Northwest Viking - 1931 July 31

              VOL. XXX—NO. 41 WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Friday, July 31, 1931
PASSION PLAY WILL OPEN MONDAY
"ELEVENTH HOUR" PLANS FOR WOMEN'S
LEAGUE INFORMAL AT LEOPOLD HOTEL
TOMORROW NIGHT ARE
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Normalite
DEBTS
PLANS
GRADES
RULERS
By Max Stewart
Considering what accrued and
compound interest will do to the
peace o'mind of debtors, we
don't blame European nations
for seeking cancellation of the
war debts. Were present sched­ules
to be maintained and ful­filled—
and who believes they
will be by 1947. England will
have paid 4,385 million on an
original loan of 4,075 million,
and still owe 3,795 million.
Prance will owe 3,061 million,
after paying 1,820 million on her
loan of 2,933 million. Italy's in­debtedness
will be 1,733 on an
original loan of 1,650 million,
after paying 365 million.
Still many things can happen
in 16 years. Big-hearted Uncle
Sam may be holding the sack
from another war before then.
W.S.N.S.
For some time., now, we've heard
considerable about Russia's 5-year
plan.
A few weeks ago we heard
something about Hoover's 20-year
plan.
More recently we heard that Rus­sia
contemplates several more 5-
year plans.
Now, we're listening for D. D.'s
wise crack. "Then what did Mr.
Hoover say?"
- W.S.N.S.
Phillip Wylie—whoever he is
—writes: "But I think college
does more to breed stupidity by
putting a premium of grades on
education that does not promul­gate
culture."
If a high correlation exists be­tween
stupidity and A grades,
/ returns from our recent tests
should tend to inflate our ego.
W.S.N.S.
In spite of the fact that the ex­periment
on voluntary assembly at­tendance
has not proved so success­ful,
(Could the "premium of grades"
be in any way responsible?), we'll
venture the absurd outburst that a
system of voluntary attendance in
all classes with simple grades of
"satisfactory" or "unsatisfactory"
would result in a better educated
graduate than colleges produce un­der
the present compulsory system.
—W.S.N.S.
An advertisement from a Lon­don
paper:
"WHERE TO STAY
REFORMED INNS"
Eventually some ,of our night
clubs and roddhouses may "get re­ligion"
and turn over a new leaf,
too.
W.S.N.S.
Applying the Psychology of Ado-lesence
to our political leaders, one
writer finds that we are being gov­erned
in 1931 by minds which ma­tured
in the 80's. The elapse of from
25 to 50 years between the inception
of a progressive idea and its enact­ment
as a law of the land would
seem to bear this out.
A younger governing class doubt­less
would be more responsive to the
spirit of its period; and if we were
rare that the wisdom of age is com­posed
of gray hair rather than gray
matter, we'd urge that something
be done about i t
—-W.S.N.S. —-
Conspirator j
Joseph Danner is one of the f
older members and plays the f
conspiring priest, in the Frei- |
burg Play. I
ATTENDANCE FOR SOCAL
IN CRYSTAL BALLROOM
LIMITED TO 85 COUPLES.
Rathman Plays
MARY LOUISE FRIESE HEADS
COMMITTEE FOR DANCE.
When the clock strikes nine to­morrow
night, a host of taxis will
draw up before the entrance of the
Leopold hotel, where they will de­posit
their cargoes of frills and
starched fronts for the Crystal
Ballroom. There, midst an atmo­sphere
of dreams, the Women's
League Informal for the Summer
quarter will take place.
Attendance Limited
The attendance has been limited
to eighty-five couples, including
alumni, girls from Edens Hall, and
girls from the outside houses.
The ballroom, which has been the
scene of so many colorful Normal
dances, has been transformed into
a veritable dream house, with a gar­den
of beautiful flowers growing
about it. To complete the picture,
Sam Rathman's orchestra will fur­nish
the music, and, for an inter­mission,
Doris Forbes and Jean
Mouso will entertain the guests with
songs and dances.
Time Lacking
Because of the scarcity of time in
which to make ready for the ball,
only a general committee was ap­pointed,
the members, of which are
Mary Louise Friese, Helen Frost,
Kay Frost, and Suzanne Waters.
Patrons and patronesses for the
evening will be Miss Adele M.
Jones, Miss Florence E. Johnson,
President and Mrs. C. H. Fisher,
Mr. and Mrs. Pelagius Williams, and
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Philippi.
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PASS TRIP WILL BE
FINAL SUMMER HIKE
The last of a series of very suc­cessful
summer week-end trips
planned by the Normal school, the
hike to Hannegan Pass begins this
afternoon.
The party will leave the campus
at 1 o'clock, and motor forty-two
miles to Shuksan, from where they
will hike to camp, a distance of
about six miles.
The next morning they plan to
climb to Hannegan Pass, where they
will stop for lunch. This is said to
be a beautiful place with myriads
of wild flowers.
In the afternoon they will climb
to Goat Mountain; and Sunday
morning they will climb Ruth
Mountain, which is named in hon-of
of the daughter of President
Hayes.
The party will return Sunday ev­ening.
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AUDIENCE PLEASED
WITH SATIRE WORK
IN CO-AUTHOR PLAY
WIESE AND LOCK TAKE LEAD
WHOLE DEWEY BOWMAN, AS
KINCAID, LENDS SUPPORT.
SUMMERS SPEAKS
DENNIS CONTINUES
ASSEMBLY ORATORY
WEEK SPENT IN VAREETY OF
DISCUSSIONS BY VISITOR.
The main feature of assembly
this morning was a lecture-recital
by Ralph Dennis, dean of the
school of speech of Northwestern
University. He read "Prejudices,"
from "Aunt Polly's Story of Man­kind,"
by Stewart.
This concludes a series of lectures
and recitals given here by Mr. Den­nis,
who has been on the campus
for the last three days.
Mr. Dennis is a convincing speak­er,
who commands the attentoin of
his audience by his personality and
by his wide knowledge of his sub­ject.
His lectures have been clear
and vivid and interspersed with a
good bit of humor.
Not Forced
Normal students and others who
were interested, have had an unus­ual
opportunity to obtain food for
thought during the last three days,
while Dean Dennis has been on the
campus.
In his various lectures and reci­tals,
Dean Dennis has not tried to
Embarrassing complications, such
as are bound to prevail in a satiric
comedy such as "To The Ladies"
were solved, much to the delight of
the audience witnessing its clever
production in the Normal auditor­ium
last Tuesday and Wednesday
nights.
The play was presented bye th
Normal Drama, club under the di­rection
of Miss Jennie Waugh, a
visiting instructor in the Speech
department, during the absence of
Mr. Victor H. Hoppe.
"To The Ladies," as produced un­der
the direction of Miss Waugh by
special arrangement with Samuel
French, was written by Kaufman
and Connelly. 'It is a satiric com­edy
to the "nth" degree and dif­fers
greatly from the more serious
plays, "Berkeley Square" and "The
Devil's Disciple," produced by the
Drama club under the direction of
Mr. Hoppe during the past two
quarters.
Compliments are due the produc­tion
staff of the play in that the
bits of satire and delicate irony,
with which the lines and action in
the play are loaded, were presented
in a manner that enabled the audi­ence
to appreciate their significance
without hindering the fast-movng
action of the play. For example,
the banquet scene, wherein each
movement of the most insignificant
character played a part in the sat­irizing
of a scene so familiar to the
world at large, was well done.
No character was particularly
outstanding in itself, a credit to the
direction the play received, since
each person played his respective
role to the extent that the audience
Disciple
j Joseph Meier, pictured be- \
| low as John the Beloved Dis- j
I ciple, lends several bits of ten- *
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derness to the Passion Play. 1
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PLAY HERE 3 DAYS
PROGRAM OF MUSIC
WILL BE PRESENTED
SUNDSTENS ARE TO APPEAR IN
ASSEMBLIES FRD3AY, AUG. 7.
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FOURTEEN GET JOBS
NORBY GETS PRINCIPALSHIP
IN STAYTON, ORE., SCHOOL.
Trip to Twin Lakes
Will Be Taken Soon
'Ringing the curtain down—lay­ing
our standards by—closing the
volumt-T-folUng away tht chart—.
A Saturday all-day trip to Twin
Lakes Pass will be an event of
August 8.
The trip begins at 7 a. m., when
the party will leave the campus by
stage, for Shuksan, a distance _ of
forty-two miles. From there the
five-mile hike to the Pass will' begin.
This trip is said to be one of the
most scenic offered. The trail leads
to a beautiful pass, where twin lakes
nestle, with snow slides to their very
Fourteen teaching appointments
have been made during the past ten
days, according to Miss Elizabeth
Hopper, of the Appointment bureau.
Kathryn Roberts will teach grades
one to four at Bow. Lenore Harris
will teach grades four to eight in
the same school. Theodore Norby
is to be principal of .the Stay ton,
Ore.,' school.
Nelson Placed
Gwendolyn Nelson will have the
intermediate grades at Orient, and
Francis Ohrner one of the primary
grades at Port Angeles. Robert Tur­ner
is to be principal at Point Rob­erts
and teach grades five to eight.
Robert Heaton will have grades six
to eight at Mukilteo and will be the
principal there. Clyde Bancroft is
to be principal at Lake Stevens.
Fern Johnson is to have the sixth
grade at Cordova, Alaska. Anne
Rotschy will teach the second grade
at Anacortes.
Rural Placements
Several have been placed in rural
schools. Elizabeth Ellis will teach
in district number three in Columbia
county. Edyth Carpenter is to have
the Victor school in Mason county.
Lita Rathman will have a rural
school at Ethel; and Ruth Ander­son
will teach near Ocean City.
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ADVANCE AGENT HERE
RAGGE ARRANGES DETAILS
FREIBURG PASSION PLAY.
Mr. William F. Ragge, an advance
representative for the Passion Play
to be given here next month, ar­rived
in Bellingham this week to ar­range
final details for the produc­tion.
On Monday evennig Mr. Ragge
met with the school chorus, arid on
Tuesday with the committee. A part
of his time has been spent in vis­iting
and talking with several min­isters
of the city. •>*
Mr. Ragge, with his wife and
small daughter, will reside at the
Cissna apartments until after Aug­ust
5, or the last showing of the
Passion Play.
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Gene Wallin Sundsten, dramatic
soprano, and John Sundsten, pianist,
will give an interesting and enter­taining
program in assembly, Fri­day,
August 7.
These musicians are two of a
talented family who have enraptur­ed
many audiences with their sim­ple,
but dignified and beautiful, pro­grams.
P.-I. Comment
Everhart Armstrong, of the Seat­tle
P.-I., writes of their recent per­formance
at the Swedish Baptist
church in Seattle, "Of memorable
beauty was Gene Wallin Sundsten's
version of the dramauc aria, Pace,
pace, mio Dio,' from Verdi's 'La for-za
del Destino,' with her gifted hus­band,
John Sundsten, at the piano. A
soprano voice of nne quality, vo­luminous
and edgeless, was used with
taste and musical insight by this
well graced singer." He also writes
of John Sundsten, the pianist, as—
"sensitive, fluent, anc a born lyri­cist."
Their programs have ranged in
the past from simple Swedish folk
songs to the dignified work of Bee­thoven,
Grieg, and Rachmaninoff.
PART OF CAST PORTRAY
CHARACTERS ACTED BY
"SEVERAL OF ANCESTORS
'Christus" Famous
FAMOUS COMPANY BROUGHT
. HERE BY NORMAL SCHOOL.
Unlimited with regard to class,
sect, denomiation, or age, is the
appeal of the Freiburg Passion Play,
coming to the American theater in
Bellingham for three days, August
3, 4, and 5. Neither does the man­agement
limit it to the wealthy. In
keeping with its ancient traditions,
it is priced to reach everyone. The
prices are from 75 cents to $2 per
seat.
It is the Great Story, dramatical­ly
told, the story of the Passion of
Jesus, the "Pageant Sublime." At
times as many as 186 appear upon
the stage in colorful scenes from
the ancient Orient.
Skilled Stagecraft
Dramatic action in tableau blend
with authentic costuming of the
ancient city of Jerusalem; selections
from the masters of choral music
accompany the action of the drama;
lights and shadows play upon the
movement of the story with a skill
that leaves the audience, breathless
at the artfulness of these visiting
r CALENDAR
FRD3AY—July 31.
I p. m., Hannegan Pass Trip.
8 p. m., Rec. Hour.
SATURDAY—August 1.
9 p. m. Women's League In­formal
at Hotel Leopold.
TUESDAY—August 4.
II a. m. Regular Assembly,
Phillips Nash, Lecturing on
"Machinery for Peace."
WEDNESDAY—August 5.
4 p. m., Play Hour.
FRIDAY—August 7.
11 a. m.. Regular Assembly,
Jean Wallin Sundsten,
Dramatic Soprano, and
John Sundsten, Piano Ac­companist
TURNOUT REQUESTED
DISAPPOINTMENT EXPRESSED
OVER NON-ATTENDANCE.
In last Friday's assembly Presi­dent
Fisher made the request that
assemblies be attended by a larger
number of the student body.
Should Judge
He then went on to say that in
his opinion the students of the Sum­mer
quarter were largely made up
of teachers who were able to judge
for themselves by this time whether
they should attend assemblies or
not. President Fisher expressed his
disappointment' that they did not
seem to appreciate the delightful
programs being offered by the best
artists that can be procured; and
stated further that, if the volun­tary
attendance did not increase,
students would again be required to
come.
Further Comment
President Fisher also remarked
that those people who. do ont enjoy
the higher types of entertainment
they should hot be allowed to teach
and train young children, and that
the time was coming when these
people wiU ont be permitted to do
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TRAFFIC DIRECTOR
SPEAKSJO CLASS
"What Schools Can Do to Prevent
Traffic Accidents," was the title
of a talk given by Claude G. Shea,
director of traffic patrol in this
region, last Monday, to Mr. Pela­gius
Williams' class in modern
problems and education.
Active Member
Mr. Shea is perhaps the most ac­tive
member of the State Highway
Patrol department in organizing
school patrols in Whatcom county.
During the school year he spends on
an average of two hours daily talk­ing
to teachers and students on the
prevention of accidents. Due to the
efforts of Mr. Shea, Bellingham has
now one of the finest organized
school traffic systems in the state.
Not only have the school organi­zations
been lauded, but the fame
of the municipal patrol has been
recognized by the city of Milan,
Italy, in a recent letter to Belling­ham,
asking for information re­garding
its traffic organization.
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Photography Class
Does Superior Work
The photography class has just?
completed the study of enlarge­ments.
Some of this work is ready
for the exhibit, that will be held
later in the term.
Mr. Herbert C. Ruckmick says
that the present class is the largest
one that he has ever had, and that
the work has been unusually inter­esting
this summer. Also, that the
class has turned out some excellent
negatives, which is the primary es­sential
in photography.
Another interesting phase of the
work, which has lately been com­pleted,
is the making of silhouettes.
These are useful in school and d u b
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Most of the students taking this
•course, plan to use their knowledge
of photography for their own pleas­ure,
or for hobby clubs.