WWCollegian - 1940 May 17

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XHEEYEHASlf .
/WitH axe niurders, sabotage activities, Mope, smuggling, and
other sports;occupying most of my time recently, I haven't been
able to keep up on my reading. But the 6ther'<lay while going
through my wallet I dis­covered
an oldN American
Weekly neatly crumpled in
behind my driver's license.
Thumbing hurriedly through
the 26-page edition I was
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ K ^ ^ P ! ^ K i p S H ^ startled to see an article by a
^ ^ ^ w s ^ , , , * : H i ,,v,:,,,.,,>m,sss^™« "Well-khown professor in
the east who says "that the
eyes are gradually growing
closer together and that some
day there will be just one
big eye in the middle of our
face.
v I wonder just what pro­vision
President Roosevelt is making against this national catas­trophe.
I think my eyes have started to move in already. But I
bet mine never do grow together. They will probably just close
in enough to touch at the corners and then stop. One would get
quite a jolt to wake tip some morning and, putting on his glasses,
discover that they w;ere useless because he had only one eye.
Glasses cost money. But I" guess it won't happen for awhile
yet. "Countless Ages" is the way the professor times it. So
that lets all of us over 19 out of the fun.
The other facial features are going to be shifted around some­what.
The large eye will not be in the center of the forehead
like you thought—nnaa-nnaa-nnaa. It will be right in the middle
of the physiognomy. The facial contours hitherto below the eyes
will be compressed into the small space between the eye and the
r chin. I don't know where you will wear your ears. Maybe
they will be detachable and the stylists in Hollywood and Paris
will dictate each year where they are to be worn. No provision is
made for those who wear moustaches. I suppose they will wear
them on their forehead or the back of their neck.
This calls for quite a readjustment of our present idea as to
just what constitutes a face. I think we had better just drop the
word face and name it something else. But if it ever happens
just keep a stiff upper lip—providing you have an upper lip left.
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CAMPUS DAY
just to change the subject {you should, change subjects eoery
1,000 miles for the best mileage) we will revive campus day.
All in all (silly expression) it was very successful despite the men­acing
Weather. About the only ones who didnt fall into the
lake or gel wet were the lifeguards. The sound system installed
with the loudspeakers blaring at you from trees and rooftops Was
a aery pleasing and should-be-done-oftener idea. But with all
the fun I'm glad' it's past so I can start recuperating for next
year's Campus day.
Vet of Deep Sea Diving
Tells Further of Work
By Phillips
Captain Art Hook, veteran deep sea diver and former navy
officer, leaned on the door of his car after the assembly Friday,
as he continued discussing his experiences.
"Narrow escapes? How was I to know if they were narrow or
not? One has no way of telling how close he came to slipping
over a cliff. I came up, that's all I know." This was the way
Captain Hook replied to the question asked of every man or
woman who works in a dangerous position.
"I started diving when two girls drowned in Lake Whatcom,"
said Captain Hook. "Recovered their bodies and I've been diving
ever since, except for the time I spent in the navy during the
war. At present I work for myself; going to Alaska each sum­mer
and working there, for the fisheries and for private indi­viduals."
Captain Hook, speaking quickly as he did in assembly, said,
"Why, in the forty minutes they gave me here I was just getting
started. I could go on for hours telling of my experiences. You
can't tell of 20 years diving experiences in one or in five."
"Yes, you can kill octopi by hand if you know how," replied
Captain Hook to that query. "By grabbing the eyes with two
fingers and then pushing you can generally kill them—if they
don't get you first. Octopi are dangerous and there are many
right here in our own waters. One doesn't need to be too scared,
but one should be careful."
Hook, of less than average height but very powerfully built, is
a Bellingham man, having attended the Campus school here at
WWC and also having been prominent on the Bellingham water­front
as its first harbor master.
"I also was the first newsboy and the first motorcycle cop in
Bellingham," said Hook, as he mentioned his town life.
Students Voice Opinion On U. S.
And Its Participation In War
By JOE BELDON, Editor
Student Opinion Surveys of America
AUSTIN, Texas, May 16.—As Europe's war spreads to
new fronts, observers are pointing to increasing possibilities of the
U. S. being involved. In the opinion of American college stu­dents,
many of whom are of fighting age, what are the conditions
under which the U. S. should join the Allies against Germany?
Interviewers in scores of campuses have asked that question in'
a Student Opinion Surveys sampling. The^ results, exclusive to
the WWColIegian and other member newspapers, show definitely
that the American collegian has not changed his mind, is still
much opposed to rushing into the conflict.
A good majority—two to one—may be included in two
camps: Those who believe we should not join at all; those
who would have us fight only in case the U. S. is actually
threatened with an invasion.
The largest group of students, one-third of the entire enroll­ment,
would keep our armies at home and fight only if an enemy
attacked on this side of the Atlantic. The smallest group regis­tered
in the poll, 2 per cent, represents the students who believe
the Lf. S should join the Allies at once.
Following are the complete national tabulations:
Under what conditions do you believe the V. S. should
Join the Allies against Germany?
t. Only if there is actual threat of the U. S. being
. invaded -. ....... 33%
2. U. S. should not join _ 31
3. Only if there is actual threat of any American: na­tion
being invaded _ 15
4. Only if England and France appear to be losing. 10
5.'•••JO. S. should join; now ™ ..:.........• 2
C Other conditions 5
7. No opinion ._ 4
Those are the opinions of students after the German invasion of
Scandinavia. Recent allied failures in Norway may have chang­ed
attitudes to some extent, but the trend as the war has progressed
has been more and more against the U S. entering the conflict. Six
months ago a Surveys poll pointed out that 36 per cent approved
of sending troops against Germany if the Allies appeared to be
losing. Nov only JO
VOL XXXVI.—NO. 31 Western Washington College of Education, Bellingham, Washington Friday,. May 17, 194CB
SHIERS, JUNKIN/MONSON WIN ASB POSTS
Haggard Names
Faculty Five
To Talk Jobs
Revamping of Student Rules
Of Employment Due
lii Faculty Committee Meet
President Haggard has announc­ed
the organization of a faculty
committee to consider the revamp­ing
of employment standards here
at WWC. The present requirements
of student employees were first put
into operation in 1933 but since then
conditions have changed. It is the
aim of the newly-appointed com­mittee
to change these requirements
to better fit the present situation.
The committee will be composed of
Loye McGee, Miss Florence John­son,
Dr. C. C. TJpshall, Miss Ethel
Church and Dr. Merle Kuder.
Employment Big Issue
That this is a big issue in the
college administration, can be seen
from the fact that 200 students are
employed by WWC. This group
comprises one-quarter of the stu­dent
body and its yearly income
amounts to $30,000. Of these jobs
82 are NYA.
Committee Has Three Objectives
The committee has three prime
objectives before it in the effort to
improve student employment. It
will strive to provide all the employ­ment
opportunities possible, thus es­tablishing
the necessity for schol­astic
standards. The required grade
point average at present is 2.35. Em­ployment
will be given only to regu­larly
enrolled students. A re-exam­ination
of the concentration of work
will be made in order to break up
job monopoly and thus spread the
employment over the greatest pos­sible
area.
Choir Appears
In Assembly
Both assemblies ? for next week
will be presented by the students of
WWC. Tuesday, the a Cappella
choir, under the direction of Nils
Boson, will offer a concert, while
on Friday the assembly hour will be
taken up by the meetings of the
Womens league and the Norsemen's
club.
The program of the a Cappella
choir will be as follows: "Saluta­tion,"
(Jacobsen); "Bless the Lord,"
(Ippolitoff-Ivanoff); The Night­ingale,"
(Tschalkowski); "Where'er
You Walk," from "Semele," (Han­del),
Kenneth Johnson, tenor;
"Night," (Noble); "Misty Moon,"
(Lutkin); "John Peel," and english
hunting song, (Andrews); Noon and
Night," (Hawley) and "Passing By,"
(Purcell) Douglas Bird, baritone;
"Tuoni," (Sibelius with soloist; "The
Great Angelis Host," (Grieg);
"Come Again, Sweet Love Doth Now
Invite," an English air, (Lutkin)
with soloist; "The Old Woman,"
an English airr (Davis); O, Can Ye
Sed Cushions?", a scotch cradle
song, (Bantock); Shoot False Love,
I Care Not,' "The White and Blue,"
Geraldine Gildersleeve will accom­pany
the choir.
Here's Grim News
Although the news arrived
a little too early to inspire the
father to gurgle his Way to
victory in the baby bottle con­test
at Lakewood, Paul R.
(Trim is a papa.
Young Douglas Paul, as
the tot is tagged, squealed the
first signals for . the Grim
Brothers football squad that
still needs ten men, at St.
Luke's hospital, Sunday, May
12, and then went on to Weigh
in at eight pounds.
Dr. Crim, campus school
social science, head, was over­joyed
ai the prospect of haying
a youngster to educate pro-gressively
and Monday was
spending many happy hours
chortling. Only intelligible
words from the elder Grim,
"Yes sir, the father, of an •
eight-pound cigar. 111 he
passing; thebabiesaround\any-'<:
day now!" ; .•• .-^.V;;,:i
vice-prexy in 'UO-'iil
JIM JUNKIN
'Winterset Set
For May 29
V. H. Hoppe Takes Directorship,
For Anderson's Drama;
College Students Fill Roles
"The finest poetic drama ever
written by an American." Thus the
critics term Maxwell Anderson's
"Winterset," to be produced by the
Bellingham Theater Guild May 29,
30, 31, and June 1.
Hope To Direct
Presented under the direction of
Victor H. Hoppe, WWC drama
coach, and staged by Glenmore
Jones, the play brings to the stage
in important roles such familiar
guildsmen as J. Marshall Bacon,
Alice Benn, Victor Hoppe, Norman
R. Burchette, and Cleon Butz. Dr.
Jack C. Cotton, of the college speech
department, will make his Guild de­but
in an important role.
WWC Students Cast
This nuclear cast will be support­ed
by a group of eighteen, among
whom are Glenmore Jones, Alva
Potter, Mary Lou Plumb, Ronald
Jones, Ronald Lund, and Norbert
Cormier, the latter from WWC.
This play is considered by many
to be Maxwell Anderson's greatest
triumph, and has been presented on
both the stage and screen for sever­al
years. Its plot revolves about the
conviction of the young man, "Mio"
played by Cleon Butz, that his fath­er
is innocent of a crime of which
he has been accused. Gripping, dra­matic
scenes and fine stage settings
characterize the play as it is writ­ten,
and the Theatre Guild intends
to include all of them. The more
familiar motion picture version'
omits the final dramatic climax,
which to many is the highest point
of the play.
Parents Entertained
By Campus School
Guests of the eighth grade at a
tea Wednesday afternoon were the
ninth grade and the parents of
both grades. The entire affair was
planned and directed by eighth
grade students under Miss Ruth
Melendy.
Started several years ago, the tea
has become an annual function.
One hundred and fifty persons were
present Wednesday, including 80
parents. Pouring were Miss Ber­tha
Crawford, former campus school
instructor; Miss Mira Booth of the
music department; and the mothers
of the presidents of the eighth and
ninth grades, Mrs. Ehlers and Mrs.
Nix.
Incidental music was furnished
by members of the eighth grade
featured several instrumental solos.
Decorations were arranged entirely
by the eighth grade. Miss Linda
Countryman assisted in the prepar­ation
of the tea.
Festival Stands Out
"As a whole, the music festival
this year was much better than the
year before/'declared Nils Boson.
"Each festival has been a little bet­ter
than the proceeding year's."
• Mr. Boson said, "From a .musical
standpoint I believe that the chor­uses
were a little better, this year
than the. instrumental groups but
the; instrumentalists received the
larger crowd,"
Booth, Lindgren
Christopher
Barely Topped
Shiers, Scholarship Prexy,
Takes Post in Fall;
465 Ballot in Light Vote
Frank Shiers, Bellingham sopho­more,
edged out Harold Booth,
Vader sophomore and Board of
Control member, in Wednesday's
final spring quarter ASB election
to become WWC's • student body
president for 1940-41." The col­lege
was represented poorly at the
polls. Only 465 voters balloted, a
mere 51 per cent of those eligible
to vote.
Take Over In September
Shiers, who received the unani­mous
approval of the Scholarship
society two weeks ago when they
chose him as their president for the
coming year, is a prominent member
of the International Relations club
of the college. The reins of West­ern
Washington's student govern­ment
will be placed in Prexy Shier's
capable grasp at the beginning of
fall quarter in September.
Junkies In From Chehaiis
Jim Junkin, board of control
member from Chehaiis, polled a
majority over his Board of Control
opponent, Jean Christopher, of Bel­lingham,
in the vice presidential
contest.
Monson Only Frosh
Bernice Monson, a local frosh,
won the four-quarters women's rep­resentative
race from Genevieve
Lindgren, of Woodinville, Washing­ton.
Architect Talks
To Trustees
Meeting with various faculty
members and with the board of
trustees at their regular monthly
meeting, John Paul Jones, ar­chitect
in charge of planning the
new Campus school building, dis­cussed
details in the construction of
the new building. Lincoln Bouillon,
mechanical engineer who prepared
the plumbing, heating, and wiring
drawings for the PE and library
buildings, accompanied Jones, and
discussed changes in the central
heating plan which probably will be­come
necessary to provide sufficient
heat for the new building.
In addition to the $300,000 build­ing,
there is pending WPA approval
a $53,000 providing for a new track
to replace the present one, and for
the landscaping of five acres of the
campus, part of which is included in
the recently condemned land be­tween
the library and PEJ building.
Band To Swing Out
At Larrabee Park
The WWC band will present a
music concert at Larrabee state
park, Sunday, May 19, starting at
2:00. Students and the public are
urged to attend the concert. The
band will also play May 24, at Bat-tersby
field in the spring festival.
The festival will feature a mass
band of almost 300 pieces. Both
Whatcom and Skagit county nigh
school bands will participate in the
mass band formations.
The string enemble played in Se-dro-
Woolley, May 15, and are acting
as guest performerst in a joint con­cert
given by the Swedish Male
chorus arid the Women's Music club
chorus tonight at the First Presby­terian'church.
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CGF Fireside Due
Agate bay at Lake Whatcom will
be the site of a weirier roast and
beach fireside to be held by the Col­legiate
Christian Fellowship tomor­row
night.
All students in the college are in- .
vited as well as members of the
CCTV; Thei group will meet at the
college at t :00 o'clock and transpor­tation
will be furnished. /
prexy for Mo-%1
FRANK SHIERS
Scribes Dine
Thursday
Collegians Feast Thursday
In Annual Glutting;
New Editor To Be Told
Staff - members of the WWCol­Iegian
will hold their annual ban­quet
at the Leopold hotel, Thurs­day;
May 23, 1940. Annual awards,
including the one to the most co­operative
faculty member, the Souk- •
up trophy awards to the most im­proved
cub of each quarter, and
the WWColIegian pins presented to
staff writers with four or more
quarters of service.
'41 Leaders Announced
The editor and business manager
for next year's paper also will be
announced. Staff members eligible
for Collegian pins include: Shirlee
Cratsenberg, Lyman Handy, Beat­rice
Nilsen, Betty Solibakke, Stew­ard
McLeod, Lela Kaufman, Fran­ces
Daley, Bill Ridder, Walter Hall,
Helen Lindstrom, DeLayne Walton,
Douglas Lince, Marion Clarke, Al
Biggs, and Melba Mayhew.
Committee chairman appointed
to make arrangements for the af­fair
are: general co-chairman, Ber­nice
Monson and Eric Phillips; pro­gram,
Al Biggs; invitations, Shir­lee
Cratsenberg; decorations," Lois
Hilby.
Caster Cratsy Wins
Shirlee Cratsenberg;- former Col­legian
newscaster and at present
copy editor of the WWColIegian,
won theKVOS "Do You Want To
Be An Announcer" contest last
night.
Cratsenberg was a star announcer
on the Thursday 9:45 edition of the
"College News Week in Review"
until forced to quit because of oth­er
-work winter quarter.
Other Collegian newscasters who
have been victors in the announc­ing
contest are Eileen Fry and Jim
Goodrich. Both Miss Fry and
Goodrich are still heard on the
college news cast.
Norse On Puget
Blue Puget sound and its many
islands wjll be the scene of the an­nual
cruise sponsored by the Norse­men
on Sunday, May 19; the boat
will leave the dock of the Belling­ham
Yacht club at 9:00 a. m.
Tickets will be on sale all day
today, 90c each. Fifty tickets will
be sold, first come, first served.
Students going will be expected to
bring their own lunches. Coffee
will be served.
Throckie Featured
Stop the presses, grab your
coals, don't forget your hats
and lets go... Philbert's little
half-brother, Throckmorton is
on his way.
Phinigglihg Philbert's fire
with a prodigous effort entitled
Throckmorton's Track Tome,
the lad who was.a Thrpck to
his mother is endeavoring to
produce a rare work in_philol-
° | f e P r '^e *"* fit>e-team track
meet scheduled for Waldo
fieKd, May 24.
Trockies volume will num­ber
some sixteen pages and
will feature pManthropymits
free distribution. Pictures and
blurbs from the host and visit-:
ing coaches. in the coming
WIQ track, gidf, and tennis •
confab will occupy space in
Throckmorton's ana.
New Bookstore
Plan Adopted
By ASBBoard
^ First Rebate Payment Set .
For Next Spring
If Revenue Shows Surplus
Unanimous adoption of the re­bate
plan and organization of a
board of directors for the Bookstore
was made by the Board of Control
at its Wednesday meeting. TheN
plan calls for a payment of divi­dends
to the members of the Co-op
each spring quarter when sufficient
surplus occurs. Every WWC stu­dent
will automatically become a
member when he pays his Associat­ed
Student fee. Membership for
faculty will be optional, requiring
payment of a $ 1 fee for the year.
Directors Appointed Soon
Since all the members of the
board of directors will be new in
their positions in the fall, it was
suggested that, they be appointed be­fore
the end of this quarter, that
they may familiarize themselves
with procedures. At the next Board
of Control meeting, President Al
Munkres and President-Elect Frank
Shiers will present a list of names
from which the four student mem­bers
will be selected,
chairman.
Burnet Talks Publications /
Mrs. Ruth Burnet, Publications .
head, appeared before the board, ex­plaining
the origin of the Publica­tions
board. The question has aris­en
as to the legality of the Publica­tions
board appointing student edi­tors
and managers despite the ex­tending
of this privilege by last
summer's Board. The Associated stu­dents
constitution says that election
is a power of the Board of Control.
Complete investigation will be mad*
and a definite decision reached at
the board's next session. .
Rec Hour Chairman Jim Junkin
announced that Brook Temple's or­chestra
will play for Saturday
night's rec hour which will be held
in the training school gym from 8:30
to 11:30.
To replace the quarterly banquet
for old and new board members, a
picnic will be held on Memorial day.
Betty Jean Bayley < was appointed
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Lib Gets Raincoat
Workmen have been pounding
away on the library for the past
week and will continue work until
the contract for waterproofing the
building is fulfilled.
Every two or three years this work
must be done for the preservation of
the building; it costs approximately
$3,000.
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Saturday, May 18
11:00 a. m.—WAA climb up Lam-mi
mountain, bus leaving from
downtown.:
1:30 p. m.—Alkisiah boat trip to
Sinclair island. s
8:30 p. m.—Rec Hour. ,
Sunday, May 19
9:00 a. m. — Norsemen's mixed
cruise, 90 cents.
Monday, May 20
4:00 p. m.—Blue Barnacle swim­ming
meet at pooL
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 a. m.—Assembly, a:capella
choir, WWC students, Nils Bog-son,
director.
7:30 p. m.—Blue Triangle club
meeting, little clubhouse. #^-
9:45 p. m.—"Well—I Didnt Know
: That," KVOS.
Wednesday, May 22
12:20 p. m.—Collegiate Christen
Fellowship meeting, room 20S.
Thursday, May 23
2:30-3:30 p. nt-AWS tea, AWS
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4:00 p. m. — Interdub Council,
room 108. ••
4:00 p. m.—YWCA meeting, room; i
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' • 9:4J>r p. m.—CoUegian broadcast,
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11:00 a. m.—Assembly, Women's
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