WWCollegian - 1942 June 26

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VOL. XL I—NO. 36 Western Washington College, Bellingham, Washington .: Friday, June 26, 1942
Summer Students First to Use New Elementary Building
Hikers Leave Hill at 7 A. M.; Dean McGee, Chet Ullin
And Company Plan Slide Showing Monday Evening, '
Chuckanut Mountain Climb, Slated for Tuesday Night
. • Opening event of the 1942 Summer Recreation season at WWC will
be tomorrow's Church Mountain .climb. Hikers under the guidance of
Recreation boss, L. A. McGee and his" right hand man, Chet Ullin, will
leave the Physical Education building at 7 a. m. in trucks and cars for
foot of the mountain.
: . Trekkers have been instructed to
take a large trail lunch and some
extra shoes or sneakers. "The snow
still is very deep up there, so hikers
will need a change if they do not
have heavy boots," said McGee.
"Might take along a piece of oil­cloth
or heavy canvass for snow
sliding," continued the Dean of
Men, "it saves wear and tear."
ASSEMBLY SLATED
Monday evening at 7:15 p. m. an
assembly under the direction of the
Recreation committee will be held
in the WWC auditorium. Slides and
pictures of last year's trips r will be
shown by Chet Ullin, Recreation as­sistant.
Also on the program will be group
singing, led by Ullin, and an expla­nation
of the equipment needed for
future, hikes.
CHUCKANUT TUESDAY
As the second preliminary to the
annual Mount Balkier; climb, WWC
students will trek :to the top of
Chuckanut Mountain Tuesday aft­ernoon.
Cars and trucks will leave the
PE buUding a t 4:40 =p m. arid carry
the hikers -put-Chuckanut drive.
Besides a trail lunch to go with
the free coffee, hikers should bring
a flashlight or bug to aid in the
twilight descent. The cost is 10
cents if students desire transpor­tation.
Reservations must be made
if transportation is desired.
Six New Teachers
Join WWC
Staff for Summer
• Six guest instructors are teach­ing
at Western Washington college
this summer according to an an­nouncement
from the President's of­fice
made early this week.
Frederick T. Howard, State
Teachers college, West Chester
Penna., has succeeded H. C. Phil-ippi
in the Science department,
while Dr. Aubrey E. Haan, School
of Education at Stanford univer­sity,
is instructing in Education and
in the Curriculum workshop.
Miss Ruby Dahlin, Tuttle Demon­stration
school, University of Min­nesota;
Miss Maxine Dunfee, Un­iversity
Elementary school, Univer­sity
of Iowa; Miss Maud C. Ras-mussen,
Cincinnati public school;
and Miss Edith Sifton, Seattle pub­lic
schools are taking the places of
Campus school supervisors on leave
this quarter..
INSTRUCTORS RETURN
WWC teachers who are back at
their desks this term after a quar­ter's
leave of absence include: Dr.
W. Lyle Brewer, Science; Loye A.
McGee Dean of Men; and L. A.
Kibbe, Education.
The following are the instructors
who are on vacation this summer:
Nils Boson, music; Miss Nora B.
Cummins, Social Science; Dr. Arth­ur
Hicks, English; Thomas F. Hunt,
Social Science; Miss Priscilla M.
Kinsman, third grade; C. F. Lap-penbusch,
PE; Miss Ruth Melendy,
eighth grade; Miss Pearl Merriman,
fourth grade! »Miss Anna Ullin,
English; Miss Leona Sundquist,
Science; Miss Charlotte B. Richard­son,
industrial arts; and Miss Ruth
VanPelt, seventh grade. Dr. Irving
E. Miller, head of the WWC Edu­cation
department for many years,
resigned from his position this
spring quarter. .
In use for the first time this quarter, is the new Elementary Campus
• School building pictured above. Built at a cost exceeding $350,000,
the edifice is virtually a palace. It is finished throughout with one or
two exceptions, in larhao mahogany—Cut courtesy Herald. ^
Kensley Rosen, Violinist/Coming
To WWC Tuesday for Concert
• Kensley Rosen, well known concert violinist, accompanied by Miss
Dorothy Eustis wHo has appeared before WWC assembly audiences before,
will be featured in the second musical assembly of summer quarter next
Tuesday, June 30, at 11 a. m. On Friday July 3, the second Defense course
lecture will be given by Dr. C. C. Upshall of the WWC Research department
on emergency procedures.
Reporter Smiles
At Prize Family
By IRENE FYHN
• "Leave 'em laughing," is a
theatrical tradition that holds true
as the Bellingham Theater Guild
closes its 1941-1942 season with the.
comedy, "Prize Family," by H, J.
Essix and Sid Swartz.
A satire on prize contest addicts,
"Prize Family" is presented ably
by a cast of /Theater Guild veter­ans
and is. amusing throughout.
Particularly enjoyable, is Kend-rick
Frazee who presents a realis­tically
funny Ma Perkins more in­terested
in winning a $100,000 prize
in a puzzle, contest than she is in
house work. v Mrs. Frazee, who has
had considerable work in stock
companies, displays professional
talent in her satire on a puzzle-mad
matron.
Ma Perkins is aided and abetted
by a hookey-playing brat, Bobbie,
who would rather help win the
contest than go to school. Playing
daughter Bobbie is Jean Hatfield,
who makes a delightful and incor­rigible
brat.
"Prize Family" has many clever
Continued on Page Two
The schedule of assemblies for
the remainder of the quarter is as
follows: Wednesday, July 8, NEA
Institute on Professional Relations
with Dr. Donald DuShane, "secre­tary,
National Commission for the
Defense of Democracy Through Ed­ucation
of the NEA, as principal-speaker
(two sessions); Thursday
and Friday, July 9, 10, annual
WWC Educational conference with
Dr. Stephen Corey, Director of the
Laboratory schools, University of
Chicago, as the main speaker;
Tuesday evening, July. 14, illustrated
lecture—"Circles of Fire"—by Fran­cis
R. Line; Friday, July 17, Civilian^
Defense lecture No. 3; Monday ev­ening,
July 20, Civilian Defense
lecture No. 4; Tuesday, July 21,
Devi Dja and her Bali-Java dan­cers.
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SECOND TERM
SCHEDULE GIVEN
• Friday July 24,"Civilian Defense
lecture No. 5; Monday, July 27,
Andbr Foldes, pianist; Tuesday,
July 28. Dr. Frank Munk, lecture,
"Economics and Social Conditions
After the War"; Friday, Jnly 31,
Paul. Wittgenstein, pianist; Tues­day,
August 4, Dr. Culleh B. Gos-nell,
lecture; Tuesday, August 11,
Peggy Turnley soprano; Friday,
August 14, Claire VanderGriend, y
pianist. -
Mount Baker Trek
Set for Next
Week-end, July 2-5
• Usually the climax of the first
term recreation program but this
year one of the first hikes schedul­ed
is the annual Kulshan cabin and
Mount Baker climb now slated for
next Thurday, Friday, Saturday,
and Sunday, July 2-5.
According to Recreation head L.
A. McGee, the trip this year had to
be moved up because the National
Forest is to be closed just after the
fourth of July.
LEAVE THURSDAY
The party will leave the PE build­ing
Thursday, July 2, at 1:30 p.m.,
. arid drive to the start of the trail
just above Glacier from where ^they.
will head for Kulshan cabin. Trail
lunches will be eaten at the half­way
mark, Camp Smoky.
On Friday a short conditioning
hike will be made to Roosevelt
glacier and at about 3 a. m., Sat-
- urday, the summit party will head
for Bakers' dome.
After the usual festivities around
the campfire Saturday night the
group will trek out on Sunday and
top off the week-end with a dip
in the WWC pool.
WWC students planning on mak­ing
the climb of Mount Baker
should sign up at the Recreation
headquarters • in. the Dean of Men's
office by Tuesday. Cost of the trip
is five dollars.
Details regarding necessary equip­ment
for the„clmb may be found in
the Yodeier, the Recreation bulletin
issued before hikes or directly from
the Recreation office.
Conference Due
At WWC July 9
• With the theme, "Making Ed­ucational
Experiences More Mean­ingful,"
an educational conference
will be held on the Western Wash­ington
college campus on Thursday
and Friday, July 9, 10, with Dr.
Stephen M Corey, director of the
laboratory schools at the University
of Chicago, as the principal speak­er.
In conjunction with the educa­tion
meeting the county superin­tendents
of the state will hold their
annual summer conference here on
those dates.
Panel discussions following Dr.
Corey's addresses also will be an
added feature to the conference,
according to President W. W. Hag­gard.
it Dateline
Friday, June 26—
Theater Guild play, "Prize Fam­ily,"
Guild playhouse, 8:15 p. m.
Saturday, June 27—
Church Mountain climb, leave
PE building 7:30 a. m.
Theater Guild play, "Prize Fam­ily,"
Guild playhouse, 8:15 p. m.
Monday, June 29—
Recreation assembly: slide show­ing,
auditorium, 7:15 p. m.
Tuesday, June 30—
Aptitude tests, auditorium, 7:30
a. m.
Assembly, Kensley Rosen, violin­ist,
auditorium, 11 a. m.
• Annual Chuckanut climb, leave
' PE building 4:40 p. m.
College-Ntews^Week-in-Revue,
KVOS, 7:30 p. m.
Wednesday, July 1—
Achievement tests, auditorium,
4:20-5:30 p. m.
Thursday, July 2— l
WWCoIIegian put, 12 noon.
Series of Defense
Talks to Be Mefrd;
Here in Assemblies
• Commencing this morning in
assembly a series of lectures on
"Civilian Defense for Teachers"
will be given weekly for the re­mainder
of the first term.
The lecture today will be by Dr.
W, Lyle Brewer WWC science in­structor,
and will concern civilian
defense organization.
The second lecture will be at 11
a. m., Friday, July 3. Emergency
procedures, such as blackouts, air
raid shelters, disposition of school
children, will be discussed by Dr.
C. C. Upshall, of the Research Bu­reau.
Miss Ruth Weythman, Physical
Education instructor, will be in
charge of the program on first aid,
Friday, July 17, at 11 a. m.
The fourth lecture, onday, July
20 at 7:30 p. m., will be in charge
of Dr. Brewer and will concern
bombs and gases.
Emergency morale will be the
subject of the closing lecture in
charge of Dr. Upshall, and E. J.
Arntzen, Social Science instructor,
at 11 a. m., on Friday, July 24.
Lectures will be given in the main
auditorium.
PRECAUTIONS TAKEN
Dr. Brewer, when announcing this
series of lectures, stated that the
fire fighting brigade maintained
during the regular school year prob­ably
would be continued. Precau­tions
regarding the placing of sand,
hoses, and other equipment around
the buildings was completed last
quarter.
Degree, Certificate
Candidates Warned
• Students who expect to com­plete
the requirements for a de­gree,
a three-year or six-year cer-terficate
by the end of this quarter
should make formal application at
the Registrar's office before Wed­nesday,
July 1, according to an.
announcement issued this week.
A late fee will be assessed all stu­dents
who do not apply before the
above date.