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Welcome High Girls
To WWC;
This Is Tour Day
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It's on Us
WESTERN WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Friday, May 6, 193$
Couple Win Musical Honors
By Hank Francis
It's all here .'. .
,and nothing has been done about it
yet. The trees are getting greener
and the grass is too, except for the
long brown rows of hay that are left
behind the mowing machine.
We might advocate a grass catch­er
but it's so obvious someone must
have thought of it long ago. Since
it isn't being used there must be
some reason. Hope nobody has any
foolish ideas about fertilizer.
Mother's Day . . .
this Sunday brings on a small at
tack of nostalgia, especially when
the pockelbook is on such a rigor­ous
diet. She is probably well re­warded,
though by our being away
and not kicking around underfoot.
There wont be nearly so many
dishes to wash after dinner Sunday
or clothes to pick up.
With a special . . •
train and all the trimmings, Reichs-fuehrer
Hitler has gone to visit n
Duce, in Rome. Its only a friendly
visit designed to repay Mussolini for
his neighborly little call on the Ger­man
capitol last year.
Friendly or not, in our neighbor­hood
it was a good idea to watch
out when the two big shots got to­gether.
We would either run home
to the comparative safety of Mama's
kitchen or walk down the street
with our big brothers.
Getting closer all . • •
the time is the big event of the
year. Campus Day. Everyone is
working feverishly to get his par­ticular
little job finished on time.
Following a long established prece­dent,
it looks as though we will
be ready for Campus day on Cam­pus
day.
The swimmers have ventured
forth to enter the competition
When the big day comes they ought
to put up a good show. If it isn't
tiie usual Campus day weather of
rata or snow.
About five clubs . . .
and houses have organized crew
teams for the boat races. The
Valkyries are the latest contestants
to bid for the blistered hand. They'll
have to build a lot of brawn in
their competition if the latest rumor
is true.
Half the girls are going to wear
slacks on the club cruise next month
so the other half won't have to in­vite
boys. In fact they can't invite
boys which means somebody is go­ing
to have a lot of work to do.
The faculty has chosen . . .
the Viking Manor, intramural soft-ball
champs, as the team against
whom they will pit brain and brawn
in the annual Softball battle. If the
Manor boys break that time-honor­ed
custom of taking a trouncing at
the hands of the Profs, anything is
liable to happen.
They probably wont gel beat
though because true champions don't
play ball for grades.
t i t t l e Women" opened . . .
at the Theatre Guild Wednesday
night to a full house. It's a good
play and has some good actors.
And some actors.
the Guild Playhouse used to be
a mortuary in the good old days.
A couple of the actors didn't seem
to be aware of the transformation.
If s stfll a tfood . . .
play and many a he-man wiped a
tear from his eye at the end of the
third act.
While he drank the free coffee.
Prexy Attends
Senior High
School Meetings
Meetings Held to Inform Seniors
of High Schools About Colleges;
Prexy Reports Interest in WWC
Maxine Moldrem
Maxine Moldrem, Western Wash­ington
college student, violinist and
pupil of Catherine Wade Smith
Jones, won out in the fifth biennial
scholarship contest of the Belling-ham
Woman's Music club Sunday
afternoon at the Hotel Leopold and
was awarded the $300 scholarship
prize attached to first place. Miss
Moldrem's selections were: "Sonata
in A Major" (Handel); "Prelude
from Sixth Sonata" (Bach); "First
movement for the Second Concerto"
(Wieniawski).
Swanson Second
Boyd Swanson, also a college stu­dent,
coached by Nils Boson, took
second place with the following
baritone numbers: "In Questa
Tomba' (Beethoven); "Song to the
Evening Star, Tannhauser" (Wag­ner)
; "The Sea" (McDowell).
There were five contestants com­peting
for the scholarship. Miss
Moldrem, incidentally, was runner-up
to Helen "Griffiths two years ago
in the last music club contest.
"I still can't believe it's true—this
Boyd Swanson
certainly seems to be my lucky year,"
said Miss Moldrem.
"I am very happy that Maxine
won, as she certainly deserves it,
and I am happy that I was able to
place second," is the statement of
Mr. Swanson.
Money Awards Given
The award is given for use in no
particular school of music, but is
merely for future musical training
in any manner. No prize was pre­sented
for the second place in the
contest.
Judges for the afternoon were
three distinguished Vancouver, B.C.,
musicians and musical experts.
Stanley Bligh, music and dramatic
editor of the Vancouver Sun, has
had thirty years' experience, and is
a veteran organist and vocal teach-:
er. Jean de Rimonvcyz, a second
judge, is a noted violinist and radio
artist, being featured four times a
week over the CBC network on its
nation broadcast. The third one,
Kenneth Ross, a pianist and teach­er
in Vancouver, has been judge of
many similar contests in the North­west.
Fifteen Candidates Await Opening
Of First Spring Quarter Election
President Fisher returned recent­ly
from a trip through southwestern
Washington during which confer­ences
were held from April 25 to
April 29 with seniors of different
high schools. It is the custom for
representatives of the various col­leges
to talk to high school seniors
on what each college has to offer.
The following colleges had repre­sentatives
at the conferences:
Washington State, Western Wash­ington,
Central Washington, and
Eastern Washington colleges, St.
Martin's, Whitman, College of Pu-get
Sound, Reed College, and Lin-field,
of Oregon. An experiment
was tried in which high school sen­iors
of the different schools of the
counties were brought "into the
high school at the county seat
for the conference. Meetings were
held in Vancouver, Kelso, Long-view,
Centralia, Aberdeen, and
Olympia.
Seniors Interviewed
A day was devoted to having
the representatives of the colleges
speak to the seniors and interview
them. In the morning an as­sembly
was held during which the
representatives were introduced and
had an opportunity to speak about
their colleges. In the afternoon in­terviews
were held with those who
were interested in particular col­leges.
During the trip, President Fisher
County High Schools
Participate in
Play Day at WWC
Eight Schools Invited By
WAA Girls; Travel
To Be Theme for Day
Sophomore Party
Maytime Basket Brawl
Held Tonight
Faculty and Student
Ball Game
Held Campus Day
The traditional faculty and stu­dent
ball game is scheduled for
Campus day contrary to a pre­vious
statement. The game will be
held in Waldo field at 4:00 o'clock
in the afternoon.
Donald Bushell is the man­ager
of the faculty team, and he
will issue a challenge to play against
one of the now existing intramural
league teams.
In order to supply transportation
to Lakewood, about fifty cars will
be necessary. Anyone who can fur­nish
a car is requested to see Dick
Hudson, the chairman of the trans­portation
committee, or one of his
assistants, Hiram Hogberg, Adrian
Alberg, and Johnny Fox, or he may
sign on the list which will be placed
on the bulletin board. Mileage will
be paid to those who supply cars.
Assembly Planned
Plans for the assembly which is
to be held at 7:15 in the evening
are well under way with Echo Ox­ford,
chairman of the assembly
committee, promising that the best
of talent will be shown.
The assembly will be carried out
in the form of a vaudeville, and
Victor H. Hoppe is now writing the
script. Evan Hill will be master of
ceremonies. Barton's hall will also
present one of the acts for which
they are famous.
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Valkyrie Girls Elect
Masters President
New Members on
Summer Faculty
Plans for playday, the annual af­fair
sponsored by the WAA are set
for tomorrow morning at 9:00. Bar­bara
Kennedy is general chairman.
The eight high schools that will
compete in the activities are Bell-ingham,
Sumas-Nooksack, Mount
Baker, Meridian, Ferndale, Lynden,
Blaine and Custer. There will be
ten people from each high school
with the exception of Bellingham,
which will enter thirty.
The theme of this year's celebra­tion
is "Travel." Registration will be
at 9:00 and activities will start
promptly at 9:30. There will be
five activities and ten teams of ten
girls each. The games are' soccer,
dodge-ball, relays, volleyball, and
folk-dancing.
Following the contests there will
be discussion groups to talk over the
purpose of playday. The playday
was organized with the view of fos­tering
a friendly spirit by inducing
high schools to invite one another
to their own playdays. Part of the
interviewed a number of students | time will be devoted to panel discus
and found many of them were in
Several Members of Faculty to
Travel During Summer Quarter;
Others to Continue Their Study
The faculty list for summer quar­ter
has been compiled, and several
additions and substitutions as well
as absences will be noted.
Miss Dorothy Brosi, a former
teacher at this school, will teach the
sixth grade of the campus school,
replacing Miss Mary L. Williams,
who will be studying at Columbia
university. Miss Brosi is now teach­ing
in the elementary school at the
University of Chicago.
Miss Refa Dick will teach the
eighth grade of the campus school,
taking the place of Miss Bertha
Crawford, who will be on vacation.
Miss Alice Frederickson, who is
now a member of the training
school staff of the State Teachers
college at Bemidji, Minnesota, will
be a teacher of the techniques of
teaching. Miss Frederickson will
replace Miss Marjorie Dawson, who
will be teaching at the University
of Pennsylvania.
Garrison Teaches Technique
Miss Greta T. Garrison, who will
also teach techniques of teaching,
will be an extra teacher, needed be­cause
of the large number of stu­dents
who will be taking work in
the training school this summer.
Miss Mary R. Martin, who is from
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PATRONIZE VIKIHS ADVERTISERS
Vanadis Bragi Members
Create Own Stories
terested in Western Washington
College, and that a great number
of them were interested in going to
college. Two of-the .main questions
asked were what the college had to
offer and the cost of attending.
In a statement by President Fish­er,
he declared, "I found the con­ference
very interesting and learn­ed
much from it." He also stated
that the experiment was successful
and he hopes that it will be contin­ued
another year, as it saves the
time of both the schools and the
representatives.
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Rainbow Girls Travel
Traveling to Langlie Prairie, B. C,
on May 16, the Bellingham Assem­bly,
Order of Rainbow for Girls,
will put on the Initiatory Degree
for the Eastern Star chapter of that
town.
Virginia Anderson, student of
WWC, present Worthy Advisor, and
approximately forty-five officers
and members will exemplify the
work. Mrs. Harry Greene, Mother
Advisor, will accompany the girls.
This trip has grown out of a
widespread interest of Canadian
Eastern Star lodges in the national
Order of Rainbow for Girls.
Holding the last meeting of the
quarter Monday evening at Edens
hall, the Valkyrie girls elected Helen
Masters as their president for next
year. A discussion was made of
the Valkyrie sport dance, which
was held Friday evening at the
Bellingham hotel. The dance is re­ported
to have been very success­ful.
Ruth Tveten and Carol Rosenz-weig
were the two representatives
sent to the nominating convention
last Tuesday. Plans were made for
the Valkyrie cruise, the tentative
date being set for May 22. Each Val­kyrie
girl may invite one girl friend.
Arrangements were also made for
the Valkyrie rowing crew which is to
compete in a race with another
girls'crew.
Creative writing was the theme
of the Vanadis Bragi meeting held
Monday night in the Edens hall
club room. Instead of taking up the
works of other authors, the club
members turned to the writing of
stories. The manuscripts of the
would-be authors were read and
discussed by the group. Those who
read original compositions were:
Mrs. Ethel Ross, Marguerite Win-terhalter,
Bertha Hall, Karl Mark-graf,
and Ethel Schwartz.
Plans were made for the next
meeting to be held May 16. The
Influence of Science on Literature
will be discussed by Marguerite
Winterhalter, Katherme Wollan,
and Jeanne Richards.
Following the meeting the mem­bers
enjoyed a social hour and re­freshments.
O the Hofil z°n
Friday, May. 6
8:00-11:00 p. m. — Sopho­more
party, training school
gym.
Saturday, May 7
2:00 p. m.—Track meet, El-lensburg
vs. WWC here.
2:00 p. m.—Tennis match,
Ellensburg vs. WWC here.
WAA High School play day.
Monday, May 9
7:30— Alkisiah club meet­ing,
Edens hall.
1:00 p. m.—Golf match, Goh-zaga
vs. WWC here.
Tuesday, May 10
il:00 a. m.—Assembly, Hel­en
Griffith, pianist
1:00 p. m.-^Golf, UBG vs.
WWC here.
Thursday, May 12
1:00 p. m.-~Qolf match, PLC
vs. WWC here.
Friday, May 13
11:00 a. m.—Assembly, re­cital
of music :CIara Van-derGriend,
pianist; Elsie
Tamm, violinist, and string
ensemble directed by Don­ald
Bushell.
2:00 p. m.—Track meet, U.
of WasWhgtbiifrosh vs.
.WWC.there. : '::>'X'"
gluu-ta-fflP-Wometfs league
informal, Leopold Hotel.
Get in the mood for a rarin'
good old time for the sopho­mores
are staging a "Maytime
Basket Brawl" this evening in
the training school gym from
8 to 11 p. m. None other than
that well-known master of
swing, Jay Curtis and his six-piece
orchestra will play for
you, according to Arlene Dick­inson,
general chairman of the
affair.
Miss Dickinson has appoint­ed
the following committee
heads to round out the details
for the party: Anne Nordquist,
decorations; Vivian Clarke, re­freshments;
S t e l l a Mae
Thompson, publicity; Vivian
Beaty, cleanup, and Margaret
Bruff, faculty.
Faculty sponsors chosen are:
Thomas F. Hunt and Sam
Ford.
"Don't forget, the refresh­ments
are extra good and the
sophomores are putting on a
rec hour that will linger a long
time in your memories," added
the chairman.
Nominees Chosen;
Students Vote
For New Officers
Neil, Howatt, Wilson, Compete
For Presidency; Vice-President,
Representatives Also Nominated
.PATRONIZE VIKING ADVERTISERS-Lanphere
Gives Exhibit
sions. The discussion leaders are:
first table, Fern Allenson, and Lou­ise
Lammers; second, Ruth Martin­son,
Lois Hankamp, Helen Lund-quist;
third, Shirley Rodgers, JMyr-tle
Anderson, Mary Knibbs; fourth,
Margaret Greer, Barbara Kennedy,
Bea Armstrong; fifth, Marion
Streater, Ellen Holm, Bea Bernhoft.
At 12:30 the guests will be invited
to Edens hall for lunch after which
they will return to the gym for a
swimming demonstration starting
at 1:30 by the Blue Barnacles.
Flower and hydnaceae paintings
will constitute the coming art ex­hibit
by Mrs. W. M. Lanphere. Her
work with the hydnaceae is ex­tremely
mdividualistic in that there
is very little known about this spe­cies.
She and her husband are prac­tically
the only people in the United
States making a study of this par­ticular
type. They hope to publish
her work some time in the future.
Miss Plympton described Mrs.
Lanpheres work as "extremely ac­curate
and perfectly lovely."
President—Bud Neil, Maynard
Howatt, Don Wilson.
Vice-president—Phil Kidder, Hel­en
Masters, Wayne Weber.
Four-quarter women's represen­tative—
Alice Siemons, Shirley Shan­non,
Virginia Weston.
. Four-quarter representative—Dale
Courtney, Marjorie Dunning, Betty
Shay.
Two-quarter representative—Lois
Barnard, Carol Rosenzweig, Betty
Lucid.
WAA[Gals Make Final Payment
On Sinclair Island Cabin
First Nighters Like
'Little Women'
Final payment has been made by the WAA on their Sinclair island
cabin. The land was acquired in 1925, and the WAA built the cabin, kept
up the interest,, installments, insurance and taxes until the last of the
note was paid in full. The girls at first earned the money for the cab­in
by a series of candy, hot dog, and apple sales.
At the present time the place is-called
"Viqueen," but a committee
is working now for a change to a*
name honoring the late Florence
"Tory" Lund.
Thirteen acres of mostly wooded
land surround the lodge, which
faces Orcas island. There are two
beaches—one which has a swift
current where science students
may find speciments or sea life; the
other is sandy and protected and
suitable for swimming.
The house has a large living room,
a well equipped kitchen, and two
bedrooms. The WAA is planning
to have a fire place built, and a
water pipe installed. The furnish­ings
are donations from the attics
of faculty members.
Cruises Planned
There are two cruises being plan­ned
to the island. One, a week­end
trip sponsored by the WAA,
will leave Friday afternoon, May 20.
The otlier, Miss Weythman's Camp-craft
class, will leave on its field
trip Thursday, May 19.
The cabin belongs to the WAA,
but they are anxious for the whole
student body to have the advan­tages
of the place. This is the third
cabin which can be used by WWC
students. The school owns "Lake-wood"
on Lake Whatcom, and has
part interest-in the Kulshan cabin
in the mountains.
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Mrs. Spearin Appointed
To Library Staff
Recently appointed to the staff of
the WWC library was Mrs. E. P.
Spearin as reference librarian. A
former faculty member in 1925-27
and 1931-33, Mrs. Spearin will fill
the position.during the month of
May and the summer, quarter.
She is a graduate of Carletpn col­lege,
in Nortirfield;,Mb^sota? jiid
the New Yofrjc Library school. The
school is privileged in having Mrs.
Spearin back again, according to the
library staff.
By Sybil Hinchliffe
Pronounced an outstanding suc­cess
by a capacity house of first
nighters, "Little Women" plays the
last times tonight and tomorrow
night at the Civic Playhouse.
Beulah Padavon, playing the part
of typical tomboy Jo, carries the
play. Maxine Moldrem cleverly
fits herself into the character of
Amy. She delights her audience
with her strange, tumbled words and
her little vanities. Rae Snyder, as
Meg, fills the expectations of those
familiar with the story of "Little
Women." According to the general
concensus of opinion, the drama is
excellently cast.
Ellen Quam tears the hearts of
patrons by her portrayal of the
death of invalid Beth in the third
act, although her work in the first
act does not coincide with the gen­eral
interpretation of that charac­ter.
Bill Biggerstaff as Laurie, Den­ton
Hatfield as John Brooke, and
Adele Jones as Aunt March deserve
much praise for their excellent
work. Dr. M F. Cederstrpm, as the
patient philosopher, is a gentle and
quiet father. His characterization
steadily improves as the play pro­gresses.
Muriel Swank, filling the
role of "Marmee," apparently lacks
depth of feeling in the first act, but
finds herself in subsequent scenes.
Costuming and scenery play an
important and vital part in creating
the correct atmosphere of the Civil
war days. Lewis H. Frazee, director,
should be given credit for the tempo
of the play, which moves along with
speed and ease, coming to its proper
climax tai the-fourth act; Two cur­tain
calls are indicative of the au­dience's
wholehearted reception of
this Guild production.
Listed above are the prospective
office-holders chosen Tuesday by
the nominating committee who will
be voted on Wednesday of next
week. This will be the first elec­tion
under the new constitution
with president and vice-president
taking office in, fall quarter, while
the representatives will take office
immediately following the election.
The nominating convention con­sisted
of twenty-two members, rep­resenting
the various clubs, which
were approved by. the Inter-club
council. Phil Kidder, acting vice-president
of the student body, pre­sided
over the meeting while Jeanne
Borgstedt acted as secretary. Mike
Zylstra and Margaret Schold were
tellers at the" meeting.
Students Active
The students seeking presidential
office are well known on the cam­pus
: Neil for his work as Campus day
chairman last year, leader of card
section, and Board of Control mem­ber;
Howatt for his scholastic
standing and track endeavors; and
Wilson for his work on the Board
of Control, his experience as student
body president and bis achieve­ments
in dramatics.
The aspirants for vice-presidency
are also outstanding: Kidder for
his experience as vice-president
and his ability in golf; Masters for
her work on the Board of Control,
as chairman of rec hours, and also
for general cooperation in club and
committee functions; and Weber for
his athletic and scholastic pre-emi­nence,
as well as for his work on the
Klipsun.
The board nominees were selected
on their ability and active partici­pation
in school affairs: Siemons is
well known as president of the
Blue Triangle and president of
Inter-club council, also active in
Women's League and WAA; Shan­non,
recently elected treasurer of
Women's League, is also a member
of the Klipsun staff; while Virginia
Weston, outstanding for her choral
work, is also active in club duties.
Four-Quarter Representative
Running on the other four-quar­ter
representative ticket: Courtney,
member of the kitchen krew, is
chairman of the food committee for
Campus day; Dunning, representa­tive
as an active committee worker
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Dr. Bond's Two Sons
Work for Degrees
FJdon A. Bond, former WWC stu­dent
and member of the Viking
staff, arrived in Bellingham on Fri­day,
April 29, to spend a two months
vacation with his father, Dr. E. A.
Bond. Mr. Bond, the youngest son,
who teaches each summer at Teach­ers
college, Columbia university, is
working toward his dissertation for
the degree of doctor of philosophy
in natural science.. He is now go­ing
through^ data which he compiled
during his recent six weeks work in
Mansfield, Ohio. There he studied
the relationship between reading
speed and achievement in tenth
grade subjects.
The eldest son of Dr. Bond, Aus­tin
Bond, is also working for his
degree of doctor of philosophy in
natural science. Mr. Bond has been
in Bellingham for several months,
and is conducting Dr. Lanphere's
Science 2 classes, in these groups,
he is comparir^ the teaching tech­niques
hi science. Mr. Bond plans
to remain here until the first week
in June. ',