Western Viking - 1938 October 14

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WESTERN WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON
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Johnsoa Attends
Conference
By Charles Kilbourne
LIQUID FIRE ' 0
Several persons have lost their
lives in the severe forest fires that
have been running rampant during
the past week in northern Minneso­ta.
We should be thankful.not to
have to worry about forest fires in
this section at this time of year.
Whatever "the shortcomings of our
state, fire weather around the first
of November isn't one of them.
Talk of fires recalls the time when
a farm Well in Massachusetts went
dry, and fighters fell back on kegs
of fermenting cider. Later came
the ordeal of bringing the firemen
under control.
COUNT OF THE WILD
Wild animals in Uncle Sam's 158
national forests are increasing rap­idly,
the forest service tells us in its
annual "census report.".. There are
1,742,000 antelope, bear, deer, elk,
moose, mountain goats, and bighorn
sheep, compared to 1,493,000 a year
ago. We like to hear that. But
the Forest Service would make a big
hit with its public if it would tell
us more about how a wild animal
census is taken.
For instance, just how does one
of the enumerators go about count­ing
the grizzly bears? Despite the
fondness of some grizzlies for tour­ist's
candy, the job of enumerating
the big bruins might present diffi­culties.
Does the census taker call
at the home cave and ask Mrs. Bear
whether the old man is native born
or naturalized^ and how many cubs
the family has raised? Does he ask
the lady bear's age? -
PITIFUL
An Italian woman, Mrs. Virginia
Venturoli, recently arrived in this
country from Italy with two gold
bricks valued at $1,250. They
represented the entire life savings
of herself and son and she had
converted these savings into gold in
order to get them out of Italy... On
her arrival in the United States she
took the bricks to the Federal Re­serve
bank in Buffalo to convert
them into money, only to have them
seized by federal officers on the
ground that she had not declared
them to the customs officers. This
u\eek a federal judge ordered the
gold forfeited to the government.
The United Slates attorney who
handled the case agreed that it was
"pitiful," but said that under the
law, no other course of action other
than seizure could have been taken.
Pitiful is right but the word does
not do the situation justice. It is
hard to see what injury the United
States of America would suffer as a
consequence of this poor Woman
bringing into the country $1,250 in
gold that was rightfully hers; and
hard to see why the law, which
could not have been framed to deal
with such a situation, should take
it away from her.
College Deans of Women Talk
Problems and Get Acquainted;
Dr. Dwight Smith Is Guest
4*2^ :
Dr.Lucy>Kan
Miss Florence Johnson, dean of
women, attended Washington Dean
of Women's conference last Thurs­day,
Friday, Saturday'and part of
Sunday. The conference was held
at Dirtyface Lodge near Wenatchee.
The purpose of the conference was
to acquaint the women with each
other and to learn the different
views from each college. On Satur­day
morning they divided into
groups to discuss particular prob­lems.
There were four groups:
state universities, private institu­tions,
junior colleges, and teachers'
colleges.
Two guests at the conference were
Dean Olsen, new dean at the Uni­versity
of Idaho, and Dr. Dwight
Smith, Congregational minister from
Bellingham.
The„ twelve deans held a picnic
supper at Soda Springs on Saturday
night.
Miss Johnson traveled from Bel­lingham
to Seattle by bus where
she met Miss May Dunn Ward, dean
of women at University of Wash­ington.
Miss Ward and Miss John­son
went to Wenatchee from Seattle
by automobile and train. "I had a
very pleasant trip. I enjoyed the
autumn colors on the trees," Miss
Johnson said.
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Friday, October 1A, 1938
Detriment To Health
Exists In Gym
Kangley Receives
PhD. Degree
Look What's Coming
Well, kiddies, here it is Oc­tober
14, and it is about that
time of the year when this here
college has what is called
Homecoming, it seems like
the old grads come back and
clutter up the place and there
is a football game and a dance
and a lot of stuff.
Well, now, this here Home­coming
this year comes No-,
vember 19 as the crow flies:
Even if the crow don't fly, the
editor says it comes on No­vember
19 anyhow. (Hey,
Cooper, how about introducing
me to that Christensen gal.)
It seems like there won't be
any freshman bonfire burned
down by the "sophomores" this
year, cause the school doesn't
want to pay any more hospital
bills. I guess the freshmen will
build it the day before the
night of the big game. And
don't think it ain't a big game.
Eastern Washington College
of Education from Cheney
plays our football team and
boy what a game it will be, I
hope. As Soo Yong would say,
"Afgrdzgughym dlewlly oski-dok!"
Has Received Many Favorable
Comments Concerning
Her Thesis
Dr. Lucy Kangley, instructor in
English at WWC, has completed her
work on a Ph.D. degree in educa­tion
at Columbia University, having
been granted a leave of absence
last fall in order to finish this task.
The thesis of Miss Kangley's dis­sertation
is "Poetry Preferences in
the Junior High School." Her work
is at present being printed and is
soon to be published.
Dr. Kangley has received many
favorable comments concerning her
thesis from professors at Columbia,
all of whom consider this disserta­tion
as extremenly well written
and unusual in its scope. In re­gard
to the merit of Dr. Kangley's
thesis is the following quotation
from a letter written by Esther An­son
at Teachers College, Columbia:
"In our- advanced curriculum
couree,-wMchis'Wofkhigiisri the re­construction
and revision of the
Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, curricu­lum
from kindergarten through
high school, Dr. Bruner told us to
read Lucy Kangley's dissertation on
poetry choices. He said Dr. Abbott,
who is one of the professors work­ing
on the Jenkintown project, rec­ommended
it very highly and that
this dissertation is the greatest con­tribution
to the field of junior high
school literature that has been
made. Not only that, but it is one
of the best contributions to the
teaching of English that has been
done."
^There's no sense wasting time
examining feet during the pres­ent
medical exams. We'll all
have athlete's foot inside of a
month; that is, if the health
authorities don't close the gym
before then.
Why? For the simple inex­cusable
reason that there is no
antiseptic pad before the show­ers'
in the dressing rooms. The
absence of said disinfecting
pad has been a detriment to
the sanitary condition of the
PE building ever since its erec­tion.
Many a carrier of that
dreaded foot. ring worm, ath-
: tete's foot, has stepped into the
showers and spread germs in
all directions. Many an un­knowing
person has likewise
• stepped in the same showers
and wondered ever after where
he (or she) had contracted
scaly feet!
Why can't such a danger and
detriment be removed easily
and sanitarily by the immed­iate
location of an antiseptic
pad before the showers in both
dressing rooms? —B. L.
Football Is Theme
Of SophPaity
Using the theme of-football, the
sophomores will have the first Class
party of the year. It will be held
tonight at 8 o'clock in the campus
school gym. AH are urged to at­tend
as there will be a surprise.
The theme of football is to be car­ried
out in the fashion of giving the
boys and girls cards as they go into
the dance to be matched later in the
evening for a novelty dance. • The
boys will be given a card in the
form of a man carrying a football
and the girls will be given a foot­ball.
Following are the committee
members, each of whom is a co-chairman
of his committee:
Advertising, Bill Ridder and Bill
Fowler; novelty, Lois Reid, Jane
Templin, Gage Chetwood and Evan
Hill; decoration, Marion Jones,
Stan Lapinski, Helen Lindstrom,
and Chuck Durr; refreshments,
Jean Carver, Jean Morgan, Betty
Folley, and Dorothy Schaus; clean­up,
Hollis Thiel and Murray Healy;
arrangement of faculty sponsor,
Barbara Booth.
Board Divides Chairman Duties;
Weber, Barnhard Appointed;
Grouse Rec Hour Doorman
Portrayal of Ancient Chinese Drama
Presented by Soo Yong
Klipsun Announces
Snaphot Contest
Want to Get Your Three Bucks
Worth? Join in the Fun by
Submitting Your Photographs
Oriental Monologist Seen Tuesday in Trilogy
Representing Progress of Chinese Women;
Actress Reveals Past, Present, and Future
Garbed in modern Chinese dress, Soo Yong, actress and monologist;
Soo Yong, Chinese woman and scholar; Soo Yong, American citizen,
charmingly and politely told of herself, her country, and her people in an
interview after Tuesday's assembly. Smilingly she admitted her fascin­ation
for our city and remarked, "I wish I could spend a whole week
here in your beautiful Bellingham."
Born of Chinese parentage on Mauri, one of the Hawaiian islands,
Miss Yong soon became acquainted with many Americans. After grad­uating
from the University of Hawaii in Honolulu, she came to America
where she enrolled in Columbia University. She has her M. A. degree
from the latter. Miss Yong. was>very modest in disclosing.the fact that
she "hW never received dramatic instruction or coachinsJn her colleee
course of study. *?My knowledge of s
Faculty Goes Swimming
Wednesday Nights
Plaster Drops in Hall;
Wind Lashes Trees
Every Wednesday night from 7:30
until 9 o'clock is the faculty recrea­tion
hour. On this night the swim­ming
pool and the main gym are set
aside for the members of the fac­ulty,
office force, their wives and
husbands, and SAM FORD.
This year a new scheme has been
devised, whereas, bridge tables will
be placed upon the balcony, over­looking
the pool, for those who do
not wish to swim or play games.
Classes were rudely interrupted
last Friday morning by falling plas­ter,
which littered the floor with
debris, in the hall between room 208
and 209. Dampness was blamed by
Mr. Ensign, head janitor. To keep
plaster from continuing to fall, Mr.
Ensign was instructed by President
Fisher to tear down the hanging
plaster which had not fallen and also
to get a carpenter. Monday the
damage was repaired and after a
new coat of paint the hall will be in j
good shape again. _ I
Other damage during the past'
week included the partial destruc­tion
of several trees from a high
wind storm of Wednesday. The
storm left the campus littered with
broken branches and leaves.
Registration Scene
SUGGESTION
•*. Armament salesmen in Europe to­day
are running around thicker than
students around Dr. Kuder on regis­tration
day. Every nation over there
is using every available cent, penny,
sou, pfennig, or what have you to
buy munitions. Even little Holland
has not escaped the panic. Queen
Wiihelmina's speech from the
throne urged stronger defense meas­ures.
One of the most important
provisions for the defense of a small
country these days is to arrange to
he overlooked.
BLONDES
Have you ever noticed the lack
of''real" blondes at WWC? Ac­cording
to an unofficial count, there
aire about seventy-five per cent more
brunettes here at the present time.
Browneites qrenl included as
blondes; A survey conducted by
this paper several years ago states
that there were about an even num­ber
of each at that time. This
should make blondes at a premium,
tyif&<ey{w<ererit. A well-known
f&lhrbf>glogis0iays thai in100 ' FROSH^ FOR CLASSES THIS OJDARTERsaW Scenes
WfPQ $%$ w^ *N no Monies left Uke the one above during registration days in the t r a i n ^ ^h
^Ihu^untry. 'Ni> doubt. Even nasium. The largest enrollment in y^
acting I have received from personal
training and from my association
with Katherine Cornell," revealed
this talented performer.
Favorite Star Is Garbo
When asked who her favorite
movie star is, Soo Yong smiled and
without hesitation said, "Greta
Garbo' Since I have worked with
her in the movies, I have come to
understand what a truly great ac­tress
she is." Miss Yong has. been
associated with many famous screen
celebrities in a score of pictures, but
she was very definite in her prefer­ence
for the type of stage perform
ance she is doing now. Soo Yong
is a very good friend of "Charlie
Chan's eldest son," Keye Luke, who
graduated frofn Franklin high school
in Seattle. This petite Chinese star
is also a close associate of king Law
Chew, the Chinese dancer who was
here last year. '•
In response to the question, ",Do
Chinese college girls smoke?" Miss
Yong seemed quite amused in re­plying,
"it was probably the Chin­ese
women who inaugurated smok­ing
for the fairer sex, and it is true
that Chinese girls, smoke rather ex­cessively."
It was Miss Yong's be­lief
that on the whole the Chinese
university and its curriculum is
more nearly approaching our own
system each year. The costume
worn by Miss Yong in her last scene
represents the type of clothing used
by college girls in China.
o-
No, you're safe, it isn't the
Czechs or the Germans invad­ing
our country. It's only those
camera-armed Co-eds and Co-
Elmers, shooting their best
friends and favorite enemies,
proving through cooperation
that they want to help produce
a bigger and better Klipsun for
their Alma Mama.
Starting October 17, these
sharpshooters will begin a
reign of terror, bombarding
each other, and each trying to
snatch one of the valuable
prizes offered for the best or
worst likeness of some unlucky
WWC student.
Speed is an important factor
as the contest closes December
9, and no prints, regardless of
quality or quantity will be ac­cepted
in the contest after that
date.
If you want your prints re­turned
be sure that you auto­graph
them on the back. Slip
all prints in the little black box
on the main stair landing, and
pray that no one has one of
you.
o
Mike Baker Soph's
Choice For Prexy
Jean Morgan, Vice President;
And Dorothy Schultz,
Secretary-Treasurer
Soo Yong
Brilliant Opening
At Dance Tonight
Mike Baker was elected president
of the sophomore class at the meet­ing
which was held after the regu­lar
assembly on last Friday. The
other cabinet members were: vice-president,
Jean Morgan, and secre­tary-
treasurer, Dorothy Schultz.
Two meetings were held. Trans­actions
of the first meeting which
was held on Thursday were unani­mously
cancelled after it was f6und
that the number of sophomores
present was not sufficient to consti­tute
a quorum. It was decided that
there would be a larger percentage
of the class present if the meeting
were held after the assembly on
Friday.
The meeting on Friday was pre­sided
over by Bud Neil, ASB presi­dent.
Appointment of Coston Crouse as
doorman at rec hours and of Wayne
Weber and s Lois Barnhard as co-chairmen
of rec hours for fall quar­ter,
was enacted at the Board of
Control meeting held Wednesday,
October 12.
Crouse assumes his position as-doorman
at the Sophomore party,
tonight. Under no circumstances
will anyone be admitted without a
student body card.
Duties of xec hour chairman have
been divided between Weber, vice-president
of the Associated Stu­dents,
and Barnhard for the remain­der
of the quarter. They replace
Helen Masters, who has held the
position for several quarters.
A committee was appointed to
consider possibilities for the home­coming
chairmanship which will be
definitely decided next week. The
duties of the chairman consist of
organizing the homecoming program
and of supervising sub-committees
for the event, which is scheduled for
November 19.
The next meeting of the Board of
Control will be held on Wednesday,
October 19.
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Faculty Support
Fund Drive
Fisher, Gragg, and Bond
Members of Community Fund;
Intensive Campaign Started
Band Progresses;
To Sponsor
Dance October 22
With J. c Herbsman, prominent
Seattle attorney as guest speaker, a
"kick-off" dinner at the Bellingham
hotel last night set-in motion the
1938 Community Fund drive. The
goal for this year's campaignJa raise
money for financing local" welfare,
character building, and health edu­cation
organizations is $36,744.
To obtain this sum, the campaign
has been divided into three groups:
Division A hopes to secure large in­dividual
donations amounting to
$19,000; D is the industrial and pay­roll
division; and Division B plans
an intensive general campaign.
Several members of the faculty
are active members of the Com­munity
Fund. Dr. Fisher is in Di­vision
A and Miss Georgia P. Gragg
and Dr. E. A. Bond are in charge of
WWC contributions.
"The faculty is taking a very
generous part in the drive," states
Dr. Bond. "We hope to raise close
to $1,000."
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Library Instruction
Schedule Given
Jim Thorpe Slated
To Lecture
Famous Sac and Fox Indian
To Lecture on Experiences;
Had Brilliant Athletic Career
Jim Thorpe, the great Indian ath­lete,
will be the speaker in next
Tuesday's assembly at WWC. Mr.
Thorpe, a full-blodded Sac and
Fox Indian, will tell of athletic ex­periences
which befall, one of
America's greatest athletes.
For eight years Thorpe was a
major league baseball player. Be­fore
that he was a two time Olym­pic
champion and the star of the
Carlisle Indian football teams. The
motion picture idustry then claimed
the versatile-Mr. Thorpe and he
appeared for many years in the
moving pictures. Since then . he
has published many books and has
lectured extensively through the
United States.
A student assembly will be held
next Fridtty with a student election
and a speaker on tuberculosis. Mrs.
Thornton of the Ariti Tuberculosis
League will speak oh the dangers
of tuberculosis iand about Mantoux
Featuring Anne Berkson, Vancou­ver's
top cabaret entertainer, with
the swaying swing of Harry Well-man
and his popular orchestra, Bel-lingham's
-New Dance Pavilion at
Railroad and Holly, will open to­night
amid a- grand fanfare of ex­citing
events.
One of the county's biggest genu­ine
maple dance floors is being
decorated in a magnificent manner
for the grand opening. The danc-ing
surface is newly sanded
\ and re-waxed in preparation for the
huge crowd of swing enthusiasts
that is expected. Students will be
admitted at special prices, Manager
Bob Pratt announced Monday with
free milkshakes, at Arden's being
given during intermission to all stu­dent
patrons of the brilliant open­ing.
One of the important features of
the grand opening is the announce­ment
of the contest to name the new
pavilion, located on Holly at the cor
ner of Railroad avenue. A beauti­ful
thirty-dollar wrist watch will be
awarded the lucky winner. Entries
can be made with special coupons
printed on page 3 of this week's
Viking.
Jitterbugs will be especially pleas­ed
with the swing contest to be
held the opening night. The ones
judged the top swingers of the
crowd will be awarded substantial
cash prizes.
The time: Tonight at 97
The "place: Pavilion at Railroad
and Holly, above Eba's Mutual
Store, v., •„; . -;:,.•;•
The; affair: Grand ^pre-view of
Bellingham's new dance -pavilion^
Weather permitting, the band will
march between halves of the Fort
Lewis game this Saturday evening,
according to Don Bushell, faculty
advisor.
"The band is progressing well,
and if the rain ceases, they will
display their new formations," stat­ed
Mr. Bushell when interviewed
Wednesday afternoon.
Also, the band is sponsoring the
annual Bandsmen's Informal which
will be presented Saturday, October
22. Earl Eckert, appointed student
director, announced that the dance
will probably be held in the Bel­lingham
Country club with Jay
Curtis and his band supplying the
music.
Stated Chairman Eckert, "We
are going to make this the biggest
and best Bandsmen's Informal in
the history of the school. Plan
your dates and transportation now.
We will provide both for those who
wish." /
During the week beginning Oc­tober
17, a series ^of library lectures
will be given in the auditorium. At­tendance
will be required of all new
students and any others who have
not had library instruction here
during the past ten years. The
names of those who will be expect­ed
to attend are posted on the main
bulletin board.
So as to interfere with as few
classes as possible, the time of the
meetings is distributed as follows:
Monday, October 17...... 9 a. m.
Tuesday, October 18...... 1 p. m.
Wednesday, Oct. 19........I0 a. m.
Thursday, October 20....11 a. m.
The purpose of these library lec­tures
is to train all students to use
the library effectively and all stu­dents
concerned will be excused
from conflicting classes in order to
attend. -
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On The Horizon
Smoking Tactics Bad
It has been the custom for many
years for those desiring to smoke to
dp so within their own rooms or off
the campus. This is in accordance
with the idea that those attending
this institution are, going to become
teachers within the near future;
they must act in public much as
they would desire their pupils to
do. It is not desirable for students
to smoke on the campus or in the
halls of the college, for pupils from
the training school comment upon
the ^^ortwmmigsV V of''. those who
hold the destinies of the future gen­erations
in Uie palm of their hands''
Friday, October 14
8 p. nt—Sophomore party,
- big gym.
Saturday, October 15
8 p. m.—Football; Vikings
vs. Army, Battersby field.
Sunday, October 16
9:10 WAA boat trip. Leave
from end of south side
streetcar line.
-Monday, October 17 r v
7:30 p. m.—Vanadis Bragi
meeting. Edens hall'club-room.
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Tuesday, October 18
11 a. m. — Assembly. Jim
Thorps, ex-footba^
7:30 p.' m. — Blue Triangle
?'{ meeting, at clubhouse^o^;;
:;We*ieadiay/;:to
0i:& p. m.—International Re­lations
club meeting, Edens
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