Northwest Viking - 1929 July 26

              JOIN HANDS
AT SAMISH
VOL. XXIX—NO. 8
GREETINGS TO
- NEW' STUDErto
WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Friday, July 26, 1929
FOR FIFTY CENTS
MILLY TELLS ONE
SEE PAGE TWO, BUT
FIRST, YE DIARY
By G. W. L.
All-Normal Program Is Slated Tonite
hool Outing Promises
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How would you like to pay the reg­istrar
50 cents every time you cut a
class? Inconceivable to some of us
who choose to spend our time more
advantageously under the newer at­tendance
system. Yet such a move
has been made by a large state col­lege;
and this move is not only con­trary
to the still prevailing standard
of higher education: that learning is
not to be measured in dollars and
cents; but, it is most difficult to see
how the prospect of losing half dol­lars
is going; to deter the average
college student from cutting classes
just as merrily as he ever did, as
one college editor writes.
. . . The college authorities
should see that the student is at
least brought into contact with
learning. But when they attempt to
make the student feel not that lec­ture
attendance is a privilege, but
that it is a pedagogical irritation
which he may escape by paying
down 50 cents at the treasurer's of­fice,
they are absolutely wrong, as
the same college editor continues.
Indeed, the measure seems at once
so financially efficient and so schol-astically
inefficient that it may be
called without undue cynicism the
year's more inspired attempt to
make a good thing of the students,
whether or- not the students make
anything of college.
W. S. N. S.
PLANNED FOR FALL
Provision to be Made for More
Office Space and for Better
Locations of Various Offices.
ADDITIONS TO BE MADE
. Dr. Millikan, discoverer of the
cosmic ray, is accredited with a
story involving one of the University
of Chicago's profs. It goes like this:
"A scientific expedition from the
University of Chicago," he said,
"was sent to one of the Southern
states to study an eclipse of the sun,
and the day before the eclipse the
expedition's leader said to the old
colored man who cooked for him:
" 'Hannibal, if you watch your
chickens tomorrow morning, you
will find that they'll go to roost at
10 o'clock.'
"Hannibal chuckled; he thought
he was being kidded; but at 10 the
next morning, sure enough, day
turned to night, and all the chickens
roosted.
"Hannibal in great awe looked up
at the professor.
"'Perfessor,' he said, 'how long
ago you know dem chickens go to
roost?'
. " 'About a year ago. Why?'
" ' I f dat don' beat all!' said Han­nibal.
'Perfessor, a year ago dem
chickens wasn't even hatched.'"
-W. S. N. S.-
Away back East attendance at col­lege
dances has fallen off so greatly
that the maintenance of interest in
dancing has become almost a cam­pus
problem, and there has been
serious talk of holding a pep meet­ing
to get students to come out to
the dances. •
One collegian of the joy-killer type
thinks that if the orchestras have
lost their sax-appeal, the educational
system, as a whole, can survive the
loss. And if college students have
decided that there are other diver­sions
beside slow-motion exercises to
the pounding of a tom-tom, he con­cludes,
it is another evidence of the
fundamental sanity of youth in a
world where there is much being
done to make youth look foolish.
That is the virous version penned
by a pedestaled youth who would
betray his own kind.
YE PROF'S DIARY:
Thu meesly spoart
[ editir slipt upp on
mea — butt thu
sharp wyttid prof
iz tew klevir i 'im.
Bee az itt mae thu
majoritee uv vot-erz
dun't 1 y k
"Bonded Dope" —
az wuz shoan att
thu last eelektshun. Shellley thu
powette wunce sayd—"thu gratur
capasatee yew hay tew suphur, thu
gratur capasitee yew hav tew en-joie."
& Shellley ment whut hee
sayd.! Zo, reed thu bonded kolyum
furst on thu spoart, paige.
To provide for more office space
and to make for better locations of
the various offices about the school,
a- reconstruction program within the
main building is to be carried on be­tween
the summer and fall quarters.
With the completion of this program
all the faculty members will have
offices as near to their class rooms
as is possible.
Training School Changes
In order that the fourth grade of
the training school will not have to
meet in the basement, alterations
are being made so that they will be
able to meet on the first floor. An­other
change will be the adding of
a conference room adjoining the ap­pointment
bureau. This has long
been a need and will provide a place
for the supervisors to interview can­didates
for teaching positions.
Other .Changes on Main Floor
The dean of men's office will be
moved to what is now the present
dean of women's office, while the
dean of women's office will be moved
to the second floor at the head of
the main stairs in a part of the old
library. Adjoining the dean of wom­en's
rest room what used to be
the children's library is to be made
into a large lecture room seating 200
students.
Students' Office to Be Moved
Other changes provide that the
students' association office is to be
occupied by Dr. Miller and the ad­joining
class room, 216, will become
an office for the education and
mathematics departments.
The office of the social science de­partment,
room 240, is to be occupied
by the music department while the
social science department will move
into the dean of men's office.
President's Office to Be Changed
The office of the dean of the
school will be changed to the presi­dent's'
office so that the dean will
have convenient access to all the
school and student records. The
president's office will be moved to
what is at present Dr. Miller's office.
Room 115 adjoining will also be used
as part of the president's office.
What? New Courts
* * * *
Watch the Calendar
When—oh—when? will our
new tennis courts be properly
fenced with steel nettings is
the question asked by scores
of Normal racquet enthusiasts.
It seems as though we would
have to wait until a certain.
Seattle firm got ready to do
the work—but our prexy noti­fied
the firm in question to
"snap into it" so to speak. How
much weight the word of our
president has remains to be
seen. The Viking sports de­partment
— the department
which has been predicting the
date of the final completion of
the new unit would merely
guess from now on—that in a
few days the new Normal
courts will be ready and pos­sibly
will be dedicated.
That's some encouragement!
Ascent of Baker
Is Made By 40
On Hiking Trip
BLIZZARD STOPS CLIMB
TO SPEAK TUESDAY
Subject of Versatile Lecturer Not
Yet Decided; Speaker Also Author
of Many Interesting Books.
Next Tuesday in the regular stu­dent
body assembly, Dr. Charles Up­son
Fellows Clark, Fellow of the
American Geographical Society, the
Medieval Academy of America, and
The Royal Historical Society, will
give a lecture, the subject of which
has not been decided. Dr. Clark
remarkably presents the general sit­uation
in Europe in many of his lec­tures.
Some of his topics are: "Eu­rope's
Debt to Us: Will It Ever Be
Paid?" "Propaganda and Its Anec­dote,"
"Rome, the Capital of the
Caesars," "Adriatic and Balkan
Problems," and "Tropical North
America: Florida, Cuba, Porto Rico."
His lectures are usually illustrated
with wonderful colored stereoptican
slides. And in his lectures, Dr.
Clark understands how to use skill­fully
the interpretive anecdote, the
striking episode, the human interest
story, and personal reminiscences to
illuminate his theme. He is the au­thor
of a number of interesting
books also a number of textbooks in
Italian for those interested in the
study of the Italian language.
Director Hoppe Is Frantic When
Old Rossum's Manuscript Vanishes
W H O S T O L E O L D ROSSUM'S M A N U S C R I P T?
Manuscript Moocher Makes Away with Famous Secret Formula for the
Manufacture of Artificial People, While Entire Bellingham Normal
School Stands Aghast.
By BARNEY CHICHESTER .
Who stole Old Rossum's Manuscript? That has been the foremost ques­tion
in the mind of every inmate of Normal since last Monday when the
startling announcement was made that Old Rossum's formula for the
manufacture of those ghastly scientific imitations of man, those physio­logical
horrors called Robots had been lifted by some designing thief.
This scoundrel of a script snitcher,
this moocher of manuscripts means
no good and no doubt intends to
make an attempt at manufacturing
the materialistic monstrosities on his
own hook.
The said manuscript is quite
prominently involved in the plot of
the play R. U. R., which the Drama
club under the direction of Victor H.
Hoppe, is producing on Wednesday
and Thursday, August 14th and 15th.
Now that the secret papers, are miss­ing
Mr. Hoppe is at his wits end, for
without Rossum's manuscript there
can, of course be no production.
Are we, the ever loyal subjects of
Normal by the Mountains and the
Sea, we the flounters of the royal
White and Blue ,to stand idly by
I while Director Hoppe in pandemonia
pulls his pate and ponders? No, em­phatically
no, and what's more No.
We cannot, we will not (or should I
say we shall not?) Let us seek
out this paper pincher and pummel
him.
And now fellow inmates allow us
to inform you that your efforts in
this behalf will not- be for nought
but will be duly and ceremoniously
rewarded. How, you ask? Just un­fold
your auditory, apertures and pay
attention. Local whispers have it,
and no idle rumors at that, that the
afore mentioned gravy grabber has
hidden the manuscript somewhere
within the main school building and
has also cleverly planted dummy
manuscripts, supposedly duplicate
duplicates of the original just
By E. A. BOND
Last Friday morning about, forty
members of the student body and
faculty left the campus for their an­nual
climb of Mt. Baker. The party
was quickly transported to Glacier
by the Mt. Baker Development Com­panies'
busses. At this point the
group started to hike up the Kul-shan
trail to Kulshan Cabin, the
joint property of the Mt. Baker club
and this institution. A pack train
of five horses carried their provi­sions
and the personal baggage of
the mountaineers.
Smoky Cabin
At the six-mile post, located to
the right of the trail, is Smoky Cabin
built by the forest service. Here the
party stopped for lunch and hot cof­fee.
After lunch, the mountaineers
continued their journey up the trail,
arriving at Kulshan Cabin at about
4 p. m. This cabin is equipped with
beds, cooking utensils, stove and
dishes ample for fifty persons.
Each member of the party took
his turn at kitchen duty so that the
burden of providing the meals and
doing the dishes was evenly distrib­uted.
Thwarted; Blizzard
Saturday morning at 5 o'clock
thirty of the group left the cabin for
the top of the mountain. However,
the climb was not to be on that day
on account of the weather. The light
drizzle that was falling at the cabin
changed to rain as higher altitudes
were reached, and finally into a reg­ular
Dakota blizzard, causing the
party to turn back to the cabin
where a roaring fire in the large
fireplace soon changed their dis­comforts
to comforts, and their wet
garments to drier ones.
Twenty-four hours later, on Sun­day
morning, the party again
started the ascent, their ardor un­daunted
by the preceding day's
storm. As the snow conditions were
good, splendid progress was made
and the saddle, between Grant and
Sherman peaks, was reached at 10
o'clock a. m. Here the lunches were
eaten, even though there was not
any water in the saddle this year
contrary to former years.
Over Roman Wall
From the saddle the party made
its way directly to- the summit in­stead
of around below the Roman
wall as usual. They spent a half
hour on the summit, being driven
down by the cold. Returning the
same way they reached the cabin
that day by the early time of 3:40
p. m. A nice warm meal was their
reward after the strenuous climb.
Most of the party were able to
return to Bellingham that night, but
a few were unable to make the ten-mile
trip down the trail.j They re­turned
Monday morning.
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Research Facts Given
SCJ
Good Time For Vikings
At Lake Samish Resort
Dr. Florence E. Bamberger arrived
Monday afternoon as she had plan­ned,
after a four-day trip from Chi­cago.
Dr. Bamberger, who is to take
charge of the research department
and several education classes, has
recently taught at the University of
Pennsylvania, the Johns Hopkins
to Imiversity and the University of Chi-throw
the detectives off the scent, i cago. In coming Dr. Bamberger
To date detectives have failed to un- •. said that she was very much un­cover
any clue of value, and if by pressed by the luxuries.on the trains
August 5 nothing has developed the
search will be thrown open to the
entire Normal school.
Mr. Hoppe has announced that
two tickets to the R. U. R. perform­ance
will be given to anyone finding
one of the dummy manuscripts,
while four tickets will go to the lucky
sleuth who uncovers the original.
Who stole Old Rossum's Manu­script,
and where is it? If nothing
develops before" August 5 perhaps
you will be the dauntless detective.
between Chicago and Seattle, and
admired the scenery enroute.
| ' :—o
Miss Vera Ginnette, a gifted young
pianist of Bellingham, ttnd student
of Miss Edith R. Strange, also a
previous student, has gone to Bain-bridge
island to attend the master
music class, conducted by Sigismond
Stojowski, the eminent Polish pian­ist
and teacher at the Moran school,
where the University of Washington
has established a summer colony.
Student's Position
* * *. *
Is Splendid Tribute
Julia Brand, a student of
Bellingham Normal, and for
two years a member of the ii-brary
staff, has recently been
admitted to the Riverside Li­brary
school in California,
where she will prepare to be­come
a professional librarian.
, Miss Brand has worked the
evening shift at the circulation
-desk for some time, and she
has always been most efficient.
The fact that Miss Brand has
been admitted to Riverside is a
tribute to Bellingham Normal
as Well as to her, as the stand­ards
of the school are high, and
entrance requirements are
equivalent to two or three
years of university work. This
is a fine recommendation for
the rating of the Normal cur­riculum.
Schedule for Afternoon Includes
Swimming, Indoor Baseball, and
Other Games for Amusement.
COFFEE IS FREE
Busses to Leave at 5 and 7 oClock;
Dormitory to be Closed Tonight;
Don't Forget to Bring a Lunch.
Yourself.
The picnic, sports and
Who:
What:
dance.
Where: Rainbow, Beach, Lake
Samish.
When: Tonight.
Why: For the biggest time in
your life.
Important: Don't forget your
Student Body Ticket.
GIVEN BY LECTURER
Dr. W. J. Cooper, Commissioner of
Education, En Route for Alaska,
Gives Modern American Yiews.
That the "primary aim of the edu­cational
program of new America
should be to give students standards
other than standards of wealth,"
was the statement made by Dr. Wm.
J. Cooper, United States Commis­sioner
of Education, in his lecture
here last Friday.
Dr. Cooper urges that people
should be taught to think in accord­ance
with tested thought and actual
experiments which have been suc­cessful.
Too many people are prone
to believe in the testimonies of those
who don't know.
He also advocated that a general
education should be the aim of all
students. Thinking is becoming
standardized, as everything else in
this machine age. The idea that
one thing only should be known and
known well, is fast being displaced
by the insistence for general and
more substantial information. Edu­cation
should be considered as life
itself, instead of for use in living.
Dr. Cooper was appointed com­missioner
in February, by President
Coolidge, and he retained his seat
in the new administration. He is
now enroute for Alaska, where he
will choose the site for a new indus­trial
school.
This afternoon and evening a
school picnic is to be held at Lake
Samish to take the place of the Vic­toria
excursion. Amusements of
various kinds have been provided,
including indoor baseball, swimming,
and in the evening dancing. Student
body tickets are necessary for admit­tance.
. Busses Chartered
As a means of transportation to
the lake, busses have been chartered
to take those who have no means of
getting to the picnic. A price of 50
cents is to be charged per round
trip. These busses will leave at 5
and 7 o'clock from the tennis courts
nearest the main building. Those
who leave at 7 will arrive in time for
the dance which begins at 8 sharp.
Also for those students who plan
to spend the afternoon at the lake,
a full recreational program has been
outlined. Games will be played af­ter
which all will eat the lunches
they have brought. The coffee will
be furnished. There will be no meals
served at the dormitory.
At 8 p. m. the dance will begin
with music furnished by the best or­chestra
obtainable.
It is expressly understood that any
girl who wishes to bring a friend
may do so by obtaining permission
from the office of the dean of wom­en.
All alumni and faculty members
are invited.
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New Instructors Signed
The results of the intelligence
tests, as well as of the achievement
tests will be available today, accord­ing
to Miss Earley, of the research
department. The grades will be
given out in the research depart­ment,
and any one who is a bit dub­ious
as to the results of his tests may
be reassured by coming in to inquire.
Although the department has been
working on the tests for some'time
they have not been able to finish
them before this time.
Nose-For-News Gets Good Breaks;
Spies Splinters in President's Office
We avowedly admit that we have
a "big" man at the reins of the
school administration. President
Fisher is a "big" man physically and
otherwise, but we were unaware that
he possesses a fitful temper. . We
have always heretofore, believed our
beloved "prexy" to be a patient man
always tolerant of students' opin­ions
on how to run the school, al­ways
tolerant to book agents and
equally patient to persons who know
it all and wish to impart said infor­mation
to a "respectful and intelli­gent"
audience at a regular or spec­ial
assembly.
We can't imagine him deliberately
tossing someone out through the
transom of his office, but the evi­dence
is strong to point to such a
suspicion.
Splinters of wood and putty lay
strewn along the hall last Tuesday
afternoon. .
It does not properly behoove us
to think that his able • secretary,
Polly Learnard, would fly off the
handle and sling her notebook
through said transom, nor do we
think she was the object of any
wrath.
^Ye Viking reporter set out to
unearth the biggest news sensation
in three weeks, but lo, he was
doomed to disappointment.
The office of the president had an
old fashioned transom that would
not open.
Mr. Fisher had merely instructed
a carpenter to remedy said condi­tion,
so as to give more abundant
Puget Sound fresh air to his office,
and said carpenter had merely for­gotten
to clear away the wreckage.
.-. And now we again are not afraid
of our .president, so consequently we
write and publish this article.