The Exponent, 1926-07-14

              COME AGAIN NEXT YEAR The Exponent COME AGAIN NEXT YEAR
Northern State Teachers College
ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA, JULY 14, 1926
SECOND SIX WEEKS TERM OPENS NEXT MONDAY, JULY 19

SECRETARY'S OFFICE
IS VERY BUSY PLACE
HAS MANY VARIOUS DUTIES
Takes Care of a Host of Local Funds
Besides Regular School
Budget
In a special interview with Mr.
Oates, Secretary of the College, the
Exponent reporter was able to glean
a host of facts that should be of interest
to every student on the campus.
Mr. Oates handles a job of many details
and there is a great deal of work
and worry that accompanies this position.
If the secretary had only the
state funds to handle everything
would be much less complicated; but
at present all the student funds and
financing schemes are handled here,
and this is an immense task in itself.
The total amount of money passing
through the secretary's office for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925,
was $252,614.64. This includes salary
appropriations, maintenance ap-
propriation, tuition funds, dormitory
rentals, etc. The budget system is
used and estimates are made very
conservatively. During the last third
of the year expenditures are made
cautiously, until it is found out how
the balance stands. If it is found
that there is sufficient revenue, articles
of not so great importance as
others are purchased.
Aside from the state funds, that
pass through the Secretary's office,
are nearly all the funds that have any
connection with the school. This in-cludes
the student activity funds,
which finance all athletics, the lecture
course, social program, debates, the
Exponent, glee clubs, orchestra, etc.
Finances for all the school plays,
such as the senior play, junior play,
Masquers, junior speech department,
and others, pass through the secre-tary's
office.
Other affairs, which we have not
room to enlarge upon but which have
grown to be of considerable financial
proportions, are Gypsy Day and the
Spring Pageant activities.
The office also handles banking de-tails
for the greater convenience and
safety of the students. Students are
allowed to deposit money in the offi-ce.
This is a great privilege, as
it saves them many trips down town.
More students should take advantage
of this priviledge for at the present
time many people seem unable to ade-quately
take care of their finances.
There are as many as six to eight
student checks returned in a single
day. This is the cause of much loss
of time in hunting up the various stu-dents
and sending them notices. The
ten cent charge made for cashing
checks is not as unfair as some stu-dents
are prone to think, for it goes
to take care of such details as those
listed above.
There are a hundred other duties
that might be dwelt upon at length.
Among other items it may be men-tioned
that from 75 to 550 checks are
handled in one day and as high as
$700. It would pay every student to
make a friendly visit to the secre-tary's
office, for there is a whole world
that is new to most of us and infor-mation
may be had for the asking.

THE NEW GYMNASIUM
Dr. Foght said on July 7 that the
contract will be let on July 27 for
the construction of the new gymnast-
ium building.  Bids will probably be
handed in soon and the lowest bidder
will receive the contract on that date.
If the successful bidder is from
Aberdeen, work will most probably be
begun the day following.  The build-
ing is to be completed by commence-
ment time next June, so work will
have to start immediately.  The out-
side work will have to be finished be-
fore the cold weather begins this
fall.  We all look forward with much
anticipation to the new addition on
out campus, and we hope we shall
all be able to take advantage of the
opportunities offered by it.

N. S. T. C. WRITERS
Among the notable students who
are enrolled in Professor Lindberg's
class of Creative Writing, or who visit
the class frequently, are Mr. Harry
Reynard, a former student of N. S.
T. C., now a graduate of Minnesota
University, and editor of their literary
quarterly magazine; Merle Lembeck,
writer of the poem which received
honorable mention in the poetry con-test
this year; Miss Alma Eagleson,
who wrote the spring pageant, "The
Enchanted Ring"; Thelma Foght-
Jones, author of the play "The King
of Kane County," and Ben Simmons,
who has written several prize-winning
poems and short stories. The other
members of the class tremble at
the verdicts of these critics who have
already achieved, but console them-selves
with the thought that they too,
may join the notables some day.

COME AGAIN
To those who are not return-ing
for the second six weeks
term, we wish a most hearty
"Goodbye;" we hope you will
tome again next year.

EXPONENT HISTORY 
School Paper Dates Back Almost a
Quarter of a Century
By Raymond Poirier
The birth of the Exponent dates
back to 1902. The size of the first;
copy was 5 1/2 by 8% inches; it was
published monthly, beginning with
October and was called the Indus-trial
Normal Exponent. The Editor-in-
Chief was Mrs. F. J. Armstrong,
a student. The Advisory Committee
was composed of two faculty mem-bers,
Fred W. Smith and S. C.
Hartranft.  The Exponent was first
published one year after the opening
of the Normal The price of the ma-
gazine was then fifty cents per year.
The purpose of the Exponent as
stated in one of the first issues was:
first, “To awaken pride for the
Northern Normal;” second, “To keep
those in the outside world in touch
with the Normal.”  The first copies of
the Exponent featured locals, edito-
ials, special articles and advertising.
A brown Brothers advertisement helps
to make one realize the age of the 
paper.  It showed their place of busi-
ness with one of the fist Fords park-
ed in front of it.  The number of Jan-
uary 1903 must have been of consid-
erable help to the housewife for it
contained 108 recipes from the dom-
estic science department.
Many changes were made in the
staff.  In 1903 Willis E. Johnson be-
came Editor-in-Chief, and Fred W.
Smith became Business Manager.  This
year the price of the magazine was
raised to seventy-five cents.  In 1908
Paul M. Young became Business Man-
ager.  In 1913 Charles D. Poore be-
came Editor-in-Chief, and M. Wm.
Hackman became Business Manager.
The price of the magazine was raised
to one dollar.  In 1914 the Faculty
Committee consisted of C. D. Poore
and E. C. Woodburn; W. M. Oates was
Business Manager.  In 1915 the mag-
azine was in charge of a Board of
Control which was as follows:
President Johnson, W. M. Oates,
Paul Keiser became the Faculty Ad-
visor.  In 1918 the size of the paper
was changed from the magazine form
and a weekly publication was begun.
In 1920 J. C. Lindberg became Dir-
ector of Publications and the size of
the paper was enlarged from four col-
umns to five.  In 1922 the paper was
enlarged to its present size of six
columns.
Bound copies of the Exponent are
in the library, and it is interesting to 
note the improvement that has been
made from time to time.


FORMER STAR WILL RETURN
“Bob” Campbell Will Be Assistant
Athletic Coach Next Year
"Bob" Campbell, former N. S. T.
C. star athlete and for the past four
years coach in the high schools at
Huron, has been appointed assistant
coach at N. S. T. C. for the coming
year. This announcement comes as
the climax to negotiations which have
been going on for some time. He
will be Coach in all branches of ath-letics
and instructor in Physical Edu-cation.
For the past several years Mr.
Campbell has been coach at Huron,
where he has turned out excellent
teams in basketball and football. In
1925 his team finished second in the
little eight conference. In 1922 and
1923 he coached the junior high school
at Huron.
During his college career here h
was a star in three major sports,
football and track.- In 1921 and 1922
he was a member of the track team.
He filled a guard position on the bas-ketball
team in 1922.
In 1924 and 1925 Mr. Campbell at-tended
the summer school for athletic
directors and coaches at the Univer-sity
of Minnesota. He will greatly
strengthen the athletic department at
the college which has been growing
rapidly in the past few years. Coach
Speelman has been in real need of an
assistant and he will now be better
able to carry o a full prop:, am of
physical education and athletics. Mr.
Campbell's home is in Cavalier, North
Dakota.

FOGHTS LEAVE FOR HILLS
Dr. and Mrs. H. W. Foght and
family, and Mr. and Mrs. John Paul
.Jones of Chicago left the early part
of the week for their cottage in the
Black Hills, about three miles from
Hill City. This is a beautiful spot
with a trout stream running through
the yard. Dr. Foght intends to re-turn,
.July 25, to attend to business
matters. Mrs. Foght and Mrs. Jones
will visit the Jones' home in Ellen-dale
before returning to Chicago. On
returning to the Hills, Miss Hope
Foght, Hideo Iwabuchi and Miss Hilda
Olson, who is to act as his secretary,
will return with Dr. Foght. All plan
for a real vacation.

Come Again, Next Year

WILL COVER WIDE FIELD
Mrs. F. C. Beverley and Mr. Charles Buck Are Alumni
of N. S. T. C.
The special lectures for the last six
weeks of summer school will be as in-spiring
and educational as those of the
first term. Mrs. F. C. Beverley, grad-uate
in '22 from our own institution,
is coming with a vital message for
the students. She is a noted special-ist
in rural life and education. Mrs.
Beverley is now Principal of Whit-published
Farm Life School, Virginia,
where she has gained much note and
success. This school is located six-
teen miles from a railroad yet it is
maintained on the same standard as a 
city school, publishing a paper and
an annual like any city institution.
The student body will be glad to hear
about Mrs. Beverley’s work.
Dr. J. C. Brown, President of the
St. Cloud, Minn., Teachers College
will be here for the fourth year.  He
speaks on various phases of education 
and is always interesting. 
Loren G. Atherton, A. B., Legisla-
tor, educator and lecturer, has lect-
ured here before.  His lectures in the
field of nature, especially on bird life,
are interesting and inspiring.  He
will also lecture in the field of civil
government and law enforcement.
Mrs. Atherton will also lecture on
bird life in connection with nature
study.  She is an artist of some note,
her painting of bird life having at-
tracted much attention.
Dr. Ralph Noyer, Director of the
Extension Department, State Teachers
College, Kearney, Nebraska, will lec-ture
on school administration, tests,
measurements, school journalism and
other vital phases of education.
Dr. Herbert I. Martin, Professor of
Philosophy, Drake University, Des
Moines, will give daily lectures in the
field of philosophy and education. He
is well known in South Dakota for
his successful work as county insti-tute
director.
Charles P. Buck, A. B., in Educa-tion,
N. S. T. C., will give illustrated
lectures on Hawaiian history, geo-graphy
and social life. Mr. Buck has
been engaged in Educational work in
Hawaii for two years, and has stud-ied
the conditions at first hand and
will thus have many things of in-terest
to relate.
Emanuel Sterheim, Ph. D., lecturer
and publicist, will give a series of
lectures from the field of American
literature with reviews of worthwhile
books. Dr. Sterheim is returning for
the fourth year.
Rollo Walter Brown, Ph. D., au-thor
and lecturer, will give a series
of lectures on "The Creative Spirit
and Youth"; "The Romance of Being
a Student"; "The Most Beloved Man
in America"; "What Can The West
Contribute to American Civilization ?"

THE NEW PHYSICAL EDUCATION BUILDING

THE DEVEREUX PLAYERS HERE IN THREE PLAYS
MORE DELIGHTFUL THAN EVER
Isben’s “Rosmersholm” Is General Favorite; Miss Graf’s In-
terpretation of Rebecca West is Out-
standing Character
The Devereux Players have
brought us the greatest dramatic
treat of the year. Their remarkable
interpretation of three masterpieces
won the highest praise of the enthu-siastic
audience.
Because of the recent rains, the
outdoor theatre could not be used; and
the program was changed slightly. On
Friday evening the play was "The
Merry Monarch," written by John
Howard Payne, the author of "Home
Sweet Home." The continuous mirth
of the audience proved that the clev-erness
of the author need not be
perverted to the vulgar, slapstick type
of comedy.
On Saturday afternoon Ibsen's
"Rosmersholm" was interpreted with
marvelous strength. Each character
was so well adapted to his role that
the theme of the play was intensi-fied.
There was not one in the au-dience
but felt the force and emo-
tional strain of the powerful tragedy.
The final presentation was Ros-tand's
"The Romancers." This charm-ing
fantasy left an impression in
marked contrast to that of either of
the other plays. Its delicate artific-iality
made it seem as a fairy tale.
The entire play is a dainty poem.
The variety of the plays, the cos-tumes
and the remarkably capable
acting made these players outstand-ing.
It would be unfair to give any
one actor more credit than another,
for each carried his role in the plays
with ease and understanding. Miss
Graf, the leading lady, showed unus-ual
versatility. Her strong personal-
.ty wins the immediate sympathy of
the audience.
Those who failed to see the Dever-cux
players missed one of the great-est
of opportunities to enjoy really
worthwhile plays.

GOODESLL AT RAVINIA PARK
Ben Goodsell, son of our own Prof.
H. E. Goodsell, and former student
at the college, was picked from the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, toge-ther
with forty-five other men, to play
for ten weeks at the Ravinia Park,
Ill. He is first violinist for the orch-estra.
Ben has gained a considerable rep-utation
in the musical world. He is
spoken of in the Musical 'News as
follows: "A newcomer of unqualified
merit stood before crowded houses all
week at Lyon and Healy Hall, and
won all favors. Ben M. Goodsell, now
of the first violin section of the Sym-phony
Orchestra, brings an admirably
maturity which some how suggests
solidity as a basis. In his very tone
is assertive strength, in his ease and
certainty the repose of confidence, in
his ways of playing, the success of in-telligent
study. Along his own lines
he is a personality-one to be depend-ed
upon by equipment and enjoyed by
reason of much inner resource not
only of preparation, but the charm of
expressing that subtler self."


EDUCATION RESEARCH
The Bureau of Educational Re-search
is organized for the purpose
of promoting the scientific trend of
education. Principals, superinten-dents
and progressive teachers ought
to stop at the office, W-36, Central
Building, and see what tests can be
used efficiently in their schools. The
director has many standardized tests
and measurements, both mental and
educational, which have proven them-selves
of great value and undoubtedly
will be of great service to the teacher.
Teachers are always welcome to visit
the bureau and any assistance or ad-vice
with regard to this field of educa-tion
will be gladly given. A supply
of recognized tests and helps in teach-ing
are kept on hand by the Bureau
at the regular retail prices. You will
find a sample of almost every test
published on file at the Bureau office,
The Director of the Bureau, Dr.
Malmberg, and staff members will be
glad to serve you if you are interest-ed.

Come Again, Next Year


COME AGAIN, DR. CORSON
This is the Unanimous Verdict of Stu-dents
and Faculty
At convocation last week Dr. Cor-son,
of Oxford, Ohio, delivered a ser-ies
of lectures which were of unusual
merit. "The Spirit of the Teacher"
was full of thought, and' brought out
the idea that no teacher dares to stag-nate.
Constant development is nec-essary
to success and without it an in-different
teacher will soon be left by
the wayside while the progressive one
moves forward. A trend of optimism
ran through his talks, and his views
are that the world is improving.
His speech on personality was re-plete
with wisdom. A teacher may
be an excellent encyclopedia of facts
but unless that character is there to
impress the life of the child, little is
gained by the contact.
Self control was one of the factors
considered necessary to one who hopes
to control the thoughts and lives of
ethers.
The lecture on "The Humility of
Lincoln" was a masterpiece. Many
instances were given to show the
greatness of the man who "belongs
to the ages." His self-effacement was
brought out both in public and private
life; his self-forgetfullness, even when
he rose to such sublime heights as the
Gettysburg Address, showed how lit-tle
he considered himself as a person,
and how great was the task which had
been intrusted to him.
While all of these lectures were
among the finest we have had from
our many. outside speakers there is a
unanimous verdict on the campus that
no finer address has been heard here
on the subject of Lincoln. In this ad-dress,
Lincoln for the most part
speaks for himself, but his various
sayings are permeated and tempered
by the fine personality of Dr. Corson,
himself.

"THE PEPPIEST GYPSY DAY"
Stickers
The Exponent has mentioned sever-al
times the auto windshield stickers
advertising our Homecoming Day.
You may get them for the asking. Mr.
Lindberg has a supply in his office,
and Engmann Hafnor has some at
the cashier's desk in the cafeteria.
No. N. S. T. C. car is complete with-out
one of these attractive red and
white posters.
The Big Game
There is a tradition at N. S. T. C.
that the Wolves have never lost a
game when the grandstand is full of
Gypsies. Never, on Gypsy Day, have
we lost.
It is up to all of us to come in
Romany costume and help the Wolves.
Whether you have been on the campus
six months or six years, you should
be a gypsy on October Twenty-third.
Cross Country Race
One of the features of Gypsy Day
is the Granger Cup Race. The race
is run in the afternoon, finishing be-fore
the grandstand just before the
kickoff of the big game. The distance
covered by the runners is slightly over
three miles. The entries are open
to any track man, whether a student
or not. Next year's race will be un-usually
interesting because Myrle Sol-iday,
who has won two consecutive
years, is running for permanent pos-session
of the trophy. Soliday is al-
ready beginning his training. Legler
of Redfield will enter, as well as many
of the runners now on the campus
The competition will make the race
one of the peppiest events on our
"Peppiest Gypsy Day."

JOURNALISM PROJECTS
The class in journalism has been 
addressed during the past week by
former members of the class who have
developed school papers in their com-
munities. These accounts of actual
experiences have been enlightening 
and encouraging. Various problems
incident to a journalism project such
as finances, arrangement of material,
methods of conducting work and as-
vertising, have been shown to the class
and compared. In every instance the
speakers have emphasized the im-
portance of the school paper in creat-
ing contact with community, In
one school, the paper is published 
even during the summer months by
the patrons.
Among the speakers were Jesse
Strader whose bi-weekly publication
represents four rural schools near
Doland, and Donovan Felton, fprmer-
ly of Patten Consolidated School. Mr.
Felton’s school published a weekly
newspaper and a school annual as
well. His project is quite unique. 

DR. KUO'S DATE CANCELLED
Dr. P. W. Kuo of St. John's Univer-sity,
China, who was scheduled to
speak at N. S. T. C. this week, has
cancelled all engagements for the
summer. His government has tele-graphed
for him to take charge of the
exhibits from China at the Sesqui-
Centennial exposition. We are sorry
to miss bearing this distinguished
speaker.
Come Again, Next Year

CAMPUS SCHOOL TO HOLD
PARENTS’ DAY TOMORROW
STUDENTS ARE WELCOME
Toy Orchestra, Dramatizations and
Exhibits of Work to be Features
of the Day
On Thursday afternoon the Campus
School will hold a program and exhi-bit
in E-2 of Central Building at 1:30
o'clock. Each of the three rooms will
present a portion of the program. The
children of Miss Wilkerson's room will
read the last edition of "The Campus
Tattler," their school paper, and will
present a short play dramatizing the
Verendrye Plate episode of South Da-kota
history. Both of these projects
are a part of their class work.
The pupils of the intermediate room
will give two playlets based on geo-graphy.
The one to be presented by
the fifth grade shows correlation of
civics and geography.
The primary room will give two so-cialized
recitations, one a project in
civics, the other in health work. One
of the unique features in this portion
of the program will be the toy orche-stra.
The children have made drums,
triangles, cymbals, tambourines and
other instruments which they use to
accompany the playing of various in-strumental
selections. In addition to
teaching appreciation, this device de-velops
concentration, sense of rhythm
and interest in music. Miss Benson
is the helping teacher in charge of
this work.
The exhibits will show art work of
various types from each of the rooms.
The pupils of the intermediate room
will show work in sewing and in bas-ketry;
those of the upper grades have
work in sewing, tinsmithing and wood-work.
The entire program will be of
value to all teachers.


NEW VIOLIN BOOK.
Professor Goodsell Is Working On
Text for Beginners
Professor Howard E. Goodsell of
the music department, who is profes-sor
of violin, cello, band and orches-tra,
feeling the need for a new ele-mentary
violin instruction book and
believing his method effective for ele-mentary
pupils is working on a be-ginner's
book of exercises for the vio-lin.
The work now planned is intended
for the first two years of violin study.
Mr. Goodsell is not planning for any
revision of advanced study since he
feels there are many nearly perfect
books now in use.
The method of instruction which he
offers, he says, is not one absolutely
new, but he will make changes in
some of the methods in use aiming to
make them more practical for the
beginning pupil. The method he will
use has been taught to sonic degree
by Sevcik and Wichtl, and his book
will be supplanted with some exer-cises
from the noncopyrighted work
of these two men.
Mr. Goodsell does not question the
instructive value of these exercises of
Sevcik and Wichtl, if the pupil would
apply himself conscientiously, but there
is a lack of melody and appeal which
is likely to make them uninteresting
to the pupil. A special effort is made
to put melody into the exercises in
this new book of instruction. The
book will include 150 exercises and
will be completed by the end of the
summer.


PRYOR WRITES NEW BOOK
Among the new books received by
the librarian this summer we find one
of especial interest to us as it is writ-ten
by one of our own teachers, Dr.
Hugh C. Pryor. The book, "Graded
Units in Student Teaching," is based
upon practical application of this plan
in the city schools of Aberdeen as 
carried on by the college in the teach-
er-training classes. By this plan the
children are safe-guarded while stu-
dents get a thourough and systematic
course in training as a teacher.
Dr. Pryor did extensive research
work in this field, using this as the 
thesis for his doctor’s degree which he 
received at Columbia University, last
year; consequently the book is just
off the press.

LIBRARY ACCOUNTS
The librarian wishes to call the at-
tention of all students to the list of
those who have unsettled library ac-
counts. A school ruling requires that
the grades of any student having an
unpaid fine or holding an overdue
book be withheld. If you think you
have an unsettled account, consult the
list to prevent any possible errors.
immediate attention to this will
prevent much confusion and many
misunderstandings. The lists are
posted conveniently in the library and
on the general bulletin boards.


REGISTRATION
Monday, July 19, is the only
enrollment day for the second
summer term. Enrollment will
begin at eight o'clock in the
forenoon and at one-thirty in
the afternoon. First period
classes meet Tuesday morning
at 7:30.