Northwest Viking - 1934 January 19

              Th« Established
1899
VOL. XXXII—NO. 15
WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, BELLINGHAM. WASHINGTON Friday, January 19, 1934
Viking Five
To Journey
For Games
Ellensburg, Yakima Junior C. and
Cheney Are Scheduled for
Jan. 24, 25, and 27
NORMAL FOES STRONG
Lappenbusch Not Sure What Ten
Men Will Go.
Ellensburg's Wildcats, Yakima's
Junior College five, and Cheney's
Savages are each preparing them­selves
for an encounter next week
with the Viking baskgtball team. It
will be a big test for the Bellingham
squad as they have three tough as­signments
ahead of them on their
annual roadtrip to Eastern Washing­ton.
The exact dates for the first two
contests are as yet not definite.
Either Ellensburg or Yakima will be
Bellingham's opponents on January
24, while the other team will be
played the following evening. The
men making the trip will then have
one day's rest before taking on the
Cheney team.
Meet Tri-Normal Opponents
Even though the squad from Bel­lingham
will be playing to win all
three games, the really important
matches by far are the two tri-nor-mal
opponents, Ellensburg and
Cheney. The Vikings have an old
score to even up and they're about
due to upset the east side favorites^
Ellensburg has met and defeated
W. S. C. once in their two games by
a 30-26 score, with Nicholson using
but six men. Ability to score on long
shots won the second game for the
Cougars 34 to 26. They also lost
two matches to the U. of W. team
which were not set-ups by any
means for the Seattle five.
Cheney Has Vets
Cheney's hopes rest this year on
a team of seasoned veterans who
have had much practice in team­work.
They also have met W. S. C.
and lost their two games by the
close scores of 24 to 30 and 33 to
36.
Not much is known about Yaki­ma's
ability, although they lost a
game to the Wildcats by about five
points, last week.
Lappenbusch is not sure yet just
what ten men will make the trip.
Pitzer, Moser, Dunigan, Anderson,
Zoet, McBeath, Johnson, Sorenson,
Zambas, Sollie, Frender, Vander-griend
will be the men from which
the varsity team will be chosen.
Contest Is On
Select Your Candidate Now
for Popularity
Pick your candidates now for
the Klipsun popularity contest.
Deposit their names Tuesday or
Wednesday in the box provided
in the main hall.
From the names turned in,
five boys and five girls will be
selected by a committee of two
faculty and three students for
the final vote to be held Jan­uary
30. "This is not a rep­resentative
co-ed contest, but
a popularity contest," says Ed­itor
Richardson.
Hoppe Announces
Cast for Next Play
Matheson and Swanson Will Play
Kate and Petruchio
Cast for the Drama club play for
the winter quarter, "Taming of the
Shrew", was announced January 15
by Victor H. Hoppe, head of the
Speech department. Boyd Swanson
was chosen for the part of the swag-i
gering Petruchio, with Anne Mathe-
I son as his shrewish Kate.
! The part of Katharine's sister,
i Bianca, will be played by Billie Mills,
j and her willing suitors are: Lucen-jtio,
Robert Slusher; "Hortensio, Vic­tor
Dickenson; and Gremio, Hariy
Goheen. Orvin Messegee portrays
the character of the humorous,
mimicking Grumio. The others of
Petruchio's household are: Old Cur­tis,
the caretaker, Eilene Morrison;
Nathaniel, John Durr; Philip,
George St. James; Joseph, Clyde
Kendall; and Nicholas, Jack Joly.
Bacon Plays Father
Marshall Bacon has the part of
Baptista, the father of Katharine,
and Ralph Hofman is Vincentio, Lu-centio's
proud parent. Tranio, the
servant with whom Lucentio occas­ionally
changes places, is played by
Roger Mullin, while Marydel Conrad
is another servant, Biondello. The
rest of the cast is: a pedant, Al
Charlesworth; the wMow, June
Welch; a tailor, Lois Wilson; and a
haberdasher, Robert Barnhart.
Eilene Morrison is assistant direc­tor;
Al Charlesworth, stage manag-
Handsaker To Give
Peace Talk Jan. 26
Mr. J. J. Handsaker, executive sec­retary
of the National Council for
the Prevention of War, will address
the student body in the regular as­sembly,
Friday, January 26. Mr.
Handsaker brings authentic and
up-to-date information on the work
of the League of Nations and the
advancement toward and hindrances
of peace.
Mr. Handsaker visits all the
schools of the Northwest in behalf
of a world-wide education for peace
and world-wide reduction of arma­ment
by international agreement,
which are two of the fundamentals
for which the council stands. Mr.
Handsaker has spoken here on three
past occasions. This council is made
up of representatives of prominent
organizations of the nation. Among
the prominent executive represen­tatives
on the council are Miss Jane
Addams, Mrs. Louis D. Brandes, Mr.
William Allen White, Mr. Will Ir­win
and Bishop McConnell.
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Fischer Sends Card
Head of Hungarian Railways
Remembers Cummins
Some of the students will re­member
Herr M. Fischer, who
addressed the student body on
November 11, 1931, on "Eco­nomics
and Cultural Life in
Hungary." Herr Fischer is now
head of the national railway
system of Hungary but still re­members
the Normal school, as
was indicated by a Christmas
card received by Miss Nora B.
Cummins, of the social science
department. This was an un­usual
card, having on it a pic­ture
of the Polish governmen­tal
buildings, which show a
distinct touch of Eastern ar­chitecture.
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Roland Hayes Will
Sing Saturday Night
Roland Hayes, negro concert tenor
whose program in Bellingham on
Monday, January 15, was postponed
because of an accident in Seattle,
will appear at the First Christian
church here tomorrow evening, Jan
uary 20.
Hayes was injured while riding in
a taxi in Seattle. It was at first
thought that he had a broken col­lar
bone, but further examination
proved only shake-up and bruises.
He presented his program as planned
in Seattle, and will appear here Sat­urday.
His program for the evening will
include negro spirituals, foreign in­terpretation
numbers, and selections
by many famous masters. Hayes has
been proclaimed by critics to possess
an unusually beautiful and expres­sive
tenor voice. The press and crit­ics
have nominated him for the
Hall of Fame, and his excellent rep­utation
is widespread in Europe as
well as in the United States.
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International Rel. Club
Has Varied Program
An important meeting of the In­ternational
Relations club was held
at 7:30 Wednesday evening, in the
Edens hall club room. The new of­ficers
who were installed by a cere­mony
written especially for the oc­casion
were as follows: Mary Eliza­beth
Brock, president; Donald Rich­ardson,
vice president; George Lil-legaard,
secretary; Eunice Dins-more,
treasurer; Sara Jamieson, In­ter-
club Council representative.
The initiation of new members
was another feature of the evening's
entertainment. All qualified-strang­ers
became officially recognized as
members of the Foreign Problems
circle.
Although there was no special
speaker an interesting program was
given, consisting of Current Events,
a report on the World Economic
conference, which was held recently
in London, and a review of "Will
They Pay', a book dealing with the
world debt question.
Calista Simonds
Chosen Manager
of School Paper
Present Associate Editor Will Take
Over Business Duties
Immediately
Calista Simonds was elected bus­iness
manager of the Northwest Vi­king
at the board of control meeting
Thursday afternoon to fill the po­sition
which was previously held by
Francis Fisher who recently tender­ed
his resignation.
Other applicants for the position
were Bill Allan, Harold Whitman,
and Bob Lindsley. Allan was forced
to withdraw his application as his
outside activity points would exceed
20 if he became business manager.
In addition to being yell leader Allan
is also president or the Junior-senior
class. Lindsley and Whitman were
both ineligible because their grade
points were below the required 25
grade average.
The new business manager is a
member of the sophomore class and
at present is associate editor of the
Viking. This is Miss Simonds' third
quarter of newspaper work on the
Normal paper.
Not only has she proven herself
capable in her present position,"
states Julius Dornblut, Jr., editor
of the Viking, "but she has also
been an active member in the local
chapter of Quill and Scroll, honor­ary
society for high school journal­ists."
Miss Simonds will assume her new
duties as business manager imme­diately
as Fisher's resignation has
already gone into effect.
Investigation Of
Norma[Called Off
The proposal to investigate the
Bellingham State Normal school has
been abandoned it was learned here
during the past week. Having been
considered by the Senate Committee
on Educational Institutions, the res­olution
was rejected by a vote of 7
to 3.
Charging that the school was be­ing
conducted in an extravagant
manner and that it was wasting ap­propriations
for its support, Senator
Scott M. Ryan of Whatcom county
sought to have instituted an official
investigation of the school conduct­ed
by the state legislature. This
proposal was considered by a com­mittee
and was rejected. The mat­ter
has aroused a considerable a-mount
of interest in the city of Bel­lingham
as a great deal of publicity
has been given it. Officials of the
school have welcomed the proposed
investigation in order to quiet the
rumors of misconduct circulated
about the city.
Well-Known Soloist
To Be Heard Tues.
Eloise Horton, one of the West
Coast's most outstandng soprano
soloists, will be heard in assembly
Tuesday, January 23. Last fall she
came north from Los Angeles to
Seattle, and in November, while
playing with the Seattle Opera Com­pany,
she gave a splendid perform­ance
of Marguerite, the leading
role in "Faust." She has been
broadcasting from KOMO during
the past month.
She has the ability for reaching
the F above high C with perfect
ease. Mrs. Engberg, who is connect­ed
with the Seattle Opera Company
and who recommends Miss Horton,
is quoted as sayng, "Personally, I
should just as soon hear Eloise Hor­ton
as Lily Pons."
The Seattle Opera Company is
making every attempt to keep Miss
Horton in the Northwest, although
she does not find the musical sit­uation
here as pleasing as that in
the Southwest.
Assemblies Are Held
The cultural challenge of the col­lege
student of today was the ad­dress,
gven by Dr. A. C. Hicks in
the men's assembly room 239 this
morning.
Dr. Hicks emphasized the point
that high intellectual ideals and
standards of culture are Expected of
college men.
Herbert C. Ruckmick showed 3
films this morning in the women's
assembly. First, the hike up Mt.
Baker last summer, second, the flight
over Mt. Baker and last an educa­tional
film of New York City.
Mr. Ruckmich intends to make an
educational film of New York on
the Junior High School level. He
has not quite completed this work.
Class and Club
Pictures to be
Arranged Soon
Annual Is Making Rapid Progress;
Dummy Has Been Sent
to Engraver
With the dummy already sent to
the engraver, the annual Klipsun is
rapidly getting onto the home
stretch. Class and club pictures will
be arranged for during the next two
weeks. A fee of $10 for club pic­tures,
will be charged, payable either
in full this quarter or $5 this quar­ter
and $5 spring quarter. Arrange­ments
must be made with the bus­iness
manager by clubs wishing to
have group pictures entered.
Contest Pictures In
One feature of the annual will be
pictures of the two winners of the
popularity contest which is being
sponsored by the Klipsun. Winners
of last years contest were Doris
MacElmon and Vernon Leatha, for­mer
board of control secretary. A
committee consisting of Miss Anna
Ullin, \Dr. E- A. Bond, and three
students, Gordon Richardson, rep­resenting
the Klipsun, Bill Allan,
representing the junior-senior class,
and Donna Aisted, representing the
Northwest Viking, will meet Thurs­day,
January 25, to select five can­didates
of each sex from the names
contributed. January 30 is the date
of the final student vote.
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Today Is Last Day
For Activity Cards
Friday of this week is the last day
any participant in student activities
will have an opportunity to register.
Cards for registration must be ob­tained
in Dean Bever's office, certi­fying
the correct registration. These
are to be filled out and given to Miss
Bouck in the dean's office. No stu­dent
will be allowed to continue stu­dent
activities unless he has regis­tered.
Such activities carried by
students are: office holders, chair­men
of special functions, members
of the Social Science or Internation­al
Relations clubs, members of the
Viking staff, participants in dra­matic,
orchestra, and musical pro­ductions
which do not carry credits,
members of the basketball team,
members of Klipsun staff, athletic
managers, participants in men's
and women's sports, and yell lead­ers.
For a student to carry the maxi­mum
of 20 actvity points during a
quarter he must have a grade point
average of eat least 2.50. To carry 15
activity points it is necessary to
have a grade point average of at
least 2.00. Only 9 activity points
may be carried if the grade point
average is below 2.00. This accumu­lated
record of students' activity
points will be kept on file in Dean
Bever's office for ready reference.
Last quarter some of the student
activities were overlooked. A sum­mary
of the experiment of last quar­ter
will be given at a later date.
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Display of Suggestions
Aid in Choosing Books
In the library of this institution
there are on display at all times
suggestions for recreational reading.
Usually they are to be found in the
bookcases in the hallway on the
main floor of the building, or in the
general reading room, on each side
of the entrance. Miss Wilson, libra­rian,
wishes the students to consider
the purpose of these suggestions,
and to realize the benefits which
may be derived from them .She
says that to read all assignments
and digest them is very well, and
Shenenberger, deGallier
Poll Majority Of Votes
As Four Quarter Reps.
Christy Airs Views
Believes Present Election Sys­tem
Un-democratic
"What's wrong with the pres­ent
system of elections? Is it
useless, wasteful and un-demo­cratic?
It certainly is.
Present by-laws call for can­didates
to be nominated by a
convention and by petition, and
also calls for a primary election
—which brings about a conflict
between two systems. By using
the convention system the more
democratic petition system is
made useless and the use of
the petition eliminates the ne­cessity
of the former. Why
should any progressively mind­ed
college use two systems ut­terly
opposed to each other? In
the election of thL; week, for
instance, it was necessary to
conduct a primary simply to
eliminate three candidates from
a group nominated by the con­vention.
Is this economy? By
simply nominating from peti­tion
or from the floor in a stu­dent-
conducted assembly the
election system at once becomes
more democratic. We should
make a distinction and choose
between the two systems.
"This is one of the problems
the new administration in
school will have to face." This
statement was made to a rep­resentative
of the Viking by
John Christy, retiring president
of the student body.
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Clinic Examines Six
A free chest clinic sponsored by
the Anti-Tuberculosis league was
held in the Federal building Mon­day,
Tuesday and Wednesday of last
week. It was made possible through
funds received from the sale of
Christmas seals. Six students from
the Normal were examined and
found to be tuberculosis free by Dr.
S. L. Cox, the examining physician.
Persons who could not otherwise
afford it can now have X-ray pic­tures
taken free of charge. This is
another service of the league, made
possible through the seal sale fund.
The league also takes care of tu­berculosis
patients at Laurel Beach
sanitorium in Seattle. A former stu­dent
of Normal is now under care
there.
Fisher Resigns as
Viking Manager
Student Activity Budget. Accepted
by Board of Control
The resignation of Francis Fisher
from the position of business man­ager
of the Northwest Viking was
presented to and accepted by the
Board of Control at its meeting
Monday afternoon. It was decided
that tha board consider any student
who applied eligible for this po­sition
when the new manager is
appointed.
President C. H. Fisher was present
at the meeting and discussed the
student activity budget. The appor­tionment
was made as follows: so­cial
Ife, 50 cents; lectures and en­tertainment,
$1.50; Northwest Vi­king,
$1.25; drama, 25 cents; mis­cellaneous,
25 cents; men's athletics,
$1, and women's athletics, 25 cents.
The report submitted by Sam Ford
of the Co-op at the last meeting
was accepted by the board. Those
present at the meeting were: Dr.
E. A. Bond, John Christy, Bert Gal-langer,
Otto Finley, Julia Christen-sen,
Dick Albert, Harriet Rickerson.
Mr. H. E. Ruckmick was absent.
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Boat Models Made
By Campus Boys
Hobbies seem to dominate this
quarter in the industrial arts build­ing.
Most of the Campus school
pupils of the fourth, fifth and sixth
grade classes are devoting their time
to the construction of model air­planes,
some of which are the mod­ern
flying types. Others are working
on model boats.
The two classes which are made
up of the seventh and eighth grade
pupils, seem to be interested in
metal and wood working depart­ments.
Many projects are now being
worked on.
A morning school was started this
week and an evening school is heing
considered for some of the parents
who are interested in handcraft
work. "This," said Mr. H. E. Ruck­mick,
"will not only arouse the pu­pils'
interest but will also give their
parents recreation and education in
that line of work.
COMMITTEE HOLDS MEET
The Executive committee of the
Faculty Forum held its first meet­ing
on Monday in the Social
Science office. Tne purpose of this
meeting was to organize the activ­ities
of the faculty for the coming
year. After- numerous committees
were appointed, the meeting was
adjourned by the president, Miss
Nora B. Cummins.
Faculty Representative to be Decid­ed
Between Bond and
Arntzen
41 % CAST BALLOTS
General Election Is Scheduled for
Today in 105
Selected from a host of five can­didates
in the primary election held
Wednesday, January 17, Marie de­Gallier
and Ralph Shenenberger
won the candidacy for four quarter
representative to be voted upon in
the general election today. For fae-ulty
representative on the board of
control. Mr. Edward Arntzen and Dr.
E. A. Bond were winners. The can­didate
for this office winning the
election today will serve in that po­sition
for a year.
The complete list of candidates tco-today's
election now reads: for pres­ident
of the student body: Victor
Dickinson and Orvin Messegee; for
vce president: Christine Albers, and
Peggy McKay; for four quarter rep­resentative,
Ralph Shenenberger,
and Marie deGallier; for faculty
representative on the board of con­trol:
Mr. Edward Arntzen and Dr.
E. A. Bond.
Statistics given for Wednesday's
election by John Christy, student
prexy, show that about 41% of the
student body voted, 30% of the
girls, and 60% of the men. Christy
accounted for this percentage by the
fact that there are about three
women enrolled in school for every
man. The voting was held in room
105 instead of the room previously
used, 199. This room also is used in
the election today.
Defeated candidates for the elec­tion
held Wednesday were: Lila
Weider; Don Richardson, and Roger
Mullin. Dick Albert, who was nom­inated
for president, withdrew be­fore
the election in favor of Victor
Dickinson.
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Director Pleased By
Increased Enrollment
Donald Bushell, music director, re­ports
that his chorus and orchestra
have grown in numbers since the
fall quarter, with which fact he is
much pleased. "Henceforth," he
states, "we may reasonably expect
bigger and better performances from
them."
The orchestra has increased its
ranks to twenty-three members.
Therefore Mr. Bushell does not ex­pect
to have to rely upon help from
musicians from outside the school
for the performances of the orhces-tra
during the quarter.
The chorus now has forty-eight
registered members. The catch in
this one is the distribution of said
members—thirty-eight women to ten
men. The chorus has been aided at
various times, however, by men not
registered in the chorus, who have
offered their assistance when pos­sible.
Mr. Bushell says that he
would like to have at least sixty
members registered. He wishes It
clearly understood by all students
that anyone interested in singing is
urged to offer his servces. No ex­perience
whatsoever is necessary.
His most, urgent plea is for two
more altos, two more basses, and
three more tenors.
The chorus and orchestra, togeth­er,
are to give another concert at
the final assembly of this quarter.
Students Withdraw
Because of Illness
George St. James nas withdrawn
from school for this quarter because
of injuries received from football.
Stuart Fresk has also withdrawn
having been ill with Influenza.
Willis Smick, who suffered an» in­jury
to his nose in a football game
some time ago, has been in the hos­pital
for two weeks following a
nasal operation. He has now re­turned
to school.
Macrea Stone was absent for sev­eral
days, due to a severe cold.
. Physical examinations for the
winter quarter were made this week
and last. Women's examinations were
held Thursday and Friday of last
week, the men's, Monday and Tues­day
of this week. Dr. W. W. Bal-laine
and Dr. V. E. Bellinger were
the examining physicians.