WWCollegian - 1948 April 9

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Diamond Season Opens . . . read page 4
to discover facts and figures concerning the competition for
berths on the baseball nine.
A S B Elections Shifted . . campus politi­cians
asked to begin consideration of coming important student
elections. Vol. XLVI--No. 24 Western Washington College of Education, Bellingham, Washington ' Friday, April 9, 1948
Election Moved Up Two Weeks to April 28
Still no lawsuits from
our little April Fool edition.
We are insulted.
Students f r o m Western
Washington college saluted
the Oregon State college's
"Salute to Rhythm" (Mod­ern
dancing) last Friday in
the assembly with one of
the most thunderous grants
of approval that our old
auditorium has heard for
many a program. In fact
this corner feels that they
were so good that next year
Oregon State should even
furnish them with shoes.
A WOMAN'S I N T U I ­TION:
Dear Dorothy Dix:
The other night I went out
with my boy friend. In or­der
to appear more sophis­ticated
I drank t w o or
three cocktails. Did I do
wrong? Answer: Q u i te
probably.
« * if
And a bouquet of spring
blossoms to the Valkyrie
club, who, under the lead­ership
of Roma Still, pre­sented
the first s p r i ng
quarter mixer. Other clubs
could profit from her plan
and present mixers a l so
thai not only have music
and a floor, but a theme,
decorations, novelty, and a
spirit that too often has
keem lacking in our Friday
evening dance-togethers.
* * *
From our sterotyping de­partment
we hear the story
of the Scotchman t h at
bought an all day sucker at
9 a. m., contacted lockjaw
at 11 a- m., and died of a
broken heart at 12 noon.
* * *
M E A N E S T MAN IN
WWC . . . is the person
(singular or plural) t h a t
lifted a pair of m e n 's
slacks from the C. C. F.
Clothing for Europe collec­tion
box. We aren't mak­ing
any accusations, but, if
the pants fit, wear them.
They can be identified.
* * *
Our old ears have picked
up the rumor that the mess
officers in charge of men's
chow are a little red in the
face over the fact that they
have in their possession an
amount of crab meat im­ported
from the Soviet.
Could it be that the fish
isn't Can-well enough for
American consumption?
Datelii me . . .
Friday, April 9: Senior hall
bam dance. ACE party.
Sunday, April 11: Attend
t h e C h u r c h of your
choice. Afternoon, 3 p.m.
Civic Music p r e s e n ts
pianist Leonard Pennario,
Bellingham high.
Monday, April 12: 7:30 p.m.,
Dr. Hawk to preside over
discussion with prospec­tive
student teachers in
Bellingham auditorium.
Tuesday, April 13: Student
Fireside Forum in room
112, 4 p. m. Donald Irish
will speak. Everyone in­vited.
Tuesday, April 13: CCF
clothing drive roundup.
Pot-luck dinner at 6 p.m.
Tuesday, April 13: Cornelia
Stabler, monologist in a
series of character sket­ches,
is presented in the
Students' Lecture Series.
Friday, April 16: Teresita
and Emilio Osta, Spanish
dancers and pianist ap­pear
in the Students
Artist Series. "W" club
swim meet. WRA high
school play day (sports
day). Evening, Norsemen
sponsored Spring T i me
informal in the Crystal
ballroom of the Leopold
hotel.
Groundwork for
Norse Dance
Laid by Crew
On Friday, April 16, the Norse­men's
club is sponsoring their annual
spring semi-formal, in the Crystal
ballroom of the Hotel Leopold.
"SPRINGTIME" has been chosen as
the theme for the dance.
Roger Hubbard is general chair­man
for the affair. He will be as­sisted
by Jess Winders, publicity;
Cliff McCullem, tickets and invita­tions;
Bill Morton, refreshments;
Ed Cotter, check rooms; and Gody
Smith, music.
The attire for the dance will be
formals for the women and suits
and ties for the men. Corsages are
optional.
According to Smith, music will be
furnished by George Hankins' orch­estra.
Dancing will be from nine till
twelve. Tickets will be on sale in the
hall beginning Tuesday morning.
Admission will be $1.00 per couple.
Tickets will be limited.
"As the Norsemen have always
put on a successful dance the com­mittee
heads are working hard to
uphold this tradition. I am sure
-. everyone will have a good time,"
Hubbard said.
The patrons and patronesses have
not as yet been selected.
Murals For Lounge
Show Campus Life
"A new set of murals are due to
go up in the lounge by the end of
the week," reports Miss H a z el
Plympton, art director.
The murals, which are still in
the experimental stage, will portray
various sports and academic themes.
The purpose for the change is to
find out which pictures are best
suited for the lounge. These, if ap­proved,
will stay there indefinitely.
Those students responsible for the
murals include: Joan Shields, Greg­ory
Newton, Sophie Shafi'ert, Ed
Brown, Bettyjane Christie, Lucy
Christopher, Stuart Compton, Betty
McLeod, Betty Nielson, Donna Rein-holt,
Jack Rykken, and Rosalie
Stoerchli.
Coming Artists Series, Attractions
CORNELIA STABLER
Cornelia Stabler, monologist, and
The Ostas, pianist and dance team,
are three prominent artists sched­uled
to appear in student assem­blies
next week on the Student Art­ist
and Lecture series.
Guest performer on Tuesday, Ap­ril
13, Miss Stabler will present her
original character sketches which
she calls "personality portraits." In
her sketches Miss Stabler gives a
MRH to Open
Doors to Girls
C. W. McDonald, supervisor of
men's housing, issued the warning
that if the MRH cannot be filled to
capacity for .summer—quarter- the -
building will be turned over to wo­men
students for that college ses­sion.
McDonald indicated that ap­plications
for women's residences
have far exceeded Edens hall and
other feminine living facilities.
"MRH must be filled to capacity
if the college is to operate it at all,"
McDonald warned. "Information is
needed immediately concerning the
number of men desiring housing for
summer quarter. There is ample
housing available for men close to
campus. Senior hall may be taken
over for men this_summcr if neces­sary."
Regardless of who occupies the
building this summer it will auto­matically
revert to the men next
fall Quarter.
Old Budget System Abandoned
In Favor of Simplified Set-up
Out went the old system at the end of winter quarter and in came the
newly approved ASB budgetary system with the advent of spring quarter.
The system, designed to simplify and keep accurate daily reports of each
department's account, has recently been adopted by the Board of Control
and Business Office.
"The success of this system," says Jim Sanford, chairman of the bud­geting
committtee, "depends upon the cooperation of department heads
in requisitioning every expenditure
PRIOR to the purchase. Daily re­ports
will be available at the Busi­ness
office for any organization if
this policy is strictly adhered to."
Correct procedure to govern fu­ture
policies of the Bussiness office
in regard to the expenditures of
ASB funds is as follows, according
to Sanford:
1. All department heads must ob­tain
requisitions for any expense
against their account.
a. O b t a i n official requisition
from the Business office.
b. The requisition must be sign­ed
by the department head.
e. The cost of the purchase of
the goods must be estimated
as nearly as possible.
2. All revenue from various ac­counts
are to be accumulated in
a general fund,and will be ap­propriated
to the budgets period­ically.
3. If additional appropriations are
needed they must be applied for
through the ASB president
Clothing Drive
Ends Tuesday
In order to provide a last minute
opportunity for those who may have
neglected or forgotten to bring their
"clothes for Europe," the College
Christian Fellowship club has ex­tended
their drive through Monday
and Tuesday of next week.
9 Clothes for any age group, as well
as shoes, are needed, according to
club members. Materials collected
will be sorted and sent to New York
where they will be dispatched' to
Europe by the War Relief Commis­sion
of the National Association of
Evangelicals. Personal representa­tives
of WRC will distribute the
articles in Europe.
Any student unable to contribute
clothing to the drive may assist the
CCF by offering cash donations to
Miss Hazel Breakey in the Art de­partment.
Extra monies, above ship­ping
Costs for the clothing packages,
TERESITA OSTA
veritable word portrait of different
personality types typical of the
United States.
Teresita and Emilio Osta, unique
brother and sister artists, will en­tertain
with Hispanic and Latin
American dances and music in the
regular student assembly Friday.
April 16. Emilio, pianist, is well
State-wide Magazine
Completed At
Seattle Editing Meet
The selecting and final editing for
the first issue of the Washington
Profile, state-wide creative writing
magazine for college students, was
completed at the meeting of the ed­iting
colleges Saturday, April 3, at
the University of Washington. The
meeting was made up of delegates
from Everett Junior college arid
Western Washington college. It was
conducted by Mark Harris, head
of the Creative Writing department
of the university.
WWC Represented
Delegates from Western Washing­t
o n college were: Bob Dickson, Nita
Clothier, Mark Holland, and Guerd
Pagels. These, as well as the other
representatives, w e r e entertained
with a tea at the home of Mr. Harris,
a joint dinner with the various mem­bers
of the committee, and a new
play at the Tryout Theatre.
The finished publication will be
available about April 18, and will
consist of "twelve pieces of prose and
six poems. These nineteen articles
were selected from the 60 entries,
submitted by students from eleven
colleges in the state.
This is the first time that a mag­azine
of this nature has been cre­ated
in Washington, and it repre­sents
an effort to bring the creative
(Continued on Page Two
RICE CONSULTS WITH
SEATTLE ARCHITECTS
In Seattle for a consultation with
architects this week was Charles
Rice, of the Industrial Arts depart­ment.
Plans for the new Industrial Arts
building are rapidly nearing com­pletion,
according to Rice, and will
be ready for spring construction
work. Bebb and Jones are the archi­tects
in charge.
will be used for the purchase of
CARE food packages.
Collection receptacles for clothing
are located in Men's Residence hall,
Edens ball, the main landing in the
Administration building, and across
from the Co-op.
EMILO OSTA
known for his interpretation and ar­rangements
of Spanish and Mexican
melodies and dances.
Teresita, known not only as an
interpreter of Spanish and Latin
American dances, but also as a cos­tume
designer, reflects in her cos­tumes
and dances the customs and
traditions of Hispanic and Latin
American societies.
Through their repertoire, authen­tic
as a result of wide travel and
much research, the Ostas hope to
further Inter-American understand-
Service Funds
Need Stressed
"Tuberculosis is sweeping as a
scourge over the whole of war dev­astated
Europe," stated Mrs. Gladys
Lawther, regional secretary of the
World Student Service Fund, be­fore
a joint student-faculty commit­tee,
Monday, April 5.
"It is hitting the undernourished
and the homeless. This year WSSF
is attempting to double last year's
total and to raise $1,000,000," con­tinued
Mrs. Lawther. "I cannot see
that there is a quota possible for
such an urgent need."
Margaret Lutro, chairman of the
committee working on the project,
conducted a discussion which cen­tered
on various methods of solic­iting
the needed funds. It was re­ported
that several clubs were plan­ning
special observances to publi­cize
the drive.
"Seeds of Destiny," a War depart­ment
film, will be featured in the
campaign's kick-off assembly plan­ned
for April 30, the day the drive
opens on the campus. The drive will
last for one week.
WWC students contributed $275
last year.
Scientists Feature
Atomic Exhibition
"Atomic Energy," a new exhibi­tion
prepared by the editox-s of Life
magazine, will be on exhibit begin-n
i n g March 29 and continuing
through April 17, it was announced
today. This display is to be shown
in the Science department and also
in the main lobby of the Library.
Urging nation-wide education on
the subject, "Atomic Energy" was
prepared in consultation with the
U. S. Atomic Energy cSmmission.
The exhibit is composed of three
sections. The first is devoted to
wartime development and includes
panels of Hiroshima, Nagasaki and
Bikini. Postwar uses of atomic power
and continuing research are the
themes of the second section. The
last section is concerned with the
problem of atomic energy control.
Propaganda Listed
On Club Agenda
Discussion for the next meeting of
the Social Science Action club, to be
held April 14, 7:30 p. m., will be on
Propaganda,, Under the leadership
of Don P. Irish- club adviser.
The scheduled meeting of t he
club, originally slated for Wednes­day,
April 7, was postponed. The -
meetings, hereafter, will be held at
the regular time, the second and
fourth Wednesdays of each month
in the Social Science office, accord­ing
to Irish.
DeBruler, Swanson Named to
Plan Campus Day Festivities
ASB spring elections will be conducted two weeks earlier with the pri­mary
scheduled for April 28, and the general for May 5. This action was
approved by the Board of Control, April 7, to enable the incoming president
to attend the annual ASB Presidents' Convention to be held at Tempe,
Arizona.
The board appropriated $400 to cover the expenses of the convention
delegates, Halldor Karason, incumbent, and the newly elected president.
I t was pointed out that the election
dates would have had to be changed
since the general election comes on
Campus Day.
Campus Day Chairmen Chosen
Considering the Campus Day
chairmanship, the Board appointed
Fred DeBruler and Arlene Swanson
to be the co-chairmen of the 1948
celebration.
Officially endorsing the World
Student Service Fund campaign to
be held April 30 to May 7, the Board
donated $50 to that organization's
drive to aid needy students abroad.
The Red Cross drive was postponed
until later.
Coke Profits Needed
Deciding it was time for a change,
the Board voted to take over the
coke machine profits in the lounge
and place said profits in a lounge
fund. The profits had previously
gone to the student co-op.
Karason appointed two commit­tees.
Appointed to the social facili­ties
committee were: Gus Pagels,
chairman, Bill Jones, Curtis Ted-ford,
Joanne Plumb, Bessie James,
and Alice Robbins. Serving on the
committee investigating student
properties are, Warren Tiffany,
chairman, Nita Clothier, George
Down, Bill Radcliff, Miss Ruth
Weythman, and Dr. Alan Ross.
Blossom Float Plans
Heavily Guarded
Until Unveiling Time
Shrouds of secrecy hang heavily
over the heads of WWC's student-faculty
committee appointed to han­dle
the college's contribution to the
Bellingham Blossom parade, to be
held the first week in May. This is
the first year that an entry has been
sent down from Sehome to partici­pate
in this annual spring celebra­tion,
and indications point to a
'pippin' according to Barbara Rit­chie,
chairman.
With a tentative float-idea fleet­ing
through their minds members of
the group took the bit in their
t e e t h this week and drew up
plans which include participation
in the construction by many depart­ments,
Art, Industrial Arts, Engin­eering,
and other campus organiza­tions.
"Although t h e comprehensive
theme will be more or less a secret
from local townspeople," said Victor
Hoppe, originator of the tentative
plan, "you can be sure that educa­tion
will hold the over-all idea in­tact."
.Construction work is expected to
start immediately.
IRC to Sponsor
Colorful Mixer
If members of the International
Relations club have their way, the
mixer which they will sponsor the
second week in May will be one of
the most colorful Friday evening
get-togethers scheduled d u r i n g
spring quarter.
Tentative preparations discussed
for the "affair include the possibili­ties
of securing decorations of the
United Nations flags, of obtaining
folk dancers, and the college .Pep
band to furnish the music.
Business on hand at their recent
meeting consisted chiefly of a dis­cussion
pertaining to the recent Pa­cific
Northwest College Congress,
which two IRC members attended
as representatives of WWC. The
two representatives are scheduled to
give a resume of their trip and the
convention to the general student
body in the near future.
A special event of. the evening
meeting was the explanation of
atomic energy, and a discussion of
the atomic display now on exhibit,
by Dr. Arthur C. Hicks.
Campus Population
Placed at I05I As
Enrollment Stays Up
Figures from the Registrar's of­fice
indicate that WWC is main­taining
this year's 40 percent en­rollment
increase over last year.
President W. W. Haggard reported
Wednesday that the campus popu­lation
had been placed at 1,051
against 754 for the spring quarter
of 1D47.
Dr. Paul Woodring's evening class
in mental hygiene boosts the en­rollment
for this quarter another
200. The class was in operation dur­ing
the winter quarter.
Not quite half of the students at­tending
WWC last quarter were in
the teacher training program, Dr.
Haggard said. He mentioned that
52 percent were in the liberal arts
and junior college divisions.
Post war expansion has already
reached the freshman and sopho­more
classes, Dr. Haggard indicated,
and will next fall affect the junior
class as welL Next, fall's entering
freshman class is expected to boost
the number of those pursuing higher
education in this school to another
unprecedented figure.
Noted Pianist
To Play Sunday
Featured on the Bellingham Civic
Music association's final concert of
the 1947-48 series, Sunday afternoon
at 3 p. m., in the Bellingham High
auditorium, is distinguished Amer­ican
pianist Leonard Pennario.
Youthful Pennario has been the
recipient of one ovation after an­other
in appearances with the major
symphonies of the land. Now in his
second season since his return from
overseas duty in the China-India-
Burma theater, Pennario has gained
an even wider audience through his
weekly appearances this past sum­mer
as featured artist with Nelson'
Eddy on the Kraft Music hail broad­casts.
The concert was shifted to the af- .
ternoon to prevent conflict with a
scheduled Bellingham High Musical
production.
FACULTY MEMBERS ATTEND
EDUCATION MEETING
Dr. W. W. Haggard left yesterday
for Spokane to attend an Inland
Empire conference with Presidents
of Higher Institutions of Learning'
which is convening there.
Other faculty members attending
the Inland Empire Education Asso­ciation
meeting, also meeting in the
Inland Empire city this week in­clude:
Elizabeth Hopper, Dr. Alan
Ross, Dr. I. A. Hammer, Dr. R. F.
Hawk, and Dr. M. S. Kuder.