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WASHINGTON STATE NQRMAfc SCHOOL, BELLINGHAM; WASHINGTON Friday; July II; 1^36
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DORM GIRLS DANCE
STYLES yOR MEN
PICTURE EXHIBIT
—By Catherine Morse
We picked up a pencil the other
day—it was red. It was such a nice,
long, shiny pencil that we were sor­ry
when we happened to drop it.
Where the paint chipped off, there
were yellow flecks on the red pencil
r—it had at one time been yellow.
Then we happened to wonder how
many of us show yellow flecks when
we get a little-hard wear.
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There is one professor up here
who always advises us to try to learn
a n e w word every day. In fact he
advocated the same to all of his
classes; as it seemed to us to be a
good idea, we" sort of took him up
oh it.' "Quihtessentializd" is our lat-fest
acquisition. It is a great word,
isn't it? Its meaning is to stir the
[emotions to white heat, in case you
don't happen to know.
Amy Lowell says that to quint-
. essentidlize is the purpose of every
modern poet. We think that it is also
^applicable to the purpose of every
budding journalist. The only trou­ble
is, though, that a poet can get
away with almost anything in the
line of quintessenlialization and he
4s excused—"poetic license," while
the poor columnist—well, there has
to ,be some subject for > student
opinions. "V . : . - • '
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Since we made the remark about
clockwatchers in our last column, we
have been accosted in every class by
irate, neighbors who demanded "if
they, had been the butt of our chance
slander. In uncouth American, we
coiild have replied, "The pig that's
poked is the pig that squealed." But
really, we didnt have anybody in
particular in mind.
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We think it's an excellent idea
-T-thisimidrSummer dance that the
Dorm girls are staging tomorrow
night. It shows that even in the
summer, time they have fine organi-
-zation. We hope that the outside
girls will crash through with their
quarterly dance also this summer.
.Past summers have seen very suc­cessful
Women s League dances, J
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Every day that certain members of
The Viking staff are together in
the office a heated discussion takes
place on the subject of dress and
other things, in general. The most
rapid remarks flow from the lips of
Lyle "Handsome" Summers, our es­timable
business" manager who fav­ors
comfort first in | h e styles of
.men's dress on the dance floor. It
is his view that if a man "gets hot"
at one of the, Women's League
dances,, or at any. other dance, for­mal
or otherwise; it* should be his
privilege.^ or rather RIGHT, to re­move
his coat and vest and hop to it.
(Some men are so masterful.)
Now We Would like to put-our­selves
right on the side of Mri
Summers. We are highly in favor
of our great big men-folks being just
as ^comfortable as possible and are
hoping and praying that it will-im'-
probe their dancing. We feel it
looks mighty nice to keep our boys
sweet and informal,at all the dances,
and it lends a homey atrhpsphere,
just'like mother used to make. Awl
you have to admit that it looks plen­ty
pretty to see all the girls in satin
evening dresses dancing with these
domineering man-things in rolled:
shirt-sleeves and open collars. >
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We would like to tell Herbert and
Jamesr Heniy > ; ^ i t e that we have
studied and enjo^d theh* ptetures.
They sire the product' of rear artistic
ability and appreciation and we are
especially glad that we have had a
whoite week to; devote; to thein>We
wouWKapprectofce ifr, if ^powers
that be would sponsor more exhibits
like^bJs^rto^
students who must go i to class TO
would furmshb^^^^^to
walk down the -halls.and an excuse
President Fisher Declares Statistics
Reveal That Major Part of the
Students Are in Upper Division.
Interest Itt tHinese Culture ! ^
Declaring that the enrollment this
summer, quarter is particularly sig­nificant
in that a great number, of
upper division students are enrolled,
President C. H. Fisher this week re­leased
the following registration sta­tistics:'
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The present enrollment of the
summer session is 1033 students. Of
this number there are 90 Freshmen,
195 Sophomores and 748 are upper
division students doing third and
fourth year work, mostly third year
work. There are 53 students en­rolled,
at Friday * Harbor.' The sig­nificant
thing about the enrollment
is the large number of upper divis­ion
students'which constitutes al­most
three-fourths of the. total en­rollment.
This is a complete re­versal
of the enrollment that oc­curred
only 5 years ago when most
of the students were lower division
students and there were not mpre
than 150 upper division students. Of
the 39 counties in the state there are
students here from 36 counties. Be­sides
the State of Washington, there
are 18 other states represented in
the enrollment including 20 from
Montana, 47 from Oregon and 6
from Alaska.
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NORMAL GRADS IN
CITY TENNIS MEET
Last Tuesday, in assembly, the
students were,,- treated with an il­lustrated
lecture on China by Her­bert
Clarence White, A. B. ' This,
was the first of two lectures, the
second given in this morning's as­sembly
by James Henry White, A.
B. The White brothers have just
returned from eight years of resi­dence
in China.
Chinese Art and Architecture, was
the topic of the lecture Tuesday by
Herbert Clarence White., Mr. White
told the story of romantic Peking.
His talk was illustrated by lantern
slides of remarkable composition.
The balance, form, and artistry of
the slides combined to give an effect
that was beautiful in the blending
of color and cleverness of the ro-,
mantic scenes.
Headed Educational Interest
This title of the lecture this
morning was, "China, Old and New",
given by James Henry White.
MTi White spent eight years in the
interior of XJhina; heading the edr
ucational interests of the Seventh
Day Adventist Mission Board in
North China. In the lecture, Mr.
White depicted conditions during
the days of conflict in China, when
the Nationalist armies were forcing
their way northward toward Pe­king.
The city of Tsinan. was de­scribed
during its capture and oc­cupation
by the Japanese forces/
Eye Witness of Battles
Mr White was an eye-witness to
the capture of both Peking and
Tsinan by the Southern Nationalist
forces; he also told of the results of
the great political struggle, and its
relation to foreign countries,, com­merce,
religion, and the life of the
people.
The White brothers, have beeririri
China for eight years; during this"
time they have traveled extensively
through South Chekiangy China's
romantic "Garden of the Gods", and
other beauty.spots famous in .Orien­tal
literature and history. Many of
these trips were taken at the peril
of their lives from roving bands' of
brigands.
To describe the beauty of some of
the scenes they saw it is necessary
to resort to the adjective of, the
old time circus barker. >
Many students were interested to
know that the photographs exhib­ited
in the hall were colored by Chi­nese
artists, following the original
models exactly. Many of the pho­tographs
were taken under unus­ually
difficult conditions, but ex­cellent
compositions were obtained
by the use of special lenses. -
TRIP TO HANNEGAN
IS CALLED OFF. DUE
Skyline Ridge Is to be ChmbeA,
This Saturday. Bos for Glacier
Will Leave Campus at 6:0© A. M.
NOTICE!
s To the first ten people pre-
| senting themselves at the Vi-
I king office, the Northwest Vi-
I king will give a used copy of
J "First Steps with American and
j British Authors", by Albert F /
f Blaisdell. These volumes have
I been in the possession of. the
s English department, and it was
With the official opening of the
tennis season many former and
present Normal.students are promi­nent
are signed up for the tourna­ment,
which is being held at the
present time. Bob Fisher, former
editor of the Weekly Messenger, is
this year manager of the city's
tournament. He is entered in the
doubles with his brother Chuck, and
in the mixed doubles event with Na-omi
Chase.
Nick Bond and Kate Morse are
playing Jimmy Prendergast and Evr
elyn Craw in the mixed event: this
week. Bernice Johnson and Cliff
Hedger play Chuck Fisher and Su­zanne
Cissna, while Beatrice John­son
is teamed with Myer Thai.
There ase in the tournament five
former" lettermen: from this school,
Hannah; Thai, Rork, Fisher, and
Leach. Other students signed up
are: Boyntoh, Parker, Broadbent.
LIBRARIANS VISIT
/Miss Esther Stallmann and Miss
Lillian George Were at Orcas Island
last Sunday. Laverne Farlow was in
Seattle this last > week visiting
friends.
JAPANESE PRINTS
EXCITE INTEREST
decided by the department
i members to present -them "to
I people who could use them in
| connection with the teaching
| of literature in the grades. The
f books contain- some excellent
| examples v of English and
' American literature, as well as i
I biolographical material on the I
I important authors which could |
j be used effectively. I
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BELLINGHAM ARTIST
TO APPEAR FRIDAY
In Friday's assembly, July 18,
Catherine Wade Smith, Bellingham
violinist of national fame will give
a violin recital. Miss Smith is a
Bellingham girl, and has been study­ing
in New York for several years,
where she was favorably received.
Miss Smith has appeared in several
recitals at the Normal school. She
is always enthusiastically received
by students.
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Mr. and Mrs. Hughes and daugh­ter,
Lyn, were at Crescent Beach,
British Columbia, the past few days.
Inez Owanson spent her vacation
at Lake Cultus.
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Miss. Margaret MacKinnon, ac­countant;,
was hi \Vancouver, B . C . ,
the Fourth of July. „ .'
Would You Accept a Life of Ease? .
Consider Of fer of Science Dept.
. The exhibit of Japanese Cold
Prints, which has been held this
week in the Art department on the
third floor, will end this 'afternoon.'
The number ofy prints has decreased
rapidly, since the exhibit opened
Wednesday morning, because stur
dents and townspeople have been
purchasing the prints and removing
them from the display-room. "The
students have shown an unusual in­terest
in this exhibit", Miss Marie
C. Druse, of the Art department
declared, "And have bought a great
number of-.the prints". .
Many people who have formed a
liking for Japanese prints are un­aware,
of the,skill which is needed
to produce them. Most of the prints
on display have been reproduced.'
from the old masters, but in exact­ly
the same manner as was em­ployed
three or four centuries ago
when the woodcut print was proving
its right to be known as a medium
of Japanese artistic expression:
The prints are made by the use
of. wood cuts, and the various shades
and colors which appear in each
print demand separate blocks for
the impression. Consequently, in an
ordinary print, from ten to fifteen
wood blocks are used, all of which
must be carved by hand and made
to align with the other impressions.
It was through this medium, which
the Westerner would consider ex­tremely
crude, that the Japanese
have produced the color print, which
has taken its place with the work
of the.world masters.
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Mrs. Hanawalt, formerly Gladys
Parr, arrived in Bellingham for ^the
Fourth and will stay for a month to
visit her parents and friends. Mrs.
Hanawalt lives in California. She
was formerly secretary to the Dean
of women at the Normal school.
A double Rec Hour is to be j
held in the big gym tonight at ]
eight o'clock, in place of the j
5 regular afternoon affair, ac- *
cording to William Kelly, who j
was named by the Board of |
ANNOUNCEMENT
Control this week to handle.J
the student recreation period; j
The student orchestra will fur- j
nish the music. It has been I
customary to. hold a double Rec I
hour whenever an hour of j
dancing is lost on account of j
holidays or other conflicting j
eventsr'a^d-'nb^dance-'was'-held""!-
last, week, on account of the j
Fourth of, July falling on Fri- I
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BUREAU PLACES
NINE TEACHERS
Skyline Ridge, situated on the
.slopes.;.-of'Mount Baker, wiU be the
objective of-a group of hikers from
this school tomorrow. The trip by
bus to Glacier will leave the cam­pus
at 6 a. m., and return on the
same day.
A pinnacle of stone high up on
Baker is called "The Crow's Nest"
and is considered the top of Sky­line.
Most hikers usually do not go
up that high due to lack of time.
Those in charge of the hikers have
preparations well under, way and if
enough sign up the trip will prob­ably
be realized tomorrow.
According to the hiking officials,
last»week's Hannegan Pass trip was
called off because of an insufficient
number of studente planning to
make the trip, and also because •a
great deal of snow would have been
encountered. Only twelve students
signed up for the trip.
A second Hannegan Pass trip will
occur early in August when most of
the snow win be but of the Pass
and when ideal fishing conditions
will prevail. According to Prof. E.
A. Bond, at least twenty students
have to sign up for a Hannegan
trip in order to pay for the pack
horses and driver.
GARVER TO SPEAK
Wouldrit you like to retire from
the. teaching profession, away from
the world of books arid brains, and
withdraw to a little apiary among
the hills, where for the rest of your
days you could ride herd on a hive
cf bees and bask in a paradise of
milk and honey? Haven't you often
dreamed of leaving the hustle and
bustle of •< the world for a life in the
mountains; with the birds singing
and tly^brooks babbling and naught
but bees 'for company? If you have,
then your dreams may come true,
because the Science department this
week came forth with an unusual
•pffer.,:^;;>;v /••:•• '•.:-•;^,:
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irBecause of the prollftcation of the
bee colony,, the Science department
has one hive of bees too many, and
•will give it; to/the first sober citizen;
who will promise to give them a good
home arid bring them up according
ito 1930 educational principles. C : -^
Siu^ly, no nornial person will pass
up an opportunity ^become foster-father
or mother to a family of bees.
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sew thousands -of".little harness (or
is the pliiral harni), so that in the
spring you may take the little buzz-lings
for a: tramp in the woods, or
for a walk buL. upon the prairies.
What pleasure to gather your little
flock about you, to explain the na­ture
of; the various, flowers, how
much .honey each will offer in its
chahce, andhbw to distinguish the
subtle flavpr of the honeysuckle
from thal( of the insidious skunk-cabbage,
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And if you have no taste for the
rich spiritual benefits to be derived
from participating in the socialistic
society of the Dee faimly, there is
always ^ the ^material^pleasure';; of
basking at the beach like a pluto­crat
while the little insect pirates
rifle aU of the flowers in the neigh­borhood
for you. To accept the die-1
partraent'stpifer; ^
tomorrow^ ttw
;tj^:;pfiu^Ustay1';;rv :^y:--^%r:''MS-the
opportunity offered by the Sci-ehce
depart^^ "
GALENDAR
TODAY—
4^_g. m., Basketball game, U.
of W. vs. Normal/Seattle.
8 p. m.. Double rec hour. '
TOMORROW— ; '
•''•;.' 6 a. m., SkyUne Ridge climb,.
meet at Intenu;ban depot. \
8:30 p.' m., Inside Girls' In­formal,
Edens Hall blue room.
T^SDA^y^July 15:!
:.<.'4yp. m.; hike to Whatcom
•v. Falls Park: %.;:: •._;• - 'v. .
WEEttfESDAY-July 16:
r 11 a. mi, regular assembly.
Dr. FV: M; Garverr -speaker
• oh "Elementary Education."
;:TH^^DAY^^!^
4 p^ m;, U. of: W; vs. formal
Basketball -game, Ff^aVen;;
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i-FRTOAY^-^uiyii8: y : ; ^ : ^ -^
The Appointment Bureau has re­cently
aided nine applicants in se­curing
teaching positions ; ih the
Northwest.
The nine who have their schools
are Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mitchell,
Frieda Aaase, Margaret Sheppard,
Mabel Miller, Anna Hicklin; Mil­dred
Giberson, Mabel Rempel, and
Florence Willison.
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FACULTY PLAY
- Wednesday evening, July 9, the
faculty of the school held their an­nual
summer salmon bake at The
Willows, on Lummi Island. ' Mr. E;
A. Bond and Mr. Harold B, Smith
officiated at baking and serving the
salmon. Dancing, swimming, and.
singing were enjoyed by the guests.
The regular assembly for; Tues­day
will be postponed until Wednes­day,
July 16," at llo'clock, when-Dr.
F. M. Garver, professor of Elemen­tary
Education, at the University of
Pennsylvania, will speak' o n . the
subject, "The Significance, of Social­ization
in the Elementary School''.
Classes scheduled for Wednesday at.
•11 o'clock will meet, Tuesday^ at II
o'clock, the regular assembly hour:
On Wednesday evening. Professor
Garver will discuss with the faculty
"The Present Status of Elementary
Teaching in the United tSates". The
materials for the evening: discussion
will come from surveys that Profes­sor
Garver participated •<? in during
the past 'two/'yetus;;.tacludJ^kth;e
New Jersey state survey in which, he
had charge of the elementary school
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Mr. Harold B. Smith, c^hairman
of the Music departmenti enjoyled
the Fourth of July vacation at the.
Willows; Lummi Island.
.Miss Georgia Gragg, supervisor of
the Penmanship' department, mot­ored
to Anacortes Thursday' ; and
spent the Fourth oh Samish Island.
Leen and Greaves Approai^ K ^ ^
Spend Several 1^^^^
"The Debunkers?"i Fine boys, but
we asked them to move on."—Desert
News, Salt Lake. . ~ \ *
"We were sorry ;to see the De-bunkers;
come, but glad to see them
go." etc. etc.—Denver oPst.
"My idea of Heaven is heavy tim­ber
and zero weather. We went
through 110 degrees yesterday."—
G. W L. ' ••y:;;'-:y.v.."-V'-;',-j.-;' . ;;
"Rambled between geysers, cari-yons,
and falls. Shot fireworks with
the boys in Cody, Wyoming."—J. G.
Reports irom the Middle West in-dicate
that the two Normal Debunk-erjs,_:
;teeh and 'Greaves,; who -left:
Bellingham this month to tour the
American continent as far East as
Kansas, had passed through Idaho,
Montana, and are en route through
Wyoming, having visited at the Yel­lowstone
Park. "It is really very
wonderful, and should be set aside
as! #: Natio^^PaS^
clared in a card received this week.
aire former students, Mr. Leen hav-:
ihg been busm^
[Mr. Greaves was editor of the Tri-
Normal track and field meet book­let,
which Was published durtag the
spring quarter. ; ^
It' is their hitention to tour thjrjjj
the mid-Western states and visit at
the colleges and uMversities in:
these states. They expect^ to - visit
relatives in Kansas City, and to.re-turn
via Salt Lake City and Denver/
arid %will probably^ arrive back. M
Bellingham around the first of Au-
•gust^'v .";'•;-.,;• •'';• "^v1-;-""^" -;';;;v- "';,::^'/r:-
ProbaWy they will both enroll at
the Normal for the Fall ftuisuter^ ,i
v, :.Berhic«^Diin^e:^sp^^.T^^
even at Baker :;L6^^:;Frtday;-atterr;>^;
noon at Mount ^eria^iM^ey^:-:
ing^at^ttie" Hremenfls' - . :B^:;^t«wi^; •';•;,
MDpe:Bay^ and Saturday night on
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