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VOL. XXIX-.NO. 31 WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Friday, Febmary2l,'-|92g:gi|||
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RECOGNITION
GRADE CHARTS
PEP BAND
AND YE DAIRY
—Ray Craft.
The Viking carries an unusual
banner this week. The new head­ing
is the answer to the desire of
the staff for one that would reflect
the spirit of this Northern-most
teacher training institution. "The
-Normal by the Sea."
W. S. N. S.
We are still blushing modestly over
t h e fine speech delivered in assem­bly
a week ago, for which our col­umn
was—what would you call it?—
the inspiration. It just goes to il­lustrate
what you have heard aptly
termed "The Power of the Press."
If you are the victim of what you
consider a maladjustment in the
school system, just think it over,
work it out, write it up in a cleancut,
straightforward manner and pub­lish
it in The: Viking. Normalites,
take it from us, you'll get ACTION!
In this matter of credit cuts for
absences we shall have nothing more
to say until we have had a little more,
time on our adding machine.
—W.S.N.S.—
It will.be interesting to note the
reaction of the student body to the
new system of giving out grades,
which will do away with the excit­ing
grade chart for the more pro­saic
method of individual examina­tion
report cards. The new method
no doubt has its points, but to many
people the objective tests will lose
*a certain quality of personality.
There is something about the graph
after every test that breathes life
into routine, and throws a challenge
to a student to beat himself at this
learning game. And a high point
on a grade chart offers a compen­sation
that can be had in no other
•way.
The system of secret reports may
also have a decadent effect on the
popular Milk Shake pari-mutuel
with a resultant decrease in the
consumption of midnight oil.
—W.S.N.S.—
The Normal school of New Paltz,
New York, helped to meet the ex­pense
of the midwinter issue of
their publication, the "Palzonette,"
with a back-page advertisement feat­uring
cigarettes. We haven't any­thing
against the wicked weed but we
wouldn't want to be caught run­ning
such an ad in the Viking. We
would feel uncomfortable.
—W.S.N.S.—^
We were glad to see that the
Freshmen used student-made music
at the Lime House Ball last week.
The boys from the Pep Band have
conjured up a good dance orches­t
r a and are turning out some good
dance music for our weekly Rec
hour. These boys are liberal with
entertainment around school, and
schould be entitled to all of the en­gagements
that they can handle.
—W.S.N.S.—
YE PROF'S DIARY
Wun tym abowt 3 yerz ago, prexie
sayd he wood fix up ye jurnalizm
shack. Wei, 3 yerz
hav pasd & 171 uv
us quillerz hav
cum & went.' &
evun sum uv us
hav pasd owt uv thu pictewr en-tyrlee.
Zo itt mite be well tew kwoat
thu awthur uv "Eeklyuguz" when he
sayd: "Gawd helpz thoaz hoo loaph
on thu jowb." & maybe olde Kynto-pologski
wuz wyrt—hoo knowz? ,'
Russia a Great Experiment, a Great
Tragedy and Adventure Says Hindus
Maurice Hindus, noted authority
on Russia and author of several
books on the Soviet country, was a
speaker before the Bellingham Nor­mal
student body, Friday, February
14th.
Mr. Hindus' talk was in the form
of a ssummary of his latest book,
"Humanity Uprooted." He is qual­ified
to speak on Russian affairs for
he himself was born in the little
village of Bikovo in the mudlands of
White Russia, a dreary town of one
hundred and fifty families, all
farmers, and sharing their thatched
houses with chickens and pigs.
Maurice Hindus' purpose was not to
view the superficial aspect of Rus­sia
but to picture the real Russia
as embodied in the peasant or muz­hik.
Discussed Three Classes
Three classes interest Mr. Hindus
--The Gipsies, the peasants, and
the Russian women. The writer
stated that the Gipsies offer, per­haps,
one of Russia's greatest of
problems, although there are only
75.000 in a country of millions. For
several weeks he actually lived
with a tribe and thus had an op­portunity
to study them at first
hand. He explained that the gov­ernment
is trying to settle the
various tribes on farms, and to ed­ucate
them. However, this is a
very difficult undertaking, for the
Gipsy is by nature a roving person,
and despises education, probably be­cause
of the fact that they have a
spoken but no written language.
No Russian Middle Class
Russia is mainly made up of
peasants of which at the present
time there are about 120,000,000. Mr.
Hindus stressed the point that
Russia has never had a middle
class, and that if she had had a
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WOMEN DEBATERS
OPEN SEASON NEXT
TUESDAY AT THREE
Fitzwater and Thomson to Take
Affirmative Side Against Team
From College of Puget Sound.
OTHER DEBATERS LISTED
The- school auditorium will be
the scene of the initial women's de­bate
of the season next Tuesday,
February 25, when Helen Fitzwater
and Lois Thomson take the affirm­ative
side of the current question on
disarmament against a team from
the College of Puget Sound. The de­bate
will occur at three o'clock and
all students and the public are urged
to attend.
This will be closely followed by
other women's debates which are:
February 26, the local negative
team, composed of Mrs. Burke and
Louise Lilienthal meets the College
of Puget Sound, at Tacoma.
February 27 the Normal affirma­tive
goes to Tacoma to debate the
Pacific Lutheran College.
February 28 the negative team and
the Seattle Pacific College affirma­tive
clash in Seattle.
March 3 the Pacific Lutheran Col­lege
affirmative comes here to meet
the negative. *
A similar schedule has been
worked out for the men's teams.
February 28, Roger Reed and Lyle
Summers, members of the affirma­tive
team, debate the Seattle Pa­cific
College, at Seattle.
March 4 is the date of a dual
debate with the Pacific Lutheran
College, the affirmative teams of
each school traveling.
March 10, the affirmative team
meets Oregon State Normal, here.
March 12, a dual debate with the
College of. Puget Sound, the nega­tive
teams traveling. Quentin Quick
and John Thorpe are the members
of the local negative team.
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BUREAU MAKES THREE
RECENT APPOINTMENTS
SCHOLARSHIP SOCIETY
INITIATES NEOPHYTES
AT ROCK POINT DINNER
The Scholarship Society's initia­tion
occurred last week when three
girls, Jessie Mason, Louise Griffen,
and Katherine Gass, and three men,
Rolfe Roberts, Curtis Bell,'and Vic­tor
Bidwell, were duly taken into
the order. The affair was held at
Rock Point Inn, where, the society's
members and several guests enjoyed
a chicken dinner.
President Fisher addressed the
group and was very enthusiastic
about the society's organization, its
code of ethics and its aim, which is
to recognize scholastic worth and
progressive personalities. He told of
his plans for the trip to the East,
which he is taking now to attend the
National Educational meetings, and
presented to the club certain great
problems in modern education.
Scholastic attainment necessary
for membership is an average of
160 points per quarter for three
quarters, under the average 16-hour
load. One hour of A equals 12 points,
one of B equals 8 points, and one
of C equals 4 points.
Three appointments have recent­ly
been made by the Appointment
Bureau. Eva Hilton is teaching the
fifth and sixth grades at the Laurel
school, Dorothy B. Smith has the
intermediate grades in C l e ar
Lake, while Isabelle Buxner has
accepted the position of rural super­intendent
of schools in Klamath
County, Oregon.
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"ALL QUIET ON THE
WESTERN FRONT"
No Rec-Hour today.
No Assembly today.
And the library is closed
all day Saturday.
. While President Fisher is
in the East,
SOPHOMORE PARTY
IS COSTUME BALL
Colonial Idea Will Be Carried Out
In the Decorations, Music and
Special Dance by Local Girls.
The Washington Silver ballroom
(big gym) will be the scene of the
Sophomore party tonight at eight
o'clock and all sophomores and men
of' the school are invited.
The Colonial ball idea is being car­ried
out in the decorative motif as
far as possible and the gym prom­ises
to present a most gracious and
pleasing, interior. The affair is to
be a costume ball in honor of the
great men of the nation, and every­one
is urged to come dressed in
Colonial costume or old-fashioned
clothes of some sort. A great num­ber
of those who plan to attend will
appear in costume and many of the
girls have resurrected their moth­ers'
wedding govTns and other out-of-
date dresses found hidden away
with lavender and moth balls in
some dark corner of the attic. Even
some of the faculty will be there
in the picturesque attire of our an­cestors.
A minuet danced by Mariette Ber­geron,
Dot Stevenson, Ann Swan-son
and Marion Bodiker, and a
vocal duet by Marion Bodiker and
Ann Swanson, will make up the pro­gram.
Dancing will be the diversion
the remainder of the evening, with
a few old-fashioned dances included.
Ruth Sammons is in charge of
the affair, with Margaret Shepp-herd,
LoUisette Bergeron, Ann Swan-son,
Lou Griffin, Marion Bodiker,
and Billy Osborne as assistants.
Patrons and patronesses will be
Mr. and Mrs. Ruckmick, Mr. and
Mrs. Hoppe, Mr. and Mrs. Fisher,
Mr. Arntzeri, Miss Keeler, Miss Nu­gent,
and Miss Gregg.
SSisgS-S&SS
Lawrence Tibbett
LAWRENCE TIBBET
TO APPEAR IN NEXT
MUSICAL CONCERT
Brilliant American Baritone Has a
Magnetic Perosnality, Which Is
Reflected In His Concert Singing.
ACTIVITY TICKETS ADMIT
Lawrence Tibbet, brilliant Amer­ican
baritone, will be presented in
the next of this year's Musical Art­ist
Course- concerts, to be held in
the First Christian Church on Feb­ruary
27, at 8:15 o'clock. As usual
students may gain admission by
presenting their student tickets.
Tibbet was born in Bakersfield,
California, thirty-two years ago,
but received his education in Los
Angeles. Much of his study of mus­ic
and singing was done alone, and
when his first professional debut
was made, it was not as a singer,
but as an actor of the speaking
stage. When only twenty-three he
took the difficult role of "Iago" in
Shakespeare's "Othello."
Resolved to Sing
But his great ambition was to
be a concert singer. With this idea
in mind, he dropped his work in
California, took all the money he
had and went to New York for his
study. Five months later he was
given a contract with the Metropol­itan
Opera Company, and his recog­nition
and great success came early
in his second season. Since then
his life has been a constant series
of artistic triumphs.
Tibbet is more than a great sing­er,
more than a great artist. He is
a pioneer of a type of musical ex­pression
that is distinctively Amer­ican.
"It seems literally impossible,
"declared a noted critic, "for Tibbet
to take the well-beaten path. In
opera he points the way to a prom­ised,
land out of the bondage of
meaningless Italianate gesture and
singing. In concert he is equally a
trail-blazer, stampeding every ^ song
with his own personality.'
Winning Personality
Lawrence Tibbet is said to be
typically American in his personal­ity.
There is an attitude of rugged
strength about him, combined with
an air of simplicity and underlying
gentleness, that makes his audience
feel at once that he belongs to them
absolutely, and is not standing
apart from them on a pedestal of
art. The American's keen sense
of humor shows in his eyes and in
his infectious smile, and when he
sings, his voice reflects as a mirror
the emotions of his songs.
MISS WILSON SPEAKER
AT FACULTY MEETING
Last Monday evening the faculty
forum held their regular meeting at
Edens Hall. A banquet was served
in the clubroom, after which they
adjourned to the Blueroom. Miss
Mable Zoe Wilson gave an interest­ing
talk on the aspects of American
libraries, followed by a general dis­cussion.
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Smallman a Cappella Choir Enormous
Success On Musical Artist's Program
The concert given by Smallman's
a Cappella Choir at the First
Christian Church last night was
one of unusual appeal and of such
novelty and charm as to awaken
the audience to the realization that
they were witness to something re­markable
in the world of music.
From their comprehensive program,
the choir presented music that
poured forth rich chords and very
beautiful melodies of song. This,
with their colorful costumes; per­fect
technique, and unity, frankly
won the admiration of the audience.
Mr. Smallman's intensive work with
them is amply rewarded in their
performance. They are a working
example of his artistry and skill
as a director. Their success is the
result of years of training, of the
selection of voices that blend, in­dividuals
who love their work, and
the response to the efforts of the
leader.
"Gloria in Excelsis" by Palestrina
was the opening number. This was
beautifully done and deserved dis­tinction
because of the fact that
they are the only choir in the
United States having this number
in their repertory.
Folk Songs Please
A group of folk songs of French
and English origin captivated the
listeners with their quaint rhythmic
melody. These were followed by
"Now is the Month of Maying" by
Morley, an interesting early Eng­lish
dance. A descriptive song
"Water Boy" by Robinson, brought
to the eye a vivid picture of the
numerous convicts working in the
burning white heat of the sun.
The old, old favorite, Annie
Laurie lived again, wonderfully,. as
the choir burst forth into the soft
melodious strains of that much
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SEVERAL NEW COURSES'
ADDED TO CURRICULUM
FOR SPRING QUARTER
Dean James Bever announced this
week that changes have been made
in the class schedule for the Spring
quarter, in that several courses have
been added and a few dropped until
next year.
Those courses added are: Physical
Education 109, Technique of Coach­ing,
Horton; Science 121, Field Bot­any,
Piatt; Sociology 102, Social
Problems, Bever; Education 120,
School Administration, Kibbe; Edu­cation
124, Junior High School, Mil­ler;
English 107, Browning, Sperry;
English 109, Nineteenth Century
Prose and Poetry, Sperry; English
114, Contemporary Poetry, Kangley;
English 117, Modern Drama, Hoppe;
English 125, World Literature, Fowl­er;
History 103, Recent American
History, Hunt; History 133C, Mod­ern
Europe, Cummins; History, 150,
Oriental History, Williams; Home
Economics 109, Elementary Cloth­ing,
Jones; Art III, Art Apprecia­tion,
Druse; and Mathematics 102,
Statistics, Bond, has been reduced
to a three-hour course.
FORMER INSTRUCTOR
IN OPERA COMPANY
Clifford Newdall of the Music De­partment,
Now Takes Leading
Roles With American Opera Co.
COLORED PROGRAMS
WILL BE GIVEN OUT
FOR LEAGUE DANCE
Programs Distributed Wednesday or
Thursday In Dean, of Women's
Office; Variety of Colors Used.
18 GIRLS WITHOUT TICKETS
Mr. Clifford Newdall, a former
instructor in the music department
of the Normal school, is winning
honors, acording to word received
here, in his rank as leading tenor
with the American Opera Company.
Mr. Newdall left here four years
ago for New York where he studied
a year before joining the opera
company. His previous training
had been received when he sang ,
the principal roles in the spring
operas at the University of Wash­ington
in their Glee Club.
The American Opera Company
give their operas in English and
Miss Maud Slawson, of the music
department who heard them in
Brooklyn last year said that they
give a very fine performance. Mr.
Newdall took the part of Faust
and, on the whole, his work was
very pleasing.
The company is now in Washing­ton
D. C. after two successful weeks
in New York, and they will con­clude
the 1929-30 season in Balt­imore
and Richmond. They have
received ovations in Chicago, the
middle west, and Canada and the
present booking calls for a visit
to the Pacific Coast sometime in
the 1930-31 feason with engage­ments
in Vancouver B. C, Seattle,
Portland, and California.
Special Arithmetic Class
Special arithmetic classes are
being held every Tuesday and Thurs­day
at 4 o'clock for those student
who wish to review in order to
pass the arithmetic .; achievement
tests. The classes are held in room
220 and are being taught by Mr.
Bond.
Programs for the Women's League
dance, to be held at the Crystal
ballroom next Friday night, will be
given out Wednesday or Thursday
in the dean of women's office. Doro­thy
Sasse, general chairman of the
dance, asks that the girls watch the
bulletin board for definite an­nouncement
of the distrbution of
programs.
Ruth Shepherd, program chair­man,
and her committee have been
working hard to finish their paint­ing.
Colors will be green, yellow,
orange, red, rose, blue, and laven-dar
and each girl is asked to have
decided upon her color, so that as
little comfusion as possible may be
had when programs are given out.
18 Girls Unable to Get Tickets
Because of the shortage of tickets
being sold, 18 girls are still on the
waiting list, while 15 girls have been
removed because of returned tickets.
Since, there is only a few left it is
imperative that those having tick­ets
they cannot use, should turn
them into the dean's office immedi­ately
so that girls still on the wait­ing
list may have a chance to make
last-minute plans for the dance.
One of the surprise stunts planned
for intermission has had to be
changed, but a substitution in plans
makes the program as interesting as
before.
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THEATRE GUILD TO
GIVE COMEDY HERE
"Dulcy," a farce-comedy by Kauf­man
and Connelly, will be present­ed
to the public by the Bellingham
Theatre Guild next Tuesday even­ing,
February 25, in the auditorium.
Members of the cast are Marjorie
Walker, who plays the lead, Harold
Hawkins, Vera Kienast, Dorothy
Burchette, Norman Burchette, The­odore
O'Hara, Kirk Beard, Quentin
Rochefort, Frank Burnet, Dr. Paul
Collins, and Herbert Philippi. The
production is being directed by Louis
Fraser. Herbert Philippi acts as
stage manager, Isabel Morrison is
property manager, and Richard
Burghoffer electrician.
The Guild's last play, "The Show-
Off," was a character comedy, while
the current production is a farce-comedy,
and should provoke much
mirth. A large audience is expected.
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At a meeting of the Bellingham
Women's Music Club held February
19, Miss Adele Jones, dean of wom­en,
contributed to the program by
presenting a vocal solo.
NORMAL MUSICIANS
BOOKED f 0 M Y IN 1 1 1
TUESDAY ASSEMBLY!!
Trio Composed of Muriel.' Mytoe,-n|^ifg
Pianist; Pauline Larkin, F l u t i s t ^ h £^
and Ethel Boynton, Violinist. : :;:;g!®:'?
IS FOURTH APPEARANCE
Name of Trio Is Combination of
Members' Instructors, Williams,
Lustermann and Miss Strange.
The Willustra Trio will be pre­sented
in the regular assembly
next Tuesday, February 25, playing
an extremely interesting group of
concert selections. This trio consists
of three members of the student
body: Ethel Boynton, violin; Pauline
Larkin, flute; and Muriel Myhre,
piano.
Originally they were pupils of
John Roy Williams, Paul Luster­mann,
and Edith R. Strange, re^v
spectively. When they combined a s /'
a concert trio they used the three -
names of-their instructors to form
the name "Willustra," which-they
have continued to use.
Since they organized themselves .
as a musical unit, about four years- :
ago, they have had an extensive'">ex-P-perience
in concert work. They have
played before state, • conventions .of
music clubs and.,at-state teachers''.-•}
conventions. They have done cdnsid-erable
broadcasting, having been
featured on the programs of almost-all
the greater stations of the North­west.
Also, they have played at
Normal assemblies upon three for­mer
occasions, and' have been re-^
ceived with extreme pleasure each
time.
Following is the program which
they will play next Tuesday:
1. Extase . ...Ganne-Tobani
2. Serenade d'Amour .1..........
F. V. Blon-Saenger
3. Wiegenlied (Cradle Song) .1..
Brahms-Herman
4. Sing, Sweet Bird Ganz-Saenger
5. Dance Suite.: Wilhelm Pbpp
(a) Spanischer Tanz (Span­ish
Dance). ^ c ;
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CALENDAR
TODAY—
8 p. m., Basketball, U. of W.
vs. Vikings at Seattle.
8:30 p. m. Sophomore dance,
Big Gym.
TOMORROW—
7:40 a. m., W. A. A. hike to
Lummi.,
Vanadis Bragi banquet. '
Alkasiah banquet.
8 p. m., Basketball, St. Mar­tin's
vs. Vikings at Lacy.
SUNDAY, Feb. 23—
7 p. m., Student Forum, Y.
W. C. A.
MONDAY—Feb. 24.
Social Science club meet­ing,
Edens Hall club roonv
TUESDAY—Feb. 25.
11 a. m., Regular Assembly,
Willustra Trio.
.2 p. m., Debate, Normal vs.
C. P. S., here.
7:30 p. m., Scholarship Soci-ety
meeting. < :.' *
8:15 p. m., Theatre Guild,
Play, "Dulcy," Normal audir. •
torium. ''.-'p.
WEDNESDAY—Feb. 26.
7:30 p. in., Tri-C meeting, J
room 120.
Debate, Normal vs. C. P.'S., <
there. > . ^ ?-rxl
THURSDAY—Feb. 27. '
8:15 p. m., Musical Artists' ;
Number, Lawrence Tibbett;^
Baritone, First Christian^:
Church. '•;
FRIDAY—Feb. 28. /\;-:^M
11 a. m., Regular Assembly;;;;
Women's League and Men's.-|
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