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~- ~o 1he Vol. XXIX June Number VI Wa~hin9ton ~tate 1940 QlumKi POWWOW CONTENTS , Association Affairs 3 Mee t the new office rs. , Picture Play of 1940 Alumni Day 4 PO\\"\V O\\' photogra pher snaps hig hlig hts. • Fatted Calves for Prodigal Sons' Return 5 Alull1ni of many classes ,· et '.! rn ', 0 camplI s. • Room Service - 6 College does a job for hotels ; vice-versa. • Time to Relax at Moore Inn - 8 Goin g vacationing this SlImJll er. H ere', .1 t: p. • Ten Years in the Far East 9 The interesting experience o f N ata li e T Clll s. '.22. • Sports Roundup of 1939-40 9 • In This Alumni World 10 A cross-sectio n of A lumni life. CCkb and CCkat . .. THE WASHINGTON STATE • MAGAZINES thrive on circulation a network of enthusiasts scattered ALUMNI POWWOW and advertising. With this in mind thither and yon to make this program Established 1910 the alumni association board of di click. There is no remunerative re A monthly digest of news devoted to the State College of Washington and its Alum rectors at their annual spring meet turn for this work; only personal sat ni. ing approved of a plan whereby stu isfaction and sometimes not that be Editor................................Joe F . Caraher, '35 dents will blanket the state this sum cause some experiences along this Business Manager................Ray Adams, '40 National Advertising Representati ve: The Gradu· mer on a campaign designed to bring line often are discouraging. ate Group, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New Y ork City, all of our 6,000 graduates, living in ~{ e mb e r American Alumni Council. Published monthly except July and August by the Washington particularly, closer to the • THE ALUMNI Secretary late this Alumni Association of the State College of \Vash. month will attend a convention of the ington, PulIman, W ashington. Subscription price institution wherein they spent a num $1.50 a year. Entered as second class matter June American Alumni Council at French 19, 1919, at the postoffice at Pullman, Washing. ber of happy years. An increased cir ton, under act of Congress of March 3, 1879. culation will make it a profitable or Lick, Indiana. Important discussions Editorial and business office located at 211 Ad· ministration Building, State College of Washing. gan for advertisers. I f the advertis relative to all phases of the work will ton, Pullman, W a shington. ing increases so will the size of the be held and undoubtedly matters magazine. Will you join us? which have proved puzzling in the • past may radiate a little light. In an W.S.C. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 1940-41 Officers effort to insure close attention to • NEW OFFICERS were elected re Presid ent.. .. .................... Fred Schroeder, '21 , business the directors have encourag cently, the announcement coming P ortland, Ore. ed the secretary to leave his golf clubs 1st V. P ........... .... Thad Byrne, '25, Spokane during the course of the Alumni-Sen home in the closet. Advice heeded. 2nd V. P .... ............. Ruby Hazlett T odd, '32, ior picnic, and the reaction of the pub P ortland, Ore . lic indicates your selections were be • WE'VE MENTIONED on several Treasurer. ............... C. L. H ix, '09, P ullman yond reproach. Those candidates who occasions that alumni around Kansas E xecutive Secretary .. J oe F. Caraher. '35, failed to poll enough votes for office City planned forming a live-wire or P ullman DT R E CT O R S·AT·I.A R GE were, in every case, nosed out only ganization. This they have done re "\"alt In'in c, ~2 4, Sca tt.l e: Reuhen '-'oung-quist, '28, ~ r o unt Vernon: A lbert H lint , '30, T acoma ; C, by a small margin . Anyone of them cently through stimulation by Mar Crover \Vilson, '31, S pokane, and Les :Mcl llto sh , would have filled the position with garet I{ay Stewart, '29, the hustling '23 , Centralia. ease- that's why the nominations secretary of the Excelsior Springs, ATHLETIC COUNCIL Asa V. Clark. ' 16. Pullman; H arry Goldswo rthy. committee placed their names on the Mo ., chamber of commerce, and Le '08, Rosalia; E arl V. Foster. '23. Pullman. roster. We hope these individuals ona Saunders, '38, Camp Fire execu EXECUTIVE CO~BlITTEE Alumni m cmher :-; - F red Schroeder, '21 , Portla nd ; will continue to show an active inter tive in K. C. A picnic is on tap for the H. ~! r. ('hamhers. ' 13, Pullman: ?o.'liss A my L ewel · kll, ' l i, J'Ull1l1:tll ; Facult y i ll l!11Ihc r - E , n. Parker, est in the association because it takes near future. 'l ~ . Pullman. 2 POWWOW, June, 1940 G~====~===============;=;=;=;=;======~========~ 14f'lf.,I'I-II! C4AS~ .15' ',¥r _~ I'!J! Your subscription runs out [2"'~~ # ..~~ with this issue. We hope C; ~~ r:-' you have enjoyed every ~ t;;->; " 1r~~ edition from September to t·.....:" .........'::l.-.11\IU.Clt==_ • , June. Help keep the ball Here goes my $1.50 o ( ~ rolling by sending $1.50 to the alumni asaoe S! _ for a subscription renewal. 1ation. Ten maga rWill I renew my zines filled with Powwow subs~rip- Just address cheek or lots of good stuff tion? You bett money order to wac is worth a buok-fifty Alumni Ase'n, Pullman. any day. I'm sold. Name (Put news item on baok of --------------------------- this form.) Address----------------- ·:.'l .---.. What the Clubs are D<> n Association Affairs • ing and Alumni Comment COVER: June-the windup month to a year filled with scholastic enter prise and exciting experiences-brings out some of the best and worst in col legiate male singing. This picture shows a fraternity group, gathered below a sorority vera~da, giving their "best" en a noctural choral circuit of the cam pus. There is something, however, which makes a serenade good at two in the morning. Slumbering neigh bors along Greek Row, however, may have a different opinion . • PORTLAND alumni will join hands with the Vancouver, Washingtonians, on June 29th and together will stage what is anticipated to be a big Cougar picnic at Jantzen Beach. Cards are being sent to alumni in the area and a healthy response is expected. Re member the day-June 29th - and THAD BYRNE, '25, first vice pres plan to be on hand. Bring a friend, FRED SCHROEDER, '21, new ident of the association following the president of the WSC Alumni Associa annual election, has been secretary of family or fiance. They will be assured tion, is a successful insurance man in the Spokane County Alumni Club and of a good time. For further informa Portland. He is a hustler in every sense an indefatigable worker for any pro tion call Ruby Todd in Portland. of the word and has a headful of logical ject that smacks of "college on the ideas that easily may be incorporated hill." Byrne teaches school at John ~ into the alumni program. Schroeder Rogers; organizes tours for summer • PIERCE COUNTY W.S.C. Alumni has arrived at the top of the alumni vacationists. list by sheer interest and work. club members danced atop the Win • CHICAGOANS and alumni from throp Hotel on Saturday, June 8, throwing the ticket receipts into a • ALUMNI COMPRISING the North nearby suburbs were entertained scholarship fund the organization has ern California club moved into Marsh Saturday, June 15, when Graduate Creek Springs two weeks ago for Manager Earl Foster, '23, showed the instituted to aid some needy future W.S.c. enrollee. The affair came just their Fifth Annual picnic. All reports color motion pictures of the campus as undergraduates from the Tacoma which have filtered through, uncen to the club meeting at the Hotel sector arrived home for the summer sored, to the alumni office indicate Sherman in the heart of the Windy vacation. All were invited to join the everyone had an exceptional time and City. Arrangements were made by the party and a surprisingly large num all are · looking forward to the next alumni secretary through contacts ber turned out. This sport dance event on the alumni program which with F. V. Applequist, '28, resident was the first of many meetings and will come due in the fall. of Elmwood Park. The films are the entertainments which the Tacomans ones which have been ~hown during ~ have arranged to provide a full alum the past year to over 80 high schools • DURING the past several weeks ni program in that area for the com in the state of Washington and which members of the Cougar club, alumni are said to be the finest promotional ing year. CONTINUED ON PAGE 11 bit for the college ever developed. A number of the alumni clubs have viewed this technicolor masterpiece and have gone on record one hundred These alumni enjoyed a short time ago a picnic at per cent in expressing enthusiasm for beautiful New Remada in South Mountain Park, sev the hour and a half show. en miles outside Phoenix. headquarters city of Ari Foster stopped over in Chicago zona Washington Staters. while on a circuit of the middle west Included in the picture are M r. and Mrs. Bernard with Stanley Smith, department of ar Van Voorhis, Superior; Mr. and Mrs. Vernon chitecture head. They are visiting Dow. Ray; Mr. and Mrs. F. E . Ostrand,r. and many of the leading student union those two future Cougar cttes with pigtails. Tempe; buildings in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana Mr. and Mrs. Clyde My and Iowa, in hopes that some ideas dis ers, Phoenix, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Love and played in these units will facilitate a daughter.