Northwest Viking - 1930 April 4

              VOL. XXIX—NO. 36 WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Friday, April 4,
Normalite
CHANGES
HANDICAP
INFORMAL
AND YE DIARY
—Bob Walters
B A M STUART TO
TALK IN ASSEMBLY
"The old order changeth".
We've reached a new quarter, we
lost our editor, the writer of Nor­malite
can now be found passing
out orders from the editorial desk,
and we've been appointed the new
Collector.
-W. S. N. S.-
Yea, Collector of "Odds 'n Ends".
And we're all ready to chop the
stuff up, mix well, change its name,
and put it once more into the halls
of school through the "Colyums" of
Normalite.
-W. S. N. S.
Normalite, the Viking's so-called
"cheap" editorial column, is being
written 300 miles south of Belling­ham.
Thus in accordance with the
fine early spring weather, Normalite
comes to you with a Southern ex­posure
tint."
-W. S. N. S.-
Before we go any further, we wish
to extend best wishes to the new
chief, Ray Craft... We, in the mean­time,
regret losing the capable
Dolly Anderson. As there is no
change in the Business Manager's
position, we hope that every thing
goes as well as it has been, for G.
W. L.
W. S. N. S.-
Handicap! That is the definite
-impression that we get of the One
Dollar late registration fee. It may
mean extra work for the office
force, but it means plenty of extra
work for the one digging up the
•dollar. (
W. S. N. S.
It's true that in some cases the
registration could be made on time
instead of holding it over, but in
many instances students who really
need that dollar have complained of
the ruling. There are arguments
for the fee, but we still insist that
to many it is a handicap.
-W. S. N. S,
; We are interested in the W. A. A.
Informal tonight, and hope that it
is a success. "The funds raised will
be used in connection with the""VT-queen
lodge, which increases the
school's- property, and aids the'
women's program.
-W. S. N. S.
Then, too, we are always anxious
to see a dance staged at the very
beginning of each quarter. It seems
to start things off with plenty of
punch. It also comes at a time when
activities are practically nil. ^
W. S. N. S.-
Which brings us to one contention
that we have held for a long time.
A big mixer at the start of every
quarter would be an ideal starter.
The coming informal isn't open to
all, so why not a big all-school
mixer, soon? ' .
W. S. N. S.
Henry Ford has a breath smelling
department that works in the morn­ings
with the purpose of keeping
drinking away from the job. Pity
such an official in this school, for
some youth would surely get. re­venge
by feasting on onions, garlic,
or limburger at the breakfast table.
: W. S. N. S.
YE PROF'S DIARY:—
Thu fotografur dropt inn frum
thu sity yesturdey & shott thu Vykr
yng staph & inn thu middel uv itt
hee told abowt aye doller wat wen
| pasw 'yround wuz
wirth ovir ateen
doller z.
& thayrz sum si-kologikal
trooth in
aye loosness uv
nunie. Franklyn
sayd: "Thu moar munie yew spend
thu moar itt iz wirth". & he ment
•itt-T-v'::••}•:, *••;••.
Interpretation of Customs and
Folk Lore of Maori People from
New Zealand Will Be Presented.
PICTURES ILLUSTRATE
Miss Stuart Assisted With the
Synchronization and| Movietone
Prologue of the motion Picture.
With a fascinating interpretation
of the customs and folk lore of the
Maori people of New Zealand,
Bathie Stuart of that insular coun­try,
will appear in the 11 o'clock
assembly next Tuesday morning.
The authenticity of the information
she will give in her program is es­tablished
by the endorsement of
the government of New Zealand.
Motion Picture Film
Through years of study and asso­ciation,
Miss Stuart has learned the
songs, legends and dances of the
Maoris, and is "as proficient in the
rendition of their ceremonials and
then- sweet haunting melodies as
the natives themselves."
There is nothing more fascinating
than to be given a glimpse of native
customs in little known parts of the
world. Miss Stuart gives a most in­teresting
and illuminating talk on
the customs and lives of the Maoris
and introduces a motion picture film
made by the New Zealand publicity
department, showing authentically
the country and its people.
Assisted in Movies
Bathie Stuart has appeared be­fore
such representative clubs in
California as the California Club
of San Francisco; the Friday Morn­ing
Club, Beverly Hills • Woman's
Club, Valley Hunt Club of Pasa­dena,,
and many others just as
prominent. While in Hollywood, she
assisted with the sound synchroni­zation,
and made a movietone pro­logue
for the New Zealand piature,
"Under the Southern Cross", re­leased
through the Universal Film
Corporation.
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NORMAL DRAMATISTS
TO BE SEEN FRIDAY
Class in Play Production to Present
: One-act Drama Under the Direc­tion
of Helen Sullivan.
MISS RICH TRAVELING
EAST FOR SIX WEEKS OF
WORK AND VACATION
Miss Mary Rich, head of the
training school, left March 28 for
conferences in the East and at the
same time will take her vacation.
She plans to be gone six weeks, re­turning
the first week in May.
The Progressive Education Asso­ciation
convention, to which Miss
Rich is a delegate, meets at Wash­ington,
D. C, April 3 to 5. After
the meeting she will visit schools
in the Eastern states to get new
ideas for the Normal training
school.
From April 25 to May 1, there is
the National Y. W. C. A. conference
in Detroit, Michigan. Miss Rich will
attend this as a representative from
Washington, and will then return
home.
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WOMEN'S ATHLETIC
ASSOCIATION DANCE
TO OCCUR TONIGHT
April Showers Idea Is to Prevail
Throughout Affair With Purple
Streamers to Symbolize Rain.
TO BE TRULY INFORMAL
"The Giant's Stair', a one-act
islay by Wilbur Daniel Steele, cram­med
with suspense and surprises,
will be given in next Friday's as­sembly
by the Normal class in play
production, Speech 103. Rehearsal
of the play was directed by Helen
Sullivan, under the supervision of
Victor H. Hoppe.
• The story of the play is set in the
mountains of North Carolina, among
the simple, uneducated mountain
people. The action occurs on the
night of a mountain storm, with all
its fury of wind and rain. The plot
is filled with thrills, and' stresses
heavily the elements of emotion and
suspense.
The four characters of the play
are Mrs. Wetherburn, played by
Mary MacDonald; Till, her sister,
played by Virginia Turner; Sheriff
Vane, played by Queritin Quick; and
Kantpole, the county prosecuting
attorney, played by Hugh Lovegren.
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FORMER S T U D E N T HELD
BY' CHINESE BANDITS
Nina Eleanor Gemmell, whom the
papers reported tins weex as Hav­ing
been captured by Cnmese ban­dits,
together with Mr. and Mrs..R.
W. Porteous, was formerly of this
school, having graduated in. 1918..
Miss Gemmell has been doing mis­sionary
work in China under the
China Inland Mission as principal
of the Yuanchow mission school for
girls: Reports indicate ^that Miss
Gemmell is in a serious predicament
as these same bandits have been
doing... some ruthless slaughtering
and robbing in several provinces of
South China on the Yangtse'river.
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I There are a few tickets for t
f tonight's dance, left over. Stu- f
i dents may buy them on the s
I main landing this afternoon 1
I for 75c a couple. Hurry! Hur- j
j ry! Hurry! I
With a huge, gay colored rainbow
ruling over the night, the W. A. A.
girls will sponsor their first annual
dance in the big gym this evening,
with the "Rec" orchestra furnishing
the music. An April Showers idea,
will be. carried throughout the in­formal
affair with programs and
decorations emphasizing the scheme.
Purple streamers floating down,
will give an effect of Spring rains,
and the rainbow at one corner will
contribute its color to the decora­tions.
Perhaps, if one comes with
the thoughts of a good time at
hand, the pot of gold may be found
near the end of the rainbow.
Programs Effective
Brilliant purple programs letter­ed
in gold will hold the names of
partners for the dance. They will be
designed to carry out the general
motif of the decorations.
The dance, begins at 8:30. Pro­grams
will be given out upon ar­rival
and made out accordingly.
Fifteen dances and an extra will
make out the usual list and inter­mission
coming between the eighth
and ninth dance.
Ann Swanson is in charge of the
dance, assisted by members from
the'W. A. A.
Sports Clothes Reign
Men and women will wear sports
clothes; preferably skirts and .blous­es
for the women and cords and
bright sweaters for the men. This
makes the dance more informal,
will add color, and truly carries out
a sports dance.
There has been a request made
that attendants plan to be there on
time, a more successful dance will
be carried out and better time can
be had by the sport-dancers.
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Ford Is Given Office
at Pullman Meeting
Sam Ford returned last week from
a trip to Pullman, where he attend­ed
the annual College Bookstore
Association convention at. which
bookstores from all the leading col­leges,,
were represented. Mr. Ford
was honored by being elected sec­retary-
treasurer of the organization,
while Oscar Willman, manager of
the Washington State College book­store,
"was elected president and will
attend the Eastern convention.
Mr. Ford reports that the trip,
proved very profitable and that the
ties bound by the convention be­tween
the various stores will prove
a help to the students.
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Miss Ruth Piatt's class in Bot­any
made its first.tour of explora­tion
over the campus Wednesday,
studying the evergreen ..trees. The
class has a record enrollment of
fifteen:- •:.•"•"• • : 7; ••••, ">
Miss Olive Edens Dies in Cincinnati
During Extended Leave of Absence
Miss Olive Edens, who was a
member of the Normal faculty for
the past twenty years, died in a
Cincannati hospital in Ohio, Satur­day,
March 22. Miss Edens was
granted a leave of absence for the
year 1928-29 to take a.trip around
the world. While in Europe, she
felt the need for more time for her
journey, and, at her request, her
leave of absence was extended for
the year 1929-30.
She.returned to New York City
last fall. Upon her return to the
United States, she underwent two
major operations, from which she
suffered a relapse.
Because of her rare ability as a
teacher, her passing is a great loss
to the teaching profession as well
as to the school, which she so suc­cessfully
served since 1910.
Fisher Pays Tribute
President C. H. Fisher, when in­terviewed,
paid a fine tribute to
Miss Edens:
"Miss Olive Edens was an out­standing
personality and her teach­ing
was just as outstanding as her
personality. She had been insep­arably
identified with the life and
spirit of the Bellingham State Nor­mal
School for the past twenty
years. Her personality and teach­ing
have made a lasting contribu­tion
to the character of this school.
The Bellingham State Normal
School always will be indebted to
her for qualities of mind and heart
which will permanently endure in
the life and work of this institution.
Both students, and members of the
faculty recognized her unusual abil­ity
to stimulate intellectual interests
and to appeal to the highest ideals
of individual conduct and human
relationships.
Life Adventurous
"To Miss Edens, life was a great
adventure and each experience add­ed
new meaning and significance to
OLIVE EDENS
life. She did not allow her life to
be limited and circumscribed by for­mula
and creed. She was one of
those rare individuals who are not
afraid to let their thinking and ex­perience
lead to new truths. Being
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THURSDAY DAY SET
FOR PLAY TRYOUTS
Cast to be Chosen from Those
in Club and Others Interested.
Director Urges Large Turnout.
Tryouts for the " spring quarter
Drama club play will be held next
Thursday night, April 10, from 3 to
5 in room 308. Members of the club
and those students who are very
much interested in dramatics are
eligible to turn out.
Mr. Hoppe, director, has an­nounced
that the play selected is
Philip Barry's "The Youngest". The
play is a characteristic American
comedy of the upper middle ,class
and suggests refinement and luxury,
with casual references to such
places as "Palm Beach" and the
"Ritz". There is a Cinderella theme,
while youth and the breaking away
of youth is the strengtia of the plot.
This work is the nearest approach
in America to high comedy or a
comedy of manners, and here Mrr
Barry closely resembles" Frederick
Lonsdale, the English satirist.
Through witty and brilliant dia­logue
he satirizes the stodgy elder
brother who is a. man of measured
merriment, very conventional, im­portant
in his own eyes, and a big
business figure. . f '
The two leading roles are strong.
"The Youngest", a modern youth, is
equaled in importance by the hero­ine,
a sophisticated college girl.
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On Friday noon of the last week
of the winter quarter, the kitchen
crew gave a warm send-off to Oscar
Wellman,and..Don Stickney in their
own inimitable way. Don had been
there eleven quarters, while Oscar
had been there two. New members
will be: Art Gravrock, Bill Osborne,
and Alden Blankenship.
BOARD TO CONSIDER
MEN'S CLUB ROOM
New Board Members to Assume
Duties Immediately Following
Election Coming Friday.
Work started off easy for the
Board of Control this quarter, at
their meeting last Monday after­noon.
Some.of these Board mem­bers
terminated their tenure of of­fice
with the close of last quarter,
but owing to the fact that their
successors have not been elected,
they will continue to carry on the
work for a few days.
The committee that has been in­quiring
into the possibilities of se­curing
a men's -loungng room, re­ported
that at the present time
there is no room available. How­ever,
the committee will continue to
look for a way to solve the situation,
and if possible find a "home for the
wandering men".
The bill for the recent Board
banquet was submitted arid ap­proved,
the amount of the bill be­ing
$31.25.
In last Tuesday's assembly :" an
amendment was submitted to the
students and was carried. It was
an addition to article three, section
four, of the Constitution of the Stu­dents'
Association, and was worded,
"that during his term of office each
student member of the Board of
Control must carry at least twelve
credit hours of work"..
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H. E. Fowler and Dr. Harry Mas­ters
are working on the Uniform
English test which is an improve­ment
and revision of the achieve­ment
test in English used here now.
The new test will be used in Wash­ington,
Montana, Idaho, and Ore­gon.
OLIVE EDENS .
Surely it cannot be that nevermore
Thy longing eyes will quest this sapphire sea
If thy dear ship may hot sail home to thee
With precious freight from some far pearly shore;
That nevermore on summer nights wilt thou
Move thro thy shadowy trees with quiet feet
And dream enraptured dreams, and find them sweet—
While stars set diadems upon thy brow.
From that dim land of which We of t had speech
Come back, dear girl, and breathe a word of cheer
To guide our faltering hearts unto the end;
Lift high a candle-light'whose rays will reach-
Across the dark and make our pathways clear . . .
Hold fast our hands and still—still—be pur friend.
. ^- ••••••. ELLA HIGGINSON.
APPOINTMENT BUREAU
ACTIVE IN SECURING
v JOBS FOR TEACHERS
A number of appointments have
recently been made by Miss Eliza­beth
Hopper of the Appointment
bureau. •'. Those who have secured
positions are Kenneth Owen, who is
teaching in the Fair view school at
Tillamook, Oregon; Leonard Rod-land,
fifth grade, Friday Harbor;
Claude Taylor, who is teaching the
seventh and eighth grades and is
also principal of the school at Lake-wood;
Hattie B. Dye, grades 1 to 4,
Yale; Ruth I. Wall, first grade,
Longview; Bessie Huntamer, rural
school, Withrpw; Ruth P. Anderson,
grades 4, 5, and 6, Valdez, Alaska;
Helen Amunds, rural school in
Klickitat County; and Frances
Amunds who has been, re-elected as
teacher of the first and second
grades in Centerville, Washington. .
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RED ARROW EDITOR
URGES STUDENTS TO
CONTRIBUTE STORIES
Poems and Short Stories Will Be
Accepted Until End of Month;
Publication Shows Promise.
PRIZES TO BE OFFERED
The necessary plans for the
starting of the work on the Red
Arrow have been completed. There
are several that are working on
stories, but more copy is needed for
the editorial staff to select from.
Heretofore, the publication has
been filled with work done mostly
by the members of the Scribes club.
The work toward the coming edition
though, was started by the members
of the journalism classes and not by
the Scribes club.
That club is inactive at the pres­ent,
and the journalistic students
feel that as there is an overload of
clubs in school anyway, little will be
done toward organizing one.
Thus the work on the Arrow will
be done by students at random
throughput the school, and among
many of the graduates. Those that
contribute will be loosely formed
into a group at the time of the
actual' publishing of the booklet,
and these workers will hold a party.
The Red Arrow has made money
in the pastf and is in good financial
condition for the staging of such a
party to compensate those for their
contributions.
The editor, Bob Walters, is urging
the students of the school to try
their hand at writing poetry, or
short stories of the humorous and
serious types. The dead line has
been-set for the end of the month,
but. the staff would like to get hold
of some work the first of next week.
There is a prize being offered for
a feature story that is based on
some fact or historical incident
connected with Normal school. This
story may be colored up consider­ably
or even partly fiction. Facts
for such an article could be obtained
from old publications or from some
of the senior faculty members. This
story will be used as the main fea­ture
of the book:
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Empire Meet
to Start Wednesday'
L BE
SELECTED AT NEffi
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Election Excitement Increasing as:
Petitions Bring Out Candidates.'
Some May Withdraw From Race>
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FLOOR NOMINATIONS NEXT
Student Officers Must Now Carry
Twelve Hours Work to Qualify
for Any Student Association Job.
Young, but growing clouds of ex­citement
are slowly collecting and
settling down among the students,
clouds that have taken a long time
to form, but ones that will thicken
rapidly in the next week, as the v
time for student election draws neari
The regulations and plans for the
election were announced in last
Tuesday's assembly and again this J
morning by the retiring president,
Lyle Summers.
Petitions for the students to nom­inate
their candidate were posted
about the school on Wednesday.
Nominations from the floor of the
assembly will be made during the
Tuesday meeting, and according to-present
plans the voting by ballot
will take place on Friday.
There' are three offices to be
filled; that of president of the S t u ­dent's
Association, vice president,
and four-quarter representatives to
the Board of Control. Lyle Sum­mers,
Ethel Boynton, and Clarence
Thue are the retiring officers.
One-half of the grades of the
president 'must average at least "B":
To be eligible for: any of the three
positions a student' must have had
two quarters of resident work here
at Bellingham.
-In the past some exciting elec­tions
have been held, elections that
were featured with numerous soap
box orations, banners, signs, bulle­tins,
and all the things that tend to
add plenty of zest to a school votr
ing period. As soon as a few more
candidates are nominated, and a
more definite line on the situation
is obtained, it is expected that the
race will become quite heated.
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SPRING REGISTRATION
, COMPARATIVELY EASY
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
of next week are set as the dates
for the thirty-second annual session
of the Inland Empire Education As­sociation
at Spokane. The meeting,
which includes educators from the
four Northwest states. of" Washing­ton,
Oregon, Idaho and Montana, is
to be the largest of its kind west
of the Rocky Mountains. It- will be
held at the Lewis and Clark high
school.
Bellingham will be represented at
the cpnclave in the persons of Pres:
C. H. Fisher, Mr. H. "E. Fowler, Dr.
C. E. Upshall/br. Karry V. Masters
and Professor James- Carrell. Dr.
Upshall and Mr. Carrell both ap­pear
on the program" in addresses
relative to their respective depart­ments,
and Dr. Masters has been
asked to speak to the Inland Empire
English Council. > .vm
Registration for the spring quar­ter
which occurred last Monday was
a simple process as compared with
former registration, for six hundred
students had taken advantage of,
the pre-registration period last
quarter, apparently because of the
one dollar late registration fee. Be­cause
so many had registered all but
four of Monday's classes met at their -
regular hours and absences for the'
first day were counted. .
Outside of the first preliminary
steps and appointments with advis­ors'
registration took place in the
business office. Here students had
their programs checked, filled out 7
the necessary cards, and had thehv
rechecked,- and paid all fees and
class dues.
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CALENDAR
TODAY—
4 p. m:, Rec Hour.
8:30 p. m., W. A. A. Infor­mal,,
Big Gym.
TOMORROW—
12:55 p. m., W. A. hike to
Lake Padden, start at State
and Holly. •_;.
TUESDAY—April 8.
11 a. m., Regular Assembly.
Bathie Stuart, interpreter of
New Zealand folk lore.
WEDNESDAY—April 9.
7:30 p. m., MacDowell club
meeting, room 141. ,,
7 p. m„ Bible Study class,
at Miss Sperry's home. ;;
THURSDAY^April 10. :
: 7:30 p. m., Thespian club:
meeting, Edens Hall"';::-*
FRIDAY—April 1L ^'P-M
11 a. m., Regular Assembly,?
last quarter's play produc^
tion class presents/?-''The|
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