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^\^ii<i^)^;Condiictea By'
ona is AGjeeneerraaiils simo
^l4s:iBW.S«oistniin: ..
of the late political
away, disclosing one
Jam^ B ^ ^ r ensconced in the pres-
< ..ideatial^^wii:" That same James
•Bi0^}.^^-w^p&^ to that, if elect-
', ed, lie would give intelligent con­sideration
to any new idea ad­vanced,
dissociating the idea from
the personality of its proponent.
With this promise still ringing in
our ears we think it not amiss to
present for his consideration these
ideas culled from the platforms of
the defeated candidates:
From•'•V.Tim" Lowe—Flood lighting
for the tennis courts and double
Vrec" hour, Friday evenings.
From "Penny" Carter—Publica­tion
of the minutes of the Board of
Control verbatim.
We are particularly in favor of
this last; in addition to aiding the
student body to keep informed, it
would provide Editor Chapman with
some splendid filler for what was
formerly t^e editorial page of the
Viking; ,„
;, :'j%.f ;yyB7.s.N.s.— .
At this writing we have yet to
hear our first comment on Paderew-ski's
Vancouver piano recital from
those students who went up to hear
i t However, judging by what was
said after. John Charles Thomas'
appearance we anticipate hearing
his choice of numbers unanimously
deplored. W>y is it that so many
Normal student critics and would-be
critics stagger under the delusion
that ART must be complex, intri­cate,
sMtedT^nything to be diffi­cult;,
that what is simple can not
be good? Now we, personally, are
ignorant enough to thing that "Old
Man lUyer" is music and to wish
that some of the more - difficult
things were downright impossible.
' ' / '.".;"J-' —W.S.N,S.—
Speaking.of music and musicians,
has it" eyer^struck you that there is
. . a decided overproduction of so-.
.; pranos, dramatic sopranos, colora­t
u r a sopranos-^ I omitted any?
"•^i' S""'---" ;-^S.N.S.—
^.Jlhen jhere's this "Responsive
, Co-ed.,-. Contest" which we view
with.alarm.!Popularity contests and
'contests... to choose the most repre­sentative
this and the average that
seem to us as inane as Walter
Winchell and beyond this we can
hot go. As Walter himself would
no doubt say, "Aw Nerts!"
—W.S.N.S.—
j With one l o n e exception—the
;.-Drama Club—it seems to us that
the multitudinous clubs of this
school are just a bit stagnant. The
place is literally ridden and teeming
with clubs but what do they do?
What are they for? With due apol­ogies
to J. Butler, whose idea it is,
we suggest that one assembly pro­gram
a quarter be provided by each
club. The clubs could be subsidized
by: the fund which pays our assem­bly
artists so that the program would
rjot be altogether a labor of love.
At the same time a slight saving
might:, be effected which wouldn't be
hardto take in this era of economy.
' ; - ' . • ' " --WJS.N.S.— *'-
Siuden^ American students and
ifiost of all ^ American Normal sta*
dents* are the most conservative peo-pte
in the world. Can you imagine
tKe^NdiTDfal School student body
rioting ablout a political principle or
an abstract idea as students do in
Ejurope^ aiid elsewhere? Not they!
WnJcli' W^mMj a good thing.
• ;}^p(lMl^t^a^yPUe interests of
the pfbtessionlai man or woman; of
..tb^;;OT^/-5(gap^toti-:'-bi1"the ndddle
c^^a^^iM^aire'bound' up with
•th«i^j^irfe^-;^H|ffc wage earner.
^ ^ a ^ ^ t ^ i t O ^ class admit
tails* blit itv is none the less true,
and this middle class is very soon,
QB/jJag to be a thing of the past,
ground to extinction by^ the upper
and nether millstones of Labor and
Capital. How's that for a phrase?
For Normal's Annual
Campus Day Loafing
'Scotty* Skotheim Chosen
as Head of the
Festivities
DATE IS MAY 10
Drama Club and Thespians
Furnish Amusements in
Two Assemblies
to
Hunt Takes Lead
For Presentation
of "Cradle Song*
Spanish Play by Sierra Reflects
• Romantic Setting of
Country's .Convent
Margaret Hemion to
Present Recital for
Tuesday's Assembly
Most R^resentat^
(By Sammie Carver)
There comes a time in every year
at the Normal when every man
takes a day off and leafs (or shall
we say—works?) This time has been
appropriately named Campus day,
because both students and faculty
spend a great deal of time on yon
campus weeding
and digging and
pulling and beau­tifying.
The date
set for this spring
is Tuesday, May
10.
Bond Is
Generalissimo
This year Sivert
Mr. E. A. BOND Skotheim, popular
ex-Board of Con­trol
member, has been chosen as
Adjutant General for the year's fes­tivities,
- and Mr. E. A. Bond as
Generalissimo. They plan to carry
out the idea in a military fashion,
appointing majors and lieutenants
to have charge of the various com­mittees.
The clubs of the school are to
have charge of the different fea­tures
of the day. The Drama club
is furnishing entertainment in the
form of a" light musical comedy or
a short play for the afternoon's as­sembly,
the Thespians are on deck
for the morning's fun, and the W. A.
A. and the "W" club are handling
all field events.
The Valkyrie club has kindly con­descended
to play the much needed
roles of paddle squad and water
girls for the toiling Normalites.
"Scotty" urges all clubs who wish to
handle some part of the entertain­ment
to notify him of the fact im­mediately.
The big feature, however, is the
re-naming of Normalstad, a tract of
land on the shores of Lake What-
Virginp^unt has been;selected to
play the role of Sister Joanna of the
Cross, probably;v the ;.outstanding
character of^y^^d^arter's play,
"Cradle Song,"py?ihich^ is to be pre­sented
May 26 and 27.
Each member of an indefinite cast
which was selected last week has
now been given> definite part.
Itony. Women
The women characters are: Te­resa,
Dorothy Ritchie; the Prioress,
Billie Mills";' the Vicaress, Virginia
George;' Mistress of Novices, Elsie
O'Donnell; Sister Marcella, Florence
Christianson; Sister Maria Jesus,
Mary Evich; Sister Sagrario, June
Welch; Sister Inez, Grace Pinlay,
and' Sister Fornero, E l i z a b e th
Squire.
The male parts are taken by Rich­ard
Albert, who plays Antonio; Pres­ton
Wright, who portrays the poet,
and James Butler, who character­izes
the doctor.
Spanish Play •
Written by G. Martinez Sierra, a
Spaniard, the play reflects the ro­mantic
style of that country. It is
the story of a child who is left on
the steps of a convent and then
reared there. When a young woman
she falls in love and leaves the con­vent
to go to America with her
betrothed.
The plot is not complicated but
the action, which all takes place in
the convent, produces an unusual
effect.
A joint recital of Margaret Moss
Hemion, soprano, and Helen Louise
Oles, pianist, will be given^in as­sembly
Tuesday, April 26.
Press comments praise very highly
the musical ability of both artists.
Mrs. Oles recently played before the
Bellingham Woman's Music Club
and was given very favorable men­tion
in the Herald.
Is Praised Highly
The Musical Courier places Miss
Hemion as "easily among the finest
sopranos in the Northwest." Com­ments
on her interpretation are es­pecially
noted, together with the
liquid quality of her tones.
Mrs. Oles is a young pianist who
has won a significant place among
the recitalists of the Pacific North­west.
The scope of her repertoire
ranges from the early composers,
Scarlatti, Couperin, Purcell, through
Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Cesar
Franck, to include the ultra-mod­ern.
Studied Abroad
She has recently returned from
intensive study in Berlin with Georg
Bertram, European master of piano­forte,
and is a former pupil of Lou­ise
Van Oles, of Seattle, and also of
Sigismond Stojowski, of New York.
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SCHEDULE OF FINAL
EXAMS IS PROPOSED
Faculty Accepts Plans Outlined
by Dean Bever at Meeting
ELSIE O'DONNELL
HIKE §ff]HEDULED
Bond Will Lead. All-School
to Skyline Ridge
Hike
(Continued on Page Four)
REGULATIONS ABOUT
CHEATERS; ADOPTED
Scholarship and Excess Hours of
Actors to be Checked
An All- ^chooi hike td : Skylnie
Ridge on Mt. Ba$&" is scheduled for
Saturday, i/h^fl(^^% E. A. Bond
will lead the^lMers;- Everyone in
school is in^ted to: go. Notice will
be posted/on^fte main'bulielin board
next week; Snd all those wishing to
attend are asked to sign.'Transpor­tation
will be provided for $1.00 per
person.
A plan for the schedule of final
examinations for this quarter was
proposed by Dean Bever and ac­cepted
by the faculty at their meet­ing
Tuesday, April 19. The main
principle of the scheme is to see that
practically no student will have two
examinations coming in direct suc­cession.
Each examination is to be
an hour in length. In order to ac­complish
this the first three days of
the last -week of school will be left
entirely free for examination days,
and the regular class work will be
closed on the Friday before. After
the examination, the class is auto­matically
ended- This will enable
out-of-town students to leave earlier
than in previous quarters.
The tentative schedule for the
last week examinations is as follows;
Eight o'clock period examinations
on Tuesday; 9 o'clock period exam-
(Continued on Page Four)
NormalYNewly Elected Prexy Tells
ALL HIS POPULARITY MUST BE DESERVED
Interviewer His Pet Peeves are Girls
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The following regulations were
adopted by the faculty at its regular
monthly meeting on Monday:
That the Scholarship Committee
act as a group to handle all cases
of cheating.
That all instructors shall report
all cases of cheating to the Scholar­ship
Committee. " . ' ' . . ' . '
That instructors, report to the
committee the grade that the stu­dent
would have received if no
cheating had occurred
That instructors shall give to the
Scholarship Committee the scores
and letter grade equivalents of all
classroom tests, reports or papers in
which the student has been caught
'cheating.;.'. ..V;:-:' "...;y
The following r e g u l a t i o n was
adopted at the suggestion of Dean
Bever: That after the quarterly trjr-oute
for the Dram* CTub there shall
.be^sjAmdtted|ii' 'l^r^:Wha^e^:i^-:
cessful in the tryouts to Dean Beyer.
T l i ^ s t e n t s ^
f CT s c h o^
Dew Bever b e i ^
is 'begin£®;: ^ i ; s ^ ; ; ' ••'; 'W^:
By Naomi Watson
Elected by popular majority on a policy for the people James "Bozo
Butts" Butler has taken the solemn oath of president of the Associated
Student Body of good .ol* B. S. N. S. in the year of our Lord 1932.
Always leaning toward com­munism,
equality, radicalism and
other isms, Bellinham's Best Butler
is seriously considering the actions;
i to be taken for
dear A l ma
Mater in the
pursuing year.
if:- In the trend
of oratory .of
one -of Nor­mal's
best ath­lete,
James ex-
PJains, "Cards
JAMES ; B | J ! l l l ^ ^ ^ ^ u t - - u i '"the
Men's cliit ^ r ^ i ^ ^ * In. further
statement; Cii^iButler; wishes to ex-i
press ^0^^^^j0[,:ctx-tain
Edens H
their filnil||;
impairjth^j
because
'wiseitbl
'Bozo
cannot
Lin.
women and especially red headed
femmes. Way back in his high
school days it is said the gang called
him "Bozo Butts, the girls, they
drive him huts."
In concluding,; Butler wishes to
thank only one girl, Vaughan
Howell, and that is for her election
gift of cake and cookies. Well,
the old saying must be true/that the
way to win a man is through his
stomach. •
During the following weeks,
please notice how Butler's steps are
being dogged by faithful Bacon.
Prexy says, "Watch, fiacon, some"
tlmig!s;:up.*': •.. •-.;•;
Smce no private desk has as yet
bera installed, M
locate the whereabouts of James
Elsie Possesses Many Qualities That Make
Her Both Outstanding and Representative
By Roger Chapman -
• Elsie O'Donnell, who by popular aclaim has been chosen to bear the
title of Bellingham Normal's most representative co-ed, may with dignity
and ease carry such a distniction.- Elsie, perhaps better, than any other
girl in school, fulfills the requirements by which the girl was judged.
Trusting no one else to do the
job, the editor himself drops the tra­ditional
"we", grabs a pencil, and
sets out to extoll the merits of her
whom all have so gladly accepted to
represent us.
Elsie has been outstanding in ev­erything
she has chosen to do since
entering Bellingham Normal. As a
member of the Board of Control for
three quarters with two quarters yet
to serve, she has shown real initia­tive
and leadership. The adopting
of the new election system inaugu­rated
this year was largely her work
and the success of the system was
so recently demonstrated' that it
needs no comment:
Elected Vice President
At the Associated Student election
last year Elsie was elected vice pres­ident
of the school and served in
that capacity spring quarter. She
was unable to remain in school dur­ing
the summer term and was forced
to resign, but upon returning to
school in the fall she was nominated
as four quarter representative to the
CO-ED GARLAND
Five Names Appear on tfie
Ballot as Co-ed ••.''•;;
Candidates
VOTE IS CLOSE
Viking Sponsored Contest Arouses
: ; Much Interest Thruout
Normal School
Board and elected with flying colors.
In the matter of non-curricular in­terests,
Elsie can qualify as an out­standing
student leader, for she is
a member of the Drama club, the
Philos, the W. A. A., and is presi­dent
of the Valkyrie, girls' pep club,
which she was largely influential in
organizing.
In dramatics she has done excel-
(Continued on Page Two)
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REED TO SPEAK AT
FRIDAY'S ASSEMBLY
Disarmament Subject Discussed by
Field Secretary
FUN IS ASSURED
New Old-Fashioned Idea Features
School Picnic ;
M0S&9«SiSM&^^si&^iiiMr
pj||itw^^
"An old-fashioned .good time with
some new twists has been arranged,"
says Bob Walters, general chairman
of the all-school picnic., "The gang
will leave the school- at 4 o'clock,
Friday, May 20, in as many cars as
Earl Hutchins can provide, drive out
to Rainbow Beach on Lake Samish
for a swim, some baseball, or any­thing
else one can imagine, super
vised by Bill Sells, chairman of the
sports committee. About 6:15 we'll
all sit down to a classy supper pre­pared
by Jimmie Stoddard, Vaughn
Howell, Doris McElmori,;Erwin Lea-tha
and Nick Band.
"Chuck Dbwell, dance committee
chairman, has engaged Jack Burn's
Collegians for the d ^ c e to be held
in^the Rainbow Beach pavilion from
;; -^tudie^;.v;^^^^;na^ •. 'jpaid^ ttietr
class dues will be admitted free of
charge to the affair^ The admission
Nellie'Cox and EUle OTJonhell are
Dr. Dorothy Reed field secretary
of the National Council for Preven­tion
of War^ is to speak on a subject
related to disarmament in assembly
on Friday, April 29.
Dr. Reed received her doctor's de­gree
at Columbia University. She is
a personal friend of Miss Ruth
Weythman, of the physical educa­tion
department of this school, both
having been graduated from Mills
College.
From reports which have come to
the-social science department, Dr.
Reed has been very well received in
th cities which she has visited and
that her lectures have been of great
interest to all her audiences.
Full Schedule Program
A very full program has been
scheduled for the speaker beginning
with Wednesday, when she will
speak at' the Business and Profes­sional
Woman's Club. The Lions
Club will have a luncheon for the
speaker on Thursday and that even
'^^&ifte^t:wiurspe^';b^ore a joint
meeting of the International Rela­tions
and VanadisBragi Clubs of
the Normal School. •/,;•'
O^yFridajr; at 9 o'clock she will
lecture at Whatcom high school and
at 12:30 at Fairhaven. In the even-tog
of the sarrfe day shei i ^ ^ a f c
before a group of residents from
Blaine and White Rock in the Meth­o
d church of ^^^B
national Relations discussion group
By Jimmie Stoddard
Well, folks, she has been found.
You know what we mean, the mbet
representative co-ed at the Belling­ham
State Normal School She is
the choice of over 500 loyal students
who paid their visit to the voting
machines last Friday. She has a
high scholastic average, is active in
student affairs, an ardent club sup­porter,
a staunch advocate of dra­matics,
a willing worker, personality
and all that goes to make up IT,
Yes, sir, may we present to you Miss
Elsie O'Donnell. • ; i5
Reigning as the queen of jEb/B
campus co-eds, Miss O'Donnell was
selected' by a popular vote of the
Associated Student Body last week.
From a qualified field of five of the
outstanding women of the school
she outdistanced her rivals in a
race that was extremely close. When
the polls closed last Friday after­noon
it was discovered that the win­ner
had but a very slight edge over
the second-place candidate, Nellie
Cox.
Elsie Has Princesses
Dogging the footsteps of the suc­cessful
candidate came' the other
four favorites in a tight voting fin­ish.
Nellie Cox, Helen Edgar, Dbrot
thy Fiala and Vaughn Howell, al­though
not copping the new and
probably precedent-setting contest;
will for the remainder of the year
have the honor of acting as Prin­cesses
in Queen O'DonneU's court.
Outstanding Quintet ;
Without a doubt Miss OT)onrieli
and her ladies of the court: truly
represent the most outstanding co­eds
in the Normal school in accord- .
ance with the qualifications set by;
the committee. It was with a great
deal of care and caution that the
nominated field of forty-five pro­spective
candidates were judged and
narrowed down by the co-ed comT
mittee.
Scholastic Average Important
In nearly every instance in the
initial starting field the scholastic
average of the individual was the
outstanding point in the judging ctt
their qualifications. Those with low-averages
were weeded out and the-remainder
were tested on their/ non-curricular
interests and activities;.
Student activities, club activities^
music, art and dramatics entered
into this group. The few remaining.
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CALENDAR j
FRIDAY—April 22.
4 p. m., Rec Hour in Big Gym.
SATURDAY-^April. 23i "' v ^
2:30 p. m.—Baseball Game.;
Normal vs. St. Martins at
Lacey. • ^-'•;>-
/TOi^iY—Aprii:^'•.;•:.•;; ;^;^.j
11 ';• ai;.; m., Regular Assembly;
Joint Recital; Margaret
' Moss Hemion, Soprano, and
Helen Louise Oles, Pianist;^
WEDNESDAY—April p.-ffi r^V|
t 2 p. m., Tennis Stetch; Nor-^?
• vC mal vs. C. P. a , at Tacbma.;
v • 7:30^ p. m.-1^Alkisiah C 3 ^ ^ |
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