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2 THE RIMROCK ECHO THE RIMROCK ECHO Published by EASTERN MONTANA NORMAL SCHOOL AT BILLINGS, MONTANA Editor Elizabeth Patterson Associate Editors Holly Waits, Donna Pefley Staff Class in Advanced Composition Faculty Adviser Mary J. Meek Assistants—Agnes Arestad, Juanita Davis, Gunnard Johnson, Margaret Lamers, Dorothy McFatridge, Josephine Strawn, Jean Todd, Helen Utterback, Elda Watkins, Dorothy McDonald. EDITORIALS 4S:fr I2 E. M. N. S. TRAFFIC Recent traffic jams in E. M. N. S. halls would have baffled a Chicago \cop.\ During that interval between classes everyone is trying to go somewhere and no one gets anywhere. Everyone mills about and zig- zags in and out. The result is quite chaotic. It is worse than useless to try to go upstairs when everyone else is coming down, for where the crowd goes everyone must go. Social science, geology, and history classes are dismissed. A hundred stud- ents, more or less, rush madly out to buy a candy bar before Miss Meek or Dr. Hines shall call the roll. If one gets a firm hold on the bannister he may succeed in withstanding this rush. Otherwise he will be tram- pled under foot. Is this overdrawn? Well, perhaps, but getting from one classroom to another is a problem. What to do about it? Maybe the administra- tion will install a system of lights and bells. Meanwhile, a mere student offers a suggestion. This congestion could be greatly relieved if the student body would adopt the traffic rule of keeping to the right, and if those little chatty groups that always collect in the middle of everything would chat in the places provided for chatting. If everyone who is going from one room to another would make that trip his sole business there would be fewer trampled toes, and everyone would get places faster. E. M. N. S. traffic rules might be: KEEP TO YOUR RIGHT. ROL- LOW YOUR NOSE. KEEP MOVING. The car to watch is the car behind the car in front of you. DON'T LEND ACTIVITY TICKETS At our recent parties and entertainments people who are neither attending E. M. N. S. nor are accompanied by students of this school have been present. This means that student activity tickets are being lent to outsiders; consequently they are enjoying privileges intended only for our own students. Continuation of this practice may lead to serious trouble. Remember that even if you don't care to attend the dances you are getting your money's worth from the other privileges. If you continue to lend your tickets, the student council may find it necessary to use stricter supervision of admissions. The present plan is very satisfactory to the students. Don't be a dog in the manger. Things are improving, people are taking their bills out of the en- velopes. PRIVILEGES OF THE ACTIVITY FEE Along with the privileges go the responsibilities of citizenship. It costs the citizens of Montana $200 per year to maintain each student in the Greater University of Montana, yet very few of these citizens re- ceive any direct benefit from this expenditure. Similarly all citizens are taxed to provide and maintain municipal swimming pools, skating rinks, and tennis courts, as well as the public schools. Not everyone will find it possible or desirable to make use of these; nevertheless they are there for the enjoyment and use of all. So it is with the student activity fee in E. M. N. S. If you have been inclined in the past to believe that this fee was high read the article on page 5 of this issue of the Rimrock Echo. You will see that this fund has made it possible for all students to enjoy certain privileges and recreational advantages. If for some reason you cannot or do not choose to enjoy these advantages, remember that E. M. N. S. is a community. The students as citizens of that community have the obligations as well as the privileges of citizenship, and certainly the privileges are many. The thing most needed in the American home is the family. THE CLAIM OF AUTHORITY It is interesting to note the attitude a person takes when, for some reason, he gets the idea that he is an authority on some subject. He becomes stubborn, a little hot headed when crossed, and very conceited. He usually specializes on one side of the argument so much that he cannot see the factors which enter into the case from other sources than those which he has studied. I have no doubt that attitudes toward all sorts of facts and ideas have been changed many times because of this claim of authority. One man sets himself up as an authority, and the others immediately try to tear down his arguments in as ruthless and intolerant a manner as he has probably built them up. I do not say that these authorities are always intolerant in the accepted sense of the word, but I mean that so-called authorities have a high disregard for the other fellow's ideas. Another bad point about becoming an authority is that such a person becomes self satisfied and automatically closes his mind to new develop- ments. He becomes so sure of himself that he does not realize that changes have rendered his theories all wrong. He blissfully continues on his way, honestly believing that everything he says is infallible, and his very vehemence convinces his auditors. I think that this is the underlying cause of many of our troubles today. If people were not so sure that their ideas are absolutely right under any circumstances, disarmament conferences and other national and international councils would end more happily for everyone concerned. What we need is broader knowledge instead of specialized knowledge. We have a head on us for the same reason that a pin has—to keep us from going too far. DO YOUR WORK NOW This is the part of the year in which it is easiest to let things pile up and to allow one's work to wait until the last few days of the quarter. Then after much burning of the midnight oil, poorly organized and sketchily written term papers emerge and \messy\ projects are handed in. Each time this happens the student resolves that next time things will be different; that he'll work hard and have his projects all nicely prepared long before the deadline. Of course in most of these cases the history of the previous quarter repeats itself. By starting early in the quarter on his term projects the student not only helps himself but also gives the teachers a break by saving them some of the annoyance of the last minute rush. Very busy people always find time for everything. Conversely, people with immense leisure find time for nothing. Abbott Chairman of Red Cross Roll Call According to Leon R. Foote, di- rector of the school placement bu- reau, 125 of the 152 students who received diplomas during the school year of 1932-33 have been elected to teaching positions. Of the 27 not located in schools, only 12 are wanting teaching positions. Mr. Foote hopes to place nearly all of these by the first of the year. He has been filling practically one vacancy a week. Last year, out of a graduating class of 143, all were offered schools but three. However, the difference between last year's placement and this year's can be accounted for by the difference in total number of graduating students. We have a head on us for the same reason that a pin has—to keep us from going too far. A FRESHMAN'S LAMENT FORM M. E. A. HERE Students of the E. M. N. S. are being offered an oppprtunity, through the formation of a \local\ M. E. A. expressly for them, to be- come affiliated with the Montana Educational Association befdre they begin their teaching careers. For the fee of one dollar any senior may obtain the advantages which come from group study of teaching problems, a subscription for the Montana Education maga- zine, and a special placement serv- ice. If a local is formed with 25 members, one delegate may be elected to the Delegate Assembly at Great Falls December 27-29. If there are 38 members in the local, two delegates may be chosen. These delegates have all railroad fares paid by the State Association. Any seniors interested in joining this organization are urged to see Mr. Abbott or Mr. Foote. MR. FOOTE PLACES 125 OF GRADUATES Mr. N. C. Abbott, who has for seven years had an active part in the local Red Cross drive, is chair- man of the Red Cross Roll Call this year. The drive started November 20, and will continue until Thanks- giving day. The drive was former- ly begun on Armistice day and car- ried until Thanksgiving, but this year a new plan was used. Heretofore, students under Mr. Abbott's guidance have conducted the drive, but this year we are not handling it. Mr. Abbott has been doing rural organization work for the commun- ity relief in Yellowstone county. About the only exercise some folks take is jumping at conclu- sions. Rocks; nothing but rocks! There are gray ones, pink ones, brown ones—rocks of every hue. There are big ones, small ones, thick ones and thin ones. I dream of stone houses, stone roads and even tomb- stones, those ghastly gray colored ones. However, dreaming doesn't aid me in distinguishing between quartz and limestone. Everywhere I go, I walk as if in a trance, looking at the ground. I'm looking for a gneiss, quartz, granite or what-have-you. Every gravel pile, every street and every road are carefully inspected for a specimen to add to my collection of unknown rocks. I think I have spent most of my time this month breaking rocks, even though I'm not a member of a convict gang. I'm sure that being in Sing Sing couldn't be much worse than collecting rocks for Ge- ology class.
