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VOL. XXXII—NO, 4
WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON
Friday, October 21, 1932
r'!|*'•"•"•. Accommendations
Aw—Who Ain't Playin'Fair
Story, Short as a Piece of String
By Fat AHari.
TO HEAR STUDENTS
Normal Schooi May Broadcast Every
Friday Evening
Aubrey Lundberg gallantly offers
the,services of his "delivery wagon"
(motif—blue" and white a la school
colors) tomorrow nite to those un­fortunates
who are unable to get a
ride in a private car and are
unwilling to walk. This; is not
an advertisement, though Lundberg
is asking a remuneration of one
dime per couple. It is a commen­dation
of ari accommodation. Now,
let me get this straight. Am I ac­commodating
a commendation or
am I commending an accomodation.
?
What was I writing about, any­how?
-W.S.N.S. ,
/ don't want to write the old
column this week at all. The sun is
shining brightly and Jack Falkner
leads his mincing footsteps across
the campus, leaning on the arm of
Mary Eoich.
\ W.S.N.S.
Someone last week accused the
Viking of defending the men against
the women. Now that is an unfair
and an unjust accusation. The
mere fact that I happened to agree
once with the. editor, and that the
one member of the studehty body
who dared to write a "student opin-
1bn'! was of the same mind as the
editor and I were is not coalition^
It is coincidence.
W.S.N.S.
To 'get back to not wanting to
write this column today . . .
Maybe, after all, I'm just doing
the flung that i^ate meant for me
do. Some she makes study hard and
get good grades and a job... Others
she lets appreciate the finer things
of life and those are the ones that
are called "Queer". Still others she
forces to spout useless drivel to fill
up the left-hand coiumn of a news­paper.
These the world calls col­umnists,
and they do not feel insult­ed-—
only hurt.
. W.S.N.S.— -
Once an old gentleman showed
two boys a piece of string. "See,"
lie said, "this, when it is-lit, is re-riiarkably
like life. If you keep it
straight up and down, letting the
flame always burn upward, it burns
rapidly and will sometimes light a
whole room. But if it is held loose­ly,
or let drag on the ground, or the
flame is made to burn downward, it
will only smoulder, and will make
much bad-smelling smoke.
—W.S.N;S.
And the little boys I mentioned
in the paragraph above, understand­ing
the old gentleman's fable, did
h not lie down., their ..whole., lives.
Neither did they sit, but always
stood. Still, they created much bad-smelling
smoke. So much for the
wisdom of the human race.
;'•. ——-W.S.N.S.-
~/:}i-':For we are all inconceivably
'•• wise—just ask us! We never make
mistakes, and when we do, it is the
other fellow who is wrong. And
when we are corrected, people do
:npt understand us. And when peo-
,jj)ie agree with us we say they are
Wise. '
'.. ——— Or — '
PRE5CY ASKS VOTE
..' Pending approval by a faculty
committee, students and faculty are
going to have an opportunity to be
heard every Friday nightoyer the
local radio station, K-V-O-S.
Mr. John Churcmn, manager of
the station, believes that since the
Normal school is so much a part of
the city and its affairs, that the
public will be pieased with efforts
of trie students to display their tal­ents.
Those studetfts wno feel they
have any special ability to enter­tain
will be given ari audition, with
the privilege of displaying their ac­complishments
on the air.
In order to give the listeners a
taste Of what can be done by pros­pective
teachers, Mr. V. H. Hoppe
has made arrangements for mem­bers
of his class in literary inter­pretations
to present the one-act
play, "The Valiant". If this proves
a success other one-act plays will
follow until other- "artists" come
forward to try their hand.
Dance is Discussed
at Weekly Meeting
of Women's League
New Members are
Told of Activities
W. A. A. Benders Many Distinct
Services for School
W CLUB
TOMORROW AT NINE
For the purpose of making new
members familiar with the activities
arid procedure of the organization,
the Women's Athletic Association
held a meeting Wednesday after­noon,
Oct. 16, in room 120.
New members were informed
about the W. A. A.'s recreation
camp, Viqueen Lodge, which is sit­uated
on Sinclair Island, one of the
San Juan group. The W. A. A. is
purchasing the. lodge, and is mak­ing
plans for raising money to com­plete
the payments on it.
Usher at Assemblies
The organization has taken over
the ushering at all school programs
and assemblies, there being a special
standing committee to render this
service. Members of the Club also
co-operate with the men of the
school in promoting interest in foot­ball
games and other sports, and will
co-operate with the Homecoming
committee in selling concessions at
this year's homecoming game.
This year the association is par­ticularly
interested in sending sev­eral
delegates to the class in par­liamentary
procedure being offered
by Miss Emma Erickson after school
hours. ' '
No Longer on Point System
The W. A. A. is no longer on the
old point system, previously used
for giving letters and other athletic
awards. It is now possible for any
girl in the school to avail herself of
the benefits of the four o'clock ath­letic
program, without making her­self
financially obligated to the or­ganization.
'.
• ————o :—
Helen Swanson has been elected
president for this quarter at The
Cedars. Mary Sue Smith will carry
the responsibilities of social chair­man.
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I. RX. Meeting Held ±
To Install Officers
The quarterly Women's League
informal will be held next Saturday
night, Oct. 29, at the Crystal ball­room
of the Hotel Leopold. The
theme is a timely one—Hallowe'en.
The committees chosen for the
dance by Louise Schulz, general
chairman, are: Decorations, Verna
Thomas, chairman, Doris McElmon
and Hope Kiricaid; patrons commit­tee,
Henny Lund, chairman, Sidney
Darrah, Roberta Leake, Doris Ault,
and Jean McMillan; program com­mittee,
Mary Evich, Kate Haynes,
and Justine Drake.
The price of tickets will be the
same as before, $1.10.
The music will be furnished by
Clarence Time's orchestra; Which is
well known about school
The' programs are, to be orange
suede, decorated with a black cat's
head, and tied with black ribbon.
These will be sold shortly before the
dance.
About 110 couples are expected to
attend, but should fewer than this
number sign up, alumni will be ad­mitted.
Patrons and patronesses will be:
President and Mrs. C. H. Fisher,
Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Upshall, Dr. and
Mrs. H. E. Fowler, Mr. and Mrs. V.
H. Hoppe, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Phil-lippi,
Miss Adele M. Jones and Mr.
Edward Arntzen,
. _o : = :
Sophomore Party
To Be Held Nov. 5
Thue's Orchestra Will Play
Annual Sports Affair
For
Tomorrow night at 9 o'clock is the
time set for the W Club Informal, to
be held at Chuckanut Shell.
Clarence Thue's orchestra will
play for this peppy affair, which
promises to be an outstanding social
hit of the year.
The entire theme of the dance is
collegiate. Both the decorations
and programs are to be typical em­blems
of the sponsorship of the W
club.
The program has been worked out
very carefully by the committees and
promises to be a huddle and skir­mish
from the beginning to the end.
Special transportation has been
arranged for those not having cars
who wish to go. The big Blue and
White Bus will leave Baughman's
at 8:45 tomorrow night. The fare
will be ten cents per couple.
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COURSE IN ECONOMICS
TAUGHT BY DR. BOND
BOIT SAI1ANGER.
IDOnOflNLEY
PULITZER PLAY IS
READ BY KIRKMAH
"Of Thee I Sing"., is.. Take-off ..on
Politicians of Today
New Four Quarter Representative a
Lake Stevens Graduate and a
Scholarship Society Member.
MACHINES NOT USED
Elsie ODonnell Will Be Absent
From Control Board for First
Time After Two Years Service.
Saturday night, Nov. 5, is the date
set for the sophomore,party which
will be held iii the big gym. June
Welch has been appointed general
chairman of the affair, and she will
be assisted by Dorothy Fiala and
Bill Fisher, decorations; Harriet Rick­erson,
refreshments; Naomi Watson,
program; and Dick Albert, clean-up.
Jack Burns orchestra will play for
the,dancing, but all other plans, of
the party are being kept a deep
secret among the committees.
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Kiwanis Hear Fisher
At Meeting Tuesday
A course in Economics is being
taught by Dr. E. A. Bond, of the
mathematics department at the lo­cal
branch of the American Insti­tute
of Banking schooi, which is
held every Tuesday evening.
The school is attended by employ
ees of the city and county banks.
The course ranks as a college sopho­more
or junior class. It consists of
thirty-four lessons and a final ex­amination.
A standard college text
is being used.
_ i-O———
Men's Club Appoint
New Staff Officers
For All Vacancies
In todays assembly President
Fisher discussed several items of
/; il|heral interest ta the stud^nt^Wdy;
Ainong these was the coming elec-tion.
He discussed candidates and
urged ail those of voting age to vote.
•I>entttie week-end with Eunice
At the international Relations
club .nieeting Wednesday night, Oct.
19, in the Edens Hall club room, in­stallation
of officers took place,
Good fellowship among the nation^
is the; theme of the club and thjs
idea was carried out: in the decora%
tive effect of flags representing th*
different countries imd r^
^•boro^^Chrtotan^ - „
«TDlainedthe^bol5«Ntch
and the purpose of the club. Cider
President Fisher spoke at the
meeting of the Kiwanis club, Tues­day.
He told about the change in
student body ratio. In 1923, 14 per
cent of the students were men, mak­ing
the number, six women to One
man. At present, there are two
women for every man. President
Fisher stated that perhaps it would
soon be a fifty-fifty ratio, which
would make it a more ideal situa­tion.
The tests the entering freshmen
took were given to 38 teacher's col­leges
and Normal schools. This in­stitution
stood tenth, ranking first
in Nature study, seventh_in English,
sixth in history, eleventh in arith­metic,
and fourteenth in civics. The
/upper 25 per cent of the freshmen-tested
in were English and culture,
centile score is equal to that of col­lege
and university students.
Last May, tests ' were given to
sophomores who had completed six
quarters. The subjects \1insy were
tested in Were English arid Culture.
Out of the 138 higher institutions
that took the test, this one rated
•$a&'.<'?>•n:;.i:;4;i..-^--'.i;-^"--''. ';::Y*
jj These tests prpye ;tlie': type of .-isjsu^.
dents fotind here and 'that they' are5
worthy of the best the insUtution
v - T^ebonom^^ and edu-v
• ^ ^ l«t>Wentt the i ^
pienavttofac^now/ne^prepara-
Because of unavoidable circum­stances
it was necessary for the
Men's Club to hold an election for
the offices which have been vacat­ed.
The election was held last Fri­day
in Room 239.
Gordon Carter was elected presi­dent
to take the place of Jimmy
Stoddard, who resigned because he
had an excess of twenty points. The
point system which this school uses
does not permit &• student to carry
more than twenty points a quarter.
Allen McNeil was elected vice-president
in place of Irving Wahl
who did not return to school. Dick
Haminett was chosen inter-club
Council- representative to replace
Carter, who formerly held that po­sition.
Much discussion followed a move­ment
that the club support a beard
growing contest. The matter was
left to a committee.
"Pop" Gurin gave a talk about the'
football .team. He stressed the fact
that the team was not as powerful
as rumor had it, and that Pacific
Lutheran was ^underrated. He asked
for the full support of the Men's
Club at the game. -
President Fisher ttas scheduled to
talk, but announced that he would
postpone it, and speak at the next
club meeting.
(Oc«tti»JSd « P»ft Tbiw)
Received with great enthusiasm
in Tuesday's assembly was the read­ing,
by Ina Hughes Kirkmah, a stu­dent
in school, Of the 1932 Pulitzer
Prize Play "Of Thee I Sing."
This farce which has been play­ing
nightly in New York City since
last December before packed hous­es,
is a juicy take-off on modern
American politics.
Committee Draws Name
The action of the play centers at
first on John P. Wintergreen's Unit­ed
States Presidential cainpaign and
then on his term in the White
House.
,• Some prize exerpts from this read­ing:
An argument arises between
several members of the National
Campaign Committee as to who
Wintergreen's running mate is. It
seems he was selected by the old
"Hat drawing" process and his
name was the one which wasn't
drawn.
Platform is Love
And then when it came to select­ing
a campaign platform the gener­al
idea of the committee seemed to
be to find something "which would
sweep the country off its feet, but
which really didn't matter a damn."
It develops that this sweeping plat­form
is to be "love." Then in spite
of having Diane Devereaux, beauty
contest winner, at his beck and call,
Wintergreen finally falls in love
with Mary, his secretary, Whose
chief attraction lies in her ability
to make corn muffins. The candi­date's
touching love affair then
sweeps the country right off of its
feet and Wintergreen right into of­fice.
Here Mrs. Kirkman paused
while Robert Becken, accompanied
by Kathryn Berkeley sang Winter­green's
campaign song "Of Thee I
Sing."
Difficulties Humorous
Once in office difficulties over­whelm
the new president. His .wife
nags him to. ask for a raise where­upon
poor Wintergreen replies,
"Ask for a raise! I'm lucky the sen­ate
doesn't lay me off!" The navy
is unsatisfied and demands real
clocks instead of their system of
bells which nobody understands
anyhow. And thus difficulty after
difficulty arises until finally the
President is involved in a deep arid
complicated scandal. At this point,
just as the senate is threatening to
impeach him, Wintergreen an­nounces
that he is an "expectant
father" and thereby turns the tide
in his favor.
" . O r—— '.'.•'.
Wood-Wind Quintet
Features Program
FOUR NORMAUTES SWM
AmcS* tnbs* on *!ie}"sie* list" this
week are Elsie O'Dormell, who was
M la S<»ttfe; Lawrence B ^
«i^^''';h^^liioia^.^)stv' Ohtickaritit;
'•^^Wii^OUfUWn^ jiuM'vdftiirie*!
' Oollter^ -pd/tixi "tM$8 - ' ^ l ^ f * ?^
Bert Gallanger, Otto FhUey-, aiiH
Harriet Rickerson are the winners
of last Wednesday's general election
for the positions of vice prexy, four -
quarter representative arid three ...'•.._•; - ,
quarter representative, respectively. . ' '
Increase in Student Diterest
Sixty-three per cent of the total
enrollment voted. This is about a -^
ten. per cent increase over the in- .
terest shown in the primaries. H:
County voting machines were not * .
used as announced previously. The
Board of Control decided it was
cheaper to use ballots than to pay ' ,^
for the cost of moving the machines
from the Courthouse;
Gallanger Winner
Gallanger sailed over from Port
Stanley (somewhere ori the pehih- v1
sula, folks) and was graduated froiri
Whatcom high schoool. He is doing - > : 0
his eighth quarter work .at NOTBUU. ;^,; ^phfe|
Bert plays tennis, b&sehau, in^-tea^..::-.*^^^!
k^ait-/rhis:.n.ua^^
of the Variadis Bragi;cluh''jCk^ai^--y-!J''''-J^
ger will servte on the Board of Con- :; '
trol for one quarter to fiff out^the
unexpired term of Theona Flick.\
Finley from Lake Stevens }
Otto Finley is a graduate of Lake ; - y j
Stevens high, where he was* active -
in student government; Finleyrhas
played football and rates a member- 4
ship in the Scholarship society. Like ..A ;
Gallanger he too is doirifer eight -
'qwaxter work. , .:
Harriet Rickerson is a "native"
daughter. She was graduated from/
Whatcom high school hi 1931. Har- -.': f^
riet is interested in dramatic read- :: ..•:%i
ing and someday hopes to become j
a bacteriologist. ':.'.:
Circus Is Over
Now that the circus is over until. \.j
next quarter the tents are bemg- . . V:
folded up and put away, Backfences ^ ••• •-
are being repaired and old friend- 'y;J;y
ships patched up again. Somebody >. : ^
swallowed a plugged nickel or two • <;f;;
and they are sharpening the ax for ;, ^
the next election.
— -°~ ~ '•' ••^•''|
Officers Training
School Meets to> $ |
Study Procedure :;:; ^f
The club officers' training schpbl ^ 4
held a meeting Wednesday, to study; ; v ;
Parliamentary Law. Tommy Nelson,. ^ ; j ;
temporarily presiding officer, called: j v||l
roll. Miss Cumrnins and Miss Erick^ 4 ^ 4
son, faculty representative were also 4 ~; ;
there. ; •••••• .,;„.'> ; .^.'./;:4^
The club is- composed of all otti- \
A wood wind quintet is to be
featured on next Tuesday's assem­bly
program. This ensemble con­sists
of Glauco Merriginoli, LesUe
Davis, Johanas Hanan, Earl Urqu-hart
and Otto Leohhardt who play
the fluteroboe, clarinet, bass ciari-.
net, '&hd:;Fr^c^;;:hc^^'.Te^ctiy^
•All: this group # inert are memtwrs
of the Seattle Symphoriy and have
-at<; one time OT another played as
' guests members of th^ BeuUgham
Symphcmt. They gate a rery pleas-'
assemblies and are expected to give
such a c ^ on Tuesday.
(Continued on Page Three)
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CALENDAR
FRIDAY—Oct 21. :'
4:00-5:00 p. nV, Rec Hour; In
.-; -Big.' Gym;: ':%-:-r: :•;/-•' -:.-'^-:>
6:30 p. in., Vanadis Bragi
Banquet at the Chuckanut
• '•••'f^.-:';- •^>.^<vdi^iS$
:, Barton Hali Party. '••
::l 'at:tb«>ChW!l|»n^
l i fc^^^^^
bie, I^ed by Otto l«onliardt.
Assembly ••i,^.:--.i,jHc-k:i Mi . ..
imn>AY—Oct. 28.
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