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VOL. XXIX—NO. 14 WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Friday; Oct 11, 1929
Normalite
HELLO, SUCKERS!
MEN'S CLUB
WEST SEATTLE
OTHER SCHOOLS
By ROY SUNDSTROM
NORMAL STUDENT (S Mr. Ruckmick Forms
Training School Glub
Today the "Normalite" opens un­der
new management—bigger and
better than ever (we hope). And to
•you, our patient readers, greetings,
in the words of "Texas" Guinan:
"Hello, Suckers!"
W. S. N. S. ' .
The Men's Club has been stirring
uneasily in its shallow grave
throughout the past week and pres­ently
its corpse will rise and walk
among us again. The Men's Club
is funny that way. Each fall it gets
under way with a burst of enthus­iasm—
enthusiasm which gradually
-dies away until meetings of the
Club could be held in one of the
telephone booths.
What the Club does is done well,
however, especially when it puts on
an informal, and that's what is in
the wind just now. The Men's Club
Informal, under the able manage­ment
of Joe Hermsen, Jr., Normal's'
-premier terpsichorean impresario
and entrepreneur, will undoubtedly
be t h e best and biggest dance of the
year.
Get your dates now and your
tickets as soon as possible—you
won't want to be turned away.
— W. S. N. S.
The game with West Seattle A.
C, Saturday, Oct. 12, will be a
splendid opportunity to get a line
on the strength of -the Viking foot-ball'squad.
The West Seattle A. C.
"teams are nobody's set-ups, and if
t h e Vikings get over Saturday's
game, we may look forward to a
very successful season.
W. S. N. S.
Seventy-seven members have been
added to the Washington State Col­lege
faculty this fall. Indicating
that business is picking up" over
there.
— W. S. N. S.
Whittled out of "Collegiana", a
column in the U. W. Daily:
"Those who contend that wild-west
movies, rodeos, roundups, etc..
are obsolete will have to grant a
.victory to the opposition < with the
announcement at the University of
California that a rope twirling
course is to be added to the cur­riculum
of the physical education
department.
"Students will be furnished with
ropes, but they must supply their
own gum, according to the new
instructor.
W. S. N. S.
Lynden, Bellingham and Normal
Are Represented in Atwater-
Kent Radio Singer's Contest.
YOUNG, FIRST WINNER
Frances Young Won in the Normal
Elimination Contest Over Radio
Station K-V-O-S, Last Friday
Excerpt from Pres. Spencer's ad-
. dress of welcome and advice to U.
of W. students:
"At the University of Washington
we are not interested greatly in how
much you learn, but in whether or
not you acquire the habit and prac­tice
of thinking independently. It
is not our care whether you store
your minds with book knowledge,
with facts and theories, but whether
or not you build in those minds a
• guiding sense of the changeless,
ageless values of life."
The more we think about this,
the less we like it. Read it care­fully,
and then perhaps you will
wish to compete for the handsome
second-hand cigar butt, which we
are offering as a prize to the stu­dent
who submits the best criti­cism.
W. S. N. S.
Three hundred thirty-two ballots
were, cast in the student body elec­tion
at Cheney Normal School, herd
Sept. 20. The new line-up is: Phil
Jones, president; Sarah Wilson, vice
president, and Dorothy Littlemore,
secretary. 332 out of an enrollment
of about 700— much the same ratio
as our own.
—: W. S. N. S.
Ye Prof's Diary:
, I see by the Ex­t
e n s i o n .. Service
news from t he
Cow College at
Pullman t h at
"Pound for pound,
potatoes have the
same feeding val-
- . l ue as ordinary
silage". Wait until the dietician at
Edens Hall hears of this. She'll
want Prexy to include a few silos
in the 20-year Building Program,
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Winning from Barbara Bourne in
a close contest, Dorothy Walker,
Normal student, was named to rep­resent
Whatcom county in the state
finals of the Atwater-Kent National
Audition, to be held at Seattle, Oc­tober
17. Harry Bajema, of Lyn­den,
was the boy chosen from this
county. The county finals were held
last Monday, October 7, over radio
station K-V-O-S.
The aim of the contest is to dis­cover
the best young non-profes­sional
voices in the United States,
and to give to the singers an op­portunity
for training. Scholarships
and awards totaling $25,000 are be­ing
offered by the Atwater-Kent
people.
Dorothy Walker Wins
"Miss Walker and Miss Bourne
were asked to sing three songs after
the regular trial before the judges
decided upon Miss Walker as the
winner.
In the Normal elimination contest
held last Friday, October 4, at the
radio station, Wayne Priem, Francis
Young, Dorothy Walker, Barbara
Bourne, Donald Stickney, Kermit
Smith, and Grace Hess, all Normal
students, entered.
In the elimination contest Fran­ces
Young was given the decision,
but she failed to carry the final.
Frances Young was the winner
over Barbara Bourne, and Dorothy
Walker, however, Miss Bourne and
Miss Walker were both allowed to
sing in the county finals, in which
Mis Walker was selected as the best.
Judges were: Mrs. C. X. Larrabee,
Harold Smith, Mrs. C. H. Barlow,
Mrs. Sidney Stark, Mrs. Bernice
Wahl, Mr. Paul Wells, and Mrs. Al­bert
Raymond.
There is some interesting work
being started in conection with the
training school at the Industrial
Arts' building under the direction
of Mr. Herbert C. Ruckmick.
In response to an announcement
that a Hobby Club was to be form­ed
and activities carried on with
student teachers in charge of small
groups, over forty-five interested
Training school pupils turned out
to the first meeting, Wednesday
afternoon, October 9. Because of
the limited amount of working
space, however, Mr. Ruckmick ex­pects
to be able to handle only about
twenty, with a waiting list • open
in case of members dropping out.
A suggestive list of hobbies from
which the groups may make sel­ections
was advanced at the meet­ing,
including boat building, photo­graphy,
woodwork, metal work, and
block-printing, small furniture mak­ing
and radio construction. The
student teachers in charge of the
groups will have ample time and
opportunity to follow their own in­clinations
as to the manner in
which the work is to be carried on,
and Mr. Ruckmick will act as sup­ervisor
over all proceedings.
E HOPKINS. A
PIANIST WILL GIVE
Noted Musical Critics Proclaim
Him a Genius and Prophesy a
Future in the Musical World.
COMING NEXT TUESDAY
George Hopkins, Besides Being an
Accomplished Concert Pianist, Is
Also a Composer of Note.
COLE GETS POSITION
OF CLASS PRESIDENT
George Hopkins, one of the fin­est
pianists and composers on the
Pacific Coast, will be presented in
concert in the auditorium next
Tuesday morning, October 15. Mr.
Hopkins is an instructor and lec­turer
on music in the University of
Oregon, and although a young man,
is gaining a reputation among
American musicians as one of the
coming American composers.
Freshman Election
Held Monday Noon
Griffin, Swanson, Kent, Rich, and
Fowler Are Students Elected in
Sophomore Assembly Wednesday.
PLATT IS CLASS ADVISOR
CdEDY IS GIVEN
Buttedahl's Personal Appearance
With Songs and Readings Before
Film Is Enjoyed by Audience.
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Norway's most famous and suc­cessful
feature comedy film, "A
Mountain Romance", was presented
by Saebjorn Buttedahl to an ap­preciative
audience at the Normal
Auditorium, last Tuesday evening.
October 8,.^ under the auspices of
the Scandinavian Fraternity. The
picture was one of eight reels, and
was adopted from the old Norwe­gian
Comic Opera, "Fjeldeventyret",
written by Hendrik Bjorregaard, I
Norway's first great poet.
Buttedahl in Person
Mr. Buttedahl's personal appear­ance,
in which he presented songs
and readings in Danish, Swedish.
Norwegian, and English, was re­ceived
with appreciation. He is
distinguished as an actor and sculp­tor
both in Norway, his native coun­try,
and in the United States. His
ability as an actor was well demon­strated
as he interpreted different
characters in his readings. Most of.
his offerings were of a humorous
nature, but he also struck a respon­sive
note when he gave as a read­ing
Robert W. Service's "The Par­son's
Son".
Film Unusual
The film itself was refreshingly
different from the ordinary run of
moving pictures we see. The plot
was laid in the magnificent scen­ery
that abounds in the mountain­ous
regions of Norway, and al­though
it contained a great many
humorous characters and situations,
it was unified and made interest­ing
by its theme, the "Mountain
Romance". The bare plan of the
story, that, of a beautiful girl who
wished to marry a man .not pf her
father's choice, while it was not
new, was presented in such an
With the election of officers held
Wednesdey noon, October 9, the
sophomore class organized for the
year's school work.
Those who will be in charge of
the affairs, of the second year stu­dents
are: Bert Cole, president;
Louise Griffin, vice-president; Ann
Swanson, secretary; Mildred Kent,
treasurer; Harold Rich, inter-club
council representative; Mary Eliz­abeth
Fowler, sophomore editor of
the Klipsun;' and Miss Ruth Piatt
faculty advisor. Miss Piatt also
acted as advisor for the members
of this class when they were fresh­man.
Both the president and class ad­visor
were elected by the unanim­ous
vote of the class. Candidates
for the various offices were: Pres­ident,
Bert Cole; vice president,
Louise Griffin, Gladys Smith, sec­retary,
Ann Swanson, Helen Fiti>
water, Katherine Friese; treasurers
Mildred Kent, Martin Jackson,,Al-ice
Goodfellow, Margaret Hubbler;
council representative, Harold Rich,
Art Graverock; sophomore editor
of the Klipsun,' Mary ElizaLeth
Fowler, Ruth Sammons, Mildred
Kent; faculty advisor, Miss Piatt.
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As a concert pianist he is well
known all along the Pacific Coast-while
his compositions have been
presented by Levitsky and other
pianists of renown in their pro­grams.
The criticisms his compo­sitions
have received on that ac­count
predicate that he will in time
become famous as an American
composer.
According to William Gepperty,
well known music critic, "This mu­sician
is one of the young Ameri­cans
who will in time become fam­ous,
and who is giving to the good
people of the Pacific Coast t t he re­sults
of his genius and his ambit­ions.
He has given concerts rec­ently
in the states of California,
Oregon, and Washington. Let it
be observed that here are the cen­ters
that are not reached by the
great artists that we hear so often
in the more fully developed East­ern
sections, and it is here that the
plans of Mr. Hopkins are being car­ried
on".
Mr. Hopkins will, present a well
arranged program of his own com­positions.
Friday, October 18, will be de­voted
to a regular assembly, for
which a good deal of important
business has been planned.
The entering freshman and new
students learned what luck they
had in their "college apptitude" and
"achievement" tests, when grades
were given out Monday, October 7,
by Miss Mildred Early, secretary of
the Department of. Education.
The first complete list of those
students who failed to pass the pen­manship
test was placed on the bul­letin
board the same day. The list
of those who failed in the other
tests has not been published. A
preliminary list on penmanship had
been posted, Thursday, Oct. 3, in
order that some of the students
might register for .penmanship this
quarter.
These tests were given Tuesday
Oct. 1, and Wednesday, Oct. 2, by
Dr. C. C. Upshall and Dr. Harry V.
Masters. A total of three hundred
and twenty students took the tests.
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STUDENT DIRECTORY TO
BE ISSUED NEXT WEEK
Viking Squad To Combat WitFl
The West Seattle Athletic GluiS
Eleven, Tomorrow At 2:11
SSii
Athletic Club Team Is Threatening to Hill-Topjpers;
Stroud Expected to Star for West Seattle Athletic:
Club. Game Promises to be Healthy Battle.
Football Souvenir
Program Is Planned
'The publishing of the Student Di­rectory
has been delayed"; due to
the inability of the staff to get a
full check on all the students regis­tered
thus far.
Milton O'dell, the manager, an­nounces
that the delay will result
in a more complete directory. He
hopes to have the directory ready
for distribution by Wednesday of
next week.
Work has already been started on
the football souvenir program issued
every fall at the home-coming sea­son.
Home-coming is scheduled for
November 16, a t which time the Vik­ings
will clash with the fast squad
from Ellensburg.
The program is in the form of
an oval and is brightly iUuminated
with cuts. It will carry many new
interesting features, although its
general form is somewhat conven­tional.
According to editors Stick­ney
and Gudmundson, work has al­ready
progressed so favorably that
the program will be representative,
of the school.
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STUDENTS INCLUDED
IN CIVIC ORCHESTRA
Coaches Express Wish for Backing
of Entire Student Body. Both
Teams Seem Evenly Matched.
VIOLINIST AND PIANIST
APPEAR IN ASSEMBLY
"Drive your work; don't let your
work drive you!'" said Prof. Meany,
in an address to U. W. freshmen.
We don't know—our work doesn't
seem to need much driving—it runs
along too rapidly for us as it is.
Featuring a program of classical
music, Kathryne Kanter, violinist,
and Ruth Wohlgamuth, pianist, of
Seattle, presented a well-balanced
program in. the regular assembly,
last Tuesday.
"Romance", by Wieniawski, and
"Gypsy Dance", by Machez, were
Miss Kanter's first numbers. "Var­iations
on 'Mary Had a Little
Lamb", by Edward. Ballantine, was
played by Miss Wohlgamuth, which
illustrated the style of ten promi­nent
composers.
Own Composition Played
Miss Kanter then played Kreis-ler's
"Liebeslied" followed by selec­tions
from her own arrangement of
"Summer". The program was closed
with the popular "From the Cane-brake",
composed by Samuel Gard­ner.
Eight From Normal Are Members
of Bellingham Symphony. Three
Concerts Scheduled for Year.
HAROLD SMITH DIRECTS
Quotations From Opening Address
of President Fisher Are Published
Miss Mabel Wilsons
Father Dies in East
President C. H. Fisher's opening address before the first all-school
assembly of the year, Tuesday, October 1, was both
thoughtful and stimulating. Some of the more memorable ex­tracts
from the address have been gathered in the paragraphs
which follow:
W H E N IS A P E R S O N E D U C A T E D?
Eight Normal students were in­cluded
in the membership of the
Bellingham Symphony orchestra
when its rehearsal was held on last
Tuesday, October 8. ~ They were:
Beryl Bailey, Charles Benson, Eth­el
Boynton, Pauline Larkin, Clar­ence
Thue, Helen Amunds, Don­ald
Marty, and Fay Kelly.
The Bellingham Symphony Or­chestra
was created as a civic or­ganization
at the beginning of last
season. Under the direction of Mr.
Harold B. Smith, chairman of the
Normal Department of Music, it
went through a very successful sea­son
and is now recognized as a fix­ture
of the city. Forty-six instru­mentalists
constitute its member­ship,
and each is an artist in the
handling if his chosen instrument.
Three concerts will be presented
the coming season, the first on Nov­ember
26.
The. orchestra, though it is yet
in its youth, has an enviable rep­utation
in the Northwest for the
quality of its work.
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Saturday afternoon at 2:15, on '
Waldo Field, Coach Sam Carver's,
charging Vikings will play ' their
second practice game of the season.
The team slated to play the blue
and white is the West Seattle Ath­letic
Club, who gave Carver's squad
a 12 to 0 drubbing last fall.
Stroud Big Threat
Charley Stroud, a heady quarter­back,
seems to be West Seattle's
main threat: Stroud is filling the
place left vacant by Forrest Great-house,
who was a teammate of the
famous "Red" Grange. Greathouse
was one of the unfortunate mem­bers
to lose his life in the Mount
Rainier storm this summer. •*•'-"
Leroy S c h u h a n d Johnny Flan­agan,
former varsity football stars' /.
of the U. of W. will be a big aid to
Stroud in making yardage. Schuh
was rated as one of the best ends
in the Pacific conference, and Flan- v
agan, as a back, has a similar rec­ord.
Squad Has Work-outs
The coaches have been putting
the squad through a heavy signal
practice, a number of new plays
having been given. Wednesday
night the squads had a light scrim­mage
in order to find the weak •
points*of the plays.
Carver will use practically the
same team that started the game
last Saturday although at present
it seems to be a toss-up between
Voris' and Priem;" who will start atv- •
right tackle, and between Ellis and
Cardwell, as to who will start, at
half. (/-
The second squad appeal's to be
working in a smooth running man­ner
and are ready to fill the place
of first string men at any time it is '
necessary.
Erickson to Bark
Erickson will probably bark the
(Continued on Page Three)
November 2 Set For
Outside Girl's Dance
Miss Mabel Zoe Wilson, head li­brarian,
was compelled to leave Bel­lingham
shortly before school for
Columbus, Ohio, on account of the
critical illness of her father. Word
was received by President C. H.
Fisher yesterday that Miss Wilson's
father died on Tuesday of this
week. Miss Wilson will return to
school' next Monday.
SPEECH CLASS ORATORS
To aspire to use the English lan­guage
correctly is the objective of
the beginning speech class under
Mr. James Carroll.
Several shaking, frightened fresh­men
received practice this week in
oral expression. The first assign­ment
was to introduce- yourself to
the class in three minutes, without
notes. Many students concluded in
much less time.
(Continued on Page Two)
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Miss Beatrice Doty has, , in the
Children's Library, a small exhibit
honoring and commemorating the
500th anniversary'of Jeanne d'Arc,
Which is now being observed in
France. Students are invited to
look at it. : V , ;
"A person is trained when he can
manipulate the mechanics or tech­niques,
knowledge or information,
that makes techniques understand­able;
One weeks training to earn
his own living and to do some useful
work.
"Though a person may be trained,
it does not follow that he is edu­cated.
The mechanic or technician
may have little or no education.
"A person has no claim to an ed­ucation
who cannot use the English
language, spoken and written, ef­fectively,
according to accepted
standards.
"There are real uses for slang.
It is expressive on occasions when
nothing else is to the point.. 'He
knows his onions (or vegetables)'
has real meaning as it is generally
used. ,%
"One unfortunate aspect of ev­eryday
language used by students is
that they fix habits of speech that
get in the way of using forceful,
effective speeches when it was de­manded.
Language among ourselves
outside-the classroom is not always
acceptable, in the classroom, or
among educated and cultured peo­ple.
"Poverty of language denotes pov­erty,
of thinking.
"The art of using language is a
long process of careful usage, ana
lit is pathetic to see students throw
away their opportunities by an in­different
arid slovenly use of: lan­guage.
"A second requisite of education is
appreciations that have been de­veloped
through the Fine Arts—
music, dramatics, literature, paint­ing,
design, sculpture, architecture.
"The person'who opens up the av­enues
of his soul to the emotional
and intellectual appeal of the fine
arts is likely to be a person with a
fine sense of life's real values.
"Schools haven't included enough
fine arts in their "programs.
"Enrichment of life should come
first; tool-subjects as by-products
of an education.
"A third essential of education is
a tolerant and charitable attitude
toward one's fellows . Students will
often show little charity toward
teachers, but after a quarter, a dif­ferent
and more favorable opinion
may be formed.
"A fourth requisite of education
is learning to do critical thinking
and to demand a show of facts in
a given situation or problem. There
must be a spirit of investigation,
analysis, comparison, criticism; in
brief, a scientific attitude.
"A critical' attitude alone is not
enough: one must also have a
philosophy that places facts in re­lationship
and puts some value on
the facts. The person who is
simply busy going through this ac­tivity
and that activity, driven, to
and fro by this and that event, is
(Continued on Page Four)
Over 135 outside girls have signed
up to attend the Women's League
Informal' to be held in the Edens
Hall dining room November 2.
Of this number only the first 110
couples may be accommodated,
however, as there are possibilities
that some.of the first signed couples
will drop out, those making up the
latter part of the list will be given
a chance to attend.
Silhouette Idea
Silhouettes of black and silver
will carry out the modernistic set­ting
of the dance, Dorothy Sasse,
social chairman of the dance, an­nounced.
Those students who are working
under the direction of Miss Sasse,
ard Mariette Bergeron, Mary Eliz­abeth
Fowler, Lois Slater, and Mar-garet
Morrison.
The dance, according to the presi­dent
of the Women's League, Jean
Philippi, and Dorothy Sasse, prom­ises
to be one of the most interest­ing
and unusual affairs of the sea­son.
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MR. FOWLER'S MOTHER
DIES AT LONG BEACH
MANY ATTEND THE
Y. W. G. A. AFFAIR
Annual Reception Held at Hall;
Fine Musical Program Enjoyed.
Full Cabinet in Receiving Line.;
Mr. Herbert E. Fowler, chairman
of the English department, received
word last Friday of the death of
his mother, Mrs. H. M. Griggs, at
Long Beach, New York.
The annual Y. W. C. A. reception,
held in the blue room at Eden's
Hall last Friday was a decided suc­cess.
Despite .the sudden disa-greeableness
i n ' t h e weather there;
was a large attendance.
In the absence of President Fish­er,
Dr. Irving E. Miller stood in the-receiving
line with the advisor, Miss
M. Belle Sperry, Miss May Mead,
Miss Adele Jones, and Mrs. RJ." S.-:
Simpson and the cabinet members.
. The program, arranged by Ethel
Boynton, social;• chairman, was as
follows:
"Trees", and "Serenade"', by Gou-noud,
played by the Willustra Trio;
Mr. Myhre, tenor, sang two solos,
"Sunshine of Your Smile" and "Un­til".
Following his solos, Aileen Hur-bert
favored with two piano solos,
"Barcarole" and the "Pagan Love •
Song".
The Willustra Trio concluded the.;;
program with "Roses of Picardy". {
The trio is composed of Ethel Boyn- \
ton, violinist; Muriel Myre, pianist,
and Pauline Larkin, flutist. ; ;^-:
The new cabinet for this year fiasK
been selected; They are as follows:;^
President, Bessie Huntamer; ,vice-;i
president, Betty Troll; secretary^*;
Eunice Blomburg; treasurer, Grace V
Hunt; meeting chairman, Janette
Robillard; Bible study chairman,v
Dorothy Heppenstali; social chair-g
man, Ethel Boynton; iriter^club^
Council, Kathrine Graham; repre-g|
sentative to 'Women's 'League, ''B&ir-±
trice Smith; missionary v c t a i n r i a ^ j
-Kathrine -Gauss,;'iuid; - ^ i a ^ ^ s e r y j ^
chairman, Mildred Thomas
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