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1899
WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Friday, November 17, 1933
Vikings Meet Wildcats
In Homecoming Contest;
Ellensburg Is Favorite
Bellingham Set for Big Battle with
Powerful Wildcats
ELLENSBURG TEAM IS JINX
V&ing Fighting Spirit Is
for Game Tomorrow
High
Football comes to Waldo field in
festive garb tomorrow where eleven
determined Viking gridmen, un
daunted by the seeming odds against
them, will take the field at 2 o'clock
to do battle with the flashy Ellens­burg
Wildcats in Bellingham's big
annual Homecoming game.
Vikings' Last Game
The melee with the Wildcats is
not only the highlight of Homecom­ing,
but is the highlight of the Vi­kings'
home season as well. Before
the leaves started turning brown
and gold under the*touch of au­tumn's
paints, the football fans
had been talking about tomorrows
game; for no matter how the Vi­kings
have fared in previous games,
when the traditional Homecoming
contest appears the Bellingham ag­gregation
always plays inspired foot­ball.
The Vikings were primed last
night as they romped through a
practice session. In the locker room
and on the field they displayed
more spirit than this writer has seen
all fall. With a light signal drill
scheduled for this afternoon, they
may pick up the fire that will send
them against Ellensburg as a re­juvenated
team.
Vikings' Last Is Fast
Bellingham's forward wall will
probably line up with Claypoole, a
good tackier and blocker, at one
end, with the other flanking po
sition held down by John Odell, a
rangy slashing end. Willie Toby, a
converted end, Schirman and Flint
will be in reserve. Smick and Fren-der
will probably start at tackles,
with Hoban and Aines in reserve.
All these men get across the line
fast and dp plenty of damage in the
opposing backfield. Fiery Ray Sul-
Booklet Attractive
This year's Homecoming
booklet, edited by Bob Lindsley
and Ralph Shenenberger, will
be shaped like a football and
have twenty-four pages. It
will contain messages from
President Fisher and the re­spective
coaches, and pictures
and descriptions of the two
football teams. The book was
sold in Fridays assembly, at
the luncheon Saturday noon,
and at the game, for twenty
cents. Theater passes will be
given to the persons holding
the six lucky booklets.
Consideration Due
New Articles, Says
Board of Trustees
Representatives Christy, Bond, and
T^By^fm. present New
Articles to Board
George Sokolsky
Will Lecture At
Called Assembly
Assembly Scheduled for Friday
2:00 P. M. Will Feature
Orientalist
at
Albert and Finley
Newly Elected to
Board of Control
Percentage Voting in Election Finals
Slightly Larger Than in
Primaries
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School Will be Given
Accreditation After
Representative Calls
In order to give accreditation to
the Bellingham Normal school, the
American Association of State
Teachers' Colleges is sending a rep­resentative
to inspect the school.
President Eugene Fair of the State
Teachers College of Kirkville, Mis-ouri,
is the representative of this
national organization who will ar­rive
here within a few weeks to be­gin
his inspection.
President C. H. Fisher said that
until the school was able to grant a
degree he had not asked for accredi­tation
as the institution would be
rated second class. It is now hoped
that the school will make a first
class rating. A detailed report is
now being prepared to be sent to
President Fair in advance of his
arrival. This report includes the
following items: requirements for
graduation, preparation of the fac­ulty,
teaching load of faculty, train­ing
school facilities, the organiza­tion
of curricula, student health and
living conditions, library, laboratory,
shop equipment, and the location,
construction, and care of the build­ings
and campus. This report will
be checked by President Fair during
his inspection.
Dick Albert and Otto Finley car­ried
off the election Monday, No­vember
13, and are now four- and
three-quarter representatives on the
board of control. According to sta­tistics
given out by John Christy,
student prexy, the percentage of
the student body- voting on the fin­al
election was slightly above that
of the preceding primary election.
Monday's percentage reached 48 per
cent as against about 42 per cent
in the primaries.
Albert, who is attending his sev­enth
quarter at Bellingham State
Normal, is a graduate of the Everett
high school and is now twenty years
old. His term as four quarter rep­resentative
will be the first board
of control office he has held. How­ever,
he has had experience in stu­dent
affairs, being secretary-treas­urer
of the sophomore class last year
and holding the same position for
the junior-senior class this year. He
was once on the yell staff and won
a leading part in a recent school
play cast.
The newly elected three quarter
representative, Otto Finley, is at­tending
here for his eleventh quar­ter.
He came here from La Crosse,
Washington, and attended Lake
Stevens high school. Finley will be
captain of the team in today's home­coming
game. He has had experi­ence
on the board, having been four
quarter representative last year.
Finley defeated Marydel Conrad in
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Results of Voting
Checked By Board
Checking election results and ap­proving
a Klipsun budget comprised
the business of the board of control
at their weekly meeting in the asso­ciated
students' office Monday, No­vember
13, at 4:00 o'clock.
Victor Dickinson, business man
ager of the Klipsun, submitted a
budget which was approved by the
board. The budget was cut consid-r
erably this year in accordance with
the funds available. The meeting
was adjourned, after a very brief
session, by John Christy, president
of the associated students.
More time to consider the pro
posed articles of incorporation of
the associated students .was asked
for by the board of trustees at their
monthly meeting Wednesday, No
vember 15. *
Dr. E. A. Bond,
John Christy,
president of the
student body
and Vernon Lea-tha
appeared be­fore
the trusteees
a s representa-t
i v e s of the
board of control.
H. C. Buckmlck
submitted t he
faculty commit-
John Christy tee report on the
proposed incorporation.
Report Is Favorable
The faculty committee report was
favorable on the whole toward the
proposed change in the method of
conducting student government.
Members of this committee were Mr.
Ruckmick, chairman; Miss Florence
Johnson, and Miss Nora B. Cum­mins.
This committee consulted
Vaughn Brown, local attorney, in
drawing up their report.
Faculty recommendations for
changes in the proposed set-up pro­vide
for a linking of the administra­tion,
faculty, and students. The
other change in the present set-up
of the articles of incorporation would
limit the proposed corporation from
borrowing more than $1500 without
the consent of the board of trustees.
Demand Would be Constant
Another point brought out in the
faculty report was that after set­ting
up a four-year school efforts
for incorporating the student body
would come up from time to time
even if the present proposition
should fail.
The board of trustees will meet
again December 20 at which time
they are expected to take action.
Before the articles of incorporation
can become binding they must be
accepted at an election for that pur­pose
which would authorize the
board of control to turn over the
present assets of the associated stu­dent
body to the new corporation.
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Assembly Eeatures
Night Club Novelty
The -Homecoming assembly today
featured Jimmy Butler as master of
ceremonies at the club "Swenson",
the college night club. Virgil Grif-fen
and his orchestra played novelty
numbers and Johnny Lensrud, the
dulcet tenor imported from New
York, sang a solo. Frank Pratt gave
interpretations on the banjo, while
Bill Allan rendered his version of
the "St. James Infirmary Blues".
The crowning feature was a Turkish
dance by Madame Sari Alhambra,
who was borrowed from the Caliph
of Bagdad.
The assembly was concluded by a
football talk by Coach C. F. Lap-penbusch
and pep yells for the
Homecoming game.
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George E. Sokolsky, who was un
able to lecture at the Tuesday as
sembly as scheduled, will appear in
a special assembly which will be
called at 2 p. m. today.
Mr. Sokolsky will speak on the
subject, "The Tinder Box of Asia,"
which is an analysis of the revolu­tionary
forces in China and Japan
acting upon the masses of both coun­tries
and altering their behavior
and outlook. This lecture serves to
provide an adequate background for
an understanding of current tenden­cies
and events in both China and
Japan.
Mr. Sokolsky's amazing success on
the lecture platform, where he filled
more than sixty engagements during
the past season, has made him the
most sought after lecturer on inter­national
affairs available,
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Aerial Shots of
Campus Will Be
Used in Annual
Dr. Ruckmick of Industrial Arts
Department to> Take Air
Views from Plane
Homecoming Committee
Extends All Returning
Alumni Hearty Welcome
Rally Tonight at 7:00
Led by the American Legion
drum and bugle corps, and
lighted by hand fuses, the ser­pentine
will leave Edens hall
at 7:00 p. m., tonight, march
down High to Holly street,
through the business section of
town, and back to the new ath­letic
field for the traditional
bonfire, which is being prepar­ed
by the frosh class.
Pep talks, yells and school
songs are on the program
which all are urged to attend.
Bonfire and Serpentine Tonight
Start Events for Gala
Get-together
LUNCHEON TO BE TOMORROW
Game at 2:00; Dance at Armory :ft»
Grand Finale
Community Fund
Campaign Opened
For $44,978 Goal
Verse Speaking Choir of San Jose
To Be Here On Its Northern Tour
As an assembly feature the speak­ing
choir of San Jose State Teach­ers
College will be here on Friday,
November 2T. Under the direction
of Miss Elizabeth Jenks, the choir
has developed group rendition of po­etry
to a higher plane than ever be­fore.
Miss Jenks has been engaged in
this type of work for a number of
years: She received her M. A. de­gree
in speech from Cornell after
being graduated from the'University
of California.
The speaking choir is composed of
fourteen persons whose voices differ
in quality and pitch and who have
acquired perfect coordination of in­terpretation
and pantomime. Out­standing
effects are produced by the
wide variety of range control and
flexibility of the individual voices.
Group Takes Tour
The speaking choir has met with
outstanding success. In 1931 Miss
Jenks took that year's group on a
Southern tour. It received recogni­tion
which was favorable from many
sources. It was said that to hear
Miss Jenks' choir is to catch a hew
vision of the pleasure to be derived
from poetry. The choir has a reper­toire
of more than fifty numbers,
including types of poetry from the
dramatic "and the tragic to the, com­ic.
The program to be used on the
northern tour, from November 23 to
rJecember 7," is divided into four
groups: namely; the entire company,
the men, the women, and a smaller
mixed group. .Some of the"repre-sentetiye
poems toijje given are: A
Fool's4Prayer;. bjjr Bills; Congo, by
Lindsay; and Boots,f by Kipling.
Model Conference
Holds First Meet
The Model World conference held
its first session last Wednesday ev­ening
at Edens hall. Special re­ports
were given. Sarah Jamieson
reported on the Ottawa conference,
and Evelyn Larson gave a report on
the life of Maxim Litvinoff.
The following committees and
their chairman were appointed:
Monetary Policies, Evelyn Larson;
World Prices, Commodities and Ov­er-
production, Sarah Jamieson;
Tariff and Trade, Eunice Ginsmore;
Use of Western Capital to Lift
World. Standards of Living, Ruby
Waldron. o-^———
Teacher Addresses
Social Science Club
Aerial photos of the Normal
school campus to be used in the
end sheets of the 1930 Klipsun are
going to be taken by Mr. Ruck­mick
of the Industrial Arts depart­ment,
according to a statement
made yesterday by Gordon Richard­son,
editor.
Up to date about one half of the
junior and senior class pictures have
been taken but they are expected to
be cleared up in a short time. Mr.
Richardson urges all juniors and
seniors to sign up on the bulletin
board in the main hall and have
their pictures taken at Sandison's
studio in the Woolworth building as
soon as possible.
At present pictures of the faculty
and the various class officers are in
the making. All students are urged
to take snapshots and to turn them
in to Sammie Carver, school life
editor.
A hardback cover with blue cloth
binding marked with silver design
ing and lettering will enclose the
pages of this year's pictorial his
tory. The Art department is work'
ing on the design but it has not been
perfected. Division pages are to be
made with wood blocks printed with
colored ink on colored paper.
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Norlin's Art Work '
Will be on Exhibit
President's Message Is Incentive
for Local Group
"Technocracy" was the subject
discussed by Mr. E. J. Bjorkquist,
Whatcom high school teacher,t for
the members of the Social Science
club at their meeting last Monday
evening. After his presentation of
the subject, Mr. Bjorkquist conduct­ed
a discussion with the members
of the club. *
' A committee was appointed to
make plans for a club party in the
near future. Lila Welder was ap­pointed
chairman; Jtapk Brown
and Virginia Manahan were asked
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Don Norlin's collection of art work
will be shown in room 308 this com­ing
week. Of particular interest is
a linoleum block of the Normal
school done in black and white. Sub­jects
of other linoleum blocks* in­clude:
"A Northern Light Tower",
"The Spanish Mission", "A Clam
Digger", and "A Water Front".
Among his water colors are two
especially noticeable: "An Old House
on Garden Street", and "A Misty
Morning". Anyone interested is in­vited
to come and view the work.
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Discussions Varied
In Drama Meeting
The Thespian club meeting was
postponed from last nignt to next
Thursday evening, November 23.
This was necessitated because most
of the people who were to perform
last night for the entertainment of
the Thespians, were solicited to be
on the Homecoming program at the
Grand Theatre at the same time.
Next week, at the meeting, Frank
Pratt will play the banjo, Louise
Lawrence will read, and Dorothea
Davis, Nona Peterson and Celeste
McAlpine will sing.
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"When Mrs. Roosevelt pleaded with
the women of the nation to stand
solidly behind the Community chest
in its program for the relief of
human needs/she realized that wom­en
with their sympathy and in­sight
into this work could make
economy cuts in the household and
thus enable the family pledge to be
unusually generous in this time of
great need". This was the theme of
the plea made by Mrs. H. B. Paige
at the Community Chest luncheon
held last week at the Hotel Leo
pold.
The women's quota is short about
$1,000.00 of the goal and Mrs. Paige,
who was appointed to the position
of chairman of the Women's Cru­sade
by Mrs. F. D. Roosevelt, hopes
for more donations to make up the
deficiency. "Label your donation
for the Women's Crusade and send
it to the Community Fund office at
230 Mason Building" is the message
she gave.
Goal Set for $44,978.00
The goal set by the campaigners
this year is $44,978.00. To date $29,-
257.00 of this has been solicited. The
drive continues from Nov. 7 to Nov.
20, ending next Monday night with
a banquet at the Hotel Leopold. Mr.
W. D. Pratt is chairman of the
drive.
President C. H. Fisher has headed
the Community Chest Fund since it
was first organized in Bellingham
several years ago.
"We welcome you" is the greeting
extended by Tommy Kean and his
committee to all alumni attending
the annual Homecoming at Normal
this week-end. With a full program
arranged they believe everyone win
have an enjoyable time.
Tonight at 7:00 o'clock the ser^
pentine, headed by Bill Allan, wiH
leave from the Edens hall, march
through town and back to the ath­letic
field for the bonfire, which will
be lit by Captain Otto Finley. Yelte
and* pep talks will be given, after/
which the crowd will adjourn tin
the gym for evening rec hour spon­sored
by the men-s W club. Judg­ing
of the decorated organized
houses will take place tonight and
tomorrow morning by a committee
of two faculty and three students,
headed by Ona Conner.
At noon tomorrow the Homecom­ing
luncheon will be served in the
Edens hall dining room. Tickets,
which are 25 cents, are on sale **
the main landing and may also fie
purchased at the door, according to
Chairman Tim Lowe.
Game at 2:00
Beginning at 2 p. m. the Vikifig-
Wildcat battle will take place at
Waldo field. Under the direction
of Tommy Bailey the goal posts and
grand stand are to be decorated in
the colors of the two competing
teams..The W. A. A. will have charge
of selling concessions at the half and
during the game.
Dance Ends Events
Ending the scheduled events for
the gala week-end will be the dance
at the Armory on State street, be­ginning
at 8:30 p. m. Either student
or alumni tickets must be presented
at the door to gain admission. Stu­dents
desiring to bring guests may
secure tickets for them at the Dean
of Women's office today from 1:00
to 4:00 p. m. No tickets will be sold
at the door.
Dance Successful
Says Chairman
The varsity "W" club held its an­nual
fall dance in the Crystal ball­room
of the Hotel Leopold Saturday
evening, November 11, Jack Falk-ner,
the general chairman of the
dance, said this Armistice day dance
was a big success and everyone
seemed to have a fine time. Al
Charlesworth, who assisted Falkner
with the tickets, said, "The dance
wasn't so successful from a finan­cial
viewpoint."
Unique programs featured the
dance. The -programs were white
suede squares with a large blue
"W" and with a large club on
the front cover.
Christine Albers
To Give Recital
Coming Tuesday
Christine Albers, well-known local
pianist and student of Edtih R.
Strange, will appear in recital in
the Tuesday, November 21, assembly.
Miss Albers is the organist at the
Broadway Presbyterian church and
last spring won first place in the
piano, division of the North Pacific
district for student musicians which
was held in Seattle. Miss Albers
qualified for the district contest by
winning first place in the state con-'
test held in Seattle last April. The
event was the third biennial contest
for student musicians sponsored by
the National Federation of Music
clubs.
Miss Albers has unusual ability
and appears frequently as soloist at
the Normal school, where she is at­tending.
Her. program will include
various compositions by Chopin,
Shubert, Liszt, Palmgren and Bee­thoven.
Holiday/[Barry's Comedy of Manners, j
To Be Presented Soon by Drama Club
Pictures of Europe
Shown to Faculty
Miss Ruth Weythman,. women's
physical education director, fur­nished
some unusual entertainment
at the faculty forum meeting, held
.last Monday evening iri the Blue
room of Edens hall, by showing
several reels of film which She took
personally .while on a recent travel­ing
tour .throughout the British
Isles and Central and Southern Eu­rope.
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"This is the first time the Drama
club has ever done an American
comedy of manners," said Director
Victor Hoppe of the Drama club
play, "Holiday." This type of play
is characterized by a gaiety, youth
and flexibility which is difficult to
portray and is considered a hard
piece of acting for amateurs. Philip
Barry's "The Youngest," which was
given here a few years ago, is'the
nearest approach: to this style of
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In "Holiday" Barry shows the
kind of people who visit Paris, Lake
Placid and Palnv Beach seasonally^
and who belong to the 400 of their
cities. This kind of play is giveh
more of ten to the Ne# York Theater
GuUd than elsewhere and may be
said to be in the same class of writr
ing as are Noel Coward's plays.
Peggy McKay is the assistant di­rector
and Marvin Allyn is property
manager, assisted t>y Betty Cruihp-ton.
Several students earning their
way into tne dub.by helping with
the scenery, and costumes.
The scenery is being painted un­der
the direction of Irving Easton
and Al Charlesworth is handling the
publicity and ticket sales.
The cast includes: Julia, Jacque­line-
James; Linda, Catherine Ole-son;
Ned, Boyd Swansoh; Edward,
Robert Bovey; Seton, Ralph Hof-man;
liaura, Eilene Morrison; Nick,
Orvin Messegee; Susan; Lyle Ptifl-lips;
Johnny, Robert Zoet; v maid,
Peggy lifcKay; butler, DohaM Van:
Doren, and Charles, Marvm Alryn;
The play \^^::^;;^v^n^^v^z
day and Friday eevnings^
the Normal auditorium. "M^^MM
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