Northwest Viking - 1928 November 9

              Paddle the Greet
Armistice Day
Workers Wanted
Education Costs
By G. W. LEEN
EHensburg frosh wear the green
cap and the sophomores carry the
paddle. This system of things was
inaugurated a few days ago at El
. lensburg Normal and is the first
tradition-to-be of its kind in any
Normal of this state. The sophs
-were reported to be having all the
:fun the first-day of the new order;
a rather informal mixer was also
experienced in the evening.
* * • *
' It was Homecoming for Cheney
last week-end, and is for the Uni
versity of Washington this week.
* * • * *
Washington State College was the
only institution to go for AI Smith
out of the straw poll conducted by
eleven intercollegiate journals on
the Pacific coast. The Cougar Kit­tens,
frosh team, outwitted the
Xewiston State Normal squad (Ida­ho)
by 26 to 0 in Pullman, Friday.
The Normalites made thirty passes
i n the game but failed to gain
ground.
Oxford University census com-pled
this year gives out that there
are four men to every woman en­rolled.
It is also four to one in this
Normal-by-the-Sea, but the other
Way around: Another difference;
few Normalites go between Edens
Hall, Main Buildng, and Library
on bicycles.
* * * *
SPEAKING OF BICYCLES, ONE
"YOUNG CHAP IN TEXAS RODE
TO SCHOOL—A DISTANCE OF
22 MILES—FOR A PERIOD OF
SIX YEARS. AMBITION ON
WHEELS!
a * * *
Sunday is Armistice Day.
We have only to remember that
t e n years has elapsed without any
major war on this earth. The elev­enth
year will begin the day after
tomorrow.. ,
I t is at this time fitting that a
suggestion be made to visit the
Peace Arch at Blaine, Washington.
On the international boundary line,
now twenty-two miles from Belling-
- ham, is this monument depicting
perpetual peace held for over one
hundred years between the United
States and Canada.
Scores of students here from way
points in other states know nothing
of the Peach Arch. It was here
that Marshal FoclFof France plead
for the continuation of this ex­ample
of Peace to the world.
'•' Visit the Peace Portal this Sun­day.
It is only a half hour's drive
to the international boundary line.
s » * *
WE MARVEL AT THE
LONG-WINDEDNESS OF PO­LITICAL
CANDIDATES IN
THEIR CAMPAIGNS. IT IS
INDEED REMARKABLE HOW
MUCH THE HUMAN VOICE
CAN BE EXERCISED WITH­OUT
BECOMING RASPY, OR
EVEN CRACKED.
NEXT WEEK WE SHALL
SEE TESTIMONIALS IN OUR
LEADING NEWSPAPERS AND
MAGAZINES ADVERTISING
THIS BRAND OF CIGAR­ETTE.
Fifty-fipe per cent of the average
daily newspaper is advertsing. The
rest used to be crime news. At pres­ent
it is political news.
..The working population of Prince­ton
University earned on an aver­age
of $448 for the academic year
of 1927-28. .Unquestionably the
more elite of East coast schools,
this University encourages the
working student.
To help the worker most colleges
maintain employment bureaus. Em­ployment
is looked after in! Belling-nam
Normal .by the Dean of Men
and the Dean of Women. Anoth­er
aid to the Normal student is the
Student Loan Fund which now con­tains
over $23,000, and was started
twenty-four years ago. Any reli­able
student may borrow. . Fresh­men
are allowed amounts up to $75,
and sophomores up to $200.
"Second to Education, Wash­ington
spends its money on roads."
Such is a statement issued on the
cover of the "JFASHINGTONIAN'V
'official.state magazine. The 1927-
2 8 road building program; in What-
'^0mcounty[cost hear(^;a Aa(f/nft
l^^dpUar£EducaUo^^
\i:'tifi^0estitna^ed to••rcpsf^maf::Jlo^$:
Ykings Battle^
Super-Varsity
•• ••••• "V-^-r.y^^iJf^^wmim
........ .. .. -,..,,..,. %^W$$t
I ^ h d o n ' s ' ; © a ^ h t i f i |M
:-/ V':Next::^w*e^k1ilii
• '^:W0M$mm
VOL. XXVIII—NO. 18
WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SG HOOL, BELLINGHAM/WASHINGTON
Louis Graveure, Former Baritone
Opens Concert Tour at Church
with Remarkable Tenor Voice.
IS SENSATION
"Salute Demeure" from Faust, by
Gounod Displays the Power and
Rich Tone Qualities of Voice.
The renowned singer, Louis Gra­veure,
gave proof of his master
musicianship in -a recital given a t
the First Christian church, Wed­nesday,
November 7. He was pre­sented
by the Bellingham State
Normal school and the Bellingham
Women's Music Club.
One of the most remarkable phe­nomena
of the music world is found
in the fact that Louis Graveure's
well-established baritone voice has
changed to tenor and he is opening
this season's concert tour singing a,
new repertoire in the tenor range.
I n singing the aria: "Salute de­meure"
from Faust,.by Gounod, he
expressed the power and rich tone
qualities of his voice. The deli­cate,
soft, dramatic tones were well
brought out in "Songs My Mother
Taught _ Me", by Dvorak and
"Passing By" by Purcell. His pro­gram
was well balanced and enliv­ened
by several humorous »encore
songs and by his interpretation of
"The Lephrebaum," an Irish folk
song. He was accompanied by Elli-zabeth
Alexander at the Haddorff
piano.
Makes Tenor Debut
Louis Graveure created a tre­mendous
sensation in New York
City when on Febrauary 5, 1928, a
few days after his last recital as a
baritone he made his debut as a
tenor.
Graveure will be re-engaged for
a long season at t h e State Opera
in Berlin next spring as leading
tenor. He made his operatic debut
in "Carmen' 'in Berlin last sum­mer
and the noted German critic,
Professor Einstein, paid him a
tribute by a comparison with Ca­ruso.
He stated that, "One takes
no risks in asserting that since
Caruso, no tenor has been here,
with a voice of such nobility, round­ness,
concentration, and quality."
OUTSIDE GIRLS STAGE
LOVELY AUTUMN FETE
Beautifully Decorated Dining Room
at Edens Hall is Setting of Fes­tive
Dancers. "Indian" Theme.
In the soft warm glow cast by
the amber lights from above, and in
an atmosphere typically Indian, the
outside girls' informal took place
last Saturday evening in the din­ing
room of Edens Hall.
The guests were received by
beautifully costumed Indian maids
who added greatly to the theme of
the motif. These girls, Genevieve
Warren, Mary Elizabeth Fowler,
and Margaret Perry, afterward-served
orange punch beside an In­dian
tepee.
Indian Motif
Gayly colored Indian Blankets
adorned the walls while^ unique mo-,
mentos of Indian life were exhibit­ed
about the room, all greatly ad­ding
to the glamour of the scene.
About a hundred student couples
attended the dance and fourteen
invited faculty members. The lat­ter
were: Pres. and Mrs. C. H. Fish­er,
Mr. and. Mrs. H. E. Fowler, Mr.
and Mrs. H. C. Ruckmick, Mr. and
Mrs. Pelagius Williams, Misses HU-da
Rosene, Adele Jones, Emma
Erickson, and Bertha Crawford, and
Messrs. Oscar O. Winther and Ar­thur
Kolstad.
Special recognition should »be
given Ouida Davidson and her com-mitte
for the decorations, and to
the other committees who played
ah' important part in this Inform­al,
and to Miss Gertrude Longley,
Miss Hilda Rosene, Miss .Adele;
Jones and Miss MUdred /Tremaine,
wHo:
;;:^i^ie;!:Ve^peciauV kind in: co-operatitig
with those, in charge of
CALENDAR
. . • -i ~- •
FRIDAY, Nov. 9—
Rec Hour.
W.A.A., Initiation party, Big
Gym, 8:00 P. M.
SATURDAY—Nov. 10.
Frosh Mixer, Big Gym, 8:30
p. m.
Football: Normal vs. U. W.
Supevarsity, Seattle, 10 a. m.
TUESDAY—Nov. l i.
Women's League and Men's
Club Assembly.
FRIDAY—Nov. .16.
Joan London, in regular as­sembly.
it "IS
TOPIC OF FIRST TALK
BY JUNE J. JOSLYN
Thursday night Say First of Five
Talks on Mental Hygiene; Nation
wide Movement Directed by Will
Miss June J. Joslyn gave the first
of a series of five talks on Mental
Hygiene. last night in the Normal
School auditorium.
Miss Joslyn used "Mental Hy­giene"
as the subject, of her intro­ductory
lecture in which she dis­cussed
the meaning of mental hy­giene
and the great development of
that movement in Washington.
These movements are going on in
every state of t he nation and are
organized by the National Commit­tee
for Mental Hygiene in New
York. Dr. Frakwood E. Williams,
medical director of the National
Committee, said, "Mental Hygiene
is a movement which is concerned
with the efficiency, the happiness,
and the ability to get the best out
of life."
Miss Joslyn, who was selected by
representatives of all the associa­tions
in Washington concerned with
mental hygiene, will use "Under­standing
Ourselves" as the topic for
her next talk, to be given next
Thursday evening, November 15.
The following committee was ap­pointed
to work out the details of
these talks: Mrs.- J. J. Dolan, pres­ident
of the P. T. A.; Miss Mar­garet
Diaz, representative of the
Whatcom County Federation' of
Welfare Workers, and Miss Mary
E. Rich, direotor of the Normal
Training School. Mr. Pelagius Wil­liams,
who presides over the meet­ings,
is vice president of the asso­ciation.
Tickets are on sale at 35 cents
for each of the five lectures, which
began yesterday and will conclude
December 13.
o :
Dean- Bever Announces
Several More Classes
for Winter Curriculum
The program schedule • for the
next quarter's classes is well on its
way towards completion, according
to Dean Bever.
There will be several more classes
in Education 21 than have been
usually given during the . winter
quarter. The reason for the addi­tion
of these classes is to give stu­dents,
who plan to do their student
teaching next fall, a better prep­aration
for this work.
The schedule will be completed in
about two weeks. Registration for
next quarter will not begin until
two weeks before the end of this
term.
< > —
Carnegie Institute Sends
Local Club Pamphlets .
on Current News Items
The International Relations Club
received some pamphlets, Monday,
November 5, from the Carnegie In­stitution,
which sponsors these
clubs. The pamphlets were con­cerned
with the news of today,
questions on the international laws,
and the prevailing conditions of all
the different nations of the world.
Most of the clubs are centering
their attention on the South, Amer-.
ican situation, ^butSthe local club.
i ^ . - n b r y ^
Moroni Olsen Players' Production
Is Well Received By Large Crowd
Large Enthusiastic Audience Is Pleased with Superior
Acting of Moroni Olsen Players in Their Delightful
Comedy "Expressing Willie".
Playing to a house packed to the
very doors, the Moroni Olsen Play­ers
produced "Expressing Willie,"
by Rachel Crothers, last Monday
evening.
Being somewhat different from
any other play they have ever han­dled,
it was a pleasing surprise.
Working with a rather shallow
plot, they swept their audience into
gales of laughter' by their superb
acting.
Byron Foulger, as Willie Smith,
and Dorothy Adams as Minnie
Whitcomb, were delightful in the
roles of juvenile leads.
Leora Thatcher as Mrs. Smith,
Willie's mother, was the real com­edy
character in the play, and she
did the part as only Leora Thatcher
can.
Nelson Is Artist ,
Too much cannot be said of Gor­don
Nelson as artist and Joe Wil­liams,
as the henpecked husband of
Lois Hunt. Janet Young as Fran­ces
Sylvester, the young divorcee
who was angling, for the money
Willie had cleaned up in the tooth
paste business, was alluring to say
the least. Addison Richards as the
butler was everything a butler
should be and then just a little bit
more.
Miss Hunt and Mr. Richards are
two new members of the company.
Miss Hunt is from the Cornish
School in Seattle and shows prom­ise
of developing into a real find.
Mr. Richards is from Washington
State College, and those who were
fortunate enough to have seen him
as Disraeli, which was given by the
Radford Art Players here two years
ago, realize that he has real talent.
There was only one thing lacking
in the production and that was
Moroni Olsen himself. Mr. Olsen is
in Rome at the present time. He
is making an extended tour of the
world, but will/return in time to
play the lead in "Autumn Fire,"
which will be their next vehicle.
L
SPEAKS NEXT WEEK
Joan London, Daughter of Jack
London, to Speak on "Through
the Looking Glass of Literature.
Joan London, daughter of Jack
London, will appear in assembly
Friday, November 16, giving an in­terpretation
of the younger gener­ation
in new books with the title of
"Through the Looking Glass of Lit­erature."
To the lovers of her world-famed
father, Miss London's introduction
to public life as a popular lecturer
was an event of prime importance.
She is her father's daughter, a
woman of talent, personality and
force. "I see the mighty Jack in
her," H. L. Mencken was quoted as
saying after hearing one., of her
lectures.
Although her father died when
she was only 15, so close was their
relationship that she absorbed the
outstanding qualities of his great­ness.
A love of all things brave
and fine and clean, a hatred of
pettiness, of sham, are the qualities
that distinguished her father.
Separate Assemblies Tuesday
On Tuesday the women of the
school will meet in the auditorium,
for the first meeting of t he year,
with the purpose of discussing old
and new business. A program has
been arranged by the program com­mittee
of the Women's League.
At the same time a meeting of
the Men's Club will be held in
room 19. .
'Timberline" Lecture
By Schmoe Pleases
"Timberline," the lecture deliv­ered
by Floyd W. Schmoe, popular
lecturer and naturalist of Rainier
National Park, in last Tuesday
morning's assembly, was most in­teresting.
Mr. Schmoe had that confidence
of a man who is clearly cognizant
with his subject,.and he is possessed
of a sense: of humor that enables
him to make that subject fascinat­ing.
In conjunction with his talk,
he presented a series of beautifully
colored slides which have taken
many years to collect.
"Beginning with the trees that
make their home beside the sea,
Mr. Schmoe carried his audience
with him to the last stunted pio­neers
on the edge of the eternal
snowfields on t he slopes of the
mountains. After showing many
'lovely;-pictures' of Paradise Inn a t
Rainier National Park, he threw on
the screen some amusing _ pictures
of his wild neighbors there.
'.:;Jisza, ^resultvof;his winnjta^
sonality a n d - : ^ a
bond of; syjrnpathy was established
Ibetfl^n:;
DEBATE FUNDS ARE
Student Government Body Declares
Activity Not of Sufficient Worth
to Warrant Money Appropriation.
The death knell of debate as an
intercollegiate activity at t he Bel­lingham
Normal school was sound­ed
Monday afternoon, when t he
board of control committee, com­posed
of Jean Marquis and Eldred
Bechtel, reported to the board that
upon investigation of other schools,
and after interviewing students and
faculty members, it was found that
debate as an activity is not of in­ter-
collegiate caliber, and that suf­ficient
interest might be aroused in
the activity by inter-club debates.
Upon the recommendation of the
committee .that debate be discard­ed,
at least temporarily a-j a me­dium
of intercollegiate competition,
the future for such an activity is
dim.
Small Request Refused
When the board considered fund
appropriations two weeks ago, the
Miss Edens Visiting
Old Japanese Towns
Two faculty members, on leave of
absence, have.been heard from.
Miss Olive Edens, who is on a
trip around the world, is now in
Kyoto, Japan. In a card sent to
Miss M. Belle Sperry, she describes
the quaint Japanese houses and her
visit to the Japanese silk shops.
Mr. Edward J. Arntzen, member
of the Social Science department
here and the Board of Control, is
now doing work in the social sci­ence
field at Columbia University.
Mr. George Allez, former presi­dent
of the Associated Students and
a graduate of 1927, is attending the
Library School at Columbia Uni-?
versity.
o
Friday, November i 9 i | T 9 2 ^ | |
S E A M TODAY
Norseman Will Attempt to" R e p e a t^
Victory of Last Year 1 ^ e n : , ; T I ^ §|
Play Tomorrow with U. W. T * a » t l|
SUPER VARSITY STRONG:
Bellingham Expects Tough Game.;;
Weber and Geri, Who Haye Becj|5
on Injured List, Are in Line-up.
E AND SCHMOE
ENTERTAIN STUDENTS
T; L
Victor Hoppe Recites a Series of
Selections in Dialect; Mr. Schmoe
Gives Talk Rainier Animal Life.
(Continued on Page Four)
o .
«|»n~>*itu-~—HII—mi—«*—pit—»(,—on—mi—M-i-»uit«viiagt
[Frosh Class Will \
1 Dance Tomorrow]
A "dance of the Nations"
is the idea to be carried out
tomorrow night at eight thirty
in the 'big gym', for all fresh­men.
.
Saturday will find the gym
gay with streamers of red,
white and blue, when t he
freshmen give their annual
•party. "The Dance of the Na­tions"
theme has been chosen
as, the idea for the dance be­cause
it occurs the day before
Armistice Day, and many com­mittees
are at work to make
this party one of the most suc­cessful
in the history of the
freshmen class.
A freshman assembly was
held Wednesday at 12:30 to
announce the plans of the
committees. Kenneth Brotnov,
general chairman of the dance,
made a brief sketch of his
work. The heads of the dance
committees, made announce­ments
of their progress.
The dance will be in charge
of the following students. Vir­ginia
kahlke, decorations;
Bertha Altose, reception; Mary
Beth Parkhurst, refreshments;
Margaret Perry, program;
Glenn Goddard, rooms and
furniture, and NOrrnan Porter,
clean-in). Miss Ruth Plattv
faculty advisor, declared her
belief in'''the~::abmty--'^bf.;.u.tne.--
classLto makei the !par^y:'a suc-
Mr. Victor Hoppe, of the speech
department, gave a series of selec­tions
in dialect before the children
of the Training School Friday
morning, November 2.
Some of the selections given,
were:
"On the Road to Mandalay," Rud-yard
Kipling; "Gunga Din," Rud-yard
Kipling; "Immigrant's View of
the Statue of Liberty"; "Knee Deep
in June," J. W. Riley; "Angelina
Johnson Comes a Swinging Down
the Aisle."
Peals of laughter from all the
children from kindergarten to the
eighth grade gave ample proof of
appreciation and enjoyment, as they
pictured Tommy Atkins in his ad­ventures
in the land of Temple
Chimes and Gunga Din. "Knee
Deep in June" made each one be­lieve
himself in t he unfenced or­chard
of near the "Old Swimmin'
Hole."
On Tuesday, November 6, Mr. F.
W. Schmoe, of t he Mount Rainier
National Park, introduced the
Training School children to his
neighbors on t h e mountain. He
apologized for talking about his
neighbors but declared that he was
sure these particular neighbors
would not mind, since they are such
people as Big Bear, Little Bear,
Rabbit, Mother ^Deer and Fawn,
Ptarmigan, Jenny Wren's cousin
and several others.
Mr. Schmoe had an extremely in­terested
audience. His presentation
was such as to appeal to all and
the children will from no on take
special notice of the animals which
are our neighbors.
o
Mr. Pelagius Williams
Named President of
Social Science Group
With another game under IJhelr:;^
belts, and a crown of victory ott^j
their heads, the Vikings wiU;jbur^|;i
ney to Seattle this afternoon, ^where|^i
they will meet the University ^jof;-:*
Washington Super-Varsity ta their;|!
annual clash, tomorrow morning'^'l$i
Not once since the .first, of:''.;the|g;
season have the Vikings \ ; jeyien^p
thought that they could not; win.v|
Even through three hard :defeatea|
they have kept up the old fighting;!^
spirit that last week brought -thiem*;*:
a well earned victory. This ^weefcSj
they are going out of town; again ^S
to try to win another gamej; for^s
their Alma Mater. It-will • toe.-;;Tei;;membered that last year the vlbicajij!;
boys defeated the Seattle t e a n v . :7^S|
in a game that was featured by ^a:|J
silver thaw. This year w i l l ' ' t e y ^ "|
different story in so far, as t l i ^ j^
probable weather conditions; ysixe^
concerned. Even the score might;fe
be a different story, but we are! not V
looking for that side of it. \.:j^\;-'^i!i
Super Varsity Is Stroi^;; ^ ^;
The Seattle team has several men V;
who are not eligible for the yjBrfsity^j
j a id are going to be used for the'§•
Viking game. Some of these men
are reputed to be better thanrsome^;
of those now playing on the Wash-:^
ington varsity, if such is the case
the local team is in for a very''hardi•£
game, perhaps as hard a game as
any that has been encountered so-far
this season, and to venture a
prophesy on the possible outcome of 3;
the game would be folly.
If'all goes well this week in prac^-i
tice, it is highly probable that .;•,
Weber and Geri, who have been but y
of the lineup for a week, wiU start :
the game Saturday. The Vikingsi!
missed the work of Weber h i . t h e 7
backfield and Geri in the Sne last :
week. The coaches will in all prbb- v
ability put their strongest lineup bn
the field Saturday. •...;;•;^.^f^
The History and Social Science
Round Table department of the W.
E. A. was not represented at the
annual W. E. A. meeting held in
Bellingham, due to a failure of the
officers to report to the secretary
of the organization.
A called meeting of the Social
Science teachers was held at the
conclusion of the general session of
the state meeting and the following
officers were elected for the coming-year:
President, Mr. Pelagius Wil­liams;
vice president, Miss Nora B.
Cummins, and secretary-treasurer,
Mr. Williamson, of Sedro-Woolley.
— o—-——
PRESIDENT C. H. FISHER
APPEALS FOR RED CROSS
COMMISSION SELECTS
WOMEN COUNSELLORS
Misses Gilmer, Hill, Anson; Doell
and Austin Selected as Represen­tative
Group to Confer with Dean
The annual Red Cross Roll Call
opens Sunday; November 11, and
closes Thanksgiving day, November
29. The quota for 1928 for the en­tire
country is 55,000,000 and the1
allotment for Whatcom county is
54,000 members.1
^President C. H. Fisher is chair-
Mr. Pelagius Williams is chairman home;'; Where*: 'ttoey;;..ehj^^--!;a;:so^piJ^
At a meeting of the Women's:v^
League Commission last * Wedriesr: P'
day, it was decided that five girl |
counsellors should be appointed to¥;:!
confer.with Miss Adele Jones, deari^l
of women, for deciding any prbb-' ;;
lerris occurring among the women: ;
students. Of this number, there..^
should be chosen one town giri, oriei'V
from the dormitory and three repr ;B
resenting organized houses. : ;i;;;'
Mary Louise Gilmer, Margaret.i-
Hill, Esther Anson, Lydia Doell ah(i :|-
Lucile Austin were the girls elected,?./-;;
respectively. ';;S:-;
These are considered very hoh-;:£
orary positions for they carry with;f}-'
them much need for tact, knoWl-^f!
edge of girls': problems, and - fair^pa
minded decision. This group was^|
chosen from a carefullyo compiledj':|
list of competent nominees. '.:-;'!£®i$
Aside from the:. main duty,;;jthb|fi;
counselors, audit the books of ;toe;:p
organized houses, render jus^-;de|>gl
cisions. upon ,;all .= other •':/m<ia&£g
which are referred to them. ; tMl''^
After the Kathryn ;Meisle :conccirf§§
•on Thursday; November:'!', a grou)|i®
man of t h e ' County Chapter,;;and^ of students went to -Mrs. L o y e g r e n ^|