Northwest Viking - 1936 January 31

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VOL. XXXIV—NO. 16
WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Friday, January 31, 1936
Vikings-Savages In Championship Game
Campus
Chatter
ADVICE
GRADES?
MISERY
—By Johnny
~/
BC Educators
Are Guests At
Forum Dinner
Instructors From Two Nations
Represented at Banquet
In Edens Hall
Is there any element of recrea­tion
in standing in a mob for two
hours, trying to dodge elbows and
having your pedal appendages tram­pled
on unmercifully? Chatter
would like to offer what is hoped
to be a constructive suggestion for
the extermination of the stag-line
at Rec hours.
There are plenty of folding chairs
in the gym. We suggest that the
committee in charge place these
chairs around the walls of the room
each time. "It would take perhaps
ten minutes. Instead of huddling
on the stairs and bunching on the
floor, those students who were not
dancing could sit comfortably and
watch the dancers. (Even bring
your knitting if you must.) Every­one
would then have an opportun­ity
to see who was there. How can
a girl expect to be asked to dance
when nobody knows she is there be­cause
she is parked behind someone
who is four inches taller?
If the men who won't dance still
congregate on the dance floor, we
suggest that they go outside and
look through the windows with the
Campus school pupils. Otherwise,
Chatter feels the committee would
be justified in resorting to carbon
monoxide poisoning.
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No grades are given out at
Teachers college, Columbia univer­sity.
The question has frequently
been raised, "Would such a sys­tem
work here?"
Undoubtedly some of us consid­er
grades the mark of success or
failure. Perhaps it isnt our fault
So much emph&sis has been placed
on grades in the past. But students
of college level should be able to
form their own conceptions. And I
think that many would see things
differently if they took time out to
think about it.
It all goes back to the age-old
question, "What is an education?"
It is a social asset to say you have
been through college. But it is an
asset to living if the college has
been through you.
No, Frosh, a coke is not something
you burn.
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A Campus school youngster was
heard to remark the other day,
"Huh, we can flunk any student
teacher we want to. We just make
a lot of racket and they think it's
his fault". Innocent little dear!
* * * * *
What is there about burned toast,
strong coffee, and aching muscles
that appeals to people? Last week­end
the Viking gang retired to the
wilderness and had a perfectly swell
time putting up with inconveniences
they wouldn't think of having in
their homes.
They cooked over a smoking stove
in a frigid kitchen, sang until they
could only croak, hiked until they
could hardly stagger home, and slept
on mattresses on the floor. They
huddled around a fireplace, scorch­ing
half their anatomy while the
other half shivered. And came
home declaring they had had the
grandest time ever. (And we'd go
back tomorrow if we only could!)
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WAA Dancing Classes
Started on Wednesday
Instructors from two nations were
represented at a Faculty forum din­ner
held in the main dining room in
Edens hall Friday, January 24, when
the Normal instructors dined with
representatives from the public
schools of Vancouver, British Co­lumbia.
Dinner was served at 6:30 p. m.
after which the party adjourned
to the Blue room to hear a discus­sion
of "Trends in Elementary Edu­cation"
in the form of 5-minute
speeches by 11 faculty members.
President C. H. Fisher presided
and introduced Miss Mary Rich as
the first speaker. Her topic was
the general purpose and significance
of the modern elementary school.
Others who spoke on the specific
phases of the main topic were the
Orloff Fearless of Presidency
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New Student Prexy Shows. Interest in Blondes, Tennis, Pinochle;
Wishes To Follow in Millikan's Footsteps
Traditional trials and tribulations of the A. S. B. constitution hold
no terrors for Mon Orloff, newly-elected student prexy, "Because," Mon
confides, "I'm going to be a lawyer when I grow up."
"I feel that no matter what difficulties I encounter in my new role
I will be prepared—after being president of the defunct men's club."
Commenting further upon the new regime Mon pondered, "It is
debatable in my mind whether I have been elected to represent the
student body or whether, since this office demands a strong focal point
of thought. I am to think in my own way. Once one assumes the duties
of a student body president, one finds his viewpoint changes."
Though he'd rather not have mentioned his managerial duties on
the men's club basketball team and his position as sideline quarterback
on the football squad, Mon admits his intense interest in tennis and
pinochle. "Tennis is not my hobby," he denies. "It's my profession."
"Blondes or brunettes? Make it blondes," Mon commits himself on
the old query.
"And food? Well, lettuce and tomato sandwiches are awfully good.
Oh yes;' I also like sweets."
"I understand Millikan likes pie," Mon comments in conclusion,
"and anything that goes with Millikan is alright with me."
Teachers Plan
For Revisions
In Curriculum
Philippi Is Appointed Chairman
Committee During Absence
of Dr. Miller
(Contniued on Page Four)
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Federal Grant for
New School Given
Senior High Building Completed
Before Fall of 1937
With a federal grant assured of
$433,454, the Bellingham board of
education can now complete its
plans for the new central senior
high school. The building, which
has been needed for some time, was
further necessitated by the loss of
Fairhaven high school by fire.
The cost of the building is $750,-
000. The sum which has been grant­ed
by the Washington, D. C, offi­cials
represents 45 per cent of the
amount needed for the board of edu­cation's
huge building and repair
program.
News of the grant came to Super­intendent
C. Paine Shangle last
Friday afternoon. The new build­ing,
which will be situated between
Cornwall avenue and Ellis street,
near the Darigold plant, will prob­ably
be ready for use in the fall of
1937.
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Scurlock To Visit
Here Next Week
Leap Year 'Tolo'
Dance Looms On
Women's Horizon
Cupids With Bows and Arrows
Will Aid Girls in Executing
Male Duties
Under the instruction of Miss
Mildred Jewell, the WAA tap danc­ers
met for ihe first time Wednes­day
evening, in the gym. at 7:30.
Virgie Boal is student manager.
Three types of dances were feat­ured:
folk dancing, tap and clog.
As gym clothes are not required,
any type of clothes can be worn to
the class.
Miss Stella Scurlock, Regional
Secretary of the YWCA. will be
the guest of the Blue Triangle club
next Monday and Tuesday. She
arrives at .11:30 Monday morning
and the girls' club house will be
open to visitors that afternoon from
2 to 5.
A special invitation is extended
to all women students and faculty
to come to the "open house."
Monday night a cabinet meeting
with-Miss Scurlock will be held at
Miss Mira Booth's home at 825
Garden street.
On Tuesday a Blue Triangle din­ner
will be given for all members
at 5:45. An "open meeting" will
follow this at which time moving
pictures taken at the summer con­ference
at Seabeck will be shown.
"Miss Scurlock has been travel­ing
through the western states visit­ing
the colleges and universities,."
says President Florence Lund.
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Leopold Hotel Scene
Of Traditional Dance
With the music starting at 9, un­der
the direction of Maurice Tweit,
the Men's Club informal will take
place tonight in the Crystal ball­room
of the Hotel Leopold. The
music, under the direction of Mau­rice
Tweit, will start at 9 p. m.
Programs will be available on the
main landing all day today, and
Oscar Sarlund and Bill Prender,
committee members to aid students
who need help in planning the pro­grams,
will ..assist those who apply.
Fat Cupids with their bows and
arrows x will greet guests at the
Women's League quarterly -informal
which this year will be a Leap Year
"tolo" affair.
Girls will take over such male
gallantries for'the evening as call­ing
for and safely escorting their
guests to the dance. Supper will be
served at the hall afterwards to saye
wear and tear on the girls' purses,
according to Helen Acklen, general
chairman.
Committees are: advertising, Flor­ence
Lewis, chairman, Peggy Fos­ter,
Lilly Holmes, Gertrude Bell­man,
Anabel Bolster, Margaret Per­kins,
Beverly Holiday; decorations,
Marguerite Thompson, chairman,
Elizabeth Cozier, Donnie Grant,
Jean LeValley, Carol Hughes; pro­grams,
Virginia Hall, chairman,
Dora Ma^y Conrad, Louise Vistaunet,
Virgie Boal, Jean Borgstedt; invita­tions,
Margaret Osier, chairman,
Maxine Moldrem, Marian Haydon,
Janet Johnson, Ruth Pugh; re­freshments,
Rose Altose, chairman,
Virginia Barbo, Josephine Slaninka,
Evelyn Ecker; and entertainment,
Mabel Rolle, chairman, Ruth Kulle,
and Esther Gius.
The dance will be next Saturday
night, February 8, in the Crystal
ballroom of the Hotel Leopold.
Mid-Term Grads
Receive Positions
In State Schools
Hennings, Jeardeau, Get Degrees;
Elmore, Dalgity, Diplomas;
Given Jobs
Six students were graduated at
mid-term this year, two of whom
received degrees of bachelor of arts
in education.
Edwina Hennings received her
degree and secured a position in the
fifth grade at Forks, Wash. Gwenn.
Jeardeau, a graduate from Ml p t
normal in North Dakota, also re­ceived
her degree. Miss Elizabeth
Hopper, of the extension office,
placed her in the city system at
Franklin grade school. She teaches
third grade under Miss Florence
Wertman, principal.
Marjorie Elmore, a graduate from
the University of Washington,
gained a Normal diploma and is
now substituting in the kindergar­ten
and first grade in ja Seattle
school. Jean Dalgity, a third year
diploma graduate, is teaching in the
intermediate grades at the Federal
Way school between Seattle and
Tacoma.
Annabel Keller and Ann Mathe-son
were also presented with three
year diplomas, but as yet are not
teaching.
During the absence of Dr. Irving
E. Miller, .chairman of the curricu­lum
committee of the faculty, H. C.
Philippi, Science instructor, is act­ing
as chairman.
Last year this committee reorgan­ized
the curricula into an element­ary
school curriculum and a junior
high curriculum. Some new courses
were added and others were given
more time and more credits were
allowed.
The new curricula were organized
on a four-year basis. "By the new
plan," says President C. H. Fisher,
"there are a number of- elective
credits allowed in the curricula, but
j as this actually works out in plan­ning
student schedules, there are
! very few electives possible in the
j first three years, almost all of the
electives coming in the fourth year."
Some members of the faculty
have objected and many students
have criticized the lack of electives.
The curriculum committee is now
working upon a better distribution
of the course so as to allow more
electives in the first three years.
The committee is also attempting
a plan whereby the junior high cur­riculum
will cover some work in the
fourth, fifth ahd sixth grades.
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Cheney Savage
Accosts Viking
Saturday Night
Lappenbusch Gives Vikings Chance
For Victory in Game
Tomorrow
Jay-vees Play Prelim
Tomorrow's Battle Will Decide
Tri-Normal Winner
Romantic Music Topic
Of Alkisiah Discussion
Study of Music of the Romantic
Period constituted the program of
the Alkisiah club meeting held last
Monday evening. Dorothy Harris
reviewed the tendencies of music
during that period and cited the
outstanding composers of that time,
after which Eleanor Partridge played
"Consolation" by Felix Mendelsohn.
Miss Mira Booth, of the Music de­partment,
interpreted Beethoven's
adagio movement of "The Moonlight
Sonata".
Plans were made for the annual
banquet which will be held Febru­ary
14 in the Hotel Leopold. In­vitations
have been sent to former
Alkisiah members. "It is your ban­quet
and your presence is its suc­cess!"
says Italka Runge, general
chairman.
New Alkisiahs' initiated Were:
Miss Elizabeth Hopper, of the ap­pointment
bureau, Betty Bowdish,
Allie Chaben, Clara Cunningham,
Franchlne Haines, Wilda Hawley,
Frances Krueger, Louise Lammers,
Sara MacDonald, Edna Pearson
France^ Pelegren, &qrna Urquhart,
and Ruth Wheeler.
Board of Control
Celebration Today
The Willows Townhouse Is Scene
Of Festive Occasion
Tafts Townhouse will again be
the scene of the Board of Control
banquet to be held this evening for
the outgoing and the incoming ad­ministrations.
Those, who will attend the din­ner
are: Gordon Millikan, past
president; Bob Hartley, past vice-president;
Esther Gius, secretary;
Mon Orloff, present president; Flor­ence
Lund, present vice president;
Beverly Holiday, Ruth Kulle, Oscar
Svarlien, Mabel Rolle, Arne John­son,
Cliff Johnson, past and present
members of the board, and Miss
Charlotte Richardson, Miss Eliza-/
beth Hopper, Dr. E. A. Bond, and|
President C. H. Fisher of the fac
ulty.
With the best chance of beating
Cheney since 1927, Coach Chuck
Lappenbusch will present his
strongest lineup against the Savages
tomorrow night at 7:00 in the What­com
high school' gymnasium. The
preliminary battle is slated to be as
attractive as the main event with
the Jayvees tangling with the Fern-dale
town team.
Although Cheney has the same
team that beat the Vikings last year,
the addition of Bob Phair to the cen­ter
post has strengthened the Vi­king
cause. Phair is expected to
give Slim Eustace; the Cheney cen­ter,
quite a bit of trouble at the tip-off
and in the scoring column.
Carver to Start
Dick Carver, Lappenbusch's scor­ing
forward, will carry the attack
against the Savages. Carver has
worked well all season#in a forward
position. Bud VanderGriend, who
has developed into an excellent
passer, will start as Carver's running
mate.
For the guards,, Lappenbusch -has
named Shel Stutz, the steady, de­pendable
captain, in one spot, and
either Ted Dzeidzie or Chet Dom-broski
as the other starter.
(Continued on Page Three)
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Edens Hall Girls
Schedule Informal
Normal Students Attend Shakespearean
Play, Mot)ie Version, Last Wednesday
By Katheryn E. Hatch
Although fairies appeared and disappeared in thin air and extrava­gant
lighting and costuming- effects were used, the movie version of
William Shakespeare's great drama, "Midsummer Night's Dream," kept
fairly close to the original play.
Almost the entire student body attended last Wednesday afternoons
presentation and found it entertaining. ^j .
Parts in the movie were well cast.
James Cagney gave an outstand­ing
performance as "Bottom". Vic­tor
Jory was good as "Oberon", king
of the fairies," and Dick Powell as
"Lysander". "Puck," played by
Mickey Rooney. was not as well
characterized as the others. Rath­er,
he gave a modern movie im­pression
of that character.
Dance Will Be Held February 22;
Supper Will Follow
"Supper will follow the Edens
hall informal, the date of which has
been set for February. 22," says
Mary Jane Moergeli, social chair­man
at the dormitory. Attendance ^
at the dance will be limited to
girls residing at Edens hall. The
girls will be expected to pay all
expenses of the evening. As in
previous years the affair will ^.be
held in the Blue room. A George
Washington motif will predominate.
The following committee chair­men
have been appointed by Miss
Moergeli: Dorothy Kelly, orchestra;
Marion Haydon, decoration; Martha
Lou Pulver, program; Margaret
Greeley, entertainment; Virginia
Holm, invitation; and Mary Frances
Morthand, refreshments.
The comedy actors were funny
but much too modern. Joe E. Brown
could never conceal his identity be­hind
the name of "Flute, the bel­lows
mender". - •
While the dancing of the fairies
and night spirits and the lavish
lights and costumes tended to turn
the show into just another musical
extravaganza, it was saved by fol­lowing
closely the dialogue and ac­tion
of the drama.
.Music by Felix Mendelssohn well
played, furnished a beautiful back­ground.
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Progress Apparent
In Klipsun Pictures
February 15 is the last chance
members of the junior-senior class
will have to be photographed for the
annual. As the deadline for engrav­ing
copy draws near, members of the
Klipsun staff are making every ef­fort
to complete as much photo­graphy
work as possible.
Groups taken this week include
the pep band, individual pictures
of the basketball squad, basketball
managers, the junior varsity basket­ball
team, and groups of the fresh­men
and sophomore classes. Next
week the orchestra and chorus will
be photographed.
In order to have their pictures in
the Klipsun, juniors and seniors
must make appointments with San-dison,
the photographer, in the
Woolworth building, during the next
two weeks. A deposit of 75 cents
must be made at the time of sitting.
c URRENT
ALENDAR
of Happenings
Friday, January 31—
9:00, Men's Cnrtf dance at
Leopold hotel.
Saturday, February 1—
7:00, Cheney-Viking game,
Whatcom High gym. ,
Monday, February 3—
. 2:00-5:00, Blue Triangle tea.
7:30-9:00, Dancing- class in
Big gym.
Tuesday, February 4—
11:00, Raymond Marlowe,
tenor. ;' { .ijjjg
6:00, Blue Triangle dinner
and meeting in club room.
Thursday, February 6—
11:00, S. Miles Bouton, jour­nalist,
in assembly.
2:30-3:30, Women's tea in
Blue Triangle clubhouse. s
7:30-9:00, Dancing class.
Saturday, February 8—
9:00, Women's * League in­formal,
Leopold hotel. , <