The Exponent, 1925-10-27

              The Exponent
Northern State Teachers College
VOL. XXIV ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA, OCTOBER 27, 1925 No. 5

LET'S TAKE THE AWE OUT OF AUGUSTANA
OUR GYPSIEST GYPSY DAY IS HERE

DEBATE QUESTIONS FIXED 
AT YANKTON CONFERENCE 
MUCH LOCAL INTEREST SHOWN  
Men to Debate Child Labor Issue; Wo-
men Discuss Uniform Marriage
and Divorce Question
Prof. A. R. Root of the speech de-
partment attended, last week, the an-
nual meeting of the State Intercol-
legiate Forensic Association, at Yank-
ton, at which many things of impor-
tance concerning the forensic activi-
ties for the coming year were decid-
ed.
The question for the men's debates
will concern the child labor issue,
which is also the question for Pi
Kappa Delta debates; the women's
debating question concerns uniform
marriage and divorce laws.
An innovation this year will be
to have open forum-no decision de-
bates. There will be no judges, the
audience acting in that capacity; and
the audience will also be permitted
to ask questions concerning any phase
of the question. This type of debat-
ing has gained much popularity in the
last few years, for although there is
no incentive to win, the debaters are
taught to organize their thought to
convince the audience and not just
three judges and in this way they are
stimulated to put their ideas across
in the best possible way.
Besides the scheduled debates for
the conference, there will, of course,
be other debates. The women's team
will debate the Teachers College at
Moorhead, Minnesota, and probably
one of the denominational schools in
Minnesota, also. The debates on the
way to Estes Park, where the Pi
Kappa Delta debates are to be held,
have not been scheduled yet.
This year we shall have two repre-
sentatives in inter-collegiate oratory
-one for the regular state contest,
the winner of which represents South
Dakota in the inter-state contest; and
one to take part in a peace oratorical
contest, the winner of which competes
in a national contest. The state priz-
es for this last contest are $60.00 and
$40.00. This is a separate contest
from the regular state contest. The
oration must be only fifteen minutes
in length and war may not be pre-
sented as an agency of peace.
The annual Lincoln contest in ora-
tory will be held here either the last
week of school in December or early
in the winter quarter. Otto Gruhn
was the winner last year and is back
at school again this year and will
probably enter.
The material this year, both for de-
bate and oratory is excellent, and a
more active interest has been shown
in forensic work than at any prev-
ious time. It is estimated that twice
as many people will be out for the
work this year than last year.
Following is the debate schedule:
Class A, men's debates: Augustana
to Springfield; Springfield to Yank-
ton; Yankton to Sioux Falls College;
Sioux Falls to Brookings; Brookings
to Aberdeen; Aberdeen to Dakota
Wesleyan; Dakota Wesleyan to Colum-
bus; Columbus to Mines; Mines to Hur-
on; Huron to Madison; Madison to Au-
gustana. Class 3, women's debates:
Sioux Falls to Aberdeen; Aberdeen to
Dakota Wesleyan; Dakota Wesleyan
to Huron; Huron to Yankton; Yank-
ton to Sioux Falls.

ORDER OF MARCH
Mr. Engmann Hafnor, Marshal of
the Day, announces the following or
der of march for the parade on Gypsy
Day:
The parade will leave the campus
from the Kline street entrance, turn-ing
at the gateway and going west
on Twelfth avenue to Main street.
It will then follow. Main street down
to the Milwaukee depot where it will
turn and come back on Main as far
as Sixth avenue. It will then proceed
East on Sixth avenue as far as Kline
street, where it will again turn South
and return to the campus.

HAMBURGER STAND
Don't forget that the French and
Spanish Clubs will be serving on
Gypsy Day from 10:30 A. M. to 2:30
P. M. Ice cream! Hamburger! Cof-fee!
Come one-come all. The best
of food, the best of service, and the
best of satisfaction will be yours. The
stand will be centrally located on the
campus-you can't miss it.

WANTED
A grey steed like George
Washington's for me to ride on
Gypsy Day. Must be tall enough
so my feet won't hang on the
ground and tame enough so he
won't spoil the parade.
-P. Engmann Hafnor, Marshal.

MISS JESSIE NICOL
Gypsy Queen

A REAL EXPERIMENT
Prof. Malcolm to Experiment in Rural
Education in'the Midst of Sage
Brush Desert
Many of the students and faculty 
members were pleased to see Prof.
D. J. Malcolm on the campus this
week. At the close of the first six
weeks of summer school he left with
his family via auto for British Col-
umbia. Early this fall he returned
to South Dakota for a series of insti-
tutes, he is now on his way back to
the Pacific coast once more.
Mr. Malcolm is very much inter-
ested in the work that awaits him
when he arrives home. Cooperating
with the State Agricultural College
at Pullman, Washington, he is plan-
ning to teach a rural school in the
sage brush desert country 75 miles
from Spokane. He has already vis-
ited the school and declares that from
the point of view of backwardness,
nothing is probably worse in the Unit-
ed States. The one redeeming feature
is the fact that there is a teacherage
so that he and his family will be
fairly comfortably housed. The un-
dertaking is an experiment and we
shall expect to hear a real story from
Mr. Malcolm, such as we know that
only he can tell. He is of the opinion
at the present time that our educa-
tional system is expecting much more
from our teachers in backward rural
communities than we have a right to
expect. These are some of the prob-
lems he hopes to solve. Among other
things he expects to publish a school
paper; as he says "out of nothing."
On the strength of this statement the
Exponent immediately asked to be
put on his exchange list. We shall
await the first number of whatever
name the paper may bear. Mr. Mal-
colm's address will be, Benge, Wash-
ington.

STEWART-FARBMA N RECITAL
The artists' recital by Wylie
Stewart, tenor, and Harry Farbman,
violinist, was given to a large and
appreciative audience at the N. S. T.
C. auditorium, Wednesday, OctoLer
21. The two artists captured the au-dience
from the beginning, Faibnian
by his unusual skill and Stewart with
nis excellent voice. The program con-tainea
many selections from "old and
modern masters." A matinee was
Oven at 3:30 which was attended
largely by students and 'faculty mein-hers.
At 8:30, the program was given
foi down-town people and fir stu-dents
and faculty members who pre-ferred
to attend in the evening. This
was the bpening number of the 1925-
26 Lecture course.

DANCE AND GUEST PERMITS
Visitors please notice! All alumni
and former students must have spec-ial
permits for either the gym dance
or the E-2 party. These must be had
at Miss Moulton's office both before
and after the game.
Students desiring to bring friends
must also have guest permits, and
for this one night as many as they
wish.
Everyone must decide befoile taking
out the permit whether they wish to
go to the party or the dance. There
should be no visiting between the gym
and E-2 at refreshment time.
Those who do not have permits or
do not wish to dance, but wish to
watch may be admitted to the balcony
at the gym.

BALLOON SALE
The Y. W. is pushing a splendid
plan of combining school publicity
with a means of making money. In
cooperation with the other organiza-tions
to help make the campus beauti-ful
Gypsy Day they are selling toy
balloons. These balloons are of the
school colors, maroon and gold, and
each one proudly bears the letters
"N. S. T. C." A balloon will add
greatly to your costume today so get
yours and help advertise the college.

THREE FORMER QUEENS HERE
Game With Augustana Will Be Big Feature of Afternoon
The morning of Saturday, October
24, will see the opening of the Great-
est Gypsy Day in the history of the
N. S. T. C. It is going to be a real
Home-coming Day when former Gyp-
sies will return to renew old acquain-
tances and to make new ones.
The crowning of the Queen of the
tribe at nine o'clock in the auditorium
is indeed a fitting and beautiful cere-
mony which will mark the beginning
of the festivities which will be con-
tinued late into the night. The coro-
nation this year will be elaborate and
beautiful. The procession of the Queen
and her twelve attendants led by a
small girl will mark the opening of
the solemn ceremony. The music
which has been provided is the best
that can be obtained. Catherine Burns
will provide violin music-played
softly off stage throughout the entire
coronation ceremony. Carl Gruhn and
Harriet Seymour will sing appropriate
Gypsy solos. A chorus formed from
the Men's Glee Club, under the sup-
ervision of Miss Carson and a group
of the Normalonians from last year's
club, will provide the best in chorus
music. A coronation ceremony, especially
that of a Gypsy Queen, will lack sea-
soning if there were not the Gypsy
Folk Dance. The dancers include Eth-
el Mattice, Nora Staael, Faith Bryan,
Durward Westervelt, Stanley Stout,
and Miss Taggert. In addition to the
dances there will be a tumbling act
by Junior High School students drill-
ed by Miss Staael.
But the climax of it all is the crown-
ing of the Queen. Three former
Queens will be present to take part
in the ceremony: Miss Remde, 1916;
Miss Evans, 1923; and Miss Corcoran,
1924. Last year's Queen, Miss Cor-
coran, will crown the Queen of the
1925 Gypsy Tribe, Miss Jessie Nicol.
This elaborate ceremony only marks
the opening of the gala day. Imme-
diately following the coronation, at
eleven o'clock, there will be the mon-
ster parade, which will be participated
in by practically every club on the
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GYPSY -DAY PROGRAM
9:00 A. M.-Cororation of the Queen, Auditorium.
11:00 A. M.-Mammoth Parade.
12:00 to 1:30 P. M.-Lunch on the CampuS, Served by
and Spanish Clubs.
1:30 P. M.-Band Concert on the Campus.
2:00 P. M.-Pep Meeting on the campus.
3:00 P. M.-Football Game, Johnson Field, N. S. T. C.
gustana.
5:30 P. M.-Gypsy Day Dinner in the Cafeteria.
7:30 P. M.-Original Gypsy Day Program, Auditorium.
9:00 P! M.-Dance in the Gym., Party in E-2.

GYPSY DAY DATES BACK TO NOV. 14, 1916
FLEISCHMAN IS PATRIARCH
Miss Remde Is First Queen and C. 0. Gottschalk Is First Marshal
Everything must have a beginning.
So the early history of our annual
Gypsy Day takes us back nine years
to the fall of 1916. Of course, every
idea must have a father. The idea
of a Gypsy Day has been conceded to
Charles Fleischman, a graduate of N.
S. T. C. He should perhaps, be called
the father of Gypsy Day and the pat-riarch
of the tribe, since he was so
largely responsible for its origin.
Prior to 1916 N. S. T. C. had no
special Homecoming Day, and stu-dents
had to rely upon their own ;n-dividual
initiative, if they wished to
celebrate for their Alma Mater, by
staying out late on Saturday night or
committing some other of the "un-pardonable
acts." Charles Fleishman,
along with many other students, ob-served
that other state institutions
had home-coming days of some kind,
in the fall of the year, when they
would welcome back the alumni to
join in the festivities of a gala day.
The recotds of The Exponent for the
early fall of 1916 show several ap-
peals for such a day at N. S. T. C.
Finally, there appeared an editorial 
entitled, "Why Not Gypsy Day?" Mr.
Fleishman with several others exerted
themselves in pushing the idea, until
the shool finally inaugurated a Gyp-
sy Day. November 14, 1916, was set
aside for the great occasion and plans
were laid in earnest. The first queen 
to be lected was Bernice Remde of
Madfield, with C. O. Gottschalk as 
Marshal of the Day.
The Exponent of the following week
says: " Early Saturday morning gay-
colored figures swarmed upon the
campus. With dark braids done up 
in unique head dress, with bright
skirts and gay sashes, the fair N. S.
T. C. Gypsiettes gathered for the
Carnival of the Romanies, while their
dark fiercer-looking partners of the
stern sex mingled with them, making 
dark patches in the gay throng!"
(Continued On Page Two)

P. ENGMANN HAFNOR
Marshal of the Day

DOPE ON THE GAME
Today's Contest Will be Most Fierce-
ly Fought of Any on Schedule
The addition of two conference vic-
tories to the Wolves' tally lends that
touch of confidence which makes for
a winning team. Since the Black Hills
trip many of the kinks have been
worked out, and when the Pack goes
on the field it will be with that same
snap and zest which has spelled vic-
tory in the two previous encounters.
The contest today will probably be
the most fiercely fought as well as
the most decisive game on the Wolves'
schedule. The two teams are of equal
conference standing, each having won
two and lost no conference games. The
fact of the ragged score chalked up
when the two teams met last year
is another burr in the Wolves' harn-
ess that will lend those last few ounc-
es of punch necessary to carry the
ball across.
Condition seems to favor the Pack,
for at present, if anything points to-
ward victory for either team, it is the
injury of three veteran Augustana
backs. The lack of a strong reserve
force is evident in the Vikings' camp,
and unless the dope is upset and the
veteran line-up start the game, Augus-
tana will undoubtedly be playing
against odds.

The Probable Line-up
N. S. T. C.        Position           Augustana
Storeim             LE                    Harvey
Matthews          LT                  Steltzmiller
Collins               LG                    Hauge
Kugler                C                     Ulberg
Ripley               RG                     Larson
Demmers         RT                   Anderson
Kibler               RE                     Leverson
Evans                Q                       Hammer
Palmer             LH                     Fjellestad
Welsh              RH                        Ran
Rousseau          F                     Gunderson

Y. M.-Y. W. CONFERENCE
Harriet Seymour and Durward Wes-tervelt
Attend Meet at Sioux Falls
The student Y. M. and Y. W. pres-idents
of South Dakota met last Mon-day
in Sioux Falls. Durward Wester-velt
and Harriet Seymour, presidents
of the Y. M. and Y. W., attended this
conference. The meetings were held
in the Y. M. building. Hugo Thomp-son,
State Student Secretary of Min-nesota,
and Miss Gerlack, Y. W. Field
Secretary of this district, were the
principal speakers. They discussed
the subjects of World-Friendship and
World Peace, pointing out the neces-sity
of the United States joining the
World Court.
Plans were made for the confer-ence
at Mitchell which will be held
November 6-8. The topic for discus-sion
at this meeting is "Better Liv-ing."
This subject will be discussed
in relation to the following questions:
1--Is college preparing us for better
living? 2--Is the Church doing its
share? 3-What is the student to do
about it?
Many notable speakers and Y. M.
and Y. W. workers will he at this
meeting. Among them are Dad El-liott,
Regional Student Y. M. Secre-tary;
White Bakke, a student at North
western, winner of the National Ora-torical
Contest last year. Mr. Baake
was on the student•pilgrimage to Eu-rope
this summer; Stitt Wilson and
Miss Gerlack will also be there.
Our local Y. M. and Y. W. plan
to have representatives at this confer-ence.

 NOTICE
On Gypsy Day no noon meal will
be served in the Cafeteria, for the
French and Spanish Clubs are pro-viding
"cats" at reasonable rates for
all Gypsies. This is another instance
where the school withdraws in order
to give school organizations an op-portunity
to function.
Remember that the line-up for the
Gypsy Day feast begins outside the
Cafeteria at 5:30 P. M.

S. D. C. P. A. TO MEET
AT MITCHELL, NOV. 13-14
BIG PROGRAM PLANNED
Exponent Will Compete in Contest
With Other State College
Papers
Word has just been received in The
Exponent office that the annual meet-
ing of the South Dakota College Press
Association will be held at Mitchell on
November 13-14. This Association in-
cludes all schools of college rank in
the state that are publishing papers.
Usually about ten or a dozen schools
attend these meetings. The purpose
of the conference is to discuss from
every point of view matters of impor-
tance in college journalism.
Some of the outstanding topics for
this year's discussion are as follows:
"The College Paper and Its Relation
With the Home City," L. W. Robin-
son, editor, Mitchell Gazette; "News-
paper Management," J. C. Lindberg,
Director of Publications, N. S. T. C.;
"Journalism and Its Purposes," Hon.
W. R. Ronald, editor, Mitchell Daily
Republican; "Getting the News,"
Prof. A. J. Wright, Department of
Journalism, University; "Feature
Stories," Mr. Dingler, editor, Huron;
"Exchanges," Mr. Rogers editor, Sioux
Falls.
The business session, which will in-
clude the election of officers for the
year and choosing of the place for
meeting next year, will take place on
Saturday morning, November 14.
One of the important features of the
conference is the annual contest which
compares the different college papers
on the following points: front page
make-up, editorial column, and gener-
al news value. In last year's contest
the "Exponent" and the "Phreno-Cos-
mian" tied for first place.

FOOTBALL PROGRAMS
For the benefit of the Gypsies, and
especially the home-coming gypsies,
an attractive eight-page souvenir pro-
gram is being printed. The program
contains cuts of Her Majesty, the
Queen, the Marshal of the Day, the
leader of the Wolves, the coach, be-
sides the line-ups of both teams, a
score card, and a paragraph on the
collative strength of the two teams.
In former years the booklets have
been sold. This year, due to the lib-
eral advertising, the programs are to
be given away. In return the man-
agement asks that you read the ads
and that you patronize the firms
whose names appear in your program.
The program has a striking two-color
cover and will attractively fill a page
of your memory book. The program
is managed and edited by Bill Collins
and George Palmer.

SOUTH DAKOTA TEACHERS
Recently, the S. D. E. A. Journal
published a very interesting article,
listing a number of teachers and tell-
ing how long each had taught in
South Dakota. None of the N. S. T.
C. were mentioned, so by investiga-
tion and personal interviews we have
completed the following interesting
list, giving the names and the num-
ber of years the teachers who have
taught more than ten years in South
Dakota.
Lida Williams, 15 years; Etha
Burnham, 14 years; Dean Pryor, 12
years; M. M. Guhin, 19 years; Mary
J. Meek, 17 years; J. C. Lindberg, 19
years; Mrs. Collins, 11 years; all at
N. S. T. C.; Mr. Seymour, 25 years;
Mr. Wray, 15 years; Mr. Onsgaard,
11 years; J. W. Thomas, 18 years;
Mr. Gerber, 13 years; Miss Heinen-
way, 16 years.
All of these are now teaching at
the N. S. T. C.

FACULTY WIVES CLUB
The first meeting of the Faculty
Wives' Club was held at the home of
Mrs. H. W. Foght, Monday afternoon.
The meeting was devoted to the study
of South Dakota. Mrs. A. H. Seymour
gave a paper on the early history of
South Dakota, and Mrs. Roderick Ross
read another on the later history. A
short business meeting was held, af-
ter which a dainty lunch was served
by Mrs. Foght.
Mesdames Jensen, Wright and Lind-
berg were awarded the honor of hav-
ing served the best lunch, last year,
on the least amount of money.

THE QUEEN SAYS
"Let all my loyal subjects for
this one day act and do as is
 becoming to true Gypsies. Above
all things, every true Gypsy will
assist the Wolves in taking the
'awe' and 44st' out of 'Anna,'
so that she think twice be-fore
she ventures into the Nor-thern
Woods a second time."