Northwest Viking - 1929 March 1

              VOL. X X V I I I — N O . 33
W A S H I N G T O N S T A T E NORMAL SCHOOL, B E L L I N G H A M , W A S H I N G T ON Friday, March 1, 1929
Normalite
POLITICAL NEWS
WE FEEL BIG TOO
AN OPINION—YAH!
& YE DIARY
by G. W. L.
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The Week at the State Capitol:
Dr. Showalter's bill providing for
a more proportional levying of
school taxes, and for centralizing
administration, was carried through
the state house with little opposi­tion
Tuesday, of this week. Other
provisions of the bill require the
state to pay half of the cost of
standard work and call for a mini­mum
of eight months of school. A
county board of education is to
supersede the present office of the
county superintendent of schools.
Lawmakers are deciding right
now whether compulsory military
drill, R. O. T. C, shall continue to
exist at the state college and uni­versity.
W. S. N. S.
Government statistics, also elab­orated
elsewhere in the Viking,
show some interesting things about
state normal schools.
A half dozen normals in the east,
particularly in Connecticut, have no
men in their enrollments. One
school has only one man attend­ing
classes. Other institutions have
nearly 40% of men in them.
There are more than two normals
per state on the average; one state,
Pennesylvania, has fourteen nor­mals;
several states have none at
alL
And of the 102 state normals, 17
are negro schools supplying the
south with instructors.
-—W. S. N. S.
A student opinion in an Idaho
college paper wants to know what
is wrong with its freshman class.
Rambling on, like most opinions, it
claims that the yearlings have no
cooperation from upper classes—
sophs, juniors and seniors.
Perhaps the trouble is with the
upperclassmen; or better still, with
the writer of the opinion.
W. S. N. S.
The University of Wisconsin,
leading the "Big Ten" for basket­ball
conference honors, is putting a
final cinch on the title this week.
W. S. N. S.
An amendment raising the stu­dent
activities fee of the Cheney
Normal student from $2.50 to $3.50
is facing that student body today
W. S. N. S.
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NEW AM ENDMENT
LAUNCHED BY
OF
Roy Arnett, Hamilton Church, and
Johnny Byrnes are Working on
Plans for Proposed Changes.
APPLICANTS DESIRED
The Position of Business Manager
and Editor of Viking for Next
Quarter to be Filled Soon.
Competition Keen
in Song Contest
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Three student members of t he
Board of Control, Roy Arnett, Ham­ilton
Church and Johnny Byrnes,
were authorized by t h a t body at its
regular meeting Tuesday, February
26, to write up a new amendment at
once to t he constitution of the As­sociated
Students of Bellingham
Normal. The amendment would lim­it
term, lengths of members on the
board, and would better apportion
and regulate business coming before
this group for all quarters.
Thursday Meeting
The board was scheduled to meet
the second time this week, Thurs­day,
February 28, to give "finishing
touches" to t he new amendment be­fore
launching it into the' world
of student politics. At this time Mr.
Oscar Winther and Catherine Morse
will give a short outline of what is
to take place at the next quarterly
banquet dated to come off near the
end of this term.
It was definitely announced in
the Tuesday meeting that the board
would not sell a certain six acres
of the Normalstad acreage which is
wanted by a buyer near the proper­ty.
Guy Springsteel, all-school song
contest manager, made an optimist­ic
report concerning the school-wide
contest, announcing that sev­en
contributions had been received
by him to date. He was given au­thority
to extend a greater publicity
program.
Post Applications
Notices for the applications of
business manager and editor of the
Northwest Viking were posted yes­terday
on t he main bulletin boards
by the secretary, Roy Arnett. Those
applying for these positions must
have at least two quarters' work on
the Viking, a good journalistic rec­ord,
and the approval of the facul­ty
advisor, Mr. H. E. Fowler. Appli­cations
must be turned in to the
secretary of the Students' Associ­ation
by Tuesday, March 5. Appli­cants
are requested to appear in
person before the board at the
above mentioned time.
Two-Hour "Rec" Hour
^ Because of the holiday February
22, two hours' time will be extended
to the "rec" hour of Thursday,
March 14, it was decided.
Due to conflicts of the meeting
times of t he Faculty Forum and the
board, the latter body will probably
change its first monthly meeting to
Monday instead of Tuesday.
The alumni are taking a
great deal of interest in t he
song contest and a number of
contributions have been re­ceived
.which show there will
be some "keen" /competition
from this source.
To obtain an original all-school
song of either loyalty or
activity type, the board of
control, through the contest
committee, is offering the sum
of $70 in awards. First, sec­ond
and third prizes will be
given according as the judges
merit the contributions, which
may consist of words or mus­ic,
but preferably both. The
contest rules are posted on the
bulletin board on the main
landing.
Guy Springsteel, chairman of
the contest, said that no con­tributions
had been received
from the faculty, but that they
were eagerly looking forward
to Mr. Kibbe's officially signed
document.
LONDONER'S PLEASE
A LARGE AUDIENCE
Tschaikowski's Andante Cantabile,
From the Quartet in D, Especial­ly
Well Received.
Under the auspices of the Bell­ingham
State Normal School and
the Bellingham Woman's Music
club, the London String Quartet
presented a most beautiful and
unusual program in t he First Chris­tian
church last Tuesday evening at
8:15 o'clock.
The quartet is made up of musi­cians,
each of whom is 'an artist in
his own right; John Pennington, 1st
violin, Thomas Petre, second vio­lin,
H. Waldo Warner, viola,-and C.
Warwick Evans, cello.
Russian Quartet Exquisite
The first number on their pro­gram
was Tschaikowsky's exquisite
"Quartet in D" in four movements.
It is especially adapted to stringed
instruments, and the Londoners
were able to derive the most subtle
meaning from the score. The sec­ond
movement, Andante Cantabile,
is one of the masterpieces of com­position
in musical history, and its
almost incomprehensible beauty was
drawn before the audience by the
supple fingers of t he musicians. The
Andante Cantabile almost recalls
the works of t h e old German mas­ters,
but it savors more of the
unique and verges on the modern.
H. Waldo Warner's "The Pixy
Ring" was probably the most popu­lar
number with the audience. Mr.
Warner, who plays his viola in the
quartet, is a composer of wide rec­ognition.
His fairy suite was evi-
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LIKE CO-OP, BELLINGHAM RATES
FIRST IN U. S. SCHOOL" BLUEBOOK"
By G. W. L.
Latest statistics available from
the government printing office at
Washington, D. C , rate bellingham
Normal first in enrollment of t he
nation's one hundred and two state
nornlal schools. Likewise, this school
ranks first in library facilities, there
being no school in any part of the
United States able to contest hon­ors
for reading-room equipment.
Standards are Highest.
As for either entrance or gradu­ation
requirements, Bellingham
again is placed at the top in the
annual government report. Although
a few schools in California, in the
middle west and in t he far eastern
states rank equally' high in these
requisites with this institution, yet
none has higher standards than
those set up and fixed here.
The state of Washington has only
three state normals compared with
the average four per state. Pensyl-vania
leads with fourteen state
schools, Wisconsin comes second
with nine, and New York third with
seven state normals.
But that Bellingham Normal has
a larger enrollment .than any school
in the country does not mean that
she has t he greatest property val­ue
of grounds and buildings. Fig­ures
show otherwise, for six state
schools value their holdings at over
a million dollars. Two normals in
Pennsylvania have over two millions
invested in grounds and buildings,
and these schools have only about
one thousand regular students. Al­though
figures in the government
account are not the very latest, ov­er
2,200 resident students are ac­corded
this school. This figure is
based on a four-quarter term, ex­cluding
all duplicate students or
courses.
National Statistics
Of the 402 teacher-training insti­tutions,
101 are classified as teach­ers
colleges, 102 as state normal
schools, 27 as city normal schools,
108 as county normal schools, and
64 as private normal schools. One
striking change in the teacher-training
situation is in the growth
,WHERE ARE THE SEVEN KEYS TO
BALDPATE? YOU HUNT FOR THEM
(Continued on Page Four)
A unique and interesting plan is
to be carried out in the form of a
hunt through the Normal school for
the seven keys to Baldpate. From
today until next Thursday after­noon
all students are invited to
carefully observe the nooks and
corners of every hall in the main
building.
There are to be seven numbered
keys laid in plain sight from some
angle in the halls; thus no pictures
will have to be torn down in the
effort to find them. A special prize
will be given for both the first key
to be turned in and for the key
which is the mysterious seventh one.
For each one of the other keys
found, two reserved seats will be
given. Any one of the prizes will
make the search very worth while
for the finders.
For those who are unsuccessful in
the search for the keys, reserved
seat tickets will be on sale on the
main landing all next week.
"Seven Keys to Baldpate," a melo­dramatic
farce by George M. Co­han,
is the play which the drama
club has chosen for presentation in
the winter quarter, on Thursday
and Friday evenings, March 7 and 8
An abundance or tnrnis, mystery
and adventures is promised. Under
Mr. Hoppe's direction, the play will
be one of the most outstanding
melodramas presented here in r e ­cent
years.
The scene around which the ac­tion
centers is a deserted, desolate
spot, in fact, an inn, a summer re­sort
closed for the winter.
Magee, Franklin Locke
William Hallowell Magee, a young
novelist residing in New York City,
has made a $25,000 bet with a
friend that he could write a com­plete
novel in twenty-four hours.
His friend was: to choose a forsak­en
spot in which he could peace­fully
work. Being the owner of
Baldpate Inn, he sent Magee there
to work. Here, on a lonely mountain
side, are laid some thrilling scenes.
Screams, gun shots, ghosts and
crooks maintain high tension from
start to finish.
The part of Magee is well por­trayed
by Franklin Locke. Joy Ef-teland
is Mary Norton, a young
newspaper reporter who comes to
the inn to write up Magee's bet for
her paper. Florence Kern plays t he
part of Myra Thornhill, a "pure
and simple" blackmailer. The other
members of the cast appear as
ghosts, hermits, crooks and murder­ers.
As the greatest interest in the
history of the drama club was
shown in the play at the time of
turnouts, all members of the cast
are unusually well adapted to then-parts,
and a most interesting play is
assured.
Following is the capable cast
which will appear in "Seven Keys
to Baldpate."
Elijah Quimby Glenn Goddard
Mrs. Quimby Irene Schagel
William Hallowell Magee
Franklin Locke
John Bland Barney Chichester
Mary Norton ...Joy Efteland
Mrs. Rhodes Margaret Morrison
Peters, the hermit Earl Hemmi
Myra Thornhill ...Florence Kern
Lou Max Tom Stiger
Jim Cargan - Thad Ellis
Thomas Hayden Lyman Rogers
Jiggs Kennedy John Thorpe
Owner of Baldpate '
....Raymond Greene
Developments Awaited
Ready for a Ramble? f
Then Clear Your Mind and i
Read On—- I
For those too busy to note I
that spring is here and that j
there is only one more week j
left to turn in snapshot con- j
tributions for the annual Klip- i
son Snapshot Contest, these i
items stolen from the note- I
book of the snapshot editor, |
Roy Arnett, may be of inter- j
est and serve some practical f
purpose: |
Campus Life Suggestions j
"The Parking Zone, Cutting f
Corners—training school rules s
esp., Training School Work, j
Story Hour House, Bulletin I
Boards (group study), Library J
Interiors, Viking—methods of |
distribution, "Rec-Hour," Or- f
ganized Houses, Views of Both a
Athletic Fields, The Pest I
House, Industrial Arts Pro- 1
jects, Edens Hall, Garden j
Street Car—Students Waiting j
'—Students Running for it, j
Splash Hour, Huntoon Drive, §
Normal Buildings from Sehome |
Hill, Library at Night, Study- J
ing for Exams—silhouettes, or |
what have you?" j
That's what the editor wants, f
Each item has within itself =
several chances for good in- i
formative or humorous prints. |
Five prints are wanted from J
each contributor not later than |
Friday, March 8. Bring them f
to the Student's Association |
office, or deliver them person- '
ally to Roy Arnett or Irene 1
Larson. j
Get busy—they are await- I
ing future developments! |
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Ancient Goldsmith
Is Discovered
Professor Gabriel Czallaky, head
of the University of Szegedin, has
discovered near Szentes, Hungary,
the body of a seventh century gold­smith,
clad in ancient steel armor.
The treasure is loolced upon as a
rich contribution to Avar history.
The Avars were a warring tribe,
who preceded the Huns in their in­vasion
of Europe.
Normalites Winners
* Over C. P. S. Debaters
REINHOLD PROMISES
SUCCESSFUL VODVIL
The girls' team last week won
two but of three of the debates in
which they participated.. On the
trip they lost one and won one, with
a victory here last Thursday.
I n the series of debates the same
question was used, namely, Re­solved:
that the plea of temporary
insanity in criminal cases be abol­ished.
Debating for the negative, Frieda
Mann and Ethel Hendricks won a
unanimous victory over the College
of Puget Sound team last Thursday
afternoon before a fair-sized audi­ence.
Nora B. Cummins acted as
chairman.
Lose to C. P. S.
At the same time as the Normal-
C. P. S. debate was taking place
here, the affirmative team faced C.
P. S. at Tacoma. The outcome of
this debate was in favor of the col­lege
despite the efforts of Helen
Fitzwater and Rose Brown.
On Friday the travelers won from
Parkland College by a unanimous
vote of the judges.
Irish Idea Is Theme
For Outside Informal
In the Blue Room at Edens Hall
on Saturday, March 2, at 8:30, t he
Inside Girls' Informal will be held,
the motif being derived from "The
Auld Sod".
The atmosphere of Ireland is par­tially
acquired by t he erection of a
miniature castle in front of t he
fireplace and battlements at the
windows. The punch will be sym­bolic
of Kilarney lake.
Virginia Schmitt Chairman
Under the able supervision of
Virginia Schmitt, social chairman,
the dance promises to be one of
unusual success. . Unique pro-r
grams and favors have been de­signed
especially for the dance so
that the Irish idea is carried out
to the last detail.
The patrons and patronesses will
be President and Mrs. C. H. Fisher,
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert E. Fowler,
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Marquis, Mr.
and Mrs. H. R. Ruckmick, Miss
Grace Sullivan, Miss Kathleen O'-
Malley and Mr. Oscar O. Winther.
Plans for t he coming Viking
Vodvil are progressing repidly,.
and several innovations will be
added, according to Reinholt
Oberlatz, manager.
The Vodvil given in the
spring quarter of each year is
the outstanding entertainment
of the year. It is a compen­dium
of burlesques, plays, skits,
song and dance acts offered
by the various clubs, organ­izations
and faculty. Tryouts
are held, and a spirit of keen
rivalry for a place on t he bill
is always evident. Randy Ober­latz,
when interviewed, stated
in part, "I expect the Vodvil
of '29 to be a tremendous suc­cess.
So much interest and en­thusiasm
have already been
manifested by the student
body that we are assured a
night of dramatic fun."
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William's Trio, Composed of John
R. Williams, Paul Lusterman, and
Maude L. Wlliams.
The Williams' trio, composed of
Bellingham musicians, is scheduled
to give a recital in the assembly of
Friday, March 8. This trio is com­posed
of John Roy Williams, vio­linist,
Paul Lusterman, cellist, and
Maude L. Williams, pianist, all
members of the music department
of the Bellingham State Normal
school.
The Williams trio is one of t he
most popular musical groups in
Bellingham and their appearance
at the Bellingham Normal has al­ways
been met with great enthusi­asm.
Program Varied •,
The programs presented by t he
Williams trio are always very well
chosen and excellently adapted to a
varied student audience. Their own
enjoyment and enthusiasm in their
numbers adds greatly to t he appre­ciation
of the audiences and their
programs are never lacking in vi­vacity.
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POSITION ACCEPTED
Mr. S. J. Buchanan has recent­ly
accepted a position as full time
assistant in the extension office.
Mr. Buchanan is a former gradu­ate
of this school and has had a
varied experience to fit him for
commercial work. He has had prac­tical
office experience as well as
experience in teaching commercial
subjects in high schools. .For the
past two years Mr. Buchanan has
been in Alaska working for the
Alaska-Fairbanks Railway Com­pany.
U. OF W. DEBATERS
VS. NORMAL TEAM
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Question Concerns Changes in
U. S. Trial by Jury to a System
of a Court of- Three Judges.
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NO-DECISION DEBATE
Curtis Bell and Stanley Craft,
Normal Team, Will Support t he
Negative Side of the Question. :
Next Tuesday in assembly a new
type of debate will be witnessed V
when the normal team meets the
University of Washington Frosh in \
a no-decision debate on the ques­tion,
Resolved: that the system of :
trial by jury in the U. S. be re­placed
by trial by a court of three
judges.
, The new style of debate which is '
advocated by t he colleges and uni­versities
of the northwest, is an ••••
open forum, non-decision, cross-ex­amination
type, similar to the pro­cedure
used in t he court room. Each
team consists of two members.
Bell and Craft Debate
The negative side of the question .
is being supported by t h e normal
team consisting of Curtis Bell and
Stanley Craft.
The rules for this new style de­bate
are as follows:
First affirmatice 12 minutes for
constructive case.
First negative 6 minutes to cross-question
affirmative on his case.
First negative 10 minutes for con­structive
case.
Second affirmative 6 minutes to
cross-question negative on his case.
Second affirmative 10 minutes for
constructive case.
Second negative . 6 minutes to
cross-question affirmative on his :
case. ;.
-Second negative 10 minutes for
constructive case.
First affirmative 6 minutes' to
cross-question negative on his case.
Rebuttal
Negative has one speech of 7
minutes for refutation and sum­mary.
Affirmative has- one speech of 5 )•
minutes for refutation and sum­mary.
I t is optional as to which.man
shall have rebuttal speech.
The cross-examiner in each case '
must confine himself to t he speech
as presented by his opponent.
The one questioned must give
short, direct answers. Either man
may appeal to t h e chairman if he
thinks his opponent is not adhering
strictly to the rules.
After the debate is concluded,
members of the audience may ask
questions of either side as to mat­ters
which they think have not
been made sufficiently clear.
PROFS VYING WITH STUDENTS
FOR HONORS, IN SONG CONTEST
"Tell you about the song I wrote
that won the normal contest? You
just bet your old grandad' will, son,"
and settling back in his chair with
a satisfied chuckle (for this was his
favorite yarn) the old-timer told
this story with that air of pride so
typical of second childhood.
"Well, you see that was forty
years ago, back in 1929, when the
normal by the mountains and the
sea was young. We needed a school
song badly—so badly in fact, that the
Board of Control offered $70 in
prizes for the three best contribu­tions.
"That was the necessary stimulus
(he hadn't forgotten Ed 1.). we
needed and you should have seen us
work. The Co-op even noticed the
increased sales of paper and the
janitors had to provide extra con­tainers
for the unsatisfactory at­tempts.
"As' the time grew short one
could see many -heads nodding in
classes, denoting sleepless nights,
while the instructor tried in vain
to compete with the song contest
and its by-products. Nor were t he
students the only busy ones, for the
faculty were seen carrying note­books
and extra pencils in order to
be prepared for any sudden inspir-;
ation for which everyone was hop­ing.
"When my inspiration camer-at •
two o'clock in the morning—I hop­ped
out of bed in a flash to get my
pencil and paper as I had neglect­ed
to place them on a chair at the
head of my bed that night. But
being spry in those days I had my
work of art written and set i t to
music that very night. Yes, siree, in
less than four hours I wrote that
song which knocked the judges cold
and made me what I am today*. I t |
also set that maddening crowd of:
women on my heels.
"At; last April 24th arrived whfch
was the day I had been looking)
forward to. The judges worked
hours reading and singing the songs
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