WWCollegian - 1946 May 3

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Vol. XLIV—No. 27 Western Washington College, Bellingham, Washington Friday, May 3, 1946
Wolfe Tlews
and Vl lews
By JESS BAILEY
BONUS TO FARMERS
Starvation in Europe and Japan
has energized the United States
government into offering a 30%
bonus to wheat and corn farmers
for afl wheat and corn that is
turned in before May 25.
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MILLERS WONDERING
Millers are being told not to
keep over 21 days supply of wheat
on hand, and that all the rest must
be sold to the government or suf­fer
prosecution for violation of the
order. This order has probed the
millers into wondering what will
happen to their business after the
21 days. In all probability, many
mills will have to close while others
will operate only part time. A
great maay flour mills have, at the
present time, wheat enough for a
week's run only.
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BAKERS DIVERTING
Bakers have been ordered to cut
consumption of wheat 25%. Since
that order the government has
cracked down on many bakers for
diverting the wheat into making
more profitable foods such as pies
and cakes. The government con­templates
drastic action if this
condition prevails and w i I I 'be
forced to compel bakers to use a
certain amount of wheat flour for
bread and a like amount for pastry.
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DRAMATIC FLIGHT
A dramatic flight to the wheat
belt was made by Fiorello H. La-
Guardia, UNRRA director gener­al,
and Robert H. Shields, chief of
production and marketing agency,
and Clinton P. Anderson, secre­tary
of agriculture, to carry a plea
to 'the farmers for release of
wheat to the government for starv­ing
Europe. The farmers were
not overly impressed in Climax,
Minnesota, and Moorhead, Minne­sota,
and, wanted to know how the
machinery worked for payment of
the g r a i n . Exasperation filled
those farmers who had sold their
complete crops and would lose out
on the present bonus of 30%
above ceiling prices. A turn in
events took place when Mr. La-
Guardia said that if funds were
not soon appropriated to keep the
agency alive he would .resign; al­though
the United States govern­ment
h as already appropriated
$2,100,000,000 for the UNRRA.
He further pointed out that in
China and Europe over 500,000,000
people are depending on UNRRA
for subsistence.
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FOOD KIN TO PEACE
Dr. Irwin A. Hammer sums the
situation up thus:
"Food is one of the world's most
vital weapons and at the same
time is a most effective maker of
good will. If America desires
world peace, if she desires to save
the lives of future youth, and if
she wants, to convince the world
that Christian democracy is the
highest form of national coopera­tion,
she must now share with a
frustrated and starving world our
great supplies of food. We can all
work for and support a more in­telligent
program of world coop­eration
than we followed after
World War I. If we choose any
other course we can expect to
again sacrifice the blood of our
best manhood upon the battle
fields of another world war that
wil( dwarf all previous wars in its
death-dealing and destructive in­struments
and devices."
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Blekkink Takes
Top Office
AWS officers for the coming year
include Zelma Blekkink as president,
Donelda Johnson, vice - president;
Donna Redmond, secretary; and
Faye Lindberg, treasurer. These new
officers were elected at the Associ­ated
Women Students' meeting held
last Tuesday at eleven.
Zelma. the new prexy, is an Edens
hall resident, and is active in many
college clubs. She is a member of
Valkyrie, works on the AWS com­mission,
is prominent in WRA, and
serves on other committees as well.
She will be a junior at the start
of fall quarter.
The other new officers are also
members with impressive records of
work and activities. Joan Haggard
is the present AWS president.
Negro 'Four
Musical Hit
Singing: to an a p p r e c i a t i ve
audience, the Southernaires, a well
known negro quartet, presented a
varied and interesting program at
the Civic Music association concert
Friday night.
The quartet opened its concert
with a number of well-known spir­ituals
including "Nobody Knows the
Trouble I've Seen," "Gonna Study
War No More" and "The Gospel
Train." They included a trio of songs
by Schubert: "Impatience," Ave Ma­ria"
and "Erl King".
A medley of excerpts from Ger­shwin's
folk opera, "Porgy and
Bess," were received with enthusi­asm
by the audience. Comedy was
highlighted in "The Little Farm
Well Till'd Michieubanjo." Serious­ness
was the theme in "World of To­morrow,"
which was delivered in a '
speaking voice by William Edmond-son.
Following intermission the quar­tet
sang "Long, Long Ago," "Tally
Ho" and "Just You." The concert
came to a close with "The Weather-beaten
White Washed Church." For
encores the group sang "The Don­key
Serenade," "Swing Low, Sweet
Chariot," "Joshua, Fit the Battle of
Jericho" and "Grandma."
House Units Arrive;
Concrete Poured
Housing- facilities are beginning
to take shape as 30 concrete founda­tions
were poured Wednesday to
accomodate the first house which
will arrive Monday. The Federal
Public Housing Authority notified
Dr. W. W. Haggard, president of
WWCE, that 24 additional housing
units are now available. The addi­tional
units are to be placed on
the grounds near the P. E. building
and will be ready for occupancy by-fall
quarter of 1946.
Men Lose Razors
Monday morning, * members of
WWC's male population shaved for
the last time until Campus Day,
May 15.
Besides a booby prize, there will
be prizes for the longest, the bush­iest,
and the reddest beards.
The only men to be excused are
those who are working or teach­ing.
Other men who have no beards
by Campus Day will be put in stocks
from one to three hours.
Faculty Week Busy,
Many Are Absent
This week is a busy one for the
WWC faculty. Following is a list
of members off campus:
Tuesday, April 30, afternoon, Sno­homish
County Institute, Civic •Aud­itorium,
Everett: Katherine Casa­nova,
Waneta Catey, I. A. Hammer,
R. Hawk, Leslie Hunt, Vivian John­son,
Priscilla Kinsman, Pearl Merri-man,
Evelyn Odom, Miriam Snow,
Elsie Wendling, also a member of
the Art department, and the Music
department.
Thursday, May 2, W. W. Haggard,
Sedro-Woolley, Mount .Vernon,
Stanwood high schools recruitment.
Thursday, May 2, Ruth Weythman,
Chehalis American Association Uni­versity
Women.
Friday, May 3, Ruth Weythman,
Chehalis high school recruitment.
Friday, May 3, F. L. D'Andrea,
Everett, Snohomish County Music
Festival. Directs festival orchestra.
Friday, May 3, B. W. Regier, Ev­erett,
Snohomish County Music Fes­tival.
Directs festival chorus.
Saturday, May 4, E. J. Arntzen,
Mount Vernon, Extension History
and Government of Washington.
Dr. Hicks Speaker;
World Analyzed
Dr. Hicks of the English depart­ment
was the luncheon speaker
for the Bellingham Kiwanis club
Tuesday.
Dr. Hicks chose World Govern­ment
for the subject of his speech
and he analyzed the two con­flicting
approaches of tHe UNO. The
first part of his .speech dealt with
the advocation of the full use of
the UNO p l a n , a n d improve­ments
to be made. This was
analyzed with the approach in con­trast,
that the UNO is hopelessly in­adequate
and that a new, more pow­erful
organization be formed that
would advocate control by indivi-vidual
nations.
Dr. Hicks was also the guest
pianist at the Bellingham Women's
Club Wednesday. He illustrated
the music of Schumann.
Nominations Soon
All organizations are requested
to meet and nominate candidates
for the offices of ASB president
and vice-president, three quarter
man and three quarter woman on
the Board of Control.
The nominating .convention is
scheduled for May 7. Candidates
from all school organizations will
attend this and vote as they are
instructed by their clubs.
May 22 is the date set for the
all-school election of these officers.
VA Plans Vets'
Guide Center
Opportunities for ex-servicemen
to have assistance in gaining the
maximum benefits' available to them
under the G. I. Bill of Rights, Pub­lic
Law 346, and Public Law 16, is
provided by the Veterans' Guidance
Center.
Dr. J. A. Ross explained that the
center will be staffed by three men
from the Veterans' Administration
who are to be stationed at the WWC
Guidance Center. These men will
serve as vocational advisers and as
training officers. Programs of study
and on-the-job training will be ar­ranged
with veterans who come to
the center. His progress will be fol­lowed,
plus the reception of such ad­ditional
advise and assistance as the
veteran may need.
MEASURING DEVICES
The college is contracting to pro­vide
the psychological testing ser­vice
required to advice veterans.
Each vet has the opportunity to
take standardized tests which will
be of importance in composing a
training program based on his in­terest
and preference, his aptitudes
in such areas as mechanical and
clerical, also aptitude for college
work aimed at a profession.
OPERATIONS NEAR
Furniture for the office in rooms
42 and 43 arrives this week-end.
The Veterans' Administration repre­sentatives
will be at the college dur­ing
the coming week to apply their
part of the program.
Operations at the Center should
open before May 15. While this
Guidance program is being estab­lished
to serve all ex-GI's in the
counties surounding Bellingham,
any veteran in college*under the
GI Bill is entitled to the services of
the Center.
Dr. J. A. Ross has been desig­nated
as coordinator for the college.
Musical Cancelled
Production of "Twenty T h r ee
Steps To Go", the musical-comedy
which was to have been presented
May 17, has been discontinued due
to casting difficulties. If present
plans can be carried out, a new show
will be written and presented next
year when more time can be devoted
to it. In the meantime, Bill Hunt,
Bill Rudy, and Bob Moblo wish to
thank the loyal few who attempted
to recruit a cast and who whole­heartedly
cooperated in backing the
show.
Majority Students Approve
NW Conference Resolutions
Resolutions adopted by delegates to the First Pacific Northwest College
Conference held last April 5-6 a t Portland, Ore., and the results, of student
participation are embodied in the following report from official WWC
representatives to the Congress:
Mr. McDonald and I gave our report to a full assembly of students at
Western Washington College of Education Friday, April, 12. We discussed
the objectives of the Congress, we commented on the personalities and the
ideas of the three principal speakers, Dr. Egburn, Morrison, Van Doren, and
we particularly stressed the importance of students having an active par­ticipation
in international affairs and presented the challenge of youth
in the atomic age. Then followed a full twenty minutes of questions. We
felt that the student body of W/WCE was actively interested in the Con­gress
and the resolutions that were drawn up. The International Relations
Club was active in sponsoring the student balloting, and also Mr. Hoppe's
speech class and Miss Cummins's class in World History participation.
These groups distributed the ballots to every class, and a speaker from
each group gave a short three minute speech, discussing each resolution.
A vote was then taken and the ballots were collected by the class instructors
and turned over to the International Relations Club.
We have an enrollment of approximately 425 students. Although the
entire student body did not turn in ballots, 200 ballots were turned in, and
out of the 200, 18 voted against, 181 voted for and one person voted
neither way. We felt that the 200 votes represented a good cross section
of the student opinion. Some students expressed the opinion that a
separate vote for each resolution would have been more satisfactory.
RUSSELL SKIDMORE.
JACK MCDONALD,
Edens Spring Formal
Tonight's Festivity
"Spring Serenade" Theme of Annual Event; Gordy Geer's
Orchestra Will Play for Dancers
With the orchestra of Gordy Geers providing the music, "Spring Sere­nade",
the Edens hall spring dance, will start tonight at nine. The place
is the Edens hall dining room, and an atmosphere of lighthearted gaiety
is promised all those attending by co-chairmen Pat Temperley and Marilyn
Lee. Weather permitting, the French doors in the dance hall will be open,
and decorations will carry out the
spring theme. Dances have been
named after various spring flowers,
such as the "Wallflower Waltz" and
the "Sunflower Stomp."
The dance is informal, requiring
formals for the girls and dark suits
for the men. All students of the col­lege
are invited to attend, and tic­kets
may be obtained in the main
hallway today. Married men are
urged to come and bring their wives.
Admission is $1.00 per couple.
A program dance, this spring af­fair
will have clever programs with
all the dances named. Committee
members promise that the dance
will really herald the true begin­ning
of spring.
Enrollment Has
Men Leading
"First time in the history of the
college that the enrollment of men
has outnumbered that of the wo­men,"
stated Dr. W. W. Haggard.
Up to the present day the total
number of students enrolled at
WWC is 440; 225 being men and
215 women.
Enrollment this quarter has been
increased over last quarter by six­teen.
This incident has not oc-cured
for several quarters preceding
this year.
Also this spring quarter has a
greater number of student teachers,
the number being about 51. This
is the largest number of future
teachers for several quarters.
Bulletin Publishes
Haggard Article
Extensive preparations which dif­fused
democratically throughout a
community were forcefully presented
by President W. W. Haggard in an
article on the Campus Elementary
School printed by the National Ele­mentary
Principal, April, 1946, issue.
This bulletin is published by the
Department of Elementary School
Principals of the National Education
of the United States, Washington,
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"The Result of Much Planning,"
as the article is entitled, pictures
WWC's modern campus school as
offering the definite feeling of in­formality
and friendliness. A modi­fied
Romanesque style of archi­tecture
harmonizes with most of the
other campus buildings and land­scaping.
The interior • designings
show the latest in greater planning,
including a large auditorium, dining
room and kitchen, and the arrange­ments
of classrooms/ laboratories,
and workrooms.
The Campus Elementary School is
a result of much planning in which
trustees, faculty, administrators,
student teachers, children, and the
architect participated democratic­ally,
Dr. Haggard concluded.
Haskew Surveying
Dr. L. D. Haskew, executive sec­retary
of the Committee on Teach­ing
Education of the American
Council on Education, will visit
WWC Tuesday. Dr. Haskew will
spend two days here observing stu­dent
teaching "and attending con­ferences.
The committee on teaching edu­cation
is following up a five year
national study made some time ago
by the American Council on Educa­tion
at a cost of $600,000. Dr.
Haskew will also visit the Uni­versity
of Washington, Washington
State College and other colleges
while covering the five year study
for the committee.
Joanne Fisher
Wins Contest
Miss Joanne Fisher, .Bellingham
freshman, was awarded a $300 schol­arship
when she won the biannual
contest of the Women's Music Club
Sunday afternoon at the Leopold
Hotel. Miss Fisher is the violin
student of Mr. Arthur Thai. Mrs.
Frank Whipple accompanied .her
while she played "Sonata in D ma­jor"
by Corelli, "Concerto in G
minor" by Bruch, and Schubert's
"Rondo".
Evaun Jensen, piano student of
Miss Strange, tied with Norris
^rannstrom, vocalist, for second
place.
Other college students participat­ing
in the contest were Virginia
Pendleton and Jean Jordon, vocal­ists.
Campus Day Plans
Near Completion
With the weather definitely on the
better side, WWC is becoming more
and more Campus Day conscious.
The plans for the cooperative as­sembly
are beginning to take on
some shape and form and the vari­ous
committees are working hard
to make this year's Campus Day a
day to remember.
The transportation committee has
encountered a snag. It seems that
information regarding the number
of students who have automobiles
at their disposal is not forthcoming.
This committee would appreciate
more signatures on the list on the
main bulletin board. This informa­tion
is essential before the commit­tee
will be able to determine the
number of busses needed.
Campus Day is one of the very few
occasions 'when the entire student
- body and faculty get together for a
good time. Someone asked the other
day: "Just what is Campus Day?"
There is only one way to really
find out. Come out to Whatcom
Falls Park, May 15.
The Campus Day program will be
announced in theanear future when
each committee has turned in a
final report.
Brannstrom, Tweit
Lead Operetta
W i t h Norris Brannstrom and
Eloise Tweit as leads, Bellingham
high school will present Romberg's
"The New Moon," Friday, Satur­day,
and Monday evenings. The
cast of 200 consists of the orchestra,
chorus and ballet.
Each year the operetta plays to a
capacity audience. This year, be­cause
the tickets were completely
sold out for Friday and Saturday
night, the show will be repeated on
Monday.
The music is under the direction
N of John Roy Williams, and the act­ing
is directed by Margaret Gray.
•+C Dateline .. . .
Monday, May 6—Open Swim at 4:00.
Tuesday, May 7—Assembly at 11:00,
and Blue Barnacles at 4:00.
Wednesday, May 8—Band Rehearsal
at 7:30. .
Thursday, May 9—Orchestra at 4:00,
and Mixed Recreation at 7:00.
Friday, May 10—Sophomore Dance.
Saturday, May 11—High School Play
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