The Exponent, 1950-02-24

              The Exponent
Volume 48, Number 10
Northern State Teachers College
February 24, 195()
Bette Carey To Represent S. D. At Chicago
NORTHERN SOPHOMORE
KAUFMAN CONCERT TO BE PRESENTED NSTC Speech
Team in Accident
Cinderella - Theme
Of 1950 Fairyland
"Cinderella" was chosen the
theme of the 1950 Fairyland at
the ACE meeting Wednesday
night, February 15. The entire
production of Fairyland will be
based around this theme.
Miss Rosa Lambert, Art super-visor
of the Aberdeen City Schools,
presented many ideas and sugges-tions
on crafts for use in Fairy-land.
Miss Lambert had many
ideas on crafts that the visiting
children of Fairyland might parti-cipate
in, and she gave sugges-tions
of things that might be made
for Fairyland, One of the most
fascinating ideas was weaving a
belt with varigated yarn on straws,
Cardboard looms make an inter-esting
craft. This type of loom en-ables
weaving on both sides, and a
finished product may result with-out
the usual sewing of two to-gether,
Miss Lambert had many
suggestions for using felt, for clay
modeling, and for painting designs
on stones,
The meeting was adjourned, and
refreshments were served by the
Lunch committee,
Official Notices
All students on the campus are
expected to complete their regis-tration
Monday, March 6th. Do
not come to the Gymnasium after
4:00 P.M. and expect to complete
your registration after 5:00 P.M.
All students should register for
100 and 200 required courses as
early as possible. It is not possi-ble
to avoid conflicts between
these courses and 300 and 400
courses during the student's sen-ior
college year.
If you receive a term program
before registration day, bring it
with you when you register. Other-wise
we can not continue to give
out programs before the day of
registration.
E. A. Bixler
Sweetheart Ball
Is Success
The college gym was the scene
of the annual Sweetheart Ball,
February 18. The gym was ap-propriately
decorated with soft
lights, large red hearts, and red
and white streamers. Music was
supplied by the Johnny Cacavas
Orchestra. Since the Sweetheart
Ball is one of the outstanding
events of the year it gave the Nor-thern
students an opportunity to
be on dress parade. Approximate-ly
fifty five couples attended. It
appeared to be one of the most
successful Valentine events ever
to be held on the campus,
On behalf of the student body,
the EXPONENT takes this oppor-tunity
to express our appreciation
to the Student Council who made
the ball possible.
Pot and Mike
Dance Planned
The Princess Pat and Prince Mike
formal will be held in the college
gym March 17, St. atrick's Day.
The dance will be sponsored by
the "N" Club and plans for elab-orate
decorating has been com-pleted.
Princess Pat and Prince Mike
will be chosen by student vote.
Petitions for candidates are not
available in the public relations
office. March 11 is the deadline
for filing the petitions.
Summer School
Plans Made
Plans for the 1950 Summer
School sessions have been made.
The sessions will run from June
5 to July 7 and from July 9 to
August 11. There will be no ten
week classes this summer. prac,
tice teaching will be offered the
first six weeks. Most of the reg.,
ular teachers will be here this
summer. A special teachers' work-shop
will be held,
By special arrangement with the
National Concert and Artists Cor-poration
of America, Northern will
bring Louis Kaufman, world fam-ous
violinist, teacher, and concert
artist, to the NSTC campus for a
Thursday evening. He will be ac-companied
by his wife, who is also
a well known pianist and accom-panist.
Mr. Kaufman's program will
feature old classics — "Adagio"
by Gueseppe Tartini and "Partita
in D minor" by Johonn Sebastian
Bach. Romantic compositions like
the beautiful "Sontata in A min-or,
Opus 105" by Robert Schu-mann,
and "Scherzo" by Franz
Schubert will constitute the second
part of his program. Modern
numbers will include "Shugarian
Dance in F major" by Brahms-
Kreisl•r, "Havanaise" by Camille
Saint-Souls, "Danza" (Samba) by
Harold Triggs, and "Hoe Down"
by Aaro Copland. A novelty num-ber
"Allemande in Swing" by Rob-ert
Bennett and a Negro spiritual
composed by the great Negro com-poser,
William Grant Still, and ar-ranged
by Mr. Kaufman himself
will also be played. These last
numbers unique in violin litera-ture,
will conclude the program.
Mr. Kaufman recently rediscov-ered,
at Brussels, the first edi-tion
of the eight lost violin con-certos
by the 17th century Ital-ian
composer, Antonio Vivaldi.
His interest in the search grew af-ter
he had recorded four known
concerbos of a group, which are
entitled "I Quattoro Stagioni."
The twelve concertos, which are
considered among the earliest pro-gramme
music, have been referred
to as Ur,• most momental works of
the violin repertoire.
Mr. Kaufman will play several
numbers at the assembly program
Friday, March 10, at 9:40. He
will also give a special Master's
class for string instruments, es-pecially
violin, in the music stu-dios
on Friday afternoon 2 p.m. -
4 p.m.
College students and the public
are cordially invited to attend the
evening concert. Students will be
admitted to the concert on activity
tickets. The general public will
be charged an admission.
The Mus-Ed Club will have a
reception after the concert for
those who wish to meet Mr. and
Mrs. Kaufman. On Friday even-ing
the music faculty will enter-tain
the honored guests. Mr. and
Mrs. Kaufman will be Aberdonian
visitors until Saturday afternoon.
ACE Scholarship
To Be Awarded
The Association for Childhood
Education club of Northern State
Teachers College recently voted to
present a one quarter scholarship
including tuition and all regular
fees to a worthy and needy stu-dent
entering college here next
fall. This scholarship will be open
to anyone taking the two year
primary-kindergarten or intermed-iate
curricula. The scholarship will
be presented to some worthy high
school senior who has shown out-standing
ability throughout high
school and who is interested in
coming to Northern; but needs
some financial aid, in -order to at-tend
college.
Miss Margaret Briscoe and Mrs.
Ruth Mattila, advisor to the ACE,
stated that the club felt there was
a definite need for more teachers
in this field and that by giving
this scholarship, more girls might
be encouraged to enter primary-kindergarten
and intermediate
teaching.
Northern speakers accompanied
by P. J. Harkness were in an acci-dent
two miles north of Hartford,
South Dakota, last Friday morn-ing.
Running through a stop sign
an intoxicated driver turned into
Harkn•ss's car on Highway 38.
Ronnie Fisher, who was driving,
had presence of mind to swerve the
Northern ear and save the lives
of his passengers. Jerreta Hayes
and Patricia Palmer riding in the
front seat were thrown to the
pavement. The girls received cuts
and bruises. Miss Hayes was dis-missed
from the hospital Saturday,
and Miss Palmer, who suffered
several cracked ribs, came back to
Aberdeen Monday where she is at
present confined to the infirmary.
Mrs. Palmer of Lead accompanied
her daughter to Aberdeen.
Damage to the Harkness car was
around eight hundred dollars. The
car and passengers were insured.
Band Concert
Presented
The first formal band concert
of the season was the feature at-traction
on the campus Wednesday
evening, February 22. Northern's
band is under the direction of Pro-fessor
Harvey Moen.
The "First Roumanian Rhap-sody,"
by Enesco, and "1812 Over-ture"
by Tschaikowsky were the
outstanding features on the pro-gram.
Three students, Virgil
Kearney, Brooks Cole, and Wil-fred
Brusse appeared in a cornet
trio playing "Polka Dots," by
Bucktel. "Concert March" by
Moore was directed by Wilfred
Brusse, a student conductor. Oth-er
numbers on the program were:
"Bells across the Meadows" (Char-acteristic
Intermezzo) by Ketel-bey,
"Second Suite in F major" by
Holst (First Movement), "Aguero
Paso-doble" by Franco, "Alouet-ta"
by Fred, and "The Purple
Pageant" (March) by King.
The personnel of the band is as
follows: Flute, Mavis Anderson;
Clarinets, Elby Coy, Richard
Schlepp, Bill Pickrell, Anne Will-iams,
Helen Thomas, Lucille Rein-ecke,
Johnny Cacavas, and Alice
LaDue; Bass clarinet, Bill Warren;
Alto saxophone, Jean Scott and
Patsy Grover; Tenor saxophone,
Wallace Young; Baritone saxo-phone,
Bryce Herrick; Cornets,
Tom Garsch, James Moen, Brooks
Cole, Vergil Kearney, Bruce Bail-lie,
and Roland Loomis; French
horns, Windell Garwood, Richard
Johnson, and DeLoyd Hochstetter;
Trombones, Wilfred Brusse, Nor-bert
Schackelman, Charles Pyne,
Lincoln Henry, and Audrey Zweep;
Baritones, Stanley Brooks, Willis
Fleming and Wendell Marshall;
Bass horns, Leo Arntz, Nadine
Headley, and Merlyn Aman; Per-cussion,
Arthur Perretta, Jacque-line
Anderson, and Don Larsen.
Proceeds from the concert will
be used to finance a band tour
March 13-15.
Boy Born To
Thompson's
On February 20th a stork bear-ing
a large bundle landed at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Thomp-son.
Upon opening the bundle it
was discovered that it contained
a 7 pound 8 ounce baby boy. Both
the mother and baby are doing
nicely; the boy will be called Paul
Edward.
Congratulations.
WINS STATE ORATORICAL
Bette Carey of Aberdeen won
first place in Women's Intercol-legiate
oratory at Sioux Falls last
Friday with her oration entitled,
"For Them—Excuses" and will re-present
South Dakota at Chicago
in a National Intercollegiate con-test.
Miss Carey is the seventh
Northern woman to represent
South Dakota in the National In-tercollegiate
contest in the past
twenty years in this contest. The
six previous winners were Evelyn
Mara, Mildred Anderson, Blanche
Batzer, Isabel Shannon, Vivian
Neldon, and Phyllis Roberts.
Miss Carey is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Carey of Aber-deen.
Last year she represented
Northern at the Pi Kappa Delta
Debate Tournament at Peoria, Il-linois.
As a human interest touch in
the contest, Miss Carey had just
been in an auto accident near
Sioux Falls. After taking two of
her injured collegues to the hos-pital,
she appeared to enter the
contest. Preceding her on the
program was a young lady with
an oration of Auto Accidents.
Miss Carey won a unanimous first
from all three judges. She will
go to Chicago the last week of
April.
Other contestants were Randal
Fisher who placed fourth in the
men's oratory, Geraldine Robinson,
Roland Loomis, and Robert Jones.
WSSF Drive
In Spring
Several years ago, a world-wide
student movement was begun to
promote greater educational op-portunity
throughout the world,
especially in backward areas that
had deficient standards and equip-ment.
The movement, completely
independent of governments, was
yet one of the few spontaneous
actions which have received UNI-TED
NATIONS sponsorship. Their
work has been of great value in
a world in which only the desire
to destroy seems to predominate.
The World Student Service Fund
is headed by the capable team of
John Dutch and Mary Parden, who
plan to start the annual drive in
the spring. One of the aims of
the group is to explain its duties
and accomplishments; and for this
they have prepared a movie and a
series of talks and posters.
Miss Lighthall
In Minneapolis
Miss Vera Lighthall, associate
Professor in English, is in Minne-apolis'
Eitel Hospital recovering
from surgery. She was operated
on Monday February 13; and was
in the city a week previous to
the operation. Her sister, Mrs.
Mina Hurst of Fort Dodge, Iowa,
is also in Minneapolis with her.
All reports say that she is recov-ering
quite well; we hope that she
is and that she will soon be able
to be up and around in good health.
Pasque Soon To
Be Completed
The Pasque, Northern's year-book,
is moving into its final sta-ges
before publication. There are
still some pictures that have to
be taken and inserted before it
will be completely made up.
The staff estimates that the
Pasque will be ready for distri-bution
in May.