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VOL. XXIX—NO. 34 WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON
TYRANNIZING TEACHERS
ENGLISH IVY
CLUB BOOM
YE PROFS DIARY
—Ray Craft
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Friday, March 14f 1 ? 3 0 : ^ i l f l l
IRISH IS A GREAT SUCCESS i%'£%
Earl W. Anderson, in the March
issue of The Atlantic Monthly, com­ments
on the growing revolt among
teachers against the restrictions that
are placed on their personal lives by
the people of the communities in
•which they live. He makes the point
that teachers are required not only
to conform to the general standards
of the community, but are subject
to the petty tyrannies of a dozen
different prejudices, running from
bans against smoking and dancing,
(either men or women), to the en­tertaining
of friends of the opposite
-sex, or the failirre to entertain them.
W E SELECT NEW
VIKING EXECUTIVES
Next Monday, Positions of Editor,
Business Manager of The Viking
Will Be Selected At Meeting.
CONTESTANTS CHOSEN
TO SPEAK AT WINTER
EXTEMPORE CONTEST
FEW APPLICANTS IN RACE
"Fettering of teachers tends to de­humanize
them, and to force from
teaching many of the wide-awake,
stimulating and wholesome men and
women in the profession," declares
Mr. Anderson, in his article, "Ham­stringing
Our Teachers."
"Active, exuberent boys and girls
will not accept personal leadership
from negative, fearful and lifeless
teachers, whose opportunities to de­velop
enthusiasm and vibrant en­ergy
have been suffocated. The very
filing which should be most valuable
in teaching—moulding the lives and
interests of the pupils,—is thwarted
T>y the prohibitions to which teach­ers
are so commonly subject. Young
people receive the stimulation they
must inevitably seek from other
and less desirable sources, because
"the teacher is 'different.'"
Commenting on the various petty
regulations that are forced upon
teachers throughout the country,
Mr. Anderson concludes by saying:
"Slowly people are coming to realize
t h a t the public schools need active,
alert, enthusiastic teachers who
themselves enjoy life, and who
stimulate enjoyable activity through
their personal magnetism and keen
interest in others. All occupations
seek such people. The number which
the public school will draw will be
in proportion to the removal of re­strictions
which now make living
Jess attractive to teachers than to
those in other professions. Those
' true leaders who do go into teach­ing
will be found in schools that al­low
teachers to live normal human
lives."
W. S. N. S.
According to George Daak, our
versatile head gardener and man-about-
the-campus, in an intimate
interview this week, the staff of
landscape artists who have been cut­ting
away the English Ivy from
the main building haven't been
plotting against the beauty of Nor
mal. "The ivy should be trimmed
every year in order to insure its
healthy growth," Gebrge said. "It
hasn't been trimmed for several
years, however. In two or three
weeks the leaves will be out again
and the ivy will be as green as ever."
Three Board of Control Positions
Open for Candidates; Election to
Take Place Next Quarter.
As a rule, during the life of vari­ous
movements, regardless of their
nature, competition tends to pep
them up—and as the choosing of in­cumbents
for several school offices
naturally involves competition —
things are becoming or are soon to
become, peppy around the Board of
Control office.
Next Monday, the applications for
three student positions will be taken
up, namely those of. Northwest Vik­ing
Editor, Business Manager, and
the Secretary of the Board. So far
only one candidate for each of these
three positions, has signified inten­tion
of placing his application. Ray
Craft, Gordon Leen, and John
Moawad', two of whom at present
hold the jobs they seek, are those
entering the contest.
The race for President of the Stu­dents'
Association and Representa­tive,
also promises to have much
spice. This election doesn't take
place until the start of next quarter.
According to the rules applying to
the old tennis courts, no playing will
be allowed on Sunday. A discussion
arose as to whether this applies to
the new courts, and the Board de­cided
that as far as they were con­cerned
they felt that playing should
be allowed on Sunday, with the ex­ception
of the hours between 10 and
12 in the morning. They will submit
this resolution to President C. H.
Fisher, and if he passes on it, it
will be taken in as a rule.
The preliminaries of the Extem­pore
Contest were held last Thurs­day
at 4 o'clock, with the result that
six of the eighteen who are entered
were chosen to speak in the winter
quarter finals, which will be held in
the assembly next Tuesday, March
18. At this time two of these con­testants
will be awarded first and
second places, and will later enter
the Spring finals to compete against
Queritin Quick, Eleanor Langworthy,
and Spring quarter winners. The
winner of the. entire contest will
have the honor of having his or her
name engraved on the silver loving-cup,
kept for this purpose.
The winners of yesterday's pre­liminaries
are as follows: Alice Burk,
Helen Fitzwater, Charles Gerold,
Virginia, Howell, Louise Lilienthal,
Bob Walters and Virginia Ward.
They will receive their topics for the
final contest Monday at 4 o'clock, in
room 308.
FISHER BACK FROM
ATLANTIC CITY TRIP
GRIFFITH IS PRESENTED
IN SERIES OF RECITALS
AT ST. JAMES CHURCH
MINA HAGER TO BE
HEARD IN RECITAL
HERE NEXT MONDAY
Concert Will Conclude 1929-1930
Musical Aritists' Course Series;
Miss Hager Is On Fourth Tour.
SANG IN PARIS AND BERLIN
Attended White House Meetings on
Child Health and Protection, and
Also Several Educational Meets.
(Continued on Page Four)
THEATRE GUILD WILL
GIVE COMEDY SOON
"The Butter and Egg Man," a Play
by George Kaufman, Will Be
Given During First Week of April.
George declared that the vines on
either side of the entrance to the
main building were planted by the
class of 1914-15, and that the vines
on the corners have probably been
Jiere since the school was first built.
"Ivy is slowing growing, and can't
be worked into the landscape over­night,"
he added.
^ And, now that we are talking about
ft, Normalite challenges any school
in the United States to show a more
artistically balanced and well kept
campus than we one we have spread
out here in front of our old Alma
Mater.
W. S. N. S. —-
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What appears to be one of the
biggest hits that Bellingham has
"lad in years in the field of drama,
's the. Theatre Guild production of
3eorge- S. Kaufman's great comedy
•ensation, "The Butter and Egg
Vlan," which will be given here durs.
ing the first week in April. Th# play,
vhich is being played for the first
;ime on the Pacific coast, is being
presented under the direction of M.
Deane Seegar, who has had a great
leal of experience in the dramatic
:ield, having come to Bellingham
from the Garrick Players of Chicago,
Illinois
The cast will boast some of the
finest talent that the Northwest has
to offer, including the following:
Frank Reno, as Peter Jones. Mr.
Reno gained a great deal of recog­nition
with his portrayal of "Clar­ence,"
one of Booth Tarkington's
greatest characters. Will R. Mock,
Jr., who plays Joe Lehman, the high-pressure
promoter. Ethel Little, as
Jane Weston; Dorothy Taft Burch-ette,
who plays the hard-boiled
Fanny Lehman, wife of Joe, the
promoter, and Frank Locke, for­merly
of. the Normal. Katherine
Schupp Burpee, formerly of the
Players, will appear, and Herb Hess,
as Oscar Fritchie, will give one of
the cleverest performances in the
show. Glenn Goddard, Betty Morse,
Lorney Dufrain, and Kash Szyman-ski,
will make their debuts befoi--?
the local audience.
"No place looked so good to me
as Bellingham," declared President
C. H. Fisher, upon his return here
last Wednesday afternoon, from an
Eastern tour that began about four
weeks ago, having left February 16.
President Fisher went East for the
purpose of attending educational
meetings in Atlantic City, and the
White House conference on Child
Health and Protection, to which he
was appointed by Ray Lyman Wil­bur.
He visited schools in Mary­land,
Ohio, and Illinois, and inter­viewed
a number of educators, for
the purpose of lining up new teach­ing
material for the Summer session
and next Fall.
President Fisher first went to At­lantic
City, where he attended ^the
sessions of the American Association
of Teachers' Colleges and Normal
Schools, and of the department of
superintendence, National Educa­tion
Association. He addressed the
first named association on "Selection
of Students for Teaching."
Poses With Hoover
I n Washington, D. C, President
Fisher was one of about fifty edu­cators
that attended the White
House conference. They were greet­ed
by President Herbert Hoover, and
he posed with them, while a group
of photographs were taken. The con­ference,
which lasted two days, was
opened by Secretary Lyman D. Wil­bur,
after which followed a discus­sion
in which President Fisher took
part.
I n the opinion of President Fish­er,
the conference is certain to be
most beneficial since much work was
outlined and great results are an­ticipated.
Pres. Fisher is a member
of a sub-committee whose chairman
is Dr. William C. Bagly, of Colum­bia
University.
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O. S. C. Debate Team
Defeated By Normal
Concluding the 1929-1930 series of
Musical Artist Course concerts, Mina
Hager, mezzo-soprano, will appear
in a recital in the First Christian
Church next Monday evening,
March 17. She comes to Bellingham
in the course of her fourth trans­continental
tour in the past two
"years.
Was Church Soloist
Miss Hager was born in Madison,
South Dakota, and her first sing­ing
as a soloist was in Mid-West­ern
churches. While at Dakota
Wesleyan College and Huron Col­lege,
she gave recitals in civic, aca­demic
and church circles. At the
completion of her college work, she
went to Chicago and continued her
study of music.
• She sang with the Chicago Opera
Company, and was a soloist ao Chi­cago's
Apollo Club and the North
Shore Festival. After an American
tour with the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra, she visited Europe. She
sang in London eight times, and
gave several recitals in Berlin, Paris
and Switzerland. In Berlin, she was
soloist for the Berlin Philharmonic
Orchestra. In 1925, she became an
artist of the National Music League,
of New York City, and has since
continued to tour under its man­agement.
Success In America
Since returning to America, she
has appeared with unqualified suc­cess
as soloist with the New York
Oratorio Society, the Worcester Mu­sic
Festival, the New York Sym­phony
Orchestra, at Chautauqua, N.
Y., and the Chamber Music Society
of Washington, D. C. Her New York
recital was an artistic triumph. She
was the soloist at the American de­but
of the Pr Arte Quartet, one oi
Chauncey Griffith, a graduate of
the Normal school, was presented by
St. James Presbyterian Church in
an organ recital last Sunday after­noon.
Mr. Griffith gave a sincere
and beautiful interpretation of such
works as "Prelude in D Minor" by
Bach; "Festival Prelude," by Reiff,
and "Toccata," by James .H. Rogers.
Two other numbers were outstand­ing
and their performance was il­lustrative
of their names, which
were "Night" and "Dawn," by Cyril
Jenkins. ''Evensong," by Johnson,
was a quiet, tranquil number and
played softly, with clear and pure
tones.
Mr. Griffith was assisted by Wal­lace
Ferguson, baritone, who gave
his best performance in the aria,
"It Is Enough," from Elijah.
A second recital will be given
Sunday afternoon, April 6, and at
this time Mr. Griffith will be assist­ed
by Louis Arend Helder, baritone.
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VIKING STAFF PARTY
AT SHELL TONIGHT
Second Presentation of
Drama Club Play to be i
In Auditorium Tonight
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Twenty-One People
Submit Compositions
Invitations Issued to Former Staff
Members; Forty Guests Expected
Fcr Dance and Luncheon.
(Continued oi Page Four}
Approximately forty guests at ex­pected
to attend the Northwest Vik­ing's
first annual Staff party, at the
Chuckanut Shell tonight.
Dancing will begin about 9 p. m.,
to the music furnished by the local
Rec Hour orchestra in the large ball
room at the Shell. Later in the even­ing,
about 11 p. m., a luncheon will
be served on the porch just off the
ball room. A dainty lunch has been
planned for the occasion and the
table decorations will carry out the
St. Patrick's Day motif.
Invitations were cleverly printed
on light blue, double-fold correspon­dence
cards. A Viking ship adorned
the cover, while the printing was
done in dainty Old English type.
Several past managing editors,
and business managers, as well as
the present, and perhaps the future
(?) will have signified their inten­tions
of being present tonight while
a host of former sport editors, soci­ety
editors, staff writers and re­porters
have promised to put in an
appearance.
Mr. and* Mrs. Herbert E. Fowler,
and Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Suther-len
will be patrons and patronesses,
while Barney Chichester will act as
toastmaster at the table.
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CHARLES STROTHER HERE
Mr. Charles Strother, who [acted
as critic judge at the debate' last
Monday night, remained here until
Tuesday, at which time he observed
some of the students doing correct­ive
work in the speech clinic. Mr.
Strother is connected with the
speech department at the Univer­sity
of Washington.
The song contest, which closed
February 28, still exists as far- as
the committee in charge and the
judges' committee are concerned, for
judging of the manuscripts has not
yet taken place. Mr. H. E. Fowler, of
the English department, has been
appointed chairman of the latter
committee.
All manuscripts are now in the
hands of Edith Dyer, and her as­sistants,
Frances Young, Ethel Boyn-ton
and Jean Philippi. Each song
will be covered in manila folders,
so that the utmost protection will
be assured all copies. "*
Twenty-one people have contrib­uted
to the contest. They are as fol­lows:
Verna E. Norell Scrimsher,
Fern Wilson, Chloris Fisher, Con­stance
Bethel, Edna B. Finley, Kath­erine
C. Smith, Mount Vernon;
Jack Greaves, Aileen Hurlbert, Gen­evieve
Metcalf, Vancouver, Washing­ton;
Jack Gudmundson, Los An­geles,
California; Robert H. Hayes,
Phil Davis, Ethel Hunt Davis, Mrs.
Gertrude R. Olson, Custer; Clarence
Thue, Alma R. Williams, Irene Rob-bins
Butsch, Everett Johnson, Oliver
Gudmundson, Caroline Crippen, of
Port Moody, B. C, and Curthie Fos­ter
Brown.
Actors Show Excellent Direction
Under Mr. Hoppe I n Their Work
At Last Evening's Performance.
IRISH BROGUE EFFECTIVE
Play Is Permeated With Humorous
Situations and Jolly Fun, I n Spite
of Apparent Trouble and Discord.
Students Registered
For Spring Quarter
Registration and payment of fees
of the present student-body for the
Spring quarter was completed this
week. This pre-registration elimi­nates
a rush and waste of time at
the beginning of the new quarter,
and failure to register at this time
incurs a one dollar fine.
Registration of all new students
will take place during the first day
of the Spring quarter, March 31.
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MARIONETTES HERE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
The long-heralded play, "The
Whiteheaded Boy," became a living
reality last night, when it was per­formed
for the first time in the
auditorium, before an appreciative
audience. Looking back upon the
production one feels a sense, of com-'
pleteness, due partly to the play it­self,
but more to the perfect way iii
which every actor filled his part.
And old Ireland was there, the
stage setting, the brogue, the dress,:
and even the pictures on the w a l l -
it was all before you so ho imagin­ation
was needed. Mr. Hoppe is cer­tainly
to be complimented on the
fine way he managed the produc­tion.
Not every one can take a group
of students, put them in a foreign
setting, give them a part of the
! character and the life, and make
them living Irish people, as he has
done.
Characters Well Portrayed
Probably Aunt Ellen, tall and
straight, with her positive manner,
the knack with which she handled
the affairs of her nieces and neph­ews
and her own affairs, too, will
stand out in the minds of the audi- ;
ence. Mary McDonald as Aunt Ellen/
showed her histrionic ability and
played the part with the skill and
perfection of a professional. John
Duffy, her old lover and ultimate
husband, played by Thad Ellis, was ;
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(Continued on Page Two)
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'Rip Van Winkle" To Be Presented
With Twenty-One Actors and Is
Masterpiece of Author's Genius.
Scene From Tony Sarg's Marionettes
Ray Craft and Lyle Summers, the
affirmative debate team, won a de­cision
over a team from the Oregon
State Normal, made up ,of Earl
Stuart and Eugene Dove, last Mon­day
evening in the auditorium, after
a very heated discussion. Charles
Strothers, instructor and debate
coach-'at the University of Washing­ton,
was the critic judge. After the
debate, Mr. Strothers explained his
decision and criticized the debaters,
both "favorably and unfavorably.
• Wednesday: afternoon in the dual
debate with. the. College of Puget i
Sound, the negative team, composed '
of Quentin Quick and John Thorpe.
Tony Sarg's Marionettes will be
presented in "Rip Van Winkle," at
the Normal auditorium, Wednesday,
March 19, 8:29 p. m. A matinee will
be given for school children at 2:45
In the afternoon and these will be a
few tickets for adults on sale.
Tony Sarg, the originator of mari­onettes,
has some of the most fa­mous
characters ever made, and "Rip
Van Winkle," with its twenty-one
actors, is a masterpiece of his gen­ius.
The players are moved by many i
strings, which are worked by the
men who are in back of the stage.
To all appearances, the two-foot
puppets act and move of their own
accord, but in reality the" uncanny
management of the many strings is
the cause for the action. .
•> Rip Van Winkle Is Fine
And Rip himself carries off many
of the honors, for he is truly a fine
character. I n him and his family will
be found an excellent portrayal of
Washington Irving's story.'
This is the first of three-events
which the W. A. A.- is sponsoring to
make -. money for the expenses of
Viqueen lodge,-their summer home.
Their two, other money making
ideas are the April. Showers Jig and
the Faculty-Wv A. A. program, sched-,
CALENDAR
TODAY—
4 p. m. Rec Hour.
5:30 p. m., W. A. A. Banquet,
Edens Hall Clubroom.
8:15 p. m., Drama Club pre­sents
"Whiteheaded Boy,"
Normal auditorium.
9 p. m , Viking Staff party, at
Chuckanut, Shell.
TOMORROW­'
S' p. m., to 10 p.
Rec Hour.
m., Special
(Cbhtinued on.' Page Four)
SUNDAY—Mar. .16
7 p. m., Student Forum, Y. W.
C. A.
MONDAY—Mar. 17.
8:15 p. m.," Musical Artists'
number, Miria Hager, mezzo-coritralto,
Christian Church,
corner A and Girard streets.
TUESDAY—Mar. 18.
11 a. m., Regular assembly,
Extempore contest.
Japanese Art Exhibit, Room
303.
WEDNESDAY—Mar. 19.
7 p. m., Bible Study Class
meets at Miss Sperry's home.;
7:30 p . m . , MacDowell Club
meeting. "
Tri-C Meeting.
8:15 p. m., Tony Sarg's Mari­onettes,
in "Rip Van Win­kle,"
Normal auditorium.
THURSDAY—Mar. 20.
5:30 p. m., Board of Control -
picnic^ Chuckanut State park.
• 7:30 p. m., Philo meeting, ;
Edens Hall Clubroom. •,';
. Vanadis Bragi meeting, room,;:
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Alkisiah Club, meeting, room;U
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