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The Rimrock Echo (Billings, Mont.), 16 May 1929, located at <http://montananewspapers.org/lccn/TheRimrockEcho/1929-05-16/ed-1/seq-4/>, image provided by MONTANA NEWSPAPERS, Montana Historical Society, Helena, Montana.
AIMROCK ECHOES FACULTY ACTIVITIES Dr. McMullen attended the superintendent's di- vision of the N. E. A., which convened at Cleveland the last of February. During the school year Dr. McMullen has deliv- ered, throughout the state, about seventy-five ad- dresses, all bearing on the subject of \Education for a Changing Civilization.\ Dr. McMullen will deliver several commencement addresses on \Pre- paring for Power.\ His schedule is as follows: May 16, Basin, Wyoming; May 17, Hysham; May 22, Har- lem; May 23, Malta; May 24, Richie; May 25, Glen- dive. On May 30th he will deliver a Memorial Day address, \American Ideals.\ at Powell, Wyoming. This service is held under the auspices of the Ameri- can Legion. Mr. Leon Foote of the training department rep- resented the school at the •Inland Empire Educa- tional Association, which convened April 10-13, at Spokane. Aside from the regular sessions of the associations, he attended the Montana breakfast at which fifty-four Montana teachers were present, and a meeting of Phi Delta Kappa, an educational and professional fraternity, of which he is a mem- ber. Mr. Foote will make commencement addresses at Forsyth on May 16; at Rosebud, May 17; at Bel- mont, May 28. During the past few months Miss Meek has conducted an extension class in modern poetry. The class was composed of sixteen members, teachers and town ladies. Several members of the faculty were called upon to judge declamatory contests throughout the east- ern part of the state. Those who have responded are Dr, McMullen, Miss Dewey, Miss Meek and Miss Daggett. At the second May meeting of the Billings Busi- ness and Professional Women's Club, Miss Hermine Roberts of the art department gave an address on \Art in Business.\ Mr. Charles Dean of the training department is working out a geography project, Minimal Essen- tials Test in Vocational Geography. With the co- operation of the student teachers, he is giving this test to tbout three hundred children of the sixth, seventh and eighth grades. This test consists of form A and form B. Each form contains eighty questions. Mr. Newton C. Abbott of the social science de- partment will make commencement addresses at Bridger, May 16; Poplar, May 31; Wolf Point, June 3. THE HARD-TIMES RARTY On Friday night, May 10, the second year class gave a Hard-Times party for the whole school at the Commercial Club. This proved to be the outstanding social event of the quarter. About one hundred seventy-five students and faculty .members were present. The old time dances, notably the Rye Waltz, the Virginia Reel, and the Circle Dance were oodles of fun. Dr. McMullen did the \calling\ for the dances. The couple who received the prizes for the best Rye waltzing were Magdalene Amunrud and Ruby Bird. The lady's costume prize went to Hilfred Patterson, who was dressed as an old lady of by-gone days. The gentleman's prize was won by Iola Davis, who made a very realistic hobo. The Ferguson sis- ters, accompanied by Blanche Sheldon, sang several hobo character songs in a most comical manner. Maurine Schofield and Elsa Hendrickson sang several little nonsense songs to their own ukulele accom- paniment. On the whole, this was one of the most enjoyable parties of the year. NEWS OF THE ALUMNAE Catherine Laux, who is teaching at Melville, Montana, has been busy preparing her pupils for the track meet and art exhibit which was held April the twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh. Carolyn Pilgeram is teaching commercial sub- jects in the new high school at Highwood, Montana. Mr. and Mrs. Paulson are teaching in Mussel- shell; Mrs. Paulson teaches in the grades and Mr. Paulson in high school. Elise Tubb, who is now at her home in Lewis , town, expects to visit in California this summer. The recreational leader at Pioneer Park, Billings, this summer is to be Alice Carpenter, who is now teaching at Broadview. Lela Henkle Scott is visiting her parents in Bil- lings until July, when she will return to her home in Cleveland, Ohio. Thelma Richardson is teaching the third grade at Washoe, Montana. Lenore Larson is nearing the end of a success- ful term of teaching music in Whitetail, Montana. Mrs. Shevlin is teaching at the Elysian school on the Billings-Laurel road. Mack Monaco is teaching near Joliet. Eva Mae Phillips is teaching at Denver, Wy- oming. Frances Howard is teaching at Two Dot, Mon- tana. At Melville, Montana, some remarkable work has been done in school arts under the supervision of Pearl White Neal. Arleen Engdahl, who finished her first year of work in March, is teaching near Jordan. She has twenty-three pupils under her care. She writes, \I'm surely tired when night comes, but I like school teaching.\ A WHOOPEE BREAKFAST Fifteen members of the Katoya Club with their sponsor, Miss Dewey, enjoyed their breakfast of coffee, rolls, bacon, eggs, and fruit on the Eastern Montana Normal School campus at seven o'clock Sunday morning, April 28, 1929. The time was spent in playing games and playing the portable victrola. Everyone will remember the \whoopee\ breakfast. The members of Mr. Abbott's extension class in Montana History, regular students of Eastern Mon- tana Normal School, and a number of Billings citi- zens greatly enjoyed Mr. I. D. O'Donnell's interest- ing lecture about local historical places and events, Thursday evening, April 23. Mr. O'Donnell, a pio- neer who came to Billings in 1882, has made an ex- tensive study of Montana History and is therefore an authority on the thrilling events of our local history. This lecture was one of a series which the Social Science department has given in an endeavor to visualize and make plain the rich field of histori- cal events of our state. The recreational program for the summer school promises to be specially attractive. There will be lectures by well-known speakers on educational and cultural subjects, two plays by the Coffer-Miller play- ers, a concert by the Mica Jubilee Singers, besides the presentation of \The Mikado,\ by the normal school chorus, a program of readings by Miss Dewey of the dramatics department, and a concert by Mr. Ridgley and Miss Kinsey of the music department. Picnics and excursions will be planned for the week- ends.
