Northwest Viking - 1932 November 4

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DON'T FORGET
HOMECOMING
. NOV. 18, 19
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W A S H I N G T O N S T A T E N O R M A L S C H O O L , B E L L I N G H A M , W A S H I N G T ON Friday, November 4,. 1932
Normalite
Schools in Politics
Appropriate Date
. Dickensonia
Hallowe'en
Assemblies
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By Pat Allan.
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An editorial in the University of
Washington Daily of Friday, Oct.
31, leaves us under the impression
that the University is drawn into
politics whether it desires to be so
or not, and on these grounds has
something quite definite to say
about the candidates in the coming
election. Evidently the University
is such a large institution that it
can well be a n egg for which to
fight, while t h e ' poor teachers and
those who are training to be teach­ers
must struggle into politics all
by themselves.
W.S.N.S,
And are the teachers making a
bid for recognition by the politicians!
Half the newspapers in the state
print cartoons showing the blind
teacher • leading the innocent public
to the "Bottomless Pit" and t he
other half of the organs illustrate
the. "Noble educator," with her torch
and pen, refusing to let sordid "Bus­iness"
leave the innocent child in
ignorance.
- -——W.N.S.N.
Headlines taken from the Wash­ington
State Evergreen: "Montana
Grizzlies Rated. Under-Dog, Says
Dope Sheet." Two columns to t he
right the football game was listed
as- the big feature of the State Col­lege
"Dad's Day."
It seems that the wise committee
for "Dad's Day" did^not neglect to
pick a sure win for the college when
they chose the date.
W.S.N.S.
I don't want to change the sub­ject
or anything, but the other day
I happened to see a calling card on
the sidewalk. Being human after
a fashion, therefore more curious
than is good for me, I picked it up
to read the name.
Shades of Dickens! "Mrs. Quincy
Adonis Hegley-Fitchetbottom . . . !"
' W.S.N.S.
Let's all bend our heads in silent
prayer at 7:30 tonight for the foot­ball
team in faraway Tacoma.
"They're going to win!
——W.S.N.S.—
How much more pleasant would
the 11 o'clock hours on Tuesday
arid Friday be if all the assemblies
were interesting enough to the stu­dents
to call forth the enthusiasm
and approval that the Utica Jubilee
singers did last Tuesday. An as­sembly
program should be the high­est
talent possible which would ap­peal
to a large majority of^ the stu­dents.
W.S.N.S.- -
A bunch of t h e boys blocked the
"Royal Road to Romance" on All
Hallow's EVe, imprisoning several
Mppy pairs on the stony sides of
Sehome. - That was the one good
trick of t he evening, the one trick
to be commended for its good taste
and excellence of execution. (I can
think of a ,lot of other excellent ex­ecutions,-
too).
Hit of Summer Quarter Will Be
Produced by . Drama Club with
Practically Original Cast. . '<
MR, HOPPE WELL CARRY LEAD
With next week's presentation of
"Alison's House" another chapter
will be written in the history of
dramatics in this school. It marks
the first time that the Drama club
has ever seen fit to, produce the
same play two successive quarters.
The play will be given one night
only this quarter. Thursday, Nov.
10, is the date set, Nov. 11 having
been cancelled due to Armistice diy
recess.
The club's in--
terpretation of this
Pulitzer p r i z e -
winner during the
summer quart e r
was heralded as
one of the most
successful pieces of
work ever turned
out here. Because
MR. HOPPE so few of the stu­dents
in attendance now saw the
show this summer it was considered
altogether fitting that it be pre­sented
again by (with three excep­tions)
the same cast who so adroitly
personified the characters of Susan
Glaspell's gripping sketch in the
previous production.
"Alison's House" brings Mr. Hop­pe
to the Normal's stage again in his
first characterization since "The
Pigeon" in the summer of 1930. In
"Alison's House" he will appear in
the part of Father Stanhope, a man
whose very life is bound to family
sentiment and pride.
The story cen­ters
around the
family of Alison
Stanhope, revered
poetess of t h e
nineteenth cen­tury,
and how her
vivid personality,
eighteen years af­ter
her d e a t h ,
strangely shapes Vernon Leatha'
their lives. The cast is as follows:
Father Stanhope, Alison's brother,
Mr. Hoppe; Elsa, Stanhope's daughr
ter, Dorothy Fiala; Eben, Stanhope's
i |M us—na—m
Fiala and Wrigfit Plajr Lead Roles
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DOROTHY FIALA
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Play to be Read
I n next Tuesday's assembly, Mrs.
Sarah Traiix Albert, of Seattle, will
read one of, Sherwood Anderson's
plays entitled "Elizabeth the Queen"
This play is a historic one, based on
the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
Mrs. Albert, under the name of
Sarah Truax made herself well
known while she. was on the stage,
and while in t h a t career she dis­played
great acting ability. She has
given up the stage now and has be­come
prominent in reading plays
throughout this state.
Freshman to Build Largest Bonfire
In History of Normal Homecoming
In a n effort to arouse interest
among the frosh men concerning
the, annual ^homecoming, two ar­ticles
have: been submitted t o t he
Viking inratieffort to stimulate this
feeling. ^ ..':Vv/^7;
"The upper classes of thev school
:^udge us by our-vwc(x^.in''pur';:.bon-.
fire at Homecoming, which Is our
V*3& t o cohstrro day:
j'The alumni will ^ ^ h e r e e ^ e r to
J isee what success we have had in pur
andCsupport
' t h e hlstoty of t h e school'^--Mickey
The big event in tne eyes of t he
freshmen during homecoming week
is the bonfire that,, according, to
tradition, is built and guarded for
days before the big blaze.
With 110 men in the freshman
class, this year's bonfire should by
all indications be t h e biggest and:
bert in lu&ibfr. A stupendous repre-i,
sentation -was brought out in the
two freshmen men's meetings held:
go. the first :'• meeting fifteen men
turned out; in the second the faith­ful
fifteen brought six others that
were caught short and unable ~, to
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SHOW ENTHUSIASM
Committees Appointed to Take
Charge of Festivities
Curly Gross, general chairman of
the homecoming hoopla has selected
five committees to help put spark
into the traditional fall. classic.
Mickey Clarke will have charge of
the bonfire on Waldo field on Fri­day
night, November 18. Fuel for
the affair is showing up on various
parts of the campus.
Call it parade or serpentine, Art
Pearson and Vernon Leatha ' will
make it the talk of the twon. ,
Alumni Luncheon Saturday
Doris McElmon and Lew Lovegren
are planning the alumni luncheon.
This will be held Saturday noon,
November 19 at Edens Hall. Both
alumni and students will attednthis
affair. "
Cheney Team Strong
The Ellensberg Wildcats were held
to a tie by the Cheney Savages last
week. When the whistle blows Sat­urday
afternoon, November 19, the
Savages will probably outweight the
locals twenty pounds to a man. A
determined Viking team is neces­sary
to hold back the invaders from
the other side of the Cascades.
The game is scheduled to start at
2:15 p. m. Tickets for the game will
be on sale at school and downtown
for those who do not have student
activity tickets. Students will be ad­mitted
for 25 cents and adult tick­ets
are 50 cents each.
Homecoming Hop a t Armory
The homecoming hop will be held
at the Armory Saturday night at
8:30 p. m. Jack Burn's orchestra will
play. This affair is being handled
by John Lensrud and J im Campbell.
All organized houses will be eli­gible
for the decoration contest. Ken
Elder announces that a banner will
be first prize and a second prize to
be announced later.
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DRAMA OFFERED
Students Present One-Act Play for
Today's Assembly
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I n this mornings Assembly* the
literary interpretation class, under
the direction of Mr. Hoppe, enter­tained
with a play / entitled' ^'The
^liant'febyGeorgeMiddleton, This
play has been one of t h e most popu-
] ^ play^Yever - presented by small
th^eat^^uSi"conges/ Besides hav-
;-^|6ee^;jglVen many. Jiimes on ^the
^ a g e - i t ^ a s also'/been popular On t h e
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# : ' ^ e ^scene ;-*as ^ d ^ the war­den's
office In the State Penitenti­ary;;
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j "Alison's House", Pulitzer*
I prize winner, will be presented I
I by the Normal Drama club next [
| Thursday, Nov. 10, in the audi-]
\torium. Mr. Victor H. Hoppe is]
•.directing and has a leading role]
f as Father Stanhope. f
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Political Ideas
Are Balloted in
Friday Assembly
Under the auspices of t he Social
Science club, a straw election was
held in this morning's assembly.
This is a part of the series of straw
elections held in nearly fifty col­leges
throughout the United States.
Favor for Hoover is shown from
Washington State, University of
Washington, University of Southern
California and University of Cali­fornia.
The University of Texas, oh the
other hand, shows a large majority
for Roosevelt as do" the Universities
of Texas and South Carolina. Co­lumbia
and New York universities
indicate a strong preference for Nor­man
Thomas. On the total number
of votes cast the division is as fol­lows:
Hoover, 35,670; Roosevelt, 21,-
526; Thomas, 12,235; Foster, 715.
A straw vote, while not carrying
much weight, should be taken ser­iously
enough to show the political
inclination of the student body .
Appreciation Shown
Normal Broadcast
Over Station KVOS
Although few Normal school stu­dents
listened in on the radio pro­gram
released over KVOS last Fri­day
night, the response concerning
it from the town was very satisfac­tory.
A definite time, 9:30-10:00 p. m.,
every Friday, has been allotted for
the school broadcast. The next of­fering
will be under the auspices of
Mr. Harold B. Smith, head of t he
Music department. Daniel Botts,
violinist; Ransford Wise, clarinetist;
and Christine Albers, pianist, will be
heard. . Robert Becken, tenor, will
sing several numbers.
A special Armistice day program
will be broadcast, the speaker to be
announced later.
Injuries and Illness
Keeps Five Students
From Usual Classes
Students obliged to miss school
this week on account of injuries
received are: Virginia De Priest,
suffering from an* injured knee;
Harold McGrath of Nooksack and
Leslie Williams. Williams received
a fractured bone in his hand from
football.
Louise Contento arid Wilburn
Whipple have been absent during
the past week, due to illness.
AURORA NAMED
ALL-AMERICAN
The Aurora, a publication of Fair-haven
high school, has been named
all-American for the fourth conse­cutive"
year.' It was entered in a
contest for all high schools with en­rollments
over 200 ahd under 500.
This contest isi sppnisored! by the;
National Scholastic press, Eleanor
Finhegan was" 1932IJedfltor of • t h e ;
AurpraK Miss MargaretQray . Is;fac­uity
t^lylser^for t h e i n a g ^ n eV •
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PRESTON WRIGHT
ETS DANCE RULE
Charge Levied on Guest Tickets;
No Rec Hour Next Week
Welch, Fiala, Watson, Rickerson,
Committee Heads; Lundberg Will
Furnish the Entertainment.
USE EFFECTIVE DECORATIONS
_V.
The Rec hour situation, with all
the problems regarding student ac­tivity
and guest tickets was defi­nitely
settled through a set of rules
and regulations made by the-Board
of Control at their last meeting on
Monday afternoon.
1. All students must present stu­dent
activity tickets in order to
admit to rec hour. If the student
is not carrying enough hours to
warrant having a student activity
ticket he must procure a guest tic­ket
if he wishes to attend rec hour.
2. All alumni of the. school must
procure guest tickets in order to
attend.
3. All guest tickets, are handled
through the dean of women's office
and guests must comply with the
ruling for guests.
4. Guest tickets will be charged
for in t he future, starting Friday,
Nov. 1932.
Prices: Afternoon rec hour, 10c;
evening rec hour, 30c.
5. Positively no one will be ad­mitted
to rec hour without some sort
of ticket. '
6. Guest tickets will be given out
on Friday afternoons preceding rec
hour from 1 to 4 o'clock hi the
Dean of Women's office.
Substitute for Thne
Clarence Thue asked for a sub­stitution
for himself in the rec hour
orchestra. The Board decided to
allow Joe Zemanski to take his place
this coming Friday.
The problem of suitable doormen
for rec hour was discussed and a
decision was made to hire two door­men
for t he coming Friday who
would enforce the above rules with
all due vigor.
The plot thickens; the-mystery of
the Sophomore party deepens. But
wait! Tomorrow night at 8:30 p.m.
the doors of the big gym will open
to reveal all. "We, as chairmen of
the affair, will promise all the
Sophomores and Junior and Senior
men who attend, a thrill a big sur­prise,
and a good time," says June
Welch,, general chairman of the
hop.
Miss Fisher and Dorothy Fiala,
decoration chairmen, ably assisted
by Elsie O'Donriell, Bob Becken, Cal­vin
Paige, Ray Wimer and Kenny
McDonald are working hard on some
very effective decorations. Tommy
Lake and Ken Elder have kindly
given their services in the way of
art work.
Student Gives Number
Aubrey Lundberg, well-known Nor
inal student is furnishing the inter­mission
numbers, at t he request of
Naomi Watson, head of the program
committee.
Harriet Rickerson, Velma Gilfilen,
Christine Albers and June Jevning
will serve the dancers something
different in the way of punch.
Dick Albert and Pat Allan are
supervising the cleaning-up of the
big gym after the party,. ._
Patrons and Patronesses
The faculty patrons and patron­esses
of the dance will be President
and Mrs. C. H. Fisher, Dr.- and Mrs.
E. A. Bond and Mr. and Mrs. V. H.
Hoppe. Dr. Bond, as faculty advisor
of the Sophomore class, is acting as
general over-seer of the class party;
Jack Burn's orchestra will fur­nish
the music for dancing. Tickets
will be given out today on the main
landing from 12 t o 3 o'clock.
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CALENDAR
FRIDAY—Nov. 4
4:00 P. M., Rec Hour in Big
Gym.
7:00 P. M., Game with C. P.
S., at Tacoma.
Scholarship Society Banquet
and Initiation at Edens Hail
SATURDAY—Nov. 5.
8:30-11:30 .P. M, Sophomore
Hop in Big Gym.
MONDAY—Nov. t .
Social Science Club Meeting
in Edens Hall Club Room....
Drama Club Meeting in t he
Blue Room at Edens Hall.
TUESDAY—Nov. 8.
11:00 A. M;, Sarah Truax Al­bert
reading "Elizabeth, the
Queen".
THURSDAY—Nov. 10.
8:00 P. M., Drama Club Pre­senting
"Alison's House".
FRD3AY—Nov. 11.
i i A. M., Regular Student
Assembly.
12 M., Armistice Day vacations
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Filling Positions on Board of Gontebl
Through the recent voting, the
Associated Students i officers will
well represent them in student af­f
a i r s The newly elected officers
have shown- great interest in student
activities-throughput their school
careers. :
Harriet Rickerson, who was ;elect-ed^
to the^office of,ttoee quarter
representative.to the Bc«r4;pf;Cbri?
trol, graduated from Whatcom High
in.'.'.1931, Besides Her new; office here;
jshe I s secretary, of the Wbhieirt
Leaguei. This Is l^Dss Ricbersoh'S;
: f p u i ^ " p j i a r 1^
versity or the* State College. She Is
in hopes of being a bacteriologist. r ;, ^ | | ;f
Bert Gallanger, who ,wasSelectedf':^:^&&
vice president to fill out the^unex^;- -•%*gf$
pired^ term of Theona Flick^ eiomes; . " il|-fej
from Port. S t a n l e y . ^ ^ v f S ^ a ^ ^ y ^ : ^ ^ $,
i r om Whatcom High and t h e n ' e n - ~ ,X^';i§$
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eighth quarter work. ^ ; ' h ^ ^ p w n ; ; : ; - ; y , ^ j ;^
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tennis. Gallanger is^t»klinff«:.tea^^^J^*^^
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