Northwest Viking - 1934 December 7

              VOL. XXXIII—NO. 10 WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON
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Friday, December 7, 1934
Interest Grows
For All-School
Sport Program
Supplement For Student Dances
Will Be Discussed This
Evening at Banquet
Shaffer Backs Plan
Badminton and Swimming Groups
Already Meeting
"Mixed recreational sports for not
only physical but social education is
highly desirable in this school" said
Louis Shaffer, men's assistant intra­mural
director, when interviewed
concerning the advantages of having
some other form of recreation be­sides
dancing in which students
might participate. Discussion of
this topic will be the main purpose
of a banquet which will be held this
evening in Edens hall.
Idea Transferred
"Mixed groups compete in activi­ties
during the summer quarter,"
continued Shaffer, "And there is no
reason why this should not continue
during the rest of the year." Ten­nis,
golf, riding, and hiking were the
sports conducted in this way during
the summer.
A primary program for this type
of mixed recreation has been under
way for the past month, with bad­minton
and swimming as the two
sports. Much interest has already
been manifested, with between 60
and 80 students having participated
in one or both.
Clubs Co-operating
Agnes Martin and Roger Mullen
have been the students working
toward the founding of such a pro­gram,
with the assistance of Miss
Ruth Weythman and Sam Carver,
members of the faculty. The WAA
and Men's W club have also approv-'
ed of the idea, and are co-operating
with the leaders.
This recreational program will
give students who do not care to
dance an opportunity to meet and
become acquainted with other stu­dents.
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Inventory of Co-op
Has Been Delayed
Inventory of the Co-op by the
Board of Control has been postponed
until the Christmas vacation be
cause it was decided that there
would not be enough time during
the Thanksgiving holidays. This will
be the first time the board has in
voiced the Co-op. They desire to get
better acquainted with the stock on
hand at the present time.
Six members will take charge of
the inventory and Gordon Richard­son
has been appointed to secure an
auditor to audit the books. This in­ventory
has usually been done by
the manager and he has hired his
own help.
After this work has been complet­ed,
the contract for manager will
be discussed by the board. The con­tract
of Sam Ford, who is now act­ing
manager, expired about Novem­ber
12, and he has been in charge of
the Co-op since that time without
a written contract.
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Board Will Meet
At School Resort
Board of Control officers will
hold an informal meeting at
Normalstad next Wednesday,
December 12. The members of
the board will leave the school
about 6:30.
The purpose of this meeting
is an informal discussion of
school policies. Each member of
the board will express his opin­ions
informally. Inspection of
the playground will be held,
and suggestions for improve­ments
will be made.
A turkey dinner will be
served with mince and pump­kin
pie for dessert.
Visitors To Play
Canadians Will Give Badminton
Exhibition Today
WAA and the "W" club' will
present a badminton exhibi­tion
this afternoon at 5 o'clock
in the big gym. • Admission
charge will be 40 cents.
Two members of the Uni­versity
of British Columbia
badminton club, Mr. Kozoolin
and Mr. Seldon, will play an
exhibition game. Following the
games there will be held a ban­quet
in the.Edens hall dining
room. After the banquet there
will be a discussion of a larger
intramural sports program for
the Normal. The Canadian vis­itors
will explain the advan­tages
of intramural sports as
found in their schools.
Audience Enjoys
Barrie's Crichton
Cast Brings Out Comedy of Social
Differences As Suggested
By Playwright
By Dr. A. C. Hicks
The opening performance Thurs­day
night of "The Admirable Crich­ton,"
produced under the new aus­pices
of the Division of Drama, drew
a good-sized and appreciative audi­ence.
In the whimsical vein of
Barrie, the comedy is very attrac­tive
as entertainment, but in the
play of ideas, unfolding of character
in contrasting situations, and sym­metry
and economy of structure it
has a more compelling interest than
high comedy usually arouses.
The theme is the romantic notion
of a return to Nature, which is ex­ploited
in the spirit of Rousseau
with a difference. As Rousseau as­serts,
the play shows that life in a
state of Nature makes a vast dif­ference
in the distribution of power
and social position among those who
have been accustomed to civilization,
but contrary to Rousseau the result
is far from equality. The positions
of Crichton and Lord Loam are sim­ply
reversed; the former butler turns
out to be very much of a lord, and
his former master becomes his very
humble servant. However, true to
Rousseau, Barrie indicates that the
state of Nature is decidedly happier
and serves' as a truer test of man's
innate capacity and nobility than
the society of Mayfair."
The play was excellently cast.
Randy Oberlatz interpreted Crich­ton
with poise and humor, bringing
out the butler's sturdy integrity, re­sourcefulness,
and love of power.
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Play to be Given
at Whatcom High
The Whatcom County Orthopedic
association is sponsoring the play,
"'The Cat and the Canary," a mys­tery-
thriller by John Willard, at
Whatcom high school, Friday night,
December 14, at 8:15 o'clock.
Several students and former stu­dents
of the Normal school are tak­ing
part in the play. Those from
Normal who have roles are Marye
Louise Harrison, Boyd Swanson,
Henry Reasoner, Denton Hatfield,
Philip Crirnmins, and Nancy Jane
Smith. Former students who are
taking part are Frank Pratt, John
Sandwick, and Howard Jensen, who
is designing the sets.
The tickets are 35 cents each and
are being sold by the girls of the
Whatcom and Fairhaven high school
pep clubs.
Cole To Speak On Club
Program Tuesday Night
Merwin Cole, former student of
the University of Washington, is to
speak Tuesday evening, December
11, at the regular meeting of the
Social Scence club at Edens hall.
Mr. Cole is a recognized leader
among progressive young people's
circles in King county. He has spo­ken
at many of their meetings and
has been enthusiastically received.
According to Gorden W. Millikan,
president of the club, this meeting
promises to be one of the most
interesting the club has held. A
large attendance is expected and
students who are interested are
urged to come.
Brooklyn Boy Is
Earth's Smartest
Seven-Year-Old Jewish Boy Has
Intelligent Quotient
of 230
Rated the smartest individual in
the world, a seven-year-old Jewish
lad of Brooklyn, New York, has an
intelligence quotient of 230 is deter­mined
by the Binet Simon tests.
Albert Einstein, the mathematical
wizard, can show only 205 for his
intelligent quotient. The only other
mark near to this made by a child
was 196 by another seven-year-old
boy also of Jewish extraction.
Under tests conducted at the child
guidance bureau, the Brooklyn boy
was perfect in all the tests up to
those for eleven-year-olds. His
answers to questions in tests for
persons above that age were suf­ficiently
good to give him a men­tal
age of 16 years and 10 months.
Although his teachers say he can
be ready for college within a short
time, he is being developed normal­ly
with children of his own age. To
push him, his teachers say, would
not be to his advantage.
Bureau of Research
Dr. C. C. Upshall, of the Bureau of
Research, in commenting on the
boys record, says, "Some idea of the
child's brilliance can be gathered
from the fact that the approximate
I. Q. of the Campus school students
is 110."
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President Attends
WEA Conference
To attend the legislative assembly
of the Washington Education as­sociation
was the purpose of Presi­dent
C. H. Fisher's trip to Tacoma
last Friday and Saturday, November
30 and December 1. .
"This is one of the most important
meetings because of the crisis in
education in the State of Washing­ton,"
says President Fisher. Finan­cial
support in the school, tenure of
teaching positions, teachers' retire­ment
fund, and the legislative pro­gram
for 1935 were discussed.
The various units of the Washing­ton
Education association were rep­resented
by 156 delegates. President
Fisher was a delegate from the Fac­ulty
Forum of the Normal school.
He gave a report of this annual
meeting at the Normal faculty
forum, last Tuesday afternoon.
Students Enjoy Icy Dip
In New Swimming Hole
"Nothing like a good plunge in icy
water to start a day off," said
George Dack when several of the
Normalstad workers took a dip in
Lake Whatcom early Friday morn­ing.
A high dive will soon be con­structed
on the new dock and sev­eral
low boards. Mr. Dack expects
to develop one of the best swimming
holes in the country.
Get Pictures Now
Appointment Bureau Head
Gives Advise to Grads
According to Miss Elizabeth
Hopper of the Appointment bu­reau,
the best time to order
the six application photographs
required by the Appointment
bureau is when the class pic­tures
are taken for the Klip-sun.
Small, unmounted pic­tures
may be then ordered at
a relatively small cost. All ap­plication
blanks used by the
city schools require an un­mounted
photograph, and many
superintendents will not con­sider
a set of credentials with­out
a picture. A personal in­terview
does not obviate the
necessity for a photograph.
Music Program
Will be Offered
Chorus and Orchestra Will Give
First Program of Quarter;
Music Varied
Mr. Don Bushell and Mr. Nils
Boson, of the music department, will
present a program of selected music
by the chorus and the orchestra in
assembly, December 14. This is the
first assembly program this quarter.
Members of the chorus are: Theo­dore
Abener, Catherine A. Alexan­der,
Ruth Beeman, Mildred Cluck,
Jewell Countryman, Denton Hat­field,
Robert Hartley, Isabel Hin-man,
Margaret Klingmann, Helen
Kristensen, Helen Lewis, Elmer
Lindquist.
Marian Looney, May MacDonald,
Alice Mehus, Mary Elizabeth Orr,
Eleanor Partridge, Gladys Patter­son,
A. E. Pepper, Dorothy Peter-man,
Marian Peterson, Beatrice
Polsfott, Maynard Ponko, Megan
Price, Herbert Richardson.
Clyde Ries, Gertrude Shultz,
Alva Slagle, Amelia Smith, Lorene
Smith, Genevieve Strain, Frances
Thompson, Roberta Thygeson, Ma­rian
Wells, Marion Williams, Franc­es
Watts and Dorothy Wilson.
The orchestra is made up of:
violin, Ellis Austin, Sam Bassett,
Charles Bensen, Dorothy May
Brown, Adella Everett, Josephine
Grant, Glen Greseth, Isabel Hinman,
Geraldine Kennedy, Megan Price,
Verril Ryckman, Elsie Tamm, Mar­guerite
Thompson and Pauline
York.
Viola, Ruth Barth, Margie Law­rence,
Mary Milton; 'cello, Martha
Harmon, Paul Lusterman; bass,
Maxine Mickle, Van Sargent; flute,
Vaughan Bateman, Mildred Cluck;
clarinet, Charles Fisher; French
horn, Chloe Bamford, La Mar Han-kamp;
trumpet, Tom Bloom, John
Clark, Robert Stuart; trombone,
Willis Harman; drums, Bill Dorr;
piano, Florence Ford.
The orchestra played in the
Thanksgiving program of the Cam­pus
Elementary school, November
28, and a portion of it plays for the
Division of Drama play, "The Ad­mirable
Crichton," this week.
Svarlien Sits for Viking Portrait
Norwegian Is Interested in Sociology and Travels Far From Fatherland
Observing Peoples and Customs
If the American people continue to be pioneers and carry on the spirit
of '76, they will remain the new nation of the world, says Oscar Svarlien,
native of Norway. That he is very interested in sociology can be seen
by his many travels and different levels in society where he has worked
and lived. He says he would like to go to Russia to see how they are
progressing in their great change.
Svarlein has been in almost every
state in the Union trying to make
his way to new points of interest.
That he has always paid his fare
except twice when he "bummed" is a
great point of pride with him.
As he was only eighteen when he
came to this country, he says he
did not have much difficulty in
learning the language. He could
understand an ordinary conversa­tion
after one month.
Svarlein had read so much about
Buffalo Bill that he went straight to
the Middle West to see the country.
Among many other interesting jobs
he worked in the mines in Colorado.
He says he is "somewhat of a re­formist"
and would like to improve
the world generally. When he left
Norway he thought that the Nor­wegians
were the most civilized and
the best people in the world, but now
he says he realizes that all have
common qualities whether they are
Chinese or American.
That the second or third genera­tion
Americans appreciate you more
than your own country was his at­titude
towards his native land.
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Committee Formulates
Plans for Final Meet
Discussion of the work of H. G.
Wells will be on the program for the
last fall quarter meeting of the
Vana^dis Bragi club December 17.
The executive committee will meet
the first of next week to approve
the program and make the assign­ments
to the club members. At the
same time inactive members will be
discussed and some) action will be
suggested which will later* be re-fered
to the club as a whole.
Shenenberger and Dickinson
Are Appointed To Head Staff
Of Viking for Next Quarter
Editor and Business Manager of Publication Named
By Board of Control Wednesday; Richardson Is
Re-elected T o Secretary Position on Board.
Ralph Shenenberger and. Victor Dickinson were appointed editor and
business manager respectively of the Northwest Viking f dr the winter quar­ter
at the Board of Control meeting last Wednesdays afternoon. Gordon
Richardson was re-appointed secretary of the board at the same time. The
Board also voted to stand the expenses up to $10 of two University of
British Columbia men students who will give an exhibition badminton
match this afternoon, and be guests
Council PI ans To
Change Calendar
Luncheons for Coming Lectures
Ond Plans for Nominating
Confab Are Made
That the winter quarter calendar
would have to be revised was decided
by the Inter-club council last night.
Other items considered by the coun­cil
were the luncheons for the lec­turers
coming next year and proce­dure
for the coming nominating
convention.
Revision of the permanent calen­dar
will be necessary because dates
for coming Varsity basketball games
have not been provided for. This
means that some organizations will
be asked to change their meeting
dates. The council will take action
on the revsiion after the first of the
year.
As the next nominating conven­tion
will be held the second Tuesday
of the winter quarter, the necessary
machinery was ordered set up by
council members.
Members of the council felt that
the Lorado Taft luncheon sponsored
by the Alkisiah club had been a
mos^ successful affair. The sched­ule
for coming luncheons will be
adopted at the next meeting.
Clubs whose representatives were
absent will be reminded that the
council has the power to suspend the
offending club when delegates fail I
to appear " ' »«*««*
meetings.
at a banquet in Edens hall this ev­ening.
Megaphones Needed
Christine Albers and Joe Hager
were appointed by President Qrvin
Messegee to investigate the reported
need of new megaphones for the
school yell leaders.
Shenenberger, a member of the
editorial council for the last four
quarters, will take the place of Julius
Dornblut, retiring editor. Dornblut
took over the editorial responsibili­ties
in the middle of last fall quar­ter
and has had charge since that
time. Since he has served for four
quarters he was ineligible to be re­elected.
Men Are Experienced
Both Dickinson and Richardson
have had previous experience at
their positions. Dickinson has been
business manager for the last two
quarters, having taken up the duties
in the summer quarter. This win
be Richardson's third consecutive
quarter as secretary to tbe board.
All three positions voted upon Wed­nesday
had only one applicant.
Wesley Randrup, the yell king, re­quested
that the board purchase new
megaphones in time for the coming
basketball season. The present meg­aphones
were reported to be in poor
shape, and replacement was asked.
Albers and Hager was the committee
appointed to report this matter back
to the board at a future date.
Marie deGallier, president of the
WAA and a four quarter representa­tive
on the board, gave a report on
a mixed recreational program. For
the past month this program, in-for
several consecutive
Tuberculosis Seal
Sales Advocated
Mrs. Neil Haig, president of the
Washington Congress of Parents and
Teachers, has recently endorsed the
sale of Tuberculosis Christmas seals,
which is being sponsored in Wash­ington
by the Washington Tubercu­losis
association. The communica­tion
announcing this endorsement
came from Miss Bethesda B. Bu­chanan,
executive secretary of the
PTA, in Seattle.
Mrs. Haig said in a discussion of
the campaign:
"Our national president, Mrs. B. P.
Langworthy, of Chicago, expressed
our attitude when she said recently,
'It is a pleasure as well as a respon­sibility
for me to recommend to all
members of Parent-Teacher associa­tions
active participation in the
sale.'
"I, also, am heartily in favor of
Parent-Teacher members co-operat­ing
to the fullest extent possible in
promoting the sale," said Mrs. Haig,
"in that this work is more or less
in line with family health in which
we are vitally interested. I urge the
purchase of these seals."
Twenty-five million seals were re­leased
throughout the state the day
after Thanksgiving in an effort to
give everyone interested an oppor­tunity
to help, officials of the asso­ciation
stated.
Miller Will Be Host
To Psychology Group
Dr. Irving E. Miller, adviser of
the Philosophy-Psychology club, will
entertain the group at his home on
711 Sixteenth street Wednesday
evening, December 12. -Faculty
members of the Education and Psy­chology
department wili be honor
guests. A program consisting of
opening discussions into the various
fields of philosophy and psychology
will be presented.
The constitution adopted by the
club has been presented to the In-terclub
council for approval.
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English Class Will
Exhibit Newspapers
Chinese, Scottish, English, and
other foreign papers of different
dates and styles will be shown in
an exhibit to be given by the Eng­lish
51 class beginning next Monday
in the Viking office. Anyone inter­ested
is invited to look at them any
time next week.
Some of the papers shown are
quite rare. They include a copy of
the New York Sun dated 1833, and
an Evening Gazette, published in
Boston in 1838. Another rare paper
is one published during the Civil war,
printed on wall paper.
Besides these, there are unusual
types of newspapers of recent times,
including anniversary and pictorial
numbers.
Included in the display are differ­ent
copies of the Northwest Viking.
Clampus
alendar
Friday, Dec. 7.
4:00—Rec hour.
5:00—Badminton exhibition
in the little gym.
6:00—Badminton banquet at
Edens hall.
8:15—"The Admirable Crich­ton,"
auditorium.
Saturday, Dec. 8.
2:55—WAA Christmas party
at the Scout cabin.
Monday, Dec. 10.
7:30—Alkisiah Christmas par­ty.
Tuesday, Dec. 11.
11:00—Women's league and
Men's club assemblies.
7:30—Social S c i e n c e club
meeting.
Wednesday, Dec. 12.
4:00—Bible Study club in
room 208.
7:00—Philosophy - Psychology
club, Dr. Miller's home, 711
Sixteenth street,
7:30—Blue Triangle meeting;
Friday, Dec. 14.
11:00—Assembly by the Mu­sic
department.