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VOLXXIX—NO. 39 WASHINGTON STATg NORMAL SGHOOL, BELLINGHAM. WASHINGTON Friday, -April • 25/:; l$3jQllfe
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STUDENT ESSAY
CLOSED LIBRARY
ADULT EDUCATION
ROOM 112
—Bob Walters
The library was again closed for
a musical event, last Wednesday ev­ening.
If there is any t r u th to the
number of "howls" set up by would-be-
students, we feel that there was
ample reason to keep the doors to
the domain of books open.
Jennie Berg Heads
League of Women
-W. S. N. S.
Even Normalite wasn't immune to
some of the criticism at the bottom
of the questionnaires recently pub­lished.
Several would like more
"Sundstrom Sarcasm', but we don't
happen to see i t that way. Besides
we have had plenty of sleep lately.
There you have a little of it, studes.
Officers for the Women's League
were elected last Friday during the
assembly hour. Jennie Berg was
elected president; Louise Smith,
vice president; Aileen Hurlburt, sec­retary;
and Esther Nordquist, treas­urer.
Following the election a short
program was presented. Gladys
Smith was in charge. Little Bobby
Haugen, six-year-old, played a vi­olin
solo, with Muriel Myhre at t he
piano. Bernadine Brown gave two
readings, and Marion Bodiker, Ann
Swanson, and Dorothy Knuppen-berg
sang, Miss Knuppenberg play­ing
the accompaniment.
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BOARD OF CONTROL
MAKES UP BUDGET
FOR THIS QUARTER
Arthur Gravrock Is Elected Four-
Quarter Representative to the
Board of Control.
M'DONALD, VICE PRESIDENT
-W. S. N. S.-
Either "great minds run in the
same channels" or some long necks
were able to allow many to gaze on
the paper of the person that used
the phrase "bigger and better" dur­ing
our little reader's quizz.
W. S. N. S. •
"Adult Education for Teachers",
by Dorothy Canfield Fisher, is one
of the main articles in the W. E. A.
Journal. The article deals directly
with its title and tells of the folly
of students feeling: that their edu­cation
ends with the receiving of a
diploma.
——W. S. N. S.
Campus Day, Viking Vodvil, Ten­nis
Court Rules, and Next Year's
Budget Come Under Discussion.
The author-declares that if Adult
education would take a good hold,
the teacher could fundamentally
prepare the student without trying
to cram him with enough knowledge
i n a few months to last him the rest
of his life.
Then, too if the teachers would
spend part of their time in learning
something new and constructive
they would better be able to realize
the position of their students, as
"well as to aid themselves.
W. S. N. S.
People of Bellingham figure quite
frequently in the Journal. One thing
was especially outstanding. Maxine
Winter, who is in the sixth grade of
t h e training school here, had an es­say
published. This is entirely con­trary
to past rules of not publishing
student work, but t he essay was ex­ceptional.
-W. S. N. S.-
The boys all gathered around in
room 112, last Monday noon, some
talking and some reading. The or­chestra
started playing, and every­one
settled back in his seat to have
an enjoyable hour with a fire in
the fireplace and refreshments the
only items lacking. Then, too, there
were several speeches and after all
was over, the old 112 was officially
changed to "Men's Club" room..
Holding a special meeting a week
ago yesterday, and a regular one last
Monday, the old administration
headed the Board of Control for the
last time. The new officers were
present at the second meeting and
are now in control of the student
affairs.
One of the first things worked on
was the budgeting of the student
fees for this quarter. The items per
capita were dispensed as follows:
Northwest Viking $ .25
Social Life : 75
Assemblies 3.25
Athletics 1.75
Two appointements were'made for
Campus day. Herbert C. Ruckmick,
Industrial Arts teacher, was to pre­side
as Generalissimo, while Ralph
Miller will be asked to be student
manager.
Notices have been posted, request­ing
written applications from those
intending to apply for the' manager­ship
of the Viking Vodvil. The
manager will receive for his services,
the first ten dollars profit, and
twenty per cent for all over that.
Rules for the Tennis Courts were
.also discussed but no action was
taken.
With some big time political
speeches, conservative and other­wise,
posters, illegal handbills, and
personal persuasion preceding the
starter's gun, in the big three lane
school official race, and a thrilling
dash to the finish line with Quick,
McDonald, and Gravrock in the
lead, the school had a successful
"indoor trackmeet", last Friday.
There were eleven runners se­lected
from the trial heats several
weeks ago, but when it came time
for the race to begin the number
had slightly decreased. The retiring
president, Lyle Summers, had on his
running togs and was all set to en­ter
as a big favorite, but at the
last moment he hobbled off to join
the "old soldier squad" and leave
the honors tb fall on one of the
youngsters.
An amendment to the constitu­tion
was voted and passed, which
now makes it possible for a repre­sentative
serving on the Board of
Control for two quarters to get a
"W" pin.
Abode of Liberty
Dedicated by Men
Sixty-five members of the Men's
club, were present at the Club room
dedication held last Monday. Dean
Marquis, in his address, stressed t he
persistent attitude of the men in
their method of securing the strong­hold.
Due to t h e men's new spirit of
dignity, independence and ability tb
meet the Toreador at his own game,
the faculty decided to present the
club with an Abode of Liberty,
where dignity reigns supreme in an
independent atmosphere.
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MANY SUGGESTIONS
MADE BY STUDENTS
IN QUESTIONNAIRES
House Notes Branded as Dry and
Uninteresting by Some; Student
Opinions Best Liked by Majority.
Ginnette and Griffith; Well Known
Musicians, to Present Unusual
Piece, "Randel in the Strand".
ARTISTS HIGHLY PRAISED
BUREAU APPOINTS
MANY TO POSITION
Twelve to Do Cadet Work in the
Primary and Intermediate Grade
Sections of the Seattle Schools.
KLIPSUN OFFERS PRIZE
FOR CAMPUS SNAPSHOTS
The Klipsun staff announces that
all snapshots for t h e school life sec­tion
of this year's annual must be in
by Tuesday, May 6. The pictures
may deal with views of the campus,
students, or anything that is repre­sentative
of school life. The best
collection of ten snaps will be
awarded a 1930 KLIPSUN. They
• may be handed in to the Associated
Students' office.
Don't forget! May 6 is the final
date. - -
: ; O- • .'••
The Viking office received a r e ­freshing
and informative letter last
Wednesday from one of its former
frequenters, Joe Hermsen, prominent
Normal student, who: is now in
.Ketchikan, Alaska. He was inspired;
: to send his love (?) to two of his
g o l d friends, Ray Craft and Benny
? J ^ l ^ h i * n - incidentally, he made a
f l ^ ^ ^ ^ Q u e s t that; t h e Viking be
t i l ^ ^ ' ^ l a r l y ^toX^him';?in; -Alaska/
FRIDAY'S ASSEMRLY
IS EXTRAORDINARY
Randolph arid Lillian Paulson,
Youthful Violinist and Pianist,
to Give an Unusual Program Here
Randolph and Lillian Paulson,
brother and sister, are offering a
musical program in next Friday's
assembly.
Randolph, only fifteen years of
age, is a student of the violin under
Albert Benson and his playing has
caused considerable comment in the
Northwest. His sister, Lillian, twelve
years of age, plays his accompani­ment
in a creditable manner, and is
a student of Charles Bowen, pianist.
These two talented children are
offering a varied and unusual pro­gram.
Open Season On For
Measles and Boils
The Appointment Bureau has se­cured
a great number of positions
during the past week. The follow­ing
people have been placed:
Clare Wilson Mildred Thomas,
Virginia Turner, Louise Griffin,
Madlyn Young, Mabel Wilson, and
Velma Mason, wall do cadet work in
Seattle primary grades; Thelma An­derson,
Cora Walton, Jessie Grieve,
Edith Dyer, and Margaret Solum,
will cadet in Seattle intermediate
grades.
Miriam S. Tanzer, 1st and 2nd,
Custer; Chester 'Reese, principal
5-8, Sarhish; Catherine Reese, 1-4,
Samish; Evelyn Swalling, 4, Kent;
Margaret Corpey, 1-4, Lake Camp­bell;
Mr. and 'Mrs. Charles Paine,
1-4, 5-8, Sharts school; Einer Fret-heim,
718, principal, Hunters Point;
Bernadine Brown, 3-4, music, Hock-inson.
Julia Gray, 5-8, McRea School;
W. W. Altman, 7-8, principal, King­ston
; Merle • Duncan, 1st, Kent; La-niera
Deyette, 1-4, Garrard Creek;
Louise' Stiger, Everett; Edna Swan-son,
Saxon School; Ruth Steele, 3rd,
Peshastin; William Kelly, Ind. Arts,
Kent. ^
Miss Hopper of the Bureau re­quests
that all students who have
signed contracts without the knowl­edge
of the Appointment Bureau to
report to the Bureau at once.
'':'.;• . ~"——o- '. ". •'.'
Attendance at an Arkansas church
has 'increased 50 per cent since the
customof passing the^collection
plate was/discarded. -: / -":k^"v:;^v'-:-
An attack of measles has caused
Martha Rumbaugh and Opal Dim-mitt
to be confined to the isolation
hospital this week.
After twelve days absence due to
illness, Isabel Lancaster has returned
to school.
Miss Mead announces that this is
the " open season for boils and
sprained ankles. A number of cases
of each have been reported to the
nurse's office during the past two
weeks.
Because illness has prevented her
from continuing her studies, Helen
Purcell has found it necessary to
withdraw from school this quarter.
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Korean Lecturer Will
Speak Here Tuesday
Mrs. Induk Kim, a native of Ko­rea,
will speak to the I. R. C. club
and Y. W. C. A., before specially ar­ranged
meetings Tuesday, April 29.
All students are invited to hear
Mrs. Kim, who is a speaker capable
of grasping the Korean situation
politically and religiously. She has
been received with enthusiasm by
students in all types of institutions
including some of the largest East­ern
colleges and was a speaker at
the Detroit Student Volunteer con­vention
two kears ago. From a list
of topics Mrs. Kim will allow her
listeners to choose one in which thiy
are most interested and she ' will
speak on t h a t subject;
The Northwest Viking question­naire
in Tuesday's assembly, pro­duced
remarkable and interesting
but nevertheless serious, results, with
improvement suggestions running
from bigger and better ashcahs in
the United States Senate to "Shoot
the Editor!" Of the approximate
four hundred questionnaires ans­wered
about one hundred made var­ied
suggestions for improvement.
Probably the greatest argument
between the "suggestors" came in
regard to house notes. Some de­manded
more house notes while
others put a strict taboo on them,
calling them "dry and uninterest­ing".
A cry went up from the female
spcrts that -the space given to wom­en's
athletics was far too inadequate
to serve the_needs of the school's
major group. As one Co-ed put it,
"There are about four girls to every
boy in this school, and yet the boys
get almost the entire sports write-up.
I think it would be fairer if the
girls got at least half of the sports
page. This would be more inter­esting
to a greater majority in the
school".
From the lovers of books and the
aesthetic came a plea ^ for a book
lover's corner and a column or two
of poetry.
Several howled out their desire to
see a column of thumb-nail portraits
which would consist of the inter­esting
observations of various stu­dents
on and about the campus.
Though many students calie for
more students opinions, only one hit
the nail squarely on the head when
he wrote "More student opinions,
though I guess that's up to the stu­dents".
In answer to "What do you like
best in the Viking?" honors went
to the student opinions.
:——o
The International Relations club
of Vancouver will not be able to
meet with the International Rela­tions
club of Bellingham, according
to the latest reports. The Belling­ham
club will have a luncheon on
May 3, instead of the dinner, as
planned.
Featuring Vera Ginnette and
Chauncey t Griffith . two graduates
who have a wide acquaintance here,
in a piano recital, the assembly of
next Tuesday, April 29, is of special
interest. Both young artists are stu­dents
of Miss Edith R: Strange,
head of the Piano department. They
have appeared before Bellingham
audiences many times, both at the
Normal and downtown and have
always been received with enthus­iasm.
Concerning a recital given last
May at the Garden Street Methodist
Church, the Evening News said,
"Miss Ginnette showed a conquest
of technical difficulties, splendid
musicianship, and beautiful inter­pretive
power, while a lovely tone,
delicacy and a strong sense of dra­matic
values combined to make the
playing of Mr. Griffith distinctive".
At present, Miss Ginnette is
teaching in the schools of Mount
Vernon and Mr. Griffith is teaching
piano at his studio in the Pine Arts
building.
The program which they are pre­senting
here is well chosen and in­teresting,
especially the unique
number "Randel in the Strand", by
Percy Grainger. This unusual com­position,
which uses some of the
'melodies from Handel's "Harmoni­ous
Blacksmith" has never been pre­sented
in Bellingham' before, a t . is
to be given here with two pianos,
two violins, a cello, and two violas.
Following is the entire program:
OLSEN'STROUPERS
TO SHOW MONDAY
Barry's Comedy, "White Wings",
Will Be Staged in Auditorium
by Well Known Circuit Players.
Last Faculty Forum
Hettfor Spring Term
"White Wings", a comedy-satire
by Philip Barry, will be shown in
the Normal auditorium by the Mo­roni
Olsen Players Monday night,
April 28. This play will be the most
pretentious in its staging that the
First Circuit Repertory' company
has attempted and will also carry
the largest personnel.
Basically, the play is an ironical,
kindly satire on the generation that
saw the world turn over between
1895 and 1915 with the advent of
the automobile. In its narrative it
is the story of the love of an auto-mobie
inventors daughter, Mary
Todd, for the last descendant of an
aristocratic line of white wings, one
Archie Iinch, who is fanatically loy­al
to the horse as the symbol of civ­ilization.
Incidentally, one of the
leading characters is to be Joseph—
"a horse with two men inside him"—
who is one of the funniest comedy
creations of any playwright in years.
EDITORIAL
The Viking appreciates the spirit in which the student body
received our questionnaire in Tuesday's assembly, and expects to
make use of the suggestions which were submitted for the im­provement
of the paper. Although an occasional wisecracker
dealt with our questions in a light vein—probably for the amuse­ment
of the girl friend in the next seat—the majority of the stu­dents
seemed to welcome an opportunity to make serious contri­butions
of opinion which would aid the Viking staff in making up
a publication that will be truly interesting to Normal readers.
We were particularly interested in the appeal for "more and
better" student opinions. Evidently the student opinion depart­ment
is the most popular section in the Viking. And it should
be.
One student writes, "Please do not require student opinions to
be signed, even to be known by the staff. The Viking officers are
interested too, and I do not think that enclosing one's name in­sures
privacy or secrecy to any extent".
We are sorry that this misconception exists. It is necessary to
know the identity of people submitting these opinions, in order to
be assured that they are written in good faith, but it is permissible
to publish student opinion under pseudonyms, and we will stake
our editorial integrity on this, that if a student desires it, we won't
even disclose to other staff members the identity of the modest
writer. ;./' ..-/ '•:<! ••'
We hope to make of the Viking the kind of a paper that the
students want, and- promise that: the. wishes of the student body;
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With Mm May Lovegren and
Miss Ruth Piatt as hostesses, the
faculty forum, met Monday evening,
April 21, for t h e last dinner discus­sion
of the spring quarter. The
meeting was held in the Edens Hail
clubroom. which was tastefully dec­orated
with yellow and pink roses.
"Investments; for Teachers," the
subject of the evening, was inter­estingly
presentgd;by the two speak­ers.
Mr. Ralph ^Loomis, president of
the Union Trust company, spoke on
bond investments, and Mr. James
Gaul, of the Gaul Investment Ser­vice,
discussed investments in high
grade stocks.
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JACK BURN AND HIS
COLLEGIANS HIRED
FOR LEAGUE DANCE
Programs to be Given Out Next
Thursday ^and Friday at Specific
Hours; Tickets to be Necessary.
The 110 tickets for the Women's
League dance to be given May 3, a t
the Crystal Ballroom of the Leo­pold
hotel, are sold. Any girls who
have bought tickets and wish to turn
them back, may leave them in the
dean of women's office and will
have their money refunded as soon
as the tickets are re-sold, according
to Dorothy Sasse, general chairman
of the affair. . ..
Collegians Furnish Music.
Jack Burn and his Collegians, a
well known Bellingham orchestra,
will play for the dance.
Programs are printed and will be
given out next week. Because of
the usual rush and'?((trouble, three
hours have-beenset;aside this time
in which to give programs out. On
Thursday morning, between 9. and
11 o'clock classes and on Friday aft­ernoon,
May 2, between 3 and 4, at
the dean of women's office, tickets
may be exchanged for programs.
Ruth Shepherd, in charge of pro­grams,
states that no programs will
be given away without tickets.
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CO-OP IMPROVEMENTS
. DENOTE BIG BUSINESS
High School Record Shows Brilliant
Careers, Both in Journalism and ^i|'
Scholarship,. Ends Work' sen/-'-^M0i$f;
ILL SEVERAL MONTHS
Under the management of Sam
Ford, the Co-op has been under­going
several changes and additions
for the better this week. The wrap­ping
counters and shelves have been
covered with linoleum for the sake
of cleanliness and appearance, and
to protect the hands of the workers
from slivered boards. A definite
and handy place for . the account
books has been constructed in the
form of an inclined shelf, and ad­ditional
shelves added above this
for notebook papers, and so forth.
These changes have been necessi­tated
by the large amount of bus­iness
the Co-op is doing.
o
IS EVENLTONIGHT
"Butter and Egg Man" to be Given
Second Time for Benefit of the
Legion Drum and Bugle Corps".
The Theater Guild play, "The
Butter and Egg Man' will be given a
second time in the Normal auditor­ium
tonight. This performance is
being sponsored by the 40 and 8 so­ciety
for the benefit of the Ameri­can
Legion Drum and Bugle Corps.
This play is an outstanding com­edy,
written by George S. Kaufman,
containing situations humorous and
sometimes pitiful. Kaufman has
chosen the hard boiled theater man­ager
and around him built up a
story of fascinating incidents. He
also shows you how completely ov­erwhelmed
a poor, ignorant, small
town boy can be by the life of t he
city, while each character is made
a living, human being to the extent
that you wonder what his next move
will be.
The cast is made up of Belling-ham's
most gifted dramatists and
those who saw the first perform­ance
can vouch for i t s excellent pre­sentation;
while those who missed
i t h a v e this•line:.;opp^unity^to'''witr'
;ness a j)lay;:; brim ; fuU ; of ^ i good,
:Wholesome.;:ent^^
Normal students and especially
members of the Northwest Vlkhig
^ s^f were sw^ieni^L
by the death of Dav­id
Lewis Darrowyi;,
eighteen year old
student here and Vi­king
sport editor f o r:
the past two, quart- ;
ers. Death, at his
D. L. barrow
home, 3016 Elizabeth Street, April
18, followed a three-day illness cli­maxing
a prolonged malady extend­ing
over this quarter, during which
time he has been absent from v
school. "
Entering this institution in the
fall of 1929 following his graduation
as an honor student from Whatcom
high school, Darrow became assis-".
tant sport editor on the Viking and
in the ensuing winter quarter, took 1
over the editorship '- of the. sport/
page. Normal students will always
remember him at football games,
following the teams' movements in
true reportorial style on the side :'j
lines. • f
Was Honor Student
His record at Whatcom shows j
many honors. During his four years",
at that school, he was a member of;
the Torch club, whose membership
depends upon a high scholastic
standing. During his junior and
senior yeays: he served" as' ah bffi-f
cial in the Spanish club and was a
member of the Latin club. He was
a participant in the annual carni-.
vali the "Not-A-Sho" in his last •
year and edited one of t he best sport;",
pages the "Whatcom World" ever-;
published. x •: 'IS
Funeral Services Monday ; ;
Funeral services for David Dar­row,
son of Mr. Lewis Darrow and
Mrs. Lucy Darrow, were held at the •
Homer Mary Mortuary, Monday aft-;:;
ernoon, April 21, a t 2 o'clock, with
Christian Science services. Crema­tion
followed. "V
The funeral was well attended by
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CALENDAR
TODAY—
;- 4 p. m., Rec Hour.
TOMORROW—
3:45 p. m., W. A. A. trip to
the Scout Cabin, Geneva. ,
U. of W. Frosh vs. Normal
track meet, Seattle.
MONDAY—April 28.
7:30 p. m., Social Science club
meeting, Edens Hall club1
room.
8:15 p. m., Moroni Olson play­ers
present "White Wings",
auditorium.
TUESDAY—April 29. >:>.;'
11 a. m., regular Assembly,
piano recital by students of
Miss Edith Strange.
3 p. m., special lecture by
Helen L. Byrnes.
TUESDAY—April 29.
I p. m., Special meeting of;
the Y. W. C. A., Indui Kim/
will speak.
7:30 p. m., Special meeting of
the International Relations
club, Edens Hall club;
room. ,..
WEDNESDAY—April 30. : :
7 p. m., Y. W. BUMe class v
meets at Miss Sperry's 1
home.
THURSDAY—May 1. / ;
7:30 p. m.t Alkisiah club';
meeting, room 26.
7:30 p. m., Vanadis Bragi
; meeting, club room 219. Ji
FRJTJAY-^Mayz> \ y\^S'^0:
I I a. m., regular assembly.
Violin and piano -recital/bis^
Lillian an<3 Randolf Paul-^f
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