Western Viking - 1938 January 28

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Get Inhibited With
The Klipsun Staff
In Big Gym Tonite
Vikings Invade Oregon;
Monmouth, Linfield
On Week-end Schedule
VOL. XXXVII—NO. 15 WESTERN WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Friday, January 28, 1938
Reporter Exposes Weird Klipsun
Saturnalia;
Big Night Believed Ahead
Klipsun Staff Plans Masquerade
Prizes, Costumes,
Big Apples, Refreshments Also
Ohse Brings the Music
By Will Stuart
"If the world doesn't come to an
end tonight it won't be because the
Klipsun didn't try," chorused a ra­bid
regiment of Klipsun people
Thursday as they ended what start­ed
out to be a simple interview but
which, confidentially, had turned
out to be a near annihilation of an
unwary Viking reporter.
Ashcans In Demand
"The main idea of this thing," be­gins
Pat Green, who is seeing that
this thing goes off satisfactorily, "is
to leave your inhibitions in the ash-can
when you come to it—."
Six other people break in at that
point and before I can get out they
have got me pinned to the wall and
are proceeding to list the many ad­vantages
and super-supers connect­ed
with their "Inhibition Hop",
which it seems is really going to
have less inhibition than a Mae
West script.
"There's gonna be a lot of Big
Apples and trucking and all the
tximmings," menaces manager Bill
Fowler. "Yeah," says Editor Rea-senbr
and her aides, "you can make
your own cider."
Laughing protectively and a lit­tle
hollowly at this flash of humor
I manage to ask what night and
where, etc. "You don't know?"
Helen Trickey points a wicked look­ing
index at me. Feeling sorry for
myself I says, "No," and then find
out a few things:
Pretty Good, They Say
This here, I was coerced into
saying this, this here hotsy-totsy
trucking masquerade will equal the
best that Elsa Maxwell ever dream­ed
up, will happen tonight, if the
cops don't get wind of it, and will
last from 8:00 until the orchestra
and Kenny Selander get fagged. I
also learn that the Klipsun mus­tangs
are planning to show off with
a specially elegant rendition of
Rudyard Kipling's immortal Lindy
Hop and Apache warhoople, whilst
Ralph Ohse and his tooters string
war music from rafter to rafter.
"Youse hafta come dressed in
disguise," Fowler growls after the
other boys finish jabbering. "You'd
make a good tramp as you wouldn't
hafta dress up any at all," he adds
in broken English.
Orgy Masked in Mystery
Which all boils down to one
thing, as far as can be deciphered:
there will be a wild orgy tonight, to
which anyone with any inhibitions
or doubts should not venture.
There might be refreshments too
Debate Squads
Orate Today
Three Northwest Counties
Represented by Ten
High School Teams
If your secret inhibition is to ex­terminate
maids and butlers, or to
split fence rails, just don some
whiskers and a long tailed coat and
present yourself as "Abe" Lincoln
II at Klipsun's Inhibition Hop in
the Campus school gym tonight!
o
Wilson Opens Term
With Demand
For Board Action
Wilson Recommends Board
Stop Illegal Transfer
Of Student Cards
(Continued on Page Three)
o
Saturday Night Club
Hears
Dean Uhl Speak
Taking a lively part in the discus­sion
following the speaker of the
evening, President Fisher and Dr.
C. C. Upshall attended a monthly
meeting of the Saturday Night club
in Seattle last January 22.
The main speaker was Dean W. L.
Uhl, of the College of Education at
the University of Washington, who
spoke on teacher training problems
in higher institutions and especial­ly
in the University.
lively Discussion
"The discussion that followed the
talk was both interesting and profit­able",
said President Fisher about
the meeting. Some of the problems
discussed were what should consti­tute
a major and a minor in teach­ing1,
and how many credits should
be required in different subjects,
especially for high school teachers.
In the discussion of teachers' place­ment,
the general opinion was that
placement of teachers has improved
in the last five years.
Superintendents of institutions
are now placing graduates in posi­tions
for which they are suited. It
was thought that in general the
teachers need breadth of education
rather than specialization.
By Board Correspondent
Acting in accord with plans made
by the athletic department for close
supervision at all future contests,
Don Wilson, new student president,
opened his first meeting with a
strong recommendation that official
action be taken by the board in all
cases of illegal use or transference
of ASB tickets. Since the athletic
department has announced its in­tention
of checking all cards with
the signature of those presenting
them at all future games, Wilson
stated that a firm policy in hand­ling
such cases is necessary to the
success of such a move.
The board reviewed the rulings
previously established for such
cases and voted that attention be
called to them in the official story.
The rulings state that in all cases
of lost tickets or of illegal use or
exchange of tickets, the offender
must appear before the board, and
must pay twenty per cent of the ori­ginal
cost of the ticket • ($1.20) in
order to regain the use of the ticket.
Frank Chorvat reported the re­turns
of the election, stating that
Phil Kidder was elected vice-presi­dent,
Pauline Barnes and Shirley
Rogers were elected as four quarter
student representatives, and Mr.
Grim was elected faculty represen­tative.
The apportionment of funds for
winter quarter was checked and ap­proved,
after a careful explanation
on the part of President Wilson.
Stenciled copies of the board
handbook were distributed for
checking, and the revised copies
•will be checked at the next official
meeting.
o
The northwest debate tournament,
which is comprised of high school
students representing ten high
schools from the three northwest
counties of the state, are holding
their debate in the auditorium of
the Western Washington College
today. The college is acting as host
and sponsor of the all day session
of the tournament to the following
high schools: Everett, Lynden,
Anacortes, Mount Baker, Arlington,
Ferndale, Mount Vernon, Edmonds,
Meridian and Sedro-Woolley.
A preliminary contest in which
each team debated three times was
held in the forenoon. All schools
winning one-half or more of the
morning debates v/ill enter the final
afternoon contest. Owing to the
number of the debates going on,
there is no attempt to have formal
audience situations, although from
2:00 o'clock in the afternoon, those
wishing to hear the debates may. do
so by being present in the auditor­ium
where teams will be in continu­ous
competition.
College Judges
Judges for the tournament will
be upperclassmen in the college.
Those selected for this purpose are:
Merritt Frizzell, Clarence Soukup,
David Osterberg, Clayton Knittel,
Alice Siemons, Alfred Loop, Gus-tave
Markgraf, Ralph Neil, Pat
Green, and Una Clibon. Don Zyl-stra
and John Solomon are officials.
Student ushers and chairmen are
helping and guiding debaters from
room to room and in presiding at
the sessions.
President C. H. Fisher greeted the
teams upon their arrival this morn­ing
and the school will provide a
noon luncheon for the debaters,
coaches and judges. Mr. Sidney
Patzer, principal of Burlington high
school, is the northwest district de­bate
manager. Local arrangements
are being made by the Speech de­partment
of this school for the suc-css
of this event.
Kidder Wins Office | Viking Starts Search Among
In Election Fmals W W Q Q^
For Most Beautiful Baby Barnes, Rogers, Grirri •
Also Selected;
Take Office Immediately
Phil Kidder as "vice-president,
Pauline Barnes and Shirley Rogers
as four-quarter representatives, and
Paul Grim as faculty representa­tive;
that list completes the execu­tive
cast for WWC's contemporary
political play. The election was
held Wednesday in the Men's club
room.
Falling short of equaling last
week's election totals, the Wednes­day
race was characterized by close
contests from all angles. Perhaps
only half of those who went to the
polls last week, returned again to
vote for their favorite candidates.
The nominees ror this election
were: vice-president, Alice Molen-kamp
and Phil Kidder; four-quar­ter
woman representative, Pauline
Barnes and Ruth Martinson; four-quarter
representative — man or
woman—Shirley Rogers and Dale
Courtney; faculty representative, C.
F. Cederstrom and Paul Grim.
Kidder will replace Frank Chor­vat
who is retiring from office.
Barnes and Rogers will take the
places of Don Wilson and Virgie
Boal, who have finished their term
of office. The new officers will
take office immediately.
Hi Cramp! Baby-Beauty Contest Launched;
Winners Get
Prizes, Publicity, and Pictures
Baby Pictures Wanted
ARTIE DEIM, the "clown" of the
House of David team, was for three
years all-state guard. Hailing from
Iowa State, he is a great dribbler
and floor man. Deim is the runt of
the team, being only five feet ten
inches tall and weighing 175
pounds.
The Bearded team comes here
Tuesday.
Maestra Dorfmann Presents Piano Concert
Thursday In College Auditorium
Presented as the thh$ in this season's concert series, Ania Dorfmann,
well-known concert pianist will appear in the WWC auditorium on Feb­ruary
3, under the sponsorship of the Bellingham Civic Music association.
Madam Dorfmann, though a Rus-
Viking Staff Goes
On Cheap Skate
On the bill for this coming Sat­urday
night, January 29, is an ex­clusive
skating party given by the
old and new members of the Viking
staff. Between 50 and 60 skaters
including old and new members are
invited to join in the merriment
and fun.
The editor says that the new
members of the staff might be ini­tiated
further, as the first initia­tion
was not considered stiff enough.
The party will be given at the
skating rink on Railroad avenue
and Holly street, from 9:00 until
11:30. Only special tickets will ad­mit
the Viking guests.,
o
High School Girls
Hold Conference
sian by birth; received most of her
training arrider Isldor Phllipp, at the
Paris Conservatoire. Her formal
training stopped when she was four­teen
years old, and since then she
has done all of her own coaching.
Her concert work started in Liege,
Belgium, followed by another con­cert
in Paris, France. In a short
time she became a favorite solo ar­tist
of symphony conductors.
Aside from her outstanding talent
at the piano, Madam Dorfmann has
an excellently trained coloratura
voice. . Tetrazzini, on hearing her
sing, once offered to train her for
opera; however she preferred the
piano.
Before a concert Madam Dorf­mann
always plays a game of soli-tare,
as it relaxes both her mind
and hands. She-suffers from stage
fright only before a concert, but as
soon as she has appeared she is all
right.
Students may obtain tickets for
the concert by presenting their stu­dent
activity cards at Mr. Boson's
office on Monday, Tuesday, or Wed­nesday
of next week.
o
Former Attendance
Rules Effective
Because of talk of a prob­able
change in attendance regula­tions,
some students seem to have
the idea' that credits were no longer
being taken for unexcused absences,
but according to Dr. M. S. Kuder,
cuts are still being counted.
The proposed revision will be
finally decided at the next faculty
meeting set for February IS. Facul­ty,
committee members favored abo­lition
of the present WWC practice
of reducing credits and grades for
unexcused absences.
Girls from sixteen high schools
of Whatcom and Skagit counties
will have an opportunity to become
acquainted with the Women's
League when they meet at WWC on
Friday, February 11. Each school
will be represented by three girls
and a faculty adviser.
A program has been planned for
the entire day, beginning with reg­istration
of the visitors at 10:30
Friday morning. After attending
the assembly at eleven the girls
will be served luncheon at Edens
hall. In the afternoon, they will be
taken on a conducted tour of the
campus. Following the tour, dis­cussion
groups will be organized so
that the girls can exchange ideas
and discuss school problems. A tea
in the Blue room will end the con­ference.
Margaret Schold is general chair­man
of the conference. The as­sisting
chairmen are: Doris Tarte,
registration; Shirley Rogers, as­sembly;
Helen Westlake, luncheon;
Eloise Whitcombe, tour of campus;
Clara Vander Griend, discussion
groups; Phyllis McNamee, tea.
On fhe tf°T izo*
Friday, January 28
8:00 p. m.—Rec hour, Inhibi­tion
Hop, sponsored by
Klipsun, , campus school
gym.
Saturday, January 29
8:00 p. m—Viking staff skat­ing
party, skating rink at
Railroad avenue and Holly
street.
Tuesday, February 1
11:00 a. m.—Assembly, Ar-ville
Belstad.
8:00 p. m.—Basketball, House
of David vs. WWC PE
building.
Thursday, February 3
8:15 p. m—Ania Dorfmann,
.pianist, auditorium.
Friday, February 4
11:00 a. m.—Student assem­bly.
8:00 p.m.—WWC vs. St.
Martins college, there.
Saturday, February 5
9:00 p. m.—Women's League
informal, Crystal ballroom,
Leopold hotel
Ania Dorfmann, well known Rus­sian
pianist, is coming to Belling­ham
next Tuesday evening, Febru­ary
3, under the auspices of the
Bellingham Civic Music Association.
The concert is scheduled for 8:15
o'clock in the College auditorium.
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Domestic Rebellion
Next Production
The despotic domestic domination
of the head of the house of Heather
over the rest of his household, and
the resulting revolt of his daughter
form the theme of the next theatre
guild production "The Heathers at
Home," to be presented February 9
to 12.
Maxine Moldrem, recently elected
the most popular girl of this col­lege,
is the female lead in the com­edy,
portraying the daughter Bessie.
Bessie, who had taken everything
her father had dished out in the
past, decides that when the old ty­rant
tries to pick her husband for
her, he is going too far.
"The Heathers at Home," written
by William Alden Kimball, pictures
family life in this state, in a hu­morous
manner. The stage version
is being directed by G. Bernard
Chichester with Werner Klein as
stage manager.
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Arntzen Addresses Group
At last, through the ever-ready
auspices of the
W e s t e r n Vi­king,
the peo­ple
of WWC
are going to
see what the
people of WW
C looked like in their infancy. Or
didn't look like.
Baby Beauty Contest Here
Pointblank, about to be launched
by the Viking, is a contest to de­cide
the most beautiful baby of the
past among women now in col­lege.
One drawback that will af- '
feet a few collegians is attached to
this baby beauty search, the one
that limits the field to the women
and excludes the males. Otherwise
the prospects of this contest are un­limited.
The reason for this ban on the
menfolk and their talcum powder
counterparts is merely that • the
pictures of the adult baby will be
printed in the Viking, the Belling­ham
Herald, and the Klipsun, and
the editors are working on the prin­ciple
that who wants to see a
bunch of cute looking males in dia­pers.
As a bit of an incentive for the
bashful ones the Viking is reaching
down into a receding coffer and is
setting up three modest awards for
the winning beauties. The first
award is three dollars, the second
is two dollars, and the third is one
dollar. These will be presented by
Editor Soukup in assembly.-
Authorities Will Judge
Judges of the pictures, five sure­fire
critics of beauty and things,
will be Soukup, Don Gooding, Elea­nor
Reasoner, L. A. McGee, and Don
Wilson. These were chosen mainly
because they are practically incor­ruptible
in such matters.
Particulars are these: Anyone
possessing a picture or anything
resembling a picture of her early
childhood (four years or under),
may enter; the contest will run for
two weeks from today, in order to
give participants sufficient time to
dust off their old celluloids; pic­tures
are to be sent to the Western
Viking office or given to any one of
the judges; presentation of awards
will be on Friday, February 11, in
assembly; pictures will appear on
that day in the Viking, and on Sun­day
following in the Herald.
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New Orchestra
Coming
For League Informal
E. J. Arntzen, History department,
addressed a meeting of high
school and elementary school teach­ers
at Lynden last Tuesday eve­ning.
His talk was entitled "Social
Movements as an Aspect of Social
Change."
Listen, my children and you shall
hear of the nightly revels of WWC
gals and their boy friends as they
"swing it" at the Women's League
Informal next Saturday night, Feb­ruary
5.
The tolo is to be held at the Crys­tal
ballroom of the Leopold hotel
and dancing will be from 9:00 until
12:00. The price of admission is
one dollar. Because of previous en­gagements
no town orchestra was
available. However, the League was
fortunate in obtaining Ez Parting­ton's
orchestra from out of town.
They are extremely popular and
promise to furnish up-to-the-min­ute
music.
That o-so-popular, fantastic,
catchy dance rhythm, "Big Apple"
is to be the general theme. For
those of you who enjoy cavorting
to the strains of Bob White there
will be one Big Apple dance, and for
those who simply abhor such "new
fangled contrivances," there will be
fifteen other dances to be thorough­ly
enjoyed.
Ruth Bennington, general chair­man,
states, "All indications point
to a bigger and better Infor­mal
than any other previous one.
We hope to see a record crowd in
attendance, and above all we want
everyone to plan on ah evening
packed full of fun."
, The committee chairmen are
working hard to make the affair a
successful one in all respects.