Northwest Viking - 1933 January 6

              VOL. XXI—NO. 13 WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Friday, January 6, J 933
Normalite
SATIN SAILS
IRON PROFS
TECHNOCRACY
SUDS
By EDITH
Howdy, folks!
So the Normalite has hoisted satin
sails for once. Gone feminine. The
skipper's cabin will be cluttered with
hairpins, Freezone and silk pajamas
instead of cuff links and Burma.
Shave.
W.S.N.S.
Congratulations to the new Edi­tor.
Captains may come and cap­tains
may go, but the good ship' Vi­king
sails on; her direction however,
depends- on the Editor. Long may
he serve and wisely.
-W.S.N.S.-
Robot Professors.
The possibility of talking -books
and robot college professors is seen
by the President's research commit­tee
on social trends.
In its findings the committee
says: -
"It may be the world will find
much use. for talking books; schools
and colleges may listen to lectures
by long-running phonographs or
talking machines. Seeing with that
new electric eye, the photo-electric
cell, and recording what is seen,
appears to have almost unlimited
applications."
So science is going to ruin that
game for us teachers, too. Well, let's
study to be morticians, then we can
chuckle at scientists because people
will die.
-W.S.N.S.
Jack Hogan has just returned
from hitch-hiking to Port Angeles.
He says he's a little stiff from
Walking. Where did you say you
were from, Jack?
W.SJST.S.
What is this technocracy? A new
shaving soap, entree, or fingernail
polish? Maybe it's the name of a
new brewery corporation. Browsing
around we've found that some people
seem to think it is Russian Com­munism
with a necktie.
R. E. Smith says in the Oregonian,
"Technocracy can't work in the
United States, because it is a vio­lation
of every American principle
and tradition."
"It means the socialization of in­dustry,
distribution and agriculture.
The abolishment of private owner­ship
of property and our present
banking and currency systems."
—W.S.N.S.,
Leap year has gone and no casual­ties.
Old man '32 has shuffled to Val­halla
and '33 is still dining on a
pacifier. Let's hope he changes from
depression diet to a full bottle, for
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CALENDAR
FRD3AY—January 6
4:00 p. m., Orchestra Try-outs
at Rec Hour in Big Gym.
SATURDAY—Jan. 7.
7:30 p. m., Basketball Game
with Pacific Lutheran Col­lege,
at the Whatcom High
School Gym.
MONDAY—Jan. 9.
4:00 p. m., W. A. A. Meeting.
"W"' Club Initiation in the
Little Gym.
TUESDAY—Jan. 10.
11:00 a. m., Emily Dow, Vio­linist,
in Regular Assembly...
7:15 p. m., Orchestra Practice
in Auditorium.
THURSDAY—Jan. 12. .,..
4:00 p; m., Y. W. C. A; Bible
• . Institute in Room 208.
FRroAY—Jan. 13.
11:00 am,, Women's League
. Assembly in the Auditorium.
11:00; a^ m., Men's Club As:
• v j s e f n l ^^
FORMER STUDENT
TO APPEAR HERE
Emily Dow, Violinist, Featured in
Assembly Tuesday, Jan. 10
•Emily Dow, versatile violinist, who
will appear here in assembly Tues­day,
Jan. 10, was at one time a
student at' Bellingham Normal
school. She attended Normal three
quarters; fall, 1931, and winter and
spring of 1932.
Tuesday will make Miss Dow's
fifth annual concert before the stu­dent
body. Her. appearance here
was at the age of 13.
Plays in Seattle Symphony
At the age of 12 Miss Dow was
soloist in the Seattle Symphony
orchestra and was the outstanding
violinist of Seattle in 1929,' when
Walter Kreuger offered her a po­sition
in the Seattle Symphony as
first violin.
Some years ago she spent a year
studying in New York, where she
played for Leopold Auer, who was
at that time ranked the greatest
violin teacher in the world. She
was highly recommended by him
and played for his successor, Paul
Kochanski, who appeared in concert
at Normal when Miss Dow was a
student. Kochanski said of her that
such combination of tone and tech­nique
was very rare in one so
young.
Contest Winner in 1927
In 1927, in a national violin con­test
sponsored by the Women's Fed­eration
of Music clubs at Chicago,
she won joint first place. For this
she obtained a year's scholarship at
Rockford college in Illinois.
Students at the Normal say her
piano playing almost equals her
violin talent. She has composed
several piano numbers and violin
selections.
Miss Marie Druse says, "Emily
will be given one of the most cor­dial
receptions accorded to any artist
appearing here."
Miss Dow will be "accompanied by
Edith R. Strange, local piano teach­er.
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Future Educational
Problems Discussed
by President Fisher
The following information has been
gathered from a recent bulletin is­sued
by the United States Office of
Education, Washington, D. C. All of
these figures are given for the insti­tution
year of 1929-1930, which are
the last figures available that ena­ble
us to compare our state with the
other States of the United States.
The length of the school term in
the State of Washington is 179 days
or practically 9 monts; whereas the
school term throughout the Unit­ed
States is 172 days, in 1889, when
Washington was admitted to the
United States, the average length of
the school term was 97 days.
Of all the children of school age
which is from five to seventeen years
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CUMMINS ACTS AS DEAN
WHILE BEVER IS AWAY
In the absence of Dean , James
Bever, Miss Nora B. Cummins has
charge of registration for the win­ter
quarter and will serve as chair­man
of all committees on which Mr.
Bever has been acting.- Because of
the added work of the deanship,
Miss Cummins will not teach polit­ical
science this quarter, although
she WUieonttaue to teach, history;
Dean Bever will spend his three-months
vacation in Berkeley. CaL,
with His family. He will study at
the uniyersity: there, where his two
daughters, Virginia and Allena, are
enrolled. His son, James Jr., is
attending^ Berkeley v junior high
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BAND TRY-OUTS AT
REC HOUR TONIGHT
This afternoon from 4 to 5:30,
o'clock the gymnasium will once
again be pounded by enthusiastic
feet as a rec hour is staged.
It is customary that on Friday a
school dance is held to which stu­dent
body tickets only will admit.
During a month three afternoon rec
hours are held and one evening rec
hour. The one evening dance is two
hours long, and the afternoon one
hour and is frequently held for an
hour and a half.
Orchestra try-outs for the quar­ter
will be held today. Chuck Cis-sna
and his band are scheduled for
appearance. This orchestra is said
to have a trio which will add varie­ty.
Bob Walters and his boys are the
second band to play today. This
group furnished the music for the
fall quarter although the personnel
has been somewhat changed.
The bands will play alternately
and the popular orchestra will be
chosen by student ballot. This band
will play for the entire winter quar­ter.
Sachs Speaks On
Youth of France
A comparison of. the youth of
France and the United States was
the theme of the address by Maurice
Sachs, close student of contempor­ary
life, culture and political trends,
in the assembly of Tuesday, Janua­ry
3. Himself a young mon, the con­trasts
in the lives of French and
Americans from the ages of 18 to 22
which were drawn by the French
lecturer held added interest for an
audience containing a large percen-age
of first voters.
While attributing superior phy­sical
courage to American college
students with their broad program
of sports, Monsieur Sachs termed
them conservative artistically and
politically in comparison to his
youthful countrymen. Little concern
with questions of morality, a vener­ation
of public leaders amounting al­most
to superstition, an ardent de­votion
to contemporary writers and
painters, and a lack of ambition for
pecuniary affluence, were named as
traits common to French boys and
girls not shared by young Ameri­cans.
"At twenty-five life is just begin­ning
for the youth of the United
States, for the French youth that
age is in a way an end—he has set­tled
for life to what his father has
selected for him," was M. Sachs'
congratulation to his audience on
its happier placement in a country
which has not yet reached maturity.
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FORMER STUDE&T WED
Announcement has been made of
the marriage of Irigaborg Sagen, of
Stanwood, to Russell Lopez, which
took place at Everett, Dec. 15. Mrs.
Lopez is a graduate of Normal.
VIKING BROADCAST
TO PRESENT I, R-C,
Presenting the International Re­lations
club the Viking broadcast
will filter out onto the ether to­night
at 9:30 p. m. This feature is
the first club broadcast of a series
which will include air shows given
by all the active organizations of
the school.
Joseph Atkinson, president of the
club, will introduce the program
with a five minute talk on the pur­poses
and ideals of the organization.
Kenneth Bernet, vice president, will
demonstrate his musical talent in a
group of piano solos. Timely indeed
is the closing feature of the pro­gram:
a pro and con discussion of
the war debt situation by Ina Kirk-man
and Julius Dornblut.
Programs of this caliber have
been designed to stimulate interest
in Normal activities among the
towns people as well as to keep the
Viking Frosh at home around the
radio on Friday evenings.
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Quarter Century
Mark Reached by
Local Bible Club
"A matter of pride to tne Normal
Y. W. C. A. is its twenty-fifth Bible
Institute to be held during next
week, January 12 to 15. Not so many
organizations of the school have cel­ebrated
twenty-fifth anniversaries
that such an occasion is yet without
interest, or has ceased to be a cause
for congratulation," says Miss M.
Belle Sperry, faculty leader of the
Y. W. C. A.
The Y. W. C. A. was organized
here during the first term of Bel­lingham
Normal. The first Bible in­stitute
under its auspices was held
in 1908. Local pastors were speak­ers.
Gradually more specialized lead­ers
of girls' discussions have, been
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Photographs Are
Seen at Library
Collection Is of Highest Grade
Late Camera Studies
On display in the juvenile library
is "Men At Work", by Lewis W.
Hine, a collection of photographs as
interesting and individual as por­traits.
Many of Mr. Hine's subjects
are structural "sky-riders" caught in
the act; others are railroaders and
workers with huge turbines. These
camera studies are examples of the
highest grade modern photography.
Mr. Hine, who is a brother-in-law
of Miss Mary Rich, director of the
Campus Training school, has in pre­paration
a similar collection of pho­tographs
of rural industry.
"Men At Work" was iisted in
December issues of "Progressive Ed­ucation"
and '^The Journal of the
National Education Association" as
one of the new books of especial
value to teachers of elementary
grades. »
WINTER TERM
BRINGS TALENT
Diversified Entertainment to be
Held During Quarter
Entertainment, for the winter
quarter already promises plenty of
diversion and recreation. Social ac­tivities
are plentifully sprinkled
through the next eleven weeks, and
these are interspersed with a va­riety
of assembly programs calcu­lated
to both amuse and interest.
The Normal stage will support an
assortment of artists ranging from
grave lecturers to gay marionettes,
from a silvery soprano to a spangled
Spanish dancer. Mr. Victor H.
Hoppe's play production group will
fill two engaments during the quar­ter,
while that genial head of the
Normal Speech department will per­sonally
read Phillip Barry's "Ani­mal
Kingdom" at one of the last
assemblies of the term.
Marionettes Coming
A treat comparable in reputation
to the memorable Hall Johnson
choir is to be found in Tony Sarg's
marionettes, appearing here Feb. 28,
under the sponsorship of the P. E.
O. society. This is not Mr. Sarg's
first visit to Bellingnam. He has
performed on the Normal stage on
several previous occasions. How­ever,
this is his first tour of this
section of the country in recent
years.
World affairs will figure preemi­nently
in lecture topics booked. Both
sides of the Chinese-Japanese sit­uation
are to be discussed by rep-
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EDENS HALL HAS
OPENING MEETING
Officers Elected and Date Set
for Winter Informal
r~""~ President C. H. Fisher Issues Best
New Year's Wishes To Students j
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The year ahead of us is just as rich in opportunity as any year that we
have ever faced. The year may not make us richer in this world's'goods
but we should all be richer in experience. Most of us are fortunate enough
to have some ties that will c o n t r i b - f ^ of ^ w e s h o u l d b e h e l p f u l in
every possible way to lighten' the
burdens of each other. In a school
community like ours students and
faculty should do intelligent plan­ning
to relieve the stress and strain
of living so that the primary bus­iness
of being students may be tar
terfered with as little as,possible. I
hope that the year 1933 will find us
wise enough as a school and as in­dividuals
to appropriate every ex-perience
for pur intellectuai, social;
and moral progress.
^ 3 . H. i^HER, PresWent.
ute much to our wealth of exper­ience.
We are all rich in friends
and with careful and proper culti­vation
we can increase our riches in
this respect. Most of us can im­prove
the opportunities offered in
school life to increase knowledge, de­velop
abilities, cultivate aesthetic
tastes, increase tolerance for human
shbrtcpmings, and enlarge our un­derstanding
of what is going on in
the world about us. In a time like
the. ptesent when the difficult situ­ations
of life have multiplied for
The first Edens Hall house meet­ing
of the year was held Tuesday,
Jan. 3. New officers were elected
and the date for the winter in­formal
was set.
Inez Williams was re-elected vice-president.
Elizabeth Schuehle was
elected secretary-treasurer, Lorinda
Ward, house reporter, and Mayme
Macintosh, social chairman. Febru­ary
18 was selected as the date for
the winter informal. Plans were also
discussed for giving a Sunday even­ing
tea for the outside girls. An
announcement was made that the
pajama party is to be given Tues­day,
Jan. 10, and committees have
been appointed.
Those in charge of initiation are:
Julia -Christensen, chairman, June
McLeod, Evelyn Larsen; paddle
squad, Margaret Jorgensen, chair­man,
Doris Jurgensen, Emma Beuh-ler,
Moane Monkman, Genevieve
Peters, Jane O'Neil, Marian Todd;
program, Dot Kelly, Minnie Alder-son,
Catherine Hurby, Evelyn Lingg;
refreshments, - Martha Shudshift,
Peggy McKay, Dale Lawrence, Helen
Esslinger, Lottie Stevenson; decora­tion,
Marie de Gallier, Lucy Van
Vecthen, Dolphine Anderson, Connie
Ingerson.
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ERROR IN PUBLICATION
OF SPEECH CORRECTED
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In the Northwest Viking of De­cember
16, appeared a story giving a
brief account of the speech, "Left-handedness
and What to do About
it," delivered by Dr. H. V. Masters
over station K-V-O-S on the Normal
school program.
The statement was printed, "A
left-handed person has many ad­vantages
over a right-handed per­son."
This shbud have read, "Left-handed
persons are sometimes to
be preferred over otherwise equally
competent right-handed persons, as
fbr example, toe left-handed^pitch­er
iii baseball, or the bacfcfield mari
in football, who can tinw a piss
with storting acxruracy w ^ left
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CLUB MEMBERS IN
TO MEET
All Factions of School Will
Represented by Delegates
or by Petition
Be
REQUIREMENTS ARE SET
Eligibility of the Students Will Be
Deoided by. Inter-club Council
Under Direction of Erickson.
Next Tuesday, in Room 108, the
delegates from the various clubs
and organizations of this school will
meet in convention to nominate can­didates
for student body offices.
Nominating conventions are no long
er a mystery to the general run of
people because of the liberal use of
the radio during our great presiden­tial
nominating conventions.. Some
of the methods and the purposes
back of the convention system used
in our school are briefy outlined in
this article.
. System of Student Convention
From information given by Miss
Norah B. Cummins and the student
Blue Book, it was found that all the
clubs and organizations of this
school, including the - Men's club,
the Womens league, and the Fresh­man,
Sophomore, Junior and Senior
classes are privileged to send two
delegates to this convention. Those
students who are not in any organ­ization
or club have the. privilege of
placing the 'names of candidates
they wish to elect upon petitions on
the bulletin board. In this fashion
every faction is assured of fair rep­resentation.
The delegates may then
choose one, two or three, but no
more candidates for each office. As
names are suggested and agreed up­on,
the qualifications of the candi­dates
are checked. Two requirements
must be met. First, there is the
point system; each office, in order
of its importance, is assigned a cer-.
tain number of points, and no stu­dent
may carry more than . twenty
points. Second, no student whose
grade point average is below 2.5'
may carry more than 10 points, and
any student whose average is be­low
2.0 may carry only 5 points.
These rules are designed to prevent
students from overloading themselv­es
with extra-curricular activities,
and to prevent one person from
holding too many offices. Page 62
of the Blue Book gives the number
of points for each office in the
school. •
Requirements to be Met
The eligibility of students is det­ermined
by the Inter-Club Council,
the same organization, which under
the capable guidance of Miss Emma
Erickson, sponsored the classes in
parliamentary procedure last quar­ter.
It is expected that the know­ledge
of parliamentary law gained
will help the convention to run
smoothly and swiftly. Some know­ledge
of organized procedure is es­sential
to those preparing to enter
the teaching, field, because all the .
teachers are called upon at some
time or another to participate in
community activities involving the
use of such knowledge.
Election of Delegates
Richard Hammett, new president
of the council, has prepared a sche-'
dule that will permit all clubs and
organizations to meet and elect del­egates
to the forthcoming convene
tion without conflicts with classes or '.-'
activities.
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GRADS WIN POSITIONS i
' Two graduates haVe latery beesh
app^t^''tb;.teai9u^.p^tipi]$. yi^-,
let w a ^ h is t e a c ^ ^
at F<n*s; Wash: Muriel BCyhr^ hiss;
recently begun teachlnlg ; t t ^ ftfttk'
'andl •' si^1--'8jra^'':'iMi':V^l^J^>^-
in the Meridian district;;::! ^M^rt