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V O t . X X I X — N O . 30 WASHINGTON S T A T E NORMAL SCHOOL. BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Friday, February 14, 1930;;
Secret Announcement of Grades
Will ien«iiiiafj> Embarassment to
Sensitive Students, Is Belief
WILL ELIMINATE GRAPHS
System to be Tried Next Quarter
and Results Watched with View
to Permanency of Method.
At the beginning of the Spring
quarter, a- complete change will be
made in giving..out.results of test
grades in the different classes. The
.Research Bureau has been working
out a new system whereby student
test grades will be more private.
The present method of posting
charts upon which are given the
distributions of the aptitude rating
and the scores on the classroom
tests allows anyone knowing the as­signed
number of any student to
readily discover the aptitude rating
and the test grade of that student.
It has been brought to the atten­tion
of the Research Bureau that
certain students, do not wish to have
their aptitude rating and test grades
known by other students. The fac­ulty
believes that it is the right of
any student to consider his aptitude
rating and test scores as confiden­tial
information.
To Begin in Spring
In accord with this policy a new
method of distributing grades will
be tried out during the spring quar­ter.
Each student will be given a
card having on it his assigned num­ber
and classroom test score. A dis­tribution
of the scores and corres­ponding
grades will be posted in or­der
that students may discover the
grade equivalent of the scores which
they receive. A distribution of the
aptitude ratings of the students
in the class may also be posted.
Will Allow Comparison
This will allow the comparison of
the number of "A" grades on the
classroom test with the number of
"A" aptitude ratings in the class,
the number of "B" grades with the
number of "B" aptitude ratings, etc.
If this method of distributing grades
proves satisfactory during the spring
quarter, it will most likely be con­tinued.
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ANNOUNCEMENT MADE
OF OLIVE GUNDERSON'S
MARRIAGE THIS SPRING
RIVAL CLUBS TO JOIN
HAr)JDS IN PARTY THIS
EVENING IN BIG GYM
The announcement of the en­gagement
of Miss Olive Gunderson
to Mr. Alfred Halvorsen was made
at a delightful party given Wednes­day
night at the home of Miss Mar­garet
McKinnon, 2316 Broadway. A
number of intimate friends of Miss
Gunderson were in attendance, and
each was presented with an attrac­tive
corsage in which was concealed
the announcement of the engage­ment.
Bridge provided the diversion of
the evening and five tables were in
play. The room was artistically ar­ranged,
carrying out a spring motif
with beautiful decorations -of pink
rosebuds and pussy willows.
Miss Gunderson is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Gunderson,
of East Stanwood, is a' gradu­ate
of Normal school, and has been
recorder here for some time, but
expects to resign her position before
her marriage. Mr. Halvorsen is
connected with the Boeing Airplane
Company of Seattle. Definite date
for the wedding has not been set,
but i t will occur sometime in May.
EXTEMPO ON MARCH 18
Topics for the extemporaneous
speech contest; which has been dat­ed
for March 18, will be'definitely
announced in the next issue of Vi­king.
Although the contest is open
to every student, those especially in­terested
may leave their names at
the office of the Speech depart­ment.
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v Mr. Herbert E. Fowler was a re­cent
speaker before the Success
Business College student body/
The Thespians and the Philos are
giving a joint party tonight in the
big gym, for. the club members.
Suzanne Waters is in charge of
the' program, and has arranged for
two stunts. Earl Hutchins and Bob
Walters; Barbara Bourne and Dor­othy
Knuppenburg will put on the
features. After this the time will
be spent in dancing, with music by
the Thespian orchestra.
Last night the Thespians held a
regular meeting in the Edens Hall
club rooms. There was a discussion
of business, after which a three-part
program was presented.
Su.e McMillin played a piano solo.
Bill Mock and Bob Carboneau sang
a duet. A novelty dance was put on
by Naomi Smith and Celeste Kien-ast.
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FISHER WILL LEAVE
FOR EAST SUNDAY
To Attend Educational and Child
Health and Protection Meetings
In Atlantic City and Washington.
FIRST ON SCHEDULE
Of FOREIGN PLAYS
Drama Club to Begin Repertoire
of International . Interest with
Realistic Comedy of Modern Life.
PLAY BY IRISH AUTHOR
New Policy Will Relieve Sameness
of Club Presentations Caused by
Run on American Productions.
President C. H. Fisher is leaving
on Sunday for a trip East to attend
national educational meetings which
will be in session at Atlantic City.
The first meeting he will attend
is that of the American Association
of Teachers Colleges and Normal
Schools. Following this meeting
will occur the National Superinten­dence
and other affiliated educa­tional
meetings. All national edu­cational
organizations have their
meetings at the same time. These
meetings afford opportunity to keep
in touch with the educational lead­ers
and movements of the country.
Goes to Washington
Following the meeting at Atlan­tic
City, he will attend a meeting at
Washington, D. C, of the White
House Conference on Child Health
and Protection to which he was ap­pointed
by Ray Lyman Wilbur,
United States Secretary of the In­terior.
Members of the Conference
will probably be given an oppor­tunity
to meet President Hoover.
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SPECIAL BROADCAST
PLANNED TO CONTINUE
Although recent attempts to get
a good reception of the School of
the Air broadchasts over the Nat­ional
Broadcasting System have
been rather unsuccessful, the people
in charge here are still trying to
bring about a better one. They are
trying out different machines and
apparatus in the hopes of soon be­ing
able to present these programs
to the children of the training
school, as each of the programs is
filled with interesting and educa­tional
things.
With the production in March, of
the play, "The Whiteheaded Boy",
the Drama club will be carrying out
their comparatively new policy of in­troducing
plays of international
character. Heretofore there had
been a run on American drama,
there was too much sameness, and
the club felt the need of enlarging
their scope of work and production.
So last summer they broke away
from the conventional by producing
a play of the international group,'
Capek's R. U. R., an industrial sa­tire
of mechanical aid introducing
the robot.
"The Whiteheaded Boy", a come­dy
of modern Irish home life, is a
popular member of this internat­ional
group and was written by Len­nox
Robinson—in fact the play was-written
by an Irishman, of the Irish,
and for the Irish. Nevertheless, it
is interesting to Americans, English,
French—any nationality, because it
is full of human appeal. It is a
play of the people and any indi­vidual
can see in it the inner work­ings
of his own life, the emotions
depicted there, the love, selfishness,
and want, all could happen to the
most ordinary person.
Olsen Plays Irish
A short time ago the Moroni Ol­sen
players presented "Autumn
Fire", by T. C. Murray. This was of
Irish life and the substantiated
middle class of people, but it was a
serious play, almost tragic. Now
the "Whiteheaded Boy" comes along
picturing the same class of Irish,
but it gives the comic side^of life.
It is written in a spirit of rollicking
fun, there is not a harsh note, and
it gives a delightful series of family
quarrels over love, money, courtship,
and marriage. It is intensely hu­man.
Another characteristic is its
genuine realism. The play is not
theatrical and the audience is con­scious
of beholding the interplay of
life in the average family.
Spanish Play Next
The club is considering the pre­sentation
of a Spanish drama as
their next production. The play is
"The Women Have Their Way", by
Sierra, and is one of the internat­ional
group.
Several seasons' ago the Drama
club presented Lady Gregory's
"Spreading the News" and Yeats'
"Hour Glass", both of which came
under the new policy of breaking
away from American plays.
Little Symphony Gives An Excellent
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FINE INTERPRETATION SHOWS GOOD DIRECTION
Performance in Concert on Tuesday
The second concert presented by
the Bellingham Little Symphony
last Tuesday night was an excellent
performance, well received, and
prAof of the remarkable progress
the Symphony has made since its
organization. ,
A great deal of credit goes to Mr.
Harold B. Smith, whose fine direc­tion
and judicious handling of the
players enabled them to bring out
such a volume of real, systemati­cally
developed music. Their inter­pretation
of the old masters dis­played
their own marked ability .and
the training which is developed
alone through the patient leader­ship
of the director. The music as
a whole was finely wrought, sincere,
and beautifully presented.
The concert opened with the ma­jestic
and swelling tones of Weber's
Overture "Der Frieschutz, followed
by the Symphony in B Minor, by
Schubert. In this number there was
a characteristic melody, ever pres­ent
which was caught up and played
SEVENTH GRADE CLASS
IN .ENGLISH PRESENTS
v DRAMA IN FIVE ACTS
"The Courtship of Miles Stand-ish",
presented in play form by the
seventh grade English class under
Miss Audrey Packham, was given in
the training school assembly this
morning. The actors were in co­lonial
costume, which added color
to.the production.
The class has studied the poem
written by Longfellow, in the Eng­lish
class, and made it into the play
themselves. Student groups of two
or three, worked out the different
acts and then the class as a,whole
put the acts together to give a uni­fied
appearance.
Having the play itself completed,
the class chose the different stu­dents
for the different parts, and
began work under the coaching of
Margaret Solum, student teacher.
. Seven Students Act
The play has been made up into
five acts with two or three scenes
under the different acts. Vincent
Bochnak took the part of Miles
Standish; Kathryn Norris played
John Alden; Priscilla was taken by
Mary Frazier; Madame Brewster,
Carol Hughes; Indian, Eva Curl;
Ship Captain, Gordon Downes, and
Minister-was Alburna Stansell.
The play was well finished in word
pronunciation and acting was equal­ly
good. The cast deserves much
credit for its successful production
of the play.
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FRESHMEN TO HOLD
PARTY IN BIG GYM
London's Limehouse District to be
Featured in the Decorations at
Tomorow Night's Big Dance.
Hey, youse, doll up in your best of
bowery clothes, throw an old slouch
hat onto one side of your dome, and
be at the Frosh Linehouse Ball,
when the band starts playing at 8
o'clock, Saturday night in the big
gym.
The various committees have been
working hard in organizing the fea­tures
of the dance, and in carrying
out a motif that will represent the
Limehouse district in London.
"Down where they are just plenty
hard-boiled".
Quentin Quick is in charge of the
dance, with Charles Gerald, Fay
Kelly, Pitt Smith, and Emma Rude
heading the different committees
under him.
All men of the school, and Frosh
women are invited to attend. The
Frosh must have their Freshmen
Activity tickets, which are obtained
by paying the Winter quarter dues.
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by various groups of instruments.
Probably it reached its most ex­quisite
interpretation when the full,
round tones of the French horns
took the lead, immediately followed
by the cello's and flutes.
Mendelssohn Popular
A number which won the admira­tion
of the audience was the Mid­summer
Night's Dream, by Mendels­sohn.
The lively Intermezzo was
followed by the deep, quiet melody
of the nocturne and the audience
was awakened from the beauty of
this by the call of trumpets herald­ing
the grand and pompous wed­ding
march. .This was played with a-,
zest and enthusiasm which held
every person present in its grip. In
the next number, "Berceuse" from
"Jocelyn" by Godard, the lead was
taken on the cello by Paul Luster-,
man and the intrinsic harmony he
brought io the ear won him much
acclaim.
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CALENDAR
TODAY—
4 p. m., Rec Hour.
7:30 p. m., Thespian-Philo
party, Big Gym.
TOMORROW—
8:30 p. m., Frosh Dance, Big
Gym. *
SUNDAY—Feb. 16.
7:00 p. m., Student Forum,
Y. W. C. A.
MONDAY—Feb. 17.
8:00 p. m., debate, Weber col­lege,,
Normal auditorium.
TUESDAY—Feb. 18.
11 a. m., regular assembly,
Washington Week program.
WEDNESDAY—Feb. 19.
7:00 p. m., Y. W. C. A. Bible
Study class.
7:30 p. m., MacDowell club
meeting, room 141.
International Relations club
meeting, Edens Hall chib
room. .
THURSDAY—Feb. 20.
8:15 p. m., Musical Artists
number, Smallman a Cap-pella
choir, First Christian
church, corner Girard and
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A streets.
FRJDAY—Feb. 21.
11:00 a. m., regular assembly,
Song; Contest program.
8:30 p. m.f Sophomore party,
Big Gym.
A CAPPELLA
CHOIR TO SING HERE
Choral Works of J. S. Bach Are
Among Most Popular Pieces on
- Program for Thursday Concert.
HAVE LARGE REPERTOIRE
Organized in Los Angeles About
Six Years Ago by J. Smallman,
Great Oratorio, Society Director.
The Smallman a Cappella Choir
will be presented in tne fourth con­cert
of the 1929-30 Musical Artists
Course, to take place next Thursday
evening, February 20, in the First
Christian Church. This choir
consists of thirty-two professional
singers, both men and women, each
of whom has been carefully chosen
and trained to fill his or her place.
Started Six Years Ago
John Smallman, director of the
Smallman a gappella choir, first
organized it in Los Angeles, about
six years ago. Since he held the
position of conductor of the Los
Angeles Oratio .Society, he was in
excellent position to choose the
voices he needed—voices that would
blend and contrast to obtain the
color effects he wanted. Then he
held rehearsals three times a week
for three years before presenting his
organization in any public appear­ance.
During the next three
years he continued the same in­tensive
training, but began to give
occasional recitals about California.
The choir now comes to Bellingham
in the course of its first transcon­tinental
tour.
The Smallman choir is one of the
few great a capella (that is, unac­companied)
choirs of the world. Its
members are so perfect in tech­nique
that they dispense with . all
pitchpipes or other discernible ways
and means of setting the key. At
the conductor's signal they burst
out at once in rich chords, or the
leading voices enter with their mel­odies.
This holds true throughout
their programs, no matter how of­ten
the key is varied. They pursue
the mazes of the most difficult pro­grams—
even in compositions that
call for as many as twenty dif­ferent
parts.
Comprehensive Repertory
Theirs is said to be the most
comprehensive repertory of any
choir in the world. They sing in
many languages, and their reper­tory
is unhampered by any restrict­ions
of religion, race, or period.
Every program lists numbers which
will wake a response from each in­dividual
in the audience, whether
he be interested in Jewish, Italian,
English music or religious, folk
or modern styles of composition.
Works Unfamiliar
The greater part of^their pro­gram
presents works that are en­tirely
unfamiliar to the ordinary
music-lover, and are all the more
delightful in their newness. The
choral works of the great J. S.
Bach occupy a large share of the
Smallman programs, as do the pro­ductions
of some of the greatest
English composers, such as Byrd,
Gibbons, Farnaby, and Morley.
Much folk music is in the Smallman
repertory, with Spanish numbers,
Russian, French and English part-songs
included. The Spanish num­bers,
with the striking costumes of
the choir, are particularly effective
and popular.
TWENTY GIRLS WAIT
FOR TICKETS TO GO TO
LOCAL LEAGUE DANCE
Those- girls who have bought
tickets for the women's informal
and cannot use them are asked to
turn them into the Dean of Wom­en's
office and their money will be
refunded as soon'as some other girl
takes the ticket. •x ' ' •:
There are about twenty girls oh
the waiting list who wish tickets
and so it is important, that those
not going turn tickets in at once.
Work is progressing nicely in all
lines of entertainment . and pro­grams
are being finished rapidly.
Dorothy Sasse, general chairman
of the dance, which is to be held in
the Crystal Ballroom of the Leopold'
Hotel, February 28, says, "We wish
this informal to be the most suc-cesful
ever planned and are work­ing
towards that end."
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DEFECTIVE SPEECH
CLINIC ORGANIZED
New Movement Being Inaugurated
to Remedy Defective Speech by
Working From Scientific Basis.
LOCAL DEBATERS PLAN
CONTEST WITH WEBER
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John Thorpe ana Quentin Quick
will take the negative in a debate
against Weber College of Ogden,
Utah, at 7:30, in the auditorium
next Monday night.
The Weber College team is on a
rather extensive tour of the Pacific
Coast, meeting some of the strong­est
teams in the West. They are re­ported
to have a strong, well or­ganized
affirmative machine.
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Mr. H. C. Philippi, Dean James
Bever, and possibly President C. H.
Fisher will meet with other educa­tors
to discusd the transfer of cred­its
and other current matters' at the
University of Washington next
week; " .••;••.. ;'-:v-V" •/%••-•
A new movement is being inaugu­rated
in Normal school in the form
of a clinic for defective speech. This
clinic has been set up near the
training school and will be under
the supervision of Mr. James Car-rell
of the Speech department.
Mr. Carrell has had previous work
along this line as assistant in the
Defective Speech Clinic at North­western
University, so he is well
qualified to undertake the move­ment
here. The« need for a clinic
of this sort here is great and Mr.
Carrell will work with the children
until the students are able to take
over the work under his supervision.
Movement Scientific
The movement is being treated on
a scientific and medical-basis and
the purpose is two-fold. First, it
aims to correct speech defects in
children, such as stuttering, stam­mering,
baby talk, bad voice, and
other articular imperfections. Sec­ond,
it is to train prospective teach­ers
to correct speech. So far as the
latter purpose is concerned the clin­ic
is invaluable. The instruction
given is open to Normal students
and anyone who wishes to avail
himself of this opportunity may
see Mr. Carrell. If an individual
plans to do student teaching it is
well to begin this correction first
for the defect in speech generally
results from a habit begun in child­hood
and takes time to correct.
There are compartively few places
where this work has been attempt­ed
on its present basis, but the
movement is spreading and there
are organized clinics at Wisconsin,
Iowa, and Northwestern, /Here in
the West there is one at Oregon
State, besides the clinic here.
TO OFFER
Program will be Held in Observance
of Washington State Week Under
Commerce Chamber Suggestion.
SONG PROGRAM FRIDAY
Pep Club Is Scheduled to Present
a Program of Famous College
in Coming Friday Assembly.
At the suggestion of the State
Chamber of Commerce, this school
will observe Washington State Week
in the presentation of a special pro­gram
in next Tuesday morning's
assembly. - This program will be ar­ranged
and given entirely by mem­bers
of the Philo club.
In the hour of entertainment, the
Philos will confine their numbers as
nearly as possible to compositions of
Washington authors and musicians.
Dorothy Walker will sing a group
of jsongs written by Washington mu­sicians,
and Margaret Morrison will
present a group of assorted piano
solos.
Weatherby to Speak
In what is promised to be the
most interesting part of the pro­gram,
Joe Wetherby will give a
reading selected from the book,
"Paul Bunyan", This book is a
collection of stories of the Western
Washington logging camps, centered
about the lumberjack's favorite
mythical hero, Paul Bunyan; and It'.
is also written by a Washington
author. Included in the program
will also be four short talks on
Washingtons' resources.
Songs Next Friday
The assembly on next Friday,
February 21, will be presented by
the Pep club, and will consist of a
program- of the most famous col­lege
songs of the nation. Such
songs as "On Wisconsin", and "Bow
Down to Washington" will be fea­tured
in an effort to arouse interest
in our school song contest and also
to set an ideal toward which song
writers may work.
Several of the numbers will be
played by the Pep Band, and others
will be sung by a chorus consisting
of members of the Pep club.
At the meeting of the Drama
club held last Monday night a new
movement was put under way. The
members plan to engage in a tour­nament
of one act plays which will
be presented before the club on suc­cessive
meeting nights. These plays
will be put on by different groups in
competition and the best of the
group will be presented before as­sembly.
After the business meeting the
members enjoyed a very interesting
program.
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DRAMA WEEK
The week, February 13-19, is Nat­ional
Drama Week, and hi recogni­tion
of this fact many displays of
plays and playwrights are being exr
hibited at the library.
Colonial Idea Will Be Carried Out In
GYM TO BE TRANSFORMED INTO OLD-TIME MANOR
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Sophomore Party on February 21
After a week of mysterious signs
with a black silhouette outlined on
them and the words "Where?" and
"When?" in big, bold letters we ad­mit
we are curious, but—the secret
is out!
Where? Why, the Washington
Silver Ballroom, of course. (On more
humdrum days known as the big
gym.) Wften? Friday evening, Feb­ruary
21. The reason? The Sopho­more
party. ."*"..'
To Be Costume Ball
The affair is to be given in honor
of the great men of the nation who
have been born in February, and
the theme will be carried out in the
Colonial Ball Idea. To give a true
atmosphere to the ball everyone is
invited to come appropriately
dressed as a colonial dame or gen­tleman,
if possible. But, whether
you dress in costume or not, be
there! The members of the various
committees promise a most unusual
and delightful evening.
The gym will'be, for the evening,
transformed into the interior of an,:':
old colonial manor house and will be -v S
decorated as. such. A fireplace will 5 \ ;|
be one of the features, and antique k
furniture, pictures, drapes, and soft- Sy
yl glowing lights will add to the;;;.'•;:.'•
colonial style. ' .'M^%
Program Arranged
The program will consist of.-.&y-^Arm
Minuet dance by a sgroup of six ^ v ^ | |
girls: Mariette Bergeron, Dot Stey- ; ! | ?:
enson, Ann Swanson, Marion Bodir^:
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ker, Florence Goodman, and Nacnri |,~ | |
Smith. The rest of the evening w i l t :vi^S
be devoted to dancing with a 'few.-::::^;$
old-fashioned dances, such as the;, J - ; ^
Virginia Reel, will be' interspersed^.:^?||
among the modern. ' /'/'C^IQ
Sammons in Charge '\.:-:*:'v-v^'<M^
Ruth Sammons is in charge o t u | | | | |
the affair with the following o m r | | j | | ^|
inittee chairman as assistants: M a r ^ i | £ t |
ion Bodiker, invitations; Ann Swan^g;|||||
son, < costumes; Lou Griffm, pjr^v ^ | ^ |
grams; Margaret Sheppherd, ; i ^ | g § | | | | |
eerrss;; LLoouuiisseettttee BBeerrggeerroonn,, _•• ad^^Oc 0Tr^»A| |^| |&^pM
tions; and BillyC*bOTe, m u ^ l f | # l i | i
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