Northwest Viking - 1934 January 26

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VOL. XXXII-.NO. 16 WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. BELLINGHAM; WASHINGTON Friday, January 26, 1934
Cheney and
Viking Five
Play Thurs.
Savages Strong Team is Favored
to Win Tri-Normal Battle
Against Bellingham
VIKINGS RETURN
Bellingham to have Three
to Polish Defense
Days
Will the Bellingham Vikings do
the unexpected and knock over the
strong Cheney Savages in their
game next Thursday evening at 7:30
o'clock on the Whatcom high floor?
Tonight the two teams are tangling
at Cheney in their first meeting of
the present season and the outcome
of this game will give the Belling­ham
fans more reliable dope on the
probable winner of next week's
game.
The Normal Vikings will have
the first of next week to rest
up from their strenuous road trip to
eastern Washington, and also to
polish up the rough spots that
showed up during their three games.
Coach Lappenbusch probably will
use all three days to strengthen the
squad in the best type of defense
to use against the Savages' offense.
Five Veterans at Cheney
Cheney boasts a squad of five
veterans this season. They have a
much perfected passing attack and
have the scoring ability when press­ed.
Peterson and Helton, the east­ern
schools forwards, are each cap­able
to give any two guards in the
conference a bad evening. Hallo-way,
another Cheney veteran, has
plenty of height to secure the tip-off
and also for scoring work under
the basket. Davis, also a letterman,
will be handy if needed for a re­serve
center post. At guard the
visitors will have the last year's
lettermen, Carlson and Denekas.
Reserves will include Rebensdorf,
Dickson and Clifford.
Few Changes Made
Lappenbusch has made a few
changes in his first string lineup
last week. Fitzer will be started at
center with Frender as reserve. At
forwards Dunigan, and either Van-der
Griend or McBeath will be in
the starting lineup. Moser, the old
reliable, will be at one guard po­sition,
with a possible choice among
Sollie, Frender and Johnson on the
other spot.
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Educators Protest at
Woodring's Statement
AmericanArmyReady
Representatives of thirty colleges
and universities have demanded of
President Roosevelt that Harry H.
Woodring, assistant secretary of
War, resign. They condemned a
magazine article in which he sug7
gested organizing "economic storm
troops" through federal relief ad­ministration.
More than 200 educators signed
this letter which was made public
in New York. City on January 24.
These educational leaders based
their criticism of Woodring on a
magazine article entitled "The
American army stands ready," which
was written by the War department.
Statement Made
The statement made by Woodring
that the educators condemned was
that "our army is our ace in the
hole for peace as well as war."
The protesting educators pro­claimed
the statement a "totally un­warranted
threat to civil liberties
of the American people" and a veiled
advocacy of Nazi dictatorship.
Smoker Tonight
Below is printed the program
for the W club smoker to be
held tonight in the little gym.
Students are asked to cut this
out and bring it along with
them to the fights.
The program follows:
Davidson vs. Willis (boxing).
Lundberg vs. Lundberg (the
human pretzel).
Hammon vs. Gillies (wrestling)
Ullin vs. Odell (boxing).
Allan vs. the crowd (singing).
Kuljis vs. Albee (wrestling).
Becken vs. the crowd (singing).
Toby vs. Hudson (boxing).
Lundberg vs. Lundberg (fire-v^,
eating). /;
Tomco vs. Amse (wrestling). .
Becken vs. Allah (singing).
Officers Assume •
Duties at Board
Meeting Monday
Annual Banquet to be Held at
Bellingham Hotel
February 9
New members of the Board of
Control were introduced and as­sumed
their duties at the regular
board meeting last Monday after­noon.
The meeting was opened'by
John Christy, retiring president,
who, after the new members were
introduced, turned the meeting over
to Orvin Messegee, newly elected
president.
It was announced that the ques­tion
of the incorporation of the stu­dent
body would be brought before
the Board of Control before it is
presented to the board of trustees.
It is to come before them on Feb­ruary
21. Dick Albert reported that
the quarterly board banquet would
be held at the Bellingham hotel,
Friday, February 9.
The following officers retired from
office at this meeting: John Christy,
president; Julia Christensen, vice-president,
and Herbert Gallanger,
four - quarter representative. The
new officers are Orvin Messegee,
president; Christine Albers, vice
president, and Ralph Shenenberger,
four-quarter representative. Herbert
C. Ruckmick, faculty representative,
was the only board member absent.
After the meeting, ice cream and
cake were served to both old and
new board members.
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Assembly Musical
Royal Bell Ringers of Seattle to be
Here February 2
One of the outstanding assemblies
of the quarter will be that featuring
the Royal Bell Ringers on Friday,
February 2. This male quartette of
Seattle is one of America's musical
sensations, making Use of ap­proximately
100 bells. These Bell
Ringers also bring with them a
glassophone, on which a number of
selections will be played. The glass­ophone
is an instrument formed of
a number of glass goblets shaped
like finger glasses, turned by filling
them with more or less water and
played with the fingers. e
Their program is as follows:
Bells—Among Comrades March (C.
Faust), Reverie Russe (F. Herr­mann)
.
Glassophone—Gypsy Love Song
(Victor Herbert), Drink to Me Only
With Thine Eyes (Old English).
Bells—Bells of St. Mary's (B. Ad­ams),
The Sunny South (J. Bode-walt-
Lampe), Berceuse from Jocelyn
(B. Godard), Songs of Sweden (O.
E. Swanson).
Glasses—Home, Sweet Home (Sir
Bishop).
Bells—Nordic March (Orion Kohl-strom).
The Royal Bell Ringers will give a
concert Friday evening in the M.
W. A. hall.
Student Leaders for 1934
Left to Right^-Orvin Messegee, president; Christine Albers, vice presi
dent; Ralph Shenenberger, four quarter representative; Dr. E. A. Bond,
faculty representative.
Edens Hall Girls
In Blue Room
Card Playing and Refreshments are
eFatures of Evening
Drawings Made By
Assembly Lecturer
Inspire Art Studes
Charles Morgan gave the art
classes of Miss Plympton and Miss
Breakey a treat with his chalk talk
and exhibit at last week's assembly.
Miss Plympton's drawing class, which
has been making imaginative animal
paintings, was especially interested
in his display, in which imagination
was the point stressed. Many of the
aspiring artists stayed after the per
formance to inspect it.
Miss Breakey's orientation class
has been making some value scales
and color washes, and her charcoal
and water color class is doing some
sketches, stressing shading in light
and dark values.
Winter quarter firesides are once
more in full swing at Edens hall,
according to Elizabeth Schuehle,
house president. The firesides are
held every Tuesday evening from
9:30 to 10:30 in the Blue room,
where all dormitory girls may come
for an hour of leisure. Cards are
usually the main features of the
hour, with refreshments following.
The dim light of the lamps and
the huge fire in tth fireplace, with
the girls grouped around in their
pajamas, made a picturesque scene
at the last Tuesday evening fireside.
Second floor north was in charge,
with Mildred Stoker as general
chairman. Four /tables of bridge
were in play which were the third
of a series of games which will last
until the end of the quarter. Those
who didn't participate in cards en­joyed
themselves sitting around the
fireplace sewing and talking.
Governor Vetoes
Bill For Regents
Governor C. D. Martin vetoed the
bill requiring court action to remove
regents of higher educational insti­tutions
on Wednesday, January 24,
1934. In his veto message on the
regents bill, the governor said in
part:
"These institutions of higher
learning are sustained by the public
and their affairs should be admin­istered
by regents in sympathy with
the aspirations of the people and
the taxpayers who support them.
"The people speak through their
governor. I cannot bring myself to
approve a law which completely re­moves
the regents from responsibili­ty
to the governor, and through him,
from their responsibility to the tax­payers".
"Inasmuch as I have full confi­dence
in the present board of re­gents,
and realize that no emer­gency
exists in the administration of
either of these institutions to require
action by the extraordinary session
of the legislature, I feel that this
act may well be vetoed."
Many Ballots Cast
In General Election
Messegee, Albers, Shenenberger,
Bond Elected
Authority On Peace
Speaks at Meeting
Mr. J. J. Handsaker, who ad­dressed
the assembly today, is to be
main speaker at the meeting of the
International Relations dub to be
held at 7:30 next Monday in the
Edens hall club room.
Mr. Handsaker, executive secretary
of the National Council for Preven­tion
of War, has made a special
study of the political and social
sides of disarmament and Joined in
an informal discussion oh the pres­ent
situation and its problems. -
Plans Made by Club
For Dessert Bridge
At the regular meeting of the Al-kisiah
club last Monday evening,
plans were made for a dessert bridge
to take place on Monday evening,
February 11, in the Edens hall club
room. The Valentine motif will be
followed throughout in the decora­tions.
Mayme Mcintosh tendered her
resignation as vice-president of the
club, and Catherine Hurby was
elected to fill the office.
A committee has been appointed
by Margit Ottem, president of the
club, to take charge of the affair.
The members who have been ap­pointed
are Ethel Mae Swanson,
general chairman; Catherine Ale*
ander, Genevieve McKellar, and
Evelyn Lihgg, program; Dessie Burr,
Italka. Runge, Beatrice Hirons, Rose
Jacobs, and Helen Verd, decoration
and invitation; Florence Strorri, re­freshments.
CWA Men Get Pay
Thirty students have received
their first pay checks for the work
they are doing on the Normal tract
at Lake Whatcom. The total pay­roll
so far amounts to $240. This
amount includes their salary for the
first two Saturdays of work.
Work is progressing very well* con­sidering
the inclement weather the
men have had to work in. George
Dock is in charge of the work.
An unusually large vote was cast
last Friday when Orvin Messegee,
prominent senior and member of the
International Relations club, was
elected president of the student
body. According to statistics given
by John Christy, last quarter's stu­dent
prexy, 75 per cent of the stu­dent
enrollment voted in the general
election as compared to 41 per cent
in the Wednesday primaries. The
men again outvoted the women—
80 per cent of the men and 60 per
cent of the women casting ballots.
The quarter's officers elected in
the generals last Friday are headed
by the new president, Messegee, who
was opposed in the race by Victor
Dickinson. Vice-President Christine
Albers defeated Peggy McKay, and
Ralph Shenenberger took the elec­tion
from Marie deGallier for four-quarter
representative. Dr. E. A.
Bond was elected faculty represent­ative
to the Board of Control. Mr.
Edward Arntzen was the defeated
candidate for that office.
Voting was conducted during the
elections in room 105, where the city
voting machines were set up.
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Peace Talk Heard
In Lecture Today
Advancement toward peace and
drances to peace, was the subject of
the lecture delivered by Mr. J. J.
Handsaker, executive secretary of
the National Council ,for the Pre­vention
of War, in the assembly to­day.
Mr. Hansaker keeps in contact
with the League of Nations and
gives up-to-date information on its
proceedings.
Mr. Handsaker, who has spoken
here in the past, visits schools and
clubs of the Northwest in behalf of
the worldwide education of peace.
The National Council for the Pre­vention
of War is considered one of
the most progressive world organ­izations.
It is sponsored by many
organizations and is made up of
representatives from these organiza­tions.
The principle, besides the
worldwide education of peace, is the
worldwide reduction of armaments
by international agreement. The
council is a "clearing house for va­rious
views on peace."
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Colorature Soprano
Pleases in Assembly
Miss Eloise Horton, coloratura so­prano,
presented a program in the
assembly last Tuesday morning,
January 23. At the present time she
is a featured artist over a Seattle
radio station.
Included in her program were:
"The Indian Bell Song" (Delibes),
"lies Felles de Cadix" (Delibes),
"The Wren" (J. Benedict), "La Gi-rometta"
(Sibella), "Un Pajarito"
(Ross), "The Wind's in the South"
(Scott), and "Queen of the Night"
(Mozart).
Her accompanist, Elva Parker,
played three selections on the piano.
Her numbers were: "The Juggler"
(Ernst Tode), "The Tides of Ma-naunaun"
(Cowell) and "Malaguena"
(Lecuona).
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House Elects Officers
School Financially
In Good Condition
Says Pres. Fisher
Prexy Returns from Meeting with
Other Educators at
Olympia
To attend a meeting of educators
from all over the state, was the pur­pose
of a trip taken the first part
of the week by President C. H. Fish­er.
The meeting was called by Dr.
N. D. Showalter, state superintend­ent
of public instruction, and was
held in Olympia.
Bills Discussed
The object of the meeting was to
discuss four bills that were passed
by the 1933 state legislature. These
bills authorized the state land com­missioner
to exchange certain public
school lands for lands to be used for
state parks. The amount of land
is to be 37,000 acres, which is much
larger than was thought, and would
mean a loss to the state school
funds. The outcome of this meeting
was that lawyers were instructed to
look into the matter and see if the
land can be kept in the hands of
the schools.
While in Olympia, President Fish­er
checked up on the school's finan­cial
condition at the state auditor's
office. "I found that our school is
financially in very good shape," Mr.,
Fisher said. "If the taxes continue
to come in as they have been, I be­lieve
that we will not have to worry
about any curtailment in the near
future."
Contest Held
To Discover
Popular Pair
All Candidates Are Prominent in
Their School and
Social Life
KLIPSUN IS SPONSOR
Judging Committee Selects Ten of
Names Submitted
Artist In Assembly
Mackinnon to Give Recital on
Modern Russian Music
Lilias Mackinnon, English pianist-lecturer,
will give a lecture recital
on modern Russian music in assem­bly
Tuesday, January 30.
Miss Mackinnon received her mu­sical
education at the Royal Acad­emy
of Music, London, where she
tok the coveted Macfarren gold
medal.
After her performance with the
Boston symphony orchestra under
Serge Koussevitsky, Boston, 1932,
the Boston Globe stated:
"Miss Mackinnon, the English pi­anist,
has played Scriabin extensive­ly
in Europe, including a concert
with Koussevitsky in London. She
has sound technique, obvious feeling
for Scriabin music, and both emo­tional
fire and taste."
A press note from the Daily Ex­press
says: "Few pianists in the
world are so capable of presenting
the pianoforte music of Scriabin as
is Lilias Mackinnon."
Swimming Clubs Offer
Indian Water Pageant
at Y. W. Tomorrow
Terrace House held a house meet­ing
last Thursday evening to elect
house officers for the quarter. Max-ine
Mickle was elected president and
Virginia HaU, social chairman. Fol­lowing
the election of officers, other
matters of business were discussed
and the meeting was adjourned.
Indian tribes and their customary
navigation means will be portrayed
at the Y. W. C. A. swimming pool
tomorrow evening, in a water pa­geant
presented by the Niord and
Anchor swimming clubs. The af­fair
will begin at 8:00 p. m., and a
fee of fifteen cents will be charged.
Among the Normal students tak-ng
part in the pageant will be Alo­ha
Genther, as an Indian princess;
Elsie Jensen, an Indian squaw, and
Ralph Childs, who will play the
bugle. Gail Hogue, a former stu­dent,
also has a part in the exhi­bition.
A demonstration of various swim­ming
strokes and dives will be given
by the members of these two life
saving clubs.
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Rainbow Girls Hold
Public Installation
Who are the most popular two on
the campus? What boy, what girl
will be chosen at the polls next
week for this honor?
Results of this Klipsun sponsored
contest will be announced in the Vi­king
February 2. Judges of the con­test
selected ten names from the
many submitted.
Candidates Named
Harriet Rickerson is secretary of
Board of Control. She was presi­dent
of the Valkyrie club a year ago.
Naomi Watson, better known as
"Nummie", was also once a Valkyrie
president.
Dick Albert is secretary of the
junior-senior class, and a Board of
Control member.
Otto Finley is one of the. boys who
"pushes the books over the .counter"
at the library.- He was on the foot­ball
team last season.
Julia Christianson is an ex-vice
president of the A.S.B. She is also
prominent in women sports and W.
A. A.
Elizabeth Schuehle, president of
Edens hall, belongs to hte Valkyrie
club and is a former W. A. A. offi­cer.
Bill Frender, the^ big "feller with.
the yaller numerals" on his chest,
won the aforementioned on the TJ.
of W. frosh team. He lined up with
the Vikings and is now on the tour
with the basketball boys.
Vaughn Howell is president of
Women's eLague and Valkyrie and
Thespian club memnei.
Bill Ames is the red-headed grid­iron
flash who is known around the
school for his cheerful smile.
Bill Allan is junior-senior class
prexy, yell leader, and sargeant-at-arms
in the Thespian club. .
The Order of Rainbow, Belling
ham assembly, No. 17, invites all of
the Rainbow Girls and DeMolay
boys at Normal to attend open in
stallation on February 3 at the Ma
sonic temple on State street.
The elective offices to be filled
are: Worthy adviser, Nadine Matt-son;
worthy associate adviser, Cath­erine
Moss; Charity, Helen Teller;
Hope, Vera Ferguson, and Faith,
Irene Reither.
Four Rainbow Girls will receive
the majority degree. They are: Lil­lian
Kuhl, Doris Huston, Louise
Capps and Gladys Stoaks. This cere­monies
also public.
Dancing in the ballroom will fol
low the installation services.
Appointment Bureau
Secures Work For
Numerous Graduates
Through the CWA and the school's
appointment bureau fifteen gradu­ates
have been placed in teaching
positions, it has been announced by
Miss Elizabeth Hopper, of the bu­reau.
Since the opening of the win­ter
about forty former students have
secured positions.
The latest report includes: Martha
Keiski, grades 4-8 and remedial
work in grade 6, Long Beach; Gladys
French, grades 4-5, East Sound;
Helen Porter, grades 4-5, .East
Sound; Inez Williams, Ta-ho-ma
high school, near Renton; Robert
Cox, English, at the junior high,
Kelso; Everett Bundt, 4-8, Arling­ton';
Oren Tarbox, typing, short­hand,
bookkeeping, B e l l i n g h am
(adult education).
Mavys West, junior high school,
Auburn; Robert Bickford, art and
industrial arts, Bellingham .(adult
education); Lota Lawrence, grades
1-3, remedial work and music, Ry-derwood;
Rose Collier, C e n t r al
school, remedial teaching;' Mildred
Leake, remedial teaching, grades
4-8, Snoqualmie; Alice Bartholomew,
grade 3, Marysville"; Eugenia Fair­banks,
upper grades, Blaine; Leone
Willard, grade 5, Coupeville.
The following girls are taking a
two weeks' course at the Ellensburg
Normal school to fit themselves for
positions in nursery schools which
are to be opened under the CWA
program: Esther Torrance, Phyllis
Lamoreaux, and Mary Tarbox;
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Conference Is Held
"No more jobs can be given
to students for CWA work at
Normalstad," said President C,
H. Fisher upon returning from
a trip to Olympia early this
week. While there, Prexy had
a conference with Charles F.
Ernst, state director of emer­gency
relief.
"I found out from Mr. Ernst
that the government. is -cutting
down on the jobs in: order to
make the funds hold out,"
President Fisher said. "I am
doing my b ^ to try to keep
the jobs which students now
hold, although some of them
may have to be dropped.*?' • :