Northwest Viking - 1935 January 25

              VOL. X X X I I I — N O . 15 W A S H I N G T O N S T A T E N O R M A L SCHOOL, B E L L I N G H A M , W A S H I N G T ON Friday, January 2 5 , 1933
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EXPENDITURES
SALARIES
LITTLE FLEA
KLD7SUN
By Pat Allan
Tragic consequences of newspaper
"cut school expenditure" jingo
threaten the very existence of the
public schools in the state. A peo­ple
forgetting the welfare of its
children has cut educational appro­priation
from 33% million dollars
in 1930 to 21% million dollars in
1933. This reduction, more than
35 per cent, will have inevitably
disastrous consequences.
On the school cost basis of 1931,
current appropriations will enable
schools to remain open only until
the second week in January. The
reduced cost basis of last year will
prolong the term only until the third
week of February. The loss of po­tential
power accrued to the state
by the education of its children will
be tremendous. The collapse of the
school system will without a doubt
mean the collapse of other demo­cratic
institutions.
Winter Budget
Completed By
Control Board
Candy And Ice Cream Are
On Cash Basis At
School Store
Put
Survey by Northwest Viking Shows
Candidates Nominated by Students
Have Varied Interests in Affairs
When a survey of the successful
nominees was made, it was discover-plays.
At present she is managing
editor of the Viking. Her other main
Richardson and Millikan Win
Prexy Primary Nominations;
Hartley and Smith are Choice
Co-op Gets Register
Recreational Program Discussed
At Board Meeting
Further reduction of the already
minute salaries of teachers is as­sured
unless the legislature chooses
to devise means of providing rev­enue.
Last year twenty-two teach­ers
received less than three hundred
dollars for the year's servces. Fif­teen
of these received less than two
hundred dollars. Eleven hundred
and thirty-nine teachers received
less than the extinct NRA minimum
for 52 weeks under the President's
agreement. 2,342 teachers receive
less than the lowest paid vendor in
a state liquor store.
The training for state liquor
vendors is aptly .described by
H. L. Mencken, who once asked
one of them the nature of a dry
wine. That worthy replied,
"One that isn't wettish."
Winter quarter's budget of student
fees was presented and accepted by
the Board of Control at their regu­lar
meeting held last Wednesday
afternoon. Men's athletics was giv­en
$3 per student ticket, while the
social fund and Northwest Viking
received $1, and women's athletics
and the division of drama received
$.25. The budget was figured on an
enrollment of 630 full-credit stu­dents.
Special students are not re­quired
to purchase activities tickets.
Dr. A. C. Hicks presented to the
board a report of the recreational
program committee. The program
was discussed by the board mem­bers,
and the secretary was instruct­ed
to order equipment v/hich was
suggested as necessary by the com­mittee.
Final action of the board
will be taken at next week's meet­ing.
Charges Limited
To take effect immediately was
the motion which permits no stu­dents
to put candy or ice-cream
purchases on their Co-op bill. The
board also authorized the purchase
of a suitable cash register to replace
the inadequate register now in use.
Rec hour tryouts of orchestras
were postponed one week. Students
will vote on February 1 which or­chestra
they wish to play for the
remainder of the quarter. A union
orchestra will play this afternoon.
The board plans to make a few
changes in the by-laws after the
elections.
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ed that many of the candidates orig- interest is golf,
inally came from other countries, i Bob Hartley is in his eighth quar-
Other facts about them have beenjter at Normal. He was graduated
unearthed, and are hereby present-1 from Lynden high school. Hart-ed:
| ley's main interests are basketball
President
Gordon Richardson, a home pro­duct,
was graduated from Whatcom
high school in Bellingham. Since
coming to Normal, Richardson has
had prominent positions. Last year
he was editor of the Klipsun, and is
at present secretary of the Board of
Control. He works part time at the
Co-op.
Gordon Millikan, the other suc­cessful
nominee, is now in his fifth
quarter at Normal. He comes from
Pateros, Washington. Millikan has
become prominently associated with
clubs and he is now president of the
Social Science club, and vice presi­dent
of the Inter-club council.
Vice-President
A contribution of Fairhaven is
Nancy Jane Smith, candidate for
vice-president. This is Miss Smith's
fifth quarter at school, and since
coming, she has been in several
and studying. He is employed at
the Normal library.
Four-Quarter Representative
Although born in Norway, Oscar
Svarlien was graduated from Fair-haven
high school. This is his fifth
quarter, and he is employed under
the FERA. His main hobby is hik­ing.
The WAA candidate, Agnes Mar­tin,
comes to us from Canada. She
is reputed to be an excellent swim­mer
and tennis player.
Four-Quarter Representative
Blanche Pearce, who comes from
Burlington, is another "foreigner",
for she was born in England. She is
a second-quarter sophomore, and is
a candidate of the YWCA.
Born in Red Deer, Alberta, Louise
Schulz came to this country and
was graduated from Whatcom high
school. This is Miss Scl;ulz's eighth
quarter.
Frosh Jubilee Has
Sports For Theme
Planned by Miller and Wellman
Basketball Decorative Motif
Carried Out
Governor Offers
Biennium Budget
Allowance Is Given for Physical
Education Building;
Prexy Pleased
Hope is again rising that the
physical education building may be­come
a reality. In Governor Clar­ence
D. Martin's budget, submit­ted
to the legislature, he recom­mended
a biennium appropriation
of $428,000 and a building appro­priation
of $218,500, for Bellingham
Normal.
Shakespearean
Drama Offered
"Twelfth Night" To Be Presented
As Quarterly Production
Of Drama Club
Council Will Discuss
Luncheons, Conflicts;
New Ruling Effective
Demagogues may blat about
"teachers' ideals of social service,
not salary," but what self-respecting
human is willing to train three
years to enter a profession which
pays less than twenty-five dollars a
month?
"Big fleas have little fleas and
ministers have secretaries." Louis
Shaffer, dynamic wart on the in­cumbent
board's proboscis, wants to
be little flea to the next Board of
Control. Elect him, new board, but
first stretch a piece of adhesive tape
tightly from his nose to his chin.
Luncheons for assembly speakers
and conflicts in club calendars are
the issues to be discussed at the
Inter-Club council meeting Janu­ary
30.
Conflicts have resulted in club
calendars because of the basketball
schedule. These conflicts may ne­cessitate
minor changes in the cal­endars.
It has been recently decided by
the council that if the representa­tive
of a club misss two successive
meetings that club will no longer
remain approved.
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Moffett To Present
Alkisiah Club History
With all the political criticism of
the expense for the annual and all
the dirty slaps at the editor of that
publication, no one has as yet sug­gested
a means whereby its expense
to the students might be reduced.
May we, while gently hinting at the
inanity of intending to do a thing
without knowing how, suggest a
remedy for the much criticised ills?
Give the business manager some­thing
to do other than signing con­tracts
and requisitions. Devote a
section at the back of the annual
to advertising. Bellingham mer­chants
are wild to give themselves
publicity there. By giving them
what they want the cost to the
students might be reduced to little
over one dollar.
On next Monday evening, the
Alkisiah club will hold its regular
meeting in the club room of Edens
hall. The gathering will be in the
nature of a review of the history
of the club, which is the oldest or­ganization
of its kind in this school.
The feature of Monday night's
meeting will be an address by Miss
Mildred Moffett, who will speak on
the subject, "The History of the
Traditions of Alkisiah".
Frisby Fresk has an unusual way
of requestng food at the dorm.
Passing his plate, he says:
"Will you potato me, please?"
"Will you meat me, please?"
"Will you carrot me, please?"
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"Will you pour me a glass of milk,
please?"
Normal Carpenter Shop
Is Completely Demolished
Damages amounting to approxi­mately
$2,000 were counted at the
Normal school late Monday night.
The warming weather melted the
snow, dislodging rocks which were
sent crashing down Sehome onto
the carpenter shop, which is lo­cated
at the foot of the hill.
The building which is compara­tively
new was completely destroyed.
Work has been started towards
clearing up the ruins, as there are
a few things worth salvaging.
>: Investigations have been made as
to the possibilities of another slide
so that measures may be taken to
prevent another costly disaster.
Building To Be Erected
Of the $218,500, $200,000 will be
used for the long-dreamed-of phy­sical
education building. The $18,-
500, if obtained, will be used for a
new roof on the main building, and
for work on the new athletic field.
This recommendation was made
with the proviso that state and fed­eral
building money is available.
President C. H. Fisher expressed
satisfaction over the governor's two-year
appropriation recommendation.
This amount is for salaries, wages,
and operations. The recommenda­tion
was about $40,000 less than the
board asked, but it is about $85,000
more than was allowed for the
present biennium.
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Mc Ilvain Prefers
Pottery to Paintings
Southwestern Indianfc have re­cently
been called the real pioneers
in art. In California, Arizona, and
Nevada many cliffs and rocks are
painted with surrealistic paintings
done with special oils. The Indians
believe these pictures to be done
by "spirit painters", but scientists
today accredit this super-natural
work to the nightly visits of the
medicine man.
"Since these pictures have, little
logic and no plan of construction,
they have little value in real art,"
states Miss Dorothy Mcllvain. art
instructor. "Personally, I admire
Indian pottery and much of then-talent,
but surrealistic painting has
no meaning to me."
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New Student Officials
May Expect Initiation
Following its usual custom, the
Board of Control will give a ban­quet
for its members sometime later
in the quarter. Christine Albers will
be in charge of the affair, which
will be held at a down town hotel.
Each quarter, in the past, the
board has been in the habit of
holding some sort of social function
honoring the members of that body,
and this quarter, it will honor not
only the old members, but the new
ones as well, and will probably take I
the form of an initiation for them.
By V. H. Hoppe
There are four reasons why the
department of Drama should pro­duce
"Twelveth Night", or any
Shakespearean play. The first is
because Hollywood doesn't. Prac­tically
all modern plays are being
screened by the movies and ama­teurs
cannot produce until the
screen version is released.
The second reason is that Shakes­peare
should be kept alive by the
schools. The best method of ap­preciating
Shakespeare is to enact
his plays. Thirdly, "the play's the
thing" after all. These old plays
are still vital experiences in under­standing
the bewildering phenomena
of life. For the fourth point,
Shakespeare's plays spell romance.
As President Fisher says, "We are
an' educational institution." We
have a distinct opportunity to do
fine things. Why Shakespeare?
Well, why life?
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Registration by Classes
Similar to Fall Quarter
Although registration will not be
final until next week, Miss Norma
Bouck, secretary to Dean Bever,
states that "about as many are in
school this quarter as attended in
the fall quarter".
Distribution of classes approxi­mates
that of the fall quarter. There
were 290 freshmen, 160 sophomores,
165 juniors,' and 40 seniors.
About 20 of the seniors were not
legitimate members of the student
body as they took only one or two
courses.
Amid' pennants, streamers, and
basketballs, the Frosh will be hosts
to the rest of the students at their
quarterly party, tomorrow night at
8 o'clock in the big gym.
Appointed by class president
Steve Turk, "because of his hard
work at the last Freshman celebra­tion,"
Johnny Miller is in charge of
arrangements. He will furnish the
orchestra for dancing and he prom­ises
novel and nourishing refresh­ments.
Blue and white basketball pen
nants, streamers and balloons—even
blue and white lights will glorify
the seasonal sport, according to
Dorothy Wellman, freshman class
vice-president and chairman of the
decoration committee.
Assisting her with adorning the
gym will be Mildred Larson, Rebec­ca
Mounter, Rose Altose, Helen Ack-len,
Elvira James, Maurice Tweit,
Douglas Hanson, Eugene Sybrant,
Art Harrold, and Mill Bostrom.
Students will be admitted to the
party upon presenting their student
body tickets.
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Vacancy on Annual
Filled by Hostetter
Former Staff Member Promoted To
Associate Editor
Oscar Svarlien, Agnes Martin Roll
In Votes for Board
Position
Polls Crowded
Pierce and Schulz Placed in
General Election
the
Helen Hostetter, Viking reporter,
has been appointed asociate editor of
the Klipsun to replace "Barbara
Shute, who has withdrawn from
school.
Until her recent appointment.
Miss Hostetter had served as fac­ulty
editor on the Klipsun staff.
Her work included special write-ups
for the annual.
The newly appointed associate
editor was graduated last year from
Whatcom high school, where she
occupied the position of editor-in-chief
of Whatcom's annual, the
Kulshan. She also served as asso­ciate
editor on the Kulshan staff.
Pat Allan, editor of the Klipsun,
reports that basketball pictures are
to be taken next Monday. Group
pictures of classes and clubs are to
be photographed soon.
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Hoppe To Present
Play in Assembly
Lake Waldo New
Campus Attraction
"Far above the bay's blue
waters,
Stands our own Sehome,"
But now the bathing enthus­iasts
don't have to go to the
bay's blue waters" for their
little dip. They have a private
swimming pool of their own. It
may not be so blue, and it
isn't so very far away, but it's
Lake Waldo.
Those few courageous souls
who ventured out on the cam­pus
last Tuesday were startled
to see a sizeable lake on the
athletic field. Some of them
who tried to wade across
found it too deep. So they r e ­tired
to the shore to gaze with
pride of possession upon the
sparkling ripples.
Featured in the assembly next
Tuesday will be Victor H. Hoppe,
of the department of Speech
at Normal. He will read a play.
Mr. Hoppe nearly always presents
a program some time during each
quarter of the school year. At this
time he usually reviews a play.
These programs have proved to be
very popular with the students in
the past. It is expected that the
assembly will be unusually well at­tended
by outsiders as well as the
student body. The nature of the
play to be reviewed has not been
revealed.
Gordon Richardson and Gordon
Millikan won a place on next
Thursday's general election ticket
by one of the narrowest margins in
school history at yesterday's pri­maries.
Robert Hartley and Nancy Jane
Smith will run off the vice-presi­dential
race. For the four-quarter
representative post on the Board of
Control, open to men and women,
Agnes Martin ana Oscar Svarlien
received the highest number of
votes.
The names of Blanche Pierce and
Louise Schulz will appear on the
general ballot for the four-quarter
representative position open to
women only.
As there were but two candidates
for faculty representative on the
Board of Control, and consequently
no contest, the total number of
votes cast for Dr. E. A. Bond and
Miss Emma Erickson was somewhat
surprising.
Surprising, too, was the fact that
for every office except the presiden­tial
job, there was one feminine
candidate. Old time politicians
were overjoyed at the seventy-one
per cent turnout, especially for a
primary election.
Victor Dickinson was chairman of
the election board with Ralph
Shenenberger and Emil Starluhd
assisting.
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Normal Instructors
Favor High Grades
Faculty members of the Washing­ton
State Normal school give tlie
students more A and B grades and
less D and F grades than can be
justified by any of the usually
recommended procedures of deter­mining
grade distribution.
Studies show that when a long,
well-constructed objective test is
given to a large number of college
students, the distribution of grades
would approximate 7 per cent A's,
24 per cent B's, 38 per cent CPs,
24 per cent D's, and 7 per cent P^s.
The fact that the instructors here
have a tendency to give high grades
is shown in a study of 45,336 stu­dent's
marks, according to Dr. C
C. Upshall, director of the Bureau
of Research.
Club Officers Elected
By NW Normal Group
Jim Campbell, president of the
Freshman class in 1932,.. was elected
president of. the club at the Uni­versity
of Washington composed en­tirely
of former students of Belling­ham
Normal school, at their first
business meeting, which was held
last week.
Bill Fisher, son of President C. H.
Fisher, was. elected vice president,
while Harriet Rickerson and Debby
Altose were elected secretary and
treasurer respectively.
Nearly 70 students are members of
the club.
Women's League, Men's
Club Hold First Meeting
Assembly this morning consisted
of meetings of the Women's league
and the Men's club. These are the
first meetings held this quarter.
After a short business meeting of
the league a skit was offered by a
group of girls under the direction
of Mary Jane Maergeli. Miss Ma-ergeli
sang some popular selections.
A varied program was presented at
the meeting of the Men's club after
their business meeting.
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Calendar
Friday, Jan, 25—
4:00—Orchestra tryouts at
rec hour.
7:30—W club skating party.
7:30—Viking staff party.
Saturday, Jan. 26—
8:00--Freshman party.
Tuesday, Jan. 29—
11:00—Reading by V. H. Hop­pe
in assembly.
Wednesday, January 30—
4:00—Inter-club council meet­ing.
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Thursday, Jan. 31—
• 7:30-TrCheney game a t What­com."
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