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THE EXPONENT NORTHERN NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL Vol. XVI ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA, NOVEMBER 24, 1917 No. 10 War Program is Adopted to Help Beat the Kaiser CHOOSE PLAYERS YOUNG WOMEN'S BASKETBALL The members of the class teams in young women's basketball, which will play for the interclass cham-pionship, have been chosen as fol-lows: Seniors—Forward, Josie Gron-seth; forward, Burdette Coutts; guard, Jessie Cure (captain) ; guard, Zita Rowan. Substitutes—Laura Schoepf, Marie Lund, Sophie Sor-kilmo. Junior (first team)—Center, Flor-ence Scott; forwards, Jennie Pfeif-fer (captain), Beatrice Hobart; guards, Lurena Matson, Madge Heathfield. Junior (second, team)—Center, Zita Kelley; forwards, Berenice Eakins, Mary Riddle; guards, Gene-vieve Fargen, Mayme Loehr. Fourth Year—Center, Sarah Van-derlinden; forwards, Julia Danielson (captain), Olive Granger; guards, Elma Glanzman, Irene Rauch. Sub-stitutes— Center, Lucy Erbe; for-ward, Clarice Lee; guard, Blanche Rider. Third Year—Center, Mildred El-shere (captain); forwards, Vera Aughembaugh, Alice Bartlett; guards, Myrtle Naessig, Lenora Kimmel. Substitutes—Center, Alta Lewis; for-ward, Eva Stelter; guard, Alice Cleveland. Second Year—Center, Mary Dues-ler; forwards, Jessie Crawford (cap-tain), Alice Thomas; guards, Blonda Melcher, Elva Granger. Substitutes —Center, Ella Scheibe; forward, Violet Schrimpf: guard, Rose Geis. First Year—Center, Ruth Fritz; forwards, Amanda Clausen (cap-tain), Sylvia Thomas; guards, Mae Fugg, Gladys Gilbertson. Substi-tutes— Center, Edith Walberg; for-ward, Gladys Pharis; guard, Essie Adams. 1000 CHRIS MERKLE ENTERS U. S. AVIATION CORPS C. Arnold Merkle, familiarly known as "Chris," a graduate of N. N. I. S., who has won more "N's" than any other man in Normal, after having three times applied for en-trance into the army and been three times rejected, applied a fourth time, and was accepted into the aviation branch of the United States army. Chris has just returned from Omaha, where he was called to take the rigid mental and physical ex-aminations, which lasted, all told, seventeen hours. He took eight dif-ferent examinations. under seven army physicians. He reports that one cannot hide the smallest physical defect; his left eve was examined four times before he was finally ac-cepted. Chris considers the equi-librium test the most difficult one to pass. He tried to enlist in the regular army last spring, and applied for entrance into the two officers' train-• ing camps, but was rejected every time. During his four years at Normal, Chris was a favorite with class-mates and teachers alike, and was especially prominent in athletics, winning a place on the all-state 'football team three years ago, and pitching in baseball every year. At present he holds the position of superintendent of schools of Bow-dle, with a corps of six teachers. THANKSGIVING REASONS ARE MANY SAYS GUHIN Americans Should Observe Day in True American Spirit The Y. M. C. A. held its Thanks-giving meeting last Thursday even-ing. It was one of the most inter-esting meetings held yet this year. Professor Guhin spoke to the men on "Why I am Thankful." Parts of his fine address follow: "One of the things for which we must be thankful is that we have grown out of our own insignificant selves and are able to think this year in terms of centuries and con-tinents. "The second point for which we have to be thankful is the awaken-ing of America to the responsibili-ties and duties brought upon her by the war. We have at last a right to say that we are part and parcel of the mighty forces standing for what He taught years ago when He was on earth. "The next thing for which we have to be thankful is a united United States. A true Americanism has developed during the last few weeks. We are beginning to see what America is. "Then I have to be thankful for the fact that when the bugle was sound-ed, America rang true to the spirit of the times of Washington and of Lincoln. It has been said that the dollar was the god of the United States. We have subscribed and over subscribed the Liberty loan. We have given to the Red Cross and other causes freely. When the Y. M. C. A. called for $35,000,000, we subscribed $49,000,000. Is the dol-lar our god? "Then, again, I have to be thank-ful for the men who have donned the uniform and showed their wil-lingness to sacrifice all for the cause. "I have to be thankful for the fact that students are realizing what .momentous times we are living in. We are a more serious minded stu- 'lent body this year than we were last year. We do not live so much in ourselves. No longer is it true that our two best friends are the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. "I am thankful for the greatest privilege that was ever conferred upon a human being at any stage of history—the privilege of being an American citizen today. We are Americans standing for what Amer- ica was instituted for, and we are going to stand for it until American-sin shall triumph." 1000 DECEMBER 11 DATE SET FOR PRESENTING PLAY Juniors Spending Many Hours Re-hearsing "The House Next Door" "The House Next Door," the junior play, will be presented Tues-day, December 11, by an all-star cast under the direction of Mrs. Metzler. This is a strong play of high class and of good literary value, and is of special interest to the Jewish people. Two families figure in the play—the Cotswold family, an aris-tocratic old English family who are poverty stricken, and the other the wealthy Jacobsons, a Jewish family. who buy the estate and live next door. The fair treatment of the Jews is as popular among the Jews as among the Gentiles. NORMAL RESEARCH BUREAU RECOGNIZED IN MANY STATES Requests for Material From Fifty Schools in South Dakota The Bureau of Educational Re-search is receiving recognition from schools in various parts of the union. Orders came recently from the State Normal school at New Paltz, New York, and from the State College at Kingston, Rhode Island. The school men of our own state are very much interested in the work of the bureau. Inquiries and requests for materials have been sent in from approximately fifty schools. The tests used are the Courtis arithmetic, Ayres spelling and writing, and Haggerty reading. The Aberdeen schools, along with the other schools of the state, have joined the bureau in this work of measurements. Here, because of the proximity of the bureau, a few additional tests have been used. In arithmetic both the Woody and the Courtis tests have been given, the former in grades three and four and the latter in grades five to eight. The Woody differs from the Courtis in that it is a scale, while the Courtis is a standardized test only. The es-sential feature of an educational scale is that it is easy enough on the low end that every child makes a start, and difficult enough on the high end that no child finishes. Thus the ability of every child measured is adequately determined. 1000 SENATOR REEVES TALKS ON COUNTRY PRESS PROBLEMS "The Problems of the Country Newspaper" was the subject of an interesting talk given by Senator Jay Reeves of Groton to the class in journalistic composition, Friday of last week. Mr. Reeves is editor of the Groton Independent, and thoroughly fa-miliar with the country newspaper and its field. "One would think at first that the country newspaper was all prob-lems," said Mr. Reeves, "but they are problems that are worth solv-ing." He told of the subscribers to be reached and what they demanded in their home papers. Local news, he said, was of the most importance, as the daily papers brought all of the world news, and it would be time wasted for the country weekly to print what the dailies had already had. A feature which Mr. Reeves brought out in his talk was the pos-sibilities of girls running and tak-ing complete charge • of country newspapers, which, he said, they would undoubtedly do in the near future. 1000 NO ISSUE NEXT WEEK There will be no issue of the Ex-ponent next week on account of the Thanksgiving vacation. The next number will be issued December 8. N. N. I. S. TO CONSERVE TIME; REGULAR WORK TO BE DONE Students Will be Released for Farm Work—Special Spring Term Will be Held In these stirring days of patriotic effort and sacrifice the American people are learning practical les-sons in the conservation of utilities. The food conservation program has made a most successful start, and now comes the Northern Normal and Industrial School, the school known more than state-wide for its initiative and its "pep," with a time conservation program. Last spring the schools of the na-tion were urged to release adult stu-dents in the spring for farm work. To comply with this demand many educational sacrifices had to be made. This kind of sacrifice, how-ever, is the most costly to civiliza-tion and, indeed, to the immediate war needs as well. Trained and in-telligent men and women are needed as•never before. At a recent meeting of the state board of regents held in Aberdeen, President Willis E. Johnson pre-sented a tentative program for the conservation of the time of the young men and young women now in school, whereby their school work ,could be accelerated and they could be released for farm work a few weeks earlier in the spring. "Last spring," said President John-son, "we were caught unawares. The labor shortage was upon us, and there was nothing to do but to release all who could secure farm employment. The outlook for a labor shortage next spring is far more alarming than ever before, and we will be derelict, indeed, if we do not anticipate the conditions of next spring." The regents heartily approved of the plan to intensify the work of the school. Then followed several fac-ulty meetings, conferences with the student council and with the stu-dents in classes. A vote of the stu-dents was taken to ascertain how many would actually engage in farm work if a war program of con-servation of time were adopted. Fifty-three per cent stated definitely that they would engage directly in farm work, and 17 per cent stated that they would engage in farm work or some other employmentt that would release labor for the farm. 'Twenty per cent of the stu-dents were in doubt as to whether they would engage in productive la-bor or continue their work in school. (Continued on page 4) Thanksgiving Vacation School will be held on Mon-day, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, in order that the Thanksgiving holiday may extend from Thanksgiving day to Tuesday of the next week. Tuesday's regular class work will be taken up on Monday, and so on through the three days.
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Title | The Exponent, 1917-11-24 |
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Publisher | Northern State University |
Date of creation | 1917-11-24 |
Collection | NSU History Collection |
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Transcription | THE EXPONENT NORTHERN NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL Vol. XVI ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA, NOVEMBER 24, 1917 No. 10 War Program is Adopted to Help Beat the Kaiser CHOOSE PLAYERS YOUNG WOMEN'S BASKETBALL The members of the class teams in young women's basketball, which will play for the interclass cham-pionship, have been chosen as fol-lows: Seniors—Forward, Josie Gron-seth; forward, Burdette Coutts; guard, Jessie Cure (captain) ; guard, Zita Rowan. Substitutes—Laura Schoepf, Marie Lund, Sophie Sor-kilmo. Junior (first team)—Center, Flor-ence Scott; forwards, Jennie Pfeif-fer (captain), Beatrice Hobart; guards, Lurena Matson, Madge Heathfield. Junior (second, team)—Center, Zita Kelley; forwards, Berenice Eakins, Mary Riddle; guards, Gene-vieve Fargen, Mayme Loehr. Fourth Year—Center, Sarah Van-derlinden; forwards, Julia Danielson (captain), Olive Granger; guards, Elma Glanzman, Irene Rauch. Sub-stitutes— Center, Lucy Erbe; for-ward, Clarice Lee; guard, Blanche Rider. Third Year—Center, Mildred El-shere (captain); forwards, Vera Aughembaugh, Alice Bartlett; guards, Myrtle Naessig, Lenora Kimmel. Substitutes—Center, Alta Lewis; for-ward, Eva Stelter; guard, Alice Cleveland. Second Year—Center, Mary Dues-ler; forwards, Jessie Crawford (cap-tain), Alice Thomas; guards, Blonda Melcher, Elva Granger. Substitutes —Center, Ella Scheibe; forward, Violet Schrimpf: guard, Rose Geis. First Year—Center, Ruth Fritz; forwards, Amanda Clausen (cap-tain), Sylvia Thomas; guards, Mae Fugg, Gladys Gilbertson. Substi-tutes— Center, Edith Walberg; for-ward, Gladys Pharis; guard, Essie Adams. 1000 CHRIS MERKLE ENTERS U. S. AVIATION CORPS C. Arnold Merkle, familiarly known as "Chris," a graduate of N. N. I. S., who has won more "N's" than any other man in Normal, after having three times applied for en-trance into the army and been three times rejected, applied a fourth time, and was accepted into the aviation branch of the United States army. Chris has just returned from Omaha, where he was called to take the rigid mental and physical ex-aminations, which lasted, all told, seventeen hours. He took eight dif-ferent examinations. under seven army physicians. He reports that one cannot hide the smallest physical defect; his left eve was examined four times before he was finally ac-cepted. Chris considers the equi-librium test the most difficult one to pass. He tried to enlist in the regular army last spring, and applied for entrance into the two officers' train-• ing camps, but was rejected every time. During his four years at Normal, Chris was a favorite with class-mates and teachers alike, and was especially prominent in athletics, winning a place on the all-state 'football team three years ago, and pitching in baseball every year. At present he holds the position of superintendent of schools of Bow-dle, with a corps of six teachers. THANKSGIVING REASONS ARE MANY SAYS GUHIN Americans Should Observe Day in True American Spirit The Y. M. C. A. held its Thanks-giving meeting last Thursday even-ing. It was one of the most inter-esting meetings held yet this year. Professor Guhin spoke to the men on "Why I am Thankful." Parts of his fine address follow: "One of the things for which we must be thankful is that we have grown out of our own insignificant selves and are able to think this year in terms of centuries and con-tinents. "The second point for which we have to be thankful is the awaken-ing of America to the responsibili-ties and duties brought upon her by the war. We have at last a right to say that we are part and parcel of the mighty forces standing for what He taught years ago when He was on earth. "The next thing for which we have to be thankful is a united United States. A true Americanism has developed during the last few weeks. We are beginning to see what America is. "Then I have to be thankful for the fact that when the bugle was sound-ed, America rang true to the spirit of the times of Washington and of Lincoln. It has been said that the dollar was the god of the United States. We have subscribed and over subscribed the Liberty loan. We have given to the Red Cross and other causes freely. When the Y. M. C. A. called for $35,000,000, we subscribed $49,000,000. Is the dol-lar our god? "Then, again, I have to be thank-ful for the men who have donned the uniform and showed their wil-lingness to sacrifice all for the cause. "I have to be thankful for the fact that students are realizing what .momentous times we are living in. We are a more serious minded stu- 'lent body this year than we were last year. We do not live so much in ourselves. No longer is it true that our two best friends are the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. "I am thankful for the greatest privilege that was ever conferred upon a human being at any stage of history—the privilege of being an American citizen today. We are Americans standing for what Amer- ica was instituted for, and we are going to stand for it until American-sin shall triumph." 1000 DECEMBER 11 DATE SET FOR PRESENTING PLAY Juniors Spending Many Hours Re-hearsing "The House Next Door" "The House Next Door," the junior play, will be presented Tues-day, December 11, by an all-star cast under the direction of Mrs. Metzler. This is a strong play of high class and of good literary value, and is of special interest to the Jewish people. Two families figure in the play—the Cotswold family, an aris-tocratic old English family who are poverty stricken, and the other the wealthy Jacobsons, a Jewish family. who buy the estate and live next door. The fair treatment of the Jews is as popular among the Jews as among the Gentiles. NORMAL RESEARCH BUREAU RECOGNIZED IN MANY STATES Requests for Material From Fifty Schools in South Dakota The Bureau of Educational Re-search is receiving recognition from schools in various parts of the union. Orders came recently from the State Normal school at New Paltz, New York, and from the State College at Kingston, Rhode Island. The school men of our own state are very much interested in the work of the bureau. Inquiries and requests for materials have been sent in from approximately fifty schools. The tests used are the Courtis arithmetic, Ayres spelling and writing, and Haggerty reading. The Aberdeen schools, along with the other schools of the state, have joined the bureau in this work of measurements. Here, because of the proximity of the bureau, a few additional tests have been used. In arithmetic both the Woody and the Courtis tests have been given, the former in grades three and four and the latter in grades five to eight. The Woody differs from the Courtis in that it is a scale, while the Courtis is a standardized test only. The es-sential feature of an educational scale is that it is easy enough on the low end that every child makes a start, and difficult enough on the high end that no child finishes. Thus the ability of every child measured is adequately determined. 1000 SENATOR REEVES TALKS ON COUNTRY PRESS PROBLEMS "The Problems of the Country Newspaper" was the subject of an interesting talk given by Senator Jay Reeves of Groton to the class in journalistic composition, Friday of last week. Mr. Reeves is editor of the Groton Independent, and thoroughly fa-miliar with the country newspaper and its field. "One would think at first that the country newspaper was all prob-lems," said Mr. Reeves, "but they are problems that are worth solv-ing." He told of the subscribers to be reached and what they demanded in their home papers. Local news, he said, was of the most importance, as the daily papers brought all of the world news, and it would be time wasted for the country weekly to print what the dailies had already had. A feature which Mr. Reeves brought out in his talk was the pos-sibilities of girls running and tak-ing complete charge • of country newspapers, which, he said, they would undoubtedly do in the near future. 1000 NO ISSUE NEXT WEEK There will be no issue of the Ex-ponent next week on account of the Thanksgiving vacation. The next number will be issued December 8. N. N. I. S. TO CONSERVE TIME; REGULAR WORK TO BE DONE Students Will be Released for Farm Work—Special Spring Term Will be Held In these stirring days of patriotic effort and sacrifice the American people are learning practical les-sons in the conservation of utilities. The food conservation program has made a most successful start, and now comes the Northern Normal and Industrial School, the school known more than state-wide for its initiative and its "pep," with a time conservation program. Last spring the schools of the na-tion were urged to release adult stu-dents in the spring for farm work. To comply with this demand many educational sacrifices had to be made. This kind of sacrifice, how-ever, is the most costly to civiliza-tion and, indeed, to the immediate war needs as well. Trained and in-telligent men and women are needed as•never before. At a recent meeting of the state board of regents held in Aberdeen, President Willis E. Johnson pre-sented a tentative program for the conservation of the time of the young men and young women now in school, whereby their school work ,could be accelerated and they could be released for farm work a few weeks earlier in the spring. "Last spring," said President John-son, "we were caught unawares. The labor shortage was upon us, and there was nothing to do but to release all who could secure farm employment. The outlook for a labor shortage next spring is far more alarming than ever before, and we will be derelict, indeed, if we do not anticipate the conditions of next spring." The regents heartily approved of the plan to intensify the work of the school. Then followed several fac-ulty meetings, conferences with the student council and with the stu-dents in classes. A vote of the stu-dents was taken to ascertain how many would actually engage in farm work if a war program of con-servation of time were adopted. Fifty-three per cent stated definitely that they would engage directly in farm work, and 17 per cent stated that they would engage in farm work or some other employmentt that would release labor for the farm. 'Twenty per cent of the stu-dents were in doubt as to whether they would engage in productive la-bor or continue their work in school. (Continued on page 4) Thanksgiving Vacation School will be held on Mon-day, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, in order that the Thanksgiving holiday may extend from Thanksgiving day to Tuesday of the next week. Tuesday's regular class work will be taken up on Monday, and so on through the three days. |
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