Notables Attend Girl Guerrilla Commencement Battles Japs
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Notables Attend Commencement Differing only s li ghtly I"nllll pr e- ccedillg vVashillglo ll S tat e Co ll ege g raduati ons, th e fortY-llillth annual co mm cncement pr og ram w as held !lLay 26, 27 and 28, with Jud ge L ewi s H. Sc hw e ll enbac h, U. S. Sec - ret ary -o f- Lab or designat e, spea ker durin g the graduation exercises. FO I' t ill' fir st tim e ill th e hi story of C g raduati ons there was :10 Iv nnal alumni day as pal-t o f t he pro ceedings. T o fit int o th e wartim e tran spo rtati o ll picture , A lumni day wa s rep la ce d this yrar by class day , in which a ll rartir:pants were already on tit e thu s invoh'ing no a(ldition- a\ travel. Une touch of alumni participa- ti o n, however, was the senior picnic lunch eo n held ay 26 for Pulhnan area alurnni with Guy Brislawn as 'Big Chief'. O th er eHnts of the day included a campus se ni o r tr ee planting, a se ni or reception at the ho me of President and rs . \Vil- son Comp ton and an evening con- vocati on put on by the g raduating clas s. S unday, Bi shop Bru ce Baxt er of th e Po rtland, Ore go n eth odist c hur ch, spo ke on "Cut Flower Re- at the bac ca laureate exer- D urin g the aftc,rn oo n the Co mpt ons again honored the seniol -s with a comlllencement rec eption, which wa s fo ll owe d by th e special conce rt of the colle ge school of Illu sic in E. A. Bryan hall. With no official mee ting of th e alumni ass ociation at g raduati on tirne, by auth orization of the ho ard at a recent mee ting in Seattle all pre se nt officers carry o\-e r their offices for an other year. A pos t-colllme nc ement co nfer ence on 'G o vernment, th e Peoples' Bus i- ness' brought a score of t op Ko rth- west spea kers to Pulhnan ay 2R "lid 29. That's all! $1.50 It brings you the Powwow for a Year_ Tell Your Cougar Friends! ringing came on Y-E day, with th e I nt el-co ll eg- iat e "nights. just I-eor- g anized a fter a wartim e lap se. tak- ing turll S to k eep th e victory he ll so undin g thr oughout mo st of th" day. No w th e I. K.'s ar e l oo kin g- fo rward to tw o futur e n <; wh en they plan to ring it long and loud. O ne will come next fall wh en th e Co u gars tak e up foo t hall ag"a in after a war-time la pse of tw o sea- sons. The o t h er and t he g rea ter oc - casion when th ey plan to ring the bell until it sc ream s for mer cy is th e lay that Japan cap itulat es_ POWWOW, May-June, 1945 SUMMER CAMP GROWING '\ co ll ege fa cult y of 10, in cl ud - ing J de partnl cnt wh o ar c to teach h ig h sch o,'] s lud ents c nr o lkd in the Ihirteel}th a nnu al s umnl er hi gh sch oo l camp, h as been na lll e d. Thi s foul' weeks camp will run Jun e 11 - July 6, parall eling t he first fo ur weeks of th e 8 weeks s umm er sess ion. T hi s yea r, the additi on of fin e a rt s is an inn O\'a ti o n, addi ng to the o fferin gs in mu sic whi ch h a\'e fea tur ed all camp s and the o ff erin gs in speech whi ch were intr od u ced last yea r_ Enr oll- me nt at thi s carnp ha s be en pyra- miding gr eat ly in recc nt yea r s, Il ew att e ndan ce r eco rd s havin g hecn set for fo ur s trai g ht S Ull1rn crs. Departm e nt he ad s wh o will as- s i,H ill th e tca c hin g arc: Herhert T. N o rri s, mu sic; Maynard Lee Da ggy, sp eec h; W o rth D. C riffill, fin e arts. O th er co ll ege s taff melll- ber s to t eac h in th e camp ar c: \' le nn S wan, Har old P. \ ,y heeler, Ed g ar C. Sherwood, Raym o nd R. Jon es , William H_ Veatc h, Geo r ge A. Laisner, William C. MacArthur. Offe rin gs includ e: band, orc he s- tra, chorus, harm ony, piano, v o ic e, or ga n, vi olin, strin ge d in s truments, bra ss, woo dwind s, bat on twirlin g, s mall en se mbl es, co nducting, stag e- c ra ft, parliament ar y la w, speech, crea tive drawin g, figure s ket c hing, o utd oo r s ketchin g, m ode ling in clay, carving in plast e r, bl oc k printin g, pottery, water color. '45-'46 Editors Named Jun e Jo hnst o n, O lympia, will be the new edit or of th e Evergreen ; V ir g inia Mc Math. Ta co ma, Ch in- oo k edito r; Mary Heth l\rasem o re. Olymp ia, Chin oo k bu sin ess mana- ge r; Jacki e Ho ran, \ Ve natch ee, E\'er g Teen busin ess rnana ge r. Bet h I'ilk ey, Sp o kane; Na ncy Jami eson. Sea ttl e; and Alice Earl, E\-e re tt . were nam ed mana ging ed it ors of th e E\·erg reen. will h eco me effec ti\ 'e in th e fall. Chin oo k appointrnents and ma nag er of the I ': ve rgr een arc for the en tir e year. Edit o rships of the !-:\'crgreen arc made each semcs t e r. BOOKIE SALES $200,000 The \V .S.C. S tudent Boo kstore, fo und ed in 1914, now repre se nt s an asset o f $90,000 to th e A.S .S.C.W_ r epo rt s C. 1\. Pe t tib one, man ager. Sa l e;; fo r th e year '44-'45 ,,,er e $200,- 000 and from thi s $11,000 wa s co n- tribut ed to th e S tud e nt Uni on buildin g fund. Mr. Pe ttib one al so r epor ts that Evelyn Hall, st ud e nt. f rom Pasco, is the new pre side nt of th e Boo kstore Bo ard. A new mem- ber of t he h oa rd is S tanle y K e ll y. Pullman. Girl Guerrilla Battles Japs One Of War's Most Amazing Careers Told W.S .C. By 26- Year-Old Filipino. Pr oba bly the mo st farned of th t: Filipino girl guelTilla fight ers, Julia de la Calzad a Pe ters, told a \.vashington State co ll ege convoca- tion audien ce May 3 th at she had pt:'r so nally ob se n 'ed from a distan ce hungry Ja pan ese so ldiers roast and ea t slain cap ti\-es. inc ludin g c hild- ren. Coo lly, the tiny 26-y ea r- o ld wif e of a Uni\'ers it y of \·Vashington fo r- Ill er s tud e nt of engin eer ing, and the cO I1\' ent -raised niece of th e ol ;e -tilTl e- may or of ?ranilla, co ld th e co llege audienc e one of the ach- e ntur e stories th at perhaps the present \Vorld V,far has produced. Th e per so nal war for her he g an with th e bo mhin g of Ca \'it e at whi ch tillle she and her husband gu t out of Manila just a few ah( ' ad of the Japs. lat er to he s; l\'cd fr()m th e fire of a Japane se a\'iator by r s. Pe ters' unpinning her long hair an indi cati on that she wa s a \," O U1:l11 . Tries To Save Brother \Vhen a br o th er wa:' tak en pri- so ner and to rtur ed as a h os ta ge for h e r, ;\Ir;::. Peter s came do wn fr om th e sa fe ty of her hill hid co ut to en ter the Japan ese camp as a col- lab or ati onist. Her tru e id e ntity , however, was learn ed when an in- cr iminating" note wa s turn ed o\-e r to th e J ap auth orities by a Filipino w orna n. She wa ,; th en fe arfully t or - t ur ed and beaten unt il h er fa ('e wa , misshal)e ll for weeks alld with her hack e\'e l1 yet bearin g th e of the la s h. Half ali\·e. she wa s dra gge d to th e executi on gr o und s, made to dig her o wn gra ve and wat ch while an American (l ffi cer just ahead of her ill line wa s he-- heade d. s;wed wh en a t yp h oo n :, wep t hy, Mr s. Peters r ejoi ned her br other and hu s band on a pers o nal raidin g pa rty bring- ing death to se \'en Jap " as a be- g' innin g of h er thr ee year s o f hill and jungl e fi g htin g in th e isla nd s. During an ea rly skirmis h ;\rr. Pe tel-, was shot in the l eg by a band of Quisling Filipin os a nd Jap s, res ultin g in hi s wif e, a fo rm er 111<' - di cal student, perf orrning her first o perati on when she re lll o\'ed the hullet. fr om Leyt e she moved her hu sband to from where he wa s se nt by s uhlllarin e to Aus- tndi a, while she s tayed on as a nur se, field docto l- , rifle fi g ht er and hcll ind th e Jap Lat er I'eler ,; achi e\'ed the rauk (If nlp - I:.in, l'ollllllallding Sl 'lIIe tell th l'n- sand .\llIc ri ca ll and Filipil J() g ll e r- ill as . SO lli e me ll. she re purt ed, did nut like to fi g llt und er a w oma n, but the old tim ers in her command t o ld them "S he da mn fin e CO rll- rnander." \ ,y hen General Do uglas l\fa cA r- thur landed in L eyle he se nt for Peters a nd asked in gr at itud e what she want ed. It wa s to reach her hu s band, so she go t to fl y th e Pacific and evc ntu a ll y find him in a Sea ttl e hos pital. " rt t oo k !lI e morc ho urs to l oc ate hi s pare nts' plac e in "irkland than it did to fl y th e Paciiic," she r eca ll s. SIGMA XI ADDS 16 Sixteen new m embe rs w ere r e- ce ntly initiated into Sigm a Xi. na- ti ona l sc ientific hon orary. Th e ini- tiates were hon ored at a banqu et at the So uth hall coffee shop fo ll owing the ce rem o ny _ Th ey includ e: Charlc s r.. Barker, assi s tan t pr o- of hydraulic eng in ee rin g- ; Susann F. Hiddulph; J. Frank Co n c; l\r. E. En s min g e r, head of Ih e animal hus bandry departm e nt; Dwi g ht L. Harris, r esea rch metal- lurgi s t; O. J. Humm o n. direct or of th e U. S. and wildlife se n -icc; and Ray instruct o r in 7. 00 10 - l' Y, all of wh om were made full me mb crs. Initiated as me mb er :, were: \Villiam \ V. Boyd. r esea rch metallur g ist; Ma rtin \ V. Carsten s; O ti s \ ,y. F o rt n e r, as s istant me tal- lur gis t; Ke nn eth L. Olsen; Fr ed Scho nf eld, ;. ss istant pr ofesso r (I f phy sical meta llur gy; Franklin H. S harp, r esea rch IIl c tallur g i:'t; and Claude Thurst on. CHINESE GIRLS COMING Two C hin ese graduate s tud e nts in h o m e eco ll o mi cs may now be en route to th e U nited to ac - cept fe ll owships ' at \V.S.C. 1 f and when th ese girl, a rriv e they will already h o ld d eg rees from Chine se in s tituti ons al1Cl will come here for tw o o r thr ee years' s tud y and work tryin g to seck Ph .D. ac- co rdin g to I) ea n Ve lma J'hillip s. Th ey ar e heing se lected by P. VV. Ts ou, now at Washin gtun, I). C. Mr. T so u is president of th e agri- c ultural a ssoc iation of C hina . Presi- dent \V il so n Co mpt on and o ffi c ial s f thr Chin ese e mbassy at Wash- in g tun, I). C ., are acti\'ely pushing th e proposa l, hut th e war s ituati on in C hina still lea\'es a littl e do ubt as to wh en th e girls selec ted may be free to co me to th e U nited S tat es. Page Nine
Transcript of Notables Attend Girl Guerrilla Commencement Battles Japs
Notables Attend Commencement
Differing only sli g htly I"nllll preccedillg vVashillgl o ll S tat e Coll ege g raduati ons, th e fortY-llillth annual comm cnce ment program was held !lLay 26, 27 and 28, with Jud ge L ewi s H. Schwell enb ach, U. S. Sec ret ary-o f- Labor desi gnat e, speaker durin g th e g rad uati on exercises.
FOI' t ill' fir st tim e ill th e hi sto ry of C '~Ig-ar g raduati ons th ere was :10 Ivnnal alumni day as pal-t o f the cO ll~ mencement proceedings. T o fit int o th e wartime transportati oll picture, Alumni day was replaced thi s yrar by class day, in which all rartir:pants were already on tit e ~rnpus , thu s invoh'in g no a(ldition
a\ travel. Une touch of alumni participa
ti on, however, was the senior picnic luncheon held ~r ay 26 for Pulhnan area a lurnni with Guy Brislawn as 'Big Chief'. O ther eHnts o f th e day included a campus senio r tree planting, a senio r recepti on at th e home of President and ~I rs. \Vilson Compton and an evening convocation put on by the g raduating clas s.
S unday, Bi sho p Bruce Baxt er o f th e Portland, Oregon ~I ethodist church, spoke on "Cut Flower Re,~ ion" at th e baccalaureate exerc~ses . D uring the aftc,rnoon the Compt ons again honored the seniol-s with a comlllencement reception, which was followed by the special concert of the college school of Illu sic in E. A. Bryan hall.
With no official meeting of th e alumni associati on at g raduation tirne, by autho rizati on of the hoard at a rece nt meeting in Seattle all present o fficers carry o\-e r their offic es for ano th er year.
A post-colllmencement conference on 'Government, th e Peoples' Business' brought a score of top K orthwest spea kers to Pulhnan ~I ay 2R " lid 29.
That's all! $1.50 It brings you the Powwow for a
Year_
Tell Your Cougar Friends!
rin g in g came on Y-E day, with th e I nt el-coll eg-iat e "nights. just I-eorganized a fter a wartime lapse. taking turllS to keep th e vi cto ry hell soundin g throughout most o f th" day. No w th e I. K.'s are lookin gfo rward to two futur e occa ~ i ( n <; wh en they plan to rin g it lo ng and loud. O ne will come next fall wh en th e Cougars tak e up foo t hall ag"a in aft e r a war-time la pse of two sea sons. The o t her and t he g rea te r oc casion when th ey plan to rin g th e bell until it sc ream s fo r mercy is th e lay that Japan capitulates_
POWWOW, May-June, 1945
SUMMER CAMP GROWING '\ co ll ege fa cult y of 10, in cl ud
ing J departnl cnt h(;ad~, wh o arc to teach high sc ho,'] s lud ent s cnro lkd in th e Ihirt ee l}th annua l sumnl er hi g h school cam p, has bee n na lll ed.
Thi s foul' wee ks camp will run Jun e 11 -July 6, parall elin g t he fir st four weeks o f th e 8 weeks summ er sess ion. T hi s yea r, th e additi on o f fin e a rt s is a n inn O\'a ti on, addi ng to th e offerin gs in mu s ic whi ch ha\'e fea tured all pre\' i ou ~ camps and the o ffe rin gs in speech whi ch were introd uced la st yea r_ Enro llment at thi s carnp ha s been pyramiding g reatly in recc nt yea r s, Il ew att endan ce reco rd s havin g hec n se t fo r four s trai ght SUll1rn crs.
Departm ent head s wh o will ass i,H ill th e tcachin g arc: Herhert T. N o rri s, mu s ic; Maynard Lee Daggy, speec h; W o rth D. C riffill, fin e arts. O th er coll ege s taff melll bers to teac h in th e camp arc: \' lenn Swan, Haro ld P. \ ,y heeler, Edgar C. Sherwood, Raymo nd R. J ones, William H _ Veatch, Geo rge A. La isner, William C. MacArthur.
Offe rin gs include : band, o rches tra, cho rus, harm ony, piano, vo ice, o rga n, vi o lin, stringed in struments, brass, woodwind s, baton twirlin g, small ensembl es, co nducting, s tagec ra ft, parliamentary law, speech, crea tiv e drawin g, figure sket ching, outd oor sketching, modeling in clay, carving in plast er, block printing , pottery, water color.
'45-'46 Editors Named
Jun e J ohnston, O lympia, will be th e new edit o r o f th e Evergreen ; Virg inia Mc Math. Tacoma, Ch inook edit o r; Mary Heth l\rasemo re. O lympia, Chin ook business manage r ; Jacki e H o ran, \ Ve natch ee, E\'ergTeen business rnanage r. Bet h I'ilk ey, Spokane; Na ncy Jamies on. Seattl e ; and Alice Earl, E\-ere tt . were nam ed managi ng ed it o rs o f th e E\·ergree n. Thi ~ appointm c nt ~
will hecome effec ti\'e in th e fall. Chin ook appointrnents and bu s ines ~
ma nager o f th e I': vergreen arc for th e en tire year. Edit o rships o f th e !-:\'crgreen a rc made eac h semcs ter.
BOOKIE SALES $200,000
The \V.S.C. Student Booksto re, found ed in 1914, now represents an asset o f $90,000 to th e A.S.S.C.W_ repo rt s C. 1\. Pe t tibo ne, manager. Sa le;; fo r th e year '44- '45 ,,,ere $200,000 and from thi s $11,000 was contributed to th e Student Uni on building fund. Mr. Pettibone al so repor ts that Evelyn Hall, stud ent. f rom Pasco, is the new presid ent o f th e Bookstore Board. A new member o f t he hoa rd is Stanley K ell y. Pullman.
Girl Guerrilla Battles Japs
One Of War's Most Amazing Careers Told W.S.C. By
26-Year-Old Filipino.
P robably th e most farned o f th t: F ili pino girl guelTill a fight ers, ~ [r s.
Julia de la Calzada Pete rs, to ld a \.vashing ton S ta te coll ege convocati on audien ce May 3 th a t she had pt:'rso nall y obse n 'ed from a distan ce hungry Ja panese soldi ers roa s t and eat slain cap ti\-es. in cludin g children.
Coo lly, th e tin y 26-yea r- o ld wife o f a Uni\' e rsit y o f \·Vas hin g ton fo r Ill e r s tud ent o f eng ineerin g, and her~e lf th e cO I1\' ent - rai sed ni ece of th e o l;e -tilTl e- mayo r o f ?ranilla, co ld th e colleg e audienc e o ne o f th e \\'e irde~ t ach-enture s to ri es th at perhaps the present \Vorld V,far has produced.
The personal wa r for he r hegan with th e bomhin g of Ca\'it e at whi ch tillle she and he r husband gu t out o f Manila just a few h (l ur ~
ah(' ad of th e Japs. lat er to h e s; l\'cd fr ()m th e fire o f a Japanese a\'iator by ~r rs. Peters ' unpinning her long hair a~ an indi cati o n that she was a \," O U1:l11 .
Tries To Save Brother \ Vhen a bro th e r wa:' tak en pri
so ner and to rtured as a hostage fo r he r, ;\Ir;::. Peters ca me down fr om th e sa fety of he r hill hid cout to en te r th e Japan ese camp as a co llabo rati onist. H er tru e id entity, however, was learn ed when an incr iminating" no te was turn ed o \-e r to th e J ap auth o riti es by a Filipino worna n. S he wa ,; th en fearfully tor tured and beaten unt il her fa('e wa, misshal)e ll fo r w eeks alld with he r hack e\'el1 yet bearing th e "ca r~ o f the la sh. Half ali\·e. she was dragged to th e ex ecuti on gro und s, made to di g he r own grave and wat ch whil e an Am eri ca n (l ffi ce r just ahead o f he r ill lin e wa s he-h ea ded. ~riracul () u s ly s;wed wh en a t yp hoo n :, wept hy, Mrs. Peters rejoi ned he r bro th e r and hu sband on a personal raidin g pa rty bringing death to se \'e n Jap" as a beg'innin g o f her three years o f hill and jungle fi g htin g in th e isla nd s.
During an ea rly skirmis h ;\rr. Pet el-, was shot in th e leg by a band of Q ui slin g Filipinos and Japs, r es ultin g in hi s wife, a fo rm er 111<'
di cal student, perfo rrnin g her first operati on wh en she relll o \'ed th e hullet. fr om Leyt e she moved her hu sband to ~rindanao from wh ere he wa s sent by suhlllarin e to A us tndi a, whil e she s tayed on a s a nurse, field doc to l-, rifle fi g hte r and
~py hcll ind th e Jap lin e~. Lat er ~rr ,: .
I'e le r ,; achi e\'ed th e rauk (If nlp I:.in, l'o llllllallding Sl 'lII e tell th l' n sa nd .\llI c ri ca ll and Filipil J() g ll e rill as . SOlli e mell. she repurt ed, did nu t lik e to fi g llt und e r a w oma n, but th e old tim ers in her command to ld th em "S he damn fin e COrllrnander."
\ ,y hen Ge nera l Doug las l\facA r thur land ed in L eyle he sent fo r ~rr s . Peters a nd asked in g rat itude what she want ed. It was t o reach her hu sband, so s he go t t o fl y th e Pacific and evcntua ll y find him in a Sea ttl e hospital. " rt took !lI e m o rc hours to locate hi s parent s' place in "irkland th an it did to fl y th e Paciiic," she recall s.
SIGMA XI ADDS 16
S ixt een new membe rs were rece ntly initi a ted int o S igma Xi. national sc ientific ho norary. The initi a tes were honored at a banque t at t he South hall coffee shop fo ll o win g the ce rem ony_ Th ey include : C harlcs r.. Barker, assi stan t pro fes ~o r of hydraulic engin ee rin g- ; ~r rs . Susa nn F . Hiddulph; J. Frank Co nc; l\r. E. En smin ger, head of Ih e animal hu sbandry departm ent; Dwi g ht L. Harris, resea rch metallurgi s t; O. J. Hummon. direct o r o f th e U. S. fi ~ h and wildlife se n -icc; and Ray ~ro ree, instructo r in 7. 0010 l'Y, all o f wh om were made full membcrs.
Initiated as as~ oc iate m embe r:, were: \Villiam \ V. Boyd. r esea rch metallurg ist; Ma rtin \ V. Carsten s ; O ti s \ ,y. F o rt ner, as sistant m etallurgis t; Kenn eth L. O lse n; Fred ~. Schonfeld, ;. ss istant pro fesso r (I f physical meta llurgy; Franklin H. S harp, resea rch IIl ctallurg i:'t; and Claude Thurston.
CHINESE GIRLS COMING
Two Chin ese graduate s tud ents in home eco ll o mi cs may now be en rout e to th e U nited S tat e~ to ac cept fell o wshi ps ' at \V.S.C. 1 f and wh en th ese g irl , a rriv e they will already ho ld degrees from Chinese in stitutions al1Cl will come here fo r two o r three years' study and wo rk trying to seck Ph .D. d egrce~ . acco rdin g to I)ea n Velma J'hillips. Th ey are hein g selec ted by P. VV. Tsou, no w at Washin g tun, I). C. Mr. T sou is president o f th e agri cultural a ssoc iati on of China . P resident \V il so n Compt on and offi c ial s
f thr Chinese embassy at Washin g tun, I). C., are acti\'ely pushing th e proposa l, hut th e war s ituati on in China still lea \'es a littl e doubt as to wh en th e g irl s se lected may be fr ee to co me to th e U nited States.
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