Northwest Viking - 1930 May 23

              TRI-NORMAL MEET
THIS WEEK-END
DRAMA CLUB PLAY
EVENT TONIGHT
VOL. XXIX—NO. 43 WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Friday, May 23, 1930
Tri-Normal Meet Tomorrow
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Normalite
TEACHER'S TASK
BERTRAND RUSSELL
CYNICAL YOUTH
TRUTH
—ARDEN BENTHIEN
We are sorry to tell you that the
illness of Bob Walters, the regular
writer of this column,' makes it im­possible
for him to write it this
week. We wish him a speedy recov­ery.
For now, we have had the hon­or
to be selected in his place. Con­sider
yourselves introduced.
W. S. N. S.
Now that graduation time is ap­proaching,
we cannot help consider­ing
the serious nature of the pro­fession
of teaching. It is hard for
us to conceive the fact that each of
these boys and girls with whom we
Tiave associated for the past nine
months will soon have entirely in
his hands the gigantic responsibility
of guiding the education of from
twenty to thirty young lives, For it
is a gigantic responsibility. It would
be gigantic if there were but a sin­gle
life involved.
When you consider, as we did, the
potentialities that may lie in the
mind of a child, and realize the ex­treme
delicacy with which they must
necessarily be directd if the child
is to be a true man, or a true wom­an,
we think that you will be struck,
as we were, with the enormity of
t h e task which a teacher undertakes.
W. S. N. S.
We have been reading- an article
in a recent magazine on "Why is
Modern Youth Cynical?" by Ber-trand
Russell. His main discussion
is grouped under five heads: Reli­gion,
Country, Progress, Beauty, and
Truth. Do you notice that these five
things are probably the ones most
worth living for? Any one discredit­ing
the value of any one of them is
certainly worthy of the brand of
cynic.
Because we think they are worth
while, we are going to pass on in
brief Bertrand Russell's reasons for
the loss of the prestige of these
standards in the minds of modern
youth.
W. S. N. S.
Religion has lost its importance
l o r two reasons. First, the God of
-the modern has lost his definiteness.
He is thought of as something
-vague, as a "Life Force," or a "Pow­er
not ourselves that makes for
righteousness."
Second, the churches of today
have built up an oppressive system
of ethics that condemns many ap­parently
harmless pleasures, and has
probably been the greatest of factors
in keeping youth from the churches.
Russell says, "I have known earnest
young men who- accepted whole­heartedly
the teachings of Christ;
they found themselves in opposition
to official Christianity."
W. S. N. S.
Love of country, or patriotism, is
almost a lost ideal. The fact that the
power of nationalism is so frequently
misused in a free nation has made it
apparent to youthful intelligence
that patriotism is the 'chief curse
of the age."
W. S. N.-S.
Our ideals of progress have too
much of the character of Babbitt
about them. Only measurable prog­ress
is recognized today, and it is
Russell's belief (and ours) that the
really important things are not
measurable at all. Hence modern
youth, vaguely sensing an insincerity
in the basis nature of the present
conception of "Progress," thinks but
little of it as an ideal.
-W. S. N. S.
The word "Beauty" has lost its
significance. There is somehow an
old-fashioned touch to the very
thought of beauty as an ideal. As
Russell says, "A modern artist would
be indignant if he were accused of
seeking beauty." He seems to rather
seek to startle.
W. S. N. S.
Truth, instead of being an ideal
in present days, is something to be
torn down. All sorts of enemies are
at constant war with it: pragmatism,
behaviorism, psychologism, relativi­ty,
physics. It is virtually impossible
for an educated person to worship
truth, knowing that there is no one
truth that is better than another
truth.
W. S. N. S.
We saw a group of little third or
fourth grade training school chil­dren
playing out on the mound, or
the heap, or the hillock, or what­ever
you call it. Somehow they look­ed
better there than they do swing­ing
in iron swings.
Drama Club Play Pleases Audience
DRAMA CLUB PLAY
IS WELL RECEIVED
BY LARGE AUDIENCE
First Showing of Phillip Barry's
"The Youngest" Is Well Received
by Appreciative Students.
Last night a large and appreciate
audience witnessed the first per­formance
of the Drama Club's pre­sentation
of "The Youngest" an
exceptionally entertaining comedy
by Philip Barry. It is certain that
if any among the audience were at
odds with life and disgusted with
conditions in general when they at-tered
the auditorium, they left with
a lightheartedness and spirit of
"All's right with the world." The ex­cellent
cast and artistic planning of
every scene put the play over in a
notable manner.
Victor H. Hoppe directed the pro­duction
and is to be praised for his
ability in the techincal direction as
well as in training the cast to live
and become one with their parts. His
assistant was Virginia Howell, who
did efficient work as business man­ager
and acted the role of maid in
the play.
If you -know the trials and tribu­lations
of being the youngest child
in a family you are duly qualified to
suffer with Tom Durham. Mr. Dur­ham
elicited sympathy and provided
much amusement, as Richard Wins-low.
He was a boy with ambitions,
standing alone and being stormed at
on every side by a practical family.
His. boyish disgust, sincerity, and
bravado were delightful. Charming
is the one word fitting Lou Griffin
in the feminine lead as Nancy. Her
cleverness in handling the whole
family make you doubt her sincerity,
but she showed up "true blue" at
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LEAGUE HAS SECOND
MEETING OF QUARTER
Install Jennie Berg, New President,
by Retiring President, Jean Phil-ippi;
Musical Program Enjoyed.
The Womens League held their
second assembly of the quarter last
Fi'iday May 16. A discussion led by
President Jean Philippi, was held
concerning plans which would en­able
the League to raise more mon­ey
for the activity program, and the
advisability of assigning Big Sister
for Freshmen girls next fall, was
considered.
Following these discussions a pro­gram
was presented under the di­rection
of Gladys Smith. Jennie
Berg, newly elected president, an­nounced
the numbers. Margaret
Morrison gave a piano solo, fol­lowed
by a violin solo by Ethel
Boynton, accompanied by Muriel
Myhre. Evelyn Montgomery sang
two songs, and was accompanied by
Dorothy Montgomery at the piano.
Piano Students to
Appear Assembly
Jean Philippi and Suzanne Ciss-na,
students of Edith R. Strange,
of the department of Music, will be
presented in a musical recital by
Miss Strange in the regular assemb­ly
next Tuesday, May 27. They
will be assisted by Mary Miller,
Irene Wilson, Muriel Myhre, Betty
Bellman, Kathryn Berkeley, and
Clara Vander Griend.
This program promises to be ex­ceptionally
interesting in view of
the fact that almost all of the
young musicians are students of the
Normal school, except Suzanne Ciss-na,
who is a student in the training
school. Miss Philippi has appeared
before audiences here several times
and always has been enthusiastical­ly
received. As the student body
sems to appreciate programs pre­sented
by some of their own mem­bers,
this is certain to prove stim­ulating.
A varied and well-balanced
program has been arranged which
will include solos and two piano en­semble
numbers.
Have Important Roles In "The Youngest"
LOU DU BOIS TOM DURHAM
EDENS HALL GIRLS
TO GIVE INFORMAL
TOMORROW EVENING
Dancing Will Start at 8:30, With
the Five Bumble B's Playing;
Lou Mohring General Chairman.
Julius Raplee, who is a missionary
in Venezuela, South America, at the
Osanako mission, and who is now
home on a furlough, gave a very in­teresting
and instructive talk to-the
Y. W. C. A. recently on the condi­tions
in South America. He was very
well received.
A spring dance is to be given in
the blue room of Edens Hall tomor­row
night by the girls of the dormi­tory,
in place of the customary in­formal.
It was decided to make the
affair as simple as possible on ac­count
of the lateness of the date.
A spring decoration motif is to be
carried out with flowers and green­ery
and music will be furnished by
the Five Bumble B's. I t was decided
not to invite patrons and patroness­es,
although Mrs. Alice Houston,
Miss Fern Johnson, and Miss Adele
M. Jones will attend the affair.
"The girls have planned a very
attractive dance", Lucille Mohring
chairman of the social committee
declared, "and have arranged for
unusually clever programs. Mary
Miller is chairman of the decoration
committee. Jane Polachek is taking
ctre of the programs and Betty
Pederson is heading the clean-up
committee."
Will Award Cup
to Tennis Victors
No regular meeting of the Board
of Control was held this week, al­though
a special meeting was held
Friday of last week to determine
whether a cup would be given for
the winner of the Tri-Normal tennis
tournament tomorrow. It was decid­ed
that the Co-Op would donate a
cup for the meet, which will become
the permanent property of the win­ning
team. It was also suggested
that our Athletic department get in
touch with those of the other two
schools and arrange for a more
elaborate cup to be given next year.
The board will advise that the Trf-
Normal cup become the permanent
property of one school only after a
series of winning meets.
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WILL HOLD BANQUET
On Friday, May 23, the Alkisiah
Club will hold its Spring Quarter
Banquet in the Montague-McHugh
tearooms.
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Poor Health Forces
Associate Editor to
Discontinue Studies
Bob Walters, associate editor of
the Viking, was the second Normal
student to find it necessary to leave
school this week on account of ill­ness.
Mr. Walters had been suf­fering
for several weeks with at­tacks
of the grip and flu, and upon
an examination Wednesday it was
learned that he has sinus trouble.
He will remain under the care of
Dr. E. F. Larkin for several days be­fore
returning to his home in As­toria,
Oi'egon.
During the absence of Mr. Wal­ters,
"Normalite", popular feature
column of the Viking, will be han­dled
by Arden Benthien.
MR. BOND GIVES ADDRESSES
E. A. Bond, of the Mathemathics
department delivered the Com­mencement
Day address at Maple
Falls last Friday evening and at
Puyallup on Monday. There were 125
graduates from Puyallup High this
year, Mr. Bond said.
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IVERSON ELECTED AS
MEN'S CLUB PREXY
Ingwald Iverson- was elected to
the presidency of the Mens club at
the meeting held last Friday, and
Allen Ross was elected to the vice
presidency, while Eddie Dyff was
selected as secretary-treasurer, and
Earl Hutchins was named to repre­sent
the organization in the Inter-
Club council. A new amendment to
the constitution was adopted, mak­ing
the term of officer three quar­ters,
rather than one quarter, as
has been done in the past.
Following the business meeting,
Herbert Ruckmick gave an inter­esting
talk on Photography, and ex­plained
the rapidly expanding im­portance
of that interesting avoca­tion.
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SENIORS TO PICNIC
AT LAKE SAMISH
BUREAU APPOINTS
MANY TO POSITIONS
DURING BUSY WEEK
Work Increases for Appointment
Bureau as Time for Graduation
Draws Nearer; Many Employed.
The Upper Classmen (Senior col­lege),
will hold their Spring picnic
at Lake Samish on Monday, May 26.
All those who plan to attend are to
meet in front of Baughman's at 4
o'clock next Monday. Dick Louis,
president of the organization, re­quests
that all those who have cars
and can carry passengers, sign on
bulletin board or let him know before
Friday at 4 o'clock. Transportation
will be afforded those who have no
cars.
"A committee on refreshments is
busily at work preparing good things
to eat for those who attend," Mr.
Louis states, "and as this is our last
gathering of the year we would like
to see as many out as can possibly
come."
As time for graduation draws
nearer the work of the Appointment
Bureau increases. Miss Hopper has
made a great-number of placements
during the past week. Lillian Ne-sheim
will teach the third and
fourth grades at the Wagner-Wil­son
school, Henrietta Lohman has
the rural school at Lakeside, Moni­ca
McDonald will be the principal
of a rural school in Whatcom Coun­ty
and will teach grades 5 to 8.
Grace Richardson is to teach the
first grade in East Wenatchee as
well as music in all grades, Edna
Goulter is to teach the intermedi­ate
grades in Ilwaco, and Grace
Hunt will teach at the Electron
school. Irene Young will teach mu­sic
and the third and fourth grades
at Thornton, and will also have
charge of the orchestra and glee
club.
Bertha Scheibner has the third
and fourth grades at Twisp, Alice
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Students Retake
Aptitude Tests
Last Monday and Tuesday, from 4
until 5:30 o'clock, about 190 students
that are candidates for graduation
from the two-year course took the
regular Thorndyke aptitude tests
and the Stanford Achievement tests,
the same tests that were given them
at the time of their entrance to the
school. The results of these tests
will be found and placed upon rec­ord
in the Appaintment Bureau. The
Research Bureau is expecting most
of the test scores to be higher ex­cept
in those subjects which the stu­dents
have not had a chance to
review since their first tests.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Viking-Kibbe Dope Sheet Assures
Vikings of Win in Meet Tomorrow
The "Viking-Kibbe" dope sheet
on the Tri-Normal track meet was
compiled by Mr. L. A. Kibbe, official
track meet string holder, at the re­quest
of the Viking. Mr. Kibbe is a
great track enthusiast and knows
his dope. The first column of
figures printed represents the num­ber
of points that Kibbe expects the
Vikings to win and the second col­umn
shows the number of points
that Kibbe won't be surprised if
Bellingham wins. He gives Bel­lingham
first in the totals with 54
points, Cheney second with 50
points, and Ellensburg last with 18
points. His estimates are based on
comparative results of the teams.
Although they differ slightly from
Coach Sam Carver's, which ap­peared
yesterday in the Bellingham
Herald, and Mr. E. A. Bond's dope
sheets in the Souvenir Track Pro­gram,
readers can take it from us
that Kibbe knows best. Both Mr.
Bond and Mr. Carver follow Kib-be's
example, and say that the meet
will depend on the relay.
Probable Possible
Points Points
Half Mile 6
440 Dash 6
Javelin 6
Discus 1
Shot 3
Broad Jump 5
High Jump 3
Relay 5
Mile 4
Two Mile 5
100-Yard Dash .... 1
220-Yard Dash .... 1
Low Hurdles 3
High-Hurdles .5
54
8
4
6
3
4
4
3
5
4
6
3
3
5
6
64
Totals:
Bellingham, 54.
Cheney, 50
Ellensburg, 18.
i Those students who have en-
I tered the Spring quarter
I Extemporaneous Speech Con-
] test are requested to go to
] room 310 at 9 o'clock next
| Wednesday morning to draw
I their topics for the prelimi-
I nary contest. The prelimin-f
ary contest will be held that
I day in room 308 a t 4 o'clock.
I Students who cannot go to
| choose their topics must send
f someone else in their place.
FRESHMAN OFFER
SCHOLARSHIP PRIZE
FOR ENSUING YEAR
Highest Scholarship Will Win
Ten Dollar Prize; Next Highest
Rating to Win Five Dollars.
Last Thursday the Freshmen had
one of their regular meetings with
a not overly large turnout. The first
piece of important business was that
of adopting a new constitution for
the class. The class also voted to
appropriate some money for Schol­arship
awards for next year Fresh­men.
The person receiving the
highest scholarship rating will re­ceive
$10 and the person receiving
the next highest will receive $5. A
committee was appointed to draw up
rules for the contest, and it is ex­pected
that the plan will stimulate
interest in class work.
"Although the awards we are
making are not great," Joe Weath-erby,
Freshman class president de
clared, "it is hoped that the ward­ing
of the scholarship will establish
a precedent that will be taken up
generally."
TRYOUTS FOR VODVIL
TO BE HELD MAY 27
Clubs Are Busy with Vodvil Acts;
Bert Cole will Select the Best
Numbers from Those Submitted.
The try-outs for the Viking Vod­vil,
which were postponed in order
to allow participants further time in
which to perfect their acts, will be
held Tuesday evening, May 27, a t 7
o'clock The Vodvil itself will be
presented on the evening of June 2.
The purpose of the try-outs is to
select from the dozen or more acts
that are contesting those most orig­inal
and siutable for the Vodvil. Bert
Cole, manager, warns that all acts
must be in complete readiness on
the night of the try-outs. All stage
work must be carefully planned and
rehearsed. Those who are to judge
the worth of the acts are the man­ager,
the assistant manager, and a
committee composed of faculty
members.
Most of those who signed up to
present acts are doing careful, con­scientious
work and are taking full
advantage of the extra time allowed
before the try-outs. It is hinted
that both the faculty act and the
office force act are to be something
exceptional.
Tickets will be on sale at the
Student's Co-Op on Monday, May
26, at the usual price of fifty cents.
This is counted as a general admis­sion,
and there will be no reserved
seats.
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VIVITS HARBOR
Miss Leona Sundquist spent a
very enjoyable week-end at Friday
Harbor, where she will be a mem­ber
of the Faculty this summer.
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Harold Rich Is 111;
Popular Student
In Doctor's' Care
Normal students were rather
startled this week when it was
learned that Harold Rich, promi­nent
in campus life and a mem­ber
of the Board of Control, had
to withdraw from school on account
of a serious illness. Mr. Rich was
put under the care of physicians
at St. Joseph's hospital Tuesday, and
yesterday returned to his home in
Vancouver, B. C. Dean James Bever
declared that Mr. Rich had been
granted a leave of absence from his
studies and will be able to make up
his credits whenever he is able to
return to school.
OLD SPORTING FEUD
TO BE REVIVED IN
EVENTS TOMORROW
Viking's Track Team Raring to Go;
Carver's Men in ink of Condition;
Spirit of Men Unusually Good.
COMPETITION FELT BY ALL
This Year's Track and Field Meet
Threatens Ail Previous Occurances
in Evenly Matched Competition.
The Tri-Normal Track, Field and
Tennis meet was formally opened
in this morning's assembly with the
sale of souvenir programs of which
Jack Greaves, Gordon Leen, and
Lyle Summers are the sponsors.
Tomorrow at 9:30 o'clock the
sport events start with the tennis
matches on the new courts. This
year the Co-op is giving a one-,
year trophy, in the form of a silver
pedestalled male tennis player
driving a ball, to the winner of the
Tri-Normal tennis meet. Emery,
Rork, Jewell, and Constantine will
play for Bellingham.
For the track meet the Hanning
Hardware Company of Commercial
street has donated a three-year cup
to stimulate interest and competi­tion.
The Hanning's store, which
handles Wilson Athletic goods, has
had this $40 cup, which is silver,
twelve inches in diameter, and thir­teen
and one-half inches high, sent
from San Francisco especially for
this meet.
The track and field events will
begin at 2:30 p. m., with William A.
Fisher of Lynden as referee and
starter of events. The meet's other
officials will be: Earl and Ray Jew­ell,
Cochran, Smith, Bullard, Bond,
Masters, Philippi, Bustiby, Kendrik,
Ruckmick, Durr, Summers, Bever,
Osborne, Overfieid, Johnson, Iver­son,
Rule, kibbe, Orphan, Austin,
Hunnicutt, and several paddle squad
members.
With the defeat of Ellensburg by
the Viking track squad a week ago,
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Theatre Guild to
Present Drama
On May 27, the "Little Theater
Guild," under the direction of Nor­man
Burchette, former Normal stu­dent,
will present to the public the
drama, "My Son," by Martha Stan­ley,
at the' Fine Arts auditorium.
This is the fourth offering of the
Guild and is an attempt to break
away from light comedy. It is the
story of life in a Portuguese fishing
village, in Massachusetts.
The cast includes a number of
Normal students and reads as fol­lows:
Ana Silva, Dorothy Taft Bur­chette;
Hattie Smith, Miss Jaryie;
Betty Smith, Allene Armstrong;
Rosa Pina, Marion Bodiker; Felio
Vargas, Joe Wetherby; Captain. Joe
Bamby, Herb Hess; Ellery Porker,
Ray Green, and Brauglio Silva, Ted
O'Hara.
CALENDAR
TODAY—
4 p. m., Rec hour.
8:15 p. m., Drama Club pre­sents
"The Youngest," at the
Auditorium.
TOMORROW—
7:30 a. m., W. A. A. hike, pic­nic
breakfast at the Rocks.
9:00 a. m., The Tri-Normal
track and tennis meet starts.
9:00 a. m., Tri-Normal tennis
match, Normal courts.
2:00 p. m., Tri-Normal. track
meet, Waldo Field.
8:30 p. m., Inside Girls' Infor­mal,
Edens. Hall.
MONDAY—May 26.
4:00 p. m., Junior-Senior pic­nic,
Lake Samish.
7:30 p. m., Social Service Club
meeting, Edens Hall club-room.
TUESDAY—May 27.
11 a. m., Regular assembly,
Piano recital by students of
Miss Edith Strange.
7:30 p. m., Alkisiah club meet­ing,
Room 26.
7:00 p. m., Viking Vodvil try-outs,
Auditorium.
WEDNESDAY—May 28.
4:00 p. m.,. Extempore contest,
Room 308.
8:30 p. m., Sophomore Moon­light
party, big gym.
THURSDAY—May 29.
7:30 p. m., Alkisiah Club meet­ing,
Room 26.
FRIDAY—May 30.
Memorial Day; no school.