WWCollegian - 1940 February 2

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CLOSE CALL
A man in Detroit, awak­ened
from a sound sleep by
a prowler climbing in his
window, grabbed, an axe,
crept to the window and gave a tremendous chop. The house­breaker
fled. The man turned oh the light and discovered the
prowlers hat pinned to the window sill by the axe. No more
night work for us, Goodrich.
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Simp and I were discussing the prospects of a beard growing
contest. We've concluded that WWC needs and really deserves
longer and bushier beards. Prospective "House of David" men
would then get a chance to display their five o'clock shadows, and
at the same time give their faces a rest (no comment). Prizes
could be given for the longest, shortest, toughest (Biggs by a whis­ker!),
blackest, reddest, etc., with a gorgeous group of gals as
judges. This is merely a suggestion, but we would like to see
somebody instigate it. Speaking of beards, who was that girl I
saw you with last night?
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PICTURE (?)
That atrocity at the lop of this column is to be blamed on
Tiffany and. Tiffany alone. We co-operated. Just how he got
started in photography is an interesting story. First we must go
back to his high school days. He took a college preparatory
course from Bellingham high (he also took a salt shaker from
Hardwick's, but is persistent in his claims that neither have ever
done him any good). For graduation his dad gave him a 39-cent
Brownie and a roll of film. He's been at it ever since.
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PRATTLE . . .
Don't forget the swimming meet tonight. . . . Ole Lee has his
name upside down on his license plates every year—he gets the
number 337-370, which upside down spells his name—okay,
turn it over and look at it then. . . . The Seattle Hotel association
was surprised to receive a notice from a Miami group that they
planned to come "north for the winter" since it is so cold in Flor­ida
at the present time—something screwy here. . . . Report comes
through that a London woman was found frozen in solid ice in
her bath tub—it's either German propaganda or literature from
the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. . . . Have you read the
book "The Joys of Being a Mummy," written by Tut-tut, one-eyed
Egyptian prince?
Bode Heads Installation
VOL. XXXVIX—NO. 17 Western Washington College of Education, Bejlingham/Washington Friday, February 2,1940
Bette Bode, WWC freshman, recently was installed worthy ad­visor
of. the Bellingham assembly No. 17, Order of Rainbow Girls.
Ernest Wolff Rejoices In America;
Student Response Pleases Him
There was a little man who was there—and happily so—at WWC
last Friday. He sat at the piano and played and sang to an
audience that he enjoyed as much as it enjoyed'him.
That little man was Ernst Wolff, an artist sincerely earnest in
his presentation of lieder. Black-haired, beetle-browed, with his
brown eyes shining, he stood in Nils Boson'r, tiny office after the
assembly performance and talked exuberantly of his vocation, his
country, his audiences. ' "
His country? It is our country. Mr. Wolff is becoming an
American as fast as possible—and he is the living example of a
German who is* glad he isn't in Germany. He has his first citi­zenship
papers, and he said, with joy on his face and pride in his
voice: "I am one-eighth of an American!"
WWC Musically Intelligent
Our country is growing in the appreciation of music. That, he
thinks, is wonderful. ,He implied that the audience at WWC was
rather intelligent, musically speaking.
Bemoaning somewhat the present European situation, Mr. Wolff
described the magnitude of his would-have-been tour in Europe
this year. Pour concerts were scheduled in England, four in
Sweden, and eight in Holland—all of which had to be cancelled.
Incidentally, he cannot even cross the northern border and appear
in Canada, for he still has his German passport.
Played Own Piano Arrangement
Pleased at the reception /accorded his piano presentation at the
conciu^ori of the program, Mr. Wolf f admitted htat it was his own
arrangement, played as. he felt4t. "You must sing inside yourself
when you play the piano," he said;
InquisitiveInstructor Nils; Boson, seriously thinking of the sing-,
er's program, inquired, "What do you do when you have a cold?"
Not-so-slow Mr. Wolff replied triumphantly, "I play!" And al­though
the loss of his voice would impair his vocation irreparably,
indications are that the little man with the shining personality"
would still be an erceedingly popular artist. ;
Jury Decision
Disputed
By Owners
Jury Evaluates Land Much
Higher Than State Offer;
Two Owners Not Satisfied
Disputing the verdict of the jury,
Margaret G. Day and J. B. Hann,
two of the property owners involved
in the condemnation suit last Mon­day,
filed a motion for judgment in
superior court Monday. Other
property owners" involved have ac­cepted
the jury verdict.
All prices were set higher by the
jury than the state offered. Nina
May Yoes will receive $7,900 in com­parison
with the state offer of
$4,500. Goerge Jenkins and wife
were awarded $6,000. The state had
offered $4,000. May Muir Forrest
will receive $4,200 for property eval­uated
by the state at $3,000. The
jury raised the J. B. Hann property
evaluation from $2;250 to $2,500.
Margaret Day will get $5,000 for
property evaluated at $4,7,50 by the
state. The latter two .seek to boost.
their property evaluation to $3,804
and $7,000, respectively.
Site Indefinite
Despite the suit, President W. W-Haggard
stressed the fact that" the
training school might not be built
on the condemned land. Three pos­sible
sites are still being discussed.
Other than the disputed property,
the board is considering the corner
of Twenty-First and Sehome Drive
and the grandstand site as possible
building spots.
Lack of playground space is the
principal objection to the site orig­inally
chosen for the training
school. However, the" other sites
are disadvantageous because of
either distance or difficulty in find­ing
a good foundation.
Timely Tips On
News Reading
"How Not to Read Newspapers" is
-t^he-subjectof -Paul -Maerker Bran-den's
lecture for Tuesday's assem­bly.
Dr. Branden comments on cur­rent
events, drawing upon his per- .
sonal experiences of over twenty-__
fives years of newspaper writing and
editing.
After, taking his degree of doctor
of philosophy at Berlin university,
Branden shipped around the world
as a cabin boy on board a 31000-ton
tramp steamer. He became an
American citizen in 1916. With, the
entrance of the United States into
the World war, he joined the for­eign
language division of the Liber­ty
Loan committee. After the war, '
he made frequent trips to Europe to
collect material for feature articles
and books.
Monologist To Come
Miss Mary Waterstreet, a gradu­ate
of the School of Speech at
Northwestern university, will pre­sent
the monodrama, "First Ladies
of the Land Live Again," in the reg­ular
assembly Friday.
The presidents' wives she imper­sonates
in historical dramas are
Martha Washington, Dolly Madison,
Sarah Childress Polk, Mary Todd
Lincoln, Edith Boiling Wilson, and
Eleanor Roosevelt. The gowns Miss
Waterstreet wears are replicas of
those in the Smithsonian institu­tion.
Hair arrangements for each
character have been designed to
represent the coiffures of the per­iod.
Klipsun Sponsors
Snap Contest
In an effort to improve the Klip­sun,
college year book, Editor Doug
Lince is holding a snapshot contest.
Any amateur photographer inter­ested
in competing is asked to de­posit
his entries in the snapshot box
at the head of stairs in the main
hall.
Candid shots of college life-studying,
hiking,, skiing, campus
snaps—are; what is wanted, accord­ing
to Lince. Cash prizes, which
will be awarded on the merits of
pictorial quality, composition, and
human interest, will be awarded in
.• assembly following the close of the
contest. The closing date is Febru­ary
21 at 4 o'clock.
Gals To Gallivant
> On the evening of February 15,
the WAA folk dancing festival will
be held in the new gym of the phy­sical
Education building.
Numerous countries will be repre­sented
in groups listed\as European,
British, Southern Europe, and
American folk dances.' These will
be done in colorful native costumes
with appropriate backdrop settings.
The festival, under the direction
of Miss Virginia Hawke of the Phy-
; sical Education staff, is open to
students and£to the public.
Eleven Prom Princess Finalists
BERN ICE MQNSON, * MARY BARRON, WANDA B ARC I,
. , . Bellingham s - Stanwood .* Bellingham
BETTY BIRD,; JACQUELINE GRIFFITH, RUTH HILL,
Bellingham Bellingham Bellingham
JEAN MORGAN, FRANCIS NEEVEL, " JEAN CHRISTENSEN,
Snoqualmie Falls (_ynden Rochester
EILEEN COLLINGS, DORLESE MILLER,
Bellingham '•-•",. - Bellingham
Final selection wHI be made the week of the dance. The official "Princess of the Prom" will be pre­sented
for the first time during her radio coronation, as the Prom takes the air.
JUDGES: Mrs. L A. Nygord; Keith Davis, Bruno's; Ben Sefrit, Bellingham Herald.
Board Approves Publications Prom Expenses
As Committees Speed Final Preparations
park your plates
If your pedal equipments are re­inforced
with steel on the heel,
change 'em. // your brogans are
tipped at the toe, untip 'em. If your
shoes are metal-plated to prevent
Wear and rip, there'll be some
Thanges made.
Precisely put: If it is humanly
possible refrain from donning shoes
with metal plates until after the
Publications Prom. With the fate
of future dances in the new gym
depending upon the amount of wear
and tear done the maple courts, the
Collegian and Klipsun staffs ear­nestly
ask that students be observ­ing
of their footgear for February
16.
Study Groups
Meet Again
Northwest Regional Curriculum
study groups will meet for the sec­ond
time this year on February 10
. at; Mount- Yer^qn Jtiigli ^chopl^with-a,
large number of WWC faculty
members in attendance.
Participating in the program will
be Dr. Kenneth G. Warner, direc­tor
of the Northwest Regional con­ference,
Portland, Ore.; Dr. Edgar
M. Draper, professor oi education,
University of Washington; and W.
. Virgil Smith, assistant • superinten­dent
of schools, Seattle, Wash.
The program will be as follows:
"The Pacific Northwest Resources
Summer Workshops," Dr. Warner,
Dr. Draper, and Mr. Smith; "The
Function of the Curriculum Labor-
.- atory," Dr. Draper; "Desirable
Curriculum Practices in: Democratic
Education," Mr. Smith; workshop
activities and discussion in Eng­lish,
Mathematics, Social Studies,
and Science.
Following the meeting a lunch­eon
will be served, .Faculty mem­bers
who attended the first confer­ence
on January 13 were: President-
W. W. Haggard, Miss Elsie Wend-ling,
H. C. Philippi, L. A. Kibbe,
Miss Nora Cummins, Miss Kath-erine
Casanova, H. C, Ruckmick,
Miss Pearl Merriman, yLyle •Brew­er,
Miss Marjorie Dawson, John
R. Williams, Miss Ruth Van
Pelt, Miss Ruth Piatt; Miss Ruth
Melendy, Dr. Paul Grim, and
Miss Wilma Trent. Many of these
are> expected to attend the Mount
Vernon meeting, of which Dr. Gfim
is chairman.
Mornings For Kuder
Effective immediately*'Dr. Merle
Kuder, registrar, will keep office
hours only in the morning. Dr. Ku­der
is doing research and study on
special problems concerning admin­istration
of student personnel.
Students who wish to confer with
the registrar concerning I; programs
~may do so in. the morning. Miss
Burnham, recorder, will also be
available for. planning programs
and working out graduation plans.
Special Assembly
Displays Beauties
With Bill Tiffany, Klipsun staff
photographer, acting as inaster of
ceremonies, a special assembly was
held Thursday to adyfertise the
forthcoming publications prom.
Presented before the student body
were twenty-frvegirlsrhoininatedby
various organizations. Of these,
eleven were chosen as finalists, and
one%ill be selected to be< princess
of the prom. The judges were Keith
Davis, portrait ^specialist [ of the
Bruno Studios; Ben Sefrit, from the
BelHngham Herald; and Mrs. L. A.
Nyg^rd^ local artist; ' •• j .
Music 'for^ the, occasion was fur­nished
by the Co^eglan iCtorn Frit­ters,
arid;the WWC string ensemble
under the leadership o£-Don Bu-
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Delegotion Personally Invites
County Senior Staffs;
Guest Tickets To Be Available
With the board of control's ap­proval
of a tentative budget as the
highlight of the week, the combined
staffs of . the Klipsun and the
WWColIegian Thursday turned to
the final preparatory details of the
first all-college gratis informal in
Western Washington's history. The
gala Publications Prom is red-pen­cilled
February- 16 on the social
calendar.
Personal Invitations Extended
Monday and Tuesday saw a stu­dent
delegation from the college
publication department visit the
eight high schools of the county to
deliver personal invitations to the
advisers of the respective newspa­pers
and annuals, for the senior
members of these staffs. Sumas-
Nooksack, Custer, Meridian, Fern-dale,
Mt. Baker, Lynden, Blaine,"
and Bellingham high schools were
contacted. Patrons and patronesses
of the affair will rbe leading, news- .
paper and radio editors and then-wives
of Whatcom county, as well
as faculty members.
Prom on Air
One outstanding feature of the
Proin will be broadcasting by radio
of the important events. The Prin­cess
of the Prom will be announced
in a novel manner during the time
the program is on the air. Staff
members of both publications "away
back when*" will be introduced over
the air, with honor to be accorded
the oldest present. . -t :
Guest Tickets Available Soon
The guest situation for students
of the college who wish to invite
outsiders is being aired in com­mittee
with definite action as to the
number of tickets' available due
next week. All alumni are issued a
cordial invitation to attend, how-
Prom Principals
Following are official committees
released by Doug Lince and Bill
Bidder, WWC publication editors,
and co-heads of the Publications
Prom.
Inviattions and reception: Shir-lee
Cratsenberg, chairman; Lois
Hilby, Aagot Jensen, Delayne Wal­ton,
Alice Gooding, Jim Goodrich,
Ralph Simonds, Norma Stangle,
and Irene Fyhn.
Program and Souvenirs: Delayne
Walton, chairman; Marion Clarke,
Norma Stangle.
Music: Frank Holbrook, chair­man;
Leroy Holcomb, Bill Hatch.
Decorations: Bernice Monson and
Jacqueline Griffith, co-chairmen;
Harold Thai, Neill Davy, Lyman
Handy, Mary Matzke, Bill Harring­ton,
Eric Phillips, Wayne Kotula,
Pat Machemer, Nancy Pat Cooper,
Betty Rusher, Wayne Mirier.
Refreshments: Melba Mayhew,
chairman; Aagot Jensen, Gladys
Miles.
Doormen and Checkroom attend- '
ants: Al Biggs, chairman; Paul
Glenn.
Guest Tickets: Lela Kaufman,
chairman; Francis Daley, Cleon
Butz.
Clean-up: Stewart McLeod, chair­man;
Paul Glenn, Stan Targus,
Harold Thai, Smiley Hall.
Assembly: Doug Lince, chairman;
Audrene Feldt, Derry Conlee, Bill
Tiffany.
Radio: Bill :.Th!fany,.v'chairinati;;'
Shirlee Cratsenberg, Jim Goodrich.
flash for beauty,,.
All the finalists in t t e Prim-cess
of the Prom beauty parade
are urged to be pres«nt in for- "
mal attire at the auditorium at
4:00 todays-^
photos will be taken of *&e
eleven reigning coeds; ;;:^r,'-V:;-';..:••
Saturday Eve
Brings Rec
That there will be a rec hour on
Satitrday night, sponsored by the
junior class, was the report of the
rec hour chairman to the Board of
Control at its session last Wednes­day.
The recently adopted ruling
on guest tickets will be in force.
Prom Outlay Approved
Bill Ridder, on behalf of the Pub­lications
Promenade committee, ap­peared
before the board and sub­mitted
a tentative budget for the
Informal. Sufficient funds to cover
the expenses of the affair were al­lotted
by the Board.
Booklet Limit Set
Since a booklet combining the
three minor publications of the col­lege
may be more costly, due to the
necessity of,having it printed off
the campus, it was decided to auth­orize
expenditure of a sum not to
exceed $300 for this publication. ^ ^
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Jim Junkin outlined plans for a
contest calling for the writing of a
school song. Detailed rules will be
posted at an early date... It will be
open to students, faculty and alum­ni,
with three prizes of $5, $3 and $1
each offered. The contest will close
the fourth week of spring quarter.
Harvard Chooses
Bill Ridder
Bill Ridder, editor of the
WWColIegian, and son of Mr. and
Mrs. O. W. Ridder, Bellingham,
Wednesday received word of his
selection as a member of the fresh­man
class of 1940 in the Harvard
University Medical school.-
Out of 1000 applicants, 125 were
chosen by the Harvard Committee
oh Admissions. Of these 125, ap­proximately
six have Only three
years of pre-medical study, Ridder
being one of the six.
During Ridder's three years at
Western Washington he was promi­nent
in student activities. A mem­ber
of both WWC's musical orgaiii- "
zations, band and orchestra, he also
was business manager of the Col­legian
in his sophomore year. Be­sides
heading the editorial staff of
the Collegian for the present year,
Ridder is president of the Scholar­ship
society.
After f a summer's advanced work
at the University of Washington,
the successful applicant will head
east to commence . medical study*
the latter part of September.
Former Collegian
County Officer
Leonard L. Beahan, former WWC
• student, will be the new county pro­bation
officer, succeeding Miss Ag­nes
Eilers, who has acted as proba­tion
officer for two years. An order
appointing Mr." Beahan was entered
in superior court last Wednesday,
signed by both Judge Ralph O. Ol­son
and Judge Hobart S. Dawson.
Mr. Beahan has been acting as
field executive for the Boy Scouts
in this district. It was because of
his activities \ in this field that he
was chosen for the county position.
Juniors Give Party
"Will you be my Valentine?" is
the theme of the junior party held
tomorrow-night in the training
school gym from 8:30 till 11:30, an­nounced
Bill Schweingruber, class
president. ; .
'• Committees for the; affair are
headed by Shirley Shannon, re-freshments,
and Jean Morgan, fac­ulty.
Maurice Tweit's orchestra
will' furnish : the " music for the
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Spring Quarter
Registration
February 15
Student Teachers for Spring
Quarter To Pre-Register
First; March 5 Last Day
Pre-registration for spring quar­ter
will start February' 15 when stu­dent
teachers for spring.quarter will
sign up in room 122, according to
an announcement released by the
registrar's office yesterday; Spring
quarter student teachers will pre-register
through February 16.
Students graduating in June or
August who are. not student teach­ing
spring quarter will pre-regis-ter
on February 19 and 20, with
February 21, 23, and 26. being left
open for the pre-registration of di­ploma
freshmen.
.Primary Upper Class on 27
Primary and intermediate course
students who are not freshmen will
pre-register on February 27, while
those in the junior high school cur­riculum
who are not freshmen will
sign up for spring quarter classes,
on February 28. February 29 is the
day reserved for pre-nursing stu­dents.
Non-diplomas March 1
All non-diploma and special stu­dents
may pre-register on March 1
and March 4. March 5 is the last
day for pre-registration. Only those
who have not been able to pre-reg­ister
before for unavoidable reasons
may sign up on March 5. Any nec­essary
program changes may be
made March 6 and March 7.
Two Days for Fees
Students have two days in which
to pay their fees this quarter:
March 25 and 26. Beginning Mon­day,
March 25, any student now in
school who has not pre-registered
on one of the dates provided, will
be charged a late registration fee of
$1.00. Those who have not paid
fees by March 26 will also be subject:
to a $1.00 late registration fee.
All students, excepting student
teachers for spring quarter, will ;
pre-register in the office of the/reg-
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uate in June or August should be
sure their programs have all the
necessary requirements," cautioned
Registrar Merle S. Kuder.
Send'Him'Tulips
For AWS Dance
• "Wooden shoe dyke to go to the
AWS Dutch dance with,me?" say
WWC women students when asking
for a date to the informal February
10 in the Crystal ballroom. It has
been- suggested "that, if a bouton-niere
is being sent to the lucky :
male, it be a tulip in accordance
with the Dutch theme.
Names must be on the permanent
list by Tuesday, February 6. If any
change in plans occurs before that
time, it is imperative that the name
be crossed off the permanent list.
Faculty members will be invited
to be honor guests at the winter
quarter informal. Maurie Tweit's
orchestra will furnish the music.
dateli ne
Friday, February 2
9:00 p. m.—Phalanx Barn Fro­lic
YMCA Gym.
Saturday, February 3
11:00 a. m. — UBC women
guests of WAA. All day pro­gram.:
8:30 p. m.—Junior party, train­ing
school gym.
Sunday, February 4 x
7:15 a. ml—WAA ski trip. Meet
in front of PE building.
Monday, February 5
, . 7:30 p. m.—General Alkisiah
club meeting, : Edens hall
clubroom.
Tuesday, February 6
11:00 a. m. — Assembly, Paul,
Maerker Branden, lecture.
Wednesday, February 7
12:20 p. m—Collegiate Christ­ian
Fellowship student meet-ing
in room 208.
Thursday, February 8
2:30-3:30 p. m. — AWS tea,:
.-:rroom;2l3; :.
4:00 p. in. — YWCA meeting,
s "room 208;
7:30 p. m.—WAA festivals i-
. 9:15 p. m. — Collegian b)rt)ad^
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Friday, February 9
11:00 a. m.—Assembly,\ Wash­ington-
Lincoln program. /
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