1928_1207 ---------- Northwest Viking - 1928 December 7 - Page 1 ---------- '^ifillSliSipStllpiilp^ ':iM ^PRIZE^ON^ES!piS IS ON • W A S H I N G T O N S T A T E NORMAL SCHOOL, B E L L I N G H A M , W A S H I N G T ON Friday,..December T ^ J ^ S l f g l What's in a Name? . Many oddities lurk in the columns of this year's student directory. For we find anything from three "Sargeants" to a "Gunn" or - a "Bpringstel". Three "Hills" ascend the hill every day to school. A 'Guy' may 'Haighf to put 'Irons' in a 'Tarbox'. Yet these names appear in the roster. For tongue-twisters we have picked at random: "Owatonna, Mo-awad, Baaoa, Badosovich, Laakso, and Zylstra. An interesting study in double consonants may be made by borrowing five names from the faculty list: "O'Malley, Skalley, Philippi, Hoppe, and Kibbe." Seventeen Mac's are found, without counting "Maki." Smiths lead in number this year, greatly outnumbering the Johnson clan. BOARD OF CONTROL OFFERS P R E FOR A Committee to Draw Contest Rules, Was Appointed at Last Meeting of Board. FORUM NEXT TUESDAY Notice of Student Representative Election, and of Editor and Business Manager to be Posted Soon. -W. S. N. S.- Whether a blonde or a brunette beard grows the faster and whether the use of hair tonics is ethical, are questions confronted by the male part of the Sophomore class at the University of Washington these days in the 31-day beard-growing contest which began November 20, patterned after a similar contest which is an annual affair at the University of California. I t is estimated that beards about one and a half inches long can be grown in a month, but the Sophomores who age about eighteen-nineteen- twenty may have to specialize in the military mustache or the slim Vandyke. University district merchants are offering prizes for the longest, stiff est, handsomest, reddest, etc. etc., beards grown in this period. And the whole campus is considerably interested in the prospect of looking like a page from the old iamily album. But the Co-ed stoops to conquer. Moire subtely, the women are trying to see who can grow the most hair on the back of their jiecks. -W. S. N. S.- University educators meeting a lew days in St. Louis were reported t o have reached the conclusion that "a deplorable crop of misfits" confronts the educational world as its greatest problem. Spokesmen for the five great universities represented in the conference said it is their greatest concern to know "whom and how long to educate". Mass education as followed in educational systems of this country are to blame for the dilemma, they said. Teachers engaged in instructing pupils of every grade know the t r u t h of the university leaders' statements. They have made no new discovery' They merely gave emphasis to a problem long recognized and discussed wherever educational leaders are fraternalized. W. S. N. S. Nearly four millions dollars are annually lent by 218 colleges and universities to students of character and ability in order to enable them to finish their college education. Walter J. Greenleaf, of the Bureau of Education, found many important things in a study of student loan funds recently completed. "We are living in what appears to be the 'installment age' where people make large purchases by paying so much down, and so much per month. Higher education is no exception to the rule and as an investment, yields a high rate of interest with the passing years," he says. His study shows that in a few cases no interest whatever is charged, while 6 per cent is the rule, yet some charge as high as 8 per cent. Individual loans average $100 to $150, but many exceed these. Repaying invariably begins at a stated period after graduation. ——-W. S. N. S. A. S. P. C. officers ordered their. Frosh to "obey traditions" at the Thanksgiving game of the College of Puget Sound, Tacoma. The Frosh at the last minute of an actual rebellion acquiesced and wore their green caps to and at the game, ••.../••'.. \ This is "Hello Week," traditional Sit the University of Washington. '•' .-.. — - w . s.:N. a ; ,^; Oregon had a real Thanksgiving, .; iregpn State wiiming frqm New i:tYprk ^ IJQ; ;•: in- the •Soutfr from \.U. .';C/;:L.:;;;A. The 'New-School-Song Commit-: tee' was appointed by the Board of Control at its regular meeting last Monday afternoon. Catherine Morse, Guy Springsteel, and Mr. Ruckmick were chosen by the Board of Control and two others will be included by this group to make- the rules for this school-wide contest which will probably begin next week and end before the first of the Winter quarter. A Well-Worth Prize Twenty-five dollars is sure to be the amount presented to the composer. Announcement of. contest rules will be printed in the Viking next week. In a school this size, it is thought surely a number of songs of" original composition or transposition will be submitted by students i n the Music department or by others interested. Election and Notices Election petitions will be posted sometime this week, announced Roy Arnett, Secretary of the Board, for a representative to take the place of Guy Springsteel who has served out the four-quarter term of Madeline Bosshardt, now a graduate. And notices of application for Editor and Business manager of the Northwest Viking for the coming Winter quarter will also be posted. The Editor and Business manager are required to be resident students here for at least two quarters, to have a good journalistic standing, and to have recommendation of the faculty advisor. Each receive ten dollars for each current issue of the Viking. Forum Next Tuesday That inter-school debate, letter awards, and apportionment of funds be discussed in an all-school forum next Tuesday, December 11, was also emphasized by the Board. Sam Ford, Co-op manager, announced yesterday that he has just ordered several black and orange basketball suits for the Co-op team, a unit of the intra-mural series. CALENDAR FRIDAY—December 7. Rec Hour, 4 to 5 o'clock,in , big gym. All School Girls Dance, by W. A. A. in big gym, 8:30 SATURDAY—December 8. Hike to Natural Dry Docks. - Edens Hall Informal, 8:30. SUNDAY—December 9. Regular Church Services. TUESDAY—December 11. Regular Assembly, student forum. THURSDAY—December 13. Mental Hygiene, June Jos-lyn, room 119, 8:00. FRIDAY—December 14. Freshmen assembly, 11 o'clock. lt; lt; i f HOLD THEIR ANNUAL Mil "Wintertime" Will Be Decorative Scheme to be Carried Out at the Hall's Informal Tomorrow Night. Capacity Crowd Witnesses Normal Drama Production Story of Characteristic Carolina Mountain People Cleverly Portrayed by Normal Cast. Claire Wilson Shows Unusual Ability in Character Portrayal. Tomorrow night in the drawing room of Edens Hall, the "dorm" girls will hold their quarterly in* formal, which promises to be one of the most successful ever held. The 'wintertime' idea will be carried out in the decorations and the programs, under the direction of Virginia Schmidt, social chairman, and her committee consisting of Delores Young, Dorothy Gibson, Alice Sundquist and Louise Dunn. Geraldine McKee and her committee: Jane L'Eveque, and Helen Stine, will have charge of the program. The refreshments committee is: Margaret Hill, chairman, Ann Fillinger, Irene De Vries, and Irene Young. Elizabeth Gable has charge of the music. Ruth Steele is social chairman. Former Student Now Edits Filipino Forum Victorio Velasco, former Philippine student at Normal, is now editor of the "Filipino Forum" which is a six page mimeographed newspaper issued twice a month. Velasco, when attending here, besides writing a weekly column in the school paper, was the founder of the "Scribes Club," and the first editor of the "Red Arrow." Sharpen Your Razors, Girls,1 Boys Plan Razorless Days and Weeks! I n informal group discussions in the office of the Northwest Viking, Wednesday noon, a contest was proposed by the Associate Editor of this paper. The following is the gist of the plan: first: that certain men in this school permit their beards to grow for a period of two weeks, the men in question being Gordon Leen, Vernon Vine, Ben Hamilton and Joe Hermsen. At the completion of this contest the beards were to be measured, and the one with the longest was to have one of the school's most popular girls to shave it off on the landing in the main hallway. The girls in question, and we'll not have time to mention all of them, are Catherine Morse, Jeari Marquis, and Mary Elizabeth Fowler. Everything was fine and dandy until Catherine Morse balked at the idea of shaving a man. When she backed down, so did the others, as they began to realize the penalties for manslaughter and that there might be • difficulty with the Barbers' Union. Then some bright genius broached the idea of having a faculty beard-growing contest. This immediately gained favor. Jean Marquis said that she would use her influence on the dean of men. We wonder just how much influence Jean has. But our. next big problem was to find someone to induce the other prospects, Mr. Beyer- Mr. Fowler, M^ Kibbe, to enter this precarious contest. There were several things that entered into this informal procedure that caused some questions to be raised. For instance, could Mr. Fowler and Mr. Kibbe raise the beards t h a t . woukk compare with those of Mr. Bever and Mr. Ruckmick? Then it was decided that there would have to be two divisions in the contest and prizes a-warded accordingly. At about the time the discussion was getting under full swing and plans were being made for launching the contest, the one o'clock class bell rang and interrupted tbe conversation, but you have not heard it all yet. There may be more about this shaveless talk than appears on the surface. — o George Allez Writes George Allez, who was a former president of the Associated Student Body of Normal and a graduate of 1927, is attending the Library School at Columbia University. In a letter to Mr. Herbert E. Fowler, he said, "I am thoroughly sold on the value of library training for all students and want to teach students how to use the library." Mr. Allez spoke of meetings with Mr. E. A. Bond and Mr. Edward Arntzen, both of wliom aire on a leave of absence from the Normal, and Mr. ElwbodDavis, former fopt-. Last night' the Normal Drama Club presented their quarterly play, "SunrUp," by Lulu Vollmer, directed by Victor H. Hoppe, with the auditorium packed to its capacity. The drama took place in the backwoods, mountainous region of North Carolina. The first scene opened in late September, 1917, just after the United States had drafted men into the army. The third act was in mid-winter at midnight in a terrific snowstorm. A complete new stage set, produced Widow Cagle's cabin in yellow pine logs of the hills. Rustic and quaint furnishings added much to the scenic illusion and gave a perfect background for the action. Perhaps the most difficult of technical stage problems was the creation of a terrific snow storm with limited apparatus. However, this and the sunset and sunrise effects ---------- Northwest Viking - 1928 December 7 - Page 2 ---------- W/^HIN(^N STAT^ ..•'•v:- lt;J.JV,;I-?. r..:- • ' - ^ " ' . H ? ; ^ ;! I] WbKshecI .weekly by Students? Association of State Normal School, Bellingham, Wash. Entered ;iri the Ppstoffice, at Bellingham, Washington, "as second class matter. MILLER SUTHERLEN PRINTING CO., Printers. Bellingham National Bank Bldg., Bellingham, Wash. Subscription rate by mail, $1.50 per year, in advance; single ;copies 5 cents; •V". . Advertising Rates on Application. ;Address .«U communications, other than news items, to The Business Manager r^fft ^ of the Northwest Viking, Bellingham, Washington EDITORIAL STAFF BARNEY CHICHESTER . ; GORDON LEEN :.. (BOB BURCHETTE ...„ BEN HAMILTON •. HELEN SULLIVAN IRENE SCHAGEL CATHERINE MORSE . HERBERT E. FOWLER ....Editor Associate Editor :... ....Assistant Editor ......Sports Editor Society Editor Copy Reader : Copy Reader Faculty Advisor HARRY APPLETON ..Business Manager Bob'i HARD LINES SPECIAL STAFF WRITERS Bob Burchette, Irene Sehagel, Vernon V. Vine, Peggy Puller HOWDY! —PULL YE UP A CHAIR. : LIKE CATS AND SOME PENNIES, 'HARD LINES' WILL CUM BACK. —rand remember. No matter how mule-ish aN man feels, he can't make his vertabrea. Student3 Opinio!! • REPORTERS Ben Hamilton Mary Elizabeth Fowler Margaret Miller Joe Hermsen Gertrude Berg Catherine Morse Dorothy Sasse Paul Howell Dolly Anderson It is interesting to note that along with the Paris Peace Pact, a bill for the building of fifteen battle cruisers will be introduced at Congress. A modern tendency is to get away from fear and its bosom companion, superstition. One should be himself under all conditions and situations, rather than trying to be someone else for the benefit of some one person or group of persons. This tendency to try to be that which one is not, is in itself a manifestation of fear of what the other person is going to think. Education tends to do away with the cloak of fear, to make people more self-sufficient, more independent of the opinions of the other fellow. ." —B. H. "Set down, Pap Todd!" FAIR PLAY Every year about this time we begin to wonder just what wold be a suitable gift to give to dad or mother or Jennie or Johnny when December 25th rolls around. Of course the gift must be appropriate but still the price must stay within the meager means of our pocket book. Here is where the Northwest Viking comes to our aid. Each week from now until Christmas the columns of the paper will be filled with Christmas sale advertisements of all the best retail stores of the city. Bellingham merchants by their support are making it possible for the Viking to exist. When purchasing gifts, let's carry a copy of the Viking with us and consult it from time to time. It is only fair that we give our backers some consideration for their support. Liver Too Precious To Use for Fish Food | A Thanksgiving Tragedy I we quote I Due to the sudden popularity of liver, and the consequent rise in price, the College of Fisheries at the University of Washington is now experimenting with new foods for its hatcheries. Liver has always been the best known food, but doctors in these days prescribe it for what-ever-ails-you, so the fishes have to learn to live on salmon eggs, other fishes, meat, and cereals. In dietetics as concerned with feeding fishes, most delicate weighing instruments are used to weigh the fish before and after meals. Fish used most frequently in experiments are salmon and trout. The main point is not to discover how much each fish has gained, but to discover how the fishes are affected over the period of a year or more. o Five Tacoma teachers were guests of Miss Bertha Crawford this weekend. They were the Misses May Howard, Helen Fitch, Winnifred Smith, Blanche Kenney and Lois Clifton. They visited the training school on Monday morning. May Howard was formerly a student of Bellingham State Normal School and graduated from this institution. She and her sister have • written a book for third grade children entitled "The Language Garden." _—, o j "Boys will be boys,' j with sighs, 1 J (To Thanksgiving dinner this I I always applies) | I So, read of two lads who start- j I * ed to fast f j On Wednesday, just a week | ago last. I J Did they heap their plates, call I loud for a scoop j When turkey was passed? No, j they whispered "soup!" f Nor speared they the cake as s it glided by, i Or loosened their belts when I they sighted pie. I When Don passed the neck, Roy said, rather gruff, "I'm fed up on necks—my own is enough!" And cared not a whit if the guests were aghast As out of his soup, the noodles he cast Now, I know the reason you 'want to hear, Why two Normal boys did these antics so queer, They decided all tonsils a thing of the past, And had them pulled out, on . Wednesday last. NIGHT MOODS Shadows crouching in the' valley . . mysterious black night broken only by frail flickers of glare dots from street lamps and house lights. Soft screns of fog closely cuddled to distant foothills whose rugged backs arch high as if to give protection 'gainst cold, lonely, glittering snows of the cruel Cascades. Ever changing in the sky are white cloud patterns on frameworks of blue . . . streaked occasionally by sulky smoke puffs. Peeping in and out of the fleece is the moon . . . Pale, round, smiling . . . attended by its star soli-tare. SCOOP! 'Hard Lines' scores again with this rare old print— photo by ..4.."„i Bruce Kibble Here we actually see the humble beginning of even greater—well it looks as if we had caught Mary Beth Parkhurst lwith the goods'. My! my— —just then oPetic Barney piffled, "Quince Juice!" Klipsun Staff, when do you want us to turn in bur snap-shots, cartoons, quips, and the like to illustrate our interpretations of campus life here at the Normal-by-the-mountains- and-the-sea? Call for these items which are important to us was made long before this time last year. / We want to turn these things in. Many have asked about this. Maybe, if our stuff is good, the Board of Control will give to the best cartoonist, and to the holder of the best snap, a little prize. We want the 1929 Klipsun to be something. And more, we want to help. Just'say the word! O- ; — * v ' Reportorial Ethics Presented by One Conscientious Cub Worlm Airplanes have passed the 10,000 mark in registration. ..The 10,000th one was registered November 1, according to the Department of Commerce. ..A comparison of automobile and airplane registration shows that the ..automobile., was., seven years old before:, it ..passed ..the 10,000 mark. «——*• Harvard University announces a gift of $3,000,000 for the purpose Professor Joseph Daniels of the of splitting Harvard up into small University of Washington, is the colleges of 300 men each, after the owner of a signed photograph of manner of colleges at Oxford and j; ;vBferbert Hoover received only a Cambridge. i"few weeks ago, and possesses . • ho political significance but is H simply part of the collection of The recent eruption of Mt. Etna •ip^oipunients; from leading mining destroyed over 10,000 acres of land, ^:;^.jKbjgIn^iBr)8,;' '.acpavdlnsr 'J. to • Professor rendered 7,000 people homeless and S Dahiels. v /approximately $31,000,000 worth of •|04:; gt;v't',;^-: '/;',. o-———: ' property'was lost. .... Any coed who can shoot a score *" ' • | | ^ ( T O f O T r u ^ '•••.',• | trKojt W. golf course in three tries The highest priced chess board §;jiut of ;four is eligible for member- in the world has been offered for g l h ^ to^ The price asked is A GLANCE BACKSTAGE Just before the show opens— stage manager putting final touches on the set—electricians adjusting droplights—prep boys loading the snow gun. Clustered at the mirrors are leads, minors, extras, adding touches of powder, rouge, pencil—a bit player paces about giving his lines their last rehearsal—the comedian scurries around, funning—onstage are those who open the show—the leading lady in mountaineer character fills and fires up her clay pipe—from front stage comes the ever growing stir and hum of the newly arriving audience. It is zero hour—the overture is playing house lights go out— "Ready, curtain!" calls the director— on with the show. SMILIN' BOB PRESENTS 'TIME OUT' A Picture with Sound Defects A reporter's life is -just about as good and bad as it is pictured. By that, we mean the reporter's creed is somewhat difficult to live up to. Courtsey, attended by unfailing good humor and a touch of optimism, are requirements of this profession. When a young reporter has doggedly tagged at the heels of a news prospect, (feeling much like the little dog taking an unbidden stroll with his master) and finally cornered his victim, only to be- greeted with the blankest looks, or a defiant "try and get it" stare—then is the time he must hang on to his vanishing sense of humor. Always must he please his prospect— in manners, in tact, and in appearance, even though he wade in the gutter, hide in a snow drift, or climb up dry, warm and immaculate before the 'to-be-interviewed." A good reporter can do this! He is never "scooped"—that most unforgivable sin. In fact, (and this is a dark secret known only to these magicians) a good reporter knows all the news just a few minutes before it happens! But oh, these news hounds! How they love their work and how we love them! Their workshop is boundless—it is the world itself, the North, East, South and ---------- Northwest Viking - 1928 December 7 - Page 3 ---------- WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. BELLINCHAM. WASHINGTON WEEK-END BATTLES PROVE SENSATIONAL Western Teams Establish Record; Dope Bucket Upset When Bacon ' Is Brought to Pacific (Coast. Last week a double offering of delicacies was served to football fans. The Thanksgiving day turkey feast was accompanied with a : double helping of football games, one Thursday and the other, on Sat- . urday. Many ~ intersectional con tests took place. These games were also marked by some sensational upsets of the dope bucket. One of the outstanding of these --was the Oregon State-New York University mix in which New York, with Strong, the nation's highest .scoring back, was held to 13 points while the lowly Beavers of the Coast Conference walked through the Violets for four touchdowns and one try for point, It was a complete rout of the'-team that had beaten Notre Dame^ Carnegie Tech and others. Stanford, in a most spectacular battle, triumphed impressively over the highly touted Army machine, built around Cagle, an All-American backfield ace, i n ~ a lopsided game which resulted in a 26 to 0 score. Eighty-six thousand" people watched the mighty Cadets crushed, outplayed in every department, of the game by the visitors. Captain Hoffman, in putting across two touchdowns outshone Cagle. Notre Dame Defeated Coach Rockne's Notre Dame Ramblers, tasted defeat for the first time in renewing the third annual intersectional tilt with the University of Southern California Trojans. In the two previous games, Notre Dame had won by a margin of one point, but this time led by Don Williams, the Trojans came out on the long end of the total score to the tune of 27 to 14. This game was the final climax of the complete domination of the East by the West. The, University of Washington in an attempt to come back in its last game of the season with the Washington State College Cougars, made some desperate drives against the W. S. C. goal line but was stopped by its highly touted line, led by Captain Dressel. It was not until late in the third quarter that a pass from "Chuck" Carroll, an Ail- American halfback, to 'Buzbz' Mead-er over the goal line was successful. W. S. C. was unsuccessful in its attempt to come back in the fourth quarter, so the game ended 6 to 0 in favor of Washington. Paul Jes-sup, giant tackle and former Whatcom High athlete, was elected Captain of the Purple and Gold team for 1929. o Frosh Take in Sophs in Soccer Scramble SOPHS HOLD FROSH TO NO SCORE GAME Hard Playing Shown on Icy Field; Frosh Overconfident, Checked by Fine Soph: Defensive. lliit Wi ffl The freshmen were victorious in the first interclass soccer scramble played Monday, at 4 o'clock. A close game was predicted because of the even playing on the intra-mural teams, between the Shin-Pressers; Puddle-Jumpers and Solarites. Slater, freshman captain, made a goal in the first half and Nesheim scored one in the second half. Swanson and the Bergeron sisters played good ball. The Sophomore goal, was admirably guarded by Goodman, who prevented the ball from going through many times. Sollie kicked over the only score for the Sophomores. Individually they played a very clever game. The Sollie, Johnson, Evatt, combination was hard to break up but they were weak in scoring. The final score was: Freshmen 2, Sophomores 1. The team line-ups were: Sophomores: Massey, Captain, Jo-hanson, Ott, Van Ess, Bever, Austin, Sollie, Norwood, Johnson, Zander. Freshmen:. Swanson, Nesheim, Babcock, Evatt, Marz, Slater, Ber-* geron, L., Bergeron, M., Helland, Goodman, Gnagey. .* ' • S e c o n d half Frosh: Arnold, Nor- Awood, Hall, P., Hall, A. , 0 M r . H. E. Fowler, a graduate of Princeton, attending a gathering of : ttie Princeton-Yale i graduates,- in Seattle, Saturday, November 17. Tale-Princeton game .which ended On a frozen field, in weather that makes one's teeth chatter and pairs of mittens and woolen sweaters popular, the Freshman and Sophomore hockey teams' battled in their first interclass game, Tuesday. Although hard playing was evidenced on the part of both teams, the final whistle ended a scoreless game. The Freshman team did not demonstrate their usual good dribbling, although Babcock and Swanson made several gains. The forward' line passing was excellent. Many times the ball was swept across the entire field from right wing to left wing. Goodman, "Bumps" star of intramural games, and center forward for the Fjeshmen, was prevented from making her usual long dribbles down the field. The Sophomores were careful to keep the ball out of her territory. Freshmen Confident Over-confidence of the Freshmen team, due to their large number and opportunity for selection was one reason for the score. The Sophomore backfield played a good defenive game, preventing the Frosh from shooting, the ball through the goal many times after it had been passed down the field by good plays. Poor aiming for goals was one reason why the game ended scoreless. The Sophs came toward the goal twice in the second half but failed to put the ball-across. The Freshmen came near to scoring when Goodman shot the ball into the goal post, causing it to bounce back into play. There were two casualties in the game. Reba Moore received a terrific blow on the ankle and was forced to leave the game for a time. Arlene Johanson was bumped between the eyes by her opponent's head. There are two more games to decide the championship of these evenly matched teams. Line-up for the game was: ' Freshmen * Sophomores Gnagey RW Solberg Swanson RI Howe Goodman CF Gable Evatt, E LI Craw, (C) Babcock (C) .... LW Zander Nesheim RH Bever Parkhurst CH .... Johnson Slater LH .Moore Helland RF Johanson Arnold LF Evatt, A Norwood G Norwood, M Substitute: Carlson for Moore. —o Bowling Teams in Close Competition The victors have been vanquished and the vanquished have turned themselves into victors. Such was the outcome, of thq weekly bowling contests between the Alley Rats and the Pin-Pushers. v The Pin-Pushers led by the city bowling champion, Harry Charroin, won their first game from Sam Carver's Alley Rats by a margin of 60 points. The Pin-Pushers won the first round and from then on they were not headed by their opponents. So far this season, Carver's aggregation has had all the best of the scoring. That is until Tuesday night when the dope-bucket was upset by the Pin-Pushers group. Sentiment has run high between these two teams, and much friendly banter has been exchanged over the possible outcome of their struggles. Following is a list of the players of each team, which is comprised of five men: The Pin-Pushers, Harry Charroin, captain, Barney Chichester, Harry Appleton, Randy Oberlatz, andZeke McClurken. The Alley Rats, Sam Carver, captain, Ed Hunnicutt, Earl Jewell, Oscar Thorsen and Hamilton Church. •'•• -r^o—: -•"' Misses Hazel Plympton, Orpha McPherson, and Anna Ullin, who toured Europe last summer, gave an account of their travels in the various lands, to the Twentieth Cen-turly Club, Teusday evening,.Nov? ember 20. Miss Anna Ullin spoke onj her* travel? at the Aftermath By "Ham" Briefs *—.- Now thta our national Turkey and feast day is over, we shalL-turn our attention back to the sport col- It must have been great fun in the days of yore, to take one's bell-shaped fowling-piece and go in quest of one's turkey dinner only to be met. by a flock of "Redskin arrows. * * * * THAT WAS ABOUT THE LIMIT OF OUT-OF-DOOR SPORTS THOSE DAYS. Bowling has been growing more popular every day. Even our ---------- Northwest Viking - 1928 December 7 - Page 4 ---------- lilttifipSi^ M§mm SENOR AND SENORITA i i l l F E N D NATIVE LAND International Relations Club Gets Inside Dope on Latin America, Amid Local Color. \ v Senortta Nixon, minister plenipotentiary from Guotemala with portfolio extraordinary from Honv duras; and Senor Church, diplomatic envoy from Nicaragua, delivered addresses on their respective countries to the International Relations iflub at a meetirig that took place in the club room of Edens Hall, Wednesday. "My country," said Senorita Nixon," has a climate of perpetual spring, fertile soil, and unsurpassed natural resources. These is no doubt that both Guatemala and Honduras have marvellous futures before them if only they can secure capital to develop them. They will not, however, be a strong political force until the Central American republics can ignore their small differences and consummate a satisfactory union." Much of the time of both speakers was occupied' in discussion of the governmental systems of the countries. Nicaragua, Senor Church explained, "is a very small country, but has such an eventful history that he could discuss only one of the several American interventions. He took occasion to point out to the minister from Guatemala that small countries must make sacrifices for the sake of foreign capital. The International Relations club has received a challenge from the Debate club, and at this meeting a debating team was picked to represent the International Relations club. The members are Brown, Springsteel, and Church. Last year the International Relations club was defeated in the finals by the Philos. • : b "Hansel and Gretel" is Pleasing Opera W. A. A. Banquet Is Slated for Dec. 14 The W. A. A. will have a grand wind-up for their women's sports in the form of a banquet on December 14 at Edens Hall. Vera Gin-nette, chairman of the committee for this banquet will act as toast-mistress. An enjoyable program will consist of the announcement of all-star teams by Misses Helen Stone Dozier and Grace Sullivan, talks by each sport manager and the discussion of plans for the sports for next quarter. _ o— — GODDESS OF HARVEST LAUDED BY CHILDREN Festival of Thankfulness Given by Children of Training School; Motive to Help Bellingham Mission. PROGRAM EXTENSIVE NEW LIBRARY BILL Fifteen Oat of 39 Washington Counties Have Very Few Library Facilities;. Bill Is Well Backed The opera, "Hansel and Gretel" by Humperdinck was presented Wednesday at 8:15 o'clock at the Whatcom High shcool. The cast included members of the Junior Music club which is composed of Normal and High school students. Lois Holt Brown Directs / The production was under the direction of Lois Holt Brown. • The part of Hansel was played ;byJean Clewell and that of Gretel jijyl Elizabeth Squires. The charac- !ters of Margaret and Peter, the •parents of Hansel and Gretel were ;iaken by Evelyn Montgomery and Thomas Prentice. Jeanette Lind played the role of the witch, •while Theresa Hill was soloist for the ballet. 150 Students In Cast. The complete cast consisted ISO students. of '•Ruth Bryan Owen Talk Enjoyed by Students at Special Assembly The children of the Training School participated in their annual Festival of Thankfulness on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. This festival is in the nature of a ceremony and is always carried on in a dignified and reverent manner, which is an evidence of appreciation ..on the part of the children. The gifts which were brought and laid at the feet of the Goddess of the Harvest by the representatives from each grade, were symbolic of the gifts to the City Mission. The fruit and vegetables offered were all handled by the pupils of the seventh and eighth grades and made two loads for the dray. The money for the milk fund amounted to $38.50. Some of the children gave unique gifts, the first grade giving a pat of butter made by themselves. Several pictures were taken to be put in the Klipsun: one of the goddess with the gifts and one of the dancers. The dancers were particularity lovely, the costumes being cleverly made to represent autumn and the grapes. It can best be described by the lines written by the pupils: "The leaves are dyed in the colors of the sky. It is now their turn to be free. The wind whistles a tune for the leaves to dance by and they dance for pure joy." Another attractive part of the festival was the decoration of the stage. Simplicity was the keynote and the colors were harmonious and a lovely setting for the colors of the costumes of the goddess, attendants and dancers. — o BARRETT HALL BREEZES Lempi Koli is quite ill this week and unable to attend school. Those enjoying Thanksgiving Turkey at their respective homes were: Dorothy Ann Williams, Sedro-Wol-ley; Sigrid Rossness, Genevieve O' Laughlin, Seattle; Nellie Vander- Meer, Lynden; Lempi Koli, Jennie Saboleski, Aberdeen; Geraldine Warren, Marion Parrington, Viola Scovel, Arlington. A feature in relation to library work which should be of interest to every future teacher is the proposed measure to be presented in the legislature early in January, relating to and authorizing the establishment and maintenance of county free libraries and library service. This bill, if put into effect, will permit Washington counties to levy taxes for the support of libraries. This will be purely voluntary action on the part of the counties, and there-will be no appropriations t requested. It is an astounding 'fact to a teacher that out of the 39 counties in Washington, fifteen have practically no library facilities. The bill will be backed by the P. T. A., the Women's State Library Association, and the State federation of Womens clubs. Thirty one states in the union have such library laws. Out of the seventeen remaining, six New England states have town unit laws. Eleven states do not have laws governing county libraries. — o Life Saving Class Planned A class in Life Saving is being planned for next quarter. This class will be for all girls who can swim well enough and for those who are Life Savers but wish to become Examiners. It is probable that this class will meet for one hour during the regular Thursday evening Splash period. All those who might be interested are asked to confer with Miss Sullivan regarding future plans for this course. GIRLS ENJOY GLASS PROBLEMS AT TEA Three More Social and Bridge Party Near Future. Ethic Teas Planned for FromCollege Center to Library and Assembly Route of 'Band Wagon Continued from Page One) Continued from Page One) A house week. meeting was held last ;'v; ; Mrs. Owen said that the place ! r ; ; of woman in this modern world S : i was of a much broader extent than ^;; formerly. That the women's place ijj;'[.;'• is in the home is true, but it is ^;^ ; also true that the limits, of the, t 6:. home have been vastly increased. J;h::y;;" ^/Mothers must have wider experience :| gt;;•',?;- .for they are the moulders of the IS; r race. It is they who are behind all M^7* ' • * n e great deeds of any nation. l^'Vw;' Building A Republic. !'(%Q;•:••••''; She said that although there is a |:|;:•^'•'\". .'need'for war-ships to act as a pro-frt^ ;.'tfcection for our republic, there is S:;I: 7 'also a need for two ships within |y$;v•••;'•' •':.our country—the ships of Citizen-' S|^;^'U-Ship and Statesmanship. jfW :^y "The building of a republic is S:!^.^'i;iB»eh like the building of a cathed-fSif !i-v; gt;-• irai,"; stated Mrs. Owen. "The peo- |i^fl':^;'-::plfr^wli6 lay the foundation are ¥0^}:'.'^%ffier?ti!a ones'who put on the fin- ;||ij|;; ; :•; • ishihg touches of the structure. It if!E^;-:y::.:;-ij;always"their..gjrandsons or great iljiiJM ^grahd^r^ finish it." MlfjffW-i'^P.Itt- closing,' Ruth Bryan Owen said, |§f g ^ 79i?Tm;;SO glad to- wish you Goodspeed |^|i^;^W?;tt^;W»k;of this glorious repub- A Maiden's Prayer: Lord, please make me half as popular as the dog which ran through our classroom this morning. ?Uc;*rhlch pur forefathers began with Announcing On January first we will put PPPPP