Northwest Viking - 1928 November 16

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VOL. XXVIII—NO. 19 WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON
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When the Men's Club met Tues­day
of this week it looked as If It
meant badness.
A strnj^e took place for the
election of officers. It was neces­sary
to ballot twice for president
of the elub, even though Joe Herm-sen
attempted to concede the office
to Frank GerL Feeling ran high;
votes and members present were
recounted.
Unlike usual student body elec­tions,
candidates were plentiful.
Even the margin for electing sec­retary-
treasurer could be decided
by a couple of votes. Luckily no
vice president was chosen as Harry
Appleton continues in this position
for the quarter by virtue of his
election-during Summer quarter.
As for business—well, a Men's
club dance is still hanging in the
air... The "Smoker" was history, of
the fabled variety. Hermsen, in
putting across the suggestion of the
hop, stated the facts of the case:
Men give no dances in the school
year, while the Women give six.
But in Roy Arnett's way of see­ing
it, there will be no affair at all
if co-operation becomes as stinted
as in former "W" Club dances.
However, it will not take place this
quarter as no dates are open 'on the
school calendar for the Fall quar­ter.
Due to unfinished business and
the trend of interest given, perhaps
President Frank Geri will call an­other
meeting sometime soon.
Of (IMS
AND PATTISON NEXT
Pianistic Twins Will Give Recital
at First Christian Church on the
Evening of November 23.
Klipsun Staff Meets
at H. E. Fowler's Home
VARIED PROGRAM
Have Presented Programs in Many
Countries. Australia, New Zea­land
Hawaii and Europe Hear It.
*'; Feto co-eds are interested in a
Men's club, but then a few more
are interested in men individually
THE
WEEK WITH STATE SCHOOLS
|The Associated Students of the
TJniyersity of Washington are fac­ing
a $12,000 deficit from the first
•five" ^ football•:. games played this
year. Solution of finance is. ex­pected
in receipts from basketball,
and rentals of the pavilion and
.Stadium.
Washington State college bids
lair in the Pacific Coast confer­ence
by winning from U. C. L. A.
in Portland last Saturday. The
{Cougars stand third in the confer­ence
although they have won more
'.'games than their predecessors;
Southern California, and Califor­nia..
AND OUR SISTER NORMALS,'
CHENEY AND ELLENSBURG,
FOUGHT FOOTBALL A FEW
DAYS AGO—ELLENSBURG NOR­MAL
WINNING OUT — THEIR
THIRD STRAIGHT TRI-NORMAL
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHD?.
<JHENEY CO-EDS DONNED FOOT
BALL TOGS RECENTLY AND
GAVE A TAKEOFF ON THE
CHENEY SAVAGE ELEVEN DUR­ING
A PEP ASSEMBLY.
Guy Maier and Leo Pattison, the
pianistic "twins", will give a recital
at the First Christian Church audi­torium,
on November 23rd, devoting
the major part of their program to
an interesting and varied represen­tation
of modern composers.
These remarkable American pi­anists
have, during the past few
seasons, advanced to a position at
the very top of their particular
field and have carried their pro­grams
to Australia, New Zealand,
Hawaii and Europe.
Separate Personalities as One
Maier and Pattison are two very
distinct personalities in private life,
but subjugate their individualities
in order to do justice to the great
art of two-piano playing. At one
time or another they have been de­scribed
as the "pianistic Siamese
twins," the "Damon-and-Pythias of
the Piano" or "Thor and Odin."
It is not enough to say that the
listener can hardly tell where one
leaves off at one keyboard and the
other begins at the second, though
that is true. Neither is it enough
to say that they play everything
from Bach down to Germaine Tail-leferre,
who is the most.super-mod­ern
of all the moderns, though that
is also true.
They play a glorified form of
jazz, thereby confounding the, lofty
of brow and delighting all the rest.
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An amendment to the constitu­tion
of the Klipsun staff was passed
at the meeting held Thursday eve­ning,
November 8, at the home of
Mr. H. E. Fowler, the faculty advis­or.
The Klipsun board, which former­ly
included only the editor, business
manager and three representatives,
was changed by amendment to in­clude
the whole Klipsun staff.
The meeting was called to order
by Glen Fairbanks, business man­ager
of the Klipsun. After the con­stitution
was read to the staff, the
amendment was passed and the
meeting placed in charge of the
Klipsun Editor, Naomi Chase and
plans for the annual were discus­sed.
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EMBER 6
PRESENTATION DATE
Guy Maier and Leo Pattison, Pianists, who will give a recital at the
First Christian Church next Friday Evening.
E
Dr. Roy Hidemichi Akagi, the
Underwoods and Dr. Wiggam are
Scheduled to Appear Next Week.
TO
Joslyn Gives Second
Mental Hygiene Talk
Miss June J. Joslyn of the Wash­ington
Society for Mental Hygiene
gave her second talk in Mental Hy­giene
Institute, last night. She is
conducting these talks in Belling-ham
under the auspices of the local
committee.
Miss Joslyn spoke on "Understand­ing
Ourselves;" because she believes
we should know ourselves before we
can make any attempt in shaping
other people's lives.
She described some of the fun­damental
human drives, some of the
ways to meet situations, and pointed
out why certain types of reactions
are unhealthy.
MISSIAIHDEN
Play Will be Produced in High
School at Lynden on Evening of
December 5 for Rehearsal.
BOARD MEETING IS
POSTPONED TO MON.
Gradually, but surely, the minds
•of America are demobilizing. Ten
years after the cessation of hostil­ities
with Germany, President Nich­olas
Murray Butler is now announc­ing
the re-establishment at Column
Dia University of the Deutsches
Haus, a center of German culture
that was discontinued during the
-war. Social science classes in
American colleges and Normal
Schools treat Germany with a
greater liberality than ever before
The majority of institutions have
re-established the German lan­guage
in their curricula.
Bellingham Normal added Ger­man
to its foreign language work
this quarter.
Because of the absence from the
city of President C. H. Fisher, and
the inability of Don Stickney and
Eldred Bechtel, to attend the meet­ing,
the weekly session of the board
of control, postponed from Monday
to Thursday, did not take place.
Secretary Roy Arnett stated this
morning that matters to be taken
up by the board at its next meeting
demand the attention of President
Fisher, and that it was deemed ad­visable
to wait until his return be­fore
meeting. The next session of
the board will take place at the
regular time, Monday at 4 p. m.,
it was announced.
FRESHMENPARTY IS
A DECIDED SUCCESS
Named the "Dance of the Nations";
the Spirit of Armistice Day Was
Shown in the Decorative Scheme.
THE TERRITORIAL NORMAL
SCHOOL OF HONOLULU, HA­WAII,
STARTED ITS SOCIAL
YEAR WITH A BIG HALLOWE-i'EN
PARTY WITH OVER FIVE
HUNDRED STUDENTS ATTEND­ING...
INTEREST IS MAINTAIN­ED
IN SIGMA OMEGA, HONOR
FRATERNITY, WHICH WAS OR­GANIZED
THERE LAST YEAR,
AND THE W. A. A. IS PROMI­NENT
AMONG SIXTEEN ORGAN­IZATIONS
OF THAT SCHOOL:
.THE ISLAND NORMAL ALSO
/LEADS IN FOOTBALL AMONG
JITS COMPETITORS:
Wisconsin and Iowa, both un­beaten,
will mingle at Iowa Ctiy,
:;lbwa,' tomorrow to decide who will
WatAr^ "Big -Ten": football Icon-;
iference. Wisconsin just got through
Under shaded lights and stream­ers
of red, white and blue, the
freshmen held their annual party,
November 10, in the big gym. The
beautifully decorated gym typified
the spirit of Armistice Day in the
theme of the "Dance of the Nat­ions"
which was successfully carried
out by Virginia Kahlke, head of
the Decoration committee.
, A delightful program was put on
during the intermission of the
dance under the supervision of Mar­garet
Perry, chairman of the pro­gram
committee. Russian, English
and French dances were given by
members of Miss Kathleen Skalley's
and Helen Stone Dozier's dancmg
classes. Aileen Arland gave a Rus­sian
dance dressed in the costume
of that country. Six girls from Miss
Skalley's folk-dancing class gave an
English folk dance in costume.
Lenore Young and Lenore Handra-han
did a French "Doll Dance."
Refreshments were served by Mary
Beth Parkhurst and her committee.
The reception committee headed by
Bertha Altose received the guests.
Glenn Goddard was chairman of
the' rooms and furniture committee
and Norman Porter of the clean-up
committee.
4 Miss Ruth Piatt; the class advisor,
expriessedher^satisf^ticm w i ^ ^
J^^I^t':.W^
the short tune in which they had
Thursday, December 6, at 8:15, is
the date set for the presentation in
the auditorium of the Drama club's
quarterly play, "Sun-Up," by Lula
Vollmer.
At present the work on the play is
coming along satisfactorily, accord­ing
to Victor H. Hoppe, director.
The three acts are being prepared
and set-ups arranged for acting out
the scenes of the mountaineer folk.
The entire play is given in the back­woods
dialect of the hill people of
North Carolina. The cast is expe­riencing
some difficulty in attaining
the accent; but is gradually getting
the. hiU-frilly manners of the rude
country people. These untutored
folk have" built lip tlieir own cd&e
and set of customs, and there is a
bitter feud spirit existing among
them. They are "agin" everything
that is represented by the govern­ment,
including law and order.
Claire Wilson in playing the part
of Widow Cagle gives an unusually
strong exhibition of talent in the
character portrayal of this old wom­an's
perverted view of life. But she
finally sees the light dawn in a new
way as the drama of real life closes.
Margaret Sheppard taking the lead­ing
part as the sweetheart wife of
Rufe Cagle also becomes a Widow
Cagle when Rufe, who goes away
to war, is killed by the Germans.
Innovation Planned
Instead of haying the customary
dress rehearsal the night before
presentation, Mr. Hoppe plans to
produce the play at Lynden high
school, Wednesday, December 5.
This has not been tried before by
the Drama club but is expected to
be a great success. It will be good
practice for the cast in working be­fore
an audience in strange sur-
With two special and two regular
assemblies scheduled for the coming
week, the calender is well loaded
with a varied program, including a
violinist, a pianist and two lectur-res.
• In the first assembly Monday at
9 o'clock, Dr. Roy Hidemichi Akagi,
lecturer and historian, will speak
on the affairs of present day Japan
and her relations with the United
States.
Dr. Hidemichi came to the United
States in his youth, receiving both
primary and secondary education in
this country. He is a graduate of
the U. of California, graduating
with honors in history. He later at­tended
Chicago U. and Harvard and
received his Ph. D. from'the Univer­sity
of Pennsylvania.
Wide Famed Violinist Tuesday
Tuesday at llo'clock, Rex Under­wood
and Mrs. Aurora Underwood,
will present a joint violin and piano
recital in the regular assembly.
Mr. Underwood appeared here and
at the Women's Music Club last
year, and was very well received,
getting much praise for his mas­tery.
Mr. and Mrs. Underwood have
both studied abroad for a number of
years and are at present in the
music department of the University
of Oregon, which is considered to
have one of the best music schools
on the coast.
At one o'clock on Tuesday, Mr. A.
E. Wiggam will speak on the sub­ject,
"What Civilization is Doing to
Us." Dr. Wiggam is an author of
wide renown, having advanced
many new theories on evolution.
Friday there will be the regular
Freshman Curriculum assembly.
Dozens of Student Opinions Flock
to Office of Northwest Viking.
Interest in Debate Is Evident.
The action of the Board of Con­trol
in regard to debate has aroused
a good deal of disucssion among
students. The board, which is of
the opinion that there is not suf­ficient
interest in debate in this in­stitution,
refused to appropriate
funds for the activity. Below are a
few of the numerous student opin­ions
on the matter which were re­ceived
by the Northwest Viking:
Dear Editor:
Great things have been done in
the past few years to improve the
effectiveness of modern schools,
and our educational system. Bel­lingham
Normal has been active,
thru research, in such improvement.
One of the most- striking, as well
as one of the-most recent, pieces of
research done at our school was
that recorded in the Northwest Vik­ing
of last w^eek. This was not done
by the Research Department, but
by the Board of Control. The gist
of it is this: "Debate as an institu­tion
is not of intercollegiate cal­iber."
For several years past the larger
universities of this country and
England have sent debaters across
the ocean to compete with those of
other lands. Oxford and Cambridge
send their teams to compete in de­bate
against the pick of American
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Dope Bucket. Holds That; a••Tni^ltiMj0,.
Game .is in Store; Graves'/ c f i t - 2 1^^
fit Most Powerful , i n , ; - ^ f ^ : | | ||
BATTLE SET FOR 2:S» !0:I$$m
Normal Squad Weakened by Lasa
of Moe; Weber Back in Line-up,
Erickson Reported Improved.
Contest for Elimination Will
Open to All Students of
School Who Are Interested.
be
the
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Representatives to
Commission Elected
in Women's Assembly
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Normal Students Aid
with Annual Red Cross
Roll Call, Out of City
ALBERT EDWARD WIGGAM
ALBERT EDWARD WIGGAM
will be heard here soon in­terpreting
and applying science to
daily life and happiness. He is
the author of "The Fruit of the
Family Tree," "The New Deca­logue
of Science" and "The Next
Age of Man.'' He is widely known
as a scientist and author and has
been a most popular speaker for a
great many years.; | H i s featured
subject for the 1928-29 season is
' ^ha'ilaGiviiizatip^
Armistice Day opened the solicit­ors'
campaign for Red Cross mem­bership.
Whatcom county's quota
is. $4,000, with $3,000 coming from
Bellingham and the remainder from
outside of the city. The amount
from Bellingham was raised
through the community chest.
Normal students began the can­vass
outside of the city on Monday.
The closing date for the campaign
is set by the National headquar­ters
for Thanksgiving day, Novem­ber
29.
Students Help
Leaders of the groups which are
covering Birch Bay, Marietta, Ge­neva,
Laurel, Deming, Acme, and
Clipper, are: Naomi Chase, Olive
Berthusen, Leonard Keppler, Stan-;
ley Craft, Ray Craft, and Curtis
Bell. • j
Mr. Pelagius Williams, who is in
charge of the county Red Cross-'
says that to-date the subscriptions
have not come in very well but that
he expects the money will be satis­factorily
raised by Thanksgiving.
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DEBATE JUDGES FROM HERE -;
'. Debate Judges, for the Nooksack-
Blaine debate at Nooksack this aft­ernoon,
are. Miss Fannie J. Raglahd,
Miss, Delia Keeler, and Mr. Oscar
Ethel Boynton and Dorothy Stev­enson
were elected Freshmen repre­sentatives
to the Women's Commis­sion
in an assembly of the Wom­en's
League last Tuesday morning.
The two other candidates for these
vacancies were Louisette Fergerson
and Eunice Bloomberg.
Naomi Chase, president of the
Women's League, gave an interest­ing
explanation of the activities of
the various committees, the. Com­mission
and other branches of the
organization. She closed by saying,
"I would like all women to take an
active part in the machinery of the
Women's League instead of stand­ing
back and leaving it tOj others to
carry on. This is your chance; and
we want you to help us with your
co-operation."
Miss Jones Speaks
Most important on the program
prepared by Elsie Rapier was the
talk given by Miss Adele Jomes,
Dean of Women, on the place of
women in the modern world. After
giving a resume of the length of
time that women have been on an
equal basis with men^ she said, "You
have won your place, girls; how keep
it. Your great-grandmothers, your
grandmothers, and yes; your moth­ers
fought for the place you now.
hold. What are you going to do to
keep it?" ;
Other,, numbers on the program
were piano selectionsH by Louise
Dunn; a clog dance by Lenore
Young and Grace; Osborne, accom­panied
by Elizabeth Gable; violin
solos by Ethel Boynton, accompan­ied
by Margaret Morrison; and sev­eral
whistling numbers by Roberta
Hindley, accompanied by Catherine
On Wednesday evening, Nov. 21,
at 7 o'clock in room 119,. aspiring
young orators will be judged in the
first preliminary extempo contest of
the fall quarter.
This contest is open to all stu­dents
regularly enrolled in the
school. "Students in speech classes
who enter the contest will be ex­cused
from speech classes that day,"
states Miss Alma Madden, sponsor
of the activity.
The rules of the contest are very
simple. The foremost regulation is
that the contestants must give an
oral talk of five minutes' duration
without notes before an audience.
A list of current topics of interest
for discussion will be posted hi the
morning bulletin. The only prepar­ation
one gets will be during the
day when he may utilize the time
for gathering information, organiz­ing
material and practicing its pres­entation.
The first contest is in
the nature of an elimination com­petition.
Six students will be chosen
by three judges, who will rank the
winners according to their ability.
The winners in the preliminary
tryouts will appear in assembly No­vember
27.
Winner's Name Engraved
The first and second place win­ners
in- the assembly contest com­pete
in the spring final with con­testants
who won from the winter
and spring quarter competition.
The winner of this final contest
has his name engraved on a silver
loving cup. In 1927 the contest was
inaugurated and June Wetherell
captured first honors. Last year
Margaret Hill carried off the trophy
with a fine exhibition of oratory.
"Very good practice is gained in
the power of self-expression by tak­ing
part in the contest," says Miss
Madden. As many students as pos­sible
are urged to try out as the
competition makes it much more
interesting. More boys are urged
Saturday the windup game of ;the;;;-
season will be played with thte-'Uni-';^
versity of Washington Freshmen on '
Waldo Field at 2:30 P. M.
This game bids to be by far the ,^
toughest game played this season.
Coach Tubby Graves, mentor of the>
Frosh outfit boasts of one of the
most powerful aggregations in years.)••
He has a championship team which
has defeated every squad of yearl- yi
ings it has played this season. By
virtue of their win over the Cougar, -
Frosh of Washington State College
last Saturday they cinched the ^
Northwest Disrict Championship.
While the game was fought from-;:
whistle to whistle by the Cougar
Cubs they were unable to'"halt;'the*i^
ferocious drive displayed by the 'k
Husky Babes. The powerful line
simply pushed them back down the
field for two touchdowns in the first '
half. Hufford and Jenkins, half­backs,
bore the brunt of the attack
in carrying the ball for large OMI- ^
sistent gains through the forwardr;i I;
wall. It was hot until the fourth i
quarter that the Cougars launched
their drive to score. A short pass
by quarter to half,' coupled 'y^XhVsfH
long .run, netted forty yards and put
them in scoring distance^ ..^series;,-i••
of line' bucks put the ball over, jwhile^
try for point was sucipessfti^|Tb^-|!;
final score stood 14to-%l.^Thjex>
Frosh have played outstanding ball
as shown by'their wins oyer Oregon:;
University, and an indirect wih'oyer
the Webfooters, and a victory over;,i
Idaho. •Z:!.;-%:-;'.-;}
Beaten by Ellehsburg.. ",i-4^: ;
However, one defeat mars their;^
record and that was handed to them
by Ellensburg to the tune of 19^ iio
0. This was a much more decisive:;;;';
margin than when Bellingham was i
defeated by Ellensburg. . '•[
We have a strong line which) is ;
capable of holding, and with some ;;
fast men in the ball-packing roles ;
the team ought to function smoothly j;
in making yardage consistently;
This game should cause another •;
break into the win column for Bel- s-lingham.
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This is the last game on the Vik-;
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FRIDAY—Nov. 16.
Rec Hour, 4 to 5 o'clock.
Y. W. C. A. Social, Edens Hall
Club Room, 8:15.
SATURDAY—Nov. 17.
Football game with U. of W.
Frosh, 10 a. m., here.
Hike to "The Rocks" 12 a. m.
SUNDAY—Nov. 18.
Regular Church services.
MONDAY—Nov. 19. , -
Special assembly, 9 o'clock, Dr.
Roy Hidemichi Akagi (Oriental
Lecturer. "' •
TUESDAY—Nov. 20.
Regular Assembly, Rex, Under­wood,
Violinist, and Mrs. Aurora
Underwood, Pianist.
Special Assembly, E. A. Wiggam,
Lecturer, "What Civilization Is
Doing to us. 1 o'clock.
THURSDAY-^-Nov. 22. ;
Lecture, June Joslyn, Mental
Hygiene, Room 119, 8 p.im.
FRIDAY—Nov. 23^ y:X'M:'^\^^i
,•;; Freshmen ;.Aisen^^
'^.Meiier^rad
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GRAVEUREiS HEARD
OVER RADIO STATION
Raymond Holmes Interviews Louis
Graveure Over KJR. The Vocalist
Charges Fifty Dollars a Lesson.
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Louis Graveure, the world famous
tenor who was heard here recently,;
was interviewed over radio station.
K J R last Sunday evening by Ray-'
mond David Holmes.
Graveure, who is one of the]
greatest living authorities upon the
art of singing, answered questions
sent in by. vocal students and those.;
asked him by the interviewer. Hei
was asked wh^ foreign born singers:
are more famous and acceptable;
than American vocalists. In answer^ if|S?;
Graveure said that Americans haye^$;|^|
too much pride, and consequently>yS|§M|
do not get the experience that t^ev^|j||?|
foreign singer does. '"-In •foreig&|ff'|£'!
lands- singers' begin at an early^a^^lll;!
by getting before the public, -;Thl^fi&0^
sing in cabarets, or any place ^ ^ p ; ^ ^
people gather, until finahy t j ^ ^ | y l K^
talent: is recognized.' •Americansi;|d^py^p
not, appear in public 'enough; ffiim^i^^
get the audience. ':"'' r'-j ^ r f ^ i v i i w^
• He made the'-statement^.tna^^i^:|i||Sijl
'does 'not;; necessarily.•ybiye' • .fo';>]^I|^vl||§i
an;unusually. talented':vd^
come • a great- singer, ;:-tbut;:;";sjio]iM^
have the powers of interpretation;
Graveure: is considered i^^M^oonu^