's music.
It is not customary for school or­ganizations
to have an out of town
orchestra to play at dances, but
due to the fact that all local orches­tras
had previous engagements, it
was necessary to engage Ez Parting­ton's
six-piece orchestra from Seat­tle.
However, the League considers
itself fortunate in obtaining these
men, because according to all ac­counts,
they are exceptionally popu­lar.
Since the dance is a tolo, the girls
will invite the boys and furnish the
tickets. However, it is expected that
the gentleman escorts shall furnish
the transportation. The girls will
appear in long informal gowns and
the boys will wear dark suits. The
.sending of corsages is optional.
The faculty patrons and patron­esses
for the dance are: President
and Mrs. Fisher, Dr. and Mrs. M. S.
Kuder, Miss Florence Johnson, and
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Grim.
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Clever Inhibitions
Win Prizes
At Klipsun Dance
Climaxing the "Hop" held last
Friday night, was the awarding of
the Inhibition prizes. Awards were
given for the most original and
clever of inhibitions. Marian Car-yer
carried off the girls' prize with
her subtle inhibition of a laborite
striking against the stag line and
received several Coca Cola bottles
with beer labels on them. Bill
Strickfadden won the men's prize of
a tobacco can full of peanuts, for
his clever inhibition of Grandpa
Snazzy.
The lucky winners of the couple
prize, Jean Hatch and Art Iverson
as an old fashioned couple, will be
enjoying a dinner at Jerry's Italian
Village. Several door prizes were
given—palmer Johnson won a lolli­pop,
Margaret Munch received a
doll, and Don Gooding was given a
small book entitled "What I Know
About Women".
The presentation of the prizes
was a difficult problem, because
there were a surprising number of
clever inhibitions to choose from.
The "Hop" was an all around suc­cess.
The music was good, many of
the faculty members turned out in
their inhibitions, and everyone took
part in the Big Apple.
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Alkisiah Presents!
Valentine Banquet c
All of the Alkisiah alumnae are
invited to the traditional valentine
banquet to be held in the main
dining room of the Bellingham ho­tel
next Friday evening, February
11 at seven. The faculty guests will
be the Misses Mabel Zoe Wilson,
Mira E. Booth, Linda Country­man,
Florence E. Johnson, Nora B.
Oummins, Anna Ullin, May Meade,
and Hazel Plympwm. The faculty
sponsors of the club, Miss Charlotte
B. Richardson and Miss Elizabeth
M. Hopper, also will be present.
The committee for the valentine
banquet consists of: Clara Cun­ningham,
Louise Lammers, Eleanor
Tomlinson, Imogene Peterson, Vera
Nelson, and Margaret Schold. This
is an annual affair which is antici­pated
by the members with enthus­iasm.
The alumnae are especially
urged to attend and it is expected
that all active members will be
present.
Registrar's Office
Not to Post
Deficiency List
"Hey, did you see' whose name
was on the deficiency list? I
thought he was smart!" Remarks
like these were heard at this time
last quarter but, "never again,"'
says Dr. Kuder.
The list posted last quarter didn't
work out so well. Although the
word "deficiency'* was not once
mentioned on the bulletin board
practically everyone knew what the
list was for five minutes after the
registrar's office was opened.
The method to be employed this
quarter is patterned after the meth­od
used here prior to the posting of
the list. There will be a notice in
the official bulletin some time next
week and every student will call at
the registrar's office where he will
be handed a card telling him if he
is deficient in any subject. In this
manner only the student receiving
the deficiency will know about it.
Those whose grades are very
low will be granted an interview or
rather, will be asked to see Dr. Ku­der.
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Famed Monologist J l
Here Tuesday
Adele Neff, Radio Comedienne,
Promises Interesting Hour
For Assembly Students
Adele Neff, radio comedienne,
will present to the students of WWC
Friday, February 11, her program of
original monologues, Miss Neff, au­thor
of her entire repertoire, takes
her characters from persons she has
known. Making her first appear­ance
on the stage with Earl Car­roll's
Vanities some years ago, Miss
Neff later presented her own pro
grams to the New York theatre au
dience.
The theme of her present program
weaves around a cross section
of everyday American life. Titles
include: "An American Family," at
7:30 p. m.; "Four Wives," a very
young one, a cop's, one whose life
did not begin at forty, and one sit­ting
in the fourth row; and many
others. It is said of her that she
has a great variety of numbers and
that all of her work, both serious
and humorous, has that certain hu­man
touch.
Miss Neff, who is heard on the
House Party, a program broadcast
over the KHJ network each week,
was eulogized by the poet McGro-arty,
as "The woman that has been
a compensation to us for the loss of
our beloved Chick Sale".
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O fhe H°n iz°n
Friday, February 4
4:00 p. m.—Rec hour, campus
school gym.
8:00 p. m. — Basketball,
WWC vs. St. Martins col­lege,
there.
Saturday, February 5
1:00 p. m.—WAA hike to
Toad lake. Meet at corner
of State street and Holly
street.
9:00 p. m.—Women's League
informal, Crystal ballroom,
Leopold hotel.
Monday, February 7
7:30 p. m.—Vanadis Bragi
meeting, Edens hall club
room.
Tuesday, February 8
11:00 a. m.—Student assem­bly.
8:00 p. m.—Basketball, WWC.
vs. College of Puget Sound,
PE building.
Friday, February 11
Women's League high school
conference.
11:00 a. m.—Assembly, Adele
Neff, monologues.
Saturday, February 12
Women's League high school
conference.
8:00 p. m.—Basketball, WWC
vs. Cheney, PE building.
More Beautiful Babies Wanted In
Latest Viking Contest—Soukup
Editor Explains Workings
Of Baby Beauty Contest;
Fair Response of Pictures
Time^ Limit Extended
"The big idea," says chief search­er
Soukup, "is to bring your teensy-weensy
little baby pictures, hand
them to one of the judges, and then
wait for a prize." He's talking about
the Viking baby-beauty search.
Draculas Accepted Too
"You don't have to be beautiful
now in order to win," editor S. pro­ceeds;
"In fact you can look like
Dracula's daughter at the present
and still get the goods, provided you
have compared to Shirley Temple
in your youth."
"And so, drag the old celluloids
out and take a peek. You don't ab­solutely
need to be. dressed in
them, you can have on less than
little 1938, and the judges won't
care. What we want is pictures, re­gardless.
However, don't hand
them in if you look cold or are
shivering. And no fair handing in
a photograph of Carole Lombard in
adolescence, either, because we
have got it direct from Hollywood
that she never was a baby. Amen."
Soukup Speaks
Thus spake that gray old judge
of pulchritude, Viking headman
Soukup, as he explained this mo­mentous
tournament of bawling
baby-beauties.
Because, by three times three,
even Viking contests cannot be
conducted without contestants, as
Soukup reluctantly admitted, the
scope of possible entrants is being
enlarged to include the faculty
women. About ten pictures have
already been brought in, but many
more are needed.
The best pictures are framed por­traits,
much clearer in detail and
making a better cut, but any kind
will do—locket, snapshot, group,
sitting, standing, running, or re­clining.
All will come back in the
same condition they enjoyed when
handed in.
As an added • inducement, other
than the three money prizes of
three, two, and one dollar, the Vi­king
will pay postage for pictures
mailed from home, minus the frame
and parental donations weighing
over three ounces.
Also, the response not having
been much to date, the contest will
continue one week longer, ending
one week from next Wednesday, or
February 16—four days after the
Viking ball club beats the pants off
Cheney college.
The judges are still Soukup, Don
Gooding, Don Wilson, Eleanor Rea-soner,
and L. A. McGee.
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Books on Display
Swing Sensation
Here Monday
Fletcher Henderson Coming to
Armory; Maestro Is College
Graduate from U. of Atlanta
Books on various industries are
being displayed in the children's
library this week. Coupled with
the books on each subject are some
of the specimens of the art. For ex­ample,
for spinning there are hanks
of Russian and Irish flax, for pot­tery
there are pots and molds, but
there are no trains for the trans­portation.
It is an attempt to
stimulate children's interest in in­dustry.
By Bill Fowler
Exactly a year after his friend
Duke Ellington delighted local
dance fans, another famous sepia
swingster makes his appearance at
the Bellingham Armory. Fletcher
Henderson, noted maestro, com­poser,
and arranger brings his tal­ented
orchestra here Monday for
the first really big dance of the
year.
Scholar, athlete, and college man,
Henderson's tall figure and suave,
handsome face belie his 39 years.
He is the son of a Georgia school­master,
and majored in chemistry
and mathematics at the University
of Atlanta, where he played foot­ball
and baseball. He also studied
astronomy, Greek, and Latin, and
speaks German and French fluent­ly.
Plays Congress Hotel
In 1927 his orchestra became the
first colored contingent to play the
famous Congress Hotel in Chicago.
From then on he played several
leading hotels, and in 1936 he was
induced to come west. Two weeks
after his opening he introduced his
theme song on the radio. Overnight
"Christopher Columbus" became the
swing sensation of the country.
Other compositions of his are
"Henderson's Stomp," "Rug Cut­ter's
Swing," and "Jangled Nerves".
A new song of his, "It's Wearing Me
Down," is soon to be released. Be­sides
being a top notch composer,
he is known as the nation's fore­most
arranger. If you liked the ar­rangements
of Jimmy Dorsey, Glen
Gray, and Isham Jones when they
played Bellingham, you can thank
Henderson.
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Audience As Mob
For Caesar
Negro Athlete
With production dates set for
February 24, 25, and 26, the cast
and director of Julius Caesar are
putting last-minute touches on the
play.
Along with using only lights and
neutral backdrops, unusual sound
effects will be employed as the chief
means of creating stage effects. It
has been planned to have the use
of a sound wagon to produce a
greater part of the sounds.
Especially novel will be the em­ployment
of sound fixtures station­ed
among the spectators which will
make the audience seem to be a
of a sound wagon to produce many
of the sounds.
Although the action and scenery
have been changed, original words
of Shakespeare are to be used, but
Director Hoppe is allowing the ac­tors
to read their lines without the
poetical rhythms of the playwright,
in order to keep the words and ac­tion
more up-to-date. Except for a
few necessary deletions, the action
of the play has been left intact.
Assembly Artist Fond of Vocal Work;
Visits Here Twenty-Fifth Time
By Reda Eaton
Having studied music since he
was nine years of age, Maestro Ar-ville
Belstad, a well-known organ­ist
and pianist from Seattle, came
Tuesday, well qualified to present a
lecture on "Humor in Music." He is
also an accomplished vocal artist.
"I am deeply interested in vocal
work, as well as in piano and organ,
and I have studied a great deal
along this line, as well as having
conducted a number of choral
groups," affirmed Mr. Belstad in
an interview. The artist has lived
in Seattle most of his life and has
been a leading figure in that city's
music circles. At present, he has
charge of a number of choral
groups, among which is the popu­lar
Junior Amphion choir that was
presented here a few years ago.
The choir of the Plymouth Con­gregational
church in Seattle,
known as one of the best in this
section of the United States, has
been under the leadership of Mr.
Belstad for a number of years.
He studied at the University of
Chicago and has only recently re­turned
from New York where he
took a course in music.
Mr. Belstad believes that a per­son
must prepare himself for humor
and use his imagination in order
to understand the humor found in
music of some types. Even serious
music is often humorous in char­acter,
according to the musician.
Fletcher Henderson, who brings
his swing band to the Armory Mon­day
night under the auspices of Jay
Curtis. Special permits may be se­cured
from the Dean of Women.
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Members Initiated
To Board Duties
Blue Book and Hand Book
Revised; Student Tickets
Again Discussed
By Board Correspondent
Paul Grim, faculty representative,
Phil Kidder, vice-president, Pauline
Barnes and Shirley Rogers, student
representatives, were initiated into
the duties of their respective offices
this week, as the committee for
handbook revision reviewed the pro­posed
changes before the Board of
Control. The duties of the new
members were pointed out as set
forth in the handbook and as pro­posed
changes were read each mem­ber
checked his handbook for cor­rections.
Authorized by the board,
the committee will incorporate all
changes in the existing handbook
to be voted upon at the next meet­ing.
Committee Retained
The suggestion of the revision
committee that the one committee,
with the addition of one new mem­ber,
be appointed as a standing
committee for the revision of both
the Blue book and the handbook
was confirmed by an official vote.
The committee now stands as fol­lows:
Bob White, chairman; Char­lotte
B. Richardson, faculty advisor;
Helen Masters, Pauline Barnes, and
Ralph Neil, committee members.
In reply to a question raised by
President Don Wilson as to the ex­tent
of his authority in the matter
of issuing passes to rec hours and
other school functions, the board
pointed out that under the existing
laws the president has no authority
to issue any pass to any function.
Only student activity cards will ad­mit
students, or guest tickets secur­ed
through the Dean of Women's
office will admit outsiders to any
school function.
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Scholarship Society
Officers Selected
Patricia Green and Kathryn
Hatch became president and secre­tary,
respectively, of the Scholarship
society as a result of the election
held Tuesday afternoon in. room 208.
The nominees for the election
were: president, Patricia Green and
Helen Baird; secretary, Edna Cowles
and Kathryn Hatch.
Mrs. Ethel Ross is the retiring
president. The secretary last quar­ter
was Loreen Hovan, but because
of her absence, Una Clibon acted as
secretary.
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Cummins Gives Address
Miss Cummins, of the Social Sci­ence
department, addressed a group
of women at Mrs. Selander's home
last Tuesday, February 1. Her ad­dress,
"The World—A State of Con­fusion,"
was on the international
situation, and was of timely signifi­cance.
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WWC Receives
Best Rating
In Five Years
College Has High Faculty,
Student Teaching, Health
Rating; Student Fees Low
5th Year Accreditation
WWC has one of the highest rat­ings
in the country for student loan
funds, according to a report re­cently
received by President C. H.
Fisher from Dr. C. W. Hunt, secre­tary
of the American Association of
Teacher's Colleges.
Accredited Again
In the letter enclosed with the
report, President Fisher was in­formed
that WWC will be recom­mended
for accreditation by the
committee. This will be the fifth
year the college has been accredit­ed.
Best Rating
The report showed the best rat­ings
since the college was first ac­credited.
Faculty preparation has
been steadily improved, the college
is high in the amount of student
teaching required, health facilities,
and expenditures for library books
and periodicals. The college was
judged low in the amount of stu­dent
fees charged.
The rating is based on the com­parison
of 150 normal schools and
teacher's colleges throughout the
United States.
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Maxine Moldrem
Starring
At Playhouse
With Maxine Moldrem making her
guild debut in a featured role, the
comedy "The Heathers at~Home,''~
opens a four-night run at the Civic
Playhouse Wednesday, February 9.
The, blonde co-ed plays the part of
Bessie Heather, whose rebellion
against the "old man" forms the
plot of the play. Glenmore Jones is
"Papa" Heather, a domineering
despot who makes it his business to
interfere in other people's business.
Muriel Swank is his spouse, Julia
Heather.
Shif less Varmint
Cecil Bacon as Bessie's brother,
Mack, is making his debut and
shows real dramatic ability, as does
Ida Cunner as his wife, Elsie.
Probably the most amusing charac­ter
in the entire cast is the star
boarder, Bertie Hill, a shif'less
ne'er-do-well, as portrayed by Fred
Wolfe. Hill's wife, Lottie, in private
life Mabel Clapper, makes up for
Bertie's habitual lethargy by her
boundless sales drive in the real
estate and insurance business.
The Eternal Triangle
Fred Swanson (Denton Hatfield),
grocery clerk, and Oscar Smith
(Norman Burchette), Papa Heath­er's
protege, woo Bessie in the play,
with Heaton, the contractor (M T.
Nelson), and the quack doctor, El­mer
Graves (Maryln Byron), com­pleting
the cast.
WWC students will have an op­portunity
to see the comedy Wed­nesday
and Thursday for only 23
cents plus tax by purchasing tickets
at the Co-op bookstore.
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Orchestra in Rehearsal
The WWC orchestra, under the.
direction of Donald C. BushelL has
started rehearsals for the Piano
Concerto to be given March 11 in
the auditorium. Dr. Arthur C.
Hicks will play the piano as he has
so ably done in the past. The mu­sic
for the concerto just arrived
from New York.
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Rec Hour Held
This Afternoon
"Rec hour will be from 4:00 to
6:00 o'clock this afternoon with
Harry, Wellman playing," announc­ed
Helen Masters, rec hour chair­man.
Faculty . members selected as
sponsors at the dance are Miss Eve­lyn
Rupert, Mr. H. C. Philippi, and
Miss Evelyn Odom, of the training
school. Ruth Bennington wul be
student sponsor.
'WM