The Exponent, 1936-06-11

              Extends Welcome To All New Students
Coming
vents
MORRISON IN CHARGE
Field To Cover Two Dakotas; Four
Competent Lectures Secured For
Specialized Instruction
Starting in the fall of 1936 North-ern
State Teachers College is pioneer-ing
in the field of Physical Education
Conferences for the two Dakotas. It
is the hope of the Physical Education
Department that the venture will
prove successful enough to warrant
its continuation, and everything will
be done to make this possible.
To date Dr. C. H. McCloy, Research
Professor of Anthropemetry and Phy-sical
Education, University of Iowa;
Miss Mabel Lee, Director of Physic-al
Education for Women, University
of Nebraska; Miss Ruth Diamond, Di-rector
of Physical Education for Wo-men,
University of Omaha; and Mar-shall
Diebold, Director of Athletics
and Basketball Coach at Carleton Col-lege,
have been secured for this pro-gram.
There will be three general meet-ings,
a demonstration, banquet, round
table discussion groups, small demon-stration
and discussion groups for
those who attend. This will be a won-derful
opportunity for those who have
had some teaching of Physical Educa-tion
to collect valuable material for
their work.
All coaches, athletic directors, and
other persons interested in Physical
Education activities are urged to at-tend.
The conference will be held
some time in November. For further
information write J. C. Morrison.
S. D. E. A. PRESIDENT
TO LECTURE JUNE 11
On June 11, Bernard Linn will give
an assembly lecture. Mr. Linn holds
the important position as president of
the S. D. E. A. and is also superinten-dent
of schools in Meade County. Dur-ing
his term of office as county super-intendent,
he has built up a fine extra-curricular
program for rural schools;
issued a financial guidance bulletin for
school fairs; a Y. C. L. bulletin which
scored first, twice in the State Fair,
and once at the State Y. C. L. conven-tion.
Through his untiring efforts in co-operative
work with his teachers,
Meade County has won seven prizes
in the state spelling contest, including
two firsts; it won the sweepstakes
prize for school exhibits at the state
fair in 1933 and in 1935; and it took
first in the Y. C. L. speaking contest
in 1934.
Mr. Linn speaks the Sioux language
—possibly an index of a personal trait
for he must have a genuine, sympa-thetic
interest in people to secure the
fine cooperation he has been given by
school officers, teachers, and children
of Meade County.
Lawrences Attend
U. of S. D. Graduation
President and Mrs. C. G. Lawrence
visited friends at Canton and Spring-field
enroute to Vermillion during the
past week when they attended the
conferring of an honorary degree of
Doctor of Science upon their son,
Ernest, by the University of South
Dakota, last Monday. It is expected
that Dr. and Mrs. Ernest Lawrence
will return to Aberdeen for a few days
visit at his parents' home.
June 11-12—Science Institute
June 12—All-school dance
June 15-19—English Institute
June 16—Prof. F. L. Schuman,
8:15
June 17—Prof. Schuman, assm.
June 18—W. P. Beard, assm.
June 22—Lee Trio, 8:15
June 24—Howard Dawson, assm.
June 26—Scheurer Str. Quartet,
8:15
June 30—Greater College Band.
8:15
July 6—Dr. J. C. Tjaden, assm.
July 10—Summer session closes
July 13-Aug. 21—Biological Sta.
session
The Exponent
Northern State Teachers College
VOLUME XXXIV ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA, JUNE 11, 1936 NUMBER 32
"JOURNEY'S END" IS
STRONG AGAINST WAR
SOLBERG HAS LEAD
Miss Covington Directs Powerful War
Drama In Second Performance
— —
"Journey's End," the commence-ment
play, an intensely dramatic pro-duction,
was repeated for the benefit
of the summer school students, on
Thursday evening, June 4.
The scene is laid in a dugout in the
British trenches and depicts all the
horrors of war with tremendous vivid-ness,
the acting being of an exception-ally
high order. Captain Stanhope,
the lead, played by Malcoln Solberg,
touched the hearts of everyone. Karl
Goerz and William Steele ably sup-ported
him, both carrying powerful
parts. The careless, happy-go-lucky
officer was played by Ralph Dunker.
Owen Campbell gave a vivid picture
of an officer, overcome by fear and the
horrors of war. The impersonal col-onel
was portrayed by Malcolm Har-din,
and Howard Walker gave an im-personation
of the typical non-com.
John Barstow as camp cook and James
Levang as the jovial Lieutenant Trot-, Weeks. In 1934, the capital outlay
ter helped to relieve the terrible ten- 1 0f the school system was $97,000,000.
sion. Roger Swihart played the part , The 85,000 teachers and others in the
of a private soldier; Jack Phelan, a system comprise a large payroll, and
runner; and William Ochs, a German a decrease in their salary is reflected
soldier, captured in a raid. ! in business.
The staging of the play and the I Education has increased the wants
lighting and sound effects were mar- of people for the things the business
velous. Prof. E. K. Baillie, Gerald man has to sell. It has increased the
Grotbeck, Prof. Nels Johnson, and demand for telephones, preventive
Lyle Weishaar are to be complimented dentistry, and hospitals. "The edu-on
their fine work. cated man is a good market. Educa-
Miss Covington, the director, pro- tion has pushed on the frontiers of
duced a wonderful effect and is to be knowledge and has developed new us-congratulated
on her success. No es for this knowledge as well as new
better argument against war could industries.
possibly be urged. A more literate, more healthful
An indication, of the impressiveness type of individual has been developed.
of the play was the fact that there Life expectancy has increased from
was little applause; everyone was so
overcome by the emotion of the last
scene that applause would have seemed
sacrilegious.
PHELAN TO ATTEND
ANNAPOLIS ACADEMY
James Phelan has been notified of
his appointment to the Annapolis ac-ademy
of the United States navy, with
instruction to report there June 19.
Passing entrance examinations in com-petition
with several other youths,
James received his appointment from
Senator Peter Norbeck.
A graduate of Central high school
here in 1934, James attended the Nor-thern
State Teachers college for two
years, where he attained recognition
for scholarship. He was a member of
Sigma Delta Epsilon, science and ma-thematics
fraternity, and of Sigma
Tau Delta, national honorary English
fraternity.
James has been active in Boy Scout
work and in the local De Molay or-ganization.
An Eagle Scout, the high-est
rank attainable in the organization
he was presented with the award by
Commander Richard E. Byrd, famed
Arctic explorer, at Sioux Falls when
only 13 years old.
Teachers Don't Know All
During the summer session there
are numerous rural teachers on the
campus who recall peculiar answers
given by their students in examina-tions.
Only a person with teaching
experience can appreciate some of the
real humor in them. We often won-der
if the pupil is not basically the
teacher. You be the judge. These are
some answers taken verbatim:
You should take care of your skin
because you would look terrible with-out
any.
To retain your health breathe ten
times every day in fresh air.
A drone is a bee which sets around.
Boycott—a place of rest—a bed.
Reed discovered yellow jaundice.
Every time you stick your fingers
into your mouth you get a disease.
The unit of the nervous system is
the ear.
The color of the skin is a flesh-like
color unless you are an Indian or a
negro or a different race or sunburned.
The body is cooled by taking baths.
The digestive system is composed
of the mouth and the stomick.
Two results of the Civil War were
that most of the people were killed
and wounded.
Three generals and for whom they
fought: Lincoln fought for England;
Jefferson for peace; and Washington
for War.
Wind is a bag of air.
Take good care of the eyes because
you will miss them plenty when they
are gone.
Physical Education
Conference Is Planned
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PROF. SCHUMAN TO SPEAK
Prof. Frederick L. Schuman, inter-preter
of world affairs, and professor
of political science at the Universtiy
of Chicago, will speak at the College
auditorium on Wednesday, June 17, as
another feature of the lecture course
for the summer session.
Dr. Schuman comes to use as one of
the outstanding personalities of the
year. His ability as a teacher, lectur-er,
and writer has awarded him much
academic and world recognition. In
addition to his appointment as Re-search
Director of the University of
Chicago Rotary Club Survey Commit-tee,
his world travel, his tour of the
continent in 1928, his life in Paris in
1929-30, he was eye-witness of the
Nazi Revolution in Germany in 1933.
Dr. Schuman's subject for discus-sion
has not been definitely announced
but his program of lectures covers ev-ery
live international question of the
world today.
"The New Republic" says of him,
"He is keenly alive to the world's real-ities
and illusions." His keen sense
of humor will fascinate you to the
end. Don't miss his lectures on the
evening of June 17.
Enrollment Shows
A 23% Increase
An increase of 86 students at the
1936 summer school session at North-ern
State Teachers College over last
year's enrollment on Monday of the
second week brought the total enroll-ment
up to 455, Registrar Mabel Es-pelien
announced. This amounts to an
increase of 23% over the 369 enroll-ment
at this same time last year.
Many of the students have been de-layed
in enrolling because of unusual-ly
long teaching terms. On Monday
of this week 14 people made arrange-ments
for attending the summer term.
Perhaps a larger number of Catho-lic
sisters are in attendance this year
than ever before, 31 being enrolled. A
large number of the sisters come from
Mitchell and make their home in the
housekeeping apartments of Graham
Hall. Many from the local Presenta-tion
Academy are also enrolled.
COFFER-MILLER PLAYERS
PRESENT MOLIERE PLAY
With Mr. Jess Coffer playing the
lead in "The Merchant Gentleman,"
the Coffer-Miller Players presented
the first of two plays in the college
auditorium last Monday evening. This
play was a comedy in three acts and
with Mr. Coffer as Monsieur Jourdain,
supported by Miss Martha Miller, as
Madam Jourdain, who so ably match-ed
wits with her somewhat irrational
husband, the play furnished good en-tertainment
for the evening.
Mr. Neil Smith as Monsieur le Com-te,
alias Jodelet, played a strong part
as a rather doubtful friend to Mon-sieur
Jourdain, while Baptist, a ser-vant
played by Mr. Joseph Marlowe;
and Lisette, a maid, played by Miss
Shirley Jolliffe, each added interest
to the play.
No scenery was used except a cur-tain
forming the background. This
custom was often followed at the
time of King Louis XIV for plays were
then performed informally within the
palace.
ENGLISH INSTITUTE
TO OPEN NEXT WEEK
Dr. Herbert Hiett announces that
Dr. Homer C. House, head of the Eng-lish
Department at the University of
Maryland, will conduct the English
Institute on the campus during the
week of June 15.
Dr. House will discuss various
phases of creative poetry and prose
and give several lectures on the Eng-lish
language. He comes highly re-commended
as a teacher and lecturer
and is the author of many poems.
Last year he published a volume of
poems entitled "Sun Dance."
Dr. J. C. Lindberg, editor of "Pasque
Petals," will head the poetry clinic,
while Dr. Hiett will be in charge of
the prose problems.
The institution is open to anyone in-terested
in poetry and prose. One
hour of credit may be earned if de-sired.
Guhin Offered
Trip to Europe
A very definite honor has come to
Prof. M. M. Guhin through an invita-tion
from the Oberlaender Trust and
the Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation
for a free trip to Europe.
The purpose of this offer is to ac-quaint
outstanding educators with
German speaking countries. For this
reason most of the time will be spent
in Germany. The trip is scheduled to
start sometime in August and the re-turn
will be made sometime in Novem-ber.
The offer includes all expenses
paid.
Last year the group sent across
numbered six; this year it will num-ber
ten. The "Exponent" feels that
this is a distinct honor that has come
to Mr. Guhin and one which is richly
deserved. We hope that arrangements
can be made so that he will be able to
accept the offer.
Lectures on Education
A new lecture course is being of-fered
in the Department of Education
under the title, "Study of Our Own
Problems;" it carries one term hour
credit and is open to senior college
students and experienced teachers on
approval of the department. The
course consists of twelve lectures, all
dealing with current educational prob-lems
and topics. The subjects and
speakers are:
1. State Support of Education.
President I. D. Weeks, University of
South Dakota, June 4.
2. Further Consolidation of South
Dakota Schools. R. W. Kraushaar,
State High School Supervisor, June 5.
3. Consumer Cooperatives and
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Weeks Assembly Speaker
Dr. Seymour opened the first gen-eral
assembly of the summer session
last Thursday morning by welcoming
new and old students to Northern.
After a series of announcement he in-troduced
President I. D. Weeks of the
South Dakota University. President
Weeks was at one time an instructor
at Northern, later serving as State
Superintendent of Public Instruction
i'nd now is President of the State Un-iversity.
The business of education is in it-self
an important industry, said Mr.
twenty-one years in the sixteenth cen-tury
to fifty-eight at present. The
educated person is of a higher type,
and a better man than an uneducated
one, because of the new outlets open-ed
up for his surplus energy, and use
of his leisure time. Thus he becomes
a better employee.
Mr. Weeks summed up his remarks
by defining education as that which
enables the individual to adjust him-self
to his environment so that he and
society are both raised to higher
standards.
CHANGING TRENDS IN
SECONDARY EDUCATION
E. W. Kraushaar, a graduate of
Northern in 1921, now state supervis-or
of secondary education at Pierre,
spoke before the assembly last Thurs-day
on "The Changing Trends in Sec-ondary
Education." He said, "The
best job done by our high schools in
the past was to prepare people to go
to college." But since eighty-five per
cent of our high school graduates nev-er
go to college he recommends that
we prepare the larger proportion for
life. This requires more stress upon
agriculture, home economics, general
shop, industrial arts, forensics, music,
sculpturing, painting, and other prac-tical
subjects which every student uses
in daily life. He especially encourag-ed
students to fit themselves for prac-tical
purposes in their immediate com-munity,
and recommended that the
new project of the five-year vocational
course used in the Aberdeen City
Schools is one of the best advance-ments
in recent educational methods.
Mr. Kraushaar has many interest-ing
facts at his command because of
his broad experience. Twenty years
ago there was no high school band in
the state; now we have 150 such
bands; we formerly had no individual
training, now we stress the education
of the individual. He prophesies a
well-rounded practical program for
future education.
GOV. BERRY APPOINTS
LINDBERG AS DELEGATE
J. C. Lindberg, Northern State Tea-chers
College; Miss Mabel K. Rich-ardson,
librarian at the University of
South Dakota; and Badger Clark,
South Dakota's well known poet, have
been designated by Gov. Tom Berry,
to act as delegates to represent South
Dakota at the Congress of American
Poets which will be held in New York
City, June 14 to October 12.
Gov. Berry, in a communication with
Mr. Lindberg stated that he had been
invited by Dr. Edwin Markham, chair-man
of the congress, and dean of Am-erican
poets, to designate a number
of South Dakota poets to represent
this state at thd sessions.
BIOLOGICAL STATION
WILL OPEN JULY 13
The Biological Station at Lake En-emy
Swim will begin its annual ses-sion
July 13 and continue for six
weeks. Courses in Animal Biology
and Plant Biology will be offered.
Students who attend may gain eight
or nine credit hours for the term.
Eight academic credit hours and one
hour of Physical Education is the nor-mal
load for those who attend.
All the courses will be adjusted to
suit the needs of the individual. Those
who plan to teach in rural schools
may select the phases of any subject
which best suits their program of tea-ching.
Likewise those preparing to do
urban or high school teaching may ad-just
the work and emphasize those
phases which have been found by ex-perience
to constitute the best back-ground
for these groups.
There are no prerequisites for these
beginning courses and anyone wheth-er
or not he has pursued biology in
high school or college may enroll.
Three Men Attend
Olympic Try Outs
Athletic Director Carberry has an-nounced
that Joe Engelhart, John
Hohler, and Robert Wear, members of
this years track team will go to Min-neapolis,
June 12, where they will par-ticipate
in the Olympic trials. Joe
Engelhart will be entered in the 100
and 220 yard dashes while Wear and
Hohler will compete in the one-half
mile event. Engelhart's best record
is 9.8 for the 100 yard dash while
Hohier's best time in a regular meet
this year for the one-half mile was
1.58:3. Wq are expecting the boys to
give a good account of themselves.