The Exponent, 1927-05-25

              "WHITE COLLARS" The Exponent "WHITE COLLARS"
Northern State Teachers College
VOL. XXV
ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA, MAY 25, 1927
No. 32
"ROSE MAIDEN" WILL USHER IN COMMENCEMENT EVENTS
MANY SPECIAL COURSES FOR THE SUMMER SCHOOL

SENIOR CLASS WILL
OFFER "WHITE COLLARS"
MISS HAYES DIRECTING PLAY
Strong Cast to Present Comedy by
Ellis; Will Be a Feature of
Commencement Week
As their chief contribution to the
events of Commencement Week, the
Senior Class will present the three-act
comedy "White Collars" by Edith
Ellis in the auditorium, Tuesday eve-ning,
May 31. A strong cast from
the Senior Class has been selected and
is working under the direction of Miss
Harriet Hayes. Miss Hayes has had
several successes in the dramatic line
already this year, having coached the
Leadership play, the Masquer's play
and the Junior College production.
Clair Willson is acting as business
manager and Pete Hafnor is stage
manager. He is being assisted with
the scenery by Prof. Harkness' Ap-plied
Dramatics class.
"White Collars" is not, as you might
suspect, the story of a Chinese Laun-dry.
Neither does it have anything
to do with the handsome man in the
Arrow collar ads. It is the story of
a rich man who was democratic and a
poor family that wasn't. Bill Van
Luyn is the rich man and he marries
Joan, a daughter of the poor family.
That's where the trouble begins and
it takes three acts of clever comedy
to straighten out the difficulties and
convince Joan's family that Bill really
is a very decent sort.
Bob Campbell is going to be the
rich man-in the play, and Edna
Dunker is the sensible member of the
family who marries him. William
Elsing will play the part of her fath-er,
a gentle old man who has been
harshly treated by the world. Esther
Zimmerman will play the part of the
mother, and Wesley Smart the broth-
er.
Helen Guhin is the flapper sister, a
slangy, hard-boiled young stenograph-er
who has been stepping regularly
with Tom Gibney, a truck driver. Mil-ton
Laing as the truck driver may be
somewhat deficient in the art of polite
parlor conversation but he's a real
knockout when it comes to a display
of fists.
Pearl Yeager is the rich man's fash-ionable
sister who rather overawes the
Thayers with her smart clothes, but
who is an important factor in bring-ing
affairs to a happy conclusion.
Arthur Hill, as Henry, completes
the cast. Henry is the Socialistic cou-sin
of the Thayers. He has very de-cided
opinions on the rights of the
middle classes and he loves nothing
quite so much as a chance to explain
his opinions to an audience.
Taking everything into considera-tion
the Thayers and the Van Luyns
are two very interesting families and
their adventures in "White Collars"
will provide an evening of delightful
entertainment. Remember the time,
the place, the price. Tuesday eve-ning,
May 31, in the auditorium. Stu-dent
tickets are 35 cents; other tickets
50 cents. Reserved seats 15 cents ex-
tra.

H. E. MIELKE WRITES
Former Student 1902 Recalls Early
Athletic Stars and Contests; Now
Resides at Ryder, N. D.
"Will try and take in part of the
commencement anniversary. The
writer was on the football team and
basketball team from 1903-1906, play-ing
right-guard on the one team and
center in the other. Dr. Carl Lund-quist
of Leola, S. D., was also on the
football squad at the time, as well as
Carl Cummins, coo Morphy, Bradford
& Cummins, St. Paul, Minn., Lee
Tower, Dillon, Mont., F. B. Purdy,
Kremlin, Mont., Mr. Emmet McKenna,
Edgeley, N. D., and Frank McKenna,
Sisseton, S. D. Wish that you would
mail all of these parties one of the
commencement programs. Most of
these men enrolled in 1902. The en-rollment
when I was there was less
than 300. Some of these men were
on The Exponent Staff when it was
first published. Remember playing
football and basketball at Valley City,
Ellendale, Madison, S. D., Yankton,
Redfield, Huron, etc. Prof. Fred Smith
coached our football team and S. C.
Hartranft went with us on basketball
tours."

MYRTLE ORTON
Ideally Typical Woman

MARJORY MATHIASON
Pageant Queen
The Student Body has honored Miss
Margery Mathiason of Redfield with
the role of Pageant Queen. Miss Ma-thiason
is a junior here and will teach
in Pheonix, Arizona, next year. Dur-ing
the year she has been President
of Graham Hall, a member of the W.
S. G. A. Council, the Leadership Club
and Y. W. C. A. She has held the po-sition
of Student Assistant in the
Commerce Department in addition to
other duties. Miss Mathiason has a
charming personality and has made
many friends on the campus.

LEADERSHIP-RURAL LIGHT
BANQUET IS BIG EVENT
T. A. HARMON IS SPEAKER
Graduating Class is Presented by
Dean Sipple and Received by Pres-ident
Foght
The Leadership-Rural Light Ban-quet
deserves a place in the golden
book of memory for over 250 mem-bers
of the Leadership Club, faculty
folk and guests, enjoyed this hnnual
event, held at the Congregational
church, Wednesday evening, May 18.
The main address was by Superinten-dent
T. A. Harmon of Watertown, who
used as his topic "The Second Mile."
In his talk, Mr. Harmon stressed
the advantage a leader has, who is
willing to do more than is expected
of him. He closed with the inspira-tional
thought that it was his wish
that all teachers might walk the sec-ond
mile and get a hold of even the
third mile. Professor Harmon is to
be a member on the local college fac-ulty
for the coming year and was
chosen as speaker of the evening be-cause
of his active interest in all
rural education problems.
L. Yost, president of the Club, act-ed
as toastmaster. Guests were seat-ed
at long tables made attractive with
purple and white colors, combined
with silver, commemorating the quar-ter
centennial celebration to be ob-served
at the Northern State Teachers
College in this year's Commencement
activities.
Contributing to the evening's enter-tainment
was music by the , college
trio composed of Lillian Sperry, pian-ist;
Doris French, violinist; Neva
Searle, flutist. Grace Ronnigen pleas-ed
the audience with two clever read-ings,
"Betty at the Baseball Game,"
and "Mabel's Wedding." This was
followed by two vocal solos by Mr.
E. Kenneth Baillie with Dorothy Hoo-per
playing the accompaniments. A
summary of the Leadership year was
given by Oren Felton.
The presentation of the various
group teachers was a very impressive
part of the evening's program, as fol-lows:
Presentation of the class-L. B.
Sipple.
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IDEALLY TYPICAL WOMAN
To Myrtle O. Orton, Ortley, S. D.,
has been awarded the signal honor of
being the Ideally Typical College Wo-man
on the N. S. T. C. campus for
this year. Miss Orton belongs to the
Junior class and is truly an N. S. T.
C. product, in addition to her college
work she has taken her high school
work in the Pre-College department.
During the current year Myrtle has
been a member of the Pasque Board,
Head of baseball and a member of
the W. A. A. Council. She is affiliat-ed
with thd Leadership Club, French
Club and Masquers Club, all of which
consider her a most valuable member.
She has proven her dramatic ability
in roles in the plays "Turn to the
Right" and "The Youngest" and will
sing Friday night in "The Rose Maid-en."
Among her other activities we
appreciate Myrtle's kind attention and
unfailing service in the College Book
Store. Her responsibility, industry
and keen sense of cooperation, to-gether
with a most pleasant personal-ity
have won Miss Orton many close
friends.

A LONG AND TWO SHORT COURSES
Special Science Courses at Lake Enemy Swim for Second
Six Weeks
The summer session beginning June 
6 will offer many important courses of
study and many excellent lectures for
students and teachers. The courses
are planned with a view to bettering
the teaching profession in the state
and to improving the teachers' oppor-tunities
for advancement in the pro-fession.
Between forty and fifty thousand
dollars is expended for the summer
school faculty in addition to a large
outlay for special instructors and lec-turers.
During the summer a number
of outstanding school superintendents,
high school principals, and other
schoolmen from over South Dakota,
are secured to help throughout the en-tire
session. Educational experts of
national reputation from other states
will give courses in professional sub-jects,
history, literature, science, ma-thematics,
philosophy, art, music, etc.
In addition to these outside lecturers
and professors, the regular college
faculty will teach.
An unusual number of courses is
offered in summer school, especially
adapted to meet the needs of teachers
who have finished the two-year ad-vanced
normal course, and who plan
to complete the four-year teachers
college course. These courses are giv-en
both by the school's regular in-structors
and by the specialists chos-en
for this particular purpose. They
are intended for school administra-tors
and supervisors, high school and
grade teachers, and teachers of spec-ial
subjects.
The following group courses will be
especially featured in 1927:
1.-Courses in school administration
for superintendents, principals, coun-ty
superintendents, and subject sup-ervisors.
2.-Courses in rural leadership for
teachers of one-teacher and consoli-dated
schools, county superintendents,
county secretaries, and other rural
leaders.
3.-Courses for special subject sup-ervisors.
4.-Courses for supervisors of rural
schools.
5. Courses for physical directors
in hygiene, physical education, and
supervised play.
6.-Courses for directors and in-structors
in Industrial Arts.
7.-Courses in Library Economy.
8.-Courses for Kindergarten and
Primary Supervisors.
9.-Courses for Music Supervisors.
10.-Courses in Rural School Jour-nalism.
11.-Courses in Fine and Applied
Arts.
12.-Courses in the Content and
Teaching of General Science.
13.-Courses in Applied Biology at
Lake Enemy Swim (Second six weeks
only). VEDA BARBER
14.-Courses in Scout Craft. Most Beautiful Co-ed
A special attraction is the summer Miss Veda Barber of Alpena is the
biological station maintained at Lake choice for Beauty for the year 1926-
Enemy Swim, near Waubay, for the 27. This is Miss Barber's first year
purpose of providing a place for biol- on our campus and she has proven
ogical study, where, under the most herself an interested and industrious
pleasant and profitable conditions, student. She has been President of
students, teachers of biology, and re- Lincoln Hall and very active in the
search workers may pursue their stud- Y. W. C. A. throughout the year. She
ies. General laboratory equipment is a member of the Leadership Club,
will be provided. the Treble Clef Club, College Choir
The station was entirely rebuilt on and W. S. G. A. Council.
"Jack Rummel's Peninsula" two years
ago. The fine, new station building
and four neat cottages are set in a
beautiful wooded plot of four acres,
facing on an excellent sandy beach.
A commodious community center hall
will be erected this summer.
The summer quarter is planned for
one twelve-week term and two six-week
terms. College students may
earn full term credits by electing
courses and taking these twice a day
throughout the six weeks. The twelve-week
term begins June 6 and closes
August 26. The six-week terms be-gin
June 6 and July 18.

STUDENT BODY ELECTS NEW COUNCIL OFFICERS
OTTO GRUHN IS PRESIDENT
Clinton Storeim Is Vice President and Margaret Thompson
Is Secretary
The election of the 1927-28 Student
Council was held, May 18, at the col-lege
auditorium. The candidates for
the offices were President, Otto Gruhn
and Irving Stenson; Vice President,
Clinton Storeim and Ralph Rice; Sec-retary,
Margaret Thompson and Els-worth
Karrigan.
Votes were fairly well scattered for
all candidates, however, the officers
for our next year's Student Council
will consist of Otto Gruhn, President;
Clinton Storeim, Vice President; and
Margaret Thompson, Secretary. All
of the officers are Aberdeen people.
The President-elect, Otto Gruhn, is
a member of the Junior Class. He
has spent his last three years at the
N. S. T. C. and has done his utmost
toward making N. S. T. C. a better
college. During his three years here
he has been active as President of
Pi Kappa Delta, and Vice President
of the Student Council. He has been
active in oratory and debate, in the
French, Sigma Delta Epsilon, Rhe-nania
and Masquers Clubs. Kappa
Delta Pi has claimed him for his ex-cellent
scholarship. Otto won first
place in the Peace Oratorical Contest
last fall. His business ability has
been proved by his good work as Bus-iness
Manager of the Exponent and
Chairman of Finances for Gypsy Day.
We are glad to wish Otto good luck
as President of the next year's Stu-dent
Council.
Clinton Storeim needs no introduc-tion
as we all know "Clint." He has
been especially active about the cam-pus
in many ways and has been a big
cog in N. S. T. C. athletics. Clinton
is the 1927 football captain. He will
be a junior next year. Clint has wait-ed
on all of us in the bookstore this
year and we find him a mighty plea-sant
fellow.
Margaret Thompson, the new Stu-dent
Council Secretary will capably
fill this important position. She has
also been at N. S. T. C. during the
past three years and has been very
active in many campus activities. She
is a member of the P. S. M. S. Club.
She is a junior and has assisted in the
Public School Music Department the
last year, and has played for our con-vocation
singing most effectively.
The Student Council is one of the
college's most important organiza-tions
as it is the administrative body
of the Student Government on the
campus. Its duties are not to substi-tute
for the government of the Pres-ident
and faculty, but to supplement
the President and Faculty and coop-erate
in the enforcement of high stan-dards
for the campus. The Council
has done many constructive things in
the past. With the next year's offi-cers
we are assured of another year of
success.

1928 ANNUAL PLEASES
MANY EXPRESS APPRECIATION
Regents and School Heads Praise This Year's Pasque.
Nash Is Pleased With Dedication
A great many letters have been re-ceived
at the Publicity Office from
heads of other schools, from mem-bers
of the Board of Regents and
from others who received complimen-tary
copies of the Pasque, acknow-ledging
their receipt of the 1928
annual. Without exception the let-ters
are complimentary, all agreeing
that this year's Pasque is indicative
of the growth of the school and a
credit to the student body that made
it possible.
That presidents of other schools
are interested in our book is evident
from their letters. President C. C.
O'Harra of the School of Mines, Rapid
City says: in writing to Dr. Foght,
"A Brief examination of the book
shows a wonderful amount of work
and you and your staff and student
body are to be congratulated on the
fine dress in which it appears."
Mr. C. G. Lawrence, President of
Southern State Normal at Springfield
believes that the current Pasque is
a very fine production. He makes the
following statement also: "I wish to
say that I have looked through the
annual with a great deal of interest
and it is a production that you have
reason to feel proud of."
Mr. Guy H. Harvey, Yankton, a
member of the Board of Regents, con-gratulates
Miss Sedam, as Editor-in-
Chief, and her co-workers on the
beautiful book. He adds: "It is cer-tainly
a credit to the institution, and
shows that much time and thought
has been spent in its preparation."
"We want to thank you for the 1928
Pasque," writes R. W. Kraushaar,
Supt. of Schools at Mobridge: "The
Pasque is getting to be a better and
bigger book every year."
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VEDA BARBER
Most Beautiful Co-ed
Miss Veda Barber of Alpena is the
choice for Beauty for the year 1926-
27.  This is Miss Barber’s first year
on our campus and she has proven
herself an interested and industrious
student.  She has been President of
Lincoln Hall and very active in the
Y. W. C. A. throughout the year.  She
is a member of the Leadership Club, 
the Treble Clef Club, College Choir
and W. S. G. A. Council.

MAY FESTIVAL CHORUS
REVIVED IN "ROSE MAIDEN"
DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN
PROF. HAM IS DIRECTOR
City Choirs and Choruses Will Join
College Groups in Large
Chorus
Commencement festivities will be
marked this year by a revival of the
May reotival idea of former ycar,.1--
this time in the presentation of
Cowen's "The Rose Maiden." The giv-ing
of this cantata will be the result
of much labor and effort to make the
Quarter Centennial a memorable oc-casion
in the annals of N. S. T. C.
"The Rose Maiden" tells us in song
the charming story of the Queen of
the Flower Fairies who, weary of a
life of unbroken calm, prays of the
newly returned spring that he will be-stow
upon her also the gift of love
that he bestows upon man. He warns
her of the risk she runs, but finally
yields to her entreaties by changing
her, while she sleeps, into the form of
a beautiful girl. Under the name of
Roseblossom, she wonders through the
world to find the love that she seeks,
and meets with a girl who having
been betrayed and deserted by her lov-er,
loses her senses and dies broken-hearted.
But, undeterred from her
search, Roseblossom becomes the wife 
of a forester, with whom she lives for
a time in such perfect happiness that
she cannot survive his death. The
elves bewail the fate of their Queen,
and curse love as fatal to peace and
happiness.
A large chorus of 100 voices will
present "The Rose Maiden" under the
direction of Prof. Ham. It will include
members of nearly all the choirs of
the city, the Treble Clef Club, Boys'
Glee Club, College Choir, and Orpheus
Club, as well as others not affiliated
with these organizations. The soloists
will be Miss Louise Milligan, Mrs.
Blanche Webb, Mrs. Reitnauer and
Miss Lillian Riedel-sopranos; Miss
Grayce Lindgren and Miss Ruth Fet-row-
contraltos; H. H. Hansen and
Dr. M. C. Johnston-tenors; Prof. J.
C. Lindberg and Al Harder-bari-tones.
Miss Edna Olson and Mrs. M.
C. Johnston will be the accompanists.
The cantata will be presented in the
auditorium, Friday evening, at 8:00
o'clock. No admission will be charged.

LOCAL WRITERS HONORED
Second and Third Prizes in Poetry
Contest Go To Mr. Lindberg and
Miss Evelyn Mara
"Pasque Petals," a magazine for
South Dakota poets and readers of
poetry, has accomplished much for
South Dakota poetry during the past
year. It has featured 107 South Dakota
poets and published in all 202
poems. Its poems have been quoted
in Braithwaite and recognized by the
"Literary Digest."
According to Prof. J. C. Lindberg,
one of the editors of this magazine,
"Pasque Petals" has made South Dakota
articulate poetically; it has made
South Dakota authors acquainted with
each other, and above all it has made
the public acquainted with the talent
within the state."
Just recently the Margaret Ball
Dickson Contest came to a close. The
results of this contest were to deter-
mine the best three poems published
in "Pasque Petals" during the months
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CLASS DAY PROGRAM
FEATURED BY PLAY
SHAKESPEAREAN HODGE-PODGE
Excellent Cast to Present Original
Play; Class Memorial Will be Giv-
to to School at Same Program
"A Shakespearean Hodge-Podge"
has been selected as the most appro-
priate title for the two-act tragedy
which will feature the Senior Class
Day exercises, Tuesday, May 31. The
play was written for the occasion by
Evelyn and Mildred Mara and is be-
ing staged under the direction of Clair
Willson. The committee was excep-
tionally fortunate in choosing the cast
since they were able to secure without
exception people of recognized drama-
tic ability and experience. Jessie Nicol,
Elsie Lowe, Clair Willson, Loyd Ripley,
Milton Laing and Albert Remde,
complete the cast of the play. In the
prologue, which was contributed by
Dean Ella Lee Moulton, are Lorraine
Raugust, Myrtle Grape, Dorothy Sedam
and Julia Finley. Every effort is
being made to give the play a true
Shakespearean setting-and atmos-
phere. The class memorial, a gift to 
Northern State Teachers College from the
Class of 1927, will be presented at the
class day program, also as a part of
the regular exercises. Dean Sipple
of the Senior College will have charge.


DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN
A man used to keep his other pair
of pants hanging in the wardrobe
with a wire pants stretcher in each
leg so they'd keep their shape?
The young bloods about town wore
springs under their coat collars to
hold them up snugly around the
neck?
The girls used to "h'ist" their skirts
when crossing muddy streets?
The schoolboys had a combination
cap-a slip-over crown of blue serge
for every-day, and a white crown for
Sundays?
The rats used to run across the side-walk
in front of the livery stable?
It took seven men and a boy to get
the top of a car up or down?
Everybody sang "A Bicycle Built
for two?"
Ladies wore dress shields?
A horse thief was a real menace to
the community?
Whiskers a la Smith Bros. were in
the height of fashion?
Mother used to tie an "assafidity"
bag around our necks, to keep off ev-
erything from croup to tramps?

“White Collars”

THE CLASS OF 1927
N.S.T.C. Will Graduate Its Largest
Class To DATE-525
Many diplomas and certificates will
be handed out at N. S. T. C. on Com-
mencement morning, June 3. The
graduates will range from those re-
ceiving their B. S. in Ed. degrees to
the last of the Pre-College graduates.
Fifty-three students are receiving
their Bachelor of Science degrees in
Education, three, in the Home Eco-
nomics course, and one in Industrial
Arts, making 57 degrees granted, in
all. The total number who will re-
ceive State Certificates is 170. One
hundred-ten are being graduated from
the General Curriculum and 38 from
the Kindergarten-Primary Course.
Twenty-two will receive Diplomas and
Vocational certificates from the fol-
lowing courses: Industrial Arts, one;
Home Economics, two; Music Supervisors,
three; Drawing Supervisors,
three; Physical Education, four; and
Commercial Arts, nine. The largest
class of all is the one-year, General
Curriculum class. The students re-
ceiving First Grade Certificates num-
ber 272. The last class of the Pre-
College School has twenty-six stu-
dents who have finished the four-year
high school curriculum and are receiv-
ing first grade certificates.
Altogether N.S.T.C. will graduate
525 students in 1927.

OTTO GRUHN
President Student Council

The Seniors Want to See All of You at "White Collars"