Northwest Viking - 1936 April 17

              LET'S BE YOUNG
AGAIN
WITH THE FROSH
GOING TO PU T
ON THE DOG
TOMORROW
VOL. XXXIV—NO. 26 WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Friday, April 17, 1936
Taylor, Acklen Cop Election
For Board of Control Reps;
Johnson and Johnsen Retire;
May Dance Coming
Girls Must Sign Informal List
By Monday Night
Maypole decorations and
maybasket programs will give
the spring Women's League in­formal
the aspect of a May-dance,
according to general
chairman Mae Rolle. It will
be held May 2 in the Crystal
ballroom of the Leopold Hotel.
"The girls have always com­plained
that the men lacked
initiative in extending invita­tions,"
Mae said. As this in­formal
precedes the All-school
dance this time instead of re­turning
dates the girls have
first choice.
She warned all those who
plan to attend to sign the ten­tative
list on the bulletin board
by Thursday at 4:00 p. m.
Chairmen of the various com­mittees
are: Virgie Boal, pub­licity;
Gwen Grant, programs;
Virginia Hall, invitations; Max-ine
Moldrem, decorations; Jan­et
Johnson, refreshments.
Symposium Marks
Student's Assembly
Student Speakers Air Opinions;
Absent Faculty Scored
"The symposium discussion held
during last Friday's assembly was
not the idea of any one group, but
an expression of the views of the
majority of the students," says Mon
Orloff, president of the Associated
Students. "Although the number of
speakers chosen to appear on the
rostrum was necessarily limited,
they were chosen as being represent­ative
of the different lines of
thought on the campus, which up to
now has found expression only
among small groups."
The speakers, Gordon Millikan,
Ed Tomco, Bob Hartley, and Elmer
Lindquis, spoke on topics related to
campus and scholastic activities
from the students' angle.
"We believe that these topics
should be discussed openly by both
faculty members and students, and
we hope to have more of these
symposium discussions," Orloff stat­ed.
"I'm only sorry that faculty
attendance at assemblies is not com­pulsory."
Blue Triangle Plans
Election and Pienic
Appointment of a nominating
committee for the Blue Triangle
election to be held April 29 was the
purpose of a special meeting in the
Blue Triangle club house Monday.
Members of the committee are Faye
Wenzell, Anne Decker, Helen Klumb,
and Florence Lund, president.
A report of the social service com­mittee
was given by Margaret Win-terhalter.
The report stated that
147 Easter cards were sent to peo­ple
at the county home and the
Cedars, tuberculosis sanitarium.
The date for the Blue Triangle an­nual
picnic to be held on Sunset
hill was set for June 3. After mak­ing
detailed plans for the play to be
given April 22, the meeting was ad­journed.
Meredith's Novels Now-
Offered to Sophisticates
"The Amazing Marriage", "Harry
Richman", and "Evan Harrington"
are the George Meredith novels re­cently
added to the library shelves.
These novels should furnish an in­teresting
appeal to the sophisticated
students of the Normal school, ac­cording
to Dr. A. C. Hicks, English
instructor.
"Meredith is a master of the art of
sophistication and brings out a
type of worldliness quite different
from that of other authors," says
Dr. Hicks.
Acklen, Late Nominee, Leads Field
In Number of Votes Cast
In Election
One-half Students Vote
Tomco Comes Close in Race for
Man or Woman Post
Because of a last minute discus-sion
of the election committee, this
election will be considered a pri­mary
with the finals to include Tay­lor,
Tomco, Acklen, and Padden, for
the two posts.
Bill Taylor and Helen Acklen were
chosen four quarter representatives
to the Board of Control in the elec­tion
held ysterday. They will take
office immediately in the places of
Cliff Johnson and Arne Johnsen.
Approximately one-half the students
turned out to the polls.
Acklen Surprises
In spite of the fact that Miss
Acklen was nominated by petition
the last possible day, she received
the largest number of votes cast for
any candidate. Miss Acklen resides
in Portland, Oregon, and is now in
her sixth quarter of school. She has
been prominent on social affairs
and is at present the chairman of
the Sophomore party.
Anna Padden, the WAA candidate
followed in second place, with Vir­ginia
Holm, Helen Hostetter, and
Joyce Janson dividing the remain­ing
votes.
Tomco Makes It Close
Taylor, a Fairhaven graduate,
collected enough votes to lead Ed
Tomco, of football fame, for the
position of either man or woman
representative. Taylor held a ten-vote
margin over his W club broth­er.
Anne Decker, Ed Angel, and
Betty Swisher followed in the order
named.
Taylor is a home town boy and
has attended Normal for five quar­ters.
He's a miler on Sam Car­ver's
track squad and managed the
Junior Varsity basketball team.
New Club Members
Of Alkisiah Initiated
Initiation of 11 new members took
place at the regular meeting of the
Alkisiah club held Monday evening
at 7:30 p. m. in the club room.
Talks relating to the personality of
the individual were given by Thelma
Curtis, Clara Cunningham, and
Marjorie Tenoll. Mildred Bean was
program chairman.
The new members of the club are
Myrtle Anderson, Betty Barker,
Bernice Chambers, Carmen Ek, Mil­lie
Gerdis, Jean Hatch, Arlene Lo­gan,
Jean Lyons, Imogene Peterson,
Marion Price and Marion Streater.
The possibility of a boat or a week­end
trip during this quarter was
discussed and Mildred Bean was
appointed chairman of a commit­tee
to work on the plans.
At the regular meeting the nomin­ating
committee will take charge of
election of officers. This meeting
will be held at the home of Mrs.
Harold Fisher, an alumna. A pro­gram
is being planned by Edna
Pearson.
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Ruckmick Attends Meet
On Industral Educaton
Herbert C. Ruckmick, Bellingham
Normal instructor, will attend the
spring meeting of the Western
Washington Association for Indus­trial
Education, held at the Monte
Cristo hotel in Everett, Wash., to­morrow,
April 18. During the con­ference,
Mr. Ruckmick will speak on
the subject, "New Challenges for In­dustrial
Arts and Vocational Edu­cation."
Mr. Ruckmick is chairman
of the industrial arts group.
Kulle Announces Tentative Campus Day
Schedule; Appoints Committee Chairmen
"Committees have been appointed and tentative plans made for Nor­mal's
annual Campus day to be held May 5," reports Ruth Kulle, gen­eral
Campus day chairman.
After assembly at 8 o'clock at which attendance will be taken, students
will be transported in cars to No-r"- ad on Lake Whatcom. Homer
Burroughs, chairman of transportation, urges all students who will
have cars to sign the list on the main bulletin board.
Until lunch at 11:30, facilities will be provided for swimming, horse­shoes,
hiking and boating. At the water carnival scheduled for 1 o'­clock,
men's and women's races, diving, and canoe races will be held.
At 2 o'clock students will return to the campus for a 3 o'clock assembly
which is under the direction of Burdette Miller. The Campus day dance
will be held at 8 p. m. in the Big gym. Louise Vistaunet is dance
chairman.
"Tickets for the lunch and dance will probably be on sale next week.
The price is 25 cents," according to Don Wilson, ticket chairman.
Governor Martin
Visits Bellingham
BC Educators are Campus Guests;
President Fisher Speaks
In Vancouver
Governor C. D. Martin made a
short visit to this school Wednes­day
afternoon. Accompanied by
the Board of Trustees and President
C. H. Fisher, he inspected the P.E.
building construction, stated that he
was very well satisfied with the
progress which is being made.
Governor Martin has recently
been to Washington, D. C, to con­fer
about the Coulee dam project.
He also visited the other Normals
of the state during his trip.
Other distinguished guests on the
same day were President V. L. Den­ton,
head of the Normal school at
Victoria, B. C, and Mr. Campbell,
Mr. Sullivan, and Mr. Reed of the
Victoria Normal school faculty.
-They spent the day visiting the
school.
President Fisher left for Vancou­ver,
B. C, yesterday where he was
a guest speaker at the annual con­vention
of teachers from the prov­ince
of British Columbia. He ad­dressed
the conference on "Signifi­cant
Education Trends in the
States."
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New Officers Elected
By W Club; Boggess
Discusses Vaudeville
Ed Tomco was elected president
of the W club at the meeting called
Tuesday by President Bill Frender.
Arne Johnson was chosen to serve
as next year's vice-president, and
Sheldon Stutz was elected secretary-treasurer.
They will take office
next year.
Hurley Boggess, chairman of the
W club vaudeville committee, re­ported
that the vaudeville is sched­uled
for the evening of Monday,
May 4. According to Boggess, plans
for stunts and skits are rapidly
taking shape.
Coaches Sam Carver and Charles
Lappenbusch also attended the
meeting and each gave a short talk
on the aims and ideals of the W
club.
Hall PlansDate
Back to 1924
Student Union Building Possible
With Added Student Fees
Says Prexy
"A Student Union building isn't
anything new", says President C. H.
Fisher. "In 1924 the school had a
building plan for a Student Union
building". The plan is in the hall­way
on the first floor outsde the
president's office.
"In this building would be con­centrated
all student activities and
social life. The chief problem con­nected
with any such project would
be its financing. We must consider
that there are other buildings far
more pressing and any money we
can get from the state must be used
for the most urgent needs. Anyone
would say that our need for a PE
building comes before our need for
a Student Union building. There
are also one or two other buildings
which will have to come before the
proposed Student Union.
School Needs Urgent
"We are sorry it takes so much
time to realize some of these things
but we know of no other way that
buildings can be erected at a state
institution. Even the University of
Washington hasn't been able to con­struct
a Student Union building.
There is no question as to the need
for such a building and "there is
nothing I'd like to see more than the
provision for it. However, when we
get money from the state for build­ings
we must convince the governor
and the state legislature that what
we're asking money for is the most
urgent need the school has.
"The only other possibility is some
other plan of finance that would be
worked out by the associated, stu­dents.
Any plan of this sort would
probably involve additional student
fees. I do not believe that this is a
good time to add to student fees for
building purposes".
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Musical Tea Furnishes
Funds For Scholarship
To complete the $300 scholarship
fund the ways and means commit­tee
of the Bellingham Women's
Music club gave a Musical tea Mon­day
afternoon in the lounge of the
Bellingham hotel.
A contest will be held on the third
of May in which eleven contestants
will compete for the scholarship.
Several students from the Normal
are to be entered, two pianists, Hel­en
Griffith and Margaret Foster,
and two violinists, Maxine Moldren
and Margaret Collett. The judges
will be from out of town.
Using Elaborate Dog Theme,
Mayhew, Play Day Chairman
Predicts Success For Event
Discussion Groups Meet Afternoon
Aim Is to Acquaint Visitors
With Normal Life
Assembly in Auditorium
Models to Exhibit Dog Styles;
Moldrem to Play
'The Furnace of Fear' Coming Soon;
Offers Rare Entertainment Opportunity
By Helen Lewis
Wednesday evening in the Nor­mal
auditorium at 7:30 p. m., the
curtain will rise not on Shakespeare,
not on Eugene O'Neill, but on a
much rarer sight—a hair-raising
•and spine-shivering thriller, "The
Furnace of Fear" from "The Indians
are Coming". This is an epic from
the far-removed and tenderly re­membered
days of the silent films
when the audience shouted and the
old hand-pumped organ wheezed the
sound effects.
Plus this is a second Major Fea­ture,
presenting and starring the
only Charlie Chaplin in "The Floor
Walker".
A choice bit of drama portrays
Charlie in an earnest and hilarious
attempt to,conquer, and master, the
technique of that wily and challeng­ing
mechanical phenomena of the
early twentiethe century, the esca­lator.
The intermission entertainment
will be no mean part of the show,
being in itself worth the price of
admission. Several fortunate "the­atre-
goers" will be the recipients of
gifts of groceries as a reward in
choosing the lucky seats. Don't for­get,
anyone may be the, lucky one, it
will all be a matter of chance, and
Lady Luck will be the judge.
Tickets are now., in sale for 15
cents. Get yours before the sell­out!
There are a few choice box
seats with a 10-cent surcharge at­tached,
for prestige.
Your gratitude and thanks for
this ultra and supra entertain­ment
may be expressed to the Blue
Triangle club, for it is the provider
and sponsor; Seabeck is the destina­tion!
"If the enthusi­astic
response of
committee men
and the prompt
replies to invita­tions
are indica­tive
of a success­ful
play day, -to­morrow's
event is
certain to be rat-
-ed a success," say*
Frances Mayhew,
general chairman
for the day. Chairmen assisting
Miss Mayhew have been: Theresa
CMalley and Barbara Kennedy,
registration; Anne Decker, games;
Joyce Jansen and Marguerite
Thompson, luncheon; Florence
Lund, program; Marion Haydon,
assembly; Elizabeth Cozier, discus­sions;
Erma Weller and Gwen
Grant, tea; Helen Lewis and Jeanne
Borgstedt, publicity; Norma Jane
Gorsline, woman's league activities.
Discussion Groups to Meet
They have planned for discussion
groups at 2:30 p. m. which will fur­ther
the visitor's knowledge of Nor­mal
life. Florence Lund will con­duct
a discussion on recreational
athletics in room 119; "Personality
and Clothes" is to be considered by
Joan Hoppe in room 209; Esther
Guis plans to simplify budgeting
with a talk on school expenses in
room 105; school activities is to be
Mabel Rolle's theme in room 108.
Girls Put on the Dog:
Another afternoon feature will be
the dog show held in the auditor­ium.
Clothing suitable for the
school dog is to be shown by: Phyl­lis
Plummer, Betty Franklin, Mar­guerite
Thompson, Carol Hughes,
Jean LeValley, Elizabeth Cozier,
Mary Kink, Marthene Hanson, Ruth
Bennington, and Francine Haine.
Announcing will be done by Martha
Lou Pulver and Maxine Moldrem
will furnish music for the occasion.
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Fisher Commends
Student Speakers
Reports on the recent meeting of
the American Association of Teach­ers
Colleges at St. Louis, Mo., and
on what the student speakers said
at the student forum assembly last
Friday were given by President C. H.
Fisher at the monthly faculty meet­ing
held last Wednesday afternoon
in the Edens Hall Blue room.
In an interview President Fisher
stated, "The faculty feel that they
should not be blamed for being ab­sent
at the assembly last Friday be­cause
no one informed them of the
nature of the student meeting. They
were of the impression that it was
an assembly just for students".
The faculty group also discussed
a report of the faculty committee on
the guidance program.
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Belated Sophomore Hop
Will Take Place Friday
"The long awaited Sophomore
party with all its trimmings which
will be held April 24, should be one
of the most anticipated social
events of the quarter", says Helen
Acklen, general chairman.
Because of the fact that last quar­ter's
sophomore leap year party had
to be postponed due to the measles
epidemic, the treasury now has a
two-fold amount of money with
which to work.
"The theme of the dance is to be
something entirely different and the
Big gym will be colorfully decorated",
says the committee.
Those in charge of the arrange­ments
are: Marge Osier, Severn
Koski, Norma Jane Gorsline,.Phyl­lis
Plummer, Ermari Holtzheimer,
Anna Padden and Joe Dolan.
Examinations Ovet
Students Breathe Again After
Aptitude Tests
Pencils moved nervously over
aptitude and achievement tests
this week when students sub­mitted
themselves to the ne­cessity
of meteing the require­ments
for entrance and gradu­ation.
Several of those tested were
heard to express themselves as
being slightly rusty in the com­mon
branches when encouraged
by Dr. C. C. Upshall to tell all.
Now those students may breath
freely again until next quar­ter's
achievement tests and re-tests
roll around, unless they
feel that a stiff review is in
order.
Tests in arithmetic and spell­ing
were given on Tuesday at
4 p. m., history and penman­ship
on Wednesday at 4 p. m.,
and the college aptitude test
at 8 Thursday morning.
Freshmen Promise
Novel Carnival Hop
Gable, Hawley, Pugh, Borgstedt
Chairmen for Tonight
"Punch will be served, guaranteed
not to taste like dishwater," vows
Jeanne Borgstedt, chairman of the
refreshment committee for the fresh­men's
party tonight at 8:00 p. m.
in the Big gym.
Based on a carnival idea, favors
will be given out during the course
of the evening. An attractive pro­gram
has been arranged for the in­termission,
according to Wilda Haw­ley,
chairman of the entertainment
committee.
"Plans which should make the
Freshmen party the biggest success
of the year are proceeding nicely,"
says Gavin Young, general chair­man.
In charge of the plans are:
Ruth Pugh, invitations; Tom' Gable,
orchestra; Wilda Hawly, entertain­ment;
and Jeanne Borgstedt, re­freshments.
Carnival Features
Foreign Countries
"The Street of the Nations" is the
theme of the Rainbow Girls' carni­val
to be given tomorrow night, Ap­ril
18, at the Masonic temple. The
carnival will open with the corona­tion
of the queen, musical numbers,
and other entertainment features.
After this will be concessions, games
of chance, and fortune-telling.
The theme is to be carried out
with the different booths; peasant
embroidery will represent Italy;
Housey-Housey and other similar
games will represent Monte Carlo;
Icy-dunks will be Iceland or some
place equally suggestive, and so on.
An annual affair, this carnival is
open to the public. The price of ad­mission
to the main show is 10
cents and to concessions and booths.
5 cents. c URRENT
ALENDAR
of Happenings
Friday, April 17
8:00 p. m., Freshman party,
Big gym.
Saturday, April 18
WAA Play Day.
Tuesday, April 21
11:00 a. m., Assembly.
4.00 p. m., Baseball Boosters
vs. Vikings at Battersby.
7:30 p. m. Valkyrie meeting,
club room.
Wednesday, April 22
4:00 p. m., Inter-club coun­cil
meeting.
8:00 p. m., Blue Triangle
show, auditorium.
Friday, April 24
11:00 a. m., Assembly.
8:00 p. m., Sophomore party,
Big gym.