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VOLUME LIV Z 545a STATE COLLEGE STATION, , FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1939. NUMBER 21 Postpone Beaux Arts The Beaux Arts Ball, scheduled next Thursday evening, has been postponed until next term in pur- Putz Camera Salon Features On To Grand Forks Eversull Gains Permission suance of a plan of the college health board by which all public gatherings have been postponed in- Campus Scenes, Student Life Is Weekend Slogan To Apply For Reinstatement definitely. The Beaux Arts Ball, George Putz, senior in arts and sci- Even a mild epidemic of influenza according to information received could not prevent the slogan for Of School On NCA List from the architectural department, ence, and former editor of The Spec- will be held early next term. trum, who has been taking some of • NDAC's weekend being "On to upstate the pictures for this year's Bison, is normal." According to unofficial re- Moses Overrides Decision Of Board Alpha Zeta Elects exhibiting his private collection of ports many students are planning to Of Administration; Governor Plans Alpha Zeta, honorary agricultural campus scenes in Miss Dinan's lobby make the trip to see the third clash of fraternity recently initiated six new in Old Main. The Salon, different from the Bison-Sioux basketball teams to- To Make Personal Plea To NCA members into its society. Receiving the usual run of salons in that it night. The game starts at 8:20. Stu- membership at the installation cere- Campus disappointment turned to joy when it was learned dents planning to attend from here monies conducted by Neal Jensen, shows the work of only one person, last night that Gov. John Moses overrode the decision of the will be admitted for 40 cents and their president, were Roger Toussaint, Ken- is being shown in the interest of the board of administration in refusing to allow President Eversull registration card. neth. Ford, Norman Akesson, Theodore YMCA hobby-lobby. to make application for reinstatement of the college on the Bourke, Darrol Knutson and Robert Upon being chided about his col- The Gold Star band, nearly 60 strong, Paasch. lossal nerve recently Putz said, "Now leaves this afternoon with their direc- accredited list of the North Central Association of Colleges and * * * you shouldn't take me wrong in this. tor, Dr. C. S. Putnam. The five Bison Secondary Schools: Campus Speakers— I am showing some of the photographs cheerleaders, Lorraine Fitjar, Betty Dr. Eversull had requested he be permitted to apply for Speakers who have appeared re- that I've taken because I think that Lou Johnson, Marietta Bryant, Verna admission to the association as a new school and to request an cently before the college Farmers the gang around school here will get a Union local include Rev. Collins, a kick out of them. Also there is an- Thysell and Jeanne Boyle will attend inspection of the institution by the NCA. He emphasized that University of Wisconsin student other side to the story. For five years the game and lead the NDAC section re-inspection should be made very soon to get the report to the pastor who spoke on the "Fight for I have felt that there is much need of in cheering. meeting of the association in Chicago early in April. Peace," and William Freeman of student appreciation- of student effort The Bison quint, favorites last week, When a majority vote of the board of administration South St. Paul, who spoke on on the campus. Every time I've walked are not placed in the favored spot in turned down the president's request, general disappointment "Rural Electrification." into Miss Dinan's lobby in Old Main tonight's game by sports prognostiga- I've thought, 'Gosh, why don't they was the campus reaction to the announcement. Many students, tors. Tonight's game will settle one notably seniors, had high hopes for reinstatement this year and "Mental States"— use this lovely room for something thing, 'tis said, and that is that all besides teas and spasmodic exhibits of the decision of the board was a se- Robert Newcomb, junior in arts, Bison-Sioux games do not result in vere blow to their hopes. "Leading Contem- the art club!' " sciences, discussed, 42-40 scores. Governor Moses, in announcing his porary Scientists" at the Monday after- The amateur photographer went on to say that he would like to see some decision, wrote Dr. Eversull the fol- noon meeting of the Zoology Club. lowing letter: Speaker for the next meeting, slated projects of students in the botany de- partment, chemistry school, or a ten- My Dear Mr. Eversull: at 7:30 Tuesday, is Dr, Clark who will Sigma Alpha Iota I am shocked and deeply distressed talk on "Mental States." Dr. Clark layer cake from the home-ec school put in learning from the newspapers that has spent two years of research at the before the eyes of the public so that Fund To Organize the board of administration, or rather Grafton school for feebleminded. everyone might realize how extensive activities are at NDAC. AC Mixed Chorus' the majority of the board of admin- So that no one will have any mis- istration, have refused to take action Campus "Short-Cuts"— taken ideas, Putz cautions, "There is Inasmuch as the music survey re- in connection with the reinstatement A drive against students taking nothing especially artistic about any cently made by Sigma Alpha Iota, of the agricultural college as an ac- "tsbort-cuts" across the campus, of the prints. As a matter of fact, National Music fraternity, indicated credited institution. a parking lot on the west side of they were all made by very slipshod that many students are interested in It is incredible to me that the state the library and a plan for loca- means. They were taken on a variety a mixed chorus, it has been decided of North Dakota should sit supinely by tion of future campus sidewalks of box cameras, developed in a most that rather than give an individual without making a determined effort to were discussion topics at a meeting primitive darkroom, and enlarged with scholarship in voice, the largest por- right the wrong that was done to the of Alpha Phi Omega Tuesday. noon. a leaky homemade enlarger. What tion of the scholarship fund will be agricultural college and the young peo- Carlisle Lundsten, president, pre- the whole thing amounts to is an ex- used to organize and support a mixed ple who are now attending this great sided. periment to find in the quickest way chorus with Ernst Van Vlissingen as school. the best kind of criticism—public director. I urge that every effort be made to DIFFICULTIES FACING Marge prepare and present the state's case opinion." A general meeting will be held Iowa U Graduates Pfeffer, director of the Bison Brevi- at the meeting of the North Central Thursday afternoon, March 2, at four ties (pictured above) are told in a Association next April. Under the cir- o'clock in Festival hall, and it is asked Observe Founding story on Page 3. Below is Roy De- GOVERNOR MOSES cumstances, as they now present them- that all those interested attend. Mr. Alumni and former students of the Rose, business manager, who will be selves, I feel that it is my duty as College Shapes Van Vlissingen requests that all those University of Iowa in this vicinity-will re..ponsible for the financial success governor of the state, to step in and do able to, contact him before Thursday help celebrate the 92nd anniversary of or failure of the show. Doc Putnam Off For all that possibly can be done in the Health Program for placements. its founding Saturday, when a coast- Annual Band Meeting interest of the agricultural college to-coast broadcast will be carried over Meeting Tuesday afternoon to dis- Discuss Generator— The individual scholarship in piano and our young people. I shall arrange the Blue Network of the National cuss the wide-spread influenza epi- When the local unit of th, Ameri- has been awarded to Lloyd Collins, a Leaving Saturday evening, Dr. C. S. to attend this conference and assist sophomore from Page, North Dakota, Broadcasting company, at 1 p. m. The demic among students and faculty a can Institute of Electrical Engineers Putnam is going to Fort Dodge, Iowa, in the presentation of the case of the for private lessons for the remainder radio program will dramatize the ex- health committee of Dr. A. C. Fort- met Thursday afternoon, E. K. Rohr, to attend the annual meeting of the agricultural college. of the school year. traction of vitamin K from Iowa alfalfa ney,college physician; H. C. Corrigan, instructor of Electrical Engineering American Bandmasters association in May I ask that you kindly keep in Mrs. Ralph Croal, Mrs. Arthur Ble- by University of Iowa doctors and its city health commissioner, and Dr. Ar- told of the practical work in connection session Sunday through Wednesday, touch with me in reference to this gen and Miss Pauline Yuster are the use in blood clotting, and will include thur Nichol, city health officer drew with the development of a Van de Feb. 26 through March 1. matter, and the progress that is being members of the Scholarship Committee. selections by the University Symphony up a four-fold program to keep the Graff generator. A Van de Graff ma- Over 100 of the best known band di- made. orchestra. spread of the flu at a minimum. chine is a high voltage direct cur- rectors in the country will be present. Very respectfully, John Moses, gov- ernor. It has been customary for local Classes are to be continued but all rent, or static electricity generator, Next to the oldest member in the as- alumni to gather at the time of the campus gatherings and meetings are NOTICE named after the man that originally de- sociation, Doc Putnam is the only annual broadcast, but instead those in- suspended until further notice. Stu- ALL NYA STUDENTS— veloped a high voltage direct current member in North Dakota. This is his Students this week expressed keen terested will meet at the home of Mrs. dents are urged to stay away from MEN AND WOMEN— generator. This machine is capable of fifth convention since he was made disappointment in legislative action on R. G. Price, 425 8th St. So., Moor- all public gatherings . developing a million volt bolt of elec- Who have not filed Affidavits of Citi- a member of the association. He will another front. Due to a proposed cut head, local president, Monday at 8 At first indications of influenza stu- tricity. Rohr is personally interested zenship must do so Friday or Satur- be back for the game with the uni- in appropriations for the maintenance p. m. Miss Gilm.a. Rugland, 1105 Fifth dents should report to the health day, February 24 or 25. Forms may be versity here on March 3. of the college livestock, aroused animal Ave. So., Fargo, will tell of her Christ- center and go to bed until all signs in this machine, having worked with secured from the office of the Dean Last Wednesday's broadcast over husbandry students met Tuesday, in mas visit to Mexico. of the illness are gone. Dr. Anderson of Iowa State college in of Women or Dean of Men. WDAY from 5:00 to 5:25 p. m, con- Morrill hall. Class absences will be excused upon developing improvements on the origi- C. A. SEVRINSON, sisted of a series of request marches. It was suggested that each student presentation of proper evidence of ill- nal Van de Graff generator while Director of College NYA. There will be no broadcast next week. write one representative from his dis- ness which consist of a note from the doing graduate work at that college. trict at. the state legislature. The NDAC Students attending nurse or physician, purpose for so doing is to urge for the Thumbs Down On Students with coughs and colds are granting of needed funds. urged to remain at home to treat these It was stated at the meeting that if Women Smokers ailments. One Down, Three To Go For Bison Yearbook the requested appropriations were not Report 602 Absentees If Jimmy Critchfield was absent from must take the responsibility for getting for all senior pictures and seniors who granted, the college livestock herd If women smokers are modern, there Early this week it was felt classes nearly all of his classes the first part its pictures in on time. intend to have their picture in the Bi- would have to be cut to a mere nucleus might be dismissed because of ex- is no place on this campus for a mod- Only the seniors will have class pic- son are asked to meet this final dead- of its present size. This would make cessive abences due to the influenza. of last week it was not on account of ern coed, according to a poll conduct- tures in this year's Bison. It is the line. For his scoop of the year, Critch- the herd too small to efficiently carry A survey conducted Tuesday morning the Flu or a hangover. He was work- ed 'by the Spectrum last week. Sen- opinion of the Bison staff and faculty field will have the list of representa- on the work of the animal husbandry among all departments showed 602 ing desperately to meet a deadline to timent seems to be against women's advisers that other classes do not sup- tative seniors published first in the department. absences, although some duplications smoking and those who consider it a finish one quarter of his masterpiece, ply enough pictures for a representa- 1939 Bison and made public news on pleasure are apparently in the minori- could not be avoided. the 1939 Bison. Critchfield and his tive section. All-College Day in May. A special nurse is helping Madia ty. In last week's poll, choosing be- Critchfield reports that 147 seniors A committee including Leon Hart- Hewitt, college nurse, care for the staff spared neither their time nor their LCT To Present tween alternative statements, about a out of about 200 have already had their wlel, Dean C. A. Sevrinson, Dean Pearl large number of ill students. Miss labor and the Bison is beginning to fourth of those who voted consider photographs made at the Voss studio. Dinan, and Miss Ann Brown will help Hewitt, with her assistant, has been smoking on the part of women so- take on a definite form. From all in- Next Monday afternoon is the deadline select the list of representative seniors. `A Doll's House' phisticated and the rest think it's ob- kept busy night and day since the dications it will be one of the finest jectionable. In favor of smoking were epidemic began late last week. Little Country Theater players will Bisons put out by the school. It has 11 votes; against it were 30; about 1359 When contacted by the Spectrum, again stage one of Henrik Ibsen's plays, students had no opinion in the matter. Dr. Fortney commented: `The flu is all of the best features of former years Extend Fair Trip Chances after successfully producing his mas- One student called it a "pitiful attempt apparently of a mild form and seems with some new and interesting im- terpiece, "Peer Gynt," during the re- to be sophisticated". Another thought to be abating. No serious complica- provements added. Trips either to the New York World's The scheme is worked on a kind of cent anniversary celebration. Sched- it was all right if they didn't chisel ci- tions among students have been re- The 1939 Bison will contain 300 pages fair or to the Golden Gate exposi- point-commission basis, points being uled for Tuesday, Feb. 28, "A Doll's garettes. Two won't marry women ported." The college physician em- of pictures and news of college events tion are being made possible for fra- given for different values of sales. Any House," is one of the great social who smoke, while others aver it adds phasized that the health center will of the year. Many excellent pictures ternity men, it was announced Wed- man making 300 points before May 31, dramas of the Norwegian playwright. nothing to a woman's personality. continue to maintain a strict pro- have been taken expressly for the Bi- nesday at a dinner give by W. W. is entitled to train fare plus spend- Cast in the leading roles are Thad Others think it's permissible in it's gram to avoid further spread of the son and the editor belives that the Wallwork for campus fraternity presi- ing money, which will enable him to Fuller as Horvald Helmer and Ann dents. place, but failed to indicate where it's sickness. photography is the outstanding thing attend one of the fairs. Murphy as Nora Helmer, Theodore place is. One student thinks neither about the whole book. Very good action Conrath is cast as Dr. Rank, Andrew men nor women should smoke. Tops NOTICE pictures of football and basketball Peterson as Nils Krogstad, LaVaun An- in inane answers was given by one Positions are open for stagehands games have been taken by Gene Claus- derson as Mrs. Linden, Marie Ander- student, who voted in favor of hav- and seamstresses for the Bison man and will be of great interest to all Donut Deluge Due March 1— son as Anna and Betty Lou Panne- ing school. Brevities. Apply to Director Pfef- students. More good pictures can al- baker as Elle. Reprinted on the second page of fer or to the Brevities office before ways be used and Critchfield urges any Well, it's here again, folks! Yep, the slaught starts at 10 a. m. and lasts till Opening curtain time is 8 p. m. this issue is an editorial on compulsory next Monday. student who has some good snapshots annual YWCA Doughnut Day. (Only 2 p. m., or as long as the doughnuts A few reserved seats remain and rush attendance in college classes, the ques- of the campus or of college activities to last year it was Cream Puff Day.) last, and will be in the hands of the seat tickets will be available at the tion asked in this week's poll. The FISHER RECOVERS bring them in for possible use in the It's the YW's way of doing its part cabinet and the freshman and sopho- door. ballot is again on page 4, in the lower John Fisher was released from St. Bison. in ushering in the beastly month of more commissions. Carol Ladwig is coach for the play, left-hand corner. Poll boxes will be John's hospital late this week and Fraternity and sorority group pictures March. And so you'll see the campus March up to these doughnut vendors Mason Arvold is lighting and setting in the same place—Science hall, Old left immediately for his home at Tap- are informed and the results have been population gorging on gooey chocolate- like lions and, fork over your nickels director, and Marjory Pfeffer is busi- Main, the YWCA lobby and the Y pen, N. D., where he will stay for the better than with formally-posed pic- covered, chocolate-flavored doughnuts like lambs. ness manager. A. G. Arvold is gen- Dugout. rest of this term. tures used heretofore. Each group on Wednesday, March 1. The on- Doughnut fail!! eral director . THE NEW TREND While campus affairs are banned, make the Good food, popular prices, soda bar, entertain- friendly POWERS COFFEE SHOP the scene of ment by Peggy Lee and Frank Norris, a round table your dates and parties. for eight. In the Coffee Shop---all these are yours. OPEN 71 IIL1_4 1 .A. M.

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• why compulsory attendance? • to your health By Student Opinion Surveys of America Even though the poll revealed a sizeable DIPHTHERIA Austin, Texas, Feb. 7.—Abolition of com- majority who favored abolition of compul- In North Dakota in 1936 there were 55 pulsory class attendance in colleges, a subject sory attendance, the fact that more than a cases of diphtheria and 12 deaths, which makes seldom mentioned two decades ago, has be- third opposed the idea is significant. It the death rate about 1.7 per 100,000 popula- come an issue of the day. That develop- invalidates the claim of many elders that tion. The average death rate for the United ment seems largely a result of pioneering by practically all students, if given any say, States is 2.4, and the figures range from no educators like Robert M. Hutchins with his would want to do away with compulsory "Let me help you deaths in Vermont to 7.4 per 100,0000 in West Chicago Plan, which allows students to attend presence in classes. carry your books," Virginia. No state needs to have a diphthe- classes at their own discretion. EAST LEADS OPPOSITION. (He evidently likes ria death rate since immunization against it her looks) is so effective. The death rates from these Few schools, however, have followed Breaking down the results sectionally, Too much for toots, diseases do not tell the whole story. The dis- the lead taken by the University of Chica- sentiment favoring abolition is strongest in she falls on her go. The majority of the nation's colleges the East. The Middle Atlantic states show- ability resulting from damage to hearts, rhe- head still require compulsory class attendance in ed a majority of 68.7 per cent who answered umatism, impaired eyesight and hearing are She thought the age varying degrees. "yes." In the West and Midwest, students all sequelae which may occur as complica- of chivalry dead. tions of even a mild case of diphtheria. An- MAJORITY AGAINST COMPULSION were more evenly divided on the issue. In Alas for Bud! Be- other complication is the possibility of be- the West Central states, which include the Although educators discuss the question sides the books, coming a carrier after having recovered from Chicago section, a bare majority-53.8 per among themselves, seldom have they asked He'll also have to the disease. A student in this school who cent—were for abolition. carry toots. the opinions of the students, who are most became ill with diphtheria during Christmas A sophomore art student in the Glendale vitally interested in the question. The holidays remains isolated in his home be- Junior college of California pointed out that Student Opinion Surveys of America are cause a nose and throat culture still shows some students can get their work without able to give voice for the first time to the the presence of the bicilli of diphtheria. student's views on the issue. regular attendance. Tuberculosis takes a larger toll in lives The nation's college youth were asked, Speaking for the opposition, a senior arts than any of the three diseases discussed "Should compulsory class attendance in col- and sciences student in Bates college, Maine, above. From 1932 to 1937 there were 2,446 leges be abolished?" believes that most students are not mature cases reported in this state, and 1056 deaths. Yes, said ...... per cent enough to allow lifting of compulsory at- The death rate those years has not shown a No, said 36.5 per cent tendance requirements. marked decrease, since 181 deaths were re- be a booster ported in 1032 and 180 in 1937. The prob- • • bison briefs blem of control in Tuberculosis is in finding the cases and getting them under treatment • they say these colleges are 'red' Be a Booster! By QUENTIN AULT If you can't make things better by your and away from the rest of the community. By Associated Collegiate Press is the safety valve which allows for the dissi- comments, don't make them. Death Takes a Holiday— In this way, the patient is given the best pation of anarchistic energy and gives us Death was cheated of its prey, and the chance for recovery, and others are protected Always a sure-fire publicity measure for Once I had a roommate. She was easy Spectrum was cheated of a banner headline from infection. The earlier the case is foundt attention-seeking politicians, calling U. S. that chance to compare our own country to get along with if one didn't pay any at- the better the patient's hope for getting well. colleges and universities "red" and "com- with more restricted ideologies. It is the tention to her but once take anything she last week, when two young coeds missed the One of the methods of finding Tuberculosis munistic" is again fast assuming an important safety valve that would be destroyed if the said to heart and one would feel like an old icy fingers of death by two steps. Icicles while it is still in the incipent stage is by role in state legislative councils. Investiga- Legion succeeds in its attempt to destroy the run-over shoe. "I don't like our room this hung like the sword of Damocles from the tuberculin testing. This is the Mantoux test tions have already been proposed in Oklaho- harmless pink shadow."—Miami University way; I don't like that girl (referring to one of roof of Old Main. Two young coeds tripped merrily up the steps of the building, unaware which any student may have at the Health ma and Colorado, and one is brewing in Ohio "Student." my friends); I don't like . . . " In fact, of the huge icy mass on the roof. All at Center. under the sponsorship of the American Le- "Every year or so some of what William whenever I think of her I always have a once, with the rumble of a thunderbolt, the gion. Allen White calls 'hard-boiled' young guys strange attack of "I don't like." The moral to this story is the old one Though most institutions admit that their who like swashbuckling around in Sam mass of ice and snow came crashing earth- about the ounce of prevention. Don't wait There are people the world over like her. students learn about isms in the class-room Browne belts at the state meetings' take is ward. It landed with a thud, several feet until you have been exposed to diphtheria Habitual "don't likers" who never know why so that they can know what is going on in upon themselves to save America for de- away from the almost victims. Covered before you have a Schick test. Immunity they're griping and who never have given the world, most of them vociferously deny mocracy. Last year, the stigma of com- with a thin layer of snow, and nearly scared develops slowly after the toxoid is given, any thought to how to better conditions. "I that these isms are advocated as a form of munistic sentiment was on Kansas University. out of their wits, the girls were last seen sometimes taking as long as three months. don't like that class; I don't like my instru- government better than U. S. democracy. The Now the smoke has blown away and we high-tailing it in the general direction of Small pox vaccine usually immunizes within ment; I don't like the way that organization polls of student opinion and the views of hardly remember the fire. Predictions are Ceres Hall. The only witness of this inci- ten days, but since the disease is one of the is managed." It might be well to take inven- student writers and speakers certainly prove that the same thing will happen in the case dent was a lowly press-rat, gazing innocently most easily communicable, you may not even tory of yourself. You might be the only one that the great majority have no faith in isms of th Oklahoma purge."—Southern Illinois' at the bulletin-board. For further details know you have been exposed. Get immun- that's out of step! of any kind. On the other hand they ac- Teachers College "Egyptian." see the two girls, who by the welcome hand ized against typhoid if you are living in a Don't be like my roommate. If you think tively defend one ism — Americanism — and "There is little which can do more to of Fate, were saved from disaster. community where the cleanliness of the that conditions aren't what they should be, they do it with strong words and clear-cut harm the teaching profession than such re- water supply is uncertain or where there are say so, but you'd better have some good sug- * * actions. current campaigns. Not only do they de- even a few cases every year. These inunun- gestions to make things better ready before Valentine Wisecracks— Here's what representative students have stroy the faith which the general public izations are all given at the Health Center, you say anything. to say about the "red" inquiries: must have in its teachers, but they also pro- The usual array of valentines were on M. H. Be a Booster! "Democracy has nothing to fear by com- voke the over-zealous watch-dogs of legisla- hand again this year. Some were good, and —I. V. parison. Only when we have no contrasting tive chambers to blaw at academic freedom. others were bad. Among the ones worthy government do we became unmindful of the There is but one word for the whole episode: of mention were the valentines received by • the dormat advantage of our own system. Free speech regrettable."—Harvard University "Crimson." the Spectrum editor and a particular instruc- t for in education, to say nothing of the rot- Dear Jacks and Jills: • wish i had said that ten one sent to me. It literally reeked with Bringing you the latest news from the the obnoxious odor of decayed sarcasm. The • college views on dictatorships Heated discussions being carried on cur- NDAC morgue. To the right there is space professor's valentine proved to be a result recently about the campus on the subject of and to the left lie bodies, bodies lying on cold U. S. collegians, brought up in the clear the esteem of certain malcontents in post- of several hours labor on the part of the apple-polishing influenced the publishing hard slabs more commonly known as beds; air of a democratic nation, are finding it dif- war Germany; he formed the Nazi party, the sender. The valentine itself was in the form of the following faculty-student views on bodies lying on lounge room furniture, and swastika was raised and stamped ruthlessly of a huge heart. On it were the follow- ficult to clearly understand what they should "Who are the better apple-polishers, men on the seat of government. It was some ing words bodies strolling the halls—all in the hopes be doing and thinking about the rise of the or women?" that there won't be school tomorrow, and time before there was any mention of justi- "Roses are red, violets are blue; I hope you totalitarian governments abroad. They are * * * * each insisting on doing his small part—cut- fication, of any directed system; and when it like me, because I gotta like you." - These definitely opposed to Hitler, Mussolini and ting classes. Strolling in the halls in the came, the world, almost forgot that Nazism Einar Mickelson: Women by far.....They choice bits are the product of my neighbor in their like. They are definitely certain that usual pre-bedtime garb is becoming ex- had simply adopted it in a futile effort to have that certain "umph." zoology class. If, what he told me is not the tremely dangerous through the presence of their systems of government would not work cover a multitude of sins. It is well that we Virginia Carnahan: Men get away with same as the original, please don't blame me, the ladies in white; but why fear them? here. But they are not so sure what should who listen to the fiery speeches of the emo- it....Their ways aren't so obvious. blame my neighbor. However, remember, They're nurses. Well, on with the tales of be done about it, for they have repeatedly tional paper-hanger do not forget the story Prof. Chrysler: Women have better tech- "Love thy neighbor as thyself." the deal and dying . . . said they will not go to war on a foreign soil told by the newspapers when Nazism still nique. . . . Men are more serious. . . . The editor's valentine struck a true note and many maintain that little we say or needed no excuse—while it was still drunk Oh, well, it's a toss-up. in the life of the editor. The contents ran One cause of serious illness was a long think about the whole situation will be of with new power. For as long as we remem- Elaine Nelson: Women . . Just take as follows: drawn out phone call that Al Forsman made much benefit. ber we will not be apt to admit the plea Frances Bettschen for an example. "By keeping ears and eyes alert, You last Sat. eve. Immediately afterwards he Hitler's recent address to the German of the German state, ostensibly solicitous and Janet Wilson: Women, because they've always learn the latest dirt. Some super took to his bed—not another disappointment Reichstag brought out definite views on the peaceloving, and still manifestly the selfish had lots of practice, not only on professors. gossip should be found, Who'd learn your such as the one featured in last week's col- part of representative collegians. Here are and beligerent product of a grasping mind." Roy Abrahamson: Men are crude in their past, and pass it 'round' ". umn? ,... Angel of Mercy, Catherine Brandes, some of them: (St. Ambrose College News). tactics, but the women have more finesse. * * * has been right on the job informing the nurse Jimmie Higgs: Each holds his own. as to who has it and who hasn't—`course they `The newspapers of a few years ago told' "When we think of the things Hitler does Kojancik for President— the story of a paper-hanger who rose high in with impunity, when we realize the strangle- Leonette Parries: .Men! They're all such don't have to have a temperature to be sick, hold which he has on so many nations, when bluffs. The unconfirmed report of the possibili- do they? But thanks for checking up on the we comprehend that his most recent bellicose Monny Jones: You can't always tell when ties of North Dakota seceding from the union dbrm kids—what with no Mama to take care THE SPECTRUM declarations were deemed gentle by potent the men polish, but you can always tell has caused a lot of comment on the campus. of them . . . Love found Roland Peffer, man- officials , we must conclude that the world is when the women do. According to an unofficial statement made ager of the dorm basketball team. She isn't Official publication of the students of the North Bob Nichols: It all depends on the pro- by someone, a senator introduced a bill, in a basketball star, but she does play the game Dakota Agricultural College published every Friday justified in hanging with alarmed silence on during the school year. every word he utters. An alarm once signi- fessors. . . . Working on Miss Ladwig the last state legislature, to the effect that of chance. (J) Flint and steel (Peffer) do fied a clarion call to action. Has 'frozen is certainly fun. this state of ours should secede. The vari- make a match—maybe its the atmosphere of 1938 Member 1939 subjection' replaced the former meaning?" Miss Jenson: Men try the hardest. ous comments on this subject resulted in the Chemistry lab ... Carol Osterdahl is get- ting Rssocialed Golle6iate Press (University of Virginia "College Topics"). Mr. Schoff: Do they apple polish? some interesting material. One student went right down to scratch, he even waxed the floor of his room. Is he building up Distributor of Though few Americans approve of Hitler so far as to say that North Dakota should secede, and the people should elect Joe Ko- hopes of being a proctor, or just begging for- Collecsiate Digest and his policies, most of us realize that • 6214 please jancik as the first president. He went on to giveness for past misdeeds for which others REPRESENTED PON NATIONAL ADVERTISING' BY plashing our opinions over the face of news- are suffering? . . . Dorm Gamma Rhos are National Advertising Service, Inc. papers and magazines can do nothing to im- say, that if Joe were elected, the first thing By Ima Snoop. he would do would be to abolish all Monday kept busy running errands for the victims of College Publishers Representative prove the situation. Instead, it may intensi- M.kotsoN AVE. NEW YORK. N. Y. examinations in all insttutions of learning in their house quarantine. Why not just fill 420 . fy the antagonism existing between the two With the Dorm turned into a hospital, CHICAGO • BOSTON • Los ANGELES - SAN FRANCISCO up the bath-tub to start things off? . . . Ray countries to a white heat." (Jamestown Col- Erna Snoop will try to scribble between ther- the state. Joe would also make appendicitis operations compulsory, for sympathy's sake Dahm, Barnesville's inimitable gift to the MEMBER NORTH CENTRAL PRESS lege "Collegian"). mometer readings. ASSOCIATION, * * * * only. "Every youth a football player", college, also, the pride of , also, the "When one becomes panicky with the idea Entered as second class matter at the Agricultural would be the motto of Joe's administration. pride of Mama and Papa Dahm has for lack College Station under the Act of March 8, 1879. of the dictator winning, it seems that the Nelita Dyer's flu hunch went through Joe can be reached in his office at the of something better to do, been reduplicating pay-off is near and each side must rise to de- when the bouquet of flowers reached her TELEPHONE 2221 Dugout for first hand information. It is lo- his oft heard imitations. Something new fend itself. Americans need not fear, how- home Sunday morning. John F. Lynch had better be in order soon, or they'd better Editor-In-Chief * cated three steps south of the ice box. Business Manager Richard L. Cook ever, for their time-honored ideals need no start having Brevities practice again . . . EDITORIAL STAFF defense. They need only to believe sincere- Theta Chi Chet wouldn't turn on the fan House Papa Tony Walters has been exceed- Managing Editor Albert Thorwaldson ly in the threatened freedom they now take because he was afraid Franey Bettschen An over-ambitious University of Texas Desk Editor. Jane Blair ingly busy escorting the pretty new nurse Gwyther student has figured out that Longhorn stu- Desk Editor _Barbara for granted.—(Oregon State College "Bar- would start floating around the Blue Room. around the dorm in the absence of the regu- Special Write. Cathryn Casselman, dents (10,103 of them) used 20,000 pencils Betty Lou Pannebaker, Dorothea Gerbracht, ometer") * * * lar house papa .. . The Dormites are won- Quentin Ault. to write approximately 13,000,000 words a Don Bloomquist Kotchevar from Greenbush has begun a dering if they would also receive publicity if Sports Editor day during the recent 10-day mid-term ex- Sports Reporters Ralph Martin, career of crime. She started by heckling a they were Ao be quarantined. Bob Brastrup Bill Guy, Jo Erickson amination period. They studied 130,000 Story complete on this page: goldfish until it died — then she killed its is beginning to regret his hasty move back to 14.w. Reporters— books for 200,000 hours in preparation for Ernest Brandstead, Marietta Bryant, Bessie He: Do you smoke mate because it was lonesome. the dorm—but who would have thunkit'. Chambers, Dick Crockett, Helmuth Froeschle, * * 45,000 examinations. Howard Knutson, Beverly Place, Muriel Rockne, She: No. This week's closing word is dedicated to Irvamae Vincent, Jean Boyle, Jean Miller, Cath- He: Do you drink? Getting into shape for the Beaux Arts Ball, erine Brand.. the campus Jills, Janes, Bettys, or what have She: No. the Dorm Jitterbugs, Vesta Werner, Clarice Egotist: "I'm the second most happy per- BUSINESS STAFF you. "It's the Jack the Jills want that gives Assistant Business Manager______Kenneth Archer He: What do you do? Lee, LaVerne Knutson and the Wellhouse son in the world," said he as he embraced the the Jacks, the chJills"—maybe its the chJills" Assistant Business Manager _Abner Selvig She: Tell lies. have been playing 'Run Sheep, Run' which sweet young thing." that are causing all this flu! Advertising Solicitors— Richard Hoag, Walter Maddock, Mary McCannel, —O'Collegian. accounts for the new plaster cracks. —The Guilfordian. —the UMBRA. Vernon Hangland. CRYSTAL DANCE CARL COLBY MBA BALLROOM TOMORROW NIGHT And His Orchestra

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from the boilers every morning and PARK— Streps Strike At Brevities Soda CHnikell.... evening, Larson explained that this Soils Grads Report The musical, "Shall We Dance," If you are reading this in bed, we was called "blowing down." It is done starring Ginger Rogers and Fred As- Beset with troubles and trials from hope. Besides learning her own part Interesting Jobs feel sorry for you; but if you are to clean out the boilers and does not taire, comes to the Park theater Sun- streptococci that have laid many a within three days after rehearsals be- Four North Dakota Agricultural col- standing on your two feet with an mean that the steam is being wasted, day through Tuesday. One of the big member of the Bison Brevities low, gan, she also knows the part of Eddie lege graduates who majored in soil ache in your back and a pain in your he said. And adding still more fig- novelty numbers of the show is a Director Marge Pfeffer still sees a ray O'Brien, who plays opposite her. Ac- science have recently reported that head, we feel sorrier for you—you are ures, he stated that it cost 31 cents to song and dance number by Fred en- of hope amidst the difficulties of cast- cording to Director Pfeffer, she gives they are well established in interest- the poor fellow who has used all his convert 1,000 pounds of water into titled "Slap That Bass." It is done ing, costuming, rewriting lines and O'Brien his lines before Lorraine Fit- steam. ing positions in their chosen field, ac- cuts. Ask Pat Callinan—he knows. in the ship engines room to the rhythm obtaining permission for use of songs. jar, script girl and prompter, can find Up to January 1, this year, Larson cording to H. L. Walster, dean of ag- Next to being quarantined for diph- of the engines. Ginger and Fred do Because of illness, all rehearsals this the place. More than that, Pfeffer riculture. theria as were the Gamma Rhos, the said the NDAC heating plant had used a fine piece of acting as well as their week have been incomplete and in- said, her interpretation of her part 194 tons less coal than was needed up best thing is denying gigantic rumors William E. Purdy, 1936 graduate, has outstanding dancing. dividual practice have been all but is interesting and exciting. to the same time last year. Although • • about your state of health. Harriet just been appointed assistant field man discontinued. Only one chorus prac- Advertising and ticket selling cam- Shigley walked into a class and heard some of this saving can be attributed to for the Farm Credit Administration, STATE— tice was scheduled, after Margaret Cal- paigns have begun under Roy DeRose, that she was in St. Luke's with pneu- the milder winter, increased efficiency real estate division. He will represent George O'Brien and Kay Sutton houn, chorus director, became a part business manager of the show. Plans monia and a fever of 106. Someone on Mr. Larson's part may have a lot to the St. Paul Land Bank and will be bring "Lawless Valley' to the screen of the epidemic. for the program to be used this year do with it. went supposedly to visit her and located at Devils Lake, N. D. at the State theater on Saturday. The Out of rehearsals this week came include the use of many cuts, with an someone else sent a sympathy card. Clifford Orvedal, 1934 graduate, is story tells how George is railroaded another outstanding performer, Jeanne interesting makeup of pages, DeRose 6 now located at Jonesville, Va., as a to prison, and after serving his sen- Hoyden, who is the week s ray of said. The SAES have lost a cook in the epidemic, so they are boarding with soil surveyor with the Bureau of Chem- tence returns for vengeance on his the ATOs this week. Now that it is A PEEK AT THE istry and Soils of the enemies. Sunday and Monday, Carole Friday, we may safely tell that the Department of Agriculture. In a re- Lombard shows there is nothing so GREEK WEEK cent letter to Dean Walster, Orve- funny as a lie, and no one better at scheming ATOs planned a poisonous 1,D Offer Radio Scholarship banquet before their basketball game dal said: "I am located in Lee county, telling them than she, especially when with said SAES on Wednesday. Some- the western-most county in Virginia. playing opposite Fred MacMurray in In order to promote a greater interest gree in agriculture from a Land Grant Flu germs did not cause a complete thing about a cake with two differ- This section was Daniel Boone's old "True Confession." On Tuesday and in radio broadcasting, with special im- college, such as NDAC, during the aca- stand-still of activities among social ent kinds of frosting on it—one for playground. The historic Cumberland Wednesday Brian Donlevy and Lynn phasis on agricultural service, station demic year 1938-39 may enter the com- fraternities this week but the little the winners and one for the losers. Gap is on the Virginia-Kentucky line, BaH bring to the screen the thrills, WLW, Cincinnati, Ohio, has establish- petitive examination for 6 months' beauties put a crimp in many biparte However, there are still other forms and I have gone through it many adventure, and romance experienced ed a competitive project open to all se- training at station WLW. The schol- and multiparte gatherings. of recreation for collegians besides times. I have spent several days work- by the daredevil cameraman in nior students in agriculture at Land arships will be for $500 payable on a Shirley Quickstead was a guest at trapping germs. Sig Erickson, athlete ing in the shadows of the Cumberland "Sharpshooters." A thrilling romantic Grant colleges, according to a recent weekly basis during the 6-month peri- the POP House Sunday. Maybrey superb, finds his in the Fargo theater. Escarpment which in this county must drama entitled, "When Thief Meets announcement. od. The training will extend from Clark was a guest Monday noon and But not alone. He plays quiet little be between 700 and 1,000 feet above Thief," starring Douglas Fairbanks, "A knowledge of how to write for July 1, 1939 thru December 31. Only Jeanne Paris, Virginia Nelson, and parlor games with an usherette. the valley floor." jr., and Valerie Hobson, plays on radio and speak on radio is a distinct two students in the country will be Mary See were dinner guests last Thursday. Last week's Theta CM party re- A graduate of the Rugby high school, asset to men trained in techinical agri- chosen to take the training in radio Sunday at the Theta Chi House sulted in a near engagement. "Near" Orvedal was employed for three sea- FARGO- culture," the announcement states. It announcing, program production, writ- . . . Dinner guests at the POP's because Bud Thorwaldson had almost sons on the soil survey and land clas- High adventure in the British army points out that county agricultural igg various types of radio copy, pro- annual log-cabin party included May- decided to hang his pin on the Statue sification of Morton, Billings and Mc- campaigning on the Northwest Fron- agents, vocational agriculture teachers gram research and other activities. brey Clark, Carol and Kathy Benson. of Liberty when suddenly lie be- Kenzie counties of North Dakota after tier of India, half a century ago, color- and others engaged in agricultural NDAC agricultural seniors interested Sigs were honored guests of the Gam- thought himself—"She's too tall for completing his work at NDAC. Later ful romance, rowdy fun, heroism and work are finding that such knowledge in learning more about this scholar- ma Phis at tea last Friday . . . Kermit me!" he was appointed to the Mississippi sacrifice are compounded in the not- is most helpful. ship are asked to conaact H. L. Walster, Hummel of Fertile, Minnesota visited That party was probably more suc- Experiment Station, State College, able screen production based on Rud- Any senior who will receive his de- dean of agriculture, immediately. at the Kappa Sig House Monday . . . cessful than next Sunday's Theta Chi Miss., where he had charge of soil sur- yard Kipling's famous ballad of "Gunga Visitors at Phi Mu potluck Monday Din," which is heralded as one of the party Id honor of the Kappa. will be. vey work in one of the important coun- were Mrs. Mildred Kirst, Dean Haley, It seems from remarks heard over the ties in that state. year's finest and most spectacular cine- and Mrs. Benson . . SAE chapter is telephone left off the hook that the matic offerings. Cary Grant, Victor eating at the ATO House this week Two other 1934 graduates, Clinton Students Study Weather— girls' sentiments about going were not McLaglen and Douglas Fairbanks, jr., due to sickness in their culinary de- Mogen of Charlson and Benjamin Mat- with Joan Fontaine share the honors Thirteen North Dakota Agricul- go as high as the •balloons do. Shultz unanimous even though Marian did partment ... Monday night guest at the zek of Fingal, are soil surveyors with for the leading roles. Sam Jaffe plays tural college students will soon be able says altitudes as high as 77,000 feet say the girls would love to go. Theta Chi House was Major Boruski the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils the part of Gunga Din, the heroic wat- to challenge Mark Twain's famous have been reached by the balloons Wonder what a ballot box thinks . . . Alpha Gams had Kathy and Carol at Athens, Tenn., about 60 miles south er-carrier, who gives his life for his statement that "everyone talks about and the average height reached is about? of Knoxville. Benson as supper guests Monday. friends. "Gunga Din" plays at the the weather but no one does anything better than 50,000 feet. Temperatures A number of people were surprised The Gamma Phis have installed a Fargo all next week. about it!" They are studying the "air to find their pictures on exhibit in as low as 100 degrees below zero are new system. Members of the pledge mass analysis" system of forecasting George Putz' collection in Old Main. often recorded, he says. group going steady are required to weather in a non-credit seminar now You had better look to make sure At The Mo iies Even though the subject matter is pass candy and when the match breaks being directed on the campus by R. about yourself. Maybe you were highly technical, the seminar members up, they pass suckers. Maybe it should GRAND— STARTING SUNDAY W. Schultz, meteorologist of the United peering out the window of Old Main Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Ej are taking a keen interest in it, Shultz be vice versa. Mary Ann Tronnes "Heart of the North," the Warner States Weather Bureau Airport station in one of those atmosphere shots. states. In addition to the 13 under- treated the pledge group to candy kis- Bros. production in technicolor which Victor McLaglen at Fargo. Dr. Whedon became over excited graduate students, the staffs of both ses Monday night . . . The hardy Nor- Cary Grant in on Tuesday and jumped to the con- comes to the Grand theater is a thrill- The Fargo station is one of six in the Fargo and Moorhead stations of wegian POP's are the only ones who "GUNGA DIN" clusion that Gene Corcoran had hung packed and completely authentic tale the country operated by the weather the U. S. Weather Bureau and sev- haven't had the flu yet .. . The ATO his new ATO pin on Betty Panne- of that famous law enforcement body bureau equipped to make observations eral members of the NDAC engineer- Mother's Club was entertained at GRAND • 1P until 2:30 baker. It's not true, Doc, they were of the Canadian northwest, the Royal of atmospheric conditions at altitudes ing staff are attending the class. Al- dinner last Sunday at the house . . . only pretending. Canadian Mounted Police. The cast STARTING SUNDA) ranging into the stratosphere. The bert W. Anderson, NDAC professor of Kappa Sig Lloyd Parker has returned Here's a tip for your Grand Forks is headed by Dick Foran, Gloria Dick- principle of the system is that the mechanical engineering, is president of to school this week . . . John Sanders "HEART OF THE weekend. Bill Fearn of the Dakota son and Gale Page. It plays Sunday characteristics of masses of air aloft the group. The seminar is being spon- pledged ATO . . Frances Bettschen NORTH" Student invites us to their Varsity through Wednesday. have a direct bearing on weather at sored jointly by the American Me- was a Kappa potluck guest Monday. night club called the "Vub." A big (In Technicolor) the earth's surface, and knowledge of teorological Society, the U. S. Weather Mary Lewis, Marie Anderson, and presentation ceremony will be held the types of air and their movements Bureau and the college. Jean Heller, are delegates to the Kappa "Expert Watch and Jewelry there with McCosh and Pepke giving makes possible more accurate fore- province convention to be held in Win- Repairing" The students in the seminar will be to Coach Letich a scroll signed by the STARTING SUNDAY casts, Mr. Shultz explains. able to qualify for positions with air nipeg this week-end . . Conway members of his 1938-39 team in honor WIMMERS CAROLE LOMBARD "Observation of the air aloft gives transportation companies and similar Christianson, Bernie Volkerding and of his 14 years of service at the uni- FRED MacMURRAY us a three-dimensional picture of con- agencies that require some knowledge Roger Kimber who were home over the FARGO JEWELRY MFG CO. versity. There'll be dancing, pop, ice "Walk a Flight and Buy Eight" — In — ditions instead of just a two-dimen- of the weather as a result of the cream and other attractions which are week-end had a difficult time getting back. "TRUE CONFESSION" sional one," he says. training they are receiving. honestly just as fascinating as the Since the station at Fargo is adja- East Side. Sig Bob Wieneke has pneumonia .. • ORHEA . D" cent to the college, Mr. Shultz right- Bob Nichols is now up ... Kappa Vir- ginia McMillan spent last week-end Frank McKone STARTING SUNDAY ly thought that a study of the Norwe- RANDOLPH SCOTT gian air mass analysis system would be 70 Enrolled In Third visiting her family in Minneapolis .. . PIPES JOAN BENNETT of interest to NDAC students. Meet- Use For Pratical Art Herman of Anamoose pledged Farm Folk School Term TOBACCO — In ing once a week on Tuesdays, the semi- Kappa Sigma Chi. — nar has been in progress for several Seventy young men from over 25 Mathematics Found Sigs Don Pepke and Bill McCosh of Cigars Candies "TilE TEXAN S" weeks and will continue until the end North Dakota counties are enrolled in In Heating Plant the Sioux basketball squad were at the of the present school year. So far in the third term of the NDAC Farm Folk house last Friday . . . Interfraternity the course, the group has considered school now in progress. The present Pledge Representatives from the Sigma the types of conditions to be found at term closes March 11, and is the last A laboratory for practical mathema- Chis are Sonny Olson and Buck Gal- Business Education ... one during the 1938-39 school year. ticians is the heating plant of the lagher .. . Leonard Dalstead from the high altitudes, and now results of ac- We live in a busy world of business. Eighty-five per cent of our po- tual observations made with radio Courses being offered this term in- NDAC. Kappa Sigs is attending to political pulation are engaged in work called "Business". To be successful in sounding instruments will be studied. clude letter writing, foods and feeding, Had man in the plant is Supt. Paul matters at Bismarck this week . . . livestock diseases, crops, farm econom- Leonard Stein pledged Sigma CM .. • any line requires education and training, and this, of course, is true of The equipment used in making these Larson, a man with a wise twinkle in ics, plant diseases, insect control, farm Don Sealander, Sigma Chi, played' business. A business education is a practical education that one can observations in the stratosphere consists his eyes and 22 years of experience at electricity, shop work, poultry and ani- against the Galloping Gophers last use to advantage every day of his working life. It is the education of a tiny radio transmitter, equally his post. He has statistics on heating mal husbandry. Saturday night with Detroit Lakes and that enables one to earn a salary. Plan your course in business train- tiny instruments which record tem- that date back to the very day in 1917 won. peratures and humidity at various alti- About 60 of these students are earn- when he first came to NDAC. ing now. If interested, write for catalogue. tudes, a parachute and a balloon. The ing part of their expenses by remodel- "There are 7 heating months in each NAMED TO FACULTY ing the old army barracks on the cam- transmitter and instruments are con- year that require the close attention Miss Emmaline Rademaker has been Interstate Business College pus into a Farm Folk school dormitory. tained in a cardboardbox 4x8x9 inches and strength of four firemen and three named on the teaching staff of the FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA Fire-resistant insulation and wall in size weighing about 2 pounds. This helpers," Larson says. "Our boilers home economics department. Miss sheathing, a lounge room with a piano, box is attached to the parachute, and develop 1,200 horse power and have Rademaker is a graduate of Michigan showers and a hobby room are some the parachute is then fastened to the 1,140,000 square feet of radiation. The State college and earned her masters of the features the remodeled building balloon which is inflated to approxi- 7 million cubic feet of space to be degree at Columbia University. Before will have when completed early next mately 5 feet in diameter with helium heated in 18 college buildings require coming here as a special instructor in summer, The boys are even making gas. an average of 50 tons of lignite coal the clothing department she held a FAIRMONT some of the furniture that will go into When released the balloon rises at a every 24 hours during December, Jan- position at Beaver College, Jenkins- the rooms. The dormitory will house rate of about 700 feet per minute, and uary and February, the coldest months," town, Pennsylvania. as it ascends the delicate instruments 60 persons when finished. he points out. YOUR BEST MARKET

record changes in temperature and hu- Larson has other figures showing =MI midity. The readings are transmitted that an average of 220 carloads of lig- Reasonable; WIN APPOINTMENTS on an ultra high frequency to a re- nite coal are burned in the NDAC For Sal e, 30 volume ceiver at the airport by means of dif- Paul Boyle, senior in education, and heating plant during a year. Long Encyclopedia Americana, The Fairmont Creamery Co. ferent signals which are interpreted Thomas Leonard, senior in mechani- years of experience enable him to esti- U. S. A. by a special automatic recording ma- cal engineering, have passed physical mate closely the amount of coal need- Bauch and Lomb Lab Micro- chine attached to the receiver. examinations and received appoint- ed for a day by observing the temper- scrope. ' Underwood Portable Typewriter. The gas in the balloon expands as it ments necessary for entrance to Ran- ature and wind velocity. No. 1 get into the lighter air of the strato- dolph field, United States flying school. Asked why steam was discharged Broadway, Suite 19 sphere, finally bursting the balloon Leonard has already left for Texas, when its maximum diameter is reached and Boyle will leave this weekend. —about 15 or 16 feet. The parachute Free Delivery Charge Accounts SENIORS! then opens and carries the radio and instrument box back to the ground. Cornell University is conducting re- The station makes no effort to recover search into the methods of training vo- VIC'S MARKET these boxes, but each one has in- cational education teachers. Your Bison Picture must be structions printed on it for the finder Groceries, Meats, Vegetablss - Phone 2069 to mail it, postage free, to the manu- Union College is organizing a con facturer, Julien P. Friez & Sons, Bal- ference on industry and government to taken Immediately. timore. A reward is paid for each box be held April 17. returned. The parts are salvaged for WHAT ARE THE FAMOUS PLACES IN THE UNITED STATES? New York University has instituted making new equipment. Mr. Shultz What is the most famous spot of historical interest in youir State? Proofs must be returned three courses in religion to combat the says that boxes have been found near The booklet, Famous Places in the United States, presents 49 scenes Wahpeton, Graceville, Detroit Lakes tide of persecutions "now common in of inspiring patriotic associations—one in every state and the District and many other nearby points. the dictator-controlled nations." of Columbia. Order your copy today. Enclose 10 cents to cover Promptly. cost of handling. This type of observation is made Lauritz Melchior, Metropolitan Ope- once each day—at 2:30 a. m.—and the USE THIS COUPON ra star, has been appointed special lec- This will help your Bison Staff. readings sent to Chicago where they The Fargo Forum Information Bureau, turer in the education of the handi- are used in making the weather fore- FREDERICK J. HASKIN, Director, WASHINGTON, D. C. capped at Teachers College, Columbia cast for this territory. Other forecast I enclose herewith TEN CENTS in coin (carefully wrapped in paper) for University. centers also receive the information. a copy of the booklet, FAMOUS PLACES in the United States. Before radio soundings were used, "NOBS" A University of Missisippi professor NAME .Street or Rural Route _ observations were made by aeroplane has developed an eight-headed flat- flights, but the planes could not go worm—and these worms are less than City up in bad weather; neither could they State a quarter-inch in length. (Mail to Washington, D. C.) PORTRAITS are BEAUTIFUL

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Bison Meet Nodaks In Third Bison Succumb Sport Speculations —yo.. .—,Domquist

Clash Of Season Tonight To Sioux 42-40 Two Down, Two To Go— to do along that line before he was By BILL GUY Last week's 42-40 defeat of the Bison sent to the showers. Herd Still Has Chance * * * at the hands of the Sioux was a thrill- To Gain Even Split The win-starved Bison are still on a Chrysler Team Cops laden fracas typical of all University- Long Shot Artist— With Sioux This Year diet of two point defeats. For the first AC tussles. Maybe the Bison should With the exception of last year, time in years, the Bison were rated have won, maybe the officiating was all Lowe-coached teams are char- With two strikes already called on Volleyball Tourney over the Sioux and the boys muffed bad, but whatever the case, the Bison acterized by having at least one them, the NDAC Bison play the third Team B of the faculty volleyball didn't lose any friends over the game, long their chance by a score of 42-40. shot artist on the squad. In game of the four game series with the league, captained by Russel Chrysler, the second victory for the Sioux in 1936, Neville "Pretz" Reiners used The University team took advantage Sioux tonight in Grand Forks at 8:20. copped the first tournament of the year as many starts against the Bison this to sink them consistently from be- by nosing out Captain Scheurich's team of the glaring weaknesses in the Bi- Smarting under the sting of two de- season. tween the foul line and the center in the decisive game. son defense, especially when several of marker. The next year, Bob feats by the same score at the hands Team D was the leading team before the Herd imagined themselves as guests Bob Lowe's charges are going up Saunders, an all-conference guard, of the Sioux, the Bison have been the championship game on Thursday, to the "U" tonight determined to at a golden gloves tournament. Before built up a reputation as one of the pointing all week for this third game but a complete upset handed out by get back into the series by winning best set-shot artists in the history the boys snapped out of their reverie, of the series in an effort to win the Chrysler and his mates crushed team this game. The job will be a lot of Bison basketball. D in two of the three sets: 15-8, 15-4 the up-state-normal five had clicked bigger than last week, what with the next two games and thus gain a 50-50 ____In present-day history, we have him and 3-15. for deciding points. Sioux having the advantage of of the slight stature, Ted Whalen, car- split in the series. The scores and standings of the teams Larry Tanberg had tough luck in de- playing on their own rafter-strewn rying on this tradition. A few skep- The Nodaks are rated as sliv:ht fav- after the first round were: replica of Festival Hall, which they tical persons thought it was just luck ciding to make several sensational mid- orites to make it three in a row to- Team Points Captain `CHUCK" NELSON, who claims call a gymnasium; plus the confi- when he dropped in four longs in the air stops at the same time referee Dick night although interest is running just B 471 Chrysler Fargo as his home town, was one of dence, however slight, gained from Morningside game, but he convinced all as high as in the two previous en- D 467 Scheurich Holzer was testing his whistle to see two wins over the Herd. of the Doubting Thomases in Friday's the big reaions why the Nodaks de- counters. The narrow margin by G 445 Nesbit if the pea was split. * * game that he is par excellence in this A 444 Frank which the Sioux have won the first feated the Herd Friday night. Called The electrifying finish found Don Larry Tanberg proved to all that he particular department of play. two games indicates that anything may F 433 Goodearl * * upon at a crucial moment to fill the Pepke with five seconds to go in a 40- was the finest defensive player on the happen when the two teams line up on E 403 Burge 40 deadlock thinking himself back in the floor by the way he held down Bill Alibi Ike— the armory floor tonight. C 389 Stoa shoes of Pete Burich, who under- hayloft tripping over a loose board McCosh, a great forward, during the After the dismal failure of my scien- The Bison team has not escaped en- On Monday the second six weeks went an appendectomy a week be- and released the apple to have the time he was covering the Nodak hot- tific basketball score teller, I am bow- tirely the flu epidemic. Herman Lar- schedule began. The teams are cap- west basket go out after it like a hog shot. For some strange reason or ing out of the prognosticating picture son and Paul Johnson have both been tained by Goodearl, Nelson, Jensen, fore the last game, Nelson came with a tapeworm. other, knocking the ball out of an op- until I can devise a system whereby I Redman, Kocal, Pettee and Pinckney. victims this week. Although they will through with flying colors by scor- ponent's hands was not considered the will have all the alibis in the books be in uniform for the game, they will The dOwn-town quarterbacks are pick- Ted Whalen was the spark plug in ing ten of the 42 points which the polite thing to do, so every time Tan- catalogued and filed in a convenient ing team D, captained by Redman to the Bison offense. His rifle passes from be in a weakened condition. Johnson berg made a clean stop on a shot, form so I can resort to them on short Sioux had. either side set up many scoring plays has not been practicing this week and take it, but anything may happen in a a foul was called. The result was he notice and drag out a fool-proof alibi, Larson did not show up until Wed- faculty volleyball tournament. which were hard to miss on. Ted's beautiful sharpshooting at the distance stopped four, and only four, almost capable of convincing all who have no ne:day. cinch shots—that's all he had a chance faith in the system. There will be a different set of of- marks forced the Sioux to loosen up ficials for the game, the names of their defense under the basket and which have not been announced at Hawkins May Realize Four allowed Larson and Johnson to come Rifle Team Better the time of this writing. through with thrilling angle shots. NDAC students may be admitted by The Bison defense was bolstered by Than Last Year Women's Sports Year Old Ambition Tonight the fine work of Tanberg and Captain By JO ERICKSON presentation of registration card and The NDAC rifle team, coached by 40c. Tonight the Bison will probably lick Hawkins. The overeagerness of the Major E. F. Boruski, has just passed the Sioux and will fulfill a four year defense caused the loss of Tanberg and NDAC's coed rifle team competed in Sig Erickson. The loss of these men the three-quarter mark in the seventh ambition of their captain. As co-cap- a match against Louisiana State, Baton was a killing blow to the Bison chances corp area competition and find that tain of the Herd's gridiron squad, he Rouge, Lousiana, last night. The Papooses Play for victory. they stand forty-seven points higher had a major part in that glorious foot- scores have not yet been determined. Bill McCosh and Chuck Nelson play- than they did this time last year. ball victory and now as captain of the ed standout offensive games for the Next Tuesday there will be a should- At the opening of the season there Frosh Tonight Sioux. McCosh did a remarkable job er to shoulder match with the Fargo Bison basketeers he gets another chance were 109 men on the rifle team. Since of locating the basket on free throws women's team. Fifteen from each Tonite at 6:45 • the Baby Bison will to break the basketball drought of vic- then the squad has been cut to thirty and unguardable hook shots. His cool men, with the 15 best shots firing on team will compete and the ten high meet the freshmen basketball team of tories. ball handling and feeding under the the first team, and the next 15 work- scores will count. NDAC at Grand Forks, just prelimi- As a freshman, Ray Hawkins found basket were beautiful to watch. ing on the second team. If the squad Four matches will be shot on March nary to the regular NDAC-NDU game. himself as a star on a weak Baby Over three thousand fans took ad- enters the national intercollegiate 9. They are with Ripon College, Ri- These two teams have not met before Bison squad that went under to the vantage of the first home game at the match, Boruski will send two teams pon, Wis.; Coe College, Cedar Rapids, this season and the game promises to upstaters twice in a row. As a sop- annual Bison-Sioux classic. composed of five marksmen each. Iowa; University of Georgia, Athens, be a thriller. homore, scholastic difficulties kept him Based on the records of the last Ga.; and Cornell University, Ithaca, N. John Smith, Baby Bison coach, re- Fraternity Scholarship quarter of the corp area match, the from the squad and consequently from Y. marked that the University boasts one Ranks Above Average team will find whether or not they will of the most outstanding freshmen teams taking part in the lone win the AC High scorers at the last meeting of Maintaining the superior scholarship be able to compete in national competi- in recent years. Ordean Olson, all- garnered from the Sioux that year. As the rifle club were Helen Restvedt and standing they have held for eight suc- tion. Contestants in the national in- state center from Valley City is one of a junior he had little chance to parti- Evelyn Olson, 99; Betty Carnine, Vera cessive years, fraternity men in the tercollegiate matches consist of from the most brilliant men on the team. cipate in a winning game as the Herd Wooldridge, and Jo Erick:on, 98; Betty United States in 1937-38 increased by five to seven colleges, representing Along with Olson are such men as Le- was one 'of the weakest in years. Greenshields, 97; Margaret Fairley, 60 per cent the margin by which they the "cream of the crop" from each of roy Hausauer, all-state from Wahpe- But now as a senior, the lone mem- Helen Sorenson, and Irvamae Vincent, excelled non-fraternity men the pre- the nine corps areas. ton; Fred Gran and Bud Monnes, both ber of that ill-fated froth squad of his 96; Alta Reynolds, Agnes Gunvaldsen vious year, it was announced this week According to Boruski, "everything is all-state players from Minot; Lewis to survive the year of competition, it and Beryl Burkee, 95. at the completion of a survey made by going along smoothly", probably due to Beall and Did Peterson from Bis- looks as if the drought will be broken the National Inter-fraternity confer- the intense interest of boys on the marck; Walter Dobber from Linton; and he can retire from college with his The inter-sorority basketball turns- ence. team this year. After the national and Gordon Caldis, a member of last ambition fulfilled. ment has been postponed until next In the western states, where the fra- competition, the squad will be point- years Minnesota state championship Tuesday. Followed Reiners- fternity schol.a*hip index was in- ing to the William Randolph Hearst team, Thief River Falls. "Hawkeye" hails from LaCrosse, Wis- creased above the all-men's index, four match. Smith plans to start Arnold "Swede" consin and is the lone outstater on the of the five North Dakota Agricultural The oldest Goethean literary society Johnson at center, with Cliff Nygaard team. He chose this school because College fraternity chapters were above City planning is now offered Connec- in the world, founded at Franklin and and Johnny Abbott at the forward Neville Reiners, State's great all-con- the all-men's average. The study also ticut College students in a special Marshall College in 1832, will hold its posts, and John Snowberg and Gar- ference quarterback a few years ago, disclosed that North Dakota fraternity course called "civic art." 3,500th meeting next month. field Krasean at guard. Roy 'Sonny" was so well satisfied with it. Coming men improved in scholarship over Olsen, Sid Rose, Ralph Schmierer, and here with an outstanding basketball 1936-37. Average chapter membership Richard Norgard, will also be in there and track record as a high school per- was 23. In the west, 324 fraternity trying to bring home a victory. former he quickly became a star in chapters at 3 schools had an average "This year we have an average TRUE or FALSE? football to become one of those rare membership of 36.13. team", commented Smith, "with Ab- three sport athletic heroes. The National Interfraternity confer- (A Style Questionnaire for College Men) bott and Johnson the outstanding men CAPTAIN HAWKINS 1n high school his basketball ability ence scholarship study covered 1,930 so far. This game is always a tough won all-city honors for him and he chapters, composed of a total of 63,- game, and isn't always the team with played on the team that won 22 straight 481 men, located on 170 campuses. The the most all-state men that comes out dairying as a profession and if the games until nosed by Rochester by one average chapter size the country over on top." chemistry profs will let him he'll soon point. In his senior year they beat was 32.89. Not all educational institu- The time for the second and last have a degree. Austin, Minnesota state champs, and included all schools in which grades are game of this series has not been set The sororities on this campus really if Wisconsin had been using a tourna- included all schools in which grade are but will be played either on March 3 missed a good bet when they left him ment method of determining a state available. or 4th. alone. This combination Weissmuller PAPA/ champ LaCrosse would have been fav- and Gable is 21, very much eligible for ored to win. Buckskin shoes should never everything, and also very much a her- be worn in the winter. Kappa Sigma Chi Wins In high school track Hawkins broke mit. That is, on the campus he is a SPECIAL To records in the high jump and won hermit, but back home there is some- TRUE 0 FALSE ❑ A. C. STUDENTS Stickpins are out of date. As Dugout Whips Sigs points in the hurdles. His city high one whom he is true to and whom False. Buckskin shoes, al- jump record still stands at 6:1%." Last everyone on the team seems to know though introduced as summer Kappa Sigma Chi started a second TRUE ❑ FALSE ❑ sports shoes, are now okay year he was a member of the AC squad because he talks of her so much. At least Haircuts 25c march for the intramural basketball False. All sorts of jewelry, summer, winter, fall, and that won the first track title in the they know when her birthday or some Broadway Beauty & Barber Shop championship as they turned back a including stickpins, tie clasps, spring. And brown is the recent history of the school. celebration is coming up because that smart color to choose. fighting Theta Chi quintet, 33-23, on cuff links and (for formal is the time Captain Ray Hawkins is wear) watch fobs, are now Thursday night. The YMCA Dugout All-Conference End out borrowing some money to buy her being worn by well-dressed cagers triumphed over the Sigma Chis As a football player, he was an all- a present. men. 21-18, and the Farm Folk School for- conference end this year and would C.—AR/low feited their game to the Sigma Phi have been last year if the SD Jack- Deltas, to conclude the evening's con- rabbits hadn't crippled him early in the tests. season. But he wasn't crippled in the On Wednesday, the SAE's came from Minnesota game and he caught Wheel- Big Red Grocery behind to defeat the ATO's 36-29. The er's pass for the lone Bison score of You can get a good tie for YMCA quint won over the Kappa Psis, the afternoon. Groceries, Meats, Vegetables a dollar. 37-28, the Alpha Gamma Rho-Men's Hawkeye says that there will be no Phone 175 TRUE ❑ FALSE ❑ Dorm contest was postponed because pro football but he will stick with True. of the influenza epidemic. Arrow ties at one dollar (and one-fifty) receive the Tuesday's games found the Sigma Quiet shirts are passe; loud shirts, high style. finest tailoring a tie can get. Phi Delts losing to the Theta Chis, 15- And, being styled by Amer- 10. In the other scheduled game, the The Central Barber Shop TRUE ❑ FALSE ❑ ica's foremost authority on Farm Folk School lost to the Sigma DAKOTA PHOTO men's fashions, their patterns False. The swing is all toward are faultless. Chis, 31-11, while the heavily favored is now located at shirts in subdued colors and Kappa Sigs were upset by the Dormi- ENGRAVING CO. simple patterns. Choice exam- 14 1 2 Roberts Street Makes you swell I LIALITRATO DElIONE P tory, 11-15, in an exhibition game re-, ples of this trend will be placing the Dugout-Kappa Sig con- ENGRAVER.0 LITII9 KAMMER/ Haircut 25c WITH PRIDE... found in the new Arrow FA R G 0 NO. 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