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Page Two WESCOLITE Wednesday, November 9, 1949 Vol. XXVIII. WESCOLITE Number 4 Published by the JOURNALISM CLUB WESTERN MONTANA COLLEGE OF EDUCATION Dillon, Montana Wednesday, November 9, 1949 Subscription Rates — $1.00 a Year STAFF ROSEMARY LANE ) PEGGY JOHNSTON \ ............................................................ WILMA STRAND, MARY BLAZICH .................. Business Co-editors Managers Staff: Rose Badonvinatz Don Ellsworth William Drew Fred Searle ' t Tryouts: Donna Carrigan Walter Don ich Margaret Lane Jean Lay William O’Neill LEARNING—A PAINFUL PROCESS B jpl RECENT editorial stated that learning, at best, is a painful process; in fact one of our down-to-earth philosophers, J Benjamin Franklin, insisted that most people would learn in none other than the school of experience, which is not only painful but costly. Discovering that modern college freshmen have but a poor grip on the elementary principles of “readin’, ’ritin’ and ’rithmetic,” a group of Baltimore teachers have made some radical proposals. They propose that hereinafter high school students should be given at least an introduction to the rules of English orthography, grammar and syntax; also they advocate that no student should be matriculated into a college freshmen course until he has dem onstrated his ability to distinguish between (1) a preposition and a proposition, (2) a comma and a coma, (3) an adjective and a handkerchief, (4) a participle and a party slipper, (5) an apostro phe and an apology, (6) a paragraph and a parachute, and (7) a sonnet and a sunset. The teachers who made these proposals fail to realize that a more modern philosophy than that of Benjamin Franklin holds sway of the college freshman. It is to the effect that you can tell a freshman as far as you can see him but you can’t tell him anything. There is no no known anaesthetic under which knowl edge may be administered painlessly. One must endure the pain, but freshmen in college usually do not find this out until long after their freshmen year. So cheer up, freshmen, when you are writing one of those long themes; next year the painful process Student M.E.A. Local Meets Tonight The second meeting of the stu dent local of Montana Education Association was held at 7 o’clock Wednesday evening at the College, Edward Tillis presiding. Discussion by the group covered matters pertaining to teachers’ code of ethics, finances, improvements of the M.E.A. and better public rela tions. It is the sincere wish of the local that many interesting and worthwhile programs will be pre sented throughout the coming year on these questions as well as others. The president appointed the fol lowing program committee: Eileen Hamilton, Mae Kington and Mary Salzman. Mrs. Flores will act as advisor. Owing to the lecture scheduled for the same evening, the reports from the various conventions were held over until the next regular meeting which will be held tonight at 8:00 o’clock in room 209 at the College. At this time the members and all interested will have an op portunity to hear the reports on the highlights of the recent M.E.A. con ventions that were held in Missoula, Miles City and Great Falls. Bats Fly, Skeletons Creak for Halloween Bats flew under a ceiling of black and orange and a few skeletons creaked their bones in the ghostly atmosphere of the Corral Friday night, November 28. The women’s dormitory sponsored the Halloween dance and Bill O’Neill dohated the Corral. Rose Badovin- atz was chairman for the dance and Pat Thompson, Margaret Anderson, Eileen Hamilton, Jean Lay, Cliff Simpson, and Bill Jolly helped with the decorations. A very ghostly ghost, who welcomed students to the dance, was later unmasked and found to be Cliff Simpson. Music was provided by Don Ellsworth, will be over. OUR OPPORTUNITIES “Swede” Lindgren, and Paul Han son. Doughnuts and cider were served during the evening. HAT do W.M.C.E. students have in common with George VI? Wilfred Glenn, basso in the Reveler Quartet has not only sung for the Prince of Wales and George VI, but to stu dents of W.M.C.E. as well. The famous Quartet is soon going to appear in Denver for a performance, also. Not only are we privileged to hear great entertainers, but we have a faculty that is trying to provide constant entertainment on the campus. Take, for instance, the last Residence Hall dance. Were you there? And how about the student movie last Saturday night? Who can say that there is nothing to do on week-end nights? ACTUAL WORK ON 1950 YEARBOOK BEGINS The Chinook staff has now met a couple of times and work is pro gressing on the 1950 yearbook which will make its appearance at the end of May. Cover design, composition, divi sion pages, the dedication, pictures and picture arrangements are but a few of the tasks facing the students who make up the staff of this year’s book. Perhaps the one greatest problem, however, is getting all you guys and gals to show your teeth before either one of the two local photographers’ cameras. The staff realizes that it’s pretty : hard on the cameras, but they do hope that you will get your picture taken sometime this month — the sooner the better. The 1950 Chinook will record in pictures and writing this school year. By getting your picture in the book we will definitely know in years to come that you were part of Western 1949-50. Margaret Stark, who has been a teacher in Great Falls for the past several years, was recently married to Rea Keaster of Highwood. Mr. and Mrs. Keaster, now on a wed ding trip to California, will be at home on the bridegroom's ranch near Highwood. EVOLUTION OF THE WESCOLITE Way back in the beginning of the twentieth century, 1907, to be exact, the students at this College had their first glance at the scandal of the College on a printed sheet. Early in November of that year a number of students gathered together and elected an editorial staff to publish a magazine that was called the Monmal. By Dec. 15, the first copy was ready for the public. Each month this magazine was published; it contained 32 pages of material in the form of stories, poems, and other matter written by the students. This magazine was published for about 12 years. About 1923 the Montanomal came into existence. Until Oct. 26, 1949, the paper was published weekly, every two weeks and at varying in tervals. During 1926 the first sum mer school paper was published. This brings us up to date to con sider the Wescolite. The W’escolite is a continuation of the Montano mal, in volume and number. It will serve the students in the same man ner as did the Montanomal. If there is to be any change, we hope it to be for the better. K.Z.N. WILL ADMIT FIVE, NOV. 2 Plans were made for the admis sion of new members into the club at a meeting of the K.Z.N. on No vember 2. Five new members will be voted in by the group at the next meeting. From a suggestion by Miss Mik- klesen, co-sponsor, the girls will help out in the Tuberculosis Drive by mailing out Christmas seals. This will be done at the next meeting. Mary Lueck Returns From Conference At the IRC meeting last night, Mary Lueck reported on her trip to the University of Idaho where she was Western’s delegate to the Inter national Relations club conference. Delegates representing 37 North western and Canadian universities attended the meeting, the theme of which was “Uncle Sam: Shy lock or Santa Claus?” Most of the sessions consisted of round table discussions relating to that theme. A banquet for all delegates concluded the two- day meeting. Miss Lueck was on the committee to discuss technological and economic assistance as brought out in Tru man’s 4-point program. After meet ing students from many parts of the world now studying in the U. S., she said she was impressed by the lack of knowledge most Americans have of other countries. • CALENDAR W.A.A. Sadie Hawkins Dance ................................Nov. 18 Sybodh Chandia Ray Lecture ............................... Nov. 30 Christmas Ball .................... Dec. 9 Fall Quarter Ends .................. Dec. 16 PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY • DR. J. C. LINDUSKA Dentist Roxy Theatre Building Phone 81-J • DR. R. D. CURRY Dentist Telephone Bldg. Office Phone 355 Residence Phone 54-W • ROBERT F. BELL, M. D. Physician and Surgeon Telephone Building Phones: Home 437-J, Office 437-W • H. A. STANCHFIELD, M. U Physician and Surgeon • GEO. L. ROUTLEDGE, M. D. Physician and Surgeon Telephone Block Office Phone 22 Residence Phone 352 • DR. W. J. RÖMERS Dentist Bungalow Dental Office 108 South Washington St. Opposite Texaco Station Phone 114