THE SPECTRUM VOLUME LI. STATE COLLEGE, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1935. NUMBER 2 Novel Parties Y DUGOUT DECORATED Easton and Ennis Increase In Registration IN NAUTICAL THEME Get Promotion Planned For Enhancing the popularity of Is Shown Over Last Year the Y Dugout, "coffee hour" and In accordance with a law passed between class hangout for Bison by the seventy-third Congress which )1 Rushing Week students, is the summer-time accelerated the rate of promotions in Each Fraternity Allowed decorations completed in its the army service, two United Frosh "Bachelors To Take Four Freshmen Sororities Choose quarters. A natuical theme has States Army officers stationed on Fill Pantries As House Residents Unique Themes For been carried out by the interior this campus have received promo- decorators in re-doing the place. tions. They are John D. Easton, For the second time Lily white aprons, a box of Super- in as many Entertainment of Rushees The walls were replastered, promoted from major to lieutenant- years, all-time enrollment Suds, a pair of black bottomed skil- figures at painted and kalsomined in a col- colonel, and Robert B. Ennis, pro- NDSC have been toppled lets were the first accessories in- into the Active plans are being formulated orful fashion. Lending charm to moted from captain to major. discard, according to A. stalled as nine kitchens were open- H. Parrott, by the six sororities and nine fra- the decorations are anchors, registrar, who reports a total Lieutenant- Colonel Easton re- ed for "bachelors" in the Men's of 1,286 ternities of the campus in prepara- pilot wheels, and small ships with two days remaining of ceived his military training in Ha- Residence hall Wednesday. The the first tion for formal rush week which is, painted on the walls and booths. week. At the same time waii and came to Fargo from Fort names of the cooks were not dis- last year for the sororities, from Monday, To complete the nautical touch, 1,278 were registered, this Warren, Wyoming, where he was on closed, but if you see a freshman being an Sept. 23 to Saturday, Sept. 28; and actual rope was used. increase of 132 over the duty in the first infantry regiment. with soap-white hands who grins proceeding for the fraternities, beginning today year and 63 more than the previous This is his thirty-fifth year of ser- eagerly when you "rush" him to a high year ('29-'30). and ending next Friday. vice in the army. Major Ennis, who square meal—that is one. Teaching Method Freshman enrollment is expected Kappa Kappa Gamma's Circus has also been stationed in the Is- It is understood that the menu to be about the same as last year luncheon will take place first Mon- lands, came from Fort Houston, shall consist not solely of bread and or Is Found Interesting slightly over 500, which exceeded the day noon from 12 to 1:30, under the Texas, and has spent eighteen years milk but that some vegetable and '29-'30 totals by fourteen and chairmanship of Jean Newton. Jane in the army. meat should be served at least once was 141 over the previous year. Accom- Bristol is in charge of the afternoon Glenn A Lawritson, instructor of a day. Cleanliness is the funda- modations at the Men's Residence party, the annual Tourist Treasure psychology, has just returned from mental requirement laid down by hall are again inadequate, necessi- Hunt, to be held Wednesday from a year's leave of absence spent at the dorm committee. 4 to 6; and Mary Clemens is making the University of Chicago doing Freshman Girl tating the assignment of four boys, arrangements for the traditional course and research work towards NDSC MEN TO JUDGE subject to the dormitory ruling, to Pullman party from 7 to 10:30, Fri- his doctor's degree. His major field BARNES EXPOSITION each fraternity house. Many girls have also been assigned to private day evening. was educational psychology suppli- Places First A. M. Challey, L. R. Waldron, and homes. Plans made by the Gamma Phi mented by the study of abnormal 0. A. Barton, NDSC agricultural ex- Kitchens installed in the dormi- Beta's consist of a Tuesday noon psychology, dealing with mental de- Placement tests in English for 470 perts, will judge the lt3h annual tory last year have again been open- luncheon, with Mary Hannaher in fectives in children. freshmen have been corrected, leav- Corn and Lamb show in Valley City ed and many students have started charge and Old Heidelberg as the He was much impressed by the ing but 50 members of the freshman Sept. 27 and 28, announced County "batching". The dorm store is also theme ; a road house theme for unique method of teaching employed class to take the test. Mary Mohl- Agent T. X. Calnan. Miss Eulla open after much remodeling and Thursday afternoon as planned by at Chicago. The students, 6,000 in man, Bismarck, with a total of 140 Underbrink, Valley City State will be under the same manage- Nan Powers and Rosemary Allen; all, of which 2,900 are graduate and out of a possible 150 points, won Teachers college, and Roy Bryngel- ment as last year. and a progressive dinner Saturday, 750 freshmen, do not work for cred- first place among the new students. son, Valley City, will also assist arranged by Ellen Blair, Elise Bro- its but study until they believe them- Willa Jean Wells, Harvey, and Ma- with the judging. Comparative figures of the differ- phy, Marjorie Patterson, and Ger- selves sufficiently prepared to take rie Halverson, Fargo, were second ent classes and schools are not avail- trude Powers. the examination. Their marks un- and third with scores of 138 and 137 able but will be released for the The Alpha Gamma Delta's will til they pass the examination mean respectively. Workers' School next issue. entertain at a Wizard of Oz little. Many obtain degrees in spite The median for the entire group luncheon with Emma May Britton Of continued failures by doing well in was calculated at 106 as compared Ended Friday in charge, Wednesday noon; a Dude the final examination. Students do to 110 of last year. Failures reached Further Changes with F_-:ther Watson in much independent study and are un- a total of 20 per cent and those who Fifty people from North Dakota charge, Friday afernoon; and a tra- bounded as to the extent of their failed will be required to take sub- and South Dakota completed last Made In Staff (Continued to Page 3) pursuits. The responsibility is their freshman English. classes in workers' education which OW11. These tests are a common practice have continued on this campus for New faces have broken into fa- with all colleges and universities and the six weeks. The instruction, as Mr. Lawritson mentioned seeing culty row since last week's issue of have become standardized and are provided by the federal government several former NDSC m e n of The Spectrum. Collegiate Digest whom were Howard Trangsrud, known as the Barrett-Ryan English under the WPA, is called federal Hans Guloien, Kenneth Washburn, Test, form 9, revised edition. emergency education. Freshmen chemistry students find Offers Variety and David Minard, students of em- The trainers were paid their trans- Karl S. Bergstresser who is here dicine at Chicago. SCABBARD AND BLADE portation to and from Fargo and a as instructor replacing Lloyd E. A regular pictorial review of the MARKSMEN PLACE FOURTH weekly salary for attending this West, on study-leave for a year. Bergtresser received his bachelor's news of the college world will be FIRST MILITARY DRILL North Dakota State placed 4th in school. Upon completion of the degree from North Central college in featured each week in The Collegi- SCHEDULED FRIDAY the national Scabbard and Blade course, the better qualified of these Naperville, Ill., and his Ph. D. from ate Digest. The first general assembly of the rifle competition with a score of trainers are expected to organize Washington University in St. Louis. Featuring exclusive lively features year for all military students will 1828. Ranking ahead of the Bison and teach classes in workers' educa- written especially for its wide col- be held next Friday, Sept. 27, at 8 were LaFayette with a score of 1907; tion in their home communities, for In the civil engineering depart- legiate audience in addition to the a. m. As yet, no definite plans have University of Missouri, 1872; and which they receive a salary from the ment, assistant professor Waldo federal government. Smith has resigned to take a position regular news of the week "in pic- been formulated concerning early Carnegie Tech, 1860. ). Prof. Kenneth Kuhn of the North as engineer in the Muskingum ture and paragraph," Collegiate Di- morning drill, which in the past has Wm. Oftebro, NDSC, was third Dakota State college English depart- Watershed Conservancy Distrct in gest brings to the readers of The started at 7:30 a. m. However, ten- high individual with a mark of 393. tative plans have Oct. 4 as the Twenty-three Scabbard and Blade ment was director of the school. Ohio . a $35,000,000 project. His Spectrum the most complete picto- Other instructors were Prof. Hjal- place will be filled by Dana D. Les- rial review of college news avail- opening date and Oct. 11 the closing units throughout the nation com- date. peted. mer Storlie of NDSC and Morris lie, a native of Ohio, who has re- able. Erickson. ceived his bachelor' and master's de- A new and outstanding feature of Prominent guest speakers that grees from the Case School of Ap- the issues this year will be the un- addressed the trainees at various plied Science in Cleveland, Ohio, and usual Speed Graph photos taken Commission Passes Buck Five Times times were C.