Western Washington Collegian - 1949 February 4

              Final Prom Preparations Underway;
j. Committee Heads Swing Into Action
t DUCATS GOING FAST AT TWO DOLLARS PER
**' I^**tt *he Publications Prom only two weeks away, committee chair­men
along with their committees are busy making last minute prepara­tions.
A telegram has been sent to Doak Walker, 1948 All-American back
grid star of Southern Methodist university. It is hoped that he will
| act as final judge of the ten Western Washington co-eds who were
selected princesses two weeks ago. '
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Chairman of invitations, Nancy
Merrick, and her committee, Glenna
Hazeldine and Beverly Gordon, have
addressed and sent out 500 invita­tions
to former alumni. Replies are
expected in the near future.
-Tickets are on sale at the "Prom
booth" located on the landing be­tween
the second and third floors,
just above the main hall. Members
of the Publications staff have been
volunteering spare periods in order
to sell to students. Ticket buyers will
receive programs at the door on the
nighf of the Prom instead of with
the actual ticket at the time of
purchase as has been the custom in
former years.
Beejay Christy and her decora­tions
committee have announced
their theme, "The Golden Era."
Van Aver Appointed
Dr. Albert Van Aver of the West­ern
Washington English department
has been appointed to the commit­tee
of the Reed college alumni. The
Seattle session will be held Febru­ary
5. At that time, President and
Mrs. James E. B. McNaughton will
address the alumni and friends of
Reed in the Northwest. Dr. Van
Aver is an alumnus of Reed college.
Graduate to Speak
At Commencement
James Butler, MA, PhD; will be
guest speaker at the Commence­ment
Day exercises to be held next
June.
A WWC graduate in educa­tion
and now associate professor
of drama at the University of South­ern
California, Butler was Associ­ated
Student Body president, de­bater
and active in drama while at­tending
WWC.
Upon graduation Butler gained his
teaching experience at Kelso, Wash­ington;
Tulaire, California, and Tex­as
State College. While on a
leave from teaching, the former
alum received his master's degree
in drama at the University of South­ern
California, and during June of
1948 "was given his doctor's degree.
"Mr. Butler is regarded as an ex­cellent
speaker," stated President
W. W. Haggard. "And we are for­tunate
to have him for our 50th
Anniversary Commencement."
Dateline
Friday, February 4—Mid-term exams
end; SPC vs. WWC basketball
game here; followed by rec hour
sponsored by SSSA club
Saturday, February 5—CCF party,
skating party sponsored by Ski
club and Off-Campus Women's
club.
Monday, February 7—Seattle U. bas­ketball
game, here.
Tuesday, February 8 — AWS and
Norsemen's assembly.
Wednesday, February 9—Northwest
high schools annual debate; U. of
W. Touring Theater presentation
at 8 p. m., "The Rivals."
Thursday, February 10—ACE ban­quet,
6:30 to 9.
Friday, February 11—Student as­sembly,
elections; Sti jMartm's
basketball game, here, followed by
WRA carnival.
FLASH f
Late telegram froim Doak
Walker states that he is wil­ling
to undertake the judging
of the ten candidates for Pub­lications
Prom princess. Walker
is All-American from SMU.
IT'S MEN!
2 TO i
Winter quarter enrollment at
WWC has reached an all-time high.
There are 1314 students now en­rolled.
This is the largest student
body ever to congregate in the halls
of WWC during a winter quarter.
Last year the winter quarter en­rollment
was 1158, 156 less than
this quarter. According to Dr. W.
W. Haggard, this upward trend is
expected to continue through next
year.
This quarter has also topped the
record with the largest enrollment
of veterans. There are 510 veterans
now enrolled at WWC.
As compared with the war years,
the ratio of men to women has prac­tically
reversed itself. Men students
now outnumber the women approxi­mately
2 to 1.
COLLEGIAN
Vol. XLVII —No. 17 Western Washington College, Bellingham, Washington Friday Feb. 4, 1949
WWC 'Hasty Heart*
Criticism Given
By Drama Critic
"In my opinion, John Patrick's
The Hasty Heart is the most touch­ing
and heartwarming play of the
war. Pilled with comedy and pathos,
it has sentiment without sentimen­tality.
It is a play which appeals to
audiences no matter where it is per­formed.
I recommend it to you
without reservation . . .''
George Preedley.
Thus production on "The Hasty
Heart" moves ever onward with the
support of professional criticism
written especially for the Division
of Drama by George Preedley, drama
critic for the New York Morning
Telegraph "The Hasty Heart" will
be presented March 1 through 5 in
the Campus school auditorium. The
first two performances, March 1
and 2 will be sponsored by the
YWCA and: the Altrusa club of
Bellingham. March 3, 4 and 5 will
be student nights and all students
will be admitted on their student
activity tickets. Curtain time is
8:30 p. m. All performances are
open to the general public.
Test Cheating Discussed;
Kangley Leaves Board
Cheating on tests was a main issue at the Board of Control meeting
Wednesday afternoon. The members all agreed that cheating is carried
out on a large scale. The point of disagreement was the remedy for this
situation. Re-use of old tests was brought up as one of the factors leading
to "cribbing," and the attitude of the students themselves was stressed as
another.
After discussing possible solutions the board decided that the cheating
question is not actually in its juris-.
"THE RIVALS
"The Rivals," this season's offer­ing
by the University of Washing­ton
touring theater, will be pre­sented
Wednesday evening at 8 in
the college auditorium as the regu­lar
artist-lecture; program. No ad­mission
will be charged.
Sheridan's lively comedy gives us a
look at English life at the time of
our Revolutionary war. The cast in­cludes
James Paul, Jean Howell,
Marilyn Pendleton, Rupert Decker,
Don Gunderson, Wayne Dunlap,
Ben Haldeman, Dorothy Decker,
Joan Vantona and Richard Cooper.
All are graduate and advanced stu­dents
in the University School of
Drama.
The traveling theater, originated
last year by Professor Glen Hughes,
presented "Macbeth" and "She
Stoops to Conquer" in their first
tour, playing in nearly every high
school and college throughout the
state. Traveling with their own
special bus and equipment, the com­pany
is on the road for eight months.
Authentic eighteenth century cos­tumes
were designed by Lucy Bar­ton,
who was also last season's cos-tumiere.
AWS Contacts High
School Leaders
Several answers have been re­ceived
by the AWS in reply to their
invitation for the high school lead­ers
conference, to be held Friday,
February 18. Invitations were sent
to high school girls clubs in six
counties. Work is also well under
way by all committees to show the
theme, which is Golden Anniversary.
The day's activities have been well
planned by all committee chairmen.
Registration will be at 9 o'clock,
followed by a program in the audi­torium
given by the music depart­ment.
Before the luncheon at the
Edens hall club room the h i gh
school girls will be taken on a tour
of the campus. Following luncheon
the girls will break up into smaller
groups and hold discussions of
problems of high school and college
life.
The afternon will be completed
by a tea and fashion show.
Do's and Dont's
"Do's and Don'ts of Dancing" will
be the theme of the student assem­bly
to be held in the auditorium at
10 o'clock Tuesday, February 8.
Sponsored by the AWS and Norse­men,
the program will offer enter­tainment
of an educational natui'e,
particularly so in view of the ap­proaching
Publications Prom. The
do's and don'ts of dancing will be
illustrated with short skits acted
out by the students.
The script was originated by
Kathleen Foster,' Rosemary Wert-man,
and Beth Folsom.
diction. The members feel that the
students themselves are responsible
for cheating and^that they (the
students) should work out the cure.
The final idea presented was for
the board to sponsor a Student
Town Meeting to find out just what
the majority of students think
should be done to eliminate cheat-,
ing. This met with instant and un­animous
approval.
President Gus Pagels presented
the winter quarter budgets which he
had prepared in conjunction with
the various department heads. These
budgets were approved with the
recommendation that the swimming
and skiing funds be apportioned
through the athletic department in
the future. ,
DR. KANGLEY RETIRES
Dr. Lucy Kangley will retire from
the' Board of Control at the end of
this quarter. She has been on the
board for several years. When Dr.
Kangley's term ends the position
will be filled by Miss Margery
Miiffly of the Physical Education
department. ' v
Mrs. Ann Garcia was present to
tell the board about Leonard Hud­son.
Leonard, a senior, is in the
Veterans' Administration hospital
at Portland. Despite a service dis­ability
he had been carrying on his
studies at WWC up to a short time
ago. Now he is gravely ill as an
aftermath of that disability. Mrs.
Garcia feels, and the board agreed,
that the student body will want to
render any aid possible. The board
discussed the possible methods of
doing this, and at length agreed
upon a plan which will be made
public within a few days.
Inter-Club Council Meets and Decides
Enlarged Board of Control Better
In order to more fully represent students, the Board of Control
should be enlarged, it was decided by the Inter-Club Council Wednes­day.
The motion, made by Katherine Redmond, was passed, nine to three.
Council members discussed whether there was a need for a larger
legislative board; how it should be increased; and what kind of repre­sentation
should constitute the additional members. In this connection,
an amendment was carried to have a committee look into methods of
enlargement and equal representa
tion, and make recommendations to
the council. Their findings will con­stitute
a petition to be brought be­fore
the students.
Although efficient, the Board of
Control was judged too small and
one-sided to adequately consider and
vote on the volume of business
brought before it each week. Under
the present system, student affairs
are conducted by three faculty mem­bers
and nine students. Of these,
four seniors and five juniors, four
members are married. Underclass­men
are completely unrepresented.
Recommendations and discussions
were based on attendance at Board
of Control meetings by Gordon
Smith, Einer Rohm, Joel Barber,
and Pauline Roser.
The general concensus of visitors
seemed to be that they were hot
welcome at the several meetings
they attended. A recommendation
was made to the Board of Control
to make students more welcome. It
was suggested that they meet in a
larger room to provide sufficient
seating space.
Representing the Poster club,
Katherine Redmond suggested that
clubs and individuals desiring the
best posters, should have their
orders in before 4 p. m. on Tuesday.