The Exponent, 1923-12-18

              The Exponent Northern Normal and Industrial School
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VOL. XXII
ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA. DECEMBER 18, 1923
No. 11
go MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR HO
LINCOLN ORATORICAL CONTEST TONIGHT

WOLVES IN FINE SHAPE
FOR THE COMING SEASON
FIVE VETERANS BACK
Four, Teams Available-Trip Between
Here and Twin Cities Plan-ned
A squad of thirty candidates has
answered Coach Speelman's call for
basketball practice. Six of last year's
lettermen who tied with Yankton for
Conference honors are back in suits
again this year and several high
school players, both from this city
and out of town, have reported and
will give the regulars from last year's
team a hard rub for first team births.
Second string men from last year's
squad are also making a good show-ing
this season and will enter strong
bids for first team honors.
The squad has been reduced and
will undoubtedly be reduced again
in the next two weeks. This will
be necessary in order that signals
and scrimmage can be held among
the more likely men. Regardless of
the comparatively short time that
practice has been going on the
Wolves are rounding into shape and
looking good in practice sessions.
Practice has reached an advanced
stage and the chief matters stressed
at the present are dribbling, pivoting,
group passing, shooting and short
scrimmages.
Coach Speelman has had four dif-ferent
teams available during work-outs,
three of them nearly equal
ability. On one team Monday he had
Heinzleman and Evans as forwards;
Captain Swenson, center, Dokken
and Koffman guards ; Heinzlemann,
Evans, Swenson and Dokken, who
are letter men, together with Ernst,
will probably compose the first
team.
The list of men retained on the
squad follows: Captain Swenson,
Ernst, Evans, Dokken, Heinzleman,
all lettermen; Collins, Buttz, Rous-seau,
Bunt, Crosley, Oaks, Strachan,
Werth, Waterman, Neill, Owens,
Ihde, Oakland, Johnson, Meidinger,
Hoffman, Palmer, Tyrrell.
Coach Speelman is communicating
with several Minnesota schools in
regard to games on a proposed trip
which is planned for the week be-ginning
December 31. Four or five
games will be played on this road
jaunt and if the colleges with which
the Coach is communicating have all
available dates filled the Wolves will
probably take on some independent
and American Legion teams between
here and Minneapolis, although there
is nothing certain about this.

CLASS IN JOURNALISM VISITS
ABERDEEN AMERICAN AND
THE CLEVELAND PRINT-ING
OFFICE
The class in Journalism took a
trip to the Aberdeen American and
the Cleveland Printing plant last
Wednesday afternoon. The trip
proved to be most interesting. The
first place visited was the American-
News Printing Shop. Mr. Lindberg,
heading the group, explained and
pointed out the different phases of
work entailed in the newspaper busi-ness.
One of the most interesting
sights to see was the linotype at
work. After studying the linotype
Mr. Lindberg lead the group down
to the basement where they watched
the printing press at work.
The next visit was to the Cleve-land
Print Shop. The object of interest
there was the automatic feed-er.
Its action is like that of a human
arm. It reaches over and takes the
paper with three "fingers," with
vacuum cups at the tips, and places
it on the press. Another arm comes
up and removes the sheet after it
is printed. The action is so quick
and more accurate than if it were
done by human hands. It may be
of interest to know that there are
only eleven of these machines in
South Dakota and that two of them
are in Aberdeen.
The visit to the Cleveland Print
Shop concluded the trip. The class
expects to take another trip to the
Dakota Farmer next week.

CHESTER PERRY WITH SOUSA
Students and faculty members of
the Normal will be interested to
learn that Chester Perry, who play-ed
in the Normal orchestra and band
last year, is now playing the flute
in Sousa's Band. Mr. Perry writes
from Cheyenne, Wyoming, that the
band is now on tour through Miss-ouri,
Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming,
Utah, Idaho, Montana, Washington,
British Columbia, Oregon, Californ-ia,
Arizona, Texas and Olkahoma.
He says: "I figure I was quite
lucky, as there happened to be a vac-ancy
in the band just before they
came to Minneapolis, so I'm getting
in on the very best part of the tour
which lasts up until the middle of
March, and we may go to England
after that. The band is very good
this year in comparison to previous
year, 80 pieces. There are six
flutes."

EDUCATION
James Madison-Knowledge
will forever govern ignorance;
and a people who mean to be
I heir governors must arm them-selves
with the power which
knowledge gives.
H. A. L. Fisher-That nation
which employs the best teach-
ers with the highest pay and
as a part of the best school
system be the best govern-ed
and therefore the greatest,
nation.

MR. MILLS HONORED
Receives Letter of Reappointment as
Associate on National Mathe-matical
Journal
Those who are specializing in
mathematics and read mathematical
magazines were probably indirectly
acquainted with Mr. Mills before he
came to our school, because of his
position as one of the associate edi-tors
of the American Mathematical
Monthly, which is the official jour-nal
of the Mathematical Association
of America, and is devoted to the
interest of higher mathematics.
Recently Mr. Mills received a let-ter
from Walter B. Ford, head of the
Department of Mathematics at the
University of Michigan, and who is
Editor-in-Chief of the American
Mathematical Monthly, reappointing
him as one of the associate editors.
In his letter he writes as follows:
"With regard to the Monthly for
1924. I expect to go on with it for
another year and you may be sure
I shall want you to continue for you
have been one of the most valuable
and careful readers we have had. The
staff will remain practically the same
as in 1923, so far as I know."
Students and faculty members of
our school will be glad to know that
one of our faculty members is an
editor on one of the leading educa-tional
magazines of the. country. As-sociated
with Mr. Mills are some of
the most noted mathematicians of the
Country.

CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
The Christmas program this year
will be given on Wednesday, Decem-ber
19, during convocation time.
A very fine program has been ar-ranged
by Mrs. Graham and Mrs.
Helgeon. Very - often the original
meaning of Christmas is forgotten
in the elaborate display of Christ-mas
gifts, trees and endless decora-tions.
order to recall the re-ligious
phase of Christmas to the
adult student, the Christmas program
will contain numbers of a truly re-ligious
type.
The background or setting for this
will be a tableau, showing the man-ger
of the Christ Child, the Mother,
Joseph, the shepherds and other wor-shippers
of the new born King. The
curtain is drawn on the tableau. In
the distance carolling is heard "'It
came upon the midnight clear." This
grows louder and louder and the
singers finally appear. They are
gowned in white and are carrying
candles. The three wise men appear
next bringing incense, precious jew-els
and myrrh to the new born King.
The song, "We Three Kings of the
Orient Are" is sung during the en-trance
of the Kings and while they
present their gifts. The dawn of
the Christmas Day is depicted by
dancers who give the interpretive
dance called "Dawn." As soon as
dawn breaks the chorus and all join
in with "Joy to the World the Lord
is Come." The entire program is
as follows:
1. "Hark the Herald Angels
Sing." No. 120.-Entire School.
2. Christmas Tableau.-Directed
by Mrs. Helgeson, assisted by Play
Ground Class.
3. "The Gift."-Mrs. Leighton,
accompanied by Miss James at the
piano.
4. Orchestra-Selected.
5. Faculty's Christmas Card to
Students.-Mr. Braithwaite.
6. Christmas Hymns."-"O Lit-tle
Town of Bethlehem."-"Holy
Night."

MR. MATSON IN "MESSIAH"
It is tin established custom at
State College to sing Handel's
"Messiah" just before the school clos-es
before the Christmas holidays.
This year Professor Clyde Matson of
the Northern Normal has been asked
to sing the tenor solos. This is an
honor and one that is well-deserved,
for Mr. Matson is considered by
many as one of the finest oratorio
singers that has come to South Da-kota.
He not only possesses a lyric
tenor voice of rare quality and has
it under perfect control, but he puts
life and animation into the
songs that he sings. Two well-known
Chicago singers will sing other parts,
Louis Kreidler, baritone and Edna
Swanson Ver Haar, the contralto.

8:00 P. M. IN THE AUDITORIUM
FINE PROGRAM-ADMISSION FREE
Tonight, Tuesday, December 18,
will occur the big event of the year
in oratory at our institution-the
Lincoln Oratorical Contest-in which
six local orators will battle for gold
and silver medals.
The contestants and the titles of
their orations were printed in last
week's Exponent and are herewith
repeated so that we may familiarize
ourselves with them again:
Carl Gruhn, "A Prophet of Peace."
Daniel Manantan, "The Indepen-
dence of the Philippines."
Benjamin Renz, "The Menace of
Academic Tyranny."
Clarence Wilcox, "Intolerance."
Nellie Martin, "Faith or Facts."
Judges will be Prof. Alonzo G.
Grace, Prof. J. W. Thomas, Prof.
Henry Onsgard, Prof. Rob Roy Hard-
in, and W. C. Boardman, County
Agent. Carrol Stinson, president of
the local Zeta Chapter of Pi Kappa
Delta, will preside and announce the
decision of the judges.
An especially fine treat is being
offered in addition to the foregoing
orations, in the form of a piano solo
by Miss Winifred Willrodt and a
vocal solo by Miss Mildred Lathrop.
The Lincoln Oratorical Contest
was initiated in our institution sev-
eral years ago. Since its initiation
it has had the desired result of pro-
moting interest in oratory, and at
each annual contest a gold medal is
awarded to the winner of first place
and a silver medal to the winner of
second place. The contest therefore
stands as a most worthy donation
front the now deceased legislator of
our state who has done so many

CORRECTIVE GYM WORK
TO BE INTRODUCED HERE
STARTLING FACTS REVEALED
Mrs. Helgeson Will Offer Special
Classes to Assist in Remov-
ing Defects
Something that all the girls in
the school should be interested in
is that Mrs. Helgeson, the physical
training director, is very anxious to
make some changes in her depart-
ment. First of all, she is very much
interested and concerned in what is
called corrective gymnasium and
would like to have several classes
in that work. She took special work
in Iowa "U" under Dr. Arthur
Steinder who is nationally known,
and did her practice work in The
Perkins Hospital.
Upon reading some of the statis-
tics concerning the physical exams
given to the girls here at the Nor-
mal, we will all agree that classes
in corrective gymnasium would be
the only cure for the defects. Out
of all the girls that are taking gym,
we have 98 that are afflicted with
spinal trouble; 18 of these are slight
curvatures, and the balance have
minor defects such as low shoulders,
wing scapula defects, etc. Thirty-
two out of the 98 are Pre-Normals,
the percentage showing greater
among the first years than any other.
The percentage is 30.5 for Pre-Nor-
mal and 20.6 for Junior Normal.
The only solution that can be given
for this high rate among the Pre-
Normals is that they are younger
and are growing, and have not as
yet assumed a correct posture to
counteract this defect. Out of the
98 cases of spinal curvature, three-
fourths of these girls have lived In
the rural districts during their grade
school years. Are the benches and
seats to blame? Among these girls,
a very few have sedentary habits,
nearly all of them reported on their
Physical Examination cards some
form of sport as other recreation. If
this is true of all schools that more
of the rural students have more spi-
nal defects, then it is only fair that
those students attending Normal
schools should spend more of their
time with the Physical training dir-
ector, in order that when they go
out to teach they may make more
emphatic to the rural children the
importance of correct posture both
in walking, and sitting. All stu-
dents who are taking teachers train-
ing should be in the classes of games
and play, but it is evident that a
great many should be in the correc-
tive class of gym work.
Not only is there abundant trou-
ble with spinal detects in this school,
but also we find 51 out of the gym-
nasium classes who are afflicted with
foot trouble. The main troubles be-
ing low and fallen arches. Out of
the 51 girls with defective feet, 39
of these live or have lived in the
country, and 12 in the cities. The
greater share of the girls from the
rural districts are larger, both in
heighth and weight, perhaps this
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worthy things for our institution. Let
us remember that these young peo-
ple who have been working so dili-
gently on their orations are encour-
aged further in this worthy field by
seeing the student body well repre ,
sented and displaying their share of
interest in such things, as they
should. Perhaps not all of us realize
that many colleges display as much
interest in forensics as they do in
athletics. We can do the same.
Athletics display physical skill while
forensics call for mental skill, that
is the only difference. Perhaps there
is a difference of opinion as to whe-ther
we should profit most by being
developed to a greater extent men-tally
or physically. Perhaps a busi-ness
career calls for keener mental
development and the ability to speak
effectively. Those who share in the
latter belief will certainly be at the
annual Lincoln Oratorical Contest to-night.
Those who are undecided
should go anyway. A profitable and
interesting evening is in store for
you. How would it be if we flocked
to the Auditorium tonight like we
stormed the gates of Johnson Field
this fall? Five orations do not con-stitute
a lengthy program. Perhaps
some of the 'under-classmen will wish
to give an oration some day. As
we advance to the first year or so
of college rank we find we often wish
to undertake those things. Every
contest we hear gives us a firmer
foundation-we profit by the exper-ience
of others-sometimes anyway.
Let us therefore all plan to come
out tonight and even bring a friend
along with us.

LEADERSHIP PRESENTS
ANNUAL CLUB PLAYS
CLEVER CHARACTERIZATIONS
Principal Play Is Eloquent Plea For
Rural School Consolidation
One of the most decidedly worth
while projects of the Leadership club
this quarter was the play which was
presented before a good-sized house
on Friday evening.
Both the curtain-raiser, "Neigh-
bours" and the main play, "A Little
Child Shall Lead Them" were a de-
cided triumph for the director, Mr.
Hardin. Neighbours," was partic-
ularly exceptional for its appropriate
setting, excellent costuming and clev-
er character portrayal. The work of
the actors was uniformly high, ev-
eryone losing himself completely in
his character. Miss Reed as old
Mis' Trot and Dora Seyer a Mis'
Abel were particularly excellent. The
cast follows:
Neighbours"
Grandma Eloise Reed
Mis' Abel Dora Seyer
Inez Dawn Oleson
Mis' Ellsworth Mildred Becker
Mis' Trot Eunice Kerr
Mis' Moran Helen Saunders
Ezra Roy Fetter
Peter Cecil Draper
"A Little Child Shall Lead Them"
was a high class rural drama, preach-
ing the doctrine of consolidation in
a peculiarly artistic manner. The
setting was typically rural, the act-
ing of almost all the characters ex-
cellent and entirely above criticism.
Especially excellent were Sam and
Betsy, farm hands whose antics kept
the audience in continual mirth. An-
other splendid piece of work was the
character of Peter Simpson, youth-
ful but villianous Croesus of the
community, taken by Horatio Welsh.
Clarence Wilcox and Cyrus Olliver
also gave a strong and artistic inter-
pretation of his character. The en-
tire cast was as follows:
"A Little Child Shall Lead Them"
Hugh Calvert, progressive young
farmer Benj. Simmons
Cyrus Olliver, a substantial farmer
of the old school  Clarence Wilcox
Myra Olliver, his wife
Bertha Boekelheide
Loreta Olliver, the eldest daughter
Rose Thurston
Angela, the granddaughter
Bernice Imsland
Peter Simpson  Horatio Walsh
Doctor Sylvester Ben Renz
Sam, Hired help on the farm 
Roy Sterrett
Betsy, Hired help on the farm 
Marie Finley
Between acts the Leadership Quar-
tet composed of Ben Renz, Roy Fet-
ter, Donovan Felton and David Lynch
sang two songs, "Kentucky Babe"
and "Mary's Lamb," both of which
were heartily appreciated. The Nor-
mal School Orchestra gave a num-
ber of excellent selections through-
out the evening and were heartily
encored.

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EDUCATION
Herbert Hoover-The Nation
as a Whole has the obligation
of such measures toward its
children, as a whole, as will
yield to them an equal oppor-
tunity at their start in life.

John Adams-Laws for the 
liberal education of youth are 
so extremely wise and useful
that, to a humane and gener-
ous mind, no expense for this 
purpose would be thought ex-
travagant.

PUBLISHES BOOK
Professor Lindberg Brings Out Vol-ume
of Poems
(By Rudolph Ruste)
The many friends of Mr. Lindberg
who have read and admired his
poems which have appeared from
time to time in various publications
throughout the country will be more
than pleased to have an opportunity
to get his poems in book form. We
cannot describe this book in better
terms than Ex4Governor Herreid
uses in the foreword to the book:
"In thought and expression these
poems will, I believe, merit the ap-
,proval of lovers of literature and add
another name to the small but grow-
ing number of gifted writers of our
young commonwealth."
Mr. Lindberg has an enviable repu-
tation among South Dakota writers.
He is one of the few poets who has
been able to adopt the virtues of the
new school of poetry. and yet has
not lost sight of the good points of
the old school. The long poem "Wen-
ona," from which the book takes its
name, is a beautiful story of Indian
life, done in blank verse in strong
fine language. The twenty-eight
short poems which make up the bal-
ance of the book covers a wide range
of subjects, and all of them have
true poetic inspirations as well as
almost faultless workmanship. The
book itself is printed in a fine grade
of paper with deckled edges. The
cover is a flexible leather imitation.
Each book is numbered and auto-
graphed by the author. The print
is exceptionally even and clear, mak-
ing the book as a whole a very at-
tractive little volume.
All in all, not only the Normal,
but the whole eommunity, has rea-
son to be proud of this hook. And
let us assert our intellectual inde-
pendence by recognizing as such the
good literature which is produced in
our community. The books will be
on sale at the Normal Book Store,
at the Woodward Pharmacy and at
Searle Brothers' Print Shop.
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SMITH-HUGHES COURSES
It is expected that a large number
of young men will enroll in the
Smith-Hughes building trades course
offered at the Normal during the
winter months. The winter term
opens December 31 and will continue
for twelve weeks. This course has
been operating since November 5.
Every boy over 14 years should
avail himself of this splendid oppor-
tunity for learning a trade. The
courses offered will be architectural
drawing, carpentry, and sheet metal
work. Quite a lot of new equipment
has been installed for handling the
sheet metal work. The hours are
from 8:00 a. m. to 5:00 p. m.


PASQUE NOTICE
Students who are leaving school
this quarter and who have signed
up for a Pasque, or who have made
a partial payment only, are advised
to pay the entire amount and at the
same time leave their addresses at
the Publications Office before leav-
ing. This will insure them a Pasque
and at the same time avoid corres-
pondence later on. We must know
by January first just how many
books to order. Last year something
over fifty people who wanted the
annual had to go without one be-
cause they failed to order it in
time.

DEBATE NOTES
Nine contestants are in the field
for debate this year. Meetings are
being held regularly and biblograph-
ies are becoming much worn. The
young men now at work on the
question are William Gruhn, Gale
Finley, Martin Anderson, David
Lynch, Ben Simmons, Rufus Poole,
Donald Klinger, Clarence Wilcox
and Clifford Johnson. Of these men,
William Gruhn has had consider-
able High School experience while
all of the others with the exception
of Poole, Klinger and Wilcox have
had previous college experience.
Coach Root is molding them into
shape and hopes to be able to carry
off honors with his teams. An un-
usually large debate schedule con-
fronts the teams this year. 

95 WOMEN REPORT FOR
BASKETBALL PRACTICE
TRAINING RULES ADOPTED
Two Tournaments Planned for Win-
ter Quarter; One to be Be-
tween Class Teams, The
Other to be Inter-Dor-
mitory
With ninety-five women reporting
for basketball practice regularly,
there is sure to be some real compe-
tition for places when the six class
teams are selected. As usual in wo-
men's athletics, the fifth years have
the largest delegation out for prac-
tice. Nearly half the total number
out are people from that class. The
number out from each class is as
follows: First Years, 10; Second
Years, 11; Third Years, 5; Fourth
Years, 11; Fifth Years, 44 ; Sixth
Years, 13. The total number of
Pre-Normal girls who are out for
teams is 36; Junior Normal 58. The
Senior Normal is not attempting to
put a team in the field.
Three innovations in women's bas-
ketball at N. N. I. S. are to be begun
this year. One of these will begin
immediately after vacation. It is
planned to keep a record of every
player in Personal Fouls, Technical
Fouls, Field Goals, and Free Throws.
In this way it will be easy to det-
ermine at the close of the season
just which girl has the cleanest rec-
ord and which player did the most
decisive playing.
Plans are also under way where-
by instead of having only the one
interclass tournament as usual, a
second tournament between four
other teams will be played after the
class contests are finished. These
four teams would be one from Lin-
coln Hall, one from Graham Hall,
one of girls who room outside the
dorms, and one of girls whose home
is in Aberdeen.
The third innovation will be the
picking of an All-School Team at the
end of the winter quarter. This
would be a mythical group represent-
ing the best six players in school.
Training rules were chosen last
week and girls who expect to make
any of the teams should adhere to
them rigidly. For the benefit of
those who do not know these rules
we give them as follows: 1. Know-
ledge of the rules. 2. SPORTSMAN-
SHIP! 3. Out for practices. 4. No
eating between meals except fresh
fruits, milk, or crackers. 5. Sleep
8 hours at least five days a week.
6, Mink 8 glasses of water each day.
These rules will be taken into con-
sideration in the selection of all
teams.

SENIOR NORMAL CONVOCATION
Before introducing the speaker for
Senior Normal convocation, Wednes-
day, Dec. 12, Dean Pryor announced
the speakers for the following two
senior Normal Convocations. Mr.
Ben Lawshe, Secretary of the Com-
mercial Club, of Aberdeen, will
speak at the next convocation and
Ex-Governor Herreid, at the one fol-
lowing. The speaker for Wednesday, De-
cember 12, was Mr. Harry J. Boyts,
Secretary of the South Dakota Wheat
Growers' Association. Mr. Boyts dis-
cussed the need of cooperative Mar-
keting of our agricultural products
in order to make agriculture a suc-
cess. He stated that cooperative
marketing has proven to be a suc-
cess in other countries. The Danish
farmer receives 75 per cent of the
value of his products sold, while the
American farmer receives only about
37 per cent. This difference proves
the value of cooperation. He also dis-
cussed the principles underlying the
Wheat Growers' Association and
what it expects, or aims to accom-
plish. Mr. Boyts gave a very inter-
esting talk which explains the two
requests made of him, at the close
of his talk, to appear before the
class in Agriculture the third period,
and the class in Debate the fourth
period.

ORCHESTRA RECITAL
Thoso who attended the splendid
concert given by the Normal School
orchestra last Wednesday evening
will be pleased to hear that this fine
musical organization will again be
presented in a concert on Wednes-
day evening, December 19, at 8:15
o'clock in the Auditorium. The pro-
gram will be very similar to that
given on Wednesday of last week.
Many fine solos and duets will be
given by Henry Schoisser, Marguerite
Anfinson, Frank Pickart, Roger Ben-
nett, Irene and Inez Werth, and
Billy Lamont, while a trio will be
given by Professor and Mrs. Good-
sell and Henry Scheissee, Gladys
Brewer, Frances Dreelan, and Miriam
Sudow, three of Mrs. Helen Burns-
Leighton's pupils will give readings.
A most cordial invitation is extended
to all Normal people and their
friends.

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