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WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL -SCHOOL, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Friday, July 15, 1932.
l l N T BAKER TRIP IS POSTPONED UNTIL
W E E l F l i TODAY: MR. E, A. BOND TO LEAD
EXCURSION PARTY ON THREE-DAY HIKE
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GREETINX
METHODS OF TRANSPOR­TATION
STUDENTS' OPINION NIL
YE PROFS DIARY
By Samnrie.
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Hello, every people! Lovely sum­mer
days we've had—Yea! both of
them. We're seriously thinking of
renting- a rowboat and rowing to
school and back in the hear future!
Did anybody notice the petite
feminine lead in the coming produc­tion
in drama riding hither and yon
o'er the city of Victoria. We'll wager
that when she1 waved at the last
over-stuffed "Bobbie" he muttered
morosely, "Bally nice-looking girl;
too bad—too bad."
We were obliged to explain to nu­merous
Hinglishmen, by the way,
that it wasn't the circus at all—but
a load of assorted nuts from the
States!
Mountain Coontry Full of Ancient
Legends and Indian
Folk Lore
TREK TO START FRIDAY
Oh, yes, we nearly forgot, about
the student opinion in the paper last
week. We may be~ crazy—but we
thought that the students at the
assembly paid fairly good attention
to the singer. We didn't think that
the "ravenous ex-school moms"
dashed any more than the so-called
raptimusic lovers. When an artist
leaves 'the platform and the hour
reads 12:05 and,one's stomach feels
like the Graf Zeppelin with a small
dish of cereal for a passenger—Well!
I leave it to you, how do the odds
run?
We can't help wondering how lit­tle
Dickie Albert is doing oh the
pounded pavements these days. Gra­cious
me! When it's cold inside of
good old B. S. N. S. we can get a
mental picture of a blue blooded (or
should we say blue nosed) enthu­siast
marching, ever marching on
the road to Hoover's door. If Hoover
doesn't greet him with open arms
and a couple of milk-nickles, we've
a good mind to start a march to
Washington, D. C, ourselves, and
see the old fellow about it person­ally.
Tests! There's a pitifully familiar
ring about that word! The profs
have already started to show us how
to use it in a sentence. Oh well!
What's a little test, now and then
between friends? It helps one get
better acquainted with one's next
door neighbor! Ne' Est Pas? (or
something like that).
'We read that 600'infant fish re­sponded
to a secret code given by
the papa and mama fish and that
even the aquarium keepers couldn't
detect it. We'll have to get next to
those fish before our big tests start
pelting themselves at us! On the
other hand—it all sounds suspicious­ly
like a fish story.
We saw a picture of Senator Huey
Long of Louisiana telling;,the cre­dentials
committee all about the
trouble in his state. His arms were
in a curiously vertical position—his
eyes drooped wearily under raised
eyebrows and his attitude resembled
not t'a5, little a blues singer that we
saw,on the stage once. We still want
to, know why every politician who
has his picture, taken: seems to be
afraid his arms won't show—and
the ijpataed expression—heavens!
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The scheduled trip to Mount
Baker was postponed earty this
morning by the recreation commit­tee
and will take place next Friday
instead of tomorrow morning, as
originally planned.
Inclement weather was given as
the reason for changing the date of
the climb. The trip was first sched­uled
to leave this morning but be­cause
of tests, the starting date was
set as Saturday morning, later to
be put ahead a whole week.
Near noon on Mount Baker July
24 Mr. Bond will get one big round
breath together to blow the whistle
which means "lunch is served" on
the saddle. Lunches, flat, round and
worn, will pop up from strange
keeping places and painted moun­taineers
will open the sack and peer
in—then thrusting alpies in the
snow will sit to rest and eat dried
prunes and cheese.
The "Great White Watcher"
Now the mountaineer can lean
back on his old oak staff and laugh
to the hills that surround him—he
rests in the shadow of the peak
known to the Indians as "Great
White Watcher." This great pinna­cle,
clad in pure white, rises in soli­tary
majesty to a height estimated
at between 12,000 and 13,000 feet.
At all times is this scenery grand
and beautiful, whether seen in the
early morning, when rising sun
tinges Mount Baker with a tender
rose color; at noon, when the snow
fields gleam like polished silver; or
at eventide, when Mount Baker
glows like fire, and Western moun­tains
are bathed in purple, 'til the
sun sinks behind the hills and leaves
the snowy peaks faintly defined on
the sky, blanched and ghastly—all
color and life fled.
Indian Legend
The original of this tradition was
gathered and most beautifully inter­preted
by Dr. Buchanan, formerly
the superintendent in charge of In­dian
affairs at Tulalip. The follow­ing
is a brief adaptation which well
preserves without additions or sub­tractions,
the general tenor of the
story.
"I tell you Indian story about
Kulshan. Kulshan that big moun­tain
on Nooksack. Well, I tell you.
Kulshan Has Two Wives
"Long, long time ago, old Indian
man he tell his grandchild what his
grandfadder tell him when he was
a little boy. I do not know the time,
but it was long, long time. Kulshan
he grow fine young man and git
married two wives. One wife she
look very fine. Other wife she look
fine too, but not so fine, but she
very good, she very kind. Kulshan
he like 'em both very much, how
different no can tell.
"Well, one wife, long time ago, she
have three-babies. The other wife
don't have ho babies at all, but she
yery good to kulshan, she hug up
close. Wife who have three babies
she no like it. She very mad. She
tell Kulshan she have three babies,
he should like her most. But Kul­shan
he say. nothing, he just smile
little bit. Then this woman, she try
fool Kulshan. She tell him she go
'way. She no want to go away, but
she want fool Kulshan. She think
Kulshan say, 'Yes, you mother of
my children, don't go 'way, I love
you most.' He like her well, he no
want her to go, but he no tell her.
Kulshan he very proud. He say,
'You want go' way, you go 'way.'
"Clear Sky" Leaves
"So she make pack. She think
she go just a little way and he say,
'Come back.' She make big pack
long time—flowers, seeds, roots, ber­ries,
all nice things there around
Kulshan. She go off, long time ago.
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MkV1but he no
tell hercbmp. back. She go on again
and stendlon hill to see Kulshan;
she stand^on toe-tip, but that hill
grow big and high while she look
New Students Enter
For Five-Week Term
On Monday Morning
There will be about twenty-five
new students entering for the sec­ond
term of the summer quarter on
Monday morning, , July 17. These
are approximate figures, judging
from last year's enrollments. About
100 students will drop out after at­tending
only the first five weeks.
All entering students will be re­quired
to take the college aptitude
and achievement tests, which will
also be retaken at the same time by
some of the old students. The
schedule follows:
College aptitude, Tuesday, July 21,
8 a. m.; achievement—arithmetic,
English, spelling, Tuesday, July 26,
4 p. m., and history and penman­ship,
Wednesday, July 27, 4 p. m.
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Victoria Trip Nets
$64.50 Profit for
Associated Students
Four Students Placed
By Appointment Bureau
In Teaching Positions
Merle Duncan, a former graduate
of this school, has been nominated
for superintendent of Liberty coun­ty,
Montana. Miss Duncan taught
in Liberty county for seven years
but for the last two years she has
been teaching the first grade at
Kent, Wash.
Virginia Hunt has been elected to
teach the first and second grades at
Snohomish, Snohomish c o u n t y.
Edna Rauch will teach in the inter­mediate
grades at Port Angeles,
Clallam county. Marie Thygeson,
who was graduated two years ago,
will teach departmental English at
Grandview, Yakima county.
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Life of Washington
Is Shown in Film at
Elementary Assembly
man
To Edit Blue
Archer Hulbert,
Louise Van Ogle
To Be Featured
Contracts for Printing Handbook
For 1932-33 Will Be
Let Soon
SUGGESTIONS A D O P T ED
"Is this the way to Victoria?"
"Naw—I think I'll take a street car
back." "Say, do you need two stools
for your feet?"
Victoria bounders walked the
decks, babbling of currents, anchors,
engines and things, while smudgy
engine-men poked and pulled and
peered, trying to find where the
trouble could be.
Said the Captain to the Purser,
"Strike up the band!" Then tromp!
tromp! tromping gaily up and down
went the dancers to the rhythm of
the music and the waves.
Oh hear ye one and all—long has
been the day since the good ship
Indianapolis played host to merrier
crowd!
The trip was a success from a
financial standpoint too—475 tickets
were sold and profit from the ven­ture
came to $64.50.
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Dudley, Violinist,
Plays in Assembly
One of America's leading violin­ists,
Miss Jane Dudley, was sched­uled
to present a musical program
in today's assembly.
At the age of 5 Miss Dudley began
her musical career as a violinist. At
the age of 13 she won first place in
a statewide contest and at 16 she
competed with more than twenty
violinists for a free scholarship for
study with Leopold Auer, the world's
greatest violin maestro, and won.
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OPPORTUNITY GIVEN
FOR AD SOLICITING
A film showing the episodes in the
life of George Washingtotn, was
shown at the Training School As­sembly
this morning. This film was
produced by the Eastman Kodak
Company and is sponsored by the
Washington Bicentennial Associa­tion.
Four Parts
It is composed of four reels which
picture the growth and activities of
th Father of our Country. The first
reel is titled: "Conquering the Wil­derness."
The next is called: "Unit­ing
the Colonies." The third is
"Winning Independence," and the
fourth is called "Building a Nation."
The seventh grade first saw this
film and then divided the class into
four parts. Each group then chose
a reel and began research upon its
subject.
Interpreted Reels
From the results of this study were
developed the resume of each reel
and the interpretation which accom­panied
the showing of each. One
child gave the resume and several
co-operated in the interpretations.
The seventh grade wishes to thank
Mr. Herbert Ruckmick((. who operated
the projector for the showing of the
film.
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Students who are interested in
securing adds for the Northwest
Viking are urged to confer with
Mrs. Burnet.
A notice has been posted on the
bulletin board to this effect. If
anyone desires to gain business ex­perience
this is a valuable opportun­ity
to do so.
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CALENDAR
FRIDAY, JULY 15
Rec hour, 8 p , hi., big gym.
SATURDAY, JULY 16
Mt. Baker hike trip post­poned.
MONDAY, JULY 18
Beginning of second term.
Board of Control meeting, 4
p. m.
TUESDAY, JULY 19
Archer B. Hulbert to give an
illustrated lecture on--the
"Oregon Trail," regular as­sembly.
Visit to Fish cannery.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 20
Play hour, Athletic field, 4 p.
m.
THURSDAY, JULY 21
Sagebrush club picnic, Lake
FRn>AY;;JULY 22
LbuiSe Van jOgle"to give mus­ical
reading, regular assem­bly.
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Bigger and Better
Contests Now On
Jay Curtis and McCrackens Cafe
announce that this week another big
drawing will be held, each establish­ment
offering $2.50 to the person
whose name is drawn.
It is not necessary to clip the Jay
Curtis ad from the Viking, but since
the McCracken contesl is exclusively
for normal students, they require
that names and addresses be written
on the face of this week's Viking ad
only.
McCrackens contest will, be open
till next Thursday noon when the
lucky name will be drawn.
This week Frank .Forstrom was
wnner of the $2.50 gold piece offer­ed
by McCrackens.
Who will be the winner next week?
Clip the McCracken Cafe advertise­ment
from this week's Viking and
drop it in the box after rec hour
tonight, or after the Moose dance
next Wednesday .featuring Jay Cur­tis
and his orchestra.
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An illustrated lecture on "The
Oregon Trail" will be delivered by
Archer B. Hulbert director of the
Stewart Commission on Western
History at Colorado College, in next
Tuesday's assembly.
Noted Author
Mr. Hulbert is author of "Forty-
Niners," which was awarded the
$5,000 Atlantic Monthly prize for the
best book on America submitted in
1931. He has written a number of
other books, "The Nation," "Historic
Highways," "The Paths of Inland
Commerce," "The Making of the
American Republic," "Frontiers" and
"Soil." A recent statement about
this author was made in the Amer­ican
Historical Review by Professor
F. L. Parsons: "He is without chal­lenge
the leader in the field of
American historical topography."
From 1921 to 1929 Mr. Hulbert was
engaged in finding and mapping the
great transcontinental trails, having
learned a method of doing this sci­entifically
by basing his studies on
the original township surveys in the
General Land Office in Washington,
D. C.
He has learned the trail intimate­ly
and from the diaries of pioneers
he weaves a thrilling picture of self-sacrifice.
Musical Reading Planned
An attractive program is planned
for the assembly Friday, July 22,
when Louise Van Ogle, assistant
professor of music at the University
of Washington, will give a musical
reading.
Mrs. Van Ogle has studied with
Leopold Godowsky, -Harold Bauer
and Josef Lhevinne. During her
years of residence in the European
capitals she has had the opportunity
of becoming familiar with modern
operas under the most favorable cir­cumstances.
Her lecture recitals in­sure
a complete understanding of
the subject and her excellent com­mand
of the piano, her extensive
travels, enabling her to gather facts
and information firsthand, her
charming personality and easy cul­tured
diction, place them in a class
by themselves.
In regard to "Schwanda the Bag­pipe
Player," Mrs. Van Ogle says,
"Weinberger is a modern Czech
composer. This opera has been the
greatest operatic success of the last
five or six years in Europe, where it
has been given almost 2,000 times,
and has been translated into four­teen
languages. The music is charm­ing—
modern and yet melodious."
PHOTOGRAPHY SHOWN
By action of the Board of Control
at their meeting last Monday after-noon;
Jimmie Stoddard and Roger
Chapman were appointed co-editors
of the Normal Blue Book, to be
ready for distribution fall quarter,
with Lorinda Ward and June Welch
as assistants on the staff. This book­let
is published yearly by the Asso­ciated
Students and contains a great
deal of material for student infor­mation.
The co-editors are to draw
up contracts and call for bids on
printing.
Fiala Given Thanks
Dorothy Fiala, as chairman of the
summer mixer, gave her itemized
report of the social affair. Total
expenditure for the mixer was
$144^24. Her report was accepted •
and she was given a vote of thanks
for her efficient work.
A report concerning the Board of
Control picnic was given by Elsie
O'Donnell and it was decided to hold
the outing at Loganita Lodge on
Lummi Island July 14.
Burnet Report Accepted
Three suggestions tendered by
Mrs. Burnet, faculty adviser to the
Northwest Viking, were read and
accepted. They were as follows:
First, the new editor and business
manager of the Viking take office
three weeks before the end of the
quarter. Second, the editor' and
manager will not be allowed to carry
more than fifteen hours of school
work. Third, a fact finding commit­tee
will be appointed to look into
the qualifications of proposed editor
and business manager of the Viking.
A bill from Muller & Asplund was
brought up for discussion. The item
for engraving the scholarship cup is
not included as it is a sophomore
bill. It was moved, seconded and
passed that the bill be paid.
Engraving Contracts Given
The contract for engraving the
Klipsun from the Western Engrav­ing
& Colortype Company was read
and discussed. It was moved and
seconded that the contract be ac­cepted.
Carried.
A discussion about the rec-hour
sponsors was held. Mr. Bond ar­ranged
to have the matter brought
before the faculty at their next
meeting to insure their future co­operation.
It was moved and carried that
the bill for cleaning the gym after
the rec hour on June 18 be laid on
the table indefinitely. The bill was
considered too high.
"Thank God He Didn't Play Hamlet"
Is Appropriately Said of Actor
Shakespearean Sock and Buskiner Give Interesting
Interpretation of Plays
By Preston A. Wright
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A remarkable exhibit of pho­tography
work done by the
training school children under
the direction of Mr. Herbert
Ruckmick, is now on display
in front of Miss Rich's office.
This work represents a com­plete
industrial arts unit, dem­onstrating
how inexpensively
such a project involving the
study of science, art, etc., can
be carried on in the elementary
'grades.- .' ' V;';- -, •'''.•:_.;-..
'Supervisors and aotiye teach­ers
are urged to make! a study
of this' display, which will be
available until 5 o'clock today.
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"The Shakespeare Players" of New
York headed by Claire Bruce and
James Hendrickson presented "The
Merchant of Venice" and "Macbeth"
in t h Normal Auditorium on Tuesday
afternoon and evening of this week.
Their repertoire, including two plays
given here, consists of "Hamlet,"
"Taming of the Shrew," and "Julius
Caesar." Both Mr. Hendrickson and
Miss Bruce have had experience as
minor characters with Robert Man-tell
and Fritz Lieber.
"The Merchant of Venice,"; which
was presented in the afternoon, was
the best attended of the two plays,
it was; however, the weaker in dra­matic
qualities; • •'••; v
Forrest a Good Shylock••',«
Jolm Porrest, as Sl^loeki gaye^a
commendable performance. He hur
laanized the Character and made him
less the tyrant ^
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was interesting in comparison to the
hateful Jew, as played by George
Arliss, the pitiful persecuted, as Da­vid
Warfield portrayed him, or the
unf eeling tyrant as shown by George
Hayes, of the Stratford-Upon-Avon
Memorial Players. Mr. Forrest show­ed
great versatility in his acting by
playing the, effeminate prince in the
casket scene, and again in the even­ing
with his splendid portrayal of
Banquo in "Macbeth." In some Of
Shylock's longer speeches he failed
to give the values andhighlights
they demand; this facjb may be due
to his effort to subdue hte.character
in order that he might not over­shadow
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