Western Washington University Western CEDAR Western Reports and Résumé Western Publications 4-1960 Western Reports, April, 1960, Volume 09, Issue 02 J. V. Hansen Western Washington University Alumni Office, WWCE Follow this and additional works at: https://cedar.wwu.edu/alumni_reports Part of the Higher Education Commons Recommended Citation Hansen, J. V. and Alumni Office, WWCE, "Western Reports, April, 1960, Volume 09, Issue 02" (1960). Western Reports and Résumé. 17. https://cedar.wwu.edu/alumni_reports/17 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Western Publications at Western CEDAR. It has been accepted for inclusion in Western Reports and Résumé by an authorized administrator of Western CEDAR. For more information, please contact [email protected]. }■&• V WestelH VOL. IX BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON, APRIL, 1960 No. 2 EVERGREEN CONFlRENCE CO-CHAMPIONS Left to right: Ed Vadset, Ron Crowe, Gary Mose, Tails Abolins, Bud Bloch, Jim Greer, Terry Clayton, Bob Gilda, Herman Washington, Ron Saltis, Derm Cunningham, Mike Kirk New Faculty Appointments Dr. Lucy Kangley, Miss Announced by President Mira Booth to Retire in June Since the beginning of the year a number of When Dr. Lucy Kangley, professor of English, additions have been made to the Western faculty. finishes her last lecture in June of this year she Dr. Edwin Clapp, at present chairman of the depart­ will have completed 32 years of service to two ment of English at the University of Utah, will join generations of Western students. Dr. Kangley's the faculty in the fall. Dr. Clapp, the author of three books, and of numerous articles in the Western tenure was broken only by Humanities Review, visited the campus in Febru­ the leave of absence she ary, at which time he delivered a paper on "'The took in the mid-thirties in ; Victorian Age" before the assembled faculty. order to complete her doc­ Also coming to Western in the fall will be torate at Columbia Univer­ J Graham Collier, Director of Art, Shoreham-by-Sea, sity. Sussex, England, who has been elected associate Dr. Kangley came to Se­ > professor of Art. During the last four years Mr. attle from Illinois with her Collier has traveled in Spain, Italy, Germany, Aus­ parents when she was nine, tria, France and The Netherlands preparing draw­ and took both her BA and ings for paintings which will shortly be shown her MA degrees from the -J in the Piccadilly Galleries. He has studied at sev­ University of Washington. eral English institutions, and comes to the college She won a competitive with the recommendation of Sir Herbert Read, examination for a fellow- artist and ait critic. at Columbia over hundreds of other appli- Filling the vacancy created by the departure of Dr. Gregory is R. Keith Michael, who has been chosen Lecturer in Spech for the period of Dr. Cederstrom, Prof. Marsh The most difficult time at Western, in Dr. Kang­ February 19 to June 10, 1960. Mr. Michael will ley's opinion, was the depression of the 30's when z seven members of die staff had to be dropped. teach a course in Contemporary European Drama Display Creative Work y while at Western, and he will also direct two In an exhibition of local creative art which ran Aside from this unpleasantness. Dr. Kangley has one-act plays to be given in the spring quarter. from March 7 to March 20, the Bellingham Art enjoyed every moment of her association with At the March meeting of the Board of Trustees League presented a collection of ceramics and the "friendly" Western student. the following six instructors were approved as paintings by Gene Vike, Dr. Moyle Cederstrom of Advice to the student? The retiring professor additions to the faculty: Dr. William Hoffman, Jr., the department of English, and David Marsh of has little to offer, for she believes that the stu­ j Assistant Professor of Chemistry; Mr. G. Dale Reu- the department of Art. dent must "feel his own way." "I'm a firm believer in non-directive counselling," vyas her smiling reply. bart. Assistant Professor of Music; Mr. Donald Mr. Vike, a 1952 WWCE graduate and now an y Schwemmin, Assistant Professor of German; Dr. instructor at Whatcom Junior High School, con­ Dr. Kangley will continue to live in the Bellingham Francis Evenhuis, Assistant Professor of English; tributed a combination of oil and acrylic plastic area after her term has ended. Mr. Roy Mumme, Assistant Professor of Education. paintings, and a few woodcuts. His work is char­ Miss Mira Booth of the The trustees also approved the temporary appoint­ acterized by a rich use of color and Intricate department of Music will ment of Miss Eloise Keller as Instructor in Home abstract patterning. also retire at the end of the Economics for the spring quarter only. Mr. Marsh's display was composed entirely of spring term. Miss Booth, watercolors. His distinct calligraphic style with who took her B.A. degree muted colors is decidedly Oriental in inspiration. at the University of Wash­ Students Choose Jerry Baker Dr. Cederstrom, a "Sunday potter," revealed in ington and her Master's de­ y his display of some 70 pieces of ceramics from grees at Columbia Univer­ As New ASB President vases to cookie jars "the variety of form and glaze sity and the University of y In a winter term election WWCE students chose technique of a master craftsman." Southern California, joined a Jerry Baker to be president of the Associated the department in 1935. Student Body. Baker won a landslide victory in trouncing his opponent. Bill Western Plays Host to Three faculty members J Robinson, 512 to 133. from the Campus School A The balloting for the Biennial Forensics Meet will part company with the vice-presidency proved to The Western campus was the scene of the bi­ college this year. Both Miss Alice Miles and Mrs. A be more competitive, for ennial tournament and convention of Pi Kappa Annalene Power will move to Seattle, and Mrs. Jerry Caton, with 295 votes, Delta, national honorary forensics society, on Marglen Vike will leave the teaching profession J was not declared a winner April 7, 8, and 9. About 175 students and faculty after this summer. In addition. Miss Eleanor Ches- over Marshal Bronson, who members, representing 16 chapters from the four arek of the Music department is planning to teach y had 264 votes, until some Northwest states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, in California in the fall. y time after the other vic­ and Montana, took part in the competition. tors had been determined. Four events defining the tournament were the J John Panagos, the third can­ Oxford University debate. Extemporaneous Speak­ Meredith Willson To Appear didate for the vice-presi­ ing, Original Oratory, and Oral Interpretation. The 4 Jerry Baker dency, received 97 votes. Oxford style debate was concerned with the ques­ In Artist & Lecture Series Nina Ayers beat all the incumbents in her bid tion of Congressional review of Supreme Court y Meredith Willson, famed composer and writer of for a legislative seat. Her 367 votes gave her decisions, while the extemporaneous speakers dealt the recent Broadway hit, "The Music Man," will be \ one of the four Legislator-at-large positions, with with contemporary international problems. The one of the featured speakers on the spring Artist the incumbents—Bob Brown with 342 votes. Lew original oratory bracket was devoted to the pre­ and Lecture calendar. AAr. Willson will appear with J Curran with 330, and Larry Ernst with 326—again sentation of the students' own creative works, his wife, Rini, in a program of "Mirth and Music," winning their places. while the original interpreters engaged in both J scheduled to be given in the College Auditorium The students voted in favor of a Constitutional sight-reading and reading from literature. amendment by a 5 to 1 score. The amendment at 8:15 p.m. on April 5. J called for a requirement of at least two quarters Another celebrity. Dr. C. N. Parksinson, Raffles of college work, one of which must be taken at Dr. Critchfield Writes professor of History at the University of Malaya, Western, before a student would be qualified to will appear on May 13. Dr. Parkinson will lecture apply for a post. Climatology Textbook on his famous "Law," an elaborate satire on the evils of bureaucracy. Dr. Parkinson's visit will close Dr. Howard Critchfield, head of the department the spring series and will come just after a lecture y of Geography, is the author of a new textbook, by Alistair Cooke, noted for his deft handling of Two One-Act Plays To Be "General Climatology," which was published in J the TV program "Omnibus." Mr. Cooke, U. S. January by Prentice-Hall, Inc. The work is directed Spring Drama Offering correspondent for lhe Manchester Guardiars, will > at the science student who does not have a mathe­ w outline the problems of "Reporting America to On May 12, 13, and 14 two one-act plays from matical background. Britain." A the pen of Eugene Ionesco, popular Rumanian Two other Western faculty members have also playwright, will be presented in the College Audi­ published books in recent months. Mrs. Miriam Except for the Willson performance, all lectures y torium. The plays, entitled "The Bald Soprano" and Mathes, children's librarian at the college, was will begin at 10:00 a.m. The schedule follows: "The Lesson," represent modern, experimental the­ the compiler of "A Basic Book Collection for Ele­ April 1—George Mylonas, archaeologist y ater at its best, for Ionesco is without a doubt one mentary Grades," published by the American of the leading interpreters of the confusions of Library Association.