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2 THE RIMROCK ECHO THE RIMROCK ECHO Published by EASTERN MONTANA NORMAL SCHOOL AT BILLINGS, MONT. Student Editor Wm. Calder Faculty Adviser Mary J. Meek Staff Members of Advanced Composition Class Marion Brandon, DeLorman Burk, Marie Danielson, Marguerite Evans, Alice Folkins, Flavia Hansen, Rita Howley, Mrs. Dorothy McNally, Mott Miller, Mildred Moyer, Cora Quanbeck, Carol Rose, Louise Ryan, Rachel Seitz, Anita Williams. EDITORIALS TEACHING AND DEPRESSION Just what the depression means to the teaching profession in Mon- tana is a problem forcefully confronting all Normal School graduates. Many small schools are closing down for lack of funds to pay a teacher. This means that some experienced teachers will be looking for new positions. Other districts must have school for their children, but they are forced to make tremendous cuts in teachers' salaries. Such reductions should be expected and accepted when we realize the enormous drop of wages in other professions. This year, at least, it would not be wise to refuse a position in a good school merely because of reduced salary. Since it is true that there are many teachers for each position, it behooves each student in our school to become deeply concerned about preparing himself more fully to compete in an already over-crowded field. TRIBUTE TO NOBLE CHIEFTAIN Plenty Coups, the venerable Crow chieftain, died March 4, 1932, at his home at Pryor. The death of this great chief marks the end of one of the most inter- esting chapters of American history. He started life when the West knew no beaten trails and when most of his people lived their lives without ever setting eyes upon a member of another race. He took part in one of the most impressive ceremonies of modern times on the occasion of the burial of the unknown Soldier at Arlington on March 11, 1921. At that time Plenty Coups laid his war bonnet and coup stick upon the grave. Dressed in full war regalia he was seated on the platform in a group of distinguished military leaders from Europe and America. President Harding, as well as former President Wilson, took part in the ceremonies. A few weeks later, Chief Plenty Coups greeted Marshall Ferdinand Foch at Crow Agency, where the great soldier-leader was made a mem- ber of the tribe under an Indian name meaning Chief of Chiefs or Napol- eon of Napoleons. The chief has participated since then in a number of similar ceremon- ies in which Vice-President Curtis, Major General James G. Harbord, F. O. Lowden, former governor of Illinois and other noted men have been adopted into the tribe. He welcomed Crown Prince Gustavus Adolphus and Princess Louise of Sweden to Montana and later Queen Marie of Rumania. On all these occasions the demeanor of the great chief was marked by a simple dignity befitting true royalty. Plenty Coups had no children of his own, but a number of Crow chil- dren at different times lived in his family, although none were legally adopted. He declared that all the Crows were his children. He was buried from the Catholic Church; and at the grave the time- honored and dignified ceremonies of the Crow tribe were used. His srvice was so outstanding that it is entirely fitting that we, as Americans, should pause for a moment to do him reverence. ARE YOU A LOAFER? Which one is wasting the most—the fellow who spends his money thoughtlessly or the fellow who wastes his time? You can regain your money, but you can't regain those lost hours spent in idleness. They are forever lost to you and to the world. Those spare moments you spend listlessly walking around the halls and in the lobby are the minutes that some day you would give almost anything to have again. Try spending those spare moments gathering extra material for those classes you find boresome, and you will soon find them more interesting and get more real value out of them. Perhaps Kipling's few lines would help you to remember— \Lost somewhere between sunrise and sunset— One golden hour Studded with sixty diamond minutes.\ TERM-END STUDYING \I'll never, never get behind in my assignments again.\ This resolu- tion was made by the majority of us about December 18 and again about March 18, after those last hectic days of cramming were over. The worst of it was we couldn't cram all our neglected work into one week, no matter how hard we tried. Hence we ended that week with a tired. disgruntled feeling that we could have done so much better if we'd just had a little more time. With hearts full of envy we surveyed the small group who seemed to have had no term-end struggle. \Just wait,\ we vowed grimly, \until next term. I'll keep my work up, too.\ But we soon discovered it was more easily said than done. First one little assignment was neglected; then another date for written work slipped upon us unawares; at last we found ourselves in the same blue funk of discouragement that had ushered in the Christ- mas season. Now at the start of a new term, when we have a clean sheet, let's make good our resolution: \Everyday's lesson on time, and no term- end cramming.\ London Bookseller has a new idea—he sells books by the pound. You go into his shop and say, \Give me two pounds of Lamb, a pound of Bacon, and a ton of Steele,\ and all you get is literature. A HEN STORY WITH A MORAL Did you ever stop to think— That hard times mean nothing to a hen? She just keeps on digging - worms and laying eggs, regardless of what the newspapers say about conditions. If the ground is hard, she scratches harder. If it's dry, she digs deeper. If she strikes a rock, she digs around it. But always she digs up worms and turns them into hard-shelled profits as well as tender broilers. Did you ever see a pessimistic hen? Did you ever know of a hen starving to death waiting for worms to dig themselves to the surface? Did you ever hear one cackle because of hard times? Not on your life! She saves her breath for digging and for hard times.—Exchange. DEBATE SEASON NEARS END The honor roll for the winter quarter was composed of thirty- four people. The high record of 2.56 honor points per credit was made by Edith Allport. Frances Newkirk ran a close second with 2.50 honor points per credit. and Gretchen Cartwright was third with 2.47 honor points per credit. Besides the three high students the following were also on the honor roll: Margaret Baker, Elsie Barnes. Lillian Beeler, Ora Lee Bickle. Mildred Boehm. Elizabeth Briscoe. Alice Bureau. Wm. Calder. Freda Erfle, Martha Grinde. Do- lores Hass, Olga Hammerstrom. Madeline Hann. Alice Hendrickson. Mona Houck, Lois El da Howard. Isabel Hunt, Mrs. Gertrud9. Hurdle. Ruth Jahrig. Lorene Kirch, Naomi Luckett, Horace McBride, Velma Nafus, Camilla Osborne. Johanna Richter. Dorothy Smart, Louise Solem, Mary Thorne, Clara Wasch- erle, Melba Webster, Mary Wein- schrott. How Rank Is Dec;ded Placement on the honor roll is not judged by the total number of honor points, but by the average number of honor points ner credit. The honor points are decided by the \A B, C, D and F\ system of grading. A gives three honor points per credit; B gives two honor points per credit; C gives one honor point per credit; D is passing but rates no honor points; F is failure and subtracts two honor points per credit. HONOR ROLL A two-to-one decision was won by Eastern Montana Normal School over the Montana School of Mines in a debate at Butte, April 1. The Normal School was represented by George Sanderson and Dean Ald- rich. James L. Hawkes, the debate coach, accompanied the boys. They returned Saturday, April The last debate of the season with the State College will be held at Billings on April 14. It should be well worth listening to, as the two boys' teams that will clash on this occasion have undefeated rec- ords. Dean Stebbins, a State Col- lege student, is a Billings boy. Both he and his teammate, Sam Eagle, are honor students. The season has been very suc- cessful for E. M. N. S., as four of the five debates held were decided in our favor. The subject: \Re- solved: That Congress should enact legislation providing for centralized control of industry,\ is an especially debatable one, according to Mr. Hawkes. Negative Team Wins The negative team, composed of Cleo Gorley and Alice Clement, both first year girls, lost a two-to- one decision to Intermountain Union here on February 26. They won unanimous decisions over Bil- lings Polytechnic on March 5 and the State Normal College on March 11. The boys won a two-to-one deci- sion from Billings Polytechnic on March 3.
