The Exponent, 1960-03-31

              Experimenting for the first time as they record
their voices while reading in Spanish, members of the
conversational Spanish class taught by Prof. Adalene
Hall enjoy Sharon Boehler's version of the lesson. From
left to right, the students are Bobbie Hines, Sharon
Boehler, Charlotte Lindskov, Norma Jennings, Bill Jor-dan,
Mrs. Hazel Meier, Jeff Schumaker, and James
O'Neill. These students will take part in the Foreign
Language Week program which begins April 3.
The Exponent
Volume 58, No. 24
Northern State Teachers College, Aberdeen, South Dakota
March 31, 1960
NSTC May Receive
More Loan Funds
In Concordia Tourney
Assembly Planned Speech Team Rates High
Hanson - Kohlhaas
Named Chairman
For '60 Gypsy Day
Terry Hanson and Mary Kohlhaas
have been appointed co-chairmen for
Gypsy Day, 1960, by the student
council at their March 22 meeting.
Terry Hanson, a sophomore from
Artesian, is majoring in Business Ad-ministration.
He is a member of the
Student Union Board.
Mary Kohlhaas is an Aberdeen
sophomore. She is a physical educa-tion
and drama major and a member
of the Student Union.
A business manager for Gypsy Day
still has to be chosen by the Student
Council.
Gypsy Day is scheduled for Octo-ber
15 next fall. Work on it will start
this spring.
By Student Council
The Student Council has scheduled
an assembly in the College Auditorium
for April 8.
The purpose of the assembly is to
discuss, primarily with non-campus
students, a new formula for selecting
Student Council members.
The plan being proposed would
have each dorm, the married students
housing units and off campus stu-dents
elect council members.
Presently, each class elects council
representatives. Dissatisfaction with
current system has been voiced, since
many students feel closer to residents
of the same dorm than they do to-wards
fellow classmates.
The biggest problem in setting up
this type of representation is the
non-campus residents. Jon Wade, pres-ident
of the Council, said that if
these students show any interest in
the proposed plan it will probably
be included in the new constitution
which is being prepared.
The new constitution will be put
before the student body for appro-val
or disapproval.
National Blue Key
To Organize Here
Steps are being taken by Dr. J. A.
Wettstein, director of student person-nel,
to form on• the campus of Nor-thern
a chapter of Blue Key.
The Northern Chapter has been
fully approved by the National Com-mittee
of the National Honor Society.
The fraternity is open to junior or
senior men who have not only excelled
in academic fields but who have been
adjudged above average in leadership.
No more than 20 or less than 8
members are necessary to form a
chapter at NSTC.
The only other colleges in South
Dakota having chapters of Blue Key
are South Dakota State College and
Augustana College in Sioux Falls.
April 25 Is Date
For Union Election
NCW Union Board members will be
elected April 25 at the same time
the new student council officers are
elected.
Twenty-five signatures are needed
for each nominating petition. The
forms can be obtained from the stu-dent
council.
One third quarter sophomore and
two third quarter freshman will be
elected this spring. All candidates
must have earned at least a "C" grade
average.
Attention, Grads!
The final deadline for making
applications for May 27, 1960
graduation is tomorrow, announced
Harvey Van Beek, director of ad-missions
and records. This applies
to all 1, 2, 4, and 5 year graduates
said Van Beek. Application is to
be made at the office of Admis-sions
and Records.
Dorwin Tschetter, Aberdeen junior,
rated as Excellent in extemporaneous
speaking; and Paul Cedar, Pollock
senior, and Karl Bareither, Eureka,
were rated as Excellent in debate at
the Bi-Province Debate Tournament
Sigma Tau Delta
To Induct Twelve
At Meeting Tonight
Twelve new members will be
initiated into Sigma Tau Delta, honor-ary
English fraternity, tonight prior
to a banquet at Helen's California
Kitchen.
New members being taken into the
organization are Lester Beshara,
sophomore from Doland; Cathi Bro-kaw,
sophomore from Ft. Pierre;
Betty Gross, sophomore from Hosmer;
Frances Ellis, senior from Aberdeen;
Jim Matthews, senior from Pierre;
Loretta Murphy, junior from Pierre;
Carole Limoges, junior from Aber-deen;
Lynn Johnston, junior from
Pierre; Ray Schoenfield, junior from
Redfield; LaVonne Larsen, sopho-more
from Kimball; Dale Dobberpuhl,
sophomore from Conde; and Dr. Verle
D. Flood, professor of English.
Dr. Flood will be the banquet
speaker, announced Lee Gustafson,
fraternity president.
Program Stresses
Need For Language
Northern's Foreign Language De-partment
will participate in National
Foreign Language Week, April 3-9.
The Spanish and German classes
will have a bulletin board placed in
the hall outside of C-208, the foreign
language room. There also will be a
display of foreign exhibits in the show
case opposite the charging desk in
the library. The displays arc the
courtesy of the Spanish and German
classes and their instructors, Prof.
Adalene A. Hall and Prof. Doris Pot-ter,
respectively.
Spanish music will be broadcast
over the public address system in the
Memorial Union Buildiing at 10 a.m.
and 3 p.m. each day during National
Foreign Language Week.
Plans are also to have a film on
Spain or South America during the
week.
The purpose of National Foreign
Language week is to "break the
silence barrier" and open the way to
better understanding of people of all
nations through foreign language.
National Foreign Language Week,
proclaimed by President Eisenhower,
is sponsored by Alpha Mu Gamma,
National Foreign Language Honor
Society.
Northern will receive an additional
$10,109 to loan students under the
National Defense Education Act if
the United States Senate passes a
supplemental measure that is now
awaiting consideration.
The United State Office of Educa-tion
made the additional request in
Spring Play Cast
Selected By L. Pike
The cast for the spring production,
"Guest in the House," has been sel-ected
by Prof. Leon Pike, head of
Northern's drama department.
Ann Proctor is played by Judy
Sweetland; Lee Proctor, her daughter,
Sherri Mueller; Hilda, the maid,
Elaine Gross; Rev. Dr. Shaw, Bob
Stevens; Aunt Martha Proctor, Ellen
Johnson; Miriam B la k e, Claudia
Borgh; Dan Proctor, Ray Benkendorf;
Douglas Proctor, Lee Hanson; John,
the butler, Ronnie Beckett; Evelyn
Heath, Carole Linn; Frank Dow, Don
Brown; Mrs. Dow, open; Miss Rhodes,
a reporter, Barbara Roth; and Cam
Tracy, a photographer, Bill Meurer.
This three-act melodrama by Hagar
Wilde and Dale Eunson is set in New
England and centers around an artist,
Doug Proctor, his wife, Ann, and
their young daughter, Lee. At the
onset the Proctors are a happy family.
The arrival of Ann Proctor's cousin,
Evelyn Heath, casts an unpleasant
shadow on the Proctor household. The
unwelcome cousin sends Doug Proc-tor's
model away, attempts to break
up his otherwise happy marriage, and
drives him to drink. Her neurotic fear
of birds strangely proves to be her
downfall.
The house, a converted barn, and
the stage's four acting levels add in-terest
to the production.
Production dates have been set for
May 5, 6, and 7.
Carl Watson Named
Executive Secretary
Carl Watson has been appointed
Executive Secretary of the Aberdeen
Junior Chamber of Commerce an-nounced
Dr. L. F. Johnson, director
of extention and field services.
Watson is a former Northern stu-dent
from Aberdeen.
order to fulfil its 1960 commitment.
Northern received 65 per cent that it
was supposed to get for 1960.
The college has already received
$19,231 this year. Northern was orig-inally
scheduled to receive $29,340
to loan to needy students.
According to Dr. J. Wettstein, dir-ector
of student personnel who ad-ministers
the program on campus, the
$19,231 received thus far has been
loaned.
Wettstein said that $3,000 has
been tentatively committed to four-teen
students for the spring quarter
if the measure passes the Senate.
Under the bill awaiting Senate
action, 15 South Dakota colleges
would have an additional $90,552
made available for loans to students.
These schools have received $172,254
so far this year.
State College would benefit the
most from the measure and is slated
to receive an additional $25,669. The
University of South Dakota is the sec-ond
with $16,746 alloted to it in the
measure. The $10,109 set aside for
Northern is the third largest amount
in the bill.
Among the fifteen colleges in the
state under the program Freeman
Junior College would receive the
least. Only $310 is alloted for this
college.
The supplementary measure has
been passed by the United States
House of Representatives and will be-come
law if the Senate and the Pre-sident
approves it.
All 1960 Licenses
Must Be Registered
All students, faculty and adminis-trative
people must re-register their
1960 license plates, announced Dr.
M. L. Meverden, director of physical
plant.
Only cars bearing plates listed with
Meverden's office are validly regis-tered.
Student cars with new plates
present problems in identification,
said Meverden; consequently, the new
numbers must be recorded after the
1960 license.
Students and faculty and admini-strative
people who fail to register
new numbers will be subject to penal-ty.
Proper registration must be ac-complished
as soon as the 1960 num-ber
is affixed to the vehicle.
Terry Hanson Mary Kohlliaas
of Pi Kappa Delta held at Concordia
College in Moorhead Minnesota,
March 25-26.
Cedar and Bareither also received
individual ratings of Excellent. Sup-erior
ratings were awarded to 10% of
the debaters and 20% received Ex-cellent
ratings according to rules of
Pi Kappa Delta, national honorary
forensics fraternity.
Carole Gilbertson, Watertown sop-homore,
received individual ratings
of Excellent; and Cathi Brokaw, Ft.
Pierre sophomore, was rated as Good
in women's debate. Brokaw also parti-cipated
in women's extemp.
In men's oratory, Carl Kline, Aber-deen
freshman, was awarded a rating
of Excellent. Geneva Tomsha, fresh-man
woman's orator from Tulare,
rated as Good in her division.
Colleges from North and South
Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin, in-cluding
Gustavus Adolphus, St. Olaf,
Huron, SDSC, Wisconsin State Col-lege
of OshKosh and Thief River
Falls, St. Mary's College of Winona,
attended the meet.
This was the last debate tourna-ment
for Cedar and Bareither who are
seniors. They will take part in the
South Dakota Inter-Collegiate Foren-sics
tournament to be held in Sioux
Falls in April, however, which in-volves
individual events.
Coach Randall Fisher accompanied
the group.
National Foreign Language Week Set April 3 - 9