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The following excerpts are taken from President Bunke^^ Inaugural Address, ^'An American Perspective” * And so education must fuse intellect and emotion. Ih, THE PRESIDENT so doing it must discipline as it liberates, instill responsibility REPORTS as it bestows knowledge, and foster integrity as it enhances " capacity. This cannot be done all at once, not quickly, but» Dr. Harvey C. Bunke gradually through many learning experiences. Through tht ^ President study of the physical and biological realms the educated per sop shpuld gain some feel for the nature of the universe; for its ► | Vol. XIV Mqy, 1965 No. 2 dimensions and balance. Through an examination of society, ^ I including its historic patterns and unfolding thought, he should { develop some appreciation of his civilization; of its great lit- * t Western Reports is published semi erature, of its creative art forms, which in crystallizing humah ^ j annually for the alumni, former aspiration, relationships and values, provide a basis for unde?- ^ | students and friends of Western standing the origins and functions of our institutions as wejl » Washington State College, as individual behavior. » Bellingham, Washington. As in the past this college must be an instrument for as we!l ^ as a shaper of democracy. Always the mantle of responsibility ALUMNI BOARD MEMBERS has rested heavily on the shoulders of higher education, but ► today it is a burden of new and awesome proportions. In our ^ Fred Boede, Seattle complex and interdependent society the youths denied a college Harvey Culbertson, Longview education are all but consigned to live in a world of shadows, a ' Morton Gronseth, Centralia world of the deprived. In a simpler world, in gentler days, . Norm Hash, Renton society had a place for those of little training and meager ^ knowledge. Then the need for eager but unskilled hands wj^s ' | Erie Hoglund, Port Townsend as boundless as were the jobs that required only a strong back ► . Louis Lailas, Bellingham and a capacity for tolerating boredom. But those days are gon% ^ Loren Rankin, Seattle and their mourners have gone with them. Science and tech Art Runestrand, Bellingham nology shower us with an ever increasing stream of machines, ^ Chet Ullin, Bremerton techniques and processes which, in addition to endowing ils^ with unmatched material brilliance, perform the dreary, ted- George Failis, Tacoma ous, degrading, routine tasks of society. But even as man €njo)^s | Frank Punches, WWSC the radiance of high prosperity and even as he is liberated from, the tyranny of boredom inherent in dull repetitive processes, ALUMNI OFFICERS we must not be blind to the daily human tragedy that follovjs' the replacing of human resources with machine technology. . George Fallis, President To meet the days demand we must find new energy, nelv^ Morton Gronseth, Secretary willingness and new courage to experiment and even fail. W^e must strive to become more efficient; we must make better use ► ^
PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE of physical facilities and we must be willing to accept ne^ ^ burdens. All these things we must do and more. But there is Dr. Harvey C. Bunke one thing we must not do. We must not in our quest for ^ ■ efficiency make the educational process hollow; we must n6t^
COLLEGE-ALUMNI RELATIONS empty it of power to excite and exhilarate. Above all we mu$t not fall prey to an insipid, tiresome, grinding process that ^ Frank Punches stamps out uniformly unimaginative and uninspired graduates.^ Always we must remember to encourage and promote the original and the distinctive just as we must assure the free EDITOR dom and the leisure essential to speculation, experimentation, Jcinics Mulligan and contemplation. Education, however much we may wish Mt^ otherwise, cannot live within the ordinary accounting standari^s or production management criteria. To fashion a great edu-*- THE COVER: cational institution by the lights of a successful industrial corh-^ President Harvey C. Bunke is shown plex or to shape the character of the college with the mechanis giving his inaugural address, "An tic instruments of scientific management makes a travesty of^ American Perspective,” in the col lege auditorium February 23. Some the educational process. It would be better to have the campus^ 250 representatives from other col stand quiet and empty as an enduring monument to happier leges and universities throughout days when men had the courage to be the masters of thek the country were on hand for the instruments. » | ceremonies. » •4 'i Some 250 colleges and universities throughout the country were represented in the academic procession which originated in Carver Gymnasium and moved to the auditorium. Leading the procession is Dr. James McAree of the History Department
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m ( <4 Bunke Inaugurated as 7th President 4* Dr. Harvey C. Bunke, described as an "inconoclast with a Dr. Bunke asserted that education must fuse intellect and <4 crew cut,” was inaugurated as seventh president of Western emotion and he pledged to strengthen the faculty, deepen the college’s commitment to general education, add to the aesthetic ji in late February. He follows Dr. James L. Jarrett, who has i ■ 4 taken a position at the University of California at Berkeley. environment of the campus, and maintain its individuality. Nearly 250 representatives from colleges and universities Dr. Bunke described education as the "great leveler—^up 1 throughout the nation gathered in the cool, ivy-green shadows ward” and said that anyone who contends this nation is be >4 of the 72-year old institution to honor the new president and coming "over-educated” voices a criticism that is "born of ig march with him in procession through the campus. norance and nurtured by parochialism.” Dr. Bunke, a 42-year old economist, came to Western With broad interests and an intensive desire to reach into
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► The Mace >1 ¥ C. Bunke as seventh president of Western on February 23. ' Bunke Inaugurated I CONTINUED The medallion is cast in sterling with a gold flame in the , nomics widened and his interests expanded, President Bunke center and the name of the college is engraved around the concentrated on conflicting values in modern life. Last year, he flame. The date of the founding of the college, 1893, appears ' wrote an article that has been widely discussed, "Economics, across the bottom. Names of former presidents of the insti- v Affluence and Existentialism,” published in The Quarterly Re nation are inscribed on the reverse side. view of Economics and Business!^ The medallion was conferred upon President Bunke by Among his books is a volume that has provoked consid Joseph Pemberton, chairman of the Board of Trustees, during ^ erable interest. It is titled The Liberal Dilemma and was pub the inaugural ceremony. ^ lished by Prentice-Hall in 1964. In the book. President Bunke The gold flame at the center is emblematic of the torch shows that economic thought and social values are not two of learning, and combines the intellectual and spiritual qualities ^ separate realms, but are combined in the ideology of capitalism. of illumination, enlightenment, and inspiration. ^ He believes that economics must be ranked, along with Christi Designed by Frederick Walsh of Seattle, the medallion is a bas-relief of the new seal of Western which appears in this ^ anity, among the great inspirational forces that have shaped I the western world. issue and which is being introduced in other college publications. ^ The 20th century liberal, says President Bunke, sees the The mace, a gift to the college of the class of 1964, also I need for improvement in our society through human effort and was used in the inaugural ceremony. It was used only once ^ r organization, but has failed to develop any grand ideal from previously — during commencement last June. ► which common men and society can draw a unifying ideology. Made of rosewood and silver, the mace was drawn and I The Liberal Dilemma presents such a program, which the author executed by Norman Warsinske of Seattle. The wooden staff V feels would promote economic development and political sta is surmounted by a silver casting of a Viking ship, emblematic ^ bility through the world. of Western Washington State College. The topmost circular band ^ President Bunke is presently working on a new book. The is engraved and inlaid with blue enamel with the name of the ¥ Routes of Ascent, which will describe the appeal to underde college. * k veloped nations of the two great opposing ideologies of liberal The second band bears six medallions each engraved with y ism and communism. a seal — the Great Seal of the United States, the Seal of the I
President Bunke’s memberships include the American Eco State of Washington, the Seal of the College and three seals ^ I nomic Association, Order of Artus, Skull and Crescent, and representing Humanities, Education and Science. ► Chi Psi. He and his wife, Margaret, were married in 1947 and The third band bears the legend, "The Gift of the Class I of 1964.” The bottom device is a silver cast flame symbolic have three children: Charles M. II, Richard, and Anna. ) of enlightenment. ^ The mace will be used during all ceremonial occasions ^ V Presidential Medallion Introduced at the college while use of the presidential medallion will be A silver and gold medallion, symbol of the office of the restricted to inaugural events. Both symbols are on display ^ presidency, was introduced at the inauguration of Dr. Harvey in the Mabel Zoe Wilson Library. v ¥ % WESTERN c REPORTS ^
dents from low-income families who are having financial trouble staying in col Dr. Havighurst Will Lead lege. Western is among the first col leges in the area to receive such a grant. The money is administered by the col lege with an additional 10 per cent of 'Social Conflict' Conference the grant provided locally. One of the nation’s leading educa formerly with the Seattle Public Schools, Employment is limited to 15 hours tion specialists. Dr. Robert J. Havig taught at Stanford, Maine University, per week while the college is in session hurst of the University of Chicago, leads and Seattle University. The workshop and 40 hours a week during vacation a distinguished group of conference and is intended for both elementary and sec periods, according to William T. Hatch, seminar leaders who will be on campus ondary teachers. Financial Aids Director. All students re for the Summer Session. The library conference will be led ceive $1 an hour, regardless of the job. Dr. Havighurst, who also directs by Dr. Alice Brooks McGuire, past presi To be eligible for jobs under terms Center for the Study of Metropolitan dent of the American Association of of the grant, students must be U. S. Problems in Education at the University School Librarians. She is presently li nationals (or intend to live in this coun of Missouri, will take part in a confer brarian at Casis Elementary School of try permanently): come from a low-in- ence on ’Social Conflict in Education the University of Texas. come family or have no family; need the July 19-22. Other participants will be Dr. Lyman Hunt, head of the De earnings to remain in college; be capable Dr. Robert Coles, a child psychiatrist partment of Elementary Education of of maintaining good academic standing with Harvard University Health Servic the University of Akron will lead the while employed; and be enrolled or ac es; Dr. Vernon Haubrich, chairman of Reading Conference. The conference will cepted for enrollment as a full-time stu Western’s Education concentrate on individualized reading as dent (12 credit hours). Department and Dr. a method practiced in beginning instruc In determining eligibility, the college Harvey C. Bunke, tion and continuing through the ele will take into consideration any income, President of West mentary and secondary grades. assets and resources available to the stu Dr. Elizabeth Drews, a professor of ern. dent; income of the student’s family; Conference top education at Michigan State University, and the cost necessary for the student ics include ’’The Im will head the seminar on gifted children. to remain at Western. pact of Social Class The seminar is intended for teachers, and Equality of Ed- specialists, and administrators in the early identification and development of the Dr. Havighurst ucational Opportun ity,” ’’Integration Problems in the North gifted child. 600 Juniors Visit and South,” and ’’Educational Problems History lectures by Page Smith in Related to Technology and Automation.” clude ’’Anxiety and Despair in Ameri About 600 juniors from high schools Dr. Havighurst, author of numerous can History,” ’’What Happened to the in Whatcom County visited Western works on society and education and hu Women in American History?,” and ’’The recently to discuss their college plans man development, received his Ph.D. in Historian and His Profession. Dr. Smith s with representatives from 22 colleges chemistry, taught chemistry and physics award winning biography of John Ad and universities in the northwest. for several years. Then, becoming in ams was a Book of the Month Club se Juniors from Bellingham, Blaine, terested in the problems of education, he lection in 1962. Ferndale, Lynden, Lynden Christian, Me switched to that field where he has Also on the Summer Session calen ridian, Mt. Baker and Nooksack Valley taught and conducted research in hu dar are two physical education work High Schools met with the college rep man development at all age levels. shops, a workshop on ’’Teaching Indian resentatives Dr. Coles, M.D., is a child psychia Children and Youth,” the Western Sum Students were asked to meet with trist whose chief work is in social psy mer Music Camp, two National Science their high school counselors and to pre chiatry. For several years he studied Foundation institutes in mathematics and pare for the conference by studying vari the adjustment of white and Negro physics, and field courses in biology and ous avenues for post-secondary education southerners to various forms of desegre geology. ... 1 u as well as specific institutions. gation. More recently he has been study Additional information about the At the conference, they met with ing the lives of migrant farm families. Summer Session may be obtained by writ representatives from two colleges of their Other Summer Session features in ing or calling the Dean of the Summer choice where they received general in clude a short course on ’’Teaching the Session. formation about the institution and an Social Studies” August 2-13; a confer swers to specific questions. ence on ’’New Dimensions in the Ele The program, under the direction of ri Work-Study Grant mentary School Library” August 2-13; the Washington Council on High School- a conference on ’’Individualized Reading Some 25 students are finding work College Relations, is conducted annually Instruction” August 2-13; a special edu in newly created jobs on campus this in all parts of the state. It has been in cation seminar on ’’Education of Gifted quarter under an Economic Opportunity operation for the past 15 years. Children” July 19-23 and a series of Act grant of $9,520. The grant was "This is one of the reasons Washing History lectures by Page Smith of Cow made by the Department of Health, Edu ton’s efforts in high school-college articu ell College, University of California at cation and Welfare as part of the Act’s lation have been so successful,” Gene Santa Cruz, July 6, 7, and 8. work-study program. Most jobs are as Omey, admissions director at WWSC, Dr. Emlyn Jones, an alumnus of sociated with the student’s field of study. said recently. Western (’38) and chairman of the The grant is for winter and spring ’’After a student meets with the col Department of Curriculum and Instruc quarters only. Additional funds will be lege representatives, additional study and tion at the University of Wisconsin available in succeeding quarters. planning for his future education is School of Education, will lead the short Western applied for the funds earlier generally more meaningful,” Omey ad course on Social Studies. 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Dr. Richard Lindsay of the Physics Department, left photo, shows two students the operation of some of the equipment used «» ¥ with the neutron generator. At right is the generator itself, shielded by four-foot thick concrete walls in Haggard Hall. ¥ ¥ College Adds Neutron Generator; will be complemented by an addition to the existing Ridgeway dining hall. ¥ The total project, designed by archi ¥ ¥ Safety Precautions Held Adequate tect Fred Bassetti of Seattle, will accom Hi* modate 1,018 students both for housing An inspection team has checked mittee, a standing committee appointed and dining. The total project, when Western s newest research device, a neu by the college administration to insure ¥ completed, will have cost $6 million. t* tron generator, and found that operating that safe practices are maintained for The new construction consists of two ¥ procedures and safety precautions are all activities on the campus involving buildings, each with a lounge, office, ¥ adequate. radiation. resident director apartment, and service ¥ The generator, purchased last year for Dr. Fred Knapman, professor of facilities. All rooms have outside en «> $18,000 with funds from the National chemistry and chairman of the commit trances. ¥ Science Foundation and the college, is tee, said that he was "pleased that this Ridgeway complex has received a operating in Haggard Hall of Science. study by an outside agency indicated that number of national awards for design ♦V The inspection team—^David Corey, the safety measures installed by the col and originality. The most recent was *<» a health physicist and T. M. Libby, ra- lege were more than adequate.” given for design by Progressive Archi H- diac coordinator, both of Puget Sound The neutron generator will be used tecture. ¥ Naval Shipyard—inspected the equip under the supervision of Dr. Richard The entire project was financed with ¥ ment on the campus before they sub Lindsay of the Physics Department. funds through the Federal Housing and ¥ mitted their report. Home Finance Agency and will be re ¥ ¥ One of a dozen in the United States, Summer Institutes paid entirely from student fees. ¥ the generator is expected to be used by The Physics and Mathematics De ¥ graduate students for research. This partments have received combined grants quarter four seniors in physics and four totalling $101,540 from the National M.A. in English, Psychology ¥ of the faculty will have access to the Science Foundation for support of sum Western will offer a Master of Arts generator. mer institutes for secondary teachers. degree in English and Psychology for After measuring radiation intensity Physics received $40,860. The in the first time next fall. The new de k’t $ in areas surrounding the neutron gen stitute will be under the direction of Dr. gree programs, consisting of 45 credit I 0 erator, the two specialists concluded that Raymond McLeod, chairman of the Phy hours each, were approved by the Board ■0 the radiation count was well below ex of Trustees late fall quarter. sics Department. I* posure standards set by the Atomic En The Mathematics insitute, which will Requirements include competency in ♦> ergy Commission. be under the direction of Dr. James Mc a foreign language, written and oral ex ¥ They also said that the shielding Farland, received $60,680. aminations, and a thesis. around the generator provides adequate The English and Psychology Depart protection for personnel. The shielding I) ments become the third and fourth to it consists of four-foot thick concrete walls Dorms Near Completion offer an advanced degree under a bill *> and ceiling with thick slabs of aluminum Two new residence halls, which will providing for the MA in the three state at critical points inside the shielded complete the Ridgeway complex between colleges. The bill was passed by the '■t area. Highland Drive and the Athletic Field, 1963 legislature. The Mathematics and tt The report was directed to WWSC’s kt are scheduled to open next fall. History Departments began their Mas *1 Radiation and Radiation Safety Com The halls, which will house 440 men, ter’s programs last fall. V 4 «« ♦
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<«4' * Enrollment Forecasts Jump Taylor has been relieved of all teach music faculty as a clarinetist and in ^ Revised enrollment forecasts pre ing responsibilities except for one course structor in music history in 1962, will pared by the State Census Board have of his choice a quarter. He also has take over as conductor beginning in th** ♦* shifted upward dramatically the number turned over the chairmanship of the So fall. ^ ^ of students Western can expect in the ciology-Anthropology Department to Dr. D’Andrea will remain as chairman and will teach general music and music next six years. Angelo Anastasio. ** In figures released recently, the Cen- During the past year, Western re education. ^ sus Board reported that Western prob- ceived $731,000 in grants for research, The spring concert honored the ably will enroll 5,200 students next fall equipment, summer institutes, and spec Washington State Federation of Music ^ and 6,600 by 1970. Both figures are up ial training programs. The money has Clubs convention which was held on ^ 600 over the original projections made come from government agencies, private campus. ^ last spring. foundations, Canadian provinces, and The revised forecasts are the result states other than Washington. ♦ of a higher-than-expected enrollment last ^ fall, greater retention of students, in- Thompson is Academic Dean creased number of transfer students, and Dr. Ralph Thompson, professor of ^ a large class of graduating high school education, recently was named Acting Academic Dean of Western by Presi Dr. Paul Woodring, distinguished « seniors. service professor and education editor ^ Barney Goltz, assistant to the presi- dent Bunke. Thompson will serve until a perma of the Saturday Review, is editor of a ,, dent, said the projections mean that new series of textbooks on Professional ^ Western is about four years behind in nent dean is selected. College officials Education for Teachers, published by ^ its building program. Initially, the col- say they hope to name someone soon Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc. lege did not expect to hit 6,000 until and expect he would begin work here Two books now available are Intro 1970. Now, it will be 1967 and pos- next September. Thompson fills a vacancy that opened duction to American Education by sibly 1966. It also means the college will Woodring and Education and Demo " have tripled its enrollment in the decade last summer when Dr. Harold Chatland cratic Ideals by Gordon C. Lee. Two oth . 1957-67^ resigned to accept a major research po sition with the General Telephone Co. ers, Mauritz Johnson’s Secondary Edu in California. cation and Robert Ulich’s Education in “ Art Show Successful Western Culture, are scheduled for pub f The second annual Drawing and During the 14 years that Thompson has been at Western, he has served as lication in September. ^ Small Sculpture Show was a successful Topics of other volumes in prepa i sequel to last year’s inaugural, according acting chairman of the Education De partment and has been on numerous ration include Elementary Education, In ^ ** to Art Department sponsors. Some 300 novations in Education, Human Growth [ ,, ^ works were submitted for judging by committees and academic councils in cluding the Faculty Council, General Ed and Development, Learning in the '«» John Paul Jones, nationally known paint- Schools, Measurement and Evaluation ^ er and print maker. Jones selected 40 ucation Council and Teacher Education Council. and Social Psychology in Education. ^ works for the exhibition, 16 of them The books have been planned as a ^ sculpture pieces. sequence. ^ Three sculptures and five drawings # # « * ^ were purchased for the college’s perma- Dr. Edward F. Neuzil of the Chem , nent collection. Artists from most of the istry Department has received a grant I * western states were represented in the of $4,600 from the Atomic Energy Com * ‘ exhibition, which closed April 30. t n ______mission for research entitled ’’Fission Studies on Elements Below Polonium.” « Dorms Win Awards Part of the money will be used to sup * ^ ^ Western’s Ridgeway Dormitory Com- port one undergraduate student as a re ! ^ plex and the Viking Union have both search assistant. Neuzil plans to use the ^ won national awards for their architec- cyclotron at the University of Washing ^ M tural beauty. Both awards were made ton and the nuclear labs here. by the Community Facilities Administra- Neuzil has received a total of $17,100 ^ tion and presented recently in Washing- from the AEC during the past two years n ton, D. C. for his research. Ridgeway won one of three First # # # , Honor Awards given throughout the Dr. Prank D^Andrea Dr. Max Higbee of the Education H country while the Viking Union received Department has received a $36,800 grant * one of 19 awards of Merit. D'Andrea Steps Down from the U. S. Office of Education for Both structures were designed by When the College-Civic Symphony training teachers of mentally retarded Fred Bassetti of Seattle. gathered on the stage of the college audi children. The money will be used pri * torium April 9, it was conducted by its marily in awards to graduate and senior < Taylor New Dean founder and organizer for the last time. students. Graduate students receive *. Dr. Herbert Taylor, chairman of the Dr. Frank D’Andrea, Music Depart $2,000 a year plus dependency allowanc ^ Sociology-Anthropology Department, was ment chairman at WWSC who organized es while seniors receive $160 per month ,, appointed Associate Dean of Research the orchestra in 1947, stepped down as plus costs. ‘ at Western by President Bunke recently. conductor after the performance. D’An * * * ''' The appointment was made as a re- drea has lead the 74-member symphony Dr. Morris Finder (English) is serv suit of the large increase in research since its founding through three per ing as linguistics consultant for a forth ** commitments of the college which now formances a year — a fall concert, a coming revised edition of W eh sterns New „ require a full time administrator, ac- Christmas concert, and a spring concert. World Dictionary, published by the *• cording to the president. Dr. Thomas Osborn, who joined the World Publishing Company. g WESTERN *• ” REPORTS »» critic is a man who makes judgments. Traditionally, what he judges is truth and falsity, good and evil, beauty art criticism and ugliness. He could of course make other judg Aments, too. He could judge the efficiency of people and main one lesson^ chines, the probability of collecting damages on his car which was bumped into on the way to work (through no fault of his own, of course), on the longevity of his rich grandfather, and all that sort of thing. But such judgments require special training. I am writing about something which requires only deep feeling and a sensi By George Boas tive soul. For the art critic is dealing with what is now fash Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, ionable to call The Values. This involves not only spotting The Johns Hopkins University what is before one, but also praising and blaming. And these activities are very dear to mankind. It’s all very complicated. When we are called upon to tell whether a picture is authentic or a fake, we want to sneer at the latter and gloat over the former. A man feels ashamed when he is listening to a piece by Chaminade and thinks it is by Mozart, and he feels elated when he hears a piece by Vivaldi 19 and knows right off the baton that it isn’t by Bach. To be able I'V to stroll through an art gallery and identify who painted what is a great talent. Some men have devoted their whole lives to this pursuit. They are said to have an eye — and to have n an eye is very important. The funny thing is, critics want their readers to see with eyes and not with the readers’ own. They want other w people to admire what f/jey admire and dislike the things that they dislike. Don’t ask me why. Only a psychiatrist could tell why men want other men to agree with them. Few ever do. tt Maybe it is because we want to be frustrated, so as to have a challenge that we can meet. And, if necessary, go down fighting. There are several ways of producing agreement in criti cism. Let me show you a few. The beginner should remember that it is always easier to get others to dislike something than to get them to like it. Hence the would-be art critic should begin by pointing out I* the faults in a painting. You might imagine that you should *9 know something about the technique of painting to do this effectively. Not at all. You simply have to know something about the human race. Begin by making the painter, rather than the painting, your target. Here are some of the opening gambits: 1. You attack the artist’s sincerity. If you say in an inno cent voice, "Do you suppose he’s sincere.^” or in a contem- tuous one "He’s obviously pulling your leg,’’ the person whom you are addressing is already half-convinced. For no one can MU be sincere if he is doing something you don’t understand. If I don’t understand what someone is telling me, it is because he is unintelligible, not because I am ignorant. 2. You attack the artist’s sanity. A shrug of the shoulders tv will sometimes settle this, though usually it is more appropriate •y to adopt a pitying tone and say, "Too bad. When X saw his first Jackson Pollock, he went off the rails.’’ I should point wy out, however, that this can be dangerous, for ever since the first Sur-realist Manifesto, the suspicion has grown that maybe in sanity is the most fertile mother of great art. m 3. You attack the artist’s originality. Here you point out the resemblances in the picture before you to earlier pictures. ty In the long run this reduces to the charge of plagiarism, but you call it "influence.’’ This, too, needs a warning. If the man *y you are talking to — or for — knows the history of art, he may say that Raphael got an idea or two from Perugino, and Poussin from Raphael. Why waste a good idea? So if you #> follow this line, you had best tack the adjective "slavish" before «v the noun "imitation." Whereas imitation might turn into in spiration, slavish imitation could turn into nothing but empty- headedness. 4. You attack the artist’s integrity. Here you have only to say that the artist is out for money rather than for art — *Copright 1963 by Editorial Projects for Education, Inc. «• 'i ^though there is also an art of making money by making pic- walked through the Metropolitan and, he says, stood spell tures — and that he is simply producing what will sell. You bound before this painting. He had just been reading Freud’s drag in Esau and Jacob and speak dolefully of selling ones study of Leonardo, and what he saw on Leutze’s canvas had ** birthright for a mess of pottage. You then point out that never been seen there before. My translation of his words is the painting before you is not really a painting at all, but a of course faulty — what else could it be? — but I think it ' lot of paint so arranged on a canvas to catch the eye of un- gives you the general drift of his remarks: ^ critical observers. "This painting is at once of art-historical and socio-psycho- •it logical interest, for it illustrates so clearly the American love for fusing the real and the ideal, becoming and being (Geschehen r ^hese will do as the first steps in art criticism. They and Wesen)., the temporal and the eternal. Washington is that V I should be learned by heart, for they can also be used in Father-Image which Americans, who as a people have no B praise of an artist. Instead of calling the artist insincere, father, yearn for. The boat, there is no need to point out, is a ^ you call him playful, amusing, sophisticated. Instead of charg- symbol of the womb of Mother America, which is capacious ing him with insanity, you say that he is free of all inhibitions, enough, in spite of its size, to carry unborn millions in its ^ close to the collective soul of the race, as innocent of artifice folds . . .” But I had best stop at this point. as a child. As for originality, praise fidelity to something called In 1930 a Marxist critic came face to face with Leutze’s ^ the Great Tradition. You will say that the artist is walking in masterpiece. I shan’t record all he wrote, for members of the ^ the path of the masters, passing on the torch of beauty from House Un-American Activities Committee might think that I <* his teachers to his pupils, resisting the siren song of innovation was teaching it. Let me say that any resemblance that it has to (which you will call faddishness). These inversions of words the truth is purely coincidental. The critic wrote: f are not inversions of sense. To call a man unoriginal is bad; "It is indeed strange that, with millions selling apples to call him a follower of tradition is good. It’s the overtones on the streets of Manhattan, the Metropolitan Museum should iM that count. have spent an enormous sum to purchase a painting which is j " ^ To illustrate how a variety of critics can interpret a given a glorification of war and the military class. It is true that the money was spent 50 years ago, but one has only to think of ' ^ painting in a variety of ways, I have chosen a work of art so j ^ ^ well-know that it need not be reproduced. It is Washington what it would have brought in if invested at 6 percent com pound interest and saved against this unhappy day . . . Will i ^ Crossing the Delaware. It was painted about a hundred years the time never come when the aspirations of the Masses will I ^ ago and used to hang in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. also be represented in museums? The men who are responsible i « In 1876 a critic who had just been to the Centennial in for the overproduction if not for the consumption of apples j ^ Philadelphia saw this picture and liked it. This is what he said: will one day . . .’ ^ 'The Metropolitan Museum of Art is to be congratulated By I960 a new note was struck. A young critic who, it is I ^ upon its acquisition of this beautiful tribute to the Father of reported, is to be the next director of the Museum of Modern ‘ Our Contry. The General and Statesman stands bravely at the Art, published this bit in Art Vistas: ^ bow of his little craft as it cuts through the ice of the Dela- "As one looks at this canvas, one is impressed by the inter n ware River, which threatens at any moment to crush his frail play of muted colors and challenging forms, a year-embracing ^ vessel. Our country’s flag is flying in the head-on winds which canvas. Here is winter with its tempestuous winds, spring with ^ add but another obstacle to the indomitable will of the Patriot. its promise of hope, summer with warm reds and whites and ^ One feels before this canvas that right is greater than might and blues, and autumn with its hints of approaching death. The ^ ^ that neither the hostile forces of Nature nor those of Tyranny sharp thrust of the triangular shapes into a cloud of nebulous ♦. will be able to frustrate him.” Etc., etc., etc. grays beats against the drum-head of the taut sky and leads to ^ A few years later a second critic saw this painting and the expectation that somewhere something portentous will emerge from the darkness . . ^ was obviously displeased. He wrote: ^ "It is indeed too bad that with the opportunity which the ^ ^ Metropolitan Museum had to purchase something carrying on nfortunately, I read this over the shoulder of a man the Great Tradition of the Renaissance, it had to spend its who was hanging from the strap next to mine in the ^ funds on a melodramatic contrivance which does honor neither shuttle between Times Square and the Grand Central ^ ^ to Art nor to Patriotism.” He then pointed out that the boat Ustation, and he got away before I could finish. But I imagine that « is too small to hold its crew, that the flag is a clear anachronism the critic’s point was as clear to me as it would ever be. ^ ** arid was not given to Washington until 1783, and (worst of From these excerpts, you will see that if you don’t like ,, all) that the river was painted while Leutze was in Dusseldorf the picture in question but do like Washington, you say that ** and used the Rhine for his model. "In short,” he concluded, it is an absurd caricature of a great man. If you like the pic ^ "this painting is a travesty on history, on nature, and on art.” ture and also like Washington, you say that it fortifies his great ^ ^ Toward the end of the century, a young man who was ness, symbolically or otherwise. If you dislike Washington and ^ clearly annoyed by this sort of rhetoric wrote the following like the picture, you point out that the artist has succeeded in emphasizing the proud coldness of our first President. And if ** retort: 1* you don’t like either him or the picture, you simply say all ^ "The carping critic may point out that the scene which the bad things you can think of, about them both. ^ Leutze painted is untrue to nature, but a picture is a work of There is a good bit that I’ve had to omit in this lesson — M art and not a mere photograph. This is a re-recreation of the the question of who painted what, of earlier and later periods scene as it appeared to an artistic imagination ... If the flag in an artist’s work (excuse me his oeuvre), of schools and in * is anachronistic, it must be remembered that a work of art is fluences. But one can’t do everything. This is enough for the ^ timeless and is not confined to facts and figures . . . Such a time being. If you apply the principles suggested, the next critic fails to see the symbolism of the General’s posture, the time you go through a gallery with a friend, you will find that ‘ symbolism of the Great Leader who refuses to admit the pos- you have qualified as an expert. ** sibility of defeat. He stands there as he always stood, lonely in P. S. I forgot something. Washington Crossing the Dela Mk the grandeur of his soul, in his far-seeing vision,” etc., etc., etc. n ware didn’t get into the Metropolitan until the 90’s. And it ^ In 1912 a visitor from Vienna’s Kunsthistorischen Museum was a gift, not a purchase. IQ WESTERN IW REPORTS■ ft* if Dear Alumni, It is always a pleasure to submit a few lines in the Western Reports on ** behalf of the Alumni Association. *•* This year, in response to our request for scholarship funds through the an nual Alumni Association membership (V drive, we received a total of $1,712.50 ur Team members who will appear on the G-E College Bowl program in New York on May 16 from 340 former students of Western. are, from left, Donald Des Jardien, Karen Andersen, Dick Araway, and Jon Reeves. Team is We are very grateful to all who con coached by Dr. Herbert C. Taylor, associate dean of research. Program is at 5:30 p.m on tributed. NBC-TV in color. Of great interest to the Alumni body will be an annual meeting of the mem College Bowl May 16 lege’s annual Distinguished Alumnus bership to be held in Bellingham late if Western will send a four-member award during Founder’s Day Ceremon this spring. I* team to compete on the G-E College ies, February 22. Justice William O. We hope to combine a reunion of Bowl in New York May 16. The pro Douglas of the U. S. Supreme Court several classes with the business meet 'im gram will be live and in color at 5:30 gave the keynote Founders Day address, ing. At this time we will elect the di p.m. on NBC-TV. ’’Rule of Law and Survival.” He also rectors of the Alumni Association of Dr. Herbert C. Taylor, Associate received an award as Distinguished Citi Western Washington State College. The Dean of Research, is the faculty coach. zen of the State. following alumni have indicated their Team members are Richard Araway, a The Founders Days ceremony pre willingness to have their names placed It' Ferndale senior; Karen Andersen, a Se ceded the inauguration of Dr. Harvey in nomination for the directorships: attle sophomore; Donald Des Jardien, an C. Bunke as seventh president of West Larry O’Donnell, Everett; George Everett senior; and Jon C. Reeves, an ern. Parkko, Anchorage, Alaska; Ken Rob Alderwood Manor senior. Alternates are Dr. Adkinson is head of the Of ertson, Bellingham; Hans Lorentzen, Robert B. Wade, a senior from Bain- fice of Science Information Service for Bellingham; Nigel Adams, Bellingham; bridge Island, and Robert Helgoe, a the National Science Bill Stendel, Sedro Woolley; t* senior from Bellingham. Foundation, Wash George Earle, Port Townsend; George t* A student committee has worked ington, D. C. He Rudes, Puyallup; Wes Peterson, Kelso; closely with Dr. Taylor in the selection came to NSF in 1957 Dr. Mel Lindbloom, Auburn; Dr. Jim of team members. Western has been after serving in the Ford, Mount Vernon; Arta Lawrence, |t» staging its own ’’College Bowl” the past Bellingham; Joyce Gillie, Shelton; Library of Congress IV two years with teams competing locally during the previous Cec. Thomas, Anacortes; Bernice Hall, against one another and against other 12 years. During the Bellingham; Russel Nielsen, Seattle; Rick colleges in the state. war, he was chief of Valentine, Seattle; Ed Bailey, Seattle; and ♦> The team members and alternates Dr. Adkinson the Map Intelligence Edward Hickenbottom, Renton. e-4- have been practicing almost nightly in Section for the Office of Strategic Ser I am pleased to report that I was ft ■W the Viking Union with particular em vices. asked to represent the Alumni Associa ff* phasis on reaction time. Western's op Dr. Adkinson was born in Everson tion at the Founders Day ceremonies •ft* ponent is not known until the Sunday and attended schools in Maple Falls this year and also at the Inaugural cere preceding the team s appearance. where he was gradated as valedictorian monies. They were very dramatic, col I* The winning team on the program in 1926. After attending Western from orful and well organized by the college. reecives $1,500 in scholarship money 1926 to 1929, he received an Elemen I hope the Alumni body will continue for the college and the loser receives tary Certificate and taught in Benton to have an active role in the life of the $500. The winning team may continue and Snohomish Counties until 1937. He college. to play a maximum of five games. received the Junior High School Teach Sincerely, Or A one-minute color film of the cam ing Certificate from Western in 1934. GEORGE N. FALLIS pus will be shown during half-time with Dr. Adkinson went on to the University President the team captain doing the narration. of Washington where he was awarded All expenses for the team and coach the Masters Degree in geography, then are paid by General Electric, including to Clark University for his Ph.D. IV flight, hotel, meals, a Broadway play of A member of nearly a dozen pro the team’s choice, and incidental costs. fessional associations. Dr. Adkinson is I* % Alumni who will be in the New listed in American Men of Science, Iv York area at the time of the program Who’s Who in America, and other ref «> •> may obtain tickets by calling or writing ft erence books. He also is the author of Compiled by Arta Lawrence ’14 Tickets, NBC Guest Relations, 30 Rocke a number of articles in scholarly jour feller Plaza, New York City. nals. '32 Oliver T. Field, who since 1958 has n Dr. Adkinson and his wife, the for held the position of Chief of Technical Ser Adkinson Honored mer Margaret Louise Klock (also a vices at Air University Library, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, was made assistant pro Dr. Burton W. Adkinson, a 1929 graduate of Western), have traveled fessor of Library Science at the University of ^ graduate of Western, received the col widely in South America and Europe. Illinois on February 1. '37 William G. Moultray, formerly of SPORTS ROUNDUP By MIKE WILLIAMS Bellingham, opened the $4.5 million Flam- boy an Hotel in February in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The 10-story, 160-room hotel is the Wrestling most recent in a series of business ventures In his final season as wrestling coach. of Moultray. His corporation has eight res Dr. William Tomaras guided the Viking taurants including the Four Winds in Yaki grapplers to a third place conference finish. ma and Seattle and two at the New York Their overall record for the season was World's Fair. He considers Yakima his home. 8 wins, 3 losses. The wins included victories over the University of Washington and the '39 Mrs. Marian Wells Irwin, psycholo University of Oregon. gist and educational consultant for Grays The team was led by Terry Lane who Harbor County schools, received an honorable wrestled in the heavyweight division despite mention with a $50 prize in a nation-wide a weight of 191 pounds. He lost only one contest conducted by the National Education match in a dual meet all season. Association for her paper, "How I Met My Lewis and Clark College’s Harold Weight, Biggest Challenge as a Teacher." who later won the national championship in his division, defeated Lane 6-4. V. Russ Hoppe, formerly club manag '49 Tomaras cited Reggie Dahl, 137 pounds, er of the Fairhaven Boys and Girls Club in and John Bayne, 147 pounds, as two others Bellingham and recently general manager of who had outstanding records. the Seattle Yacht Club, is the new assistant Pete Janda, who weighed in at 123, was general manager of the Jonathan Club which having an excellent season until he was in maintains clubs at both Los Angeles and jured. Santa Monica. Tomaras, who also is Western’s Athletic JERRY PARKER Viking Pitcher '52 Dick Pedersen, former student body Director, is retiring from coaching so that president, is an agent for the Prudential In he can spend more time on his other duties. At press time they had only competed surance Co., at Everett, and regional vice in 2 meets. Led by Mike Jones, who nabbed president of the Washington State Association Swimming first in the mile and 3 miles. Western scored of Life Underwriters. He recently spoke dur Western’s pool players, under coach Don 95 points to take a triangular meet from ing a vocations program for ninth grade stu Wiseman, split their season evenly. They University of Puget Sound and Pacific Lu dents of the Edmonds School District . . . won 8 of 16 meets and finished third in the theran University. Eugene (Willie) Williams, who has worked conference championships out of six schools. The following week East met West and for the J. C. Penney Co. since his student Highlight of the season was senior Dave the Vikings were scalped by the Eastern Wash days at Bellingham and has worked at their Emery taking a blue ribbon in the 100-yard ington State College Savages 77-68. stores at Hood River and at Kennewick, has butterfly at the NAIA Championship Meet. been promoted to manager of the Penney His record time was 54.9 seconds. Baseball Store at Camas, Wash. Wiseman is losing only 3 members of Last year Coach Chuck Randall took his 16-man squad and should be in good his flannel-suiters to the NAIA tourney in '53 Wes Blair has received the Alaska shape for next season. Graduating seniors St. Joseph, Mo. and the chances are they’ll State Game Department’s license as a big game are Emery, Webb Hester and Phil Lock- go again this year. guide, lecturer, and hunting and fishing wood. At press time the Vikings sported an camp operator. Camps which he and his 8-1 record, including 2 conference victories wife operate are located at Sweet Lake near over University of Puget Sound. Southpaw the route to Mt. McKinley National Park; Rugby John Skov (3-0) twirled a no-hitter against at the Middle Fork of the Gulkana River, and Coach Stan LeProtti, with an emphasis the Loggers. He disposed of UPS with only several smaller camps in the interior of the on physical fitness, took the Viking ruggers 85 pitches. Skov struck out 7 and walked 1. Alaskan Range some 300 miles south of to a third place finish in the 5-team North Western’s hitters are led by 4 sopho Fairbanks. west Conference. mores, Les Galley, .500; Steve Richardson Western had a 2-2 record in league play, .478; Alan Russell .465; and Arvell Bajema '54 Dr. Melvin Lindbloom, who has been defeating the Universities of Washington and .444. The team batting average is a hot assistant to the superintendent for college Oregon while losing to the University of .342, development at Auburn, was named presi British Columbia and Oregon State Univer dent of the Green River Community College sity. in October, 1964. Classes are scheduled to The team is only losing 5 seniors and Basketball begin in the fall of 1965 when the first LeProtti anticipates a good season next year. Coach Chuck Randall is losing 4 of his unit of the college will be completed . . . One of the graduating seniors, Ron Hen starters, but, eternally optimistic, he expects William Robert Hodgson, director of ele dricks, scrum half, was awarded the team’s to field a good team next season. mentary instruction for the Burnaby, B. C. Most Valuable Player award. The 1964-65 edition of the Viking hard- School District, recently received his doctor courters was the best team Randall claims ate in elementary administration from Colo Golf he’s ever coached, even though they had a rado State College. He holds a BS in agri Western’s golfers are off to a good start 12-11 overall record and tied with Eastern culture from the University of British Colum in their quest for a fourth straight conference for the Evergreen Conference doormat. bia, and a M.Ed. from Western. championship. With 4 returning lettermen, The team got off to a good start, plac the Vikings seem to have a chance to sweep ing second in the 8-team Kickoff Tourney Eugene Curtis, a former resident of '56 the honors in the championship at Indian at Ellensburg and third in the Holiday Tourn Bellingham and a retired Army major, was Canyon, Spokane, May 14-15. ament in Las Vegas over Christmas holi appointed an administrative assistant at We The returnees are Joe Richer, Gary days. natchee Valley College in September, 1964. Buurman, Riley Wright and Don Samson. George Asan, Keith Shugarts, Don Hous Bill Jenson and Ron Connell fill out the ton and Joe Richer are the graduating seniors. '59 Gerald K. Bogen, who has served as admissions counsellor and assistant director team. of admissions at the University of Oregon, At press time the team, coached by Dr. Women's Lacrosse has been advanced to the rank of associate James Lounsberry, had a 4-2 record. Their The Women’s Physical Education De director of admissions . . . Army Second victims were Pacific Lutheran University, partment is offering lacrosse this term on an University of Idaho, Central Washington and Lieut. Gary C. Lind, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clif experimental basis. The class is coached by ford H. Lind of Bellingham, has been assigned the University of British Columbia. Dr. Emelia-Louise Kilby. for duty with the U. S. Military Training They were set down by Seattle Pacific In contrast to the men’s game, the rules Mission of Saudi Arabia at Dhahran. and University of Washington. do not permit uncontrolled body checking and fouls. The equipment has been loaned '61 John M. Hancock has been commis Track to Western in cooperation with the United sioned a second lieut. in the U. S. Air Force. The Viking tracksters have a rookie coach States Women’s Lacrosse Association. He has been assigned to the Air Training and a young team this season. Stan LeProtti, If enthusiasm warrants it, the department Command at Chanute AFB, 111. for training who has served on the President’s Youth will consider purchasing the equipment in and duty as an education and training of Fitness Council, is handling the team this order to offer lacrosse as a regular spring ficer. year, his first at Western. sport for women. Western Washington State College U. S. POSTAGE Bellingham, Washington 98225 PAID Non-Profit Org. Permit No. 186 Bellingham, Wash.