Weekly Messenger - 1927 May 20

              ^^pL^XXVl—NO.. 30 WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Friday, May:20m927il$^m
IM-Normal Track Meet Tomorrow On Waldo FilH
l^^®utipus; Day Celebration Passes
^ Into History; A Howling Success
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All School Party and Entertainment at the American Theater Brings to
! a Close a Day That Will Long be Remembered—Students Work and Frolic
from Early Morning Until Late at Night—Chariot Races, Ball Games and
Eats Feature the Day's Events. Berg Acquits Himself With Glory.
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Returns to Bellingham After
Delightful Vacation in
the South.
Campus Day, on its second annual occurrence, was by all odds the
£• most successful event of the school year. The spirit of the students was
?;• excellent, and co-operation between everyone produced a "spick and
A span*' Campus. The program of fun beginning with the eight o'clock
5 assembly and lasting through the theater part at the American, was
; -packed with enjoyment for all.
| ;; Festivities began with the assembly at 8:00, when the hit of the day
; was made, namely the burlesque given by "Six Glowing Boys", featur-
; i n g the prettiest sets of legs among the male gender. The staff, under
^Generalissimo Berg, was introduced among, various flourishes. After
••general instructions the army was properly equipped and turned loose
on the waste arid debris.
The picnic' at noon was a caloric as well as a palatable success. Full
justice was done all "grub".
; "/ Another assembly at one o'clock
: : set everyone for the afternoon
-y.'; sports. These took place on Wal-
-; do Field and were a "riot" of fun
g for all. The ball games between
;; students and faculty for both men
and women aroused deep hostili­ties
and the bloody battles were
Hard fought, fast and furious. An
excellent program of sports con­tests
under the direction of Dorothy
Irvin and Miss Keller kept every­one
happy all afternoon. Feature
attractions included the stupendous
bicycle race between faculty mem­bers,
Mr. Bond proving the bet­ting
favorite. Ben Hur's only riv­als
and equals set the crowd posi­tively
"mad" with the daring,
killing, and side-splitting Chariot
Race.
What might be called a Relay
Carnival was staged by competing
groups of the students, it was at
least composed largely of relay
.contests and games The winners,
although of doubtful ability and
deservance, were awarded balloons
with squawkers that certainly
squawked.
An evening with Reginald Den­ny
and various varieties of student
foolishness provided the grand cli­max
at the American Theater. Ro­meo
and Juliet heart-rendingly re-enacted
the fetching balcony scene
and brought the house into tears,
tiers upon tiers of laughter. The
embryo tragedians were great stuff,
as comedians.
There were various sundry and
"Sundstrom" rumors that Campus
Day officially at least, began dur­ing
the wee small hours of the
night before. Both class presidents
were able to be about on Campus
Day, so it has been assumed that
no serious casualties were entailed.
BERG REFEREES
Mr. TJerg was referee of a Boy
Scout encampment at Woodland Park
in Seattle the past week-end. Dem­onstration
of a complete camp.equip­ment
was given. On Saturday, the
boys participated in a Field Day.
Two thousand scouts attended the
meet.
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AREJNNOUNCED
Successful Contestants Will Meet
Last Quarter's Winners
Assembly May 20.
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Course Will Be Supplemented by
Field Trips to Places for
Good Composition.
Miss Crawford Now
Recovering From Ill­ness
in Sanitarium
Pupils and teachers in the train­ing
school were very glad to see Miss
Crawford back last week after an ab­sence
of several weeks. She found
however, that she was not strong
enough yet to take over her old du­ties,
so is now recuperating in Rest
Haven Sanitarium, Sj'dney, B. 0.
Mrs. Whitmore is taking Miss
Crawford's place for the rest of this
quarter.
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Miss Edens Has
Written Another
Successful Story
. Miss Edens is the author of a
story, "Heart and Hand," appearing
f in the June McCall's Magazine. Re­viewing
the contents of the current
; issue, the publishers comment as fol­l
o w s :
; ; " I n addition to short stories by
:; such well-known authors as Fannie
;rHea!slip Lea, Frank E. Vemey, Vir-
Sginia B. Reynolds, and Olive "Edens,"
jthe June issue will contain (etc)."
;< ;"Heart and Hand" is a story of
v-theiWest, in fact, it centers in Ana-
'cortes, on Puget Sound. Miss Edens
oJsaid: "Every story "which I have
8^;5,K ?«: sold has as its background the Puget
|fgf| ;3p^Sound region. 'Rhododendrons,' a
^ ^ | | l | s t o r y of the Cypress Islands, has re-
^ ^ ® ^ c e n t l y ; been accepted by a syndicate."
^ ^ g l p ^ ^ ^ t r o p o l i t a n , .Pictorial .Review,;' and
Miss Rich returned Monday morn­ing
from a delightful vacation in Cal­ifornia.
She says that is was pleas­ant
from a recreational and a pro­fessional
point of view. She met
a number of friends with whom she
had worked at the School of Edu­cation,
University of Chicago, who
are now on the faculty of the U. of
California at Berkeley. She attend­ed
the Mission play with them, at
San Gabriel. ' There were friends
and interesting experiences at every
stop.
Miss Rich visited the appointment
bureaus at the University of Cali­fornia,
at Los Angeles, and Stanford,
gathering ideas which will tend to­ward
making the work of the bu­reau
here of greatest use to the stu­dents.
Miss Rich says that California is
a delightful place to play in, but
she would rather work in Belling­ham.
She has come back convinced
that we have something to do here,
and that what we are tiying to do
follows the best lines of philosophy
and science of education.
The course in photography, which
was given for the first time last sum­mer,
will be offered again this sum­mer
quarter. The course is a two
period a week laboratory course de­signed
mainly for the study of pho­tography
from the standpoint of the
amateur and will take in all phases
of photographic work.
Two credits will be given for the
course. The fee will be about one
dollar and a quarter which will cov­er
the cost of material used.
Mr. Ruckmick plans to divide the
class into groups and each group will
work out a certain phase of work in
the photographic line which will be
amplified by supplementary reading
material.
There will be a few field trips to
places which will be good composi­tion
for landscape photography. All
of the possibilities of the surrounding
district that will lend themselves to
amateur photography .will be- used.
The training school shop has been
equipped with a new enlarging ma­chine,
also a new automatic printer.
Students will get experience in mak­ing
enlargements and a few lessons
on the way in which the printing of
photographs is accomplished. They
will also study the making of sepia-tones
on photographs and the use and
compounding of developing solutions
such. as might be done at home by
amateurs.
The victors in extempore prelimi­naries
held Tuesday evening, were as
folloAvs: June Wetherell, Grace Jac-obson,
Borghild Jensen, August Zoet,
Edward Dingerson, and Leonard Kep-pler.
Their topics were: "The Na­tion's
Chief Asset," "The Nation's
First Citizen," "The Greatest Living
American."
Mrs. Vaughan, Miss Ullin, Miss
Spieseke, Mr. iKibbe, and Miss Mad­den
judged the contest. The six
speakers will compete in today's as­sembly.
Three topics will be con­servative;
three radical. From this
group, three will be eliminated, and
three will compete with the winners
of last quarter's extempore contest
in assembly, May 20.
NOTICE—RECITAL
Miss Byrd Elliott, violinist; Miss
May Taylor, contralto; will appear
in recital at the Garden St. M. E.
church on Tuesday evening, May 24,
8:15 o'clock. The program is given
in aid of St. Paul's Church Benefit
Fund.
FOR FINAL WEEK
Annual Baccalaureate Service
be Held Sunday, June 5,
in Auditorium.
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Viking Track Stars Raring To^^^^^^J
Carver's Men In Pink of COIN
Cheney and Ellensburg Normals are Bringing a Galaxy of Stars and E ^ r ^ ^ ^ p
to Sink Our Viking Ship—Weather Conditions Look Favorable ; T o w a | a ^ ^ ^ ft
the Breaking of Many Records—Competition Looks Keen ^ " " — — ^ ^ ^^
Event, With Wingard the Only Sure Winner—Two-mile Race
"Forest Wonders"
Staged By
Grades
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Jack Perine Gives
Pleasing Program
on Friday, May 13
Jack Perine, a young and talented
pianist, was most enthusiasticalty
received in last Friday's regular as­sembly.
Beethoven's well-known Moonlight
Sonata was delivered in a most ar­tistic
manner displaying exquisite
harmony, modulation, masterfulenss
and vivaciousness in swift move­ments.
Mi-. Perine's selections of the ex­treme
classical type were presented
with all the powerfulness or softness
with which they were written. Es­pecially
was Debussy's Prelude filled
with an enchanting and artistic mel­odiousness.
The Etude of St. Saen
was also interpreted in an intriguing
spirit.
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"U" JOURNALISTS EDIT
SEATLE STAR A DAY
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The Journalism, class at the Uni­versity
of Washington stepped out
of their class last week and edited
the Saturday editions of the Seattle
Star. Features, Editorials, sporting
gossip, in fact the entire issue was
taken over by the rising young jour­nalists.
This is an annual affair at the
"U" and each year it proves to be
the red letter day for the embryo
hews hounds. The benefits derived'
arc two-fold. The University folks;
are given an opportunity "to apply
their knowledge in a .practical man­ner
and incidently the regular staff
of the.Star gets a day off for fish-.:
ing. As yet we have received no in­vitations
from local papersto per--
JfbrmTa similar featU-:\v> ;:; \;^
FRIDAY—May 20.
Freshman All School Party in big
gym, at 8 o'clock. • ,
Tri-Normal baseball game. Cheney
vs. Bellingham, 3 o'clock.
SATURDAY—May 21.
Tri-Normal meet: Tennis, 9; track,
2; baseball 10.
Edens Hall Informal at Edens Hall
at 8:30.
TUESDAY—May 24.
Upton Close of the University of
Washington, to lecture at regu­lar
assembly.
THURSDAY—May 26.
Ohiyesa banquet at Victoria Hotel
FRIDAY—May 27.
Extempore Contest in regular as-semblv.
A charming outdoor play, which
was worked out by the children in
the fourth and fifth grades, was
given on the far side of the knoll
at nine o'clock this morning.
The play, called "Forest Wonders",
was taken from the Italian folk
play, "Forest Spring/ 'by Constance
D'Arcy Mackay. In the action of the
play the children picked out the
poems, songs and dances which they
had enjoyed and which fitted best
with the scenes in the forest, with the
trees, grasses, birds, flowers, moun­tains
and moon. The dances were
tation exercises that they have had
had in their gymnasium work.
The play opens with the entrance
of three children who have come to
the forest to gather flowers. Two of
them go on, but the other stays and
sees the wonders of the forest.
The complete program is as fol­lows:
Enter; Amata, Giovanni, Fiam-ma,-
gathering flowers. Enter, the
Spirit of the Wood.
Enter tlie children of the Forest.
Dance of Spring—Mendelssohn.
Song—
• Now is the Month of Maying—
Thomas Morley.
Poems:
Out of the Morning..Emily Dickinson
Little Folks in the Grass
Annette Wynne
Strange Tree Madox Robers
Blue Bells .'. Walter de la Mare
Songs:
The Daisy Church ill- Grindell
The Hedge Rose Schubert
The program for Commencement
Week has been announced, as fol­lows
:
Saturday, June 4—Alumni Day.
10 a. m.—Waldo Field, Women's
Annual Field Day.
1 p. m.—W. A. A. Sports Lunch­eon
(Alumni Invited).
2:30 p. m.—Waldo Fields, Baseball
game, U. of W. Frosh vs. Normal.
6:30 p. m.—Edens Hall—Alumni
Banquet and dance.
All June and August graduates in­vited.
Awarding of life diplomas by Pres­ident
Fisher. |
Sunday, June 5—
3 p. m.—Auditorium, Baccalaureate
service. Sermon by Rev. J. G. Brown.
Monday and Tuesday—June 6 and 7.
8 p. m.—Auditorium^.
Drama Club play, "Three Live
Ghosts".
Wednesday, June S—Class Day.
3 p. m.—Auditorium and Campus.
Class Day exercises.
S p. m.—Reception room of Edens
hall. Faculty reception to graduates,
their parents and guests.
Thursday—June 9.
10 a. m.—Auditorium, Commence-
Exercises.
Commencement address by Dean
A. J. Schweppe.
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Dr. Miller Is Elected
New President of
Twentieth Century
Vikings, Savages, or Wildcats?
the champions in bjaseball, track,
cleared away Saturday afternoon
aggregation that comes out on top
waged. - :--.;:;;'f :S®gfi^p
Bellingham's Vikings, who have already trodden toward the b a s e b | l i ^ ^ ^
title by defeating Ellensburg in a double header last week e n d , ; - 5 - ^ v l i ^ ^^
and 8-2, will make an effort to uphold the pace they have already s e i S i f i ^^
by civilizing the Savages, thereby copping the bacon. This is no easy
task, for it is said that Coach Eustis has a bunch of baseball thinker
who are on their toes all the time, but Coach Harold Keeney's men:are»8jp!@pp
also diamond men of no mean ability. '-^-^ii^^^J
The battery for the first game, which is to be called at 3 p^ n u | ^ ^ ^ P
Friday, will probably be Wingard and Chuck Coooper. . W i n g a i r a ^ l S ^^
proved his mettle in last Friday's;;
game by copping a ten inning pitch;
ing duel, from Coach Roy Sand- ,_
berg's Wildcat's claws, w h i c l i l ^ d i ^ ^
scratch the Viking attempts r ' b e f o r e | ^ ^ ^
they came put on top. • ' :'W-'S0->Mf4^^
Infield Intact
With Bob Wiley, the curly h e a d e ^ l ^ ^ ^
blonde on the initial bag, R a y " O d d l | ! 5 ; | ^ ^^
on the pivot saek, Artie I s a a c s o i - : M S | | | i ^^
the short patch, and Zeke McClurke^iviil^^li
on the hot corner,' Harold , K e e n e £ ^ f p | | | l|
couldn't wish for much more for Jarr3||^||^jp
infield combination that hits''';ai|& 'MW§s£&
fields clean, and fast. Isaacsonvis3&§fl|f|§|||
new man in the infield, who'•• ' w s w i i l i ^ ^ t e
Graduates Writing Appointment
Bureau to Help Locate
New Positions.
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Dr. Irving E. Millei-, of the Edu­cation
department, was elected pres­ident
of the Twentieth Century club
for the coming year, Tuesday even­ing
,May 17, when the club held its
last meteing of the year.
Dr. Frederick E. Bolton, dean of
the College of education, University
of Washington, spoke on "Big Bus­iness"
and interpreted his subject
to mean the education of boys and
girls. He traced the growth of high
school and college education since
the Civil War, and pointed out the
value both in its influence on citi­zen
ship and its practical aspects.
'"The address was both instructive
and inspirational, and proved a fit­ting
climax to the year's program
of the club," Mi-. Williams stated.
A number of the Normal faculty
are members . of the club.
Class of 240 Will Receive Diplomas
from Normal at Commencement
Two hundred and forty students
will receive their diplomas from the
Bellingham Normal June 9, 1927.
Miss Stuxrud will receive the only
four-year diploma granted, while
three year diplomas will be awarded
to twelve students.
' The following people will receive
diplomas June 9, 1927:
Three Year Course
•Shirley Blake, Eva M. Botts, Mar­garet
E. Burke, Nita Claire John­stone,
Gladys Ella Jones, Mary Anne
Kennard, Hazel M. Lowrey, Hilda MJ
Nye. Jessie May Popej Marguerite j
Saddler, Ruth Sturman, Clarence E.i
Westerlund.
Two Year Course
Arthur Adamson, Minnie V. Albers,
Dorthea Allen, Ethan A. Allen, Geo.
C.' Allez>- Florella Ames, Evelyn C.
Anderson, Ruth I. Anderson, Vera L.
Anderson, Vera:« M. Anderson, Edna
Arnson, Helen; M. Ash, Nellie Austin,
Othelia, Adeline Bach,. Mary Olive
Barney, Lloyd L. Barrett, Mary Wat­son
Bayh, Dorris M. Beatty, Mary
Frances Beairsto, Mildred Irene Biers-ner,
Helen Bloxham, Georgia Lucile
Bowers, Bertha Brandstrom, Ruth K.
Braun, Marion Brooker, Leslie Brown,
Audrey Beryl Buchanan, Matie Bur-chett,
Dorothy A. Busick, Thelma
Bernice Butler, Dorothy M. Camp,
Elizabeth M. Camp, Gladys Carlson,
Mamie Frances Clark, Esther Cooper,
Phyllis Alfhild Crabill, Helen Mae
Crawford, Alice Elizabeth Crisman,
Anna Marie Cronin, Mary Evelyn
Crow, Elsie P. Cummings, Ruth Cur­tis,
Melba N. DeWitt, Henry Durr,
Olive Eakman, Daisy Eckenberg, Inez
Dora Elliff, Pauline Julia Elwell,
Ebba Aleda Erickson, Dorothy Ervin,
Ernestine Elsie Evans, Esther Fisher,
Nellie Flynn, Alettha D. Folden; Veva
Forrey, Agness Corinn Foss, Mary
Flora • Grant, . Alice. Hildur ; Green,:
- Gladys V. Green, Alice- Grice,. Essie
Groves, Dorothy M. Goodman, John
Gudmundson, Marie G. Gunderson,
Dagny V. E. Gustafson, Irene Hagen,
Anne Elizabeth Haller, Bryan Han-kins,
Leona E. Hansen, Evelyn Harno,
Leonora Harris, Elaine Hawkins,
Myrtle Mae Hawkins, Mildred Syl­via
Hedberg, Gertrude E. Hestnes,
Heleiie Hefty, Floyd E. Henrickson,
Melvin L. Howell, Geneva Madge
Howerton, Harriet Hudnall, Ella M.
Hunger, Alpha Omega Hunter, Elea­nor
Louise lies, Dorothy E.- Jackson,
Dagney C. Jacobson, Grace Irene Jac-obson,
Mark F. Jarrett, Eva V. Jen­sen,
H. Raymond Johnson, Naomi E.
ohnson, Opal F. Johnson, Leila John­stone,
Vivian R. Justice,, Harold S.
Keeney, Violet V. Keister, Perry G.
Keithley, John R. Kerr, Lois L. King,
Esther P. Kliewer, Jeanne Knowlton,
Elizabeth Krell, Olga Kristofferson,
The following students have re­ported
contracts for schools to the
appointment bureau this week:
Olga Kristofferson, Rainier, pri­mary.
La Verne Lindfors, Skagit school,
5th to 8th.
Ruth Burns, Mt. Vernon, intermed­iate.
Mina James, Port Angeles, 4th or
»th.
Gertrude Hestnes, Redmond, 5th to
8th.
Emma Wickersham, Sekin, pr-mary.
Evangeline Anderson, Clearbrook
school at Nooksack, 3rd and 4th.
Leona E. Hansen, Van Hook, North
Dakota, 3rd and 4th.
Lottie B. Watson, Maple Falls, in­termediate.
Vera M. Anderson, Fir, 1st to 4th.
Charity Nevins, Bellingham, pri­mary.
Lizetta Webber, Manor, 5-6-7-8.
Mildred Long, Silverdale, 5th and
6th.
Miss Jcmier has assisted these
students in securing their schools by
mailing their references and creden­tials
to the various school boards
and superintendents. The following
people haA'e; been placed directly
through the bureau:
Ruth K. Braun, Dist. 65, Thurston
county, all grades.
Olive Barney, Rl, Sedro-Woolley,
upper grades.
Kirvin Smith, Stanwood, Depart­mental
(Upper and Physical Educa­tion).
A great many graduates are writ­ing
in to the appointment bureau
for help in locating schools next year,
and for recommendations on file.
The appointement bureau is of great
service to students, a service which
is not fully appreciated until the
student is out in the field where
similar service is expensive and not
so adequate.
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moved to that post since Kemp m e t ^ S i i ^ *:
. . ••• r •-•--^--^':^y-viff'e%t?iif;£
fate in an automobile accident.
Hard Hitting Outfield
Bolivar Estill will hold d o w n f h i s ^ l l l ^ ^l
usual post in the left field g a r d e n s / | | p | ^^
and will endeavor to pick out•att'-ttiefWiM^M
• ..'•• "-I'.'i.-^rsft^H^-isffefS
high ones and field them -wellv a s ^ i e ^ S j i ^ ^^
has done in the past. Lyman S t i e k - i | ^ ^ ^^
ney,. one of _the' old ;veterans''yviii^S^^^^
take care of the center f i e l d : ^ p o s i r | | ^ ^ ji
tion, while his kid brother D o n : w i l l ^ | ^ ^S
take the side that the left banders
are supposed to hit towards.•:;':''*S:S-^^rais*w=i
If one of the two. teams captures?^%^$0^&
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Ingenious Liar", Says
Bernard ShaW, of
Thesis Writer.
TRI-NORMAL EVENTS ?;
Friday, -at 3 p. m.—Baseball
game with Cheney. ,. ?..
Saturday, at 9 a. m.—Tennis
toumey with Bellingham, Chen-J
ey and Ellensburg competing.
Saturday, at 10 a. m.—Base^
ball game with Cheney.
iSaturday, at 2:30 p. m.--^Tri-
Normal Track Meet. V
Saturday, at 3 p. m.—A third :
baseball game between Belling-,
ham and Cheney, if necessary. :•
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esentatives
To Council
:-Quizzedv:ali^P
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"What is the ; function of^
check-card?"
How manv Normal students,''./COTXTM'M^^^B
fronted with that question, couldy'giyoO'3^^^^
a full and- complete explanation? o f j t i w ^ ^^
the term? The percentage would;'xm^iZH^S&kM
doubtedly be small in comparisomtoiSi|^^g^
the -number ;of students' who i-%0^^^0^^.
"never heard of a check-card.''-'--';i'S^@lfS^^^
•• •-••'••'"v'*i'-t/'-"•"jNiv>^4^^^5i*5i
Questions like the above constitutSSISljjK&A^j
•;.!:;:3:'fafe9a;J*S«»l
ed the examination given to the new-mmmm
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Criticism of Irishman's Philosophy,
by Lawrence students, bring retort
from noted genius. -
. Appleton,. Wis..-(by -N: S.-' S;)-r
"You are quite an ingenious 3r6ung
liar," commented George Bernard
Shaw, on a thesis submitted • him by
it Lawrence (Wisconsin) college stu­dent.
•• • •
The thesis was a criticism of the
Irishmen's philosophy and religion
by Miss Miriam Stephenson, 29,
written for a course in introduction
to Philosophy. -
She received the following reply:
"You are quite ah ingenious young
liar. How many marks did they give
you'?,' A career as-a journalist is in-;
-idicated. Good.'luck to you.-;:G^Ber-;
riard-AShaw;"- ;^::\;'7r '•''¥•'?.:;'%i$ A^--? :;#•-!
ly elected representatives StuJJ'S^SS^SM?
dents'
Monday
the council, printed neatly iri>f;tKeS
little blue books possessed by eyeryi
one, was. the subject 'for; the;. e i a m l | | | ^ ^ | ^ |
It ,was not, therefore,- a .test /dfSsec^fiS^^^fl
rets. It-was. a test over opehBsub*>S®^#£^p
jects,, supposedly-: known; to'.:; a l l ^ | | | ^ ^ p g
Representatives who fail , t h e ' i ; t e s t ' ^ f ^ |^
were . promptly. ;tossed: -back;(toiti»eup^^^^
respective (, clubs; rwith the ;'demanol53§|^
for another election; of a mor& widel^lS^^S,,™
awake and intelligent member^^y^BM^m^^m
It would be well if every club)melDa0|S|^^^^
ber could, take: this'.test, if ..every|^el|^^^8l
tive; student '.knew 'the. rule's 'foT$io^$M^^mi
• - - • • - - • ---••• • • • "•..'•' "•-•,.• •"--t^*-'i;"'-''*w^^ra^p cial affairs, the duties of club "sponli'W
sors, how to take out materialsVfrpm'f^
the Home Economics departmenfc7anai'^K
many other standards, laid d6wnf;b^l|f'
the council. - ' / ' ' ; ' • ' • ; . - i } ' ; - t [UW^^^^S
The Student's/;Organiza^ion|iCc^^^
cil serves the student-:bpdy^faii]^l|3^^
it ;-'has -/pr'bVe'd'jV^
-tKe^eifieien^
the'5yaridu^scjrooUclu^