Northwest Viking - 1932 December 2

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To Attend the Concert by
The HaU Johnson Choir
TONIGHT
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
VOL. XXXU-NO. 10 WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, BELLINGHAM; WASHINGTON
Have Tickets Ready:
For Rec Hour This After-
NOON
From 4.Until 5
TREAT IN STORE
Friday, December 2, 1932
MEMORIES OF GREEN PASTURES
TO BE RECALLED BY NEGRO CHOIR
Critics Hail These Singers as Representative Artists
of Genuine Negro Music
VICIOUS BOLO KNIFE
PLACED IN MUSEUM Chapman Chosen Manager
J. Donovan Gives Institution
Filipino Weapon
"Songs that are old,
Songs that are new,
. Songs that amuse,
Songs that touch the heart.'
„OJts,uch the program of the Hall
Johnson Negro choir will consist.
The presentation will be made at
the First Christian church this ev­ening
at 8:15 o'clock, under the aus-
- pices of the Bellingham State Nor­mal
and the Women's Music club.
Sing in Production
In the spring of 1930 "Green Pas­tures",
by Marc Connelly with music
by the Hall Johnson choir was pro­duced
in New-York and became one
of the greatest theatrical successes
in years. This success was deemed
by many in a large degree due to
the singing produced by the chorus.
The Pulitzer prize was unanimously
awarded the production by the
judges who stated they "had no sec­ond
choice".
Termed "The Real Thing"
In New York this small choir re­ceived
an immediate and sensational
success and critics hailed them as
giving for the first time in a gen­eration
the true negro music. In
Boston, Mr. H. T. Parker in the
Transcript, described them as "The
Real Thing". He also stated "Quick
and hearty to piece" after piece is
the white folks' response."
"Inimitable" among similar groups
"of negro singers . . . . At the Stadium
for three successive summers im­mense
gatherings have greeted its
appearances" is what Edward Cush-ing
of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle
writes. The Evening Journal of
Rochester, N. Y., says "Here was
singing of real power, and it was
done as we have always imagined
the negroes sang at their own camp
meetings."
Has Sixteen Members
The choir is composed of genuine
down-south negroes and is led by a
conductor born and brought up in
the center of Georgia. There his
grandmother, a former slave, taught
him to sing the melodies of her
childhood, which he in turn has
taught his chorus and are by them
presented in concert."
CANADIAN BARITONE
WILL SING TUESDAY
Caldwell is Vancouver Favorite;
Has Varied Repetoire
Normalite
THE-END-DRAWS-NIGH
GENERAL LEE
THE OFFICIOUS MR. HEARST
•' TENNESSEE
By Pat Allan.
Two weeks more till Christmas
holidays. One week of class work
and test week are all that lie before
us till vacation. How short the quar­ter
"seems! It was like yesterday
that we all were going to classes the
first time, seeing new faces, mak­ing
hew friends. . . .
W.S.N.S.
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-And now everything will be
changed again. The classes and. the
hours-iWe are so pleasantly used to
will all be gone, and after an hilam-ous,
forgetful three weeks, we will
be coming back again, to a new
schooL Everything will be changed
and different. More new faces will
be here and some old ones gone, but
We shall quickly forget them. We
always forget.
But it is Just this change that
' nyrices l i ^ Hvinf./
The m o i u ^ y of attending the s
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' A baritone, Ernest Caldwell, from
Vancouver, B. C, will be heard in
assembly Tuesday, December 6.
Mr. Caldwell has a vocal studio in
Vancouver and, is a favorite of musi­cal
audiences of his own city; as
indeed he is throughout the whole
Northwest. He has had several pre­vious
engagements at the Normal
school, repeatedly giving very suc­cessful
performances.
His program for the December 6
assembly will include the ever pop­ular
negro spirituals "Gwine to
Hebb'n" by Jacques Wolfe* and
"Why So Wan," by Frederich Scott,
also several selections by Goosens,
Rimsky-Korsakov and Gretchaain-off,
being "When Thou Art Dead,"
"Once Long Ago a King Lived" and
"The Wounded Birch," respectively.
The baritone's heavier numbers will
include "Der .Wanderer," by Shu-bert;
"O Lubliche Wanger," by
Brahms, and "Vision Fugitive," from
the opera "Heriade," by Massenet.
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ADVISERS DISCUSS
CLUBS AT DINNER
A dinner was held in the dining
room of Edens Hall on Monday ev­ening,
Nov. 28, for the 16 club ad­visers
of the school. The big prob­lem
for the evening's discussion was
how to help club members to help
themselves. Problems and questions
brought up by the Inter-club coun­cil
and the Board of Control were
discussed.
The following faculty members are
club advisers of the school: Emma
Erickson, Vanadis Bragi; Clare
Stroud, Tri-C club; Nora Cummins,
International Relations; Edward J.
Arntzen, Economics; Pelagius Will­iams,
Social Science club; Victor H.
Hoppe, Lillian George, and Char­lotte
Richardson, Drama; Mildred
Jewell, Thelma Short, and Margery
Horton, Women's Athletic associa­tion;
Sam E. Carver, "W" club; MilT
dred Moffatt and Thelma Short, Al-kisiah;
H. E. Fowler, Thespian; Ruth
Piatt and Mildred Johnson, Wom­en's
League; W. J. Marquis, Men's
club; M. Belle Sperry and May
Mead, Y. W. C. A.; Emma Erickson
and E. A. Arntzen, Sholarship soci­ety;
Beatrice Doty and Margery
Horton, Valkyrie; May Lovegren,
Blue Triangle; A. E. Bond, Board
of Control.
Everyone should, the very next time
they pass* the Collins museum near
the Viking office, stop to inspect its
latest addition, a Filipino bolo knife.
This knife has been lately pre­sented
by Mr. J. J. Donovan, who, in
a letter to President C. H.4 Fisher,
stated that he secured it three years
ago at a point eighty miles inland
from Manila.
The bolo is about a foot long, with
a straight, rather slender, menacing
blade. It plainly has a "used" ap­pearance
and there is even one
notch carved, in the handle! lis is
Normal Broadcasts Twice Weekly
ToPresentPlay "Storm Country"
Tonight from 8 to 8:30 the local
broadcasting station, K-V-O-S, will
resound to weird wild shreiks
and groans; whistling winds and
jangling telephone bells/as a group
of students put on the air that
super mystery drama, "Storm Coun­try."
It is the story of a lonely
farm woman, oppressed and* abused,
and the" mysterious disappearance of
her husband. Members of the cast
are Georgia Loomis, Catherine Bow-in
a plain, almost wornout leather d e n & n d J o h n G a W e
case which is attached to a leather T f a e ^ five m i n u t e s ^ f e a t u re
the Northwest Viking of the air.
Jimmy Stoddard will be master of
ceremonies.
Since two periods a week have
been allotted to Normal school
broadcasts, one on Wednesday even­ing
and the other on Friday, the
faculty is making use of the former
SEE THE GAMES!
band, and was formerly worn
around the waist of a Filipino. In­cidentally,
it was a Filipino bolo
with which the "Filipino maniac"
killer did all his dirty work in Seat­tle
last week.
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Laugh Provoking
Play Presented
The. one-act play "Here Comes the
Bride", was acted in this morning's
assembly by members of Mr. Hoppe's
literary interpretation class.
"Here Comes the Bride" is broad­est
comedy of modern times, its set­ting
the home of society's elite. The
groom's missing collar button is the
hinge on which a fast-moving plot
swings and swirls, occasioning tears
for the lovely bride, and near-pros­tration
to the sensitive prospective
husband.
With mother and the best man
both determined to see the thing
through, what threatens to end in
a mutual desertion of the altar by
the love-birds closes with the time-honored
strains or Menaeissonn.
The parts of the bride and groom
were ably handled by Edith Swarth
and John Dempster. Vernon Lea-tha
won his share of the laughs as
the officious best man. Other mem­bers
of the satisfactory cast were:
the bride's aunt, Louise Schulz; the
groom's mother, Elsie O'Donnell;
Ted, a friend, .Clarence Locke; the
bride's father, Leslie WolfeTy.
Wahl's Millinery Shop lent the
bridal" veil and wreath used in the
presentation. .
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Sweaters Earned
By Football Men
SCHOLASTIC TROPHY
1931FROSH ORIGIN
A tradition inaugurated in 1931
nvas the Freshman Scholastic cup,.
upon which is engraved the name of
the frosh attaining the highest
scholastic' record during the year.'
The trophy has been awarded
twice to Wilfred Gunderson the first
year and Doris McElmon last spring.
The winner is entitled to. the cus­tody
of the: prize for one year.
In appearance the cup is of dull
silver with a black base. A silver
band encircles the - trophy upon
which is engraved the winning
name. It will be presented yearly
for a period of 25 years.
The engraving on the cup is, "Pre-
Board of Control Banquet Is Held
at The Bellingham Hotel and
Dancing Completes Affair.
STODDARD APPOINTED EDITOR
Meeting Results in a Choice of
Chief and Business Manager for
Coming Quarter.
period. President Fisher gave a brief sented by the class of 1931 to a
address last week at that time, and student of each incoming freshman
Wednesday of this week Dr. Irving class who attains the highest degree
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With Rockey's Relics leading the
Intramural League there's bound to
be plenty of action as the teams
swing into the second week of play.
Monday night. The Feature game
on tap looks like the Relic-Doormat
struggle. This week's schedule fol­lows:
December 5.
7:15—Revelers vs. Bachelors
Club.
8:10—Viking Manor vs. Mul-lin's
Angels.
9:00 —Rockey's Relics vs.
Doormats.
December 6.
4:00 — Co-opvs. Hartley's
.Harlequins. ' -~
4:30 — Doormats vs. Night ;!
•,-"'•>-,. -Raiders. ;•[• -\
< December 8.
v;'': 4:00;—-;Jtachelors Cluh , vsV;X
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Seventeen football men are eligible
to receive sweaters for playing foot­ball,
providing they pass in 10 credit
hours.s To earn a swater in foot­ball
one must participate at least
ten minutes in each of five halves
in collegiate games."
Men eligible are: Beaton, Birk-man,
Brewer, Berg, Bagley, Com­fort,
Christy, Charlesworth, Finley,
Flint Flowers Gable, Partis, Sinko,
Smith, Sulkosky, and VanOver.
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BUREAU NOTIFIES
LUCKY STUDENTS
Miller gave a talk on a subject of
great interest to all fathers and
mothers. His subject was "Toys for
Tiny Tots.'' Dr. Miller felt that,
since Christmas was so near
some discussion on the topic would
not be amiss.
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Bushell, Cellist,
Plays on Tuesday
Mr. Donald Bushell, assisted by
Mr. E. Lyle McMullen, pianist, of
Seattle, entertained in last Tuesday's
assembly with a 'cello concert.
Mr. Bushell, who is from Seattle,
graduated from the University of
Washington in 1931, and since that
time has been doing graduate work
in the music department of that in­stitution.
He is also a member of
the national honorary musical fra­ternity.
At the present time he is
a substitute music teacher at Belr
lingham Normal, taking the place
of Mr. Harold B, Smith.
Tuesday's program consisted of
two sonatas, one by Eccles and the
other by Cassada; Londonderry Air,
arranged by Tertis, and Tarantelle,
by Popper.
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NORMALITES ATTEND
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Merle Duncan, Montana' Superin­tendent;
Osborn Elected
The appointment bureau, under
the direction of Miss Elizabeth Hop­per,
has announced the folowing ap­pointments.
Merle Duncan has been elected
county superintendent of schools of
Liberty county, Montana.
Robert Studebaker and Lucille
Moln^Lng received positions at. St.
Paul's island, of the Pribilof group
of islands in Alaska. They will go
there about the middle of December.
Ruby McAllister is teaching a
school on Government island in
Multnomah county Oregon.^ v
;-;WilUam Osborh was elected prin^
dpal of ttife lyiisbri scha>l at Mukil-t
e o f W j o i n ^^
"Technical experts should be on
tap but not on top," said Professor
F. H. Soward in discussing the ap­parent
failure of the Geneva dis­armament
conference at the North­west
students international confer­ence
held in Seattle, November 25
and 26.
One hundred forty-nine delegates
from British Columbia, Idaho, Wash­ington,
and Oregon, attended the
third annual meeting of the confer­ence.
The "two largest delegations
came from Vancouver and Victoria.
Students Take in Discussions
Student representatives had the
choice of participating in one of the
following roiJnd tables: the Far
East, the world economic situation,
and disarmament.
Afternoon and evening meetings
were given -over to talks oh world
problems.- Dr. Fletcher Brockman
spoke on. the internal situation in
China. Dr. David Starr, the genial
and inimitable professor emeritus of
anthropology from the University of
Chicago, gave the conferees a dif­ferent
story of Japan jLn Manchuria.
Chester RowelT Talks
Mr. Chester Rowell, editor of the
San Francisco Chronicle, came to
the conference by plane to present
his paper on the Lytton Report. He
planned to fly back Sunday morning.
The; wide-eyedi reporter
of scholarship for the year."
Miss McElmon is the present pos­sessor
of the cup.
LAKEPADDEN IS
QUEST OF W.A.A.
W. A. A. hikers will make the trip
to Lake Padden tomorrow afternoon,
December 3. All girls wishing to
attend should meet in front of the
main building at one o'clock prompt­ly.
In case of rainy weather some
other trip will be taken instead.
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Drama Club Will
See Original Play
The Normal Drama club will hold
its regular meeting next Monday, Dec.
5, at 7:30 p. m., in the Auditorium.
Dorothy Fiala announces a most in­teresting
program scheduled for the
meeting, including a one-act play, a
talk on playwriting and a review' of
the play to be produced by the club
next quarter.
The play, "Masque", is an original
one by Preston A. Wright, a student
here. The four parts in the play
will be taken as follows: Countess
Rambova,*Clara Cameron; Annette,
Martha Shudshift; Carlo, Jack
Knuppenburg; and Wellington, Bill
Sutton. Following the play, Wright
will give a short discourse on play
writing, a subject which he has
studied at the University of Wash­ington.
Kaufman and Connolly's
"Beggars on Horseback" will be re­viewed
by a member of the club.
The club will hold open house at
the meeting and invite any visitors
who care to attend.
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Plans for the regular quarterly
Board of Control banquet were made
at the regular session of the Board
on Monday, Nov. 28. It was voted
to have a 6:30 o'clock dinner at the
Bellingham hotel, Wednesday, Nov.
30. A program of speeches by mem­bers
was decided upon, to be fol-lowed
by dancing in the hotel ball­room.
Faculty Members Invited
As a result of a suggestion that
members of the faculty be asked as
guests invitations were extended to
President and Mrs. C. H. Fisher,
Dr. and Mrs. H. E. Fowler, Miss Em­ma
Erickson, Miss Mary E. Rich,' Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Burnet, Mrs. Nora
B. Cummins, and Mr. and Mrs. W. J.
Marquis.
Editor Chosen
Applications for the positions of
editor and business manager of the
Northwest Viking were read. Two
applications for the editorship were
submitted by James Stoddard and
Melvin Allan. Stoddard was sports
editor for three quarters; associate
editor for two quarters, and has
been editor-in-chief for the past
quarter. Allan has served as asso­ciate
editor for a quarter and as fea­ture
writer for three quarters.
The. board decided to reappoint
Stoddard for the coming quarter,
provided he can meet the require­ments
of recent faculty committee
rules.v
Chapman Elected Manager
Roger Chapman, who has served
as editor of the Northwest Viking
for four quarters and has filled the
position of business manager for the
past quarter, was the only applicant
for the manager's position, and was
re-elected for the winter term.
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FINAL PRODUCTION
OF GUILD TONIGHT
M. Seeger Directs Oscar Wilde's
Comedy; Students Appear
(Continued on Page Three)
CALENDAR
FRD3AY, DEC. 2
4 p. m.—Rec hour in big gym.
8 p. m.—Hall Johnson negro
choir.
SATURDAY,. DEC. 3
Edens hall informal.
MONDAY, DEC. 5
Social Science club meeting in
the, Edens, hall club room.''
TUESDAY, DEC. 6
11 a. m.—Ernest Caldwell,
baritone, in regular assem­bly-
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WEDNESDAY, DEC. 7
7:30 p. m.—L R. C. meeting
in Edens hall club room.
THURSDAY, DEC. 8 ^
4 p. m^-Y. W. C. A. meeting
•-••••'.'.In"room tyS.'-'^-'
FRD3AY, DEC. 9 '^V;-;
U fc m.—Women's league as-
The Bellingham Theater guild pro­duction
of Oscar Wilde's "The Im­portance
of Being Earnest," current
on the stage at the Little Theater on
Walnut street ends its run tonight.
Here is another of the directorial
successes of M. Deane Seeger. In
his four years of service to the. guild
this, is the fourth of Mr. Seegers
tremendously popular comedies.
Brilliant and sparkling, "The Im­portance
of Being Earnest" is by far
adjudged Oscar Wilde's greatest'
piece of writing.. The action of the
play centers around two young coupr;
les. John Worthing, having invent­ed
an imaginatory brother by the
name of Ernest became known as
Ernest to Gwendolyn Fairfax, with
whom he fell in love. Algernon
Moncrieff determines to impersonate
the fictitious brother in order to in­troduce
himself to John's ward, CeT
cily Cardew. The critical problem
that arises is which young lady is en­gaged
to Ernest. -The girls.are por­trayed
by Margaret Morrison and;
Mary Louise Harrison, with Harry .--.•
Klein and Loren Pratt as their suit- ^
ors. Other important: parte are play-ed
by Celeste Joly, Maude Johnson,
J. Ward Finley, Walter Seweil; and';
M..Deane,Seeger? ^'\;,.;./..(;•../:..:;'••.-,..:£^
The technical director of the play r
is m the artistic hands,of Richard
Burghoffer, a Normal grad. Wttrk^^l
ing under the stage manager, Fran-: ':':
^=<3ris^d, ^ ^
on lighting and ^Arclte;JEfc^
cprations. This group has executed
some of the mc^ ef f e ^
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