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CENTER LANES COMPLETELY AUTOMATIC \Your Downtown Bowling Headquarters\ 109 North 30th St. J. H. \Hub\ Davies, Owner Ron George Opens Pizza Pit Offers 10% Student Card Deal FREE CAMPUS DELIVERY PHONE 9-0934 99c 99c 10% Off • PIZZA • Pepperoni • Italian Sausage • Mushroom • Meatball • SPAGHETTI All You Can Eat! Salad and Garlic Bread • Shrimp • Chicken • Fish Sticks Includes French Fries and Garlic Bread. Also on Menu Steak - Beef - Ribs - Ham RON GEORGE'S PIZZA PIT NEXT DOOR TO O.K. PIT B-B-Q RON GEORGE'S O.K. PIT B-B-Q WEST ON LAUREL ROAD Open All Night Weekends CLUB NOTES AND NEWS .. . P & R Club Meets The Pen and Rule Club has scheduled discussion of upcoming elections for next year's officers and current business for their next meeting, Tues., Apr. 7, at 11 a.m., in Ad. 306, Jinn Petersen, the club's publicity director, an- nounced Monday. Congressmen On Campus State legislators, John Cavan, Jr. and Curt Lees were guests at the Phi Delta Kappa banquet last Wednesday, in the Student Union, Vernon H. Grosshuesch, secretary- treasurer, announced. Innocula t ions Tick shots were administered last week by Eastern's Health Service under the directorship of Bernadette Martin. The innocu- lation for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever were available to both stu- dents and faculty. Hawaii Invitation Eastern's speech team has re- ceived an invitation to attend the Inter-collegiate Speech Tourna- ment at the University of Hawaii, Richard S. Grover, director of forensics, revealed Monday. He further stated the distance will probably make attendance impos- sible. New Club A new club has been formed on campus for radio and TV work. No name has yet been se- lected for this organization, but they are responsible for the week- ly half-hour program on KOOK radio. TV programs may be forthcoming in the future. Officers elected were Ron Olsen, president, Ron Fisher, vice presi- dent, Patty Beckert, secretary, The STOCKMAN WHERE MEN MEET MEN . . . by ,AL BIELFELD Jerry Schmitz, treasurer, and Gaylord Guenin, committee chair- man. Mr. Kent Marler, faculty ad- visor, advises us that this may be one of Easterns most potent public relations organizations. SEA Goes to Helena Eastern's chapter of the Mon- tana Student Education Associ- ation sent six delegates and two alternates to the 36th M. E. A. delegate assembly held in Helena March 22, 23 and 24. Delegates were: Leo Armstrong, Jim Poor, Dave Williams, Nancy Stickelberger, Mary Lee Blank- enship, Elizabeth Steensland. Al- ternates were: Carol George and George Pfaff. At the regular meeting of the Montana Student Education As- sociation, Elizabeth \Suzy\ Steens- land from Eastern was elected State Vice President and Presi- dent Elect of the M. S. E. A. New Library Hours New library hours have been revealed by John Dracon, stu- dent legislature prexy.. In a let- ter to Dracon, Eastern's vice-pres- ident Dr. Aikins stated that the library will be open on Satur- days from 10 to 3. During the week the new hours will be Mon- day through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., while bn Fridays the hours will be 8 to 5. Whether the library remains open on Satur- days will depend on how many students use it then, Dracon point- ed out. BILLINGS' LARGEST STOCK MEN'S, WOMEN'S LEVIS, WOMEN'S MOCCASINS In all Sizes CONNOLLY SADDLERY 2911 Montana Avenue EASTERN MONTANA RETORT 74110. Barbi Huber Editor Marge Kravisin News Editor Jean Zimbelman Editorial Page Gaylord Guenin Sports Editor Ruth Dye Advertising A l Bielefeld Club Editor Ray Youdan Photographer Pat Isaacson Exchange Editor Pat Peterson Copy Editor J. C. Honan, Jr. Advisor STAFF: Bonnie Burton, Jeri Miller, Larry Anderson, Mary Frances Palmersheim, Judy Rollins, Becky Egemo. The RETORT is published each Friday during the academic year by students of Eastern Montana College of Education. Billings. The RETORT is an independent stu- dent organ and its editorials reflect the opinion of the Editorial Board and not neces- sarily that of the administration. Display advertising rates upon request. Volly's Flowers BILLINGS FINEST Northern Hotel Bld. /4eleeft a College & Career Shop 112 North Broadway PERSONALIZED STATIONERY Peterson Print Shop 2712 2nd Ave. N. Ph. 3-3513 Religious Gifts MORIARTY'S NIFTY Cleaning at THRIFTY prices Call 5-5050 CLEANERS 122 North 27th St. Live Better Electrically THE MONTANA POWER CO. Noyes Grocery 602 N. 27th St. Phone 2-2152 \On the Airport Road\ Plenty of Free Parking SpacE KAMPUS KUTIE From the little town of Buf- falo, Montana, comes bubbling 18-year-old Carol Ann Wetzel, this week's Kampus Kutie. Carol is a sophomore in the two year Elementary program and plans to finish this spring quarter. Besides her scholarly activities, Carol is also a member of Spurs and of the Ski Club. With such a full schedule this busy girl still manages to find time for some of her favorite recreational activ- ities such as swimming, horse- back riding, tumbling, and tram- poline work. At the end of spring quarter Carol will be shedding one life's roles, that of a student and adding a new role, that of a wife. Her plans for the future right at the moment seem hazy except for two wonderful events, mar- riage and obtaining her two year teaching certificate. Page Two THE RE TORT April 3, 1959 ATOMIC FALLOUT Atomic weapons are being made more precise and deadly every day, with billions of dollars being spent on research and development. As this massive arms race continues, there is growing fear of the ef- fects of nuclear fallout, both from peaceful \weapons testing\ and in the event of war. The attempt to determine the exact extent of such fallout is hindered by the lack of information. On the \weapons testing\ fall- out, the administration has shown a tendency towards reticency. Some few facts are known and they are horrifying. e' Jz:seci on these facts was written a few years ago which every American could do well by reading.. \On the Beach.\ It is the ..etical war in which the entire Northern Hemisphere is wiped out. As the story unfolds, the winds carry radioactive fall- out throughout the Southern Hemisphere and destroy all human life. Radiation does not destroy plant life, but man would be eliminated in such an eventuality. This book might have projected the dangers into an unwarranted fear, but it is not unbelieveable and far from impos- sible. CURRENTLY THERE has been a scare aroused by the high amount of Strontium 90 found in the air, originating from the many nuclear explosions set off around the world. People are astonished when they hear the amount is many times above normal, but the present amount probably is far from causing serious human danger. Making people aware of the fallout that is occurring is a way of warning the world that fallout is a real danger, and that it may be impossible to stop. Science has not been able to determine the mechanics of how radiation effects living tissue. Strontium 90 attacks the bones and causes a cancerous type disease, that eats away bone tissue. A nuclear attack at ground level would cover an area of several thousand miles with radioactive fallout that would kill anyone out in it over an hour. It would ruin farm land for 40 years. Bombs exploded high in the air could cover the earth with fallout. BECAUSE THE RUSSIANS know these facts as well as the United States, it might prevent a large nuclear war from beginning. But even small concentrated bombings would cause more destruction than the world has ever seen. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: In answer to the recent letter by Mr. Gallagher, protesting the so-called beatniks on campus, I can but wonder just how Mr. Gallagher proposes to \eliminate\ the intellectual clique on campus. Perhaps the Mafia or Murder Inc. should be called in? One can but wonder whether it is better to learn in rags than to remain ignorant in a football jersey. It is an interesting side- light on the policy of this school —are we supposed to learn or to win? In view of Mr. Gallagher's com- position it might be wise here- after to teach English Composi- tion in the foreign languages de- partment. Since faded jeans and disrep- utable denims are also favored by \More of the Best for Less\ YOUR FOODTOWN STORE THE FOODLINER 1233 N. 27th — Billings DRIVE INN 3 Big Boys to Serve You 1041 Brcadwater Ave. First Avenue South Rimrock and and 37th Street Airport Road PLEASE DON'T LITTER THE STREETS OF BILLINGS the athletes on campus the only way of telling a beatnik from a jock is by the deodorant used—or unused—Larry Anderson. Dear Editor: The purpose of this letter is to clarify the beard-growing issue to our fellow students and to allay possible apprehensions of the fac- ulty. The sudden increase in beard-growing is in direct re- sponse to the recent request of the Billings Chamber of Commerce for city-wide participation in the annual \Go Western Day\ festiv- ities. We claim no affiliation with subversive groups, national or lo- cal, who postulate conspicuous dress or action per se or whose interests are inimical to the Mon- tana University System. — James H. Quackenbush and Antonio De- Carlo.
