Northwest Viking - 1936 March 20

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So Ends .
Another Quarter.
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VOL. XXXIV—NO. 23 WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON
Campus
Chatter
BENDERS
BENEVOLENCE
BIG BEN
BREAKAGE
—By Louane Pinckney.
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With the final week of the quarter
off one's mind, it's a lot easier now
to take a deep breath of that invig­orating
March air, isn't it? Exams
and spring come at the same time
this year. That is rather unusual,
and hard on a fellow, too. Who
wants to study when there's such a
swell time to be had outside?
Provided it doesn't rain.
"Hurray! No test!" exclaims a
PE class. And another bunch of un­lucky
bums are getting three in one
week in one subject. Well, they're at
least spread out—over the whole
book.
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It takes a lot to dim the enthus­iasm
of a certain organization here.
It celebrates on the slightest provo­cation,
and something as slight as
v final exams calls for a real bender.
Wouldn't it be nice if we could all
take such things as exams so
lightly? But some are here to learn
how to teach school, so I've heard.
Good lack, Vikings. ,
Measles and fin don't call much
attention to this teachers college.
I t takes something like a mild revo­lution
at the dorm to make folks sit
up and take notice. * ,
Three cheers for my history prof.
He excused class the day before the
exam—so we could prepare for the
worst. The class is doing nicely,
thank,you.
I just asked the former author of
the column what she'd say if she
were writing this week. "Some peo­ple
would write about the weather,
but I wouldn't." I turned meekly
away. Well, what would YOU write
about?
Coach Sam Carver s Worries over
his track team would be over if all
his men stuck to training as faithful­ly
as Djr. A. Hicks. In his mile
run every morning about six, he
awakens all the people on his street.
As regular as Big Ben. They
dont even need alarm clocks. \
Well, this is about the limit for
this quarter. I imagine most of us
survived the exams. At least I can
hope so with all my heart. All I
hope is that they build good stout
foundations on the rural mail
boxes. They might break down un­der
the strain of anxious students
camping on them.
How do you like the special edi­tion?
Pomona Women
To Sing April 2
Chorus Has Won National Aclaim ;
Directed by Ralph Lyman,
And Dorothy Neibel
Under the direction of Ralph Ly­man,
the Pomona college women's
glee club will present a concert in.
the 11 o'clock assembly Thursday,
April 2. This women's chorus of 32
voices has five times won' first
place in the Pacific southwest con­test,
broadcasts over Columbia
coast-to-coast and NBC network,
and has made' appearances at
schools, colleges, and churches
throughout the state of California. .
This non-professional singing or­ganization
has won for itself na­tional
prominence. Its concert at
the Los Angeles philharmonic audi­torium
was hailed by critics as "his­tory
making".
Graduating from Grirmell»college
in eastern Iowa, Director Lymann
studied music in Chicago, New York,
and for three years in Berlin. Be­fore
his association with Pomona
college he was dean of the school -of
music at the university of Oregon.
"Professor Lyman's work had been
so well done before concert-giving
time that very little direction was
needed", says the Los Angeles Times.
With Lyman is Dorothy L. Nei­bel,
associate director and a gradu­ate
of the Pomona college music de­partment.
Friday,, March' 20, 1936
Moldrem, VanderGriend And
Hicks Scheduled To Play in
Musical Assembly Programs
Variety of Talent Engaged for Quarter 'Assemblies;
Wiik Sings; Students of Strange Give Piano
Recital; Speaker and Musicians Scheduled
Varied and entertaining programs are scheduled for spring quarter as­semblies,
upholding the high standard set in the fall and winter, accord­ing
to Miss Ethel Church, secretary .to the president. Students will hear
singers, violinists, and pianists from the Normal school and Bellingham as
well as from out of town.
Members of the faculty and students who will appear are the schooi
orchestra with Dr. A. C. Hicks of the English department at the piano,
playing a concerto; Maxine Moldrem, violin, and Clara VanderGriend,
piano, in recital; and students of Miss Edith R. Strange in a group piano
.recital. Mrs. Nan Dybdahl Wiik, soprano, will sing, accompanied at the
piano by Miss Strange. , '
Among other programs to be presented is the Pomona College Women's
Glee club directed by Ralph Lyman. This chorus of 32 voices has won
first place five times in the contest of Pacific Southwest Glee clubs.
An another assembly, Dr. George Earle Raiguel, authority on national
and international affairs, will lecture. Basing his lectures upon informa­tion
obtained every year from world-wide travel and investigation, Dr.
Roiguel is able to present social, political, and economic changes and
conditions of great interest to students.
A joint recital by Daphne Carapata, violinist, Vancouver, B. C, and
Ira Swartz, pianist, has been arranged. Miss Carapata was heard in a
series of recitals in Europe five years ago. Since then she has won popu­larity
throughout Canada by her radio programs.
George Hopkins, pianist of great ability, will also play here during the
spring quarter.
Spring Quarter
Dance Planned
Board Buys Paint, and Discusses
Football, Conferences, and
Appropriations
Place Ghosen For
Proposed Student
Union House Sold
Complications Arise in Project;
Control Board to Investigate
Other Plans
Girls Elect Haydon
Prexy of Valkyries
seven .Members Voted Into
At Tuesday Meteing
Club
Pro and anti soap-box enthusiasts
for the proposed project of a student
union are quelled in the midst of
their campaigns. The house next to
Edwards hall chosen for the propo­sition
has been sold.
"The only alternative for the re­alization
of the project is to con-i
struct a building on some site across
from the campus or secure another
house suitable for such a student
union building," reports Mabel Rol-le,
member of the board of control
investigating the possibility of such
an addition to the campus.
At the present time no house with
facilities that could be converted in­to
a student union building is avail­able.
No action will be taken on
the project until next spring after
the board has made further inves­tigations.
With seven new members and a
new president the Valkyrie club
closed its. Winter quarter activities
and prepared. itself to begin the
Spring quarter.
At the last Tuesday afternoon
meeting of the club Marion Haydon
was elected president. The girls de­cided
to present Hazelle Mayo a re­membrance
for her effort as presi­dent.
Miss Mayo is graduating.
The president- is elected only once
a year while the other officers are
elected quarterly.
Miss Mayo urged the girls to pur­chase
their sweaters as soon as
possible. The sweaters are $1.95
and are ordered through Gage Dod-son.
The new members are: Mae Rolle.
Helen Acklen, Donnie Grant, Mau­reen
McClellan, Thelma Cowan,
Helen Boothe, and Kay Turner.
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Delegates Leave To
Attend IRC Meeting
Northwest Regional Conference At
Pullman Draws Pearce, Eisner
Technical Brilliance, Emotional Color
Of Hdberman Concert Holds A udience
Self-Starter Name
Still Not Selected
By Arthur C. Hicks
The second concert of the Civic Music association Monday evening at
the First Presbyterian church gave its members the extraordinary pleasure
of hearing Bronislaw Huberman, whose playing can be described only'in
terms of the superlatives which critics in America and Europe, from the
great Brahms himself 40 years ago
to those of' 1936, have lavished upon
him. A sensitive, dynamic, musical
personality, he commanded the rapt
attention of his audience with the
opening chord of the Kreutzer So­nata
and held them under a spell
during the whole of a long, weighty
program. To hear him was indeed
a memorable experience of a quality
that few concert artists before the
public today can achieve. The Civic
Music association needs&no further
recommendation in the minds of
those who heard Huberman.
Because the judges were not
satisfied with any of the en­tries
in the name contest for
the Womens league handbook,
the Press committee is still
without a title for the publica­tion.
The committee probably
will choose a name itself un­less
someone else has a brain­storm
first, and keep the dol­lar
to buy suckers for the next
kid party.
Quite a few entries were re­ceived
in the contest but none
was unique enough to be used
for the book.
The committee expects to
have the book ready to go. on .
the press at the beginning of
Spring quarter so itr can be
ready for the Play day in May.
In a program so rich in musical
interest as well as opportunity for
the display of virtuosity, only the
highlights can be mentioned. For
technical brilliance and solid grasp
of counterpoint and form* the unac­companied
Bach "Chaconne" was
especially impressive.; The - robust
dynamics and breath of utterance,
of the first movements of the Bee-
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Bever Announces
Chaftge in Rooms
Spring quarter is slated to bring
Normal students diversion even
though it is merely in room changes.
Dean Bever wishes everyone to heed
the changes in meeting places as
room numbers given in the spring
schedule of classes differ.
The first day of the quarter will
find teaching technique 57a at 9
meeting in room 203; history 3 at 8,
room 215; history 60c at 2, room
102; education 53 at 3, room 215;
history 60c at 2, room 102; educa­tion
53 at 3, room 105. Sociology
102 at 8 will not meet at all on Mop-day.
Classes begin on Monday and
skips are counted from that date.
Students are advised to meet then"
classes in the right rooms and thus
avoid cuts.
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Petrie's Hussars Give
Colorful Performance
In Tuesday Assembly
White uniforms, gold braid,"gold
musical instruments, colorful stage
lighting, and brilliant music mark­ed
the performance given by Petrie's
White Hussars in the assembly
Tuesday afternoon. Herbert Petrie
introduced his company, most of
whom are from, or around, Chi­cago,
and acted as master of cere­monies.
The members of the company
were: Ben Ritzenthaler, trombone,
saxaphone, and bassoon player;
Homer E, Phillips, trombone player;
John Derek Edward, tenor soloist;
Blanche Elaine Frye, piano accom­panist
and sopraho soloist; and
Herbert Petrie, trumpet player. The
musical .numbers' consisted of
marches, novelty numbers, selec­tions
from Victor Eterbert, and two
arias.
Blanche Pearce and John Jacob-son
left Thursday to attend the
Northwest Regional conference at
Pullman; Washington, being held to­day
and Saturday. The conference
under the auspices of the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace,
which sponsors the organization of
the International Relations clubs in
universities, colleges and normal
schools, is being attended by 30
clubs from Idaho, Oregon, Washing­ton,
and Western Canada.
The principal guest speakers will
be B. H. Kizer, rormer president of
the Washington State Bar Associa­tion,
and Dr. Charles E. Mertin, di­rector
of the Bureau of Interna­tional
Relations of the University of
Washington. Miss Amy Hemingway
Jones, division assistant at the Car­negie
Endowment, will also speak.
Subjects to be discussed at round
tables include "American Neutral­ity,
Including Sanctions", "Econo­mic
Nationalism vs. Economic Inter­nationalism",
and "Far Eastern
Questions'*.
The first of spring quarter the In­ternational
Relations club will pre­sent
its delegates in a student as­sembly
where they will make a re­port
of the work done at the confer­ence.
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Cedarstrom Speaks
On Literary Trends
Discussing trends in modern liter­ature,
Dr. Moyle Cedarstrom of the
Normal faculty spoke before the
Twentieth Century club at the Bell­ingham
hotel last Tuesday evening.
After the lecture the 60 members of
the club took part in a group disT
cussion.
• Dr. A. C. Hicks, Herbert C. Ruck-mick.
and Donald Bushell, Normal
faculty members were present at the
lecture.
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That the first rec hour of spring
quarter would be held in the form- of
a mixer''in the Edens hall cafeteria
was decided at the Board-of Con­trol
meeting, Wednesday.. Bids for
orchestras will be considered at the
next meeting. Staging an all-school
informal to take the place of the
usual Men's informal was proposed.
This dance would follow the Wom­en's
informal, g
The Board instructed George
Dack, head gardener, to buy paint
for the boatho;;sed at Normalstad
and to make repairs on the boots.
Incidental expense Monday to com­pletely
cover the expenses of the
delegates to the International Rela­tions
conference was appropriated.
Conferences Come
Applications for editor and busi­ness
manager of the Northwest Vi­king
will be selected at next week's
meeting.
Florence Lund told of a confer­ence
in Minneapolis, April 23, 24,
and 25, at which the WAA will be
represented. It was announced that
the College Bookstore association of
which the Co-op is a member, will
confer in Seattle the first week in
April.
A vote of appreciation was given
Cliff Johnson, retiring member of
the board. He, as former football
chairman, suggested that a student
manager be put in charge of foot­ball
schedules and financial intake
next year. This individual, he ex­plained,
would effect economy by
working as intermediary between
the Men's athletic association and
the board.
No dancing classes will be held
during spring quarter.
Spring Quarter
WorkshopPlay
Indefinetly Off
Ponko's Illness Cause of Third
Postponement of Penthouse
Production
Archery Teacher
Receives Present
At Dunking Party
Activity Becoming Increasingly
Popular As,Hobby Says
Childs, Instructor
Misfortune has dogged the foot­steps
of the cast for the much pub­licized
workshop production, "Pome-roy's
Past". It was announced this
•week that the play was indefinitely
postponed, since Maynard Poriko,
manager as well as member of the
cast, was forced by illness to return
to his home. It is possible that he
will be unable to attend school next
quarter.
The workshop plan, conceived
that more students interested in
drama would be able to participate,
was enthusiastically received by the
Board of Control during the early
part of the fall session. With the
board's promise of financial backing,
the group chose their play and be­gan
rehearsals with the intent of
producing in January. The necessity
for an operation during the Christ­mas
holidays forbade Ponko's re­turn
until February.
The next interruption in the in
tensive rehearsals, which were under
the direction of Faith Scheyer, was
occasioned by the measles and flu.
No sooner had the cast resumed
work than the play suffered its
most recent blow in Ponko's sudden
relapse.
Like the "Three-Cornered Moon"
given during the fall quarter, the
play; if continued, will be presented
in the penthouse style. : Having
been written for stage productions,
all stage directions were necessarily
changed.
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Normal Teachers
Hostesses at Tea
Edens Hall Blue Room Scene of
Recent Afternoon Tea
In appreciation of the instruction
given by Frank Childs to his arch­ery*
class, a suitable present was
awarded him by members of his
class at the last meeting Thursday
night. Refreshments were served at
the dunking party.
During this quarter, 10 Normal
students have attended Childs'
class and made their own archery
gear. This consisted of making bow,
arrows, quiver and bow string.
According to Childs archery
is increasing in popularity. This
popularity is due to the fact that the
cost of^the material is small, the
students make their own gear, and
it is a hobby that will last for many
years. '
The students developed consider­able
accuracy with their Robin
Hood weapons.
Miss Jftelen . Renols,.- national
president of the Association for
Childhood Education, was the guest:
of honor at a tea given by the mem­bers
of the Normal schoolprimary
department. The tea was held in
Edens Hall Blue room from 3:30 un­til'
5:00 yesterday afternoon.
Miss Renols addressed-- the
group on the ^"Organization of the
Association for Childhood .Educa­tion.
Miss Renols told about the dif­ferent
departments of the organiza­tion
and what their functions were.
She also told about the contributors
to the magazine and the importance
and influence of their works. She
attended a meeting of the local
branch of the organization Thurs-.
day evening at the Leopold hotel.
Miss Reynolds will attend a national
convention to be held in New York
soon. "
Miss Marjorie Dawson, primary
supervisor in city schools, had
charge 5of the plans for the tea. She
was assisted by Miss Priscilla Kins­man,
pre'-p*mary instructor, Miss
Irene Elliott, second grade teacher,
Miss Katherine Cassanova, first
grade teacher, Miss Mildred Mbffatt,
third grade teacher, and Miss Mary
Rich, director of the training school
department. Miss Nora Cummins,
of the History/ department, and
Miss Margaret Mackinnon, account­ant,
presided-st the tea table.
Music Club Sponsors
'Here's to Romance' at
American This Week
Nino Martini and Mme. Ernestine
Schuman-Heink are starred in
"Here's to Romance", one of the
shows sponsored by the Bellingham
Women's Music club, yesterday and
today. The other show on the
same bill is "The Bishop Misbe­haves'.
The shows are being given
at the American theater.
The Music club sponsors some
movie every year in order to earn
money to help some young musician
further her studies and develop
her talent.
Tickets may be ] secured at the
switch-board of-the president's of­fice,
Smalley Drug Store, Stark- Pi­ano
company, or Star Drug stores. !
Interviews From Campus Instructors
Appear in Christian Science Monitor
Written by Mrs. Ruth A. Burnet and illustrated by Herbert C. Ruck-mick,
both of the Normal faculty, a series of articles on the changing
school system is being published in four Saturday editions of the Christian
Science Monitor, an international newspaper, beginning March 7.
Stressing the understanding of
the modern school, the series i is
presented for parents who seek to
learn the what and why. It con­sists
of interviews with Miss Mary
E. Rich, director of the Elementary
school, Dr. C. C. Upshall, director
of research, and Miss Katherine
Casanova, first grade teacher. Pho­tographs
taken by Mr. Ruckmick of
classes in the Campus-; Elementary
school illustrate the articles.
In the March 7 issue, Mrs. Burnet
presents the question, "What's hap­pening
in our schools today?" She
treats of the hew trend which is
'making of schools comfortable es-
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Scheduled Classes
To Begin Promptly
All scheduled 8:00 classes for
next quarter will begin at 8:00
Monday morning. All students
having aforesaid 8:00 classes
will be expected to be at afore­said
8:00 classes at .8:00. Fees
may be paid at the Business
office at any time during the
day. •'. ' '.;f