The Exponent, 1957-05-10

              Jean Lier, Lois Kurtz and Joan Lier, members of the senior class at
Groton High School, are shown admiring the art exhibit that was so
magnificently displayed by the art department at Northern Day. Much
praise must be given to Dr. Pizzat, Mr. Johnson and Mrs. Schwartz for
their hard work in making the display possible.
The Exponent
Volume 55 No. 17
Northern State Teachers College, Aberdeen, South Dakota May, 10, 1957
Dr. Manbeck To Leave Northern
A statewide Industrial Arts Fair
will be held at Northern State
Teachers College on Friday and
Saturday, May 10 and 11. The fair,
the first of its kind to be held at
Northern, is being sponsored by the
Industrial Education Club assisted by
the Ford Foundation.
The Ford Foundation will furnish
prizes and certificates and will pre-pay
the shipping of the sixteen winn-ing
projects to the National Industrial
Arts Fair to be held at Fort Dear-born,
Michigan.
All high school, junior high school,
and elementary school students mak-ing
projects during the school year
1956-57 under the supervision of a
qualified industrial arts instructor are
eligible to enter.
Twenty-five schools in addition to
Rapid City, Lemmon, Sioux Falls,
and Aberdeen have indicated that
they will enter projects.
According to plans, the projects are
to be entered by noon May 10.
They will be judged that afternoon
and remain on display for a public
open house. A dinner will be given
at the Capital Cafe for the judges
and fair committee chairmen. An
awards banquet will be given in the
Hawaiian Room at Northern Satur-day
noon for all participants.
There will be conducted tours on
Friday afternoon of local industries.
The public is invited to view the
outstanding projects on display in
the Ialusir'cil Arts Building.
In addition to certificates of achivc-ment
and medals for first place
winners, Northern is presenting
scholarship of $108 and $75 to the
two outstanding senior entries. Many
business firms interested in the
school industrial arts program have
contributed gifts that will be given
at a drawing during the awards
banquet. A desk set, slide rules, and
pen and pencil sets are among the
gifts to be drawn.
The Industrial Arts Fair, now an
annual event, is intended to encourage
students in the widely expanding
fields of industrial arts and to give
recognition to these students. Mem-bership
to the Industrial Education
Club is open to all industrial arts stu-dents
of Northern and all industrial
arts instructors throughout the state.
Gault Presents Recital
At Northwestern Univ.
Northwestern University School of
Music was the scene of a doctoral
recital given on April 22 by Joyce
Gault, a music instructor of Northern
State Teachers College.
This recital which was in
partial fulfillment of the re-quirements
for the degree of
Doctor of Music, consisted of corn-positions
by Claude Debussy and
Maurice Ravel. Both these composers
found in the piano their chief med-ium
of musical expression; however
their styles and techniques of writing
for the piano were essentially differ-ent.
Miss Gault received her B. A,
in 1950 at Iowa State Teachers Col-lege
and her Master's in Music at
the Northwestern University in 1952.
She was a private piano student of
Gui Mombaerts, an instructor at
Northwestern in 1953-1955.
NSTC Graduate Writes Book
Eleanor Cesander Jenks
NSTC graduate Eleanor Cesander
Jenks' book, The Forward Mouth and
Other Poems, has been published by
Pageant Press, Inc. of New York City.
Mrs. Jenks is the daughter of
Mrs. P. K. Cesander of the NSTC
book store and the late Dr. P. K.
Cesander; who was head of the
psychology department and director
of student publications at Northern
up to his death in 1953.
The Forward Mouth gives
an insight into the tram-meling
of spiritual values by the
mechanization of the modern world.
She pleads for an infusion of spirit
in the world of machinery. The book
treats of the conflict between God
and evil and depicts the life of
Jacob London who although reared
in religious surroundings, shows ten-dencies
of disbelief and rebellion in
youth, which leads to his moral
disintegration and develops into the
feral unbridled torrent of his later
life. Miserable and confused, his
children bear the unhappy marks left
by a man who ignored religious and
social structures.
When Jacob eventually finds the
way to his own salvation, he realizes,
tragically, he was responsible for his
children's downfall. They, only, can
release themselves from evil. The sins
of the father are visited on the
children, but the author makes clear
that the father cannot redeem them
as well.
Mrs. Jenks was born at Stark-weather
N. 'D. and earned her B.S.
degree at Northern. masters de-gree
in English and speech was ob-tained
at Sacramento State College.
BULLETIN
Do Northern seniors want a
class picnic?
Voice your opinion at the class
meeting on Wednesday, May 15,
in Barn-103 at 7 p.m.
Shakespeare's Birthday
Party Is Well Attended
The English Department staff en-tertained
some eighty-five persons at
a Shakespeare Birthday Party on Tues_
day, April 30. The party is an annual
event held about the time of the year
when Shakespeare was born.
Sonia Knudson and Sylvia Jeffery,
first and second place winners re-spectively
of the Lighthall-Welsh es-say
contest, read their prize-winning
selections. Don Haas sang two num-bers.
Dr. G. 0. Kelley spoke on a
comedy version of "Hamlet" he had
seen recently in St. Louis. Dr. Sinnia
Billups introduced Elinor and Helen
Strauss of Aberdeen who showed
slides of their European tour. Robert
W. Schreiber of the English Depart-ment
staff welcomed the guests and
introduced the program.
A large cake decorated by George
Erickson with Shakespeare's name,
his birthplace and the dates of his
life was the center of attention at
the lunch folowing the program.
NOTICE TO ALL STUDENTS
GRADUATING MAY 24
Commencement rehearsal, May 14
at 3:20 P. M. in the Auditorium.
W. J. JERDE, Dean
Junior-Senior Prom Held
The 1957 Junior-Senior Prom was
held in the Northern State Teachers
College auditorium at 9:30 last night.
Music for the evening was provided
by the Collegiates, a group from
Brookings, South Dakota.
Dr. J. Howard Kramer, president
of the college, was guest speaker
at a smorgasbord held in the college
Hawaiin room at 6:30 p.m. Dr.
Kramer spoke on the topic "How do
you sleep?"
Organ music was provided through-out
the meal by Mts. William (Pete)
Arntz who operates the Roof Garden
in Aberdeen.
Senior couples were guests of the
Junior class in that they were ad-mitted
to both the smorgasbord and
the dance without charge. Juniors
were required to pay a fee of $1 to
cover both events.
The Prom had a modernistic theme
this year. All decorations were in
black and white diamonds.
The smorgasbord was prepared by
Mr. George Ericksen, Dining De-partment
Manager.
Auditors Recommend End
To Student-Banking
Discontinuance of the student-banking
services offered at the NSTC
Business Office has been recently re-commended
by Charles J. Weibel and
Jacob J. Becker, examiners for the
state department. The recommenda-tion
was made in the audit covering
the period from Dec. 1, 1954, through
Nov. 30, 1956.
According to Harold Fowler, Busi-ness
Manager, the business office has
been operating with a shortage of
personnel for the past two years. He
explained that for the past 35 years
this banking service has been con-sidered
a business office function and
that it had never been questioned in
past audits.
No decision has been reached as
to whether student-banking shall or
shall not be continued.
Dr. Kelley Addresses Group
"Design of Civilization" was the
subject of the address Dr. G.O.
Kelly, Chairman of the Division of
Language and Literature, delivered
at a recent banquet meeting of Delta
Kappa Gamma sorority.
Obtains Position In III.
by Jack R. Simpson
There exists an old saying that
sooner or later all good ,things must
come to an end. This particular ad-dage,
is about to be proven true
right here on Northern's campus.
Dr. Manbeck
Since September of 1952, the stu-dents
and faculty of NSTC have en-joyed
the outstanding services and
broad smiles of Dr. Maurice W. Man-beck,
Director of Admissions and stu-dent
Personnel. For in spite of be-ing
heavy laden with office duties,
Dr. Manbeck maintains a pleasant
grin for all who approach him. He
is the type of man whom people en-joy
working for and associating with—
a man to be admired.
After July 1, Northernites are go-ing
to miss Dr. Manbeck about the
campus. For at that time, he is de-departing
for Charleston, Illinois
Northern Day Is Lauded
The 1957 Northern Day as praised
in many favorable reports from the
high sch000l superintendents in at-tendance.
When interviewed, the sup-erintendents
stated that the warmth
and friendliness of Northern students
impressed their high school charges
very much. It was noted by some
of the superintendents in the im-mediate
area that many of their stu-dents
had thought that they were
more or less familiar with the or-ganization
of NSTC, only to find
that they had no idea of the scope
of the courses offered.
Kermit Wahl, General Chairman of
Northern Day, estimated the atten-dance
figure as being about 800, with
51 schools registered for the event.
Mr. Wahl went on to say that plans
for Northern Day 1958 are now un-der
way and that with the lessons
learned this year, the forthcoming
Northern Day should be the best
ever.
where he will hold the office of re-gistrar
at Eastern Illinois State Col-lege.
I'm sure that the student body
and faculty of Northern will agree
with me that his leaving will con-stitute
a grave loss to our institution--
not only the loss of a fine educator
and efficient office holder, but also
the loss of a fine, highly-respected
individual from our campus and com-munity.
Early Education
After graduating from Little Falls
High School at Little Falls Min-nesota,
Dr. Manbeck chose to con-tinue
his education at Hamline Uni-versity
in St. Paul. His graduate stu-dies
were carried on at the University
of Minnesota where he received his
M.A. dgree in education and psycho-logy
in 1949 and his Ph. D. in 1954.
As for former experience in ed-ucation,
"Dr. Manbeck taught school
at Lancaster, Minnesota from 1940-
4.1. In 1941-42 he taught at the
Pillsbury Academy at Owatonna,
Minn. At that time, Uncle Sam made
a four-year bid for Dr. Manbeck's
life. He entered the Quartermaster
Corp as private in 1942—he was
discharged in 1946 with the
rank of Captain. Upon leaving the
service, Dr. Manbeck returned to
Owatonna where he taught in the
Academy for another year.
In 1948 Dr. Manbeck took over
the office of Dean of Students at
the University of Minnesota—a job
at which he remained for a period
of two years. The arrival of 1950 saw
him accepting a new position—that
of the Placement Office in the same
university. In addition to his work
with the Placement Office, Dr. Man-beck
served as a part-time math in-structor
at Hamline University.
Sorry to Leave
Although Dr. Manbeck is looking
forward to his new job at Eastern
Illinois State College, he expressed
his sorrow at leaving Northern. "We
have made a great many friends at
Northern and throughout the Aber-deen
area. The decision to change our
home and leave all these friends was
a hard one to make."
"I will miss the presence of the
colorful gypsy clan next fall," sighed
Dr. Manbeck, "but moves as these
inevitably bring about changes—
changes which we must willingly ac-cept."
For myself, as well as the faculty
and student body of Northern State
Teachers College, I offer a vote of
thanks for all that Dr. Manbeck has
done for us. To a man who has known
the tingle of gypsy blood in his
veins, the thrilling sensation of the
brass ring dangling from his ear, a
man who has worn the colored sash
and jingling spangle for Northern for
over five years, I offer a salute.
To you, Dr. Manbeck, to your
wife, Dorothy, and the children, we
wish much success and happiness.
Jean Perkins, 1957 Fairyland Queen, smiles as she reigns over a
group of spellbound children. Fairyland, which is sponsored by the As-sociation
for Childhood Education, was held in the college auditorium
Sunday night.
Statewide Industrial Arts Fair Here Friday