1964_0508 ---------- Collegian - 1964 May 8 - Page 1 ---------- THE WESTERN WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE ColUEflrt Vol. LVI, No. 24 Bellingham, WashingtonFriday, May 8, 1964 Roasted Rubbish TWO CAMPUS BLAZES BRING OUT FIREMEN Lots Of Smoke But No Damage By Dave Curis "Fire! Fire!" Was the shout last weekend that brought Bellingham's FireDepartment roaring up the hill to Western. The fires broke out in Ridge-way Beta dormitory at 2 a. m.Saturday and in the rear of a city garbage truck that was parked at the loading dock of the VikingCommons at 5 p. m. Sunday. The Beta blaze was discovered by. two freshmen business majors,Mark Pearlman and Chuck Stixrud, who were returning from a date. WHEN THEY entered the third floor they began to smell smoke. By the time they reached the end of the hall their suspicions wereconfirmed. When they pulled open the door to the garbage chute that carries wastepaper down to thebasement, smoke billowed out. "I looked at Chuck and Chuck looked at me and we both said, 'I think-there's a fire',". Pearl-man said. A.S. EXECUTIVE Vice-President Terry Gallagher brought forth the U. S.flag at Monday's Legislature meeting. President Neil Murray entered shortly after and requested thelegislators to rise for a three second tribute to the flag. Last week the legislators killed a motion to salute the flag. Reading Course Required Of Education Undergrads Effective Fall Quarter, Western will require a course in reading instruction. The course will distinguish Western as the nation's first collegeto require a reading methods program for all teacher education undergraduate students. THEORIGINATOR of this new two-credit lecture course is Dr. Robert McCracken, director of the readingcenter. The course, Education 385, Foundations of Reading Instruction, will replace Education 485which is presently required of elementary majors only, Dr. McCracken said. "The purpose of this newcourse is to acquaint students with reading problems and some of the solutions will be a prerequisiteto student teaching," he said. He added that one of the main cqmplaints of high school teachers isthat "their students can't read and they don't know what to do about it." "The main reason kids can'tread is that they've never been taught," McCracken said. HE EXPLAINED that reading See "READING"page 3 Prexy Pick Closer To Finish The selection of Western's new president to succeedresigning Dr. James L. Jarrett is still shrouded with mystery. The faculty selection committee, headed by Dr. Fred W. Knap-man, is still wading through the mountainous pile of applications for the position."We have invited some of the more likely candidates to visit the campus and see how they like it,"Knapman said. "We will be looking them over at the same time." The committee's progress is known toa very few people on campus. Knapman refused to indicate whether or not the committee had anyone candidate in mind for the job. "The committee will continue to review the applications until it findsthe most suitable candi- See "PREXY" page 3 One student ran down to the second floor disposal doorand v/hen he pulled it open he said "flames were shooting up past, the door." Stixrud pulled the firealarm and then both of them grabbed fire extinguishers and began pumping water down the chute.Moments later, however, the, automatic sprinkler system inside the garbage chute turned on toextinguish the blaze. By the time the fire department arrived the efforts of their four fire engines andone rescue truck were centered on the problem of ignoring the hooting and hollering of the Highlandand Ridgeway residents and turning off the automatic sprinkler system. THE WATER HAD beenpouring down the chute for 30 minutes and the incinerator room was filled with an inch of water. The firemen finally turned off the water by twisting a knob but they had to pry open a small See/'SMOKE"page 3 'Synchysis'On Sale Monday See Page 2 Legislators Pay Tribute To U. S. Flag See Page 2Western Hosts Conference Meet See Page 6 2400 Expected Summer See Page 2 ---------- Collegian - 1964 May 8 - Page 2 ---------- PAGE TWO THE COLLEGIAN FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1964 ^Synchysis' To Go On Monday In V.U.,"Synchysis" will go on s a l e Monday, both • in the VU and t h e Bookstore, acc o r d i n g toEditor Robert Tarleck. In a recent interview, Tarleck said this year's publication of student writing willprobably bruise as many delicate sensibilities as previous editions. But he said more patient readersmay be surprised to find mature, social commentary. "Honest as well as provoca-cative," is the way hedescribes this year's edition. He said the poems and short stories reflect the burst of interest increative writing on this campus. "I am not trying to give the material a commercial buildup," saidTarleck. "I don't have to because for the first time we have student writing which can be treated withrigorous criticism, without falling apart," "In fact, two members of the English Department have agreed to write reviews on the magazine." Tarleck is referring to Dr. Arthur Hicks and Dr. James Bennett,whose reviews will appear in next week's Collegian. "Synchysis" will also wear a startling cover thisyear. The photograph cover is certainly one. of the most attractive and meaningful ever used by astudent publication at Western," Tarleck said. Art Editor Carson Boysen described the cover as "Aserious attempt to render meaning to a frivolous object." Boysen admitted disappointment with thepublication board's rejection of an art photograph of a nude woman, but insisted the work included in themagazine will be as stimulating as the writing. 2,400 Expected Here For Summer People-TotPeople is "Flowers of Quality I. V. 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"Out of this will evolve an understanding of other people andtheir land. Foreign students must be allowed to take home to their native countries the ideas of theAmerican people as they are andT not the stereotyped^ views presented in movies and magazines.Sen. Jackson To Senator Henry M. Jackson (D. Wash.) will speak to interested members of theAssociated Students at 3 p. m., May. 15 in the Viking Union Lounge. Senator Jackson's visit is beingsponsored by the Western Young, Democrats. Debaters End Season In Montana Western's debatersfinished up the season, with a final tourna^ ment at Montana State University in Missoula recently.They placed fifth out of 28 participating schools. The tournament events included debate andindividual speech events. In debate Skip Shippey and Richard Luty made qualifying final rounds before,losing to Montana State College, who won five straight debates, losing only, one. Stan Sakugawa andJohn Stout won four debates before losing to the tourney finalists. In the individual events Westernhad. five finalists, Ron Stephens in parliamentary procedure,- Sue Nelson and Prudy Keeler inwomen's oral interpretation; Stan Sakugawa and Skip. Shipp^e.y i n extemporaneous speaking.Westernls for.ensics, coach, Lewis Bright, said, "This was a most pleasing, way to en d the seasonbecause we started'with a fizzle andiwe endedwith a bang." H a r d work, special events and recreational facilities will greet approximately 2400 students at Western t h i s summer. "Last year over half of thetotal summer enrollment consisted of undergraduate students, taking advantage of the opportunityto finish in three years and adding an extra year's earnings or beginning graduate study earlier," Dr. J.Alan Boss, dean of summer sessions, said recently. "Undergraduate students are realizing that theycan mix school work and entertainment and come up with an interesting and fun-filled summer crammed with accomplishments," he added. DR. ROSS said that the increasingly popular fourth quartercan be attributed to Western's well balanced academic program, regular and eminent visiting faculty,and unlimited college and public sources of recreational enjoyment. Many students are finding that they receive more breadth and depth in their academic learning. "Several additional courses are offered inthe summer that are not available, during the academic year," Dr. Ross said. "These involve mainlyHe felt that students also benefit by observing different methods and learning different ideas from the visiting faculty. Most of these persons are noted for contributions in their fields, he added. Theexpansion of Western's master's program is also contributing to increased summer enrollment,although some fields such as history do not offer a master's course of study in the summer. WilliamO'Neil, registrar, said that summer pre-registrartion will be as follows: May 9 — Graduate students:May 11—Seniors and graduates; May 12 and 13 — All remaining students. Respect To If. S. Flag Le g i s l a t u r e was opened Monday by a silent three; second standing salute to t h e national flag ledby Associated Student Presi-upper| dent Neil Murray. division courses and more par-ticulary 400's and500's. Western's NSA To Be NB of C Scramble Game NQ« IS State Streei Laundromat N e x t t o YM CA Save time! We wash, d ry and fold your clothes i n - 1% h o u r s — J u s t wash, Vz h o u r —- no . need t o wait! Phone REgent 4-1650 The National S t u d e n t Association on campus ismaking, s t r i d e s towards a more p r o d u c t i v e p r o g r am for the coming, year, according toDean Foster, n e w l y elected AS: executive vice president. "Communication b e t w e en schools isthe essence of NSA. This isr what has been lacking in previous years, especially at Western," hecommented. Next year there will be a complete reorganization of the present structure of Western'sNSA, which currently is a part of the Public Affairs Commission, Foster said. Next year, NSA will bedivided into four committees: National Affairs, International Affairs, Public Relations, and EducationalAffairs. "Each group will be able to present programs and ideas in its own area through communication with other schools in the region and the country," Foster said.. HON FICTION, WELL READ This isyour own personal record showing, your de» posits, withdrawals and interest earned—with your JtfBofC savings account. One of these in a hip pocket or purse makes you feel mighty good! NATIONAL BANKOF COMMERCE ftooqseea) FRENCH-SWISS DINNERS Leisurely Dining - Relaxing AtmosphereRESERVATIONS PLEASE 733-5300 Parties - Receptions — Banquets SNIDER HOUSE Weekdays 4 - 1 0 p. m. (SWISS CHALET) 331 S t a t e St. Sundays Noon to 8 p . m. Ron Stephens, the legislator whose motion to salute the flag was defeated last week, commended the Legislature at the close ofthe meeting for their observance and said that "the. matter would not be pressed further at this time."The only major action taken by the board this week was the pass* ing of a "closed week policy." Thepolicy asks that only final testing be. allowed during the week preceeding finals week and not late mid-terms. The bill was introduced by Linda Green, legislator, who said that this would "eliminate a lot |ofthe testing that often piles up, on students during the last week of classes and would give studentsmore opportunity to study for finals." * • • The question of who is going to pay the $600 debt ofWestern's Yacht Club was p ut off another week upon the suggestion of Howie Clarke, AS financialchairman. Mr. Clarke said that Dr. William A. Tomaras, head of the Physical Education Department,needed time to see if their der partment could pay half of the club's debt. .. _. BOOKS, TEXTBOOKS,PAPERBACKS, AND MAGAZINES Bought and Sold ---------- Collegian - 1964 May 8 - Page 3 ---------- FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1964 THE COLLEGIAN PAGE THREE BRAVELY STRUGGLING through the smokebillowing out of the open door of the garbage truck one Bellingham fireman try si stamping out the firewhile the other fireman irys squirting water into the side of the garbage pile. BIG 'SMOKE' HEAP(Continued from page 1) door that no one could find the key to. This is Beta's second garbage chuteblaze. The one last year found no fire extinguisher available. This was due to a water fight prior to theblaze and the automatic sprinkler system didn't turn on either. • •• • The garbage truck firewas discovered by Mike Rentfrow, a student Saga worker, when he was returning to work fromdinner. "I smelled smoke as I was coming down the stairs," he said, "and when I opened the door tothe loading dock I saw flames leaping three and four feet out of the back end of the truck." 'READING'(Continued from page 1) practices vary for each subject. Some of these differences are in skimming,skipping, memorization, review and vocabulary. "When a student spends four or five hours a daystudying a subject and he still is doing poor work, it does no good to tell him to study a little harder," he said. "He knows what to study, but he doesn't know how to do it." Tentatively, the course will contain a history of reading instruction, how to study, reading in content areas, methods of testing readingprogress, and current controversial issues in reading. Elementary education students will be required tosupplement this course with Education 486, Individualized Reading Instruction, which will includematerial previously learned in Education 485. Rentfrow first tried putting out the blaze with a soda acidfire extinguisher but saw that it wasn't doing much good. When he yelled "Fire" two more student Sagaworkers, Reid Shockey and Spencer Higby, came running to his aid and the melee that followed,although quite serious, looked like something out of a Three Stooges cartoon. FIRST THEY triedtwo more fire extinguishers but when these ran out they tried buckets of water and even the fire hose.Every spectator and parked car within a hundred feet received a very thorough wash job. Then the threegallant fire fiighters panicked at the thought of the truck's gas tank blowing up and tried to move it awayfrom the building. Higby made the first attempt but in his excitement he slammed the truck intoreverse arid, with a huge lurch, it smacked into the Commons' loading dock. Shockey finallysucceeded in moving the truck although he was almost drowned by the water from Rentfrow's fire hosewhen trying to reach the cab. The truck was then parked below the balcony of the Coffee Shop forseveral minutes with the smoke billowing out of its back doors. The balcony became filled with cheeringspectators while the Saga workers ran around wondering where the fire department was. When thefiremen finally arrived they put a hose in the truck and proceeded to drown the smoking garbage pit on wheels for half an hour. • Monday afternoon the old green No. 24 from the City Sanitary Service wasback to work with a cooler rear end but with no apparent damage. . With the exception of these twohotspots, it was another, quiet weekend here at Western. SCALING A LADDER, a Bellingham firemanfires water into the deep dark smoking inferno of the City Sanitary Seryice garbage truck. It took 30minutes of such dousing to thoroughly drown the smoking rubble. IN MEMORY OF GREG COY'S GIRL WENDY PEGGERS slacks Beta ien 'PREXY' (Continued from page 1) date for the presidency,"Knap-man remarked. Local attorney Marshall Forrest, one of Western's trustees, said that thecommittee was very anxious to reach a conclusion, but they could not put their finger on a date."When the announcement comes, we'll have some big news to tell the campus," Forrest commented.It looks as if there will be more waiting for the important word about Western's new president. Dr. CIngwersen Optometrist Phone RE 4-7720 207% East Holly Bellingham RIGHT ACROSS FROM THEROYAJi Binyon Optometrists 1328 CORNWALL WBjIjN| gY|O^N| V RE 3-9300 / Optometrists \COMPLETE OPTOMETRIC SERVICE CONTACT LENSES — FASHION FRAMES Dr. Leroy H.Freeman Dr. Ronald Maloney Jackpot Now 75.00 Time to win —Anxious to give the money away —stop by and check your Permanent Student Body number. We Want A Winner. 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The committees give student governmentpeople something to be in charge of. "Hi! I'm chairman of the subcommittee in charge of picking peanut shells up off the floor of the Legislature room after every meeting. We're part of the committee to makestudent govern^ ment more responsible to the students." Whenever student leaders are in doubt on anissue they refer it to a committee. If they don't have the right committee they form a new one—that'swhy committee forming is a very important part of AS government. Everybody forms a committee, butthe committees don't do much of anything. Five committees are directly responsible to theLegislature. Monday afternoon their reports went something like this: Responsible Leadership (Sevenmembers): In charge of providing Westernites with an up-to-date speaker policy. "We didn't have ameeting this week— we probably won't have one next week." Constitutional Revisions (Eightmembers): "We didn't have a meeting." Disciplinary Procedures (Seven members): In charge ofcompiling college rules and preparing them for revision. "We met with the faculty and will meet with them again next week." Student Welfare (Seven members): In charge of getting a ten per cent discount forstudents in downtown stores. "We're making progress." , Academic Standards (Seven members): This group is actually making some progress. They have prepared course evaluation forms which will bepassed out to students in many of the required classes and they have been working over the outstandingteacher nominations. V The Program Council has a committee for everything, and just in case they runshort, they have one called the Special Events Committee. The public affairs commission is m charge ofseven committees. Everything from NSA to the Books For Equal Education Committee. Delegation ofauthority is necessary, but it can be carried to extremes. Western's committees are beginning to bump into each other. When seven people report that the biggest thing they've done in the last two weeks is to write a letter to a committee at another college to find out some more information, it's time for achange. What can the average student point to and say "That's what the AS did for me this year . . ."Westernites still haven't seen a speaker policy, a revision of the College disciplinary rules, a 10 percent discount in downtown stores or an effective student tutor society. Westernites have seen a lot ofbickering, a lot of promises and a lot of wasted effort. What has the AS accomplished this year that aneffective five-man student executive board couldn't have accom-plised 10 times over in one month? TheAS calls itself a corporation, but the shareholders have yet to see any dividends. Student governmenthas bogged itself down with so much petty politic; ing and parliamentary procedure that it can't see thestudents it's supposed to serve. AS President Neil Murray has vowed to get rid of the parasites instudent government—we're still waiting.—Richard F. Simmons. - laughs will turn to tears At presstime ,Western could boast of two fires within one week. No cause could be determined for either fire.Perhaps both were freaks of nature. Both fires occurred in a container of refuse in which a lot of paperwas kept. Perhaps some nut on campus seems to think that it is a great joke to set fire in a place ofapparent safety. A place where nothing could be harmed but which would bring the fire departmentscreaming up the hill and create a lot of smoke, flames and excitement for awhile. We suggest that thisjokester stop laughing long enough to review a few angles that he apparently overlooked. Several menwere asleep in Beta until the fire alarm awakened them. If the fire had remained undiscovered forperhaps 15 minutes more these men might have been overcome by the smoke in their sleep. If thegasoline tank in the garbage truck had ignited from the heat of the fire, the explosion could have killed atleast three student fire fighters and several spectators and damaged severely the surrounding buildingand parked cars.—Dave Curts. don't let the students know Westernites were subjected to newsmanagement, administration style, this week. When The Collegian attempted to find out how thepresidential selection committee was coming in its search for a new head of Western State it ran intoone blank wall after another. All we could pry from Dr. Fred Knap-man, head of the committee, was thatlikely candidates have been invited to visit the campus. When Dr. Jarrett was selected president therewere only seven candidates left when the selections board began inviting them to visit campus. Perhapsthere's a valid reason for not divulging the names of likely prospects, but we see no harm in letting thestudents know how many candidates are left in the running. During the Second World War a largenumber of "important" bureaucrats in the Pentagon and State Department took great delight in labelinginformation "top secret," then locking it up just to flex their muscles and exasperate newsmen.When some of the classified information vaults were opened 10 and 15 years later, newsmendiscovered that some of the so-called "top secret" information consisted of highly secretive reports onthe wastebasket distribution plan in the Pentagon and equally dangerous facts and figures on peanutbut-tre consumption in the U. S. Army. Picking a president is a little more sticky than peanut butter inthe U. S. Army, but the selections committee could at least loosen their tongues long enough to let thestudents know how J many candidates are left in the running.— Simmons. LITTLE MAN ONCAMPUS Senators Warren Magnuson and Henry Jackson, both Democrats from Washington State,announced this week that Western has received two grants totaling $48,000. The larger grant of $37,000was approved by the United States Department of Education for training teachers for the mentallyretarded. The smaller grant of $11,000 is to be used for a speech therapy center. burke's blunders ByRay Burke . The call went out early this week from Western's Maintenance Department for an aggressivemale flagpole climber to replace the stolen ball which formerly resided atop the flag pole in the birdsanctuary. Campus flagpole climber and former "Flaming Armadillo" racing driver, Mervin Finster, wasthe first to apply. Finster, often hailed as a human fly (mostly because of his personal habits), isscheduled to make his first attempt this Friday evening after attending a "function" at a nearby apartment. In an exclusive interview Finster stated, "After I get gassed up I'll be ready to ascend the stately graypole with a new round brass ball in my government issue fatigue coat pocket (Finster is an old Army man assuming the role of campus iconoclast with his unconventional attire) and my refueling flask in mypant's hip pocket. Also I plan to take along my trusty car windshield ice scraper because they tell mesome seagulls live around here." A crowd of well wishers, including members of the MaintenanceDepartment, the American Legion and the YAF (Young Americans for Flagpoles) is expected to gatherfor Finster's attempt At press time Finster was preparing for his gassing session. • • •"Whatever happened to Baby Jane's Broken Doll" will be the topic for discussion early next week asWestern's literary magazine, "Synchysis" hits the stands with several photographs of Baby Jane's doll asthe cover design. Contrary to popular belief, the doll's name is not Barbie, but Marilyn. The price for themagazine is fifty 1943 copper pennies because the editor of Synchysis is a rare coin collector. thecollegian Official Weekly Newspaper of Western Washington State College, Bellingham, Wash. PHONE734-7600, EXTENSION 269 Second-class postage paid at Bellingham, Washington COPY DEADLINE-Tuesday 12 Noon Winner of last year's Washington State Press Award for Best UndergraduatePublication. Affiliated with United States Student Press Association, Collegiate Press Service,Intercollegiate Press Service, Associated Collegiate Press. Editor-in-Chief—Richard F. SimmonsManaging Editor .... Dave Curts Copy Editor John Stolpe ^Business Manager Dave BenselerPhotographers Bill Heinz, Harry Justice Sports Editor Scott Rund News Editor.... Judy McNickleReporters Carol Cottle, Linda Finnic Jack Iacolucci, Jim Pearson, Jeanne Smart, Cherrie Walford, SusanWeir. Secretaries Pam Barber, Nancy Bowman Advisor James Mulligan ---------- Collegian - 1964 May 8 - Page 5 ---------- FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1964 THE COLLEGIAN PAGE FIVE INDIGNANT Editor, The Collegian: To y o u rSpectrum article "Prejudice does exist on Campus" my immediate response Was that of indignation.As a graduate of Garfield High School in Seattle, I have long been keenly aware and concerned withthe problems of the minorities in our society. As a result, I have been actively working, sinceattending Western, to alleviate the "subtle discrimination," the "quiet kind of prejudice, one that canonly be sensed but not directly pin-pointed \ . ." which exists in the Bell-ingham community. (Belling-ham, incidently, was once termed a "sundown town" for the Negro.) Working in conjunction withmembers of the community and other interested College people we have attempted to get MayorWestford to establish aft advisory human relations commission to the mayor to study and deal withexisting and potential problems at the local level. This effort is a continuous issue. In asking studentson campus to add their support to the effort—to sign a letter to the Mayor requesting such action—Ihave been met with the majority respose: "I don't want to get involved; I just go to college here, I don'tlive here." Indeed, it disturbs me to see the sensationalism attached to the subject on our campus. Notonly am I an advocate of civil rights for everyone, but I also adhere to the adage that one must helphimself. Rather than pointing the finger of accusation at their fellow college students and being overlysensitive to "the way they look at you—the way they smile," I would hope that the studentsrepresenting a minority race at Western would become actively involved in real work which would furthertheir cause—this means tedious, monotonous work which is devoid of the sensational element. It isalways easy to complain and to condemn, but the individual who is really concerned will do something about that by which he is provoked. We are all members of this community; we must work together tocorrect any situation which adversely affects one of us or each one of us. DONNA CUNNINGHAM Inthe first place, the taking of roll wastes a good five minutes of teaching time. Some instructors takethe first 2 days of the quarter just seating students alphabetically and making up roll sheets. I suspectthat these procedures are time wasters done deliberately to give teachers an easier day than theywould have had teaching. At the grade school and jr.-sr. high levels, compulsory attendance seemsreasonable. After all, the law requires children to attend school. But by the time a student reachescollege, we assume he is mature enough to make his own decisions. I find it an insult to my intellectto be lined up and counted like a child, especially since I have paid $75 for the privilige of coming to theschool. If the colleges start paying us to go to school, they should enforce attendance, and viceversa. Finally, I resent the substitution of subjective evaluation for objective determination of actualtalent. If a course is that easy that it can be passed without the student attending, then it doesn't justifyits own existence, and should be dropped. Merely imposing attendance rules upon the student doesn't make the subject matter any more difficult. Theoretically, in a good course, your attendance will affect your grade and will show up in regular marks. So why grade students for attendance twice? As Isaid, if any one can give me a reasonable explanation, I will listen. BERT PETERSEN COMPULSORYATTENDANCE Editor, The Collegian: As a senior nearing graduation., and therefore obviously notprejudiced by any future actions of the school against me, I wish at this time to vigorously deploreone of Western's longest held policies. I am referring to the imposing of, enforcement of and gradingupon attendance in our classes, especially upper division classes. If anyone can logically justify it Iwould appreciate hearing from them. Typewriter and Adding Machine Sales, Service and Rentals Wecarry all makes of portables and used machines. BELLINGHAM BUSINESS MACHINES (next toBon Marche) 1410 Commercial RE 4-3630 I EXPAND THE PLEDGE Editor, The Collegian; I heartilyagree with those who feel, that the "Pledge of Allegiance" should be a required part of the StudentLegislature meetings. In fact, I believe that the "pledge" is not actually enough; all good Americansshould be willing to do even more to attest to their fidelity. Therefore, I should like to suggest that allof our College functions—convocations, artist and lecture series, ball games, dances, soap boxderbies, piano smashes, as well as all college classes—be opened with a few moments of patrioticobservances. In addition. I would like to suggest that the Legislature create a special sub-committee tostudy this question and that this Moonlite DRIVE-IN THEATER Fri., Sat. Starts at Dusk .p«*«iilIIIlilIB lilMHt Ill COMING SUNDAY 3 Days SPARATACUS BUCK NIGHT PARRISH and The Man fromDiners Club committee give serious consideration to the following as appropriate parts of theseceremonials: Loyalty to the nation: 1. Opening prayer 2. Recitation of the "Pledge of Allegiance." 3.The singing of the National Anthem (all stanzas). 4. A Bible reading. Loyalty to the college: 5. Thesinging of the Viking fight song, "March of the Vikings." 6. Chanting of the historic football cheer,"Weekum, Waakum! Whatcom Normal!" 7. Several recitations of the aphorism, "College is not asocial romp." The singing of the "alma mater" (all stanzas). Loyalty to the state: 9. The singing ofthe state song, "Washington My Home." 10. Recitation of the motto: "Keep Washington Green—withenvy over the contract." 11. Participation in a series of stylized hand movements and body gesturessuggesting the movement of moisture laden breezes wafting the boughs of hemlocks (the state tree).12. Simultaneous participation in a series of simulated willow goldfinch teetings (in recognition of thestate bird), and 13. A solemn climax involving a few moments of reverential rhododendron sniffing (thestate flower). Anybody who would oppose this is nothing but a dirty-commie-rat- fink. ROY I. MUMMEAssistant Professor of Education DON'T REVERT Editor, The Collegian; When I matriculated to Western in March, 1960, as a junior (the're are not many of us left around) there was on this campus a "thing"called The Collegian. An extremely poor excuse for a college weekly, this "thing" contained little orno value for those few students who read it. This year and last a transformation has taken place.Western can now boast of one of the best college papers in the country. May I refresh the reader's mem-cry by citing the first edition of last fall as an excellent one. The "Sterild" edition was extremelyhilarious. Not withstanding the comments of Mr. Murray and Mr. Drummond, The Collegian is and has been a good newspaper. Until last week. The bias with which the articles on "the flag hassle" andsegregation were written is not 106 N. COMMERCIAL ST. ENDS SATURDAY "THE VICTORS" AND"Sword of Lancelot" FEATURE TIMES TONIGHT "Victors" 6 p. m. - 10:40 "Sword of Lancelot" 8:40 —SATURDAY — "THE VICTORS" 1 — 5:45 — 10:40 " SWORD OF LANCELOT" 3:50 and 8:40Sunday for Three Days "AMERICA AMERICA" AND "This Sporting Life" Starting Wednesday FOURDAYS ONLY . Lillies of the Field AND The Great Escape "Gee Harry, it was wonderful — sooobeautiful and sooo inspiring — especially that part when you recited the 'Pledge of Allegiance'!"becoming one of the best papers in the country. I suggest you close out your career in the manner youstarted, Mr. Simmon. Don't, after building up such a good paper, revert to a high school gossip andslander ASHLEY S. WATSON. All letters to the Editor should be typed double-spaced. The Collegianaccepts no annonymous or unsigned letters. Names" will be withheld - upon request. The Toggeryand King's Kloset Drastic Reduction STARTS MAY 11th' THIS IS I T ! ! ! Our inventory for s p r i n g ismuch too high, due to the poor weather, so we have slashed the price on nearly every i t em in t h estore. This is your opportunity to buy n e w spring and year-'round men's apparel at d r a s t i c a l l yreduced prices. SUITS One group, latest styles aM patterns. Regular t© $7 50. TIES Pure silk or alldaeron, newest colors, Reg. $2.50. 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The BlueBarnacles, a synchronized swim club for female Westernites, will display their aquatic art at 8:15 p.m. May 14- 16 in the Carver Gymnasium pool. No admission will be charged. Conference TourneyHere; Golf Favored Rackets, clubs, b a t s and j a v e l i n s will all swing tog e t h e r next F r i d a yand S a t u r d a y at B e l l i n g h am when W e s t e r n fires t h e s t a r t i n g guns opening t h e 1964Everg r e e n Conference championship sports tournament. Thisi is the first time in over 10 years thatthe Vikings have hosted a four-sport concert, according to Athletic Director Dr. William A. Tomaras.The tennis team will start the action at 8 a.m. Friday on the south courts located about 100 yards pastCampus School. Play will resume until late afternoon and finals matches will be held at the same timeon Saturday. The golf tournament tees off at 9 a.m. at the Bellingham Golf and Country Club both Friday and Saturday. Baseball will begin at 1:30 Friday at Civic Field and will consist of a double-headerbetween the leaders on the east and west sides of the Evergreen Conference. Eastern will representthe Eastern Empire, but the dark horse for the west side will not be known until late this afternoon,following a twin bill be-ween Western and UPS. in case of a split in the inning finale will tell the story onSaturday. All of the Evergreen Conference schools will participate in everything except baseball.Track preliminaries are sched- Money,' money ,"money! [There's never enough, is there? But clevercollegians now cope with the High Cost of Living in a very pleasant way. They're becoming part-jtime(or summer-time) jTupperware dealers. Which means, they demonstrate these famous [plastic foodcontainers at home parties — and earn [up to $50 a week, or more. Sounds like fun? It is. Ask yourFinancial Aid Director about it and call your local Tupper-ivare distributor, listed in the Yellow Pagesunder Plastics or Housewares. Or send in this coupon... ^ » " T " , f « i% THE BELLINGHAMNATIONAL BANK ["Locally Owned and Operated Since 1904" CORNWALL HOLLY! Drive-In Office at 1605 Cornwall Ave. Member F.D.I.C. Falcon Trackmen Defeated 90-40 A s u n n y afternoon g r e e t ed t h e Viks as t h e y grabbed 13 f i r s t place finishes in a 90-50 t r a c k and field w i n over t h eSeattle Pacific College t r a c k squad at t h e Civic S t a d i um last Saturday. , Gale Pfueller, juniorletterman, and freshman Terry Douka accounted for 21V4 of the Viking points as each scored a pair of wins. Pfueller turned on the speed as he blazed to a fast 15.1 clocking GOING 1 '61 SPRITE BodyMangled But Good Engine NEW BRAKES, TIRES, SEAT-BELTS $350 See MIKE LEMON HighlandHall No. 9 What About This Summer? We Offer Qualified Students 1. $ 160 fo $ 1000 CollegeScholarships 2. High Summer Income 3. Sales and Business Experience in the high hurdles andreturned later in the afternoon to eclipse his week-old school intermediate hurdle record of 40.1 with atiming of 39.8. Douka sprinted the 100-yard dash in 10 seconds, covered the furlong in .22.6 and ranlead-off for the victorious mile relay team as he scored 11% points to lead the Big Blue attack.Muscleman Terry Lane topped the field event performances with a toss of 201 feet 8 inches in the javelincompetition. This was the sophomore spear-thrower's first conquest of the 200-foot barrier. Other Vikings to scor-i wins were Jim Freeman, mile run: Phil Walsh, 440-yard dash; Dick Layzellr shot put; and themile relay team of Douka, Ken Taylor, Phil Lockwood and Rich Tucker. A win not counted in thescore was posted by the weightmeirs 440-yard relay team. The husky foursome covered the distance in 46.9 seconds as they finished far ahead of the SPC musclemen. uled to begin at 2:30 Friday.. In casethe baseball playoff reaches a stymied score, Saturday's finals will commence oh the field at 1:30 and on the track at 2. . Admission will be charged at Civic Field to baseball ^nd track enthusiasts during thefinals action. Rates will be 50 cents for students and 75 cents general admission. Trophies will bepurchased with proceeds. Central will be tearing up the best part of the track, according to Tomaras,and Western will probably battle with Whitwortb for second place. Presently Eastern holds claim tothe tennis trophy, but Western and Central will help pace the tournament. The Viking golfers areaclosest to a conference title than any of their competing sportsters from Western. YOUR DOWNTOWN DRUG STORE F e a t u r e s A Complete Line of HE RUB FINE COSMETICS We also h a v eeverything t o c a r e for your contact lens. DRUG CO. S t a l e and Holly Streets Phone RE 3-1213OPEN TIL 9 P. M. 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PLU's winning game was a close 3-2letdown for the Viks in the first half of a twin bill at Civic Field last Saturday. Repeating last week'sperformance, the crew saved all their energy to come back in the second game and mow down theknights 9-1. Eight runs were scored in the first inning with Duane Hammil tying the team home runrecord with his third for- the season. On Monday the team invited UBC to a Civic Field match, where the Viks walloped them 7-3. Gerry Parker and Bill Flee-ner shared the mound while Chuck Lindberg and-Fred Hutchinson tied with a hitting average' of 2-4. Gary Axtell registered 100 per cent battingrecord. A recent NAIA report disclosed that, besides Ken Shultz being No. 13 in the nation for smallcollege pitching (.60 runs earned by opponents per game), John Skov sports an average of .27. Skovhasn't the necessary innings pitched to obtain an NAIA rating. The pitchers rate fourth in the nation as a team. The Blue nine is second in their district (Wash.-Ore.-Calif.) in earned runs. It would bejratherunusual for a squad with this reputation to be absent from the- conference playoff game next week. Thiswill occur unless the Viks *eat UPS in both games of a' double header at 1:30 today in Tacoma. AUPS-PLU match held last Tuesday may alter the situation somewhat, but this still remains the mostcrucial point in the baseball season. The game will be televised over KTNT-Chan-nel 13, Tacoma.Knights Shed Armor By Scoit Rund The Big Blue tennis team recovered from a 5-2 home court loss tothe Eastern Washington State College Savages in time to administer a 7-0 shellacking to the PacificLutheran Univer- Sports RUMDown By Scott Rund, Collegian Sports Editor i A plan to alleviate thepresent lack of facility in the sports scholarship situation has been proposed by Ken Moore, seniorgovernment major, active in athletics. Moore calls his plan the Student Athletic Scholarship Committee. . The committee's functions is two-fold, but emphasis would be placed on seeking out potential recruitsand inviting them to a day. on campus sometime in the spring. The students would organize and operatethe affair in cooperation with the coaches, bringing the recruits to a track meet, baseball game, upperHighland Hall and a dinner at Saga on steak night. Every attempt would be made to create a mostfavorable impression for the future sportsters. "I believe that college students can work closer to. the highschoolers than the coaches can," Moore said. This operation has proven successful at the U of W wherethe Associated Men's Students carry out the function. Another duty of the committee, according toMoore, would be to solicit scholarships from Bellingham businesses. Dr. William A. Tomaras, athleticdirector, warned that Moore would meet difficulty trying to raise funds in this area* since there is alreadymuch competition within the school among separate departments. He agreed with Moore's belief thatstudents communicate better with the recruits than coaches. Moore also won Coach Chuck Randall'sapproval of the plan. Tomaras went further to suggest that this might be a convenient opportunity to putthe stagnant Letterman's Club to work. • It is unfortunate that steps were not taken to advance thisidea earlier this season, because the conference championship tournament weekend of next Fridaywould have been an ideal time to put the program to a true test. The fact remains, however, that this is aproven program, and, in view of Western's crippled scholarship situation, some immediate action isnecessary. s i ty Knights t h e next day. Friday's two victories came when Denny Lewis scored 7-5 and6-2 wins. Mark Pearlman collected the only sweep of the day with two 6-0 matches. The Knights fromPLU got the blunt end of the sword as the Viks went undefeated in their afternoon of matches at theWestern courts. Denny Lewis, Mark Pearlman and Rich McKay began piling on the Viking score with wins of 6-0 and 6-1 by each. Intramural Manager Harvey Gorsuch fell to a 1-6 loss before scoring winsof 7-5 and 6-2 for the Big Blue's fourth point of the afternoon. Lewis and Terry Cooney teamed for wins of 6-2 and 6-1 for the first doubles victory and Pearlman and McKay doubled to account for the finalpoint 6-1 and 6-2. A double header is scheduled for tomorrow for Coach John Eckerson's squad. TheViks will travel to Seattle, to face the Falcons in a morning match. HOLLY'S MEN'S SHOP For thebest in CAMPUS WEAR 1307 CORNWALL DANISH GYNMAST Karen Skou is one of 24 members ofthe team slated to entertain Westernites at 8 p. m. Wednesday night in Carver Gym. Besides performingtumbling and balancing feats, the team features folk dancing numbers in traditional Danish garb. Most ofthe performances are accompanied by classical and romantic music. After the Wednesday nightpresentation, the Danes will complete their tour of the northwest and move across Canada. Director ErikFlensted-Jensen will wrap up his sixth tour for the past 25 years next spring at the New York World'sFair. Admission to the Danish Gym Team show is $1.25 adults, 75c students and 50c for children under12. APPLICATIONS DUE The deadline for. filing for legislator at large positions and class officers isThursday at 4 p. m. in Room 205 of the Viking. Union. Ploy 3-PAR at Bel-Lyn 3 Miles North ofBellingham on Meridian Street Students 35c This Is A Pitch To Visit Ennen's PIT . COMPLETESUPPLIES FOR THAT COLLEGE PICNIC ENNEN'S THRIFTWAY HIGH AND HOLLY "Where EveryCustomer Is Important" show time or bed time... Milk makes a meal Pour a glass—tall and cold andfresh. How could anything so great-tasting be good for you! But, then, that's Milk. No other food quitelike it. 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Dr. Paul Stoner,director of the Corfwright Will Speak Next Week Dr. Richard Cartwright, professor of philosophy at the University of California, will be on campus Tuesday and Wednesday to present his views on thephilosophical method. The exact time and place will be announced in Monday's Daily Bulletin.Chamber Orchestra, said that it would amount to something of an innovation in that both the dances*and the orchestra will be on the stage. THE PROGRAM will also include Heidi Lehwalder, a 14-year-old harpist from Seattle, who will be soloist. Miss Lehwalder has already appeared as a soloist with theNew York Philharmonic Orchestra and Leonard Bernstein on a nationally televised program. A ManEscaped7 Tonight In Aud. Tonight's foreign film will be "A Man Escaped," a French film which wasnamed best film of the year at Cannes in 1957. The story is about the horror in the fear and dread felt byall prisoners in the oppressing atmosphere of prison. 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Six queen candidates will be selected from the entriesand names will be announced in The Collegian of May 15. FINAL SELECTION WILL BEESSENTIALLY MADE BY WWSC. BALLOTING WILL TAKE PLACE AT SHAKEY'S PIZZAPARLOR from May 14 through May 20. The winner will be announced in The Collegian of May 22.THE QUEEN WILL RECEIVE A FREE FUN TRIP TO SEATTLE in a private airplane with two friends of her choice, plus $25 in cash. The three will be flown to Seattle any morning of their choice before July 1, and be picked up for return to Bellingham that same day at 8 p. m. Other candidates will receive free A PIZZA DINNER FOR TWO AT SHAKEY'S PIZZA PARLOR. Cessna's Royal Queen will be crownedat the Cessna show on May 24 and preside over the activities that day.. The show- will feature newCessna aircraft especially flown in for that day; Also a variety of used aircraft will be on sale. 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