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•M illifflllll  if  IN THE AIR  ^WAS ONCE CHEAP"  FACULTY HELP
   A JOKE  By CK W. L.  VOL. XXVIII—NO. 27 WASHINGTON STATE! NORMAL
SCHOOL; BELLINGHAMy WASHINGTON Friday, January 19, 1929  Y^urig Seattle
Soprano  Feature Next Assemby  CONSIDERABLE ACTIVITY WAS  ilMSPLAYED
THROUGHOUT THE  PALL QUARTER IN THE MEN'S  J GLEE SLUB: THE GROUP; HAV-- 
f'ING JUSTPASSED THE ORGAN-itK   TION STAGE, HAS MADE FUTURE  PLANS TO BE
FORWARDED  AND EXECUTED THIS QUARTER.  THE QUARTER IS HERE  -AND: MANY
STUDENTS OP THIS  SCHOOL ARE LOOKING FORWARD  TO DEFINITE ANNOUNCEMENTS.  ^
WITH A FAIR TURNOUT  WHICH WAS CLEARLY EVIDENT  A FEW WEEKS AGO, AND  SUCH
AN EXCELLENT "PROVING  GROUND", THE PACIFIC  NORTHWEST, TO PERFORM  FOR;
THE NEW CLUB SHOULD  DEVELOP SOMETHING WHICH  ALL VIKINGS AND FRIENDS OF 
VHONGS WOULD BE PROUD  OF.  WE ALL WELCOME ITS DEVELOPMENT.  W. S. N. S. 
Perhaps the new school song will  appear in time to be christened by  the
Men's Glee club Now that sixt  y dollars is in the field, it is no  wonder
that a few more have joined  t h e several who are beginning to  mould the
needed composition.  There is still plenty of time to begin.  See the
Viking of January 4th  for rules. A big college back East  i s offering
only $25.00 for a new  school song.  ——W. S. N. S.  - College
education was once cheap,  but those days are., gone., forever.  Fifteen
years ago, daring the prewar  days, a student could live in  hurary with
$1.75.. according., to  statistics compoled daring the war...  •i
Those were the days when a student1  could swagger into., a., lunch  wagon
near the campus and partake  of a small steak for the sum  of five cents,
and finish his meal  with' a dish of ice cream at three,  cents a throw. 
If a student felt flush, he., could  order a porterhouse for twenty cts., 
and on Sunday he could have roast  chicken for a quarter and chicken  a la
king, for one dime.  W. S. N. S.  Seattle, Wash—Something new in  t h
e way of campus committees has  recently appeared on the University  of
Washington campus. Criticism  committee and unanimous  faculty support of
the' movement  has been voiced by President M.  Lyle Spencer.  "Our faculty
is tremendously  serious in its desire to learn the  wishes and needs of
the students/'  he pointed out, "and there isn't a  member on the entire
faculty who  will not be glad for honest opin-  .ions from students on what
they  think are the needs of our curriculum."  ' —'- W. S. N. S.. 
Featuring • in the coming assemblies  for the week, Miss Virginia 
Strong, twenty-yearrold Seattle soprano,  will offer, a varied program  on
Friday, the 25th.  Miss Strong's training, so far, has  been directed by
her mother, a former  member of the State College at  Pullman, and also on
the. faculty  of the Cornish School of Music.  Miss Strong is a sister of
Viviion  Strongheart who made her debut at  the Aoelian Hall and is now
singing  in New York.  She has sung here before having  appeared here in
the Spring of '27.  She has a striking personality and  holds her audience
well.  Separate Assemblies Tuesday  The Men's Club will meet and dis  cuss
ideas for the Men's Club Informal  on Tuesday and the Women's  League will
be addressed by  Mrs. Dwight Smith.  N. D. Showalter, State' Superintendent
 Elect, Introduced Measures  Which Were Endorsed.  TENOR IS  TO L  Arthur
Johnson Creates Usual  Enthusiasic Response; Presents  AH American Program.
 Arthur Johnson, who presented  an all-American program in his  recital in
last Tuesday morning's  assembly, was accorded the enthusiastic  reception
that he is always  able to command in this school.  The program that Mr.
Johnson  presented was divided into three  groups: the first consisted of
three  numbers of the older, more conservative  American music; Negro
spirituals  comprised the' second group;  and the third was made up of four
 more modernistic selections.  Familian Numbers  "Thy Beaming Eyes" by
Edward  MacDowell was probably the loveliest  of Mr. Johnson's first group.
 Although this number is fairly well  known, the artist's interpretation 
of it was extraordinarily beautiful.  The other two numbers of this  group
were unusual settings of the  familiar poems, "Thou Art So Like  a Flower"
by Heine and Browning's  "The Year's at the Spring."  Negro spirituals are
always mov-  (Continued on Page Four)  o  ABSENCE COMMITTEE  MEETS JANUARY
15  Some Students Lose Their Credits;  Vacant Assembly Seats Cause.  Here's
what was found in the  ;S • columns of the College Star, South-  "
lt; i west State Teacher's college: "He  was up for his College Stari
South-  ^ •; west State Teacher's college, Tev-  'V'.' .as... ''He'
was put-for his collece  \$:fi:"'•• aptitiude tests... It was
well under-fe'V-  , tually, but the powers hat be worth  tually, but the
powers that be were  anxious to pass him, for he was a   gt; ; v { fine
basketball man and was needed  on the varsity squad.  S ' ; :^ "Just put
down something,"  r-flO':^'-'''-i*eaded... his., tutor.. "Write down  v ;:
anything you can-and we'll get you  B :f V";p through somehow or other."
and he  : | ; S:V left the pupil to do it.  |   ^ ; : , r, The sturdy youth
sat for an hour  ^  gt; i : i gazing at the virgin paper before  A ^ r ^ ^
W m ? " Then in disgust or despair he  •tit J scrawled the word "dam"
on the  ;?;^;Hr paper and left the room,"  -Jl^SiV Later, on his tutor came
up to him  ?'ffi ' i ; ••*: more in sorrow,than in anger.
...— -  S^ft^i • "We can't pass you,"-he glumly.  ftS vf
"You've spelled it wrong." ...:..— ..-.  I|-S: gt;:'-^; •'':-
w. s. N. s —— '.••.'•  I !y L S Again to the
sublime. There are  pky;•;';^ several large collections of; cducd-  %
:'M tiotial references in Europe, but  f t t | l ' $ p ' Teachers College,
Columbia Uni-  'X0fS§:^:.t}ersity'::'has just finished the only 
tll®ffc';.'; complete collection in America.  | S i | S - H A / e a r
/ y all of the curricula mater-  W^M^iyiai that has fbeeri published since 
g||jil§§||ff;:;cp  • j |||i^fl(!ona/; \ meltiods im;the 
lt; '• Uvfad  p^$^0^StateS^^:'-yV^ lt;-J^:-.!i '•:-','^r:^-
••..'••:..: -O"'  The absence committee met in  the
office of Dean James Bever, at  3 o'clock, on January 15, to go over  the
list .of absences occurring during  the fall quarter. According to  the
rules, a deduction in credits is  made for unexcused absences. There  have
been about sixty students reported  to the committee who might  be subject
to a cut. Some'failed in  subjects so that no deduction in  credit can be
made.  A list of students who are subject  to a cut in credits was posted 
on the bulletin board, affording  them an opportunity to meet with  the
committee. A number did appear  and some errors were 'corrected.  Under the
rules, students absent  six times are cut one credit in that  class or if
they are absent a total  of fifteen times in all classes are  given a
general reduction of, one  credit, not specifying any particular  course.
About twenty students  received these penalties.  The attendance committee
made  no attempt to meet before the  grades were given out, since the fall 
report of absences was not available:-.  A number of these cuts were  made
because of .unexcused absences  from assembly. • /  The absence
committee w.ishes to  impress upon the students the tie-,  cessity of
occupying the seats assigned  in assembly as it seems quite  likely a
Clumber of them received  cuts' for :absences simply because  they^ were .
n o t ; ^  ;sea^Sib^  ijfeliroomi  TAX CHANGES SUGGESTED  MissFgrimeRagland
 to Leave in January  New Plan for School Administration  Brought Up;
Amendment is  Minor Measure.  Miss Delia L. Keeler represented  the Faculty
Forum of the Belling-ham  State Normal school at the  regional meeting of
the Washington  Educational Association in Seattle,  Saturday, January 12. 
At this meeting N. D. Showalter,  state superintendent elect, introduced  a
number of measures which  were, indorsed and are to be presented  to the
state legislature. The  school finance measure provides for  elementary and
high school funds  to be raised by a state wide tax  of twenty-five cents;
a county tax  of ten cents for elementary schools  fifteen cents for junior
high schools,  and twenty.cents for high schools;  the district is to raise
the remainder  of the tax.  This would place fifty per cent  of the school
support on the state,  twenty-five per cent on the county,  and twenty-
five per cent on the  district. The state tax would be  raised three and
one half mills, and  the county tax on the average of  one mill by this
measure. The maximum  school tax would be reduced  from twenty to fifteen
mills.  Administration Measure  The school administration measure  provides
for a county board of  education composed of five members.  The
county,.superintendent  elected by the board will have more  authority and
duties similar to the  superintendent of city school systems.  The minor
measure provides for  an amendment to the constitution  omitting the
election of the state  superintendent and providing for a  state board of
education, one of their  duties being to select a state superintendent. 
The whole plan places more responsibility  on the state officers, as  well
as securing greater support  from the state.  Fowler Eected New  President
Faculty Forum  Herbert E. Fowler was elected  president of the Faculty
Forum,  succeding Miss Emma S. Erickson,  at the meeting held Tuesday,
January  15.  Other officers elected were: Miss  Jessie H. Merchant,
secretary-treasurer;  Miss Emma S. Erickson, delegate  to the legislative
assembly of  the Washington Educational Association;  and Miss Mary E.
Rich,  member of executive committee.  Miss Delia L Keeler, who represented
 the Faculty Forum at the  regional meeting of the Washington  Educational
Association held in  Seattle, Saturday, January 12, gave  a report" of the
proceedings of the  meeting.  Bible Institute to  Hold Meeting Today  Mrs.
J. Addison Campbell will  speak this afternoon at four o'clock  in room 208
at the meeting of the  Bible Institute/ which is celebrating  its twentieth
anniversary  This evening ,at 7:30, in room 208,  Dr. Georgia B. Sattler
will lecture  oh. "Internal, arid External Evidence  of the Bible."
Tomorrow, the meeting  will be held at Lake Whatcom,  at "The Firs". This
will be the main  event to celebrate, the twentieth  anniversary of the
Institute. . •  I t is earnestly hoped that stiir  dents will turn
put for1 these meetings  since they will prove to be very  worth ;while.
gt;;.^ ;*:  Sunday afternoon at 3:0Q o'clock  both Dr. ;Sattler. and Mrs.;
Cairip-bell  will lectured This wUlY:^  Fannie Ragland  The members of 
tlie faculty and  student body regret  to hear that  Miss Fannie Ragland 
is leaving at  the end of January  to accept a  position in Cincinnati 
Ohio, as  assisant superin-  BOARD DF CONTROL  ELECTION HELD IN  TODAY'S 
tendent of schools, in charge of upper  grades.  Miss Ragland has been
supervisor  of the city school student teachers  in the upper grade.
curriculum for  the past three and half years. Previous  to coming here she
had been  co-operating teacher in the Cincin-ati  schools having
supervision of the  fifth year students of the University  of Cincinnati,
who teach one half  of the time in the public schools.  She is a graduate o
fthe Miami University,  Oxford, Ohio; and received  her master's degree
from Columbia  University.  Ohio being her home state, Miss  Ragland has
many acquaintances  and friends to welcome her return,  home.  Cincinnati
is situated on the Ohio  River. According to Miss Ragland,  the surrounding
country, while not  treeless and not without hills, like  most places
possesses its own peculiar  charm, yet the West with its  mountain peaks,
lakes and forests  beside the waters of Puget Sound  has an irresistible
charm to most  people who come to BeUingham. t  "I have had many thrills
and interesting  experiences out here in the  West," she stated. "Seeing
pussy(  willows «blooming in December, roses  on the table at
Christmas time, and  crocuses during the last days of  January are things I
shall never  forget. This made it very hard  for me to make a decision." 
Miss Ragland has done an outstanding  piece of work in her connection  with
the upper grade student  teachers in - t h e city and her  leaving is
regretted very much. Her  place will be taken by Miss Elsie  Wendling from
Columbia University.  o  Luncheon Given to  Nurse Specialist  Dr. Mary
Dabney Davis, nursery,  kindergarten and primary specialist  for the Bureau
of Education in  Washington, D. C, spoke to faculty  members, students and
members of  the A. A. U. W. at Edehs Hall at  luncheon on Saturday, January
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^^mmmmMmMlX  Normalite  ^ ^ ^ | l ^ i | p i ^  lt; i t k i 3 r : ) ^
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PRINTING  gt;CO., Printers.  BeUingham National Bank Bldg.,, Bellingham,
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copies 5 cents  ^$:';";::'!: .Vv^:: •-;,;j";.';Advertising.Rates-on
Application.' ." v.. •;":.. A  Addressall commuhicat'ibna, other than
news items, to The Business Manager  I?" - ^ fe of the l^rthwest
diking/Bellingham, Washington  EDITORIAL STAFF  SiSBABtNEY; CHICHESTER 
;j^gQCMHppW,;:;LEEN. .:....„......  i^#CiSTHERINE MORSE  HSBEN
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.....^.......Editor  ....Associate, Editor  Assistant Editor 
........Sports Editor  ........Society Editor  ..;. Faculty Advisor  HARRY
APPLETON ...Business Manager-  - • ' • ' - • ; . SPECIAL
STAFF WRITERS- • •  : Dolly Anderson Mary Elizabeth Fowler
Myrtle Bergh  Joe Hermsen Paul Howell Dorothy Sasse  Irene Schagel Carlyle
Jones  Jack Gudmunson  (Continued from Page One)  ALL ABOUT LIBRARIES  '
FILIPINOS BOOKS,  ;'.;:•" K•.••'.'''   Q U A D S" 
^Lincoln Brown  Lawrence Dufraine  •;.? Genevieve Warren  REPORTERS 
George Benson  Claire Patterson  Edna B. Finley  Beth Caley  William
Thompson  Roy Sundstrom  T H E CASCADE T U N N EL  Proud Mountain, whose
strength availed naught against skill,  Stony heart that was pierced by
puny mans will,  And now a slave!  Tamed by men who toiled night and day. 
To find the best, not the easiest Way—  V Precious time to save. 
Eight miles of darkness-—out to the sun,  A train shrieking thru and
brains had won,  That was all. ' •  But how trivial we, with our woes
"when compared  To those who squared their shoulders and dared  That stone
wall!  —D. A.  H A P P I N E S S  Of all the values of our lives, 
The one we like to stress  Is one with which the world is rife  This one
called -happiness.  But if we THINK, we must confess  There's just one way
to solve it,  The only way to happiness  It just forget about it.  V JOHN D
O E A T T E N D S NORMAL  John Doe came to Bellingham Normal for athletics.
Of course he  thought that perhaps incidentally he would acquire some
education,  knowledge that might some day be drawn upon should the occasion
arise  which demanded such extreme effort; but primarily he had come to 
participate athletically as well as socially.  John registered for the
subjects offered, because they were required,  rather than for any
particular desire to digest their contents. He expended  a minimum of
effort on his assignments, but being endowed with a mental  ability which
rated an intelligence quotient of " A " , he was able to  survive the
examinations and receive average grades.  Things went along smoothly and
pleasantly for some time! During  his( second year he was required to take
several courses in Education.  Much to his surprise his grades began to
jump up a bit. Almost without  a realization" of the fact he was actually
becoming interested to a certain  degree, and was beginning to think, of
course not very deeply, but we  may say he used his mind to a slight extent
on rare occasions. Before very  long he began to realize the meaning of
some of these things that lie  hidden elusively beneath this big word
"Education".  Next he was faced with that almost difficult task of* all
questions to  1 answer, ''shall I really journey into the unknown depths of
the training  school and do my student teaching?" Since John was one of
these daring  young men who occasionally remark that they will try anything
once, he  cast his ballot in favor of the three-month training school term,
a rash  decision, but a noble one.  To cut a lengthy story off abruptly, we
might say that John Doe actually  liked teaching, and since graduation has
gone to the top by leaps  and bounds. He is now one of our foremost
educators; this one time  shiftless student who carelessly picked a straw
from the straw stack of  education, and.found it actually interesting.  TWO
HUNDRED AND NINETY  YEARS : AGO THE HARVARD  LIBRARY WAS STARTED WITH  400
BOOKS. AND TODAY THE  HARVARD LIBRARY HAS NEARLY;  THREE MILLION VOLUMES. 
THE . ANNUAL AVERAGE INCREASE  I S PLACED AT ABOUT  65,000 VOLUMES^ _  W S.
N; S.  Pullman Wash.—According to the  Washington State Evergreen, W.
S..  C, an approximate total of 37,000  books per month are read by State 
college students,:. Of these 37,000,  about 14,500 are periodicals, and an 
equal number., are., special reserve Ibooks assigned by instructors, and 
the remainder, of 8,000, are books  taken from the main desk. Of this 
number only 93 took away books on  general subjects. Literature ranks 
first in the survey having 79 adherents  on the average as against  68 for
sociology. Third place goci  to history with 59.:. Only nine were  moved to
read about religion on the  day the count was taken.  W. S. N. S- — 
Quadrangles, familiarly called  quads, have long been the main  building
layouts of eastern schools.  They have been proven highly efficient, 
symmetrical, and beautiful.  Still they are increasing in popularity,  for
school after school in the  east is ordering the quad. Good  examples of
such can be found at  the University of Chicago,. Yale  University just
yesterday gave contracts  for four of them. Mid-western  colleges are
pushing their buildings  together, bending in their terraces,  and moving
their out-of-the-way  structures toward a common  hub.  But it has not been
until here  of late that western institutions  have taken cognizance of
this  square. The College of Puget Sound  is aiming at the quad idea in
their  extensive building program which  will run over a period of about 
twenty-five years. Washington  State college has had it for nearly  thirty
years.  And now the University of Washington  has seriously considered a 
quadrangle to be centered around  its traditional 'frosh pond." Washington 
has already., a., good start'  with its new Physics building and  new
library as bulwarks... The proposed  missing links will be asked  of the
1929 state legislature.  Canadian colleges have the foursquare  also,
especially in' eastern  Canada. ~ Several quads are being  gradually-built
by the University of  British Columbia, Vancouver. Their  campus, winch is
very extensive, yet  much in the rough .will be one of  the structural
beauties of the Pacific  Coast a few years from now.  o  We've come to the
conclusion that  the gardeners had high hopes of  profiting by nature when
the windstorm  blew a tree down on the  campus last quarter.—But
after  waiting in vain for a like accident,  they have decided to give up
and  cut down the others.  —. o 
MflfWVWWVflftfWWWWWVWWrVW^^^W^r^M^^^^ft  Wevnotice in tlie last issue of
the  school paper another attack on the  attitude of the students toward
assemblies;  What is the purpose of  the school paper if not for printing 
such hews of the school as will interest  the students?  Are our
discourtesies toward these  visiting artists unknown to .us?  Have we not
been told of them before  and should we riot be aware of  them if possessed
of even a mediocre  intelligence? Certainly! We  know them very well for we
have  seen an average of three student  opinions each quarter to remind us 
Of them.  Our attitude tends to change as  we grow into the ways of the
school  and come to realize the purpose of  these bi-weekly assemblies Why,
 then, clutter up. the Viking with a  criticise of some deficiency of 
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Once again the Bangers took the  ooant from the hands of the
Vikings.  If the Vikings don't treat  their visitors a little more gentle- 
•lanly, it will be hard to get anyone  to pay them a visit in the
fnure.  * ' • * * • * . ..  It seems that the Rangers jusi 
came to Bellingham to take a bump  on the nose. The same thing happened  to
them last year, when they  were here.  * * * *  HERE IS MORE POWER TO  THE
VIKINGS.  * * * * ,  The biggest trouble with this  school is that the
students are not  attending the games.  The game last Saturday was a  very
interesting one to watch. The  team merits all the student support  that
can be mustered.  * « * *  i . ••*''..  This week the
Vikings will meet  the Rothchilds Stevedores' quintet  from Seattle. This
should be a  real test of the Viking skill as a  hoop team.  The Viking
teams will need more  support or this season will not be a  financial
success. Last week the  gaie receipts weer not even sufficient  to
reimburse the referee.  Things are in a soiry stale when  the team-does not
get enough support  to pay the referee for his services.  • $ * * * 
BIOGRAPHY  . They say that McLaughlin is an  up-and-comer in the list of
hoop  prospects. Perhaps it will be well  to look into his past for a few
minutes  and see just how he merits this  recognition..:-McLaughlin comes
to  this instituion from Ballard High,  Seattle, where he was chosen as
all-city  end in football (1927) and all-city  guard., in., basketball..
(1928).  ''Mac" won his spurs., in., varsity  football competition this
last football  season., on., the Viking squad.  Now, Mac is coming to the
front and  doing his stuff for the Viking basketball  squad.. And he looks
like a  sure winner.  * * * *  Vanadis Bragi further increased  their hold
on the cellar position in  the intramural race for the bunting.  * . * * * 
The Bragi playing was char-acterizd  by a decided lack of  team passing and
co-operation.  Also, there was no great amount  of interest shown on the
part  of the losers.  * * * «  The Men's club were right up  and
coming. They won the game  from the Bragis by a three to one  score. 
....If Osborne of the Bragi team will  take a tip from us, he would do 
well to step in a box of resin before  going onto the floor to play 
basketball.  * * * *  One was reminded of a cat riding  the back of a large
dog, when Osborne  tried to climb the back of  Johnny Cathers, star guard
for  the Men's club.  * * * *  THAT IS BAD POLICY "OZZY".  * * * *  / / is
suggested that the league  purchase non-skid shoes for those  who find it
difficult to stand-up on  the gym floor.  Thats all... We Thank You, Cur-li
 Cole, for your contributions last  week.  ROTUSKHIUIS M i l TANGLE WI1H 
Opposing Team Will Present Galaxy of Former University  of Washington Stars
as Next Opposition to  Viking Hoop Squad.  Tony Gritsch  ter, but should be
able to handle  their share of the game.  Clark, Thorsen, arid Benson,
Viking  guards, ^ are all experienced,  heady guards and can be expected 
to give the Rothschild forwards  Friday, Jan. 18, at the  Whatcom gym, the
Vikings  will tangle with the  fast Rothschild quintet, of  Seattle.'
Rothschilds, this  year, have one of the two  best teams in Seattle, so 
will give the Vikings plenty  of opposition. The  Rothschild team is
composed,  entirely of former  U. of W. lettermen numbering  among them
Alfie  James, who last year was  picked as All Coast guard.  Playing the
other guard  position will be Johnny  Dalquist. At center is  ' posted
Antoncich, picked  by- experts as the peer of  the Northwest centers. 
Gritch and Peek complete  the visiting line-up.  The Vikings are traveling 
at a fast pace as was  demonstrated last week  against St. Martin's. Alfie 
McClurken, McLaughlin  "and Odell form an exper-iencd,  shifty trio of
forwards.  Dixon and Anderson  at center will get  plenty of opposition
from  Antoncich, opposing cen-plenty  of trouble.  A large crowd is
expected out to  see the game which should prove to  be the basketball
treat of the season.  Girls' Basketball  Getting Under Way  Get Acquainted
With the Game; Don't  Be Like the Fellow in This Story  A whistle shrieks!
A crowd yells.  Then silence. A man clad in white  tosses a brown spheroid
in the air  from the center of the floor. Two  human forms jump after it.
One  hits it. One misses. Eight others  make a mad rush for it. One fellow 
gets it. He passes it to another  fellow. Two fellows grab it. The  whistle
screeches again. The referee  again tosses, the ball into the air.  This
time from the corner of the  floor. And again two shiny bodies  jump. And
again the ball is caught  by some other fellbw. He throws  the ball at the
crowd. Just in time  to save the crowd from disaster,  another player
catches it. He throws  it at the crowd on the other side of  the floor.
Again the referee fellow  blows the whistle. But too late!  The ball
already has gone into the  crowd. Nobody hurt. A fellow  takes it and
throws it to one of his  teammates. OH! It's in the air!  Swish! Whistle!"
The referee holds  up his right hand showing two  fingers. What's that
mean? Oh,  I see. He meant it took two men to  put it through the net.  But
look! They are starting all  over again! What it the idea?  Didn't tha^t
fellow do it right? Funny  thing that those two fellows in  the center of
the floor don't catch  "the ball when that referee tosses it  into the air.
Boy! What a mad  scramble. Those fellows running  their heads off. That
person clad  • in white, chasing them around as a  Shepherd dog does
the cows. All  they seem to think about is get that  ball. Then one .of
them throws it.  At the net under the ring. At the  crowd. Or at one of the
fellows on  trie floor . { T h e y must be angry  with one another. Someone
of them  yells at another. Somebody chases  him. He tries to get away.
Can't  do it, Another fellow throws the  ball at his back.. The coward. And
 they call aU *of this running around  J and jumping,; yelling, chasing one
 ^another, ball ^throwing, • whistle-  Jbkjwing; waving of hands,
screech-ving;;  crowds, b ^ i n g ? o t ; ^ e r ^ i ^ ,  £jii^ulMg t ^
 $©^tife;:;stan^  ling, running and jumping, passing,  turning,
pivoting, throwing, shooting,  scrambling, chasing, action and  display of
feeling and sentiment,  comes under the title, of BASKETBALL.  It is
action. It is thrilling. Interest  is there. Even the one who  can see no
point to the game, can  get a thrill out of,, basketball.  Whether his team
is ahead or behind,  the thrill is there. There is  one thing that is
mentioned in the  above that is missing from our  Normal school contests.
There is  no crowd into which the player can  throw the ball. It is very
evident  that to someone, according to the  foregoing sketch, a basketball
game  is no more than a mad scramble.  Yet interest is - there. So let us, 
you and I, get together on this basketball  situation and see that there 
are some spectators at the game  this week at Whatcom Hi, to help  cheer
the Vikings on to another  victory T h e y need and merit your  support.
Whether you know anything  about the game or not, be  there and someone
will be kind  enough to give you some pointers on  the side. I thank you. 
_ -o— —  This quarter girls' basketball has  been divided into
two sections. Monday  and Wednesday nights in the  big gym, enough girls
turned out for  four teams. A captain has been  chosen for each one of
these teams  and they are: Fern Hall, Burdett  Harlen, Beatrice Johnson and
Joyce  Arnold. Catherine Foster is the  basketball manager.  Tuesday and
Thursday nights  there is a basketball turnout in the  little gym. Helen
Turula and Margaret  Shepherd are he captains and  Reba Moore the manager. 
Teams Lack Accuracy  There is a great deal of interest  and enthusiasm
shown in basketball  this quarter. The girls have  been turning out
faithfully in large  numbers and this promises to be  one of the best
basketball seasons  we've ever had. The girls have been  doing some fast
playing but they  lack accuracy. They are now being  coached to make their
plays more  accurate, for speed is nothing  without accuracy.  STANFORD
HOOP SQUAD  DOWN CALIFORNIA TEAM  3 SWEATERS AWARDED  IN WOMEN'S ATHLETICS 
•In a game featured by many,  fouls and th accurate shooting of H. 
Benson for the Normal and. Hawkins  for the Shell Oilf the Shell Oil 
downed the Normal Super V. by  the score of 48-36.;  The Supers -started
out well and  led at the half 21-i8. In the last  half Hawkins, classy
Shell forward,  rah wild, scoring 14 points. H. Benson  caged some
beautiful baskets for  the Supers while Lundberg showed  some pretty work
at guard. The  line-up follows: '.••--•' ; ^ ^;  Supersr-
 G. Benson (4);.  Thorlakson (6)  Adnerson (2 gt;v»  Lundberg^
lt;8]T'U.  ^; Shell Oil—  ;E. Keplinger (6)  •..„...
Meyers (12)  :,i;iil^ Ta^oK(7 gt;:  L. ^ph1ager^:4)^  Beatrice Johnson
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•P 1MASKBAI1  IS HUGE SUCCESS  Genevieve Evatt and Elizabeth 
l * i f l t ; ' P i Prizes for -the Best  ;ICostnmes; Orchestra Is Good. 
vt^^pjdn't^ive have a good; time?"  ^ ^ i a ^ t ^ ^ : , m i i s i c :
great?" "Weren't  ;\:j8opae% of those costumes screams?"  fc^ Such are the
exclamations and  Opinions heard in the locker room  ?Sand h a i l s t h i
s week since the W. A.  B-A;^ masquerade dance, last Friday  i^Mghtj
v....-;/  liiyjThis realm of fun and make be-  I i iieye opened at eight
o'clock Friday  lt;r4g^^^^Everypne came masked. The  v'all girl school
orchestra consisted  H lt;  Elizabeth Gable at the piano,  •:
yh^tinia Bever, the violin, and Or-  Htjha Young the drums The girls all 
-'claim that it was the very best  ; ?jazz orchestra that could be found  ^
m the Northwest. Father, time  ; danced away gayly, even though he  ^-
didn't; know what his gypsy part-  •gner's name was. The tramps, ho- 
Sboes, ' Chinese maidens, Spanish  •; indies, gypsy girls,
Pocohontas, Time  [ to Retire boy, football hero and  : ; m a i ^ o t h e r
s all enjoyed themselves  tVinimensely.  ? At- nine o'clock Mr. Sam Ford 
took a; flashlight picture after which  . t h e r e was a grand march,
during  which the judges picked the prize  V costumes.  ;-' .Everyone'
unmasked and settled  : down to listen to a most interesting  'program. The
numbers given were  : ia boxing clog, a pianolog, a reading,-  and a group
of modern songs.  A; To climax the evening the judges  /awarded prizes to
Elizabeth Brodt  for her' lovely shepherd's costume,  and to Genevieve
Evatt for her clev-  . er Father Time creation.  ;^
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O—— '  Former Student Is  Bellingham Dentist  Dr. Cinton
Prouty, Who Attended  Normal in 1923„ Takes Over Of-fice  of Dr.
Minton.  • ; y   .  1  Of special interest to Normal students  is the
announcement that Dr.  j . C. Minton has sold his offices in  the
Bellingham National Bank  building to Dr. Clinton Prouty, who  is now
having them remodeled.  T h e y will be opened for use by February.  1. Dr.
Minton, a pioneer dentist  of Bellingham, "will retire after  44 years of
practice. Thirty-two of  \ those years have been spent in this  city. .  ,
! Dr. Prouty was born in Belling-r-  ham and spent his entire life here, 
'prior to attending the North Pacific  Dental college at Portland,  {where
he graduated with honors.  He attended Normal for one  year in 1923 and
still numbers  many Normal students and graduates  among his friends.  I n
taking over the offices of Dr.  Minton, Dr. Prouty says that it will  be
his pleasure.to give the same  faithful and efficient service to his 
"patrons that has been customary  during the long years of practice of  the
retiring doctor.  • ' D r . Minton in turn stated that he  had no
hesitancy in entrusting the  ,; friends of a life-time to the hands  of Dr.
Prouty. The latter opened  up his offices in room 316 last Monday. 
-,,"•:'"•';' ——O— — . .  THE CEDARS  A
On Saturday evening Josephine  * Quackenbush, Inga Kristiarison and  Esther
Anson were hostesses to Virginia  Schmitt from Edens Hall. The  erehing was
spent in music and  bridge. Dainty; refreshments were  served at a late
hour.  : gt; ^Tuesday evening Lepna Irons and  Dorothy Stevenson were the
guests  P of Marie Holzer and Frances Jordan  The occasion was the birthday
 ^anniversary of Marie. The girls  ^Spent; theevening playing cards.
Refreshments  were served late in' the  /•evening..
..•:';'•. *'•-.'•.'  {{Last Monday evening Esther,
An-.  Asqn ehtertained her mother, Mrs;  ^Ajisqn,:; who stopped to visit
here  :1-ipn'\: her way back from a business  Btrip td Centralia. She
motored there  [The attendance in the training  school is increasing
steadily from  about 7 0 % of the total attendance.  ! The student teachers
have shown  a co-operative spirit regarding the  vaccination regulation
which is appreciated  very much by the members  of. the faculty concerned. 
• • . - . • • . * # . * * - , ' . , • '.  The
Junior Viking will not be  issued exactly when scheduled because  of Miss
Crawford's illness. ..  * • * * • • * ' •  Miss
Crawford has been confined  to her home because Of illness the  past few
days! During her absence  the student teachers are gaining  additional
experience carrying the  responsibility of the eighth • grade  room
with Miss Erickson's help.  * * * * ' • •  The first graders
are busy making.:  musical., instruments., during  their free activity
period... They are  working oh such things as violins,  drums and
tambourines.  . ' ' • * ' * • * * •  If you wish to build
a market a  depot, a church, or school, or if you  wish to learn about
bricklaying or  electrical wiring or anything else  that concerns building
a town, just  apply to the children of-Miss Pris-cilla  Kinsman's room. 
They have built a beautiful market  called - t h e Red Robin Market,  in
which -they sell the clay, fruit  and flowers which they have. made.  They
also sell cereals and canned  goods to the inhabitants of the  home
situated on the other side of  the room. |  The building of a city is the i
n -|  teresting project under consideration  now. It will boast a depot and
 train, schoolhouse with playground  apparatus, church, garage, service 
station, fire hall and residences.  Also we must not forget to mention  the
farmhouse and barn with live  stock and farm machinery.  The city will be
constructed out  of blocks, clay and paper, and each  child will carry out
his own ideas  in his own way. Some difficulties  arise since children
haven't had as  much experience as some, of our  engineers, but it is
seldom that a  failure to reach some solution of  the problem occurs, so in
about a  week the city will be complete. The  name will be announced in a
later  issue of the Viking.  — o  THOMAS MANOR  Catherine Smith 
Other Officers are Audrey Gwinnett,  Edith Dyer, and Art Cram;  Club Starts
Them Off Right  The Debate club started the winter  quarter program with a
lively  meting Tuesday night in Room 120.  The meeting was opened, with a 
comic rendition of a children's fairy  dance, acted by Stanley Craft and 
Arthur Cram. Two piano selections  by Miss Edith Dyer ,and a piano  duet by
two members of the club  who, requested their names withheld.  The musical
program ended  with a few minutes of informal  group singing.  The business
meeting was called  to order by the president, and election  of officers
took place. After a  lively campaign Stanley Craft was  pronounced
victorious as presidential  candidate. Andrey Gwinnett,  retiring
president, was elected vice  president; Edith Dyer, secretary-treasurer; 
and Arthur Cram, Viking  reporter.  As is the custom in Debate club,  the
successful candidates were immediately  tested out for efficiency.  A
lively, involved parliamentary  session was held, and our new president 
ably demonstrated his executive  ability, and the secretary  frantically
kept the books. A motion  by Ray Craft, that Herbert  Hoover, be made an
honorary associate  member of the Debate club,  was lost for want of a
second, and  a motion to distribute the treasury  funds among the members
present  was declared impossible, due to lack  of funds  The meeting
adjourned at eight-thirty.  —Art Cram, reporter.  o—  VIKING
MANOR  The four inmates of Viking Manor  held their first house meeting 
Tuesday evening, electing as follows,  president, Willetta Booth, social 
chairman, Kate Peterson.  Clara Bjerke, who has been ill  with the flu,
spent the week-end  at her home in Seattle.  Willetta Booth, who returned
to  school last week, is still suffering  from the aftermaths of the flu. 
Miss Harriet Sanford ,of Edens  Hall was a guest at tea, Sunday  evening. 
o  The Bellingham Little Symphony  'orchestra, is • practicing
diligently  for their coming concert to be held  in the First
Christian,church, Tuesday,  February 12, according to Harold  B. Smith,
conductor.  This concert is to be the second  of a series of three. The
first concert  was given Tuesday, December  18, and was very well received.
This  concert promises to be even better  than the previous performance^ 
The orchestra is composed of  thirty-seven of the best musicians  in the
Northwest. The' personnel  of the orchestra includes a number  of Normal
students: Helen PPPPP