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2 The XIMROCK ECHO The XIMROCK ECHO MANY HAVE SCHOLARSHIPS HOW DID YOU RANK? CHRISTMAS BELLS Published by EASTERN MONTANA NORMAL SCHOOL at BILLINGS, MONTANA Student Editor Thelma Hyatt Assistant Editor Mrs. Pearl Neill Art Editor Louise Cain Staff Class in Advanced Composition Faculty Adviser Mary J. Meek Committee in Charge Marie Alderson, Loraine Cates, Catherine Clark, Hazel Hilton, Josephine Haug, Orvilla Jones, Grace Kirch, Elizabeth Keller, Geraldine Kindler, Lorraine Light, Elizabeth Perkins, Elma Rautio, Marian Tooley, Violet Waldahl, Subscription Price, 50 Cents EDITORIALS THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT For every Christmas gift which you give do you expect one in return? While selecting your gifts, just what do you think? Do you say to your- self, \I have only three dollars to spend for a gift for her,\ or \I'll buy this gift; she really needs it,\ or do you think, \I wonder what she will give me? Maybe I should get something a little better.\ Are any of those thoughts your thoughts? If they are, you have not entered into the true, Christmas spirit. Do not measure your Christmas happiness by the number of gifts you receive. Rather, measure it by the joy which you receive in giving to others for \Joy is in giving, not receiving.\ SAFETY PINS AND BUTTONS Are you a safety pin or a button? You laugh at the thought of being either, but you are one or the other, nevertheless. Buttons are the established means of holding things together. They can be depended on. You have a feeling of all-rightness when you know all your buttons; are on tight. Safety pins are a makeshift—the lazy man's easy way of making things do. Now, during your school life while you' are forming character and opinion, you should decide whether to be a steady, reliable button or a fickle, undependable makeshift safety pin. Then, too, but- tons are better looking. WHY NOT READ AND KNOW - ? \How do you know that we can get a ticket to the football game?\' \Is the Rimrock Echo out yet?\ These are a few of the many questions that we hear uttered day after day by various students. wonder how the other fellows keep so well posted on information regarding all such happenings? Are they privately informed about such matters? Indeed not. They consider it as a part of their .daily program to read the bulletin board regularly and thoroughly. Read it; it takes but a minute; it might save you many. CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS For untold centuries, all over the world, the season of the winter solstice has been one of merrymaking. There is not another time of year with so rich a tradition of brotherly love and good fellowship. On December 22nd, the Romans celebrated Sigillaria, the Feast of the Dolls, when a fair was held, and dolls and other toys were given to the children. The Feast of Lights, when ninny candles were burned as em- blems of the Light of Truth, was a Hebrew festival. In olden times the northern barbarians, the Britons, Saxons and Norsemen, celebrated Yule, their own feast of the winter solstice and of the returning sun. It seems also to have been in Pagan times the special festival of the god Thor. It was only natural that the Christians should choose this time, so rich in the lore of peace and kindness and good will toward all living things, in which to celebrate the birth of the Savior. And so it happens that today, whatever be our faith, there is a tradition of love and kind- ness and merrymaking to live up to, a reason why we should decorate our homes, give gifts to our friends, and celebrate with as much of the spirit of olden times as we can muster in these modern days of steam- heated apartments piled one atop the other. USE THE LIBRARY In the midst of the hectic business of getting an education, do you ever have time to do a little of what might be called \general read- ing?\ If you do, do you know that our School Library can furnish you with books for this purpose as well as thep rofessional books which you so assiduously seek there? Some books which you might enjoy reading for just general \culture\ are listed below and the library has many more of this type. \Grandmoth Brown's Hundred Years,\ by Harriet Connor ; is the story of one who was born in 1827 in a little Ohio town. In the 50's she moved with her husband to Iowa where she lived until her death in 1928. Her biography is the story of these hundred busy, useful and, in the main, happy years. In \The Art of Thinking,\ the French Abbe Ernest Dimmet urges the conscious production of creative thought and points out how this may be accomplished. His method of presentation is witty and practical. In \Sheep by Archer Gilfillan, the author of \Sheep is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. He tells with dry humor how a herder spends his days, living in a covered wagon along with his dogs and sheep. Sir James Hopwood Jeans, in \The Universe Around Us,\ tells in simple yet fascinating style the story of the universe from atoms to stars. The factory itself, not the machine, is responsible for the ugliness of modern civilization, writes Ralph Borsodi in \This Ugly Civilization.\ To help remedy factory conditions, he believes that factories should be confined to the making of desirable products only, which cannot be made as efficiently in the home. An analysis of herd-, quantity-, and quality-minded individuals is made, with a plea for more quality-minded men. There are forty-four students in attendance this fall, who hold scholarships. In order to promote the attendance of students of ability and promise at the several institu- tions of the University of Montana it is the policy of the State Board of Education to award scholarships to graduates of the accredited pub- lic high schools of the state. The principal of each fully accredited high school in the state may nominate from each year's graduat- ing class fron one to four mem- bers, depending upon the size of the class (not more than two for any institution), to be recipients of high school honor scholarships. These scholarships are valid for five years after date of issuance as long as the person maintains the standards that are satisfactory to the faculty of the institution concerned. The scholarship must be used for the first time not later than eighteen months after gradua- tion from high school. Necessary Standards The faculty of the Eastern Mon- tana Normal School considered the matter at various times and in No- vember of 1928 adopted standards, equal to 'those demanded at other Inatitutions.'\ A student must main- tain ail average of twenty-five grajde points per quarter for the first' three quarter's, if he'wishes to use the scholarship the fourth quartery . In addition to high school --honor• scholarships, there are others giyeh for 'work in 44-1 Clubs, and a few that are awarded to winners of an- nual contests held in Bozeman These are valid from one years. Fee Exemptions All these scholarships exempt students from regular _state -fees- such as matriculation, registration, and incidentals. A scholarship is worth $15 to a student entering for the first time and $10 each quar- ter thereafter while valid. No scholarships are valid during the summer quarter. Scholarship Students During the fall quarter the fol- lowing students held scholarships. Ethelynne Allen, Josephine Arnett, Florence Borek, Eva Boucher, Vir- ginia Brooks, Alice Bureau, Helen Collins, Virginia Denzer, Alice Dur: land, Alma Ellis, Freda Erfle, Louise Fulton, Louise Gaustad, Genevieve Gregerson, Hazel Hilton, Dorothy Holmes, Marvin Klampe, Agnes Kloster, Bessie Likes, Mar- t- Lynch, Ruth Marriage, Fran- ces Newkirk, Agnes Pospisil, Evelyn Shutes, Dorothy Steward, Grace Simpson, Florence Steele, Vernie Turner, Gladys Wagner, Clara Wa.scherle, Mary Belle Wil- liams,. Rachel Wilson, Mary Wein- schrott, and Helen Zimmerman; and prize winner in chemistry con- test, Hazel Buitenveldt. Why not try out for debate? We can't win without a team! PREXY MUST BE AMUSED One day while Dr. McMullen was still in the hospital the members of the class in picture study decided that he was no longer in a higher position of authority, but' was just a little boy who needed to be amused. Acting on this supposition, the members of the class set out to make him a picture book. Not just an ordinary picture book, oh, no! But a collection of, famous paint- ings, each painting accompanied by a cartoon, showing its application to our school. It was sent just' in time for a Thanksgiving remembrance, and the girls in the' class were thrilled a few days later to receive a letter of thanks from the patient. Folks use sarcasm only when their wealth of knowledge is ex- hausted. Ring out, ye bells! 0, ring and ring! And hail the birthday of a King! Tell us again about the morn When Christ was in a manger born, And wise men came from lands afar, Led by the glory of a star. Ring out, ye bells, the earth around, And girdle it with joyful sound! Far down the years since Christ was born, Today there dawns another morn; What was foretold, it shall fulfill, Peace on the earth, to men goodwill. , STUDYING GOOD MANNERS The \B\ and \A\ sections of English II are presenting a pro- gram on etiquette during this last week of the term for practice in organization and presentation of material, but especially for the pur- pose of learning \how and when to do and say what.\ A planning committee in each class has super- vision of , the program. Introduc- tions, table etiquette and manners on the streets are being drama- tized. General talks have been given ou such subjects as \The Value of Good Manners,\ and ;'Changing Standards in Manners.\ Use all your wiles during the Christmas vacation influencing the legislators to be generous to the Eastern Montana Normal School. MISS (ROBERT'S EXTENSION WORK APPRECIATED Women Save Money Mialleberts, herself, is very modest and it is difficult to find out what she is doing. A member of her extension class of rural club English classes Saturday, Decem- women is responsible for the fol- lowing account published in the Billings Gazette and the Midland Review, December 5. Rural Club Women to Hold Public Exhibit Women of the rural clubs of the county who are taking handicraft under Miss Hermine Roberts at the Eastern Montana Normal will. hold, a public exhibit of their work at the Washington school building in Bil- lings, Friday morning, December 12, at 10 o'clock. All women interested in new ideas, for Christmas gifts should attend this exhibit, says Mr - Doris I. Anderson, home demonstra- tion agent. Useful Articles Featured Eleven leaders from seven clubs have completed the six-week course which was started in October by Miss Roberts. The work which has been completed and whiCh will be on display December 12 includes a large number of wood articles in- cluding a kitchen set consisting of a clock shelf, towel rack, broom holder and mats for hot dishes done in coldrs to match the kitchen. Felt shopping bags decorated in colored designs have been one of the most beautiful articles made by the mem- bers. Basketry and oil cloth break- fast as well as buffet sets will form the ehxibit. This work is being given by the leaders to local clubs in a Aeries of meetings before the holidays. It is expected that many inexpensive and useful gifts will be made for Christ- mas. Expense Account Last year, as the result of a sim- ilar course, $500 was saved by the women of the county on Christmas gifts. The leaders last year held 36 meetings wtih an attendance of 509 women, 770 articles were made at a total cost of $147.83. The women reported that they valued their work at $662.55, which made a sav- ing of $514.72. Last year's work, on which this report was based, in- cluded tied and dyed scarfs, table covers, no hopping bags, reed and craft er articles. English Placement Test Taken The Uniform Placement Test in English is given each year to enter- ing freshmen in all the state educa- tional institutions. One hundred sixty-three students in Miss Meek's English classes took the test this year. Thirty - three Billings high school graduates who took the test made a total of 2171 errors, or an average of 65 errors per student. The Huntley Project school at Wor- den has the second largest repre- sentation here. There were 11 stud- ents taking the test, making a total of 906 errors, an average of 82 errors per student. Ten students from the Roundup High School made a total of 726 errors, an av- erage of 72 errors per student. Spelling Errors Great The words most frequently mis- spelled were: questionnaire-118; canvass-106, miscellaneous — 101, undoubtedly — 92. The greatest number of errors made in punctu- ation was 108, the failure to use a comma to separate adjectives in a series. Example: \It was written in simple, beautiful English.\ Fail- ure to capitalize \English\ occurred 102 times, and \Southwest when denoting a region of the country, 100 times. Failure to use the colon to indicate a summary occurred 76 times. Word Usage Errors Greatest In word usage 144 errors were made in correcting the sentence, \Neither you nor I are right.\ \He raised himself from the chair,\ was called incorrect 101 times. \Are you the party who called me?\ was considered correct by 112 students. The word \some\ instead of \some- what\ was marked correct 97 times and \effect\ instead of \affect\ was marked correct 82 times. In grammar 127 errors were made in distinguishing noun clauses, 122 in adverb clauses, and 115 iu adjec- tive clauses. The greatest difficul- ty in sentence structure was in identifying run-together sentences. \Who knows, perhaps he left to avoid arrest,\ was considered cor- rectly punctuated by 96 students, and 92 students considered the sen- tence \Keep up, the good work, it will be profitable,\ correctly punc- tuated. • Score Range Wide The lowest number of mistakes made on the entire test was 23. The largest number was 136. The med- ian was 78. The highest grade was made by Andrea Magnus of Starkweather, N. D., with 23 errors. Madeline Keil of Billings ranked second with 28 errors. Tests Very Valuable These tests are very valuable in indicating the type of work which needs special stress in the English composition classes. This year a stipulated time limit was used in the test, and about half the stud- ents were unable to complete all the sections. This fact accounts for the very high percentage of er- rors, but even by discounting for this element, the showing is rather discouraging. The results are to be sent to the English department at Missoula, where a complete tabu- lation will be made for the benefit of the high schools from which stud- ents come. English teachers in these high schools will have the opportunity to use the findings of the report as an indication of errors which they should stress in their teaching. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETS Dr. McMullen attended the ex- ecutive Council at Helena, Decem- ber 8 and 9. It is an organization made up of the presidents and deans of the various units of the University of Montana. The meet- ing was called by Chancellor Bran- non to discuss various problems that are of vital importance to the educational units. Mr. Stuber ac- companied Dr. McMullen.
