Northwest Viking - 1929 November 8

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QUOTATION
WINTER
—Roy Sundstrom
Our perpetual song contest has
flared up again, it seems. If I'm not
mistaken, the thing was begun dur­ing
the winter quarter of last year
and has dragged along ever since,
with no' end in sight... Now, they
have decided on a definite date on
which to end it, but pay no atten­tion
to that—they have been going
to break it off before.
Have any songs been submitted?
Are the judges ever going to judge
them? Or are there any judges?
And when will the prizes be award­ed?
Probably, after the winners
have all died, of old age. Let's have
it over with.
W. S. N. S.
In addition to the song contest,
we now have a yell contest. One
would be quite safe in predicting a
long life for this, too, I think. And
that's too bad, for we are in sore
need of a few more yells. All that
we have are rotten—copies of those
of other schools. Just one good yell
of our own would help a lot.
W. S. N: S.
ONE CANNOT DENY THAT
THINGS ARE LOOKING UP,
THOUGH OUR PEP BAND HAS
ALL THE PEP IN THE WORLD
AND ONE CAN OFTEN RECOG­NIZE
THE TUNE IT IS PLAYING.
THAT'S SOMETHING, SURELY.
W. S. N. S.
I have been reading a book by
Ripley entitled: "Believe It or Not".
I t is interesting—and rather start­ling,
too. I discovered, among
other things, that our first President
was John Hansen ,of Maryland, not
George Washington. Also, that one
of our little known presidents, Dav­id
Rice Atchison, slept through his
entire term of office.
W. S. N. S.
Ripley nominates for the title of
^'The Luckiest Man in the World",
Capt. J. H. Hedley, of the British
Air Service, who was thrown from
a plane during an aerial combat at
a height of about 15,000 feet, and,
alighting on the tail of the same
machine several seconds later, was
Tescued.
W. S. N. S.
Says Anatole France:
"Those who read many books are
like the eaters of hashfish. They
live in a dream. The subtle poison
that penetrates their brain renders
them insensible to the real world
and makes them the prey of terrible
or delightful phantoms. Books are
the opium of the Occident. They
devour us. A day is coming on
which we shall all be keepers of li­braries
and that will be the end.
~ * (asterics) * Today, through
study, we are hastening toward
general, paralysis." •*
He can't be talking about us, can
he?
W. S. N. S.
I can't help feeling relieved, now
that the turmoil in the stock market
has subsided... For a while nobody
talked about anything else. Walking
up to an average group of Normal
students and listening to their ex-citey
conversation, one might have
supposed himself among heavily in­volved
investors, not impecunious
pedanls-to-be.
W. S. N. S.
Winter is coming—perhaps it is
already here. At any rate the days
are getting cooler and the nights
and mornings are downright cold
(particularly the mornings).
So, I guess I'll declare it winter
and make it official by writing
home for my woolen underwear.
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The prof, it seems, had this notice
inscribed on his blackboard: "Mr.—
will meet his classes here 9:00 Mon­day."
When he returned from a mo­ment's
absence from class he found
that the "c" had disappeared from
classes."- He viewed the changed
notice in a moment's dismay, then
pursed his lips and removed the'l"
also.
SEMI-FINALS FOR
EXTEMPO
TO BE HELD
Fourth Annual Extemporaneous
Speaking Contest Will Be Held
in the Assembly, December 6.
PRELIMINARIES, DEC. 2
Rules and General Topics Will Be
Posted on Main Bulletin Board
Next Monday, Says Authority.
The fall semi-finals of the fourth
annual extemporaneous speech con­test
will be held Friday, December
6, in the regular assembly. Six con­testants
selected by the judges in
the preliminaries on December 2,
will appear before the students on
this date.
These contests are held every fall,
winter, and spring quarter, and the
two judged the best out of each
'quarter appear in the finals in the
spring. The winner of this "has his
or her name engraved on a silver
loving cupjtept for this purpose.
Rules to be Posted
The rules for the contest, and the
general topics which may be used,
will be posted on the bulletin board
next Monday. The contestants have
the privilege of choosing the general
topic that they wish to discuss, and
then shortly before they speak,
special phases of that topic will be
given them to talk about.
Mr. James Carrell, of the Speech
department, announces that any
students who wish to enter may do
so by leaving their names at the
Speech office, on the third floor.
Interesting In Past
In the past this affair has aroused
considerable interest among the stu­dents,
and a large turnout is ex­pected
this quarter. The contest was
first introduced into this school by
Miss Alma Madden in 1927, to take
the place of formal debates. It was
thought that this would be more
appropriate for people training to be
teachers, since they need to be able
to talk fluently without notes in
their class rooms.
The winners in the past who have
had their names placed on the cup
are: June Wetherell, for-1927; Mar­garet
Hill, for 1928; and Joy Eft-land,
for 1929. The committee in
charge of the contest will select the
judges, and also the general and
special topic that will be offered.
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President C. H. Fisher
Returns Tomorrow
President C. H. Fisher will return
home tomorrow evening from- an
extended two-weeks ' trip to the
East.
As a representative of the Nation­al
Council of the Y.-M. C. A. from
Idaho and Washington, he spent a
delightful week in Chicago, formu­lating
plans and discussing means
for the betterment of the Y. M. C.
A.'
From Chicago he traveled on to
York, Pennsylvania, where he spent
a week visiting his relatives and re­viving
old memories at his boyhood
home.
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Trip on Yacht Thetis
To Be Taken Sunday
A yachting trip is planned for
next Sunday on the yacht "Thetis".
This trip is open for anyone wish­ing,
to take advantage of this splen­did
opportunity to see the surround­ing
scenery of Bellingham Bay.
Arrangements have been made to
leave the moorage on Chuckanut at
10 o'clock Sunday morning, return­ing
about 5 o'clock in the evening.
The charge will be one dollar, which
includes dinner. Those going have
been requested to sign the notice on
the bulletin board.
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I GRADUATES TAKE NOTICE! j
T. . For the benefit of those stu- '
J dents who have not taken heed |
| through the notice on the bul- i
i letin. board and who plan to j
i graduate at the end of the Fall, j
1 Winter, Spring, or Summer j
j Quarter of this school year, it !
| is' requested that they, make s
j application in Dean James Bev- I
j er's office at once. The fee is 1
I one dollar. j
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Plans for Informal
Nearing Completion
Plans for the Men's Informal, to
be held November 22 in the Crystal
ball room of the Hotel Leopold, are
progressing nicely, according to Joe
Hermsen, general chairman of the
dance. .. • .
The committees are working hard
to put over the biggest event on the
Normal's social register this fall.
They ask for the co-operation of
the men in buying their tickets ear­ly
as the alumni are also applying
for tickets.
Music by Barney
The music will be furnished by
Barney's Orchestra from Sedro-
Woolley. It is one of the best
known orchestras in the state, hav­ing
played most of its dances in
Seattle,' Mount*Vernon, and Bel­lingham.
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DRIVE FOR CHARITY
PURPOSES WILL BE
LAUNCHED TUESDAY
Annual Community Fund Campaign
Will Start Activities This Week.
Goal of $63,200 to be Reached.
Wear Rabbit's Foot
To Sophomore Party
EMINENT NEW YORK BARITONE IS
BOOKED FOR SONG RECITAL HERE
C. H. FISHER AT HEAD
The Community Fund association
plan to start their drive next Tues­day,
November 12. They hope to
have their'budget of $63,200 all col­lected
within the next week. .
The idea of the community fund
is to make one big drive each year
to raise money for all charitable ac­tivities
and community responsibil­ities.
There are thirteen activities
in all to be attended to. The Bud­get
allows a sum to be sent to the
Children's Home in Seattle, where
orphans from Bellingham are sent.
Most of the money goes for Bel­lingham
work, however.
Needs Cared For
Character building institutions
such as the Boy Scouts, Y. M. C. A.,
etc., receive their share of the mon­ey.
No social needs are overlooked.
Poor children, destitute families,
and all other unfortunates are taken
care of. %
Fisher President
Aside from the Budget Commit­tee
there are two other important
groups. President C. H. Fisher is
president of the community fund
and he is assisted by a group of
twelve who compose the board of
directors. There is also a group of
representative men and women of
Bellingham that comprise the Citi­zen's
Committee. hTis is made up
of about twenty-five members who
are active in the drive.
The Publicity Committee is head­ed
by Mr. H. E. Fowler, Mr. Pela-gius
Williams is chairman of the
Red Cross Roll Call of the Fund,
Miss Adele M. Jones is a member of
Visiting Nurse's Association. Dean
James A. Bever is on the Board of
Directors of City Missions, and Miss
Delia Keeler is in charge of the
Faculty station.
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Work on the 1929 souvenir foot­ball
programs is nearing completion,
and the booklets will be on sale No­vember
15 and 16. The programs
consist of thirty-two pages, and will
outwardly resemble a regular foot­ball
in shape and color. They are
planned mainly for the purpose of
supplying interesting information
about the Homecoming football
game with Ellensburg Normal, to be
played on November 16.
Manyr Illustrations
Within the programs will be cuts
of the respective presidents, coaches,
and assistant coaches of Bellingham
Normal and Ellensburg Normal, cuts
of the two opposing football cap­tains,
and quarter-page cuts of all
the members of our own team,
snapped in characteristic poses.
Complete description of both
teams will be included in the make­up
of the booklets, and also a "dope
sheet", which will give the results
of all past games between the two
schools. • -
The editors, Don Stickney and
Jack Gudmundson, have striven to
make the 1929 programs both at­tractive
in appearance and complete
with all the necessary features of a
conventional souvenir football pro­gram.
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August Werner, eminent New
York baritone, will be presented in
a recital of selected songs in the
regular asembly on next Tuesday,
November 12. He is in the course
of a nation-wide concert tour, the
first one he has ever made that in­cluded
the Pacific Coast.
Norwegian by Birth
Mr. Werner is.a Norwegian by
birth, but has received all his vocal
training and most of his education
in the United States. His repertoire
includes songs in German, • Norweg­ian,
and English, and his usage of
all three languages has been highly
commended. He has spent the past
several years in the presentation of
concerts and recitals in New York
City.
Rich Baritone Voice
Mr. Werner possesses a rich bari­tone
voice, sympathetic in quality,
which he uses with skill and intelli­gence
at all times. His breath con­trol,
phrasing and artistic use of.
color and nuances place him well
above the average recitalist. His in
terpretations are artistic, and his
diction is gratifyingly distinct.. Spe­cial
mention has»often been made of
his pianissimos, which are unusual
ly effective.
The Big Gym will be the scene of
a gala event tomorrow night, No­vember
9, at 8:30, when everyone is
gathered for the big Sophomore
party.
Anyone who is superstitious
should wear his rabbit's foot for
good luck, since "The Superstitious
Idea" is the plan to be carried out
for the party. Decorations will fol­low
out the plan.
All Men Invited
The faculty, all the men in school
and the sophomore, junior, and sen^
ior girls are cordially invited to at­tend.
Miss Ruth Piatt is the advisor for
the party. The sponsors are Miss
Margery Horton, Mr. James Carrell,
Miss Leona Sundquist, Mr. Edward
Arntzen and Mr. and Mrs. Harry V.
Masters, and Mr and Mrs. Pelagius
Williams.
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TERRITORIAL MEET
OF LIBRARY HEADS
HERE NEXT FRIDAY
Only Three Chances
Given Students to
; Pass Deciding Tests
Dr. Harry V. Masters, and Dr. C.
O'. Upshall of the Research depart­ment
announce that Achievement re-tests
will be given December 3, at
4 o'clock, in the Auditorium.
All students are required to raise
their Achievement test grades dur­ing
the first three quarters, in able
to meet the standards required
for registration for work in the
training school.
The tests to be given are: Arith­metic
computation, arithmetic reas­oning,
English usage, and spelling.
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SIX WEEKS GRADES OUT
Dean James Bever announces
that grades for the first six weeks
are in his office and that all stu­dents
should consult his secretary,
Miss Swanson, about their standing.
The present check-up indicates a
large number of low marks which
may be improved upon before the
end of the quarter.
Hopes for School
Songs Rise Under
New Management
Given new stimulus under the di­rection
of Edith Dyer, the song con­test
committee received a number of
new songs last week. It is expected,
Miss Dyer declared, "and people de
siring information about the contest
can learn froni any of the MacDow-ell
girls whatever they wish to
know."
Committee Satisfied
Commenting on the success of the
song contest in acquiring composi
tions so far, Miss Dyer said that the
committee is now satisfied that the
school will be able to acquire a real­ly
good song. "A number of people
have told us that they will have
their words ready, and with the
words that are already in and those
that the alumni are mailing in
constantly, the success of the con
test is assured," Miss Dyer added.
A song rally is to be held on the
landing some noon next week, where
new people will be introduced to the
various types of school songs.
Two-Fifty For Lusty Lunged Yells
MR. OH YEAH STARTS FIREWORKS IN ASSEMBLY
If In Viking Office Before Tuesday
Speaking before the assembly in a
spirited pep meeting this week, p.
Yeah, internationally known author­ity
on school yells, delivered a stir­ring
message to the "Young Yell
Writers" who were gathered before
him, with their "glowing young faces
indicating a new era of Normal
yells, a veritable conflagration of
lusty lunged enthusiasm" which was
ignited by the "prize of two and a
half in gold to be awarded to the
winner of the Northwest Viking
contest."
A bit of pathos was introduced
when Mr. Yeah declared that he
was touched by the spirit of loyalty
to the school which, he found here,
and was forced to abandon his ad­dress
for a few moments while he
regained his composure.
Yells Not New
• "Many an animal trainer can tell
you", the speaker declared, "That
'Hold That Lion', was an old yell
before football, and that v-v-v-v-viking
wasn't worked out (by a pale
young aesthete in an humble garret,
but by an unfortunate student, who
s-s-s-s-stuttered and hadn't clipped
the coupon yet".
"If you can't think of strong dy­namic
words to chant at the games,
try tripping over a rocking chair in
the dark some night, or ask a friend
to put a piece of ice down your
neck,", O. Yeah advised.
"And if you want something real­ly
filled with the lust of battle,
something charged with the chal­lenge
of youth, try quieting one of
your friends some Saturday night
when you find him down on West
Holly, breaking street lamps.
Keep Traditions
Mr. Yeah added that it was in
keeping with the spirit and tradi­tions
of the school for all good stu­dents
to' take pen in hand and work
out something, and that in addition
to the opportunity to win Viking
gold, that a contributor would em­blazon
his name forever in the Nor­mal
hall of fame. •
The contest will close Tuesday,
November 12.
1st Prize, $2.50.
-2nd Prize, • honorable mention.
3rd Prize, honorable mention.
And a' host; of minor prizes. .
THIRTY-FIVE
GO TOSEAHLE
ER-Dope
Favors Sam Carver's' Sqnad-j
in This Afternoon's Game witkil
University of Washington Team::
LINE-UP MAY BE CHANGED^;
Bellingham Will Probably RelyvoSs^
Passing Attack Which Has Been
Strongest Offense This Season. ::•;,';
Mabel Zoe Wilson, President of
Northwest Association, Urges
Students to Attend Sessions.
LUNCHEON AT LEOPOLD
Bellingham has been chosen by
the Northwest District Library As­sociation
as the meeting place of
their third annual conference on
Friday, November 15.
In the state the four divisions or
districts, Southwest, Southeast,
Northeast and Northwest, were si­multaneously
organized in 1927. the
chief purpose ^of each being to give
mutual aid in development and
management of all kinds of libraries
in that .territory.
Wilson President
The president of the Northwest
district is the Normal librarian, Miss
Mabel Zoe Wilson, who has outlined
the plans of the day as follows:
At 10:00 in the morning of No
vember 15, the meeting will open
at the downtown public library in a
general session to discuss the library
needs of the state.
The Crystal Dining room of the
Hotel Leopold will be the scene of
the luncheon to which all interested
in the work of the association are
invited. Seventy-five cents will be
the charge.
Afternoon Session
In the afternoon the session will
be separated into four groups, the
subjects for discussion of group one
being on Town, Village, Rural, and
Community Libraries; group two
will discuss High School Libraries;
group three, Graded and Rural
School Libraries, Juvenile; and De­partments
of Public Libraries by
group four. Sources of book selec­tion
will be a common subject for
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PEP PROGRAM SOON
The morning assembly on Friday,
November 15, will be entirely devot­ed
to a Homecoming program. It
will be mainly of a form intended
to incite interest in the Homecom­ing
celebration and football game.
The assembly will open with a
pep program presented by Clarence
Thue, the details for which have not
yet been fully completed. This will
be the second appearance of the Vi­king
Pep Band in assembly, and
some interesting numbers are as­sured.
Fisher to. Speak
President C. H. Fisher will deliver
a short address telling of the pur­pose
of Homecoming, its signifi­cance
and spirit, and what it means
to the returning graduates. Joe
Hermsen will give out, in a short
talk, the complete details of the pep
rally, bonfire, serpentine, and all the
other interesting features of this
years' celebration.
Programs on Sale
"At some time during the assembly
the 1929 souvenir football programs,
which have been prepared by Don
Stickney and Jack Gudmundson,
and contain a -great deal of inter­esting
information about the Home­coming
football game, will be of­fered
for sale at the usual price of
twenty-five cents.
Some 35 grid-warring Vikings left••#
this morning by stage for Seattieyff-where
they will play the Washing'^©
ton Super-Varsity this afterric«>n:^
Sam Carver's, complete squad js^S
conceded to have the upper hand; iri:;sr
the victory chances. Most of this :'«
is based on previous games ahdj'^
scores. ':,: ';••'•$£
Scores Give Dope '' :"v:: :4r;
The "U".Frosh lost here last week- fr
by a 14 point margin and the ^ r e p o r t ;
comes that they have a consistent j ;
habit of toppling the Reserves t ^y
20 point differences. It all sburidst* :J
hopeful but dope buckets have beeri.v
turned topsy-turvey time and again.;.;;
Thus those directly connected with S
the Normal eleven are taking • n o ij
chances with the possibility .of let^-J
ting the Supers nail the "Indian.;^
Sign" over the B. S. N. S. maih/en-.^
trance. .;•••.' .>••• • ••./;>:';-Ks
The team's chances of victory will/l
be very strong if they -play, the;;';
"heads up" variety of ball that has,-;
brought to the surface and played; a;;!
large role in the recent triumph, over^
the Frosh. Two touchdowns, enough::'
to win many of the games this year-r
were made by grabbing the breaks,t
that were hard to grab. ;.Ci'
Passing Features ;.'•?.
Once again this season the B e l^
lingham boys will run up against^
a team that has been weak; jn\;
their passing offense and ^defense";
throughout the season/ While;on)
the other hand one of the Normals 2
big factors lies in its cpnsisteiit;)
gains;;when-they take;-viq^tl^air.?;
Evidently this will again.become onte:;
of the main features of thVgantevv^
Owing to an eligibility rule with-:g
in the school concerning grades it;^
may be that several of thei players ^
will be,unable to play agaimt El^ ;'
lensburg. This will not materially^
affect the players for today's; gameo;
but it may cause some changes tite
be made in the line-up wheri thef;
coaches look ahead to the big' imf- :
portant game of next week. . ;
The whole squad that has been >
turning out, the coaches, and man-;
agers will make the trip arid will;:,
stay over to see the big Stanford-.
Washington game tomorrow: after-(
noon.
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Eight New Members ^;
Elected to Society:
Eight new members were elected;.
to the Scholarship society at -a^;
meeting held Tuesday evening, No-;;
vember 5. ^ - , ,'"
Edith Dyer is president of the';Sob­riety,
Cora Walton, vice president,'
and Mildred Earley, secretary, j I: :;:|;
Initiation for the new members |
is planned for November 18.v Those^
elected were: Dora Caldwell, Elsie,1
Canfieid, Katherine Hunt, Bessie^:
Huntamer, Mildred Kent/Elizatxstir!;
Ellis, Jean Philippi, and Margaret;-;
Shepherd. 'P'PS •'•)•.
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I CALENDAR|
TODAY— ' •
2:15 p. m., football, U. of W>
Super-Varsity vs. .. Vikings;
Seattle. . - 'V^v?£
4:00 p. m., Rec Hour./ : ; . ' |
SATURDAY— ; : ; • - '^
8:30 p. m., Sophomore party,'
big gym. 'Vv^WJf?'
SUNDAY— \ . ^:^£-|§|&
Regular church services.:; - CSl|M
7:30 p. mv Student; :Forun^;^|gi;
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TUESDAY—Nov. 12. / f;:
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11:00 a. m., regular assemjbly,"S|||;
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7:30 p. m., Alkisiah ;club;:cl|f
'• meeting. ' ^/-^,^!-$§te!
WEDNESDAY—Nov:' 13£::: •;&§$!]?
7:00 p. m., Dancing class,:fpi^:|j
gym-
FRIDAY—Nov.
11:00 a. m.,
assembly.
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