Western Washington Collegian - 1948 December 3

              [Evergreen Press Convention Opens Today
Western's two publiations, the Klipsun and the
WWCollegian, are playing host to nine colleges and uni­versities
today and tomorrow. Thirty delegates will join
Western's journalists in the two-day meeting where mu­tual
problems will be discussed.
' The delegates were greeted this morning by Gus
Pagels, ASB president, in the WWCollegian office. Clark
Brown, former president of the Northwest Intercollegiate
Press Conference and WWC grad, was introduced and
he spoke, briefly.
Professor Howard Brier, University of Washington
Director of the Pacific Slope Press Conference, addressed
the delegates and hosts this morning. Irv Blumenfield,
University of Washington public relations director, will
address the luncheon being held in Edens hall this noon.
This afternoon the delegates will enter roundtable
forums to discuss such topics as make-up, content, cen­sorship,
form, and financing. Topics of a similar nature
will be taken up Saturday morning also.
Fisherman's Cove will be the site of a dinner-dance
for the delegates and the host staff members this evening
at 7:00 p. m. Following the dance, delegates will be
housed in faculty homes and in organized houses on
campus.
Saturday afternoon, delegates will see the curtain
go up on Victor Hoppe's presentation of ''I Remember
Mama," a matinee performance starting at 2 p. m.
Participating colleges and universities are: College
of Puget-Sound, Pacific Lutheran college, University of
British Columbia, Central Washington college,. Eastern
Washington college, St. Martin's college, Seattle Uni­versity,
Mount Vernon Junior college, Everett Junior
college, and Western Washington college. Bellingham
high school editors will be in attendance as.guests.
Delegates to the conference are: Ken Adair, Riss
Bischoff, and Lois Washund, College of Puget Sound;
Gerald Varner, Bob Slingland, and Dick Norman, Central
Washington college; Paul Arlton, Pacific Lutheran col­lege;
George Keplinger, Jean Hilliard, Marilyn Fortson,
Richard Gunderson, Thomas Borgford, and Elizabeth
Kaiser, Everett Junior college. ~-
Loretta Columbi and Floyd Clark, Eastern Washing­ton
college; David Kneeshaw, Jack Dreaney, Tom Weifer,
and Margaret O'Brien, Seattle University; Gene Johns­ton,
Gust Angelos, and Chuck Bosserman, St.- Martin's
college; John Youngman, Nadine Kensler, and Louis
Raphel, College of Puget Sound.
Bellingham high school delegates are: S t e r l i ng
Munro, George Buchinoff, Shirley Goetz, and Marilyn
Herb.
Conference chairmen are Barbara Breazeale, George
Dowd, and Pearl Hofman.
"Dramatists and Director Merit
< Laurels for Mama Portrayal
, By GEORGE HESS
Last Wednesday evening this re-r*
porter; had. the pleasure of seeing
the WWC student dramatists' pre-
* sentation of John Van Oruten's
fe play, "I Remember Mama." Tra­ditionally,
a dramatic critic is sup-
•> posed to point out the good (and
bad)., points of a presentation. This
i* particular rendition defies classifi­cation
in this respect, however, for
each and every performer turned in
^ a sincere and almost flawless per­formance.
' HOPPE PRAISED
.+ First laurels must go to Victor
Hoppe, director. Although all the
> performers had obvious natural
talent, the credit for their near-professional
polish rightfully be­longs
to Mr. Hoppe. Without belit­tling
the actors in any way, I can
, truthfully say that the presenta­tion
paid shining tribute to Mr.
^r Hoppe's skill.
I should like to hand a verbal or­chid
to Evelyn Wulff for her por-
4, trayal of "Mama." She gave the role
. a vitality and vigor which, along
P with her charming naturalness,
did much to make the play a suc­cess.
Her Norwegian accent was
superb.
Outstanding in the character role
•• of "Mr. Hyde" was Ralph Brown.
. His sepulchral voice and exagger­ated
old-world manners added
r greatly to the humor of the scenes
in which he played. Besides acting
in the play, Brown served as assist-
, ant director. In the latter capacity
• he contributed the benefits of two
year's previous experience in the
semi-professional dramatic field.
UNCLE CHRIS CONVINCING
Thornton Ford was very convinc­ing
as "Uncle Chris," the blustering
but kind hearted head of the fam­ily.
Beth Folsom did very well as
"Katrin," the oldest daughter and
narrator of the story.
(Continued on page 8.)
WHO WANTS TO
BE A DELEGATE?
Any student in the school who
would be interested in attending the
Fourth Annual Pacific Northwest
College congress at the University
of British Columbia on January 6,
7 and 8, as an official delegate of
the Associated Student Body is re­quested
to submit a signed applica­tion
to the P.N.C.C. committee in
the Associated students office be­fore
4 p. m., Monday afternoon.
Delegates will have their expenses
paid by the ASB to the congress.
Two delegates will be selected on
the basis of their interest, special
qualifications, and knowledge of
world affairs in general.
Delegates will participate in the
forum discussions on the following
topics: "The Iron Curtain," "The
Berlin Blockade," "The Palestine
Problem," "The Chinese Problem,"
and "Atomic Control.'.'
The delegates will be expected to
report to the student body upon
their return.
COLLEGIAN
Vol.'XLVII—No. 10 Western Washington College, Bellingham, Washington Fri., Dec. 3, 1948
Pearson, Kent, Radcliffe Elected
To Board; Card Playing Out
Ann Pearson, Jim Kent, and Bill Radcliffe were selected for the three Board of Control positions in the-election
held last Tuesday and Wednesday. A total of 638 votes were cast.
Ann Pearson received 293, entitling her to the position of Four-quarter woman. Her two opponents, Betty
McLeod and Harriet Lang, received 336 collectively. Jim Kent, who- garnered the position of One-quarter
man or woman, was given 316 votes, with his ticket-mates, Margery Ness and June Carrick, "getting 318.
Bill Radcliffe was the victor over Jean Selander and Charlie Borden in the race for Four-quarter man or
woman, receiving 252 of the ballots cast, while his "ri38 votes was cast. " -
The Referendum about card playing in the lounge asking if the Board's decision should be upheld or not,
was given a vote of: Upheld 495, Repealed 130, the result being that the decision will be upheld.
JIM KENT
BiARD RESTORES COFFEE PRICE
Lounge to be Underwritten Until Investigation Completed
*>• Qoffee in the student lounge shall
cost five cents until the Board of
Control completes an investigation
** of the situation in the student
:• lounge. This decision was reached
at the regular Wednesday meeting
* in the ASB office, December 1.
jl Gus J»agels, ASB president, stated
that the price of coffee*had been
,.'wdse|^bjg|Mr. Louis Earle, lounge
' nianafer because the students had
not coeverated in keeping the -lounge
» clean a i ^ t i to absolutely neces|Hi^
that the loung^ be kept inun^pula^e
in order to meet health reqiUre-
It was pointed out, however, that
the price had been raised without
the knowledge, or consent of trie
hoard. vTbe board realized that be­cause
the students had not cooperat­ed
in keeping the lounge clean that
Mr. Earle had been forced to em­ploy
extra help, and was not able
to meet the increased costs. Dr.
Lucy Kangley reported that the
board paid $80 per month to support
the lounge before the installation
of the coffee bar and thus far we
have lost only $64 per month.
The board then decided to make
a thorough ^investigation of the en­tire
loungie problem and while this
is in progress the boa/d will under­write
any josses mcurred ,by the
lounge by selling five cent coffee.
Ruth Soderstrom, AWS president,
requested $30 from the rboard for
the College Day conference that is
to be held here in the near future.
Neil Johnson inquired if the board
had any space to house the club
libraries. The board suggested that
the administration be contacted,
they did not have any space.
Mrs. Ruth Burnet appeared before
the board to give the financial re­port
on the Profile and Homecoming
books. . , •.'
Gordon Sanstead reported that
the Pacific Northwest College con­gress
was to meet at the University
of British Columbia and wanted to
know if the board would appoint
delegates to the.: conference. The
board felt there was an overlapping
in some of the conferences and
wOuld appoint a committee to look
into the.affair.
Art Runestrand presented the
Co-op constitution to the board, but
because of the lateness of the hour,
action on the issue was delayed.
The board adjourned at 6:15 p. m.
;.;*/vns
ANN PEARSON
BILL RADCLIFFE
One of our local boys, Bill Rad­cliffe
was born in Bellingham
twenty-three years ago. He attended
the local high school and at present
is a third quarter junior. A veteran
of two year's service, in the navy
(as a "desert sailor" in Nevada, Bill
says), he is taking Teacher Train­ing
with Art as his major.
ANN PEARSON
Another Bellinghamite is Ann
Pearson, who lives at Huntoon Drive.
Born twenty-two year ago, Ann has
lived here all her life. She, too, is a
graduate of Bellingham High. Her
activities include being treasurer of
AWS, a former four-quarter Board
member, and secretary of Valkyrie.
Ann was married on ~ August 24,
1947, and plans to graduate in 1950.
She is taking Teacher Training.
JIM KENT
Although he was born in Mon­tana,
Jim Kent "has lived twenty-two,
of his, twenty-three years in
WasMngton-rSeattle in particular:
He attended Lincoln high in Se-
BILL RADCLD7FE
attle and went from there" to the
University of Washington. Kent ar­rived
at Western last fall and be­came
a member of the "W" club.
His favorite sports are football and
track. He is a veteran of two year's
service in the Air Corps. A senior in
Teachers' Education, Jim plans to
be married to Lois King sometime
during this month.
Assemblies Meld
Assemblies held today for the
AWS and Norsemen were in room
239 and the auditorium, respectively.
Male members of the student body
attended a Norsemen meeting, pre­sided
over by Gordon Smith; presi­dent,
at 10 a. m., while Ruth Soder­strom,
president of AWS, conducted
an assembly for the women.
Movies of the WWC Homecoming
football game were shown j ^ ^ h e j ,
men. A representative of the Mftrle
Norman studio in- B e l l i n g l i a n i ?^
a make-up demonstration to Jiie
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