Northwest Viking - 1932 May 27

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VOL: X X X I ^ N O . 32
'WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON
Friday, May 27, 1932
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AKRON
BEER
CRADLE SONG
—By Jimmie Stoddard
Hallow, Pippiles! We still think
that the height of something or
other was depicted on the roof last
Tuesday as the world famous Ak­ron
barged gracefully past the Nor­mal
campus. One of our infamous
native., sons., cried., hysterically..—
"Come on ya big pickle—let out one
of yer old airplanes!.. I dare ya to.
See! It's chicken!" Ah, the irony
of it all—the futile irony!
' W.S.N.S.
If the Akron has eyes, and it
seemed to have just about every­thing,
it viewed one of the most fan­tastic'and
exciting games of chance
yet attempted;: by Normal school stu­dents
and^f acuity. A large group of
studes absconded to the roof of
the main building to get an unob­structed
view of the big blimp. Hard­ly
had they settled themselves than
a portly member of the well-known
faculty could be heard puffing and
pawing his way up the side of the
roof. Immediately bets of varying
sizes were placed as to whether he
would make it, fall off. or tear his
trousers. He made it.
Incidentally, said faculty member
is a sociology instructor.
-W.S.N.S.
The New York beer parades
have seemingly monopolized the
front pages of the latest newspapers
and are causing a considerable con­troversy
in~ this land of wets and
not so wets.
In Detroit the same sort of dem­onstration
was staged last week. At
Princeton, students marched through
the campus and down Nassau
Street, headed by the Princeton
band... Placards read, "We want
beer" and "Down with poisonous
bootleg". Prohibition is the great­est
menace to the student body of
the land and the students know it.
(Says you!—Ed?)
—-—W.S.N.S.
Turmoil provoked by world de­pression
continues. Every day we
never know where the line of civi­lization
will break next. A few days
ago the President of France was
assassinated... Now it is the Premier
of Japan, murdered in a Fascist!
revolt. Good people, going to church,
will say that these are days when
God afflicts His own to bring them
nearer to Himself, to make earth
less attractive... The cynical will
say we have made a good job of
creating our own helL
W.S.N.S.
This same Akron, mistress of the
air, that we gazed* upon Tuesday,
was the promoter of a terrible ac­cident
a few days ago which re­sulted
in the death of two men. The
airship tore away from her moor­ings
and carried with her three of
the landing crew hanging onto a
cable. Two of them were whipped
off by the dirigible at a height of
three hundred feet and were dashed
to death. One boy, an-Oklahoma
ex-cowboy and sailor, hung on for
an hour and thirty-five minutes be­fore
hauled aboard. That takes
grit, but the distressing part of it is
that young men of such courage
have to be sacrificed to the fool
theory .' that millions . of dollars
should be spent on dirigibles which
arenas, useless in time of peace as in
• • ^ 3 $ •'• ' . W.S.N.S. ; ' ' ..
vS'^TVie Cradle Song", produced
•by me Normal Drama club, under
$$• direction of Mr. Victor Hoppe,
a0f presented last evening. Was in­deed
a masterful presentation... Mr.
Htippeyhas become widely known
tfpr^his:abililt}) to turn out plays] that
please the students and, ring home
withtsome fine acting and interesting
cl^iMers... Virginia HuMdeserves
•:'a-)$0f^credit as do James Butler
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Folk Song Program
Will Be Presented
By Seattle Artists
An unusual program will be that
of the A Capella trio from Seattle,
who will present an ensemble of folk
songs and madrigals in assembly on
Tuesday, May 31. They will offer
old English, French, Scotch, Irish,
Russian and Swedish folk songs,
some of the favorites being "Drink
to Me Only With Thine Eyes,"
"Rakes of Mallow" and "The Sleigh
Ride."
Members of the trio are Joan
Pritchard, Kathryn Hunter and
Dean Mundy. In addition to their
ensemble singing each will present
a solo, accompanied by Rachel
Stickelman at the piano.
Louis Arend Helder, baritone, will
sing in assembly, Friday, June 3.
Mr. Helder, formerly a teacher of
voice in Bellingham, is now teaching
in Seattle.
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Normalites to Go
to Institute Meet
July 11, in Oregon
Delegates from Normal to the
third biennial session of the Pacific
Institute of International Relations
will soon be selected, according to
President C. H. Fisher. These rep­resentatives
will include one or more
faculty members from the social
science department and possibly a
student delegate, he stated.
To Be Held at Portland
The institute will be held this
year in the Reed College buildings
at Portland under the auspices of
the University of Oregon summer
school from July 11 to 16.
The following is from a letter
from the university's president, Ar­nold
B. Hall, telling of the institute's
work: "In addition to the analysis
of fundamental factors in interna­tional
relations such as food, pop­ulation
and raw materials, the in­stitute
will devote much study to
two current problems, the conflict
between China and Japan in the
Far East and the international fi­nancial
and economic problems, war
debts, reparations and monetary
problems. The program will include
round table discussions and public
addresses."
Institutes Interesting
"We have always before found
these sessions very interesting and
are looking forward to this year's
institute," said Mr. Fisher. The
first institute was held in 1928 at
the University of Washington and
the second in 1930 at the University
of California.
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WILLIAMS IS NAMED
CHAIRMAN OF LOCAL
HEALTH CONFERENCE
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Pelagius Williams of the Social
Science department has been named
as chairman of the Bellingham Ex­ecutive
committee by State Superin­tendent
N. D. Showalter, chairman
of the White House conference on
Child Health and Protection for the
State of Washington. This commit­tee
has four counties within its jur­isdiction.
The general purpose of the State
White House conference is to study
the present status of the health and
well being of the children of Wash­ington;
to report what is being done,
and ot recommend what ought to be
done and how to do it.
The executive committee consists of
four departments with Mr. Williams
in charge of the department of the
Handicapped Child. The first state
meeting of. the White House con­ference
was held on April 1 and 2
of this year at Seattle. .
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"The Cradle Song" Drama club
play of Spring quarter will be re­viewed
in the next issue of the Vi­king
by Mrs. Lucy Mf Gaul, a resi­dent
of BeUmghani.and formerly an
instructor of Spanish in this school.
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1932 KLIPSUNS ARE
DISTRIBUTED TODAY
Book Done in Brown and Ivory
Has Northwest Outdoor
Life as Theme
FEATURES COED PICTURE
Carrying out the idea of North­west
outdoor life, bound in a rich
brown suede, with gold lettering on
the upper left-hand corner, and
with, fantastic colored blockings on
the inner cover, the Klipsun of 1932
was distributed among the students
today.
The first few pages are devoted
to charcoal sketches of scenes about
the campus reproduced on a brown
manuscript paper, which paper -also
supplements the ivory-finish paper
of the other parts of the book.
Section Divisions
Administration, classes, activities,
organizations, athletics, t r a i n i ng
school and school life are the main
divisions of the 1932 Klipsun. It
contains individual cuts of the fac­ulty,
the junior-senior college, and
the sophomore class members, to­gether
with their administrative of­ficers.
The members of the Board
of Control of the Associated Stu­dents,
Klipsun and Viking staffs
and informal and social chairmen
also have individual pictures.
Group pictures include those of
the organized houses and the clubs.
The various Drama club plays are
given pages and the training school
is well represented with cuts and
news items.
The school life section, which in­cludes
snapshots of students and
faculty, opens with a page devoted
to the winner of the "most repre­sentative
co-ed" contest.
ALUMNI SCHEDULE
HAS MANY EVENTS
Baccalaureate Service Will Be
Given by Rev. Fifield
in Auditorium
Valkyrie to Sponsor
Football Movie Next
Friday arid Saturday
BANQUET AT LEOPOLD
As the quarter draws to a close,
term papers are becoming overdue
and tests are causing everyone to
see things in the dark, so too defi­nite
signs of the thirty-third annual
commencement are listed among
pleasant prospects.
The schedule for Alumni day on
Saturday, June 8, is as follows:
8 a, m. to 12:30 p. m.—Women's
field day.
1 p. m.—W. A. A. sports luncheon
at Edens Hall.
6 p. "m.—Alumni banquet and
dance at the Crystal ball room, Ho­tel
Leopold. Tickets will be on sale
at Miss Fitcha's desk Wednesday,
June 1, and are $1 each.
Sermon by Fifield
Sunday, June 5, the baccalaureate
sermon will be given by Rev. L.
Wendell Fifield at 3:30 p. m. in the
Normal auditorium. Rev. Fifield
comes from the Plymouth Congre­gational
church of Seattle.
Three main events have been
scheduled for class day, June 8, un­der
the supervision of Elsie O'Don-nell
and E. A. Bond:
10 a. m.—Assembly program by
graduates.
8:15 p. m.—Placing of class nu­merals.
9 a. m.—Faculty reception to grad­uates,
their parents and friends at
the Edens Hall reception room.
Commencement exercises will start
at 10 a. m. on Thursday, June 9, in
the auditorium. M. Lyle Spencer,
president of the University of Wash­ington,
will deliver the main address.
Ramon Navarro, in "The Huddle",
a college picture, is to be sponsored
by the Valkyrie club, the object of
which is to earn a meager sum so
that Dick Albert, in his.journey to
Washington, D. C, and the Presi­dent,
may not starve.
This movie is to be at the Mount
Baker theater on June 3 and 4.
Tickets are to be sold next week
anywhere from the main landing to
Baughman's and other vicinities.
Any Valkyrie girl will have tickets
which are to be 35c.
Albert's trek to deliver and present
the Klipsun to President Hoover is
being sponsored by the Northwest
Viking.
Dick Albert Grants an Interview
WILL NOTROB BANK FOR MONEY
Before Starting on Eastern Journey
By ALLEN
Dick was very busy that day. I
found him in the little cubby-hole
off the balcony of the auditorium
playing tiddly-winks with settings
for "Cradle Song." I wouldn't say
he was actually swearing, but he
really couldn't get that rug out the
door. Finally, though, he got around
to saying something to me. It sur­prised
me to hear him say "Hello,"
but I guess he ran out of other
things to say. I asked him if he
could spare a few moments of his
precious time to a struggling inter­viewer.
He said, "I am looking for
no publicity whatsoever. My efforts
are entirely unselfish, and I am do­ing
this for the dear old school and
for no selfish and worldly motives."
Then we went over and sat down so
he could answer my questions.
I asked the lad if he liked liver
and onions.
With a cheerful smile he an­swered,
"Of course she's a nice girl."
I then requested his opinion re­garding
the football question—
whether or not he favored abandon­ment
of the sport.
"Of course," he replied, "the next
presidential election will settle all
those questions."
Then I suggested that we be seri­ous.
He acquiesced-with a boyish
grin as was his wont. So we became
serious.
Dick says that despite temptation,
he has not submitted his name as a
prospect for the Valkyrie.
Then the conversation drifted
around to his trip, which after all,
was the reason for the,, interview.
Dick plans to spend a few days but
no money at his home in Everett
after the close of school, and then
to start East, near June 20.
Like everyone else, Dick is won­dering
where all the money is com­ing
frbiri, but since Bob Waters is
doing some worrying, right along
with him, something is: bound to
happen, pick promised me they
wouldn't rob a piink, after I '-.ex­plained
that banks these days aren't
worth while anyhow.
After the authorities at Washing­ton,
D. C, give Dick a big "farewell"
party, he plans to go north to Bos­ton,
where he has some relatives.
Thence to Ames, Iowa, some more
relatives, then home and back to
school. Dick needs $30 for the trip
and is waiting for some thrilanploci
— pithroplan—liphanthro — philan­thropist
(peep-peep!) to pull a John
D. three hundred times and get him
on his way.
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Music Lovers Enjoy
E. Strange Concert
Enjoyed by many music lovers
was the evening of music presented
by Miss Edith R. Strange and her
students, Jean Philippi, Oselio Ivar-son,
Christine Albers and Chauncey
Griffith, on Tuesday evening, May
24, in the Garden Street Methodist
church. In addition to the piano
and pipe organ numbers, there were
vocal selections by Nan Dybdahl
Wiik, soprano.
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CALENDAR
FRIDAY—May 27,
4 p. m„ Rec Hour in the Big
Gym.
SATURDAY—May 28.
2 p. m.. Baseball Game; Vi­kings
vs. U. of W. Frosh at
U. of W. Campus.
MONDAY—-May 30.
Memorial' Day—No School. ;
TUESDAY—-May 31i
11 a. m;, The A Capella Trio
in Folk Song Recital in
: Assembly. .•• j - .
FRIDAY—June 3.
11 a; rni, L. A; Helder, bari­tone,
in Assembiy.f ' ' >
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Board of Control
Considers Awards
of Scholastic Pin
BY BEYER
Minimum Requirements for an
Elementary Diploma
Are Changed
N EW COURSES OFFERED
The regular weekly meeting of the
Board of Control was called to or­der
May 21, at 4 o'clock with Pres­ident
James Butler presiding. Min­utes
were read and approved.
Discussion was held concerning
awarding scholarship society pins.
The matter was laid on the table
until the heads of the society could
be interviewed. This led to the dis­cussion
of standardizing the number
of pins to be awarded by the Asso­ciated
Students during the year.
Elsie O'Donnell and Jimmie Stod­dard
were appointed to see each club
in reaching a compromise for the
yearly total of awards.
Skotheim Reports
Sivert Skotheim, Campus Day
chairman,, presented his final report
to the Board, including total ex­penditures
and many suggestions
concerning future all-school affairs
of that nature. Skotheim's report
was accepted and a vote of thanks
was given him.
The future name of Normalstad
occupied considerable discussion
with the Board voting in favor of
re-openihg the. name contest for the
school tract.
' Football Discussed
The question of football—yes or
no—was again mulled over by the
members. The assembly period of
May 27 was set aside as a discus­sion
hour of the problem. President
Butler was appointed to "preside at
the meeting, reviewing the question
and then throw the period open to
student discussion. It was suggested
that all talks be limitedto four min­utes.
A paper carrying the reasons for
and against football was discussed
and revised. This paper is to be
mimeographed and each student to
have a copy at the forum.
"Many students are going to
school this summer so that they
may complete the requirements for
an elementary diploma in two years
and two quarters instead of in three
years," says Dean Bever, in'regard
to the large enrollment expected for
summer quarter, opening here on
June 11. The minimum require­ments
for an elementary diploma
were changed in- 1931 so that they
now read: "Two years and two
quarters will be required of anyone
receiving an elementary diploma
between September 1, 1932, and Sep­tember
1, 1933. Three years will be
required of anyone receiving an
elementary diploma after September
1, 1933."
Increased Enrollment
Enrollment will also.be increased
by the many graduates who will re­turn
for the summer session in or­der
to work for a life diploma or a
renewal or re-issue of diplomas. '•'
The following new and attractive
courses will be offered to students
this summer: History of music,
showing the development of ultra-;
modern music; class piano methods,
which teaches the presentation of
piano classes in elementary and in­termediate
grades; current interna­tional
politics, a study of political
and economic problems of today,
and plant field biology, which will,
include many field trips.
Health Course OffWeed
Another hew offering- will bethe.
course in child health education,
which is to be under the direction
of Mrs. B. B. Buchanan, executive
secretary of the Washington Tuber­culosis
association. It will be a
practical course in teaching health
education to children and the han­dling
of health problems that arise
in public schools.
Miss Margaret Gray has been
added to the staff of the Art teach­ers
for the summer.
A full description of courses of
study, schedule of classes, require­ments
and general information con­cerning
summer session has been
compiled in a bulletin which may be
obtained at the president's office.
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SIX NORMAL STUDENTS
RECEIVE APPOINTMENTS
Upper Division Tests
Are Graded in East
Due to the fact that the tests,
which were given to graduating' and
upper division students on May 3
and 4 had to be sent East to be cor­rected,
reports will not be given out
until the latter part of this month
or early part of June.
The first report is ,to have a list
of the students' names, each one fol­lowed
by the scores achieved 'on
each of' the different tests. This
report is to be made as soon as the'
tests are scored. - „•' ^ . \
The second and more' detailed re­port
is a comparison of results/with
all other institutions having, taken
the tests. This wfflte given; out
during the suim^rquarter^:ti^^tf
Contracts signed for teaching
jobs for next year were six in num­ber
as listed by Miss Hopper of the
Appointment Bureau. Those secur­ing
jobs were: Emma Fladebb, the
first four grades at Samish;. Clar­ice
Abel, the first four grades at
Liberty; Alfred McClurkan is to be
principal and teach grades five to
eight at Samish; Lucia Pryer^ the
first and second grades and music:
for all the grades at Moclips; Guy
Springsteel will teach the fifth and:
sixth grades and work with retard­ed
students at Olympia; Arnell
Johnson, the seventh and eighth
grades at Fidalgb.
NORMALSTAD RE-NAME:
CONTEST AGAIN OPENED
By request of the Board of Con­trol
the doors of the new-name-for-
Normalstad contest have been
thrown open for the second time in
order to obtain a greater quantity of
names from which to select'a new;
title for Normal's playground.; .
An insufficient response to> tlie opr '
ening call for names provoked this
action and i t ^
ITbrmalstad-mihded student r ^ to
take; interest enough^ tb si^bi^t bni?
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