Northwest Viking - 1928 August 10

              VOL. XXVIII-^NO. 11
WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Friday, August 10, 1928
Gommencement Exercises August 23
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POLICY
YEAR
PLANNED BY
Understanding with Faculty Social
Committee Will be Arrived a t—
Right of Discharge to be Stated
C H A N G E D E B A T E A W A RD
Editor and Business Manager for
Viking Will be Chosen Next
Week. Start Blue Book Work.
A Board of Control policy, putting
in written form some of the tradi­tions
which in the past have guided
the Board in some of its actions, and
which will enable the Board and the
faculty to come to agreements on
some matters ever undecided, will
be formulated by the Board,, and is
now being discussed and worked on.
This was brought out following the
weekly meeting of the Board, Wed­nesday
morning.
The policy affects in the main
student publications and social func­tions.
The election by the Board of
Control of the editors and business
managers of the various publications
is not changed, but the Board re­serves
the right to discharge from
the staff of any publication any
member who gives cause, though this
member may be appointed by the
editors with no ratification of the
appointment by the1 Board.
Student Functions
Student social functions are to be
under a faculty supervision which
will be agreed upon before the func­tion
is held, rather than under the
"haphazard" supervision which has
been the case in the past. Hereto­fore,
according to the Board, if
there has been any displeasure be­cause
of the program or any feature
of a student social, there has been
no party with fixed responsibility.
The understanding between the
Board and faculty of "arranged sup­ervision"
is planned to alter the
former condition.
The last social event of the quar­ter
will be a special evening "rec"
hour Friday night, August 17. A
double "rec" hour with a possible
program and other features is being
planned.
Debate Awaits Changes
Because it was thought that the
giving of two pins for debate*, that
Catherine Wade Smith
Presents Program in
Assembly Appearance
Bellingham's nationally famous
violinist, Catherine Wade Smith, was
enthusiastically received by an aud­ience
which filled the auditorium this
morning. Although the concert was
si ven in the regular assembly, many
people of Bellingham took the oppor­tunity
to hear their talented fellow
townswoman, and almost every seat
was filled. (
The finished technique and clear
and beautiful tone color for which
the artist is famous Avere exquisitely
brought out by the numbers played.
Wieniewaski's "Fantasy Brillian-tine"
proved a favorite with the
audience as did the ever-popular
"Tango" by Abeniz. The Kreisler
arrangement of De Falla's "Danse
Espagnole" brought the program to
a brilliant close.
Miss Smith was assisted by John
Hopper, talented Seattle pianist.
The entire program was:
I.
a. Menuet Porpora-Kreisler
I). Fantasy Brilliant Wieniawski
(Motifs from Gounod's "Faust")
Introduction Garden Scene Waltz
II
a. Montanesa Nin-'Kochanski
b. Ta.ns'o Poldowski
c. Nana de Falla-Kochanski
d. Tango Algeniz-Elman
e. Danse Espagnole..de Falla-Kreisler
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APPOINTMENT BUREAU
REPORTS PLACEMENTS
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Students placed by the Bureau:
Hazel Buckingham, Longview, first
and second grades.
Louise Wall, Longview, fifth and
sixth grades.
Jannette Pierpont, Muir school, rural.
Ethel Heath, Homer, Alaska, rural.
Elvira Anderson. Orting, first.
. Appointments reported by stu­dents
-.
Mary Geri, Pineville, Montana,
grades 1-4.
Anna Mura, Shelton, eighth depart­mental,
penmanship supervisor.
Beatrice Burton, Bellingham, first.
llubye Weaver, Sunnyslopc school,
Wenatchee, third.
Mrs. Maybelle E. Lee, Olympia, up­per
grade departmental.
Constance Frieling, Eglon, rural.
Clara Morgan, Highland school, Kit­sap
county, rural.
Jean Woll. Molt. Montana, rural.
.An event of this week-end: Hoov­er's
acceptance speech.
Sixty Participate in Sings, Hikes,
and Feeds on Hannegan Pass Trip
Sleeping . underneath the stars,
climbing mountains and eating the
best of foods, including fresh fish
from Chilliwack creek, are only a
•few of the incidents that will make
the Hannegan Pass trip live long in
the memories of those who were for­tunate
enough to make the excur­sion
last week-end.
About fifteen members of the fac­ulty
. and a like number from the
Friday Harbor station helped to
swell the total to over sixty persons
who left the campus about two
o'clock Friday afternoon. Leaving
the busses at Shuksan, the party
hiked to the first night's camping
piace at the five and one-half mile
mark before darkness came on. But
not so with the pack train that fol­lowed!
Before half the trip had been
-completed darkness made travel for
tlie pack train difficult and danger­ous.
However, relief from the main
camp brought "bugs" and candles,
.and the train pulled into camp about
nine thirty. Lunch cbnsisted of two
big slices of bread with a luscious
piece of meat loaf between, hot
soup, celery and cocoa.
Beds on Mother Earth.
All were responsible for making
their own beds arid here they
showed that-slimmer outings' have
made real campers of them. Blan-
•ket rolls arid V sleeping bags ;, were
•scattered , around ; : underneath, the
trees and one had to watch his step
lest he trod on some sleeping indi­vidual.
After a good night's rest
camp was broken and five male
members left early to catch fish for
next 'morning's breakfast. The party
claimed to have caught all the fish
in -the creek and actually exhibited
some beautiful "Dollies" to prove' it.
Chin-Chin
A hike' to Goat mountain furnished
excitement for all day Saturday
and it was a- tired but happy crowd
that gathered around the canipfire
that evening to sing group songs
with, an occasional solo or duet, and
finally "Good Night Ladies" with
several original verses added. Two
members of the party were reported
as having carried on a continuous
conversation throughout the night,
and sleepy persons finally compro­mised
on names offered to fit ,the
night talkers. One individual in par­ticular
carried the name of Chin-
Chin throughout the rest of the trip.
Safety Pins
Safety pins were in vogue' when
the party had returned from Ruth
Mountain. A^ quarter of a mile snow
slide and the heather slides that
followed proved disastrous to several-pair
of flimsy trousers; and Guy
-Bond and Les Sanford were paying
huge, prices for insignificant little
safetv pins. .."'./ ,-';'• •:'.- \j)\--..-: ',"••'„.'•.
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"Merchant of Venice" Plays
To Two Capacity Audiences
V. H. Hoppe, Carianna Tucker, and John Kerr, Are
Outstanding in Their Roles. Scenery and Light­ing
Effects Particularly Well Managed by Lock.
.(By Mary Hibner)
A two night run before capacity
houses is the record of the members
of the Normal Drama club who ap­peared
in "The Merchant of Venice",
Wednesday and Thursday, August
S and 9. Practically every reserved
seat was sold out, and the general
section was fliled up each evening.
The play had been so directed that
every grouping of the actors upon
the simple but exquisitely colored
and lighted stage formed a pleasing
picture. Most of the actors spoke
their lines as Shakespeare would
have had them "trippingly", 4ind
with full clear tones which reached
to everyone in the audience. The
perfectly chiselled phrases of the su­preme
dramatist appealed for melo­dy
itself as well as for content.
Shylock Is Exceptional
Mr. Hoppe, director, gave an inter­pretation
of Shylock which seemed
to hold the sympathy of the people
of the audience even while they re­sented
the unrelenting, vengeful na­ture
of the old Jew.
"One of the finest pieces of acting
he ever did in Bellingham," says one
old play-goer.
Carrianna Tucker, as Portia, im­pressed
one with the timelessness of
Shakespeare's characters. Portia, in
her beautiful seventeenth century
gowns, was a modern woman, and
her reactions were those a woman
of today under like circumstances.
She believed in action, just as the
girl of today—no dependence on
men, even on the best of them, for
her. She believed in doing—and she
did. Miss Tucker's acting was note­worthy
for its convincing natural­ness
and' for the resonant beauty
with which she spoke her lines.
Ben Howard, as Bassanio, and
Ralph Johnson, as Antonio, played
their parts with a sincerity which
was convincing, especially during
the tragic scenes.
John Kerr is Gratanio
Outstanding among the lesser char­acters
was the work of John Kerr
as the carefree and impetuous Gra­tanio.
Bob Burchette, as Lorenzo,
and Helen Sullivan, as Jessica, made
a pleasing pair of story book sweet­hearts.
Will Nellis, as Shylock's
friend Tubal, Floid VanEtten, as the
Duke of Morocco, Frank Franz, as
a simpering Prince of Argon, and
Earl Hemmi as the low comedy
Launcelot Gobbo, were much appre­ciated
by the audience.
Much of the beauty of the play
was due to the simple but colorful
scenery and to the lighting effects
which- the stage management at­tained
under the direction of Frank
Lock. ' .
EDENS INFORMAL IS
"FEAST OFLANTERNS"
Mystery of the East in Music,
Romance of Orient in Blosoms.
Dancers, swaying to the weird
strains of Oriental music, will be il­luminated
by the wild, flashing eyes
of an exotic idol when the girls of
Edens Hall celebrate "The Feast of
the Lanterns" at their summer in­formal
in the dormitory dining room
tomorrow evening. August 11, from
8:30 until 11:30 o'clock.
Branches of cherry blossoms and
masses of graceful wisteria have
been arranged under the supervision
of Marian Snyder and will be used
effectivel to carry out the Orien­tal
theme in decorations.
Music charged with the exciting-mystery
of the East will be furn­ished
by the Melody Boys of Anacor-tes,
who introduced themselves to
Bellingham dancers on their return
from the school excursion to Vic­toria.
Marian Snyder has designed Jap­anese
programs which will be in the
form of small, colorful fans.
An. added feature of the unique
informal will be an Oriental solo
dance by Beatrice Cook.
Patrons for the affair are. Mr.
and Mrs. Harold B. Smith, Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert C. Ruckniick, Miss Vir­ginia
Winbigler, and Mists Florence
Johnson-
Plans for the dance have been
completed under the direction of
Helen Sheckels. Her committees in­clude
the following girls: Decora­tion,
Marian Snyder, Esther Norum,
Beulah Burns, and Lillie Soulc; re­freshment,
Mildred Meyers, -Nora
Belle Stout, and Deloyce Young;
program, Edna Working, Mildred
Matson, and Lucile Schwartz: or­chestra,
Winnifred Ha Her, blind
date, Louise Stiger; and Mary Luch.
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MISS SPERRY GIVES TALK
Miss M. Belle Sperry is the re­lish
departfiient, was the chief speak­er
Wednesday afternoon at. the
Whatcom County Farm Women's
Vacation camp, which is being held
August %„.<) .and- 10, at Birch Bay.
khc; /delivered ; an address "oh Pales-'
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One Hundred Eight Students En­tertained
at Rocks Wednesday.
The Oregon club sponsored a sal­mon-
bake at the Rocks Wednesday
evening, which was enjoyed by over
a hundred Normal students and fac­ulty
members. Those who went at
four o'clock had a good swim- before
the eats were served promptly at
six o'clock. Thus everone had
ample time to get back to the cam-put,
in time for the Shakespeare
play.
Mr. Bond, the; club sponsor, baked
the fish, with the help of a "cook
committee" including Edward Daane,
Paul Rairdon, and Dan Beighle.
Leonard Keppler, secretary, and Win­nifred
Dalgity, president, collected
the cash.
This was the-last of the summer
social events on the Oregon club
program. The club will hold a short
business meeting Monday in room
115 at four o'clock, to close its sum­mer
quarter, and to elect officers
for the fall quarter.
Calendar
FRIDAY—August 10.
Recreation Hour, Big Gym, 4 p. m.
SATURDAY—August 11. ,
Edens Hall Informal, Edens- Hall
Dining Room, 8:30 p. m.
TUESDAY—August 14.
Ernest Caldwell, baritone, in As­sembly
11:00 a. m. ' ~
WEDNESDAY—August 13
Baseball game, Vikings vs U. of
W., Seattle, 3:30 p. m.
FRIDAY—August 17.
Clifford Newdall in Assembly, 11
a. m.
FORMER STUDENT WRITES .
Miss Belle M. Sperry is the re^
cipient of a 'letteri from a" former
student, Mrs. Iva Ethel-Whitesides
Logg, 'who is living with her hus­band
and family of nine children at
Baird, Washington, and who wishes
to be remembered to those who may
have 'known her at BeHingham Nor­mal:
Mrs. Logg; is a graduateVof
the'\;lass/of-;190S./: i^v^^^if-:.:;;>?+- f.;
Newdall, Tenor, Once
Member of Faculty,
Will Sing in Assembly
Clifford Newdall, tenor, will sing
during the assembly hour one Week
from today. Students and faculty
of the Normal will remember him
as a member of the faculty ,in 1925,
teaching, public school music. Mr.
Harold B. Smith has since held that
position.
At the American Opera Company's
formal debut in Washington, D. C ,
last year, Mr. Newdall appeared as
the principal tenor. The company
was formed by those interested in
producing operas in the English lan­guage.
Among the operas in which lie has
sung are "Faust" (as Faust), "Mar­tha",
"Sunset Trail", by Charles
Wakefield Cadman, and "The Ab­duction
from the Seragio." He ap­peared
in the opening performances
of "Faust" in New York, Boston,
Chicago, and Washington, D. C.
Mr. Newdall's home is in Wenat­chee.
He was graduated from the
University of Washington in 1924,
where he was a member of the Fir
Tree Honorary, and Alpha Tan Ome­ga
fraternity.
DR LEEBRICK WILL
GRADUATING CLASS
Professor, of Political Science of
the University of Hawaii to be
Summer Commencement Speaker
CLASS IS L A R GE
E R N E S T CALDWELL
IN N E X T ASSEMBLY
Ernest Caldwell, the noted Cana­dian
baritone soloist who sang with
the Bellingham Women's chorus in
May in their presentation of Alfred
Noyes' "'The Highwayman," will be
presented in next Tuesday's assemb­ly.
He will be accompanied on the
piano by William Dichmont.
"The Highwayman" cantata was
very well received last spring by the
assembly. Mr. Caldwell's part in
the program as soloist was one of
the best features of. the perform­ance.
His advance program is as fol­lows:
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Dream World . j.JDuparc
Vision Fugitive Massenet
Folk Songs
M Love's an Arbutus Anonymous
Vain Suit Brahms
Early One Morning Anonymous
Drink to Me Only ...Traditional
Negro Spirituals
Coin' to Shout
Sometimes I Feel Like a Mother­less
Child .
De 'Wanderer Schubert
Wie Bist du Meine oKenigen.. Brahms
E'en Little Things Woolf
My Jewels Sanderson
Ein Tone ' .....^' Cornelieus
0 Let the Solid Ground..Sommervell
Noon Branscombe
Unusually Large Number Applying
for Their Three-year Diplomas;
Three Four-year Graduates.
Dr. Karl C. Leebrick, professor of
History and Political Science, Uni­versity
of Hawaii, and Acting pro­fessor
-of international affairs, Syra­cuse
university, during a leave of
absence from Hawaii, will deliver
the Commencement address at the
exercises to be held in the auditor­ium,
Thursday morning, August 23;
instead of Friday morning, August
24, as previously announced. Dr.
Leebrick was the director of the In­stitute
of International Relations
which convened in Seattle two weeks
ago. He will speak on the subject
"Our Opportunities in the Pacific."
The traditional march of gradu­ates
to the auditorium "will be held
with the exception of that part
which in June is held on the campus.
Music for the exercises will be given
by the Normal Orchestra. President
Fisher will present the class. Dr.
W. D. Kirkpatrick, representing the
board, will present the diplomas.
One Hundred Sixty-one Apply
One hundred sixty-one students
have made application for gradua­tion.
Of this number three are
graduating from the four-year
course, twenty-three from the three-year
course and one hundred thirty-five
from the two-year course. The
number of applicants from the
three-ear course is unusually large.
Names of the graduates will be an­nounced
next week. Thus far only
the names of applicants have been
given out.
Announcements of the Commence­ment
exercises may be ordered up to
four o'clock, Friday, August tenth.
Students who desire to order should
sign up on the bulletin board. Per­sonal
cards must be ordered sepa­rately
and this may. be done through
the Co-op. Students are urged to
order in time to allow at least a
week for having- the order filled.
Howard Brave in Big Bare-Handed
Battle with Swarm of Honey Bees
>\$cv.
The drowsy morning sky of Thurs­day,
July 20, became the "scene of
roaring, buzzing insect frenzy when
the bees emerged from their hive on
the window sill of" the training
school and swarmed up behind the
building toward Sehome hill at
eleven twent-five o'clock.
Miss Hilda F. Piosene, thrust one
wide hat fringed with mosquito net­ting
and one well fueled smoke gun
upon the astonished Mr. Gwin, A'er-satile
janitor, and rushed him into
the alley to help her intercept the
escaping insects in their mad flight.
'By this time the bees had become
a,dizzy, whirring ball of black dots
in mid-air and had attracted the no­tice
of a. group %of nature study stu­dents
who promptly abandoned the
quiet\ study of the habits of Sehome
birds and raced to the bottom of the
hill to watch the fascinating swarm
of bees. '•'••'.-
Bennett Howard Shows Bravery
John Kerr and most of the other
spectators stopped abruptly at a re­spectful
distance from the menacing
cyclone of potential stingers but
Bennet Howard, throwing caution to
the skies and totally unarmed with
tlie conventional netting considered
necessary for effective bee herding,
jumped, heroically, into the fray and
shot smoke guns at the fierce insects
in an effort; to deaden their senses
and so terminate their ;flight as near
tlie - school as possible .lliss. Roserie
rah back arid forth from the ,;build-.
ing ^replenishing '± tire :;^smpke^guiis
wjth '- lnrrtap and ,grea?y.Jdust^ rag^.J ;|
More students arrived to watch
the unique battle including four en­terprising
reporters who rushed to
the scene of action at the first news
that war had been declared. Dorothy
Sasse and Christine Fredrickson
were much excited and Ernest Ban­ner
got so near the frenzied insects
that he still lias the poignant mem­ory
of tlie wounds he received. Ver-.
non Vine in contrast to his subordi­nates,
maintained a decidedly calm
appearance during the entire conflict
and it is reported secretly wished
for a motion picture camera. • • • ;
Queen Flies High
Mean while, the bees collected about
their queen on such a high branch
that. Mr. Howard'had to stand be­neath
them and hack off the limb
while the fierce horde whizzed about
his unprotected ears. The bees sailed
•up again and then mid the clouds of
blue smoke from the effective smoke
gams collected on a low limb in a
mass , which resembled a huge ob­long
burr. Mr. Gwin held a new
hive beneath the burr and Mr. How­ard
succeeded in shaking the queen
and a good share of the swarm into
the open top, thus saving them for
the training school. ; ...' .
The hew hive has been placed in
the window to tlie right of the old.
As this makes the second swarm this
year it is predicted that the views
from both;.windows will soon be
completely obstructed .;with •.hive's of
.bees..:"}: ••/"• :;w; ':>^:-- •,•'..••'..• '.••. ';.'•'•. '•••.•• I ' . ^ H -.
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