Northwest Viking - 1936 April 3

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VOL. XXXIV—NO. 24 WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, BELLINGHAM. WASHINGTON Friday, April 3, 1936
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Campus
Chatter
WONDER
WARM WEATHER
WIDE OPEN
By Pinckney
Back again. Ho hum, but it's
The place was colder than
Greenland's icy mountains when I
blew in Monday morning. Don't
imagine there will be much canoe­ing
very soon. Not with all that
sndw we had last week. Sehome
hill is much less populous of an
evening than this time last year, so
they tell me:
But spring- must be on its way.
We-just, can't get discouraged this
early in the. game. And when it
does come—qh boy, for tennis and
golf .and baseball and hot days and
green; grass and dampus day and
swimming. 'They're all coming.
Watch out, ole man Winter. Bet we
fool him yet. The track men ^xe
braving his blasts and do their
turn-a-day on the cinders. Watch­ing
them from a classroom window
is already a favqrite . pastime of
yours truly. Much better than a
frost-bitten nose. When track be­gins,
Spring is here.
We hope.
700 Enrollment
No Definite Statistics Compiled;
Old Students Return
"Approximately 700 students
are enrolled for spring quar­ter',
estimates Miss Norma
Bouck, secretary to Dean
James Bever. Because stu­dents
are still registering, no
definite statistics on enroll­ment
can be compiled.
"Ten students who attended
fall quarter but were not in
school winter session have re­turned
this quarter", reports
Miss Myrtle Burnham, record­er.
"There are also several
transfer students and fresh­men",
Miss Burnham adds.
Students who registered
later than Monday or paid fees
after Tuesday: were charged
the late entrance fee of $1.
Those not eligible for registra­tion
because of low . grades
made appointments in the
Dean's office Wednesday morn­ing
to meet with the scholar­ship
committee for reinstate­ment.
Board Creates
Sport Manager
StudentPosition
Tennis, Mixer, Election; Budget
Campus Day, Chairman
Discussed
Even away back thar in North
Dakota a fight is going on to give a
degree-awarding Normal school a
more dignified name. It seems that
the name of the school has been
changed from "Valley City Normal"
to "State . Teacher's College, Valley
City" but the atrocious name of
"Normal" still appears on diplomas
and certificates. We are not alone
in our struggle.
Nor is gardener Dack. At the
same school, pleas, notices, threats
are sent out to students to "Keep
Off the Grass". Sound familiar?
Maybe teacher's colleges are some­what
similar the country over.
Funny thing about it, they, too,
call, themselves Vikings.
And are we glad to have Prexy
back? The school didn't seem to
hold its sane, normal attitude while
he was away. Bet he acquired a lot
of knowledge on his trip, and had a
good time, too. Prexy deserves ev­ery
vacation he gets.
Wonder what happened to the
school songs.that won out in the Vi­king
contest last fall, about Home­coming
time? It is evident that the
student body enjoys singing assem­blies,
so why couldn't we make a
little more use of them to put a
small amount of enthusiasm into
some rather passive individuals
about this time of year? Why not?
And while on' the subject of songs,
how about an alma mater with a lit­tle
more dignity and solemnity, as
befits a proper alma mater? The
stirring phrases of the song, "White
and Blue" strike me as befitting an
alma mater of the college level. The
present song is a bit. too high-schoolish
and rah-rah, according to
the opinion of many.
After half a week of pondering
the why and wherefore of all the
ambition and-industry displayed at
the library so early in the quarter,
I at last came to a startling conclu­sion.
Seats were at a premium in
the reserve room because, with all
the lovely days in store ahead, the
student body is making an effort to
stock up on a little excess brain
stuff, so that empty hours, may be
spent in the. wide open. Am I right,
or is this just my usual weak-mind­ed
attempt to answer a baffling and
timely question?
Students To See
Guild Production
Theater Guild Gives Shakespere's
''Merchant of Venice" During
Spring Quarter
Because "Green Grow the Li­lacs",
the drama production of last
quarter, was presented to the Lit­tle
Theater guild, Normal students
will be admitted on their student
activities ticket to the Guild produc­tion
of William Shakespeare's "Mer­chant
of Venice".
This play is to be given. April 29
and 30 and May 1 and 2. The part
of Shylock will be played by V. H.
Hoppe, of the drama department of
the Normal school. The other parts
to be taken are: Portia, Virginia
George, former Normal student;
Jessica, Winifred Krieter, present
Normal student; Antonio, Bob Bur-cheete,
former Viking editor; and
Bassanio, Ray Chamberlain.
Donald Bushell, of the Bellingham
Normal school music department, is
planning a string ensemble for the
production.
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U of W Students
Write City Paper
Opening week is over and I still
have hair left on my head. I wasn't
pulling it out because they took my
last dime down there at the busi­ness
office. I have been imitating
the editor. She was Irked over this
week's edition, but here it is. Not.
bad, considering the number of on-licked
cubs as yet uniickecL We are
bidhig our time. '"/
Wonder i£ my class will kick me
out when they find but I didn't pa^
anydues? - - ,:.c--:j -:->:i :;x-x sx
Eleven University of Washington
journalism students, who are a part
of a group making a torn- of 13 Pa­cific
Northwest newspapers, took
over the morning and evening edi­tions
of the Bellingham Herald.
Saturday, March 28. Dean Vernon
McKenzie, of the University jour­nalism
department, also was here.
Among the students who came to
Bellingham was Ralph Shenenber-ger,
former editor of the Northwest
Viking and a junior in the school of
journalism at the university.
Others of the group, who were
under the guidance of Prof. Byron
H. Christian, includes: Lorin Pet­erson,
CleElum, editor; Dick Law­rence,
Spokane; Bill Love, Snoho­mish;
Doris Mcllroy, White Sal­mon;
Annabel Lee Biggie, Tacoma;
Wendell Broyles, Ontario, Califor­nia;
Barbara Nowlin, Greenacres;
Warren McCloy, Tom Griffith, Ar­chie
Campbell and Bill Hosokawa,
Seattle.
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Pomona Singers Give
Concert In Assembly;
Ralph Lyman Directs
Notices will be posted asking for
a football manager and a Campus
day chairman as a result of the
Board .of Control meeting Wednes­day.
Campus day will be May 5.
Applicants for the newly-created po­sition
of football manager must pos­sess
a 2.5 grade point average, must
have attended Normal at least three
quarters, and must be registered
for at least 12 credit hours. -Since
the job will probably entail two
hours a day, a salary will be paid
the student manager together with
a bonus commensurate with his suc­cess
in effecting football and bas­ketball
economy.
Appropriations were made to send I
WAA delegates to the Minnesota-conference,
April 23, 24 and 25, and
to send Sam Ford, Co-op manager,
bo the-College-Bookstore-association
conference in Seattle.
Joan, Hoppe and Nancy Jane
Smith were reelected editor and
business manager of the Viking. No
other applications were made. .
Varsity Asks Court
Mon.Orloff presented for discus­sion
a proposed amendment. to. the
tennis court rules in the constitu­tion
by-laws, which would provide
that the six • varsity men be given
prior right to use of one specified
school court. This amendment will
be reworded to limit the privilege,
and be resubmitted.
Ruth Kulle reported that all' ar­rangements
had been made for to­night's
mixer in the Edens hall din­ing
room. Virginia Barbo is co-chairman
of the dance.
President Orloff announced that
two representatives to the Board
will be elected in the third week
of the quarter to replace Cliff John­son
and Arne Johnsen whose terms
expired. He reminded departments
and organizations receiving appor-
Fisher Notices
Progress Made
On Gymnasium
Building Ready for Use Next Fall
If Expectations Are Realized
Says Vacationists
"Work on the PE binding has
progressed so that now we can see
it taking shape and can tell how it
will look", says President C. E. Fish­er
who recently returned from a trip
east. "As we have mentioned be­fore,
the building will be an L-shaped
structure, the gym facing
the school and running north and
south and the swimming pool
branching.out from one end of the
gym. The 104 piers which will sup­port
the building are all in and the
builders are now ready to pour the
concrete for the beams and the first
floor.
"It is very evident that the build­ing
will be out of the ground. In
fact, only the deepest part of the
pool will be under-ground.
Offices on First Floor . ' . .
"On-the first floor there are two
entrances on the front end—one for
boys and one for girls. Between the
entrances will be the offices of the
instructors. The instructors will
have their own dressing rooms and
showers next to their offices. Be­yond
that will be lockers, dressing-rooms,
and showers for the stu­dents.
"The right side of the building
will be for the women and the left
side for the men. Both groups will
have shower,-rooms, lockers, dress­ing-
rooms, first aid rooms, equip­ment
rooms, and the girls will have
a WAA room.
Gym Full Size
"On the second floor will be the
gymnasium; omitting the offices, it
will be the size of all the rest which
we can now see.
"We can now see exactly what the
pool will be like. There will be a
diving-board at the deepest end of
the pool. The depth at this end
will be 9% feet; the depth at the
shallow end will be 4 feet. It will
measure 35 feet wide and 70 feet
Normal Honored
High Rating Awarded
By Association
For the third time, the Nor­mal
was given full accredita­tion
as a four year: teachers'
college by the American asso­ciation
of Teachers colleges.
This is the highest rating
and was based on a yearly re­port
sent by. President C. H.
-Fisher covering such items as
preparation and teaching load
of the faculty, training school
facilities, organization of the
curricula, student health and
living conditions, location, con-
. struction and care of grounds
and buildings, the amount of
financial support and library,
laboratory and shop equip­ment.
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ICC Constructs
Locker Cabinet
Council Decides Women's Clu|)s
Will Sponsor Teas; Officers
To Be Elected
Miller
From
eturns
ion
Faculty Member Visits California
During Leave of Absence
Last Quarter
tiomnents from the student activi-! long. Six lanes will be marked in
ties fees to begin planning their I black tile in the pool. The entire
budgets. pool, including the wide run-ways,
it Our Children's Literature Course9' Is
Title of Article by Children's Librarian
"Our Children's Literature Course" is the title of an article by Miss
Miriam Snow, children's librarian at Bellingham Normal, pub­lished
in the March-April issue of the bi-monthly "Reading and the
School Library" magazine.
In her article Miss Snow describes the work and subject matter cov­ered
in the English 60 course presented at Bellingham Normal. Chil­dren's
literature for primary, inter­mediate,
and junior high school is
now presented in one course so that
the prospective teachers are pre­pared
for work in several grades. In
the course students learn about
books of different subjects such as
history, science, exploration, illus­trators,
and holidays. This English
60 course is a distinct departure
Harmony Lane Shown
At Grand Theatre by
Women's Music Club
Coming to the Normal in their
twenty-third concert season, the
Pomona College Womens' Glee club
presented the special assembly held
Thursday xnprning.;
Under the direction of Ralph Ly­man,
this women's chorus of 32
voices has five, times won first place
in the Pacific Southwest contest.
The glee club gave a concert at
the Los Angeles Philharmonic AuT
ditorium whiclj. was hailed by cri­tics
as. ''history \ makingv. Its
broadcasts oyer" Columbia coast-to-coast
arid NJj3C| networks have at,
txacted fayorabie comment
For the benefit of the scholarship
fund, "Harmony Lane," the story
of Stephen Foster, will be featured
at the Grand Theater on April 7
under the auspices of the Belling­ham
Music Teachers' association.
The scholarship fund of $300 to be
awarded May 3 is offered to a tal­ented
musician to be used for the
study of music. Maxine Moldreri,
Margaret Foster, and Helen Griffith
are the three Bellingham Normal
candidates for the scholarship.
Students may purchase their tick­ets
at the Co-op.
for the show at the Co-op at a spe­cial
student price of twenty-five
cents.
Kluge Is Acting Editor
During Hoppe's Illness
Because Joan Hoppe, editor of the
Northwest Viking, is ill this week
her duties have been taken over
by Harry Kluge, managing editor
of the paper.
Phis will be, awarded to six mem­bers
of the Viking staff in a com­ing
assembly. The students to re­ceive*
the phis this quarter are
Louane Ptobkriey, j Margaret Thori,
Phyhis RObihsoh, r^ouise McBurney,
Harry Kluge, and Helen Hostetten
This is ah unusually large num­ber
to receive pins at one time.
Two quarters of class; "work - with
creditand .two. quarters of report­ing
without credit^ are required to
earn them. '' }- •*
Pleasure, combined with a study
of junior high schools in Los-An­geles
and Pasadena, was the inter-asting
vacation enjoyed by. Dr. I. E..
Miller, of the department of educa-cion.
. Dr. and Mrs. Miller visited
with relatives in Sierra Madre, near
Pasadena, California.
"One of my most enjoyable trips
was to the Planetarium at Griffith
park, Los Angeles," he declared.
This is one of three of its kind in
the United Sta'tes.
Dr. Miller also attended the Pasa­dena.
Community theate, said to be
one of the finest Little Theater
groups in the country. At California
Institute of Technology he saw the
base made for the. new .200-inch
telescope to be installed soon on
Mount Wilson.
"In the junior high schools of
Los Angeles and Pasadena I found
wondered opportunities for self-ex­pression
and creative work in art,
music, industrial arts and English,"
Dr. Miller said.
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Annual Book Shows
Unfinished Payments
Though the completion of regis-*
tration for spring quarter usually
signifies the end of collections for
the school annual,' the Klipsun, it
is not so this year according to Joe
Dolan, the business manager for
the 1936 yearbook. He explains that
many people have not been here
for the three quarters and so will
have to complete payment of the
$3 at the business, office before the
book will be distributed to them.
.The book is financed by the fees
of the students, paid at the begin­ning
of each quarter and through
payments made by the various clubs
Sponsorship of Women's League
teas, the construction of a locker
cabinet for clubs, and the nominat­ing
convention to be held next Wed­nesday
were the issues discussed at
the Inter-club Council meeting last
Wednesday afternoon in room 209.
That a locker cabinet will be con­structed
in which each club of the
school may have a drawer to keep
material was -decided. Fay Wen-zell
and Bob Barnhart were ap­pointed
to see George Dack who
[will build the cabinet.
Representing the Women's League
Blanche Pearce reported that in the
future Women's League teas: will
be sponsored by women's clubs in­stead
of organized houses. . .
Concerning the nominating con­vention,
members were instructed
that each, club may send two rep­resentatives,
one of whom must be
a woman.
. Roberta Thygeson, chairman of
the council, announced that of fir
cers of clubs will, be elected this
month; Hereafter officers will be
elected .once a year in April instead
of every quarter.
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Former President
Is Recent Visitor
from the traditional way of teach-*of the -school for their pictures
ing children's literature which con­sists
of teaching literary classics.
Miss Snow states that the course
emphasizes books that will be need­ed
in the school curriculum itself.
How to, judge books, lists, and re­views
to use in choosing books, and
reading for fun are all stressed. •
Miss Snow says, "Too often
teachers and principals and perhaps
most of all, communities, think of
books as luxuries—always desirable
but not necessary... This is the atti­tude
we are endeavoring to change.
Books.are tools and the school li­brary
is definitely a laboratory".
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Coming Mixer Requires
ASB and Guest Tickets
"Student body tickets are abso­lutely
essential for admission to to­night's
all-school mixer", says Ruth
Kulle, recreation chairman. Al­though
there is no charge for guest
tickets, they are also necessary and
must, be procured \ from Miss Tre-mains
office before 4:00 today;.
The mixer, which will take the
place of the regular weekly rec hour,
will be held in.the Edens hall.din-ing
room this evening from 8:00 to
11:06. Mei Mckee's orchestra, will
furnish the music. •
Punch and cookies will be servied
as= rerresruneiit& "! / " ; /^" y^'.,'/:\
Vtigi&a %arbb is co^hairman;of:
the dance.
The business manager is collecting
from the club presidents now as de­posits
of at least half the total cost
of $5 must be made by the organi­zation
before the- picture can be
taken.
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President Addresses
Assembly on Return
From Trip to East
"After inspecting physical educa­tion
buildings and plans for them
from different colleges on my trip
East, I have decided that Belling­ham
has the right idea, in the con­struction
of their new building,"
said President C. H. Fisher in his
speech in assembly Tuesday.
In St. Louis, from which..Presi­dent
Fisher has just returned, he
was elected to the vice-presidency
of the National Educational associa­tion
convention but because of the
illness of the President he has tak­en
over this official's duties.
Paying his own expenses east of
St. Louis, President Fisher visited
New York, Buffalo and the teach­ers'
collpjgres in Trenton, N. J., and
Newark, Pa.
In New York* ,he saw.several
Operas and plays,: heard the Phil-harmonc.
orchestral and visited the
studios, where a. General Motors ra­dio
program was.;being, broadcast.
H6 ai$o visited Ml^s'Lucy Kangley,
instructor at Normal, and his son.
Robert. Fisheir,s^ho are attending
Columbik university.
Dr. D. B. Waldo, rprmer president
of Bellingham Normal during the
year 1922-23, was a visitor in Bell­ingham
last week. Dr. Waldo is
now president of State Teachers'
college, Kalamazoo, Michigan, and.
has held that position for 32 years
continuously with the exception of
his one year in Bellingham.
During the year Dr. Waldo pre­sided
at Bellingham, he made num­erous
improvement in the school
curriculum, both scholastically and
socially. Athletics were furthered
by Dr. Waldo's work and in honor:
of his accomplishments Waldo field
was named after him.
The Teachers' college at Kalama­zoo
was founded by Dr. Waldo and
is now recognized as one of the
best teachers' colleges. Because of
ill health, Dr. Waldo has a leave
of absence until July.
Pierce^ and Jacobson
Attend IRC Conclave
Conducted at Pullman
"Mr. Jacobson and I certainly en­joyed
the interesting and inspira­tional
program offered the Interna­tional
Relations club delegates at
the convention held at the Wash­ington'
State college, in Pullman,
March 21 and' 22," says Blanche
Pierce, president oT the Normal
branch.
One hundred and thirty-two dele­gates
were present at the conven­tion
from Idaho, Oregon, Washing­ton/
and Western Canada.
Robert Youthers, president of
Washington State college, was the
presiding officer. The convention
was under the auspices of the Car­negie.
• endowment for international
peace... Dispussions were held on
questions concerning. the Far East,
American Neutrality, and Economic
Internationalism! Dr. Charles E.
Martin of the U of W and Dr. Ben
Kizer, Spokane attorney, were
speakers at the evening sessions.
URRENT
ALENDAR
of Happenings
Friday, April 3—-.
8--ll:00 p. m. Mixer in Edens
halL
Tuesday, April 7—
11:00 a. hi; Nan Dybdahl
Wiik accompanied by Edith
••:•• Strange. :: ;
Wednesday, April 8~-
8:00 p. m: Pacific Lutheran
• ' choir'ni the auditorium.
Friday, April 10—
11:00 a. in. Report by I. R. O.
' Delegates?'•'• 'x:-:r"- '-: •