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VOL. 4, NO. 7 BILLINGS, MONTANA DECEMBER 1, 1950 Oliver Peterson Is Representing Montana At Washington Meetings Mr. Oliver W. Peterson, one of the leading men in Montana education circles and mathematics and physics teacher at Eastern Montana College, left the campus last Tuesday by plane to attend two important meetings in Washington, D. C., dealing with education and children. As state director for the National Education Association, Mr. Peter- son met with the National Board of Directors on Wednesday for Annual Christmas Formal klas Old Fashion Theme The annual Christmas formal will get underway tomorrow (Sat- urday) night at nine o'clock in the Eastern gym as students and their dates will walk into an \Old Fashion Christmas\ setting. Music will be Frederick's orchestra and admission will be one dollar per couple. Eastern students are expected to flock to their first formal affair of the year, as freshmen workers have arrangements nearly com- pleted for the affair. Jewel Matt- son is general chairman of the dance and Rosetta Rush is in charge of entertainment. Wednesday Assembly a three-day meeting which con- cludes today, Friday. N.E.A. is the lop educators' organization in the nation, of which the Montana Education Association is a part. Following the N.E.A. meeting, Mr. Peterson will attend the Mid- Century Conference on Children and Youth at the personal invita- tion of President Harry S. Tru- man as a representative of Mon- tana. The conference is held every ten years to survey the needs of young people all over the nation and to make recommendations for furthering their education and welfare. The Mid-Cenfury confer- ence will begin December 3 and run through the 7th. Miss Mary Condon, former fac- ulty member at Eastern and now state superintendent of public in- struction for Montana, will be chairman of the Montana delega- tion the White House. .s.atoya Installs Thirteen Members Thirteen new members were installed in Katoya, campus dra- matic society, last Tuesday in a formal ceremony held in the Green room. Agnes i'vlosdai, Ka- toya president, was in charge of the installation. The new members include: Je- well Mattson, Dorothy Frost, Dorothy Larson, Charlotte Romee, Irene Jordan, Jacqueline Lewis, Dorothy Wolf, Beverly Downs, Mickey Cowen, Gene Thompson, Carmen DeCarlo, Jane Evans and Dan Hargis. Membership in this society is determined through a point sys- tem. Students receive points for work on dramatic presentations, both for acting and stagecraft. The additional members increased the number of Katoya members to approximately 35, it was stated by the president. Oliver W. Peterson Delta Psi to Give Three Play Cuttings Three student directed plays will be available for presentation to local clubs and social groups next quarter as a fund raising project of Delta Psi Omega, ca.a - L7 , Js dramatic honorary. Directing the plays will be Torn Kilpatrick, May Richards and Ag- nes Mosdal. All three productions will be given in arena style, bringing a new aspect to local dramatic productions. BHS Students _ to Give Production Billings Senior High students are presenting the play, \The Man Who Came to Dinner\ on the stage of Senior High audi- torium next Tuesday and Wed- nesday, Dec. 5-6. The time for the comedy, made into a movie a few years ago, will be 8:00 p.m. All Eastern students are welcome to attend. Admission price is seven- ty cents. Men Students to Live In New Dorm The administration has an- nounced that men will be housed in the new dorm starting winter quarter. This announcement was made after a survey showed that there would not be enough worn- en students enrolled at Eastern to fill the dorm. Bonding con- tracts state that the school had to fill the dorm. There will be 65 boys living in the north wing of the building. There will be a wall built on each floor to close off the girls' section of the building. Use of the recreation room which is in the boys' section and the laundry which is in the gilrs' section will be determined at a joint meeting of the rules com- mittee for each unit. They will eat together. The boys will have their own rules and governing body. A few of the proposed rules will be: no restricted hours, quiet hours from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m; and 10:30 p.m. to 7:30 a.m., sign out when leaving town and use of phones and radios to be left up to the boys. Donna Drew Designs Bright Band Banner The design for a banner to sig- nify the Eastern band was pre- sented to Robert Davidson, band director, this week by Donna Drew, junior education student. The banner, which is an c:ig- inal design by Miss Drew, will be used as the basis for a new band award, Davidson stated. It is of modernistic design showing sev- eral musical symbols and instru- ments of red and yellow and is placed on a blue background. Davidson expressed his thanks to Miss Drew and the art depart- ment for the insignia and added that it will give the band a unique monogram which can be easily distinguished from other campus awards. Snow and Wintry Blast Fails to Stop Eastern Apple Sellers Snow, wind and dropping temp- eratures did not stop Eastern's band, German band and groups of Spurs and IKs as they braved the elements to help Billings Ki- wanians sell apples to aid crip- pled children. The band, in their new uni- forms, donned plastic storm cov- ers and led the parade that wound around city streets in several in- ches of fresh snow. While the musicians tried to keep their hands and instruments compara- tively warm, bare-legged major- ettes stepped high in the biting cold. Groups of Spurs and IKs took positions on busy city corners and prompted passers-by to purchase the apples. After the parade they followed the German band from store to store while the band en- tertained the early holiday shop- pers with a variety ,of selections. Participating students received the personal thanks and praise of the Kiwanis club for their efforts. Jan Hartley, Spur president, and Torn Keating, IK apple chairman, also expressed their thanks to all Eastern students who purchased apples at the booth set up in the Ad building. It was estimated that In speaking about the formal Miss Mattson stated that the frosh were trying to capture the beauty of an out-of-doors winter setting in their theme. It will be com- plete with snowmen, bright trees and it was reported that Santa Claus himself will be the master of ceremonies during the pro- gram. Student talent will be fea- tured in the show. The chairman also stated that arrangements have been made for a smooth, danceable style of music and she assured all stud- ents that their trip back to a \Christmas of Yesteryear\ would be an enjoyable one. Applications Wanted For EMCOE Editor And Business Manager Applications for the positions of editor and business manager of EMCOE, the student weekly, are now being taken by Robert H. Lyon, faculty advisor for the paper. All future appointments will be approved by the student publi- cations committee, recently an- nounced by the Student Council. Its members are Trudy Vogel, Jack Quilico, Tom Whiteley, Es- telle Strong and Bob Carbone. The two positions are now held by Carbone and Marvin Gloege. Lyon said the two students un- derstood their appointments to be only for the fall quarter and that they are eligible for reappoint- ment. All students are eligible to apply, but it is desirable that they have had some experience for the position desired, such as copy reading, headline writing, ad sell- ing, simple bookkeeping, etc. Lyon also urged students who plan to work on either EMCOE or the annual to enroll for the one-hour credit in journalism, but added that it is not a requirement. PE Classes Present Members of several Eastern physical education classes and the Yellowjacket b a s k e t b a 11 team combined talents to put on the weekly assembly Wednesday mor- ning. The program consisted of dancing, tumbling and a basket- ball demonstration. The dancing was under the di- rection of Miss Marjorie Steven- son and included a square dance number and • a tap dancing rout- ine. Oscar Bjorgum's tumbling class showed their skills to the student body for the first time this year. Climaxing the program was a basketball demonstration con- ducted by \Shorty\ Alterowitz and his 1950 hoop squad. Rule changes were explained and bask- etball fundamentals and defensive and offensive styles were dem- onstrated through situations. Alterowitz explained the dem- onstration as an attempt to help students understand the finer points of the game. Four Students Named To Union Board Special elections held last week to name four permanent mem- bers to the student union board for the remainder of the school year brought students to the polls for the fourth time this year. Named to the board were Kath- leen Baker, Marvin Gloege, Gert- rude Vogel and Dorthea Gaiser. Five names appeared on the ballot. The fifth student was Shirley Wright and immediately after the election she was ap- pointed by the student council to represent that group on the board. The new members began their duties last Tuesday at the board's regular meeting. Several of them have served on the board earlier in a temporary capacity. The student council representa- tive is a non-voting member and will act in an advisory capacity. Pie Social Nets Athletic Fund Over Hundred Dollars served in the cafeteria and after the program. 1950 football letters to his country race letters for this year was and the Slightly over one hundred e dollars was deposited in the student account for athletics following Eastern's public pie social held in the gym two weeks ago. The affair was sponsored by the M club and WAA under the general chairmanship of Bob Deming. Deming reported that the, party was very successful and added that it was the first step in building up the athletic fund. Highlighting the program was the auctioning of 58 pies brought by Eastern co-eds. Ray J. Harshfield was the auctioneer. Two large turkeys were given away, one going to Miss Marjorie Stevenson and the other to Don Churchill. In addition, free coffee and pie students danced to records before Coach Oscar Bjorgum awarded squad and managers, and cross were also presented. A student-faculty pie eating contest added a bit of hilarity to the show with the students winning each contest. The student team was composed of Tom Bruck, John Kaltenback, Fritz Klindt and Ernie Alevizakes. The faculty team was Oscar Bjorgum, \Shorty\ Altero- witz and George Gloege. It was also reported that band letters would be awarded but this will not be done until later in the year, according to a band spokes- man. In past years football letters have been presented at a banquet following the grid season, but this was omitted this season because of the shakey athletic fund. Instead this money-raising project was substituted with the reported proceeds. It was not lea'rned if the M club and the WAA plan to make this annual event, but it is evident that some type of program like this will be necessary until Eastern students bought fcur the athletic account is in better condition. crates of apples at the booth. Eastern Yule Pageant To Be Ithpressive Production The annual Yuletide Candlelight Program, which will be pre- sented by Eastern Montana College students Sunday, December 10, should prove to be the most unique and impressive Christmas cere- mony in Billings this season. Dramatist Ray Harshfield, choralist Ralph Kent and bandsman Robert Davidson now have more than 125 students rehearsing an original Christmas play, choral speaking, choral and solo vocal selections, and instrumental numbers, including an original which will have its first presentation. Because of the large numbers of people—students, parents and community—who have crowded into the college auditorium in past years to see, the program which is being presented for the twenty- third year by the college, two performances will be given this sea- son. An afternoon program will begin at 4:30 and the usual evening performance will begin at 7:30. President A. G. Peterson, noting the general appeal of the pro- gram, especially urged out-of-town students to invite their families to attend the program and visit the campus. \Heaven on Earth,\ an original Biblical play by Mr. Harshfield, will have its third presentation this year, but with a specially de- signed silhouette staging. The cast numbers 17. Vocal music will be supplied by the 65-voice mixed chorus, the men's chorus and by several vocalists. The college band will play several numbers, including Bortnian- sky's \Cherubim Song,\ Yon's \Jesu Bambino,\ and an original pre- lude in three parts, \Nativity if Mr. Davidson can complete the orchestration in time. A new feature on the Yuletide program this year will be several choral selections by fourth and fifth grade children from Eastern Elementary School, who are being coached by Mr. Harshfield. Those people who enjoy Handel's famous \Messiah\ should plan to be in the auditorium a half hour early, Mr. Harshfield announced. Selected recorded numbers from the oratorio will be played, begin- ning at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.
