Northwest Viking - 1933 February 3

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TOMORROW
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VOL XXXI—NO. 17 WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Friday, February 3,1933
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Normalite
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SHAIX THEY CLOSE
COSTLY PROFITS
MISINTERPRETATION
j —By Bob. Walters
GHARAGTER PLAY TO
BE PRESENTED
Production Group Will Produce
"Silly Sam", Feb, 10
That road trip was a disastrous
affair for those Viking basket
sharps, but the writer really thinks
that it is one of the best, in fact the
best court team that has been here
at Normal in the past four years.
Lack of height at center is a great
disadvantage, but for a passing,
sharp-shooting bunch they are right
there. Cheney plays before this
column comes out, so you may have
the laugh on "I" today. But don't
be a bit surprised—even expect—to
see the Vikings give both Cheney
and Ellensburg a workout that they
are not going to enjoy.
W.S.N.S.
Naturally this much ado about the
closing of one, two, or all the Nor­mal
schools is causing- comment for
and against. As for its probability
or information about it, we have
nothing to say and know little about
it. A lot has been said about the
advantage in getting jobs it will be
to those graduated. As to any other
advantages to them, there are none.
But we wager that not one of the
grads out of employment would close
the schools were the power his. I,
for One.
W.S.N.S.
The local Campus is exceedingly
appealing to the eye and one's sense
of beauty, but students get so used
to trudging these walks (there's an
occasional short cut taken) that I
doubt they are Campus conscious.
A campaign might help to put over
''Campus Consciousness", but if see­ing
it first in snow and then in
warm spring sunshine this week
didn't do it, nothing' ever will. • It
was colos-s—great.
Regardless of what you might
think of this column, if you can
produce one more human and hu­mane
than Mclntyre, bring the
Works around. We'd like to see it.
From time to time discrimination
is needed in dealing with the type of
article to be advertised in the Vi­king.
At the present a nice fat
cigarette contract is to be had for
the taking. We know nothing as to
'* t he plans to run it or refuse it, so
feel free to express an "outsider's"
opinion.
Forgetting all about whether it is
Victor H. Hoppe's play production
group will present in assembly Fri­day,
February 10, "Silly Sam," a
character play in one act, under the
direction of Roger Chapman.
The scene for the play is laid in a
village in Northern England, where
spinning by hand is still quite pop­ular.
Sarah, played by Harriet
Rickerson, is an old weaver who has
lost her job in the factory. Kather-ine
Bowden takes the part of Emma
a young weaver. The young curate
is Roger Chapman and Nelson
Brewer plays the part of Sam, a
a hulking young fellw who admits
that he fits the old saying "Strong
in the arm and weak in the head."
In the opening scene Sarah, pov­erty
stricken and lonesome, is pack­ing
a few belongings to take with
her to the poor house. When the
hour arrives for her departure over
the shape of Silly Sam, who takes
her home as his adopted mother.
Myers Explains
Teacher Excess
"Undersupply in 1939" Predicts
New York Professor
CLASS DEBATE HELD
Alonzo F. Myers, professor of Ed­ucation
at New York University,
writing in the Washington Educa­tion
Association Journal, says that
the present oversupply of teachers
is one phase of the continuous cycle
of teacher oversupply and under­supply.
"In 1919 there was an
alarming shortage of teachers," says
Myers, "in all sections of the coun­try."
Many teachers had left the
classroom to enter military service
or to engage in occupations essen­tial
to the prosecution of war."
According to the report, in 1925
or 1926 the balance between teach­ers
and positions was equal, good
wages bringing more into the field
continuously. By 1932 this caused
the present oversupply to reach an
appalling dimension. The prediction
is made that due to the low wages
offered, by 1939 there will again be
an even balance, and in 1946, an un­dersupply
similar to that of 1919.
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KLIPSUN PROGRESSES
Editor Suggests Plans for Many New
Features in Annual
Fowler's Students Argue
Technocracy Theory
About
Technocracy was the subject of a
debate held in Dr. H. E. Fowler's
class, interpretations of Contempor­ary
Opinion, Wednesday morning.
The question was stated: Resolved
that Capitalism can not stand the
challenge of Technocracy.
The affirmative was taken by
Frances Hansard, Edith Swarth and
Einar Larson. Milford Peterson,
Bill Moultray and Leland Bishop
took the negative.
It was stated by the affirmative
that under the present system of
government, even if all the jobless
were employed in factories, etc., the
economic situation would not change
because production would be so
great that the small wage earners,
who are the consumers, would not
be able to buy, and there would still
be the problem of over-production
and a tied up market.
T. F. Hunt Gives
Geography Talk
Instructor Describes the Northwest
Country in Broadcast
SMOKELESS SMOKER A
CLUBJEATURE
Partis and Brewer Matched in Main
• Event Next Friday
Discussing mountains and. rivers
in general, with special reference to
those of our own Northwest, T. F.
Hunt spoke over K V O S last Wed­nesday
evening on the weekly fa­culty
broadcast.
Many interesting highlights about
the past history of the rivers and
mountains in this district were
brought out in Mr. Hunt's talk. The
mountains, like everything else,
have their ups and downs, and when
they are down it indicates that they
also are witnessing a "depression."
The old saying that a thing is
"older than the hills," sometimes is
strangely true;—several of the riv­ers
in this state existed before the
mountains around them. In conclu-ing,
Mr. Hunt stated that the riv­ers
were largely responsible for the
building up of the land through
which they flowed; and that is pos­sibly
the reason they feel they have
the right to take back the land.
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DEVELOPMENTSHOWN
Competition Keen in P. E. Classes
at End of Fifth Week
Horseless carriages, pilotless air­planes
and now at last a "Smokeless
Smoker". Not bad for so early in
the new year, what? Getting down
to the' point, next Friday night the
W club will sponsor a mixed smoker
in the big gym beginning at 7:30.
All men and women of ^ t he school
are invited to attend at the amaz­ingly
low mat charge of 10c per.
Outsiders are welcome at the same
price.
Strange New Rules
The bouts will be fought under
Australian and Siberian rules but
Russian will be barred.
Main Event Good
The main event of the evening
will feature T. B. Brewer, defending
champion of the Marietta Mounted
Police, who will toss his belt into the
ring against Pinhead Partis, one of
the Thoity-thoid street henchmen
of the out-of-town distrct (Everett).
Senator Royal Euripidees Aristo-phanees
Hypothesees Gunn, better
TOBACCO ADVERTISING
IS PROHIBITED IN
SCHOOL PAPER
Roger Chapman and Pres. Fisher
Interviewed at First
Board Meteing
(Continued on Page Two)
Obed Williamson
Stresses Thinking
Cheney Education Head Criticizes
Systems of Past
"In general, the function of the
school is to foster thinking ability,"
says Obed Williamson, head of" the
Education department of Cheney
Normal school, .writing in the Wash­ington
Education Association Jour­nal.
Williamson criticized education­al
systems of the past saying, "The
social intelligence of our people has
so far failed to keep up to scientif­ic
and technological advance, soci­ety
has shown itself so incapable of
properly utilizing the results of in­vention,
that today we find ourselv­es
in the most serious situation the
world has ever seen." ,
' As a means of preventing anoth­er
such lack of parallel advance­ment
between educational and so­cial,
scientific and technological ad­vancement,
Williams suggests first,
that controversial questions be met
squarely and fairly by the teacher;
second; t h a t more emphasis be plac­ed
on elementary and secondary in­stitutions;
third, that creativity be
fostered in the schools; and fourth,
that the School system be made
more conducive to the fostering of
a spirit of social mindedness and co­operation.
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Student Burns Eye
In Unusual Accident
While working a special experi­ment
in the chemical laboratory
last week, Gordon Richardson met
with an unusual accident which re­sulted
in an injured eye.
While attempting to loosen the
glass stopper in a bottle of sodium
hydroxide by tapping, pressure was
formed inside the bottle which
caused the stopper to suddently
loosen and spurt out a fine spray
of the liquid directly into his eye.
The injury was not as serious as
it was painful and his sight will not
be effected.
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Tuesday's Assembly
Features Speech on
China-Japan Question
Many new features are being
planned for the 1933 Klipsun ac­cording
to Eileen Morrison, editor-in-
chief. She says students will
find a decided difference. between
the new Klipsun and last year's is­sue.
One outstanding feature is the
cover of the book. Exactly what it
is to be like is not being divulged;
but from the hints the editor has
given this year's cover is going to
be extremely attractive. Miss Mor­rison
says the division pages also
are being worked out in a new way
and promise to be a decided feature
of the annual.
Another idea which is being tried
for the first time is that of having
a "who's who" section. In this, many
students who do a great deal of
work for the school but do not re­ceive
recognition in any other way,
will be acknowledged.
Practically all of the individual
pictures have been taken, and they
will be ready to send to the en­graver
shortly. The dummy for the
annual is all planned, and depart­ment
editors are completing their
work.
The group club pictures were taken
last Tuesday afternoon, and other
pictures around the campus were
taken earlier in the week.
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NEXT ASSEMBLY
PROGRAM VARIED
Myra Gause, Assisted by Sister, to
Appear Next Tuesday
Much interest and enthusiasm has
been stimulated by the Women's P.
E. classes as an interesting athlet­ic
schedule enters on its fifth week
of development.
Competition is keen in the class­es.
Badminton is finding its final
week in the quarter schedule. Per­manent
teams have been chosen for
the games are adding up their final
score. The score, of the basketball
and volley ball games along with
Badminton scores will decide the
championship team. Each team has
been playing some game every day.
The waters at the Y are constant­ly
churned by vigorous Viking mai­dens
taking swimming tests. The be­ginning
classes are showing their
skill in the American and the back
crawl while the intermediate groups
are giving demonstrations in the
breast stroke, plain, and fancy div­ing.
This course is being supported
with great enthusiasm by the girls.
The rythm classes are clearing up
a session in folk dancing. Next week
will herald the commencement of a
course in clogging. A date for the
radio program which is to be spon­sored
by the Womens' P. E. depart­ment
has not been defintely set.
(Continued on Page Four)
TESTS HAVE PURPOSE
Data Gained is Basis for Teacher
Selection Standards
I n an article concerning "En­trance
Tests as a Factor in Teacher
Selection at Bellingham" printed in
the Washington Educational Asso­ciation
Journal for February, 1933,
written by C. C. Upshall and Harry
V. Masters, Research bureau staff
at Bellingham Normal, appear­ed
the statement, "Our chief con­cern
then is to establish standards
which may be considered valid for
those persons who are certified to
teach in the elementary grades," in
explanation of the basis upon which
the tests are given. The article goes
on to say that definite standards
are set .for arithmetic, spelling, Eng­lish
usage and penmanship; this
the freshman must achieve or take
the remedial course which is de­signed
to bring his efficiency to the
point where he can equal these
standards.
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Council Offers Prize
As Action Stimulant
Whether or not tobacco advertiz­ing
should be carried in the North­west
Viking was the topic for dis­cussion
by the newly installed
Board of Control in a meeting held
last Wednesday evening, February,
1.
Letters from Roger Chapman, the
business manager of the Northwest
Viking; and Mrs. Ruth Burnet, fa­culty
adviser to the Viking were
discussed. Roger Chapman and
President Fisher were called in and
interviewed by the Board. Mr.
Chapman was asked to withdraw
his request to carry tobacco adver-izing.
Mr. Ford to Receive Cut
Mr. Sam Ford recommende dthe
dropping of an intended business
trip to Los Angeles because of the
financial condition of the Co-op. A
motion was made that the president
of the Board of Control confer with
Mr. Ford in regard to a ten per­cent
salary cut to take effect Feb­ruary
1, 1933.
The W. A. A.' was given permis­sion
to sell apples and candies at
the basketball games.
Rec-hour Schedule Fixed
Harriet Rickerson was put in
charge of the Board of Control
banquet to be held February 21.
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Budget Hearings Are
Held at Olympia
"International questions can nev­er
be settled permanently or right­eously
by war. We must depend on
college students and those who have
studied or we will have black days
ahead."
The above is a statement from
Dr. Elam Anderson's lecture, "In­ternational
Good-will Under Fire,"
which was given in the assembly
Tuesday, January 31.
I n his address, Dr. Anderson pre­sented
the China-Japan question
and explained that although China
is morally and legally right, she has
notdeveloped Manchuria as Japan
has. " Y'' '"•' v .::•••, v.Vv -"••Y
The repertoire of Myra Byrd Gause,
character interpreter, and Jeanette
Gause, contralto, the next artists to
appear before a Normal audience,
includes monologues, pianologues,
humorous dialect sketches, "char­coal"
sketches, .diminutive dramas,
dramatic episodes, narratives, fairy
tales, legends, and contralto solos.
A more varied program would be
hard to find. According to press
comments on the former appearance
of these young ladies more vivid
and finished impersonations of
characters are rarely given.
Miss Myra Gause specializes in
the characterization in costume of
one-act plays in their entirety. Her
sister accompanying her at the pi­ano
furnishes a musical setting for
these presentations, besides render­ing
pianologues and contralto solos.
The sisters are well known to Cali­fornia
clubs and audiences.
Since the Misses Gause Jtiaveap^
peared repeatedly on high school
and college stages of the Pacific-coast
and the Hawaiian Islands it is
to be expected that their rendition
will be received with favor by the
students of this school.
EXPLORER WILL
SHOW PICTURES
Will Tell of His Recent Amazing
Adventures in Alaska
When the Rev. Bernard R. Hub­bard,
world famous as the "Glacier
Priest", appears here on February
9 at the American theatre, students
will be given theopportunity to
hear one of the great living ex­plorers
and scientists tell of his
travels and adventures.
He will tell of his recent amazing
experiences among Alaska's vofcanos
and will show motion pictures of
the "Valley of Ten Thousand
Smokes."
During his recent sojourn in
Alaska Father- Hubbard visited Mt.
Aniakchak, which he found to be-the
largest active volcano known.
Hubbard, with his daring pilot, flew
around inside the crater and finally
landed. This is the first time on
record that a plane ever landed in­side
the crater of an active volcano.
A special price of 50 cents has
been arranged for Normal school
students. Students may purchase
these special tickets from Miss Or-leane
Fitcha in the president's of­fice.
This ticket must "be presented
along with the student activity
ticket at the theatre box off ice for
reserved seats.
As a means of stimulating club
activity the Inter-club council is
sponsoring an award to be given to
the club doing the best work for any
given quarter.
A committee of Gordon Hambley,
Louis Shaffer, and Sara Jamieson
has worked out what they believe to
be a satisfactory method of evalu­ating
club activities in an objective
manner. As soon as the plan is
presented to the council as'a whole
for approval or revision it will be
acted on by the Board of Control.
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Chamberlin Expects
To Go Back To Land
of Communists Soon
President C. H. Fisher and Dr. W.
D. Kirkpatrick appeared before the
House committee on appropriations
yesterday afternoon to discuss the
budget of the Bellingham Normal
school for the coming year.
This afternoon at 2 o'clock Pres­ident
Fisher and Dr. Kirkpatrick
will take up the same matter with
the Senate committee on appro­priations.
The chairmen of these respective
committees invited President Fisher
and Dr. Kirkpatrick to come to
Olympia. Dr. Kirkpatrick is chair­man
of the board of trustees of the
Bellingham Normal school.
The degree bill which would give
the Normal schools of the state the
right to grant a bachelor of arts in
Education degree passed the Senate
by a vote of 41 to 2.
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Reed Lectures on
Current Problems
Speaker Emphasizes Importance of
Keeping Cool Head
Just try to interview a man after
he has\talked for an hour and a half
and while he is pacing the floor
waiting for his taxi. Sounds im­possible
doesn't it?
However, William Henry Cham­berlin,
author, lecturer and corres­pondent
for the Christian Science
Monitor, soon made the anxious re­porter
feel at ease. Mr. Chamberlin
was tired, had a cold, and was book­ed
for another engagement at eight
o'clock the same evening, Friday,
January 27, at Ellensburg!
He had hot lost any of the vital
interest in his subject which char­acterized
his morning talk.
Travel is Slow
Travel in Russia is slow. Trains
and hotels are crowded. Foreign
(Continued on Page Two)
"Current International Affairs"
was the subject of Dr. Dorothy
Reed's lecture in the assembly this
morning. Dr. Reed, who has spent
a year of research abroad, discussed
the complications in the world to­day,
pointed out the dangers to
peace, and the necessity of keeping
a cool head.
As Dr. Reed progressed in her
discussion she placed on the youth
of today the responsibility for solv­ing
many of the world's probleinsY
Her address was a challenge; t o;
youth, who should be interested in
pea^e and should be informed
enough on the subject to be capable
of expressing an opinion. ,
Dr.' Reed has addressed many
schools and social groups*; A com­ment
made by the super^tenififent;
of Portland public schpplsof>wMch'
Dr. Reed is a graduate,«jwas: ^
student generous and dependable;
and an exceUent taU^r, whp makes
a fine impression." \"Y|;
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