Western Viking - 1938 September 30

              VBfli XXXIII-fNQ. 1 WESTERN W>^IN<^0N GOI^E0E O Friday* September 30;j93&
WiMi?
r:, By Charles Kilbourne
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• y*Aw[~jj&T8^'--&r::-pmomis who shall
knowingly stop any motor vehicle
upon the public highways of this
state for the purpose of affording
transportation free of charge to per-
•h sons unknown.to them renders him­self
liable to a fine of twenty-five
^ dollars ($25.00) or five (5) days in
jail, etc., ete. . . .".- (Laws of 1936).
It is a good thing for the population
of WWC that most drivers in this
state are not aware of the above
law. Motorists arriving from points
south this week state that hitch­hiking
WWC students were so thick
by the side of the road that it was
almost impossible to see the cigar­ette
and beer signs.
Speaking of hitch-hiking, the
boys on the Kitchen Kreu) at Edens
hall Wont have to .do any more if
..their latest brainstorm succeeds.
They are planning to have Miss
Longley provide each member with
an automobile. Not to be outdone
by anybody they will demand Cord
roadsters. 'Taint right, they have
decided that where most of us are
lucky if we get the high-in-the-hind-end
family hack once a week,, cer-
'"."' 'tain individuals have a high-power­ed
woo-wagon with an air-horn and
a knock-down bonnet that looks
plenty snappy and always seem to
have an item from the better class
of gretchens at their side.
Drop Kick
Admittedly n\ was an unreliable
method for internal revenue collect­ors
to kick around the mail bags in
an effort to estimate, the volume of
income tax payments. The secre­tary
of the treasury has ordered''the
practice discontinued because it led
to a serious overestimate of revenue.
.: But it must be hoped that nobody
from WasSngton will be tempted to
kick, the -taxpayers around anymore
:than is customary in order to make
Up the deficiency.
Comes a report that the WPA
administrators in Iowa are buying
. up surplus clothing from the manu­facturers
and distributing it to
men on relief. It strikes us that
this might be a dangerous move in­asmuch
as it could disrupt theiwhole
Democratic party. {Heaven for­bid7)
Thousands of young men
who get a suit with the pants too
long or too short may go over to
the Republicans in a body..
•Male students at the University
of Des Moines have started a move­ment
to boycott all co-eds with
Irish Washerwoman haircuts, as the
hew "up-in-the-back" hair styles
are called. This fad is about the
most corny thing that has been seen
around these parts in ten years, come
Yon Kippur. More power to the
Des Moines boys! Perhaps men at
WWC could discourage the prac­tice
somewhat by making sort of a
top-knot on top of their heads and,
hbldmgiit inv-place With a' rubber
bdhd.-fpiking not responsible for
damage suits arising from this ar­ticle.)
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Board of Control Galls Meeting; J
Neil* Student Prexy Presides ;
ASBPrexy Editor of Viking; Rec Hour
Chairman; Sophomore Election
Discussed At Meet
Bud Neil
Freshman Class
Evens Ratio
New Class Changes Registration
To Forty-Sixty Per Cent Men
And Women Enrollment
llllllciickih'
Snappy New Name
^panted Here
Will we call /it "Ptomaine Tpm-mie'sV
or the "Viking liunch"? Will
we go te\ the "Viking Restaurant"
or "Johnnie's Juice Joint" for those
future after-the^-library "cokes"?
Will it be short, snappy, legitimate
and easy to" read!? Sure, they said
it had torbe:wit's worth $S,00 to the
one:; of us that gives it the best
r ^ u ^ :^ It>s worth $1.50 to the
ilppjjefe that' g^es it almost the
^b^jnatnev. And the one of us that
alm<^, almost gives it a swell inon-v
\rj^^-§^^^a.';;^tice::to slurp two
:: ?ree:;qufl|t&^
';':u9E|!^^ YOU are.
::;t^/;i|^^:-^SJljp,is.. 'They'are,' arid
sbiare w»e. T h ^
;>to|:::db'|;isf;:reM^ October 7.
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c;;e6ncen^ ; Arid
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No.. Maybe we'd[ better look on the
Coming closer this year than ever
before to the long-lived desire of
the faculty and student body to
have as many'men as women in
WWC, approximately 60 per cent
women and 40 per cent men have
enrolled in freshman classes, ac­cording
to reports from Dr. Kuder.
"This year's registration has
proved a worth-while experiment,
and points the way to many im­provements
for next year," said Dr.
Kuder, registrar.
There are approximately 330 new
students entering this fall which is
one of the largest entering classes
in the history of the school. There
.was also a surprisingly, large,, num­ber
of transfer, students entering
school whose grand total comes to
approximately 90.
The system used this year for reg­istering
of non-diploma students
differs from previous years in that
each student was given a time to
member of the
course that
Each ad-formation
at other
^om§
faculty on the "ty
the student should take,,
viser was equipped withi
concerning courses offed
colleges. . -V . .
Another new device put into use
this year is the appointment of a
freshman faculty conference advisor
to which each student went for a
short conference to discuss any
problems or questions concerning
the college work.
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Such important questions as: who
will be the new editor of -the Viking*
the rec hour chairman, and rec
hour doorman will be discussed at
the first meeting of 'the board of,
control to be held Wednesday, Oc­tobers.'
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Another item to be considered at
the meeting will be the problem of
Sophomore election which will take
place within the. next two weeks.
This is mainly concerned with a
president of the class as one was
hotele*cted at the close of last year.
Along with the consideration of
the possibility of dance classes the
yell, leader team will be discussed
although no actual selecting will be
done. ;. ;•'
Ralph Neil, recently elected presi­dent
of the Associated Student
Body, will preside over the meeting
of the board. -'' -
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Sarah Elizabeth
Bald, Toothless;
Kuder Proud Papa
If it had been twins; well,
as Dr. M. S. Kuder said, "That
would have been something to
reflect upon." However, it was
a seven pound, eleven ounce
baby girl and her name is
announced as Sarah Elizabeth.
She arrived at St. Joseph's hos­pital
about 6 p. m. on Septem­ber
20. ' ,
-Sarah Elizabeth is at present
balking about presenting any
teeth but her father isn't wor­ried
about it. Dr. Kuder stated
that she will have auburn hair
but her mother insists that it
will be plain red.
Already Dr. Kuder. has de­cided
on his, daughter's future.
;:As she i) an only child,
-•v-c;nd- probah|y~will taxce after her-mother,
she will have a mind
of 'her owjh. Therefore, she
will do as she likes!"
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'Broken Dishes'
Is Guild Play
Offer Special Rates to Students
Wednesday and Thursday;
Comedy Has Mystery Man
^^•HWehfibidstrom
John SmithsofEuropean nations
do not want war; ,;
They dread the'V horrorsof facing
another world conflict such as that
of 19lC They do riot believe that
war is .the way out of the/present-day
old world turmoil. This opinion
of the foreign situation was express­ed
by Miss Mabel Zoei Wilson/ Miss
Anna Tilling and Miss;; landa Coun­tryman,
each of whom visited dur­ing
the summer several of the na­tions
concerned in the present Euro­pean
crisis. v '..
Although it was Miss Wilsons
primary aim to study the libraries of
France and England, she did form
an opinion of the English plans for
peace and she also listened to sever­al
interesting speeches at the Marble
Arch area in England. -. -
Churches Talk of Peace
. Miss Wilson was especially inter­ested
in the fact that the English
churches were sponsoring talks on
peace and were concerned with the
task of informing the English people
regarding world affairs. It was Miss
Wilson's opinion that the British
people are not suggesting, war as a
solution of the present conflict and
that as a whole the * main objective
of England is to promote peace. ....
Miss Wilson pointed out that even
in 1932 when she visited Germany,
Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, and
Hungary she could see signs pf an
impending war crisis. In her opin­ion
the present situation is not a
recent one; but has roots that exr
tend back for a. period of several
years.:;- '•"^^^-y^s^C: '/•• ,• •-..'-
..Miss Ullin:.emphasized;the fact
Germany,; and England.: 'In general
it was Miss\ .Uliih's opinion that
there was rib i outward sign of war
preparation.^ The only contact Miss
Ullih. had with any warlike demon­strations
at all was ;in Prance where
she saw a.crowd of soldiers at,one
of the ^railway stations.,""••".
; 'IMiss UUin emphasized, the fact
that the irrencn. people are an in­dividualistic'
nation and don't, seem
to comprehend the regimentation
and huge military. showing ;pf, Gerr
many. It was her opinion that al­though
the French frown on the
principle underlying Hitler's prov
gram, 'they do admire his ability
to call forth battalions of soldiers
and crowds of commoners. '•*
Miss Countryman enjoyed an ex­tensive
tour through England, Scot­land,
Holland,. Belgium, France,
Switzerland, Germany, Austria,
Hungary, and Italy. However, she
came back to this country with a
feeling of gratitude arid thankful­ness
that she was an American citir
zen. Miss Countryman said that
the. fact that here one could think'
and do as he wished and plan and
live a life suitable to personal taste
is envied by most of the European
peoples.
It. seemed to Miss Countryman
that the German people aren't,
aware of Hitler's campaign for the
acquisition of territory but rather
think that it is Hitler's desire to
fortify German borders from outside
invasion. .
Merhkers xk Faculty V
Substitutes Ful E^sitibus
Ruckniick Plans Extensive Trip;
Erickson to Have Needed Rest;
Arntzeri to Study at Columbia
Butler New in Library
Civic Music Membership Drive
Headed By NBC Agents
Hoping to greatly increase its
membership, the Bellingham Civic
Music association opened its mem­bership
drive on Monday, Septem­ber
26. Sam Harrington- of the
Civic Concert Service Incorporated
and affiliates of the National Broad­casting
System is. in Bellingham jto
help conduct the campaign. The as­sociation
\vill "present a total (of
foux* •conctjrfe this -season. Odly
members wJho purchase season tick­ets
may attend the concerts and
tickets are not sold for a single
concert.
Massine's New Ballet Russe, con­sidered
the finest group of ballet
dancers in the world has been sched­uled
for some time in February. It
is a company of seventeen dancers
and it is accompanied by a sym­phony;
orchestra. The other three
concerts will be definitely chosen in
the near future.
C. H. Fisher, president of WWC
is the first vice-president Of the as­sociation
and a member of the tal­ent
committee. Faculty members
affiliated with the organization ad­ministration
' are Arthur E. Hicks,
who is on the .fcal^ntcommittee,, and
Nils Boson, who ss the secretary.
Only a limited number of the col­lege
students were admitted last
year due to the seating capacity of
the college auditorium. This.year,
however, the concerts will be held
in thej auditorium-. of the Belling"-
ham high school" and' "President
Fisher has "made "arrangements for
the entire*student body"to attend.
C. H. Fisher
Persona
For Klipsun
ications
Seven Posit.i.o/n s Now Open;
School's 40th Anniversary Is
Basis For Theme
Frosh To Assist
Card Demonstration
That the cheering at the
games may.be effective, a card
section has heen planned. It
will" be introduced tonight at
Battersby field, arid if all*goes
well card stunts will be a reg
ular feature at home games.
"We want both boys and
girls arid we ask the special
cooperation of the freshirieri"
announces .Charles Kilboume,
chairman of the card sfciirits.
The seats, on the 50-yard iirie
next;to the band, are the most,
desirable ph the field, Chi the
temporary i^iphfers on the;
south side of the field there
will be signs indicating the
cheering section..n Fpllpw the
signs and sit pri the 50-yard
lineV
t See a. hen-pecked husband and
his problem family in "Broken
Dishes," the Theatre Guild play,
October 5 to 8, at the Civic Play­house,
120 Prospect street, at 8 p.
m. The student rates will' be
25 cents Wednesday and Thursday
nights with the regular adult price
of 50 cents Friday and Saturday.
"Broken Dishes," by Arthur Flav^
in, is & .comedy of a hen-pecked
husband whose wife cherishes an
abortive romance with one Chester
Armstrong. Although his wife
blighted the romances of her two
older daughters; the youngest takes
her chance in spite of Maina, Other
characters are several neighbors
arid, lastly, a stranger who is the
secret erf the play. ;'
Members appearing are: Norman
Biirchette, lead; kendrick Frazee,
DeritohHatfield, /iFKd^'Wolfie^Maryr-iriith
• ^0iipr^ Ellen 0tiani^; Eileeh
IMOTrisbiiift-B^iram poster, Ross
Perry,, arid Cecil.-. Dy. Bacori; Grien-more
Jones is director arid stage
manager...,'';', :••'-:•'.•..'•
; Dr. Arthur Hicksiepojrts that the
Guilds which has a membership of
arpuricl 5o!0, probably will produce
eight plays this season. : j
Charles Allen, Wealthy Benefactor
Dies at Ninety Four in Seattle
Personal applications for the 1938-
39 Klipsun staff will be received in
the Associated Students office, Mon­day,
October 3, between 4 and 5 p.
m. All applicants must appear in
person.
"I wish to see and interview all
the applicants;" states Klipsun Edi­tor
Frances Daley. "However, any­one
wishing to apply for a position
on the annual .staff': who cahnpi' be
there at the set hour may make an
appointment for another time."
Approximately ^seven positions
are open. ta.new-|alent. Bxp^iience
is not ."riece.ssary; though preferred.
Persons ^selected will be announced
in next Friday's Viking.
This year's Klipsun is using the
school's; 4C|th aiiniversary as the
basis of its theme and will be car­ried
out in the form, of an album
number.
On Monday, September ,19,
Charles Allen, a 94-year-old recluse,
passed away in. a Seattle hospital.
During the time Mr. Allen lived in
Seattle he distributed a fortune es­timated
at half a million dollars
in secret contributions to different
charities.
In 1918, when Dr. George W.
Nash, president Of this college, was
carrying on a campaign to increase
the student loan fund, Mr. Allen
became interested inuthe fund and
said he would contribute one dollar
for every dpllar given by any other
the amount given by Mr. Allen to­talled
$6,000. At present the stu­dent
loan fund totals $27,000 . and
the size of this sum is largely due
to contributions made by Mr. Allen.
Mr. Allen's nephew, Col; William
B. Rpsevear of Birmingham, Michi­gan,
said that his uncle - had ac-cuniulated
his wealth by the simple
process of investing wisely and never
spending anything on himseif. He
also said that Mr. Allen had given
away at least half a million dollars
during his lifetime, but he never
wanted any recognition of his gener­osity.
Gage-Dodson Give
Free Pants
WWC's faculty has been altered
considerably this fall, due to* the
fact that sOme teachers are on.leave:
of absence arid several new teach­ers
haye accepted substitute posi­tions...
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Miss Mary Ossiriger will be away
for the fall quarter as she is finish­ing
her degree iWOrk at the Univer­sity,
of:Washington. . M r , Edward J.
Arntzeri.will bei studying this fall at
Columbia university in order to com­plete
his work bri a Ph. D. degree.
Dr. Herbert C Ruckmick, on leave
for the fall quarter has planned an
extensive trip stopping first in Ari­zona.
Miss Emma S. Erickson had
planned to study this fall at the
University of ^Minnesota. However, :
since she has had to undergo an op­eration,
she will have to give up her
plans for study in order to rest..
One of the new members of the
faculty is Charles. E. Butler in the
position of reference librarian. Mr.
Butler received his': A. B. degree and
his B. S. degree in Ubrary science at
the University of Denver. In his Av
B. course, Mr. Butler majored in
English and minored in education.
He holds a teaching certificate in
the state of Colorado, and has had
experience in all phases of Ubrary
work in the public libraries of Den­ver.
Mr. Butler studied last year at
the graduate library school at the ,
University of Chicago on a fellow­ship
awarded by the Anierican Li­brary
association. For several years
Mr. Butler has been an. assistant to
the-secretary of the American Li- ^
brary Association in the head office '
in Chicago^
Miss Eva .Sherwood, instructor of
nursing education, is filling the vac­ancy
left bV Miss Mary Ossinger,
who is-.Oh a/leave of absence. Miss
Sherwood h^s. a. -Bl-^A:'vdegree^frpni .;'
the Iowa Stfate -Teachers' cbllege
and an M. 'A- degree^rom Emory:
university in Atlanta, Georgia: Miss
Sherwood Ms received her nurse's
training at Emory university, Yale,
and the University of Washington.
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Style Show Given
After Assembly
Mixer Saturday Night;
M e l ^
Cliriiaxing the social events of the
first week an all-school mixer will
be held in the-training-'school gym
Saturday night frorii 8 to 11 p. m.
"Mel McKee arid his irielody men
will furnish the music%. says Helen
Masters,, "general chairman. The
sporisers for the dari^e have not
yet been selected. ; ;n
Student body tickete^yrfll admit.
First Fall Assembly
Starts with Tompkins
Captain Warwick M. Toriipkins,
Lieutenant USNR, will start put the
fall quarter assemblies Tuesday,
October: 4, with his illustrated lec­ture,
"West Around Cape Horn,"
of his trip in-his schooner Wander
Bird. The sequences tell a "draS
matic, exciting story o'f great gales
which the Bird encountered off the'
pitch of the Horn, of calms- arid
squalls."
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A free pair Of "Can't Bust 'Em"
Campus Cords a week. For noth­ing:
Best of all there is absolutely
nothing to do, say, or write. More­over,
every male studerit in WWC
is fully eligible. Stud|nt leader,
scholarship standout, athletic lum­inary,
and all-around good fellow
all have an equal chance to. win a
pair of these famous trousers.
Gage-Dodson, prominent local
riieri's-clothiers, have announced p,
comriiittee consisting of-Bud Neil,
president of the Associated Stu
dents; Bob White, representative of
the scholarship society, and Bill
Ridder,' business manager of the
Western Viking. The committee
will confer each week for four weeks
and select the student iWhq in their
Qpinipn best reflects the true spirit
of the schoor in scholarship, ath­letics,
or other student axrtiyity. • To
•$$$^ student, Gage-Dodson will
awa^d a pair of their famous "Can't
BustyEm" Campus Cords—''the trai-ditipnally
correct, university-styled
trousers.^' ~~~.-
A hew faU qoarter starts; a inew
school.';; j(e^:'l)il^^^^0n; ':'-*\nify.
staff invades the Viking, axA ihe
Vik^'VoffAi^^^sJ^
faces, new ideas, new ambition, new
voices, new styles of writing, a dif­ferent
slant on each story. The Vik-
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jeditoi^ wT^; :Bowfr;^:;:#^^
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les|arifl a ^cou^ ^ " ^ « ^ ^ apppi^^^this f alU
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ttiohs biive changed since; then" and
j ^ »pp<rfhtee is unable to attend
acollege this fall: Temporarily the
adviser and the editorial staff, with
pennission of' - the Board:::; and the
President ; the
pap^ into theh* own h a ^ ap<
pointed a temporary editor. For two
itib^^«*»^
tBfc board will have met, decided on
the fall quarter editor, ana things
The special Fresrunah< assembly
held Tuesday, September 27, was
given, to acquaint the new students
with the various offices, bureaus,
and organizations at WWC. Presi­dent
Fisher welcomed the students
and in turn introduced the follow­ing
speakers": Miss Johnson, dean
of women; Miss Mead, school nurse;
Dr. Upshall, of the research bureau;
Dr. Kuder, registrar; Dr. Miller of
the curricular committee, and Mr.
Marquis, dean of men.
Following the gerieral assembly,
the men students were dismissed,
and a skit in the form of a style
show was presentod by the Women's
league. Appropriate clothes to be
worn to the activities of the open­ing
week were displayed. Speaking
parts were taken; by Virginia Feg-ley,
Beatrice Nilserii and Barbara
'Bobthei^V. :- v,;-:..;;- '•' - '^. ;. •
Girls modeling suitable apparel
for the yariouis occasions were: Car­olyn
Lobe, Jane Teriipliri, Lois Reid,
Anne NordqUist, l ^ g a r e t P^
Helen pory,Bev^^
Genhe Squire, Melba Ncwrian.jG^
aldine Gildersleeve, Mar jorie M|yer/
Helen Trickey; Margaret Lyjichli and
MariahvCiarkeJ' V^';:.'.'• ''••'.W^'''.
On 7%e Horizon
Spirit i^ns; high, cooperation. is
present, everything - is running
smoothly; the temporary staff' has
taken hold, arid a difficult task is
being dUsppsed of to everyone's sat­isfaction
. , , we hope. For the test
-"of''':t^^0oii0a^^^.ilmisy.' smpptti--
running of the machinery necessary
to publish a paper, is "the way the
:P«PBr! ;'fe|re^ivW;Sby|:i^''; readere^'':; X
ci^izes^ l|im»eif^^^f^
:ihe~: first issue, a pohcy which he
has long wanted to see in effect:
that of eliminating editorials in a
newspaper, lliepiimai^ purpose
of, a paper is to supply news to its
readers in an unbiased, accurate
style. Editorial writing is decid^y
not news. One man's opinion, how­ever
good it may be, should not be
used to iniluence people ^w
fleet the paper's policy, for the pa­per
is not supposed to have a policy.
:«^''^,>^;i:c^in^fcfte
faults of the Viking, the practice p*
writing editorials in every issue, the
practice of writing just for the sake
of writhig and to fulfill the expecta­tions
of thereaders who yery seldom
read the edits, (and to fill a vacant
column on the feature page), this
•F^Uc^>wiJU-;:;ite!^
S^Ehit"da^ttptsthink :that:;»h^iem-';
porary editor is taking too much for
iraja*eWh»;;
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board has not yet met, and tiieir
^e^isipri is imal; ^ ^ ^ '
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