Northwest Viking - 1931 August 7

              VOL. X X X ^ N O . 42 WASHINGTON S T A T E NORMAL SCHOOL, BELLINGHAM. WASHINGTON Friday, August 7...193-1.
Normalite
AUGUUSTINE
COMMANDS
EASTMAN
TURKEY
By MA* Stewart
Impressions from the Passion Play
Scenery: The Clouds.
Scenes: The Crucifixion
Characters: Judas.
W.S.N.S.
Prom St. Augustine:
"What is now called the Christian
religion, has existed among the an­cients,
and was not absent from the
beginning of the human race, until
Christ came in the flesh; from
which time the true religion, which
existed already, began to be called
Christian."
W.S.N.S.
And from Max Mueller:
"Though sometimes hidden, the
essential elements of all religions
rise again and again to the surface.
Though frequently distorted, they
tend again and again to their per­fect
form."
If this be true, may not some
good come from Russia's atheistic
experiment which will remove dis­tortions
and prejudices from imma­ture
minds?
W.S.N.S.
Three of Gandhi's ten command­ments:
1. Abstaining from the possession
of things in themselves.
2. Adherence to life's law that
one's bread must be earned by the
sweat of one's brow.
3. Belief that man's primary duty
is to serve his-neighbor. -
Nice topics for Sunday sermons
•r discussion clubs, but rather out
of tune with the practical philoso­phy
necessary for success in a capi­talistic
world.
W.S.N.S.
George Eastman, friend of Edi­son
and Burroughs, solver of un­employment
problems within his
own organization, has 'said:
"To say you are a success is to
say you are 'down and out'; there
is always something more to work
for."
With a liking for the letter "k",
Eastman coined the word "kodak"
by simply inserting the rest.
W.S.N.S. ,
Prom "A Glimpse of the New Ed­ucation
in Turkey":
"Girls sat among the boys; it was
co-educational, and perhaps the
most surprising of all was the
young woman teacher who dared to
lift her voice as one freed from
male domination and capable of
leading the young.
"The Story of now, in less than a
year, Turkey has taught herself a
new wriiien language is both revo­lutionary
and spectacular.*'
Results are always spectacular
when a sincere thirst for knowl­edge
meets no strong hindrance.
W.S.N.S.
1 NASH PRESENTS
VIEWS ON CAUSES
OF
DIRECTOR OF ASSOCIATION
DISCUSSES LEAGUE WORK
IN ASSEMBLY ON TUESDAY.
MANY POSITIONS
Excerpts from new Chinese laws:
"The duty of a wife to obey her
husband, provided in the old law,
is not recognized by the new . . . .
Whereas under the old law a mar­ried
woman . . . could not dispose
of her properly without her hus­band's
consent; under the new laws
women enjoy full and unrestricted
disposing capacity."
To get a divorce all that has to
be done is call in a couple of neigh­bors
who witness the declaration of
intention to separate. The divorce
is then in effect.
And a hundred years ago the
Europeans feared the effects of the
radical policies of America. Amer­ica
now is very old fashioned.
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The roses make the world so sweet;
The bees, the birds have such a
tune,
There's such a light and such a
heat, • " ••'-
And such a joy in June. '';'•',.-H.
According to Mr. Phillip C. Nash,
ex-member of the National World
Court committee, and present di­rector
of the League of Nations as­sociation,
there would have been no
World War in 1914 if there had
been a court to which the griev­ances
of the nations involved could
have presented.
Mr. Nash expounded this and
many other ideas concerning world
peace in his lecture "The Machin­ery
of Peace," in the assembly last
Tuesday morning.
He attributes the absence of ma­jor
wars between European coun­tries
during the past eight years to
the industry of the men working for
international arbitration. As an
illustration, he used the controver-.
sy between Greece and Bulgaria,
which, but for the intervention of
representatives from other nations,
Would have proved very" serious.
Born in Hingham, Mass., Mr.
Nash has retained all of he New
Englander's admiration for correct­ness
and preciseness of details. It
is these two traits that he so ad­mires
in the organization of the
league. In 1911 he graduated from
Harvard in Civil Engineering. Prom
1913 until the World War, he was
engineer of the Boston Transit
company.
After the war he was appointed
Professor of Civil Engineering at
Northeastern College, following
which he became Dean of Antioch
College at Antioch, O. Later he
was appointed President of the
Association of Presidents and Deans
of the Ohio State Colleges.
Mr. Nash has spent a great deal
of time in Geneva, studying the
peace proposal, and has taken an
active interest in all international
affairs brought before the men
there. He expressed regret that the
United States was not to be legally
represented at the conference to be
held in Geneva, in February.
He was vice-chairman of the
Committee for the tenth anniver­sary
of the League of Nations, when
it welcomed general Jan Christian
Smutts to the United States.
FOUR STUDENTS ARE
PLACED IN TEACHING
POSITIONS BY BUREAU
Miss Elizabeth Hopper reports
that four students have secured
teaching positions during the past
week.
Helen Blozam will teach grades
one to four at Lamoille, Nev.
Helen Oman is to have one of the
primary grades at Sequim; Irene
Wilson is to teach a rural school
near Lapush; and Opal Robb will
have the fourth or fifth grade at
Sheltbn.
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HIKE TO HANNE6AN
CLOSES SCHEDULE
BIRTHDAY PARTY FEATURES
NIGHT AT RANGER'S CAMP.
FREIBURG ARTISTS
THRILL
NORMAL SCHOOL SPONSORS
BELLINGHAM PRODUCTION
AT AMERICAN THEATER.
CHURCH GIVES TALK
SECRETARY TO PRESIDENT
STATES CHINA CONDITIONS.
Twenty-five NOrmalites brought
the program of week-end camping
trips to a triumphant close with a
stay at Hannegari Pass last Satur­day
and Sunday.
The party left the campus at
noon Friday and hiked six miles, to
the forest ranger's camp, where the
-night was spent. A birthday party
for E. J. Arntzen was featured, a
cake and candles having been car­ried
in for the occasion.
Reached by Noon
The pass itself, which is at an
elevation of 5000 feet, was reached
by noon Saturday, and camp was
made in the tree-dotted heather
meadows near a shallow lake. Goat
Mountain was scaled in the after­noon.
In the evening a program of
stunts was put on, consisting of sev­eral
dramatizations, said to be quite
professional; and a most heart­rending
sdlb By'Mr. ErA. BOnd. Mr.
Arntzen aroused the usual jealousy
by slinging his trusty hammock and
retiring in it, equipped with sleeping
bag and sheet.
On Sunday several members of
the group climbed Ruth Mountain,
from where Mount Shuksan and
Mount Baker lodge are visible. A
herd of mountain goats was seen,
also a brood of young ptarmigans
and a porcupine.
Participants are unanimous in
declaring the trip one of the most
pleasant and interesting of the
summer.
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TRUANT FROG EXCITES
PAGEANTS VIVID
ABUNDANT ANIMAL LD7E IS
HELP IN BIOLOGY STUDIES.
The man who has time to read,
itudy and expand his capacity, is
the one who gets atooktti^?^)-:
Miss Ethel Church,. secretary to
President Fisher, gave a talk before
Mr. Pelagius Williams' class on the
History of the Orient, last Tuesday.
Three Years There
Miss Church, who spent three
years in Shanghai, China doing sec­retarial
and teaching work, spoke
most interestingly and sympathet­ically
of the Chinese people as she
came to know them during her stay
in the country.
Contrary to current opinion, Miss
Church said that the Chinese people
practice personal cleanliness and;
hygiene, but pay little attention to
public health and sanitation.
Excursions Many .
Her excursions on foot, and by
boat and train into the hinterland,
gave a real insight into the ways
and manners of the Chinese out­side
the port cities. Miss Church
lias a very fine collection of pictures
of Chinese public buildings, and
photographs of the people in their
native surroundings. These were
passed among the members of the
class and gave added reality to her
recital.
Mr. Williams is inviting a number
of local people who know the Orient,
to speak from time to time befdre
the class. | '•••''••>'••
A truant frog from an aquarium
belonging to the nature study class,
caused some excitement this week
by going for a 'hop' down the hall
outside room 202. After a most
unmerited turmoil, he was captured
and restored to his aquarium; but
having seen a part of the world, he
thirsted for wider travel, so he
again made his escape. This time he
was discovered by a field biology
student, much to her delight and
amazement, and she has taken
measures to keep the runaway
where he belongs. This should be
a comfort to those of a timid na­ture.
Animal life is becoming abundant
about the building, apparently. A
large lutescent warbler with literary
aspirations made himself a prisoner
in' the Viking office last Wednesday.
He was not accepted as a member of
the staff.
The class in field biology made a
trip to Whatcom Palls park, Thurs­day,
and is now arranging aquari­ums
for observation.
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THESPIANS TO PARTY
AT CULTUS LAKE, B. C.
Prom the strokes of the bell
which foretold the rise of the cur­tain
on act I of the Freiburg Pas­sion
Play, to the fall of the curtain
on the last act, a reverence, which
is inspired by seeing such a pro­duction,
held the audiences spell­bound
at the American theater dur­ing
three days this week.
. The age-old drama was spon­sored
by the Normal school and
played Monday, Tuesday, and Wed­nesday
evenings* and Wednesday
afternoon to Bellingham and What­com
county audiences at the Ameri­can
theater. The drama was staged
by the original players from Frei­burg,
Baden, Germany, under the
direction of Adolph Passnacht, who
is featured in the character role of
the Christus.
All in German
Although the play is given en­tirely
in German, it loses hone of
its forcefulness, the action being so
well defined in its Biblical sources
that the audience is enabled to fol­low
the familiar story.
Eacli character was excellent in
his particular role. Adolph Fass-nacht,
as the Christus, impressed
the audience with his gentleness,
sufferance, and holiness.
Judas, played by Willi Ehrardt,
was crafty and arrogant, in his
plotting, with _fthe priests for the
betrayal. This lends vividness and
drama to his later appearance, as
a man beaten down by anger and
remorse.
Leading Roles
The two leading feminine roles,
Mary, the mother, and Mary Mag>
delena, as portrayed by Elsa Pass
CLASS MAKES MODEL
MODERN DINING ROOM
FOR SHELTER STUDY
As a basis for the study of uten­sils
and shelter, one section of Miss
Zeal Z. Wilson's la industrial arts
group has constructed a model for
a dining room of a modern home.
Color Scheme
The class worked out a color
scheme, and made the wall paper,
furniture, drapes, and china. This
was a co-operative project to which
all contributed.
The furniture was constructed
from fruit boxes and, in the absence
of other furniture, could be used for
a iibrary, a reading corner, or a
grocery store.
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IVARSON WILL SING
HERE NEXT TUESDAY
SINGER WILL BE ACCOMPAN­IED
BY EDITH M. STRANGE.
WALLIN. SUNDSTEN
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GENE WALLOPS FAMOUS IN­TERPRETATION
IS RECEIVED
WELL BY ASSEMBLY GOERS.
A vocal Concert, which promises to
to be a real musical treat, will be
presented by Mr. Herman Holt Ivar-son
in Tuesday's assembly.
Mr. Ivarson has a beautiful bass-baritone
voice which is sure to
please his audience. He has done
extensive concert work in Minneap­olis,
Minn., where he is also a ra­dio
artist.
Lives in Rochester
His home is in Rochester, Minn.,
where he is a teacher of voice. He
is in the Northwest for the month
of August, only.
He will be accompanied by Miss
Edith. Strange. -
The following is the program
which Mr. Ivarson will present:
Where'er You Walk Handel
The Asra Rubenstein
Prologue ftorn PaglaccL.Leoncavallo
(Continued on Page Four)
INFORMAL IS SUCCESS
MOONLIGHT
COLOR TO
WALTZES GIVE
"DREAM BALL".
(By Betty Kooken)
"My dear—I simply had the most
perfect time in all my life!"— such
phrases and many of them we hear
floating around the halls as a re­sult
of the-"Dream Bali" or Wom­en's
Informal, given last Saturday
night in the Crystal ballroom of the
Leopold Hotel.
Peppy Numbers
Eighty-five couples, girls in pastel
organdies and boys in dark suits,
created a lovely illusion of color
on the dance floor. In one corner
stood a little dream house with
hollyhocks and other summer flow­ers
in baskets making a bower of
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Nichavo Manna-Zuca
Honor and Arms Handel
(from Samson)
Song of the Plea Moussorgski
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Tommy Lad Margetson
Don't Be Weary (Negro spiritual)
'. Fisher
Slow, Horses, Slow Jalowicz
Come to the Pair „rMartin
TV
Marechaire Tosti
Let All Obey Leach
Clorinda Morgan
Invictus Huhn
FINAL LECTURE GIVEN
"STORY OF MANKIND" IS READ
AND DISCUSSED BY DENNIS.
(Continued on Page Pour)
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Several members of the Thespian
club are leaving todajr for a tiro-:
day stay at Cuitus Lake, in British
Columbia. Others plan to join the
group on Saturday.
The kike is a popular resort, much
i requested fdr swunming and boat­ing.
SiiUated in ihe hills, it is Un­usually
clear and blue, with a
wooded park surrounding It
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CALENDAR
FRIDAY—Aiigtist 7.
Thespian Week-end Trip to
CultUs Lake.
8 p. in., Rec Hour.
SATURDAY—August 8.
7 a. hi.; Twin Lakes Pass
Trip.
4 p. in., Sdgebrush Picnic at
Sea Guli Cdve.
SUNDAY—August 9.
12:30 pV m.; Tennis on Nor­mal
Courts. Bellingham
Tehnii} $ u b Versus Olym­pic
Club of Seattle.
TUESDAY-Attgttst l i.
.;/il^;;;E;;;:..ipfiiii. Assembly,
"\ Herman Holt Iverson, Bar-
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WEttNESDAY-Augnst 12. -V
, 1 p . m . , Play Hour.
FRTOAY—AugUSt . & . * ;;/;.
: 11 a. niy Regular Asseinhly,
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"Aunt Polly" came to life in as­sembly
last Friday when Dean
Ralph Dennis, of the School of
Speech bl Northwestern University,
read her "Story of Mankind" to an
attentive audience. This was given
in the form of a lecture-recital, and
was entitled "Prejudices."
Speaks of Prejudices
Before reading the story, Dean
Dennis spoke briefly of the many
deep-seated prejudices held by so
many pebpie.
"Aunt Polly'' is much concerned
about the manners and morals of
her sister's children. She deplores
their lack of respect for their eld­ers.
As a last resort she decides
to tell thek the story of rnankhid,
in the hope that, when the children
learned of the stupenduous advance­ment
made by the human race, they
wouid have more respect for and
quite a little awfe of the older gen-
.^ic&v•'-TMfe • story; tbfeth&r- iitH
the; numerous questions which the
children ask tkeir aunt, causes the
audience much amusement, as well
as giving stimulus for serious
WELL TEAMED
Students in assembly this morn­ing
were charmed by the beautiful
classical program given by Gene
Wallin and John Sundsten.
The program Opened with Gene
Wallin's famous interpretation of
"Pace, Pace, Mio Dio," by Verdi.
Then followed two delightful num­bers,
"Taccato" and "Fugue tot)
Minor," by Bach-Tausia, played by
John Sunsten. The third group of
the program, "Sdhnett," by Sund­sten;
"To Be Sung on the Water,"
by Schubert; "The Asra," by Rub-enstien,
were sung by Gene Wallin,
followed by three numbers, "Foun­tain
of Acqua Paola," by Griffe;
"March to the Gallows," by Palm-greh;
"Prelude in A Minor," by De­bussy,
played by John Sundsten.
Final Group
The final group was "Lamaht of
Isi," by Bantock; "Fifth Avenue,"
by Armond; and "Isis," by Wolf, a
beautiful conclusion and a lasting
memory.
These musicians have had various
engagements; and it is interesting
to observe some "press notes" that
have appeared in leading news­papers
of the country:
Gene Wallin, a dramatic soprano
with a lovely crystalline voice, who
has personal grace and beauty, sang
"Only a Rose" which is the gem of
the richly colorful score—Buffalo
(N. Y.) Courier.
Gene Wallin has a voice of great
sweetness and power and personal­ity
of exceptional refinement and
charm which goes straight to the
heart of her audience, as was un­mistakably
evidenced yesterday.—
Richmond (Va.) News Leader.
Gene Wallin has a dramatic voice
which she uses intelligently. She
sings easily with clarity and tone
and perfection of enunciation that
win lasting admiration. She im­pressed
her hearers wth her inter­pretive
versatility.—Seattle, Times.
Of John Sundsten, the critics,
write:
He played his solo numbers beau­tifully,
afld was given an ovation
after his masterly interpretation of
the "Grieg Ballade in G Minor."
—Oslo> Norway.
Mr. Sundsten displayed mastery
of the pianoforte in his groups, and
his sure technique and authoritative
interpretations won his audience to
immediate approval.
—Music and Musicians, D. S. Craig.
J. Sundsten, pianist, produces a
fine tone, his phrasing is clear-cut
and his interpretations interesting.
—Fargo, N. D., Forum.
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WORK OUT
CLASS DOES MUCH WORK IN
ELECTRICAL CONSTRUTtON.
A surprising variety of work is
being carried oh in the Junior High
School Electrical Conduction cliass.
This work includes the making of
transformers of different sizes, for
use in charging Storage batteries
and arc welding; hot plates; elec­trical
ihotors; buzzers; bells; slrc-furnaces;
heaters for soldering
irons; and various other articles.
Shows Possibilities
The work of this course is that
which can be taught in the junior
high school, it helps to show the
place of electricity in industry.:, -
Another feature is that mosi, of
the niaterials used arfe td^^b^ j&und •
ih many homes and school work­shops.
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•".. An ethlbit will be held, before the
end of the term; when free mater­ials
; which can be obtained from ,'.
manufacturers Of electrical ''•: pro- 'l
of the class.' :'v^?w:;;:.;;^:^'^