Northwest Viking - 1934 May 11

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VOL. XXXII—NO. 30 WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. BELLINGHAM. WASHINGTON Friday, May II, 1934
Big Contest
Closes Now
Says Editor
Three Prizes Offered to Winners;
'School Life' Section Always
Popular, Says Editor
ALL TYPES EXPECTED
Announcement of Winners to be
Made Soon
The lid of the snapshot box is be­ing
nailed on today by Gordon Rich­ardson,
Klipsun editor, so that he
can select the
mmmmsmsmmmmm first, secondhand
third prize win-
Dean Vernon McKenzie, of the
U. of W. School of Journalism, who
ners. These win- ^ n s p e ak in Assembly, May 18.
I ners will receive
G. Richardson
tennis racquets,
$3, $2, and $1 re­spectively.
School building
pictures, the cam­pus,
"big shots"
trees, fire hy-
' drants, funny fac­es-,
pictures thru
over-exposed pic
tures, blurred pictures, and snaps of
real beauty are expected by the ed­itor.
A certain section of each annual
is dedicated to "school life." Most of
it is snaps taken by students thru-out
the school year. To many this
is the most interesting and well
liked part of The Klipsun. This year
an effort is being made by the edi­tors
to make it a true representa­tion
of the school life here at Nor­mal.
These snaps catch all your friends
in many moods. Ofter they reveal
something you don't know—bowed
legs, for instance. Gordon says that
if you want to have a well-bound
album of choice school pictures, turn
in all yours and have your friends
turn in theirs. Besides the bait of
the prize, you will have the collec­tion
to look at and laugh at when
you need a laugh.
After the selection of the three
best, the editor will announce to
whom the three prizes belong.
McKenzie Will Be
Luncheon Guest
Following Dean McKenzie's talk
before the students of journalism at
10 o'clock on Friday, May 18, and
in assembly the next hour, a lunch­eon
will be given in his honor at
12:15. This luncheon is to be spon­sored
by the Viking staff and will be
as elaborately planned as the annual
banquet for which it is a substitute.
Committees have been appointed
for the affair. General chairman is
Katherine Bowden, who will be as­sisted
by Nancy Jane Smith. June
Larson will have charge of the sale
of tickets which will be 50 cents
apiece and she also will be publicity
chairman. Nelson Ault 'will assist
June Larson. Philip Campbell is
chairman of the transportation
committee and his assistants is Geo.
Lovos. By having cars ready to
take people to the hotel everyone
will be able to get to the luncheon
as soon after assembly as possible. •
After dinner speeches and all oth­er
parts of the program will be ar­ranged
by Calista Simoncrs. Donna
Aisted will send out the invitations.
Roberta Thygeson, Pearl Wagner,
and Arne Johnsen will be in charge
of the place cards. The plans for
these promise to be very novel. Dec­orations
will be provided by all those
who have flower gardens.
This luncheon is open only to the
Viking staff and to those guests
who are given a special invitation
President Fisher has authorized ex­cuses
from one o'clock classes.
Vernon McKenzie
To Speak May 18
Dean Will Lecture at Assembly
and to Viking Staff
"The outstanding authority on
short stories in the United States,"
according to Norman Reilly Radne,
author of "Tugboat Annie." Mean­ing.
Vernon McKenzie, Dean of the
School of Journalism at the Uni­versity
of Washington, who is to lec­ture
at the assembly meeting next
Friday, May 18.
Before the assembly, Mr. McKen­zie
will address the riewswrijing
classes in the Viking office, at 10
o'clock. Anyone interested in hear­ing
him then is invited to attend.
The lecture which Mr. McKenzie
will give during the assembly is,
"Do You Really Want to Write?"
This is said to be in inspirational
professional talk, usually given be­fore
select groups of neophyte writ­ers,
but which has been found by
larger audiences to be very inter­esting
and stimulating.
Dean McKenzie has two other
lectures which he frequently gives,
"Hitler, Miracle or Menace," and
"Authors as Human Beings," and
h a s recently prepared another,
"Peace Time Propaganda." He is the
author of "Behind the Headlines,"
and is a contributor to the Saturday
Evening Post and the New York
Herald Tribune Magazine, as well as
several other periodicals.
Mr. McKenzie is considered one of
the United States foremost authori­ties
in the field of journalism.
"Few American journalists have met
and chatted with more European
literary celebrities than has Mr.
Library Exhibit Arranged
Displaying the illustrators part in
modern contemporary bibliogra­phies,
and children's books, the
children's library staff have ar­ranged
an exhibit, the principle
book being "Contemporary Illustra­tors
of Children's Books. The book
was written by Berth E. Mahoney
and Elinor Whitney, and has listed
all the important illustrators of
children's literature. . The purpose
of this exhibit is to show that the
illustrator's part in modern litera­ture
is rapidly becoming more im­portant.
Also in the main hall is an exhibit
for National. Music week, which is
being celebrated this week. Biog­raphies
of noted composers and mu­sicians
are on display,
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Violinist Will
Play On May 14
Howard Halberv, young assistant
instructor of violin at the University
of Oregon, will appear here at a
special assembly on Monday, May 14.
His accompaniment will be played
by Aurora Potter Underwood, who
has been assistant professor of pi­ano
at the University of Oregon
since 1919.
The program will be as follows:
"Sarasate," by Romanza Audoluza;
"Lalo," Andante from Symphony Es-poynole;
and "Sarasate," by Zapa-teado.
Mr. Halbert was a district winner
for the Northwest at the biennial
convention of the National Federa
tion of Music clubs Jast spring in
Minneapolis, and was among three
chosen from eight district competi­tions
for national' recognition. Hal­bert
then went East and coached
with Jacques Gordon and William
Kroll, both students of Franz Knei-sel.
Drama Club
To Dissolve
Into Course
Department of Speech Division of
Drama to be Added to
Curriculum
THE VOTE IS UNANIMOUS
All Students in School Eligible
for Part in Plays
No Drama club next fall. This
was the decision reached by the
faculty committee on student activ­ities
when they met last Monday to
discuss the activities that will be
offered those attending school next
year. But the many students who
are interested In dramatics will still
have a chance to display their abil­ity.
In place of the Drama club it
was the unanimous vote of the fac­ulty
committee that a department
of speech division of Drama be
added to the school curriculum.
Credit to be Given
The drama group will continue as
a club for the rest of the school
year and then will be dissolved into
the new division of the department
of speech. Credit will be given on
the same basis as heretofore. The
number of credits that will be given
was not decided upon.
All May Tryout
The students who are now mem­bers
of the Drama club .will be put
on a special reserve list and will be
given the preference for plays.
However, all students of the school
will be given an opportunity to tryout
in the plays. Turnouts will be held
the same as in previous quarters.
This plan of working through the
department of speech for all play
productions is the same as in use
now at the University of Washing-ten.
It has been found satisfactory
by the dramatics instructors at the
Seattle school.
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Training School
Presents Music
W Club Vodvil Last
Monday Night Voted
Successful By Crowd
The "W" club vodvil, held last
Monday night in the auditorium has
been voted a success by the audi­ence
and management. Even hard-boiled
Chairman Mike Tomco was
pleased.
Dangerous Dan McGrew was bru­tally
murdered as Wild Bill Frender
burped in derision and little Clar­issa
Ault, the buxom barmaid,
screamed and fainted, or something.
The Daniels hall chorus, led by Ali­cia
Ames and Sally Flowers, cavort­ed
and pranced to their heart's con­tent.
In recognition of National Music
Week, the Campus school broadcast
a program over radio station KVOS
yesterday afternoon from 2:00 until
2:30 o'clock. Various schools from
the city have offered programs
through the week.
Under the direction of Miss Janet
Matthews and Mrs. Grace Krause
the pupils organized a well-balanced
program. The songs of the fifth
grade were original compositions of
the class. The program as released
is as follows:
I—Chorus of grades 4, 5, and 6:
"On a Merry Morn In May," Lithu­anian
Folk Song); "The Sea Breeze,"
(Italian Folk Song). II—Third
grade, "The Cuckoo Clock," (Grant
Schalfer); "The Deep Hole," (Ney-er).
Ill—Sixth grade: "Pine Tree
Music," (French Folk Song); "Stars
of the Summer Night," (Woodbury).
IV—Fifth grade: Original songs,
"Bread and Cheese," "The Cup­board."
V—Seventh and Eighth
grade chorus: "Come Over the Sea,"
(Bohemian Folk Song); "Lament for
Ali Bey," (Schubert); "The Pirate,"
(Leavitt-Baldwin). VI—Chorus of
grades 4, 5, and 6: "Now Is, the
Month of Maying," (Morley); "Tree
Top Mornings," (Lutkin).
The pupils who were singing in
the program went up to the big mu­sic
room to hear the program over
the radio. Miss Mary E. Rich, Direc­tor
of the Training School, did the
announcing.
Death and Grazia
James Butler and Vaughn Howell, who will take leading roles in
"Death Takes a Holiday", May 17, 18.
Former Student
Writes President
Letter from Dean Troth Highly
Commends School
A few weeks ago President C. H.
Fisher received a letter from a for­mer
student, Dennis C. Troth. Mr.
Troth, who graduated from Belling-ham
Normal in the June class of
1917, is now Dean of Dickinson Sem­inary
Junior college in Williams-port,
Pennsylvania.
He highly commended the 1933-34
Annual Catalog, the announcement
of the 1934 Summer quarter, the
Summer Recreational Bulletin, and
the Self-Starter which President
Fisher sent to him.
"The make-up of the catalog,"
wrote Dean Troth, "is an excellent
piece of work. You have everything
that can make work at the Normal
school profitable, interesting and at­tractive.
Could the school have ac­cess
to a greater population from
which to draw students it would un­doubtedly
become the educational
center for teachers west of the Mis­sissippi.
"Your summer recreational pro­gram
is most attractive. ' I have
pleasant memories of many of the
places mentioned in the recreation
bulletin. The appropriately styled
'Self-Starter' contains just such
concise information as a freshman
would want. and need."
Mr. Troth said that of all the
names on the faculty list seventeen
were familiar. He sent his best
wishes for the continued progress
of the school.
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Bellingham Architect
To Talk On Century
Of Progress Buildings
Showing colored slides to illus­trate
his points, F. Stanley Piper,
Bellingham architect, lectured on
the modern architecture of the Chi­cago
Exposition in the regular as­sembly
this morning.
Mr. Piper displayed more than
twenty slides. He showed several
views of the streets lri «ne fair
grounds. He 'also exhibited a few
slides which were photographed at
night. The colored slides brought out
the brilliant colors of the buildings,
which were built to exhibit this new
idea in modern architecture. Orange
and reds predominated in these
huge structures.
Mr. Piper pointed out many points
which to the casual observer would
ordinarily go unnoticed.
Modern Biographers Are Humorists
Biography Has Changed From Presentation of Idealistic Hero
§ To More Truthful Human Side
By Tommy Bailey
With an outburst of many new types of biography, librarians have been
swamped with new work. Evaluations. Many people wonder what is the
cause of this new type of biography which is a swing away from the huge,
dry, books which were practically documents, to the more novel form,
which deals more with the-person's life and his habits.
Reading in Andre Maurois' "As­pect
of Biography", I find that auth­ors
and biographiers are turning
more to the human side, the more
truthful, and less of hero, and idol
worship. ;
Taking a modern author's biogra­phy
of Napoleon, you find the life
his innermost passions' and desires
rather than his battles and facts.
What is the cause of this change?
It is believed by modern biographers
to be the common man's desire for
better reading and, with the old type
of biography hie could not hope to
enjoy himself, but with the modern
type he finds relaxation, and en­joyment.
Do not think that the modern bi­ography
is absolutely true because,
no doubt the author has taken
some aspect which appeals to him,
and has played upon it more than
is true to the person's life. But nev-
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Skyline Hike To
Be Tomorrow
Sliding Without Sleds Will Be the
Unique Part of Trip.
Postponed from last Saturday and
the Saturday before, the Skyline
hike will take place tomorrow, Sat­urday,
May 12. The group will leave
the Normal at 7 a.m. and ride to two
miles this side of Glacier, where they
will take the Skyline trail and start
the five-mile ascent to the ridge,
where sliding will be in vogue for
all. No sleds or toboggans will be
taken. Students will just slide. L. A.
•Kibbee says that it is the best thing
of the hike.
About four miles up the trail stu­dents
will eat their lunches at noon
and coffee will be made and served
by a few students who will go ahead.
Dr. E. A. Bond will lead the group
of young mountaineers to the top,
where they will view the -valley be­low.
The group will return from the
hike about 6 or 7 p. m. The cost will
be approximately 60 cents. Transpor­tation
is furnished for all.
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Pearce To Speak ,
On Astronomy
"Exploring Space" will be the
subject of Dr. J. A. Pearce who will
speak in the regular assembly to be
held Tuesday, May 15.
This is an illustrated lecture ex­plaining
how the distances to the
moon, the sun, the nearby stars, the
distant globular clusters, and re­mote
spiral nebulae have been de­termined.
The form dimensions and
notions of our stellar systems also
will be discussed.
Mr. Pearce comes from the Do­minion
Astrophysical Observatory,
located at Victoria, B. C. This ob­servatory
is the property of the Ca­nadian
government and is main­tained,
by the Department of the
Interior. Dr. Pearce is the colleague
of J. S. Plackett, director of the
observatory, and has collaborated
with him in much of his astronom­ical
work.
In addition to his lecture in the
assembly, Dr. Pearce also will speak
in the evening in a public lecture.
This will be entitled, "Our Myster­ious
Universe", and will be given
in a popular, fashion for those who
have no previous knowledge of
astronomy. It will deal with the
stars, nebulae clusters, and milky
way star clouds and is fully illus
trated with photographs.
Drama Club
Wai Present
Italian Play
James Butler and Vaughn Howell
Leads in Production
MUSIC BY ORCHESTRA
Bellingham Theatre Co-operates
With Director Hoppe
James Butler, playing the lead in
"Death Takes a Holiday," masquer­ades
as mortal and comes to earth
in search of immortal love. The ob­ject
of his affection is the pretty,
rather naive, Grazia, portrayed by
Vaughn Howell.
"A play that arouses thought, v
stimulates discussion and presents a
novel and optimistic philosophy on
the eternal problems of love and
death," is what the critics say aoout
the coming Drama Club play.
The co-operation of the Fox Mt.
Baker theatre and the manager, Mr.
Art Hile, makes it possible for the
club to present the play before it
appears on the local screen. The du­plicate
performance, says Director
Victor Hoppe, should tend to make
both the play and the cinema ver­sion
more interesting to the critical
public.
The other members of the cast
are: Duke Lambert, Victor Dickin­son;
Baron Cesarea, Ralph Hofman;
Alda, Anne Matheson; Princess of
San Luca, Sara Jamieson; Rhoda,
Marye Louise Harrison; Corrado,
Jack Joly; Eric, Pat Allen; Duchess
Stephanie, Nancy Smith; Major
Whitred, Marshall' Bacon; Cora,
Evelyn Larson, and Fedele, Kenneth
Bernet.
Those in charge of the business
end of the play, and their assistants
are: Directors, Victor Hoppe, EveTyn
Larson; technical directors, Erving
Easton, Nick Newlean; stage man­ager,
Victor Dickinson; publicity
manager, Kenneth Bernet, Marye
Louise Harrison; property manager,
Grayce Names; business manager,
Nancy Smith.
Under the direction of Don­ald
Bushell, the Normal orchestra
will provide the musical selections
for the play.
Silkworm Growth
Subject of Study
During the past week students
have seen silkworms develop through
the various stages of growth. Some
have just hatched, while others have
passed through-the first, and even
the second and third molt. Some
points noted by interested persons
are the rate of growth and the in­crease
in size by maturity.
Miss Charlotte Richardson, who
has made a study of the silkworm
development, was able to produce
her own silkworms from eggs that
were laid by some of last year's
moths. Each of the four molts that
they pass through occur from four
to eight days apart. During the
molts they cease eating and, as Miss
Richardson says, "look like ' sea­horses."'
Eight days following the
last molt they begin.to spin the
cocoon.
It is necessary to feed them
six to height times a day and es­sential
that the food be clean and.
Campus Day Proves
Success, Says Chief
"Thanks to the fine spirit and
co-operation shown by both the
students and the faculty members
I believe that we had a very suc­cessful
campus day," says John
Lensriid, general chairman. He also
praised the work which was done by
the chairmen of the various com­mittees.
An assembly was held to start
things.going and from the enthusi­astic
applause the local talent went
over in a big way. At noon, lunch
was served at Waldo field by Eliza­beth
Schuehle and her, committee.
Games,.contests, and races were held
under the direction of Walter Sinko.
As the final climax, a water fight
was staged between Daniels and
Bartons halls.
Pre-registration to Start
May 21 For Next Term
Pre-registration for the /summer
school session will start the week be­ginning
May 21. Fees will be accept­ed
at that time. This opportunity is
being given so that those attending
summer quarter will not be required
to return June 9 to pay their fees.
A dollar late registration fee will be
charged for any fees paid later than
this date.
Great Britain Discussed
"Great Britain and Her Problems,"
was the topic for discussion at the
International Relations club meet­ing
held Wednesday, May 2, in the
Blue Room of Edens hall at 7:00 p.
m. Each member entered into the
discussion.
A club picnic was decided to be
substituted / for . the next meeting.
Sunday, May 20, at Whatcom Falls
park were the time and place chosen.