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COLLEGIAN
Vol. XLVII —No. 15 Western Washington College, Bellingham, Wash nig ton .... Friday, Jan. 21, 1949
Board To Underwrite Band
For '49 Publications Prom
By GEORGE HESS
Expenses to be incurred by the publications department in procuring
a band lor t^uiriual Publications Prom were underwritten by the Board
of Control Wednesday. Publications of ficials have enlisted the services of
Mert perUnk^nd his orchestra for the affair. With*the board's backing,
which^is now-bfficiaL the contracts can be signed and the final arrange-mentapfMefby
the Prom committee.
v^riie members of the governing body who were appointed by President
Pagels to study the student body constitution recommended certain
changes. These constitutional revisions are designed to prevent the
student body elections from falling upon legal school holidays. The board
heard the committee's recommendations and approved them by majority
vote. The student body as a whole will be called upon to ratify the changes
at UK forthcoming elections.
Board member Bill Radcliffe pre­sented
a plan for the renovation of
the student lounge. He already has
secured a promise of cooperation
from a number of students, and he
expects "many more to volunteer.-
The proposed work would be done
entirely by students, with the board
furnishing only the paint, plywood,
AWS to Sponsor
Girls Conference
The annual High School Leaders
conference, sponsored by the Asso­ciated
Women Students, will be
held Friday, January 18. High school
gills from six counties will meet to
discuss their problems with the col­lege
girls and have a brief view of
college life.
pert Baker, chairman of the event,
stated that Whatcom, Skagit, San
Juln, Island, Snohomish, and King
cb^lei^rtil be represented. The
gii^||ritli register at mid-morning
and from there will go on a tour
of the campus. Luncheon will be
served at Edens hall, followed by
discussion groups. The afternoon
will conclude with a tea and fashion
show in the Blue room.
The-theme, for the day wJU W
centered around the Golden Anni­versary.
etc. The idea was discussed, crit­icized
favorably, and assigned to a
committee for further study.
• Jess Winders, yell leader, was
present to submit a verbal resigna­tion
from the yell leading squad.
He stated that the resignation was
advised by his physician. He also
said that the remaining four mem­bers
of the yell crew have revised
their routines so that they can carry
on "effectively without him. The
board accepted his resignation, and
approved the four man setup of the
squad.
The only application for the edit­orship
of the WWColiegian was sub­mitted
by Cecil Thomas. The board
heard his application read, and de­cided
that he was qualified for the
position. It was also pointed out
that Thomas was highly recom­mended
by George Dowd, outgoing
editor. Because of a specific restric­tion
in the application, however, the
group decided to postpone final
action until after they have confer­red
with the publication adviser.
Pour members of WWC's choral
group have been invited to attend
the Northwest Regional conference
of the Music Educators' National
conference to be lield at Portland,
&arch 30 throughApril 2. In ofdei:
that the fbwinay attend the board
was"^sked to furnish approximately
§$|.:''i» each^ takeover the expenses
of the trip^jA' total budget was of­fered
and approved by unanimous
vote'.- • -• •'/ >-.: . .
Cecil Thomas Acts
As Paper Editor
Upon the resignation of George
Dowd, former editor of the WWCol­iegian,
the Board of Control has
appointed Cecil Thomas as acting
editor this week. Cecil, a sopho­more
from Sedro-Woolley, is major­ing
in business administration. -
Other new staff changes are as
follows: Pat Somers. copy editor;
Beverly Gordon and Glenna Haz-eldine,
news editors; Lex Milton and
peorge Hess, feature editors; Molly-
Falknor and Frances Frazee, societv
editors; Keith Stearns, sports editor.
EnrollmentSteady
Enrollment has^ lessened eleven
students at WWC this quarter,
it was announced by *Dr. W. W.
Haggard. It is possible, however,
he stated, .that several more stu­dents
will enter during the week.
Winter quarter enrollment is 1333
as compared with 1344 of the
Fall quarter. s
Princesi
Chosen
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Ten girls were chosen from the twenty cahdidafes after the ^asMnbly
last Friday as the semi-fiiiaUsts to the Publication P^^
tion. They are, left to right in the picture: ioyce Eide, Bellingham; Joanne
Baylor, Bellingham; Mary Lou Borchardt, Bellingham; Jessie Isom, Lyn-den;
Helen Johnson, Omak; Neva Mclntyre, Bellingham; Barbara Butler,
Shelton; Joyce Mueler, Vancouver;: Ndrma Barr, Bellingham; Pat Wright,
Tillamook, Oregon. The judges were three Bellingham "citizens: Miss
/earl Bartruff, Bellingham high school art teacher; Jack Carver, HeraM
jtaff photographer; and Frank Yeager, photographer. No publications
staff member had any connection with tabulating votes or judging the
ten semi-finalists.
The original plan for selecting the Princess was that pictures of. these;
ten girls would be sent to Peter Lawford, of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
movie studio in Hollywood, for elimination of. all but one. A letter re­ceived
from the Special Services department of that studio on Monday
informed the editor of the Collegian that because of a policy of the
studio, none of their personnel could judge a contest in which personal
feeling would be tavofared. ^; .<.
At this time, a hew judge |had not been selected, but it is the hope
of the prom chairmen that o^e will be chosen, and available, by Monday.
All the prom workers met in a general meeting in the publications
office, yesterday at Won, to discuss the budget and plans for decorations.
A letter to Mert Perkins of Anacortes was written to be signed by Cecil
Thomas, acting Collegian editor, Pearl Hofman, Klipsun editor, and Dr.
W. W. Haggard and sent to Mr. Perkins as an informal contact between
Mr. Perkins and the college for furnishing the music for the evening of
February 19. He has a 10-piece band.
The staffs of the Klipsun and Collegian hope to make this 10th annual
Publications Prom—the Fiftieth Anniversary Prom—the biggest and fin­est
one ever, and the most representative, as many alumni come back
as possible.
Haggard Visits
Lawmakers
•President Haggard was in Olympia
Tuesday, January 17, to talk with
members of the house and senate
about appropriations for the state
schools of higher education. This
topic will soon come before the
legislature for discussion.'
House Bill 67 was introduced by
Emma Ridgeway (D. Skagit) and
Eva Anderson (D. Chelan). This bill
purposes to enable Central Wash­ington
college, Eastern Washington
college and Western Washington
college to give high school teachers
degrees; and also to give Washing­ton
tSate College and the University
of Washington the right to grant
degrees in elementary teaching.
The bill is to be reviewed by the
House Committee on Colleges.and
Universities before it is put before
the house for final voting.
Writer Heads Seek
Lfrerinry Talent
For Quarter Book.
Anyone interested in writing
poetry, essays, or short stories please
contact Mr. O'Brien in the English
department. The Writer is published
under : the auspices of the WWC
English department. Primarily it
was hoped to publish this maga­zine
once a month but because of
lack of manuscripts it has been im­possible
to do so. At present our
stockpile is very low on poems and
essays and we hope that enough
material will become available to
keep up the high standards of the
magazine.
Summer Vets
Decide Now
All veterans should decide now
whether or not they are going to
attend Summer school, Ann-Garcia,
veterans' advisor, announced Wed-!
nesday. She said the reasons for
this are0 so that the subsistence
payments will be continued without
interruption and so the size of the
classes may be determined early,
therefore assuring the veterans en­rollment
in the classes.
Mrs. Garcia wishes those planning
to enroll in summer courses to see
her at the Personnel desk in the
Registrar's office by January 27 and
sign up. It will be assumed that the
vets who have not registered by
this date are not enrolling and the
Veterans' Administration will be so
notified.
United States-China Relations Debate
Easily Won by Convincing SSA Team
Resolved: That the United States has given China a "Square tfcal"
since the end of World War H was the subject for debate between the
Social Science Action and International Relations. clubs, Wednesday,
January 19 in the Campus school auditorium.'
The affirmative was taken by the Social Science club. Speaking in.be-v
half of this cause were Dorothy Prather, Bernard Mcintosh and Don
McMullen. On the negative side
were George Dowd, Lex Milton, and
Bruce Hannaford.
Each speaker gave a seven minute
speech in the order first affirma­tive,
first negative, second negative,
and so'on. Following the speeches
was a fifteen minute cross exami­nation
and then two three minute
summaries by Don McMullen and
George Dowd.
The judges for the debate were
Dr. Keith Murray, Dr. Arthur Hicks,
and Dr. Alan Boss. The decision
was in favor of the SSA club. Dr.
Hicks stated the reasons for the
choice as being that the "affirma-^
tive had defined the. issue consist­ently
and had the advantage over
the negative in the cross examina--
tioh. Sarcasm was overused by the
negative and they were somewhat
awkward in handing the cross ex­amination."
The meeting was opened by Gorv-;
dOn Sanstead, president of IRC,
who introduced Miss Nora Cum­mins.
Miss Cummins presented
GeOrge Dowd and Bruce Hannaford
with gifts prior to their trip to
Washington, D. C, Monday.