1961_1201 ---------- Western Washington Collegian - 1961 December 1 - Page 1 ---------- western Washington COLLEGIAN Something Other Than the Usual fyall play, "Orestes" December 1 ,1961 Vol. LIV, No. 9 ---------- Western Washington Collegian - 1961 December 1 - Page 2 ---------- MILLSTONES perry mills '.V.'.'.-. '. lt;•»*.•.• .-TT-v.-.-.-.W-.-.-.-.- gt;.•. •.•^ r*S.-.:-.Take me to your leader LETTERS. . . Having written several letters to the COLLEGIAN in the past, andhaving had exactly 'zero' letters published, I am not overly optimistic of seeing this tasty morsel inprint, either; nevertheless, I offer my opinion, in the hope of contributing to the school as a whole andrisking the umbrage of a few. My complaint is against certain of the student employees of the SAGAFood Service. I would like to specifically state that I censure only a small minority of this group, thesefew among the line-servers in the Commons. Their manners are abominable, they have little, if any,respect for the students they are supposed to be -serving,' and they will oft times hurl your ifoodat/you, as one might slop :the;hogsjsJGranted, some students ^ . a m o ^ i ^ s ^ a r e l ^ o k i n g ' inmanners, and yt^^mealWmieffree-for-all would try?:thi^|yatien^^^Job^but an employee who is serving thepublic is accorded the task of giving the initial courtesy to the customer, not vice: versa. .In any case, the Commons customer, boorish, noisy, impatient and ill-mannered as they may be, or not, do notqualify as charity cases, nor do they merit the poor service habitually rendered by these certain hellcatsbehind the commons food line. If these people are so easily upset that they must resort to infantilebehavior and childish surliness in an ill-fated attempt to 'retaliate' against the whole of the Commonscustomers, ostensibly because of the ac- • tions of a few, they should give up their jobs tosomeone else. Perhaps other students in this school could use the job; perhaps they might just be, atthe very least, noncommital, in their wholesale appraisal of, and treatment toward, the Saga studentclientage. Respectfully yours, RICHARD A. MANEMAN Bitter book buyer Dear Editor: Gripe, Gripe,Gripe . . . Sometime between 1:00 and 1:30 on Tuesday, November 21, someone observed by EarthScience Book, laying unattended in the left foyer of the Commons. Then, with a cunning, pack-rattishimpulse, snatched said book. This action has created a minor catastrophe. If that Decadent Dope mustsnatch books couldn't he be a bit more considerate? Don't these iSneak-Thieves realize their victim isprobably just as hard up as they? The act of snatching just reverses the charges. The Decadent Dopesrepresent the spreading disease of cold materialism which seems to be sweeping the United States.Get what you want at any cost, and if you can't afford to buy it—steal it. The act of book-snatchingmust be an impulse, and it will probably grow into a conditional reflex action. This could prove to berather disconcerting, especially when the thief gets out of school (via stolen books) and finds booksnot quite as necessary Western Washington C O L L E G I A N Vol. LIV, No. 9 A WeeklyNewsmagazine Western Washington State College Bellingham, Washington Second-class postage paid at Bellingham, Washington Printed at Pioneer Printing Co., BeUingham Karen Bainter Editor MargaretAshburn Assistant Editor Frosty Billingsley Feature Editor Nigel Adams Sports Editor Judy Borman :News Editor Dave Benseler Business Manager Arden Munkres Photographei lames Mulligan AdvisorReporters: Janice Therkelsen, Darlene Tucker, Penny Van Slyke, Carolyn Newton, Ed Caul-kins, RicStephens, Bill Potter, Roger Liuijy, Hardev Shergill, Mike Martin, Bob Gai.ord. Bob Pike, Pat King, DonMiller, William Burke, David Colburn, Louise Wasson, Gem Nye, Pat Bosserman, Kathy Therrien, JoelWoodman, Dave Tremaine, Nancy Matson, Pete Napper, and Reg Dunbar. as objects like cars, houses,and other large items. (Wonder how he's going to walk off with a house—lots of people leave theirhouses unattended all day. Oh what an opportunity!) Owning a book is a hazard at Western; theDecadent Dope may yet dropi in on you anytime. To the more fortunate souls who have not yet been avictim of Western's sneak-thieves I say "Keep your books under lock and key, for if this line you do notheed, Western's Footloose and Fancy Free will snatch the books they think they need." JEANSMELSER On pacifism . . . Dear Editor: Re: Your article on Pacifism and nuclear disarmament of lastweek. The author of the article favoring pacifism mentions that to resolve world peace we must havenuclear disarmament and that such a move would be an act of courage, not of fear. I doubt that. There is a significant difference between courage and damned foolishness. Men do not fight because theyhave arms. What makes for war are the conditions in the minds of men which make war appear thelesser of two evils. Nuclear disarmament would reduce the technology of war at this particular level but the nations adhering to this prohibition would seek for weapons other than nuclear ones, which mightbe more destructive. The threat of a nuclear war has been the most important factor which has prevented the outbreak of war in present times. The removal of that threat through disarmament might increase the danger of war without assuring us that the oppos- Page 2 WESTERN WASHINGTON COLLEGIANDecember 1, 1961 ---------- Western Washington Collegian - 1961 December 1 - Page 3 ---------- ing nations, using non-nuclear weapons at the start, would not resort to such weapons in the course of a war. Pacifism and disarmament are totally unrealistic, idealistic, and idiotic attitudes exceptperhaps in utopia and I shudder when I see such dangerous attitudes and principles advocated. As wecan neither overlook the terrible destruction a nuclear war would bring then neither can we overlookmilitary preparedness as a deterent to it. A pacifist who would oppose military preparedness orfighting a war necessary for survival of democratic ideals, whether it be a hot or a cold war, does notactually deserve the rights of such a democracy. Nuclear disarmament, in our present struggle with theCommunist world would surely be more suicidal than nuclear preparedness. Sincerely, TERRYGALLAGHER Up to date library books Dear Editor: "Why not spend the $950,000 on bringing the books up to date?" In last week's Collegian an article titled "Rising Library" answered this question badly, forthere is no justification for building a fabulous shell for a few archaic books. Herbert R. Hearsey,reference librarian, tries to dodge this fact by asking just how many books need to be brought up todate, for example the Shakespearian plays. Now, I will admit that there are many books written in thepast that will never need to be brought up to date,, but there are even more that do need to be brought up to date or replaced. Today the knowledge of man is expanding at a great pace. Every day man isturning up new discoveries of past events, he is answering the questions of man that never before havebeen answered, and he is producing new questions that need an answer, whether philosophical orscientific. The knowledge of man is growing faster than books can be written, but there are booksbeing written on these new discoveries of man and it is up to a modern library to have this knowledgemade available to a student. When a biology student wants to learn something aboutphotosynthesis or evolution he is not going to get modern "up to date" data in a 1901 edition biologybook; neither can a history student find proper data for a term paper from a 1910 December 1, 1961published book when new facts concerning past events are uncovered daily; nor can an art studentlearn the theories of abstract art from a book written during the Impressionist Period; nor can aneducation major learn new education methods from a book published in 1940. Yes, there are very fewsubjects that a student may wish to do research on that he does not need a fairly recent publication in order to obtain the complete facts. For this reason I say and will continue to say that WesternWashington State College does not have a library and will not have one until they fill the shell theynow have or the larger shell that they soon will have with new books—books that inform students ofwhat has been learned recently along with what was learned yesterday. VINCENT C. JOHNSONGarbage can liner? Dear Editor: What happened to this last week's Collegian! No columns!? Noopinions!?? No controversy!?? This reminded me of last year's Collegian which wasn't read after the firsttwo weeks of each quarter. It was blah . . . If I want to read about news in a bulletin fashion I can readthe Bellihgham Herald or look at the bulletin board in the Music Building. Are we to have no more"Incisions" or Frosty Billingsley? No more personality or real live people writing about thoughts,feelings, etc. Don't tell me the Faculty Publications Board has won out in making the Collegian a"News" media. I would have lined the garbage can with it, but the garbage can is too tall and the pageswouldn't reach far enough up the sides. Fran Barber The missing crowd . . . Dear Editor: Last Tuesdayat four o'clock in the new lecture hall in Old Main I had the privelege of hearing and seeing the slides and commentary of Mr. James Cawdry, a Seattle contractor recently returned from a trip to the SovietUnion, Hungary, Poland, East Berlin and West Berlin. His trip was arranged by the State Departmentthrough its "People-to- People" program and financed by himself. His slides were excellent, his opinions interesting and provocative. It is not my concern, however, to present a summary of the program.WESTERN WASHINGTON COLLEGIAN What concerns me is the fact that so many of our studentsavailed themselves of this opportunity to hear our guest — eighteen students and one administrator, tobe exact. I am aware perhaps, that Mr. Cawdry is not well-known, and that an extensive publicitycampaign was ot carried out advertising his lecture. It is still disturbing to me that there is so littleinterest in learning about these countries of the Communist bloc. Learning and seeing how thesepeople live; being able to ask questions of a first-hand visitor as to attitudes of Communists toAmerican visitors; being able to gain some inkling, even if it is ever so slight, as to what thecompetitors to world supremacy are really like, without looking through the distorted eyes of ourubiquitous extremists. I was ashamed that so many of this student body had other plans at 4:00Tuesday. That so many students seemed to overestimate their knowledge of these countriesembarrassed me. I get the feeling that everyone is here just to get a diploma in their clutches, then withthis in hand they will soon earn MONEY, $151,000, more than their high school diploma counterparts,so the statistics say. These individuals are missing the idea of college. They are not attempting tobecome scholars, widening their scope at every opportunity. Perhaps the days are gone when anindividual can stand up and say "all knowledge is my province" but it disgusts me to see so many give up without trying. Yours hopefully, RDH Case of charity Dear Editor, Theoretically the students of WW-SC are quite charitable. I say theoretically-' because we believe that our A.S.B. legislators represented us when they voted unanimously to purchase ten $3 tickets (a total of $30) for the Mercy Bowl Game. The proceeds of this game were to be used to help support the families of the California Polytechnical f o o t b a ll team who were killed in an unfortunate airplane accident last year. I agree that this was a"worthy cause" but I don't believe that it was the Legislature's position to purchase these tickets withfunds given to it for the operation of activities on our own campus. Charity is a wonderful thing and far be it from me to discourage one of the more admirable quali- Page 3 ---------- Western Washington Collegian - 1961 December 1 - Page 4 ---------- ties of mankind. Charity is help given in service or, as in this case, money to persons unable to helpthemselves or in any great way to repay the charitable body. Charity is given from one's heart out offeelings of sympathy and pity. It is not something someone else or the Legislature can do for you. Aprecendent can be made as well as broken by the Legislature as the few of us attending these meetings can well relate. We have little or no indication whether this precedent will be maintained or not. Although it is too late for any action on the Mercy Bowl Game (the game was played over Thanksgiving vacation), it would be in your best interests to discourage your legislator from such further charitable acts with your money. LLOYD AFRANK Was it worth it? By Jack Hein For one week Nigel Adams and myselfasked ourselves this very question, as we continually worked at waking the spirit of this institution.Nigel never gave up; I was ready to quit on Thursday. But with the determination that only an Adams can have, he proceeded to convince me that it would be worth it. If you could have been with us on everyone of our little antics it would be easier to tell you how I felt about the "school spirit" at Western. Yousee, this is not my first school and therefore, as the common argument voiced on this campus, I shouldbe loyal to my high school, or the University of Washington. Most of us fail to realize that going off tocollege sets us apart from the rest of the class you graduated with who stay at home. They still followthe ol!' high school as they have no other school to call their own. But when you take the step ofbecoming a college student, then that colege becomes your school; it is up to you to support it, win lose or draw. I am not denying you the right to have feeling for your high school, but I am saying this loyaltyis now to follow their progress in the pa-oer or to attend their homecoming, second place to your college. Why am I so worked up about school spirit you ask? It's really very simple as far as I can understand it. I ask myself, why doesn't everyone have spirit? Since I left high school in 1955, I have attended EverettJunior College, Washington State Page 4 University, Pepperdine, and St. Martin's College. Each ofthese schools was extremely different in some way, yet each had one common thing which pulled theirstudent bodies together. While at W.S.U. and St. Martin's I played four years of basketball, and in these four years did a great deal of traveling, playing ball in over 35 different cities and 12 states as well asBritish Columbia. In all these games I can not, to my knowledge remember when the school we playeddid not have spirit or when I felt that this spirit did not, to some degree, help win games for the hometeam. What I am trying to say is that school spirit should come naturally to you. Homecoming weekendwe had tremendous spirit at the game. Student's weren't afraid to get up and yell for their team. I don'tthink that anyone felt worse for the enthusiasm that he showed at the game. Possibly a sore throat or aloss of voice, but these will be better before the next game, so cheer up. Actually, your girl was probably proud to have everyone looking at you when you stood up and yelled all by yourself the first time. But,did you notice, that the second time you weren't alone, and by the time you did it four times everyonewas standing up? In answer to the title of this article, yes, it was worth it. It was wonderful, and onbehalf of Coach Lounsberry and the team, Nigel Adams, the cheerleaders and song-leaders, and thealums, who I am sure were greatly impressed by the spirit of Western, I would like to congratulate thestudent body of Western Washington State College for its tremendous show of school spirit during thehomecoming week and at the game. I only ask one small favor. Please remember that basketball is yetto come. Let's not forget our great teams and the coaches that work every night with them. When youpass them on campus, don't criticize them for the mistakes you felt they made, compliment them on the good work you know they did. YU BOARD Metrecal to the rescue By Joel Woodman Dante hasreserved a place in Hell for all us gluttons who gorged ourselves during the Thanksgiving holiday, butdon't worry because the creators of Metrecal have come WESTERN WASHINGTON COLLEGIA to ourrescue. Frankly, I think I'll wait until they start fermenting the stuff. I'm now looking forward to placing mypudgy self in front of the Christmas turkey. I'm not the only Union Board member preoccupied with theChristmao spirit because our entire group is making plans for making this Christmas one toremember. The Union Bulding will be gayly decorated with the focal point being a 25 foot Christmastree in the center of the main lounge. Santa Claus, slightly resembling Gary Bridgeman, will make anappearance in the lounge from 3:30 to 4:30 December 7. Santa has plan ned quite a program ior themarried students' children which will include games, singing, dances, and of course Christmas candy.The children will also be able to have their picture taken with Santa. The evening of December 7 hasbeen reserved for the rest of us. Saga will offer no dessert on their bill of fare that evening but hotchocolate, apple cider, punch, and cookies will be offered in the V.U. Lounge from 5:30 to 6:45.Members of the college choir will be on hand to lead us in singing Christmas carols. This will be agood opportunity for all of us to experience the warm teeling of "togetherness' and share the good willof this Christmas season. Watch for the Octopus JOB REFERRAL Since the beginning of fall quarter, 66 men and 3S women students have been referred to jobs downtown by the Washington StateEmployment Service. Actual placements were made for 42 men and 20 women. December 1, 1961 ---------- Western Washington Collegian - 1961 December 1 - Page 5 ---------- TWO CONTRASTING VOICES COMMUNIST INFILTRATION By Bill Burke When President Kennedystated that the enemy is from without, I don't think he was trying to minimize the dangers fromCommunist infilteration in our country—I think he was rightfully concerned over the direction the current"Red-Hunt" is taking. The controversy over the Mc- Carran Act (requiring the registration ofCommunist Party members), the "investigations" of the Matherian HUAC, and groups like Arizona'sStay American Committee (which implies that even Barry Goldwater is an uninformed Communistdupe), all point out the fact that the frantic search for Communists is getting out of hand. Historicparallels can be drawn to the "Red Scare" of the early thirties, and the era of Sen. McCarthy. Not onlydid these fanatical attempts fail to root out the Communists from our country, but they served toinjure many innocent people. I will agree that the apathy of the American people is dangerous. Buteven more dangerous to the United States is a people filled with fear and suspicon. To let this scare getout of hand would cause everyone to "see pink" and start to point accusing lingers. Even now, anyonewho agrees with something that the Communists agree with is in danger of being associated with theRed movement. The Wall Street Journal, reacting to this tendency, said, "It is quite possible thatcommunism is against juvenile delinquency. So is this paper." It is not pleasant to guess at the resultsof this trend. I think that the best way to combat "Communist infiltration" is for the American people tobecome aware of the real dangers of Communism, and to form a united movement in combatting the more pressing and important problems of the world. I will conclude with this question: Given acountry that cowers in fear and suspicion, and a country that stands united in its aims for the worldgood; which is the better Communist target? THE OCTOPUS WILL COME By Mark Nelson As thoughthe American people are swallowing a tranquilizer, apathy has once again been injected into ourbloodstream. The constant reminder that "There is nothing to fear but fear itself" wings out over thecommunication media constantly. Slumber on, dear people, let the government do your thinking; "Theenemy is from without, not from within." It is odd that the individuals running this country can say thiswhen American prestige is at the lowest point ever, because of our State Department's, consistentblundering. The President, in a speech in Southern California, stated, in reference to the peril lacingAmerica, "We know that it comes from without, not within. It must be met by quiet preparedness, notprovocative speeches." Are we to assume from this when our State Department commits a blunderlike the Cuban fiasco? The United States is not in danger evidently, when we continually negotiatewith the Communists over test bans and disarmament, after the Reds flagrantly violated a agreement not more than a month ago. How can it be said that there is no danger when the Senate and House ofRepresentative investigating bodies receive reams of testimony on communist infiltration in theUnited States, material that is available to every citizen in the United States? J. Edgar Hoover, who, ashead of the FBI has been actively engaged in combatting Communism since 1924, stated on March 1, 1960, "It is indeed appalling that some members of our society continue to deplore and criticize thosewho stress the communist danger. What these misguided 'authorities' fail to realize is that theCommunist Party, UJS.A., is an integral part of international communism . . . Public indifference to thisthreat is tantamount to national suicide. Lethargy leads only to disaster. Before the United States canever hope to combat communism, our society must understand its tactics. Communists only resort to militant tactics when internal decay is not sufficient to bring about ;a revolution. The American peopleand the elected leaders must realize that to hesitate in action and to compromise with Americanprinciples when dealing with the Communists is to invite their aggression in other countries. I believethat the American government has the capabilities of repelling the communist aggression. If you, asa student, also believe this, ask yourself this question: "Why aren't we repelling this aggression?' ThePresident ol1 Guatamala recently stated that the United States is soft on communism. What do youthink? Only when we, the American people, have rectified the internal decay and apathy can we hope to combat effectively the threat of communism from without. When our government's attitude towardcommunism becomes realistic, the United States shall quell and avert the "Red Wave." MISTLET0E-L0Man will reign 'Tis the season for jollies, brotherhood, Christmas cards, Salvation Army santas, pine needles, mistletoe and the AWS fall quarter tolo . . . This year cunningly named "The Mistletoe-Lo."The girl-ask-boy affair this year will be held in the VU Saturday night, Dec. 2. Tickets are on sale in thefoyer for $1.75 per couple. During the dance this year's- tolo king will be crowned. Out of a list ofnominees one Western male is voted by : the female population as the ultimate in maleness atWestern. Candidates for this honor are: Frank Ceteznick, Kent Dolmseth, Dave Johnson, Jerry Rene,Riley Si-versten, and Gary Gunn. AWS CAROLING Fa la la la la la . . . "Strike the harps and join thechorus . . '." All girls interested in Christmas caroling with the AWS sign up in the Viking Union. Carolswill be sung in hospitals and homes for the aged Wednesday evening, December 6. Girls will meet in the Higginson Hall parking lot at 6:45 and embark from there. A practice session will be held Tuesdayafternoon, December 5, at 4:00. JARRETT AT BANQUET Dr. James L. 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Therefore plays, such as classics, are not produced because of lackof appeal to the masses. The best theater is to be found at the colleges where just such classics thathave lived through the years can be presented. Mitchell left this message for any would-be actors oractresses — get as much experience in acting as possible through summer stock and school plays.Any progress that has been made in the theater world has been made off Broadway. The lecture wasthen opened to questions. It was asked that he give an explanation why foreign films seem to be of ahigher quality than those of the United States. Mitche.l explained that the economy is lower in foreigncountries and a director and actor can take more time to d e v e l o p parts and impressions. Whereas in the United States it costs from $25,000 to $35,000 for one day of shooting and one can not afford totake any extra time at that cost. When asked what his favorite role was he replied that he enjoyedportraying Gerald O'Hara in "Gone With The Wind" as much as any. Another favorite was "Stagecoach."He also mentioned that he preferred legitimate theater to movies because one can develop the partand get to know his character better. When asked for his opinion on publicity angles in Hollywood,Mitchell referred to those "silly movie magazines" as' "disgraceful and ex-agerated." "What Sadie soand so eats for breakfast has little to do with how she plays Lady Macbeth," he said. LEGISLATUREGiving the Eook Store a new look by getting rid of cards and magazines, in the window and replacingthem with intellectually stimulating material (books, paperbacks) was one of the main items on theagenda in Monday's meeting. Motions were WESTERN WASHINGTON COLLEGIAN December 1, 1961 ---------- Western Washington Collegian - 1961 December 1 - Page 7 ---------- passed and definite action is going to be taken by ASB President Dick Hayes to contact the Book Store. The second part of the meeting was mainly involved in selecting ways that students could fairlyevaluate their instructors. Motions were passed that Dick Hayes should contact the faculty so aboard of "standards" for tests may have fair discussion between the students and the faculty.FACULTY SPEAKS "Who can consider himself wise enough to judge if a book or painting should becensored from the public?" This was the question posed by Dr. Edwin R. Clapp, professor of Englishat WWSC, at the last in the series of the "Faculty Speaks.' The question was in reference tocensorship of books and paintings occuring primarily in the United States. Dr. Clapp feels that inmany cases an author or an artist is trying to represent the world as he truthfully views it; therefore,when society bans a work of art, be it book or painting, they are simply showing immaturity in notlooking past, perhaps the unsavory language, to the real message and portrayal in the book. Dr. Clapp mentioned as a good example of such a case of censorship James Joyce's Ulysses. This book wasbanned from the United States for approximately 10 years because the public regarded it as a porna-graphic novel rather than a book containing a sincere portrayal of life. Dr. Clapp feels the public shouldbe allowed to read and think and understand for itself without having censorship interfere. Dr. Clapp, who has been teaching for 37 years is in his second year at Western. He formerly taught at theUniversity of Utah and has had various other teaching positions. Among these were the University ofHawaii and New York University. Dr. Clapp has had many articles and books published, including "TwoRoads to Rome" in South Atlantic Quarterly and A Free Man's Forum: College Readings in Democracy. day, and will pertain to such things as teacher certification, projected enrollments, faculty loads,scholarships and other financial aid. Other topics to be discussed are costs for students, credit hourstudies, and the possibility of a fourth state college. Senator Wayne Angeveine will be chairman of themeeting. The representatives of the Executive Committee are Prank Brouillet and Mildred E. Henry.The Interim Committee members are Senators John H. Happy, John T. McCutheon, and JohnPapajani. The representatives on the committee are Henry Backstrom, Don Eldridge and Morrill F.Folsom. Representing WWSC will be Dr. James L. Jarrett, Donald Ferris, Dr. Allan Ross, Harold Goltz,William J. O'Neil, and Ernest Sams. ICE MEETS The Interim Committee on Education, a highereducation sub-committee will meet with representatives from Western tomorrow in the Viking Union. The meeting will last all Dr. Ronald A. Workman — Dr. Alan H. Stone OPTOMETRISTS 1519 CornwallAve — Bellingham — Phone RE 4-2870 209 Main Street — Ferndale — Phone DU 4-1463 -t I ! II iSALE Sweaters Cord Suits Socks VISIT OUR " 2 1" SHOP SPECIAL SELL-OUT Surplus Books atHalf Price MON. « DEC 4th STUDENT COOP Special Sale on P-T Shirts - ]/i Trice December 1, 1961WESTERN WASHINGTON COLLEGIAN Page 7 ---------- Western Washington Collegian - 1961 December 1 - Page 8 ---------- INTERESTING AND DIFFERENT Classic Greek drama on abstract setting By Frosty Billingsley Assoon as the curtain opened, it was evident that the play was to be something other than the usual. Thescenery might have been c a l l e d "abstract greek" . . . subdued and brilliant colors, representativeof emotional extremes. A young man (Orestes) in green clothing lay asleep . . and his sis- Duskin Hazel (Orestes), Ted Fiorito (Menelaus) — Orestes pleads ter (Electra), attired in bright yellow, spoke ofmatricide. Thus began the technical rehearsal of Orestes by Euripides. The play, to be presented,tonight in the College Auditorium, moves fast. Electra and Orestes have killed their mother (an order byApollo) because she killed their father. They are being tried for the murder and beg their uncle,Menelaus, to help them. He is a coward, does not; so, Orestes and Electra (with the help of a friend,Pylades), plan the murder of Helen of Troy, slut wife of Menelaus, to get revenge on their uncle. Theyalso hold their cousin hostage. The package is tied up in the end by Apollo and they live happily, etc.This is, of course, but the briefest of a sketch . . . there is much more to the play than I have givenaccount . . . but yet, it sounds fairly typical of Greek tragedies; required reading for freshmen andconsidered dull by many. What makes this one, directed by -Ralph Carter, interesting and different?Possibly three things. Number one, the scenery is unique; number two, the translation used is"modernized," and number three, the students involved in the production interpret the play in diversemanners . . . there is evidently no set interpretation; every man for himself. Linda Konrad, Menelausrefuses Orestes aid Page 8 Judy Reese, Lee Scrimegeour Messenger tells a story . . . Electra, stated,"It is a satire on the plays of Sophocles, in which the characters were godlike." And then Duskin Hazel,Orestes, broke in, "Well, it's not exactly a satire. It's more of a melodrama." Other cast members calledit "ironic" and "light comedy" and "the Greek answer to Peyton Place." Several of the stage crew wereall of the same opinion, "It was meant to be a tragedy . . . but the way it's being done, it stinks!" It isthis reporter's opinion that Orestes would profit from a set interpretation as the above controversy ismirrored in several spots throughout the play. None the less, it is a chance for Greek drama to bebrought to life, instead of remaining no more than required reading. And perhaps, the somewhatundesirable, yet interesting, controversial elements will be reconciled by curtain time tonight.WESTERN WASHINGTON COLLEGIAN THE CALL BOARD by Ric Stephens ORESTES—HIGHGROUND Well, I'll be a . . . The . . . Bellingham Theatre Guild is opening the last play of their seasonWednesday night November 29th. The name of their production is "High Ground." It's a . . . shamethat they had to open it the night be-for the college play, "Orestes," begins. Why? I'm afraid that this isa question that only God and the Bellingham Theatre Guild can answer. It seems to me that thissituation is a result of poor planning on the part of the Guild since the college productions arescheduled well in advance. To find out what the college production schedule is, it is necessary to callthe Speech Department and ask. There are no forms to be made out in triplicate, no chain of commandto go through and no security clearance is necessary. One need only ask. Let's hope that the Guilddoes so before they set the date of their next show, "Visit To a Small Planet," which will be directed byJim Oleson. There is little enough theatre around this area as it is without having production datesconflict with one another. I saw a few minutes of a rehearsal for "Orestes" the other night and it lookedgreat! Under the direction of Dr. Ralph Carter, the play seems to be developing into a production that willbe sensitive and entertaining. Paul R. Waldo's set for "Orestes" is very impressive. It's style is abstract and it seems playable and highly effective. If you don't have your tickets for "Orestes" yet, get one now, before it's too late! Dr. Paul Wadleigh will speak to the Bellingham Theatre Guild at its annual awardsbanquet this year. The banquet is being held at the Bellingham Yacht Club, Dec. 11. Awards will begiven for the year's best performances, best direction and set design. Reservations for the banquet can be made through Margaret Archibald at the A.A.A. office. This affair is open to the public. NOTICE:Roadifers are not related to Octopus December 1, 1961 ---------- Western Washington Collegian - 1961 December 1 - Page 9 ---------- UP TO DATE by Bob Pike In the next twenty-four hours, 3,000 people will reach the age of 65. In thenext twenty-four hours, over 6,000 of our now 17 million aged will be hit by a catastrophic illness. Theaged are increasing daily, they are becoming sick daily, but their ability to provide for that sicknessremains one of the great problems of the American society. Medical care, of which the aged are in suchdire need, is dependent upon the earning capacity of the individual. The aged do not have thatearning power. The present system is one in which the aged are required to compete economicallywith younger groups to obtain adequate medical care. The younger groups enjoy obvious advantages.The result is a one-sided kind of competition where the losers are driven not from the battlefield, but from the doctor's office. In the long run, however, the aged are not the only group that suffers. In the end, theeffects of the low earning capacity of the aged and their inability to provide for themselves adequatemedical service has been felt in the realm of general medical care. These effects have, in general,taken two major forms. First, the effect of the inability of the aged to pay their own way has taken theform of higher medical costs. This statement, at first glance, would seem a curious impossibility. Yet onexamination, one of the largest single reasosns for medical inflation has been the fact that doctors andhospitals are forced to accept some patients that have absolutely no way to pay their expenses. Thenumber of patients is normally not great, but the total expenses of the doctor and hospital are. Thequestion here is who pays for the expense of those patients that are destitute. There are twopossibilities. Either the hospital and doctor can cut their quality to make up for the loss, or they canraise their rates to cover the loss. The latter method, medical initiation, has been the accepted solution.Since World War II, doctor's fees and prescriptions have risen 85 per cent and hospital costs haveincreased 145 per cent. Hospital costs have risen twice as fast as the total cost of living. The totalreason for this inflation, of course, is not the inability of the aged to pay their own way. But, in essence,the present system creates the impetus to that inflation. In short, the general public pays in increasedcosts oil medicine and hospital services to cover the losses incurred to the hospital by those that could not pay. Second, in terms of effects on general medical care, is a possibility which has already been mentioned— the possibility of inferior medical care. Although the general solution to the problem of lost income by doctors and hospitals has been increased costs, there have been notable exceptions tothis generality. In many rural areas where general income level tends to be lower, hospitals are likewiseforced to accept patients who do not have the ability to pay their expenses. As already illustrated, this is particularly relevant to the aged. However, what often happens in these areas ot lt; low income isthat there is no affluent general public to assume the increased costs. The long range result is lowerquality medical care to compensate for the incurred losses. One needs merely to examine the financialrecords of rural medical services to confirm the validity of this point. The question before theAmerican people today is whether we can afford the present system which not only discriminatesagainst the aged, but, in the end, threatens both the foundations of medical economy and medicalservice. In America there is the constant call for equality for all people on the one hand, and a call tostop inflation on the other. Yet, these words are hollow ideed when attempts to equalize medicalopportunity and strangle medical inflation are opposed by the very men who uttered them. In the future,the increasing proportion of aged in our population can only compound the problem. The problem isalready a major one. The people of the United States cannot afford any additions in that same vein. Inshort, an immediate solution should come in the form of a government sponsored program of medicalcare for the nation's senior citizens. HIGH SCHOOL DEBATE Headquarters: Western More than 200high school students will participate in the W.W.S.C. third annual interscholastc speech tournament and contest clinic, today and tomorrow. Twenty-two schools from western Washington have sent in theiridnal registration for the contest. Competition will be offered in Oxford Debate, Extempore, Intei*-pretation, and Oratory. Debaters, prepared to take both sides of the question alternately, will tackle theproblem of Federal Aid to Education. THE FIFTH CORNER by Judy Borman To Deva Flora, gradeschool daughter of Dr. Jerry Flora: Good going, Deva. We like your letter to the editor ot the Heraldand even agree that ignoring all those naughty nations for a while just might make them behave a littlebetter. Ostrichlike or not, we think you have a good idea and hope someday you will write a letter tous too. Writers, writers and writers are needed. Creative genius, where are you? The Writer magazineneeds contributions . . . as our poetic reporter Bill Burke says: Wait! thought, Don't rush away before I can think you. Try to get some of those thoughts on paper and put them in the wire basket markedWRITER in the Collegian office, room 3, Viking Union. From all over the world, the freighters come.From Scotland, Greece, Japan, France and the Philippines they make their way to the little harbor ofBellingham and at night their van-colored lights illuminate the waterfront and their occasional whistle mingles with the sound of the i'og horn. Now and then, a student wanders out along the long weathereddock and now and then a student, or two or three, is invited on one of these ships. Westernites have had dinner on a Japanese freighter, been entertained by the captain of a Greek ship and generallybroadened their national and cultural outlook by contact with these vessels from other worlds. Officialvisiting day is Sunday and any interested student may find himself turning the pilot wheel, touring theengine room or listening to foreign music if he ventures down to the waterfront. December 1, 1961WESTERN WASHINGTON COLLEGIAN Page 9 ---------- Western Washington Collegian - 1961 December 1 - Page 10 ---------- RAWLS' SUPERETTE 714 E. HOLLY College Students Especially Welcome GROCERIESCOSMETICS . SCHOOL SUPPLIES BEVERAGES HI-BROW GREETING CARDS Every Day 9 a.m. to10 p.m. jukei Studio. 108 N. Commercial R E M E M B E R . . . YEARBOOK PICTURES are beingtaken in the Basement of the Viking Union. For your convenience, make your appointment by phone.RE 4-7240. If no answer, Call RE 4-7240 Member Washington State Professional Photographers Assn.IP—M^—BB^— I. . J . QUk't 9'Kttft Muller Asplund's 107 W. MAGNOLIA SEASON'S RECORDFootball enthusiasts have no need to worry about next year's edition as about % of this year's squadlooks like it will be back and with all that needed experience. Two years of rebuilding and remodeling and revamping the football picture at Western by Jim Lounsberry has paid off in fine style. Coming alongAvith only two wins last year Western showed promise. Games they had just lost on the scoreboardlast Page 10 WESTERN WASHINGTON COLLEGIAN Coach Jim Lounsberry year were good soundwins in 1961. Overall the picture of Western in the league has been one of a tremendous defense inthe line, with a moderate scoring machine. Pass defense earlier in the season was something to bedesired but in the last two outings has jelled until it assumes something like spectacular success.Against Whitworth for instance they thwarted any passing attempts set out by Whitworth, holdingthis team to a season low in pass completions. Besides leading the league with defense, Western hasone oV the top three ground gainers in Ken Fry, transfer from WSU. Fry has saved WE HAVE the World Famous Portable Typewriter OLt /mpi a Also All Other Models • Repairs • Rentals • TermsBlackburn Office Eqp. 1223 Commercial St. RE 4-1006 Bellingham, Wash. December 1, 1961 ---------- Western Washington Collegian - 1961 December 1 - Page 11 ---------- many ballgames with some long runs this year and along with two time all-conference back Ron La-dines looks like possible selections for the All-Star Team. LA PELOTITA by Nigel Adams Season RecordWon 5 Lost 4 ^la! * s e e Dy t n e calendar that there are only two real big weeks before Western overUBC 13- 6 we s a y S0°dhye to Fall Quarter. So far it has been very successful and in Western overPLU 13- 7 ^e sP ° r t s Picture things look even brighter for the finish up in '61 in Western over UPS 13-10 Western Athletics. Western over Eastern 7- 0 Western completed a successful season with a muchimproved 5-4 Western under Central 13-19 record. The final loss to Portland State 14-7 being a hard wayto close it Western under Whitworth 0-53 out f o r a club that started like a house on lire. But Westernhas everything Western over PLU 21-14 to °e thankful for in having a fine coach as Jim Lounsberry.That's not Western under UPS 6-14 a11 either. Western loses only 4 seniors and has a strong nucleusback for Western under Portland State next year. You think you would be able to stop right there exceptfor the fact that Western will have a new football field to play on in the new NEW GYM AIDS MANY CivicField A great big congratulations to a fine ballteam with some fine leaders Intramural program in attitudeand team spirit. Football attendance was up considerably and „ , . . , , . , . spirit at the school so much better than that displayed in previous years. Basketball, bowling, volleyball, ... _ , . .. . . .. .,, . .. ,. . '. Ax A, . A . All-Conference nominations and selections will no doubt find Western all part of the intramuralprogram, ,, ^ , , .. .. . . . M .. well represented. are feeling the effects of the new . T" .. ,T.. . x ... . . . ,T„ _ .... . . . . „ Another fine Vikmg team will venture into Vancouver, B.C. this weekend gymnasiumand equipment. Ray „ , _, . . , ' „ ' . , „r , _. , ,. . , ; / . * for a two day tournament. This tournament usually finds Western as Ciszek, director of intramurals, sta- . . „ .. - , , _ • , , . . ,, , , , . , . „ . ., . . ' . . . A. .. , ,. perennial favorites. Coached by one of the oldest looking young men, Coach ted that inbasketball alone there _ , TT , . _, , . , . . .. , , „ , , , , Jack Hubbarck starts his sixth year as head ofteam of men who have has been an increase of more than , . , ./ . . ., . , „ „.. „ ,, „ _nn , ^ . .completed what is usually given the appropriate name of the Roundball 100 men and ten teams have been ^ , . , „ , , ., . . . . , . . . Death March. o a yea s ig o Finally, December 6 against Seattle Pacific theVikings dedicate the teams. There are five leagues con- _ . „, , ,. , , ,, , . . . ... .. ... , . A. , ^ . newGymnasium. Early birds get the seats and let me tell you it will be sisting of seven teams each, and .•,„,,_. A. , x r. • ,* J * * i i _ ,. . jammed. This year season tickets are being sold downtown tolocal area with the new courts being ready , ,,..... ., ,-, , ,, ,. . . . „. . , , „, ., . , • , , . people. Withthe old gym, hy the time students finished flowing in the towns next week, the squads will play at , ,, ,, A™,. e . . . ^ v ' people couldn t get a seat, or vice versa. This year a few more seats have wice a wee .been added and so the problem still exists. The important thing to remember The YMCA team capturedthe title ig t n i s ; w h e n the gym is filled and you can't sell another seat the doormen in volleyball, which replaced touch win l o c k t h e d o o r s . i remember a. couple of years ago when there was to befootball due to construction. There is a haitltime entertainment show. Well, half of the cast didn't get thereearly also a strong bowling league. Coming e n o u g h for seats. When the halftime show was to beginthe microphone up in intramurals is the Swim Meet, wag p l a c e d in the middle of the floor. There wasno half-time show that night. December 2, for men and women. All The a b o v e s t o r y .g w o r t h m e n t i o n i n g b e c a u S e it is a real tribute to events will be featured and ribbons thg d o o r m e n w h o c o n s i s t of m e m b e r s of the faculty. You probably have will be gvien for place Hinishers. seen t h em gt g a m 0 S a t B a t t e r s b y F i e | d o r better yet you know them Winter quarter will seebasketball, from c | a s s e s at school. They have a few rules they have to follow for bowling, badminton,and table tennis your p,rotection as a spectator, and if they have to say no to you and as the main events. All those inter- you think you are important, well none of us are ever done learning, ested in signing up for either the and y o u should learn to be a little early, instead of a little late. Adios. swim meet or otheractivities please TIME OUT contact Dr. Ciszek. When Jim Sutherland, head coach at WSU, was in townlast Monday _ _ tnillDIC night it probably was a fine get together for Coach Lounsberry and Sutherland,Dm TuMARAS since both coached football at WSU before Lounsberry made the trip to , WWSC to coach . . . Coach Al Matheison getting his ruggers ready for Wrestling coach their f } r g t g e a s o n a s a noi'ficial Western athletic team . . . you were wonder- A strong addition to Coach Louns- ing about the FallRugby progress of the EX-Viks, well they were undefeated berry's staff is one of the nation's and won theBell Irving Cup . . . latest stock market report concerning sales leading authorities on collegiate ofWestern Lettermen Jackets style; down 80.2 per cent, over this time two wrestling in Dr. GeorgeTomaras. weeks ago (physical punishment is 9/10 of the common law) . . . a new book Helping to develop the Physical on the market is selling like hotcakes on campus, "Homecomings are Fun," Educationcurriculum here by de- co-authors are N. Wind and R. Water . . . stop at the Athletic Publicity velopingwrestling, Dr. Tomaras Department and pick yourself up a 3 page copy of Jack Robertson's Football wasformerly head coach in wrestl- Statistics Uor 1961 . . . besindes leading the team in individual tackles, inthe ing at the U. of Cal. and WSU. last game of the season Gary Fumano made 34 tackles (a schoolrecord?). Phone RE 4-3000 BEN'S MENS SHOP Always First with the Newest 1331 CornwallDecember 1, 1961 WESTERN WASHINGTON COLLEGIAN Page 11 ---------- Western Washington Collegian - 1961 December 1 - Page 12 ---------- CHALK TALK By Reg Dunbar Item . . . Western hoop shooters set a winning year. Comment . . .Coach Hubbard's squad has been going through preseason training in preparation for the ThunderbirdTournament at UBC in Vancouver, tonight and Saturday. Several returning lettermen will give Hubbard anucleus for a winning team. They are: Bob Gilda and Jim Rile, center; John Riseland, Jim Adams, andTerry Clayton, forwards; Dave Edwards and Mike Kirk, guard. Junior varsity standouts who will be fighting for varsity jobs are Bill Zagelow and "Mouse" Kingsbury. The first home game will be De- THEBELLINGHAM NATIONAL BANK 1 "Locally Owned and Operated Since 1904" CORNWALL HOLLYDrive-In Office at 1605 Cornwall Ave. Member F.D.I.C. cember 6 against a strong Seattle Pacific College team. Plan to attend! Item . . . Splish, Splash. Comment . . . The Viking swim team, who placedsecond in the conference last year, is set to do battle with the conference champs, UPS, January 6,in Tacoma. Although only live lettermen are back, Coach Bob Jacobs is hoping that the new aqua-menwill replace the strength lost last year. The team has been turning out since the start of school andfrom all indications, it could be a spoiler at the conference meet in February. A pat on the back goes toAl Coghill, a graduate letterman, who has been running the turnouts for Coach Jacobs, due to theabsence of "Jake" to the football squad. Western's first home meet will be January 12, against the U of Idaho. Item . . . Uhg! Och! Pant, Pant! Comment . . . Western's newest addition to winter varsitysports is wrestling. Coach Bill Tomaras, formerly of U of California, has begun from scratch to build astrong wrestling team at Western. Central is the only other school to offer wrestling in the EvergreenConference, but Coach Tomaras is hoping to extend his schedule to include the larger universities to the south. The first test for our "sumo" men will be at Wanted | One Energetic Male Student TO WORKWITH COLLEGIAN BUSINESS MANAGER Must have car and foe w i l l i ng to work, work, work. Salaryaccording to your efforts. See Collegian Business Manager Monday Dec. 4 between 1 and 3 in CollegianOffice. BUNK'S DRIVE-IN HAMBURGERS SANDWICHES MILKSHAKES SODAS FISH AND CHIPSRE 3-3520 for Take-Home Orders 2220 Cornwall One Block North of High School DELICIOUS FLAVORCRISP FRIED CHICKEN Pressure Fried • Juicy and Tender • ONLY 8 MINUTES Individual PhoneService Raw to Done in Page 12 WESTERN WASHINGTON COLLEGIAN the U of Washington in a pre-season tournament to include all Northwest schools. Some promising prospects for the team are: DaveLyle, 123 lb; Rex Silvernail, 147 lb; Fred Thomas, 147 lb; Jim Webb, 167 lb; and Dave Fairbanks,unlimited class. The first home meet will be January 13, with Central. (Note: These articles will dealspecifically with the winter varsity sports. They are designed to give the reader the behind-the-scenesaspects of each sport.) FALL CONCERT The College-JCivic Symphony Orchestra, under the directionof Dr. Frank D'Andrea, will present its Fall Concert Tuesday. This concert will present the first major useof the harpsichord recently purchased by the Music Department. The program is quite varied, rangingfrom a Bach cantata to "Les Preludes," a series of symphonic poems by Franz Liszt. Mary Collier,mezzo-soprano, will sing the lament, "When I am Laid in Earth" from Dido and Aeneas, by HenryPurcell. Donald Vollstedt will be featured on the harpsichord and organ. In recent years the orchestrahas enjoyed a good deal of growth, and the subsequent achievements have stimulated much interestboth on campus and around the area. JOBS IN EUROPE Summer jobs in Europe are now available toalmost every American college student. The American Student Information Service, known as ASIS,has more than 3,000 summer jobs in their files awaitng applicants. In the past four years ASIS hassuccessfully placed thousands of American college students in varied summer jobs throughout 11European Countries. Jobs are mostly unskilled and many do not require a knowledge of a foreignlanguage. Monthly wages range from room and board in Spain to $150 for the highest paid positions inWest Germany. Jobs include factory work, resort work, construction work, farm work, hospital work,child care, camp counselling positions and many others. Students will receive the same wages as the Europeans with whom they are working. For further information and complete details write to ASIS, 22 Avenue da la Liberte, Luxembourg. December 1, 1961 ---------- Western Washington Collegian - 1961 December 1 - Page 13 ---------- '•Inetfieienty" is the password of the masses. This word describes the state oJ things or people thatare mass-produced or mass-educated. For example, Detroit could produce a much better car than thetypical one that they are now producing. At least I assume that they could. Also, the schools couldproduce a more educated person than they are now doing. By educating the masses, the schoolsare in danger of not thoroughly educating those who are capable of being educated thoroughly. The"gifted ' child must do work under his capabilities. Of course, steps are being taken to alleviate thisproblem, but the steps are not long enough. Samuel K. Allison has suggested that the United States orthe separate states set up special schools which would be entered on the basis of competitions ortests to determine the child's ability. In this manner, the school system would be able to produce highly qualified scientists and professional men in a shorter period of time than they are now doing. It follows, then, that in addition to educating the masses to a state of intellectual mediocrity, the schools wouldeducate the talented to a state of intellectual superiority. Of course, this method would produce a small group of people who would be feared, despised and envied by the lesser intelligences of thesociety. People seem to "naturally" fear that which is better than they. And because they don't want toshow that they are afraid, they will openly despise their betters—in a group. In this manner, they alsohide their envy from their equals. The only, solution, that I can see, is that the masses also .be educated to accept the idea that there exists someone better than they as individuals. But, this is an idea whichfew people want to accept. I'm not saying that the masses must bow down to their betters, but just notto despise them because of their own inadaquecies. Perhaps this condition is an example of "open-mindedness," that state in which everybody like to think himself, but, in reality, isn't. Perhaps I'mbeing narrowminded in thinking you're narrowminded, but as I am as openminded as you are, I know that you are narrowminded. 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To accommodate for my embarrassment and atone for myapparently false appraisal, I must here report in full the nature of the comments I scribbled on hispaper. COMMENTS: General Defects: 1. Failure to clarify your thesis or major objective. 2. Insufficientsupport of the various positions stated, particularly with respect to substantive evidence. Inordinateuse of impressions. 3. Inaccurate reporting of some of the evidence and insufficient interpretation ofother evidence. 4. Errors in reasoning such as ad populum (argument to popular prejudice), adverecundiam (appeal to authority or prestige), converse accident (overvaluing exceptions), pe-titioprincipii (begging the question —assuming the conclusion to be proved), ad hominem (argumentsagainst, the personal qualities ol someone instead of arguments to the issue), argumentum adcaptandum vulgus, (any slogan, argument, or cliche to catch the crowd), etc. it you wish to refer toillustrations of these errors, please read the handout in Education 415 entitled "Aids to Thinking."Positive Qualities: 1. Facility with language appropriate to your reading public. 2. Variety of types ofmaterial to maintain interest of the reader. 3. Evidence of rather extensive inquiry. Specific Comments: 1. What in the devil are you trying to say? Your question is, "Have Our Teachers Colleges Failed?"but you seem to be addressing yourself to the question, "Have Our Professors of Education Failed?" If you were to speak to the first question you would have to note more fully inadequacies in all aspects ofteacher preparation, including English, history, mathematics, science, majors and minors, as well ascourses in education. Most of your paper is devoted t o the professors of education, courses ineducation, grades in edu- Page 14 Evan Hill's paper? cation courses, admission standards for theprogram in teacher education, reduction in the number of education courses, etc. 2. How are Youtrying to say it? Apart from a few paragraphs of research data which you do not fully interpret, yourmethod is impressionistic. You report observations, interviews, and pronouncements of teachers,educationists, and academicians. You provide illustrations of both high and low admissionstandards, competent and incompetent administrative officers and teachers, balanced and inbredfaculties, adequate and inadequate libraries, and sound and unsound programs. You have said thatteacher training is both complex and simple as well as vital and banal. By your appeal to this platitudeand your seemingly endless stream of impressions, you seem to be saying, "Not all is good or bad. Th e r e is improvement in some places." Is your theme, then, "Is There Improvement in TeacherEducation?" May I point out that the method you use for treating your theme frequently tells moreabout its nature than your formal statement of it. 3...ls your treatment of the topic sound? You havestereotyped processors of education as Rosebuds—ineffectual, bumbling, perhaps stupid. If yourassessment of them is true, how can you at the same time maintain that they have managed to keep astranglehold on the preparation of teachers? Have the academicians been equally bumbling? You don'tsay. You assert that there is institutional diversity but a monotonous similarity among professors ofeducation and their education courses. Are there any similarities among other courses andprofessors—history, math, or English? If there are, how do you account for the variety or dissimilarityamong institutions? You come up with the cliche that we are "graduating teachers who know all aboutteaching but almost nothing about what to teach." (Error: Argumentum ad captandum vulgus) Inalmost the next breath you state that the argument over methods versus content is perhaps the mostcommon and least valid criticism of American teacher education. You should make up your mind. Thenumber of professional education courses, you assert, is not "pat- /VESTERN WASHINGTONCOLLEGIAI ently excessive," except that "excess" is certainly a matter of opimon. (tur- \ TOT:sophistical formula) To take back with one hand what you proffer with the other may appearscholarly, but it is so only if you pursue the complexities involved. You don't. You appeal toyouthi'ulness and a Harvard degree as a .basis for knowledge in teaching an e d u c a t i on course?(Error: Ad verecundiam) Are you a specialist in professional education? In teaching? Can you tell when a professor "knows what he is talking about?" Professors of education, you say, give higher grades, andthis is common in teacher-training institutions throughout the country. (Error: from the nature of yourevidence," I would list this as "Converse accident) Since education courses are upper division courses,to compare grades in them with lower division grades in other subjects would not be adequate handling of' evidence, would it? Incidentally, just what is the character of the evidence? z You say there is"healthy dissatisfaction" (argumentum ad captandum vulgus) among teachers, students, and thepublic with respect to teacher education. Some of this dissatisfaction seems to me to be sick, as in "not well,' Dad, namely that which is misinformed or distorted. What assumptions have you made? Oneof the common errors in a paper of this kind is for the writer and the reader not to be aware of theassumptions basic to the development of the topic. What assumptions have you made about thenature of evidence? What assumptions have you made about the representativeness of cases cited?About the criteria for the identification ofl banal and vital programs of t e a c h e r education? Aboutadequacy of knowledge for teaching? About the nature of knowledge, per se? About yourqualifications to judge a good program in teacher education from a poor one? About liberal andvocational education? About the nature of learning and the nature of education? Certainly the readershould be informed of the criteria you employed to tell effective teaching from ineffective, strongprograms from weak ones, sound teachers colleges from unsound ones, basic knowledge of collateralknowledge. Traveling 7,000 miles and interviewing many professors, deans, and presidents, asimpressive as these may sound and as informative as they may be, does not excuse you from acareful use of the processes of inquiry and reporting. After all, since your state- December 1, 1961 ---------- Western Washington Collegian - 1961 December 1 - Page 15 ---------- ments about the program at WWSC are often in error, how may I trust your observations of otherschools? REFLECTIONS A student views the article Having recently read an excellent account ofWestern in The (Saturday Evening Post, I feel compelled to add a student's view. We haveunquestionably been fortunate to have as administrators a group of forward looking educators. They have managed to raise the national prestige of Western. As a student at Western I am proud to share in thisprestige. But we have missed something along the way and this is why I have enclosed the followingcomments. I have no desire to keep my name anonymous because of personal repercussions,because I be-; lieve in what I have said and would' defend it. .However, since this is essentially acomplaint against current faculty members I would hesitate to publically name them by implication,through me. I therefore request that you withhold my name. What is the purpose of a collegeeducation? It is to teach one to think. And how is one taugiht to think? One of the oldest methods is toquestion. If one questions, one must seek answers, and in the search lies the wisdom. I must questionour educational system. We have been told by a leading periodical that our college ranks high whencompared with other similar institutions in the United States. Part of the reason stems from the faculty.No one will question the importance of the faculty, for without their quidance we would find answers toour questions that in reality were but beginnings. Our colege is fortunate in haying among its faculty^outstanding authors and foreigners: ;-It; is beyond question that Western has been enriched bytheir addition. But as a student searching for knowledge I would beseech those in authority to findamong the vastly qualified numbers of college professors those who are able to teach. It is well for us tobe honored by the prestige lent by famous men but it^jnight even better, if we were taught, the subject. I *Jiaye no doubts of the superior intellect of our faculty members who publish, but perhaps they areoverly emphasized. For the student it is not the prestige of being in the room that counts, but rather itis the value of the knowledge communicated. Plato ihas supplied us with the truth, "We must infer thatall things are produced more plentifully and easily and of a better quality when one man does onething which is natural to him and does it at the right time, and leaves other things.' (The Republic,c370) How great would be our benefit if the teachers were allowed to teach and not required to write.Even so, the writer who is not bothered with teaching will benefit, and we, by his labors, will gain.Thus, it is my hope that those who are able, will think of the student and his knowledge and the effectsof this knowledge on our future society. DABBLING In art and music by Bill Burke It occured to methat probably many people have been attending college mixers faithfully nearly every weekend anddon't know anything about the band that provides the music. The College Dance Band (sometimesmore appropriately called the Counts in Rhythm), unlike many groups, was not formed by a fewmusicians starting a session. A leader is chosen each year, and the members audition lor theirpositions in the fall. These auditions are open to anyone who wants to try out. The band rehearses oncea week, working on new tunes and preparing for a concert to be given next quarter. This year BruceMoorehead, in his second year of leading the band, has added a guitar, vibes, and an extra trumpet andtrombone in an attempt to develop a richer and fuller sounding band. The use of small combos fromwithin the band, and many vocal arrangements and new tunes, which are constantly being added,provide dancers with a welcome and interesting variety of music. NOTES . . . Watch for the IndustrialArts exhibit coming up in the Studio Gallery of the Art Building . . . Also wander around the buildingwhile you're there and look at the student works on display. They are worth seeing . . . And downtownthere is currently an exhibit of local art at the public library... In Music . . . The Symphony concert onDecember 5 will be the first major appearance of the department's new harpsichord . . . T h is eventpromises to be interesting— with an orchestra expanded in size and capabilities, music from Bach toLiszt, and assisting artists Mary Collier and Don Vollstedt . . . Also this month is the orchestra'sChristmas concert on December 10 . . . Exit; stage fright . . . CAMPUS CALENDAR Sunday Monday, Dec. 1 2: Monday, Dec. 2: Tuesday, Dec. 3: Wednesday, Dec. 4: Thursday, Dec. 5: HighSchool Debate Tournament On Campus College Play 8:15 p.m.—Auditorium Friday, Dec. 6: Saturday,,;Dec. 7: Monday, Dec. 9: Tuesday, Dec. 10: Intra Mural Swim Meet AWS Tolo Chess Club Movie(MUN sponsored) Deseret Club AWS Meeting SWEA Valkyrie Bachelors' Club Chess Club Newman . Club Inter Varsity Christian Fellowship Christian Science Organization Orchestra Concert StudentRecital Sailing Club WWC "Dames" Basketball, Seattle Pacific at WWSC Union Board-ChildrensChristmas Party Canterbury Club Helmsmen French Club WRA-Christmas Party M.U.N. FacultyWives Foreign Film Epsilon Pi Tau Initiation Christmas Concert Chess Club Union 10:30 a.m.—Pool9 p.m.—Main Lounge, p.m.—Union, 11A p.m.—Auditorium p.m.—Union, 209 p.m.—AWS Loungep.m.—Campus School Aud. p.m.—Union, 11A p.m.—Union, 6 p.m.—Union, 10 p.m.—Union, 209p.m.—A /M 15 7:15 p.m.—A/M 201 8:15 p.m.—Auditorium 3 p.m.—Auditorium 7:30 P.m.—Union,6 7:30 p.m.—IA 201 8 p.m.—Gym 3:30 p.m.—Main Lge., Union 100 7 a.m.—Union, 11A 4p.m.—Union, 6 7 p.m.—Union, 100 7 p.m.—Off Campus 7:30 p.m.—Union, 11A 8 p.m.—Union,Main Lounge 7:30 p.m.—Auditorium Lower Gallery Arts Bldg. 4 p.m.—Auditorium 7 p.m.—Union,11A December 1, 1961 WESTERN WASHINGTON COLLEGIAN Page 15 ---------- Western Washington Collegian - 1961 December 1 - Page 16 ---------- I STATE STREET \ LAUNDROMAT Next to YMCA ] Save time! We wash, dry and fold your clothes inV/z hours — Just wash, y2 hour — no need to wait! Phone REgent 4-1650 *~ HOLLY'S MEN'SSHOP In the center of the Shopping District 1307 Cornwall "t SHOP . . . 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