The Exponent, 1923-11-13

              The Exponent Northern Normal and Industrial School
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VOL. XXII ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA. NOVEMBER 13, 1923 No. 7
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WOLVES CRUSH GREYHOUNDS
WOLVES VICTORIOUS OVER
GREYHOUNDS
For Second Time In Football History
Normal Team Defeats
Yankton
Coach Speelman's pack of Wolves
lived up to expectations and sent
Yankton home in the gloom of defeat,
Saturday, winning by a score of 19-
13. The first quarter threw a real
scare into Normal fans when Yank-ton
played their heavier opponents
off their feet and carried the ball to
the four yard line, where a fumble
momentarily stopped their march.
Fisher, standing behind his own goal
line. got off a poor punt which was
good for only 5 yards, and Yankton,
after three plunges had netted only
5 yards, passed for a touchdown.
Here the Normal commenced an on-slought
which took the ball from
their own 20 yard line to Yankton's
2.6 yard line. A penalty lost them
15 yards but Ernst gained back 10
of them on the next play and Fisher
passed to Swenson for a touchdown.
Immediately after the next kick-off
Normal started another march
for the goal line and, aided by a 15
yard penalty, scored the touchdown
which put the Normal in the lead.
In the third quarter the Wolves
renewed their offensive, after Evans
intercepted a pass on Yankton's 35
yard line, and scored their third and
last touchdown, on runs and smash-es,
Ernst took the ball over. In the
fourth quarter Yankton opened up a
pass attack which took the ball from
'their own 40 yard line to Normal's
27 yard line. From this point by
the help of 20 yards in penalties on
the Nomral they went over for a
touchdown in three plays.
The Normal took the next kick-off
to the Yankton 29 yard line before a
,penalty of 15 yards halted their ad-vance.
Then Normal forced Yankton back
to their five yard line when the game
ended with Yankton in possession of
the ball.
Ernst was undoubtedly -the big star
for the Normal, carrying the ball during
the game, for a total of 159 yds.
The backfield 'ran excellent interference
during the entire game, ma-terially
aiding Ernst in -his brilliant
showing. Too much praise cannot
be accorded to the flashy. little back,
however.
Palmer gained consistently thru
the line during the time he was in the
game, once breaking thru for 28
yards, the longest run of the game.
Crosley, played his usual hard hit-ting
game and could always be re-lied
upon for a substantial gain.
Fisher and Evans made good gains
and both played a whale of a game
defensively.
The work of the line offensively
was the best shown this season. It
made possible many of the gains of
the backs and would have held Yank-ton
scoreless had it not been for a
bad punt and untimely penalties.
Crow's work was of the highest
order, and with the good work of
Stinson and Kadesky, rendered the
center of the line impregnable.
After Saturday's showing the
Wolves have an excellent chance for
the Conference Championship.
Details of the game will be pub-lished
in the next issue.

COMMENTS ON GAME
(Contributed)
The Yankton Greyhounds were de-feated
Saturday by the Normal Wolv-es
in one of the fastest, hardest and
cleanest games of the season. After
a poor start the Normal smashed
and circled the ends at will, com-pletely
outclassing Yankton. The
Normal's forward wall played Yank-ton's
line off its feet. It is largely
-due to their efforts that the fast
running back field was able to gain.
Of the backs Ernst was the partic-ular
star with Palmer a close second.
Ernst's clever work as an open field
runner in circling the ends and run-ring
back punts marked him as one
of the most dangerous half backs in
the Conference.
Palmer's line smashing was a rev-elation.
He gained all the way from
five to thirty yards at a clip.
Fisher, Crosley and Evans played
a stellar game. Evans brought the
crowd to its feet by his brilliant work
in receiving and intercepting pass-
Coach Speelman deserves credit
for the success of the Normal. His
work has been of the highest order.
One of the most outstanding feat-ures
of the day was the support from
the student body and the down-town
people. The cheering and College
yells were fairly deafening.

EDUCATION
George Washington- Pro-mote,
then, as an object of pri-mary
importance, institutions
for the general diffusion of
knowledge. In proportion as
the structure of a government
give's force to public opinion, it
should be eplightened.

STATE LYCEUM SERVICE
Speech Department To Sponsor Lec-ture
Courses for South Da-kota
Coin in willies
The desirability of a State Lyceum
Service has been felt many times
during the past year; after consul-tation
with, representative depart-ments
of the school, the Department
of Speech has taken an initial 'step
in the formation of such a service.
The plan consists of listing the
artists and talent, which we possess
in this community in a printed cir-cular
or bulletin; this bulletin will
be sent to schools, churches and civ-ic
organizations, such as Farm Bur-eaus,
Women's Clubs, Parent Teach-er
Associations, Business Men's Or-ganizations,
etc. This bulletin will
merely list the talent so that com-munities
may arrange their own pro-grams.
Arrangements will be made
directly with the individuals whose
talent is desired.
The following general kinds of
talent will be listed: vocal, instru-mental,
and ensemble; readers, act-ors,
and players; lectures, and
speeches, both educational and en-tertaining.
Faculty talent and ad-vanced
students in the departments
of music and speeoh are to be in-cluded.
It is understood that what-ever
student talent is listed can be
obtained by payment of expenses,
each person deciding his own fees.
No fees, however, N,v 1 1 be listed in
the circular. Organizations can ob-tain
information concerning the a-mount
of the fees by communicating
directly with the persons desired. The
whole purpose of this plan is to
make a respectable presentation of
whateveir talent we have so that
communities may avail themselves
of it.

PRESIDENT FOGHT HEARS
FROM JAPAN GOVERNMENT
MAY MAKE TRIP IN SPRING
Says Japan Is Rebuilding Fast and
Appreciates America's Help
When the terrible earthquake and
fire destroyed Yokohama, Tokio, and
other cities in Japan, President
Foght gave up all hopes of making
his Japanese trip. A few days after
the tragedy he received a wireless
message from the Minister of For-eign
Affairs in these words: "Post-pone
trip. Letter." After a long de-lay
the first letter came through yes-terday,
written by Dr. M. Sawayan-agi,
Minister of Education. This let-ter,
which is reproduced below in
the quaint language in which is was
written, shows the indomitable cour-age
of the Japanese and their deter-mination
to overcome even this great
calamity in the shortest time possi-ble.
In spite of the fact that sever-al
of the Universities in which Dr.
Foght was to have lectured have been
destroyed, the Japanese educators
hope to have things sufficiently re-constructed
to have Dr. and Mrs.
Foght come and make the study of
the schools next April, the charm-ing
cherry blossom time in Japan.
The letter follows:
Takada-Machi, Tokio
October 14, 1923
President H. W. Foght
Dear Sir:
I am very sorry that I could not
welcome you and Mrs. Foght as has
been arranged, I believe you under-stand
quite well what terrible ca-lamity
had occurred in Tokio, Yoka-har•
a and vicinity which obliged us
to change our a"rangement. The
best part of Tokio and almost whole
part of Yokohama have been destroy-ed.
Railway service has become quite
irregular, and railways which are
running are chiefly devoted to trans-portation
of food materials as well
as building materials. So we thought
it is better to ask you to postpone
for some time. But we thought you
might have embarked Tenyo Maru.
"I believe we are quite able to wel-come
you in the next spring, so if
not inconvenient we wish you and
Mrs Foght will come next April, just
the cherry blossom time. If it does
not suit you, you may come next fall
with Mrs. Foght. I leave the matter
entirely at your selection. Only I
wish to know when you and Mrs.
Foght will come to Japan.
"All Japanese are deeply moved
by the sincere sympathy shown by
the Americans on this time of dis-aster.
"My house being situated in the
suburb and in rather safety zone is
slightly injured and escaped the hor-rible
fire. And I and my family
were in the train from my summer
cottage when the earthquake occur-red.
We could not come back in the
train. but we got very luckily an
auto, by which we could return to
my house. When you come next
year you can see some traces of the
horrible destructive power of na-
ture."
Yours Sincerely,
M. Sawayanagi
Minister of Education


BUDGET FOR 1923-1924
STUDENT ACTIVITY FUND
OVER $11,000 DISTRIBUTED
Estimated Receipts and Expenses
Worked out by the Board at
Final Meeting
After several meetings the Budget
Board has distributed the money in
the Student Activity Fund among
the various organizations of the
school. This is not an easy thing to
do in such a way that all may be
satisfied. We publish below the var-ious
items of estimated receipts as
well as the various estimated expen-ditures.
It would be well for the
students as well as faculty members
to make a study of these items so
that they may know just how this
money is expended. The estimated
balance is provided to take care of
any unexpected expenditure from
this fund which. could not be deter-mined
at the time the Budget Board
made out the estimated receipts and
expenditures.
Estimated Receipts
Sept. 15, 1923, balance          2.90
$3.50 S. A. fees paid in                    
by students and facul-
ty members.....................6,800.00
Football.............................850.00
Basketball.........................340.00
Spring Athletics.............40.00
Girls Athletics..................75.00
Exponent..........................1,152.00
State money for Expon-
ent sent to High
Schools of the State.....200.00
Lecture Course..................800.00
Gypsy Day............................300.00
Normalonians....................100.00
Band and Orchestra........100.00
Normal Book Store.........300.00
Total Estimated Receipts $11,059.90

Estimated Expenditures
Football.................................2,400.00
Basketball............................900.00
Spring Athletics...............500.00
Tennis....................................50.00
Matthews and Fisher
work on athletic field...124.00
Girls Athletics...................375.00
Exponent............................2,400.00
Lecture Course................1,500.00
Oratory & Debate........600.00
Social Hour......................525.00
All School Picnic...........100.00
Gypsy Day........................250.00
Normalonians..............400.00
Band and Orchestra...75.00
Printing, refunds and mis-
cellaneous.........................460.90
Estimated balance........$11,059.90
Total Est. Expenditures $11,059.90

MR. GALLE.TT OFFERS TROPHIES
Mr. Delbert Gallett of the Gallett
Jewelry Company, is offering a minature
silver loving cup to the winner
of each of the men's and women's
tennis tournaments to be played next
spring at Northern Normal. These
trophies measure about four inches
in height and are made of pure ster-ling
silver. They are very handsome
in appearance and of unusual mater-ial
value despite their small size.
Any tennis player will take a great
deal of pride in their ownership. The
winners of the tournaments become
the permanent owners.
Mr. Gallett is a former graduate
of this school and is very enthusiastic
about its work and its activities. Es-pecially
is he interested in tennis, he
being an enthusiastic participant in
that sport, and wishes to see more
interest shown in the game at the
Normal.
There will be two tournaments op-en
to students and faculty of the
Normal. One trophy will be offered
to the best woman player, student or
faculty member, and one trophy to
the best man player, student or fac-ulty.
Tennis enthusiasts, let's boost
this! Turn out next spring. There
is a chance for any player to win one
of these loving cups. Last summer
the faculty eliminated the students
in the men's touhnaments. Let's
show them -up next spring! Everybody
out and -push!

SIOUX FALLS COLLEGE
LOSE TO NORMAL WOLVES
LOCAL TEAM CRIPPLED
In Spite of Many Advantages Opposing
Team Powerless To Score
Sioux Falls College, fighting their
hardest, before a large "Homecoming
Day crowd lost to the Normal
Wolves by a score of 13-0, Saturday
November 3. The victory put N. N.
I. S. in a tie with Dakota Wesleyan
for second place in the conference
standings. The game was a slowly
played affair; the Normal scoring
machine failed to function properly
due to the injuries 'to Palmer and
Cooper, the absence of Crosley and
Ray Ernst, who was ruled out of the
game after the second play. Sioux
Falls was powerless against the
strong Normal line, being unable to
gain at any time.
Line plunges by Fisher and Palmer
resulted in two touchdowns for the
Wolves. One coming in the second
and one in the third period. Fisher
was successful in one try for point.
With the wind Fisher made one punt
of 85 yard's, the ball rolling across
Sioux Falls goal line. Play in the
last quarter was a see-saw affair with
the ball in Sioux Falls' territory most
of the time. A Normal place-kick in
this period was 'ten yards short.
For Sioux Falls, the work of Duck-worth,
Brown and Schardorf in the
line and Broughton in the backfield
shone above that of their team mates.
Fisher, as usual, starred for the
Normal while the play of Swenson
and of Palmer, hampered as he was
by bad ankles, was deserving of
much praise.
Line-up

Sioux Falls
Olson
Shardorf
Duckworth
Harris
Lund
Brown
Nelson
Boughten
W. Rossen
Smith
Iverson
N. N. I. S.
R. E. Swenson
R. T. Ripley
R. G. Stinson
C. Crow
L. G. Kadesky
L. T. Dokken
L. E. Matthews (C)
Q. B. Ernst
R. H. B. Palmer
L. H. B. Evans
F. B. Fisher

Referee: Aldrich, Ames; Umpire:
Carberry, Iowa; Head Linesman:
Xahnson, Syracuse. Substitutes:
Sioux Falls, Lamme for Iverson; N.
N. I. S., Cooper for Matthews, Matthews
for Evans, Collins for Kadesky,
Hanneson for Stineon, Kibler for
Matthews.

MASQERS PLAY AT GROTON
The Masquers, the newly organized
dramatic club, appeared for the
first time in their first production,
"Mrs. Temple's Telegram". Last
Tuesday the show troupe left for
Groton about 1:30 p. m. They made
several attempts to practice, but it
was almost in vain, as the majority
of the troupe were on-lookers of the
Bank robbery which took place about
2:30. The whole town was
very much excited, and the greater
share of the day was spent in gaining
more details concerning the
theives. The rumored tales had
even gone so far as to accuse the
Masquers of smuggling in the robbers.
This was soon checked, however.
Following this excitement, the
troupe had a splendid dinner at the
Groton Hotel, a feed that will always
be remembered by the hungry bunch.
The show began at 8:30 sharp, and
a good house was there to welcome
them. The play went, off in good
style and was thorougly enjoyed and
appreciated by the people. Several
of the Normal boosters from home
came in at the last moment, which
made the players more anxious to
do their best. The business manager
says that no money was made,
but we did break even. Groton, on
that day, will always be remembered
by the Masquers as the place of the
daylight robbery.
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WILLIS E. JOILNSON
Former President of Normal To Run
For State Superintendency
It is rumored that Dr. Willis E.
Johnson, former N. N. I. S. president,
is to become a Republican candidate
for Superintendent of Public
Instruction in South Dakota. Leading
educators of the state are advocating
his nomination. There is no
doubt as to his fittness. He has serv-ed
South Dakota in educational work
for the past twenty-one years. He
has been president of two state institutions,
namely, N. N. I. S. and
State College at Brookings, and is
now doing research work in the University
of Minnesota and California.
He is the author of several wellknown
books, one of which is the
"History of South Dakota" widely
used throughout the state and he is
also the author of our state song,
"South Dakota, Land of Sunshine",
which is a leading feature in all educational
gatherings. Dr. Johnson
has a very pleasing personality and
was much liked by N. N. I. S. students.
He attack's work with uncommon
vigor and zeal and carried
through each undertaking because of
his ability to be in the midst of
things and do the things that should
be done. His place is in South Dakota
and we feel sure that if elected
to the superintendency he will carry
on the work with his usual ability.

LUTHERAN CHOIR TO SING
On Saturday morning, November
17, at convocation we are to hear the
Bethlehem Lutheran choir of this
city. This organization is well-known
throughout the city, and
those who have already heard it will
look forward to its appearance with
pleasure.

LEONARD V. SNYDER TO
SING AT WATERTOWN
IS SOUTH DAKOTA BOY
Has Captured the Entire Musical
World With Tenor Voice
The city of Watertown will give
to the S. D. E. A. during its convention
November 26, 27 and 28, the
greatest musical program ever offered
to this organization. Leonard
V. Snyder (American Tenor), is a
South Dakota boy who was born at
Madison, S. D., and who has lived
in Watertown since early childhood.
Snyder is now recognized by the
world's greatest critics as one of
the GREATEST TENORS OF THE
DAY. He studied in Europe for seven
years with the Great Mastero
Vincinzo Vanini at Florence, Italy,
and for three years following this
period of study appeared in GRAND
OPERA in the great centers of
Europe, being received with great
favor and instantly recognized as
one of the world's greatest tenors.
Mr. Snyder made his debut in Grand
Opera at the Royal Theatre, Piza,
Italy, in the Opera "Andrea Chenier."
His success was instantaneous. It
was during a visit of the Metropolitan
Grand Opera Company of New York
to the city of St. Paul, Minn., that
Mr. Snyder received his firs( strong
impulse to try for an operatic career,
several prominent artists of the Met-
ropolitan heard him and advised him
to study seriously. During his Italian
career Mr. Snyder was selected
personally by the great composer
Mascagni to sing his opera "Isabeau"
at Milan, Italy, which was conducted
personally by the composer. He was
selected also by the composer, Ped-
rollo, to sing his opera "The Man
Who Laughs", this production also
being conducted by the composer. Mr.
Snyder had wonderful success and
scored heavily with these operas. Dur-
ing his Italian career one of Mr.
Snyder's great successes was at Ver-
ona, Italy, where he sang "Samson
and 'Delilah" in the Arena before
over 20,000 people. His coming to
this side of the Atlantic a few months
ago was heralded by the musical
papers of this country and looked for-
ward to with great interest. His ap-
pearances in the United States, Can-
ada and Cuba in the last few months
in Grand Opera have been sensation-
al. Mr. Snyder's first appearance
in Opera in this country took place
in New York last September when
he sang the leading roles in several
of the operas and it was at this-time
that the critics and the music loving
public of New York began to realize
that one of the greatest tenor voices
of the day was that of a SOUTH
DAKOTA BOY. Following his New
York appearances, Mr. Snyder was
immediately engaged as leading tenor
for Cuban season singing during the
entire month of January and accord-
ing to the American, Cuban and
Spanish papers he secured one of the
most remarkable triumphs ever won
by a singer there. They clearly
placed him among the foremost oper-
atic stars of the day. Even before he
had finished his Cuban season he
was by cablegram engaged by For-
tune Gallo, Impresario of the San
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MRS. TEMPLE'S TELEGRAM
GREAT COMEDY SUCCESS
ENTIRE CAST WELL CHOSEN
Fine Audience Greets Masquers' Ini-
tial Production Directed By
Rob Roy Hardin
Proving itself one of the greatest
laugh provokers ever presented,
"Mrs. Temple's Telegram", produced
by the Masquers under the able dir-
ection of Rob Roy Hardin, scored a
decided hit last Friday night.
With the leading roles of Mr. and
Mrs. Temple played by Earnie Moell-
er and Pauline Wendell, respectively,
and additional comedy of almost un-
imaginable circumstances augmented
by Theodore Mueller in the part of
Mr. Frank Fuller and Helen Guhin
in the role of Mrs. Jahn Brown, the
production drew laugh's galore from
a few minutes after the curtain went
up until it closed on the final scene.
Cyril Colahan in his portrayal of
Wigson, the butler who always had
the best intentions to do the obliging
thing, furnished considerable and
frequent minor comedy.
"Mrs. Temple's Telegram", an up-
to-date standard play written by
Frank Wyatt and William Morris, is
perhaps really the story of two mag-
nificent liars-one perhaps a little
more magnificent than the other, but
each suffering the consequences of
the truth in the end. Mr. Temple
returns home one morning from an
escapade of the previous night that
was really only a misfortune. Mrs.
Temple, very much disturbed over
her husbands recent conduct, refus-
ed to believe his first and truthful
story, so he proceeds to offer a story
that he believes should be acceptable,
that is, that he dined out, and un-
able to get home by train-spent the
night at his friends home, whose
name and address he recalls after
some deliberation of his inventive
genius, to be John Brown, Elm Ave-
nue, Pickleton.
Mrs. Temple, not believing his
story, wires to John Brown to come
at once. Meantime, Mr. Frank Ful-
ler, an old friend of Mr. Temple's,
whom Mrs. Temple has not yet met,
arrives and it is decided that Mr.
Puller should simply be Mr. Brown
and then everything would be
straightened out-for Mr. Temple.
But, although the impersonation is
accepted, it leads to a sea of misun-
derstandings and perplexities. It
soon comes to pass that there is real-
ly a Mr. Brown at this supposedly
fictictious address, and from the be-
ginning of the second act, one em-
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EVA M. BARRIE DIED
Miss Eva M. Barrie, of Turton,
South Dakota, a member of the the
Fourth Year Class, died at her home
in Turton, South Dakota, on Friday,
November 9. Her death resulted
from an automobile accident in which
her skull was fractured. She went
home on Saturday November 3, to
spend the week-end and on Sunday
morning in company with her sister
and two brothers, she started in a
car to early mass. The steering gear
became loose and the car left the
road, turned over two or three
times. The others in the car were
slightly injured, and Eva was car-
ried in an unconscious condition to
her home only a quarter of a mile
away. She was in too critical a con-
dition to be removed to the hospital
in Aberdeen, but Dr. R. L. Murdy
was called to operate if necessary.
He advised waiting for further devel-
opments. She remained in a partial-
ly unconscious condition during most
of the week, though she occasionally
roused and recognized members of
the family. Her condition was con-
sidered rather encouraging until Fri-
day morning when she became worse.
She died at 3:30 in the afternoon.
Miss Barrie was in her second
year at Normal, and would have re-ceived
a First Grade Certificate in
June 1924. During her stay in Ab-erdeen
she made her home with Miss
Meek and Dr. Blanche O. Bunker.
Her record as a student is excellent.
She was very well liked by all who
knew her, and her many friends,
both faculty members and students,
were greatly grieved to hear of the
accident and her subsequent death.
The funeral was held Monday
morning in the Catholic church at
Turton. A number of faculty mem-bers
and students attended the serv-ices
and expressed to the sorrowing
family and friends, the sympathy of
the school.

COMING EVENTS
Virginia Gray Recital Nov. 14
Orchestra Recital .... Nov. 15
Lutheran Choir (Con) Nov. 17
N. N. vs Augustana .. Nov. 17
Recital (Thomas) .. Nov. 21
Lincoln O. Contest .. Dec. 4
Extempore Speaking .. Dec. 5
Orchestra Recithl Dec. 12