Northwest Viking - 1929 July 19

              VOL. XXIX^-NQ. 7
f*R.U.R''DATES
ANNOUNCED
WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Friday, July 19, 1929
BE A SNOB!
RUSHIN' EDUCATION
WHAT'S WRONG HERE
AND MORE CASH
YE DIARY
By G. W. L.
*
When Professor Robert E. Rogers
counseled the graduating class of
the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, he* simply said, "Be a
snob", and a harsh echo resounded
from scores of editors and diplomats
the country over, while they liker
wise paused and shook a disapprov­ing
finger at the unusual professor.
"Be a snob," urges Rogers, "marry
the boss's daughter instead of his
stenographer". And the fine points
of the uproar were revealed when
the Prof concluded that a snob is
"that kind of person who is liable
to get called snobbish or 'high hat'
because he holds himself up to a
standard of manners, of speech and
of behavior and cultivation which is
rapidly going out of fashion. And if
that is to be a snob, then I'm all
for it."
"You can't succeed by merely be­ing.,
a., snob",., commented.. Dean
Christian Goss of Princeton Uni­versity;
and as he sees it, "success
comes usually to simple and single-purposed
people. Snobbery is only
A MANNER^ and manner does not
count... MANNERS DO."
Yet the president of Radcliffe,
Miss Ada Comstock, believes that
Mr Rogers was using the belter
meaning of "snob" and she says
"To me it appears that he wishes
the young men of Technology to
cultivate the virtues of snobbishness,
and if it means self-respect, high-standards,
and dressing neatly, then
I quite agree with him."
— W. S. N. S.
DATES FOR DRAMA
CLUB PLAY Affi SET
FOR AUGUST 14-15
R. U. R. I s One of the Most Difficult
and Stirring of Plays That Mr.
Hoppe Has Attempted Here.
Edens Hall Dance
Held on Saturday
DISTINCTTVE SETTINGS
Miss Theresa Gunther in Charge
of Stage Settings. Carrie Anna
Tucker Ably Depicts Lead Role.
. Another big undertaking is un­der
way by the Russian government
in the matters of education. An
edict decreed by the soviet central
executive committee states that by
1933 every child between the ages
of eight and twelve must be attend­ing
school. The government will
have a big job before them, for not
only must it furnish free instruction
for the masses but it will have to
furnish shoes, clothing, free fare,
and even breakfasts.
W. S. N. S.
What's wrong with American ed­ucation?
At a teacher's institute held not
long- ago in this section a speaker
said that in his opinion, "the trouble
with the public school system of to­day
is—the teachers are afraid of
the principals, and the principals
are afraid of the superintendent—
who in turn is afraid of the school
board—they are afraid of the par­ents
who are afraid of the children."
"The children," he concluded, "are
afraid of nobody".
-W. S. N. S.-
The American Federation of
Teachers, holding its thirteenth an­nual
convention in Chicago, is ask­ing
that a "cultural salary" be paid
its union members in a large num­ber
of American cities. A minimum
wage of $2,000 for instructors in
both city and country schools has
been asked. Today it is demanded.
"The average salary for school­teachers
for the country as a whole
is:between $500 and $600," maintains
the secretary of the national organ­ization.
"What we seek is a wage which
will make possible a standard not
only of the necessities, but since
teaching is cultural work, will also
enable teachers to continue their
cultural studies and travel."
; w. s. N. s.
YE PROF'S DIARY:
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campus itseluf.
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watur wich reemindz uss uv thu
olde adayj: "Watur watur evuree-whare
& nary. wun drawp tew
drink." Thu baye beelongz tey thu
fedral guyermeni & wee are unlay,
aye stayt insteetHshun.
The dates for the two perfor­mances
of the Drama Club play "R.
U. R." have been set by Director
H. Hoppe, chairman of the Speech
department for August 14 and 15,
and rehearsals are well under way.
"R. U. R." (Rossum's Universal
Robots), by Karel Capek, is consid­ered
one of the most difficult, yet
most stirring plays that the Drama
club, under Mr. Hoppe's direction,
has ever attempted. This most bril­liant
satire on our mechanized civ­ilization
is brimming full of'smash­ing
scenes and awe-inspiring mo­ments
so skillfully constructed as to
make the production a most hair-raising
and interesting one. It
has many social implications and as
many appeals to the human goose-flesh
as any of the past or modern
thrillers.
The time of the play is far in the
future and to effect this Mr. Hoppe,
with the assistance of Miss Theresa
C. Gunther, technical director, is
working on some very distinctive fu­turistic
stage settings.
Helena Glory the leading charac­ter
in the play, is being quite ably
depicted by Carrie Anna Tucker, in
the frequent rehearsals. She is sup­ported
by an experienced and cap­able
cast which gives promise of a
successful production.
Cast
Domin Barney Chichester
Sulla Maurine Lindh
Marius Keith Rumery
Helena Glory Carrie Tucker
Dr. Gall Angus Edwards
Mr. Fabry Gordon Broadbent
Dr. Hallemeier Wesley Hayes
Mr. Alquist William Radcliff
Consul Busman Lloyd Beckes
Nana ...\...r Helen Scudder
Helena Bertha Altose
Primus Charles Dewey
1st Robot Ben Crouch
2nd Robot Leslie Sanford
OR. WliCTURES
Interpretation of Macbeth Vivid;
Audience Appreciate Presentation
of Various Characters in Play.
The regular summer quarter in­formal
of Edens Hall was held in
the drawing room of the dormitory,
on Saturday evening, July 13.
The decorative scheme was very
interesting and novel. Large dolls
painted on heavy paper, and then
cut out, were hung around the
room. The lights were covered ar­tistically
with pastel shades of crepe
paper, and with cut-out of paper
dolls. In front of the fireplace were
two large gates, suggesting a gar­den
setting. The punch-house was
a tiny Dutch wind-mill, from which
two girls in Dutch costumes served
delicious fruit punch. '
Approximately sixty couples, at­tended
the dance. Stark's orchestra,
of Bellingham, furnished music for
the fifteen dances.
The evening was a decided sue
cess according to everyone attend
ing. Even the "blind dates" were un
usually satisfying!
BISSELL TO RETIRE
AFTER LONG
Of ACTIVE SERVICE
Resignation of Faculty Member
Here for the Past Twelve Years,
Is Handed to President Fisher.
PLANS MINNESOTA TRIP
Faculty Men and Office Force
Entertain for Printing Teacher
at Evening Affair and Luncheon.
MUSIC WORK PLEASES .
MISS FAWN CAMERON
Dr. Frederick Losey, in the as­sembly
Tuesday, discussed and gave
interesting interpretations of Shake­speare's
"Macbeth"; In a short in­troduction,
Mr. Locey called atten­tion
to the fact that Shakespeare is
at present neglected and that "the
movies, talkies, and legitimate dra­ma
are encroaching on the rights
of Shakespearean drama".
Dr. Losey convincingly argued
that there is a place for the work
of Shakespeare which cannot • be
supplanted by other types of drama.
"There is a tendency on the part of
"high school and college students to
label Shakespeare 'out of date'. In­deed,
although he died three hun­dred
years-ago, he is yet three cen­turies
ahead of us".
Explains Macbeth
The diferences of meaning of
"Macbeth" are many, and Mr. Losey
illustrated by the expression "Fair
is foul and foul is ^fair". He said
that "in the thirty years of his ex­perience
he has found no commen­tator
or critic who can interpret the
meaning, of the phrase. He gave
many illustrations of the subtle
meanings in Shakespeare's plays,
and .explained in several instances
the implied thought in puzzling ex­pressions.
I n his lecture, Dr. Losey asserted
that Shakespeare could be read for
pleasure and profit for next three
hundred years. His philosophy and
grasp of life were so wide that not
only our age with all its ultra em-bellishments,
but centuries yet to
come would find in Shakespeare a
pertinent challenge. Dr. Losey went
on to show the dramatic niceties of
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Miss Fawn Cameron, who is sub­stituting
for Mrs. Barker in the
Music department of the Normal,
reports that she is pleased with the
nature and progress of her work.
Miss Cameron has -not made her
plans for the first semester of the
next school year, but she is going to
attend Teachers' College of the Co­lumbia
University during the second
semester. She expects to receive her
master's degree in Music from that
institution at the close of the school
year.
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AMERICAN VIOLINIST
WILL GIVE RECITAL
Next Friday, in Regular Assembly
Waldemar Geltch from University
•of Kansas Will Appear Here.
HAS WIDE REPERTOIRE
Waldemar Geltch, well known
American violinist, will appear in
recital here on J-.ily 26. at the reg­ular
assembly.
Mr. Geltch is director of the vi­olin
department of the University
of Kansas, a graduate of the Chi­cago
Musical College in the class
of 1903, being awarded the first
prize in violin playing in public
competition with 23 other contes­tants.
The following year as a
post graduate he was again award­ed
the first prize in public com­petition.
Noted Teachers
The teachers of Mr. Geltch in­clude
some of the greatest here and
abroad: Listemann, the German vi­olinist;
Sa'uret, the French violin­ist;
Zajic, the Bohemian violinist,
and Auer, the Jew, who is the
teacher of Elman and Heifetz.
Mr. Geltch has had charge of the
violin -departments of three state
universities—the University of South
Dakota, the University of- Wiscon­sin
for eleven years and the Uni­versity
where he is at the present
time. He has given over 1200 con­certs
and has appeared -in 85 col­leges
and universities and has
played in all but three states of the
Union.
Wide Repertoire .-"
The repertoire of Mr. Geltch in­cludes
practically every . important
work written for the violin. He has
been soloist with the Chicago, St.
Louis and. Minneapolis orchestras.
The feature number of his program
here will be the Paganini Concerto
one of the most difficult and strik­ingly
beautiful numbers written for
the violin.
The trip which brings Mr. Geltch
here includes recitals at the Uni­versity
of Idaho (where he also
taught a v/eek's master class), State
College, Pullman; Teacher's Col­lege,
Cheney; Teacher's College, San
Diego, Cal., and a recital at Pacific
Palisades. •
The artist's wife will accompany
him at the piano. .•:.•
Sarah Traux Albert »
'Making her fourth appearance at
A man who is
a great grandfath­er
and is ap­proach
i n g h is
eightieth birthday,
lef t the faculty
ranks yesterd a y
when Mr. Lyman
D. Bisseil handed
his resignation in
to President C. H. Fisher.
For the past twelve years he has
been in charge of the school print
shop and in this capacity has served
under the administrations of three
different presidents.
Plans Long Trip
Mr. Bisseil, who is retiring of his
own accord, will begin his retire­ment
by a trip to Minnesota, for
which he will leave in a few days.
Here the veteran teacher says that
he and h,is wife, who is accompany­ing
him, will visit their two daugh­ters,
half dozen grandchildren, and
a number of great-grandgrandchild-ren.
They plan to return about
October 1.
Honored by Faculty
Honoring Mr. Bisseil, the men of
the faculty gave a party at the C. H.
Fisher home, Monday evening. The
honoree was given a gift of a smok­ing
stand by the faculty men, who
felt that he would now have the
leisure time in which to enjoy such
an article. In presenting the gift,
President Fisher said that it was
given in recognition of his work and
service in htis school and his genial
association, and that as long as he
was in Bellingham l i e would be con­sidered
still a member of the faculty
group.
Office Force Entertains
Tuesday noon, the office girls en­tertained
Mr. Bisseil with a.lunch­eon
in the Home Economics dining
room. This group also presented
Mr. Bisseil with a gift, a leather
case, in token of the deep friend­ship
which they felt for him.
Gemma Paglieri
Charms Assembly
Gemma Paglieri, in a recital of
Italian songs, charmed the students
and faculty at last Friday's assemb­ly
and was no less successful in
pleasing the radio- audience. Ac­companied
at the piano by Marjorie
Elwell, the young soprano gave a
variety of classic and folk-songs
with an air of delightful piquancy.
"A Frangesa", an old-time Nea­politan
Folk Song, was enjoyed es­pecially,
and the audience simply
beamed with pleasure as the famil­iar
"Funicule, Funiculi" was sung
by Miss Paglieri as an encore. How­ever,
the number. "O, Sole Mio" was
rewarded generous applause.
Garbed in the native costume of
Italy, the youthful singer reflected
the spirit of her country in appear­ance
as in voice. The audience re­marked,
in addition to her colorful
interpretations, her grace and poise.
APPOINTMENT BUREAU
REPORTS APPOINTMENTS
WIT. BAKER PARTY
WILL REACH CABIN
Forty Students Left at Six This
Morning on Stages for Glacier;
Will Hike to Kulshan Cabin.
CLIMB BAKER SATURDAY
Vaudeville Show Will be Feature of
Saturday Night's Entertainment;
Sunday Dinner Served at Glacier.
The Appointment Bureau reports
the following appointements since i
July 10:
Margaret Malloy, Okanogan, ru­ral;
Calista King, Albany, Ore., pri­mary;
Blanche Schuster, Kline, ru­ral;
Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Bond, For­est
Glade, first to fourth grades,
grammar grades and principal;
Alene Nixon,, Sedro-Woolley, fifth
grade; Norma Greathouse, Minne­haha
school, intermediate; Nathel
Greenwalt, Ritzville, rural.
(Continued on Page Four)
First Term Subjects Continued to
Accommodate Students Entering
for Short Period of Work,
The second term of the summer
quarter began Thursday, July 17.
The courses offered this term are
practically identical with those of­fered
last term. Many of the
courses are but continuations of the
first term subjects. The courses
which began in the second term are
to accommodate students who wish
to enroll for only a short period.
The new students have been
placed in houses by the Dean of
Men and the Dean of Women as all
students are required to secure
their rooms through these offices.
These living accommodations are
under the strict control of the
school.
Students entering for the first
time were required to take a col­lege
aptitude test and achievement
tests in the common branches, given
by the Bureau of Research. . All en­tering
students were required to
take a physical and medical ex­amination
under the direction of
the department of Hygiene.
New classes offered this term are
a 6 o'clock' tennis class, with credit,
for those who have no other oppor­tunity
to earn this credit; and Hy­giene
of the Home, a special course
in home and health. ' ' •
Jean Philippi, daughter of
Mr. H. C- Phillipi of the Science
department has returned from the
Conference camp at Seabeck, Wash­ington
where she has been working
for six. weeks. •;.•'':': .'; >.:'':";:-
BOARD DECIDES TO
CANCEL BOAT TRIP
Board Considers All-school Dance
and Salmon'Bake at Lake Samish
or Squalicum Beach Instead.
EXPENSE REPORT APPROVED
The all-school boat excursion to
Victoria, dated July 27, has been
called off.
This decision made by the Board
at its regular meeting last. Monday
evening, was due to the fact that it
is impossible to charter the S. S.
Indianapolis, and, while a local boat,
The Sol Due, is available, the group
thought it best to dispense with the
Victoria trip this year as the latter
boat is inadequate to carry such a
group as six hundred Normal stu­dents.
New Plans Considered
Members of the Board are strong­ly
considering an all-school salmon
bake and dance to be held either at
Lake Samish or at Squalicum beach;
incidentally, the same kind of pro­gram
that was put on in the sum-'
mer of 1927.
Details . of the substituted all-school
affair will be out early next
week, was the announcement given
out yesterday by the chairman of
the recreation committee. Should
a trip be made to Lake Samish it
would be necessary for the student's
association to charter busses and
subsidize all available means of
transportation.
Finance Determined
The budget committee apportioned
the yearly funds for the quarter
apportionment which was drawn up
at a special meeting of the commit­tee
. with President C. H. Fisher,
July 8. Athletics, social life, enter­tainments,
and general activities
were given relative amounts as in
former quarters.
, Reports of the expenses for the
all-school mixer (summer) were ap­proved
and the Jay Curtis five-piece
orchestra has, been continued as
"rec-hour" entertainers. They will
play next Friday from 4 until 5.
' '•• • —— o- — '
SCIENCE TRIP
An interesting study ,of the moon '
is being conducted by Mr. H. C.
Philippi's Science class. On Thurs­day
evening the class held a tele­scopic
observation of the moon from
the top of Sehome Hill..
Mr. Philippi is planning other ex­cursions
for his class for the re­mainder
of; t h e summer quarter^
About forty students are on their
way to climb Mt. Baker this week­end.
They left the campus this
morning at 6 o'clock, expecting to
arrive at Glacier at 8 a. m. Begin­ning
at Glacier, the hikers will fol­low
the trail to Smoky Camp, which
is on the edge of the timberline.
Here they will eat lunch and rest,
preparatory to the last three-mile
climb to Kulshan cabin.
Of particular interest at.this stage
of the climb will be the flowers
which are now in bloom.. These are
dwarfed varieties of unusual beauty,
especially the Lupin, the fireweed
and the heather.
. Kulshan Cabin Next
From here they will begin their
zigzagging trek to Kulshan cabin,
where they will prepare the camp.
This cabin was built not long ago
under the auspices of the Normal
School and the Mt. Baker Club, at
the cost of eighteen hundred dollars:
It is well equipped and the hikers
will find many of the comforts of
home. It is also well supplied. The
beds are made of iron and double-decked
so as to accommodate sixty
persons.
Saturday morning about 5 o'clock
the final seven-hour climb to the
summit will start. The students
will zigzag across the Roosevelt
Glacier, along the Roman Wall and
then to the Saddle, It has been r e ­ported
that there are not many, cre­vasses
so they will have an easy
climb and will make good time.
Summit Gained
It is expected that they will reach
the summit at about 1 o'clock in the
afternoon. Here they will have the
opportunity to view Baker Lake, the
famous Canadian Mountains, the
Frazier river valley, and if the sky
is clear, they will be able to see
Bellingham.
The return trip to Kulshan cabin
will take only about three hours.
That night all will take part in a
vaudeville show. Then on Sunday
morning they will break camp and
hike to Glacier, where it is planned
that they have dinner. They will
be back at school at about 7 or 8
o'clock that evening.
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ALPINE STOCKS RENTED
TO CLIMBERS BY CO-OP
Of interest to those students who
are planning on making the moun­tain
trips, will be the rental of Al­pine
stocks from the t Students' Co­op.
.. The Co-op has fifteen stocks
which will be rented at the cost of
twenty-five cents a trip. A deposit
of $1.50 will be required, but the
difference will be returned when the
stocks are returned, provided that
they#are in a good condition.
These stocks are the property of
the Co-op, and all rentals will of
course be a profit to the store.
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I CALENDAR 1
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FRIDAY—July 19. |
Rec Hour, Big Gym, 4 p. m. |
Mt. Baker trip.'Leave Campus!
5 a. m. J
SATURDAY—July 20. j
Oregon Club excursion. Leave J
Main Entrance 4:30 p. m. i
MONDAY—July 22. I
Philo Beach Party at Birch |
B ay- ' . . ' • . j
TUESDAY—July 23. f
Fish Cannery trip. Leave I
. Campus at 4:30 p. m. s
Sarah Traux Albert, reading |
in assembly, 11 a. m. i
WEDNESDAY—July 24. j
Philo Beach party at Birch j
Bay. j
FRIDAY—July 26. j
Waidemeer Geltch, violinist, f
accompanied by Etta Geltch, /
"•• 11 a. m. ".;.'•• I
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